Happy Halloween everyone!

It's been ages since I last posted something of relative importance here. I blame it all to Facebook and Twitter. Well, okay, not really. I've just been lazy.

So I think I'm still a little hungover, if not very tired. Last night, I was at this insane mini halloween party with a handful of office folks (Berenice, Warrick, Niki, Deejay, Sha, Vince, Ghel). We rented out a room at Legend Villas in Mandaluyong and basically just had a blast hanging out with bottles of Shakers Mudslide, Absolut, and Bacardi, with special participation of Lonestar Light beer cans.

That Bacardi sure goes straight to the head! We were all batshit crazy before midnight, and Lord only knows what else happened after that. It was all good fun and I'm pretty certain no laws were broken. ;) I passed out before 4am, was awake before 6, and home by 8. Good times.

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On a special note: Happy birthday, Mich! :)

Today would've been my father's 72nd birthday. Happy birthday, Pa.

"...the plunge is a canyon swing experience where one is secured in a harness and dropped 30 meters down before being swung like a pendulum at almost 180 degrees swing. Only the healthiest and the bravest of heart are allowed to experience the plunge."

July 27, 2009 - Me doing the Plunge @ E.A.T. Danao, Bohol


Photos here.

Wow, I've never been home this, uhm... "early". I kind of missed it. Ever since we moved to Village East, the earliest I get off work is 8:30 or 9:00pm, which meant getting home between 9:30 and 10:00pm.

Today I'm home by 8:30 and I'm so happy that I actually have time for some good old "macro blogging" before I go watch my shows.

Oh and I am happy to report that mom and I finally realised that it's better to leave to house a bit later to avoid bad traffic.

For several weeks we've been leaving the house around 7:45-8:00am to make sure I get in by 9:30am at the latest. That's taking into account 30-45 minutes of horrible traffic down Magsaysay Street and maybe 10 minutes worth down St. Martin Street by ULTRA.

Now, we leave the house close to 9am and I still manage to get to work by 9:30am! \m/

Pasig City also recently implemented the color-coding scheme, so that should also help with the traffic situation. We'll see how that goes.

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I love love love Entourage! Can't get enough of Vince, E, Turtle, and Drama!

True Blood, Drop Dead Diva, and Royal Pains are pretty awesome, too! Even better than the bigger shows they have lined up for regular seasons (fall, spring).

I kind of lost my taste for Heroes - one too many WTF moments. Although the last season kind of picked up a bit. Kind of.

Grey's Anatomy got rid of my fave character, George. R.I.P. 007! ;_;

And yay, they're FINALLY ending Lost. I didn't even have to watch Seasons 3 and 4 to figure some stuff out. There was a point that I couldn't take the whole mystery island thing anymore. Oh and I still couldn't believe that Shannon would have sex with Sayid. *shudder*

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By the way, thanks to those who expressed their condolences. My family and I truly appreciate it.

June 29: My Dad passed away at 1:15 PM. Earlier that same day, we have just moved in to our new house. Talk about mixed feelings there...

July 1: Both my brothers came home from the US and UK. We all went to Nueva Ecija for our Dad's wake. Didn't get to see his Mason brothers give him his last Masonic Rites. I think they just finished when we arrived at the chapel.

July 2: Dad's interment. No mass held. I guess just a little blessing. The Roman Catholic Church and Freemasonry don't really go well together and I seriously doubt my father would renounce Freemasonry for the Church.

All's well now. The brothers were here for only a few days, didn't even last a week. I think we've moved on pretty quickly. Many would probably be surprised at how normal we all seem to be. Heck, it's easier for me to laugh at a joke right now than cry thinking about my Dad. But that doesn't mean I love him any less. He still is my Dad and I love him very, very much.

Rest in peace, Pa. Thanks for not making mumu at home. :)

Been a while since my last post here. So sorry about that. I've been updating Twitter and Facebook a bit more frequently these days. The thing about microblogging is that you don't have to say much and that's how I am most of the time. I'm not a very opinionated person, really. I usually just let things be unless I'm inconvenienced or if they annoy me. :)

So, yeah. Not a lot of updates on my life, but I'll try to list a few things here. Hmm...

Ok, so I still work in the same company. It would be my 2nd year anniversary on Monday. Sick leave conversion, ftw. ;) Not much interesting things happening except for the influx of visitors from Texas, India, and Krakow. Oh, and we changed seats again. So now I'm actually sitting with the rest of the platform team.

Mom and sis are in London right now so it's just Rocky and myself at home. Yes, I've been doing all the feeding, walking, bathing, and at times, worrying, for the little boy. I feel guilty for leaving him the entire day with some folks we know, but it's either that or leave him alone in the apartment for about 10 or so hours. He's been great - he rarely barks and he doesn't give me a hard time bathing him. He's been especially useful in the morning, too. We all know how hard it is to wake up, right? So in the morning at around 7:00, I already hear him walking along the side of my bed and wagging his tail because he wants to be let out. Of course, I have to get up and go with him to the roof deck where we could get a little dose of Vitamin D and him just walking around and sniffing stuff.

No work on Friday so I'm pretty psyched about that. My weekends have been really tiring because of all the extra house work I have to do. I'm just so glad to get an extra day to rest.

Oh, yeah. Pao and Mau are getting married this coming Sunday and I'll be doing the first reading and the responsorial psalm. I just received a copy of those today and I'm happy that there aren't any weird words that are hard to pronounce. :P

I guess that's it for now. Movie time!

Thanks to my ever-reliable concert buddy, dreamspinner_, I was able to go to the David Archuleta/Cook concert last night at the Mall of Asia.

I must say the most memorable songs for me were:

Archie:
- "Angels" - my all-time favorite Archie cover, along with "Imagine". :)
- "Crush"
- "A Thousand Miles" - piano love!
- "Stand By Me" - although I found it weird that he sang the "Beautiful Girls" part of the song with "in denial" instead of "suicidal". What's up with that?

Cook:
- "Always Be My Baby" - duh.
- "The World I Know" - much love for doing Collective Soul <3
- also liked a couple of his rock songs, but I forgot the titles :P

Anywho, I'm not gonna post photos here anymore 'cause Au already did it in this entry (there are mp3s in there, too!) and I believe I've already done enough by posting on Facebook and Multiply.

I will, however, repost my favorite Archie/Cook photo:

... to renting, I think. I knew it! LOL. Will have to talk to The Grinch soon.

... at the office a while ago. Asked Mum to pick me up. I might consider getting a pair of hungthemoon's rain boots. It keeps raining and it's only May!

... with another Maven 2 story. It's stalking me at work!

... with QA folks now! Haha. Just booked a flight to Bohol earlier this afternoon. July 2-5. :)

As of 5:52am yesterday I've officially entered my (hopefully awesome) late 20s...

Gah, I know I shouldn't be complaining, but I feel... old. I guess we all get that feeling from time to time. It'll pass, though. Soon enough, I'll be relishing the fact that I'm still under 30. That is, until I hit 30. :/

Anywho, my birthday was quite uneventful. Not only did it fall on one of the saddest days of the Gregorian calendar, but I also opted to not leave the apartment. It was okay, though. I spent most of the day with my mum, sister, and the dog. Mum made seafood marinara to preserve the noodles-for-long-life tradition and it turned out quite good, too. Pasta + seafood + red sauce = one of my favorite pasta combos. Well done, Mum! :)

Oh, and thanks to everyone who greeted! You guys certainly made my day. ;)