something i wrote in my blog early this year.

• GO TO MANILA.
• Read 50 books.
• Watch 50 movies.
• Aiming for a hundred now.
• Have a kick-ass last semester ever (!) at uni. -- Far from kick-ass but at least it's over.
• Graduate from uni. -- Technically not until November 7th, but whatever, I won't be able to attend anyway. Besides, I'm officially part of the uni's Alumni Assoc!
• Write in my paper journal more ofte...

• Go to a touristy destination I've never been to before. (Luneta? Corregidor?)
• Travel outside Manila and not to our usual out-of-town destinations. (Vigan! Bohol! Batanes! Palawan! Davao!)
• Make sure an out of town trip pushes through with my:
• high school barkada!
• college girls.
• EAT.
• ripe yellow mangoes
• Sans Rival
• Razon's halo-halo
• Dulcinea's churros
• Pansit ni Ado
• Good Shepherd's ube
• waffles as big as an entire...

1. superbad (2007)
2. carlito's way (1993)
3. alfie (2004)
4. once (2006)
5. juno (2008)
6. waitress (2007)
7. paris, je t'aime (2006)
8. man of the year (2006)
9. bobby (2006)
10. march of the penguins (2005)
11. we are marshall (2006)
12. beerfest (2006)
13. napoleon dynamite (2004)
14. american dreamz (2006)
15. thank you for smoking (2005)
16. bee season (2005)
17. the illusionist (2006)
18. clerks 2 (2006)
19. hors de prix/priceless (2006)
20. reign over me (2007)
21. breach (2007)
22. the ...

1. The Bridges of Madison County - Robert James Waller (2/5)
2. Handbags and Gladrags - Maggie Alderson (2/5)
3. Forever - Judy Blume (3/5)
4. On The Goddess Rock - Arlene Chai (3/5)
5. Love Walked in - Marisa de los Santos (4/5)
6. Looking for Alaska - John Green (3.5/5)
7. Futility and Other Animals - Frank Moorhouse (3/5)
8. When We Were Orphans - Kazuo Ishiguro (2.5/5)
9. The Pilot's Wife - Anita Shreve (3/5)
10. Plain Truth - Jodi ...

• Balducci
• Sentro
• Friday's
• Grilla
• Crustacea
• Cheesecake Etc.
• Texas Roadhouse Grill
• Aveneto
• Masas
• Cibo
• Dencios
• Modern China
• Teriyaki Boy
• Burgoo
• National Sports Grill
• Max Brenner
• Recipes
• Pancake House
• CPK
• Via Mare
• Sumo Sam
• Jack's Loft
• Cafe Juanita
• Cafe Adriatico
• Oyster Boy
• Marina
• Gerry's Grill
• Fish & Co.
• Kulinarya
• Green Tomato
• Umu

• anyone else but you - michael cera and ellen paige; the moldy peaches
• after hours - the velvet underground
• long haul - voxtrot
• popular - wicked
• i'm not that girl - wicked
• give a little love - rilo kiley
• so here we are - bloc party
• oxford comma - vampire weekend
• m79 - vampire weekend
• i stand corrected - vampire weekend
• homecoming - the teenagers
• make it mine - jason mraz
• waste another day - brooke fraser
• may yo...

• Gilmore Girls 1-6
• Sex and the City 1-3, 5-6
• Greek 1-2
• Big Bang Theory 1
• Project Runway 1-3
• Felicity 1-3
• Mad Men 1

currently watching

• the office 5
• friday night lights 3
• how i met your mother 4
• big bang theory 2
• gossip girl 2
• project runway philippines 1
• one tree hill 5

1. the blind assassin - margaret atwood
2. on beauty - zadie smith
3. mass - f. sionil jose
4. tuvalu - andrew o'connor
5. possession - as byatt
6. blind willow, sleeping woman - haruki murakami
7. the disinherited - han ong
8. daughter of fortune - isabel allende
9. snow falling on cedars - david guterson
10. stardust - neil gaiman
11. the fourth k - mario puzo
12. the evening star - larry mcmurty
13. love life - zeruya shalev
14. my latest grievance - el...

• 20-inch iMac.
• 15-inch Macbook Pro.
• plane ticket to Manila. (YESSSSSS :D :D :D)
• trip to somewhere new and far far away with my barkada and college friends.
• a compact digital camera. (Canon Powershot A720IS or should i splurge and get the Canon G9?)
• loads of Pilot G-tec 0.4mm pens in black.
• G-tec 0.4mm pens in every other colour imaginable.
• LightWedge
• a book or two.
• perfume: Kenzo Flower, Ralph (the blue on...

recommendations would be most welcome! :)

• The Morning Star Trilogy (The Gryphon, Alexandria, and The Morning Star)- Nick Bantock
• Violet and Claire - Francesca Lia Block
• The Third Summer of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants - Ann Brashares
• The Fourth Summer of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants - Ann Brashares
• Lock and Key - Sarah Dessen
• The Memory Keeper's Daughter - Kim Edwards
• No One Belongs Her...

hah!

• Marcus Flutie (Sloppy Firsts/Second Helpings)
• Jim Halpert (The Office US)
• Matt Saracen (Friday Night Lights)
• Tim Riggins (Friday Night Lights)
• Dan Humphrey (Gossip Girl)
• Jess Mariano (Gilmore Girls)
• Chuck Bartowski (Chuck)
• JD (Scrubs)
• Ned (Pushing Daisies)
• Carlos Nuñez (Crazy/Beautiful)
• Alex Karev (Grey's Anatomy)
• Rob Gordon (High Fidelity)
• Ben Covington (Felicity)
• Lucas Scott (One Tree Hill)