Archive for March, 2008

a “sore throat” and two new reads

“Anong iniiyak mo dyan?! Magsalita ka!” (What are you blubbering about?! Say something!) – Edmar Takoyo (a co-worker)
It maybe because of the smoke, the beer, drinking cold pineapple juice or being up and about until 4 in the morning, last Saturday (I was talked into coming with some co-workers for a night-out at something [...]

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“hate this place”

Please could you stop the noise, I’m trying to get some rest
From all the unborn chicken voices in my head
I may be repeating myself. The more you wish that the next day wouldn’t come, the more it arrives unnaturally fast. I’ve used up all my allowable absences. So I have to report to work [...]

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…stranger in my midst…

Listening to: “Desert Rose” – Sting (w/ Cheb Mami)
Reading: “Wolves of the Calla” by Stephen King
I have just finished watching another excellent movie (see poster on the left). It’s basically a “vigilante” story, but much, much more than that.
“There’s no going back to that other person..that other place. This thing..this stranger; she is all you [...]

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(Read or Die!) and other observations

Listening to: “Yeroushalaim Chel Zahav” (Jerusalem of Gold) – John Williams (Schindler’s List OST)
Reading: “The Little Friend” by Donna Tartt; “Twisted 8″ by Jessica Zafra; “Jarhead” by Anthony Swafford
Have you heard of the phrase “Reading Addiction” or perhaps “Literature Abuse”? I found this rather amusing website detailing this “phenomenon” – America’s Hidden Problem; [...]

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Because it’s a FIELD!

Listening to: “Dead Things” by Philip Glass (The Hours OST)
Have you ever felt as though your brain insists upon running on multiple tracks, all at once?
On one hand, I am into “Twisted 8″ by Jessica Zafra (have read the first three or four articles – this woman never fails to amuse/amaze me); while watching [...]

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