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Monday, August 27, 2007

3 day weekend, snooze or...?



Aug 27, '07 11:18 PM
for everyone

August 2007 had meant two 3-day weekends...one on August 20 and another on August 27. And what did I do on those exciting long weekends?

Well....*taps chin thoughtfully*...aside from watching "Ratatouille", and doing the routine grocery-shopping (am on a bagel diet these days because as Chiara would say I got infected with tamaditis) and the weekend chores - and the unavoidable tv-watching and internet-surfing (at least on my first 3 day weekend)...well...nothing else except trying to erase my eyebags by catching up on more sleep.

True, I suffered from a pesky migraine starting Saturday morning last week (probably brought about by too by too much drinking of hot choco since Thursday)...but I admit, quite shamefacedly, that I only managed to rouse myself on August 27 to go out. I kept getting held back by Skycable!

There was an old movie of Sly Stallone (Escape to Victory in Cinemax), Midsommer Murders (on Hallmark), two Star Trek movies (I love Star Trek), CSI Las Vegas, The Da Vinci Code, and then a drama about a father and his estranged daughter (quite a long title so I forgot)..and so on and so forth.
...but weirdly, no anime...because my fave supplier in Glorietta for this is not there anymore. Oh dear, and they still owe me replacements for defective disks (Evangelion movie and a couple of Card Captor Sakura as well as GetBackers). The last series I bought from them was "Flame of Recca"...and ..its being shown on Animax..but as usual...in corny English dialogue. Bleargh!

I forgot that I was supposed to exchange a defective USB mouse, and that I had only 1 chicken egg in my ref. I just went out with no goal in mind. I just happily rambled about the household sale in Landmark...and the main thing which caught my eye is the item below. *sigh*

My shopping gene is dormant these days...but I found the wind chime amusing and conveniently forgot that I am not supposed to put holes or hooks (unless they be temporary ones) on my walls or ceiling. I finally found another use for the water sprinkler spout. Hopefully the fish chime would not be drenched ....ever!


And then! And then I find when I finally checked on Multiply tonight...that it would have been a great treat to just transport myself to Tagaytay and tuck myself in the corner of Sir B's and Ms. G's home...and eat pork binagoongan or whatever was on their table. *sighs again* ah well....next time!

Sunday, August 19, 2007

Tagged: Random facts about la gatita



Aug 19, '07 3:38 AM




I almost missed this..but whadda ya know? I got tagged by MeAnn..so here I am.....I will try my best to post something na di masyadong scandalous..or masyadong boring *grin*  I am unsure though if these are known or unknown facts to the readers..so..patience my dears!

The problem though..kc na-tag na yata lahat yung mga religious and consistent bloggers na multipliers sa network ko..so what do do about tagging other people? (tagged na sina Ms G, Sir B, Chiara, Pearl, Nona, Jack, BNK, Faith....ubos na...naku..)

Here are the rules (acc to Garp ba?) ~

1.) In the 8 facts about [name], you share 8 things that your readers don't know about you. At the end, you tag 8 other bloggers to keep the fun going. Each blogger must post these rules first.
2.) Each blogger starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
3.) At the end of the post, a blogger needs to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.
4.) Don't forget to leave them a comment telling them they're tagged, and to read your blog.

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Uno:

Although I love cats in pictures, stories, movies etc...I have never had a pet cat!  Takot kc ako maging allergic sa cat hair... I had dogs of various breeds, fishes like the common goldfish and the intelligent arowana (she got to be about 22 inches long too, while the other was a shorter 10 inches), hamster, rabbit, chickens, ducks, goat, doves, parrot, mynah...etc..but no el gato or el gatita...*mewls piteously*

Dos:

Until now, I still enjoy reading romance stories like Mills and Boone, Silhouette, Harlequin.....but only if its free reading at National Bookstore...hehehe...I do not buy them now, but I feel very fond of them because when I was in elementary and high school, these formed a large percentage of my reading fare. I guess I improved my english by reading these stories...but I blame them for my being quite romantic and idealistic also..parang naghahanap ako ng knight in shining armor in those days... (I admit there were a couple of Barbara Cartlands thrown in once in a while..there was this one novel of hers which had a devil-worshipping cult..honest!..it was made into a tv-movie...hinanap ko yon para lang mabasa ko....)

Tres:

I am scared stiff of BIG, GARGANTUAN, GIGANTIC, hairy spiders. Blame it on seeing a movie during my very young, impressionable years  - a horror film featuring these *shivers* arachnids blownup to house-size...BUT...I love playing with the cute "kaka"  as we call them - the little spiders young boys put in (posporo) matchboxes and engage in these little fights...

Cuatro:

I've got a very sensitive nose...a whiff of smoke from somebody who smoked in a room? Even 2 hours later I can sense it and complain about it...thats why I hate cigarette smoke..and I try to not linger in a room which has strong smells..even if its a US$ 10K  branded perfume..I either feel dizzy or have a migraine after inhaling strong scents..

Cinco:

As long as I am sleeping and not woken up by noise or movement, even if its as chilly as the inside of a refrigerator in the room I am sleeping in and I don't have a blanket covering me - my body is toasty-warm when I wake up. It is as if when I am asleep I am shielded from mosquito bites and cold air.....my parents told me that when I was a baby all cute and cuddly in my crib, I'd throw a tantrum by stomping my feet on my crib if my lordly slumbers were interrupted because the electric fan (which was usually facing my crib and not rotating around) would be turned off or away from my body....I like cold weather...as long as di nag snowstorm...

Seis:

My cycle of cleaning mi casa is like a seesaw....there are days or months where its so organized, even the spices are arranged alphabetically - with matching price and date bought, and the CR is smelling like lysol or orange all the time..but there are also days that only a computer can keep track of how each item got organized...because its all bedlam! no rhyme or reason whatsoever.  It really depends on my mood. I can be as OC as the next OC in this group, but I can be as disorganized as the next person. The only thing which is regular is my dishwashing, garbage-throwing and laundry.

Seite:

I dislike the color yellow. Before, it used to make me want to puke...but now I am not like that anymore. My fave color is RED....it can be seen in the number of red-colored clothes I have in Cebu....but I also like black....and black turtlenecks were a stable of my wardrobe before....but since its a tropical country, I don't wear black that often because I am the type of person who sweats very easily. Drat it. I sweat like a pig...*sweatdrops*

Ocho:

I don't have a big appetite *innocent look*...I just like eating and tasting different food...honest! its just that.....I just forget that I'd already eaten a lot when I'm deep in conversation with friends....


Finito....

P.S. will see if I can tag these friends and be successful -
1.  Manang K (kaiyen)
2.  PD (princess diana)
3. EmeraldJecko (shirluv)
4.  Mickey (or si Jack kaya? di ko kayo nakikita, date kayo ng date kasi)
5.  Dyaneen (Janine...well actually si Claire {sintclaired} nilagay dito originally pero alam ko tamad yang batang yan mag post...hanggang tinggin lang yan usually hehehe)
6. Evangeline Logon (eslogon)
7. Ruela
8. Doreen

Friday, August 17, 2007

21 years have passed by like a drop of rain


August 12, 2007 (Sunday)- After watching a movie murder whodunit on cable and taking a long-distance call from Cebu...I trooped downstairs on the building where I currently live and I met up with waiting-for-more-than-15-minutes Paul Sy - an old friend, college classmate/batch mate (CIT, Computer Science pioneers) and a fellow Cebuano...who I've known way back in nineteen eight six. 


I first came across Paul when he was knee high to a grasshopper (hmm....maybe not knee high?.....maybe its better to say that he was as tall as the grasshopper?).


And I can certainly remember his shenanigans and idiosyncrasies which drove other people mad during our teenage years, even his love-team-mate in our class..hehehe...ah...nostalgia anyone?

Everything was simpler then and we were all incorrigible teasers...I remember a question I asked him during summer classes - "Paul Sy, are you going to take up Pol Sci?" *ignores glare from said guy*

He had arrived from Hong Kong (or maybe another country in Asia) a couple of weeks ago, and said he'd like to meet up with me in Makati so he could drop off something for me ... uhmm... 'pasalubong' ? Of course I will be generous enough to receive it.....enough said *grin*. I tried to get in touch with other classmates I had in Manila to see if they could also come over....

It makes me sad that my college batch mates and I who are in Manila never get to see each other together at the same time..

- Aug 17, 2007 1:16 AM