Here's a blast from the past! My old friend Jolet sent it to us. Things I used to do on my free time at work (my first job!)

http://www.geocities.com/cianoy/asi_nonoy.pdf

What a fan I am. An entire year has passed since Julia Fordham released her China Blue album and I just heard about it. Tsk. Mental note to check her site more often. What if she comes over (again) and can't sing along. That's a travesty!

A couple of weeks ago, Rena and I drove to CCP for our much needed exercise. We were going to bike around. After a couple of rounds in the area (on car), we asked one of the parking attendants about it. Apparently, there wasn't any biking area anymore. Shocking isn't it? So where does one go to bike these days (without having to bring your own)? Hmmmm...

We ended up in MOA. It wasn't bad at all. We saw the cool parking lot which has lights per space and these lights shift from green to red depending on whether a car was parked. That's efficiency.

I had a heartbreaking badminton tournament last weekend. Didn't make it back to back championships. Oh well. Even worse, my knee wasn't well and both my calves cramped on me. Sigh. Next year, I will be 20 pounds less.

I've put my car through a lot of servicing in the past years. The major realization I've had (apart from this exercise costing a lot of money), is that I'm always satisfied when I send it to Shell. There's always something missing when I send my car to Petron. Go figure.

Rena and I had a major videoke session over the weekend. Imagine 4-5 hours with just 2 people. Now that's cool. We sang around 20 each. Is that a cool or what?

So the Toto concert was a sham. Coming from an old fan, you've got to believe me. They spliced and diced every song that the crowd knew. Take out I'll Be Over You and Lea, half the crowd wouldn't have been there. Take out Georgy Porgy and 99, you'd lose another quarter. And that's exactly what happened. Pity.

Old Aids

The language of the country somehow defines its culture. For example, depending on how many words you have to describe something will indicate how important that thing is to that culture. It's the same deal with expenses. The percentage of expenses allocated to a particular expense group like food or leisure also tells something about you.

In my case, my recent expensive purchases include a pair of gel support things for the ball of my feet, an ankle support gizmo and now a knee support brace. Guess what that tells about me? Sigh.