Archive for July, 2009

I have this routine of shelling out P60 every other week forĀ  6/45 Lotto tickets. Hey, you’ll never know right? Who cares if the odds…

Buying Time

In: Miscellaneous

22 Jul 2009

That watch on the right, is a painful reminder of why I’ve sworn off expensive watches. In 2nd year high school you see, while practicing for my high school basketball team, my “Tag” got stolen.

The watch was bought by my dad in Hong Kong on a family trip to Hong Kong two weeks earlier. He was about to purchase an Elysee watch for myself (I know right, WTH is that), when I insisted on getting the Tag Heuer watch instead. Even though I wasn’t really into watches, I just felt like I wanted the silver Tag more. And though it was a little bit more insisted, my dad agreed.

After an hour of waiting under the thankfully gloomy sky, what followed was (and I apologize for my own emotional outburst), an uncontrollable roar of appreciation from the Kobe Bryant faithful. Hope you guys appreciate the high-res Kobe Bryant interview.

I can only hope that this first post out of the 30 I’m supposed to finish by same time next month isn’t an indication of…

I’ve always believed there’s a way to avoid every stressful situation that comes in your life. I don’t like going to the movies without buying…

Make no mistake about it, trying to convince or educate people with more traditional mindsets when it comes to these things can really test your patience. The payoff however, is well worth the trouble. In the end, it can even become a new source of inspiration.


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Alvin JimenezIf he isn't watching, playing, or reading about basketball, he's probably on his PS3 playing it, using a created character patterned after himself.

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