24 June 2009 ~ 2 Comments

Silver Linings

On Monday, Maffy (For those who just tuned in, Maffy’s my Fiancee. What, and you deserve a fiancee? Shut up then) and I celebrated our 2nd anniversary of being together. Being the quasi-romantic that I am, I went for the entire flowers, nice dinner, excessive flattery and showering and brushing my teeth deal.
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03 June 2009 ~ 5 Comments

Fresh Pickings

The first week of June usually marks the start of a period of extreme mental and emotional strain to me. Allow me to explain:
In the Philippines, the first week of July is when classes start for a lot of schools nationwide. And, for someone like me who drives a good 56 Kilometers a day to [...]

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05 February 2009 ~ 1 Comment

Engagement Post-mortem: Lessons

Two weeks ago, if you haven’t heard already, I got engaged to my long-time best friend and girlfriend for almost two years, Maffy. What I can tell you right now is the euphoria one feels right after one gets engaged gets washed away just as quickly with the stress and pressures of wedding talks and [...]

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23 January 2009 ~ 11 Comments

Ugh! Kids nowadays!

Last week, I along with a couple of friends from the office went to this bar in the Ortigas Home Depot complex to de-stress and pop a few bottles. I’m not going to regale you with a colorful account of how we got a good buzz going, exchanged lame jokes about midgets and threw 80’s [...]

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02 September 2008 ~ 19 Comments

Clubbing, self-loathing

So, I went “clubbing” (God, I hate that word) with some of the marketing managers and employees from work right? What can I say? well, the swanky, super exclusive club we went to somewhere in the fort area leaves a lot to be desired if you’re someone who has read even just one book in [...]

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