so many...U2, switchfoot, pearl jam, teddy Geiger, hmmmmmm. eraserheads, parokya ni edgar, sharon cuneta(hahahaha), nirvana, coldplay, gin blossoms, aretha franklin, blessed union of souls, bowling soup for soul, all american rejects, chris cornell, d'sound, daniel powter, eva cassidy, gavin degraw, jack johnson, greenday(of course!), james blunt, john mayer, avril lavigne, joni mitchell, joshua radin, the killers, sarah maclachlan, weezer, 3 doors down....more
books---harry potter series(of course), the inheritance of loss by kiran desai, memories if my melancholy whores by gabriel garcia marquez, stainless longganisa by bob ong and all of bob ong's books, the god of small things by arundhati roy, paolo coehlo, atbp