books and stuff

Nanay and Tita bought me a bookcase in Iloilo last week, and it would be delivered anytime soon. I wasn’t with them when they bought it, but they tell me that it’s nothing fancy, just the standard upright bookcase. Finally, my precious books would have a home. They’re currently residing in shelves scattered all over the house, so the thought of seeing them in just one place is quite exciting for a bookworm like me.

My collection isn’t that spectacular, mind you. Just a dozen or so classics that I’ve been buying since high school (an offshoot of Ma’am Barrientos’ reading requirements for English 2) and several novels by contemporary writers. But it’s my parents’ books (that are kept in a shelf near the ceiling) that I’m interested in. Really serious stuff like Marx and Lenin, communism and civil rights, and analyses of wars and revolutions. Not exactly my usual dose of fiction, but I would like to try reading some of them. With the new bookcase in transit, at least these books would not be out of reach (literally) anymore. Perhaps just intellectually beyond my reach?

In other news, I was glancing at today’s newspaper and I read “My husband is ready to face investigation” underneath the headline. I thought it came from PGMA, in reference to the jueteng scandal, but turned out it was from Garcillano’s wife. I realized that if it were Gloria who said that, either she’s bluffing or our country has gone to the dogs. If Mike Arroyo is “ready to face investigation,” then his wife probably has “taken care” of everything so that he, Mikey and Iggy could go scot-free. Tsk tsk. Politics was never meant to be this dirty.

Anyway, Tita went to Iloilo again this weekend and she bought me several blouses. They’re a welcome addition to my meager supply of “grown-up” outfits. When I started jobhunting last March, I was scrambling around for clothes I could wear while wandering in Makati. These days, I’m all dressed up with nowhere to go, so to speak. *sigh* I’m still waiting (ah, the agony of it!) for any response from any of the companies I applied to. As I’ve said before, life sucks.

On a more cheerful note, Jommel, my baby brother, went to school today. No, it’s not the “real” school yet, just the daycare center in our barangay. He’s just turning three this coming October, so we weren’t really planning on sending him to school. But he and his yaya tagged along when his playmate (who’s a bit older than my brother) went to school last Friday, and my brother was hooked. According to his yaya, he was listening attentively to the teacher and was very well-behaved. Although he was wont to take his classmates’ things, but only if he didn’t have one of his own. And since his “tuition” was a whopping Php100 entrance fee, and an additional Php50 monthly, Nadya, my younger sister has offered to shoulder that. See how worthless I have become? My 10-year-old sister is already paying for our brother’s education! I couldn’t even afford to buy him crayons. Sheesh. Not so cheerful anymore.

P.S. San Antonio Spurs won Game 5. Yay! Go Parker! Go Ginobili! Go Horry! Go Duncan! *sigh* I know, I’m not really an NBA aficionado. But still. Aren’t they the cutest things. Tee-hee. I can’t say the same about Detroit Pistons; Hamilton’s face mask thingy is just off-putting.

Oh, and I just found out that Tony Parker and Eva Longoria (from Desperate Housewives, I think) are together. I can’t make up my mind which one to envy.