I think I'm alive? And 23. Haha. How horrible! Not really ( Read more... )

Oddities quiz, stolen from dragonsigh:

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Well. Benazir Bhutto is dead. I think our Pakistan office won't be opening for awhile, not to mention our Afghanistan office won't be moving for awhile. :|

Kind of wonder that maybe she should've stayed in exile.

I did manage to make that French Onion soup redux, complete with cheese croutes and all--except it went by quite fast that I didn't really have time to take pictures of the finished product. Soup on bowl, topped with french bread with molten cheese on top. Yum ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday, liquidwriter!

I actually work quite near the Manila pen, maybe modestly 4-5 blocks away. If one didn't know what was going on outside the walls of the office, one would never guess there was a coup going on less than a kilometer away ( Read more... )

Sinking deeper into the endless mudpit that is ___. Shit. Why can't I just be rational when it comes to things that count?

Well, was at the Asian Institute of Management yesterday when the bomby thing went off. Had no idea. (For those who don't know, AIM is right across Greenbelt 1.) Just got text messages about it. So that was weird. To think I pass Glorietta every afternoon on the way home.

Oh god how am I gonna get home next week now.

Part of my frustration lately has been mostly pondering about deep pseudo philosophical-esque questions about, cheesily enough, where life is all headed. Why work is frustrating. Sometimes it feels like I'm waiting for something, but I'm not sure what it is now.

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That was a rather shitty weekend. Well, not that bad, but it was exactly what I expected: all work, 0% fun. (Okay, the alcohol last Friday kind of made up for it. I think that will be the last half-shot of Grappa I will ever have in my whole life.) I think I will demand at least an extra day off because not only did I NOT have a holiday last ( Read more... )