enough about me

great wall watch tower   green park london   brandenburg gate   img_0491.JPG         

  • a citizen of the world but also fiercely proud to be pinay (filipino). 
  • blissfully married to someone with a congenital distaste for lawyers, corrupt and incompetent politicians, and senseless heavy traffic.  we share many indulgences, from dark chocolates to traveling to fascinating places.
  • raised by a public schoolteacher who taught science and english to several generations of underprivileged kids, and by an artist/painter/designer, all-around craftsman and handyman, math whiz and fitness buff.  i owe everything to mom and pop.  and i adore my kuya (older brother)! 

          hubby and me in kamakura

  • i have joint custody over Troy, a hyperactive black labrador retriever who dropped out of obedience school, and Barbie, the furry mixed-breed who sleeps belly up on our couch.  would love to have kids.

   reindeer troy barbie2  

  • my blackberry is the first thing i pick up in the morning.  i can’t do any serious work without coffee.  i’m blind without my contact lenses.     
  • one of these days, i will… paint again.  build a modern tropical home on a hill.  travel with hubby to western europe.

          steps-to-shrine.JPG   great wall badaling beijing  

  • what i’m reading now: ‘what are you optimistic about?’ and rushdie’s ‘the enchantress of florence’
  • music on heavy rotation this week: the cure!