contagious no more

battle-bruised anti-riot shield

not sure about the no more part but at least my cold sores are 2 mere dots now, albeit gigantic but fair enough. albeit, now that's a big word. but not as big as the fact that finally the flu has fled the system. nice alliteration, no?

was quite a rough week obviously sporting a nice pair of sore eyes, lips and lungs. but since that week's gone, i better quit this whining. otherwise, i get a summon once again from the great il cone who's fresh from his carnival party-heartying in his hometown maastricht. not much drinking in this side of the world though, except for the cough syrup that is. which i guess is alcoholic enough. speaking of alcohol, foti my new workspacemate (i really shouldnt be calling him foti coz that's his family name but since we're a bunch of high school kids in the office anyway, what the hey) had a nice case of cold beer next to his desk in the afternoon. which was great and timely coz today ash wednesday is the day i ended my alcoholic abstinence.

been doing some sports again (not that i wasnt with the fever). slowly picking up racquetball more and more. plus, i get occasional invites to the nyu badminton club as well. the yoga, though not a sport really, has been a great physical/mental outlet as well.

been getting into some good projects as well. still the lead art director for the agency website. plus, got a few just-for-fun fun jobs as well, such as designing the menu for satchmo's cafe—the fave neighborhood cafe. i probably got a few people sick there with whatever virus i was carrying, as i spent a fair amount of my sick time hanging there. but a great friendly atmosphere nonetheless—especially when alex, the owner, out of the blue decides to make my tall mocha on the house.

now, it just so happens that the philippines is turning into a huge mess. what that has to do with a tall mocha on the house i dont know. but nonetheless, a lot of not so nice things are happening in the philippines. in the same way, a lot of things are not happening in the philippines. apparently, there's an apathy sweeping the nation which is just as strong as the corruption, if not stronger. not to worry though, the great il jointman (with the flying dutchman no less) will be coming to sweep the nation clean come november.

but anyway, i digress. all i wanted to really say is that it's good to be back stronger than ever. and ever. amen.