The PastEarly yesterday morning, I made an online connection with an Ateneo student who lived in my area. I must admit, for a young guy, he had his priorities straight: just friendship, no sex, discretion. We texted in the morning, agreed to meet up for a first-time non-threating, non-romantic, non-stressful coffee chat at the local Starbucks right ( Read more... )

I'm not usually a fan of quizzes, but the absurdity of this one just blew me away. (Duh! Everyone in LJ is gay!)

Taken from iliveonavenuep:

What a shocker! malate_drunk?!? I'm shaken to my core! I wonder if rkr777 or legally_bald knows... or even suspected it!

I spent the better part of the afternoon fixing my room, unearthing old treasure and junk, getting rid of stuff I don't need or am better off without ( Read more... )

I've returned to practicing taijiquan 太极拳 with my dad in the morning ( Read more... )

There's no peace like turning one's cell phone to silent mode for the 48 hours or so of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day ( Read more... )

I had an awesome last day of school yesterday at Ateneo! We had a major interactive classroom activity, and the students who prepared it really put out.

There's a lot of fun (and learning!) to be had with, among other things, wedges of lemon and lime, alcohol, and various powders sprinkled on the crook of the thumb ( Read more... )

I have not been exercising as much and as regularly as I would like to, in spite my involvement in the triathlon sport and everything athletic around me. Compared to the regularity, nay, the sacredness untouchability of my work schedule, my gym schedule has been the sacrificial lamb in a tight schedule. I already have an answer to my question, but ( Read more... )

I had a dark night after getting home from the triathlon/beach weekend.
A line from an email from an old student...
A comment from stitchdaddy...
A text message from a friend...
A few seemingly trifling incidents with crushes and romantic prospects...
And what I also know in my heart (though not necessarily consciously)...

I just had to do a tarot reading: ( Read more... )

I couldn't resist! I did a tarot reading asking about what will happen on the off-road triathlon race/beach party weekend. This is what I got.


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I'll be off to Batanggas today for an off-road triathlon. I'll be in charge of medical and safety ( Read more... )