My new blog, which I modestly announced last week, has yet to see realization as I am still caught up with work, both official and personal. I have yet to write an introductory piece let alone design a customized header which will yell to anyone fortunate to find that piece of real estate on the web "Blog ito ng Isang Dating Taga-Peyups" (this is a blog by a UP alumnus). Next week, sana.
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My sister leaves on Thursday for another tour of duty at Dubai Duty Free where she has been employed for roughly a couple of years. When she reports for work on the 27th, it'll be the start of her 3rd term. Good luck, Wheng!
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All the big bosses in the office are off for at least a week (a few of them actually will be gone for a longer spell) and for the meantime, some pressure is lifted off us, especially my Department. However, the old dictum "while the cat is away the mouse will play" will not, and I mean, will not apply as there's tons of work to be done with Chinese New Year coming in, and more and more demand for work from our poker colleagues. I let my boys and girls relax a bit yesterday but as the week progresses, I will need to flex my muscles and get the whip cracking har, har har!
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Malaya "Yarie" Cruz will be christened this coming weekend and with the pile of work in the office and at home, I don't know if I can squeeze in some hours to join the merry parents, Dennis and Pilar, in their special occasion. A miracle is what I'll need right now.
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While working on my personal project until a few minutes ago, I was also listening to some MP3s stored on my HDD (which I will eventually have to burn to DVDs to free up space and help my P4 2.4GHz processor speed up things). God, I miss playing the guitar. And yes, I've been harping about it but I haven't, even with the holiday season passing by and having some moolah then to spend, bought a new guitar yet (bought upgrades instead to my PC like the DVD-RW and a couple of DDR memory sticks).
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With some free time at the office yesterday, I turned on my couch potato hat and proceeded to look through movies and TV series of interest, err, to me he he he.
Batman: The Dark Knight looks interesting enough to catch on the big screen this 2008 (with Christian Bale reprising the lead role and Brokeback protagonist Heath Ledger clowning up as a deranged Joker) and so is Iron Man with no less than Robert Downey, Jr. donning the tin can suit.
Cloverleaf, the monster thriller looks an exciting view (taken from a camcorder's POV) but I might just catch it on the DVD player along with National Treasure 2, Sweeney Todd and Dragon War (which I accidentally viewed while shopping at PC Express Pasong Tamo a couple of Saturdays ago).
With 7 leave credits left from last year, I will schedule my leaves and hope to use them to watch movies that have been screen but I haven't watched yet -- Golden Compass, Bee Movie, Beowulf, Hitman, and host of others.
Turning over to TV ... I have yet to score Eureka Season 1 but Season 2 is already available. Also, waiting for me is Prisonbreak Season 2, and Weeds. I'm still on the prowl for Star Trek:Enterprise but a longer break before March may just find me going through my 24, CSI New York and Alias CDs.
Lots of things to watch, so little time to do so.
Talkin' 'bout stuff over steaming cups of coffee. Grab a seat and be part of the chit-chat.
