Rain Rain, Go Away...

All this rain is driving me nuts. It's been raining since Saturday! It's Thursday already and it's still raining. Good God. My feet are tired and aching from wearing a leather almost-waterproof shoes. Makes me miss the dry, sunny days when I can wear those super-comfy Converse Chuck Taylors...My red Chucks, taken on a Monday morning sometime last mon...

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Important Notebooks

The two important notebooks in my life right now:my blue Journal and my 2007 Starbucks diary planner.Can't live without them, really. Just as I got busy with personal and family stuff over the weekend, I was unable to write anything in my Journal at all. I felt so guilty and irresponsible, that when I saw it in my bag last night I wanted to hug it. (sigh) But well, all that guilt went away after I wrote five pages of Journal entry to recap everything...

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It's the time of the year

It’s that time of the year again.It’s the time of the year again when thousands of writers around the world write novels like crazy for 30 days, max. It’s time of the year when thousands of them lose sleep, numb their fingers typing their novels, and get overdosed on caffeine. It's the time of the year when writers around the globe go through the same pain and joy producing a novel. It's a temporary respite from most social activities as more time...

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It's Been A Month

The Archer’s Chronicles is 1 month old today. Hmmm... That translates to 60 pages of more than 17,000 words written in the last 31 days. Whoa.It also means that I have successfully chronicled the last 31 days of my life.Indeed, this is the most serious Journal I’ve had in my entire life. I always say serious because I have kept it updated on a daily basis. I treat it with respect. And foremost, I have kept it decent. Anyone can peer into my Journal...

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Regalos de Perú

UPDATE: The design on the back cover (and also printed on all the inside pages) that looks like a totem (to me, at least) is a tumi. According to Wikipedia, a tumi is "a sacrificial ceremonial knife distinctly characterised by a semi-circular blade, made of either bronze, copper, gold-alloy, or silver alloy used by Inca and pre-Inca cultures in the Peruvian Coastal Region." For more details, read the article here.My boss went to Lima, Peru last week...

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Vintage Shotglasses?

Whoa. These two shotglasses were presented to me as gifts by someone I do not know. The shotties came wrapped in layers of old newspapers with a note: "I just cleaned out my cupboards and saw these. Thought they may be good to add into your collection."Well, they may be vintage shotglasses, considering the design. But I'm no expert here. I will have to consult other glass experts later. After careful inspection, I saw water stains inside the glasses,...

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More Notebooks, More Pens…

In my trips to Manila, I always visit a National Bookstore branch. To me, a trip is incomplete without visiting any NBS shop. Or any bookstore for that matter. It’s the time I browse for books, buy a notebook or two, and splurge on pens. And so last Thursday, after my “collecting” trip to the Summit Media offices at Robinson’s Galleria in Ortigas, it’s NBS time!First stop: Notebooks!!! …and papers. I so wanted to buy a Mead notebook. They are so...

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My 50th + 1

Shotglass No. 50Shotglass number 50 is the shotglass that almost didn’t make it to my collection. Its seller didn’t reply to my email even after the bidding was finished, and I had to wait for several days to pay for it. Luckily though, they shipped it on time. But shotglass number 50’s odyssey did not end there. The courier service delivered it to the wrong addressee who surprisingly received the package even though it is clearly not his. (The package...

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Moleskine, Dear Moleskine...

It felt like Christmas morning yesterday afternoon when the Aboitiz guy knocked on my office door. He's like Santa to me as he has something I had been praying so hard to have: my own Moleskine notebook. And yes, oh yes, I am now a certified Moleskine owner. I remember a song that my aunts and uncles sang to me when I was a kid. It's an American folk song, but to me it is an unforgettable lullaby. Suprisingly, when my Moleskine arrived yesterday,...

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