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Our Day in Manila

2007-06-02T00:19:00.000-08:00

There's no place like Manila - goes that famous Hotdog song.

that's what they say. but i beg to differ. Dvao is WAAAAAAAAAAAAAYY better than manila, even Baguio is better than Manila. But that's just too unfair for me to say because we only stayed there for a day! hehe. wa koy labot.

Anyway, we stayed at Kabayan hotel somewhere in Pasay along EDSA Taft. Shit sobrang mahal ng pamasahe. Sa eroplano hilong-hilo ako grabe (biyahilo talaga - first time man gud. Sorry hah. hehe.) Si mon2 katawanan because we fought over the window seat. bahala siya, iyaha na to hilo kaayo ko noh. So we arrived at 9 am and deretso agad sa hotel. Then after - palamig muna sa MOA. Tangina grabe dako jud diay. Haha. i hate to sound all so ignoramous pero totoo. Sobrang nakakapagod maglakad doon. AANYWAAYY
For dinner I and mon2 (joiners) met up with chokie, nikka and valur. Kawawa kaayo sila kay gipangita jud nila among hotel sa gitna ng traffic (uuuyyy touch ako! bait grabe!) Tapos MOA again. We ate dinner together.... blah blah blah. strolling... blah blah blah. Magugulat talaga kayo kay Nikka! She's making notes na and listening to the lectures (that's according to her! hehehe joke lng nik! dba im so proud of you).

Tapos we went back to the hotel courtesy of Val as usual. Ulaw kaayo kay nanglibak mi ug tomboy, tomboy man diay ang driver!!!! ayay.... hahaha chokie nxt time ingat (THAT Goes for me too!)

so until here nalang. continue nako next time kay sa net cafe lang ako nag surf sa net.
tah-tah!

so goodnight to the sun, goodbye

2007-04-29T01:38:00.000-08:00

i will be leaving in a matter of days. everything that i love will be left here, and there's nothing left for me to bring but fun field memories, and some clothes and my trusty camera and ipod. i will miss everything that i will be leaving. haaay.

WISH ME LUCK IN A WORLD FULL OF STRAWBERRIES (LITERALLY.)

Buhay Pa Tayo

2007-04-20T03:04:00.000-08:00

Three cheers to a person not from our land, but who risked her own life for the sake of others.

JULIA CAMPBELL, a teacher, a volunteer, a strong journalist, a person for others

died at the age of 40.

JULIA CAMPBELL , MAY YOU REST IN PEACE.

Living on the Light Side of Life

2007-04-08T06:01:00.000-08:00

Everything has been figured out, except how to live.
Jean-Paul Sartre

The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win you're still a rat.
Lilly Tomlin

Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious.
Brendan Gill

It's possible, you can never know that the universe exists only for me. If so, it's sure going well for me, I must admit.
Bill Gates

When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
Mark Twain

Life is not so bad if you have plenty of luck, a good physique and not too much imagination.
Christopher Isherwood

Instead of holding on to the Biblical view that we are made in the image of God, we come to realize that we are made in the image of the monkey. - From The Importance of Living (1937)
Lin Yutang

You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named 'Bush', 'Dick', and 'Colon'.
Chris Rock

There must be more to life than having everything.
Maurice Sendak

Life is painful, nasty and short... in my case it has only been painful and nasty.

In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular.
Kathleen Norri

I came into this world black, naked and ugly. And no matter how much I accumulate here, it's a short journey. I will go out of this world black, naked and ugly. So I enjoy life.
Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Life... is like a grapefruit. It's orange and squishy, and has a few pips in it, and some folks have half a one for breakfast.

Douglas Adams

Life is divided into the horrible and the miserable.
Woody Allen

Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon.
Woody Allen

Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television.
Woody Allen

Life is a zoo in a jungle.
Peter De Vries

The cost of living's going up, and the chance of livin's going down.
Flip Wilson

Gradweyshaun Dey

2007-03-27T03:24:00.000-08:00

I am NO LONGER A / ABLE TO:

1. Marisan
2. President of the Turquoise Class.
3. Required to wear the GSP Cadet uniform every wednesday.
3. Wear P.E. uniform every thursday.
4. Brush my teeth every morning in the girls disfunctional CR whenever the carpool comes to pick me up earlier than the usual.
5. Buy and eat Lucky Me pancit Canton for breakfast whenever the carpool comes to pick me up earlier than the usual.
6. Hear the early morning music (that ended a little bit too soon).
7. Give Ambrosio (the school's security guard) a HIGH 5 every morning when I enter school.
8. Hold meetings for the Samahang Araling Panlupunan.
9. Experience the Turquoise WEDNESDAY MADNESS.
10. Mess with sir RONALD ANONG our CL teacher.

AND NOW I AM officially:

1. A GRADUATE OF STELLA MARIS ACADEMY OF DAVAO.
2. Alumnus of the goddamn school.
3. Soon-to-be KOLEHIYALA.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Sa Wakas. The End. Sayonara!!!

2007-03-23T06:58:00.000-08:00

Within 15 hours (and counting) I’m about to graduate.

So what am I feeling?

Well, still I am in a state of well, you know.. The graduate-giddy-nostalgic type of feeling.

The truth be told, I really, really am very eager to graduate. Why? I can’t just wait to get out the school that I’ve been going to for almost 12 years. No more cramming for me (at least for the rest of the summer). No more 4th year lessons, no more of the kind of shiznit that I’ve been attending to for almost 12 years.

12 fucking years.

Tangina, ang swerte ng paaralang pinapasukan ko. Lahat ng pinag-ipunan ng ermat at erpat ko pumunta sa kanila. Swerte rin nila may isang tulad ko na pumapasok sa kanila.

I can give you reasons why I can’t wait to get my hands on that diploma. But I can give you more reasons why I have to stay.

I want to graduate because; I want to go to college. I want to have a new environment, blah di blah di blah… all that shit. I do not want to graduate yet because firstly I have to take care of the whole class’ clearance (thanks TO ME, class president, way to go yehey, sarcastic mode). Second, I still have to do my job as an Art Editor for our yearbook. And lastly, I will really miss a lot of people. (SHIT drama mode na). I WILL REALLY MISS A LOT OF PEOPLE. There are a lot of people that I have learned to hate and learned to love. I will miss the cramming and the shouting inside the classroom. I will surely miss the thrill in using kodigos or the leakages from other sections. I will miss my friking classmates who are radical, stupid yet brilliant in some ways (but most of the time – not.) I will miss the frantic deadlines (don’t worry honey; there will be more of them soon). The teachers, the comfort room, my armchair, my (our) locker, the lunch outs, the projects, the chikka sessions, EVERYTHING.

Moving on will be very hard. It’s very hard to get out from something that I have been doing for almost 12 years.

So, basically that’s it. I am happy, anxious-excited, sad, and fulfilled at the same time.

CONGRATZ SA LAHAT!

An Open Letter to Every Filipino - Please read.

2007-03-15T04:13:00.000-08:00

An Open Letter to Every Filipino - Please read.
Posted by: "chillitees" chillitees@yahoo.com chillitees
Tue Mar 13, 2007 8:26 pm (PST)

Subject: What will make me leave the Philippines. .. An Open Letter to Every Filipino

Forwarded message...

Dear Fellow Filipino,

Good day to all of you! Before I begin my letter... just a disclaimer, for people who know
me they know that I love the Philippines very much and I am not really one who rants and
complaints to high heavens about what is happening to our country and does nothing
about it, in fact, I feel that at my relatively young age of 27, I have done much service to
the Philippines by setting up Pathways to Higher Education which has sent more than 500
poor but deserving students to college and AHON Foundation which has already built two
public elementary school libraries that have benefitted more than 3,500 students. Yet,
after seeing how events in our nation have transpired the past few weeks and talking with
some friends, I feel the urge to share with you my own thoughts and feelings.

Over the weekend, we saw the completion of two major political alliances for this coming
Senate Elections that has just began here in the Philippines . Now we have two political
forces with familiar faces nonetheless on opposite sides of the fences. On one end, you
have Tito Sotto and Tessie Aquino-Oreta who were two major stalwarts of the opposition
and the FPJ Campaign in 2004 hobnobbing with the woman (Pres. GMA) whom they
claimed to have cheated FPJ in the last Presidential Elections.On the other side of the
fence, you see Manny Villar, the former house speaker who was actually responsible for
impeaching Erap now part of the United Opposition who is led by no less than... Erap
himself. Now if you don't see anything wrong with this picture then you must be one of the
many Filipinos who have accepted this very sad reality that there is indeed no permanent
ideals that our government leaders stand up for but rather they just go where there self-
interests can best be served. It is this kind of politics why I no longer wonder why good
people like Ramon Magsaysay Awardee Mayor Jesse Robredo of Naga City or outstanding
Bulacan Governor Josie Dela Cruz will find it hard or worse, never be elected to national
positions.

It is with these in mind that I'd like to share with you what are events this coming May
elections that will make me consider leaving the Philippines :

1.) If former COMELEC Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano of Hello Garci fame wins in his bid
to become Congressman of Bukidnon...seeking to replace a good man no less in
incumbent Cong. Neric Acosta... We would really be the laughing stock of the whole world
if we allow a man with the reputation of Garci to be one of our so called "Honorable
Gentlemen".

2.) If Dancing Queen Tessie Aquino Oreta reclaims her seat at the Senate... I hope that all
of us would still remember that dance that she did during the 2001 impeachment hearings
after they voted to overrule the decision of then Chief Justice Davide... let us make sure
that people like her never make it to the Senate again.

3.) If Richard Gomez becomes a senator... what does he know about making laws? We
already have the likes of Bong Revilla and Lito Lapid in the Senate and their performance
or lack of it would be reason enough not to elect another actor who has no prior
experience in government to the distinguished halls of the Senate.

4.) If Gringo Honasan wins again.. have we not learned our lesson? I cannot believe that
just because someone is charismatic then we will just elect him to become one of our
senators despite the fact that he has time and again caused so much instability in our
country... if we want a military junta similar to that of Thailand ... then lets all vote for this
guy....

5.) If Manny Pacquiao becomes Congressman of General Santos City... everybody loves
Manny the Boxing Champ but Manny the Lawmaker? Lets be realistic here, Manny is our
Hero alright but I think it takes more than just great boxing skills and a desire to serve to
be able to make appropriate laws that would help uplift the lives of the many Filipinos who
live in Poverty.

6.) If Lito Lapid wins for Mayor of Makati City... I don't like Jojo Binay as well but Lito Lapid
as city mayor of the country's finance and business center?!?! And do you really think he is
from Makati and has good plans for the city? The Arroyos asking someone like him to run
just goes to show you how much love and concern this government has for our country.

7.) If Chavit Singson becomes a Senator, Illegal Gambling = Chavit... enough said.

Now if all of these 7 things happen during this coming elections then don't be surprised if
I decide to leave this country that I love dearly. Like I said during the first part of my letter,
I feel that I have done much for this country but I think its time that Filipinos become more
vigilant and critical in selecting our leaders for the sake of our future and the generations
that will go beyond us. So I appeal to every Filipino who asks what can I actually do for my
country... Choose and vote for the right people this coming elections, huwag na tayong
magpaloko sa mga kandidatong maganda lang ang jingle o gwapo lang sa mga poster. Let
us choose leaders who have a good track record for service and who are genuinely
committed towards serving our country.

Manindigan naman tayong lahat para sa ating Kinabukasan at para sa Kapakanan ng ating
Bayan!

Thank you very much for your time in reading this letter.

Sincerely,

Harvey S. Keh

KAILANGANG MABASA ITO NG 80 MILLIONG PILIPINO !!! IPASA NYO NG IPASA !!!

Realizations, Realizations

2007-03-12T22:03:00.000-08:00

1. Never expect everything to go in your own way.

2. Being undecided is not a sin, who says it is anyway?

3. Do not attempt to do something that you think you can handle but the truth is you only ASSUME that you can handle it. Never undertake to do something you aren’t sure of.

4. Do not doubt yourself. You are you. You know what you can and cannot do.

5. Life is short simple, fucking sweet and miserable.

Enjoy the SilencE.........

2007-02-17T20:34:00.000-08:00

First of all..... your dear blogger is out of planet, she's somewhere in planet pangsai, it's her vacation leave and she's probably not coming back...... and i, i am SAI, i will be the one who will take this things over.... if your thinking about it, don't bother asking......

NAhhhh... i'm just playing around.... your dear blogger "EEDOM" is very busy at the moment, she's doing a lot of things lately and she's on blog hiatus.....

EEDOM is busy. She's busy busy busy. This is the busy part of her life, Lots of changes have been going on over here recently which have been keeping her quite busy (well, more busy than the usual busy)....

Don't think this means she forgot about blogging, believe me, she haven't....

Anyways, i am Jerrick, her SAI, she asked me to update her blog, sorry for my poor english guys... i'm really bad at this....

Don't worry, be happy.... she'd be back sooner or later..... ( :

UPCAT RESULTS

2007-01-27T04:38:00.001-08:00

University of the Philippines

UPCAT Results 2007 Online
Listing relevant results 1 to 1 for "montajes"

Student Number Name Campus Course Qualified
2007-69976 MONTAJES, MARICON CABOTAJE BAGUIO BA COMMUNICATION

But still,i think that they think that I haven't done good enough.

Ma-material girl..

2006-12-07T07:00:00.000-08:00

Hohoho! Dashing through the snow in a one-horse open sleigh, well of course, there is apparently no snow in the Philippines. (Fuck, this is a really lame starter for this post) Once again, the most anticipated Christmas Day is almost near. Have you been a good boy or girl (or whatever you are) for this year? Well I’m sure you are. One things for sure though, I know and I’m not complacent about it either. For this year, I have been the nicest, kindest, most polite, most civil, most amiable person that ever walked on the planet. Without a doubt, I will be first on Santa’s list. So Santa, wherever you are, I know you’re reading this right now.

Santa, I want you to give me anything from this list (if not you can just give me all of it) this on Christmas day:

Vinyl, Cd’s and LP crazy:

1. Sonic Youth
– Rather Ripped album

2. Sheila and the Insects
– Flowerfish album

3. The Zutons

– Tired Of Hanging Around album

4. Rage Against the Machine
- Rage Against the Machine Album
- Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium
- Evil Empire

5. Bob Marley and the Wailers
- Gold
- Africa Unite: The Singles Collection

6. The Little Willies
- The Little Willies

7. Imago
- Blush (Opo, wala pa po ako nito)

8. Alanis Morissette
- Jagged Little Pill (I lost my old cassette tape, so I need a new one)

9. System Of A Down
- Toxicity (I lost my old cassette tape, so I need a new one AGAIN, and for crying out loud, I bought Jagged Little Pill and Toxicity nung may gatas pa ako sa labi)

10. Reel Big Fish
- Why Do They Rock So Hard?

11. Eraserheads
- Pop U!
- Ultraelectromagneticpop
- Circus
- Cutterpillow
- Fruitcake EP
- Fruitcake
- Bananatype EP
- Aloha Milkiway
- Natin '99

Bookworm Shiznit:

1. Neil Gaiman
-Anasi Boys
-The Sandman

2. Shel Silverstein
-The Missing Piece Meets the Big O
-The Giraffe and a Half
-The Giving Tree
-Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros?

3. Mitch Albom
-Tuesdays with Morrie (kakahiya, di ko pa nabasa ang aklat na to)

So that’s it. So Santa, don’t be such a cheapskate. I know you’re a fucking billionare and you have lotsa money. You have a big and enormous toy factory, so don’t you dare give me any excuses. No excuses please. Give em all to me! Give em all to me!! Hahahaha. EVIL EVIL.

Pagbigyan nyo na lang ako. Paminsan-minsan lang naman ito diba.

And I told you naman eh, I have been the nicest, kindest, most polite, most civil, most amiable person that ever walked on the planet.

Merry Christmas. Ho-Ho-Ho. *ubo* *ubo*

Vinyl, Crazy I Just Can’t Sleep

2006-11-17T23:09:00.000-08:00

I love music. Period. Who doesn't anyway? Tell me any name of a person who doesn't adore this fine and divine mania. Show him to me and I'll surely bitch slap him until my hands bleed. Ever since I was a youngster, I was already a music geek. I listened to everything that my father played on our cassette player. I listen too every kind genre. Name it, from blues to alternative to funk to classic rock to ska to every single genre you can think of. You give it, I’ll hear it.

If we take in consideration the things that I listen to, the influence is very wide. There are "the bands" and the influence of people who introduced me to different kinds of genres. I whole-heartedly appreciate all kinds. But of course, there is this certain beauty and splendor in a certain band, song, album or genre that can be note-worthy. It is very impossible for a person, or rather a music geek like me not to have their own favorite and desired choices. No matter if the person prefers to like punk music, hip-hop, reggae, whether the person is a purist or not, we have our own choices. We have our own favorites.

BUT do you know that there are only four songs that have the capacity to give me this certain meltdown whenever I hear them? Yeah, I worship a lot of bands and genres here and there but these for songs….. They have this particular prowess that can give me this mixed, emotional, poignant, and sentimental feeling no matter how many times I listen to them. Once I hear one song from the four, the sensation that I felt the first time I heard it can still be felt, can still be sensed.

I don't know man, these songs really drive me crazy, and I just can't sleep. I'm so excited. I’m in to deep. (See, I even listen to Britney Spears… Well that was a long time ago anyway.).

May I present to you the four songs that make me dump everytime I hear them:
(In no particular order)

1. Waiting In Vain by Bob Marley and the Wailers (album - One Love: The Best of Bob Marley and the Wailers)

I bought this album when I was still in grade 6. The main reason why I bought it was for experimental purposes. I wanted something new to listen too and it was the first album that I laid my eyes on, on that certain day. And the next thing I knew was I was in love with the album, I was in love with the songs, and most of all, I was in love with Waiting in Vain. I cannot remember how many times I repeatedly listen to it but it still gets me whenever I hear it. Pure evidence of the beauty of the song can be proven because no matter how this song is revised, Bob Marley's version is still the one, the champion and the indomitable one. We have Annie Lennox's version. We have local revisions from Bamboo, MYMP and a whole lot more. Anybody who is knows the A-B-C can really tell the big difference. Bob Marley's version only has the power to make me move my body to its reggae beat. His version only has the capability to make me forget what I was seriously watching in the television. Waiting in Vain is a very old song, and yet I never get tired of it. Hypothetically speaking, this song won't fade away after 20 years from now. I’m sure of that. Waiting in Vain is undeniably, indisputably and without a doubt, timeless.

2. Close my Eyes by Jordan Knight

This must be the cheesiest song in my track list. It's hard to admit but this song is one of those songs that make me go mushy all over. Nope, I am not kidding, never was, never will. I don’t know what this song has but it makes me weak and vulnerable all over. I don’t know much about Jordan Knight and his album, but I really love his crooning voice. Laugh if you want but this song, ehem, makes me feel in love. (YEAH, SUCKER.)

3. Fine Time by Eraserheads (album – Cutterpillow)

Fine Time is sung by a little band called Eraserheads. Heard of them? (I'[ll slap you again if you haven't) This Beatlesque song makes me want to cry out for something. I have this feeling that I want to let all my tears fall down upon hearing it. I'm not exaggerating anything at all here. This is by pure heart. Every time I hear Fine Time, I feel like crying because it's as if I’m missing someone, something that I don't exactly know what it is. It’s a mystery that I cannot solve until now. Maybe it's because this song is one of the major reasons why I have my everyday sickness – Nostalgia. Call me wistful, emo or what – I don't care. There is this certain melancholic feeling that it gives that makes me feel like I'm young again and in addition, the song makes me want to snivel and laugh at the same time. Everytime I hear it, I suddenly have this rapid flashback inside my head of my childhood. I can see myself once again running after those new-born chicks in Mati, playing bahay-bahayan, and all those kalokohan that I did on my carefree days. Another reason why this song is superb is because it's obviously written by one of the most influential bands in the Philippines, the 90's supernova band, The Eraserheads. The band's arrangement of the song is outstanding. Lyrics-wise, it's okay. But nonetheless, Fine Time's effects on me are mystifying and confusing yet it makes me feel warm. It makes me feel that I’m being cuddled and being guarded by someone or something from my past (that I cannot possibly identify what the fuck it is). Whenever I hear Ely Buendia go "the whole day will be fine." It indeed makes the whole day fine. Eh kasi nga diba, basta't kayakap ka ay okey.

4. Himig Natin by Juan Dela Cruz Band (album – Ang Himig Natin)

Pepe Smith, Mike Hanopol and the rest of the Juan Dela Cruz Band are
ingenious. How do they make songs like this? Himig Natin is one of those songs that I wish I had written (in my dreams). The beauty of this song is that, no matter how ruined the country is, and even if Philippine Politics makes it more devastated, the songs, whenever you hear it, makes you proud to be Pinoy. "Upang tayo’y magsama-sama sa langit, ating pag-asa." – this line gets me everytime I hear it. For me, this song is like a wake up call for everyone. But too bad, nobody's hearing it. Himig Natin, just like Waiting in Vain is an old song, and it was written before I was born (and way before I was made) but it really really really gets me everytime I listen to it. No matter how many times I hear it, again it gets me. Pepe Smith niftiness is one of the reasons that I never get worn-out listening to their songs, as well as for Himig Natin. Himig Natin just makes me feel proud to be a Filipino. 'Nuff said.

*this isn’t over yet. Hahaha (Evil Laugh)

Of being identified as "EEDOM"

2006-11-09T05:46:00.000-08:00

Most of you may wonder why, why on all names made-up on earth would I choose the name EEDOM.

Well, to tell you the truth it's neither me nor a product of my round the bend, preposterous and mad mind. It isn't a moniker that my close friends just called me on one sunny Monday. It came from the person that you would least expect. Now take a guess. Was it from a teacher? No. A close friend perhaps? No no. Sirit? It came from my mother.

You might probably say that "Lasing ata ang nanay ni Maricon. Bakit niya binigyan ng pangalan na ganyan ang anak niya". Oh for pete's sakes. I thought I was cursed for eternity. When I was younger, I was thinking I had the most disgusting, sordid, names that ever walked on the planet. At first it was still too hard to swallow the fact that I had the name Maricon with me for the rest of my life. I don't know why but for some reason (that up to now is still a mystery) I really hated the name Maricon. If I hated THAT name, how much more for the name EEDOM?

I still would presume that my mother, upon giving the names to me was drunk at that time. If not for me and my curiosity, the mystery would remain unresolved. I will forever question myself. I will perpetually be suffering from hideous monsters of namesville.

*rewind-rewind*

Bakit nga ba Eedom?

February 25, 1990. A true-blooded Filipino would have guessed that this day is a holiday. Now let’s move back to 4 years.

February 25, 1986. Any living Filipino would mark this day as a very important day. It's the day where we celebrate the closing stages of the Marcos regime. It is the day after the famous ex-president Ferdinand Marcos stepped down and dispersed himself to Hawaii.

Now move add another four years.

February 25, 1990. A holiday. And yeah, this day is also my birthday.

So if you still didn’t understand the logical flow of events that I just presented, I might as well tell you why.

My mother (who is a very nationalistic kind of person) thought it would be a rad idea to name her daughter according to the holiday that is celebrated on her daughter's birthday, EDSA 1. Shit no, I wasn't named after the street. DUH. My mother called me Freedom. For freedom was once again reborn on that day. Freedom that was again taken from the Filipino masses was once more retrieved by the People Power. (Yes, ganun niya kamahal ang bansa natin. Pati anak niya dinamay niya sa kanyang mga kabaliwan. Dyok lang mama! AYLABYU!)

Study the word FREEDOM cautiously. Now, slowly, get rid of the first two letters (F & R). Now do what do you see? Yes, it's EEdom.

Some of my mother's close friends still call me Freedom. And yes, I admit it; I still get the heebie-jeebies from people who call me by that name. Now after knowing the real history of my nickname, I am starting to like it and I guess I won't be able to get away from it right? The name's stuck with me through-out my entire life and since almost everyone that I know calls me by that name, there’s no turning back.

Oh save me dear moniker from the realms for the fire!
SALVATION!

A Three Day Vacation is Not Enough

2006-11-03T05:01:00.000-08:00

I woke up 6:30 am to prepare all my stuff. From clothes to medicine to my goggles (that I idiotically forgot to put inside my bag) to a pillow and a Nestea Ice on my hand, and after 5 hours of traveling, we finally arrived at the place where I lived all my childhood experiences and know-how’s: MATI DAVAO ORIENTAL.

Aahhh. It’s good to be back in my hometown. It’s been (wait, bibilangin ko muna) almost a year since my last visit. And I can’t believe it, not a single thing has been changed. The house is as humid as ever. The province has its usual muggy chicken-crap smell. Still, the pedicabs rule the entire Mati streets. All but one has changed. And astonishing as it can be… MATI HAS A JOLIBEE BRANCH ALREADY!

My uncle was kind enough to stop the car when we were still roving. And as the opportunity was given, we took some snapshots of the famous “Sleeping Dinosaur”. A famous land mark of Mati where the mountains shaped a (yep, you guessed it) sleeping dinosaur. The mountains were now greener than the last time I saw it. And the seas surrounding the mountains were bluer than ever. It’s pretty amazing how nature has the capability and the knack to heal itself. As I was gazing the seas down the cliff, I had the urge to jump and “dive” down unto the waters. It was like mother nature was calling me “Anak, lika na ditto sa tubig.. naghihintay na si mama”. Sobrang nakahuhumaling ang tubig. Luckily I was sane enough to collect myself. Hindi pa ako ganun kagutom ano. And then we ran back to the van.

Let’s skip the first day.
Let’s move on to the second day.
This was the day when we went to the beach. Yeah beybe. Swimming beach, the Mati style. Everything was fun except for the fact that we had a flat tire which obliged us to wait for goddamn hours for the good o’ boys to change the tire. That fricking tire.
And it really sucks to see your lesbo cousin making out with her so-called girlfriend. Eeeee. Creepy.

And so after hours of swimming, and eating and singing sa videoke, we waited for the car (that took for at least 2 hrs) and rode back home safely. We managed to make it through the “walang katapusang kadiliman”.

It’s good to have these kinds of vacations. Getting away from everything that you are obliged to do, having an excuse to escape everything that is expected from you. But the bad news is all vacations have their endings.

SHIYET, Sem break’s almost over.

finally! REEEESSSSST.

2006-10-27T19:48:00.000-08:00

October 28, 2006

This day marks the day of the beginning of the SEMESTRAL BREAK.

Shit, finally. After suffering from the excruciating, unbearable, makalaglag panty months of intense school activities, week-long exams, master puyatan sessions, FINALLY!
SEMBREAK na talaga.

I have never been so grateful to God for giving me this week's rest. This morning was incredible. It was the first time I woke up with a smile on my face, realizing that this is really the first time since June that I woke up without anything to do for the rest of the week. No more disturbing thoughts like:

"Shet, kelangan ko pang mangopya ng assignment"
"Kelangan ko pang gumising mamayang 3 am may test bukas"
No more drinking coffee to keep me up awake just to study.
No more roaming and running around the school, working on some important task for our club.
No more late night practices for some frigging activity.
No more projects, quizzes, reports, presentations to tend to.

At least not for this week.

RANDOM:

What happened to me for the past few weeks:

- watched Parokya Ni Edgar gig for the Oktoberfest, got wet and wasted
- and eventually got sick with fever, cough and colds
- Just finished the grueling Periodical examinations
- Mangrove Planting in Punta Dumalag
- Had fun with our Sportsfest celebration
- Out-reach program in an orphanage
- Celebrated my brother’s birthday on the Beach

So I'll be updating soon. I think I wont be doing anything for the rest of the week but to review for the incoming college entrance exams..

....

2006-10-13T21:11:00.000-08:00

misplaced , lost, omitted, gone astray

hay Lord TABANG.

Experimento #1

2006-09-21T03:45:00.000-08:00

In this troubled world, or more apt, in the Philippine society, there is a wide variety of people who we can classify according to his or her personality. Hypothetically speaking, (at this point, I am visualizing myself picking up a pair of glasses, inserting a pencil above my ears and assuming to be a genius) the people in the Philippines can be sorted out by the way they dress, the way they talk, the way he or she expresses herself with the clothes he or she wears, the music that they listen to, the food that they eat, the possessions they have at hand.

Now, what actually is the classification of the people in our society? According to Dra. Maricon Montajes PhD, (Ha-ha, I love pretending to be a genius. Too bad you can't do anything about it. Nyenyenyenyene!) There are 5 classifications:

1. Povertus – These are the people who in our society, cannot provide for themselves and those who are beyond the poverty line. (God bless their souls, seriously)

2. Mediocrus – People who are plain ordinary. Citizens who we see walking along the streets, oblivious of whatnot the others are doing, or whatsoever the others are busy about. These are the people who we happen to sit beside the jeepneys, who we see eating quek-queks along the streets. Mediocrus people are people who are contented with the jobs they have, of the status of their life, of their careers but deep inside they have this feeling of wanting more to explore, to go out of the shell. But due to the satisfaction and the contentment that they already have (or maybe because of fear of losing the stability of their life) they would rather choose to be inside the shell.

3. Numbinus – Numbinus people are people who really don't give a shit about what's happening around them. They really don't care if Manny Paquiao sang another single and what effect this song would give to the economy of the country. For as long as they are given their regular pay-checks, and are able to eat at least 3 times a day, Numbinus people won't really care who you are or what you are because they are numb on the outside, numb on the inside.

4. Artistatus – Artistatus citizens are people whose monikers are recognized all around. Whether the entity is an actress, a politican, a director, a stunt man, a professional Gilette Blade eater – for as long as you make shitloads of moolah. Welcome pare to the Artistatus category.

5. Coñosus – Ahh.. What can I say? How can I depict this strange, strange entity? Well, just picture Rachel McAdams on her character in the movie Mean Girls. Make the hair curlier; make the make-up a little bit thicker, the way he or she talks – combine English and Filipino. Let the person talk more about fashion, what's the latest, what's hot and what's not. Let him or her be a little vainer. Coños are people who are well, ahmm, and the most difficult people to decipher because honestly, I cannot understand them. But I love to sarcastically make believe that I am one of them. (Am I too evil? Well of course I am. Kidding. The truth is, coños are very difficult for me and I apologize for having such minute openness with this kind of people.)

(Friends, that is just the introduction. I’m not yet really beginning on my REAL post.)

What is my hidden rationale for creating such introduction? Well, I just wanted to try out a new experiment. I would like to see how I would sound if I acted like a coño. Let’s see how far I can go (and how far I can stop myself from shooting myself). I will begin by talking about the life I had this week. Experiment starts now.

Oh my god. The week is so nakakapagod talaga. I hate this na. I can feel that my eye bags are getting larger and larger every day. Kainis kaya, kase those projects and those assignments that are given to us are talagang mabigat. Hmp! And the teachers are so insensitive talaga, they think robots kami where in fact mga princesses kami. We should be pampered! Grabe. I’m hating this na. Hmp! I hate you na talaga ma'am.

Anyway, you know what girls? The week is alright rin naman kase you know, I'm in love kase eh. Hihihihi. And even though the duties given to us are soooooooo mabigat, its fine naman eh kase I have my homies and girls out there who will help me. I’m sure the burden will all disappear like a bubble. Bubbles! You know, bubbles are cute. Hihihi. Its so nakakaaliw to see them float in the blue sky and pop all of a sudden. Ang cute talaga.

Speaking of pop, I really want to pop all my zits na. It's so making my face dirty and unpleasant kaya. Its all because of those puyats kase. Ayan tuloy, my beauty sleep is sira. But I cannot pop them naman because that is a major BEAUTY NO-NO. (That's why mga sis, don't ever pop your pimples ah, it'll cause blemishes to our gorgeous faces.) Haay, I'll let the tooth fairy make it disappear na lang.

Anywho, I can’t wait for the weekend na talaga. I WANNA GO SHOPPING! I wanna buy that new pair of shoes I saw kanina while walking along SM. Its so cute talaga. I think I've seen that shoes sa magazine. Super. Its so beautiful talaga.

Oh shoot. Its 11pm na pala. I have to sleep na.
BYE, take care mah homies and mah girlfrendzz.
Princess_Mariconie

Oh shoot. I think my nose is bleeding right now.

(For any violent reactions, hit the comment link below. Feedbacks are whole-heartedly welcomed. This post is for experimental purposes only. It is not meant to hit somebody, or written with the intention of destroying one's persona. Ito’y kuro-kuro at pampaaliw lamang).

Pag Ang Tao Nga Naman

2006-09-07T05:15:00.000-08:00

Last Sunday, the Modern Dance Group canvassed for costumes for the DACS competition which was held last Friday. Out of 11 participants, we were ranked the 2ND. OH YEAH.

And while roaming around the slums of Uyanguren, the China Town of Davao City looking for costumes to wear, we were startled to see streamers that were displayed around the building and then exploded into laughter after reading these:

JAGGING PANTS? nakow, its called a spell check my dear.

I asked Daniel to pose beside the COMOFLAGE BLOUSES.

I'm sure Manny Paquiao would love seeing these.

SEQUENCE? aling sequence? sequence of events?

Air SUPPY nga raw.

THE UP DHARMA DOWN EXPERIENCE

2006-08-26T06:33:00.000-08:00

This happened at AUG. 19, 2006 in line with the celebration of Davao's famous and renowned celebration THE KADAYAWAN. Two bands played before Up Dharma down. 1017 and The Chicha Rones. 1017 reminds me of Rocksteddy and Chicha Rones is well, sort of a pogi-rock band - AND they gladly admit it, too. Haha. Good for them, good for them. Both of the bands were really great. They really did a great job.

After the two bands, Up Dharma Down went down and dirty. And just as expected, the band did a superb job. Walang duda - they hypnotized us all. Everything was freaking awesome - the spellbinding uber beautiful voice or Armi Millare, the helluva bass riffs of Paul Yap (na talagang mahirap gayahin), electrifying guitars of Carlos Tanada (which were so fucking amazing. Sorry, i can't help but curse. Napakagaling kase nila.)And of course, can we ever forget the grandeur and the splendor of Ean Mayor's hard-to-beat drum pounding? It was so captivating to see them live. And I thought they won't play WE GIVE IN SOMETIMES, but they did. It was the last song they did. Just visualize the moment with these pictures. They speak for themselves. ENJOY.

Really wanted to bite her ears.

But I chose not to. Haha.

Ate Karen, Franz and my brader goofing around.

Franz, Camilla, Ako & Mon2x's hands.

Armi, Carlos and Ean (san si Paul?)

this picture is too dark. tsk.

i call this: the half-done photograph

I LOVE THIS: me and Camilla with Ean and Armi.

ME! trying to fit in.

more pictures HERE.

Nagkahiusang Katilingban: KADAYAWAN BEYBE

2006-08-20T03:13:00.000-08:00

This has got to be one of the BEST weekends in my entire life. EVER. Ok, I’m too bedazzled, dumbfounded, flabbergasted to talk about it. I’m just so happy because after everything that has happened to me – After I humiliated myself in front of the most important people in the school, my friends, and some of the people that I value most (PLEASE, I beg of you, just let me spare the details), when I almost lost the trust of the people that believed in me for a very long time, after almost slipping on the rope that I was exasperatedly holding on to, and when I thought that my all hope is lost, miraculously I was saved from indignity. Astounding turn of events followed and everything went to place. JUST LIKE THAT. Yeah, JUST LIKE THAT.

I seriously want to explain this to all of you, dear readers, in the most understandable and in the most logical narrative of the events that occurred, but oh my lordy, the words are stuck in between my gums and tongue! I badly, badly want to express this as much as I can, BUT OH MY LORD. I can’t. I’m on scarcity with words.

Now that much has been said about this INTERESTING turn of events in my shit-hole life, and by a twist of fate, THE KADAYAWAN FESTIVAL is up and is being celebrated. Its time to parteeeee!!!! Panahon na ng rakenrol, beybe.

First of, I loosen all the stress ties inside my over-fatigued body thru the supernatural powers of ROCK CONCERTS.

LET’S START OF WITH SANDWICH.

This is the second time I watched Sandwich play live. We arrived in the venue (USP) at about 6pm and bought tickets, made our way inside the line and entered. Woah, the place was crowded when we got in. And hypothetically speaking, I would have to say that the whole of the crowd was covered with:

1/6 of the fans of JOLINA MAGDANGAL
1/6 of the fans of CHRISTIAN BAUTISTA
1/6 of which are the sponsors and all those VIP shitheads (haha. I AM CRUEL)
1/6 of which are those people who didn’t have anything better to do but spent 50 pesos of Uniliver products
and
1/2 of which are rockers and SANDWICH fans, like me!

To sum them all up, it totals to one great helluva night. Well, at first it wasn't that great because I wasn't on the VIP seats (and if I was seated there, I'd call myself as a SHITHEAD to) plus Sandwich was the last set and I was to excited! Finally, Sandwich’s bus arrived and we wanted to approach them, we apprehended, but decided to go anyway.

We wanted to buy shirts from Sir Mike but sad to say, "Paubos na nga raw." Oh bollocks. But that was alright. I asked him to sign my 2 in 1 Sandwich Cd and Tugish Takish: Pedicab Cd. Sir Mike acknowledged my Cd’s and said that next time, he’d bring PEDICAB to play in Davao. Cool. I can't wait.

Next target: Sir Raims, Sir Diego, Ms. Maps. I asked them to ask my cd's and was even happier when Sir Raims agreed to sign my ERASERHEADS STICKERHAPPY! Oh yeah… oh yeahh.. Oh yeaaahhhhhh! I was so ashamed because I didn't realize that the person beside Sir Raims was DAN GIL of CHILITEES! Oh my lord. I was so mortified because I forgot that he was INDEED Dan Gil of Chilittes. Oh shit. Oh Shit.

As Sir Raims, Sir Diego and Ms. Maps were signing all my CD's, Sir Raims and Sir Dan were talking about something, (I think that was about my CD's, I think they were surprised that I had SO much Cd’s *this is just a guess you know* because honestly, I cannot decipher what they were talking about.) And then, Sir Dan Gil unzipped his bag, got something and spoke….

"Oh eto, sayo nah." I’m not so sure what the exact words were said, but, who gives a shit? HE GAVE ME A…. A…. GUESS WHAT?

CHILLITEES EXTRA RICE ALBUM.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHH YEEEAAAAHHH.

And Sandwich hasn't even started playing yet. Oh, do I love this night or what?

Save for the security guards who dragged us out of the bleachers where the band was staying. And so we left, and sat on the ground and waited for Jolina Magdangal to finish her set.

And after her set….
Sandwich begins to fix their instruments. AND THERE WAS NO WAY I WILL WATCH THE SHOW with some stinking barrier blocking my way. So what did we do? We sneaked and sat on the VIP seats near the right side of the stage. Dun, na… RAKENROL HANGGANG UMAGA.
Sir Mong wasn't there. Too bad. Sir Dan took over him with his magical vintage synthesizers - which still was equally hot.

And another fulfilling deed for me, because I was starting to get pissed with the security guards, them always blocking our way, I decided to play with them a little. When Sandwich sang 2 TRICK PONY (I love this song) I danced in front of the security guard and I was pretending to be oblivious and as much as possible trying to appear so sabog so that they'll get sick of me dancing in front of them. And once again, it turned out to be a success. Oh yeah. HAHAHAHA. I love this night.

After the show, (which was obviously bitin) we rushed to the bleachers to get a picture of them, with us, and sad to say, they were escorted to the building (that I don't know what was called). We waited. And with a quirk Sir Mike went out and I asked him if we could get a picture. He answered yes and he'll look for his missing bag first. Ang bait talaga. Even he lost his bag; he still managed to take a picture with us. A million thanks to you and I hope you found your bag already.

So we left the venue after taking a picture with him with the biggest smile I had in my face. The biggest.

ABANGAN: THE UP DHARMA DOWN EXPERIENCE.
MORE SANDWICH PICTURES HERE

daig mo pa ang ahas!

2006-08-11T06:53:00.000-08:00

I love this song, so much. I'm having the last song syndrome right now. Ayos ito, astig. yun lang, wala akong masabi. Excited ako for the KADAYAWAN because up dharma down (finally) will visit here, and as well as SANDWICH! yippee! OBRIGADO!

Doble Kara
Greyhoundz

Abot ng kamay sabay yakap
Bulungan "kamusta na kaibigan?
Ayos ba tayo jan?" tapik sa
Balikat sabay kindat" ingat
Nag-aalala lang" kala mo
Meron nga siyang pakialam pero
Pagkatalikod kanya-kanyang
Gawaan ng kwentong sino ang
Bida sino ang lamang kanya-
Kanyagn siraan 'alam mo ba yan
Si ganyan supot yan! mas astig
Ako jan!" at kung makatawa
Kala mo ang lupit lupit niya't
Magaling sa lahat kaso ikaw na
Nakangiting nakikinig huwag ka
Ng manghusga ano ba naman
Ang pinagkaiba natin sa kanila..

Nakakalimot nadudulas
Napupuno pero nagmamahal..
Nakakalungkot nakakatawa tao
Lang pero minsan.. daig mo pa
Ang ahas anong klaseng mukha
Kaya suot mo bukas daig mo pa
Ang ahas kaninong pwet kaya
Hahalikan mo bukas

Yan ka na naman kumakamada
Di ka na nahiya nagpupumilit
Makisiksik sa kahit di mo lungga
Di mo butas para maging pabigat
Manira managasa't magpahirap
Ng kapwa balimbing na
Kumakapit sa kung sino lang
Ang mainit ngunit maskadiri't
Masmabaho ka pa sa basura
Kapag naubusan pagkatapos
Mong mabusog ay tinatangay na
Ng hangin kung sa bagay.. para
Saan ba naman daw ang kaibigan
Kung hindi mo rin siya gagamitin

Nakakalimot nadudulas
Napupuno pero nagmamahal..
Nakakalungkot nakakatawa tao
Lang pero minsan.. daig mo pa
Ang ahas anong klaseng mukha
Kaya suot mo bukas daig mo pa
Ang ahas kaninong pwet kaya
Hahalikan mo bukas
Sinasayawan sinasabayan ang
Ihip at sipol ng hangin.

Nasilaw sa ilaw na dala ng
Panahon.. nakisawsaw sa balita
Para lang masabing andun siya
Nakiluksa sa drama ng iba
Kunwari naluha pa reklamo ng
Reklamo gagong di naman
Pumaparehas bidang bidang
Nakikisakay sa galing ng ibang
O-ats

Daig mo pa
Ang ahas anong klaseng mukha
Kaya suot mo bukas daig mo pa
Ang ahas kaninong pwet kaya
Hahalikan mo bukas
Sinasayawan sinasabayan ang
Ihip at sipol ng hangin

By the way, Reg Rubio is HOT! I've been listening to Greyhoundz, Queso, Nyco Maca and Point Click Kill lately. Slaman na to!

the hot Reg Rubio

and their infectious music.

VIVA EL GUGMA. Yawa ka.

2006-08-10T06:57:00.000-08:00

The truth is, I really don't like raving about love, about what's not and what's sizzling hot about my love life the same goes as reading about *the topic who must not be named* on other blogs (but I'm not telling you to stop writing about this alleged "LOVE" as you may call it. Ignore me, really). BUT I cannot help it. There's really this big hubbub inside my mind, and I really have to shout it out to the world (at least not to the world but to the ONLINE world, and to the people who gives a shit about my blog) about this so-called love. So I leave the decision to you. If you decide to desert this blog of mine, well, at least I'll know why you won't dwell and read (for a very obvious reason that maybe, you don't like reading *the topic who must not be named* as well). Maybe we have the same circumstances – Phooey love. But if you can still hold it, well then read on and I bid you good luck.

It all starts with this one guy. Shit, it ALWAYS starts with one guy. Why does it always start with one guy? Why, in all circumstances, does it include the opposite sex?

Actually, this guy – is the exact opposite of the "ideal" guy that I would imagine to exist. He's picky, he's annoying, and he doesn't seem to care about what he says (even when what he says can really prick you in the eye.). His ego is as fragile as a one-ply tissue paper. He has this big annoying voice and when he starts picking on someone, he really picks hard. Hard core, man. Seriously. And with everything that was said above, who would want to be with this guy? YES, I may sound a little cruel (at sa lahat ng mga nakakakilala, o nakahahalata o may hinala na, paalala, WALANG PANGALAN ang nabanggit). But its partly true.

Everything changed with one simple conversation. I thought to myself, "Hey, this guy isn't really all that. May soft side pala ang gago." Then, as the movies would predictably go, the first conversation was followed by another conversation and followed by another, then another, and another, and well, you know the drill.

Undesirably, I fell for the wrong guy at a very wrong time. How pathetic. But there isn't really anything I can't do. The same as what they usually say, "WHEN THE HEART DICTATES, THE HEAD FALLS TO SILENCE." I really can't say that I love him already, but yeah, he's stuck in my head and I can’t seem to let him out of my sight. Plus, he’s at the same school, so practically the heavens are all right with this one. But I can’t still get over the fact that he – the one I used to resent so much – has complete control over me.

If you would disregard the part of the story where Eedom realizes that he has feelings for this guy, you might probably say that yes, we are friends. The amity was never an issue between the two of us. We hang out, because we are in the studying at the same school and share a lot of common interests. What hurts me so is that some people REALLY DO CHANGE, and when they change, they change not for the better but for worse. The big question mark on my face was never erased. I still couldn't get why he has changed. He seemingly ignores me and passes by me like the alliance wasn't formed at all. Its not like I'm demanding some attention from him or whatnot a friend must do to his friends, but the thought that he’s suddenly giving me the cold shoulder – whats up with that? So me and my girlfriends came up with the assumption that boys are such dumbasses (Nah, that was wholly me). Why do boys tend to ignore the past? I’m not generalizing everything here, alright. I speak for myself. Sayang kase ang pinagsamahan eh, kung biglaan lang na mawala. Yun ang punto ko, napakasayang eh.

So to sum up everything, his whole love-shit is making me sick. I must say, and quote, THAT I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired. But as ironic as it may seem, I still tend to smile whenever he is around. I don't know why, but the "giddy-mushy" feeling is all over me each time he's around. *YUCK*. Haha. I'm actually quite confusing you ano? Infatuation, love or puppy love, whatever this is, this has got to stop for the reason that I'm already acting like a dim-witted person. Nevertheless, this can go on and on because for the reason that it makes me happy.

VIVA EL GUGMA. Yawa ka.

A Very Long Post

2006-07-24T05:53:00.000-08:00

PART 1:

We were asked to write a descriptive essay for the subject English about the topic that is Is frequently used: MYSELF. Since I can't consider anything agreeable to post, I think it would be a good idea to write my essay. (I can’t say that this is really a descriptive essay but, its worth a shot).

Hello. My name is Maricon Montajes. I am pure Filipina and proud of it. 16 years old, the eldest in the family. I Have Filipina-brown skin, Brown short hair, hazel brown eyes, and unfortunately only 4'9" tall (yes, it’s sad – but I like to think otherwise). There's really nothing special about me. I am just one of those ordinary young people who you see walking along the streets wearing ordinary garments, wandering with ordinary shoes, taking a bath using ordinary shampoos, conditioners, soaps, eating very ordinary food similar to isaw, quek-quek, fish ball and etc. I converse ordinarily and frankly, there's really really really nothing special about me.
Funny though, because as I speak, I speak very ordinarily but the catch is that when it comes to talking about me, my mouth and my mind collide just like Bonnie and Clyde does. Words uncontrollably discharge and sputter from my mouth. So let the sputtering begin!

When it comes to my hobbies, there are a lot to share about. But truth be told, there's really one thing that I'm passionate about. That is music. I have been listening to music since God knows when. I remembered the first music album I bought was Alamis Morisette's Jagged Little Pill. I was about 5 years old at that time. I love to listen to all sorts of music, from modern rock to classic rock to reggae to electronica to ska to hiphop. If there’s one thing that I’m good at, I think its music. Someday, I would like to have a job that’s somehow intertwined with music.

Some of my hobbies include playing the guitar, reading, and having heart to heart and real conversations with real people. I also love to watch movies. I love watching documentaries and someday, I will learn how to make them. I love to learn new things that I’m interested about. I am not hard to please and I appreciate different kinds of art – because art is self expression. I can laugh with you about anything anytime. Anybody can talk to me about anything. I am not one of those stereotype girls who love to look at themselves, who thinks about the latest Gucci collection and who thinks that Paris Hilton is a goddess. I like to eat and I don’t get fat. (Thank God). I am independent and most of the time; I like to isolate myself from people to get in touch with myself. I am very optimistic and well, I am a happy-go-lucky person. I like to think that life exists for us to celebrate and not for us to dread. I really love to have independence and I want to decide for myself. When I expect too much, I don’t like to get disappointed. I am funny yet silent at times. I am a frustrated writer, poet and photographer. Right now I’m dying for focus, motivation, knowledge and thick-crust pizza.

PART 2:

I was tagged by nobody else but:
Lounga

Instructions: Name ten (10) of life's simple pleasures that you like the most, then pick ten (10) people to do the same. Try to be original and creative and not to use things that someone else has already used.

In no particular order:

1. PIZZA. There's nothing more than to chillax, grab the first soft drink in can you can put your hands to and lunge on the couch while watching DVDs eating the stuffiest, cheesiest, hammiest, largest and the thickest crust pizza that was just delivered earlier. The heat of the freshly baked pizza caused its smoke to rise up from its box oozing its way through your nose, teasing you slowly yet passionately. Imagine the pizza covered with pepperoni, onions, beef and more cheese. Its so good that even Diether Ocampo won't resist it.

2. CD'S. I certainly have an eargasm for CD's. There's really something about these doughnut-shaped discs that I cannot resist. Yes, its an expensive collection (for a mere high school student) but I can't repel myself from buying them. Maybe because its my obsession? NO- make that PASSION.

3. MILK CHOCOLATE. My oasis, my refuge, my comfort food. It's what I eat when I'm down, depressed and miserable. Whenever I’m down in the dumps, I find sanctuary and shelter on this white-coated fatty and carbohydrate-ty food.

4. SOLO TRIP. It's what I'm fond of, really. I like to travel alone and test my wits on this great urban jungle of Davao City. Traveling alone doesn't mean that I prefer to be alone and detest people who I am dependent with or people who I am usually with *barkada, close friends*. Compensation can be found on isolation, there is independence, frEEDOM, and most of all, you will learn how to love yourself and trust yourself. Seriously.

5. ELY, RAIMUND, MARCUS, BUDDY. The power four who graduated from UP who motivated each and everyone of us (including me, OF COURSE!) to pick our guitars and learn how to rock and roll. The tandem of four who heightened ORIGINAL PINOY MUSIC. If not for them, Sandwich wouldn't be here, Pupil wouldn't exist, and Twisted Halo wouldn't subsist. Salamat sa walang humpay na ligaya.

6. GUITARS AND BASS GUITARS. I really, really want to get serious in playing the guitar and bass guitar. But it seems that fate would not allow me to do so. How cruel. But ok lang. I know there will be a perfect time for me when I can hone my skills and play better.

7. SOUNDTRIPPING. Three words: RELAX, BLISS and RESOLVED. Need I to say more?

8.THE BEACH. I have always dreamed of settling on the beach after everything in my life has been settled, finished, and kapooshed. There’s nothing more than to feel the heat of the soothing rays of the sunrise. There's nothing more than to unwind on the shore, sipping hot cocoa or mango juice while enjoying the view of the waves splashing towards the shore. I have also wanted to try water sports like surfing, skimming and scuba diving. And of course, would I be able to resist snorkeling – my only access to witness the beauty of the Caribbean?

9. DVD. I love watching movies. Whether its art films, documentaries, indie, animations, thrillers, horror, chick-flicks, comedy, romantic comedy, heavy drama – NAME It, I'll watch it.

10.ISAW AND BINIGNIT. I miss eating ISAW! Its been a long time since I last ate Isaw. What is Isaw? For those who don't know what Isaw is: Isaw is chicken intestine grilled on flamed charcoal marinated on barbeque sauce. It may appear disgusting but it really tastes good. What is Binignit? It’s a local cuisine composed of gabi, banana, ube, sago, gata, and so much more. I miss eating these!

I won't tag anyone and anyone can freely answer this without any apprehension at all!

bring back..

2006-07-17T04:48:00.000-08:00

I miss days like this. Endless summer nights. The zombie-like hours of sleeping. Late nights because of watching TV. More sound tripping. More food tripping. More movie marathons. Less burdens. Less stress, more bliss.Walang humpay na ligaya.Haay. Can somebody give me a break? ANYONE? ANYBODY?

SUNDRY:

And so I’ve heard that Manny Paquiao is going to have his OWN concert. WTF? What the hell is going on in his mind? Are these side-effects after he got out of the hospital due to a “TUMMYACHE”? Oh my. What are the people going to see? Him singing “para sayu ang laban na tu..” on and on again? Now I won’t flabbergasted if the next headline on the news will be: JINKY, MANNY PACMAN PAQUIAO’S WIFE – ALBUM TURNS PLATINUM.

From now on, address me as CAPTAIN JACK SPARROW or EEDOM. Maricon is slashed-out. Orayt? ALAVET!

Ola! I welcome myself back.

2006-07-15T04:31:00.000-08:00

I HAVE RETURNED. After almost a month of being out of the online world, I AM BACK - DEFINITELY back. What did I miss? What happened during my absence? My apologies for not recalling to update my blogbecause I was busy as a bee. There were a lot of things that happened to me during my "rest". So many things occurred during my absence, I don’t know where to start. I guess the smartest thing to do to catch up is to start where I left things. So where did I end? Ahh.. oo nga pala.

The first day of school. There's only one word to describe the first day of school. SHET. I arrived at school with a not-so-pleasant-mood. The hype in meeting the whole barkada, classmates, and discover who my classmates were was gone. I felt so numb and agitated that the excitement was eaten up by the restlessness I felt. Maybe it was due to the lack of sleep, or maybe because I was still adjusting to the new "ENVIRONMENT". (new environment, eh?). Basta, I know you get what I mean. It's not like i'm the only one experiencing the so called "First- Day High Blues" – or am I?
CLASS AND CLUB ELECTIONS. If you, dear reader, would happen to stay inside our school campus for the whole week of club campaigns and election, I swear and guarantee you that you could feel the pressure and the heat of the elections. I don't know what the fuck my batch mates have with each other because they seem to look so gung ho and aggressive in running for the position they wanted to be voted in. I too, admittedly was running for some positions in some clubs and inside the class, but I never allowed myself to step on someone else. I never permitted myself to compete with others with regards to the officer ships and never in my ENITRE life did I ask for power. All I wanted was to serve and function as a great student leader. But what happened inside the whole of that week was a great mumbo jumbo. Students betraying each other, or if not, talking behind ones back. Thank God that week is OVER. As in WAY over. So yesterday, so yesterday. By the way highway, I don’t mean to brag alright but I’m so happy because I won as the CLASS PRESIDENT (for straight 5 yrs, since grade 6), SOCIAL STUDIES CLUB PRESIDENT AND STUDENT COORDIANTING COUNCIL V. PRES. (congrats beh).
Friking Physics. When I was still in 3rd year, I asked some of my friends in the 4th year: "Is Physics harder than Chemistry?" They would answer, "No, Physics is much EASIER." Good. Now I shouldn't have a hard time dealing with Physics. I shouldn't have a hard time analyzing every question, scrutinizing every single bit of information I know from the subject that was said to be easy-RIGHT? WRONG! FRIKIN WRONG. ABSOLUTELY WRONG! It’s the total opposite. The harder I try to understand, comprehend and appreciate the subject, the harder the subject gets for me to understand. I don’t know, but I suspect 2 things: Its either I hate Physics or Physics hates me. What do you think?
Song Composition Contest. Almost all the highschool students are busy with everything-from projects to tests to quizzes to class presentations, to requirements and in particular, the Song Composition Contest that’s all about our dear foundress (Ano ba ang bago). So far, we've improved from 2 to 6. Not bad at all.

So to make the story short, my whole life as of now is basically highlighted with school events, school happenings, school affairs – name it. So don’t expect me to post about me meeting Johnny Depp anytime soon. Or at least I could pretend. Uunahan ko na kayo, I won’t promise to update my blog on an everyday basis, but I’ll promise to update it from time to time. Ok? Good. Alavet. OBRIGADO!

taggeeeng taggeeeng!

2006-06-16T18:17:00.000-08:00

maelounga tagged me.

INSTRUCTIONS:
1. The tagged victim has to come up with 8 different descriptions of their perfect lover.
2. He/she needs to mention the sex/gender of their perfect lover.
3. He/she must tag 8 more people to join this game and leave a comment on their respective sites anouncing that theyve been tagged.
4. If tagged a second time, theres no need to post again.

hmmm.. personally, if i would have to describe that "perfect lover" then probably, that "perfect lover" wouldm't actually exist! haha. nobody's really that perfect. and i won't tag any more people.

i'm going to update formally soon as possible. things have been really hectic at school. and take note, its been only two weeks since the first day of class. so bear with me.

what kind of rocker am I?

You Are an Indie Rocker!

You are in it for the love of the music...
And you couldn't care less about being signed by a big label.
You're all about loving and supporting music - not commercial success.
You may not have the fame and glory, but you have complete control of your career.

What Kind of Rocker Are You?

The Imminent Days Are Hell

2006-06-04T04:20:00.000-08:00

Here's the shit:

Its only 11 approximate hours (and freaking counting) until the very first hour of our class. Holy Heat! What wickedness! What Evilness! What Immorality! This is unacceptable. What an outrage! Bullocks! Bloody hell. (Ok I know, I know. I'm actually exaggerating and i'm over-reacting..... BUT I CAN'T HELP IT!)

First Day Of SCHOOL: WHAT'LL BE LIKE? My envisage will be: (cue - first day high: kamikazee)

* The flag ceremony will not be only long and agonizing, it'll be also boring and noisy beacuse the administration will give those long and elongated speeches about the first day of school, our aims, to get better grades, and more shitty-things.

* They'll be introducing new faculty members beginning with the preschool to the highschool to the non- faculty members, to the maintenance members... and the list goes on. (And we really have to clap everytime the principal introduces one person. So that's a round of applause per person, with the exact ratio of 100:1)

Am I that cruel? Nah, I'm just really not in the mood for the whole back-to-school-craze-whimmy-mood. But i'll keep my hopes up for some sprirt-boosting event, person, or whatnot to get me in my the whole back to school entourage. Wishfully thinking that all the gods, goddess, saints, miracle healers, albularyos, and Zhang Ziyi will pray for me.

PS: i'm sorry if sound so sarcastic in this ppost. I feel like i'm a spoiled brat while writing this piece. I just can't believe that summers OFFICIALLY, FORMALLY, LEGITIMATELY, AUTHORITATIVELY, LEGALLY, RIGHTFULLY, and all the other adjectives you can think of relating to those mention above is O-V-E-R.
There will be a humungous adjustment with my lifestyle now that school's up. No more late night watching TV, puyatan, no more Totoo TV (i'm definitely gonna miss Ariel with a capital "A" and Maverick only), no more dokyu, disney channel, no more beaches, snorkeling and so much more. If i'll go on, there'll be an infinte enummeration of reasons why I can't leave my summer behind. Its just that i was so attached with THIS summer and i'm not prepared to accept the truth that its OVAAAAHHH. But i'll try to learn to soak the truth in just a matter of like, HOURS?! Haha. And the truth is, i don't want to start the school year as a worrywart, being so pessimistic is so not like me.

The city lights
Everything so fast.
Tranquiltiy's gone astray
The sun has cried into gray
The waters had gone down low
The skies are in sorrow
The stars are in grief
Why can't we just take it slow?
I want to take it slow.

Adieu Summer, Till Then

2006-06-02T05:28:00.000-08:00

This is it? Two and a half months of vacation, and that's it?

This summer is going to an end. And believe it or not, This was the shortest sunmmer I had in the whole of my 16 years in this troubled planet. I wasn't able to do all of the things that I wanted to do for summer. Too bad. I am upset because the summer didn't permit me to make this summer one of those memorable ones, the ones that you can, without a doubt, brag to your friends upon arriving to school at the very first day of the first week of school. And isn't it evident that I am disappointed beacuse within this paragraph I have mentioned the word SUMMER 7 times? (including THIS summer.)

This summer, it was only possible for me to do the following:

(These are listed by month starting from March to May)

Went around the school and tried to catch up with those damn teachers and administartors who were listed on the Students Clearance just to get them sign for the whole class so that we can go to 4th year high school. (Yes I did THIS during summer.)
Called my classmates and texting them 24/7 to pass their requirements, go to school and finish their unfinished businesses so that I can let the damn teachers and administrators sign the clearance. (Unbelievable? Believe it.)
Tried to forget someone. (NOW I REMEMBERED HIM AGAIN! SHOOT!)
Joined the Crusaders/First responder training.
Learned how to do 2-man's carry, 3-man's carry, lover's carry, fireman's carry, fireman's drag.
Learned how to first aid bandage.
Ate lunch that's worth 11 pesos only. (HUWAW!)
Discovered my phobia for dolls.
Had a band and played bass guitar.
Graduated the training and became an official First Responder.
Loved UP DHARMA DOWN.
Had a 2 days-2 nights GSP camping.
An absoultely free overnight stay in Paradise Island for Valer's (my kabarkada) birthday.
TOTAL PUNK-SKA-OLD SCHOOL-NEW SCHOOL sound trip.
Attened a beach party of one of my closest friend-slash-neighbor.
Got nostalgic.
Forgot that someone.
Had professional lessons on Bass Guitar.
Had lunch with myself for almost 3 weeks inside the mall.
Learned to love photography.
Eager to learn how to draw.
Wrote bad poetry.
Joined a flip-flop making contest for Bannana Peal at SM.
Out of 92 participants, I was chosen to be in the consolatoion winners for the flip-flop contest.
50% free overnight stay in Isla Reta.
Got dark beacause of swimming too much in Isla Reta.
My father arrived from Abu Dhabi.
Watched Bamboo and Urbandub Live at Smart Buddy Hot Summer.
Went to the beach again for one last "HIRIT" with my family.
Snorkled like I never snorkled in my entire life.

Yun lang! yun lang! sobrang konti lng ng nagawa ko ngayong summer! arrgghh..

(I Hope you realize that i'm actually speaking in actual total opposite. Honestly, this was one of the summers that i'll never forget. Memorable and irreplacable.

Isla Reta Misadventures

2006-06-01T01:06:00.000-08:00

This is just one of the things that make me so lucky having friends who have political bloodlines, who are filthy rich, money loaded and so much more. Once again, I was lucky enough to go to an overnight stay on Isla Reta, at Talikud Island Samal Davao City. And it was all expenses paid, dude! (Well, except for the transportation and food.) So make that 50 % expenses paid. I went there with some of my close friends Camilla (the island owner), Wing, Franz and Stuart and Manong Ading our chaperone (courtesy of Camilla again.).

Misadventures Part 1

The call time was 8:30, but knowing myself, I went out of the house late – AGAIN. So when I arrived at Sta. Ana Port, Camilla said that the first boat that we were supposed to ride on left before us because I was late and they didn't want to leave me behind. We were supposed to travel at exactly 10 am, but because I was late, we were able to leave Davao City at 12:30 lunch time – a very critical time, because in that time, stomachs are burbling for food. (Oops, my bad.) But it wasn't really all my fault. Mom had a part of it, too. Because she was so concentrated and rigorous on exercising her butt, facing the TV, dancing and sweating all over the living room, (man, don't let me go into the details) the pocket money that I needed wasn't given to me at likely time. It was so time-consuming that I was able to go out of the house late. When I arrived at the boat (in Davao we call it the Lantsa, pronounced as lan-cha), I apologized for acting so selfish, not thinking of them waiting, while I was moving at a snail's pace. After everything that was said, we called it quits and decided not to start that way for vacation. They weren't actually angry at me, they just wanted to shoot me dead, wrap me in a black garbage bag and throw me into the sea so that the sharks can freely eat me. Kidding.

Upon arriving….

After almost 2 extensive and partly boring hours of waiting for the lansta to instigate, and roughly an hour and a half of journeying on the surface of the sea, finally, we arrived at our destination, TALIKUD ISLAND. Talikud Island, as I imagined in my mind was a mountain-ey, coconut-ey, sort of isolated place but much to my surprise, the place was a developed suburb, but in a simpler and humble approach compared to that of Davao City. The resort was only a walk away now that we've arrived at the island. Under the heat of the scourging sun, we walked, in the company of large bags at our back, sleeping bags on the right hand and guitar on the left. Because we were so pretty and sexy at that time, EHEM-EHEM, we overheard locals speaking "Taga ABS-CBN man yan sila". Hey dude, Kapuso ako. Nyahaha. Funny though, because while walking a very unusual event that we usually see on local TV, especially on the movies (how ironic) happened to us. Men carrying a white coffin were approaching us! Seriously. Everyone started to freak out. "Hulugan niyo ng Piso, hulugan niyo!" I kept on saying to them. I don't know if you heard of the superstitious belief that every time the dead happen to pass by you, one should throw a coin at them so as to drive death away from you. I don't know how factual the belief is, but because I was freaked out, I believed in it anyway. When the coffin was REALLY coming close to us, Mang Ading led us to a small alley where some of his friends were hiding from the coffin (see, even grown-ups get scared of coffins.) After some grueling minutes of waiting for it to pass, at last it was out of our way.

Misadventures Part 2

And FINALLY (eto na talaga) we took our first step inside the gates of ISLA RETA. Friends, its one small step for men, and a big leap for the future. My first impression? Well, picture this:

When I entered it, the first thing that caught my attention was the tall, booming heights of the pine trees and the green Bermuda grass. A few steps away from our cottage, are some kiosks where you can just chill around and eat eat eat – all the way. We also caught glimpse of animals walking around like we never existed. Dogs, lambs, chickens, cats, name them. And some few steps from the kiosks are, GASP, (this is really it) THE WHITE SAND AND THE PEACEFUL CRYSTAL-CLEAR WATERS of the BEACH. As soon as I saw the beach, suddenly the heat of the sun disappeared (it was already 2:00 p.m that time). Even when I was only watching it, I can already feel the cooling sensation of the sea. We couldn't just watch the beach without taking a picture! This was one hell of a "kodakan" moment. Afterwards, Mang Ading called us for some late lunch.
After fulfilling our tummy-needs, Mang Ading and Camilla offered to tour us around the resort. We went to some rocky portions near the shore. The water there was the clearest and the coolest. We explored and climbed the rocks and, of course, took some pictures. I found some shards of charcoal atop the border of the resort and vandaled my name on it.

Mang Ading also took us hiking, where it acquired us to climb a mountain that fortunately led us to a small cave. We were already sweating like pigs, but we didn't mind it. We were there for some fun. I was so excited to enter the cave, because it was my first time to enter one. Mang Ading told us that the cave was probably used as a shelter from the World War II decades ago.

After walking and hiking s'more, we were determined to hit the B-E-A-C-H! We were swimming and snorkeling, we swam s'more and snorkeled s'more. We caught some starfishes and placed one on top of the other. Yeaaaahhhh…. Yes we did. And if you’re scientific enough, I’m sure you’ll understand us. Ssh, it’s a secret. Sa mga bisaya, kasabot mo ani bah. Grabe kayo ang starfish. Sa gi ingun pa ni Franz, na-utgan jud daw ug maayo ang starfish bah. Oh, karon nakasabot namo? Sa mga hindi bisaya, pasensya na po. Stuart was also brave enough to catch some "bat". I don’t know what is the English term for this creature but it's the one with long, straight bodies and it somewhat resembles an eel, an intestine and a sea snake. It's green, brown or sandy-white. And its icky – that is for me, of course. But we had fun playing with these creatures and I hope they had fun playing with us, too. Hehe.

Misadventures Part 3

Nighttime came; the place was dark because there were only few lamp posts around. After everyone took their turns in taking a bath and cleaning themselves, we ate dinner and got our sleeping bags, ran towards the shore with food, flashlights, candles in our hands and had what we so-called a "night picnic" or our "ritual" We were fighting against our will that it will begin to rain, because of the typhoon Caloy and Davao City was experiencing rain. How did we know? The thunder and the lightning happening in Davao were amazingly visible on the shore. It was like watching a tragedy movie, like Twister, on a very large screen – The skies. Fortunately Mother Nature was celebrating with us that time, and thank goodness, it didn't rain on the island. We felt some droplets of rain (very small) but it didn't bother us. Hence, on with the fiesta! We sang songs from the Eraserheads and Parokya Ni Edgar, I played it on the guitar, and the rest sang with the tune. We jammed and got nostalgic. They did Kitkat. Stuart dared us not to sleep until morning, and so we tried. We pigged out, ate junk food, green mangoes with bagoong, singuelas, and water. What a good combination. Still they did Kitkat. "Have a break, have a kitkat". Hehe. We played Ice Breaker 2. Everyone took turns in selecting questions, reading them aloud to the gang and answering them with all their hearts. I still remembered one card that I chose from the large selection:

"What advice will you give in achieving your dreams?"

My answer: Simple lang, Never, even your mother, father, family, ANYBODY stop you from accomplishing your dreams. Nobody has the right to take away the most important thing that what you think will make you happy for the rest of your life. Hey, you only get to live once, unless you gamble with Lucifer of course. And I’m sure you will never want to live your life questioning yourself, asking "what if?" , "If only?" & "if I could turn back time I would..." Now, do you want that? Of course you wouldn't.

Ill-fatedly, my eyes wouldn't want to cooperate, and so were the eyes of my companions. One by one we started to close our eyes. Camilla starting it first, followed by Franz, and then me. We slept for about 1 hour and then because then Stuart and Joanna were beginning to be bummed being the only two who survived, they intentionally set their cell phones into Loud Mode. How immoral. What wickedness. What evil. Unfortunately for us and fortunately for them, we were awakened by such iniquity. So that our sleepness-ness (if there is such a word) will vanish, Stuart read our kapalaran, our future, with his handy-dandy Tarot Cards. However, that didn't actually do the job; we still fell asleep after a few hours. Even Stuart, an insomniatic, fell asleep, but just for a few minutes. We were awakened by the rays of the sun. Just in time for the sun to rise. Everybody woke up as they felt the heat of the sun streaked onto their bodies. It was a sight to see. Just across the shore were mountains of the island in the front, and as the sun rose, rays of light came out streaking from the back of the mountains, just like those on the movies. You cannot miss to give out a smile when you see it. Although we lack sleep and were hungry at the same time, seeing the sun rise gave us a feeling of relief. Its beauty helped us to be able to release all the negative feelings inside. Even a million of CD's couldn’t replace the beauty of it. It was, beyond description, Beautiful.

Misadventures Part 4

After being spellbinded by the beauty of the sunrise, we fixed our things, slowly and surely. Mang Ading offered us hot chocolate before we indulged again into the water. Once we were finished wallowing under water, we ate breakfast and then cleaned ourselves. I don't know what actually happened but everyone was knocked-out to sleep. I guess we were asleep for about 3 hours because when we woke up, Mang Ading made us eat our lunch. The lantsa that we were supposed to ride on back home was scheduled to leave at 3pm, so after eating, we packed our stuff back and walked again in the barrio and sat on the most relaxing position upon arriving the lantsa because for all you know, traveling back home is the most gruesome part of vacation. The overnight stay was a blast. I surely had fun and it’s good that I was able to come with my friends because I got to know them much better and bonded with them to the core. It was 2 days of fun, 2 days of memories, and 2 days of summer loving.

more pictures at soundandsynergy.multiply.com

Flea is in the market

2006-05-28T01:41:00.000-08:00

I LOVE THIS GUY ::

Do you know who he is? DO YA? DO YA? He is currently the love of my life Michael Balzary also known as FLEA of the famous, ingenious, too hard to resist alternative funk band THE RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS. After watching their latest video Dani California again and again on MTV, you might probably think that i'll outgrow this video. You might probably think that i'll get bored with it after being able to watch it again and again. But NOOOOOO i didn't! I actually fell in love with the video and fell in love with Flea more. And after watching them on MTV as they "JAMMED" a certain skating event, I fell in love with them more more MORE!

From Australia to New York to Los Angeles, this dynamic, savvy bass guitar player is admittedly brilliant in his craft. His energy during live performances is uberly contagious, and though very hyper, I believe without a doubt that he is the best bass player that I have ever seen in my entire life, but locally, I would still look up to Mr. Buddy Zabala (former bassist of The Eraserheads, current bassist of The Dawn, Dong Abay, Cambio) He started playing the bass guitar at he age 17 (so this means that its not actually bad to start practicing in a not-so-early age. Good). And would you believe me that Flea once did not like rock and roll music? Uh-huh , its true. Flea first sought out to be a jazz player because he is in fact also plays a trumpet player and he also plays drums! Isn't he brilliant?

A humorous guy that he is, did you also know that he turned down an offer from one of his idols John Lydon of the Sex Pistols just to concentrate on the Red Hot Chili Peppers with Athony Kiedis and the rest of the band. (Which I think was a good move. Look at the success of RDCP now?) Since Blood Sugar Sex Magik came out from the market, I have been a fan. I wasn't able to buy that album because when releasing that album( 1991), I was only a year old (and how am I sposed to buy an album at the age of one?) but when I grew up, I became familiar with the songs in the mentioned album. Now with their latest album Stadium Arcadium Flea's bass riffs are hotter than ever. I still haven't bought the album yet, but i'm sure i'm gonna get one!

SNIZZLE!

2006-05-07T03:41:00.001-08:00

first blog gonna update soon!
ciao!