we received our much awaited mid-year bonus today. my god! the tax! it's even more than my monthly house dues! i checked my year-to-date tax deduction and it's up at 101k! harsh!!! sorry guys, no treat from me. i’ve already spent two-thirds of it. hahaha!

i went to sm makati earlier to pay for my card dues. i forgot that it was pay-day for most people yesterday. hence, i had to fall in a very long queue. i think i was the fortieth person on the queue when i arrived. next time, when i pay card dues, i’ll make sure that it’s after our pay-day, which is earlier than most companies, to spare me with all the hustle and bustle.

afterwards, i was roaming around glorietta when i saw this cute shirt from guess kids. so i went inside the shop and checked it out. the attendant was kinda surprised when i told her, “can i try this on?” hahaha! perhaps she was thinking that i was checking it out for a younger brother or nephew. the shirt that i liked was large and when i tried it on, it was kinda loose. i asked for a medium but unfortunately they’ve ran out of stock. so i asked for any medium-sized shirt to check the fit, which apparently fitted so well. imagine: medium, kids! the shirt that i tried on is also cute so i bought it. sorry mai, i wasn’t supposed to shop. i just saw it, liked it, fitted it, really liked it and had to buy it. you know me naman. hehehe! i still owe you a shopping session though.

i immediately had to leave the mall or else i'd be tempted to buy other stuff. and since i was too early for work, i went to piandré for an extra virgin coconut oil hair treatment. (thanks to mai’s blog entry.) it’s an hour treatment with a thirty-minute back and arm massage and two ten-minute head massages. it was really worth it. it made me forget my tax deduction for an hour. hehehe! i’m kinda getting fond of massages. i think i’ll also make this one of my monthly rituals along with the spa.

then, back to reality. ang harsh talaga ng tax! argh!!!