Day 68
I’m still reluctant to open the mushroom fruiting bags. I still do a lot of research on how to clone these fungi. I feel intimidated. Is it really for me? Still I need a lot of patience....
Day 65
A week after the proclamation of state of national emergency, GMA finally lifted it but she said she’d do it again if the same conditions of rebelliousness, lawless violence, etc. would happen. Bad boys had better behave...
Day 62
Tuesday, the last day before March 1. I have written a Filipino novel, my first. I have yet to type it and after that, only heaven knows where to find a publisher. I also have a collection of short stories and poems. When...
Day 55
No happening, no special news, this day same as yesterday. I’ll be bored to death. Ordinary people go outdoors when they are bored. But the problem is, I’m not an outgoing person. Going out is boring to me. So what will...
Day 48
So this is Valentine’s Day, which we celebrated in advance at MegaCenter Mall last Sunday, just after I bought the pocketbooks. There’s no point in writing about it now. I love my wife and I adore my kids but romanticism...
Day 46
It’s Sunday. We went to church, then to a mall called MegaCenter. While the wife and kids were in the grocery store, I went to a bookstore and bought some pocketbooks—one on poetry and the other a collection of short...
Day 42
I am reading some articles about mushroom culture on the net. My interest is revived once again and I am now considering the possibility of cloning my own mushrooms. Why have I not thought of this before?...
Day 40
Here is the letter I wrote and sent via e-mail to the editor. Come on, read it, you will like it....
Day 37
Today’s Friday and it’s as boring as yesterday. That pastor who produces mushroom fruiting bags is a damn liar like a damn politician. Justin told me that he has already sold all the damn bags. He has kept us waiting for...
Day 34
Justin got home from school and he had with him their school organ, where he is a staff writer. He is a freshman college student. He showed me his 3 published poems. I was expecting no errors because I had edited them. But I...
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Day 29
It’s raining just like yesterday. I like the weather because it is cool. But the rain spoils it. If I were in California I would completely enjoy the weather. But hell, I am here doing nothing. I’d like to do some real...
Day 31
This morning the wife arrived home from Bataan. I fetched her in front of the Jesus Is Lord Church of Eddie Villanueva (who cares about this presidential loser now) near the Cabanatuan Central Terminal. She had bought some...
Day 25
Pacman won, as I predicted. He’s got a lot practice and that explains his victory. Practice makes a winner. I have said enough....
Day 18
Not much. We celebrated two birthdays in advance. One is for Justin and the other for the wife. The reason is that all members of the family are available during Sundays if there’s something to celebrate....
Day 15
Today is as lousy as Day 13 (January 10, 2006). This time I have an annoying throat irritation. I’m not myself again and I feel like a fool....
Day 11
I usually sneeze every time I wake up early in the morning. It’s not a habit but an allergy, allergic rhinitis, to be specific. Ah, I could have been someone else if I didn’t have this damn allergy. I have to blow my...
Day 8
Thursday morning, I have a mental block. Nothing to write about. I’m sitting on a comfortable chair and the table is just right despite the clutter but the mind has nothing to bite. I had better write about nothing or spend...
Day 3
Last night I had a 30-minute walk—or jog?—on the treadmill (we bought it on December 25). That was my longest walk on the treadmill since it was bought. Now I feel I have stronger legs, the muscle pain slowly...
I wrote this diary years ago. It is a record of events and reflections on a daily basis.