How Do You Spend The Last Day Of A Supposedly Long Vacation...

Laid back...

Who's online?

Janine's online... and on a Sunday at that! She sounds happy and enjoying life as a whole. Something all of us should be doing. April went online too but we didnt get to talk much. Kim went online later on, at work, getting an early start to the new work week.

Birthdays and Greetings...

Today is Oliver's birthday. One of my buddies in high school and college. But its been a couple of years since I lost contact with him and his wife Quey. Mental note to self to find this guy.

Also found out it's aCey's birthday today too! Happy birthday girl! Hope you have a good one!

Currently doing...

Woke up early and unusually rested despite the short hours of sleep (7 hours). Started the day downloading a couple of songs for the mp3 player. Slow internet connection's taking forever. Current playlist's not too heavy but not too light. A little Paramore here, Secondhand Serenade there. Worked on the finances a bit. Coming days will be a little tight I note. Still a little bored to go out. Got a couple of bills to pay and maybe get a haircut or something.

Watching the second day of the World Pool Championships while blogging. Efren Reyes and Ronnie Alcano's through to the final 64. I hope most if not all of the Filipino contingent advances for a chance to make us proud. And most likely all of the better pool halls here will be filled up with players playing as if they're part of the whole competition.

Looking back at the last couple of days...

Well, we did help out Sister Pie and Barry Pie with their house move. Been doing most of the driving and a few errands during that period. They're almost settled in, with the engineer in me also mentally taking note of some things in the house that would need some fixing next time I get a chance to meet up with the builders.

Visited Lola in Loyola. Took a couple of visits because of Sister Pie's house move. Good thing the traffic was not that bad. Seems like everyone's adjusted to the usual traffic route as well as given their cooperation to make All Saints/Souls Days a little bearable.

Then there's my miniatures of course. Was able to sneak in a 40k game last Friday as well as a Warmachine/Hordes demo game last night. That's a good enough push to get my minis back out of the box and start planning what to assemble and paint next.

Chivalry is not dead...

Was on my way out of Shangri-La mall last night when I came across a young lady struggling to get her car out of the parking lot. I couldn't stand to watch so I agreed to one of the security guards' suggestion that I drive her car for her to get her out of that jam. Took me close to 15 minutes doing what looked like a scene from an Austin Powers movie (remember that scene involving an electric car in a narrow corridor?) going forwards and backwards in millimeters and finally getting the car out of the jam without a scratch on it. It was a bit nerve wracking for me and the young lady but her baby daughter sitting at the back seem to have enjoyed the whole ride. Good deed for the day. I found it funny too that one of the guards opened the rear door for the young lady thinking I was her driver. Lolz...

Parting words...

I think I did relatively well this vacation and I should give myself a pat on the back for it. But I miss my sunshine. It's put a slight gloom to my otherwise laid-back Sunday.