2005-12-30

The Blower's Daughter

The earth is about to complete its nth revolution around the sun. Well, I'm just trying to say in other words that year 2005 is about to end. Fortunately we were given this 10-day hiatus ('forced' hiatus, but I like it) to enjoy the holidays, to eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we start working our asses off again. One of those ten days I spent watching the movie Closer (Roberts, Law, Portman, and Owen) and covering the books/novels that I received this Christmas. So, that's all. I'll end this blog entry with the lyrics of the song from Closer.

The Blower's Daughter
Damien Rice

And so it is
Just like you said it would be
Life goes easy on me
Most of the time
And so it is
The shorter story
No love, no glory
No hero in her sky

I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes...

And so it is
Just like you said it should be
We'll both forget the breeze
Most of the time
And so it is
The colder water
The blower's daughter
The pupil in denial

I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes...

Oooohh
Did I say that I loathe you?
Did I say that I want to
Leave it all behind?

I can't take my mind off of you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind off of you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind
My mind... my mind...
'Til I find somebody new

2005-12-18

Christmas!!!

It's finally here! And it's been a long time since I last posted here. So many things to write, but I don't know where to start and which ones to include in this post.

I'm starting to feel the pressure of treating everyone in my family because (1) I've just received my bonus, and (2) I've just received my bonus. It's not that big, though, compared to some of my older officemates whose bonuses have already reached the 'taxable' state (but I've heard some complains 'coz the tax is too high). Anyway, contrary to what people say of me as kuripot, I'm now more of a buyer than a saver, so it's ok with me if the whole bonus is gone by the 1st of January next year.

Last night I went to my second Christmas party, this time with my batchmates in college (the first one was with the company-that-must-not-be-named that I work for) and... honestly, I didn't enjoy it that much compared to last year where we really had loads of fun. I could think of a number of reasons for that: (1) One of my classmate's mom just passed away last week, (2) Many peeps didn't make it this time, (3) The venue hasn't changed (we were planning on holding it out-of-town, but due to unavoidable circumstances, we had to settle with holding it at Tin Tan's house again, which is the best venue next to an out-of-town venue). Nevertheless, I'm glad to see them again. Hope that the summer trip will push through next year.