Playing through Transatlanticism on New Year’s eve is not a very good idea, I just realized. (It’s a sad, sad album.) But, there is the token New Year “anthem”, so I guess it suits the occasion somehow.
It’s 10:45 – gotta peel myself off the computer and start with the fireworks. Happy New Year to all!
This site has just been updated to the latest Wordpress 2.0 version. So far, all looks well.
Posting from a friend’s ASUS EEE PC. Neat!!
The objective is to get a little used to typing in this little keyboard. Therefore, my statements are unnecessarily long. The keyboard seems well-built, and I can imagine being able to touch-type with this thing in a few hours. (I am actually starting to get the feel of it.) The most prominent difficulty, aside from occasional incorrect keypresses, is that the right SHIFT key – a key we all use A LOT – is placed at an unconventional location: beside the / button is the UP cursor instead of SHIFT. So the UP button is inadvertently pressed more often than not.
Still, a few days and it should be a non-issue.
I love the EEE PC! I desire to join The Knights Who Say EEE! But no! I… must… resist…
Just got back from a nice night out with a couple of friends. It was my first time since I arrived where I actually went out to do something… something. (Not counting the short dinner with girlfriend and the obligatory Christmas-eve-grandma’s-place-visit.) Part of the night was spent, um, “appreciating”, the four-storied Fully Booked branch at the Bonifacio High Street (which, I should also note, has opened lots of interesting shops since last time I saw it).
Got three books:
These purchases came with hard justifications, of course:
Er, maybe the justifications weren’t that hard. Anyway, as is usual when in the bookshop, I could never have too many books. It took quite a force of will to resist getting all books that I actually wanted. Finish first! is an ongoing maxim when book-buying (CAVEAT: maxim not always fulfilled). Add to that the great backlog of to-reads around my room. I will never finish all! is also an ongoing truism, sadly.
Still, I have a month-long vacation, and I intend to use it to bury my nose into as much literature as I can. I am about finished with the emotional graphic novel Laika, and, deciding to stop in the middle of His Dark Materials (reason: dwindling interest in Pullman’s characters) will then proceed to Dog in the Night-Time. And so on and so forth.
And finally, the current wishlist.
I tried sleeping, but it’s no use – so here I am at the computer waiting for 5:30am. I am leaving for Manila in a few hours. A few more hours after that, and I will be in the comfort of my room. (Probably dozing off.)
As I was frantically moving my stuff to Cheryl’s flat earlier, I paused a few moments upon realizing that, due to severe storage issues, I needed to leave two ceramic faux Charlie Brown / Snoopy mugs behind. They cost HK$5.00 each. But, I have become sort of attached to them. For one, they were the first pieces of drinking containers I owned since I stepped into Hong Kong. (Yes that was a bit sentimental.) But more than that, it was the way it was made that earned its likeability. The mugs themselves weren’t that well-made, and even the drawings aren’t the best – exactly why I love them.
I guess it also reflects my attachment to this apartment I am in now, and will move out from one hour from now. As I am about to leave I feel that kind of sadness I normally have for people I know I am going to miss.
Of course the fact that I probably will not be staying in this apartment anymore when I get back amplifies that sadness.
Oh well, enough with the melodrama. Today I will be home! And I crave for only two things this first day: Girlfriend and Guitar Hero 3.