Neo Nomadic Dreams
& Caffeine-Induced Reality

Me Talk Spanish One Day

During the World Cup I was happily going through my Spanish workbook regularly. But recently, especially when things got so busy at work, I couldn’t even find the time nor the energy. Heck, I even created a Tumblr that I write solely in Spanish even if the phrases are as elementary as can be. But it’s a start, right?

Promise this weekend I’m finishing a section on my Spanish workbook and putting some of what I learn into good use.  Señor Prado, my former Spanish professor, would be so proud.

Tumblr este camino, por favor

Reading List: 30.08.10

After a manic Monday I’m happy I get to sit down at the end of the day and write this.  Get your reading glasses out, kids.

• Monthly budgets haven’t changed one bit since I started working two years ago. Okay, maybe the only difference is that expenses seem to take a bigger chunk of the pie.  I don’t know about you but I sure as hell know that one cannot survive on a single income.  Not in these times, no.
• Also, after two years of working, I realize how sedentary my daily life is.  A desk job definitely put on the pounds.  I’ve decided to shed off the extra weight in the next few months.  After all, I have to be bikini-ready come November.
• I really adore taking photos with film and having started off with toy cameras, I can really relate with the sentiments in this article.  Even if you don’t like shooting with film, give it a read.  It’s very well-written to the point of eloquent.
• A new way of looking at shoes?  How about actually analyzing them?  There’s a lot of good things about this one, not just the words, or even the illustration, but even the over-all layout of the page.  Aside from a must-read, a definitely must-see.
• How do you like to enjoy your coffee?  To be honest, I like having them at home, sipping on a hot mug in my pajamas (not that I actually wear them – the pajamas, not the coffee).  These new coffee bars get a standing ovation quite literally.  In a very busy city like New York, I wouldn’t be surprised they need to shuffle people in and out as fast as they could.  What do you think?
• In what language are your thoughts in?  Mine’s in English mostly, although I’d like to be able to think in Spanish one of these days.  Isn’t it true that language does shape our thoughts?  I mean, how on earth are you going to be able to form thoughts without something to build them on?
• Speaking of thoughts and thinking, this guy really thinks big, not to mention a really big fan of Ayn Rand.  I’ve read Atlas Shrugged and it took me three months to finish it.  I know I have to mentally prepare myself if I ever want to read Fountainhead.
• Here’s something to chew on, if you play with yourself and win, did you really lose?  Can you actually fail in failing to fail?  Is it possible for procrastinators to actually accomplish nothing effectively?
• Is it really true, that muscles remember past glory? If that is so then the body of my former self shouldn’t be too far gone.  Just need to drop off eight more kilos.
• This explains anxiety so well; a feeling I’ve been having far too long now.
• How about we take back our Sunday to beat the Monday blues?  Actually, come to think of it, I don’t think anything can but we sure as hell can try.
• Looking at pictures of Nubby’s trip to Disneyland makes me want to go too.  Confession: I’ve never been.  Yes, please take me!
• Most days I just want to hide from people and I know just what to wear if I do have to go out.  You know what, after being enlightened to my introverted ways, I seem to embrace it a lot more.  Ta!

Barely Awake But I Still Got My Stripes

Tokyo Police Club has been sitting in my iTunes for months. I’ve given some of their songs a few rounds, like Frankenstein, Breakneck Speed, or Hands Reversed, but most of the time, for some reason, I just hit on “next” every time one of their songs come on. It’s not them, it’s me.  Famous last words.  I mean, just like how we determine what to wear, the music we listen to is determined by our mood.  So for the past few weeks I’m feeling a lot like Tokyo Police Club; throw in The Foals, The Whitest Boy Alive, and Small Sins into the mix too.  Ha!  I don’t know what that implies really.

Anyway, TPC just recently released a video of their song Bambi, the same song that I’m addicted to these days.  I don’t know, this just tickles me; something to do with the keyboards bit I’m sure, or the dips in the vocals. Or simply, that it’s called Bambi.

Aren’t they an endearing bunch?