coffee break

splurge, splurge, splurge. shopping is the new cocaine.

the viktor denim bag (in the middle) was a gift from viktor jeans. it’s quite large and very handy for those days you just need to put everything in and forget about it, like laundry day. i use it for the gym during weekdays where i bring a ton of stuff to the gym. i go to the gym before going to the office during work days so i need to carry my work clothes and gym clothes and other stuff to the gym quite a handy bag if you ask me. i bought the black tote bag at carbon after passing at the store. it has been a while since i last visited their store at greenbelt 3 and that brand has always been a source of quality and stylish leather goods. i have been eyeing this bag for a while now but i find the price tag quite expensive for a local brand. but fuck it, why go cheap on a local brand? if i can drop us$1,200.00 for a canvass vuitton, why not on a good leather tote? it maybe a local brand but it’s as good as the luxury brand and it’s way cheaper, only us$350.00.

the dr. marten wine red boots is a different story. listen up people, after starting the trend of skinny jeans, i can confidently say that the new fashion is skinny jeans and boots. you heard me, military boots with skinny jeans will rule not only the runway but the streets for those style savvy people. although skinny jeans is slowly becoming a thing of the past, it will always be in style as long as you have the legs and attitude to wear it. think punk rock, think london chic; big boots will be the new trend, trust me on this . so grab a boot at your nearest shoe shop, this will be huge i tell you. attitude, attitude, attitude.

listening to:
As I Am – Kristin Chenoweth: Taylor, the Latte Boy

i never considered myself a writer.  i think i have a gift with words, throwing witty remarks and punch lines in any occasion but however does not translate to writing. there’s a big jump from thinking to saying to writing it and my brain refuses to collect all those words and put that into writing. i should hire a technical writer to follow me around and document my life. that would be exciting i guess, ala-greta, not garbo, baretto. i should enroll myself to creative writing so i can put to blog-life my sooo interesting life.

on a  totally different note, i am killing and dragging myself to the gym. right after my u.s. trip, i hauled myself back to the gym a.k.a. gay church, to shape up. it has been a year and a half since i last visited the gym and boy have i got my work cut out for me. i rather propose web solutions and architect soa approaches of large corporations than lift dumbbells. well hello!?! they’re dumb! that makes me dumber for lifting them, don’t you agree? it took me 2 weeks before i became used to the gym, thanks for my personal trainer. i work out 3 days a week with my trainer, a wednesday yoga class and a sunday intense leg workout. my legs needs to catch up with my torso so i have a day just for my legs. everyone seems to notice my bulking up, for the last 3 months i gained 13lbs of lean muscle. my body fat is way down to 12%. my bmi (body mass index) is 22.2. i am a good conductor of electricity with an impedance of only 470 ohms, minimal resistance to current. with all these daily regimen, my feet are taking a beating. my rubber shoes is like 2 years old, though not worn for the last 18 months, needs replacement. so i got this.

i love my new sneakers! i bought it at nike in trinoma after my workout. it’s a nike free 3.0. honestly, i bought it because it looks so simple and stylish; black and white with gold details. black and gold is a potent combination for me. it’s very light weight and feels nothing when i wear it, almost being barefoot. supposedly the 3.0 is the advance in the nike free series. minimal support, more foot freedom, stronger feet. whatevs… bottom line, it’s sleek, i love it, it’s me. me wear shoes now, you watchy-watchy.

listening to:
Medusa – Annie Lennox: A Whiter Shade Of Pale

i have been eyeing a new way to kill time. they always say to get a new hobby, though truthfully i have to finish at least 7 books at hand, i decided to be out there and buy myself a new hobby. it’s more than a hobby if you ask me, but it will do and serves the purpose so i’m calling it a hobby. it is so in-line with my creating the possibility of me being happy.

i call her hobby#1. my new nintendo ds lite. this also serves as my advance birthday gift for myself, so advance like a month advance. i don’t know this shade of red, it’s more like a metallic wine red finish that you see in cars but i call it kotse red with matte black. it comes with the ds-tt  cartridge contrary to the popular r4, so i need just to download the games to a micro sd card and voila! i can play it on my ds. free games on the internet, i think they are free though. i can play with other ds people via a local wireless connection or through the internet via wifi connection. yes, this little gadget packs a wifi connection. sweet!

i love this game! i play this with my officemates during breaks at the pantry since the kill-joy people at the office always hush us during game time. but we couldn’t help it when we shout and groan after successfully bombing each other. same typical bomberman however the ds version is capable of hosting up to 8 simultaneous players connected either local wireless connection or over the internet. neat huh? even neater is the fact that it has a download play (geek alert!) capability. simply means that only 1 ds needs the bomberman game, all other ds-s can sorta-kinda temporarily download a copy of the game from the host ds. we’re planning to host a bomberman tournament with other floors of the building. hehehe.

mario kart is another favorite game. this is not your ordinary racing game. still the objective is to get ahead of the pack to the finish line but this one has surprises along the way. you get to open a box with random items, could be a star, a shell, mushroom, a banana peel or even a fake box. you get to use it at any time you think you’ll need it the most. you may knock your opponents out of the track by bumping them on the sides or using your items to course them off track. like for example, a red shell is a homing shell you can use to throw to your opponent. the banana peel is something you can leave behind for others behind you to slip on. it will build your strategy as well on when and how to use each item you find. there’s an on-going war between the 11th flr people (SAP guys) and us 18th flr (web guys). need to polish those power slide so i can kick some serious SAP butts!

i’m being a kid again i know, but it’s so much fun that i don’t care. even if the kid beside me is playing the same game. at least i have the limited edition one, and the color alone is something only of discriminating taste could appreciate :-p .

listening to:
Elliott Yamin – Elliott Yamin: Movin’ On

just stepping out of the elevator, the guard called my attention and pointed to the delivery guy. this is not about the guy but what he has with him for me, a dozen of red, red rose buds. not 1 or 3, but a bunch, a dozen. i felt a rush that i only get after finally getting my reserved gucci alligator tote bag at the flagship store in new york. and this one didn’t cost me a dime. i signed the receiving copy and rushed to my desk. everyone was staring at me, me with my bouquet of roses. i couldn’t care less, i have red roses, it sucks to be them :-p . i settled down, open my bin, open my laptop, check mails while i am so dying to checkout the card to find out from who. i acted as if it doesn’t matter but hell it does! so after my usual routine i attended to the flowers, my flowers. true enough, the card says nothing. as in nothing. though i have a gut feel who, married guy. i sent him a message before i retired for the night and got an early greeting that morning waking up. he’s sorry because we aren’t able to go out, his wife decided to visit him and will be in manila until the 20th. i think this is his i’m sorry.

so for those sorry losers out there without any rose (hehe, lemme rub it in just a little), here’s one for you. @}-,-’–

ito pala yung text nya: “Love is just a word until you meet someone and gives it a proper meaning. Love becomes alive in the person we chose to give out hearts to.” ayaw nyang aminin but i think sya nagpadala ng flowers.

and so i scour the land for that hsdpa phone. after 24 hours of research and ogling on display windows of mobile phone stores, non-stop asking the sales assistants i finally decided what phone to buy.

i got the black one of course to match my black p1i. although the w910i is a walkman phone, it boasts of an HSDPA 2100MHz connectivity which is a major requirement for the new phone i am to buy. i’m planning to use it as a modem for my globe visibility which operates at that protocol. enough geek talk, it’s cool, slim, it has 2gb of memory for your music and it can give me high speed internet and that’s the bottom line.

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i’m planning to spend the holy week in hongkong, kowloon side. it’s all plans as of now but most probably it will push through. richard will be in hongkong at that time thus saving me the trouble of booking a hotel which will be at peak by that week. i think it’s a good place to spend the holy week. everyone in manila will be in boracay and puerto galera that it’s not an option for someone like me who’s claustrophobic. and i want to break my tradition of just staying at home in the company of oh so many books. i need something new in my life, and might as well start with an age old tradition. hopefully this would cascade new things happening to me. crossing fingers here…

listening to:
Songs from Ally McBeal – Vonda Shepard: It’s In His Kiss