47 posts from July 2009

(as usual, boldface text indicates the blanks I filled in) 1. It's time for some more smiles in the world. 2. Lucerne; it's not a bad place for buying Swiss souvenirs. 3. I must be thinking too much about nothing. 4. The love of my husband is the best thing I have ever known. 5. My bedroom is simply in need of more space. 6. The last time I laughed really loudly was while reading the LJ comm ontd_startrek. 7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to a good sleep, tomorrow my plans include a meeting with WOMFI and Sunday, I want to power nap!

Achievement of the day? Finalized the reconfiguration - really, no other word will do it justice - of the bedroom, and posted pictures of same to Twitter as evidence. *grin* Also, did Ma's laundry to catch up with what may be the last of the sunshine before storm "Jolina" makes landfall. Oh, and also edited and submitted two documents for the WOMFI meeting tomorrow.

Currently sipping some lukewarm chocolate, while my mind unravels whatever it wants documented in this entry. I've got Buchi on the bed beside the laptop lap table; she came up for a hug or two, before settling into her "guardian" position. Silly little cat. *grin* Speaking of which, Trixie and Buchi were flustered during the actual moving about and vacuuming of the once-hidden corners, but have decided they do like the new set-up. Mocha was a little weirded-out at first, as was Buding, when they came to visit after the reconfig was done. Sakki's usual landing spot wasn't touched, so he had nothing to offer by way of miaowing about the new layout. *grin*

It occurs to me that bar yesterday from 8-9pm, when the "Witness to War" special aired on CNNi, I have not opened the TV set for roughly 48 hours. Have been offline for roughly the same amount of time (and tweeting via mobile phone does not count), without any ill effects. On the other hand, I am the person who survived without the Internet for a full 30 days, so...nothing spectacular about that. Just something random I wanted to put down.

Today I found out how to turn my PSP into an e-reader. *bounce* So in addition to music, photos, and video, I can now add books! It's not as straightforward a procedure on Linux as it would be with Windows (blargh), however, Google Docs "export as HTML (.zip)" function did a nice job of things, indeed. Now all I need to do is practice, so I can familiarize myself with that input interface. Also, I did a system upgrade via WiFi, and it works! *huge grin*

I was thinking the other night, that there's nothing like the sound of a departing plane to stir the imagination. Granted, you have to understand that I live far enough from the airport so that the sound of the plane's engines reach me as a muted sort of roar - I have no doubt that people living under the flight paths hold totally different views about the evocative nature of jet engines! But I remember as a child, sitting out on the front porch at night, watching the lights of the planes as they headed off to points unknown. I'd get a nice clear view of the tail fins and play the "guess the airline" game. I would wonder what it was like, to be on one of those jets, and by the time I was able to experience riding on a plane at night, it was a wondrous thing. To this day, coming home to Manila at night never fails to lift my spirits. There is something about arriving in a city when she's decked out in her evening lights that adds a certain dimension to coming home, knowing loved ones are waiting at the terminal gates. Arriving in a new city at night serves to add a layer of mystery to the experience. You look out from the airport transfer vehicle windows, trying to make sense of the hints thrown out by the lighted signs and the public areas.

I guess that's about it for now. Am sleepy, my well of inspiration has just dried up. Chocolate's gone, time to call it a day. Catch you when I catch you!

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Achievement of the day? Reorganized storage system in the bedroom - aside from repositioning the bed and getting hubby to go through his pack-rat accumulation. The room looks like Sterilite Bin City, but at least all the stuff is protected from cat scratches, spills, and dust! It came home to be once again, that even with household help, no one can clean and organize a room like the owner of the room, ain't gonna lie. *grin* Emerged sore and dusty from it all, but the room is neat and reasonably tidy, and I think we have gained about a foot of space, taking all the inches collectively.

Been busy the past couple of days. I did laundry two days straight - Dad's, and then the mountain that belongs to me and hubby. As it stands, I have postponed putting away the second lot of clean clothes for tomorrow, given all the fussing I was getting into with re-arranging the bedroom and taking down the old storage system. The old system is being put aside until such time as it will be needed again. The washing machine that was taken away last week has not come home yet; I should remember to call the repair people. To be fair, they did say that it would take 1.5 weeks, assuming the parts were available. *shrug*

Parents went in for their eye checkups. Ma needs new lenses, otherwise Dr. Batungbacal is more than pleased with her eyes - "as if they'd never been operated on"; and Dad's eyes showed no changes worth mentioning, apparently. This afternoon we dropped off Ma's reading glasses, and tomorrow I have to remember to give her the receipt for the cost of changing the lenses on her current frames.

The day before yesterday was an interesting day. The original itinerary was to drop off Ramon at the movies (Public Enemies), and I would go to The Spa Fort and redeem my gift card. Alas, Dad suddenly announced he had scheduled himself and Ma for an eye check-up! So I dropped Ramon off at the movies, as scheduled; brought parents to the clinic, not as scheduled, only to find the clinic doors were closed! So I dropped parents back home, decided to just get a massage at the Relaksasi Spa in Park Square, and it was a soothing experience all around. Picked up hubby, did some grocery shopping, at a heavy merienda, and then home - just in time to start feeling every ache and pain working out of my body. A hot shower took care of all that, though, and I slept well!

Yesterday - eye checkup day for parents. Then Greenbelt 5 for afters, so Ma could see what the world looks like, and force herself to exercise her leg. Woot! We took it nice and slow, I parked in my favorite area of the parking lot (as in, right in front of the mall door); toddled a little bit, had merienda in California Pizza Kitchen, where I have now fallen in love with their chocolate souffle. *grin* It doesn't hold a candle to the ones Tita Jessie Sincioco makes, but I'll take what I can get in terms of accessibility and pricing. *grin* After eating, we hung out at the CPK balcony before making our way to Marks and Spencer. Ma got herself some face cream, and gave me the hand/nail cream that I thought she wanted. Which I now remember I have not put on after my bath. Must do that before going to sleep, give my hands a chance to get their act together before I turn 50. *chuckle*

Today - I made a lazy morning of it, after all this running about on consecutive days. Fresh-brewed coffee and nothing to do (or so I thought, till I remembered a pending assignment that has now been dealt with), and then after dropping off Ma's glasses in the afternoon, we went to SM Makati. Where I promptly decided to take advantage of the 20% discount on the bins I was looking at - what a shame I didn't make it to the "buy 1 take 1" promo, or there would have been a regular fiesta of bins in the room, oy. We also bought some more groceries before heading home, where, as stated above, rearranging the bedroom was the order of the day.

Guess who took advantage of the newly-located bed? Not me, but Trixie-cat, who has been reclining like the Queen of Sheba all throughout the binning process. *grin*

Since I've covered everything, I'll end here. I might yet make it an early night - it's raining, and the weather is cooling off a treat.

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Achievement of the day? Sorted, bagged, and tagged loose change for depositing to the bank. Php1142, or roughly USD24. Not bad at all, if I do say so. *grin* Updated my expense logs, too. Amazing what a body can accomplish away from the computer! :)

No nap today. Spent the time fiddling about with stuff in the rooms, and catching up with online stuff. Weather went from hot and humid to rainy and humid, though at the moment, the humidity has shifted to something cooler and more comfortable. *relief* No reading done, but I did re-discover some books I'd set aside, so I'll have something for the anti-boredom kit after all.

This has been the kind of no-event day that I yearn for whenever life gets "exciting". *smile* I think I'll go see what I can fiddle with and report back soon.

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