Wow! Weekend na bukas!!!
Yahoooo!!!
Hay, anu kaya gawin ko? I wanna watch house bunny, hahaha! Kelangan pa ba i-explain why? Well, I just like Kikay movies. Maganda 'yung maganda ang mga nakikita mo 'di ba? Ayoko ng palabas na maganda nga ang story ang pangit naman ng characters :s Manonood ka na nga lang pangit pa!
Kelan kaya labas 'yung Chihuahua movie???
Friday, October 31, 2008
Rihanna/Chris Brown Back-to-back Concert
I just noticed the time, it's 12:46am, Nov. 1. So the early-bird discount for the Rihanna/Chris Brown concert is over.
I didn't buy tickets. I don't want to have to stand w/o having any choice. I don't want to watch a concert where there are no reserved seats. I don't want to have to wait in line early to get a good spot. I don't want to have to hold off peeing when I feel like it because I don't want to lose my spot.
I still feel bad though. I love them both so much. But I'm a princess. I cannot suffer.
I didn't buy tickets. I don't want to have to stand w/o having any choice. I don't want to watch a concert where there are no reserved seats. I don't want to have to wait in line early to get a good spot. I don't want to have to hold off peeing when I feel like it because I don't want to lose my spot.
I still feel bad though. I love them both so much. But I'm a princess. I cannot suffer.
Love on the Rebound
I have 2 friends, a guy & a girl, who both had very bad experiences on love.
Guy
1. Left his 1st girlfriend of roughly 7 years for another girl.
2. This 2nd gf had an affair w/ 2 other guys.
3. The 2nd guy this 2nd gf had an affair w/ was married & has a kid.
4. My guy friend keeps on accepting his 2nd gf no matter what but 2nd gf doesn't want him anymore, she would rather be w/ his 2nd affair relationship (the married man w/ a kid).
Girl
1. Bf from the same office had 1st affair.
2. The affair led her to have an affair of her own w/ a 'taken' guy from the same office.
3. Affair on #2, caught by legal gf while making out, or maybe doing something else, at a mall carpark.
4. Girl went back to original bf.
5. Bf had an affair again & again on the same office.
6. Latest affair relationship, in the same office, continued & guy left girl. He ended up getting the other girl pregnant & married her instead.
Their latest love problems happened at the same time. Then, they started a relationship together. I was just so stunned. Rebound, rebound.
After a year they got enganged. Still, I can't imagine them together, being 'barkadas' before.
After another year they got married.
For some reason I found several websites yesterday about their wedding, post-wedding adventures, etc.. They seem happy.
Maybe rebound works, it does for basketball anyways...
Guy
1. Left his 1st girlfriend of roughly 7 years for another girl.
2. This 2nd gf had an affair w/ 2 other guys.
3. The 2nd guy this 2nd gf had an affair w/ was married & has a kid.
4. My guy friend keeps on accepting his 2nd gf no matter what but 2nd gf doesn't want him anymore, she would rather be w/ his 2nd affair relationship (the married man w/ a kid).
Girl
1. Bf from the same office had 1st affair.
2. The affair led her to have an affair of her own w/ a 'taken' guy from the same office.
3. Affair on #2, caught by legal gf while making out, or maybe doing something else, at a mall carpark.
4. Girl went back to original bf.
5. Bf had an affair again & again on the same office.
6. Latest affair relationship, in the same office, continued & guy left girl. He ended up getting the other girl pregnant & married her instead.
Their latest love problems happened at the same time. Then, they started a relationship together. I was just so stunned. Rebound, rebound.
After a year they got enganged. Still, I can't imagine them together, being 'barkadas' before.
After another year they got married.
For some reason I found several websites yesterday about their wedding, post-wedding adventures, etc.. They seem happy.
Maybe rebound works, it does for basketball anyways...
Gay People
I could never trust gay people. I have told this to myself a long time ago.
I had several close gay friends before. And they always turn up against me. Let's say, all of them have backbited me at some point. I guess there's some insecurity there, because they're not female. I don't know.
My other friends are used to our gay friends' attitudes. They tend to bring us down, criticize us, comment sarcastically. They tell me they're just like that.
You can't blaim me if I feel this way. I'm just a very cautious person, especially in trusting people. You see, I learned in life (too late) that there's really not much people you can trust.
The problem w/ gay people is that you like hanging out w/ them (at least for me, I do). They're just so much fun & spontaneous. I never stop laughing. So it's really hard to keep your guard when you're w/ them.
Whatever...
I had several close gay friends before. And they always turn up against me. Let's say, all of them have backbited me at some point. I guess there's some insecurity there, because they're not female. I don't know.
My other friends are used to our gay friends' attitudes. They tend to bring us down, criticize us, comment sarcastically. They tell me they're just like that.
You can't blaim me if I feel this way. I'm just a very cautious person, especially in trusting people. You see, I learned in life (too late) that there's really not much people you can trust.
The problem w/ gay people is that you like hanging out w/ them (at least for me, I do). They're just so much fun & spontaneous. I never stop laughing. So it's really hard to keep your guard when you're w/ them.
Whatever...
Obama & Callcenters
I am scared. US elections is coming. And Obama is on top of the polls. Almost all (or probably all except Elisabeth Hasselbeck) hollywood celebrities endorse him.
Part of Obama's platform is to eliminate callcenters, BPO's, & shared services for US companies. This is the main 'logical' reason why I am against him. The second reason would be that he scares me again because he looks like a terrorist. This is illogical to me because even before any suspicions about his terrorist connections came out I already thought he 'might' be a terrorist ('coz he 'looks' like one, like the La Salle basket players now, hehe!). The third not-so-logical reason is that he looks to me like a Filipino politician. You know, too much charisma but nothing inside.
Anyways, going back to the topic, I am grim when I imagine what will happen to the country when callcenters & BPO's disappear (or even stop growing). Just imagine the days when you graduate & you can't find a job & if you're lucky to get one, it's minimum wage. Imagine how the Philippines have gone w/ callcenters. I heard from friends working on callcenters that they really hire non-college grads. It's like we're in a first-world country, you know, graduating is not anymore a necessity. And how fast they get promoted! In one year they can become the head of a callcenter site! Most of my friends who work on callcenters are the ones who usually cut classes in college, get suspended, & yet, in a couple of years, they are managers earning huge salaries!
How does retaining these jobs really benefit the US? I mean, we all know how choosy Americans are w/ jobs! Hahahaha! Would they even bother working on callcenters & other routinary jobs?
Anyways, I still hope for the best. Else, I might as well migrate...
Part of Obama's platform is to eliminate callcenters, BPO's, & shared services for US companies. This is the main 'logical' reason why I am against him. The second reason would be that he scares me again because he looks like a terrorist. This is illogical to me because even before any suspicions about his terrorist connections came out I already thought he 'might' be a terrorist ('coz he 'looks' like one, like the La Salle basket players now, hehe!). The third not-so-logical reason is that he looks to me like a Filipino politician. You know, too much charisma but nothing inside.
Anyways, going back to the topic, I am grim when I imagine what will happen to the country when callcenters & BPO's disappear (or even stop growing). Just imagine the days when you graduate & you can't find a job & if you're lucky to get one, it's minimum wage. Imagine how the Philippines have gone w/ callcenters. I heard from friends working on callcenters that they really hire non-college grads. It's like we're in a first-world country, you know, graduating is not anymore a necessity. And how fast they get promoted! In one year they can become the head of a callcenter site! Most of my friends who work on callcenters are the ones who usually cut classes in college, get suspended, & yet, in a couple of years, they are managers earning huge salaries!
How does retaining these jobs really benefit the US? I mean, we all know how choosy Americans are w/ jobs! Hahahaha! Would they even bother working on callcenters & other routinary jobs?
Anyways, I still hope for the best. Else, I might as well migrate...
Halloween Costume, Yes or No?
Yesterday we had a halloween costume contest here at the office. The day the contest was announced I casually asked my seatmate if he's gonna wear one. I was hoping he wouldn't & that nobody would. I may be a kj but I kinda think it's pathetic.
The day came (yesterday) & some groups had themes, wearing identical headbands, etc.. Some even put on some makeup. I don't know but I'm not really into these things. I am always not into novelty, you know, doing things that I feel are useless...
I always try to find a purpose for whatever I do. Which is probably why I'm always bored. I don't want to do anything unless it is really needed. Maybe I need an attitude change?
The day came (yesterday) & some groups had themes, wearing identical headbands, etc.. Some even put on some makeup. I don't know but I'm not really into these things. I am always not into novelty, you know, doing things that I feel are useless...
I always try to find a purpose for whatever I do. Which is probably why I'm always bored. I don't want to do anything unless it is really needed. Maybe I need an attitude change?
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Taguig Police Breaking the Law in Bright Sunlight
Today I passed by the East Service Road in Taguig going to Makati (just before the right-turn to C5). I was surprised that a policeman stopped me in the middle of the road to let people cross the street to get into a jeep that is loading passengers in the middle of the street. It was usually the 'bayaran' of the jeepney drivers who do this, I almost didn't stop & was shocked at what I saw. There were even signs 'No loading & unloading' & the police itself is the one stopping the cars to load the jeepneys. Is the Taguig government paying them too little that they need some 5-peso or 10-peso tips from the jeepney drivers?
Another way for policemen to cause traffic in the streets of Metro Manila...
Only in the Philippines...
Another way for policemen to cause traffic in the streets of Metro Manila...
Only in the Philippines...
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Boredom
I am totally bored. I found this website. Read on to make yourself laugh!
http://www.urban75.org/useless/bored.html
Blink wildly and then close your eyes really tight for an interesting light show(Amusement Potential: 1-5 minutes)See a variety of blobs, stars and flashes. Try to make out shapes and see if your subconscious is trying to send you a message
Scratch yourself(Amusement Potential: 1-3 minutes)Go ahead, scratch yourself now. Even if nothing itches, go ahead. Doesn't that feel pretty good?
Rate passers by(Amusement Potential: 10-15 minutes)Secretly award passers by marks out of ten as you go along, offering (unsaid) expert criticism over their clothing, hairstyle and footwear choices. *this is something laiteras do regularly
Try to swallow your tongue(Amusement Potential: 1-2 minutes)There's not much to say about this one. It is possible, but really stupid.
Stare at the back of someone's head until they turn around(Amusement Potential: 2-5 minutes)This works on the "I have the feeling I'm being watched" principle. Conduct an experiment-does this really work?Have a "Who is less competitive" competitionwonder (Amusement Potential: 1-3 minutes)Trying to win at this will make you lose. Trying to lose makes you win which makes you lose. Not trying at all makes you lose which makes you win which makes you lose
*this is somewhat philosophical to me, in life, try & try & you will fail, do not try & just do it & it will come to you naturally
Pick up a dog so it can see things from your point of view(Amusement Potential: 3-5 minutes)Think about it: your dog has only seen the house from a viewpoint from 6" to 2' high (15 to 60 cm for all you metric fans). It's never seen the tops of counters, what you keep on your desk, the tops of shelves, etc. Try looking at things from its point of view, too.
http://www.urban75.org/useless/bored.html
Blink wildly and then close your eyes really tight for an interesting light show(Amusement Potential: 1-5 minutes)See a variety of blobs, stars and flashes. Try to make out shapes and see if your subconscious is trying to send you a message
Scratch yourself(Amusement Potential: 1-3 minutes)Go ahead, scratch yourself now. Even if nothing itches, go ahead. Doesn't that feel pretty good?
Rate passers by(Amusement Potential: 10-15 minutes)Secretly award passers by marks out of ten as you go along, offering (unsaid) expert criticism over their clothing, hairstyle and footwear choices. *this is something laiteras do regularly
Try to swallow your tongue(Amusement Potential: 1-2 minutes)There's not much to say about this one. It is possible, but really stupid.
Stare at the back of someone's head until they turn around(Amusement Potential: 2-5 minutes)This works on the "I have the feeling I'm being watched" principle. Conduct an experiment-does this really work?Have a "Who is less competitive" competitionwonder (Amusement Potential: 1-3 minutes)Trying to win at this will make you lose. Trying to lose makes you win which makes you lose. Not trying at all makes you lose which makes you win which makes you lose
*this is somewhat philosophical to me, in life, try & try & you will fail, do not try & just do it & it will come to you naturally
Pick up a dog so it can see things from your point of view(Amusement Potential: 3-5 minutes)Think about it: your dog has only seen the house from a viewpoint from 6" to 2' high (15 to 60 cm for all you metric fans). It's never seen the tops of counters, what you keep on your desk, the tops of shelves, etc. Try looking at things from its point of view, too.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Apathy
I’ve learned to practice apathy. Why so? If I won’t, I’d go insane.
Look at the world around us (or our country for that matter). Look at the people living in poverty. The jeepneys using the steets as their terminal. The men drinking on the streets on a work night. The people videoke-ing (is that a word?) in the streets on work nights. The colleagues at work who always run out of money having to support their parents who are fit enough to work.
And then we have Legarda, Cayetano, Escudero, Erap, Binay & all the other trash in public office.
And then not having a true & honest media & news.
I could go on & on.
I could blog on & on like the other bloggers like Gorrell, Dona Victorina, the Professional Heckler, but nothing will change.
I am very close to someone who is close to a personality mentioned in Gorrell’s blog. I asked how he was. My friend said, “there’s nothing wrong with him, whatever they say about him, they’re used to it, they come from a political family, nothing is new.”
So there, everyone can blog all they want but these people in power (& with the money) really wouldn’t care.
It is really interesting to read blogs dishing out the dirt of people from high society. But don’t hope that it will affect them or that the bloggers’ so-called ‘crusade’ is going to achieve anything, because it’s not! These people are there for one reason alone. They are impervious. So why should we care?
We have all the clamour to have these personalities removed from television & print, but it’s not going anywhere. Tim Yap can be seen more & more on tv. Shrek will not go anywhere because she just has the connections (or the knowledge of people’s dirt).
Just don’t care is my advise.
Don’t watch their shows.
Don’t buy their newspapers.
Don’t even vote anymore because the rest of the country is dumb to elect these officials.
Just look at the the winners (& topnotchers) of the last senatorial elections.
Do not watch from the network you do not like. There are so many things you can do with your life. Watch the other networks, they have better (& more real) shows.
Surf the net. Watch free tv series, they are far better.
Go out & have fun.
In the end, the bloggers are not the losers. It is the stupid people. People who believe these blood-sucking lesser version of us.
In the end, when we get to have another president like Erap the ‘country’ will again suffer in poverty. No one will be lucky anymore, to get decent-paying jobs anywhere, jump from one company to another. Then the ‘thinking’ & ‘working’ people will be the ones left. The ones left to be able to buy high-class brands. The ones left dining in Serendra, Boni High St., Greenbelt. People will get what they deserve. The people who blaim everything else (& the government) & never themselves for their fate, always rallying in the streets, believing self-serving politicans & media personalities, will be thrown again in the streets, where they belong.
In the end, people will get what they deserve. In the end, the bloggers will survive.
Look at the world around us (or our country for that matter). Look at the people living in poverty. The jeepneys using the steets as their terminal. The men drinking on the streets on a work night. The people videoke-ing (is that a word?) in the streets on work nights. The colleagues at work who always run out of money having to support their parents who are fit enough to work.
And then we have Legarda, Cayetano, Escudero, Erap, Binay & all the other trash in public office.
And then not having a true & honest media & news.
I could go on & on.
I could blog on & on like the other bloggers like Gorrell, Dona Victorina, the Professional Heckler, but nothing will change.
I am very close to someone who is close to a personality mentioned in Gorrell’s blog. I asked how he was. My friend said, “there’s nothing wrong with him, whatever they say about him, they’re used to it, they come from a political family, nothing is new.”
So there, everyone can blog all they want but these people in power (& with the money) really wouldn’t care.
It is really interesting to read blogs dishing out the dirt of people from high society. But don’t hope that it will affect them or that the bloggers’ so-called ‘crusade’ is going to achieve anything, because it’s not! These people are there for one reason alone. They are impervious. So why should we care?
We have all the clamour to have these personalities removed from television & print, but it’s not going anywhere. Tim Yap can be seen more & more on tv. Shrek will not go anywhere because she just has the connections (or the knowledge of people’s dirt).
Just don’t care is my advise.
Don’t watch their shows.
Don’t buy their newspapers.
Don’t even vote anymore because the rest of the country is dumb to elect these officials.
Just look at the the winners (& topnotchers) of the last senatorial elections.
Do not watch from the network you do not like. There are so many things you can do with your life. Watch the other networks, they have better (& more real) shows.
Surf the net. Watch free tv series, they are far better.
Go out & have fun.
In the end, the bloggers are not the losers. It is the stupid people. People who believe these blood-sucking lesser version of us.
In the end, when we get to have another president like Erap the ‘country’ will again suffer in poverty. No one will be lucky anymore, to get decent-paying jobs anywhere, jump from one company to another. Then the ‘thinking’ & ‘working’ people will be the ones left. The ones left to be able to buy high-class brands. The ones left dining in Serendra, Boni High St., Greenbelt. People will get what they deserve. The people who blaim everything else (& the government) & never themselves for their fate, always rallying in the streets, believing self-serving politicans & media personalities, will be thrown again in the streets, where they belong.
In the end, people will get what they deserve. In the end, the bloggers will survive.
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Embassy Forever!
I was quite surprised to find out that embassy is open again. But I am more surprised that Brian Gorrell kept mum about this. Is Brian fooling everyone??? Is he just a publicity rep for Embassy (& Tim, for that matter)?
Friday, October 3, 2008
Google Chrome Incognito --- Stupido!
Here is the page you will see once you use Google Chrome Incognito:
Is it better to be smart or dumb?
I have been pondering on this thought since I came to the office today. Sometimes you really tend to lose patience dealing with stupid people. Sila pa ang galit eh sila na nga ang mali? How stupid!
I googled the topic & found this site.
http://www.panopticoncentral.net/archive/2003/08/04/168.aspx
Here’s what it contains:
Chris points to an article that I saw talked about in the New York Times or some such place in the somewhat distant past. It reminds me of a story that my wife tells about when she was young and her sister asked her grandfather, "Papa Ali, is it harder to be smart or dumb?" His reply (more or less) was "It's harder to be smart. You see, dumb people don't know they're dumb, so it doesn't bother them. But the smart people have to deal with the dumb people."
The implication, though, of this article is that the answer really is "neither," because if dumb people don't know they're dumb and think they're smart instead, they're going to get just as annoyed by the supposedly "dumb" people they deal with.
As for me, I take no position as to which category of people I fall into. Safest position to take...
It’s so frustrating to think that smart ka na nga ikaw pa ‘yung kawawa! Kinda like if you are prettier, it has disadvantages you know?
Here are some notable comments:
# re: Is it better to be smart or dumb? 1/26/2007 5:49 PM Mr B
I would choose smart. They know what they want and how to get it and because you are smarter that most the competition for domanance and position is hardly competitive.
Now this is something na pangpa-lubag-loob.
Here’s another comment:
# re: Is it better to be smart or dumb? 10/28/2007 1:49 PM ASINGH
unfortunarly, dumb ones think they are smart, cuz they are too dumb to figure out that they are dumb. and smart people think they are dumb and constantly doubt themselves. if only it was the other way around........
Bakit nga ba?
Buti na lang I already left my previous company wih my oh-so-stupid boss, hahahha!
Kayo what do you think? Which is better? Smart or dumb?
I googled the topic & found this site.
http://www.panopticoncentral.net/archive/2003/08/04/168.aspx
Here’s what it contains:
Chris points to an article that I saw talked about in the New York Times or some such place in the somewhat distant past. It reminds me of a story that my wife tells about when she was young and her sister asked her grandfather, "Papa Ali, is it harder to be smart or dumb?" His reply (more or less) was "It's harder to be smart. You see, dumb people don't know they're dumb, so it doesn't bother them. But the smart people have to deal with the dumb people."
The implication, though, of this article is that the answer really is "neither," because if dumb people don't know they're dumb and think they're smart instead, they're going to get just as annoyed by the supposedly "dumb" people they deal with.
As for me, I take no position as to which category of people I fall into. Safest position to take...
It’s so frustrating to think that smart ka na nga ikaw pa ‘yung kawawa! Kinda like if you are prettier, it has disadvantages you know?
Here are some notable comments:
# re: Is it better to be smart or dumb? 1/26/2007 5:49 PM Mr B
I would choose smart. They know what they want and how to get it and because you are smarter that most the competition for domanance and position is hardly competitive.
Now this is something na pangpa-lubag-loob.
Here’s another comment:
# re: Is it better to be smart or dumb? 10/28/2007 1:49 PM ASINGH
unfortunarly, dumb ones think they are smart, cuz they are too dumb to figure out that they are dumb. and smart people think they are dumb and constantly doubt themselves. if only it was the other way around........
Bakit nga ba?
Buti na lang I already left my previous company wih my oh-so-stupid boss, hahahha!
Kayo what do you think? Which is better? Smart or dumb?
Blatant Plagiarism from the Philippines!!!
Check out this blatant plagiarism from Philstar.com known as the Philippine news and entertainment portal for the Filipino global community. The the online presence of the STAR Group of Publications, a leading publisher of newspapers and magazines in the Philippines.
This is the link to the Philstar article dated September 27, 2008 by Jay Ortega.
http://philstar.com/index.php?Modern%20Living&p=49&type=2&sec=46&aid=2008092668
And here is where it came from (dated September 18, 2008).
http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/22723926/review/22787142/death_magnetic
What a shame! Does the Filipino global community have no access to the rollingstone site???
This is the link to the Philstar article dated September 27, 2008 by Jay Ortega.
http://philstar.com/index.php?Modern%20Living&p=49&type=2&sec=46&aid=2008092668
And here is where it came from (dated September 18, 2008).
http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/22723926/review/22787142/death_magnetic
What a shame! Does the Filipino global community have no access to the rollingstone site???
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