The one with the new look

What do you think? Isn't it so happy?

The one where it's starting to shut down

Man, I am drained. I am really enjoying myself at work, but being the only writer and the IMC go-to guy is starting to take its toll on me. I've got, like, eight different projects to work on, and right now, instead of working on it, I'm blogging.

Branding myself as an efficient, good-quality-in-short-amount-of-time professional is true, albeit not quite fair given the fast work turnover here.

I need a better branding strategy. ;)

The one where struggling can be a good thing

"So here's what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life - your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life - and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God., You'll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out opf you, develops well-formed maturity in you."
- Romans 12:1-2, The Message

Let this speak to all of us, in times of crisis and in times of wellness, that in all things, God's will may prevail and His name be glorified.

The one with praise for Cesar Montano

Well, how do you like that? America hates The Great Raid, but there are some good comments about Filipino actor Cesar Montano! He played Jose Rizal decently, and this is his first shot at a Hollywood career.

"About the only actor who leaves an impression here is Cesar Montano, playing the head of a band of Filipino guerrillas. With his slouch hat and swagger, he displays a cocksure, easy arrogance that gives the film some sorely needed star power."
- Chris Barsanti, FilmCritic.com

"The Filipinos are led by Capt. Juan Pajota (Cesar Montano), a forcible local actor who steps into the Hollywood cast and adds to its authenticity and sense of mission."
- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Congrats, Mr Sunshine Cruz!

The one with the decent Body Shop alternative

After the longest time, Cathy and I finally finished our bottle of Body Shop Vanilla lotion. It was everything you could ask for in a lotion: nongreasy feel, excellent absorption, good scent (although I wasn't too much of a fan - I'm not necessarily inclined to smell like a cookie).

With prices on body maintenance products skyrocketing, it doesn't make any sense to purchase another P500 bottle of lotion, so I headed over to Zen Zest. I regularly buy antibacterial hand sanitizer from there (melon is my favorite, followed closely by apple), so I was sure of their quality. This time around, I looked for body lotion, and the particular branch I went to had five scents: talc, ocean, melon, raspberry, and apple.

Eventually, I decided to go with the Melon variety because it smelled like delicious melon milk! Cathy put some on last night and I this morning, and it appears to be all good naman, considering it's only P120 for a bottle that's even larger than the Body Shop bottle I bought. There wasn't a greasy afterfeel, which was a plus, nor was it disgustingly sticky (which is what Cathy and I got with this other P500 product called Skin Milk, don't get it, it's horribly sticky).

I'm such a fag right now. Well, knock it off. When we're 60, I'll look great and your sun-damaged, unmoisturized hides will wish you took time to take care of 'em. LOL