Birding.

Because now even remote places in the countryside are being overly developed for real estate, many other species are being displaced from their homes and here we ask the ethical question: is it fair?

Humans, a species well known for its selfishness and nearsightedness, would of course say it is only fair that available lands are turned into homes. Human population is growing at exponential rates, while land, sadly stays the same. The regrettable reality that we share this land with other organisms like birds, insects, and trees is merely coincidental and negligible.  We say, tough luck for the trees.

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Uh-oh.

I think summer is coming early, way too early, this year. This morning, I was looking at the jackets that rescued me from the almost uncomfortable cold weather of the past days (23 degrees in the south, people! 8 degrees in Baguio) —the type of cold that hurts as it burrows to the bone, deathly, making me realize that, no, I probably will not survive migration to Iceland—and now I have to put the jackets away as rivulets of sweat fight for path rights over my face.

Oh, I will miss my hoody. Last week, as I was walking the dog, I wished I had a jacket on when strong gusts of wind lifted my blouse to my face and for a fraction of a moment the trash bins became unfortunate witnesses to my nunga-nungas.

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Insight (er, I think).

Convo with P one dinner time:

P: Men don’t like women who don’t eat.

Me: You also don’t like women who get fat.

P: (Winks) Well, some men like women with some meat. But, nakakainis yung babae na aalukin mo kumain tapos a-ayaw-ayaw. Pasalad-salad, pasandwich-sandwich. 

Me: Vhaket?

P: Because women who refuse to eat are most likely anal retentive, manipulative, boring, and bitchy.

Me: Ganon?! Nge!

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Confessions.

#1. I want to buy an entire set of encyclopedia in book form (brand new) and some books on architecture and art (on-sale ones, I don’t care). I’ve always dreamed of having my own set of Britannica. We couldn’t afford it when I was little and I was so vexed to find out then that the families who did have encyclopedias have stupid children. 

#2. As weird as this may sound, I’ll admit that one of the things I obsess about is having my very own photocopying machine.

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