People Listen

Coming from my lunch break today, I forcely listened with two guys having a sort of “personal” conversation in the elevator. The other guy was telling to his colleague in a soft voice (intented for me not to clearly hear it), “She married a rich dude. Do you think she would…” then the elevator doors open on my floor.

Digicam

Year-end is just around the corner and you know what that means to some of us. It’s that time again to create a list of New Year resolutions, either you follow through or ignore and make another list for next year. But there’s one thing that I’ve been meaning to do for years since it came out in the mainstream – to buy a digital camera. Yes, I’m still using my old camera that requires 300 ASA film. It’s a load and click but certainly captures good memories and high quality pictures well enough to keep them years to come. That camera was a Christmas gift to me by my sister in 1995.

I’m still wearing my old Seiko quartz wrist watch that my mum gave to me on October 1982.

I keep all my vinyl records – music from different genre.

I prefer to buy CDs and play them on my walkman instead of downloading music and listen to i-pod.

And yes, I still have the VHS player but because lately it’s been difficult to find VHS tape, I had to acquire a DVD player that has region 0.

I tend to hold on things for sentiment reason.

Northwest and Delta Airlines

Northwest Airlines has always been good to me whenever I travel domestic in a coach flight, they upgrade me to first class. And I am loyal to the airline since 1991. I fly world business class to Asia all the time. However, since NW filed and came out from bankruptcy, flight delays have soared and become a nightmare to travelers especially those with (international) connecting flights. Coming back from Manila via Tokyo, we arrived on time in Minneapolis St Paul only to find that our flights to LGA-NY had been delayed (again) for weather-related and air traffic in LaGuardia Airport. OK for air traffic I can understand, but weather-related, I wasn’t sure about that. CNN weather posted New York City’s weather was in the 60’s. Now that Delta Airlines merged and acquired Northwest Airlines, which I am both a frequent flyer, I’m crossing my fingers that delays would minimize. But I’m afraid both airlines might soon monopolize and skyrocket plane tickets.

My First Christmas Tree

I was in Manila from Nov 25th through Dec 15th.

It was my first time ever to put up a Christmas tree and first time since I bought my townhouse five years ago.

Lorna and I scoured Metropolitan area to find a supposed to be perfect tree and bought some trimmings and lightings in Tiendesitas to start dressing up the tree.

Deeday helped us to put up the tree. It was tilted a little so I called it the “Leaning Christmas Tree”.

I invited my cousins and their kids, my aunts and uncles, high school classmates and family close friends to bring Christmas trimming for the tree.

For friends that I didn’t get a chance to see them while I was in Manila, I have no valid reason why but I promise to make it up to you all on my next visit.