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Ganito yon…
Posted by: rina on: January 30, 2009
Isang Biyernes ng hapon, nag-uusap sa YM ang dalawang magkaibigan. Itago na lang natin sila sa pangalang “Abigail” at “Corina” (Ito ay partikular na kahilingan ni Abigail). Ganito ang naging takbo ng kanilang usapan…
abigail : napanood ko na australia … ganda!
corina: uy gusto ko din manood!
corina: shirtless hugh jackman… mmmm
abigail : ay, i was [...]
Top memories for 2008
Posted by: rina on: December 30, 2008
Travels:
Clambering up steep slopes in Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro. I will never again attempt to climb a mountain without doing months of training/exercise beforehand.
Throwing up over the side of the boat en route to Itbayat, Batanes. Over the side of the boat pa talaga, di man lang barf bag. How absolutely ladylike.
Riding topload at Batanes. The [...]
Christmas time in the city 2
Posted by: rina on: December 23, 2008
- In: vignettes
- 4 Comments
Saying a quick hello-and-goodbye to a casual acquaintance the other day, and I greeted her “Merry Christmas.” She answered “Happy Holidays” cheerfully enough and then went on her way, leaving me to wonder if that meant that she had a problem with “Merry Christmas.”
I wondered for a while if that also meant that I should [...]
Christmas time in the city
Posted by: rina on: December 20, 2008
It’s Christmas time and for the MRT stations, this means having passengers unwrap their gifts as part of the security check before they can be allowed to ride the trains. I rode the MRT twice yesterday and both times I saw passengers held up at the entrance oh-so-carefully opening the gifts they have with them [...]
and the frenzy continues
Posted by: rina on: December 18, 2008
- In: books| vignettes
- 11 Comments
Last night, I was peacefully enjoying browsing at Fully Booked Gateway, oblivious to everyone around me, when my browsing was suddenly interrupted by sounds of girls twittering, gushing, and basically exclaiming in delight. I looked up and saw what they were all a-flutter about. Some guy entering the store wheeling in boxes of [...]
extras (extras lang, unfortunately)
Posted by: rina on: November 4, 2008
I spent Saturday night to Monday at home in Bulacan, enjoying the rare times when I get to enjoy my own bed and just vegetate around the house. A main preoccupation, of course, was the tv. Curiously, over those two days I came across three Filipino references in various films:
Grosse Pointe Blank, starring John Cusack [...]
train(station)spotting
Posted by: rina on: September 10, 2008
- In: vignettes
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I’ve lived in the Sta. Ana area for about three years now, and all that time I’ve only been vaguely aware of the various Old Manila-ish sites and structures within easy reach. There’s the old Sta. Ana church, for example. The Sta. Ana station of the Pasig River Ferry is just a few minutes away [...]
ghost from comm. res. past
Posted by: rina on: September 10, 2008
Got momentarily disoriented during one of my grocery shopping trips, when, cruising the aisles and having just picked up a packet of powdered orange juice, I suddenly got accosted by a ghost from Comm. Res. Past:
next to the Tang shelves
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The Practice of Social Research by Earl Babbie
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One of those staple books in our Communication Research [...]
i can’t even think of an appropriate title…
Posted by: rina on: August 31, 2008
It’s been a mad few weeks, the whole affair has been bizarre from beginning to end. The silence that met the announcement that the concert was being cut short was definitely bizarre. No jeers, no gasps, no oh no’s, no murmurs. Just silence, as everyone just stood there and reeled from the shock of suddenly [...]
a natural storyteller
Posted by: rina on: August 21, 2008
My sister flew home from Taiwan for a visit a few weeks ago, and she alerted me that Cebu Pacific’s in-flight magazine contained an article on Dr. Laurence Heaney. Fortunately, the article is available online and I didn’t have to book a flight to be able to read the feature on one of my favorite [...]
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