Wednesday, December 5

TOP TEN: Emotional (Verbal) Expressions

December 5: TOP TEN EMOTIONAL (VERBAL) EXPRESSIONS
(in no particular order, because of a work report I have to finish...):

1) What!?!?!
2) Crap.
3) Hulloh.
4) NO.
5) What's the objective?
6) Really???
7) *sigh*... *loudly*
8) How are you (other person says)... I say "Good."
9) How are you (version #2)... I say "Fine."
10) *bangs one first on table, raises both hands in air* and hisses "yessss."

Tuesday, December 4

TOP TEN: Things I'd save from my room if it were on fire

December 4: TOP TEN THINGS I'D SAVE FROM MY ROOM, IN A FIRE
(in no particular order, because there's this book I want to go back to...):

1) Macbook
2) ASLA single-pouch messenger bag
3) Palm PDA
4) Drawer full of personal letters/correspondence
5) Wallet (and its contents)
6) 300GB External Hard Drive
7) Adidas deep blue jacket
8) Digital Camera
9) iPod
10) Mobile phone


I guess I've always felt I can recreate most of my life, with the right tools and equipment. Pictures can be reprinted. Books bought again. Ikea furniture repurchased. But the tools that help me cope with life and keep connected with a world outside myself -- these I save first. Most of what is truly personal is compact enough to be in that cabinet drawer I mentioned in #4.

Monday, December 3

TOP TEN: Books/'stuff' I read in 2007

December 3: TOP TEN BOOKS/'STUFF' I READ:
(in no particular order, because I'm too tired...):

1) Name of the Wind (Fiction) - link
2) The Essential Asian Cookbook (Non-Fiction)
3) Time Traveller's Wife (Fiction) - link
4) The Economist Style Guide (Non-Fiction) - link
5) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Fiction)
6) The End of Poverty (Non-Fiction) - link
7) Sandman Volume 6: Fables & Reflections (Fiction) - link
8) The Dip (Non-Fiction) - link
9) The Wheel of Time (Fiction) - link
10) American Gods (Fiction) - link

Sunday, December 2

TOP TEN: Consumer Products

Because I work in the consumer products industry, this 'top ten' felt easy to make on a sunday night...

December 2: TOP TEN CONSUMER PRODUCTS I USE
(in order of "greatest impact to my life"):

1) Head & Shoulders Shampoo
>> It works for me and my issues. That is all I'm gonna say.
2) Olay Total Effects Facial Moisturizer
>> Aside from being a brand close to my heart, I really like the soft, bouncy feeling it leaves on my skin
3) Gatsby Styling Wax for the Hair
>> Even if it enhances the wavi-ness of my hair, at least it keeps it the way I made it in the morning
4) Joy dish washing Liquid
>> The 'top ten' things I cooked would never happen without this little kitchen helper
5) Gillette Fusion Shaver
>> Before this came, I always hated "shaving time" because it was so inefficient and slow.
6) Pepsi Max
>> Jake introduced me to this. He now regrets doing so (let's just say his Pepsi Max mysteriously disappears).
7) SuperGlue
>> I've saved more than a couple of products from an "early death" with this
8) Olive Oil (for cooking)
>> Some say it's healthier than normal cooking oil. So far, I haven't died yet.
9) Heinz Tomato Ketchup
>> It belongs to #9 because its hard to creat "impact" with a product I've been using since I was five years old
10) Bulgari Extreme Cologne
>> First cologne I actually repeated the use because I liked the smell