prized possession.

I specifically bought this dvd to have it signed. I couldn't wait to get

a new dvd player. It even has a videoke version inside.

"Didn't we just do this?"

I've been tagged by Mano and Vee.

List five of your current favorite songs. It doesn't matter what genre they are from, whether they have words or even if they're any good but they must be songs you're really enjoying right now. Then tag five other people to see what they're listening to as well.

1. Love moves in mysterious ways by Nina
2. Bolunji by Velcro
3. Getting to know each other by Gerard Kenny
4. Don’t forget me by Captain and Tenille
5. Same ground by Kitchie Nadal

I shall tag... no one at the moment 'coz the people I want to tag has already been tagged this will only go on, and on, and on... (kj ba?) . I will just have to retain my right to tag 'til the opportunity arises..

randomness

It's been real tough this past week. I've been floundering at work and my boss isn't too happy. He may not show it directly to me but having known him this past 3 or so years, he's the type who doesn't show his resentment too much, at least to the object of his resentment. I may have done nothing wrong but it may be against company policy.

“ Don’t ever take sides against the Family again.” I’m surely not comfortably with having to tell the truth and be resented for it. It’s not right.

I dreamt of her last week. It was the first after a long while. I can’t explain why I remembered it after waking up because you’re not supposed to remember any of you dreams. It was almost so real up to the point when I opened my eyes….

I watched the Hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy yesterday. First thing I noticed was the considerable number of people “not” watching the movie. There war probably just a few dozen of us in the theater. It’s surprising considering the book was a bestseller back then. I haven’t read the book but I enjoyed the film. I don’t know how the reviews went but Sam Rockwell and Alan Rickman were good as Zaphoid, President of the Galazy and Marvin, the manic-depressive robot respectively. The humor was British, all talk and no slapstick. At least one part of the week was enjoyable.

It must be just one of those stretches again. I hope I can bounce back this week.

Father of the Bride?

Barely a week after being Best man to my best friends wedding, I'm already going to another one, but this time It'll be closer to home.

My Mom told me the other day that my younger sister and her boyfriend has "formally" asked her permission to get married, although It shouldn't come as a surprise because of all the magazines and websites she's been looking through lately, I wondered why they told her only now. Anyhows, since my Dad has already passed through this life, It occured to me that this time, I'll be giving the bride away. Quite a step in just a few weeks after being best man. I call it "natural progression"

In all the weddings I've attended, specially those I'm friends with, I'm always a step closer to the altar. Guest, invited guest, guest again, grooms' man, candle, best man and now... "father of the bride". I'm maybe jumping on the gun here, 'cause my Mom can opt to give my sister away by her lonesome but I'm keepin' my fingers crossed and maybe, just maybe... I'll finally be able to get to the altar.

just passing the time...again.

... just foolin' with my camphone....

3 days, 3 movies..

It was a busy Independence Day weekend, at least for me it is. I was looking forward to some rest because of the holiday but alas, my backlog in the office made me report for work on the holiday. Nothing new really, I’ll just rest when I’m dead… so goes the cliché. Having been in Naga the previous Sunday for work along with my friend’s wedding and more work thereafter, I took the opportunity to catch up on a few flicks.

Saturday… I watched Mr. & Mrs. Smith. I was hoping to watch Sin City but after having lunch with my officemates and a couple of games of bowling, I found out too late that the last main feature in Megamall was at 5:00 pm. I’m 30 minutes late. I know I shouldn’t have bought those finger sleeves, not yet. So I opted to watch Brad and Angelina so as not to waste the whole afternoon. After almost 2 hours I realized that I should have passed up on this one. The movie is just 2 people fighting for who gets to be prettier. Too bad both of them lived.

Sunday… After taking care of some appointments and trying in earnest to watch through The Buzz and Startalk, I dragged myself to North Edsa determined to catch Sin City after my experience the previous day. I’m 30 minutes early for this one, so I’ll have time to window shop. Having a few GC to burn from my stint as a “product research test subject”, I strolled slowly as I gazed upon rows of shoes and bags and more shoes and nothing caught my fancy (what really means’ nothing below 500 pesos). Better to just enter and catch the previews. Nothing new. Then, the movie starts. After just the opening scenes of Josh Hartnett talking to … some girl on the balcony before shooting her, and with the excessive violence and Jessica Alba’s dance sequence, Sin City is far better than The Smiths. This is, of course, my opinion.

Monday… It’s Independence Day and I have to work. Didn’t really accomplish much in the office. I just finished the evaluation reports for the staff and after a meeting with the Boss and the other supervisors, I’m off to see Batman Begins later that evening. I got the tickets from a “friend” from SkyCable’s promotions department. Good thing we’re still hooked to Sky. My brother and I arrived at the Greenbelt 3 Cinemas just as they started letting people in. We lined up to enter after getting some Sliders’ mini-burgers (so mini that I have to remind myself to take smaller bites). Two good things about “free” movie premiere are; first, the movie’s free and second, you get free food. And as they say, good luck comes in 3’s, our ticket won for an HBO goodie bag. A fitting end to a very boring day. Batman Begins is well worth watching. There are no CGI effects and no cartoonish sequences. It’s probably the best movie yet for 2005, and the best prequel this year.

I have to do this more often, really, or at least every week, or until my DVD player is up and running again.

just passing the time...

Your IQ Is 100

Your Logical Intelligence is Above Average Your Verbal Intelligence is Exceptional Your Mathematical Intelligence is Average Your General Knowledge is Above Average

A Quick and Dirty IQ Test

finally....

Haayyy, I'm glad it's finally over. My best friend's wedding pushed through yesterday amidst the rains and everything else that's going on, jueteng and all. Did my best Best man impression as I could. I hope it looks good on video. Minor hitches prevented the most of the entourage from walking down the aisle, too bad 'coz you only get one shot at this.. at least here in the Philippines.

As all weddings goes, it's the only time when you really get to see all of your friends, even though it's a work day. My friend looked good in his Katipunero inspired Barong. Too bad they wouldn't allow him to wear the "bolo" he brought to the ceremony... hehehe.... I'm just joking there. I really wished he had a "salakot" though.

I'm close to friend in all aspects "coz I know everyone on his family, realtives, friends and officemates so I'm kinda like family too. I'm really, really happy he got his wish and settled down. Best wishes to Cocoy and Cleo.

On another note, I spent the weekend in Naga again. An unexpected problem that came up and I had too fly there "most haste" to attend which my boss wasn't too keen on. We had a lot of dealines in the office and this trip only caused more delays.

The problems have been sorted out on Saturday and I spent the most of Sunday wandering around the city. I did get to hear mass at the Penafrancia basillica for the first time and i was lucky too since the mass was in Tagalog. I hope my wish will come true. One thing unfamiliar though....It's really quiet early that day, not that many people on the streets. Ah well...

I came back to Manila last Monday via Legaspi. I was so excited to be finally able to see Mayon volcano only to be disappointed because of the cloud covering 2/3 of the volcano. Better luck next time.