Today I had a most rare chance to witness something I perhaps didn't deserve to have witnessed. I was with Katie. I told you about her, she’s one of my friends here. She used to live in San Diego, used to be in theater, and used to work with us. She had been fired two weeks ago, but was recovering well. Today she told us about a guy she saw at Lane ( Read more... )

Woke up at 4:30am. Heated the oil and did my morning rituals. Fried some lumpia for work. I called Y up while waiting for the lumpia. We had a good conversation, he bought himself Diablo 3. Hurried up, changed to slacks and a sweater, walked to the train station. Talked to Dad on the way to the station, Aldrich was out for a bit. Dad sounded sad, ( Read more... )

Dear Reader, do you watch Portlandia? If you do, you will probably laugh at me when I say that I spent Black Friday in Portland, and subsequently got sucked in an episode of Portlandia ( Read more... )

Tito Mayo prepared the turkey this year, but instead of the traditional turkey stuffing (which is basically bread and herbs and stuff), he placed tanglad (lemongrass) in it, producing an aromatic turkey with a subtle taste. While we did have gravy and cranberry sauce, we also had it with rice (tried the turkey with mashed potatoes, but it wasn't ( Read more... )

Today one of my co-workers told me that her Mom was going out of town and that we should hang out. I told her I would love to hang out with her, and that we could figure something out to do. Then she got very quiet, and admitted to me that she doesn't handle being alone well, and that she had tendencies towards depression ( Read more... )

Two nights ago, I dreamed that Y dropped by my home in Seattle to visit. Yes, that Y. It was a positively wonderful dream. We rode the monorail, went walking around downtown, did a little hiking. We ate at this wonderful seafood place (that I can't recall where anymore) and it was delightful. Nothing happened between us. He didn't share my bed ( ( Read more... )

Today: a strange emotion while walking through the throng of tourists at pike place: an intense feeling of something that can only be described as... Belonging. These are the strangers. I welcome them to the city. Seattle. My city. My city. I know it like the veins at the back of my hand.

Though I was born in Bacolod, I grew up and lived most of my ( Read more... )

Naturally-raised cage-free hen eggs
Local, organic granola
100% pure orange juice (not from concentrate)
Natural sweet potato fries with sea salt
Organic leafy greens
Natural creamer
Beer bucket

Trying to catch up with my blogging, after writing/brainstorming/banging my head on a wall for a personal writing project that I am trying to get funding for. Now that it has been submitted, I finally got a chance to clean my room and the rest of the house, do some cooking, walking, and even *gasp* socializing. I have been watering my memrise.com ( Read more... )

Today, I finally submitted my application for this Script Development Fund thingy in Korea. I couldn't have done it without Vilma, who asked the right questions about the characters and made awesome suggestions, and Sher, who did the footwork and researched about the production aspects of the film back home in Manila. You guys are awesome ( Read more... )