I was thinking of writing this as a day-by-day thing, but we were busy all day and it sort of started to run together even in the short time that we were there, so here it is, broken down by topic.

( Get around round round, I get around )

I can't believe we know who won already ( Read more... )

First it was the apple picking. Now the haunted Boston tour has been postponed, too.

Stupid rain.

Guess I will be staying close to home again this weekend.

PS I really don't want to poke fun at the ongoing very serious situation in the US financial sector, but I really cannot resist associating the news about Washington Mutual with the term " ( Read more... )

My cousin Wendy sent me a PM on Facebook asking about the trip, and I thought the questions she asked were a good starting point for telling people about it. So here are my answers to her questions, plus a few more personal observations.

( 1. How long you were there for? )

Herb Peterson, inventor of the Egg McMuffin, 89I feel like I have to post the link because I like Egg McMuffins more than Sausage McMuffins ( Read more... )

( Thoughts on the Yankees; cut for the benefit of the allergic, LOL. )

Philippine Star columnist Scott Garceau has a recommendation for Paris, Lindsay, Mel & Co.

Make like the Filipinos. Get a driver. Call him “Manong.” Give him extra money for baon and lunch. Let him sit outside with the air-con on, reclining in the front seat while you get your nails done. At least you won’t have to worry about that 2:30 a.m. ( Read more... )

Yesterday was not the best start to the week. Everything that happened (to me, anyway) was just small stuff and I'm trying not to sweat it, even though all I got out of the day was a headache and a small bruise on my leg from being crammed and twisted like a pretzel on the MRT. I was supposed to buy a christening gift for my friend Jill's baby, but ( Read more... )

I wanted to do a public post about what I did this week (and hopefully take awelkin up on that Enjoy Yourself challenge) but I didn't do anything interesting enough to post about, other than maybe giggle like a loon over this week's episode of Psych ("Shawn Vs. The Red Phantom" - the comic convention episode) and buy some books. Maybe I'll write about the ( Read more... )

According to an e-mail sent out by the computer people at the office, the recent earthquake in Taiwan affected some underground cables and messed up our Internet access here at work. I am having a lot of trouble accessing websites; fortunately, I'm still able to post here on LJ ( Read more... )