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Friday, July 22, 2005
Midnight Blues

Recollection

Ganito nga naman talaga kapag tumatanda na: nagiging makalimutin at makasarili. Lahat na lang nakatuon sa sarili na nakakalimutan na kalimitan lumingon-lingon sa paligid. Di ba sabi ni Rizal, ang taong hindi marunong lumingon sa pinanggalingan ay... ano nga ba? v(^o^)v

Nanood ako nung isang gabi ng Pinoy Abroad sa GMA. Ang pamagat ng kanilang dokumentaryo ay $tateside: mga kwentong L.A. Siyempre napaka-interesting dahil unang-una ipinakita ang mga kasarapan at mga ani ng mga kababayan nating nakipagsapalaran sa Tate. Pero mayroon din namang hindi pinalad. Siyempre kailangang may balanse sa mundo. Sa 21 taong ikinabuhay ko sa mundong ito, mayroon nga ba? Nilibot ni Rhea Santos ang Los Angeles. Naalala ko tuloy ang Tita ko (God bless her soul).

Iskul Bloos

Nalulungkot ako kasi sa tuwing maaalala ko siya, lagi kong naaalala ang pasukan. Dahil sa abnormal (sabi nino?) na kalagayan ng panahon sa ating bansa, ang bakasyon ng mga pinsan ko ay siya namang simula ng pasukan dito. Umuuwi sila galing Amerika tuwing Hulyo o Agosto. Nakakalungkot dahil Hulyo na at naaalala ko na naman sila.

Oh? Pasukan na? Di ko namalayan. Di ko nga alam UAAP season na pala. Kung di ko pa makikita ang mga nagkalat na iba't-ibang uniporme ng mga iba't-ibang paaralan sa dyip, sa mall o kahit saan, di ko pa mararamdaman na panibagong "school year" na naman. Kapatid ko kasi mapa-summer vacation pumapasok. Ibang-iba talaga sa Ate, napakasipag mag-aral.

Nakaka-miss ang eskuwelahan. Mapa-noong  gradeschool at highschool ako sa Bene o sa air-conditioned rooms ng La Salle sobrang hinahanap-hanap ko talaga. Ka-text ko nga ang kaibigan ko at tinatanong ko kung pwede bang basta ka nalang mag-enroll kahit man lang isang subject kahit gradweyt ka na. Wala lang, yung subject lang na gustong-gusto kong pasukan. Gusto ko sanang kuhanin noong undergrad ko kaya lang di kasama sa curriculum ng aking kurso. Masasayang lang. Pakiramdam ko ngayon, mas malaki ang nasayang sa di ko pagkuha ng mga subjects na alam kong marami akong matututunan at maraming kabuluhang kapupulutan.


Leftist

Ito'y walang masyadong koneksyon sa naunang nabanggit. Napag-usapan lang namin ng kaibigan ko ang pagiging kaliwete. Di ko alam kung dapat ko ba itong ikatuwa. Bad trip dahil kapag nagigitara kailangan pang baligtad ang strings. Bad trip dahil ang pangit ng sulat ko. Lalo ko lang napagtibay ang kasabihang "kapag kaliwete, hindi maganda ang sulat". At ngayon ko lang na-realize (dahil sinabi ng aking kaibigan) na dumihin daw ang pagsulat sa kaliwang kamay. Oo nga naman sa direksyon ng bawat usad ng bolpen at kamay sa pagsulat, nabubura ang kasusulat lang. Kaya pala laging madungis ang kamay ko noon. Pero hindi naman ako baligtad gumamit ng kubyertos. Pagdating sa bagay na iyon, eh normal naman ako.

Pero wag kayo! Sabi nila mas creative daw ang mga left-handed. Mas marami raw ideya. Hehehe ;)

Back 2 Skul

Labis-labis kong hinahanap ang kahalagahan at kasiyahan ng pag-aaral ng buhay estudyante. Ngayon kasing nagtratrabaho na ako, parang wala nang maikutan ang buhay kundi trabaho, trabaho, trabaho. Pero, nasa sa iyo rin naman kung hahayaan mong umikot ang lahat doon.

Pero kahit na. Mas malaya pa din ang pakiramdam kahit saan mang eksklusibong paaralan ang iyong pasukan. Kahit ang nagpapatakbo pa ay mga mahihigpit na madre o pari, wala pa ring tatalo sa pagharap sa isang blackboard o whiteboard, paggawa o pagkopya ng assignment, paghahanda sa isang class presentation, pagtula sa harap ng mga tulalang kaklase, pagtulog sa isang nakakaantok na subject, pagka-kaba kapag may graded recitation o di kaya'y pagkatakot mapag-initan ng terror titser. pag-cutting classes at kung anu-ano pang kabulastugan at racket.

Masaya ang buhay estudyante. Kahit papaano kasi, natatakpan at di napapansin ang sinasabi nating "real world". Alam kong di maganda at hindi nakabubuti, pero sa tingin ko, sa loob ng eskuwelahan nagkakaroon ng tunay na kalayaan. Oo masyadong ideyal, ngunit ang bawat isa sa atin ay may karapatan maging malaya. Malaya tayong nakakagalaw, malaya tayong nakakapili ng kaibigan, malaya tayong pumasok o di pumasok, malaya tayong kumain kahit saan. Hawak natin ang oras. Di nalang basta nakatali sa isang papel na nagsasabing hanggang kailan ka mabibigyan ng seguridad sa isang kumpanya.

Ewan ko sa iba. Basta ako, kahit marami akong hindi nagawa noong ako'y estudyante pa, pakiramdam ko nabigyan ako ng panahon, sitwasyon at ng mga taong aking nakaharap ng kalayaan.

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Thursday, July 21, 2005
Tagged by Shenmue7754

5 Things that Calm me Down:

comment muna: sa panahon ngayon importante talaga ang pampa-kalma. Sa gitna ng lahat ng kaguluhan, sa gitna ng krisis sa ekonomiya, mga pagtatanong sa sarili kung bakit pa tayo nabubuhay, kung bakit di pa rin tumitigil ang ulan kasabay ang patuloy na pagdagsa ng mga rallyista, kinakailangan pa rin talaga nating humanap ng tao o umisip ng mga bagay na magpapangiti sa atin at pipigil sa ating kawalan sa mundo. Kung hindi tayo makakahanap eh baka bigla nalang tayong magwala sa daan.


Eto na!

1. Maingay ngunit makabuluhan na kanta
2. Ang suki naming si Manong Fishball sa may simbahan
3. Pagsulat ng tula (huh?!)
4. Pagkatulala o pagkausap ng sarili sa salamin
5. Pagkagat sa aking panyo, paggupit ng kuko, pagbunot ng puting buhok (nasa lahi namin eh), pagtanggal ng mga price stickers sa notebook o kung anu-ano pang makukutkot.

People I'm tagging: Tech, Paula, Ongx, Inerks, Kathy

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Wednesday, July 20, 2005
Somewhere in the Wilderness...

Somewhere in the wilderness, there is still hope...

...naks! ang lalim na naman, ayoko na!

Enough of the drama. Let's take things light this time...


Great Expectations

Rain is coming to the Philippines. When? Molayo. I still don't know. Well, nobody does except for, err, Rain and his managerial staff. He tentatively told Jessica Soho last Saturday. Although it was too awkward and a bit fanciful because of the whole dubbing thing (Rain's answers were dubbed), I still think it can happen. It MUST happen or else...

I think it will. Look at the F4 guys. When Meteor Garden boomed in Manila, it was a year late unlike when it started to hit the television screens of Taiwanese and other bean-eyed people. So, it is just so likely that a celebrity will visit a country wherein his/her work is still popular even if it was created and released years ago. Full House was originally released last year. I just hope Manila is not too late to fit in Rain's schedule. :)

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Right here and now, I am already thinking what will happen if Rain comes? I was telling to my friend, will I set up a tent outside the hotel grounds and flash a poster/banner "Ji-Hoon, Kyolon kaja!" (Ji-Hoon, Let's get married) Haha! Will he show up in noontime variety shows or lame comedy sitcoms like Lagot ka, isusumbong kita? Will he be interviewed by Mel and Joey? Will he appear in S-Files? Will he do a station plugging? Will he sing in Sis or SOP? I was assuming all the shows in GMA because Full House is shown in the channel. Plus, Sang-doo will be aired soon (although with a different title). But wait, this is the Philippines! The word "sulutan" is inevitable. I can clearly remember the F4 Fever days. Didn't GMA pull in some Taiwanese/F4-related dramas, too? The Poor Prince, Love Storm, to name a few.

Nonetheless, I don't care who will get Rain straight from the airport or who the hell will do an exclusive interview with him in a fancy hotel for as long as I will see him! The end justify the means right? ;)

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Rapper's Delight

More of the lighter side. I am feeling too hip-hop today that I was literally hopping as I listened to some old hip-hop songs this morning before going to work. They were from the Rapper's Delight compilation. That CD was too hot back then. I guess, every rap-lovin' thug has it. The songs are all good. They are old school hip-hop. I particularly like the song "Summertime in the LBC" by Dove Shack.

I really miss hip-hop because nowadays, I hate it. I hate every single rap song that I hear on the radio. I can't shake off that bias everytime I would see some booty or topdown luxury cars rappers boast in their videos. Hip-hop ain't about the real music that it was. It had become too "MTV/BET/Rollingstone-ized". Just like what's happening in all genres of music. Artists listen to people's demands. Well, that's a good point as to be able to connect with people. But the repercussion is, I see no evolution in the music. Artists release an album for the sake of hitting the marks in record sales. All they care is to be number one in radio station surveys, TRL, Billboard charts, etc. For example, Britney Spears in the span of what, 5 years, she already have a greatest hits album. It's because year after year she releases a new record that can sell like pancakes.


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Anyway, I pity hip-hop music. What's the use of the revolution initiated by great hip-hop acts like Public Enemy, Run DMC, Arrested Development, and maybe 2Pac?

I just love to reminisce the old days while listening to the CD. Those were the days when Wu-Tang Clan can rap alongside Charlene Spiteri (of Texas), when we can hear people chanting "O.P.P.!" and Coolio lectures us about "Gangsta's Paradise". Those were the days when Puff Daddy was known for being great in sampling, or when Public Enemy screams "Fight the Power" and drives slavery, racism and discrimination away.

I guess we can't really re-live the past unless history will repeat itself. ;)


Summertime in the LBC - Dove Shack

I ride wit the I slide wit the Loccs and doggs from the LBC
All of the hoes wanna kick it wit me
Cuz I run wit Warren G
Braid your weaves bustaz and G's
Water balloon fighters
Low riders, and east siders (east siders)
All come around (come around)
To hear the Dove Shack G Funk sound
All come around (come around)
To kick it in my town Yeah 

Let me hear you say oohhhhh ahhhhh
Summertime in The LBC Oohhhhh ahhhhh
Summertime in The LBC

Now me and my girls are deep
In a '94 Wrangler jeep
Flow so long thru Long Beach
Daisy Dukes gets props
Hair and nails fresh from the shop
And we're at the bombest spot
Called the shack 

Three months of pleasure
How can I measure
The relaxation
All the fun I'm facin
My homies got green
That's them
For show 'do
Hit the sto' 'do
So I can get a 40
My lil' cousin rushin to the park too much
Standin in line tah get a free lunch
Why do we do what we do when we do what we do
Hangin out late wit no curfew 

Damn, it's hot than a mutha
I'm smuthareen ribs wit barbacue sauce
Fools get tossed if they reach across my barbacue grill
So continue tah chill
At King's park in the LBC
That's where ya'll find me
Hangin wit my homies and my friends
We got the coke in hand
We got Da Five Footaz and the Twinz
We got Warren G and the D-O-G
All come around
Tah hear the Dove Shack G Funk sound

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Sunday, July 17, 2005
The Light


Current mood: somewhere between blissful and anxious
Current song (s): Ligaya – Eheads, Fight Song- Appleseed Cast, With A Smile- Eheads 

Haha! I'm sorry for the lame prelude, I still can’t figure out how the livejournal works ;)

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For Daisy (...when we get there we're gonna fly so faraway, making sure to laugh, while we experience Anti-gravity...)

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I have opened my eyes. After a month of wrestling with the dark, I have finally seen the light. I have finally taken off the blindfolds. I am now basking in the light. I am not a person who likes the sun and all the bright and shiny things but I now, do appreciate the figurative meaning of it.

It’s just right that things get complicated because I am a human being therefore, I think and complicate things. 

Much has been said about making decisions, looking into yourself, being yourself and all those clichéd sayings I had heard in movies, TV shows and had read in a lot of inspirational writings. I have never been bothered until I experienced it myself. I have never been to Seventh Heaven until now. I have asked a lot from people. I dug for answers. I remember what one of my friends said last night (after 4 hours of telebabad again). She said people’s answers are all biased. They are giving their respective points for their own benefit. They are saying this and that because in the end, they will not be the one who makes the decision.

Ask someone who truly cares.

Rightly said. It’s not that I disregard what the rest have said, but sometimes you have to be self-centered to be able to survive.

Survival of the fittest. I don’t want to contest what Darwin theorized a gazillion of years ago.

So, I talked to my best friend awhile ago (and when I say best friend, I truly define it as what Oscar Wilde said as someone who stabs you in the front). While I was talking to her, the cries and the laughter go hand in hand. I can now approve of the famous Filipino adage, “Parang nabunutan ng tinik sa dibdib”. She holds the key to all of my quandaries right now. And I can proudly say, I’ve got from her the perfect sedative to lull me into sleep in the nights to come. I never thought that the answer can be as simple as that.

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Things I’ve learned:

1. There is no such thing as forever. People get stuck in a situation because they are afraid of changes. Maybe right now I am happy. But until when is this happiness? People change. Life goes on. The world can turn upside down. There is always war in this world.

2. Love is a verb. It is most important when it is that way. It is bull if we think that we should look into ourselves and just follow what our heart desires. Take a look around. We can always learn how to love, may it be a person, work or anything mundane in this world.

3. Grow-up!!! Look for challenges. Avoid complacency. In the end, we will all be left alone to ourselves. No one to hang-on to, no one who will genuinely care. Let go of all the attachments. I know that growing-up is the best days of our lives. Aim for something. Aim for the future. It is futile to enjoy what you have at the moment without considering what to look for tomorrow. After all, we are human beings, we don't stop craving. We are all insatiable.

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I feel like I can now start my own “inspirational column” in a pseudo-Candy/Meg and other teen/chick magazine. Forgive me. Sometimes, we just have to strip down into our simple, unpretentious selves and appreciate even the cheesiest, mundane, and trifling matters in our lives. Aja, Aja!

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Saturday, July 16, 2005
My Head's Like A Machine Made For Spinning

Since 11:00 P.M. Friday:

25 hours of deep-thinking
30 minutes coffee-drinking
3 1/2 forced sleeping
9 1/4 hours of phone-chatting
4 hours of frustrated-downloading
3 minutes singing...

Basket case (click for definition)

Sometimes I give myself the creeps
Sometimes my mind play tricks on me
It all keeps adding up
I think I'm crackin' up
Am I just paranoid
Or am I stoned?


Who stole the cookie from the cookie jar?
Who shot Rizal?
Why did the Eheads broke up?
Why love is blind?
Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
Is there life after death?
When will Gloria resign?
When is the next Martial Law?
How many strands of hair falls off from our head everyday?
What will happen to Kris Aquino and James Yap?
When is the next Mango sale?


7,107 x 9 - 12 / squareroot of the cube of 365 x pi - sin 60 - cos 30
x my cerebrum, cerebellum and medulla oblongata = 

Insomnia.
Nostalgia.
Melancholy.
Remorse.
Melodrama.
Insanity.
Paranoia


 

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Thursday, July 14, 2005
Enlightment101: A Guide to...what?!

I'm a one-way motorway
I'm a road that drives follows you back home
I'm a streetlight shinin'
I'm a wide light blindin' bright burning off alone

It's times like these, you learn to live again
It's times like these, you give and give again
It's times like these, you learn to love again
It's times like these, time and time again

I'm a new day risin'
I'm a brand new sky to hang the stars upon tonight
I'm a little divided:
Do I stay or runaway and leave it all behind?

It's times like these, you learn to live again
It's times like these, you give and give again
It's times like these, you learn to love again
It's times like these, time and time again

-Foo Fighter's Times Like These-


People might just get all fed up for always seeing lyrics of unwanted songs in my blog for the nth time. And a lot of them can't relate to what I've been posting here. I guess I'm trying too hard to dig for answers from a lot of people about what to do, what I'm supposed to do, what's the right and the safe thing to do that I end up trying to take answers from these songs. There was a famous saying, "After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." Music can be associated to poetry, too. Didn't Vicente Huidobro said that poetry should be a key to a thousand doors? But still I want a direct answer, a direct help. I hope there are people or a person (like a teacher) who can give a 411 of what enlightenment, sanity and equanimity are all about. If there was or is such course, I would die to enroll in it.

I am too much preoccupied. (Oops! wrong word, I think it is too benign) I'll use BOTHERED. I am too bothered by all of the confusion the world is offering me in a very deceptive silver platter.

Anyway, I was just enthralled with the trivial but really funny jokes on Bulagaan today. I was watching and laughing my heart out in the bus. There was this part when Jose and his other bald contemporary parodied Bamboo when he declared his identity as "Wang-Bu-Wang" singing the popularized, radio-friendly "Hallelujah". It was really hilarious. I guess from this day on, it might be part of my routine to make sure I get to watch Bulagaan on Eat Bulaga. How I wish all the buses have TV sets tuned in to GMA at 12 noon.

Okay, what's the relevance of all of these? If I were another person, I would've told myself to enroll in an English101 course on having coherent ideas and not being too deviant on my topic. 

The songs, the entry title, the 101 subject, the words, the pace, the flow, etc. Just take it symbolically. This is how my mind works at the moment.

Hoy, Buwang ako! May agimat ang utak ko! Hoy Buwang ako! Woh, oh... ooh... :)

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Wednesday, July 13, 2005
Waiting for the Bus

I'm standing here, waiting for a bus
On a Saturday, laundry on my back
Ultraviolet rays, like I'm posing for a shot
On a magazine, what the hell does it mean?

I'm a travelling man, straight from the can
I'm a thousand miles away
From my number one fan
My folks are getting tight, won't let me out
At night, you can't avoid the complications
When there's no reason at all.

When the lightning strikes we fry
I'll drink my beer, I'll wipe my tear
Southbound in the sky

Another crime, another reason
Gets you everyday
The only time that you can talk
You ain't got nothing to say
Well I'm caught up in a stupid game
That I can't play, it's just a waste of time
But I'm in it anyway...

Actually mahaba pa yung kanta. Isa sa mga pinakapaborito kong kanta ng Eheads. Nakaka-miss. Alam ko paulit-ulit na lang, pero sayang talaga ang Eraserheads.

Ang dami na namang nangyaring masaklap ngayong araw na ito. Aking isasalaysay kung paano ako umabot sa kantang nabanggit.

Late ako sa trabaho. 14 minutes. Nakakainis dahil may rally na naman sa Makati at nagsara ang mga daan at nagbara tuloy ang trapiko. Pero ang aga ko nagising. Nagmuni-muni lang at nakinig ng radyo. Sana pala inagahan ko kahit man lang 14 minutes.

Ang lakas ng ulan. Kahit anong mangyari, maglalakad ako. Buti nalang hindi na tulad ng dati na kilo-kilometro ang layo. Pero sablay pa rin dahil sa ulan. Malakas na ulan. Hindi kinaya ng payong ko. Sa sobrang gusto kong wag mabasa at abalang-abala sa aking payong at sa baha, nabangga pa ako sa isang nananahimik na puno sa may Ayala. Kawawang puno. 

At dahil basang-basa ako, kinailangan kong maglaba sa may CR ng RCBC ng aking medyas. Pinaka-naiirita talaga ako kapag nababasa ang aking paa. Di bale na ang ulo, katawan, damit, bag, wag lang ang paa. Ang weirdo ko nga dahil naka-paa ako sa CR habang naglalaba ng medyas gamit ang handsoap. Nagpatuyo pa ako sa dryer. Buti na lang sosyal ang RCBC at nakatulong sa kahihiyan na ginawa ko. O baligtad?

Naawa ako sa kaibigan ko. Masyado niya kasing dinamdam ang pagkawala ng estudyante niya. Kakasulat ko lang ang tungkol sa pagbabago. Masyado yata siyang nabigla. Oo, mababaw. Pero naiintindihan ko siya. Hindi siya nag-iisa sa mundo. Naalala ko tuloy bigla ang camp at ang matagal na kalungkutan na aking pinagdaanan bago ako nagising sa katotohanan.

Sarado na naman ang Ayala nung gabi. Wala namang rally. Hindi ko rin alam. Baka naglalagay na ng mga landmines para sa matinding rally bukas (ay, mamayang gabi pala). Nag-Buendia tuloy kami. Nakakatakot maglakad dun kapag gabi. Buti nalang marami kami. Ang dalang ng mga bus. Natapos na siguro ang isang soap opera mapa-GMA o ABS, hindi pa rin kami nakakasakay. Ang dilim nga naman, baka hindi kami makita. Sana pala nagdala ako ng flashlight at inilawan ang sarili.

Sapilitang nakatayo, tumatagaktak ang pawis, namamanhid ang paa, nanghihina ang tuhod habang nag-aabang ng bus. Kaya ayun, naisip ko ang kanta ng Eraserheads at rumaragasang alaala na naman ang lumunod sa aking isipanEhersisyo ng utak. May saysay rin pala ang paghihintay.


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Monday, July 11, 2005
Our Curiosity Kills the Cat


Bakit nga ba ang pusa tumatawid kahit bawal ang jaywalking?

- from The Mongols' Bakit nga ba?

Patawid kami nun mula sa RCBC, pasakay na sana ng dyip papuntang Ayala. Di ko man lang namalayan si Muning. Lahat silang mga kasama ko ay lumayo. Ako lang ang hindi nakapansin na muntik ko nang maapakan ang kanyang kalamnan.

Kuting palang siya, nabawian na ng buhay. Asan na ang sinasabi nilang siyam na buhay ng mga pusa? Inaantay kong muling gumapang ang kanyang kaloob-looban, tipong parang sa mga pelikula na nabubuhay at gagalaw muli ang luray-luray na mga parte at unti-unting mabubuo ang katawan ng kalaban. Ngunit walang nangyari. Paulit-ulit pa siyang nasagasaan ng mga humaharurot na sasakyan. Wala man lang sumubok na dumapot at bigyan man lang siya ng konting dignidad at karapatang mahimlay kahit man lang sa isang sulok ng basurahan.

Naalala ko tuloy ang mga kaawa-awang pusang aming pinaglaruan sa laboratoryo para sa klase naming tinawag na Comparative Anatomy. Bakit pusa? Kasi mas malapit daw ito at madaling maihambing sa anatomiya ng tao. Ang mga walang malay na pusa ay basta-basta na lang nakatambak sa mga freezer. Patong-patong sila dun. Nag-aantay ng estudyanteng maglalaro at mangangailangan. Nag-aantay silang mapansin at mapag-aralan. Bakit nung nabubuhay pa sila, itinuturing lang silang mga palaboy sa lansangan o di kaya'y palamuti sa mga kabahayan? Binubugaw kapag ang mga platong ating pinagkainan ay hihimurin, binabasa kapag paharang-harang sa ating daan.

Pinapahalagahan lang ba sila kapag sila'y matigas na para eksperimentuhan? Ang tao nga naman. Nakikita lang ang kahalagahan ng isang nilalang kapag ito ay patay na. Di ba magandang eksena ang mga libing? Doon lang tayo nagigising na may silbi pala ang nawala, na mahal natin ang pumanaw.

Simula akong natuwa sa mga pusa nung malaman kong sila'y kinahihiligan ng aking matalik na kaibigan. Kaklase ko rin siya. Nag-aampon siya ng mga pusang ligaw o mga pusakal. Naiinggit ako sa kaniya dahil kaya niyang umako ng responsibilidad kahit di naman pinipilit o ino-obligahan. Nakakalungkot lang isipin na kung bakit ang mga taong katulad niya ay kailangang masaksihan at maranasan ang di-makatarungang pagtrato at pag-alipusta sa mga pusa. Kung di naman niya yun gagawin, paano siya papasa sa kolehiyo?

Ano nga naman ang silbi ng mga pusa para di pabayaan? Mas magkakasilbi pa sila kapag patay na. Mas makakatulong pa sila sa daigdig ng siyensiya. Kaya hayaan nalang natin silang tumawid kung saan-saan. Kahit bawal pa ang jaywalking. Hayaan natin silang maglakad ng maglakad nang makarami ang mga freezer na nag-aantay sa kanilang katawan.



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Sunday, July 10, 2005
Ritual de lo Habitual

Ilang mga bagay, pangyayari at gawain ang mga sadya na nating nakasanayan o nakagawian, na alam natin ang kabuluhan, kahalagahan at dahilan? Parang masyado kasing nagiging kilos "robot" na lang ang karamihan sa ngayon. Sa sobrang paulit-ulit ang ginagawa sa araw-araw, nakalimutan na nating tayo ay mga espesyal na nilalang na may angking talino at talento.

Ilang mga ritwal ba ang binigyan natin ng kahulugan? Ang pagpunta ba natin sa simbahan tuwing Linggo ay dahil sa tapat, matibay at malakas ang ating pananampalataya sa Kaniya? Di kaya dahil araw lang ng Linggo, may bago kang damit na maisusuot, kailangan mong makakain ng hostiya at makisama sa paghawak-kamay tuwing Ama Namin? Eh, sa tuwing sasapit ang Hunyo. Ilang kabataan ba ang papasok sa eskuwela dahil gusto talagang may matutunan? Hindi ba tayo'y pumapasok lang dahil sa mga bago nating notebook, sapatos at uniporme? Ang pagkain na nga lang sa alas-dose ng tanghali ay isang repleksyon na tayo'y umaasa na lang sa dikta ng orasan.

Nakikita kong karamihan sa mga tao ngayon ay parang mga manikang de-susi na isang direksyon ang pinupuntahan. Karamihan sa atin ay basta kilos na lang ng kilos nang di alam ang kadahilanan. Kaya nga maraming mga "workaholic" ang nananatiling walang pakialam sa pag-ibig at sa iba pang bagay. Wala nang panahong isipin ang puso dahil napusuan nang mag-isip na lang. Ang masama pa nito'y, ang mga naiisip ay pansarili lamang. Ilan ba sa atin ang pinapahalagahan ang bawat bagay o pangyayari sa ating buhay? Ang buhay natin ay nababase na lang sa kalendaryo. Dahil ika-25 ng Disyembre, kailangang magkaroon ng salu-salo at magluto ng iba't-ibang putahe para sa hapag-kainan. Dahil a-uno ng Enero ay kinakailangang magsaya, magpaputok, tumalon, mag-ingay at salubungin ang bagong taon. Bakit mayroon pa ring naka-handa o naka-programang emosyon para sa bawat patak ng mga araw at buwan sa kalendaryo? Di ba maaaring maging Pasko sa araw ng mga Puso? Di ko ba maaaring regaluhan ang kaibigan kahit hindi niya kaarawan? Kinakailangan bang ipagdiwang ang mga araw ng Kagitingan, araw ng mga bayani kung sa mga araw na ito naman ay nagpapahinga at nagpapasarap lang ang karamihan?

Bakit ba ang mga tao'y ganun na lamang ang takot sa pagbabago? Bakit nakakatakot lumihis sa kinagisnan at kinasanayan? Tulad na lang ng araw-araw na pagsakay sa pareho-parehong sasakyan na pare-pareho ang dinaraanan. Nasubukan na ba nating umisip ng panibago o alternatibong daan? Mahirap mangapa. Lalo na sa dilim. Kaya siguro mas nakakabuti kung mananatili na lamang sa liwanag. Sino ba naman ang gustong mawala?

Di kaya sa sobrang seguridad at sa sobrang kaligtasan ay lalo tayong mawala sa kawalan? Di kaya isang araw sa ating buhay, bigla na lang tayong mawala at magwala?

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Saturday, July 09, 2005
The World According to Troy

Another sleepless night. My head swaddled and swarming with sourly sanctifying seditions. Hahaha. One of the few moments when I felt my brain really did work. I was really tired and sleepy. The least place I can see myself in is in my bed, terribly and deafeningly snoring to death. But why do I find myself slacked in front of the TV, popping "Reality Bites" on the video player?

The next thing I know, I am inside Troy's world. Wait, wait! Troy who?

Troy Dyer...

...The guy who needs an IQ prerequisite to engage in a conversation.

... He, who needs a brief justification for the analogical necessity of modern man's existential dilemma in an answering machine.

... The Camel junkie, who was fired for the 12th time for stealing Snickers from a Newsstand.

... The prosaic, who kind of got this arcane glimpse of the universe. The best thing he can think of is having a planet of regret, sitting on his shoulders.

... The unwaged guy who thinks that yuppiehead cheeseballs are the reasons why Cliffnotes were invented.

I can't stand not to silently laugh at how Ethan Hawke as Troy Dyer, dropped these lines like bombs as I watched the movie for the nth time.

He's not your ordinary 'I am cool, I got laid, I hook with a lotta chicks, I play guitar in a band, I smoke and don myself with a trashy look, I am a reckless, cussmouthed dude.'  He renders the painful truth (just like the title of the movie itself). I believe that there is conformity in non-conformity (for a lot of people who claim, they are different because they don't conform). But Troy's character epitomizes recklessness with care, certainty with doubt, calm with panic.

Anyway, why am I doing an in-depth analysis (duh?!) of a movie from a decade ago? Perhaps, I'm just feeling nostalgic amidst the confusion going on: whether it's the paranoia of a dissolving country or the swelling 'to be or not to be' question in my life.

Speaking of my life, career-wise, I can relate to the lines said by Ethan Hawke in the movie, when he was questioned by Lelaine (Winona Ryder) on his jobless pursuit.

"You want me to have a job in the life for the next 20 years until I'm granted leave with my gold-plated watch and my balls full of tumor because I surrendered to the one thing that means sh*t to me. Well honey, you can just exhale coz it's not gonna happen, not in this life."

What better way to say "Thank you very much, I want to live on my own" to the world crumbling down upon you.

To end this entry, since I'm now living in Troy's world, I'll do make a list of the details I take pleasure in. In the movie he said, "My dad used to say that the answers are all in here (points to the insides of a seashell). It is empty. Random lottery of meaningless tragedy in a series of newer escapes. So, I take pleasure in the details: Quarter Pounder with Cheese, the sky 10 minutes before the rain, etc."

Here's my short but growing list:

1. Tangled strands of hair in a comb or hairbrush.
2. A cap too small for the head.
3. Dint on canned drinks in supermarkets and convenience stores.
4. 3 minutes that transpires to cook instant noodles.
5. My 50 cents change from the jeepney driver.

  

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times like these... infinite sadness

"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is to know her and be known in return"

Eloisa - equanimity, melancholy, freedom
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Born on the 14th of December 1983. Thought to be a child prodigy. Prefers cats to dogs. Non-coffee drinker. Loves to ride the space shuttle. Graduated without honors. Waits for the black hole sun to wash away the rain. Sings rock songs in videoke. Can read Korean characters. Has a strong affinity for isopropyl alcohol. Poetry and music addict. Can draw stick people. Lousy handwriting. Loves pink and black. Introvert. Introspective. Pizzapasta lover.



These are a few of my favorite things

Apple, oranges, yellow, pink, black, neon, nail polish, chucks, long skirts, pillows (chocolate snack), marshmallows, rainbow, portico, headbands, studs, gig shirts, umbrella, handkerchief, post-its, hairclips, white visor, piano, guitar, drums, printed socks, boy bawang, mernell’s cake, plastic bags, paper bags, anti-diarrhea, baby cologne, baby soap, powercard, full house, bi's pics, seok’s card, hula-hoops, Acete de manzanilla, scrabble, chess, pictures, neruda’s love poems, journals, pumpkins' albums, arirang tv, dictionary, receipts.


Three things that I am proud I can do

1. Read, think and type all at the same time.
2. Make those ketchups in fast food chains that they scantily give as an alternative for candy.
3. Sing under a pillow.


   





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10 things I hate about me

1. I can never appreciate flowers. Butterfly phobic (or whatever the right term for this) = distance myself from anything that they love.
2. I am a certified garbage collector. I collect receipts, plastic bags, paper bags, Tower records and other record store’s wrappings for CD’s, memos, passed-notes (from school during a boring class), quizzes and other activities that involve papers from my favorite subjects, etc.
3. I can easily fall in love (tsk, tsk... )
4. I bite my handkerchiefs (so they usually appear worn and frayed).
5. I am an introvert (so what the hell am I doing this blog for? And why in the world does my profile appear on Friendster?) ... Nah, John Donne’s right, no man is an island (duh?!!)
6. I am a spendthrift when in comes to books and CD’s
7. I don’t care about new clothes and fashion. My mom jokingly tells me every time I would be in need of a new attire or piece of clothing for a certain event or occasion, I can tie up or sew together all my books and CD’s to have something to wear. Nyahaha!
8. I am a paradox of everything and that is why my life is always a clear confusion.
9. I do things that are not supposed to be done, miss people you’re not supposed to miss, read books that are not supposed to be read, love people you are not supposed to love but in the end...it doesn’t even matter
10. I am always a wannabe.

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my work, my own
Pablo Neruda
Emily Dickinson
Sylvia Plath
John Donne
Billy Collins
Chinua Achebe
Matsuo Basho
Anne Michaels
Michael Ondaatje


Fiction/Non-Fiction

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Charles Dickens
Haruki Murakami
Jeanette Winterson
Ernest Hemingway
James Joyce

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calling all Tolkien aficionados, are you up for a "Frodo to Mount Doom-like" challenge?



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Ang Mga Paborito Kong Entries

Our Curiosity Kills the Cat - for all the catlovers. and those who truly care for God's creations.
Dreamweaver- stitching life's glitches
Makulay Ba Ang Mundo?- colorful life, beautiful life
Takot Ka Ba Sa Dilim?- multu-multuhan at ang sariling multo.
Antipara - luminaw ang tingin, sa katotohanan ay magising.
Still in the Mood...more serious topics- serious mood, serious talks.
Walking Contradiction - As below, so above, As above, so below
How to make a TORI-ble poem- thanks to Tori Amos, I had the urge to write a terrible poem.
Ipagpatuloy ang sawing pangarap- a poem for the Wowowee victims.
Nawawala, Nagtatago, Nagtataka, Nagtatanong- entry inspired by the First Quarter Storm documentary.
Short Cuts topics- new hair cut, new life cuts.
Post-Valentines Entry/Trauma-rama- because of sleepless nights.
My,my,my, is's Monday- the obvious student/worker's Monday-grudge.
MedioRock: Pinoyrock or Pinoycrap topics- the inevitable mediocrity in pinoyrock.
Scarbble, Scramble- my day's wordplay.
Black Day- a day of paranoia, a day of melancholia.
Leche Plan- planning for nothing.
Pontio Pilato- isopropyl alcohol related to the nearing holy week.
What Dreams May Come- dream-critique, Gabriel Garcia Marquez-inspired.
Halo! Halo!- on Twisted Halo's mournful disbandment.
All That I Can's Leave Behind- meandering thoughts related to my resignation.
Do You Like Spaghetti?- my favorite food makes sense.
Crayontivity- the need to color life.
The Friendly One- on trying my best to be.
Comfortably Numb- a take on Scorsese's The Departed.
Multu-Multuhan- the season to scare and be scared.
Just My Luck: Compliments, Engagement and a 10-peso coin- what a lucky day!
Takbo, Pilipinas, Takbo- politics, politics, politics.
The Great Depression- am I really supposed to be teaching?
Heatstroke- hating summer, big time! .
Lakwatsera- exploring Manila.
Spidey Goes Emo- on Peter Parker's haircut.
Leksyon ng Eleksyon- on my one vote's failure to make a difference.
I Get So Weak- aging people are my Achilles heel
Like A Stone- writer's block, writer's stoned
Age of Innocence, Age of Indolence - does age matter in music for God's creations.
on Twisted Halo's Miron- sa mga rakistang nagtiis sa pagtuturo ng tungkol sa pagtitiis
Runny Nose-phobic - Mulawin and Stairway to Heaven, not a good combination
Illiterature - being workaholic makes us all "illiterate"
It's Raining In My House Part Three - Rain/Bi's invasion in my life. sarang hae Jeong Ji-Hoon!
On Full House ... Again - the greatest Korean drama ever made
The World Is A Vampire - the cruelty of Pumpkins' disbandment
The Massacre of Hip-hop - of why i hate hip-hop nowadays
Isang Gabing Di Makatulog Dahil Sa Nawawalang Hikaw - isa sa mga mababaw na pangyayari sa aking buhay
The Korean Invasion and Some Thoughts on Labor Day - of why koreans invade our homeland and why we are all hopeless in our work
My Weird and Wonderful Weekend - weird + wonderful = weekend
Still Water Runs Deep - why people should not take me for granted
Mga Katanungan - questions of an inquisitve mind
Where Have All The Good Men Gone? - why filipinos continue to live in an ivory tower
Pumapatak na naman ang Ulan - some thoughts on the rainy season
Etymology of Elinia - why the hell was my name changed?
When It Is Counted Sweetest - mernel's cake and familial love
Simula nang Makakain ng Lamok - one of the few realizations i had in my life
Cleanliness is Godliness - alcohol-maniac, being ms. clean and green
On War of the Worlds - one of the few movies of tom cruise that i truly appreciate
The World According to Troy - troy who? guidelines of how to live a troy-like life
Waiting for the Bus - all because of the rally, ely singing in my head again
Kalayaan Para Sa Ating Lahat - is freedom really overrated?
The Importance of Having the Mongols - on writing with pencils
To Blog or Not To Blog - is the greatest question of all writers who do have blogs
Is My Life Buhaghag Free- metaphor for the tangles in life
25 cents-worth Entry - in times like these... 25 cents matters.
The Light - drama, drama and more drama about my life and the road not taken
Pinoyrock and the Camp - music moves, music grooves, music blues huhuhu



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Musiqueshop- Strumming my guitar
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Vandarkala- Emerald Pastures
Kaiganda- Point Blank
Graceqt11- Can't handle this
Chwis- my Chemical Romance, Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge
Lang- I gotta cut back on caffeine
Hitori- Thoughts from the Red Planet
Soyster- Fictional Space
Kathy- KitKat56
Irynna- Adventures of Irynna
Istardust- I am Stardust
Shugaria- Patitik
Ninibelles- Call girl and book anaconda
Bokalist- Naglalakad akong mag-isa kanina sa kawalan
Vintagerock- Lovers of Real Music
Chubbypumpkin- The World... is our own canvas
Katribu- The fire of Mother Nature
Tito Rolly- Mga Turo ni Tito Rolly
Lang- Every note is in its place
Hardrocker- Watching life Steamroll by...
Bluehaze- Aiko
Tagpuan- Ayie
Melch- A person like me doesn't deserve to live, Death came by. I embraced him.
Ruffa- My love is real
Hereinmycorner- How can I miss you if you won't go away?
Wanderingmind- Babblings and Rantings of a girl when depressed, ecstatic and alone
Jacq- Have a cup of coffee with me
Shenmue7754- 100% Pure Honey
Northernsky- Bi-polar slash manic depressive
Kristina16- So much for my happy ending
Mindrifter- When it's not gonna work then it's not gonna work
Claudine-ology- Would you be brave to see right through me?
Shinjita- Miyavi no, Kiss of Katana
Ves-le-artiste- Love Conquers All
Rainysummer- From the top of my head
J.A.- Slipknot
Noel Bava- Poems, Prayers, Inspirations, Photos and Musings about life, love and what it means to be a child of the Father
Kristina16- Truth about being true
Mhaigirl- i could've denied the truth and lied
Hudgin- Dave's wicked awesome bloggy
Tech: the amateur- Anthing goes!
Gemclair- Gemclair forever
Fishbabe- Korean World
Vhdgdzei- Chronic Pyschosis. A life enthusiast in a steady bliss
Vhdgdzei- Chronic Pyschosis. A life enthusiast in a steady bliss...take two
Prettypolah ...Round and round it goes
Justcallmehance- My imperfections only make me more adorable
Supladitah- Welcome 2 my utopia


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