Books, AKA the blog post I wrote while waiting for The Best Friend to go online (damn it, what is taking you so long?!)

For the second time this week, I didn't go to class. Instead, I slept in and decided to accompany my mom and ninang to Shangri-la.

Since it was Shang, I expected the price tags to be steeper than what I was used to. Still, the feeling of walking empty-handed out of several boutiques was very disquieting. It wasn't something I'm used to, especially after seeing lots of stuff I would have bought if they had been cheaper... or if I was rich.
(There was a dress in Topshop that had 50% off the price, but still cost around P2500. SALE NGA!)

To add to me disappointment, we didn't eat at California Pizza Kitchen, which I was dying to try out. Combine that with the fact that my bajingo's doing the monthlies (read: I am menstruating), and I was a very unhappy girl this afternoon.

What cheered me up was seeing a Fully Booked on our way home. I entered and immediately, my mood soared. Even though they didn't have Aimee Bender's The Girl in the Flammable Skirt (the only book of hers that I don't have yet), they did have Chuck Palahniuk's Invisible Monsters, which I bought. Yay!

After some thought, I also got a Fully Booked discount card.

You can get one by: a) spending ten thousand pesos' worth of products in one purchase; b) accumulating fifteen thousand pesos' worth of receipts in one year; or c) paying P700. I took the last option, which entitles me to 10% off on cash payments and 5% off on credit card payments. Since I buy books a lot, this is worth it.

Lots of books to read.

Pacific Rims by Rafe Bartholomew is a book about basketball in the Philippines. It's not nearly as dull as you think it is: it's actually laugh-out-loud hilarious and informative, with just the right mix of emotion, experience, and hard facts. I'm not a basketball fan, but this book had me hooked from the introduction. No bullshit.

The Best Friend's Christmas gift! (Is it still a gift if I had to wheedle him into getting it for me?)
Funny story: we bought this for P600. A few weeks later, I found the same book but with a different cover, for only P300.
"Sana di mo na lang sinabi!" he said, miming hitting my head with a book. Lulz.

Andy recommended this book to me. It's about a guy who pretends to choke in restaurants and... just Google the plot.

The words that caught my eye were Aimee Bender. Seriously, I'm such a fangirl for her! I didn't buy this just because it had her name on it, though. It's because this book seems really good, like it gives a refreshing twist to old fairy tales.

P.S. This has nothing to do with books, but today, we bought a scratching post for our cats! It cost P1500, which is a hell of a lot to spend on a couple of stray cats, but Mom and I love to spoil our pets, so...