Wam's World

Nov 16, 2004

Jeez, FINALLY...

Blogger's been a bitch to access these past few days. Short updates:

SUNDAY- Hiked up SiMaTai section of the Great Wall with a bunch of Pinoys (and 1 Indonesian). Almost got frostbite, but the 5:30-11:30 AM trip (with 2:30 departure time from Hua Qing) was worth it.

MONDAY- A stupid dream had me pissing myself. Dreamed I was using the urinal when alla sudden a hole pops out on my right side with piss coming out. The lack of blood and pain should've clued me in right away that it was a dream, but instead I ended up reliving my childhood mornings.

Had dinner with Dess, Jackie and Ange at their dorm, with Dess' adobo as the main course.

TODAY - While greeting Geneva Happy Birthday I found out that she's recovering from a concussion she received when she was recently attacked by a Korean student with a brick because he was supposedly offended by her short skirt. (Yep, my entries get too bizarre sometimes... but all true, nontheless.) First thought that came to my mind was to get a bunch of Pinoys together, find that guy and kick his ass. Unfortunately I heard he's been already deported. If not, well, Gene's unable to help in the identification department.

Was supposed to do a recording session today but my female counterpart literally jumped ship (or car, in this case) at the last minute. May reschedule.
Got a call from Ma tonight.

Nov 13, 2004

Weekend Plans

About 10 Pinoys (and Danielle) left for Guilin this (Friday) morning. Bea's set to go to Shanghai with her folks Saturday night. Shopped for gloves and thermal underwear (though I think I was shang danged again with the former) with Lyndon, Maricel and Dennis at Wudaokou. Had dinner then watched The Borne Supremacy at Dennis' apt. (the term pigsty may be an understatement, I'm sad to say) with them, along with David, Renee and "Jeek." All in all a quiet birthday celebration for Manol.

Nov 12, 2004

Party for the Parting

Just came back a hour ago from our surprise party for Manol (with a cake sporting a pig's body and horse's head), and before that it was a despedida party at Big Pizza for KV, who's going to Shanghai tomorrow to work for Coke. Met KV's cool friend Keiko (from Japan), who's another next door/building neighbor. Building 10, specifically. (Did I mention Diedre's in building 8?)

Diana and Mendel finally dropped by for a visit this afternoon. Fed them an apple. Fuji.

I have got to get around to studying. Midterm exams in 2 weeks.

Nov 7, 2004

Freezing Hills

Went to Fragrant Hills with Manol, Fernds and his girlfriend Abby (visiting). After the long bus ride we met up with Hy-C, her roommate Nat, Candice and newcomer Chloe. Maybe it was the weather (freezing) but the place wasn't as awe-inspiring as I thought. I think it was the fact that we never made it to the top of the hill that put a downer to the trip. Min Bao for dinner. Freezing weather makes me long for Nov. 15, when the heating for the apartment is scheduled to turn on.

Oct 30, 2004

Holloween

Just came back from a pre-Halloween party I helped organize, along with Arsenio and Ian at the From Now On Bar (run by Ian's friend). The party games didn't go over so well with the audience, which was why I stopped at the second one. Ditto for open mic volunteers (save for Ian, KV and Edison). Ironically it was the last minute planning of the "beauty contest" (featuring Arsenio, David, Lyndon, Dennis and Christian in drag and way too much make-up) that was the hit of the party. Perhaps the mistake was presenting the contest first, 'coz everything sorta went downhill from there. Managed to more than break even, though, but I'm still dispappointed not enough people came.

On the other hand, I made for a pretty good nerd, while Tin made for a decent guy.

Oct 24, 2004

Late Nights with Me

FRIDAY-EARLY SATURDAY-- Hung out at Kym/Rad/Michelle's place at HuaQing before heading out for PartyWorld for some KTV. Belted out a Spandau Ballet tune without a hitch and with a smattering of applause. Though I think some of the ladies were shocked by Rad's behavior, w/c couldn't be helped since the guy's been drinking since noon that. Got home around 4AM, w/c inspired me to finally do something about that bicycle by the stairway to the apartment.

Organizing a proper work/study/just live schedule is proving to be difficult. On one hand there's my really bad habit of procrastinating. On the other is my really bad habit of procrastinating. Oh look, it's almost 6. Time to shower.

Oct 16, 2004

New Zoo Review

Whole bunch of us "Asian Irish" went to the Beijing Aquarium/ Zoo. The former wasn't as bad as expexted, the latter same as last time (ie sucky), but at least the quality (and quantity) of the company improved. Some of us headed for Steak & Eggs for dinner afterwards.

Speaking of company, I'm getting some uncomfortably awkward vibes from Dianne. She's no longer comfortable (if she ever was) about my (admittedly) being a bit touchy-feely at times. What can I do? I hate working on nothing but instinct, but conversations to deal with it are never easy to bring up, much less get into. I just don't want things to start unraveling again with the Pinoys here. It was bad enough the first time. God, I hope I'm just being paranoid.

Oct 11, 2004

New Stuff

New bed fixture: no bed frame. The wooden base kept falling off the frame so I opted to just get rid of the latter. With all the lifting I did I opted to skip gym today.

New(ly) cleaned floor: since I was already on a roll with "fixing" the bed, I thought, Hell, might as well disinfect something.

New kitchen light switch: landlord finally came by to replace the fire hazard of a light switch in the kitchen. Wish he brought us a new can opener, too, but no such luck.

New books and documents to edit: no payment yet from the first assignments, though.

Oct 6, 2004

Hey There, Raffy Boy...

It's been barely a month, and already we have 2 Pinoys in Beijing as topics of gossip (which I think beats my record). First is David (not Atienza nor of the David and Lyndon duo), whose impersonation by Manols makes him out to be on a permanently stoned basis. I've only talked to the guy once so I can't really confirm that, but after 3 eyewitness accounts of his erratic behavior I can't help but wonder.

Next if Raffie, The Man Who Asks Too Much. I'm not sure if it's the kinds of questions he asks that rubs people the wrong way, or how he asks them. With David (Atienza), I'm sure it's the frequency of the questions: the same one over and over. He also has that problem with side comments, something I symphathize with, but nothing else. He's on his own to discover why people are gonna start hanging out with him less and less, just like me before.

Oct 3, 2004

Underwhere

Day 3 of new apartment stay (and day 2 of another week-long holiday) and I just now noticed that my stack of underwear is missing. (Never thought I'd get to type that sentence). Not in the suitcase, backpack or even the drawers, no pun intended.

Anyway, ��

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