Shorthand (It's been quite a while)

1. Managed to clock in nearly five hours of watching Lav Diaz's Melancholia. Tried to patch up the unknown ending by reading a summary online. I have to recuperate the last three hours. (P.S. No bathroom breaks there, not even stretchings inside the moviehouse. Yes, it can be done.)

2. Am on page 50 of The Old Gringo by Carlos Fuentes. A sorry-ass rate of reading as it'll be discussed in class tomorrow afternoon. So there.

3. The LB kids network (and not my LB students) - UPCO kids, older and younger Maquiling and Ruralite batches - is so alive, thanks to Facebook.

4. Jane is equal parts hilarious and inspiring.

5. I have to say goodbye to instant coffee.