Monjoe is bored

One Year!?

2009-02-19T12:51:00.000+08:00

So after posting that I'll be blogging regularly again, I do it more than a year after. I'm a joke.

Time, it seems, does not just fly - it space warps! (Right now!)

rephrased from Ida

Busy-ness

2008-02-04T15:31:00.000+08:00

Ah work...

One year as a compensation analyst isn't so bad... I learned a lot of things and that's not even the best part of it. We get to travel to the most insignificant parts of the world from Afghaniztan to Zimbabwe. I havent really reached the travel part yet but its coming soon! ?Ye ye yea!

Today was not so fun. Our e-mail server went loco and I had 16,125 spam waiting for me. I am happy with my "machine", "rod", or whatever else they call it's size thank you. Not only me but, well... you know. Hehehe

I'll make blogging a regular thing again. I 've been blogging for 4 years and 4 months now! Woohoo! I've been chatting for a hear and a half and been busy with work for a year. I can't think of anything else. I don't want to work today. =p

2008

2008-01-31T13:31:00.000+08:00

This is my January post.

Just to resuscitate my blog.

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OMG!!

2007-09-03T17:41:00.000+08:00

Oh my gas! Two months and no posting... What has happened to me? I've been too busy to blog? I never thought that was possible!

Work has been keeping me really busy. Deadlines are trying to kill me. There's just too little time...

I have been too lazy to play KoL. I used to go out of my way just to log in and burn my adventures. Now I go with days not being able to log in.

I have been spending too much on my phone. My bills are sky high thanks to my Cube iTV addiction (Sky Cable channel 25). Well, that's another story...

I've been trying to keep a faceless blog but I just can't help it. If you see this on TV, That's me. Go to channel 25 on Sky. There, everyone recognizes this avatar. This face. This is CHEEZE.

Monjoe is CHEEZE on Cube iTV. Chat with me almost everyday. You'll most probably see me when Text Jock MJ is around. That's all for now. See you around!

Tower Club

2007-07-05T15:33:00.000+08:00

Ang Siomai sa Tower Club ang pinaka masarap sa buong Makati. Tower Club Siomai is teh 1337. Champion!

Huwaaat??

2007-06-05T12:23:00.000+08:00

My last post was last month?!? I need to resuscitate my blog...

Last friday we drank at Toyz.

I'm the man!

That's all...

;P

Edit:

I just looked at all of the blogs I linked. MOST OF THEM ARE DEAD. I've been blogging since 2003. I've no plans to let my boring blog die. Instead, I WILL BORE YOU TO DEATH!!! Just kidding.

Mabuhay, welcome to my blog!

Moral Encounter

2007-05-07T12:29:00.000+08:00

You approach the Men's room. As you twist the knob to open the door, a 16 year old hottie exits half-way out of the Ladies' room. She sees you, stops, and leans on the door. She says "Hey...", smiles, and leans on the door. She seems to wait for your reponse.

Oh what to do, what to do?

Succumb to the Sinner, or summon the Saint?

This man did not falter!

Nice shirt, Bud.

2007-04-12T18:47:00.000+08:00

Yes, bow in shame.

Boracay

2007-04-05T15:46:00.000+08:00

Here I come! :P~

Sinning on a Sunday

2007-04-02T06:44:00.000+08:00

What was I doing at around this time of the day...?

A lone compensation person

2007-03-16T23:28:00.000+08:00

Spending the night in the office isn't too bad.

Layout

2007-03-05T11:41:00.000+08:00

Even I am amazed that I created (plagiarized then vandalized into its current form) this layout. It is too complicated for me and I don't have time to reverse engineer it. Someone help me fix it.

In other news... Easy come, easy go seems to hold true for my recent "acquaintances".

A Happy Bus

2007-03-01T10:39:00.000+08:00

Ride a bus and meet someone new!

Too much makeup

2007-02-12T10:21:00.000+08:00

I see many of these nowadays. Sales ladies who put on a little too much foreign material to their face. I used to have a dysphemism for them: clown. Now in order to make my language more positive, I give them a new euphemism: geisha.

Sounds much better. But still looks ridiculous.

:)

Treasure

2007-02-09T12:22:00.000+08:00

Rediscovered

Celebrate

2007-01-25T15:35:00.000+08:00

Wohoo!

Birch Tree
It's everybody's milk.

iPhone

2007-01-11T14:15:00.000+08:00

ME WANT iPHONE!

2007!

2006-12-24T01:07:00.000+08:00

Eh.. I really should fix this layout. And I should fix a lot of other stuff as well. Merry Crimbo, dudes and dudettes. I miss you all.

This Buggy Layout

2006-12-18T01:13:00.000+08:00

I should fix this layout soon. I should.

Downfall

2006-11-29T21:27:00.000+08:00

His downfall came when his reach exceeded his grasp...

Too Little, Too Late

2006-11-12T20:04:00.000+08:00

Iwanan ang boypren. Kumanta sa ulan. Ipakita ang baktong.
-JoJo

Charlie "Atong" Ang

2006-11-10T13:12:00.000+08:00

His daughter is pretty. Now that's good TV.

Why...

2006-10-21T11:29:00.000+08:00

Why is it when I do not take them seriously, they throw themselves at me like what I want the ones whom I take seriously to do?

Girls...

Jaycees

2006-10-16T12:04:00.000+08:00

Just came back from Subic NatCon. I love the Jaycees.

Today I start training.

Cheerio!

My Blog

2006-10-11T17:45:00.000+08:00

The reason why my blog never increases viewership is because I blog only about myself. I keep it as cryptic as possible. And no one in the world will get it. I like it that way. If ever, if, I think of blogging about something, I will start a new blog for it.

The Studio 23 TV show Blog is not about blogs. No. Not even close. It's a magazine show. Like the show F. WTF happened to F. That was like, the best show on earth!Channel News Asia's BlogTV.SG is a show about blogs and bloggers. They are like tomatoes and potatoes.

Hello There

2006-10-07T21:40:00.000+08:00

Well, well, well...

Hello.

I've been writing you for three years and I wonder, what has changed, if any?

Three years ago I was one year away from graduation. Two years after graduation and all I do is watch TV. Is that how it's supposed to be?

What has become of me? Oh God, please do tell.

Kahapon...

2006-09-17T17:31:00.000+08:00

Nagreset and aking cellphone (na PDA) at nawala lahat ng numbers, photos and notes ko.
Sumemplang ako sa bike... habang hawak ang book ni Raqs na pinapa-type sa akin at nadamage ito. (At hindi ko pa tapos i-type yung book.)

Ang saya saya!
Bwiset!

Random Musings on Evolutionary Linguistics

2006-09-12T13:26:00.000+08:00

Apir = Up here! (High five!)
Tambay = Stand by (sa corner)

Just wondering? Am am not a professional.

Have a nice day!

2006-09-08T17:42:00.000+08:00

To all the Virgoes our there...

2006-09-05T20:23:00.000+08:00

Virgoes... or Virgos? Virgoes feels better. Mangoes.

Too many Virgo friends to mention. Happy Birthday.

Thank you Dr. Vicky Belo.

Road Trip Pilipinas

2006-08-30T11:59:00.000+08:00

The other day I was able to once again chat with the lovely and at the same time handsome Julianne, who is currently in Australia. We talked about our dream of going on a road trip around the country. I'm so fuckin excited! As you may (or may not) know, as the case may be, I had recently attempted a similar (ad)venture and it ended quite miserably. You may recall this as the "I-was-supposed-to-live-in-Cebu-or-Bohol-indefinitely-but-ended-up-back-in-Manila-after-3-weeks adventure". Now I can plan and save up appropriately for this next adventure and the problem that hounded me in the last one shall haunt me never again! Bwahahahhah (evil genius laugh)

Wala lang. Julianne let's find jobs so we can save up. Then we can say... "good job!"

Hey Shorty!

2006-08-27T12:00:00.000+08:00

It's mah birthday. Get drunk! One friday at Marina GH. When the time for cheap beer has come.

Recovery

2006-08-18T12:45:00.000+08:00

I felt sad. But now I'm back. Distraction is the way to go. So please distract me, I'm tired of reality.

It is finished.

2006-08-09T12:00:00.000+08:00

SO many things happen but there's so little time to tell. It's a cyclone, a whirlwind of emotions and activity. It's finished.

The Cebu and Bohol Houses

2006-07-31T11:56:00.000+08:00

They haven't changed over the ages. I remember looking out the Gate of the Cebu house and seeing the wall across the street. That's about it at first. Then I remember how hugh the house looked long ago. Now it just feels smaller. Maybe I'm no longer tricked by the mirrors.

The Bohol house was also the same as it was. I haven't been to visayas for around 15 years. It looks exactly how we left it a long time ago. I remember having chicken pox here and also "entering manhood" or "cutting away a piece of my childood" away, whichever seems more appealing to you.

Panglao

2006-07-29T11:35:00.000+08:00

I'm back in bohol. Went to Panglao again yesterday. I mentioned Tito Bob was buying a patch of land adjacent to a lagoon, right? Well not anymore. Someone else made a down payment first. Too bad. How sad. No more Panglao vacation house... No more speedboats... no more yacht.

I'll be back in Cebu maybe tomorrow or later.

We have a dog here named tiger. He (she?) has tiger stripes... very reminiscent of Julianne's tigerdog. Try to find that post in her LJ. :)

So, so far I am... (part 2)

2006-07-24T21:18:00.000+08:00

I don't know where to restart. I'm back where I started, Cebu. I've forgotten everywhere I've been to and everything I've done. In bohol, I reside in Tubigon, Bohol Island's nearest point to Cebu.

I've been to Carmen, the municipality where you can find the Chocolate Hills. Tito Bob's family is from there. I'm not sure if it's his bro but that guy was mayor of Carmen for 20+ years! Now Tito Bob's pamangkin, Tita Marilou is a kagawad. Tito Bob is Tita Scharette's hubby. They just bought a patch of land in Panglao. It's adjacent to the lagoon. In their California home, they have a yacht and 2 speedboats... which they said would be sent here once the house is finished.

I was in Panglao last friday. The saddest thing when you're having fun (yes, sadness in fun) is when you've no one to share it with. I was there the whole day... alone.

At this point I start to think of Micci again. I think of her when I wake up, when I breathe, when my heart beats and the moment before I fall asleep. (At this point she would say "Ang drama mo naman.") I just texted her (as in just now [I text her everyday, mind you]) a nice quote from Rent which sort of touched me. Out of all my forwarded quotes, this is the second time (if I remember it right) she replied. The first one was to a joke where she had a continuation for the joke. Anyway, this was the quote:

"How do you leave the past behind
When it keeps finding ways to get to your heart?
It reaches way down deep and tears you inside out
Till you're torn apart"

I went back to Cebu last saturday. I've been seeing Angel, my cousin! She's my only friend here. Today I toured Mactan Island and it's best resorts. I liked Plantation Bay most. Second would be Shangri-La then Maribago Bluewaters. Cebu Hilton is a disappointment. Why?? I've lost my motivation to try the most expensive burger in the country. It seemed like a normal condo-by-the-beach with it's own mini-Eastwood of four classy restos.

So I've reached today. That was today. I left my charger in Tubigon. I have to return soon. And I'm spending next friday in Panglao again. Wohooo!

I wish I could post photos.

So, so far I am...

2006-07-20T11:35:00.000+08:00

I flew to Cebu last July 7 at 5 am. Let's rewind a bit and record what transpired the night before...

July 6, I visited Micci at work. There was an event at their office so she was busy and I didn't see much of her. Good thing Onats was there with me. After Megamall was a small drinking session with my buddies at Matoy's. Cause I'm leaving. Mike lives a few buildings away but he slept early!!??

Session ended arround 2 am since I needed to go to the airport at around 3. Good thing EJ lives near the airport so I just rode with him. We had to take Acey, Uzh and the other Mike home though.

I arrived at the airport just in time. There was already a line but it wasn't very long. After entering the other lines inside were quick too. I waited around 20 minutes and we start to board the plane.

July 7, arrived in Cebu around 7:30 am. I had to take the amazingly expensive airport taxi. I didn't recognize the house and I got lost a bit going there. Although I recognize the view from inside the gate to the road. Everything was almost exactly like when I was last here more than 15 long years ago. The living room was much smaller though. I used to marvel at how huge the place used to look. I've grown.

Had a little chit-chat with the relatives, had breakfast and slept. The room was much like my room at home. It was quite large, it had a fan and an exhaust fan. The bad was as large but softer than mine. I wasn't sure if it's ok to use the airconditioner.

Evening is for meeting the uncle at the port and the ferry ride to Bohol. It's easier to go to the Bohol house than the Cebu house. The Bohol house was near the port. There's a hugh church on a hill overlooking the port area and it greets every arriving boat. It's quite a distance from the port, actally. It was midnight so we had to take a... whatever it's called. Pedicab. The house is a few minutes away.

My uncle and I were second to arrive. My other uncle was already there. Just the other day he was at our house undecided what to do next. We're all here because there's an occasion... we're supposed to have a "family reunion".

I have to go have lunch. My auntie texts me. More of my adventure when I go online again. Au revoir!

Kris' Birthday Party

2006-07-03T18:57:00.000+08:00

JHB party for Kris was held the other night. Hot chiks and booze all around. Fun fun fun!

Bakit kung kailan aalis ako nagiging masagana sa hot chiks? huhuhu

Bakit Bakit

2006-06-24T12:08:00.000+08:00

Bakit kung kailang nakapag desisyon na akong aalis ay kung kailan nararanasan ko ang mga pinakamasayang sandali kasama ng aking mga kaibigan? Ngayon, araw-araw mayroong ginagawa kumpara sa dating nakahilata lang, nakaangat ang paa at naghihimas ng tiyan. Kung kailang paalis na ay tsaka naman masagana sa beer, chiks at rak en rol.

Sa paglisan lang ba talaga malalaman ang kanilang tunay na halaga? O nagsisimulan lang ba sila talagang maranasan dahil sa ako'y lilisan?

Tulad nga ng sabi nila: "nasa huli ang pagsisisi." Hindi para sabihing nagsisisi ako pero kung nasa unahan nga naman siya eh di wala na tayong nagawang mali. Hindi tayo matututo, at hindi natin mararanasan ang tunay na halaga ng ibang bagay...

asdf

2006-06-08T22:13:00.000+08:00

All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go.

Leaving Again...

2006-06-03T17:46:00.000+08:00

Ok. So I've been in Manila for about three weeks now. Before I left, skeletons were found inside the house right in front of ours in Cabanatuan. And to think just a few days before that happened, people were still seen living in that house. For real.

While the said house was being built, one of its construction workers got electrocuted. His misfortune does not end here... because that was not the proximate cause of death... he fell off the roof because of the shock and landed on some pointy things.

A few years ago, before the construction of the aforementioned house, a man was shot in front of our house. Right in front of the gate. Like, one step outside.

Anyhoo

I'm ready to leave for Cebu. I just bought my new travel bag. A nice blue one small enough for overhead on the plane. I just spend too much money whenever I'm here. I'll need a job too.

Last weekend blockmates and I went surfing. Fun.

Then a week before that when there was that storm, we (JHB) went to "Batangas". And ended up playing poker and swimming in GH.

That's all for now. New adventures to come.

PBB Teen Edition

2006-05-13T05:36:00.000+08:00

I just remember that super hero day they had... Mariel was really pretty that night. That was the night when Brenda went in. I still watch PBB even if Nina had left because of <3 Kim.

For now, my bet for Final 4 would be Kim, Matt/Gerard(Gerald?), Mikee/Olyn and Jamilla even if she's nominated this week. I'm optimistic about Jamilla staying in the house because I'm led to believe that people would vote for her. She has a lot of good qualities like having an interesting life, she undeniably has appeal, follows rules and has nothing negative on her so far. Mikee is kind of below the radar, which gives him a big chance of becoming a finalist. I'm not sure if his being Atenista would help. I'm sure the love team with Kim helps to gather viewer appreciation for him. Kim's artistability is a double-edged sword (like Mikee's being Atenista). It ensures that she stays in the house in the event that she gets nominated (which I think is highly unlikely). Olyn on the other hand beat Nina on the first eviction night. Aside from being appealing, she and her love-team is much cuter and wholesome that the other love-teams. Matt is a good boy, like Kim. He's funny too. GenSan boy is also good-looking and happens to have a talent for dancing. It's hard to say which of the two Amboys will stay if Mikee doesn't get voted out. Well have to see whether new conflicts arise.

Out of my six Final 4 bets, I think Jamilla is the clear winner... but we still have to see.

PBB Couples and Eviction

2006-05-05T01:13:00.000+08:00

Bam & Nina & Fred

Poor Bam. Using a drag race analogy, he slapped that nitro a bit too early... and Fred is gaining on him, now even past him. Bam is enjoying how he's torturing those around him. I'm not very optimistic that Nina would have a change of heart though.

Matt & Olyn

They're look cute together. Olyn is cute. We'd look good together.

Mikee & Kim

Me <3 Kim. I'm also an Atenista. We'd also look good together. I can stand it even if she farts a lot.

Eviction

Yeah... I thought it would be her. Who's gonna be next? I'm not entirely sure.

I should audition for PBB season 2.

Aldred of PBB

2006-05-01T03:02:00.000+08:00

I knew it was going to be him. He was highly... umm... I don't know what word describes him best but from his behavior, he was the one most likely to voluntarily exit.

The nomination of Nina was unexpected though. I was pretty sure Mikki and Olyn were going to be nominated. Their fight was all I needed to see. Because of my biases, I failed to factor in the female votes, which caused me to forget about the misunderstood Nina, my love. It is sad that she attributes every faulty perception of her to the notion that she is rich because of her looks. She is like a pretentious artist who displays artwork which screams: I am not pretentious! Just look at her, her features show no sign of hesitation about telling us viewers that she has nice long hair, white skin, Sosy Manila-speak and shoulders and legs that seduce our eyes. I was seduced.

But I still love you Nina! I hope you stay in the house! Or else... There's only Kim to watch! Wo ai ni Kim!

Kim of PBB

2006-04-27T20:36:00.000+08:00

Ang galing galing ni Kim mag perform! I crush her na talaga!!

I <3 Kim

Gusto ko pisilin pisngi niya. Kyut kyut kyut!!!

Kim - 2 posts
Niña - 1 post

Kim of PBB

2006-04-26T20:35:00.000+08:00

Umutot si Kim.

Ang cute cute niya... pero di dahil umutot siya ha.

I think I crush her already... <3

PS. I'd like to correct my last post. Her father is still very much alive (Hi Tito!). The lolo who spoiled her was the one who died.

Niña of PBB

2006-04-25T20:35:00.000+08:00

I just finished watching PBB. The most interesting part of the show was the last part right before they cut it for the next show.

Drama reigned during the end of this episode when the Bukidnon girl, Cook boy and Niña the cute girl cried. Not all together, of course. Separately.

The last one shown was when Niña my love was in bed with I think the cute Cebuana sitting beside her and Niña my love confides something about their family's financial problems.

Flashback. I believe her story was that her dad died or something. So she decided to get into PBB.

So anyway, her mom had no income and they haven't had the money to pay for their house's rent for four months now. :(

Niña... :(

I don't have a job too but I will do anything, what ever it takes just to see you smile. Just tell me. Click that YM thingy in the left-center box. =)

PBB Teen Edition

2006-04-24T19:33:00.000+08:00

I watched the launching episode yesterday. Very nice.

The opening night was well done. Nice bikes. Nice outfits. Mariel is as cute as ever. The girls are cute and it would be exciting to see what kinds of mischievous and naughty things will happen inside the house. They're all really pretty. They'll surely be stars when they get out of the house.

That Niña girl is model material. The Cebuana girl is kinda cute, too. Even the teenage-mom was cute. That Olyn girl also manages to attract my attention. The Bukidnon girl is also worth mentioning. Hmmm... who else...

That fat guy with the mole, who looks like a Wilford Wong clone, is making "the moves" with the Niña girl. Hmph! Kainis. Niña my love, mahal na yata kita... (hehe!)

I think I'll be an avid taga-subaybay of this edition.

Yeah...

2006-04-24T04:33:00.000+08:00

I'm not totally directionless. I actually have a plan in life. The problem is going there from where I am. But anyway...

I'm headed for Bohol/Cebu. Because I can stay in whichever house I like. This Cabanatuan adventure is done and I'll be back in Manila two weeks from now.

When I step foot in Manila, the first thing I will do is go home and put down my bags. The second thing is to call up a friend and tell that person I want to play RF. And then It's off to the computer shop. I will raise my PT and maybe PL until level 40... just in time for ARMS RACE! And then receive 2x bonus PT when I change class!

For the Empire!

And I watched PBB teen edition today. Cute. I'll be watching.

I'm seriously considering converting to Buddhism

2006-04-16T23:54:00.000+08:00

mom: hindi ka pa pala naka receive ng sacrament of confirmation. would you like to receive it habang nandyan mga tita mo?
me: ayaw ko kasi balak ko mag buddhist
mom: wag mo nga akong biruin ng ganyan! kaya walang grasya yang pinangagawa mo
me: does that imply that graces only go to christians?
mom: wag na tayong magtalo.

Gospoel of Judas

2006-04-13T04:34:00.000+08:00

It put a lot of "huh?" moments in the Gospels into perspective. If only I can read Coptic I would love to read a copy myself.

PS. I don't read much. I would never have the time to read a library.
PSS. The bible is a library.

Quiz Time!

2006-04-11T03:44:00.000+08:00

You scored as Cultural Creative. Cultural Creatives are probably the newest group to enter this realm. You are a modern thinker who tends to shy away from organized religion but still feels as if there is something greater than ourselves. You are very spiritual, even if you are not religious. Life has a meaning outside of the rational.

Cultural Creative

100%

Idealist

88%

Postmodernist

81%

Existentialist

63%

Fundamentalist

56%

Materialist

50%

Modernist

38%

Romanticist

13%

What is Your World View? (updated)
created with QuizFarm.com

From a blog I used to read a lot. My result is somewhat close to that person's...

Nothing more to say.

The Backrubber
Deliberate Gentle Sex Dreamer (DGSDm)

Lusty but indirect. Kind, but also using friendship as a means to sex. Oh, that feels gooood. You are The Backrubber.

We call you "The Backrubber" because you straddle that fine line between coming on to someone and just treating her nicely. Backrubs are just one example; you'd meet for coffee, or talk about books/movies, or even argue a little bit, all the while mostly preferring to screw.

Your exact opposite:
The Vapor Trail

Random Brutal Love Master

Your indirect approach is not some evil trickery, but rather a result of your open mind. You'd enjoy either love or sex, but the latter definitely doesn't require the former. While you are responsible and ambitious, you absolutely DON'T have uptight views on relationships. So ultimately, you just enjoy a woman, and let things take their course. If she wants you, great. If not, that's fine too.

Though you're not thinking too much about Love at this point in your life, odds are, when the time comes, you'll be very happy settling down. Your ideal mate is gentle and horny, just like you.

ALWAYS AVOID: The Peach

CONSIDER: The Playstation

Link: The 32-Type Dating Test by OkCupid - Free Online Dating.
My profile name: Monjoe

This just makes me laugh! I don't know if that's positive or negative... (the laugh, of course!)

Hmm... now I'm starting to remember all those times in the Peer Counseling Org... (where the male species is scarce... well, me, I just like counseling! ;) )

Red Palm, Kuala Lumpur

2006-04-11T01:07:00.000+08:00

While reminiscing, Red Palm (the hostel at KL) suddenly popped into my mind.

I want to visit them again soon and see my friends and meet new friends as well. I visited their website and tried to look for some shots with me in it. Coz I haven't been putting up pictures... (and people don't read - they just look at pictures!)

I'm reposting the pictures here. So if you're going to KL, stay at Red Palm. Please visit their website for more info.

I want to go to KL again... huhuhu

And forgive the Waiting for Godot references on the last post... Haven't really read it yet. :P

I am a Nomad!

2006-04-09T21:02:00.000+08:00

I moved to Cabanatuan a few months ago with one bag of clothes and my insatiable desire for adventure. I went just because I want to. I told myself that I'm tired of the sickly tree and I'm leaving Vladimir and Estragon behind. I am not waiting for any Godot, I am going to him. Nothing is happening so I will make something happen. And thus... the trip.

I learned a lot of things about myself during this trip. I realized that there are several things thatI value so much in my life. I absolutely cannot live without them... else I'll become the sickly tree.

Things I can't live without:
1. Computer (with internet access)
2. Cellphone
3. Camera
4. Cash
5. Clothes

So I declare: these are the five C's of a traveler.

Next month I will be moving to either Cebu or Bohol... and shall be living there... indefinitely.

I remind myself of the Jesuit lifestyle. Hmm... Can I?

PS. Have you seen this site?
Thanks for the comment, the bystander.

CLSU

2006-04-01T23:12:00.000+08:00

Fisheries and Aquaclture Center
Central Luzon State University
Science City, Munoz, Nueva Ecija.

Was home for 3 days.

No joke.

Cousin's Birthday

2006-03-26T01:02:00.000+08:00

7pm.
The parents are already drunk, vomiting, and the veterans are gambling.

A night of freedom for us kids.

The sky is so colorful

2006-03-21T23:47:00.000+08:00

Here in Cabanatuan
I have seen pink sunrises
Mid-day alive with color
Yellow and orange sunsets
There is no starless midnight

Nature's Jet Pack - Ripped off of Scott Adams' Blog

2006-03-14T04:46:00.000+08:00

If you lived on a planet with almost no gravity, would you be able to fly just by peeing?

Discuss.

***Fortunately on my blog, you can't! Ha ha ha***

Discussion here.

Weekend Adventure

2006-03-14T04:34:00.000+08:00

I went to Baguio last weekend. I met up with two friends. It's amazing how some things just never change and also how some new things change just about everything.

I wish I could post pictures but I left my dock or whatever you call that in Manila...

Baguio is my new favorite place.

It's true!

2006-03-02T12:50:00.000+08:00

I saw a shooting star a few minutes before 9 pm today. I always thought I'd never see a shooting star. You know... what are the chances of spotting one of the billions of randomly drifting rocks from the infinity of outerspace that just happens to burn through our atmosphere in the wide night sky (with the right lighting conditions) exactly after I blink.

Look up, there's something for you!

Cabanatuan City

2006-03-01T03:26:00.000+08:00

is my current residence. Rediscovering is my main activity. I rediscovered how beautiful sunrises could be. I saw one yesterday and the other day - A sunrise. I will see another one in a few hours.

The sun rose. Sunrose.

Sunrise.

Stampede Comment

2006-02-15T06:10:00.000+08:00

It was mean for the government to compare the poor people to a pack of wolves. Yes, they're hungry, but it's not appropriate to compare to wolves.

If it is the government's responsibility to alleviate poverty, why are these wolves hungry in the first place?

Hi...

2006-02-04T19:46:00.000+08:00

Hiatus.

Homeless White Trash

2006-01-13T22:31:00.000+08:00

When I got home this morning I was surfing channels and saw Jerry Springer on the new channel ETC 2nd Avenue. I saw these some metal-y, gothy, rocker-type (in other words: dirty) young adults, both male and female, being interviewed by Jerry Springer. It was in some dilapidated, vandalized, very un-taken-care-of abandoned house. It was a clear reflection of their condition... it brings to mind just one question (for them and their squat house): Where's your mother?

I didn't expect anything from watching the show. I was entertained by just watching some "white trash". Jerry Springer was asking them some questions and they were talking like normal penniless people. It was amusing and substanceless... until I heard one of them answer Jerry's question (I forgot the question) with something like:

"There's no such thing as homelessness. There's houselessness but people are never homeless. As long as you have a family that you can think of. And it makes you smile... even if they're far away... blah blah... energy... blah blah blah"

I wish I had a pen and paper. It wasn't like the magical mystical new agey love-is-the-key one-with-the-universe what-do-you-smoke hippy. It was amusing how white thrash are capable of saying such profound stuff aside from "give us some f*cking crumbs, you, rich person, you..."

I like everything Japanese

2006-01-11T03:07:00.000+08:00

Japanese girl, I love you.
Or maybe she's Korean. Koreans are horny. But I still love them.

When I grow up, I want to go Japan, maybe Okinawa, and live a quiet Hermit-without-crabs-in-the-Ivory-Tower-with-a-Red-Table kind of life. I'm sure you know the Ivory Tower reference but are you familiar with the Red Table? In Chinese culture, the red table is where the master teaches the student; it is a painting table, a place where the teacher gives all the knowledge and also the harmony and design and stuff.

It's actually the inspiration for the China Executive Leadership Academy, Pudong (CELAP), which opened last year in January 2005.

ChocNut and Hany

2006-01-06T02:24:00.000+08:00

They are the Cokes and Pepsis of Pinoy chocolate delicacies. I've been eating too much of them since December. I now have stacks of perfectly preserved ChocNut outer wrapping (you know, the one aside from the inner silver wrapping) on the corner of my desk here at the office. I'm collecting them in case a tiny plastic stuntman from the person on the other side of my cubicle falls on them to break his fall. I used the pronoun his because he's a stuntman. Because he's not a stuntwoman... in that case I would've used her. It makes no sense. Specially when beginning a paragraph about ChocNut and Hany.

Happy New Year!

2006-01-05T20:35:00.000+08:00

Happy new year to you! Happy new year to you!
Happy new year, happy new year!
Happy new year to you! (to the tune of happy birthday)

Oh wait... I haven't checked my payroll account... Hehe

Haiku for Crimbo

2005-12-24T21:20:00.000+08:00

He gives us the Hoes,
Three times in a Row-ho ho!
No Hoes! Ho ho ho!

Celebrities are chasing me!!!

2005-12-13T05:14:00.000+08:00

Ogie the Pogi and Phem Barranda.
Last Sunday at my tambayan.

Random Picture. Random Comment.

2005-12-07T23:20:00.000+08:00

I just posted a comment on Hulian's LJ.

This is my random picture and comment for today.

Legs. Sa lower right.
If your screen is bright enough.

The Truth is...

2005-11-29T00:58:00.000+08:00

While looking for the Truth 404 page, I came accross a very interesting article about 9/11...

This article focused on the Pentagon incident where supposedly, one of the hijacked planes "crashed". Looking at the pictures, obviously there's something wrong...

[Most of it is exaggerated and is like the work of an angsty highskool kid but the point is clear... at least for the parts I had enough patience to read.]

(Edit: Dec 10, 2005. 1:56 am)
I don't know how I got there but while surfing, I came across this site. It's related to my second-to-the-last post (this one). It's much better than the other link but it's also too text-y. But there are links to pictures so it's better. The style of writing is mature and a bit boring.

Goat!

2005-11-25T00:03:00.000+08:00

Horny...?Weed...?

Monjoe, ang Taxi Hunter!

2005-11-16T22:42:00.000+08:00

Nagreklamo nga ako sa LTFRB... akala ba niya nagbibiro ako nung sinabi niyang irereklamo ko siya?? Ang tinutukoy ko ay ang taxing tumanggi sa 'kin kahapon.

Alam niyo bang bawal tumanggi ang mga taxi sa pasahero? Sa kahit anong kadahilanan! Kapag nangyari ito sa inyo (ang tanggihan ng isang walang hiyang taxi drayber sa kahit ano pa mang kadahilanan), ang proseso ay ganito:

1. Kunin ang pangalan ng franchise at plaka ng sasakyan.
2. Tumawag sa numerong 7890. Ito ang LTFRB hotline.
3. Magreklamo.

Sa puntong ito, may dalawa kang pagpipilian.
(1) Mag-"disciplinary action"
(2) Magpatawag ng hearing

Sa unang option, papadalhan sila (ang drayber at operator) ng notice. Ito ay para malaman nilang nagreklamo ka at babala sa kanila para hindi na tumanggi sa mga pasahero.

Sa pangalawang option, magkakaron kayo ng hearing sa korte(?) ng LTFRB sa Ortigas. Maghihintay ka nga lang ng mga dalawang linggo mula sa araw ng iyong pagreklamo bago ito mangyari. 15 minuto lamang ito. Kapag napatunayang tinanggihan ka nga ng drayber, may matatanggap siyang kaparusahan. Nakalimutan ko kung ano. Kukunin ata lisensya niya eh.

Basta. 'Yon.

Simula ngayon may bago na akong side-line... isa na akong Taxi Hunter! Tandaan 7890!

Nagbabantay ang Taxi Hunter!

Papuntang Trabaho...

2005-11-16T00:28:00.000+08:00

Tinanggihan ako ng taxi... isusumbong ko ang punyetang 'yon sa LTO bukas
Mali ang nasakyan kong jeep... tanga
Sinagasaan ako ng rumaragasang bisikleta sakay ng dalawang indio... tumalsik ako

Haayyy...

Isang random picture...

Isa pang random picture...

Masdan.

Si Jimmy

2005-11-15T03:18:00.000+08:00

Si Jimmy Regalario ay astig! Mabuhay ang Kilusang Makabansang Ekonomista!

Economic development is different from economic growth! We need a national railway system and a capital goods industry as well as some other stuff I forgot to note! Or else WE WON'T HAVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT!

I can't believe this economist seated at the most powerful chair in the country... Talk to any taxi or jeepney driver and they can tell you the true state of the nation's economy. Some say managing a country is like managing a huge corporation. Any business leader will tell you that it's important to keep your people happy. Now, are the people happy?

An interesting website can be found here.

Yay

2005-11-09T23:56:00.000+08:00

Hurray for business process outsourcing, the Philippine society's high regard for speaking English and other countries' need to learn the English language!

Dear...

2005-11-03T22:10:00.000+08:00

I do, at times, wonder... What does the world look like in your eyes?

That is all.

If...

2005-11-03T22:04:00.000+08:00

If you point a finger at one hand clapping in the middle of the desert, do you look at the finger or you listen to the clapping?

November

2005-11-01T18:20:00.000+08:00

Wow. It's november.
See how fast that was?

ASLA 4 and a Japanese Girl

2005-10-24T13:00:00.000+08:00

At last! ASLA 4 was a success. I'm so tired. At least now I'm just tired... During that week I was tired, hungry and sometimes angry. The elements of a possession. Anyway, so this must mean I must delete friends in Friendster to accomodate new friends. I'm to lazy to create a new account. I've deleted a lot of friends before. Hehe

I was in Galleria yesterday. The evicted Big Brother people were there. I was able to take a paparazzi shot while they walked past me. Then there was this girl walking around dressed in French maid, or so I thought. Then I thought maybe she's a Marionette. She's probably from Japan. I realized when I got home that she was dressed as a "persocom" from this cartoon with the main character named Hideki and the female robot assistant or "persocom" named Chi. I approached her and talked a bit and took her picture. It was cute. Cute but crazy.

News!

2005-10-15T19:24:00.000+08:00

RG Cruz and Aladin Bacolodan, Gays?

NEWS

2005-09-21T23:52:00.000+08:00

Unfortunately, you can't keep up with then news when you're making the news.

Naks! I'm a newsmaker.

Free Wi-fi

2005-09-19T23:44:00.000+08:00

There's free wi-fi at the podium. Wohooooo

Free Wi-Fi

2005-09-12T19:57:00.000+08:00

The mayor's office is a free hotspot. Yeah! Free Wi-Fi! The whole second floor.

Congressional Hearings

2005-09-06T16:17:00.000+08:00

Better than tele-novelas!

Artificial High!

2005-09-01T17:07:00.000+08:00

What's better that a natural high?

An artificial high, of course!

Bleh.

I once got a spam message saying in its title:
"Thinking of buying a Rolex? Try an imitation first!"

I thought it was funny lah.

Philosophy

2005-08-25T05:09:00.000+08:00

Philosopher, proudly, I am.

But at the practical level, during these times, one should make money in order to live. Therefore much sacrifice is needed before pursuing... Dreams. "Life's too short", like they say, is cliche but there's much rest in death. No time, but life, to waste.

"Sleep"...? I've read of that. Where can I buy some of those?

The following section is plagiarized from http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A617843

Without Philosophy

Daughter: Can I go to Anna's party tonight?

Mother: No, not on a school night.

D: But everyone else's mum lets them go!

M: You're not going, and that's final.

D: That's so unfair!

With Philosophy

D: But everyone else's mum lets them go!

M: There are two assumptions there. The first is that everyone's mum does in fact allow them go, which, in the absence of detailed evidence, I am inclined to doubt. Secondly, you assume that because I am in a minority, I am incorrect. Yet there are many examples of holders of a minority view being correct. Surely you do not mean to claim that simply being in a majority confers truth?

D: I don't wish to claim that. But why do you think allowing me to go the party would be an incorrect decision?

M: Because you have school tomorrow.

D: You make the assumption that a late night would have an adverse affect my schoolwork. This I would deny; but we can assume that it is true for the moment. There is, however, a more serious assumption that you make. You assume that any disadvantages from my being a little tired from being up late will not be outweighed by the advantages that could be gained by my being at the party, such as increased self-esteem, social skills, and life experience. I dispute the primary importance you appear to attach to education and knowledge, and argue that these are only two virtues among many others, which are equally important for my personal development.

M: This may be so, but it doesn't show that the virtues of self-esteem and social skills should, on this occasion, outweigh education. And the less said about life experience, the better, young lady. If, as you say, the virtues of self-esteem and social skills and education are just three among many others, then the choice between them is simply a matter of judgment. You will concede that I am older and wiser than you are, and I am therefore better placed to make this judgment. Therefore, I conclude, I have the right - and, as your mother, the duty - to use this judgment in your best interests, which on this occasion is not to let you go the party.

D: But why?

M: You're not going, and that's final.

D: That's so unfair!

Learning

2005-08-24T04:24:00.000+08:00

It takes little to learn from a wise man. It takes so much more to learn from a fool.

So what's learning?

Do our present education systems available today actually address learning?

Given 40 students in a classroom, 1 teacher and 1 lesson plan, why are the scores in exams different for each student? Does our education system address learning or just the input of information in the human information storage system. If that is so, then why not just improve on imporoving memory?

The computer as a model of the human brain gives us (or at least this is my impression) a guide for the process and thus the areas we need to improve. The parts are input, memory, data processing and output.

In a normal classroom setting, what happens is this: the teacher lectures, the students listen. The teacher gives an exam, the students answer. Everything is measured by the number that comes out of the exam.

What?!

Processing power and memory is left to the students. Why is this so when in the computing industry the computing power doubles every 18 months and the data, through what is apparent in the internet, grows exponentially everyday? We seem to have missed something along the way. Classroom sizes are growing and computer parts minaturizing. There has been little change in the brain even before the transistor (substitute the wheel for greater effect) was invented yet it remains the most complex kilo of matter in existence. I'm a psychology major and I can say psychology is l4mz0rz when it comes to this. I mean, so what has psychology helped, anyway? If the value of something is measured by its output, what has been psychology's output's effect on our education? Has it become more "1337"?

As if anything would happen anytime soon. Even if you all complain with me.

Just one of those things I philosophize about...

KL

2005-08-17T03:09:00.000+08:00

I will be back next month until next next month! And this time, aside from being in a seminar for free, I will be staying in a fancy hotel for free! I'm assisting in the APG seminar this time. No need to cross the smoggy streets. I'm guessing the hotel will be nearer the Petronas. Last time it was adjcent the mall and mrt. Because I'm so good and they trust my capabilities. They love me! What more can you say?

But seriously, they loved my thank you speech/joke using timelines and fake submodalities. I'm so good.
/me pats himself on the back. "Nice job!"

And I almost forgot this! Hahaha!

And this! This comes out at the top when you google my name. :P

Congresswoman Darlene Custodio

2005-08-12T01:23:00.000+08:00

Crush ko siya.

Strictly Politics

2005-08-01T20:08:00.000+08:00

Last saturday and sunday midnight, I saw an episode of Strictly Politics with Pia Hontiveros. At the end of the show, she apoligized for something. What was it? Was she caught cursing on air? She has a habit of being caught after commercial breaks talking and umaware that the show is already airing and speaking candidly of things. It could've been really funny. I wish I saw that episode.

I'm Glad

2005-07-21T20:56:00.000+08:00

I don't know if any of you have read the e-mail circulating around entitled "Walang Kwenta ang Pilipinas". The title pretty much says what it's all about. A while ago I saw a second e-mail reacting to the first e-mail. Sorry, I forgot the title but I also looked.

I don't read long e-mails. (Also long blog entries.) I just felt glad that there are still idealists out there waiting for their own personal tipping point that shifts them to activist. These are not ones of the previous generation, these ones are of my generation. A generation of new ideas. Ideas reacting to the flaws of the previous generation. I'm glad.

I am one of you. And although our ideas may not envision the same end, I will support you in realizing whatever it is you want. I want to see if your idea is better than mine. I want the best idea to survive.

We all carry goals in us. Goals waiting to be realized. We are in a sense, pregnant. Let those ideas be realized. Let it possess you. Allow yourself to be consumed by it. For this I believe is the foundation of a Great Man.

Ang drama naman. :P

Ava's Despedida

2005-07-19T07:04:00.000+08:00

Ava is going to France! We'll mishu Ava...

The party last saturday was fun. last time I saw my blockmates was 6 months ago..

I wasn't able to go to DJ Andrea's party yesterday. Sorry.

An Addict is Me!

2005-07-13T06:40:00.000+08:00

I'm addicted to this game called "The Kingdom of Loathing".

It's a funny game that at first, looks like it was made by a kid but you'll find out soon you can't progress without gaming prowess. It brings back the gaming times of the old when gameplay made the game and graphics didn't matter much. There are a lot of references to real life stuff in the items. I enjoyed my adventures in the haiku dungeon.

Why??

2005-07-08T03:38:00.000+08:00

Why is there a huge gap in here....?

Life

2005-07-06T06:22:00.000+08:00

is like a road trip at night. You can only see as far as your headlights go, but you can make the whole trip that way... but somehow, you get there.

-Ryu of the Wooden Sword (Shaman King)

I though "Man, these cartoons can give kids headaches sometimes. This is heavy!"

And then just now as I write this post I discover he isn't the originator of that quote...

Writing a book is like driving a car at night. You can only see as far as your headlights go, but you can make the whole trip that way.

-E. L. Doctorow

Whoever this guy is...

Arrrrgh! BT!

2005-06-30T02:54:00.000+08:00

I want time for my blog. QT = quiet/quality time. BT = blog time.

Work

2005-06-21T05:33:00.000+08:00

has been very demanding lately but I'm enjoying the challenge.

At least Fete de la Musique was fun. But honestly, most of the time, it was... Gross... Detestable... Yuck. Good thing the rock stage was just a few steps away from Racks. But still, the sea of people's sweat... unghh, made it seem like eternity to cross. Racks' bouncers were like St. Peters guarding the entrance to "the place to be". No ID = no entrance. Fete ID that is. Everyone who was someone was in Racks... almost. Maybe the ones in the El Pueblo area. But the Tad Jocks, ETC Jocks, celebs, trying hards (like me) and walang karirs are mostly there. I feel very sorry for the non-jologs that were stuck outside...

On the jolog hand, I really don't get why people throw stuff like water bottles around. Some of them even had water... maybe even purposely filled. The strangest thing was, people actually return lost stuff. I saw an actual bag being handed over to the stage people to be announced as "lost and found". I wonder if it still had anything in it... I'm pretty sure it's already dirty. Speaking of dirt, it was like EDSA tres all over again. But I bet you won't even hear that in the news.

One thing I almost thought could never happen was the communing of economic classes. The sweat and the sweet perfumes. The fake and the real Chucks. Dark skin and not-so-dark-and-above. My above-idiot IQ can detect them. I am embarrassed to let the bottle-throwers mingle with the white skins. I almost feel sorry for the foreigners. Yes, there were some.

Oh well. Let's just remember the fun.

New Blog!

2005-06-14T01:08:00.000+08:00

I made a new blog! This one's my commentary about Philippine politics and current events in general. Those politicians are so amusing...

I want to share with the world all the amusing things happening in the Philippine political scene. Check it out Philippine Politics = Exciting!