Listening to Josh Groban right now. Gad, how I wish I were watching his concert. Haay if I didn’t have so much gastos right now, I’d really watch this guy! He’s so amazing, I loooove his voice and his takes on songs are so nice. Who would have thought that “She’s Out of My Life” would sound so good?!?
Now I’m listening to “Rock Baby Rock”, version of Kala. I remember when I was a 2nd resident, we danced that sa PAO convention fellowship night interhospital competition! Hahaha! Fun,fun fun!!! Our kids shopped pa sa Bambang ukay-ukay for authentic vintage clothing—they came up with these fantastic bellbottoms and polyester shirts with gigantic collars for the boys, and assorted ‘70’s tops and dresses for the girls! I ended up with this hippie blouse with HUGE butterfly-like sleeves. When I say huge, I mean it—one sleeve could pass for my skirt (you get the picture!). We even had Bodyshop make-up artists (courtesy of Mike, of course) do our make-up. I remember us sending the boys to Mega Mall to look for false eyelashes to complete our look, and they were calling us and whining na ang hirap hanapin (ah, I remember, they didn’t really know what they were looking for in the first place!) Hahaha!!! We didn’t win that year, but we danced the swing, which is my favorite dance, so we were all just having huge fun!
It’s nearly one AM and I’m still shot full of caffeine. Had a dinner meeting at the Palms Country Club, and of course I had brewed coffee—I was so stuffed that I needed it so bad. I though I’d fall straight into bed after coming home, but the caffeine is keeping me awake. Must kick this habit soon…but on second thought, I might as well give in to this addiction now, because I’m swearing it off after I get married (we don’t want a caffeine-addicted neonate, do we?).
Aaaaargh I must really wind down. Time for my bedtime reading. Now it’s “The Hundred Secret Senses” by Amy Tan. I bought and read it in Singapore, but right now it’s the only light reading I can find. I just finished two books of Wilbur Smith which I’ve been sharing with Papa (“Pa, finish it na! I want to read it naaaaa!”). Wilbur Smith is an Englishman who writes novels about Africa. He has an interesting series about the Courtney clan, set in South Africa, spanning three or four generations. Very very interesting, especially because it has a lot of historical facts woven into the saga, so I get a history lesson without falling asleep. Yaaargh, what have I become, I’m reading tatay books! Saw a James Michener book on Papa’s table. Maybe that’s what I’ll read next. I got myself James Clavell’s Noble House, but it bored me to death. I don’t think I went beyond 150 pages. I also started reading “Hope” by Herman Wouk (same guy who wrote “War and Remembrance”), about the Israeli War, but images of a war-torn country with people who don’t have enough water and electricity to take a bath was too depressing for me, so I returned it to Papa after sluggishly reading only one or two chapters per night. Books I like, I finish in two days (and that’s just bedtime reading ha). Books that bore me, two weeks na, wala pa ako sa half ☺ I hope my child likes books too. I think that’s one dorky trait I will always be proud of , and I’m so happy that my siblings like books just as much. Peew, especially, reads books so fast that she scares herself! Hahaha! As soon as my baby can hold a book, I’ll take her to National Bookstore every week (“Honey, you can pick any book you like. Remind me to buy you another bookcase”). I hope she learns to read at age three like I did (presuuuuuuuuure!).
