Lists and Lists

Summer 06 To Do List

1. Read. (See List # 2)
2. Exercise. (See List # 3)
3. Eat Better. (See List # 4)
4. Learn New Skill/s. (See List # 5)
5. Write. (See List # 6)
6. Travel. (See List #7 )

Summer Reading List

1. In Cold Blood, Truman Capote
2. A Brief History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson
3. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Michael Chabon
4. The latter half of The Time Traveller's Wife, Audrey Niffeneger
5. The Gotham Writers' Workshop Fiction Gallery
6. Freakonomics, Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner
7. The End of Poverty, Jeffrey Sachs
8. The Art of the Interview (Lessons from a Master of the Craft), Lawrence Grobel
9. His N' Hers, Mike Gayle
10. Life of Pi, Yann Martel
11. Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro
12. The latter half of Living To Tell The Tale, Gabriel Garcia-Marquez (tagal na nito nakabinbin sa shelf ko)
13. The latter half of Pilgrim At Tinker Creek, Annie Dillard (isa pa to)
14. The latter half of Zen And The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Robert M. Pirsig (and yet another)
15. The last two books in The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams

Work-Out Plan

1. Do Pilates for 30 minutes every morning right after I wake up.
2. Jog every Tuesdays and Thursdays after work.
3. Do 1 hour of cardio and 1 hour of weight circuit training Wednesdays and Fridays at the gym.
4. Go to intensive boxing sessions at Elorde Gym or Red Corner on Saturday afternoons.
5. Go to classes (belly-dancing and tai-chi) at Moro.

Diet Plan

1. Eliminate all junk food and sodas.
2. Only have sweets once a week (a small bar of chocolate, cake. etc.)
3. Eat small, frequent meals (five small meals scattered throughout the day).
4. Cut down on carbs (rice, pasta, bread)
5. Take Meta-Trim (pills that curb carb cravings) and start drinking more green tea and C-Lium Fibre everyday.

New Skills To Learn

1. Pottery at Jon Petty John's Studio (if my insane schedule allows).
2. Self-study Spanish (again).
3. Take Zips lessons.
4. Take formal Swimming lessons.
5. Learn how to cook tofu and make curry.

Other Writing Projects Thus Far

1. Chapters 1 & 6, Miracle Stories for the Custodio Project.
2. First Date Cafe and another yet untitled play for Romancing Venus, to be staged in PETA in May 06.
3. Working script for Scriptwriting Workshop (first draft due tom, Monday).
4. Five new stories (10-20 pages each) for the graduate thesis and the Palancas.
5. Three Chapters of The Chick-Lit Novel (Fat & Fabulous) and Three Essays for The Fat & Fabulous Column.

Travel Destinations for Summer 06

1. Thailand during Holy Week (in the other cities there, not Bangkok)
2. Dumaguete in May (either May 19-21 or May 26-28)