amigos

the reason why i avoid buying electronics and other things from big stores like anson's, abenson or automatic center (are they owned by the same family?) is because i think the after-sales service sucks. maybe because that's what they are- just sellers.

portia and i purchased a stove and range hood before christmas and thankfully the items arrived before christmas day. but the delivery service (which i think should be free, but i digress) is just really a delivery service. the morons who brought the items to our unit just really brought them there. i asked for their help to take the stove out of the box and slide it in the space where the old stove used to be. after asking them to do so, i had to take a phone call and when i got back to the kitchen (after about ten minutes) the idiots were still standing there with a blank stare on their faces. i sent them away with no tip. my driver set it up in less than 5 minutes.

so anson's (the great big one in makati fronting landmark) promised that the range hood installer will come today. it's almost the end of the day and my range hood is still in a box.

this is why i don't buy from big stores. i would never dare buy a tv from any of these big stores. because of the following reasons:

1. they don't know what they're talking about
2. they don't install, they just sell

i buy tvs from my dude in salcedo village. i bought a tv from my dude half a year ago. on a saturday afternoon at around 3pm. by 4pm, it was up an running in my apartment. and connected to my ps3, my receiver and my wdtv.

i don't think anson's can do that.

but alas, i pledged a washing machine as a prize to a production house's raffle thing. sadly, i'll have to drag my ass to anson's once again.

this has got to be my geekiest christmas yet.

apart from all the food i got, i got a whole lot of toys!!!

starting with the best (from portia of course):





from icel, kola flash/lens filters:



http://www.KOLAstore.com/

much like the colorsplash flash from lomo, the kola filters made my digital pictures look like this:




a mr. spock action figure and a glow in the dark qee from my brothers:



from eugene, a massive book:



and motorcycle gloves:



for my zoomer:



and for the morning after christmas, nothing beats this:




i hope everyone had a great christmas! 2010 should kick ass!

I just got home from a 45-minute jog around the village. FINALLY, tumakbo din ako. Well, it was more of a jog-walk in 1/4 of the village. Ang hirap pala! It's different running on pavement compared to running on the treadmill. Parang it's heavier. I now have a new level of respect for the cute 6:30AM village runners. But I feel good. After stretching, I started running at 5AM and it was still chilly. One block later, napagod na ako. Pero sabi ko sa sarili ko,

"Bakla, wag kang himatayin dito. Nakakahiya!"

I concentrated on my running and I felt better. Then I realized something.

"Gaga, ba't ka ba tumatakbo? Pwede ka din namang maglakad."

I decided to run and walk at 5-minute intervals. I conserved energy, and at the same time I didn't feel so stressed out. Anyway, my excuse is that I'm just starting... again. And thanks to the fact that I was the only one running on the road, hindi naman ako masyadong na-conscious, although I'm perfectly aware that I run like drunk rabbit (rabbits don't run di ba. They hop! SO imagine that).

Now I feel good and very much awake. Haha.

I don't know when I can do this again. Running, I mean. A running partner would be nice (hint, hint!).

This is a refreshing way to start my Christmas day. :)

After my morning work last Saturday, I went to the Cuenca Bazaar to check out what was still being sold there. After the big bazaar 2 weekends ago, I guess everyone's resources have been pretty much used up. Konti na lang ang tao. But there were still some fancy stuff that made me actually buy them. First there was this Sun in a Jar thing which I first saw in Shangri La mall the other weekend but it was being sold for about 1,500 pesos. Masyadong mahal for a borloloy furniture. But the cute chinese guy (hihihihihi) was selling it only for 750 pesos. 2 jars for 1,000 bucks!



Then I saw this lamp in the shape of a keyboard button. "ESC" was the only one available that can also be found on a Mac keyboard so that's the one that I bought. If you can get this thing for less than 400 pesos, don't let me know. Iiyak lang ako!



And my craziest purchase for the day was a pair of Hermit crabs. Yes, the same hermit crabs that you can catch on the beach for free! They look so cute (the painted shells, at least), I just wanted to buy one. I bought a container, 2 Hermit crabs, 2 bigger shells (in case they grow a little a decide to move to larger shells), sea salt, powdered pet food (I can also feed them small pieces of vegetables) and a small water spray (their habitat should always be moist). I placed them beside my bathroom window where they can have enough sunlight during the day, and be left undisturbed at night. They eat and drink at night. Kanina I was just watching them. I plan to take a video when I get the chance. That would be interesting.



My Mom gave me an area rug for my room. It was for the space between my bed and my TV. But it looked too plain so I had my sofa moved to the foot of my bed. It looks better and I can now comfortably watch my DVDs right in front of the screen. This is strange. I THINK there are 2 White Cats that have been visiting our house.



The other one has a pair of mismatched-colored eyes.



Weird.