joni | September 7, 2010
Thankful for:
– super productive week
– gatecrashing Palanca dinner (Congrats and thanks to Artie, and thanks to Mikelim!)
– get-togethers: O people at Greenbelt, family and friends at Tagaytay
– P300-massage (including tip), P60-haircut (including tip)
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 10, 2010
Well, well… Lemme think…
– got to finally watch Inception
– dropped off manuscript at APO to be included in their September board meeting
– GMK session 3 (Pictures soon)
joni | July 31, 2010
It’s been a crazy busy week! I’m super grateful for:
– Get-together with Lit friends for lunch and coffee
– Cats!
– Mandarin classes
And super super super grateful for:
– the results of the APO evaluation
joni | July 26, 2010
It has been an uneventful week, which is something to be grateful for in itself. Also, I am thankful for:
– the time (uh, me having made the time) for my Mandarin lessons, both in and out of class.
– Plus! Yummy dinner care of generous classmates last Friday (beef and mushroom from Vince, crabs from Gladys, [...]
joni | July 19, 2010
This week’s list is going to seem like an update of sorts. Oh well.
– Chinese lessons
I’ve had two sessions of my Mandarin lessons. The lessons are light enough to not be overwhelming. At the same time it provides me with enough new words to make things a bit more exciting. Plus, the lessons give me [...]
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 3, 2010
Technically, a part of this post should have been included on last week’s list. Specifically one-half of the last weekend, which had been most gratifying in its simplicity.
– Saturday morning was spent running errands at DLSU, returning my toga and getting a copy of my class pictures. I also dropped off the hard copies of [...]
joni | June 25, 2010
–Instead of a DLSU Press,the university now has the Academic Publications Office (APO) which partners with publishers for (what else?) the school’s publishing needs. The way I understand it, APO acts like an agent of sorts in that it becomes the middleman between the writer and the publisher. Last Saturday, I sent a soft copy [...]
