Sun 29 Jun 2008
you don’t ever really want to see an automobile accident happen in front of you. you don’t ever really want to have front row seats to these kinds of things. it’s much more horrifying to see it live than it is to see it on the silver screen.
I was one of the first people to call 911.
I still want to smack the people who took the other people out of their cars WITHOUT stabilizing their heads first. Seriously. What better way to invite more injury. Idiots.
Sat 28 Jun 2008
Summer is my favorite season!
Thu 26 Jun 2008
Philippines Toll Could Reach 1,300 (NYTimes.com)
Plain and simple. That’s all there is to it. It’s not as if Filipinos don’t understand the severity of a typhoon. The rainy season started just recently, and as far as I know typhoons (hurricanes to us on the other hemisphere) always happen during the rainy season.
In my eyes, there is no good reason that the ferry (owned by Sulpicio Lines) should have been given the OK to sail. Ferries are sometimes the only efficient way to travel between islands in the Philippine archipelago, but knowing full well that typhoons cause turbulent waters… I don’t see why it set sail at all. Sure, the passengers may have needed to go somewhere, but there were already reported casualties on land. How could you, in good faith, attempt something that may and did cost so many more lives?
I completely agree with President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo:
[She] said Wednesday that Sulpicio Lines should be held accountable.
Tue 24 Jun 2008
I won a copy of a book today. To be exact, I received my copy of a book I won today. To be more exact, the title of the book is Petite Anglaise. Written by a blogger. So, of course, this is of interest to me. I have read her before. Very wonderful stuff. New link up in my blogroll, and no, I can’t tell you why she wasn’t up there before.
I’ll let everyone know what I think of it whenever it is I finish. Because we all know, in the life of a busy professional, hobbies and things and even her greatest passion (blogging) gets left on the wayside sometimes. Hopefully, hopefully soon though.
Mon 23 Jun 2008
Wed 11 Jun 2008
We are told never to cross a bridge until we come to it, but this world is owned by men who have ‘crossed bridges’ in their imagination far ahead of the crowd. ~Unknown
No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings. ~William Blake
A professional is someone who can do his best work when he doesn’t feel like it. ~Alistair Cooke
Experience is not what happens to you; it’s what you do with what happens to you. ~Aldous Huxley
Wed 11 Jun 2008
I’m always secretly thrilled when co-workers compliment me on my outfits. Yes, there is actually a business dress code here. Yes, it’s not nearly as lenient as the ones “enforced” at previous jobs. No, there are no such things as Casual Fridays here (if there are, really, I haven’t seen them yet).
Yesterday, it was “Oh Corinne, you always have the cutest outfits!” A few weeks before, I received, “You make business wear fun!”
I think the important thing is not to find clothes that fit the code, but to find clothes you love — and that shows off in how you put the outfit together. Obviously, while still trying to follow the code. I’m no stranger to dress codes though. I had to follow them in high school. Preparatory high school. Yep, one of those.
Mon 9 Jun 2008
1) it’s about 98 degrees in the room where my computer is
2) my internet broke, and only returned the day before this heinous heat wave
3) i’ll be back when it’s about 12 degrees cooler
4) yay i think i may have lost about 4 lbs in water weight in the last 3 days
