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Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
“It’s Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong” is [SPOILER ALERT] a story of two strangers who have a chance encounter in the streets of Hong Kong and end up falling in love with each other, despite the fact that they’re both in long-term, committed relationships. They guy’s current girlfriend is emotionally distant (he is a writer while she is a banker), ( Read more... ) -
Negative
Today is a landmark ocassion. It's the first time I took the test not because I had to, but because a former beloved found out that he was positive. Not with me, but with a random stranger he met over a year ago ( Read more... ) -
Uhmericuh
It was a regular Monday, in all respects. I went to work, answered the same mind-numbing calls, had the same pizza for lunch. It was hot when I got out of the office. Summer is in full blast, and it is a drier kind of heat than the kind you would expect in the Philippines. It is hot, yes, but you aren't sweating, for some reason. And for some ( Read more... ) -
Dan Glove
Today I had a most rare chance to witness something I perhaps didn't deserve to have witnessed. I was with Katie. I told you about her, she’s one of my friends here. She used to live in San Diego, used to be in theater, and used to work with us. She had been fired two weeks ago, but was recovering well. Today she told us about a guy she saw at Lane ( Read more... ) -
Christmas Eve
Woke up at 4:30am. Heated the oil and did my morning rituals. Fried some lumpia for work. I called Y up while waiting for the lumpia. We had a good conversation, he bought himself Diablo 3. Hurried up, changed to slacks and a sweater, walked to the train station. Talked to Dad on the way to the station, Aldrich was out for a bit. Dad sounded sad, ( Read more... ) -
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Dear Reader, do you watch Portlandia? If you do, you will probably laugh at me when I say that I spent Black Friday in Portland, and subsequently got sucked in an episode of Portlandia ( Read more... ) -
Thanksgiving 2012 Spread
Tito Mayo prepared the turkey this year, but instead of the traditional turkey stuffing (which is basically bread and herbs and stuff), he placed tanglad (lemongrass) in it, producing an aromatic turkey with a subtle taste. While we did have gravy and cranberry sauce, we also had it with rice (tried the turkey with mashed potatoes, but it wasn't ( Read more... ) -
Emotional Blackmail and Other Sorts of Hysteria in the Small City
Today one of my co-workers told me that her Mom was going out of town and that we should hang out. I told her I would love to hang out with her, and that we could figure something out to do. Then she got very quiet, and admitted to me that she doesn't handle being alone well, and that she had tendencies towards depression ( Read more... ) -
Two Dreams of Home
Two nights ago, I dreamed that Y dropped by my home in Seattle to visit. Yes, that Y. It was a positively wonderful dream. We rode the monorail, went walking around downtown, did a little hiking. We ate at this wonderful seafood place (that I can't recall where anymore) and it was delightful. Nothing happened between us. He didn't share my bed ( ( Read more... ) -
Donkeys and Pachyderms
Today I experienced something quite American. I was telling a coworker that I was friends with this one person who works with us as well. She immediately started ranting about not liking my friend because she was a Republican, that my friend may appear that she likes me, but deep down inside, she hates my guts and doesn't want to protect my rights ( Read more... )