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

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.

I Think That I Finally Found...

Not 'someone', but 'something'. Hehe. I was browsing through my e-mails and I happened to have the patience to stop by this particular e-mail ad from Nokia to check out their latest cellphone models...

With VGA camera? Nah.

...With camera? Nope.

...(couldn't find the word 'camera' in its main features). Hmmm.

So I checked out its full features and found that it has no camera. What's more, it's got everything that I am looking for in a cellphone. You flip it open (I dunno how they call it), it has no camera, it's black (which makes it look sleek 'n savvy 'n sophisticated *wink*), and that's it. I will further check if it's available in the local market, though. It could be a great gift, you know, for myself this Christmas. LOL!

Testimonial Dinner

Just last night I went to the testimonial dinner that was held to recognize (?) LaSallian ECEs, I mean, Engineers *ahem* who passed the April 2005 Board Exam. Unfortunately, because me, Iking, Erick, and JR work relatively far from the school and because heavy traffic never ceases to exist in Metro Manila (except maybe around 2 to 4 a.m., I guess), we only got to experience the 'dinner' part, and not the 'testimonial' part. Oh well, so much for that 'once in a lifetime' thing. At least I get to capture some moments with my ever reliable, handy digicam. I noticed that this time around, a lot of my colleagues wanted a solo shot with that beautiful background (see sample photo). Vain people! hehe.

We were supposed to go out after the event, but it rained heavy that night. So, we just spent the remaining hours talking, talking, and taking some more pictures, until a security guard approached us and shooed us out of the conserv (in a nice way, of course *wink*).

*Sigh* I wish we will have more gatherings like that. Even though my digicam's memory could not accomodate anymore the almost-every-minute-picture-taking that it captures plus the constant reminding of my friends to e-mail the pics to them, it won't matter... As long as we're all happy and gay! Yeah! LOL!