places

12Jul09

There are places so different and aloof that no matter how hard you try to blend in you just can’t shake off feeling like a stranger. And you realize that regardless of how long you stay or how often you visit, they will never feel familiar, or at least comfortable. That’s just the way things [...]

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bravo, housemate!

27Oct08

One of my housemates is a senior voice major at the UP College of Music. Since Ervin joined us in the apartment a few years ago, I have had to resort to reciting psalms in the shower instead of belting out hymns. Hehe. Ervin is a very gifted singer, but he is more than his [...]

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premonition

13Aug08

If, on some Friday afternoon, you feel the inexplicable urge to back up all your laptop files (including your precious email data), you would do well to heed that still small voice. Because soon after, say the following Tuesday, you could be walking back to your office from a meeting, with laptop, power cord, and [...]

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chicken wisdom

23Feb08

Note to self: Don’t be a chicken.
More chicken cartoons on post-its here.

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simpson me

14Jul07

Ever wondered what it’s like to be utterly funny, famous, and…uhm, yellow and two-dimensional? Then step into the world of the Simpsons! I did, and in that crazy world of Bart and his ilk, I look a little something like this.

I think I need a haircut and cooler shades. Now it’s your turn [...]

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this song, my prayer

02Jul07

Better Than I from Joseph: King of Dreams (Dreamworks animation)

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lewis on love

15Feb07

Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person’s ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.

- C.S. Lewis

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getting hooked on books

09Feb07

Last night I was hanging out with co-workers at our publishing house’s bookshop. Near closing time, a lady customer took a seat by the counter, one book in each hand. She was torn: “Which book should I get?”
“Why not both?” volunteered my friend Gracia, who’s from Sales and a certified booklover. (I mimicked a game [...]

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a whole new world… er, blog

08Feb07

Well, not really. It’s the same set of furniture, just a different corner in the blogosphere. And a little bluer. Too blue for me, according to my friend Turkangel.
“Blue is not your color.” (Emphasis mine.)
Of course, I know it isn’t my color (emphasis still mine). So whose is it, anyway? I’d like to know who [...]

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philosophizing blogging

04Feb07

Once upon a time, the world was unimaginably vast. And it invited many explorers to brave its oceans in search of unknown lands. Today, the world has shrunken into a global village held taut by satellites and fiber optic cables. The only Explorer we know now is an internet browser (not necessarily the best of [...]

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