See those dark clouds?

Notice the sunlight?

This was the scene while my dad and I were driving home from my second job this evening.  Up ahead it looked like it would rain while the sun was shining brightly behind us.

Weird, eh?

Oh well, what can I do?  This is how our weather works as of late.  Summer is here and yet...well, there's still that nip in the air sometimes.  The sun might be out and shining brightly, but when the wind blows it was cool/chilly sometimes.  You'll wake up in the morning and it was cold and the sky looks grey, so you'll dress warm, then but midday the sun would be out and as soon as you stepped outside if you're wearing something heavy you'll end of ROASTED because suddenly it was 23°C outside and you're wearing a fleece sweater or something similar to ward off the cold!

I dunno what the weather would be like tomorrow.  I often dress according to how it looks outside.  If it's dull, grey and had a bit of nip in the air then I'd mix it up.  Majority of the time I wore skirts to work just because I know by the time I leave the sun would be out and it would be warm outside.

Hiya folks!  It's Monday, June 15th.  Garsh-darnit!  It's the middle of the friggin' month already!  Can you believe it?  I'm still in shock here.  It seems only like yesterday that we celebrated my nephew's (his bday was in May) and my (mine was just this past few days, hehehehe) birthday and now...whoa!

Anyway, I know I haven't been updating my blog lately.  So much has happened that...well, sometimes even though I feel like I wanna blog about it, I can't.  I mean, I kinda know what to say, but when I start blogging about it, I just...I lose my momentum so I just stop and not bother finishing what I started blogging about.

Anyway (again!), I am mostly active on Twitter nowadays.  My handle name's AileenZ.  So if you're interested in following me there, then just click-on the link and let's get hooked up on Twitter! -LoL-  I didn't think I'd get hooked on it, but I did and it was fun.  I'm following mostly actors/actresses/performers, but hey, they do interact with their followers and you actually get a glimpse of what their life's like away from the spotlight and just living their everyday, normal life.

Anyway (ugh! how many times will I be saying this word? -LoL-), I'm just squeezing in this blog entry whilst I'm getting ready for work.  I'll try and update as often as I can, but sometimes I just easily text/type my thoughts up and post it on Twitter! -LoL-

It was nice and sunny Monday and today, Tuesday, hence the reason why I was probably in a pretty good mood at work this past couple of days.  Not to mention that I'm still pumped-up because I got a new haircut done just this weekend and so far the comments I received from everyone's been pretty awesome!

I seldom cut my hair a certain style for fear of me looking odd or whatnot.  I mean, I have a few pounds on me and sometimes certain hairstyles tend to emphasize on how big my face looked or whatnot, but this 'do I got...man, I love it!   I'll see if I can get a decent shot of me with my new 'do and I'll proudly show it off here. -LoL-

Anyway, it was raining a few minutes ago.  About 9:30pm this evening the gorgeous blue skies outside looked like this when just an hour earlier on my way home from my second job it was nice and sunny!

But I think we need some rain to make sure that our grass turns green and to put some leaves on the trees too!  They badly need it. And I'm sure farmers would love their crops rained on or something like that before the hot summer season (if summer ever decides to grace us this year) starts.

Those grey clouds sure formed fast, though.  I mean, the wind started picking up by the time I pulled in to our driveway and by quarter after nine those rain clouds made their appearance.

Oh, see that tree with white flowers on the right-hand side?  I love that tree!  I dunno what it's called.  It's not cherry blossom, but every summer I just love looking out our backyard and see that tree with its white flowers and...I dunno.  Something about it just captures my eyes and makes me feel calm and happy inside. -LoL-

Does anybody know what that tree's called?  Anybody recognize that tree at all? -LoL-  I so really wanna know.

:::sighs::: OK, so last Friday was a tad bit busy/hectic for us at work.  It would've helped PLENTY if I had my own work station, but of course I still don't have my own desk with a computer and telephone so I can easily answer calls and type-up orders without hassling anyone by using either their workstation computer or the main computer at the front counter.

I already asked my manager once since I started on when I'm getting my own desk, and it has been mentioned twice since I first inquired about it that they were working on adding a third work station so I wouldn't be hassling everyone by sneaking in on their computer the odd chances I get.

I'm being a trooper here, but sometimes I just feel so damn stressed out because I need to do shit ASAP but I couldn't do it coz I don't have a damn computer to process shit on!  I know I've sent a few resumes -- again -- to other companies a few weeks back.  In as much as I am enjoying this new position of mine, if this situation doesn't get fixed soon, then I fear I'll have no choice but to look for another job that wouldn't be stressing me out as well as my co-workers 'coz I kept on invading their space per se.

Last night I was supposed to watch Zac Efron's 17 Again with my gal pal, but by the time we got to the cinema there was a long line-up at all the ticket counters and even the ATM ones so even if we do get our tickets, the movie already started and really, I'd rather go in to the theater before the previews started 'coz I would at least have some decent lighting in the room while looking for a place to park my behind.

Anyway, since we were already at the cinema and my gal pal and I were cold (the wind just picked up this evening and it was uber cold), we decided between Ghosts of Girlfriends Past or Star Trek.

The former won and so we got ourselves tickets to watch the 10:35pm showing of Matthew McConaughey's latest romantic-comedy movie.

It has been years since I last watched any romantic-comedy movie vehicle that had Matthew McConaughey for its leading man.  I tried watching Failure to Launch or How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days and even Fool's Gold, but neither one of the aforementioned movies irked my curiosity enough to make me put it down on my list of movies TO WATCH.

After watching him get cozy and cute and funny and flirty with JLo in The Wedding Planner a few years back, his other rom-com movies just wouldn't do it for me anymore.  And another thing, I ain't a big Jennifer Garner fan (I watched 13 Going on 30 and Elektra as well as Dare Devil in as much as she was a pretty young thing, I preferred her "Sydney Bristow" character from Alias more than in any of the aforementioned movies), but in this movie I actually enjoyed watching her; kinda like when I was watching her hit TV series, Alias, before the whole storyline of it just made me lose interest in it.

Anyway, like all romantic-comedy movies, this one's got it all.  There was that unrequited love from the past that was the reason why our leading man's a prick and why our heroine's never been married or has had any steady relationships.  Then the adorable supporting characters that leaves a stamp of their own in the movie.  And having Michael Douglas play the ghost of a dead womanizer who happened to be the man responsible for our hero's womanizing ways was just superbly cast.

Hey, I'd believe both Matthew and Michael to be womanizers.

Uhm...didn't Michael get Glenn Close all psycho in Fatal Attraction a few years back?  And he seemed to know his way with women.  After all he has romanced quite a few of 'em -- young and old -- in most of his films.

Anyway, me digressing here, I say that Ghosts of Girlfriends Past may have borrowed its storyline from the famous A Christmas Carol, but with a twist.  Nevertheless, I don't think anybody could go wrong using the same recipe that has been tried, tested and proven to be a good one...unless the person helming the camera doesn't know what the hell he or she was doing and couldn't visualize what the final outcome of certain scenes would be...but let's not go there.

Overall I'd say I'll wait for this movie to come out on DVD and add it to my collection of chick-flick rom-coms.

Here's MY *UPDATED* MOVIE LIST:

• Australia (Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman)
• Transporter 3 (Jason Statham)
• Narnia:  the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (????)
• Narnia: Prince Caspian (????)
• Wanted (Angelina Jolie, Morgan Freeman)
• Star Wars IV, V & VI (Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill)
• Indiana Jones I, II, III (Harrison Ford)
• Indiana Jones IV (Harrison Ford, Shia LeBouf)
• Eragon (Jeremy Irons)
• Quantum of Solace (Daniel Craig)
• Madagascar 2 (Chris Rock, Jada Pinkett-Smith)
• The Dark Knight (Christian Bale)
• Mamma Mia! (Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth)
• Bones Season 3 (David Boreanaz, Emily Deschenel)
• Beowulf (Ray Winstone, Angelina Jolie)
• Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Ron Perlman, Selma Blair)
• If Only (Jennifer Love Hewitt, Paul Nicholls)
• Match Point (Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers)
• Anastasia (voices of Meg Ryan, John Cusack)
• Aquamarine (Sara Paxton, Emma Roberts)
• Eagle Eye (Shia LaBeouf)
• Wall-E (???)
• National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets (Nicholas Cage)
• Max Payne (Mark Wahlberg)
• Bad Girls (Drew Barrymore, Andie MacDowell, Madeleine Stowe, Mary Stuart Masterson)
• The Day the Earth Stood Still (Keanu Reeves)
• Timeline (Paul Walker, Gerard Butler)
• The Island (Ewan MacGregor, Scarlett Johansson)
• The Mummy 3 (Brendan Fraser, Jet Li)
• Hancock (Will Smith, Charlize Theron)
• The Perfect Score (Scarlett Johansson, Chris Evans)
• Alvin and the Chipmunks the Movie (???)
• Babylon A.D. (Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh)
• Serenity (Nathan Fillion, Summer Gladue)
• The Women (Meg Ryan, Annette Benning, Debra Messing, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Eva Mendez)
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett)
• Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (Bill Nighy, Rhona Mitra)
• Inkheart (Brendan Fraser, Helen Mirren)
• Hotel for Dogs (Emma Roberts, Lisa Kudrow)
• The Marine (????)
• Race to Witch Mountain (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Carla Gugino)
• He's Just Not That Into You (Drew Barrymore, Scarlett Johansson)
• Watchmen (????)
• Fast & Furious (Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordanna Brewster)
• Push (Dakota Fanning, Chris Evans)
• New in Town (Renee Zellwegger, Harry Connick Jr)
• The Secret Life of Bees (Queen Latifa, Dakota Fanning, Alicia Keys, Jennifer Hudson)
• The Cutting Edge 3: Chasing the Dream (Matt Lanter, Christy Romano)
• Scent of a Woman (Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell)
• Sleepless in Seattle (Meg Ryan, Tom Hanks)
• 17 Again (Zac Efron, Matthew Perry)
• Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (Matthew McConoughey, Jennifer Garner, Michael Douglas)
• X-Men Origin: Wolverine (Hugh Jackman, Ryan Reynolds)
• Star Trek (Chris Pine, John Cho)
• Personal Effects (Ashton Kutcher, Michelle Pfeiffer)
• Easy Virtue (Jessica Biel, Ben Barnes, Colin Firth)