When It Sings, It S'pores (Part 1)

Pagoda Street, Chinatown, where Lola bought a cheesecloth umbrella.

Aug. 19, 2011: This is being typed on the netbook provided by the good folks of Beary Nice Hostel, located on Smith Street in Chinatown... in Singapore.

Probably should have mentioned that first.  Am here w/ Lola to attend the Singapore Toy Games and Comics Convention, and for me to meet up w/ some friends along the way.  Failed tonight on the latter, but more on that later.

Busuanga Blog, Day 3 (of 3) ((Revised))

He took his T-shirt caption (GIVE ME A BREAK) seriously.

Sunday, June 26, 2011: Half our day was spent at the local hospital as Richard needed to be treated for his allergies, w/c were exacerbated from all the booze, possibly the water source from the shower (not like we had a CSI kit to verify this) and his inability to stop scratching himself all throughout last night.  We killed the hours waiting for the doctor to show up (he didn't) w/ catnaps and, in the case of Enz, watching Game of Thrones on her iTouch.  Eventually we just left after a nurse shot Richard w/ I believe was steroids, but I can't be too sure as he wasn't going to be lifting any heavy weights aside from our luggage in the near future.

"Teevee? We Talk Some Teevee."

Admittedly the only time I enjoy Geekfight! Quiz Night is when the subject is to my liking.  This month (they were monthly, who knew) the subject was TV, possibly my 2nd best useless knowledge forte after Comics and before Movies.  Shocker of shockers, Lola wasn't able to join me, but I managed to grab the Coron People for at most participants and at least my de-facto audience for possible smart-ass answers.  (I've always said about the answers: when in doubt, make it funny.)

Busuanga Blog, Day 2 (of 3)

R.I.P., cap (L.A.S.)

SATURDAY, June 25, 2011: Breakfast was cold and fly-ridden (but not fly-infested, thank god).  Our day was spent swimming in bodies of water that had various degrees of saltiness.  Before our boat launched for Cayangan Lake the boat guy told me to take off the hat I borrowed from Marilyn because he said at the speed we'd be going it'll just blow right off.  My stubbornness and vanity made me switch to the cap Mom lent me.  Guess what got blown off my head a several minutes after we launched..?

Busuanga Blog, Day 1 (of 3)

FRIDAY, June 24, 2011: Arrived at the airport an hour earlier than needed, but that was fine, as I saw the congested Cebu Pacific check-in lines were taking up most of everyone else's waiting time, as opposed to AirphilExpress' near-ghost town number of people in queue.  I had time to eat a semi-decent Japanese lunch while listening to Robopocalypse in audiobook form.

June Jumps

June 10: I believe this was the first night of Dee arranging a outing w/ her circle of friends and family.  Our initial outing took us to Power Plant Mall, where she and I had cheesesteak sammiches for dinner (Kester went for Japanese), then we all watched X-Men: First Class.  The nightcap was at Good Earth instead of Barcino because Mare wanted beer, not wine. 

Breasts 2.0

Nobody'll recognize me!

The following is my solicited but unpublished magazine article on How Men Really Feel About Breast Implants.  (Images taken online and modified totally w/o permission.)--

NOTE: Some of the names of the men interviewed have been changed to protect their Facebook profile pages from possible wife/girlfriend/mistress reprisals. 

A Letter From (and To) My Future Ahijada

Received tonight:

Hello! My name is Mireia and I was born last May 27 weighing 2.85 kg. As I was in a bit of a hurry to see the world, I arrived 3 weeks before the expected due date. :)

My reply:

Darnas, Wonder Women and Storms, Oh My!

Darna's so shy.

Not often I post on something somewhat work-related, but you'll see why inna bit.

Holcim Cement Corporation hosted a dealers rewards night in at the Waterfront Hotel in Cebu City, not to be confused, said the tour guide, w/ the Waterfront Hotel in neighboring Mactan. Being my first time here, that was unlikely to happen.

May Pahabol

Fellow otakus Jenn & Lola
(Zombie at Tiffany's shirt by Threadless.)

May 7: Local comics fandom is slowly but surely gaining ground to a point where the local conventions are charging triple digit prices. Case in point: went w/ Jennifer Chua to the Metro ComiCon at Megamall and was shocked to see tickets going for 120 bucks! Perhaps it was to fund the raffle or maybe to pay a partial appearance fee for David "V for Vendetta" Lloyd, but the latter's unlikely because National Bookstore was the one who sponsored him. No gems for me in the back-issue bins, but Jen bought a copy of VforV and got Lloyd to autograph and sketch on it for her.