And… it’s back! I missed playing this game. I found a whole bunch of pictures just perfect for our little game so this kind of post will happen more regularly. C’mon, cheer with me now. Yey!
Before I show you the pic, let’s chit-chat a little bit. Here, have a cup of coffee (sorry, I just got that from the vendo; I can’t make a decent cup!). Have you been reading any good books lately? I haven’t. When I hit home, I play “What Word” on my husband’s Palm Pilot or do crossword puzzles. I guess I do a lot of reading at work that when I get home, I don’t want to read anymore! But do let me know if you have any recommendations. By the way, if you read Sweet Valley back then, I wrote a little something about it here. Just a little cuckoo moment of what-if’s.
How about good music? Any recommendations? Let me know. I’ve been listening to a lot of Alice Peacock on Pandora. Her voice is so soothing. And because Zach Braff my love recommended Lori McKenna, I’ve been listening to her too.
And movies? Recommend good ones please! The last I saw was “Final Destination 3” and I had my eyes closed for most of the movie. I’m not a big fan of thrillers so I didn’t like it much. I just went because of my “just say yes” more resolution but after that, I’ve resolved that there is no fun in torturing myself. I’m a scaredy cat! I admit it!
I’m looking forward to your recommendations! Now on to the game!
Hi! I'm Toni Tiu,
and I've been blogging at
at Wifely Steps since 2003. This started as a blog to help newly weds adjust to married life. It has evolved into a home and parenting blog. I write about things close to my heart -- good eats, good reads, family, marriage, and the little things that make everyday happy.
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March 10, 2006 at 9:01 am (18 years ago)caption:
“wooden blinds for sale, P300 lang po, buena mano kayo!”
have you seen “memoirs of a geisha”? the book was good, plus of course it’s zhang zhiyi. need i say more? haha!
G.
March 10, 2006 at 11:39 am (18 years ago)if you want a funny – and i mean, FUNNY – book to read, try one of bill bryson’s books. i read ‘a walk in the woods’ and also ‘notes from a small island’ and they are just hilarious! they are true accounts of his travels, the first while he’s hiking the apalachian trail and the second one about his travels in england. i’m currently reading ‘in a sunburned country’ in preparation of my long-overdue trip to australia. his books make you laugh out loud – sometimes you do this while reading in a public place and everyone just looks at you like you’re crazy.
if you want a more somber book, you may want to secure a copy of the ‘autobiography of a geisha’ by sayo masuda. no, it’s not the ‘memoirs of a geisha’… the book by masuda paints a different picture of what a hotspring-geisha’s life is like. it’s a meaner world for them and masuda’s simple way of writing (not by choice, she was illiterate for most part of her life…) just makes you go through the emotions with her. this is her account of her life as a geisha.
let me know which ones you read, ok?
justice
March 10, 2006 at 12:40 pm (18 years ago)“wag kang maingay, di tayo kita dito”
toni, grabe! all that you’ve mentioned, di ko alam….earth to justice, earth to justice waaah! am so out of touch
barbara
March 10, 2006 at 7:02 pm (18 years ago)sweet valley high – man! brings back memories of pocketbook swapping in high school – do you remember Sweet Dreams pocket books and that number book in the series titled PS I LOVE YOU – oh man, that was so popular back in my high school.
right – i’d have to recommend you some musical inspirations here.
for strong girl/love/life message and great songs with unusual trip hop beats you have to check out the band called LAMB
– http://www.lamb.tv/music/index.html
ultimate favourite songs from them and one song i’d sing when i walk down the aisle for my husband is this song called – GORECKI
http://www.lamb.tv/movies/goreckilo.html – beautiful song, beautiful lyrics (listen to it)
other fave track GABRIEL
– http://www.lamb.tv/movies/gabriello.html
another great female – FROU FROU
– http://www.froufrou.net/home.htm
and for some nice lounge grooves – THIEVERY CORPORATION
– http://www.eslmusic.com/
and of course ST GERMAIN
– http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00004SU5J/102-2594563-9795309?v=glance&n=5174
and for some total relaxation music and for culture and for plain perving pleasure IL DIVO
– http://www.ildivo.com/
well hope you get inspired by these new breed of music.
–miss b
barbara
March 10, 2006 at 7:06 pm (18 years ago)oh and for the caption for the pic…
“hello.. tao po?”
Zita
March 10, 2006 at 8:34 pm (18 years ago)Bwahehehehehehehe =)
Caption:
Inay ko po! There’s a monster coming after me.
tintin
March 11, 2006 at 9:55 am (18 years ago)Hi Toni! You asked, “Have you been reading any good books lately?” I found a second-hand copy of “The Horse Whisperer” by Nicholas Evans and I loved it! Medyo inis lang ako sa ending kasi it was a convenient way to end the book. Sana man lang nag-isip sya ng ibang ending. I haven’t seen the movie, though, but I heard it has a different ending. Have you seen it?
Caption game: (Nagmumukmuk) Bahala ka, hindi ako lalabas dito hangga’t hindi ka mag-sorry!
Barbara: I do remember PS I Love You! Hehe… Di ba may continuation yon? I also loved the Sweet Dreams book – The Summer Jenny Fell In Love.
noemi
March 11, 2006 at 11:19 am (18 years ago)Purpose driven life, but if you already read it.Read a book that is written by Philip Yancey.
mare
March 11, 2006 at 1:13 pm (18 years ago)“Does this make me look fat?”
autumn
March 11, 2006 at 1:56 pm (18 years ago)i’d save up my allowance to buy a sweet valley every week! 😛
i still have ALL of them (under my desk at my parents home in manila), that is if they haven’t thrown it yet…
getting rid of it was never an option since hard-earned allowance was used to buy each and every one of it….bwahahahahahahahahaha 😀
i even have a map of sweet valley which my dad bought in the US!
Joey
March 11, 2006 at 3:50 pm (18 years ago)COMIC book: KABUKI (get the most recent arc, “Alchemy”) – NAPAKAhusay
MUSIC: Count Basie: Atomic Swing
MOVIE: CRASH is excellent.
CAPTION: Where are you, Mini-Me?
BabyPink
March 12, 2006 at 3:46 am (18 years ago)caption:
where is toni? where is toni? *to the tune of “where is thumbkin?”*
reco:
book – i’m reading david sedaris now. if you haven’t read him, try to do so especially if you want to laugh.:)
movie – pride and prejudice.:)
music – putumayo!:)
tin
March 13, 2006 at 2:01 pm (18 years ago)caption: “takot ako..” *pale face*
weak ba? hahaha.
Lissa
March 21, 2006 at 12:33 pm (18 years ago)I”m not sure if you’re a fan of Hayao Miyazaki but I just read the book version of Howl’s Moving Castle and I enjoyed it maski na for young adults. It answered a lot of questions from the movie. Also if you’re a jazz fan, I recommend the soundtrack for Good Night and Good Luck.