Cheat Work Thursday

News: I just came back from my first trip in years to... Pasar Tani. (Yes, not some beautiful green and blue water beaches. Not even a pond. It's a weekly wet market.) My last one was with my grandmother when I was a kid, which they called Pasar Minggu, I think, and I don't remember those trips much except after I helped her lug the stuff she bought, she would treat me with mee sup or/and satay. I should be at the Pasar Tani when they open early in the morning, because when I shop, I have to be at the store the minute it opens, when the store is still clean and fresh and in order. There would be less people in the morning, and everyone would still be smiling and civil and saying good morning to each other. So since we know where this is going ie there's no way I'd wake up at 6 to buy fish, I wore my sunscreen and went there at 10+. As expected, I wasn't really sure what to do. I don't think I have the 'pasar tani swag' yet. I'm not sure if it...

@ MalcolmWHW I voted for the first time this year. So did four of my siblings. While the whole country was getting more excited than ever leading up to the election day, I was easily entertained by the White House Correspondents' Dinner speeches, delivered thousands of miles away from here and have absolutely nothing to do with me as usual. Here's Obama's and here's Conan's . Well, drone strikes aside , all politicians should be at least this funny. Are you gasping right now, ready to correct me that elected officials should be working in the best interests of their fellow citizens, and should be people with forward vision or something? Well, agree to disagree. Ok, change of topic (and no one is allowed to puke reading this): So, this feels new to me: I bought a number of things these past couple of weeks — phone, bag, tops, work blazer, belt, perfume, things I use but not necessarily need because I still have the old ones, which may be not as shiny but en...

Did you hear about Tumblr being sold to Yahoo for $1.1b? How come someone sits in front of a PC for hours and days (I assume that's what the founder David Karp does) and comes out with a product worth a billion dollars, while all I come out with after sitting in front of my PC is just a mixture of self-loathing and instant gratification? Gross. On another news, I finally registered for online banking. I figure it's 2013, it's time that I lead the crowd and stop paying bills at the post office... The backstory is, there was this service that I had to pay online and it doesn't accept credit cards. I did register for internet banking years ago for both my P*blic Bank and M*ybank accounts, but there was one point where I had to complete a step at the ATM or something, got distracted or confused, and never did it. So this month, I'm going to pay my bills online for the first time! (Provided that I still have the password...) This week, I played personal shopper to my...

Honey Stars always remind me of my nieces and nephews. Did you know the cereal comes in the shape of rocket and moon too? I have the best mornings spotting them in the bowl. I had a good week, last week. I hope it gets better this week. Hope it is for you too.