penny March 10th, 2008
I just got out of a lovely hot bath. My skin still tingles, and relaxation has just upped several notches… Aaaaaah I just gotta rave about hot water. I loooooove hot showers and hot baths. Warm beverages; chai latte, cappuccinos, hot coco …
A perfect day has such: a perfect cup of warm latte, a leisurely walk, a chat under a tree, a moment of silence, a warm bath, and a lovely long sleep…
AJ Jorge March 2nd, 2008
Sometime ago I blogged about a possible Eheads reunion. I was one of those kids wishing for a comeback or a reunion gig. Now it seems that it is not possible because all four of them has his own thing going on.
Ely has his Pupil, Raimond has Cambio and <S>andwich among others, Buddy is with THE Dawn and Marcus has Surfernando.
The most we could do (as what I personally did), get ALL their respective albums and make a playlist out of it! Well excepts for Buddy’s, all has an ‘Eheads Certified’ stamp on it.
Why ask for a reunion when we could get four times from the four of them playing separately. Tabachoi made his own playlist. Here’s mine:
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AJ Jorge February 13th, 2008
Pen will surely love this.
Apparently, master story teller Paolo Coelho pirates his own books! He put up a dedicated blog site to collect all links of direct download and torrent links of his books in all languages. Aptly called PirateCoelho, he insists of putting his books online so that people can download them. Browsing the PirateCoelho site makes it easier if you are looking for his books to download. It’s all there. Problem is if the direct links still work. Torrents will be alive as long as there is a seeder out there. Even audiobooks are there! Wow!
Paolo was quoted:
“I found a pirated Russian translation of “The Alchemist”, and we were selling 1000 copies a year in Russia, that’s not very impressive, so I said OK, let’s put the pirate edition online for people to download. It sold 10,000 copies, and everybody was puzzled, and the next year we went over 100,000. It was, believe it or not, the free-for-download book. People downloaded it, started reading it, liked it, and bought it”
How awesome is that?!
More about Paolo pirating himself can be read here and here.
AJ Jorge February 12th, 2008
Props to my good ol’ buddies from college for taking time to meet with us (me and my sisters) for a practice shoot inside the UP Diliman Campus. Even though Ray is already a pro in terms of photography, he made time to shoot with us in UP. I started off clicking my camera within the Film Center Area. I had 2 cameras with me that day so I lent Rex the 350D with the tele lens while I use the 400D with 50mm lens. Ray enjoyed his new second hand BGE3 I brought from Singapore.
Me and my sisters taken by Ray
Me and C2 and Carillion
AJ Jorge January 22nd, 2008
Got this from Noims, sagutan din namin ni Pen…
To commemorate our centennial year…
University of the Philippines
1. Student number?
95-08807/95-04697
2. College?
College of Science, Diliman/same
3. Ano ang course mo?
BS Mathematics, major in Operations Research. Nag graduate degree din ako kaso di ko natapos/same, umabot ng 1st yr PhD Math before I called it quits with UP
4. Did you shift majors/Courses or were you a kicked out of your College?
Muntik na. buti na lang hindi./no
5. Where did you take your entrance examination?
sa UP IS./UP Econ
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penny December 5th, 2007
It’s almost sunup and I’m still awake. Wide awake. What is it in scotch that conked me out for 2 hours and keeping me awake now?
That was my first straight up scotch. Or as I heard about it before from Rachel’s father, ’scotch neat’. I’ve smelled it before, but as many of my friends know, I’ve never drank more than maybe half a bottle of beer pre-Australia. So that whiff of scotch or whiskey can really make me nauseous easily.
But I didn’t realise how much I’d enjoy sipping through my first one.
Scotch neat. Pretty neat.
penny October 7th, 2007
[Pen editing so the post makes much more sense]
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I didn’t think I’d get used to Aussie tellie (shortened form of television). I guess it’s mostly because it’s a lot like british programming? We Pinoys had our bit of Benny Hill and Mr Bean at home, so the humor can be a bit familiar. But not all of it is of that tone of humor, don’t get me wrong!
I have here a bit of commentary on some Aussie shows I get to watch sometimes on the tellie [I wish I could just get used to the shortening of words, "bogan" as Ali calls it. I love hearing them talk that way hehe] I know I shouldn’t have any time to spare [believe me, I don't!], what with all the work that comes with a phd. But then, guilty pleasure is primetime mindless shows on the tellie. I didn’t do any ‘research’ so I could be talking about ‘franchised’ shows here. Anyhow… If my supervisor sees this list… I am soooo dead [I swear, I don't get to watch them all the time!]
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AJ Jorge August 12th, 2007
Hi people.
No entries for the mean time here in janep. Pen and I are having a grand time here.
We’ll post pics the moment we can finish the whole vacation run here. 
AJ Jorge August 7th, 2007
This will highlight Pen’s visit here in Singapore.
Broadway’s King and I musical!
She’ll be here from Aug8 (tomorrow) until the 15th. It’s a weeklong stay full of activities and sight seeing.
We’ll update the site as we roam around Singapore.
AJ Jorge August 6th, 2007
Yep. Pen is back in the country since Saturday night (Aug 4). Her first complaint? The very hot weather they have in the Philippines. Ha! Compared to when she was in Sydney, it must have felt like hot knife through a butter. I told her, expect the same weather here in Singapore minus the smog and pollutions all over Manila. It’s generally a good weather here in Singapore. Yes, sometimes it’s hotter than Manila but the trees all over compensates for that plus the fact that there’s no smog here.
Pen and labmate Ali.
I’ve already mapped out our itinerary when she comes here on Wednesday. It’s a full packed itinerary that I wish we can survive. We also hope to meet some friends here (Marla and family & Nandy and family) if schedule permits.