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Saturday, April 29, 2006

The Moneymaker


My blog is worth $1,693.62.
How much is your blog worth?



Wow, I could sell this crap and make more money than I do overtiming on Saturdays?!? I just don't know how they compute the figures. I guess I could find out... but science research awaits.

Ikaw, how much is your blog worth?

Monday, April 24, 2006

Lola

I have been living vicariously off other people for the past few weeks now. It's a disease, I tell you, that's self-inflicted. I really should jog with my labmates every afternoon, and go to beaches with my friends, and make sure that Baguio trip with M8 pushes through... but right now all I can think about is sleeping in on a Saturday morning. And now, more events from other people's lives:

My labmate Dai was malling by herself in SM North last week when she noticed two elderly people following her. The lolo and lola looked normal--at first perusal--so she didn't take much notice of it. That is, until she was followed everywhere she went. She was now in the department store checking out clothes when the old lady approached her from behind, opened her bag (which was slung over her shoulder), and starts scouring through her stuff. Dai was in such shock at the lady's audacity that she did not know what to say at first. And when she regained control of her toungue two seconds later, all she could yell was "Oooohhhhh!" at which the old lady stopped what she was doing and went about her way as if NOTHING happened. You can imagine myself and my labmates doubling over with laughter by this point as Dai was telling her story, but I bet it was scary when it happened. We kept telling Dai she'd just been WOW MALI-ed. Hahahaha.

Ablir, K-Ann and I watched ZsaZsa Zaturnnah Saturday night. Wow wow wow. It was fantastic. I don't like spoilers so I'm going to stop right here. Those of you who have no plans for this coming Friday, Saturday or Sunday: go buy tickets now at Ticketworld. And those of you who are smart and have already booked seats and are just waiting for the weekend to come, start getting excited. It was worth all the trouble we underwent getting the tickets. It was seriously hilarious.

Monday, April 10, 2006

No Fasting for This Guy

Nothing substantial to write about really. I'm in front of our lab PC and I don't feel like doing any more work. The vacation days are so near, but right before it starts an AMOR meeting is scheduled to transpire. I have erroneous results again this week--what's new. Anyway, Ablir is bent on going to Puerto Galera this week on a "backpacking adventure." For me Puerto Galera is a no-no because the accommodations are extremely expensive and the food terrible (to my blockmates: remember with loathing the schnitzel and kaldirita? hahahahaha). Plus there's this little complication of me having nearly drowned there--details of that horror story I'm taking to my grave. I think the only one who really knows about the whole thing is Sheena, who accompanied me all the way to the safety of the shore. Enough.

I'm not really sure how to spend four days of no work. Lying in a perfectly horizontal position sounds mighty fine... And I should really catch up on my reading. But what would really get the stress out of me is a good, long massage. My labmates accuse me of being obsessed with it at the moment. Here in our lab we give each other quickie... shoulder rubs because they really, really help. Ahh, but to lie flat while being smothered in aromatic oils... Hey, that's the life.

Goodbye for now. I probably won't be able to post again until after Easter, as my cousins and I will busy ourselves singing the Pasiong Mahal starting Wednesday.

Btw, does anyone here watch Grey's Anatomy? The first episode's pretty good. I didn't previously know that Katherine Heigl (of teen sci-fi drama Roswell) was in the cast.

Wednesday, April 05, 2006

Safe in Here

clumsy
our lady peace


throw away the radio suitcase
that keeps you awake
hide the telephone, in case
you realize that sometimes you're just not okay
you level off but it's not alright now
you need to understand
there's nothing strange about this
you need to know your friends
you need to know that

i'll be waving my hand, watching you drown
watching you scream
quiet or loud
maybe you should sleep
maybe you just need a friend
as clumsy as you've been
there's no one laughing
you will be safe in here

throw away this very old shoelace
that tripped you again
try and shrug it off
it's only skin now
you need to understand
there's nothing fake about this
you need to let me in
i'm watching you and

i'll be waving my hand, watching you drown
watching you scream
quiet or loud
maybe you should sleep
maybe you just need a friend
as clumsy as you've been
there's no one laughing
you will be safe in here