Wednesday, July 20, 2005

potterhead

lined up for the hype. not much of a potter fan, but rommel coined me anyway. a potterhead. included rowling in my latest literature stash. along with rucka and mieville.

believe it or not, this is the only potter book that i own. hehe.

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book survey

tagged by jeff. and since i'm scrounging for something to post-pad here goes: (and yes, was also tagged by dodo---will try to do that after this, hehe.)

1. Total number of books I've owned:
have a humble stack of (and the last time i counted): close to 300, excluding those that i recently bought and those that were given.

2. What were the last book(s) I bought?:
perdido street station - china mieville
a gentleman's game - greg rucka
and, uh, yes. harry potter and the half-blood prince - j.k. rowling

3. The last book I completed... (or finished reading?)
the battle of the bulge - danny parker
bravo two zero - andy mcnab
film noir - alain silver

4.The 5 books that mean alot to me?
beyond the beachhead - joseph balkoski (the first book i bought with my hard-earned baon)
a bridge too far - cornelius ryan (at P475 nine years ago, it was a pain in the purse)
the black dahlia - james ellroy (reread value: 3x. nuff said)
atlas shrugged - ayn rand (debunking the philosophies of the organized-religious)
bible - though, haven't really voluntarily lifted a page, sometimes i think it's one of the best literature of the western civilization that deserves being read (and reread).

5. What I am currently reading?
those that i recently purchased. shuffling them depending on my mood....

6. tagged Bloggers:
i know, it's a mandatory thing. what the hell-?
1. he who asks the marathon man (dodo)
2. the one who emits safe (rommel)
3. the isolation mechanic (joes)
4. the filipino traveller (evans)

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Saturday, July 09, 2005

dennis the menace

drove through a heavy downpour and a ferocious gale-like wind. took this photograph, balancing the car on one hand and a camera phone on the other.

a glimpse of hurricane dennis in action in .03 megapixel:

and another one:

...and it still hasn't made a landfall yet.

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Sunday, July 03, 2005

nouveau visage

jeff redesigned my blog.

from the empty nook-and-cranny of my public journal emerged a new facade, bequeathed a life, aside from my daily ramblings that often turns out a bit constrained (as if updating this blog is a mandatory thing).

thanks dude. really appreciate it.

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