Saturday, August 20, 2011

Okay Now, I'm Over a Hump, What's Next?

Been almost a month since the last post. But this time I’ve good reasons. So I’m not complaining. Just a few interesting things for this post, boys and girls.

First, I’ve hit a milestone or something this month. The first time ever I’ve lasted for a year working in the same company, and I’ve quite a string of them companies enough to connect Cebu to Bohol after over 3 years as a professional mindwhore. And so far I’ve no plans of going anywhere. The boss is nice. I have a great team in my department, and I am earning money. Not boatloads of them, yet. But enough money to go by, and still have some to spare for books and a quick booze.

One year, baby. No fireworks or whatever. Just a fucking milestone. And that’s that.

Also I saw a friend reading Dostoyevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov, which reminds me of a review I wrote in college and was published in The Philippine Star. I’m ashamed of it now. But hell I was young and inexperienced and like any foolish young college kid I only wanted to see my name published in a national newspaper. So to my penance and further embarrassment, I’ll lead you to that link: 

P.S. The Philippine Star paid me P5,000 for it. Spent all of them on books.

7 comments:

  1. Nag'SEO si Daddy Jon, hahaha, commenting...

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  2. ako man jud tingali nang nagbasag karamazov ba

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  3. Hehe, shapaman diay! Kaw jud. Also you're the second person I know who has read such a colossal book. The other one is my Philo prof in college. Cheers!

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  4. Though I am unimpressed of Smerdyakov's murder, I cannot say the same thing for Vanya's "petty" devil. Btw Nas, what can you say about John Irving? I have his Hotel New Hampshire.

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  5. I have John Irving's The World According to Garp, his best work, they say. But I haven't read it yet. Actually, I haven't read anything by him. But I saw the film version of The Cider House Rules, which is pretty good. Balt mentioned to me reading A Widow for One Year which impressed him, which says something because he isn't easily impressed by anything.

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  6. a widow for one year is indeed impressive

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