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It’s that time of the year again where you cannot avoid introspection. Yep. You guessed it. I’m nearing another birthday again.

Ultimately we are destined to create our own path. If I can be totally honest I can say that am liking mine at least 90% of the time lately. I finally reached a plateau work wise. All my Lead functions I can now do even with my eyes closed. My friends are all that, the best bunch of people around. I don’t drink like a lush anymore. Even if I do, I tend to enjoy it more. And my personal life is reaching a deeper understanding with my psyche. I am at peace with the world. Now, if I can only stop smoking, I’ll be perfect.

I am looking forward to my big island hopping in a couple more weeks. Gonna get me some rays, some waves and whiffsssss of fresh air. Looking forward to get out of the metro and finally hit the beach. As Noel said, it only takes the beach to melt away the tiredness and apathy one is experiencing in life. I am, at the moment, more excited than anything else. I cannot wait to lie back and drink daiquiris and frozen margaritas. This will be one relaxed vacay.

On the work front I have never been busier. But now there’s a certain fulfillment every time the deed is done. I still have lots of deadlines that I can’t hit. (Sorry Bren) but mostly I just glare, stare and rant and I get my way. (At least 80% of the time). I have learned to prioritize and let go of the things I cannot do due to lack of time and resources. Some folks would just need to wait. And I am a-okay with that.

Had a great time last Saturday. Ate at Ameci’s. First time. Via has been hounding me to go there for the longest time but it took Ron to convince me. The gelatos are to die for! Try Sans Rival and Pistachio flavors. I swear the taste explodes like a riot on your tongue. I will deffo go back and sample all the pizzas. After Ameci’s we went to Makati Cinema Square to do DVD shopping.

When I got home I staged my own gay festival. First I watched Dorian Blues. Lea Coco was great in this. I liked the line “There’s more to crying than being gay!” Haha! Here’s another from the narration: “The fairy tale had finally happened. Lonely Prince Dorian finally met his other prince, and the love Prince Dorian felt for Prince Ben cast out all Dorian's spells of depression and gave him the strength of ten gay men - or seven straight.” It was hilarious.

Latter Days was a surprise. I was just curious because Steve Sandvoss was in it and I keep seeing him in TV shows. The acting’s a little bit so-so. And the gay clothes were too gay for me. But the storyline and the dialogues are nice. They actually got Jacqueline Bisset in it so I guess the productions alright. Just wished they beefed up the acting more. They should have sent the actors to workshop or something. Oh well.

I wanted to watch Holding Trevor but I had to go to a party so, I left that until next weekend. We’ll see who’s right in the review section. J-Da or Ron.

The whole time I was praying that the guy that started it all for me would recover from the motorcycle accident he got into this week.

Get well soon Gale!

Anyhoo, to end on a happier note, here are some pics of us during Sabre graduation day. We went green!

'Till the next template!

Cheerio!

C-NGIT: Did a variation of my questions since I don't get to update on a weekly basis anymore.

QUESTION FOR THIS WEEK:

Is there a straight guy rule book somewhere that says they have to smell like a badly laundered, did-not-see-the-sun, pair of sneakers? And at the start of the day too.