Happy New Year

*I realized that this is going to be my first post for the year of the Dog so I might as well write the appropriate title.

*Today is February 12, otherwise known as Lovapalooza Day. Now on my 26th consecutive "cold" Valentine's Day, wouldn't it be nice to watch all those couples kiss to break (yet again!) the world record...

*Ok, enough about that...

*Things are turning out in a mixed fashion this 2006. Some may say (after hearing the facts and happenings) that this will be a good year for me, while others may want to play devil's advocate and say otherwise. A couple of nice projects are in the offing this year, yet the it seems the price to pay for that would be another delay in my thesis. It will be almost one school year since I (would supposed to have) started my thesis, yet I've got nothing to show for it except for an expired library card...

*I read Alekos' blog on the Baguio trip and somehow also long for an elem reunion with my chinky eyed friends. I managed to stay close to a few but still I'd like to see how they are turning out (hopefully not as washed out as me). I heard some of them are filthy rich now (from their own businesses), some got married, some joined the band scene, while some are hardworking members of the Philippine labor force... I'd bet some of them turned out really pretty :) (love them chinky-eyed chicks)

*On the long book list, I realized I read either "girly" classics (like Pride and Prejudice) or just classics (like Les Mis). In my defense, these books were mostly the ones my much older sisters read. One was required (Kill a Mockingbird, are there others ba?). I read only a few of the more contemporary (like Alchemist and 100 years) but none of the Robert Jordan and JRR Tolkien stuff... How come no John Grisham book made the list? What about "Applied Probability and Statistics for Engineers" by Montgomery :D