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 | February 21, 2010
– written 36 pages of the essay
– revised 10 chapters of the novel
– fancy last-minute Valentine dinner c/o R
joni | January 17, 2010
It’s been a crazy week and not really in a good way. But it’s not possible that I don’t have anything to be thankful for in the past week. I just have to think harder.
*thinks
*thinks hard
*thinks harder
Oh there!
– David’s word that I will not be required to take refresher classes
But until I get to enroll, [...]
joni | January 10, 2010
- boundless energy at work
Must have been because of the long holiday break, I had boundless energy at work the past week. I love it!
- meeting with Doc Bau
Which went better than I expected. More on this some other time.
- birthday dinner c/o Boss Pete
Went back to Brasserie Boheme. This time, I was with work [...]
joni | January 2, 2010
This past week, I am grateful for:
– more gifts!
– more vacation time!
– more reunions!
Specifically my meet up with Jack, my best friend from elementary school. Finally!
– and more yummy food!
joni | December 26, 2009
The Christmas week is fun, fun, fun! And I am especially thankful for my…
– gifts, gifts, gifts galore!
I had so many! Whee!! So many many many!! And we haven’t even included the ones I bought for myself yet.
– vacation, vacation, vacation!
Thus I was able to sleep, sleep, sleep! And read, read, read! Finally finished the [...]
joni | December 8, 2009
I’ve been wracking my brains trying to come up with a Christmas wish list for the company secret santa. The party will be this Friday. If I’m going to ask for anything, I better come up with it by tomorrow or else s/he wouldn’t have time to shop at all. Except I can’t think of [...]
joni | October 26, 2009
– Chapter 7!
Vacation leave well spent. And then I was supposed to work on Chapter 8 on Saturday but got sidetracked by…
– “500 Days of Summer”
Finally saw it with Anna. Very nice. I just didn’t like that part when he gave this over-the-top speech before he resigned. But overall, definitely worth watching.
– mooncakes!
Been craving for [...]
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 [...]
