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Capped off tonight's dinner with coffee-mocha Arce "cappuccino lite" ice cream. It's melting! It's melting!

it just came to my attention... I don't own a pair of shades. Never really owned a pair, yup, never. If i had ever needed to wear 'em in the past, i'd borrow my mom's old plastic pair with brown, leopard print, cat eye frames that never did fit me well. Should i get myself one then? I'd rarely use them since i hardly go out during the day but you'll never know, I might go out and have the harsh, blinding rays of the sun on me, impairing my vision. It could happen. Unlikely but it might happen.

eggs two ways: sunny side up and crab meat omelet. yummy w/ ketchup. I like ufc banana ketchup but they must've changed their recipe 'cause i haven't been getting the 'turns my lips red', tasty heat that i was used to. I vaguely recall being told that ufc thought to make it milder and just went with it. Bad choice, bad for me, i liked it the way it was. At least there's heinz. Close second.

Oh the weather. During the day, we suffer temps from mid to high 30's (centigrade). What's worse is the humidity - sticky, stifling, thick. It rained for a short while in the evenings the past few days, but it never cooled inspite of it. That was peculiar. But i'm sure i've experienced this kind of thing before. It's just worth noting whenever it happens. The news said a typhoon is on its way, it may come this week. If it'll affect us, i don't know.

After 2 weeks, the bathroom sink's faucet is finally fixed. Well, it was taken out and they put in a new fixture. Hurrah! Thank you, jack of all trades! I wonder how much a faucet costs, a thousand or two (pesos)? It was strange how the old faucet gave out at the worst time, just when you need everything working properly. I was half expecting the a/c to conk out then too, thank goodness that didn't happen.

Dinner at Le Garden restaurant in Carmona, Cavite. Carving/preparing the Peking duck, here... Here's the rest of our grub for that evening. The crispy duck skin was wrapped with sauce and veggies. That's it, in this shot at 3 o'clock. The duck meat was chopped, cooked more and was served minutes later with a side of iceberg lettuce leaves (for lettuce wraps, sorry, no picture). The service was wonderful. The food was good too except for the Angus beef with garlic. My faves were the fried rice (yang chow?), wrapped duck skin and broccoli with garlic. That broccoli was surprisingly tasty and not at all overcooked - very good! I left that table quite full. Nice evening, nice dinner. I liked it.

Wait, it stopped raining. It rained yesterday (Sunday) and it went on until... Just now. I hope it doesn't rain today because some lovely peeps are supposed to come over. Broken, broken, broken: a fridge, a tv - and just the other day - a faucet. Timing sucks cuz we have guests. I don't mind the broken tv or fridge (don't watch tv much & there's still a working fridge in the house though it's inconvenient to get to) but the bathroom faucet -- no! That one has to be worked on, fixed, replaced ASAP!

i smell like puppy. cuddled our almost-3-week-old pup earlier. too cute. i said i'd smother him with affection as long as he's this small (when i could still hold him). i still don't know how to pronounce his name. my toddler niece decided to give him a rather uncommon one. we asked her to name the pup and told her it was a boy. i think she blurted out the first boy name that popped in her head. after a quick inquiry, we found out it was the same name as one of her friends from school. all right then - too funny!

noticing a sign of wear & tear. the power button on the desktop pc isn't sticking like it should. have to press it just right to power up. i expected something like this would come up, it is over two years old and harsh humidity doesn't do any good. then again, a short spray of "something you shouldn't spray on it but it will make it stick like new" would fix it, but for the life of me i can't remember what it's called. what i can do at least is to be extra careful and be patient. the last thing i want is to lose my cool and press it too hard - that'll muck it up for sure!