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This list is making the rounds on Facebook (which is where i usually am online, nowadays), but I figured I'd post my list here on LJ as well. It's essentially the same, with a few minor adjustments ( Read more... )

In my homeland,
ocean is the light
of each new day.
We live
on the edge
of the wave,
with the smell of the sea,
with its starry wine.

from Pablo Neruda's Ode to Seaweeds

There truly is no place like home. I love the Philippines so very much.

So Nate has gotten me hooked on backgammon. He spent last weekend with me here in Chicago and decided to take it upon himself to teach me how to play backgammon. We spent the entire Saturday with each other's respective laptops, logged on to an online backgammon game room. It must have been a sight to behold: he on one end of the couch and I on ( Read more... )

Finding out that Cory has colon cancer has affected me much more than I thought it would. Perhaps it's because I associate her with such a pivotal period of my life. I remember the whole People Power period of the Philippines so vividly because we had just arrived from the US and the entire country was buzzing with the prospect of overturning the ( Read more... )

Enough has happened to me in my life to make me realize that all we really have in this life is the present moment. All we really possess is our NOW. What is to happen 10 years, 10 months, 10 minutes from now? No one knows and nobody ever will. I've decided to stop worrying about things that are out of my control. Why should I fret over what ( Read more... )

This conclusion is long overdue, but I guess I should still say it: Mika makes me happy. No matter how much I dread the day, if I select CD #6 in my car and sing along to my Mika CD at the top of my lungs, things seem better.

You guys should try it: it's like magic.

I don't want to screw this up.

It's so new, but it feels like we've known each other forever.

If I made a list of characteristics that I need in a man, he has all of them.

It just feels so nice to be appreciated.

Bottom line: I'm happy. Very happy.

"The notion that somehow not talking to countries is punishment to them...is ridiculous"
- Illinois Senator Barack ObamaI think it's great he said that. Finally, here is someone who does not have the (arrogant) point of view that the rest of the world requires a US stamp of approval. The thing is, if you are truly intent of advancing the cause ( Read more... )

Being Chief Resident is so much more difficult than I realized. The buck stops here: when things go wrong, I'm expected to fix them.

Haaaaaaaay. I miss Cook County.

This entry is so passive-agressive. I'm supposed to be hard at work, but I'm complaining about my job on LJ.