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Of Tables and Books.

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I'm going on my 2nd trip to Boradise for this year. Heehee. It's funny -- I've been to Boracay many times but I still get all excited before I go. Weird. I'm going to the island with my officemates (Ryan, Amabs, Leah, & Myles) -- first-timers to Boracay! I will serve as their tour guide. * bow sabay hintay ng bayad * -------------------------- So I just got my Purploony (my psp slim named after a PSXer admin at lavander kasi kulay ng psp ko ), and ahlavet!!! I just added new games and bought all kinds of accessories for it: a silicon case, a travel bag, a polycarbonate case which can also serve as a stand. I stopped myself from buying the earphones because I just bought 2 in-ear earphones for my iPod which go great with the psp and the tv-out cables since I had no use for it really. What I also wanted to get were speakers for purploony but the stores I visited still do not have slim-compatible speakers so I guess I'll just have to wait for those. ---------------...

And so, I wait.

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Yes, it's a Saturday night (well, officially it is Sunday) and, I am at home . My brother actually asked me if I wasn't going out... and he asked me this as if I was sick. Hehe. It's one of those Saturday nights which I'd like to spend inside the confines of my room, reading a good book. I had to satiate my need for some quiet time. While looking for a good book find in last year's Powerbooks Warehouse Sale, I chanced upon Eragon, Book One by Christopher Paolini . Oh, I've seen it before on one of my travails to NBS but my heart wasn't really set on purchasing it. I loved the cover though, and the dragon, well, all things mythological and legend hold a special place in my heart. But on those travails, I had other books I wanted to buy and read. So the Shopaholic series and The Life of Pi by Yann Martel had me pre-occupied. So on that sweltering afternoon in the Powerbooks sale, when I stumbled upon Eragon and saw the blue dragon giving me a piercing look, I...

Of Igno, Bab and Brosia.

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*** Was supposed to post this more than a month ago because I was waiting for Mr. Pol Medina's response to my email... to no avail... so am posting it now... Bought myself the 17th issue of Pugad Baboy , along with F. Sionil Jose's My Brother My Executioner , a few weeks ago but I only was able to read through PB a few days ago when I was waiting for calls to monitor and rate. Halfway through it, I was suppressing my giggles to the hilt. Never fails to make people think I'm insane I kept on getting these weird, fearful looks by the other QAs in the batcave. Hehe. Lemme share 3 strips which really killed me... Kosa nga eh. Uhm, loko. at ang pamatay... Tinginang Brosia 'to. Jez wanna spread the gift of Pugad Baboy... laughter. Ciao, everyone! ***Get yourself a copy, dali! Get all 17 issues, I implore you. I have all of them. And for Php 125 @ , not bad...not bad at all. **strips are owned by Pol Medina Jr.

Of Pink Pussycats and Dog Wisdom.

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It was Tuesday. GA. Did nothing for half the shift. Pumasok lang kami sa office para mag-browse, kumain, mag-browse ulit, at uminom ng alak. Hell, yeah . Uploaded the pics in Multiply. I was able to try out this drink in ICE Greenbelt: Pink Pussycat . Yuuuuuum. Strawberry vodka, with strawberry bits, and more vodka. If we stayed long enough I could've downed 5 of these sa sarap. Pakshet. I want more. And the music. Argh. Parang sinusundan talaga ako. In Ice, they played the 2 songs I never wanted to hear again in my entire life...when we went to Temple pinatugtog din sila. Took all of my self-control to keep it together. The fuck. One good thing about Tuesday, aside from the drunken stupor... I checked my salary and nagulat ako sa amount. I had to ask Janey to check the amount just so I'm sure I'm seeing things right. Wow....can I jump for joy now?! Anyway, I was re-reading Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul and I came across this entry. Author Unknown eh so I ca...

Closing Cycles.

I'd like to post here that Paolo Coelho did not write the original piece but only adapted it. I came across this essay, as you may call it, in my email. I read through it once and knew that it was perfect. For me. I'm closing a cycle in my life. And I'm opening up a whole new chapter. A clean slate. Tabula Rasa. I've come to realize long before that I have a life. And it is good. Read on. ********** One always has to know when a stage comes to an end. If we insist on staying longer than the necessary time, we lose the happiness and the meaning of the other stages we have to go through. Closing cycles, shutting doors, ending chapters - whatever name we give it, what matters is to leave in the past the moments of life that have finished. Did you lose your job? Has a loving relationship come to an end? Did you leave your parents' house? Gone to live abroad? Has a long-lasting friendship ended all of a sudden? You can spend a long time wondering why this has happened. ...

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Just got home. Watched National Treasure in G4 with Marco C., Alvin and Bryan. Good thing Bryan texted me, I really wanted to go out and not stay at home. Thank God for friends like them :D After the movie, we ate at Hen Lin sa Select going to the Fort. Kwentuhan about what has been happening the past week, then they took me home. It was a good movie. Mahilig kasi ako sa mga ganung type ng movie, about facts, history, legends...you get the picture. That's why I can't wait for 'The Da Vinci Code' to be shown. Tom Hanks will play Robert Langdon. Tom Hanks...hhhmmmm. I was thinking of Liam Neeson or Ralph Fiennes for the role of Robert Langdon. I just couldn't imagine Tom Hanks. But, hey, Hanks is a good actor, one of the finest, imho. I'm sure he can pull this one off. I don't know how he's gonna do it, but sabi nga ng sister ko, naging Forrest Gump nga siya eh, Robert Langdon pa. Hehehehe.