Four Weekends of October

1 - Sleep in, recover from Four Weekends of September. Lots of DVDs.

2 - Regina turns one. Lots of kids, lots of cake.

3 - Beijing, Xi An. Lots of pictures.

4 - Osaka. Lots of sushi.

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

I saw Woody Allen's latest movie over the weekend. It was terrific. You should go see it if you have the chance. It was all very fancy and sophisticated (lots of Gaudi, lots of Dali) and yet all I could think about was the Sharon-Gabby movies of my youth.

Remember those formulaic Sharon-Gabby movies? Boy meets girl, boy and girl fall in love, boy loses girl (usually because of disparities in their families' backgrounds), boy is reunited with girl.

Growing up I recall there would be 1 or 2 Sharon-Gabby movies every year, and to break the monotony of making the same movie twice a year, some enterprising producer will decide to pack up the entire crew and film in Baguio. Or San Francisco. And then proceed to shoot the exact same movie, but in a different location.

That's exactly what Vicky Christina Barcelona is. It's a "Woddy Allen movie" in Spain.

It's about frickin' time!

Almost a month after the Mid-Autum Festival, the weather is finally turning in Hang Kang.

Finally.

Inanities

I'm so happy I found my right house slipper.  Like really really happy.  It was lost for a couple of days and I was dsitraught.  For a while I thought the Fairy Godmother of Slippers wanted to punish me for not wearing my slippers, so she took my right slipper away.  Leaving me with a useless left slipper.  Good only for killing cockroaches, but there are no cockroaches in my flat. 

Sadness, grief and exasperation eveloped me.  And then one day, I stuck my hand under my bed and found a dusty but otherwise healthy slipper.  

I said a small prayer of thanks to the universe.  

The Perfect Omelette

Today I made myself the perfect omelette.  It was just a little runny, but properly formed (not squishy).  The filling of ham and cheese wasn't jutting out of the shell.  It was a perfect pocket.  The cheese had melted so it was more of ham omelette with cheesy egg.  

Now I'm off to the gym to eliminate that sucker from my system.

I gave him that shirt!

Forgive the bragging Ninang. But if you're nephew looked this cute, you'd be posting random pictures as well.

I swear this isn't a guy in a panda suit

For more adorable panda photos, click on "gallery" on the upper right corner.

Repulse Bay 2008

Gooooo Sarah!

I'm not a Republican or a Democrat (I'm not even American!), but I'm extending this plea to all Americans registered to vote: please vote for John McCain.

Please.

If he wins, the next four or even eight years will be so entertaining with Sarah Palin as VP. She reminds me of Alma Moreno as Mayor of Paranaque. No, wait. Vilma Santos. Yes, Governor Vilma Santos.

Imagine Ate V being a heartbeat away from being the leader of the free world?!?

It's a blessing in the skies!

(But seriously, watch Katie Couric's interview of Palin. It is breathtaking.)

O.B.F.!

I'm thrilled about Ateneo's UAAP win.

As expected, another win during a year I am unconnected with (and physically removed from) ADMU. I was a student for 8 years, faculty for two. You think we'd squeeze in a win during the DECADE I was there.

In any case, I am very happy.

Halikinu from HK.