where ends meet

Missing the Big Screen

2006-06-28T07:13:00.000-07:00

I guess am so happy here in Dipolog that I dint notice that ive been here for 1 year na.
Aside from my friends in Manila that i miss so much, (my saxophone, flute, and violin and books..that i so so so miss much much), I miss watching films in moviehouses...
Last time was in cebu...
Hahay.

Rent ....

2006-03-04T07:45:00.000-08:00

SYNOPSIS

Based on Puccini's classic opera La Boheme, Jonathan Larson's revolutionary rock opera Rent tells the story of a group of bohemians struggling to live and pay their rent in the gritty background of New York's East Village. "Measuring their lives in love," these starving artists strive for success and acceptance while enduring the obstacles of poverty, illness and the AIDS epidemic.

One of the longest running shows on Broadway, Rent was the winner of the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Obie Award, the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, four Tony Awards and three Drama Desk awards.

I Dint expect that I could find a copy of “Rent” the movie here in Dipolog. I was actually looking for mp3 songs that I’ll be using for a project. Nature was so good to me tat tym that she left the last copy for me. aAnyway, I immediately bought the cd, stopped looking for the mp3, left my project, went home and watched the it.

I cried in the middle of the movie. I was home alone, and saw myself, my friends, our life in manila in the film. It was so…so…us.

I think I am Mark.

NO DAY BUT TODAY.

MTV

2006-02-13T00:30:00.000-08:00

Test Result

2006-01-29T03:45:00.000-08:00

WHAT PHILOSOPHY DO I FOLLOW TEST

You scored as Hedonism. Your life is guided by the principles of Hedonism: You believe that pleasure is a great, or the greatest, good; and you try to enjoy life?s pleasures as much as you can.

?Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die!?

More info at Arocoun's" Wikipedia User Page...

Hedonism

100%

Existentialism

90%

Justice (Fairness)

75%

Utilitarianism

70%

Strong Egoism

65%

Kantianism

30%

Divine Command

25%

Apathy

25%

Nihilism

15%

What philosophy do you follow? (v1.03)
created with QuizFarm.com

kung sakali

2005-12-17T04:37:00.000-08:00

1. Kabaong o cremation?
---cremation
2. Ang iyong epitaph ay..
---ikaw ang susunod
3. Barong o amerikana?
---hubot hubad. sayang pag nasunog
4. Ang background music sa lamay ay...
---masaya
5. Ang official na kulay sa lamay ay....
---kung san sila masaya
6. ilang araw ang lamay..
---hanggat gusto nila. pedeng fund raising ang lamay.
7. Masnanaisin kong mamatay dahil sa..
---nakalimutan kung pano huminga
8. May disco o wala?
---kung meron mas masaya
9. May pari o wala?
---eh kahit pa ministro ng satanismo kung gusto nyang mag ritwal bahala cya. wag lang maiistorbo ang mga natutulog sa lamay
10. Ulan o araw?
---mas masaya ata pag araw

what is it with you pipol!

2005-10-28T00:37:00.000-07:00

what is it with these people?

Gusto ng gimik na maganda pero ayaw namang magbayad..pag may problema sa show lakas ng loob n magsabing panget eh ni isang beer nde umorder.

Yung iba naman umorder ng isang beer, good fro 5 hours naman. sarap sabihang, oist dami tao sa labas na may pambili ng beer, alis ka na muna sa table.

Naka ilang set na ang banda, sila pa yung sigaw ng sigaw ng "more! more!" murmurin ko kaya mukhya nyo.

In the end, nagkagulo sa labas...nyeta, sila pa ang nag umpisa ng gulo.

hahay...

2005-10-19T01:47:00.000-07:00

2006 calendar

miss international 2005's winning answer...wala lang gusto ko lang ilagay.

2005-10-12T05:55:00.000-07:00

Q: "What do you say to the people of the world who have typecast filipinos as nannies?"

A: "I take no offence on being typecast as a nanny. But i do takeoffencethat the educated people of the world have somehow denigrated the truesenseand meaning of what a nanny is. let me tell you what she is. she issomeonewho gives more than she takes. She is someone you trust to look afterthevery people most precious to you - your child, the elderly, yourself.she isthe one who has made a living out of caring and loving other people. sotothose who have typecasted us as nannies, thank you. it is a testament totheloving and caring culture of the Filipino people. and for that, i amforeverproud and grateful of my roots and culture."

wlang kupas si madam..

2005-09-19T04:08:00.000-07:00

took this from the book of Carmen Navarro Pedrosa entitled "The Rise and Fall of Imelda Marcos" . 've read the book aobut 2 mos. ago. been wnating to post this before pa kaso nawawala lagi kopya ko. Ngayon eto na:

Disclaimer: in fairness naman kay madam, di ko alam kung tlagang totoong mga linya nya to pero kung totoo man,,,,Madam, wla kang kakupas-kupas.

During a presscon after a party at the Metropolitan Opera House .
"And the jewels the wmen were wearing -- it is a good thing I decided not to wear any diamonds--because those that the americans were wearing --wowo -- dtrands and strands of them around their necks. My, in america when they're rich, theyre really rich...when i came in wearingm y pealr, I was so thakful I chose them because everyone was wearing diamonds..."

During her stay at the Rockefeller Bldg in New York. Taking Benjamin's(her younger brother) arm, she led him to a dark corner by a window overlooking a spectacular view of New York. With tears in her eyes she said:
"Kokoy, that is the world beneath us. Think of it. What we came from, and now the world...the whole world beneath us."

In an unguarded moment, she told her cousin Loretta when she visited Malacanang:
"You dont know me. Nobody really knows me. How can anyone know me?"

She invited Loretta to her room and showed her a make-up pallette with forty brushes:
"Look" she said "how I will transform myself."

A wife of a newspaper publisher accompanied Imelda to one of her campaign sorties. She was shocked when Imelda quickly closed her car window as they drove past a street lined with barefoot waving provincial Filipinos:
"Smile, smile at the fools, that is all they want."

Interview with NEWSWEEK:
" Yes the Filipinos are living in slums and hovels. But what counts is the human spirit, and the filipinos are smiling. They smile because they are a little healthy, a little educated, and a little loved. And for me, the real index of this country is the smiles of the people, not the economic index."

Referring to Cory Aquino during a campaign:
"Our opponent does not put on any make-up. She doesnt have her finger nails manicured...Filipinos are for beauty. Filipinos who like beauty, love and God are for Marcos."

kung ako gagawing adivser ni...

2005-09-06T07:04:00.000-07:00

G.M.A - Pahinga ka muna, lam ko wla kang tulog buong araw at gabi kahapon sa kakatawag sa mga congressman.

CORY - Hanap ka ng ibang agimat. Patay na si Sin.

SUSAN - Basta, tuloy mo lang pa cute mo. Tipirin mo salita.

JDV - Ngayon pa lang, hanp ka na ng paraan para mabaling atenyon ng mga tao sa Cha-cha..malpit ka nang maging Prime Minister. Di ba yan matagal mo nang pangarap?

BRO. EDDIE - Mag arsobispo ka muna para pede kang tumawag ng EDSA revolution.

OPOSISYON - Ngayon pa lang, pasikat na dapat para kayo bida sa susunod.

FVR - Relax. Pag natanggal si GMA, wlang mawawala sayo. Pag iba mauupo, wla ring mawawala sa yo. Mag GOLP ka na lang.

"LEFT" - cge tuloy gulo. kayo makikinabang sa huli. heheheh

Juan de la Cruz - mag ipon ng pambayad pamasahe palabas ng pinas! hahahaha...

tst tsk....

2005-08-31T06:41:00.000-07:00

ABOUT 67 percent of Filipinos believe life has becomeworse over the past 12 months amid a political crisis and rising oil prices, a survey released Wednesday said.
The poll of 1,200 adults nationwide, conducted by the independent Pulse Asia research group from July 2-14, also found that 49 percent expected their lives to worsen by July next year.

am not really a believer of surveys but i think, i cant dispute the above.

Ganito lang kase ang matematiks nyan:

ang pilipinas parang pamilya.

madaming miyembro ng pamilya, di sapat ang kinikita para sa pangangailangan ng lahat.

anong mahirap intindihin nun.

ang sulusyon?

saksak muna sa utak ang nasa itaas bago ka mag isip ng sulusyon.

:-)

for the record

2005-08-17T00:06:00.000-07:00

at exactly 1:45 P.M. today, I heard the first christmas song on the radio..

Who cares if the so-called christ was not born on that day..

i dont even care if GOD exist or not...

its just that..it feels damn good when you know that christmas is fast approaching.

dapat eto...

2005-08-01T00:50:00.000-07:00

Bakit nga naman nde gumawa ng skwelahan para sa mga prostitutes

Magdalena Institute of Science and Technology

Bachelor of Science Major in Prostitution (BSMP)

Syllabus and Object List

Daily lectures will consist of Part 1, 9:40-10:40; Part 2, 10:50 to 11:45; each week, the second hour on Thursday will usually be the required demonstration section.

First year

Subjects

I. Introduction to the art of Prostitution

II. Anatomy and Physiology of the Human reproductive system

II. Basic Negotiation (Client-Prostitute Centered)

I.V. Etiquette 101

V. history of Asian Prostitution

Second Year

Subjects

I. Sexual Psychology

II. Elective subjects (French, Spanish, Niponggo, Portuguese)

III. Political Science

IV. Physical Education ( Fencing, Squash, Yachting, Horse Backriding, Bingo Social)

v. Penal Law and police negotiation

VI. Scientific Perspectives on Sex and Gender*

* Course Description:This interdisciplinary course is intended to teach students how to evaluate critically the theoretical and methodological assumptions as well as the research claims advanced by various psychologists, anthropologists and biologists with respect to sex and gender. It satisfies part of the introductory requirements for the Specialist, Major and Minor programs in Women's Studies. Enrolment is open. The class will be divided for tutorials which are required.

Third Year

Subjects:

I. Kama Sutra w/ 4 Wks. RLE( Relatated Learning Experince)*

II. Advanced Negotiation ( Client-Prositute Centered)

III. Prostitution 105 (Theoeretical Constructs and Therapy Method)

IV. Psychology of Personality

V. Social Dance and Aesthetics

Fourth Year

Subjects

I. Sex Problems and Therapy w/ 4 wks. related learning experience (RLE)*

II. Holistic Sex Therapy

III. Yoga

IV. Advance Kama Sutra and Modern Sex Methods

V. Prostitution and organization

VI. Advertising

RLE: Students are exposed to different Red light Districts all over the Philippines

International red Light district immersions are also required.

Bat hindi ako takot humiwalay and mindanaw sa Pilipinas

2005-07-25T22:46:00.000-07:00

1. Dahil wala akong nasyonal na partidong pulitikal na may sariling interes at agenda kaya walang suporta ang mababawas sa akin.
2. Dahil hindi ako tumatakbo sa isang moro-moro n eleksyon na kailangan kong dagdagan o bawasan ang boto para manalo ako sa mindanaw.
3. Dahil wala akong negosyo na umaangkat ng murang lakas-pagawa o hilaw na materyales mula sa mindaw at binebenta ko sa murang halaga kaya malaki ang tubo.
4. dahil sawa na ako sa imperial manila na nagdidikta.
5. dahil mga tira-tira lang mula luzon at visayas natatanggap ng mindanao kahit na malaki ang parteng binibigay neto sa pambansang ekonomiya.
6. dahil taga mindanaw ako.

manila is not the philippines

2005-07-09T06:41:00.000-07:00

The events that took place yesterday was one of the many evidences supporting my claim in the previous entry I wrote (set us fre!).

To set the record straight, I am not, was never, and will never be pro-GMA.

Manila is not the Philippines.

set us free!!

2005-07-02T00:03:00.000-07:00

hangtud karon, wala nabag-o ang akong posisyon sa isyu kabahin sa problema sa Pilipinas kung paga basehan ang kasamtanan ug mga niagi nang panghitabo.
hangtud karon, nagpabilin nga walay laing sulusyon para mabag-o ug once and for all, mu lambo ang ekonomikanhong kahimtang sa mindanao.
Ang pag buak ug pag tang-tang sa Mindanao isip usa sa tulo ka isla sa pilipinas ug mahimong usa ka indipindienteng nasud lamang ang kinhanglang buhaton para makalingkawas ang mga taga mindanao sa tanang ka gubot nga nagagikan lamang sa "imperial manila".

Kung buot huna hunaon, wala may dakung partisipasyon ang mga taga mindanao sa mga panghitabo sa plipinas. Kay ngano Pananglitan, Kanus-a gipangayo ang opinyon sa mga taga mindanao para mag EDSA I, o EDSA 2 o kung adunay dakung desisyon paras sa tibuok nasod ang himuon? Kami dinhi sa mindanao, mudawat lamang kung unsay nakasabutan sa pipila ka tawo ug grupo lamang sa manila.
Mao nga kung unsay problema sa kauluhan pag taas sa presyo, pag devalue sa peso, kung magkagubot tungod sa hello garci nga tapes, apektado kami bisan wla mi galabot-labot sa gubot sa manila.
Ug kung aduna may "paglambo" kami dinhi ang mag agwanta sa mga mumho nga gikan sa kauluhan.
Ang moro-moro nga eleksyon lang ang ingon nilang dakung partisipasyon sa mga taga mindanao. Dili pa gani maingon nga ng piniliay tarung kay aduna pay mga paglimbong ug pamalit sa boto.

Ang ubos nga panglantaw sa mga taga luzon kanamong mga taga mindanao usa pa ka factor. Mao nga makatawa na lang ko usahay kung adunay taga manila nga mu ingon...
"Yuck, bisaya" unsay yak bisaya nakabalo ka ba nga 40-60% pursyento sa raw materials nga gigamit ninyo sa manila nagagikan sa lugar nga giingnan nimong Yuck?

Makaluluoy ang mga taga mindanao...
Apan adunay katapusan ang tanan..
kini usa ka introduction lang para sa mga sunusunod nga diskusyon kabahin sa kinahanglang pag-bulag sa mindanao gikan sa luzon ug visayas..

www.gumelaaleksi.blogspot.com

title/ss

2005-06-14T10:33:00.000-07:00

I
Every person is alone.

II
Each is a world of its own, a world on its own.

III
Loneness is a law.
It is a feature of the essential, therefore inescapable.

IV
It is ghastly!
It is unacceptable!
Hence we compensate.

V
We struggle to defy the lurid fact.
We flee from the fetid truth.
We want to escape the gruesome reality.

VI
Commencing the great feat of denial,
We institute the plot, a crusade against an enemy.
We begin the battle, the war against loneness.

VIII
From birth until death, we seek to refute the haunting truism.

IX
Continuously troubled, we fabricate explanations.
We seek connections and strive to interpret an essentially irrational and structure less universe.

X
We fashion mysteries, mysticisms and mythologies.

XI
We breathe life into the nostrils of our Creator and assure its existence.
We exaggerate our powers and bequeath it to the Maker.

XII
First was a compassionate gentle matriarch.
Then, we stripped her with her prowess and pave way to a jealous patriarch.

XIII
From HIM, our purpose will exude. Our essence, HE will provide.

XIV
We gave life to hope, we invented promise.

XV
We despise the temporal and fancy the immortal.
We are enchanted with the arranged and abhor the obscure.

XVI
We bestow meaning to our wasteland.
We cleave it from melancholy.

XVII
Amidst its clearing, we build relationships.
We started a cult and christened it family.

X
Birth is an affirmation of the escapist.
Every newborn sustains the cycle of escapism.

XI
Our descendants brought us as payment for destiny’s debt.
We will pass it to our sons and daughters, for them to relinquish it to theirs.

XII
Children are front liners.
They are sacrificial lambs.
They are our rebuttals, our justifications our anti-thesis against forlornment.

XIII
They are no more than textual identities. Their existence would help us convince that we have somehow defeated loneness.
We bear them not for their welfare but for our own comfort.

XIV
We collaborate with everyone.
We call our conspirators friends.

XV
We commune with them.
We build alliances.

XVI
We assemble.
We align.
We structure.

XVII
We raise totems out of man and worship them.
They give orders, we follow.
We give them privileges; they give us rights.

XVIII
We scheme ideals, ideologies and we molded “truths’.
We clash our morality with other moralities.

XIX
We stage wars fought by blindfolded armies.
We expect victory.
Not realizing that we are lynching mirrors.

XX
We build edifices and within its confines, we harness our vanities.

XI
We fetish the “excess” to feed our illusions, while others suffer from its arrogance.

XII
We invented love and invite romance,
This ephemeral exits, we generate them to ease our burden.

XIII
We invent and transcend boundaries. We trek on the abyss and sit on the clouds hoping to see the oasis amidst the desert.

XIV
We surround ourselves with signs to convince that we have a direction.
We provide ourselves with symbols for appeasement along the way.

XV
We try to refashion the world.
We suffer and offer our life to what we think is the way.
What an irony!
For we despise masters
But rejoice being enslaved by what we believe.

XVI
Fate’s last dogma is death.
But we opt to accept that it is (fate) the start.

XVII
Death = the unknown
Is what we fear the most,
For who knows
what degree of loneness lie ahead.

2005-06-14T06:51:00.000-07:00

o ayan randy...dagdag pa pic ko..hehehe

edsa 3?

2005-06-13T02:54:00.000-07:00

I may not be the first person to talk about the present political condition n the philippines. So i wont talk about it.

All i can say for now is.. please..nakakapagod pang pumunta sa edsa..mainit at humid ang panahon. kelangan dapat sa malamig ka na lugar manatili.. so please wag muna. ok? EDSA 3? EEFFFOORRTT!!!!

2005-06-13T02:43:00.000-07:00

picture ko n naman? eh nyeta cyempre! blogspot ko to..e di pictures ko nandito! gawa ka ng sayo!

foreword for "title/ss"

2005-06-08T04:11:00.000-07:00

one of these days i will be posting "TITLE/SS" am not pretty sure what it is really. I just want to post it. If you have any problems with that, then thats not my problem. gets? wait lang...tinatapos ko..

by the way...tapos na editing..finally..hahahay

2005-06-06T05:57:00.000-07:00

aleksimari

of brown, codes and paintings....

2005-06-05T07:43:00.000-07:00

While am too busy editing the latest project, I was able to secure time to read Dan Bown’s The Da Vinci Code. The story was not really that impressive since it dealt with the usual “murder-detective-code breaking-trusted friend who betray” stuff that usually occur in a lot of novels Ive read. The nice part was the “feel” it brought me, like the one’s when I was reading the Bourne Identity. I think it was mainly becuaese of the setting . What else would excite you more, than a story with Paris as backdrop. The other impressive thing was the detailed description of the Louvre, the paintings, Westminster abby, Rosslyn chapel etc. It was a challenge for me picturing the intricate description of the museum, chapels and paintings. What I did next was to look in the internet and compare the pictures in my mind and those of the paintings and setting. I was pretty successful..or should I say, dan brown did a pretty good job.

The revlations however, weren’t new to me. Specially the mary Magdalene and jesus story..the masons..templar etc. Ive read some of the books and even posses some of it like the Holy blood, holy grail, templar revelations etc.

The good thing though is that the book gave the enthusiasm to read novels again since I thought I already graduated from reading fictional books (the last book I re-read was the Prince).

Oh, by the way..all in all, i finished reading the book in less than say…..12 hrs.

Ok Ok, I would like to read more of Brown’s works…..

..buti na lang

2005-05-28T23:41:00.000-07:00

bad trip pa rin ako.

buti na lang nakita ko to nung naglalakad ako sa sm manila

WANTED: BED SPACER (ladies only) AND ULING FOR SALE INSIDE.

2005-05-28T06:30:00.000-07:00

Part ng bagong UP film institute. dito ko natutunan mga kalokohan ko

stupid people exist to give justice to the word STUPID

2005-05-28T05:57:00.000-07:00

things got out of hand..badtrip kung i detalye pa. dami din talagang stupid na taong nabubuhay sa mundo..di ko naman sinasabing wla akong ka stupiduhan pero may ibang taong saksakan talaga nito. Kung may dios man at nagpasabog ng stupidity sa mundo..ang kalahati napunta sa taong to ang kalahati..pinaghati-hatian ng human race. hindi inisip na ang master tape ay dapat ingatan..BOBO! MASTER nga! MASTER TAPE! d mo ba nagegets yon? Sige nga pano mo aayusin yung ginawa mong problema. Tawagin mo man si david copperfield eh wlang magagawa sa problema mo.. saksak ko kaya sa baga mo yung tape na yan para matauhan ka at sisisihin mo nanay mo kung bat ka pa nya iniluwal sa mundong 'to.

inhale.....10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1.......exxxxhhhhhaaaalleeeee .....smile.

best text msg..

2005-05-27T04:04:00.000-07:00

dami problema sa editing..bagot na ko. inis sa lhat.. nyeta..init naulo..init pa panahon..badtrip.
Buti n lang nakatanggap ako text msg from bong..sarap kaya basahin pag nalaman mong may kaibigan kang sumaya...eto text nya:

Hey bai, finaly found a special som1. I'l mov heven n erth 4dis rlatnshp 2work out. Hes a gryt guy, he wnts me2 b hapi. :-)

Bong, hope hel do the same. gud luck...

manilananaman...

2005-05-19T05:08:00.000-07:00

am back n manila.

finally.

nakaka miss din.

huhhuuuumm...still n cebu

2005-05-17T00:40:00.000-07:00

ayan na ang title.

btw, last nite, i was watching i-witness sa GMA. tackld the issue of doctors studying to become nurses and the decreasing number of DOH's doctors to the barrios program. it was ok.
What hitted me though was this doctor (forgot his name) who said that before he enterd the doctor to the barrios program, he was filled with enthusiasm and the usual "i can make a difference" stuff that everybodys saying. and as usual din the blaming of the lack of givernmental support to doctors and other health workers paved the way to all his disspapoinments and frustrations blah blah. So nawalan ng gana. parang ung sa ospital na lang daw na wla nang human touch ang mga health workers blah blah..
What i think naman is ..nde kaya ganun tlaga? gnagawa lang nilang excuse ung sasabihing lack of govenmetnal support kaya la nang gana pero baka naman talagang...subconsciousn na ng tao ang gumagalaw at nagsasasbing..."oist..yang mga taong yan..na "tutulungan mo" gagaling pero ultimately mamamtay din. May dadating tulong ulit...galing..pero patay din. its a cylce. its so boring na to me! u know!" or baka naman harsh lang ang iniisip ko. ano kaya?

2005-05-15T23:25:00.000-07:00

eto na lang..

to manila tom.

2005-05-15T22:59:00.000-07:00

still dont have my ticket to manila bt i;ll try to get one today.

may naglayas sa knila. Nag text sakin sabi nagaaway daw cla ng ate nya. Tinawagan ko ate, sabi petty lang daw dahilan kaya inis din cya. yoko namang pangunahan kse nde ko pa naririnig ung side nung naglayas pero alam ko..puno na yon. I mean sa lahat ng nangyayari sa kanya. sa bhay sa mga tao paligid nya. naiintindiahn ko side nun.

Pero..ang tanong naglayas ka nga. san ka naman ppunta? ano namang magandang maidudulot sa yon nyang gnawa mo? Eh dagdag pa hirap lang yan sa mama mo na nasa ibang bansa at nagtatrabaho pa sa inyo noh. kaya...uwi ka na at pagblik ko jan..dami pa tayong gagawin!

eh masarap eh!

2005-05-14T22:09:00.000-07:00

am back in cebu. Bout 2 days ago, i was in Cagayan de oro to get my laptop but unfortunately may problema..nakakainis at ayoko nang i detalye. Basta bad trrip ung mga pinagkakatiwalaan mo ng gamit mo tapos irresponsable. neway yoko nang pag usapan pa. by june ko pa kuha ulit.

After cebu, blik manila ako. Miss ko na rin mga tao dun. hay naku. cant wait to see them

I know theres something wrong with the food chain industry.. mcdonalds etc. The basura they produce, the underpaid-overworked employees..etc etc. I cant deny however that there are still things that i like about them like:

1. Mcdonald's - Their banana ketchup. Ewan ko bat nde na nga lang sineserve nila yon. Spaghetti nila. Dami asar sakin kkse di daw masarap. E pakelam mo bah! masarap sakin.
2. Wendy's - Frosty nila
3. KFC - Chiken. Baka kaya masarap kse GMO. Nde kaya?
4. Jollibee - d pa ako pa naiisip.
5. Kenny Rogers - Lemonade
6. Goldilocks - dinuguan
7. Scott Burger - Ambiance. pag wlang-wla ka nang pera at kakain ka ng buy1 take 1 na burger.

2005-05-09T08:14:00.000-07:00

dakak beach resort. May 8, 2005...sarap.

back in dipolog

2005-05-09T07:50:00.000-07:00

am back in dipolog.

hahay. miss naku cebu dayon. Am planning to go back there tis week to accompany John (my highschool best friend) hopefully with herlence and Cacoy (hus celebrating their anniv.).

We are hoping to see some of our friends there Ricca, and Rexsyl. Saw them l;ast years ago na. Wanted to see them na jud pod.

By the way, john thanx for the wallet. The last time he visited the phlippines was last year. He gave me a Kenneth Cole cologne and i love it. Tis time though,,,he hust gave me..uhmm..ahhh.. an LV wallet. Thanx John!!!!

2005-05-07T06:36:00.000-07:00

wala lang. si peter and paul. kaloka ang gumawa

2005-05-07T05:55:00.000-07:00

wla lang. para ma establish ang location. cebu capitol ito

biktima ako..

2005-05-05T21:08:00.000-07:00

Am suppose to fly back to dipolog tom. but when i found out that the only flite for cebu-dipolog would leave at 7:ooam, i decided to take the ferry which will depart at 10pm.

Am not particualr with where tickets for the boat are bought so i asked this guy beside me along Osmena Blvd.

He said, "Kuyog na lang ta kay padung pod ko City Hall." (Thats where i am going so we could rifde togethet. I was pleased and thankful for the offer.We boarded the jeep. It was 11.am. so jeepneys are filled with passengers. The guy sat in front of me.

The victimization started when he started to lecture me about taking care of my stuff everytime I get around cebu. That I dont have to trust people with anything.the usual "nice-guy-helping-a-stranger-thing".

I was so pissed cuz he treated me like a stranger. Everybbody was looking at me. I felt violated. Its as if that my soul(if i have one) was submitted to a cebuano made CT scan.

I guess, its how people feel..speially foreigners and pinoys in other places.

What really pissed me was, we were communicating in cebuano. I was pretty careful with what i was saying because although i speak good cebuano, their accent still differ from mine.

He continued his "guy-with-a-good-heart" thing. I was just smiling and nodding..at the same time i wanted get off the jeep.

I was thinking, what if I'll say to this guy. "Saba na oi, sige kag yaw-yaw. Ayaw nag kisi-kisi diha kay parehas ra tang bisayang dagko. Na ulawan na kaayo ko." (Will you shut you mouth, wer;e the same, I am as bisaya as you.) Or what if i'll talk visayan swardspeak to this guy "Abash an! egis ar waywa..ka tobash shokoi sa nanantch nga etlush sa kyomoy! arehap ar atch nga okadeshkang ayasiva!" We'll see if what woould his reacton be.

Please..Spare the shame anf dignity of people you know as strangers. I value and appreciate what th guys did. But i was just asking for directions for chrissake!

cebu trip..

2005-05-03T23:43:00.000-07:00

.....am in cebu right now.....

I'll be staying here til saturday.

John emaild that he'll be coming to cebu on thursday. I hope to see him again and claim my pasalubong before anyone gets it.

5:30 A.M - woke up to prepare my stuff

6:00 A.M. - Lilet et al., fetched me

6:10 a.M.- Airport

7:30 A. M. - Left for cebu

8:30 A.M - arrived in matan airport

9:00 A.M. - Checked in Hotel

10:00 - 12:30 - Slept.

1:30 P.M. - Lunch...

2:58 P.M. - writing this.

ibat-ibang kulay para masaya.

2005-05-02T06:47:00.000-07:00

kalokang beetle etezzz

The best economic indicator you've never heard of: BEER

2005-05-02T06:30:00.000-07:00

Disclaimer: This is applicable only for secondary cities in the Philippines. (e.g. Dipolog City)

Papaano mo malalaman kung ang ekonomiya ng inyong lugar ay bumabagsak o umuunlad.

1. Magtungo sa mga bars, inuman, o tambayan na nagbebenta ng beer.

2. Magtanong sa may-ari kung kamusta ang benta ng beer sa loob ng isang buwan.(maging specific kung may nag b-day, or piyesta, or may okasyon. Variable ito.)

3. Ikumpara ang dating sales ng beer sa kasalukuyang buwan, sa mga nakalipas na buwan. Gumawa ng tsart para mas lalong makita ang pagkakaiba.

4. *lagyan ng matitingkad na kulay ang tsart. iba sa bawat buwan. Hal. January (pastel blue), February (Pastel green), March (pastel yellow) etc.

5.Magtungo sa pinaka malapit na planta ng beer. (Planta: Plant: dito kinukuha ang lahat ng beer sa inyong lugar at pati sa mga bayang malapit dito; kalimitan, buong probinsya ang sinusuplayan nito.)

6. Kausapin ang supervisor ng planta at magtanong kung naabot nila ang Quota ng sales sa kasalukuyang buwan. (Magpaalam sa security guard bago pumasok)

7. Magtanong tanong ng random sa mga taong malapit nang malasing kung anong ininom nila. Kung hindi beer, wag isali. (mag ingat sa mga umiinom na may malalaking problema. Panatilihing laging nakangiti habang nagtatanong pero wag sobra at baka sasabihing pinagtitripan mo siya.)

8. Ihambing ang lahat ng resulta. Kung mataas ang sales, ibig sabhin, may purchasing power ang mga tao. Kung mababa ang sales, baka malakas lang ang ulan kaya konti ang nasa labas at nag iinuman.

9. Huwag mong gamitin ito para mag negosyo ka ng beer. gamitin ito kung gusto mong mag negosyo ng barbekyuhan...kalimitan sa mga manginginom, gustong kumain ng barbeque humigop ng sabaw.

*Optional lamang ito. kung hindi mo gusto, wag mo nang gawin.

the biggest beetle..

2005-04-27T07:08:00.000-07:00

i just saw the biggest beetle..its a huge beetle. big... barn door, blimp, booming, broad, capacious, colossal, copious, doozer, enormous, exorbitant, giant, gigantic,grand, grandiose, great, gross, hefty, huge, humongous, immeasurable, immense, jumbo, king-size, massive, monumental, mungo, large...creepy beetle..

2005-04-26T06:45:00.000-07:00

lookkkk inttttooo myyyy eyyeees.....

the irony of it all..

2005-04-25T03:49:00.000-07:00

the once upon a time..

during my college days... (nursing years)....the subject i feared most was Microbiology. I could say my teacher was "ok" but the thing is..she sticks her ass with the rules..no exemptions....no special treatment....no nothings..just PASSS the subject.
I had some unusual nightmares of talking erlenmeyer flasks, petri dishes with hands and claws, gigantic blobs made of agar medium, microbes and viruses. I almost could not move to the next semester because of that damn subject. Fortunately, after a painstaking "no lates" "no absences" and " oral recitations"..i passed.
I swore that i'll never get involve myself with anything that has got to do with anything that has a "micro" and "biology" on it.

The twist....

I started growing mushrooms and everything around me is about the subject i abhor. Flasks, test tubes, agar and nutrient medium, molds, fungus, mycelium, colony, inoculating loops ..everything! The pencicillium that i detested during my college days, is the thing that i am trying to isolate now. I need it to replace the anti-bacterial tablets (which by the way cost ,P26.00 per capsule) for my nutrient agar, to avoid bacterial colonization and mushroom colonies to grow in petri dishes.
AS i was sterilizing the equipments the other day, i uncovered some of my microbio notes in one on the boxes my dad was suppose to throw as trash. Nyeta, beleive it or not, na miss ko ang subject. Na miss ko si Ms. Ilicito..and my classmates.. grabe. And most of my notes by the way was written by my friend Aries...Andun lahat ng kailangan ko. as in andun!!! pati mga drawing ng mga kelangan ko. mga procedure and rationale of each procedure..

kakatuwa..

the climax...

alternative agar medium

---coconut juice (hinde coconun milk)

---gulaman

---anti bacterial capsule per 1 liter of coconut juice. believe me..tubo agad yan.

Right now am using the juice of rice bran as medium but madali siyang ma contaminate ng trichoderma and black molds. may anti bacterial component kse yung coconut juice eh kaya mas ok..

the The End.

routine; (roo-teen); n; A set of customary and often mechanically performed procedures or activities.

2005-04-20T11:09:00.000-07:00

my routine:

Around 11am - coffee and fox news

12 nn - lunch

1pm - change ice in incubator

1.30 pm. - check shrooms

2-6pm - shroomery works

6-6.30 - the simpsons (starworld)

6.30-7pm - local news/dinner

7-7.30 pm - prepare....

7.30 - 2am (depending on the activity) - with friends

I use to criticize ROUTINE...both in theory and in practice. I tried not to be a victim of such, for two reasons. First, the fear that One day I will say "O dear, I'm old and dying, I havent done anything for myself." and its too late...Secondly, my belief was, this is something that "the powers that be" conditioned us to do, to automatedly submit to them and ultimately work only for their gain. Though partly true, such is not always the case.

Mine for instance, routine introduced me to hirs friend, FOCUS. It brought me closer to my objectives. I have no regrets since what i wanted to achieve was in front of me. It gave me a sense of accomplishment. Masaya naman. as of now, nag eenjoy ako..so ok lang.

a new beginning

2005-04-19T06:09:00.000-07:00

This is my new blogspot. I don't intend to wait before nila ayusin yung dati ko.
So eto pag tiyagaan mo na.
Ung dati www.aleksimari.blogspot.com wala na yun.