Category: personal

starting the year right

I spent the last night of the old year and the first morning of the new year with the family in Bulacan, then back to work. After work, I spent the first night of the new year with Jaykie’s family. Extended, as it was – when we arrived there were uncles and family friends, and cousins whose names Jaykie couldn’t even remember. Haha. Well. Food, and then a game of – wait for it – Pinoy Henyo. More like Reverse Pinoy Henyo. A category is stuck on the person’s forehead, other person gives details regarding the category, person tries to guess. That sort of thing.

We won, HEY!

(I was the one with the thing stuck on my forehead.)

Jake: Cereals.

Eliza: Breakfast? Fiber? Diet?

Jake: Crema de fruta.

Eliza: @_@ Er, dairy product?

Jake (to his sister): Bawal sabihin ‘yung actual word ‘no? (Sister says no.) Ayun. Cereal.

Eliza: @_@

Jake: Um, cereal? @_@

Eliza: Mga pagkaing nilalagyan ng gatas?

Everyone else: AHOOOOOOOOOOOOY. ^___^

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His sister gave me brownies and cookies (Whee) and his mother handed me this bag before I left. (I still have work, see, so I can’t get smashed. Boo.)

ohaiiiii furffle!

Thank you, all. That was really fun. :)

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In the e-mail, from Gig Book: “The ten winning stories are now in different stages of book production.”

So maybe, if everything goes well, I’ll have a book published this year?

Sweet. ♥

the lantern parade, and other shenanigans

Yes I was able to attend SUCK IIIIITTTT.

But we got bored and left our spot in front of PHAN halfway through the parade, so we missed the really nifty floats. Boo, us.

But oh look Plants vs. Zombies!

The College of Law wants you to know something about the Ampatuan massacre:

A tarp from Mass Comm *nostalgia for ze college* :


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The HGC (Jaykie and Wabe’s Juabe’s org – can’t remember what the letters stand for, sorry! Hobby Gamers’ Circle) Christmas party was fun. I helped out in my own teeny-tiny way by chopping up Mark’s strawberries. And yes, I mean exactly what I just said.

Toward midnight everybody started singing songs from Dr. Horrible and Avenue Q. IZWIN. :D

Photobomber of the Week (LOL):

Jme took this picture with her pretty pretty pink camera (to match her pretty pretty pink shoes /end kikay). Thanks Jme!

Yihee. Chenes.

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Random share: While waiting for his other orgmates to arrive, Jaykie played Magic with Jeff, while at the other end of the table I played –

– Lady Gaga.

Such is life.

More photos!

inquirer, 24

So many micro-minis my sexuality got confused. (Ehem.)

Left my decent-er camera back home, so nothing here folks but shitty 3.2 megapixel cell phone photos. Ngar. I did put my name in the glass bowl marked “Samsung 12.1 MP digital camera” during the Pick-A-Prize raffle (Pick a prize!) but of course I didn’t win. (Pick a prize!)

Hmpft.

Thanks to Jake for coming over. To quote Kate, Ang malas sa raffle, swerte sa –

Charot. ♥

More pictures here.

may ilaw na!

Ohai sparkles!


I think that cauldron-like thingy is supposed to symbolize knowledge (or something), but it just looks sinister. Ergo, cool.

(This, on the other hand, is sinister and not cool.)

Friday was dinner and then Quezon Hall to view the lights, Saturday was dinner and a short visit to Sarah’s. There was a man there at another table; I was pretty sure he was a writer and that I saw him at the Palanca Awards, but fuck me if I can remember. I’m so bad with names. (I can’t even recall the names of the people we were drinking with.) (Oh, I remember Bai – did I spell that right? – and Melai – did I spell that right?) (Melai worked in the media too and knew my Journ friends at GMA so that’s cool.)

Somewhere between Friday and Saturday was a marathon of True Blood and Sex and the City and a quiet break with The Beauty Myth and Holidays on Ice and a gazillion notes on three stories (one in-progress) and a poem. So, so, so many notes. Now if I can only string them fragments together.

BUT I’ve heard that Jaykie’s sister left a bag of chocolates with my name on it, because you know if you like it then you should definitely put your name on it, so life is good. Thank you.

warning: cheesy post ahead

Month number 1 on the 17th.

♥

Thank you. :) The flowers looked amazing.

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We went to UP on Friday. Ah, UP. You shall remain beautiful to me forever and ever.

I got him a book (a book, yes, because I am cool like that). I was planning to get more dangling earrings, but the jewelry selection in the Christmas tiangge this year underwhelmed me.

Passed through AS. Amazing how everyone looked so young. Amazing how everyone looked so young now, to me.

one-word reviews

With additional thoughts in parentheses.

the-ruins

The Ruins – Ew. (I read and absolutely loved Scott Smith’s first novel, and so I was intrigued when I heard that his second novel, The Ruins, has been turned into a film. Story’s pretty much straightforward. To be fair to it, it does have a pretty freaky premise.)

Lars and the Real Girl – Aw. (Yes, took me quite a while to finally see this film. Roger Ebert, in his review, described Ryan Gosling’s Lars as “serene”. Yes, that’s the word for it. Serene. Despite the fact that he brings an anatomically correct sex doll everywhere he goes in this small, cold town. Watch this one.)

Chuck (first few episodes) – Hee. (“So you’re saying I should just stay in this car, and not do anything?” “That’s right.” “Let’s do this.” Me: *rofl*)

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Coffee and dinner with Jaykie’s friends JME and BJ at CBTL/Pepper Steak.

jme and bj

Their names make them sound like robots or hardware, but they’re people, and really nice, interesting ones at that. Glad to meet you guys. : )

(JME showed me a series of pictures of Jaykie and BJ cooking nilagang giniling, but in the photos the guys looked like they were in a meth lab. Cooking nilagang giniling.)

Earlier Jaykie handed me a copy of Ender’s Game, which of course made me squeal like a crazy fangirl. I read Ender’s Shadow first – a dick nerd move – and I’ve been looking everywhere for a copy of Game. And here it is howeeeeeee.

endersgame

But of course I can’t read that yet, for I have been condemned (CONDEMNED!) to read this first:

thrones

It’s an 800+-page monster. Good luck to me.

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“Now, for your Moment of – “

cbtl

Sorry, not that one.

“Now, for your Moment of Zen.”

parking

They could have just said “Open 24 Hours”, but hey, specifity is king.

unfair trade

Look.

We passed by Sasa the Sorbetera’s branch to get some free ice cream say hi and in exchange for two scoops of Macadamia Nut this picture was taken:

moa

This is unfair, Sasa! We demand fondue!

With Sasa and Jaykie (Mall of Asia, October 25); I don’t know who took the picture, but thanks I guess :p