Tuesday, April 30, 2002
And Lourd sings it for me,
speaks it in his bee-bop beat,
and neural pop trickeries
wrapped in the thin smoke of his ganja,
surging in the speed that his poetry defines,
wailing with the crescendo of his imagined jazz,
My dark soul, my extreme,
my side away from the sun.
/justifying my attraction to Lourd de Veyra's poetry/
ruth.jacob
Sunday, April 28, 2002
Roomie + Patatas exchanged their vows yesterday, April 27 2002, after being together for seven years.
parallel to the set-up at Mantis and BloodyMary's wedding, Ina and Ama were sponsors, and I was the one who "lit their path."
they came form the same town in Batangas, and their houses are a few blocks apart. This is one of the cities where traditions are well kept and practiced. The night before the wedding, a party was held at the bride's place. since majority of their relatives are living on their area, the bride's home was full of visitors and guests a day before the wedding.
I was expecting that the newly weds would do a Prosperity Dance at the reception, since this is one of their traditions - the couple would dance and well wishers would pin bills on the couple's gown/Barong, but was surprised and amused at what they did in place of the dance. A table was set up in the middle of the area, and on top of the table were boxes of suman. The couple took their seats on the table, and a 'secretary' sat with them. the announcer then opened the traditional 'Pabenta.' he said the suman can be 'bought' from the couple at p100/bundle. Well, of course, this is very pricey for a bundle of suman, but what's important here is to give the couple cash. The emcee calls out the names of everybody who makes a 'purchase' and how much they gave while the Pabenta took place, and the secretary takes them down, so that the couple would remember the poeple who helped them.
Well, i know that getting cash as a gift would be better than getting 6 dozens of plates or 2 rice dispensers, but is there really a need to announce how much you gave? It's a bit embarassing for the relative/visitor..
On another somewhat related note, Patatas would be staying at the semiHome when they get back from their honeymoon! yayy! finally, there's someone at the semiHome i can talk to! *huge smile*
oh, and btw, there's a chance that roomie will bring the computer to the semiHome. i was hoping i had saved enough money to buy the missing computer parts of my baby before they get married.. but there were too many events these past few weeks that 'required' me to spend.. and one of them is their wedding. nu ni nu ni nu..
parallel to the set-up at Mantis and BloodyMary's wedding, Ina and Ama were sponsors, and I was the one who "lit their path."
they came form the same town in Batangas, and their houses are a few blocks apart. This is one of the cities where traditions are well kept and practiced. The night before the wedding, a party was held at the bride's place. since majority of their relatives are living on their area, the bride's home was full of visitors and guests a day before the wedding.
I was expecting that the newly weds would do a Prosperity Dance at the reception, since this is one of their traditions - the couple would dance and well wishers would pin bills on the couple's gown/Barong, but was surprised and amused at what they did in place of the dance. A table was set up in the middle of the area, and on top of the table were boxes of suman. The couple took their seats on the table, and a 'secretary' sat with them. the announcer then opened the traditional 'Pabenta.' he said the suman can be 'bought' from the couple at p100/bundle. Well, of course, this is very pricey for a bundle of suman, but what's important here is to give the couple cash. The emcee calls out the names of everybody who makes a 'purchase' and how much they gave while the Pabenta took place, and the secretary takes them down, so that the couple would remember the poeple who helped them.
Well, i know that getting cash as a gift would be better than getting 6 dozens of plates or 2 rice dispensers, but is there really a need to announce how much you gave? It's a bit embarassing for the relative/visitor..
On another somewhat related note, Patatas would be staying at the semiHome when they get back from their honeymoon! yayy! finally, there's someone at the semiHome i can talk to! *huge smile*
oh, and btw, there's a chance that roomie will bring the computer to the semiHome. i was hoping i had saved enough money to buy the missing computer parts of my baby before they get married.. but there were too many events these past few weeks that 'required' me to spend.. and one of them is their wedding. nu ni nu ni nu..
Thursday, April 25, 2002
Wednesday, April 24, 2002
Saturday, April 13, 2002
Friday, April 12, 2002
twenty... two.. more.. minutes.. before.. i .. can.. head.. home.. argh!
i'm so sleepy that i don't even have the energy to laugh. Ivs and Tats were having a hard time catching their breath while laughing out loud at the canteen because of all the strories that they were telling and all i can do was give them a weak smile. bleh. too sleepy and too tired. I stayed at the plant for more than 9 hours on top of my regular 8hr shift to finish the first part of an engineering qual. when i got my sleep-deprived self back to the office today i didn't even have the energy to inspect the strips used for the qual.
*falls off from her chair*
i'm so sleepy that i don't even have the energy to laugh. Ivs and Tats were having a hard time catching their breath while laughing out loud at the canteen because of all the strories that they were telling and all i can do was give them a weak smile. bleh. too sleepy and too tired. I stayed at the plant for more than 9 hours on top of my regular 8hr shift to finish the first part of an engineering qual. when i got my sleep-deprived self back to the office today i didn't even have the energy to inspect the strips used for the qual.
*falls off from her chair*
Thursday, April 11, 2002
lookie! it's Turdle! yep, he's living inside the mini Magnetic Poetry Kit now.
He came in a "hypothetical small package" inside the bigger package that ArtBot sent together with an original artwork, a copy of Mechanical Joy, a study of one of his works, and ArtBot pics.
He came in a "hypothetical small package" inside the bigger package that ArtBot sent together with an original artwork, a copy of Mechanical Joy, a study of one of his works, and ArtBot pics.
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