it may not seem immediately apparent, but i am such a sentimental freak. i hardly throw anything away. i have kept letters, tickets, wrappers, even pieces of paper from many years ago. the trouble is i have not the industry nor the organizational skills to sustain my sentimentality, so all these small things that remind me of good times are ( Read more... )

yesterday, after i very easily agreed to part with some money for an expensive pasta dish from our caterer, my officemates surprised me with cake, a shirt from people are people, and a multimedia presentation featuring pictures and quotes from people i know. the "dorm girls", which is how the girls around my area refer to themselves, have a ( Read more... )

not so random rumination number 30 - a hasty generalizationin the last 30 days, i spoke about turning 30 as though i were counting the last days in my life. many of the last few entries were heavy with drama, introspection, nostalgia, and some sort of mental exhibitionism. but i've overly anticipated this event because i bid goodbye to my ( Read more... )

random rumination number 26 - insanityperhaps one of the most troubling stories i've ever read was garcía márquez's "i only came to use the phone". it confirms, in a way, my long-held suspicion that psychiatry is crap. i dread the (maybe not-so) faint possibility that i might myself be committed to an institution for being more than normal. my own ( Read more... )

random rumination number 21 - solitudei am a person who finds great comfort in being alone. while i usually find myself in the company of my thoughts and imaginations, i seldom find myself lonely. i do not necessarily crave for company, and i am in that way, extremely independent. my happiness, or fulfillment, do not depend on the presence of ( Read more... )

random rumination number 14 - faith and spiritualityi am a pastor's kid. which me makes me less proud of and doubly embarrassed by the fact that i have not gone to church in more than 10 years. the last time i actually attended a service was when i was in singapore in 1997. my freshman year in UP was a period of transition for my life as a ( Read more... )

random rumination number 11 - vanityi was at robinson's pioneer yesterday to look at the sale at the olympic outlet. i was hoping to score another shirt from salomon but settled for a pair of dirt pants instead. while i was there, i received SMS from alexis, who said he was in the area, having a facial at let's face it. a facial, imagine that. it ( Read more... )

random rumination number 8 - poverty
i just read an article in business mirror which says that the average pinoy worker has to work 81 minutes to be able to buy a big mac, longer by comparison to most countries except indonesia. the point of the study is not to show that big macs are overpriced here, but that compared to many of our neighbors, our ( Read more... )

random rumination number 7 - pedestrianover an hour ago, i chanced on my friend JC at the lift. he'll be leaving for boston later this month to pursue an MBA. unlikely for most lawyers, but not unlikely for JC. what he did confirm to me was that at least one associate in QT got over a million pesos in bonuses. lord, on the other hand, got a little ( Read more... )

random rumination number 4 - friendsi have an unusual talent, or skill, or gift, or whatever you may want to call it. i am unsure how i might accurately describe this uncanny skill, but this might serve as an accurate illustration: in a crowd of complete strangers, i am more likely to end up knowing more people by the end of the evening than most. ( Read more... )