1. The Pasig River Ferry. It sucks that it’s out of the way (unless go back to living in Makati), but the ride down to Escolta is always so relaxing. A great start a day.
2. Chinese Food. Never a disappointment, specially if it’s fresh dumplings from Dong Bei.
3. Conversations over coffee. Geisha, geiko and bacon. That’s all there is to say.
4. Fort Santiago. Definitely the best bargain you can get in Manila. Lovely gardens, crumbling buildings, amazing view of the Pasig River and the cool sea breeze.
5. Camwhoring. Nevermind that I forgot to charge my camera’s battery. There were plenty of evidences in Eric’s and Melo’s camera.
6. Traffic-less Sundays. Driving in Manila is made bearable by Sundays and holidays.
7. Jollibee Chicken Joy. The best food are those that brings back happy memories. Childhood in Manila is made happier with Chicken Joy. (Or at least mine is.)
8. Paraiso. Help us make a stand. Perfect score!
9. Great company. Juned, Melo, Eric, Arpee, Noreen, Rael, Rotch, Heinji and Rey.

Procrastination is evil.

Not the good kind of evil, tool. Hmp.

I have a mile-long to-do list, my inbox never goes below 30 (I leave out the pendings in the inbox; archive or trash it when it’s done), and kits from events are littered around my workplace (the oldest was the Flickr swag from 2007). Heck, even my mail from my first trip to Australia is still here! GAH.

Major cleaning is required. Unfortunately, I can hardly be bothered to organize my things, and when I do, it would go back into the same state of disarray after a couple of days.

I need to clean out my closet as well. People who see me often would note the same rotating shirts and pants. I also have a cabinet full of bags I don’t even use.

Will tomorrow ever come?

Heidi Klum’s actually.

Success is being happy in life.

– Heidi Klum, Victoria’s Secret show 2007

Today’s WTF moment is brought to you by The Age.

South Korean scientists have cloned cats by manipulating a fluorescent protein gene, a procedure that could help develop treatments for human genetic diseases.

In a side-effect, the cloned cats glow in the dark when exposed to ultraviolet beams.

The cats are cute enough, but I don’t think I can take glow in the dark felines. Even if only under ultraviolet light.

Your date of conception was on or about 7 March 1980 which was a Friday.

You were born on a Friday
under the astrological sign Sagittarius.
Your Life path number is 3.

Your fortune cookie reads:
Pray for what you want, but work for the things you need.

Life Path Compatibility:
You are most compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 3, 6 & 9.
You should get along well with those with the Life Path numbers 1, 2, 5 & 11.
You are least compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 4, 7, 8 & 22.

The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2444571.5.
The golden number for 1980 is 5.
The epact number for 1980 is 13.
The year 1980 was a leap year.

Your birthday falls into the Chinese year beginning 2/16/1980 and ending 2/4/1981.
You were born in the Chinese year of the Monkey.

Your Native American Zodiac sign is Owl; your plant is Mistletoe.

You were born in the Egyptian month of Menchir, the second month of the season of Poret (Emergence - Fertile soil).

Your date of birth on the Hebrew calendar is 20 Kislev 5741.
Or if you were born after sundown then the date is 21 Kislev 5741.

The Mayan Calendar long count date of your birthday is 12.18.7.8.7 which is
12 baktun 18 katun 7 tun 8 uinal 7 kin

The Hijra (Islamic Calendar) date of your birth is Friday, 20 Muharram 1401 (1401-1-20).

The date of Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 6 April 1980.
The date of Orthodox Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 6 April 1980.
The date of Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent) on your birth year was Wednesday 20 February 1980.
The date of Whitsun (Pentecost Sunday) in the year of your birth was Sunday 25 May 1980.
The date of Whisuntide in the year of your birth was Sunday 1 June 1980.
The date of Rosh Hashanah in the year of your birth was Thursday, 11 September 1980.
The date of Passover in the year of your birth was Tuesday, 1 April 1980.
The date of Mardi Gras on your birth year was Tuesday 19 February 1980.

As of 11/1/2007 6:04:59 AM EDT
You are 26 years old.
You are 324 months old.
You are 1,405 weeks old.
You are 9,834 days old.
You are 236,022 hours old.
You are 14,161,324 minutes old.
You are 849,679,499 seconds old.

Celebrities who share your birthday:Scarlett Pomers (1988) Anna Nicole Smith (1967) Jon Stewart (1965)
Judd Nelson (1959) Ed Harris (1950) Alexander Godunov (1949)
Paul Shaffer (1949) Joe Dante (1946) Randy Newman (1943)
Berry Gordy, Jr. (1929) Brooks Atkinson (1894)

Top songs of 1980Lady by Kenny Rogers Upside Down by Diana Ross
Call Me by Blondie Starting Over by John Lennon
Another Brick In the Wall by Pink Floyd Crazy Little Thing Called Love by Queen
Rock with You by Michael Jackson Magic by Olivia Newton-John
Funkytown by Lipps, Inc. Another One Bites the Dust by Queen

Your age is the equivalent of a dog that is 3.84892367906067 years old. (Life’s just a big chewy bone for you!)

Your lucky day is Thursday.
Your lucky number is 3.
Your ruling planet(s) is Jupiter & Neptune.
Your lucky dates are 3rd, 12th, 21st, 30th.
Your opposition sign is Gemini.
Your opposition number(s) is 5.

Today is not one of your lucky days!

There are 27 days till your next birthday
on which your cake will have 27 candles.

Those 27 candles produce 27 BTUs,
or 6,804 calories of heat (that’s only 6.8040 food Calories!) .
You can boil 3.09 US ounces of water with that many candles.

In 1980 there were approximately 3.6 million births in the US.
In 1980 the US population was approximately 226,545,805 people, 64.0 persons per square mile.
In 1980 in the US there were 2,406,708 marriages (10.6%) and 1,182,000 divorces (5.2%)
In 1980 in the US there were approximately 1,990,000 deaths (8.8 per 1000)
In the US a new person is born approximately every 8 seconds.
In the US one person dies approximately every 12 seconds.

In 1980 the population of Australia was approximately 14,807,370.
In 1980 there were approximately 225,527 births in Australia.
In 1980 in Australia there were approximately 109,240 marriages and 39,257 divorces.
In 1980 in Australia there were approximately 108,695 deaths.

Your birthstone is Citrine

The Mystical properties of Citrine
Citrine is said to help one connect with Spirit.
Some lists consider these stones to be your birthstone. (Birthstone lists come from Jewelers, Tibet, Ayurvedic Indian medicine, and other sources)
Yellow Topaz, Pearl, Diamond

Your birth tree is
Ash Tree, the Ambition

Uncommonly attractive, vivacious, impulsive, demanding, does not care for criticism, ambitious, intelligent, talented, likes to play with its fate, can be egoistic, very reliable and trustworthy, faithful and prudent lover, sometimes brains rule over heart, but takes partnership very serious.

There are 54 days till Christmas 2007!
There are 67 days till Orthodox Christmas!

The moon’s phase on the day you were
born was waning gibbous.

Source: Paul Sadowski

The fortune cookie was so me. Heehee.

Freewillastrology.com

Now that we’re almost halfway through 2007, it’s time to assess how well you’re capitalizing on this year’s unique opportunities. So let me ask you a few pointed questions. Have you been reinventing yourself from the ground up at least once a week? Have you been shedding old shticks and learning new tricks? How relentlessly have you committed yourself to the arts of liberation? There’s still a lot of time to become even more receptive and responsive to the steady stream of wake-up calls that life is sending your way. For the next six months, you’ll have cosmic luck on your side whenever you actively court the fertile blessings of future shock.