I just realized that I have not yet christened a name for this blog's Tuesday collection of whatsoevers.
There is the Monday Mumblings, the Wednesday Warbles, the Thursday Tidbits, the Friday Frolics, the Saturday Shindigs and the Sunday Whatchamacalits (need to rename this last one) but no such title for Tuesday.
This is not to say that I do not blog on a Tuesday but in this blog's three years of existence, it never fell on a Tuesday for me to write "collectively".
Hence, I christen Tuesdays as Tuesday Tattles. Online Merriam-Webster defines tattle as idle talk, or chatter, or gossip.
Now, that is a good name :)
bucked!
Just five more coffee orders and I will have earned my first ever Starbucks Coffee 2009 Planner.
Yes, I have caught the fever and have been happily plunking down hundreds of pesos for branded coffee and a minute sticker ... almost on a daily basis. I have already spent PHP 1,240 on all those Christmas drinks requirement ... imagine that.
At least now, I will just need to order Caffe Mochas which are way, way a bit cheaper than the PHP 155 Grandes I've ordered daily going back eight straight.
christmas tunes
Thanks to good friend and colleague, Jacqui, I now personally enjoy a good selection of old holiday hits (or at least rendered old-style) whether at the office at home.
While I do enjoy the disco medley of Christmas songs that seems to be the staple everywhere, I personally prefer hearing the likes of Dean Martin, ol Blue Eyes, Nat King Cole, and the like hitting the holiday notes. You can also add in Harry Connick Jr., The Ray Conniff Singers, and Brian Setzer to the mix. But no Michael Boltons, please.
What I do miss right now are those stop-motion animation series Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman which were TV staples when I was still a kid. The last time I saw them was in high school on RPN 9. Since then, I have not seen them on the tube.
nasty fall
Met a bit of an accident last Sunday.
I was backriding on a trike on the way home from Shopwise, hand a clutching a bag of groceries and the other hanging on for dear life on the rear of the trike (the trike had no roof hence, no overhead hand-hold) when on a sharp (and rather fast) turn, I slipped from the backseat and fell hard on my butt.
I actually felt the accident coming and actually tried to gain foot balance as I fell but the momentum was such that I eventually fell on my right side. Just had enough thought to protect my back and head from a nasty bump and managed to jerk my arm to prevent a possible fracture and just managed to scratch and bruise it.
After landing on my butt, my back followed and a split-second later, after realizing I did not sustain life-threatening injuries, I laid my head on the concrete to reassess things.
Of course, that was how Elvie saw me -- spread eagle on the street with my head on the concrete and my hand still clutching the shopping bag -- which freaked her out thinking I had hit my head hard on the cement. Thank goodness I was wearing jeans, otherwise, I would've scrapped my legs as well or worse. Still it was a nasty fall and resulted in a pain in my right butt (most likely bruised on the inside). Stiller, I am thankful that the bruised butt and scratched elbow were all I sustained as injuries.
The last time I met an accident like this was when I was still in elementary when during a sidecar accident, I got dragged and scrapped my right shoulder and hand.
on hiatus
I am on a two-day vacation leave right now.
Absolutely no real reason for the VL but just to use up my leaves of which I still have a handful. So, that makes it a four-day hiatus.
Despite the four-day stretch, it has been a busy weekend. Saturday was spent with my mother-in-law and we shopped some items for her and other relatives. Sunday, after mass, we met up with balikbayan Jean, Elvie's best friend and one of Ikai's ninangs. From Taft, we proceeded to Market Market for some mallrat action.
On the first day of my official VL, I ran an errand for my father in Ortigas in the morning -- get the videoke system fixed for use in the holidays. In the afternoon, Elvie, Ikai and I toured Jean around the new areas of Greenbelt (GB5 included which I only saw yesterday as well).
Today (it's already 1:30am as I write this), no definite plans yet except to check on office emails and if I am up to it (butt willing), go malling (with really no intent to buy anything). But with the promised Fully Booked in GB5 not yet open, my enthusiasm to explore the new areas more thoroughly has been dampened a bit.
old friend
While malling with my family and Jean last Sunday at Market Market, I happened to bump to an old friend, Ina.
It was good to see her again since it has been really years since I last saw her. Recently married (as relayed by friends), it has always been a fond hi and hello moment for both of us since aside from sharing a brief interlude in high school, Ina and I shared the same name (somewhat because her full name's Ramina and mine is Ramelito), we also share the same birthday, February 24.
Yes, quite a coincidence and you can imagine my surprise when I first learned about it during the first day of class when I was but an HS freshman and she a fresh transferee to CSA Binan.
After the briefest of hellos, she proceeds to tell me that so and so has just returned (I assume a classmate of ours who has been abroad) and has asked if I heard about it. I had no idea what she was talking about and I guess she realized that from that perplexed expression she got from me. So, she dropped the topic and just waved goodbye.
tubed
With the promise of an extended vacation this holiday season, it may well be time to finally sit down (or lie down) for some serious tube action.
I've posted here on several occasions that I've still got discs after discs of TV shows and series to watch. This upcoming free days may just be the perfect opportunity to finally do so and get them over and done with.
And there are several new interesting shows that I may adding to my collection soon. Recent interests include Pushing Daisies (although already a cancelled series in the US), Criminal Minds, Dresden Files, and the intriguing Life. I have yet to understand what's the gist of Fringe but from the episode I saw last night on the CS Origin channel, it looks interesting.
avast, shiver me timbers!
Played pirate recently at the annual company Christmas Party.
The theme for this year's party was the Red Carpet Premier -- so that meant movies. Our group was lotteried to dress up and present a skit on the theme fantasy.
For our group's presentation, we did a shortened version (under 7 minutes) of children's fantasy play, Peter Pan. James, who was rather insightful, predicted that everyone else expected us to do Lord of the Rings or Pirates of the Carribean. So, to surprise them, we chose to work on a classical children's fantasy. And despite the rather lack of practice, we still managed to earn the judges' nod good enough for third place! I think the synchro swimming recreation did the trick!
I definitely did not look like a pirate from Never Never Land. Especially when I donned my jeans after the performance, I looked more like a hardcore biker -- the dirty type that rides Harleys.
In the photo below, that's me on the leftmost, then Monique dressed as Cruella (from 101 Dalmatians), James in Eragon-inspired attire, Grace as Tiger Lily or Pocahontas (take your pick), and Perds as Captain Jack Sparrow.
