Surprises and Realizations

Dad arrived in Manila early this morning. It was such a surprise considering he told us he'll go home next week. So there. I woke up earlier than usual, ate my breakfast and read the newspaper and there he came out of the room.

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By August, I'm celebrating 5 years of service in the Church. It's such a surpise, considering that up till now, I still get jitters as soon as I go up to the lectern. It's a nice feeling to be able to serve and dedicate my time to proclaim the Good News, no matter how cliche it sounded.

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By the end of this week, I've officially finished two projects! Both of them Japan projects. I've learned a lot from my mentors, teammates and clients. It would be nice to get more experience and exposure, though.

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The Dark Knight is the latest movie I watched. After a hiatus from watching in the big screen, it's a nice movie but personally, I prefer Ironman. And like Ironman, I watched it twice! Heath Ledger's take on the Joker was more psychotic, disturbing. Like Krusty on steriods, booze and heroin. He was still funny on most parts.

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I spent the weekend in bed.. and what a glorious place to be! I watched movies, dvds, surfed the net. All in all, it was laid-back, steady and slow. My kind of weekend from a week of work! I watched this movie in Star, Perfume. It's the story of Jean Baptiste Grenouille, a man with extraordinary olfactory senses, who vowed to capture the greatest scent. It was sick and twisted in the end because he had to kill 13 girls to capture their essence and create the perfect perfume.

The ending was gruesome and wicked. Just before he was to be beheaded, he wore that perfume (said to be the ultimate pheromone) and caused all the people present to engage in a massive orgy. It was based from novel by Patrick Sunkirk, a German novelist. I'm thinking of looking it up on Powerbooks or Fully Booked.

It's a movie to watch as it had veteran actors like Dustin Hoffman and Alan Rickman (one of my faves!). Ben Whishaw was Jean Baptiste and his acting was quite notable.

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Spent a lot of money this month on books. The passion has been ignited again! Mom is frustrated with me... where to put all my books?? My library of a room is now turning into a warehouse of all kinds of books.

Yuletide Gushings

Last Saturday, I spent the night decorating the house with Christmas lights, decors and the Christmas tree. Unbelievable as it sounds, I've never decorated a Christmas tree so this one's my reluctant masterpiece. Our theme for this year was golden yellow and burgundy... so I kinda spent my Saturday evening jamming glittery and shiny Christmas balls into the poor tree. We added some simple yellow lights and mom made the finishing touches by adding ribbons to the tree.

Mom fondly told us that when we were little, she was always so hyped up on decorating the house during Christmas. She loved to see our faces smile whenever the lights are on. And those days, we'd have a competition who got the biggest and most number of gifts. We'd try to collect and count them and then wait for midnight on the 25th. And we always saved Santa's gifts for last. Coz they were always the biggest, heaviest and best gifts we ever got. :)

Last Saturday, I had a hardcore session on Christmas decors. I admit that I'm not domesticated but I guess it's not so bad to start now. Especially since I'm planning to get an apartment in the not-so-distant-future. Hello I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-C-E!

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I remember October-November last year... we were forced out of our house and then stayed at this old yet neat apartment in Makati. It was soooo much like in the 80s movies I see in Cinema One. The furniture was very old school and it reminded me so much about my childhood. It was a fun time last year. I got to commute everyday! It's fun at first but then it gets tiring, especially since I had to bring a laptop every single time.

At the very least, I find myself very much drawn to the mall across the street. I was in Glorietta every waking moment I'm available! The shops were so near... the cinemas were so convenient (one time, Mao and I watched a movie coz he had to wait for his gf to finish work.. the movie we watched was Cake) ^_^ oohhhh the memories! At that time, all you needed was money!

I have a lot more to gush about... but I'm to sleepy now.. I'll continue tomorrow.