SnowMAN

Merry Christmas :)

pak - yaw vs. dela hopya

Haneeeeeeeeep! Alam kong maraming magsusulat na tungkol dito. Subalit hindi maipaliwanag ang saya ng iyong tagumpay.Muli, ang sambayanang Filipino ay nagpupugay at taas noong bumabati at nagagalak sa iyong pagkakapanalo.

Mabuhay ka Manny at huwag nang mag ambisyong maging politiko!

PR104

Many asked whether I'm excited or not. And I answer them nonchalantly with a thundering NO! Why would I be? Uh, maybe because it said to be the DREAM, well, not my dream ergo - excited I'm not. And not that I didn't care. As a matter of fact, I enjoy the schadenfreude of all these happenings all for free! 

Boo!

J and I were in FullyBooked  Last Saturday dilly dallying - not. The reason for which I cannot divulge. 

I swear I can live in that place, 5 floors of literary marvels - classics, contemporaries, the indigenous, manga, and so much more. 

Anyway, upon egress I saw the most horrible creature our Senate has ever known. She's not just horrible because she  looks like Pong Pagong (Pong would not even wanted to be associated with such despicable entity, I'm sure! LOL), but because she is beyond dumb. Boba, intregera, gahaman, walang kwenta, puta! 

But hey, this is an opportunity of a life time. While it was frightening at first because of her bodyguards, I mustered enough courage to Boo! the Boba, not just once nor twice - but I think 5 times. I was there, descending in an escalator towards the abominable Boba Senadora, looking at her with utmost disgust - and Boo boo boo boo boo. 

One of my proudest moments. LOL.

To treat myself and spread the elation, I bought my siblings a dozen of assorted Krispy Kreme doughnuts - made special by their holloween inspired doh-nats.

Happiness.

LHC

The collider is designed to accelerate protons to energies of 7 trillion electron volts and then smash them together, recreating conditions in the primordial fireball only a trillionth of a second after the Big Bang.

Read more...

While I've read about it in Popular Science/Mechanics mag decades ago. And sensationalized by
Dan Brown's Angels and Demons - this now, ladies and gentlemen, is real. The heck with particle physics!

Whoah! Again, while the world is abuzz with this monumental development - we pinoys,  especially our ever pompous politicians/and judges cannot get hold of themselves - pathetic
really.

kang karrr ... brrr...

bakit may mga babaeng kangkarot?
bakit sila pumapatol sa kahit kanino
basta lalaking may kotse

ano bang mas gusto nila, yung
kinakangkarot sila
o
yung sandaling nakakasakay sila sa
kotse ng nasabing lalaki

kailangan ko bang isipin pa 'to?
pwedeng hindi na.

pero kasi meron akong kakilala
lalaking may asawa
may anak siyang dalawa
at may kinakangkang siyang disinuebe anyos
na dalagita.

Oo maganda,
pero mukhang boba, pumapatol
kasi sa may asawa

(baka naman high)
(baka naman nakakapanabik)
(baka naman parehong kulang)
(Kulang sa pagmamahal... hangal) - syet judgmental! hahaha

i love ...

I'll miss my firefox though.

of doctors and friends

and they are now doctors...

and lawyers...

Congratulations!

obleyimjpiincgs

Olympics fever is on.

The atmosphere in the Chinese capital looks feverish.

I enjoy the games, not just the excitement nor the adrenaline rush of the players. Moreso, their expression of Triumph and of Defeat.

Those who you can see as someone who really enjoys what they are doing and those who seem to be forced to do what they are now doing.

The athletes who flashes $ sign in both eyes as they will surely reap their government's reward in exchange of the elusive gold.

Especially those who were defeated. The sadness in their eyes, the hopelessness. The thought of all the sacrifices crumbling and burying him.

They are the athletes, a class of their own. The esoteric effect of strength,altitude, and speed.

okatokat

Martes:
Nagising akong balisa, takot, at nanlalamig. Bangungot. Nakasakay daw ako sa van (dreamy effects) tapos bigla na lang naiiba yung usapan ng mga 'tao'. Pupunta daw kami sa lugar ng mga espiritu, purgatoryo daw. Paglingon ko sa driver, iba na hitsura niya - ghostly pero naka sunglasses pa rin. Ang mga ibang pasahero, nakaktakot ang ghostly appearance nila.
Nagising na ako.

Miyerkules:
Nagising ako kasi maingay at tila may gumagalaw sa kama ko. May 2 nagsisgawang lalaki sa loob ng kwarto. Nagtaka ako kasi naka kandado yung pinto kaya walang makakapasok at ako lang ang lalaking tao sa bahay ng mga oras na iyon. S atabi ko narmadaman ko ang presensiya ng 2 nagsisigawan. Kilabot sa buong katawan, namamanhid na ako. Hindi ko na tiningnan kung sino.
Nagdasal na lang ako.

dark is the dark night

I like. One thing this is not - feel good movie nor kiddy mutant hero movie. This particular installment have me appreciated the characters of Joker and Two Face. Yeah, Joker's laugh and clap is haunting. Harvey's brand of politics/heroism borders on narcissm.

Joker should be the role model of all terrorists and terrorist- wannabes. The complexities of his plan is amazingly horrifying. He afterall, uses and exposes human frailties to the core.

b.o.r.e

winasiwas ng matindi

amoy na marumi

lumangoy sa asido

asong ginagalis

ningas cogon

galos sa tuhod

surot sa kumot

yabag ng halimaw

sayaw na galawgaw
alindog ng langaw

yelong tunaw

i defy

I am the moon,
and I orbit the nine planets.
I am the planet,
and I revolve around
a motley solar system.
i defy astronomy
multiverse and galaxy.

I defy,
I am not the moon of a single planet
nor a planet of a single
solar system.

exception to the rule

The holy members of the Philippines society are at it again. With them are the hapless students of their holy school chanting like witches they once have tortured. Who or what ruffled their plumage? Reproductive Health,Responsible Parenthood and Population Development Act of 2007 authored by Rep. Edcel Lagaman.

I am not really sure if the church is against this because they rather hark on it and denounce it as immoral in its totality rather than not make a noise at all. Because if they do keep their silence on this, it too is a suspect. Because when they do, SOME would think they are in favor of this -- imagine CONDOMS; it will put a stop the introduction of Bastard children born of a priest father, or of braver priests who would have 98% protection against AIDS.

Damn them if they do, damn them if they dont. Still, it exposes their hypocrisy - bunch of sophists!

And what, THREAT everyone with EXCOMMUNICATION? very Medieval I say.

Manny Pacquiao undoubtedly is one of the best athletes we have today, but he sucks when he concerns himself with hardcore politics. I mean It is a good thing that he shares his blessings and donate to the victims of calamity with such fanfare. But it is ENTIRELY different when he goes up that stage and SHARE it with strange mix of TRADPOLS and HOLY COWS. How touching when he said that there'll be no Manny Pacquiao if these contraceptions where around or something to that effect. Let's do the math assuming his assumptions are true: for every 1,000,000 dirt poor pinoys there will be a Manny Pacquio, So we have 999,000 dirt poor pinoy. And the 1 Manny Paqcuiao will still take at least 16 years of terrestrial life before realizing his success.

So Sinong talo?!

green green grass of home

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8.50

Sigh. As far as I can remember, the lowest fare I knew cost me a measly 2.oo.

ekstink

Boom boom boom...

Isa sa mga industriyang sa amin na nanganganib nang maglaho ay ang BANDA ng mga patay. Ito ang aking biglang napagtanto noong isang araw nang bigla kong marinig ang mga dumadagundong na hampas sa mga drum, at ang matinis at malagong ng mga sari-saring hinihipang instrumento. Hindi ko na nakuhang tumingin kung meron pa rin bang mga dalagating nakamungot na nakasuot ng maiikling palda na labas ang malalaking hita na puro peklat. Hindi ko na nagawang tingnan dahil naiisip ko na -- oo nga, ngayon ko na lang ulit narinig ang elehiya ng banda. Malakas, malungkot.

Sila ba'y biktima ng industriyalisasyon? O sa malawak pananaw ng mga aktibistang makikitid ang pagiisip ay kasalanan pa rin ni Gloria (o ng kung sino mang kasalukuyang nanunungkulan) ? O hindi na swak sa modernong panlasa ng mga pilipino? O sadyang tapos na ang kanilang siglo?

Kung ano't-ano pa man, ang Banda ng mga patay ay isa sa humubog sa aking panlasa paukol sa mga tunog. Boom boom boom...

on being green

i am brown
i am green
I love trees,
and also the seas
the mountains
and the beasts

--

I have delayed further my secret plans of becoming a secret someone, at least for a year. The reason : I got a chance to work for a company that is involve with clean energy - solar cells/ panels to be exact. My advocacy concerns the environment as it ranks highest among my life's goal (O ha, sankapa!). Even my secret classmates find it amusing that I was mainly pursuing the secret degree to advance my environmental advocacy when it would be more convenient if not more lucrative to be inline with IT.

But really, unlike most of my classmates whose main reason for enduring the humiliation and eye strain from reading tons of telenovela material is the prospect of earning more.

As an environmentalist, I am elated by the fact that I am working for a green company. But here, many of my co-workers don't give a damn. Like most pinoys are, its just like any other job,.Employer needs employee, employee needs job.

Haha, call it idealist all you want. But as Shawn Wayans a.k.a Britanny Wilson in White Chicks succinclty puts it -- 'It's not just a bag, its PRADA!'

viva la españa

No one can deny the fact that 300+ years under the Spaniard Convent has our culture albeit our mentality deeply inured with Iberian way of life, color, and culture . It is my fascination with our history that have me dreaming of studying the Spanish Language. Yes, it still is a dream.

This entry is not to start a debate on whether that 300 year rule was good or bad. Because frankly, just like a coin the Spanish Era has two sides and both are enchanting if not for the culural/artistic magnificence then the gory friar abuses maybe.

Spain won the euro cup, Nadal won the wimbledon. Ohh, this is the best time to be in Spain!

Haha. Lucky I&P, they were at Zaragoza for the World Expo. I witnessed how they labor night and day to comeup with the exhibit... Of course with them are other personalities who contributed in making this expo a success for the Indios (A, Iskultor from Paete, Burdadera from Lumban, the glass bubble maker, the bone china maker et. al).

Hmm, P said she has so much chismis to tell. Chismis is vitamin C. I can't wait to have my dose of vitamin c. I need it. Must become healthy. I must I must.

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Why Smart isn't really SMART

As I've mentioned before, I wanted to blast SMART bro into smithereens. We have endured the lousy connection, the intermittent web access, the dealayed billing et cetera et cetera.

So, what pushed me to the edge? Amazingly, after Typhoon Frank downed MV Princess of the Sea, smart apparently withstood the stormy weather and we enjoyed the fact that we can browse the net. Nothing unusual. Then 2 days after, the screen just went on blank. Mutsu suddenly cannot broadcast its wifi invisible waves 'round the house. I thought it was Mutsu who got crazy. But no, after tweaking configuration and troubleshooting it dawn upon me that there's no signal from the Smart antenna as indicated by handy Mutsu Apps. I braved the roof to check if the antenna was still in place despite the fact that I knew too well that we have internet connection 2 days after Frank.

This was the start of a series of unSmart move by Smart. First, calling their customer/technical support will really get into anyone's nerve. Imagine calling them, a programmed voice answers your call, redirects you to proper department, then you have to wait for at least 10 minutes for a real person to get in touch with you. How is that? The person is useless, cannot answer your inquiry, gives you another ticket number. We have to endure 3 more of this kind of call before they've decided to send someone to check the stupid antenna. It was set on a Thursday. I was already furious, Murphy's law is at work, I really need to access the net. Came 5 pm and their customer support called to inform us that the visit will be rescheduled on a Saturday. Ano raw??? Ok, patience, patience. Saturday came, and I missed my saturday-routine, came 6 pm, it was raining hard outside. Definitely the sun is shining no more and the smart-guys texted casually that they will no longer be coming. That they have this flimsy excuse for being flimsy employees from flimsy service provider. They shouldn't have texted, because I have already resigned myself to the fact that they are coming no more. They shouldn't have texted that flimsy excuse, they should have been creative at the least. So I blew my top, I called the number where the text came from. First, it was turned off, I called again and was able to connect. I tried hard to remain calm, I cannot, after all the lousy service, for the life of me, I cannot. To my credit, I did not utter expletives. I think pointing what was wrong in a voice 5 decibels above my normal is enough to scare them.

They promised to come after lunch, and voila, they defied their promise and went to our place earlier. After the trip to the antenna and some 40 minutes later, our internet connection returned to normal.

We'll just finish our contract and we will dump you faster than you can say smartbro.