cactus cacti cactuses.
11.28.2007
i've been spending my money on the strangest things.
in an attempt to make my room more, errrr, tolerable, i bought hooks (those which you stick on the wall with adhesive), hangers and a plastic cabinet yesterday. i've used two hooks already - one for my neckties and the other for necklaces. the hangers i bought are green and look like they might break any moment now, but really, they're just hangers.
i spent the whol
e afternoon in sm with mitz a while ago (after lunching with my mom at big mao where i SURPRISINGLY only finished two glasses of iced tea), and i bought a tiny cactus for 25 pesos. it has a name, by the way. james. hahaha for some reason, as i was trying to think of names, james was the only one that popped in my head. i also found this book in booksale by margaret salinger (yes, daughter of j.d. salinger, who wrote just one of the greatest books in the world!). it's a memoir entitled "dream catcher" which i bought together with an issue of gq from 11 months ago.
i also got this doll that's currently hanging above my mirror so that it watches me every time i look at my reflection. i have a feeling that it's named rhiana, but i've rechristened it. rhiana is now craig, in honor of the-last-book-i-read's main character.
7:45 PM
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new books, "one more chance" and mac bazaar.
11.24.2007
here are my new november books:
- "moral disorder" by margaret atwood, a collection of short stories
- "middlesex" by jeffrey eugenides, which i finished yesterday at the new wing's starbucks. the book almost broke my heart - i hate reading about old people dying. anyway, it's about cal stephanides, a hermaphrodite who was raised as a girl but actually has XY chromosomes. his grandparents were 3rd cousins and at the same time siblings, and his parents were 2nd cousins, thus resulting in his genetic abnormality.
- "the once and future king" by t.h. white, which i bought because jessica zafra's always writing about it
- "the inheritance of loss"by kiran desai, which i am going to read when i finish the book i'm currently pursuing
- "twisted travels" by jessica zafra, which i decided to finish reading first since it's the shortest.
but right now, i'm reading "it's kind of a funny story" by ted vizzini (which i bought yesterday and is not, obviously, in the photo above). it's about this fifteen year old boy who finds himself in a mental hospital after wanting to jump off brooklyn bridge.
i read the most during my junior year in high school, then college arrived and i had this book drought for a year. but now i've rediscovered my love for books. it's the reason i haven't been out a lot lately. most of my conversations go like this:
"where were you last weekend?", someone asks.
"i was at home, reading", i always reply.
and oh i watched "one more chance" last night! hahahaha which i almost slept through, by the way. i don't understand what the big fuss about that movie is. if the characters in the movie were real, i would hunt them down and kill them. and the minor characters! maja's english is blah, the pregnant friend always spoke in this soft, motherly tone which almost drove me nuts, and that girl who won pinoy big brother is just plain annoying.
and before i forget, support the M.A.C. holiday bazaar at ayala! i was there yesterday - "the first customer", anna maris said - and i got this edwin ao polo for a fraction of what it would have originally cost. sam was just there a few hours ago and she got 2 vania romoff dresses for 2000 pesos. you have to pay 50 bucks to get in, but all the proceeds go to charity.
the bazaar's ending tomorrow, and it's located across rai rai ken.
4:08 PM
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BALLS OF FURY!!!
11.11.2007
in recent memory, no other movie has made me laugh so hard.
YOU HAVE TO WATCH IT! 3:23 PM
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earthquake.
11.07.2007
the internet connection's finally working, after two long, long weeks of not having it. thank god i had books to read, i would have gone crazy.
school's back and every morning i shiver in the shower since the water heater doesn't seem to work. and, for the first time in my entire life, i felt an earthquake. we were in the school library a while ago when mitz grabbed my arm since our table started to shake. i, with my indifference working up (haha), thought that someone at our table was just moving, but the shaking lasted for probably a good 10 seconds. we were made to evacuate (well, to just get out, actually, but evacuate sounds so much better) the place and everyone gathered in the lobby, where the guard was taking videos on his phone.
i've just finished reading "the other boleyn girl" by philippa gregory (instead of "fragile things" as i prviously stated).
unfortunately, the cover of my copy is the same as the movie poster - scarlett johansson, eric bana and natalie portman are on it. one of the most interesting books i've chanced to read, so far. for some reason, i have a hard time summarizing what it's all about every time someone asks me what it's about so i won't bother. the book played with my emotion's really well - i pitied queen katherine, i hated anne (though i felt sorry for her towards the end), and with mary? ambivalence - i don't know if i like her or pity her or thinks she's stupid. but never mind because what matters is that you read it.
7:57 PM
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i'm back.
11.02.2007
i'm back, and yes, i've been away. you may not have noticed (or heard. or known) that i went to manila and spent a few days there. i'd write about it here if i hadn't already went on and on about it on multiply, so click on the photo to get to the link and photos.
(i don't know why i chose this picture, but all the others suck as well)
anyway, sem break's almost over which means that i will have to bring myself to school this monday. thinking about it depresses me. i want to go out and get drunk and have fun, but when i think of doing so, my legs turn to lead. i get all tired and opt to stay at home instead.. which isn't bad, of course, since i've spent most of my freem time left reading. so instead of letting alcohol kill my brain cells, i'm exercising them!
in the past week, i've read two books:
"saving fish from drowning" by amy tan is about this group of 11 american tourists that get lost while on their trip to burma. it's narrated by the spirit of bibi chen, who was supposed to be the group's tour leader, but she died just before the trip. i didn't really like this book, and to be honest, i found it quite... weird. i even thought of putting the book down and to forget about it forever and ever, but i kept on telling myself that i'd get to the good parts soon, but they never came. i did learn a lot about burma thought, which is presently called myanmar. after i finish this entry, i think i'll search the country on google.
i just finished reading neil gaiman's "stardust" an hour ago (and i my copy is exactly like the one above - i tried looking for an older version but i couldn't find one), and i tell you, it's soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much better than the movie! i mean, really, i always thought that if i saw a movie version first, i wouldn't like the book because the movie already told me how the events happen. but i was wrong. NEIL GAIMAN IS MY NEW FAVORITE AUTHOR!!! and it's almost christmas, might i remind you, which is the perfect time to present me with neil gaiman books.
but please don't give me "fragile things". i'm reading that one tomorrow!
9:41 PM
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e afternoon in sm with mitz a while ago (after lunching with my mom at big mao where i SURPRISINGLY only finished two glasses of iced tea), and i bought a tiny cactus for 25 pesos. it has a name, by the way. james. hahaha for some reason, as i was trying to think of names, james was the only one that popped in my head. i also found this book in booksale by margaret salinger (yes, daughter of j.d. salinger, who wrote just one of the greatest books in the world!). it's a memoir entitled "dream catcher" which i bought together with an issue of gq from 11 months ago.
