late breaking news

1. in tonight's episode of ellen, ellen lip-synchs to don mclean's vincent. nanay wonders why she keeps on lip-synching to the song. tatay offer the explanation that the song may remind her of someone she was romantically involved with. then:

tatay: theme song nga pala namin yan ng nanay mo.
me: may theme song pala kayo?

(too-much-information rating: 5 1/2)

2. durga called up last night and had to listen firsthand the catastrophe that is my voice. it was barely a voice and it kept breaking every 30 seconds. i said i sounded like a boy moving on to adolescence. she said i sounded like a drag queen.

3. the water pump that services our area of lb broke down sunday morning, hence no water service for close to two days. i re-learn to accomplish a bath with four turns at the pail. i've been trained well during my stint at the dorm.

4. feasting peanuts in your mouth indiscriminately can cause some serious gas. and a horrifying trip to the bathroom.

5. guruji is in manila and i won't be able to sit in his lectures. damn shame.