fave vacation pics

just some more pics from the trip home. thought i'd do it now while my neighbor is being generous with the wifi. enjoy.

p.s.
buhay pa kaya yung mga tuta?

john(l) and yoko(r) (or paul and jona, depends on who you ask) 

mel's gig 

"we are family. .." 

photon pips and friends at mel's gig 

pang-postcard 

picha, picha, picha pie. . . 

"sa likod lang ho ang hawak" 

quick blog, just to let you all know that i'm still alive (all meaning my sister and whoever accidentally clicks on a link to me from other blogs). couldn't blog from my apartment because of lack of internet (greedy neighbor won't share wifi, how do they do that?) so i'm doing this in the office. got through my 880 presentation fabulously. finished it 30 minutes ahead of time because people didn't have any questions. . . because i presented the heck out of that paper! yeah, that's right. am now thinking of making paper presentations a career, because, man, i'm good =). . . anyway, thought this weekend would be a little more relaxing for me. . . turns out i'm doing lab meeting next week and have to present another paper. . . i guess word gets around that i'm that good =)=). . .

on other things, my luggage has finally been put away (after three years or so). i've almost run out of pastillas and dried mango. but things are still good with the corned beef and luncheon meat. i'm starting to walk faster again (because it's so darn cold) and i think i'm finally over the cold my last week at home. . .

that's about it. still haven't gotten around to posting pics from christmas. will do that soon when my dratted neighbor decides to be nice and share his/her internet. . .

hmmmm. . . second blog of the day. . . still haven't had sleep since the last one. . . but i thought i might as well put my clock to rights and wait 'til my proper bedtime to get to sleep. . . hope i feel normal tomorrow. . .

anyway, just wanted to share this really sweet song. . . for christmas, paul gave me, among other things, a cd of songs that reminds him of me (awwwww). this song from the garden state soundtrack was track no. 7.


I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You
by Colin Hay Band

I drink good coffee every morning
Comes from a place thats far away
And when i'm done I feel like talking
Without you here there is less to say

Don't want you thinking I'm unhappy
What is closer to the truth
That if I lived til I was a hundred and two
I just don't think I'll ever get over you

No longer moved to drink strong whiskey
I shook the hand of time and I knew
That if I lived 'till I could no longer climb my stairs
I just don't think I'll ever get over you

A face that dances and it haunts me
With laughter still ringin in my ears
I still find pieces of your presence here
even, even after all these years

I don't want you thinkin that I don't get asked to dinner
Cuz I'm here to say that I sometimes do
And even though I may seem to feel a touch of love
I just don't think I'll ever get over you

If I lived til I was a hundred and two
I just don't think I'll ever get over you


awwww ulit. . . how sweet is that? . . . and i forgot to mention that when he picked me up from the airport, he had a pink rose waiting for me at the car ( he didn't bring it when he met me because he knew that i had 2 50+lb luggages and that it would most likely get crushed. . . he's not only sweet, but really smart too). when i got home, there were 2 more pink roses in a vase. . . he still does not understand why i like getting flowers, but he gives them anyway =). . .

it was really sad leaving home. . . but i'm also surprisingly glad to be back=) . . .

2005

jetlag! aaaaarrrrgggghhhh. . . hate it, hate it, hate it. . . i should be at work in 5 hours. . . but i woke up at 3 this morning and couldn't get back to sleep. just had to have that queso de bola spread right now. so i did hoping it could help me sleep. so here i am. blogging at 4 am.

being awake at this time does not mean i am awake enough to write things that make sense . so i'm borrowing from ais's and jae's blog and trying to sum up the year 2005. . .

january

it's been 51hrs and 2 mins since i arrived here in columbus

february

i'm so sick and tired of being cold.

march

I'm done with my presentation!

april

finally got around to uploading pix from the indigo girls concert.

may

seeing as justine already "outed" me, i thought i might as well put in my two cents' worth. . . yes, yes, the seemingly impossible has happened. . . i am no longer single. you heard (read) me right, i, jona, have a boyfriend. . . i am not making this up.

june

alam kong na-sentihan kayong lahat sa huling post ko.

july

nothing new here really

august

so i haven't been blogging in a while

september

still alive. . . no internet in apartment. . . will blog soon. . .

october

delingkwenteng blogger na po ako

november

hehe. . . walang post

december

vacation time so brain not functioning

ok. so that sucked. apparently, nothing much happened from august to december. . . which is not true. hehe.

anyway, happy new year to you all! sana. . . makatulog na ako. . . ang labo.