History Repeats Itself
April 15, 2002
It was my mom's birthday and that evening, she wanted to go to this fancy restaurant (I forgot the name) in Tomas Morato. It took us thirty minutes to get there and when we finally arrived, the lights of the restaurant were closed. When my mom got out of the car to check, she discovered that it was closed, since it was a Monday, and that restaurant was always closed on Monday.
We ended up going to Le Souffle in Ortigas to have dinner.
Interesting event for the night was that it was probably on that evening that it dawned on Arcina that I really am a stalker. For the one and a half hours we were eating there, Arcina never noticed me, even though our tables were right next to each other. I did try to contact her, but Arcina didn't look at her phone until we finally left.
April 15, 2003
I thought it was going to be a quick evening. My dad brought the car to Virra Mall... and then we passed by Gloria Maris. Suddenly, I realized that we weren't going to eat at Greenhills, which is where we usually dine on special occassions. I then asked where we were eating. Mom answered that it was a restaurant in Tomas Morato. I then suddenly started thinking if it was the same restaurant as last year.
Again, spent thirty minutes going there only to find out that the restaurant is again closed. This time, because it's Holy Week.
Half an hour of my life wasted, mom decides to go to Le Soufflet. On the way there, my dad then comments that it was just like last year, that the restaurant mom wanted to go to was closed. Then he asked me where we ate last year. I told him Le Soufflet (it's amazing this memory I have... too bad it doesn't work with names). So it is deja vu.
No Arcina just a long meal. Lost something like two and a half hours of my life, especially going home since the Ortigas area is following a new traffic scheme (I usually walk, so I don't really mind).
Itinerary
Well, my work with Flash is soemthing like 80% done. I just have to finish the final scenes and then I'm done. That and I have to get the material which my employers haven't given to me yet. Will drop by their office tomorrow morning to get the dubs and some pictures, but they still owe me the music loop and a few more pictures, which they'll hopefully give to me sometime during Holy Week.
Tomorrow I also have a meeting with Dice since she has a business proposition (which means soliciting me for money... told her I was broke but she replied that I don't have to pay now... and who am I to decline a cute girl?). So I have to time it right so that I get to Rockwell on time and still manage to meet Dice at Robinsons Galleria by 1 pm. Last time I met her, she told me to meet her at Jollibee... which unfortunately has three branches in Robinsons Galleria (we were at the wrong places at the wrong times).
Write!
One of the many contradictions in my life, while I consider myself to be a writer, I seem to be doing anything but that. Fortunately, Elbert the manager/pimp/commercial whore/comic,graphic,layout-artist/writer/"porn star"/editor/student/consultant/occasional guest speaker/history buff got me to do this article on "books to read for children and adults over the summer" for a certain magazine (again, I forgot the name of the magazine... but trust me, it's not a mag I've read or seen in the past). Whether it'll actually be published or not, I'll know next week (but I have a track record of publications going broke before my stuff actually sees print). Managed to find the time to work on that article amidst working on Flash. Suffice to say, here are the books I recommended (if you want to know why, read the article).
The Little Prince (Ang Munting Prinsipe in Filipino) by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Coraline by Neil Gaiman, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis (yes, I don't like the series, but this book is probably the best among the lot, especially since there wouldn't be a "Narnia Chronicles" if it weren't for this book), His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman, The Earthsea Cycle by Ursula K. le Guin, The Belgariad by David Eddings, and Lois Lowry's The Giver.
I wish I had more books to dig up but quite frankly, that's the only "children's books" I've read (and just because it's aimed at children doesn't mean adults can't appreciate it). The last time I recommended a book I haven't read, well, let's just say I was disappointed when I finally managed to read it (the book, FYI, was Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which didn't strike me as funny as I expected... I really prefer Terry Pratchett more than Douglas Adams). I wish I had the time to read other children's books like those written by Brian Jacques or Susan Cooper, but perhaps in the future. When someone loans me a copy or buys me one (there's also that series, "a series of unfortunate events" I think is the title). *hint* *hint*
April 15, 2002
It was my mom's birthday and that evening, she wanted to go to this fancy restaurant (I forgot the name) in Tomas Morato. It took us thirty minutes to get there and when we finally arrived, the lights of the restaurant were closed. When my mom got out of the car to check, she discovered that it was closed, since it was a Monday, and that restaurant was always closed on Monday.
We ended up going to Le Souffle in Ortigas to have dinner.
Interesting event for the night was that it was probably on that evening that it dawned on Arcina that I really am a stalker. For the one and a half hours we were eating there, Arcina never noticed me, even though our tables were right next to each other. I did try to contact her, but Arcina didn't look at her phone until we finally left.
April 15, 2003
I thought it was going to be a quick evening. My dad brought the car to Virra Mall... and then we passed by Gloria Maris. Suddenly, I realized that we weren't going to eat at Greenhills, which is where we usually dine on special occassions. I then asked where we were eating. Mom answered that it was a restaurant in Tomas Morato. I then suddenly started thinking if it was the same restaurant as last year.
Again, spent thirty minutes going there only to find out that the restaurant is again closed. This time, because it's Holy Week.
Half an hour of my life wasted, mom decides to go to Le Soufflet. On the way there, my dad then comments that it was just like last year, that the restaurant mom wanted to go to was closed. Then he asked me where we ate last year. I told him Le Soufflet (it's amazing this memory I have... too bad it doesn't work with names). So it is deja vu.
No Arcina just a long meal. Lost something like two and a half hours of my life, especially going home since the Ortigas area is following a new traffic scheme (I usually walk, so I don't really mind).
Itinerary
Well, my work with Flash is soemthing like 80% done. I just have to finish the final scenes and then I'm done. That and I have to get the material which my employers haven't given to me yet. Will drop by their office tomorrow morning to get the dubs and some pictures, but they still owe me the music loop and a few more pictures, which they'll hopefully give to me sometime during Holy Week.
Tomorrow I also have a meeting with Dice since she has a business proposition (which means soliciting me for money... told her I was broke but she replied that I don't have to pay now... and who am I to decline a cute girl?). So I have to time it right so that I get to Rockwell on time and still manage to meet Dice at Robinsons Galleria by 1 pm. Last time I met her, she told me to meet her at Jollibee... which unfortunately has three branches in Robinsons Galleria (we were at the wrong places at the wrong times).
Write!
One of the many contradictions in my life, while I consider myself to be a writer, I seem to be doing anything but that. Fortunately, Elbert the manager/pimp/commercial whore/comic,graphic,layout-artist/writer/"porn star"/editor/student/consultant/occasional guest speaker/history buff got me to do this article on "books to read for children and adults over the summer" for a certain magazine (again, I forgot the name of the magazine... but trust me, it's not a mag I've read or seen in the past). Whether it'll actually be published or not, I'll know next week (but I have a track record of publications going broke before my stuff actually sees print). Managed to find the time to work on that article amidst working on Flash. Suffice to say, here are the books I recommended (if you want to know why, read the article).
The Little Prince (Ang Munting Prinsipe in Filipino) by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Coraline by Neil Gaiman, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis (yes, I don't like the series, but this book is probably the best among the lot, especially since there wouldn't be a "Narnia Chronicles" if it weren't for this book), His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman, The Earthsea Cycle by Ursula K. le Guin, The Belgariad by David Eddings, and Lois Lowry's The Giver.
I wish I had more books to dig up but quite frankly, that's the only "children's books" I've read (and just because it's aimed at children doesn't mean adults can't appreciate it). The last time I recommended a book I haven't read, well, let's just say I was disappointed when I finally managed to read it (the book, FYI, was Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which didn't strike me as funny as I expected... I really prefer Terry Pratchett more than Douglas Adams). I wish I had the time to read other children's books like those written by Brian Jacques or Susan Cooper, but perhaps in the future. When someone loans me a copy or buys me one (there's also that series, "a series of unfortunate events" I think is the title). *hint* *hint*
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