joni | August 29, 2010
The stars must have aligned to make this week a sociable one. To be thankful for are:
–pig-out session with friends from PSA and beyond (pictures on Facebook)
–reunion with college friends at Cecille’s place (awaiting pictures from Ronna)
–field trip with GMK kids. We went to Bantayog ng mga Bayani and the National Museum (pictures soon)
joni | August 22, 2010
It’s the third week in a row that I only have the gratefulness list as entries here, testament to my lazy-busy combo. *sighs
This week has been good for me because:
– I feel like my Chinese has really been improving *rejoice rejoice. Weeks of being in formal Chinese classes are finally paying off.
– I bought two [...]
joni | August 1, 2010
Finally! The video that I promised here is up. (Accompanying pictures are here.) Enjoy!
joni | July 12, 2010
It was a triple birthday celebration for Artie, Daniel, and Jing. (Crazy video here!)
joni | July 11, 2010
Super thankful for:
– getting the email message informing me that my story “The Body” will be included in the anthology of flash fiction edited by Dr. Jerry Torres
– dinner and catching up with Kate and Bevz
– pool party with wescrew people (pictures here and a video here)
– yoga after about four months without!
joni | July 10, 2010
Kate is home from her studies overseas so a meet-up is a must. Kate, Bevz and I had dinner at Capricciosa then had tea/coffee at Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf.
joni | June 14, 2010
– really good (albeit a bit pricey) foot reflexology
– meeting up with my HS BFFs after such a looooong time (on the occasion of Joseph and Belle’s wedding. Congrats!!)
– these pretty sandals (that are less than P300! at Greenhills!)
joni | May 25, 2010
Now that I have uploaded all of the pictures from my Shanghai trip, let me now delight you with pictures from my thesis defense.
My Thesis Defense
Degree: Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing
Thesis Title: Finding My Way Back to My Mother’s House
Venue: Dr. Cirilo F. Bautista’s residence
Date: March 19, 2010
Time: 10 AM to 12 PM
Pictures [...]
joni | May 18, 2010
Although I am not especially fond of putting little trinkets on my phone, I decided to make an exception this time. Aileen gave me a blue haibao phone trinket as a going-away gift. Blue, because it’s our (us Capricorns) lucky color for the year. Haibao, the mascot for the Shanghai World Expo. Lock and key, [...]
joni | May 15, 2010
The day before I would leave for Manila, I had to make a last-minute visit to 人民广场 or People’s Park so I could get my HS BFFs their own Chinese-name bookmarks. Min offered to go with me.
