Thanks Philippine Pulp and Paper Industry!

I'm waiting for the cable tech to swing by my condo before I can leave for the office this lovely sunny but very crispy cold Friday morning.  Come to mama faster internet and Smithsonian channel!  This waiting may take a while and may throw my schedule off but hey, at least I get to sit in a sunny living room and sit down and eat a warm breakfast :)

And peruse Facebook a.k.a crackbook.

Which brings me to the photo above.  My mom has gotten in touch with some of her former coworkers and friends from back in the day when she was in her twenties and working in Mindanao.  I've only been able to imagine what her workplace was like until now.  One of her friends posted up this pic of the building she worked in.  That's where she met my dad :)  My dad is from the north, near the capital.  There is no way he would've met my mom if he didn't apply for a job all the way in the south.  She was handing out entrance exams for engineers and he was one of the applicants.  My dad the smooth yet subtle gentleman called her later on to check on his results.  She loved that he was humble about it and had a "nice voice," not to mention a high IQ.  And the rest is history!  So if it wasn't for this company, then no Angel. So weird to think of it that way.

Mind Farts
-Canada rocked the winter olympics :) yeah!
-new late night restaurant discovery: Steel Wheels.  a bluish room filled with grafitti, non-diffused lighting, a sweet Korean man with a bucket of chopsticks.  and what do they serve?  Korean food and pizza of course!  the veggie rice dish is delish - i could eat a bucket of that seasoned broccoli
-axolotls are cute little buggers
-dipping a blueberry bagel in tomato soup may sound gross but it's actually quite good.  yes, my fridge stores are running low
-apparently the sum of 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + ... all to infinity will equal -1/12.  -0.833333333!  i can't handle this new piece of info
-secret guilty tv pleasure: house hunters international