Busy, busy months. Had an exciting trip down Zamboanga City right after my May birthday to retrace my roots, visit dead relatives and do some bargain hunting in a barter center for formal batik malong. Returned to Manila with an awesome bang and amusing family high-drama, involving unhinging certain relative(s) sanity by an innocuous photo which ( Read more... )

Mmmmmmmm, was so busy with a number of things, with the 2nd semester starting and all. At any rate, I'm lurking more at my Plurk more than LJ (but I do read through my F-List!) because I only have enough time to jot down what's up with me all in 140 characters ( Read more... )

One: An impromptu weekend trip to Tagaytay ( Read more... )

For starters, I'll go back to working in the lab. Looking forward to doing anthrone-assays and NMR experiments. Mmmm, NMR experiments...I miss my baby, even though there are times the electronics scare the guts out of me.

Not to mention planning this out (people in my FL, care to lend a hand?). Am thinking of setting this up on the 17th or 25th ( Read more... )

Eating with the 11 o'clock lunch group after a couple of hectic weeks ( Read more... )

The joy of a mission accomplished without any hitches is a happy thing ( Read more... )

...by focusing on things that matter:

(1) lecture classes for Chem 7 and Sci 10
(2) plotting a wearable casual-lolita coordinate.

( Speaking of (2), here's the shirt in question )

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Jenny (wunder)!!!!!!

Other than that, I'll be off to another hiatus from LJ, with pre-midterm work coming up (and the liquid helium refill tomorrow).

I haven't updated my Rizal/Holmes fic over at dormant_muses (http://communities.livejournal.com/dormant_muses) for the ( Read more... )

One: A grad student/teaching assistant in the Philosophy department committed suicide in their department office. He died by suffocating himself with carbon dioxide/monoxide from burning charcoal in his cubicle ( Read more... )

Despite the completely random notes and blatherings posted here, from ditzy fangirlisms to musings on Lolita fashion, here are proofs that show that yes, I really do research that matter (and get published ( Read more... )