escape

I may not be posting for a while here--simply because I am not heading home tomorrow right after school and yes, I'll be sneaking out just to attend another Rose FGD at the LUG offices. I will be most probably be grounded after that, so I'll be saying bye for the moment just in case that happens. Hey, I've missed out on 2 events already, and I'm not missing this one out, and being grounded will be worth it.

balara

It was a 1 hour trek through a place that no one would have thought existed in the heart of Quezon City. We (that's me and Mark) went past Mang Jimmy's (Mark: Gwapo kaya si Mang Jimmy?) to the Windmill and the old Balara Tower (which was closed), then to the park beside it (which was pretty dilapidated, but maintained a sense of charm all its own; Me: Parang pamilyar ito ah *points to old one-room building*...diba may nag-shooting ng MTV dito dati?) then to an old stone globe and an old jar, a monument to those who built the reservoirs (Unknown I unto all but not unto God and my colleagues; how true, who remembers the men who built Balara now), the crystal-clear yet surprisingly empty swimming pool, and until the residential areas. Then we turned back--we were afraid to get lost in the residential areas--and bumped into Maritoni on the way back (she was at Mang Jimmy's).

We parted ways at the back of Vinzon's; and since there were no Katipunan jeeps (it was lunchtime and everyone must be on break), I walked until the row of computer stores in Katipunan. There I bought (finally) a longer LAN cable; then went to Ali Mall to have lunch at KFC. I passed by National Bookstore too, looking for Kiko Machine 2, but ended up buying Le Guin's 1st book from the Earthsea Cycle since Kiko Machine 2 was out of stock.

I suppose I'm going back to reading again.

windmills

The video upload's taking forever and because of that I've started on my MP10 story without even having gone to the Balara Windmills yet. It's temporarily titled "Prinsesa Naranghita", simply because it was the first thing that came to mind. It's starting to sound Quixotic, with a high-heeled middle-aged woman (the Prinsesa Naranghita) literally following her dreams and accompanied by her trusted maid, Inday, and her loyal driver, Mang Jhun. I've only started with a few snippets, and I'd probably finish the draft later after our hiking trip. To the windmills then.

Although now, I'm starting to doubt the choice of name. Maybe I'll think of something else during the trip.

skinned

As you might've noticed (if you didn't then what the heck) I've got a new skin for my blog courtesy of Gecko+Fly. I guess I got tired of pink, and since I can't get the template that I originally downloaded, I got this one instead. It runs on the old blogger though, so no more drag-and-drop layouts and hello html again. Not that I'm complaining--the old blogger is way easier to customize even without that drag-and-drop.


Then there's an FGD again for Thursday--I'm not sure if I'm attending, I'll still have to check my sked and my mood--and a hiking trip to Mang Jimmy's tomorrow. And Gmail's acting weird again; I can't send the Pan Pil presentation for some reason. Oh well, maybe tomorrow it'll be acting fine again.

EDIT: Before I forget--I'm now a Cat Blogger. @_@

hausaufgaben

So just a short post before going back to work again, this time on that Pan Pil report (finally). Bio did not down as well as expected--I shouldn't have studied anymore for that--and Deustch was okay, though viele Panik set in and I pretty much ended up just reading my report; then again, I wrote that, so it shouldn't be much of a worry. So the only thing that needs to be done is that Pan Pil thing and a trip to the places past Mang Jimmy's for a story. Hopefully it'll all be over soon.