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For someone who is deathly afraid of cockroaches like myself, you would
probably expect that I would elicit strong negative reactions towards
rodents as well. [more...]

After the untimely demise of my toothbrush, I decided to updgrade to one that was electric. So I went to the supermarket and purchased the Oral-B… VITALITY! *insert jazz hands here* [more...]

I’ve been a little tense lately, the extent of which didn’t really hit me until this morning when, while brushing my teeth, I accidentally snapped my toothbrush in half.

*Diane and I talking about her planned Puerto Rico vacaciones.

diane717:
i think we’re going to calebro island
aaron’s planning the weekend

official_choob:
I don’t think I’d recommend that you go to "Caja de Muertos" also known as Coffin Island

diane717:
grabe i need a vacation.

official_choob:
yes you should really take this vacation
but i cant seem to find a calebro island on the internets
although i do see a culebra island

diane717:
oh thats it
hahaha
thats how aaron pronounces it kase e.. caleebruh
bobo

official_choob:
it’s also known as isla chiquita (small island)

diane717:
ooh

official_choob:
or more interestingly ultima virgen (the last virgin)
hehehe

diane717:
hahaha

official_choob:
culebra is apparently pronunced as koo-lai-brah
as in anong koo-lai-brah mo?

diane717:
HAHAHAHA

My mom was giving one of her friends a tour of our "summer villa" in Tagaytay, when they got to this yet to be finished area of the house. Mom wants this particular spot to kind of look like a greenhouse. So she says to her friend, "etong part na to gusto ko magkaroon ng greenhouse effect (I want this part to have a greenhouse effect)". I laughed, and they both looked at me, a bit puzzled as to what was so funny. So I had to explain to them that the greenhouse effect refers to how greenhouse gases heat up the earth, and that what she simply meant to say was that she wanted this part of the house to look like a greenhouse. Ofcourse explaining why something is funny really takes all the funny out of it, but I thought I’d take the opportunity to educate my mom on one of today’s most pressing environmental issues. Then she says to me, "bakit? nagkaintindihan naman kame ha." I replied, "well yeah, but smart people would have laughed". "Tarantado ka ha," she said.

Hola, people! How is everyone? Do hope you’re all fine and dandy.

I was at the 2007 Philippine Blog Awards last Saturday (thanks to Pouty for going with me), because my other blog which I don’t think many of you know about, was a finalist in the Technology category. Yey! But I did not win. Boo! Although feel free to check it out - PinoyMacLovers.com. It’s a happy blog about Macs for the happy people who love them. Happy, happy! Joy, joy! Anyway, enough shameless self-promotion.

So the event was fun. I met and saw a couple of people behind some of the blogs I read. It’s always nice to be face-to-face with an actual FACE instead of an avatar being displayed from a glaring monitor.

photo courtesy of Karla from RockersWorld.com

That’s me talking with my new-found friends, the Baltazars. Such a nice couple. Like I’d imagine them being 80 and still talking and making jokes together. Lori Baltazar is the woman behind the highly succesful blog Dessert Comes First.  Check it out. It’s a great blog that’s all about FOOD! And it’s so popular that she gets invited to eat at all these different restaurants. And Krispy Kreme sends her doughnuts, too. That in itself is great motivation to write a food blog! We had such a nice time during the awards show. A little too nice actually, because I think we ended up annoying this old man who sat behind us. Sorry old man who sat behind us!

photo courtesy of Lori

Here’s another pic of me and Lori. Do you like my shirt? I think it’s so nice and shiny.

photo courtesy of Karla from RockersWorld.com

And here we are with some of the other finalists in the different categories.

So there you have it. The 2007 PBA. I felt like this was my formal induction into the geeky world of blogging. I even wore a tie and all (shiny too, like my shirt). Yey!

I saw this big, hairy spider in my room the other night. So I killed it. And when my mom found out, she said to me: "ay bakit mo pinatay? baka guardian angel mo yon." (why did you kill it? it might have been you guardian angel). My mom is so weird…

I IM with my friends all the time. It’s a great thing to do at the office if you want to appear to be hard at work (just make sure no one can see your monitor and that your speakers are on mute). Most of the time I end up having pointless conversations about the most absurd of topics because I am just weird like that and so are my friends. So I thought I’d post exerpts from some of my IM transcripts just to show you. This will be part of what I hope to be a continuing series called "Nonsensical IM Conversations".

Entry #1 - The Holy Family

*A conversation with Mr. RJ Paculan

rjpaculan: every holy thursday we have pabasa
official_choob: really?
rjpaculan: uh huh
official_choob:
you spend the whole day praying?
the praying paculans!!!!
hehehe
rjpaculan: not praying! pabasa-ing!
official_choob: don’t you pray during the pabasa?
rjpaculan: well yes
official_choob:
do you flagellate yourselves also?
the flagellating faculans
hhahaha
rjpaculan: hahaha

END.

Nooninooninoo… nothing for feb.