A friend of mine who has been in Illinois for five years now has been complaining to me of the amount of snow they’re getting these past few months, while I kept on complaining about the punishing heat in Manila. But then again, after hearing her out I think our problem is easier than theirs, considering what happened to their car so many times - buried in snow. Last year she said that her husband made the mistake of thinking he parked the car on a certain spot. He had to dig up for an hour only to find out that it was not their car. Tsk tsk, that is frustrating! This year their car, a Toyota Camry, got buried in snow again and is currently being hospitalized at Chicago Auto Repair, their trusted auto repair shop for years.

Anyway, I guess I’ll have to stop complaining about how hot it is in Manila.

***photo taken from the internet

My mom asked me earlier when I’m going to schedule a trip to the eye doctor for my annual eye refraction. It may sound like a seemingly innocent question but I know she’s asking that because she wants me to get a new pair of eyeglasses, so I can give her the frame I’m currently using. But since budget is tight nowadays, I’m trying to find out if there’s a way I can get discount prescription glasses. May be I’ll get one come April.

Kids these days are amazingly smart. I was told by a friend that one of his kid’s classmates is so witty, he already knows how to spell the words malignant Mesothelioma, to think that he’s only 7. I guess it’s not that surprising given that the kid has doctors for both parents. What’s more surprising is the fact that he knows that the said words is used to refer to a certain kind of cancer. Reminds me of my cousin Jhon-V when he was still 5 and I was 16. He was talking to me about computer speed and internet connection.

I first saw an ad about the movie The Red Shoes in Facebook. I clicked on the link to find out some info about the movie. I was really under the impression that it is a foreign film. Lo and behold! I was wrong. The Facebook page provided an actual link to the movie’s web site. Since it already caught my attention and got me curious, I went ahead and clicked away. The site provided a brief description of the story.

In 1986, ten-year old Lucas Munozca catches sight of the First Lady’s 3000 pairs of shoes and steals a lovely red pair. He gives one shoe to his childhood sweetheart, while he gives the other to his widowed mother. In 2006, Lucas is stuck with one kind of footwear. He too, is stuck with his past, unable to move on from losing the love of his life. When his mother suddenly needs the complete pair, Lucas is forced to confront the consequences of stealing the shoes and to reveal why he did it. – from theredshoes.com.ph Read more…