Crystal Koo came home to Manila from Hong Kong, so she invited fellow writers out to lunch and coffee. We went to Sa Kanto in Podium. J and I had fun listening to the Alfars' and the Osiases' adventures in Hong Kong, Japan, Australia and elsewhere, Crystal's adventures in teaching overseas, Tin's adventures in acquiring a master's degree in ( Read more... )

Blog backlog!

On June 25, my mother celebrated her birthday.


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Haven't been blogging much because it appears that I'm working on a novel! Or at least, something definitely longer than a short story.

In between jotting down character names and story ideas, I have seen:

Prometheus


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I wasn't online for two days due to a work-related workshop, wherein I learned that when giving CPR, and you're a wee bit overweight, your knees tend to hurt like hell. My entire weight crushing my kneecaps - what an excellent mode of torture. I have bruises on both knees to prove it to you.

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Anyway, before that, on Tuesday, Charles Tan told me to ( Read more... )

Mark, a friend from high school, got married one beautiful Saturday afternoon.


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An advanced monthsary date, without us knowing that it was actually an advanced monthsary date. We both forgot! We simply wanted to pig out. (And take advantage of my company's employee discount at the restaurant.)


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We have a new favorite donut place.

At the moment there's only one J. Co branch (Megamall), but drop by when you have time. It's worth it. Even their coffee is delicious.

In the photo are three flavors: Green Tease (my favorite!), Al Capone (bestseller), and Avocado Dicaprio (which wins the Quirkiest Name Award).

What I like about J.Co is: their ( Read more... )

Vegetarian siopao! Two office mates brought these to the office. I bought two for P50. They are awesome.


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On Feb. 14 a little boy came over and handed me an apple tart from Rowena's.


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Busy weekend. Had to wake up at 6 a.m. on my days off, but it's all for the sake of productivity.

Friday. I was in QC since Thursday night. However, Jaykie had a morning job interview scheduled on Friday in Makati, so we woke up at 6 a.m. I didn't have to, but I decided to tag along instead of staying in QC because I would end up either sleeping or ( Read more... )