Monthly archive January, 2006

Park that car, drop that phone, sleep on the floor, dream about me

What a dilemma! I can’t make up my mind whether to go to Milan or to Leuven, Belgium to watch Broken Social Scene… Spent most of last night trying to find a reasonably-priced plane ticket to either Milan or Belgium. Since the concerts fall on a Monday and on a Tuesday, those low-cost airlines don’t...

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Boo!

Literally a few seconds ago I was asking Julien what he thought of my new bag, while he was working on his program. Once I managed to extract a half-hearted answer from him I plodded on and asked him if, in his opinion, it would snow tonight. He totally snapped at me, saying “Will you...

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The shop

During last Christmas’ last-minute panic shopping, slightly disturbed but immensely amused by the sight of several people toting carrier bags emblazoned with the most common Filipino insult, I did a bit of sleuthing and came face-to-face with Thank god for camera phones.

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Just can’t, people.

I cannot drive. There is a reason why I still do not have my license at 26. I know that all it takes is “practice”, but practice is beyond me. I have no coordination. I easily get distracted. I don’t care much for rearview mirrors. To tell my left from my right, I have to...

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Fortune Telling

Setting up a rendez-vous with a gynecologist isn’t exactly in my list of “10 Things to Look Forward To”. Even so, because I’m all adult and mature-like, I patiently go through the Pages Jaunes in vain search for a clinic I can go to. I do have one criteria to meet: my gynecologist must be...

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