Fwd: Wednesday, 24-August-2011 :: Event/s of the Day & Twitter Log

Event of the Day: Ma had her PT session, as usual. After ferrying Cris to the jeepney stop, Dad (who had decided to come along) had us go to the gas station at Fort Bonifacio, where he gets a discount of Php2 on every liter. It's a membership thing for service personnel, retired or active duty. We put gas into the Innova, and then headed home, where I spent quite a bit of time watching CNN's coverage of the Libya events, and life as usual.


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06:02 I am watching Seconds From Disaster t.co/3Fz8Pig @GetGlue #SecondsFromDisaster #
06:07 @rovilson_f *sigh* we apologized to Beijing, maybe HK-based want own direct apology? But soothing words/actions wouldn't go amiss. #
06:11 WOOT! TOTALLY AGREE. RT @StephNBCLA: So true! RT @mediaite: The Kudos Files: In Praise Of CNN's Sara Sidner... t.co/bej68a9 CH #
06:13 @StephNBCLA @TweetTonyHarris like all good reporters, Sara rocked the reporting way before Libya. *happy dancing for recognition* #
06:28 @stephenfry just saw it's your bday today - and in Manila it IS the 24th, so may you be blessed with love and joy and good eats today! :) #
06:35 Hubby saw article where the Pres wants the country to have a submarine. #
06:36 WE ARE AN ARCHIPELAGO. A BUNCH OF *ISLANDS*. ONLY NOW WE GIVE A THOUGHT TO COASTAL DEFENSE? #
06:38 Oh, and watch the warhawk generals let everyone know we have bragging rights once the sub gets here. Pfui. #
06:44 If Gaddafi turns into the next "where is bin Laden"? Life is going to be one big headache for Libya. #
06:46 @arwaCNN hoping everyone in #rixos gets to safety soon! #
08:50 Sara Sidner Tripoli | Sara Sidner Libya | Sara Sidner CNN | Mediaite t.co/av3nngo #
09:50 My Two Bits: So I've been off the blogs for a week t.co/ATDoCLj #
14:54 My Two Bits: Friday, 19-August-2011 :: Event/s of the Day & Twitter Log t.co/rciWNMM #
17:59 Every Anime Opening Ever Made - CollegeHumor Video t.co/4BzBYuC #
22:40 @gelsantosrelos Pacman is doing what...? *snort* inggit lang si Floyd, palibhasa chikka si Pacman kay Paris, beh. :) #
23:01 RT @mchancecnn: #Rixos crisis ends. All journalists are out! #rixos #
23:02 YES! The journos are OUT of the Rixos Hotel! *dance of jubilation* #
23:05 RT @ivancnn: #Rixos Tripoli compared to Hotel California:You can checkout any time you like, But you can never leave... #Libya #

Fwd: Thursday, 25-August-2011 :: Event/s of the Day & Twitter Log

Event of the Day: Walker deigned to show interest in food, and started eating. Considering that she was spayed on Tuesday, and it is now Thursday? I was jittering a little about how she kept on dozing and curling up in corners and otherwise ignoring the world. No matter that internet information reassured me that cats sometimes took as long as five days to come out of the operation, seeing Walker so quiet when her daughter was bouncing all over the house the day after the procedure, was unnerving.

Seems we got the entire spectrum of recovery times from fast (Baguette), to average (Pica), to slow (Walker). I managed to catch hold of Walker when she emerged from under the sofa and carried her to bed, where she spent the entire day in what looked like contented dozing and sleeping. Eventually, I noticed her looking at the merry stampede that accompanies dinner time, so put a plastic sheet on the bed and offered her a bowl of food. After some cursory sniffing, she began to eat, and it seemed all the breath I'd been holding for two days, finally left me.

Yes, I did allow her to have dinner in bed. Shut it. *grin* She is returning back to her usual self, and actually walked around the house before curling up for the night on the sofa. *happy*

In other news, the humidity did little to improve my state of mind. Never did a cold shower feel so good.

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03:08 Ipako sa Krus Si Mideo Cruz! | This is A Crazy Planets | SPOT.ph t.co/Cap44on #
14:34 RT @carlosceldran: is hoping someone in Parañaque can save these little kitties. t.co/wNmG6vZ #
14:34 RT @pinoybestdeals: Zombadings Patayin sa Shokot si Remington 200 tikets ipamimigay ng Inquirer Libre t.co/yUYgT9p #
15:19 *cries* RT @VladDuthiersCNN: Heartbreaking: Loyal dog refuses to leave the side of fallen Navy SEAL during (cont) t.co/VYtgLLn #
15:20 @TroyBarrett @rosemaryCNN Yup, all the CNN ladies put the ring on the news! *is whacked* #
18:41 EWWW! RT @KakanTuring: Having a snack at d Kopi Roti shop at NAIA 1. Killed a flying ipis that landed on me, helped d cook kill a 2nd ipis. #
18:57 @Anthony_Andres classic screwball romcom sila (Carandang/Magsaysay) *grin* #
19:13 @Anthony_Andres trufax! Pang soap opera queen dialog ni Mitos nga. Bwaha! #
19:14 Thank God! After spending the whole day asleep in my bed, Walker is interested in food again. *mightily relieved* #
19:17 @Anthony_Andres truefax also. Chemistry, they has it. Like TNT. *is ebil* #
19:20 @KakanTuring ohhhh...condolences and sympathies to the missis. greater love hath no man, than to be a wife's chief ipis killer. #
19:25 @WoodsonHawk we have a typhoon in the north, not making landfall. Maybe we can spook some rain over, not the whole storm. #
19:25 @WoodsonHawk meantime, i am melting in city humidity. #
19:29 @KakanTuring :) #
20:32 @tonyocruz obviously someone has a LOT of explaining to do! #
23:42 @cleolinda @lilithsaintcrow what gives with all these remakes? All the movies of my youth are getting rebooted or updated? #

Fwd: Friday, 26-August-2011 :: Event/s of the Day & Twitter Log

Event of the Day: bringing the Avanza to the service center to get new locks. Remember how my bag got stolen last July? And how the car keys were in it? Well, the advice from all quarters was to get new locks, just in case. Which I did. No remote control, though - apparently that is an added expense, and I only ever used it to open the car, never lock it. Blame this weird fear of a false alarm draining the battery, but that's how it goes.

So I'm told the car will be ready after lunch. Since the sun is barely over the horizon, in a manner of speaking, I walked to the Pancake House nearby and had myself a good breakfast. I'd dropped Ramon off at a jeepney stop earlier, so he was off having a Jollibee breakfast while waiting for the barber to open.

From Pancake House, off to the bank next door to get monies for the car and the weekly expenses. Then to Alphaland - but since the mall was still closed, and the day both overcast and windy, I decided to visit the vendors under the MRT station bridge. From there, it was a short hop to suddenly deciding to take the MRT up to Shaw. Sent Ramon an SMS about the idea, then had to wait for him because he wanted to come along too.

So off we went to Trinoma (since he got us both the maximum fare)! I love rail travel, even if it was a bit of a tight fit in the carriage, thanks to the morning rush hour. No traffic, and the view isn't half bad - so many new buildings going up! In deference to Ramon's gimpy leg and his reserves of strength, we had lunch in the Landmark food court, toddled about a bit, then headed back to Alphaland.

This time, we got to sit down, coming from the end of the line; we even had a chance to enjoy the airconditioning for a while, before the train pulled into Santolan. At Alphaland, we rode the smallest handicapped-friendly elevator I have ever seen, down from the pedestrian bridge at the top of the station, to the 3rd floor of the building. Rehydrated at the Mini Stop; peeked into CD-R King; called Toyota and found out the car was ready for pick-up.

Walked back to Toyota, seeing as how the weather was still overcast and windy. Left Ramon at Alphaland perusing books. I regret to inform everyone that the wall of Glaxo SmithKline has a lingering odor of pee, but otherwise it was an easy walk, and good for my legs. Ramon rode the jeep to Toyota and met me there. No way was he going to tire himself out by walking!

Then we took the car down to the SM Hypermart Pet Express, where I was beyond pleased to score two large bags of Kitty's Crumble. Also got tinned cat food and "specials" that the brats love and try to cadge out of us at every opportunity. Took the time to visit the Hypermart itself, and picked up a few things for the house.

Headed home, wilted in the humidity, took medicine for the whopper headache I started, wrangled the cats into their "dorms", played far too much Angry Birds, and then had a hot shower before staying online till sleep claimed its rights. All in all, a very good day.

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05:39 @BackStory um, yay technology? Though in every office there is one person machines respect/fear. OtherBoss Mike might turn into that person! #
05:42 I wonder, when 1st-gen Pinoy immigrants settled on East Coast, if they ever figured on hurricanes. Parang bagyo sa Pinas! #
06:26 Read CNN article about Rixos journalits/@JomanaCNN. Then I read the comments. WHY DID I DO THAT. *applies brain bleach* #
06:58 Frederick Dy is new chair of St. Luke’s | Inquirer Business t.co/0pYDZYS #
06:58 Tweets move faster t han earthquakes - Ezra Klein - The Washington Post t.co/ZBbOEm3 #
06:58 Millions of Sunflowers Soak Up Nuclear Radiation in Fukushima | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World t.co/zsCYjn4 #
08:18 Checked in the Avanza for new lock set. Pickup after lunch. (@ Toyota Pasong Tamo) t.co/8odoYb4 #
08:20 BREAKFAST! (@ Pancake House Pasong Tamo Ext) [pic]: t.co/nvryIcq #
08:34 Interesting to note that ChowKing founder and Jollibee founder both sit on St. Luke's board. #
08:50 Centralized bus terminals. What a lovely thought! #
08:52 DESSERT! Classic mini pancakes. t.co/z3PGJ4X #
09:07 Money matters. (@ BPI Pasong Tamo Extension) t.co/O8aju9S #
11:00 Going Joyriding with hubby! (@ MRT Station (Magallanes)) t.co/SXZp9qO #
11:34 @nefretiriii trufax re maids/stealing! Caught one snatched entire budget pack of sanitary pads from bathroom closet! #
11:42 Made a complete lunch out of side dishes. *grin* Cheese n cheese potato+chili. (@ Landmark Foodcourt - Trinoma) t.co/4cKSK6F #
12:36 Heading back.to.Alphaland. (@ MRT Station 1 (North Avenue)) t.co/qLtpOVF #
12:44 Slight delay at Ortigas station, defective train at Shaw. Moving now. #
13:25 Rehydration, small ice cream and steady data signal. :) (@ Mini Stop Alphaland Southgate) t.co/U0QIvIl #
13:33 @tatancast Re th ought balloon: Oooh, burn! Nice! #
14:25 Walked from Alphaland. Picking up the Avanza, yay! (@ Toyota Pasong Tamo) t.co/vXoI9rb #
21:17 I favorited a @YouTube video t.co/M0vx3jU OK Go and The Muppets - Muppet Show Theme Song #
23:23 My Two Bits: Pedestrian Day t.co/cYIbuXx #