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Jayan

If I'm the Roaming Gnome, where's my damn hat?!

About Me

I travel... ALOT. And, when I'm not travelling, I'm at home planning my next trip. I'm FUCKen neurotic when it comes to planning, so much so that I'll have two or three fallback plans, if the first one doesn't push through. But, it usually does.
I love my friends because they're always game to my crazy invites. ...Camping in Big Sur in November, are you crazy it'll be F*n cold (they say)? But, man... to those that came, did it not rock?! Sunshine, cool ocean breeze, spectacular views... thank you El Nino.
My boyfriend's the best(est in the world). When I first met him, I told him that I wanted to visit all seven continents in 5yrs. He replied, "Hell yeah! (I'm there.)" We've been together for three years and five continents.
I love my parents because they've always supported me. Even at 13, when I wanted to study an ocean away from them, they sent me off with a monthly allowance and a plane ticket back (redeemable anytime). ...I have two older brothers and love them both enormously because they're F*n brilliant.
Whatelse? ...Oh, yeah! My job rocks. I like the people, the location, the challenge, the benefits, and most especially the $$$.
I adore our pad. ...Even though it's got a ghetto piece of grass in the back. Hey, don't knock it. How many people do you know have a plot of grass within 100 meters from the beach? It may be small, but it's still rare.
Lastly, I love my dog. He's me in a k9: hyper, loving, picky, and a short term memory.

My Interests

- watching bad movies and diliberating good ones with friends
- discovering quaint, little hangouts around town

I'd like to meet:

I can hardly keep up with all the friends that I have now. But, the more the merrier... right?

My Favorite Painting:

The Garden of Earthly Delights
by: Hieronymus Bosch

Tom, who knew that you could change the world during a conversation over boba? Well, in retrospect and with millions of minions later, maybe I shouldn't have laughed at you about this that one afternoon on Sawtelle.

Music:

Whereever I go, whatever I do... music is THE SOUNDTRACK OF MY LIFE. I like all sorts of music. ...But, if I must pick one, remember that one scene in I'M GONNA GET YOU SUCKA where the hero has a band following him around? Well, then I'd consider my "theme music" to be: ELECTRO-DISCO-FUNK.

Movies:

Anything about LA (Chinatown, Sunset Blvd, Mulholland Dr, Laurel Cyn, Swingers, LA Story, Clueless, etc.); anything with John Cusack, Brad Pitt, Kevin Spacey, Edward Norton, John Malkovich, Christopher Walken, Anthony Hopkins, Johnny Deep, Jet Li, Milla Jovovich, Christina Ricci, or Charlize Theron; anything with kick-ass femme fatals (again Sunset Blvd!! or most film noir, Valley of the Dolls, Pulp Fiction classic, Lara Croft, Resident Evil, Kill Bill, even GI Jane); anything by Roman Polanski, Quentin Tarantino, Tim Burton, David Lynch, Baz Luhrmann, Woody Allen, Alfred Hitchcock, or Ingmar Bergman; and I like the occasional action movies like the Matrix and Gladiator or the occasional "chick flicks" like Notting Hill and Serendipity. hmmm... Sky, did I miss anything?

Television:

I use to live with two Swedish bikini models. However, like all Europeans, they didn't believe in cable. What's up with that?!
Now, my current roommate has an extensive DVD collection and we're both in love with our TiVo.What's on it? A random CBS lineup, IFC, stuff on SciFi, and ... yes, Conan.

Books:

- The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's
- The Prince, Nicolo Machiavelli
- The Iliad and The Odyssey, Homer
- the Grimm's Fairy Tales
- The Giving Tree, Shel Silverstein

Heroes:

my Nanay, Tatay, Manong Gibs, Manong Arg, Mommy Paquet, and (most importantly) plangga

My Blog

Cleaning House

ok.  after accepting everyone (since like forever), i've decided to clean house.and, with that, wow!  i can't believe i only have 100 legit friends.  what's up with that?!two years late...
Posted by Jayan on Wed, 14 Jun 2006 09:42:00 PST

Friendster has my blogs.

Well, what can I say? I don't know half of you on my network. So, I revert back to the old Friendster to blog my thoughts out to the world... back to the people I did or do know. Sorry.
Posted by Jayan on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 11:51:00 PST

Back to Manhattan Beach

If you haven't heard the news, I'm back in Manhattan beach and our new beach pad ROCKS!
Posted by Jayan on Mon, 26 Sep 2005 09:09:00 PST

No Seatbelt

Ok, I know that the statistics of getting a ticket a mile from your house are high. ...But, my butt lives less than a mile from work and I still got a ticket. Here's the story: I got a ticket two blo...
Posted by Jayan on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

the Real Cancun (part II)

Just got back from a week at Cancun. ...And OMG, it was so amazing. At first, I didn't want to go... because, honestly, once you've been there there's nothing else to do. We did all the partying ...
Posted by Jayan on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

My Endless Summer

...gosh, i can't believe it's the end of summer. well, i least i've made the most of it by starting it with a week in hawaii and ending it with a week in cancun. i've done so many things, gone to so...
Posted by Jayan on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST