Sunday, November 20, 2005
hp4 the movie - after AGAIN plus friday's climb
it was a very lazy saturday for both cy and i. after sleeping most of the day away, we finally went out to have dinner at galleria's rai rai ken. i had the wrong item from the menu ordered but cy was so thoughtful (like he always is) to switch ramens with me after noticing that i barely touched my bowl. after that, out of nothing else to do, we watched harry potter for the second time. there are some movies that you appreciate more and more after watching it several times, especially one as visually stimulating and intellectually challenging as hp. on the second roll of the film, i got to notice more and more details that i might have not paid attention to before as on our first watch i was intent on understanding the dialogue. the movie finished late but we still had some time to have tea at the podium's branch of cafe breton's. the weather was chilly and i was glad i was wearing my new jacket (again, courtesy of cy) which was designed to fend off the cold. we had hot tea, a mango, and a strawberry crepe. we walked the rest of the way home and i was glad to have some form of exercise (albeit minimal as it might be).
my muscles still ached due to our wall climbing session last friday. we were 9 all in all, my officemates and i and we proved to be one noisy bunch by the time we got to power up. it had been a long time since my last climb and i have gotten extremely ill twice this year already that i was almost doubtful that i'll get to the top. but all that went away when i was the first to reach the top. i had already made 4 climbs and 3 climb downs when cy and miguel arrived (just to watch). and i decided to climb the left walls which were more challenging since the wall slanted and there were cut-offs. i felt a bit sorry for ehmil who belayed me since he was constantly being teased about being beaten up given he let me fall. hahahha. it was hard and i was out of breath 3/4 of the way but i pushed myself to reach the highest hold. since cy was there. ^^ i wanted him to be proud of me. and he was. i beamed when miguel said at the bottom that i still had it. anyway, more climbs are being scheduled and i'm hoping to be able to climb the rest of the left wall by february. and the right walls? hahha maybe i better not think of it right now. yes, my muscles still ache but i don't mind. i can't wait for our next climb on friday!
my muscles still ached due to our wall climbing session last friday. we were 9 all in all, my officemates and i and we proved to be one noisy bunch by the time we got to power up. it had been a long time since my last climb and i have gotten extremely ill twice this year already that i was almost doubtful that i'll get to the top. but all that went away when i was the first to reach the top. i had already made 4 climbs and 3 climb downs when cy and miguel arrived (just to watch). and i decided to climb the left walls which were more challenging since the wall slanted and there were cut-offs. i felt a bit sorry for ehmil who belayed me since he was constantly being teased about being beaten up given he let me fall. hahahha. it was hard and i was out of breath 3/4 of the way but i pushed myself to reach the highest hold. since cy was there. ^^ i wanted him to be proud of me. and he was. i beamed when miguel said at the bottom that i still had it. anyway, more climbs are being scheduled and i'm hoping to be able to climb the rest of the left wall by february. and the right walls? hahha maybe i better not think of it right now. yes, my muscles still ache but i don't mind. i can't wait for our next climb on friday!
Thursday, November 17, 2005
hp4 - the movie - after
i just saw hp4 and i must say that although i was a bit scandalized by Michael Gamboon's portrayal of Albus Dumbledore in contrast to Richard Harris', the movie proved to every bit of its worth as the scenes unfolded. It had great effects and graphics, good dialogues and good acting. Now if only Dumbledore recovered his composure...
hp4 - the movie
we're watching later at 9.30. I got seats reserved at the podium and although im currently at work i cant help my mind from wandering to the building just across the office. OT is fine if you have something nice to look forward to afterwards. it's a good thing i have 2 things to look forward to: (1)meeting cy,miguel and martian at starbucks and (2) hp4. hehehe
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
designer in the making
cy once said that it is evident that perhaps designing is my passion. that, i make surprisingly exceptional drawings in AI and make good web designs and lay-outs for one that is unadmittedly not a designer. finally, after months of shadowboxing and denials, i admit that he is right. programming's not that bad and i don't think im bad at it either. but i guess it all boils down to passion. i'm turning in my syntax and APIs for css and image manipulation. i'm only sorry i didn't acknowledge it sooner.
i bought two books today (the zen of css design and adobe photoshop cs2:classroom in a book). and had my dad buy my 2 others (html utopia:designing without tables and dhtml utopia:modern web design using javascript & dom) in his insistance. 2 more are in queue for me to buy (adobe illustrator classroom in a book & i forgot the other one hehehe). below is an image i got off the web of the first book i bought today as a mark of my resolve.
i bought two books today (the zen of css design and adobe photoshop cs2:classroom in a book). and had my dad buy my 2 others (html utopia:designing without tables and dhtml utopia:modern web design using javascript & dom) in his insistance. 2 more are in queue for me to buy (adobe illustrator classroom in a book & i forgot the other one hehehe). below is an image i got off the web of the first book i bought today as a mark of my resolve.
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