This is the first time that I will be posting in my inflection here at home.
I just replaced my cranky motorola internal modem with a DLink internal modem. Haven’t noticed any big change so far. I got a nasty 16.8kbps in this free account courtesy of my sister. ü So far, I am just tweaking my Firefox settings here at home. I downloaded the Noia Theme and the TabBrowser Extension.
After buying the modem at PCCorner branch in Glorietta, I chanced upon the Series 8 of Marvel Legends. I saw the whole line except for the chase figure being sold at an exorbitant price already. Those greedy specialty stores bastards are already selling the toys the day after it came here in the country. What do you expect next? When I looked for the toys at the regular toy stores, only the so-so figures are left. Good thing I found Storm and Iceman still available.
I grabbed the Storm and the Iceman figure and hesitated for the Ultimate IronMan figure. My principle in buying these toys is buy only the characters I like. That way, I will have no regrets in buying something I don’t really like.
So, when I reached home, I got myself 2 toys and 1 modem. No regrets.
And hey, some updates regarding Pen…
As of this writing, she is already in Asian Medical Hospital. She will have the operation tomorrow morning at around 6.30am. I already told her that I’ll be coming over the next day (Sunday) together with some friends. By the time you will be reading this Pen, you will be probably at home enjoying your extended holiday break. Take a lot of rest and just take it easy. We are all praying for your speedy recovery.
Wow.
It felt like a breeze.
In just a little over 2 weeks, it will be Christmas day. This Christmas will be a little different from my previous Holidays. For one, this will be the first time that I will not be having a long holiday break. Dati, Dec16 pa lang halos wala nang pasok, ngayon 24 at 25 lang talaga ang walang pasok. Nataon pang Sabado at Linggo yun. Oh well, that’s corporate life for you.
Another thing that will be missed this holiday season is UP’s annual Lantern Parade. You heard the saying that you will only value something when you lost it? That’s the exact feeling I have now. In my almost 9 years in UP, I think I only watched the Lantern Parade 3-4 times - most of which when I was already in graduate class. I honestly regret not being able to watch all those parades when I was in UP. Now, it’s difficult to sqeeze it in my schedule not to mention the trouble of actually getting inside UP. Sigh.
And of course, on a relatively sad note, probably the first holiday season that Pen and I are not be able to go out. I think last 4-5 Christmases, we usually go out during a Wednesday to go to Greenhills to buy our Christmas presents for our friends. And during my birthday, we see to it that we go out and do anything because we can’t watch a movie - it’s the Metro Manila Filmfest Festival every year during my bday. This year, it will be different as Pen is still on an extended rest period. I still have no idea what we can do this time.
Christmas is not only for kids but also for us young at hearts. Let’s all have fun and do take time to relax this year.
Incidentally, Pen will be admitted tonight at Asian Medical Hospital in preparation for her surgery tomorrow. We ask for your prayers for her successful operation tomorrow. To those who would want to visit her, I guess the best time would be on Sunday as Pen will probably be in total rest after her surgery tomorrow. We expect a huge crowd by then so please understand. ü
postscript:
You may want to spice your desktops by having that Christmas feeling.
Try my annual Christmas wallpaper. You can download it here
