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december 24:
as usual, christmas was uneventful. because i refuse to submit to it's festivities. but still i tried to make it as fun and as memorable as possible for my wife and kids. after noche buena, me and my cousins spent the next two or three hours pestering our neighbors with karaoke renditions of songs from the carpenters and the beattles. that pretty much destroyed a lot of families' christmas reunions hahaha in our little baranggay.

december 25:
slept at around 5:oo am... then woke up at around 8:00. i really do have a sleeping disorder. battling a minor hangover, i got up and had a light breakfast (read as: just coffee and cigarettes). invited hoseal for lunch. he came at around 2:30 in the afternoon. had a quick lunch. went out bowling. we went into this old bowling alley where koreans (localized koreans if i may say so) frequent. we were bowling next to a group of koreans where one of 'em was wearing a very short skirt and stilletos... and for the life of me, i couldn't understand how she keeps hitting strikes and spares with that kind of get-up. oh well... hoseal and i had to slap each other's cheeks silly just to focus on our game. we played eight straight sets.. then our arms were sore. we bailed out. had some pizza by 5:00 pm. had coffee by 8:00 pm. and were drinking beer with ruel by 8:30. some schedule eh?

december 26:
nothing special happened really. except my wife surprised me with her gift... an acoustic guitar!!! whoa!!! now all i got to do is learn to play the guitar again after four years of inactivity. now if i could only remember how to make GM7 in the pentatonic scale.. hm...

december 27:
had beer with hoseal, marvin (congratulations on the new baby man!!!), sev, jhunie, arvin, m3, and the rest of the gang. oh by the way, kaloi (henry, in real life) paid us a surprise visit over at gerry's grill. the dude's now based in legazpi city in bicol. that's a long way from home man.. a long way.

december 28:
i got a kick from knowing that this blogsite's counter registered the 1,000-hit mark. i still can't get over it. i'm still dancing under the moon and stars for pete's sake! by the way, i saw jaysie at the mall. had coffee with him while chewin' the fat. and accompanied him to buy new batteries for his cellphone. technology's such a bitch i tell you!!!

december 29:
ah yes. billiards, beer, and pizza with my most favorite artist, olie. the dude showed up in a yellow shirt and a cowboy hat. i tell you, this guy's fashion sense is really... well... i don't know how to describe it really. we were later on joined by pepe and rex. we feasted on fifteen bottles of strong ice and a "bilao" of grilled seafood and pig.. that'll surely calm the nerves eh?

december 30:
which pretty much brings us up- to-date to the so-called life of israel. nothing much happenin' today. just preparations for the up and coming party over at my place to welcome 2005. january 1 will be a celebration of friendship, thanksgiving, and ofcourse... BEER, BEER, and BEER!!!

i'm out.