i took a bath in the rain today. not intentionally at first. but i still stayed out and got really, really wet. soaking.
it was cool and fresh and relaxing and fun. its been quite a long time since i did that.
when was the last time you took a bath in the rain?
25 October 2006
24 October 2006
no more coke
i have stopped drinking coke in all of its two varieties — lite and original. for about four weeks now.
no pepsi, diet pepsi or pepsi max either.
no colas.
i drink c2 every now and then but not regularly. and only buy it when i need a bottle. i reuse their bottles kasi.
i do drink plenty of water though — about 3 liters a day. or there abouts.
no. no doctor told me to stop. i just wanted to. and i also have been saving quite a lot because of it.
now, if i can just find an easy way to stop smoking...
no pepsi, diet pepsi or pepsi max either.
no colas.
i drink c2 every now and then but not regularly. and only buy it when i need a bottle. i reuse their bottles kasi.
i do drink plenty of water though — about 3 liters a day. or there abouts.
no. no doctor told me to stop. i just wanted to. and i also have been saving quite a lot because of it.
now, if i can just find an easy way to stop smoking...
21 October 2006
a good morning
i just had an early morning earthquake greeting. it felt like it was around intensity 3.5. and its robin's last exam day and start of a two week vacation. yey!
update: something's up in mindoro. they've had three earthquakes in the last two days. first thing that comes to mind is underground nuclear testing. ha!
update: something's up in mindoro. they've had three earthquakes in the last two days. first thing that comes to mind is underground nuclear testing. ha!
14 October 2006
escolta 10.2006
my girlfriend and i went to escolta yesterday. sorry no pictures yet. i was there more than 9 years ago and things are a bit different today. the place looks generally cleaner. there are sweepers at almost every corner keeping things tidy. there's a school — city college of manila — where the philippine national bank used to be so college students in uniform lend a "young" attitude to the street. there are two or three empty lots turned into parking spaces where buildings used to stand. there's less traffic now which i think is a good thing. people can walk. the street still has a lot of its character eventhough some people think or say that its time has passed.
there's a nice coffee shop near the end of escolta where you can have some brewed coffee and hopia among other things. polland is its name. its a good place to rest after a walk in escolta.
there's a nice coffee shop near the end of escolta where you can have some brewed coffee and hopia among other things. polland is its name. its a good place to rest after a walk in escolta.
01 October 2006
stormy weekend: part 3
30 september 2006, saturday
its strange waking up in a dark room and all is quiet. i got used to waking up with robin's night light on and some music or news from our neighbor's radio. but this time its all quiet. and dark.
cherry and i decided to trim some plants in the garden. they're thick with extra leaves and small branches especially the santan bushes.
i heard over the radio that there's another storm coming. neneng's the name they gave. ugh. i hope that thing doesn't hit us directly.
its been more than two days without electricity. it heard over the news that meralco asked for help in clearing up fallen trees so they can bring up the eletricity much faster
hmmm... how come when they can't give you electricity they ask for help. but you miss paying for two days and they immediately send you a notice of disconnection.
1 october 2006, sunday
we finally got the electricity back on by 5 pm today. i'm too tired to catch up on news. i'll probably do it within the next few days. i have to check my mails first.
its strange waking up in a dark room and all is quiet. i got used to waking up with robin's night light on and some music or news from our neighbor's radio. but this time its all quiet. and dark.
cherry and i decided to trim some plants in the garden. they're thick with extra leaves and small branches especially the santan bushes.
i heard over the radio that there's another storm coming. neneng's the name they gave. ugh. i hope that thing doesn't hit us directly.
its been more than two days without electricity. it heard over the news that meralco asked for help in clearing up fallen trees so they can bring up the eletricity much faster
hmmm... how come when they can't give you electricity they ask for help. but you miss paying for two days and they immediately send you a notice of disconnection.
1 october 2006, sunday
we finally got the electricity back on by 5 pm today. i'm too tired to catch up on news. i'll probably do it within the next few days. i have to check my mails first.
stormy weekend: part 2
29th september 2006, friday
there was still no electricity in our part of the city. robin and i decided to take a walk around the neighborhood and take some pictures.
there's one uprooted tree in front of centro escolar university (ceu) but most of the trees in the area just suffered broken branches.
most of the new lamp posts that mayor atienza had installed a few weeks earlier in mendiola were still standing except for one.
a large branch fell on top of the guard house of la consolacion
mendiola on the holy spirit side was relatively passable
but the sidewalk on the la consolacion side was not
branches that fell in a creek behind holy spirit
more photos in my flicker thingy.
we had to get some supplies from the supermarket so we went so sm manila. bad idea. the trip was, to coin cherry — a disaster.
the mall was running on generators so there was no aircon. most of the people were fanning themselves which means its been warm inside. we tried getting money from the atms but there were long lines on every one. ugh. and there's a three-day sale going on which meant tons of people. we decided to just get what we needed from the grocery and go. no window shopping on this trip.
the supermarket wasn't accepting credit card transactions because they couldn't connect to the card companies. that's because of the storm. there were abandoned cars of groceries within the the supermarket area.
its been more than a day of no electricity.
there was still no electricity in our part of the city. robin and i decided to take a walk around the neighborhood and take some pictures.
there's one uprooted tree in front of centro escolar university (ceu) but most of the trees in the area just suffered broken branches.
most of the new lamp posts that mayor atienza had installed a few weeks earlier in mendiola were still standing except for one.
a large branch fell on top of the guard house of la consolacion
mendiola on the holy spirit side was relatively passable
but the sidewalk on the la consolacion side was not
branches that fell in a creek behind holy spirit
more photos in my flicker thingy.
we had to get some supplies from the supermarket so we went so sm manila. bad idea. the trip was, to coin cherry — a disaster.
the mall was running on generators so there was no aircon. most of the people were fanning themselves which means its been warm inside. we tried getting money from the atms but there were long lines on every one. ugh. and there's a three-day sale going on which meant tons of people. we decided to just get what we needed from the grocery and go. no window shopping on this trip.
the supermarket wasn't accepting credit card transactions because they couldn't connect to the card companies. that's because of the storm. there were abandoned cars of groceries within the the supermarket area.
its been more than a day of no electricity.
stormy weekend: part 1
i got caught with the sudden power outage — more than three days without electricity! ugh! since i couldn't blog online, i went analog and wrote things down...
27th september 2006, wednesday
a storm is coming. they gave it the name milenyo. its storm signal #1 over metro manila which means robin doesn't have classes tomorrow.
28th september 2006, thurdays
the storm was expected to pass north of manila but this morning's news said it changed tracks and will hit the metro around lunch time. storm signal #3 is raised over metro manila.
the electricity goes out at around 11 am. this sucks.
winds are getting strong now. the eye of milenyo arrived around 1pm. well, at least it felt like the eye of the storm. winds were really strong that it started to tear away one part of the neighbor's roof. small billboards on the fence of a nearby school was torn off and sections of the gym's roof began peeling off.
the house is holding pretty well eventhough its around 40 years old already. there are some leaks but nothing serious.
we have a eucalyptus tree that's about a year old and around 4 - 5 meters high. it was riding out the storm. the topmost tip of the tree would touch the ground with every strong gust of wind.
by 3 pm the winds have died down and i went out to the yard to assess the damage.
the eucalyptus tree didn't break but the guava tree was lying down on its side. good thing it was still small enough (4 meters) that i was able to prop it back up with a thick stick.
there wasn't any other noticable damage to the house. everything was still intact.
time to clean up.
27th september 2006, wednesday
a storm is coming. they gave it the name milenyo. its storm signal #1 over metro manila which means robin doesn't have classes tomorrow.
28th september 2006, thurdays
the storm was expected to pass north of manila but this morning's news said it changed tracks and will hit the metro around lunch time. storm signal #3 is raised over metro manila.
the electricity goes out at around 11 am. this sucks.
winds are getting strong now. the eye of milenyo arrived around 1pm. well, at least it felt like the eye of the storm. winds were really strong that it started to tear away one part of the neighbor's roof. small billboards on the fence of a nearby school was torn off and sections of the gym's roof began peeling off.
the house is holding pretty well eventhough its around 40 years old already. there are some leaks but nothing serious.
we have a eucalyptus tree that's about a year old and around 4 - 5 meters high. it was riding out the storm. the topmost tip of the tree would touch the ground with every strong gust of wind.
by 3 pm the winds have died down and i went out to the yard to assess the damage.
the eucalyptus tree didn't break but the guava tree was lying down on its side. good thing it was still small enough (4 meters) that i was able to prop it back up with a thick stick.
there wasn't any other noticable damage to the house. everything was still intact.
time to clean up.
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