joni | September 30, 2009
I am conflicted between writing/working on Chapter 7 and rewriting/revising Chapters 1 to 6. And because I am so conflicted, I have not been doing anything at all. Well, not really not doing anything because I’ve been reading [finally finished February Flowers by Fan Wu (just so-so) and The Human Comedy by William Saroyan (depressing!!) [...]
joni | September 29, 2009
It is already quite clean inside our house, thanks to the tireless efforts of my housemates who spent all day yesterday scrubbing and disinfecting and drying. Outside our house, though, is another matter.
Three days since the Great Flood and with all the rest of Makati dry and clean for at least two days now, the [...]
joni | September 28, 2009
This was the havoc that tropical storm Ketsana, locally called Ondoy, wreaked on our house. Eventually, the water would reach waist high. It was even worse in other parts of Manila.
joni | September 28, 2009
This is a little late. We lost our Internet connection care of the massive flood. More on that on another post. For now, these are the good things of the past week:
– two magnificent pictures from Nick during his travels, one of which is this:
– the Monday holiday
Holidays are always great. But they have become [...]
joni | September 23, 2009
Yesterday I got a set of letters from UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund. Among them were a thank you card, an update of the org’s recent projects, and a certificate proclaiming that I’m “championing the rights of children in the Philippines.”
I could not help but feel good about myself. It was like graduation! (For some [...]
joni | September 21, 2009
Aaargh!! My eyes can hardly focus now. But yes, finally, second draft of Chapter 6 for your consumption:
(Oh, and Anna owes me a cup of chai from Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf! *does the endearingly awkward Joni dance)
CHAPTER 6
Nina washed the last of the glasses slowly. She must have soaped them three times by [...]
joni | September 18, 2009
This past week was pretty good, maybe because the one before it was really bad. In particular, I am happy for:
– being alive!
The doctor has confirmed that the little lumps on my neck and arm are not going to kill me. That was all I needed to hear, really. Took me weeks to find the [...]
joni | September 17, 2009
The other day, I convinced myself that I needed some retail therapy to make myself feel better. I planned to buy one ridiculously expensive item. I deserved it, I told myself. Apparently, once I decided to spend, the rest of the otherwise consumerist world would hear nothing of it.
I had my mind set on British [...]
joni | September 14, 2009
Suddenly, after much struggling to compose myself in the past days, I am gripped with the urge to scream. The kind that could burst either my lungs or your eardrums, whichever came first. I want to scream so loud that the mere force of sound coming out through my throat, my mouth, would be enough [...]
joni | September 12, 2009
I know it was just this morning when I blogged, almost unwillingly, about things I am grateful for this week, but I feel the need to do a follow up after meeting up with the lovely Lit people for a long lunch today. It was everything that I needed at this very low point in [...]
