Doh!

So my nephew Enzo barged into my room at 11pm (yup, he has his tito ninong's bad sleeping habits too) and hands me his Power Rangers Operation Overdrive Megazord. He says something like "Tito Ninong, turn it into a truck."

So I had to turn it from this....


To this...

Yes, nahirapan si Tito Ninong.

I thought it would take me just a minute. I was wrong. My line of thinking was: "Heck, I was able to transform a Voltes 5 from 5 vehicles to one robot when I was young, this will be easy."

It took me 10 minutes. The lack of instructions really did me in.

Quite humbling.

Anyway, he was grateful yet promptly started deconstructing it the second I gave it back.

Ribbid...

Kero came home with me.
Tom's World, SM Southmall.

Kitty came home with me

Kitty came home with me.
Tom's World, SM Southmall.

Tito Ninong, Fix...

So my nephew Enzo barges into my room while I was watching the WWE with his toy in hand. It was a slinky. A heart-shaped slinky all in a tangled mess. With arms outstretched he hands me his slinky and says, "Tito Ninong, fix?!"

Ganun naman papel ko sa buhay nya, e, "Tito Ninong, fix." Daddy is the "taga-assemble" ng laruan. Tito Ninong is the "taga-repair"... If it's repairable, that is. Some though, are beyond salvation.

So I proceeded to undo the tangled damage done. After a few minutes, as if on cue, he barges in again and asks, "Tito Ninong, tapos na?" I hand it over to him. "Thank you."

God only knows how long it will stay fixed.

Another Day, Another Monkey

Pest control guys were spraying anti-termite stuff at the house so I went to SM Southmall for some R&R.

Got myself some candles for my potpourri oil burners at the boarding house as well as incense for my room here down south. Also had to replenish my DVD-Rs and CD-Rs supply. Hmmm. Seems the CDR King here at SM Southmall is doing a Mercury Drug with "get-your-number" queued service.

Seems okay, except for the fact that there's only one cashier for all the faster service attendants. Can you say bottleneck?

And... This may seem redundant... Guess who came home with me from Tom's World? Another day, another monkey. Different color though. Still have to get the pink colored one to complete my collection.

Oooh... Monkeys like me.

Jelly Belly has a thumb-sucking twin. Hehehe.

Same circumstances, UFO Catcher kiosk in Tom's World, SM Southmall.

Came home...

Sony Ericsson K770i... To replace my Asus V80 which I lost during the lantern parade. But wait... There's more... Jelly Belly, the thumb-sucking monkey, from a UFO Catcher kiosk in Tom's World. Hehehe.

He came home with me...

He came home with me from the UFO Catcher again.

Guess who came home with me from Tom's World SM SouthMall?

UFO catcher haul. Been a while since I visited a UFO catcher. :D

More Keyway Doll Exhibit Boxes

Rurouni Kenshin, NGEva, Tonde Buurin, DBZ, etc. in Keyway Doll Exhibit Boxes. Bought a couple of new boxes to house the other stuff I have lying around the house.

Hound Dog

^_^

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Keyway Doll Exhibit Box

Got a Keyway Doll Exhibit Box for my old DBZ figs.

It ain't fun...

Okay... Now for some pain... I sprained my right foot during the PAARL seminar in Palawan. Nothing major nor anything to call home about. I used OFF lotion like efficascent oil and set the misplaced "ugat" back in its place. I then wrapped my foot in my bandana.

So a week later I thought everything was okay, and my right foot was healing fine. This week I joined the SLIS faculty and staff for the annual SLIS Faculty Seminar Workshop. Day one, okay. Day two, semi-disaster. After a dip in the pool we made our way back to the rooms. I decided to take pics of the koi in the koi pond... Stupid me slipped sideways on the grassy elevation which ringed the pond. I sprained my left foot.

Good thing I brought along an elastic bandage, my Palawan experience greatly affected how I now pack my stuff for travel. So it's okay, I favored my left foot for the day. But no koi pics anymore. I didn't want to risk it.

Day three, disaster. The morning before we were supposed to head for home, the others of the entourage took a dip in the Lagos del Sol pool. I decided to skip that and just follow after an hour for pics. On my way down the stone brick pathway steps to the lakeside, I saw Ate Elvie, Michael, Nats, Dean Faderon and the others already making their way back up the hillside steps. Stupid me slipped on a loose stone brick on one of the steps. I re-sprained my right  foot.

My right foot twisted in a bad way when it got caught between the loose brick and another thick brick of the stone pathway. When the pain shot through my foot, knee-jerk instinct told me to jump up and sideways off the pathway onto the grass to wiggle my foot free. Michael and Ate Elvie saw it unfold from afar. Later Michael told me he said something like, "Ay, ba't si Sir tumatalon?" Ate Elvie, who was also in Palawan, said something like, "Hindi tumatalon yun, mukhang napilayan na naman.

They caught up with me. So there they were, laughing their asses off and looking over me while I was writhing in pain from two sprained ankles. Ate Elvie and Michael even took pics. O_o;;

So I had to snip my elastic bandage in half to be able to wrap both of my ankles in the ole OFF-lotion-as-efficascent-oil and reset-ugats-back-to-their-proper-places routine. It ain't fun. :(

Anyway, here are a couple of pics of a toy dog that caught my eye earlier in the week before I left for Lagos del Sol in Caliraya. He was roaming the tiangge area for hours, catching everyone's eye, at the Cash and Carry ground floor. The tinderas thought it a good marketing ploy for the toy. Seems to have worked.

Some stuff

Took this pic last week, the week the San Beda Red Lions won the NCAA seniors basketball championships. The banner on the entry arch of San Beda read: Home of the San Beda Red Lions.
 

 
Oh, and I have another Hello Kitty ufo catcher catch to add to my sister's collection. Got it in SM South Mall, Tom's World.
 

UFO Catcher

stuffed toys and plushies