podcastalley is my favorite web destination these days eventhough i currently don’t own an ipod, sold it off months ago because i got tired of the 20 gig worth of memory with nothing to put on it and the grayscale display just made me miss my sony clie t650c even more. maybe i just got used to the miniscule ram on those prehistoric palm os pda’s that’s why i can’t fill up this huge space, the 512mb memstick duo on my w800i isn’t even half full yet, or perhaps i just don’t have enough songs to put on it.
anyways, after i discovered these podcasts, i now have a lot of content to load onto my memstick, and if i get crazy again, i just might get me a black ipod nano before the week ends =)
red eye
this film is guaranteed to keep you at the edge of your seats, definitely another cleverly written plot from the director of scream. it almost starts out like serendipity but doesn’t stay that way for long.
where: Greenbelt 1, Cinema 1
when: Saturday, 10 September 2005. 05:50 p.m.
heaven and eggs
we had breakfast at this newly opened pancake and steak house at g4 last saturday. good thing we were there early so we found our seats in no time. i ordered their dear bacon, love eggs meal, funny name but it was actually good. a warning though, don’t ever order that blue colored, weird tasting bubblegum soda. ewwww!!! i think i had a stomach ache because of that one.
after breakfast/brunch, i finally got a silicon case for my w800i, Php750 at digital walker in park square 1. i also bought a pair of shades as babs birthday gift, he turned 16 yesterday. how swift time flies, my baby brother isn’t a baby anymore, boo hooo, he’s even taller than me! but his taste in movies haven’t changed, we watched this kid’s movie “sky high”, it’s about teen-agers with superpowers studying at this academy that same name. it’s a fun film.
for the 2nd straight week now, we’ve been spending our sunday mornings at planet badminton in pasong tamo, it’s only a 5 minute jeepney ride away. we usually play from 8 to 10 a.m. i remember the last time i played against babs at ymca cebu, he literally broke the badminton racket in 2. yeah! he’s a sore loser hehe j/k actually i think he grips the racket too fiercely or something, anyway this time his racket didn’t break but it flew right across the court, whew!! i think he should stick to soccer.
sky high
this movie is surprisingly good and witty for a disney kid movie. i almost wished that this was like a harry potter film with 6 sequels.
just discovered today that they have a nice interactive website. go ahead, it’s not too early for second childhood =)
where: Glorietta 1, Cinema 2
when: Saturday, 3 September 2005. 09:30 p.m.
a day in the life
t.g.i.f =) that’s probably what most of my working friends tell themselves when they wake up and find out that the week snuck past them again and it’s friday at last, yey!
woke up at half past ten today, the construction at the nearby shang condo is so irritating! i would have slept for an hour more if not for the noise. bum’s life i know =). the good thing about not working at some high profile pretentious firm is not having to spend much time looking for a business casual attire, so there i was rummaging through my closet looking for my favorite pair of torn pants and half sleeved giordano sports shirt. rags! i’m sure that’s what my mom would say.
after a quick shower and a bite of leftover food from last night, i decided to get some cash from the atm, it’s a friday after all, time to empty the cash registers and spend foolishly harhar. good thing i live just across the mall, i didn’t have a hard time finding a cash dispenser, especially after i found out that the nearest atm was off-line.
i practiced aimless wandering at greenbelt, trying to look for a decent pivot case for my new toy. unfortunately, i didn’t find any so i decided to just go visit some friends working at ayala av and join them for a fri lunch out. it’s expensive being lazy, instead of a 15 minute walk, i opted to take a cab and spent the next 30 minutes stuck in traffic. it set me back 70 bucks!!! aarrggghhhhhh.
for lunch, georgia, ri and i invaded seattle’s best at paseo center, we just lazed around while pretending to read some magazines. i miss the out of town trips! i wish we could go somewhere else next weekend, vigan? bicol? sorsogon? pagodpod? ok even hongkong and singapore would do i guess.
hohum its past 2 in the afternoon. and i have nothing to do, idle hands are the devil’s workshop, i might as well review for the sun certification, maybe another piece of paper will add meaning to my life hehe. i’m looking forward to dinner at heaven and eggs tonight with the gang and maybe a movie afterwards. i hope babsy arrives soon to bring home my lanzones =) yum!
and that’s a day in the life of a bum. =)
northern sky
last night i listened to some songs on my new mobile jukebox, well actually i was listening to just one melody by nick drake that was on eternal repeat. it’s from the soundtrack of serendipity. somehow, whenever i hear this song, it brings me back to that one midnight two years ago: with too much vodka sitting on my head, riding at the back of a car, and chasing the sunrise on the sandy beaches of mactan, i told myself “i would like to feel this way again”, foolish and giddy, happy and hopeful. these are such elusive feelings, it’s so much easier to just be empty.
“I never felt magic crazy as this
I never saw moons knew the meaning of the sea
I never held emotion in the palm of my hand
Or felt sweet breezes in the top of a tree
But now you’re here
Brighten my northern sky.
It’s been a long time that I’m waiting
Been a long that I’m blown
It’s been a long time that I’ve wandered
Through the people I have known
Oh, if you would and you could
Straighten my new mind’s eye.”
– northern sky, nick drake
the one
i finally found the one. =) got my w800i last sunday after our 2 hour badminton game. the fatigue messed up with my logical and frugal self until i finally gave in to the dark side. at last, my dream phone, yey!!
last weekend i finished watching season 1 of desperate housewives, thanks to jules for the dvd copy =) the viewing marathon gave me a headache but the hilarious episodes were worth the while, i hope there’s still a next season to look forward to.
today, i had lunch at racks with my former classmate in malate catholic school. it’s been a long time since we last saw each other – 13 years to be exact. time flies so fast, where do all the years go?
skeleton key
this is about the adventures of a caregiver who is driven by the guilt of abandoning her father in his dying days. it got her into a lot of trouble and ultimately led to her demise.
great acting, good plot, and a nice twist in the end, sppoky!! but basically it just boils down to these facts:
1. you can’t undo your past mistakes,
2. live a guilt free life =) and
3. don’t agree to live in big creepy houses even if they offer you $1000 a week.
where: Greenbelt 3 Cinema 2
when: Friday, 19 August 2005. 10:20 p.m.
been a while
“Sunday morning rain is falling
Steal some covers share some skin
Clouds are shrouding us in moments unforgettable”
it was a hectic weekend. met up with emman and the gang last friday at max brenner after watching skeleton key. then proceeded to uplb the next day to visit babs, and back again that evening to makati to attend this house party at monette’s pad. i was too tired to lift a finger so i decided not to go. ria’s drunken antics has become a legend by now. they should ban texting/calling while drinking. i almost fell off my chair laughing when zet shared the text message she received from ri that night hehe.
i’m looking for a new place, the evil neighbor whom i shall aptly call as cruella devil had some post-its again on my door. she is worst than my high school principal, noticing everything from my guests’ shoes to my hair to the food i cook. and when i say notice i mean she says mean things about it. she even accuses me of dumping garbage on the front door. gosh! it must be pretty tough growing old alone. here’s her profile: mid 40’s to early 50’s, lives alone in a 56 sq. m. one bedroom pad beside ours, separated from her husband, lost custody over her 2 children, who visits her once a month, spends all of the day shouting to someone on her cellphone or bullying the door man, receptionist, janitor and all people at the condo. i wish she would just jump out of the window and end her misery. or else i just might give her a little push. arrrggghhhhhhhh!!!!!! i bought two newspapers looking for other options and i called my broker. anything but this hell please, i can’t accomodate any more challenges to my already nerve wracking life.
“But things just get so crazy living life gets hard to do
Sunday morning rain is falling and I’m calling out to you
Singing someday it’ll bring me back to you
Find a way to bring myself home to you”
-track: sunday morning, maroon 5-
must love dogs
witty dialogue, light comedy, amusing situations, totally predictable plot except for the last scene where the girl has to swim across the lake to get the man of her dreams. overall this is a fun, warm, and feel good movie, i recommend you don’t watch it with bitter single women =) or guys who think john cusack is gay, so as not to ruin the effect hehe,
my friend let me borrow the novel where this film was based, she said the swim scene at the end was not in the book. thank god.
where: Greenbelt 3 Cinema 2
when: Wednesday, 17 August 2005. 8:50 p.m.