1. the smell of a newly bought paperback
2. Tuna in my sandwich, tuna in my pasta, tuna in my salad
3. talking to myself while driving
4. getting past Immigration line and an added stamp on my passport
5. sunsets and the promise that the sun will comeback the next day
6. a quiet stroll
7. hearing my wife breathing beside me when I wake up in the middle of the night
8. the Los Angeles Lakers 9. a restful catnap
10. silver or gold bric-a-bracs, black or white fashion
11. driving with the windows rolled down
12. memento – the movie and the blog 13. discovering that next sensational resto and telling people how my wife and I enjoyed it
14. buying good CDs and books from the bargain bin
15. BookSale
16. Music One in Greenbelt 3
17. doing nothing while in Greenbelt 3 18. the sensation after getting bills paid online or through the bank
19. the freedom of being chauffered
20. the music of the 80s
21. crossing out things done from Things-To-Do List 22. a massage
23. getting complimented for something I was proud of
24. having my wife’s hand to hold during traffic stops
25. squeezing my head like a cat under the bosom of my wife
26. laughing like a kid
27. solving problems like an adult
28. being air-dried after a quick shower or swim
29. a child wanting to hold your hand while walking
30. receiving handwritten letters from the mail
31. excitement of opening the envelop of newly developed pictures
32. Clarens, Montreux, Vevey – and the thought that my wife is there right now
33. praying
With this list, I bid thee goodbye. And another blog gone blag. Thank you for reading me.
3. Philippine basketball team not gaining any medal at all at the Asian Games after losing to eventual Silver, South Korea, on a last second 3-point shot at the buzzer.
2. Finding out a big scratch (without dents naman) on 444 (that's the plate number) and back tracking where I got it? Las Pinas? Libis bazaar? or from somebody along our street since I parked it outside since another car was inside the garage.
1. A bum stomach (must be that saucy chicken I ate from McDo, bluchhh)
Whatever it is. Everything is ok, since I started the Monday with a 90-minute long distance to-from Switzerland. Sarapppp. Im rejuvenated.
I've always seen these Friday 5 around, but haven't caught the virus, til now:
It's just too good to pass up, here goes my FRIDAY FIVE :
1. If you could only choose 1 cd to ever listen to again, what would it be? For someone who has at least 700 CDs, this question is going to be hard to answer. Definitely, its a mixed CD of all Depeche Mode songs in MP3 version so that all 150 songs fit in one CD! But one that is commercially released, it would have to be Sarah McLachlan's "Mirrorball". Full of emotions. And its the best live album ever. Plakadong plakado.
2. If you could only choose 2 movies to watch ever again, what would they be? "Memento" (I can relate kasi) and nothing more.
3. If you could only choose 3 books to read ever again, what would they be? Aside from the Bible, they have to be: Pablo Neruda's "100 Love Sonnets", Eyewitness Travel Guide to "France" and "Italy". Neruda dahil hindi ko pa natatapos. I havent read the Spanish version of the 100 sonnets. And France and Italy guides are for obvious reasons, both are my favorite countries in the world. Aside from the Philippines, and Switzerland, and Germany, and USA,....
4. If you could only choose 4 things to eat or drink ever again, what would they be? Bread and Water. And on the side, lechon kawali and piping hot rice!!! (Labs, can I add Coke? and Ice Cream?)
5. If you could only choose 5 people to ever be/talk/associate/whatever with ever again, who would they be? M, my wife (isang tao lang yan). My parents. My 2 sisters.
Tonight, everything just stopped to a grinding halt. I knew that the South Superhighway has the potential to turn LA's 405 to an Autobahn anytime of the day. But tonight was just different as traffic backed up a good 15 kilometers up to C-5. So what do you do? These were the things I did:
5. Ignore the guy who forewarned me, while driving his SUV making a 10 kph reverse along C-5, "Pare, Motorola is flooded".
4. Drop jaw on top of the flyover between the horizons of the air strip and the highway. And whisper to myself "Totoo nga!"
3. Took a picture for my other blog, as I descended the ramp.
2. Since its the month of the Holy Rosary, prayed despite not knowing which mystery it is today. I did the Glorious set.
1. Stay inside the car, reading at least 3 magazines, driving 1 meter per minute for the next 2 hours.
The last time I made a wishlist, I got all of I wished for. Although the list wasn't updated, I got my Amelie and Memento DVD exactly the same time as the others.
So, to continue the tradition of having a 100% batting average, here goes:
5. Aimee Mann's "Lost In Space" - I got ALL her albums, so why not this one?
5. Ani Di Franco's "So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter" - the busiest lady in the recording industry with at least one album per year. Wow!
4. Tori Amos' "Scarlet's Walk" - need me to tell you more about her music?
4. Melissa Ferrick's "+1" - unknown in the Philippines, but already great Folk Pop artist back in the US
3. "Spiderman" (widescreen edition) on DVD - for release in the Phils on the 15th but in the States on November 2, 2002. I already pre-ordered from O (Powerplant) for a consummable P 200.
2. "Band of Brothers" on DVD - maybe steep for its price, but let's see if its worth it by November 5, 2002.
2. "Glengarry Glen Ross" - Finally, after 10 years of waiting! One of the first movies of Kevin Spacey, with Al Pacino and directed/screenplay by David Mamet.
1. Nokia 6650- triband, MMS, Video and Stills. What more can you ask for?
We arrived last Monday night and here are the first 5 (ala Basketball, my favorite game) upon setting foot in Manila:
First 5 Great News: There is Milo Ice Cream in Shell Select, La Salle Won Game 2!, The Philippines Won vs. North Korea, there were no broken things inside my luggage, and we landed safely!
First 5 Food Eaten: Barbeque, Chicken Liver, Lechon Kawali, Kare Kare and Kanin
First 5 Activities Done : Text Switzerland, Text Davao, Sleep, Sleep, Sleep
First 5 Things Bought: Philippine Daily Inquirer, one gallon of Milo Ice Cream, P 500 worth of Shell Velocity (yun pa lang pala)
Last 5 minutes : Read my online newspaper , turned off office aircon, checked the time, checked my email, clutched my keys preparing to go home
Last 5 hours : Had two meetings, with fellow blogger, no, not on how to improve blogging, of course it was business, had another meeting, and another in the office, blogged and checked email.
Last 5 days : Arrived last Monday night, Saw Mona and Venus, Was in Paris for the weekend, Left my loved one (only for a couple of weeks labs) and enjoyed Interlaken.
Last 5 weeks : Enjoyed immensely because I was with my one and only love and of course my parents too in Europe!
