Gone Postal
Book in Hand: Le Divorce by Diane Johnson
Song in Mind: When I'm Thinking About You by The Sundays
Feel like a little girl seeing the world for the first time.
Don't worry, when I've entitled my entry today as gone postal, I don't mean to reiterate that I simply have gone insane the past few days. What I meant is that, I have LITERALLY, gone postal.
Took a trip to the Central Post Office today, in between field work areas. I posted the letters I have been writing to Andrea for the last three days. I just found the idea - - sentimental. I wrote the letters because that's definitely cheaper than seeing a shrink and it allowed me to put on paper all these trivial things swirling inside my head. So I told it to my best friend who I am confident will read it, understand it and put the same value to it as I would. Sending it out through the post, as old-fashioned people would, gave it a bit more spark for me. And stamped envelopes are so pretty, besides.
I did some quick calculations on how much I have saved when I decided to just thresh out my feelings by writing about it versus going to a shrink versus just hang myself up the rafters.
If Liv Went to the Shrink
Internet Card to Search Net for Shrink Offices in Manila: P 100
Transportation from Tala, Caloocan to Shrink Office (let's say, Makati): Cab P 300
Lunch before entering Office: P 150
Magazine to Read inside the Office (not interested to read Mags entitled: If I Were Sane, Juday & Ryan Forever, Family Squares) : P 125 (Ok! Mag preferred)
Vendo Coffee while waiting for turn: P 12
New Shirt (as I would probably spill coffee on myself) : P 450
Shrink Professional Free: P 2,500 / 2 hours
Souvenir T-SHirt (Been There, Gone Mad) : P 200 (size triple XL)
Transport Back : P 375 (mas matrapik na eh)
1 Pint Vanilla Ice Cream for Pigging Out: P 55 (Magnolia Vanilla Flavor)
2 1.5L Coke to hype myself up: P 64
If Liv Hung Herself Up the Rafters
Strong Rope: P 85 (2 meters)
Pen and Paper for Suicide Note : P 30
SUBTOTAL : P 115
What It Cost Liv to Write to Dre
Pen and Paper: P 30
Envelope: P 5
Stamps: P 7
TOTAL EXPENSES: P 42!!!!!
See how cost-efficient it was? :)
Hehe...I don't know if I can continue writing to her the next few weeks. I guess, the important thing is, I did it now because it needs to be done. It helped me cope better. And thus, Geeks Guide is now back in operation.
Song in Mind: When I'm Thinking About You by The Sundays
Feel like a little girl seeing the world for the first time.
Don't worry, when I've entitled my entry today as gone postal, I don't mean to reiterate that I simply have gone insane the past few days. What I meant is that, I have LITERALLY, gone postal.
Took a trip to the Central Post Office today, in between field work areas. I posted the letters I have been writing to Andrea for the last three days. I just found the idea - - sentimental. I wrote the letters because that's definitely cheaper than seeing a shrink and it allowed me to put on paper all these trivial things swirling inside my head. So I told it to my best friend who I am confident will read it, understand it and put the same value to it as I would. Sending it out through the post, as old-fashioned people would, gave it a bit more spark for me. And stamped envelopes are so pretty, besides.
I did some quick calculations on how much I have saved when I decided to just thresh out my feelings by writing about it versus going to a shrink versus just hang myself up the rafters.
If Liv Went to the Shrink
Internet Card to Search Net for Shrink Offices in Manila: P 100
Transportation from Tala, Caloocan to Shrink Office (let's say, Makati): Cab P 300
Lunch before entering Office: P 150
Magazine to Read inside the Office (not interested to read Mags entitled: If I Were Sane, Juday & Ryan Forever, Family Squares) : P 125 (Ok! Mag preferred)
Vendo Coffee while waiting for turn: P 12
New Shirt (as I would probably spill coffee on myself) : P 450
Shrink Professional Free: P 2,500 / 2 hours
Souvenir T-SHirt (Been There, Gone Mad) : P 200 (size triple XL)
Transport Back : P 375 (mas matrapik na eh)
1 Pint Vanilla Ice Cream for Pigging Out: P 55 (Magnolia Vanilla Flavor)
2 1.5L Coke to hype myself up: P 64
TOTAL EXPENSES: P 4,331
If Liv Hung Herself Up the Rafters
Strong Rope: P 85 (2 meters)
Pen and Paper for Suicide Note : P 30
SUBTOTAL : P 115
Renovation to Install Rafters Inside my Room: P 59,600
TOTAL EXPENSES: P 59,715
What It Cost Liv to Write to Dre
Pen and Paper: P 30
Envelope: P 5
Stamps: P 7
TOTAL EXPENSES: P 42!!!!!
See how cost-efficient it was? :)
Hehe...I don't know if I can continue writing to her the next few weeks. I guess, the important thing is, I did it now because it needs to be done. It helped me cope better. And thus, Geeks Guide is now back in operation.
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