Day 224 - Thanks, Fate!

For those of you who don't know what this is, a Customer Voice Receipt is something that entitles you to a free tall beverage of your choice on your next Starbucks visit. All you have to do is fill out a comment form on the internet. The catch is that these things attach themselves randomly to Starbucks receipts. As in, you can order 5 Venti Caramel Macchiatos and not get a Customer Voice Receipt, but then when you order 1 Tall Iced Tea, you can get one. It's like a raffle.

I'm not lucky with raffles much so I never expect to get one of these whenever I go to Starbucks. So I was totally happy when I got this today. And it was such a work of Fate, too. I wasn't even planning on going to Starbucks, and just decided to do so at the last minute because I got to my office a few minutes earlier than usual and thought that buying a cookie at Starbucks was a good way to pass the time. That's right. A cookie. Specifically, one piece of the Dark Chocolate Macadamia. I spent only P55 and I get a free Tall beverage in return. Thanks to Fate! :D

Day 223 - That Mainstream Show

I think this show became famous when I was in college, yes? I think that's the reason I never really got into it. I mean, I knew it was funny because I'd seen some random episodes and people talked about it all the time, but college was a time that I didn't have too much time for TV so I didn't want to get into another show. I only watched the shows that I really couldn't give up, which were Buffy the Vampire Slayer, FRIENDS, and Star Trek: Voyager.

Also, this was considered "cool" (i.e. mainstream) so I instantly wanted to avoid it. God forbid that I actually like what everybody else does, during the exact same time that they like it. ;)

This DVD btw is owned by my brother's girlfriend M.

Day 222 - I Heart LiaCom!

Today I went to a mini-high school reunion brought about by my former classmate posting a caricature of our Senior Year class in Facebook. I talk about this more here.

Anyway, here's the 7 of us who came. I should note that they're not people I'm close with, not even when we were in high school, but I had fun with them anyway. I don't know why but somehow I think that if I went to a reunion of my classmates in college, (save for the few ones who became my close friends) I wouldn't have had as much fun. Not to mention that the venue would probably be far away from my house, which will make me at least 50% less interested in going.

We are in Oyster Boy in Westgate, Alabang in this picture. I love Alabang, though I'm a little worried. We were the only ones in the restaurant, and it was Saturday night. Is Westgate about to close?

Day 221 - Newspaper Nails

Look! Letters on my nails!

I attempted to do this about 2 weeks ago but failed miserably, because the instructions I found then were incomplete. Anyway, after further research I found better instructions (you're supposed to coat your nails light polish before you soak them in alcohol!) and after I was asked not to come in to the office today, I found the time to try it again.

And viola! My newspaper nail experiment is successful. Sort of. I mean, the letters still aren't that clear and even with that highly edited picture it still looks a bit messy but forgive me, I'm not a girly girl and have always found it hard to paint my nails. I actually don't know why I still attempt to do it when I know that I suck at it. -_- Maybe because I feel so artistic when I do things that involve cutting up newspaper. Hehe. :P

Day 220 - The Last One

ERASERHEADS AND SUGARFREE - I think it's strange that Ebe Dancel (Sugarfree vocalist) wears an Eraserheads t-shirt just after I established in my mind that they (Sugarfree) were the band that replaced the Eraserheads.*sigh* Great things will always come and go I guess. Of course, during the gig people kept joking about a reunion concert. Well, the Eraserheads had one, so I guess maybe Sugarfree can have one, too. :)

Awww... Why do bands break-up anyway? I mean, I know why, but... Why?? T_T

I took this photo just after the Sugarfree set finished at 19 East (bar/restaurant in Sucat, Paranaque). E and I went to the stage to take photos with the band, and successfully cornered bassist Jal, but drummer Kaka magically disappeared, and we just could not get Ebe to pose with us because too many people were asking for his picture and his autograph, such as in this picture. But E and I stayed late (waiting for my brother to pick me up) and found the band members again outside, with less people around them. So we still got to take pictures with them. Yay!

Anyway, this post is titled The Last One (Yeah, I got the idea from FRIENDS. So what?) because the gig at 19 East is the last of the Sugarfree Farewell Bar Tour. Although the actual last gig will be on March 1, but it's in Eastwood in Quezon City, so yeah... I'm not going. I don't even know where Eastwood actually is. -_- But I'm happy that two of their last 5 bar gigs are in the South. :)