Wednesday, 2 November 2005

Back to the grind... full updates to follow

10 years ago I...

> Was an impulsive hormonal wreck

> was a frustrated computer geek

> a constipated band geek



5 years ago I...

> was a freshman at UST... THE Royal and Pontifical UST... hahaha

> was a culture-shocked noob!

> questioned my decision to go to UST instead of UP Diliman Archi...



1 year ago I...

> Was pounding away on the keyboard... finishing my thesis book...

> And doing schematic site plans

> while enjoying the company of my college bros! and my block!



Yesterday I...

> was on PR 210, on my way home from Sydney...

> rediscovered the miracle of flight...

> thanked God for blessing me and my family



5 snacks I enjoy...

> Jamaican Patties

> Dimsum/Siopao

> Shingaling

> Dried Mangoes!

> Yakisoba... throwback to my college days...



5 songs I know all the words to...

> Bigger than my body by John Mayer

> Miracle Drug by U2

> Sugat by Dictalicense

> Noypi by Bamboo

> Liwanag sa Dilim by Rivermaya

at marami pang iba...



5 things I would do with 100 million dollars...

> Go full time with Gawad Kalinga...

> Go on mission for SFC... to China... or to Afghanistan... serve God and see the world at the same time

> Buy into Ayala Land or SM Prime... =) hehehe... hostile take over
ba... tapos go into building mass transit rail systems for manila and
the suburbs

> Buy a cessna, learn to fly

> Transform my Dad's firm into a design studio-ala Rural
Studio/Taliesin West... teach designers and architects what they don't
teach in school, build cool designer houses for GK... and win the
pritzker/nobel in the same year... yeah right... dream on...



5 places I would run away to...

> San Francisco

> back to Sydney!

> Christchurch

> Paris

> Lingayen



5 places I would love to go to..

> Amanpulo

> Bilbao- see the Guggenheim

> the Himalayas

> St. Peter's Basilica

> Xiamen- figure out where my ancestors came from...



5 things I would never wear...

> basta... anything that's too tight

> too loose

> too feminine

> anything that's uncomfortable

> but then... architects are supposed to be artists... so we ought to be able to get away with anything =)



5 favorite TV shows...

> CSI... NY, LV, Miami

> Design 360 on CNN

> Dreamspaces on BBC

> Megacities on NatGeo

> The Apprentice



5 bad habits...

> Food binges... especially when stressed/depressed

> Kaangasan/kayabangan

> Being a critic

> Impatience

> Procrastinating... putting things off until the last minute... especially when I know what I can and can't do...



5 biggest joys...

> God

> Family and good friends

> The joy of being able to do what you love...

> Learning something new

> Traveling/Seeing the world



5 fictional characters I would date...

> Dominique Francon from The Fountainhead

> Dagny Taggart from Atlas Shrugged

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Books on my bedside table...


> The Bible

> Red Storm Rising... last remaining Clancy book that I haven't read... almost done

> State of Fear... the new one by Crichton

> Timeline... also by Crichton, haven't seen the movie yet


> The Tailor of Panama by John LeCarre


> Purpose Driven Life... rereading it... almost done

> The Fountainhead... rereading it din... before I give it away again...

> The Pecking Order ... almost done

> Freakonomics ... almost done

> The McKinsey Way ... management consulting's bigshots... almost done

> Content by Rem Koolhaas

> The Foucault Pendulum by Umberto Eco

> The Early Ayn Rand

> Anthem by Ayn Rand



5 Songs I've been listening a lot to lately...

> Gold Digger by Kanye West and Jamie Foxx

> Alright by John Legend

> Stars by Switchfoot

> Make your move by Incubus

> Ang Ating Araw by Dictalicense



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