1. Everybody should stop treating journalists like they're the only ones with deadly jobs. More pedestrians are needlessly getting killed than journalists at any given day - and they're not even getting occupational hazard pay.
2. In relation to #1, the government should stop brown nosing by passing laws too specific for journalism as a whole instead of working on laws where everybody could benefit from. Making government documents legally available to everybody will limit the need for oversensational investigations.
3. It's the 21st century, let's accept the fact that even journalists are corruptible. You draw the conclusions where I'm getting at on this one.
4. Journalists should stop asking for the opinions of famous people on issues just because they're famous, and not because they know what they're talking about. This applies to bishops, half-educated senators, university figureheads (from the wrong department) and bloggers.
5. Stop calling nobodies who claim they're experts as "experts" just because they seem so sure about what they're saying.
6. Stop using the word "kaganapan" entirely. It will make life much easier for everybody.
7. The internet is a nice place to get information from, but it's never a good place to base public opinion. Like it or not, online is still a niche crowd.
8. "Sponsored" news bits should be declared as such. That's how it was done before, that's how it should be done now.
9. We need more news about business and the economy. Once upon a time we actually had these on public TV.
10. Ramon Tulfo is a biased asshole, but he's honest about his polarities. The rest of the industry should at least be more open about it like him.
Finer Points: Eating in Hong Kong
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Here are some things that you may find different when eating in Hong Kong, as compared to eating in the Philippines:
1. If you have an issue with the overall hygiene of Chinese restaurants, take heart in the fact that the people in Hong Kong do too. Matter of fact, they even integrated it in their tradition, with the washing of utensils with tea water a part of their more formal merienda-style meals.
2. People in Hong Kong prefer hot drinks with their hot meals. They claim it's to foster better digestion. Even if it's hot outside, hot in the restaurant, and the world is burning. They'd still serve you hot water just because.
3. Hong Kong serves one of the largest food portions per meal in Asia. Surprisingly, they also have very low obesity rates, proving once and forall that exercise and genetic metabolism > diet. Try living in a city built over hills, mountains, and sometimes, what feels like vertical ravines. Anything you eat's bound to be burnt up after a walk "around the block"
4. People don't remove trays when they eat, unlike Filipinos who generally view trays as dirty items. Like Filipinos though, HK people aren't used to cleaning up after their own meals either.
5. Speaking of cleaning up, unlike in the Philippines, it's actually rude in their culture to leave dirty dishes on the table after everybody's eating, so the cleaners will literally clean shit up the moment you stop chewing and moving around your food. (Happens to me a lot when I get chatty). As for our case, we take it as a personal insult when somebody removes our plate even if we've been done eating for the last three hours, and are just mooching off table rights and airconditioning.
6.
1. If you have an issue with the overall hygiene of Chinese restaurants, take heart in the fact that the people in Hong Kong do too. Matter of fact, they even integrated it in their tradition, with the washing of utensils with tea water a part of their more formal merienda-style meals.
2. People in Hong Kong prefer hot drinks with their hot meals. They claim it's to foster better digestion. Even if it's hot outside, hot in the restaurant, and the world is burning. They'd still serve you hot water just because.
3. Hong Kong serves one of the largest food portions per meal in Asia. Surprisingly, they also have very low obesity rates, proving once and forall that exercise and genetic metabolism > diet. Try living in a city built over hills, mountains, and sometimes, what feels like vertical ravines. Anything you eat's bound to be burnt up after a walk "around the block"
4. People don't remove trays when they eat, unlike Filipinos who generally view trays as dirty items. Like Filipinos though, HK people aren't used to cleaning up after their own meals either.
5. Speaking of cleaning up, unlike in the Philippines, it's actually rude in their culture to leave dirty dishes on the table after everybody's eating, so the cleaners will literally clean shit up the moment you stop chewing and moving around your food. (Happens to me a lot when I get chatty). As for our case, we take it as a personal insult when somebody removes our plate even if we've been done eating for the last three hours, and are just mooching off table rights and airconditioning.
6.
200k Visitor Marker
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
It took me four years to get there, but hey, nice.
Thanks for the patronage.
Thanks for the patronage.
Company Farewell Letter
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
This is the letter that I sent out during my last day of work in my last company. I remember writing this while working on an issue in Framework PROD, so the shoddy writing's excusable. Thanks to Christine for sending me a copy. I got so worked up trying to leave I forgot to send me my own copy haha.
Panuto: Mas mahaba pa ito sa naunang liham na ipinadala ko noong isang taon. Magbigay ng ilang oras para matapos ang babasahing ito. Wag gawin sa 15 minute break kung ayaw mo maoverbreak. (bawal kasi marelaks dito) Kung wala ka namang ganung karaming oras, laktawan mo na ang lahat ng salita pagktapos ng pangungusap na ito:
"Paalam at salamat po."
Pero since nagbabasa ka pa rin, buckle up. Mahaba ulit ang pasada.
Sino nga ba ang magaakala no? Isang taon at kalahati matapos kong isulat yung mail sa baba, sumusulat nanaman ako ng farewell letter. Anak ng teteng naman. Dapat pala yung sinulat ko last time, yung reusable na, parang lampin. Eh di sana nakatipid ako ng oras na pwede kong gamitin para sa pagiging drain to the economy (i.e. petiks).
Marami na rin nangyari simula ng sinulat ko yung huli kong farewell letter. Lumipat ulit tayo ng office. Hindi na mga seaman ang mga kasama natin sa floor. (mga Jebsen and Jessen engineers na). Yung dating redlight district at dagat na nakapalibot sa office natin, naging "middle of f'ing nowhere" at talahiban na (ayon yan sa mga dalubhasang eksperto at job applicants na gumamit pa ng GPS para mahanap ang lugar natin).
Lumaki na rin ang office natin. Noong una ako dumating sa kasulukyang opis natin, sabi ko "shet ang laki nito. Pwede pa tayo magtayo ng sauna, gym, at fishpen." Akala ko lang yun. Eh ngayon nagsisiksikan na tayo. Ultimo pantry pala, hindi kasya. Speaking of which, bago man lang ako umalis, gusto ko sana magpasimuno ng charity work dito. Magiiwan ako ng "Piso Para sa Pantry" na hulugan ng barya. Ang mga proceeds nito ay gagamitin upang ipambili ng mga upuan na hindi nagiisplit kung kelan mo gusto, para hindi tayo naglalaro ng Trip To Jerusalem na walang music every lunchtime.
At higit sa lahat, dumami na rin tayo. Sa totoo lang, may mga araw na napapaisip ako kung tumatanda na ako dahil parang arawaraw may mga bago akong mukha na nakakasalubong sa office. (to be fair, yung iba, mahilig lang talaga magexperiment ng makeup). Buti na rin na nagkaroon tayo ng outing, kahit papaano nakilala ko rin ang mas marami sa mga taga FEP team. (thanks committee members~ special heads up sa Team EBAC!) Natutunan ko na hindi pala sila iba sa atin. Ordinaryong tao rin pala sila na dumaraing sa mga problema na dinaraing natin (at hindi pala sila kumakain ng tao gaya ng una kong hula. Peace tayo. Mapait ang lasa ko)
Marami na rin ang umalis. Umaalis. Aalis. Minsan nagugulat pa rin ako kapag sinisilip ko yung mga lumang pictures natin. Andami dun nawala na. Nangibangbansa, nangibangkumpanya, nagibangkasarian. (joke lang ung last, pero hangga't walang ebidensya lang) Sila Marghil, Kenneth, Ma'am Lee, Bryan, Cris tae, Alvin, Marock, Rhen the 1st, Katkat. Ako na ang susunod sa kanila. Inisiisip ko na lang, at least nasa mas masayang lugar na sila ngayon. At yun naman ata ang pinakaimportante sa lahat.
Halos limang taon din ako lumagi dito. Sa edad ko, 20% na sya ng talambuhay ko. Mas mahaba pa sa kindergarten, sa highschool, at sa college. Andami ko rin natutunan (see below email for more details). At bilang team lead, lalo pa lumago ang mga nalalaman ko. Heto ang ilan sa kanila:
- Hindi pala lahat ng tao gusto umakyat sa corporate ladder. May mga taong alam na agad ang kahalagahan ng pagkakuntento. Sila ang mga swerte kasi alam nila kung saan sila liligaya, at alam nila na nakamit na nila ito.
- May mga bagay na pwede mong ipilit sa isang tao at mayroon ding buhay at kamatayan ang nakataya kapag pinwersa mo. Kung di ka matututong alamin kung alin ang alin, magiging mahirap ang buhay mo.
- Walang trabahong madali. Nagiging mas mahirap lang talaga sya kapag ugaling impakto ka. Kaya dapat, laging mabait at sincere.
- Mas mahirap humawak ng tao kesa humawak ng mga program, kasi ang program lahat ng instructions mo nirurun basta may kuryente ang computer. Ang tao, depende sa mood, skill, morale, food and sugar content, at Starbucks saturation levels. Parang rocket science.
- Pero mas masaya din na tao ang kaharap mo, kasi ang computer baduy magjoke at hindi marunong ngumiti.
- Kapag nagmamanage ka na, hindi lang yung nasa baba ang minamanage mo. Pati rin sa taas at sa sideways. Advantage pag may extra kang kamay.
- Ang team lead, walang silbe kung wala sa kanya ang suporta ng kanyang teammates, at sa dulo ng lahat, ang makapagpapatagumpay sa isang project ay ang collective effort ng lahat. Walang superhero. Walang Bayani (Fernando).
At marami pang iba.
Pero heto na nga ako, nagresign na rin. Mahabang nobela ang kalalabasan kung magkukuwento ako kung bakit pero ang nais ko lang sabihin, kahit siguro matanda na ako, hindi ako magsisisi. Masasabi ko sa sarili ko na hanggang sa huling sandali, sinubukan kong paganahin ang pwedeng paganahin sa lahat ng makakaya ko.
Kinulang lang talaga sa gasolina.
Last day ko na ngayon kaya di na rin siguro ako magpapaligoy ligoy. Gusto kong umalis dito na nasabi ko ang lahat. Ani nga ng sinulat ko dati sa Girl's Diary,
"Life is like that sometimes. That is why when you have something to tell to somebody you love, never wait for tomorrow. Tomorrow is life's luxury that can as easily be taken away that it never comes, and the opportunity to change how things turn out will be lost forever."
Mga bagay na gusto ko sabihin dati pa na di ko rin masabi sa napakaraming kadahilanan:
1. Inaamin ko na. Nagtotorrent ako sa dati nating opisina kapag weekends. At pag may overnighters, tinatanggal ko ang filter paminsanminsan para makapfacebook. Alam ko na dapat role model ako kasi kasama ako sa nagiimplement ng rules, pero sadyang pasaway lang talaga ako.
2. Marami dito sa office ang nagiging cute pag nakangiti at nakatawa kaya kahit korni lagi ko sinusubukang magjoke. Selfish, oo na, pero gusto ko talaga magtrabaho sa isang opisina na hindi mukhang berdugo ng bilibid ang mga kasama ko.
3. Closet chismoso din ako, kaya kahit mabagal ako sa balita, umaabot at umaabot din sakin ang mga bagay bagay. Makulay talaga ang buhay dito, kulang na lang si Ruffa Guttierez at Cristi Fermin (pasensya na, TV5 lang ang malinaw sa bahay).
4. Wag na kayo masyado magalit sa mga amoy putok na Chinese. Wala lang talaga sa kultura nila yun, in the same way hindi tayo dapat pagalitan kung di tayo marunong magkungfu. Maglakas loob na bigyan sila ng payo. At wag pilitin ang mga kababaihan na magahit ng kilikili. Baka seksi sa kanila yon. Kanyakanyang trip lang yan.
5. Okay lang ang magtuksuhan pero dapat hindi rin sobra sobra. Hindi nakabubuti kung puro negatives lang tayo. Alam kong parang pang matanda yung comment na to, pero dapat balanse lang. (i.e pag tinawag mo pangit, sabihin mo naman na saksakan ng bait sya)
6. Alam nyo, kung iisipin natin hindi naman lahat ng nangyari satin dito masama. Dahil sa may mga taong nagpahirap ng buhay natin, nagkaroon tayo ng common enemy at natigil din ang mga maliliit na alitan natin. Naging mas close tayo. Natuto tayo na maging united against the same problem. At dahil hindi pa tayo patay, mas lumalakas tayo. Kumbaga sa Smurfs, kung wala si Gargamel, siguro nagcivil war na tayo dito at binitin ng patiwarik si Papa Smurf dahil masyado syang trendsetter. (pasensya na sa mga taong hindi na inabutan ang Smurfs. Abangan na lang ang live-action remake nito starring Lady Gaga)
7. Manok na bata.
8. Humihingi ako ng patawad sa mga tao na nasaktan ko sa tagal ng pagstay ko dito. Alam kong hindi ako ang pinakasensitibong tao at madalas ay nakakasakit na ako, hindi ko pa namamalayan. Sa mga pagkakataon na parang di ako marunong makibagay sa emosyon ng mga tao, sa mga pagkakataon na hindi ako magkapagseryoso pero dapat, sa mga pagkakataon na nababalewala ko ang mga effort ng mga tao lalo na ng mga malalapit sa akin, paumanhin. Alam kong napakarami kong kasalanan sa inyo at nagpapasalamat ako na natanggap nyo pa rin ako kahit papaano.
9. Pasensya na kung hindi natupad yung "Last Man Out" strategy. Forever guilt ko na siguro yung idea na marami akong trabahong iniwan dito na hindi pa tapos, at mga pangakong di pa natutupad. Lalo na sa inyo.
10. Mahal na mahal ko kayong lahat. Parang pamilya na kayo sa akin. Maraming salamat sa lahat. Yun lang po talaga ang nais ko sabihin. Maarte lang talaga ako sumulat ng mga ganitong bagay.
Maliit lang naman ang mundo, lalo na sa pag sa mundo ng IT. Feel free po na tawagan ako sa cellphone number ko:. Kapag babae ang sumagot, hindi ako yun. Kapag lalaking nagboboses babae, lalong hindi ako yun. At wala kayong dapat pagsabihan ng narinig ninyo, cross your heart and hope to die (ikaw).
May mga contacts din po ako online. Sa facebook at sa yahoo,. Yung blog ko, iaactivate ko na rin pagkatapos ko umalis dito, . Exchange links tayo para yumaman tayo at matulad na kay pareng Marhgil.
Kung may oras at pondo kayo, suportahan nyo rin sana yung iba ko pang mga kalokohan sa buhay. Statement Magazine June edition comes out first week of June available at all leading bookstores nationwide, featuring Derek Ramsey (eto yung hinahantay mo Gold), Maiki Oreta (eto naman yung hinahantay ko), Kenneth Yu Chan (yung hindi nakapaghantay na magresign ako), and other forgettable people in scantily clad poses. I think I have written three articles there. Kung may time kayo, daan din sana kayo sa Alchemy Bar sa Tiendesitas every Thursday. Standup Comedy Open Mic nights. I'm planning to make a comeback din dun (kailangan ko ng tagapalakpak). Libre entrance, libre inom (tubig). Babalitaan ko kayo kapag naging macho star na ako ng sarili kong pelikula (kapag nauso na ulit yung homeless look)
There's a big world out there and we have but one life to live. We will only be able to take these chances once so we have to take those that count whenever we can. Never be afraid to venture out of what you already are comfortable with. Always live life as you would a team building challenge. Mistakes will set us back every now and then, but it's all part of a greater plan. And for the love of everything holy, sane, and standardized, always make sure you save your work and make backups. (Kunwari may sense pa rin ang aking mga sinasabi.)
Kung may maitutulong po ako, sabihin nyo lang at susubukan ko sa aking makakaya, wag lang sa pera, pagibig, at AS400 - wala akong alam sa mga yan.
Yun na lang po. Para sa benefit ng mga taong mahilig magscroll down at ayaw magbasa, uulitin ko na lang ung sinabi ko sa itaas.
"Paalam at salamat po."
Tunay nang namamaalam,
Red Kinoko
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Panuto: Mas mahaba pa ito sa naunang liham na ipinadala ko noong isang taon. Magbigay ng ilang oras para matapos ang babasahing ito. Wag gawin sa 15 minute break kung ayaw mo maoverbreak. (bawal kasi marelaks dito) Kung wala ka namang ganung karaming oras, laktawan mo na ang lahat ng salita pagktapos ng pangungusap na ito:
"Paalam at salamat po."
Pero since nagbabasa ka pa rin, buckle up. Mahaba ulit ang pasada.
Sino nga ba ang magaakala no? Isang taon at kalahati matapos kong isulat yung mail sa baba, sumusulat nanaman ako ng farewell letter. Anak ng teteng naman. Dapat pala yung sinulat ko last time, yung reusable na, parang lampin. Eh di sana nakatipid ako ng oras na pwede kong gamitin para sa pagiging drain to the economy (i.e. petiks).
Marami na rin nangyari simula ng sinulat ko yung huli kong farewell letter. Lumipat ulit tayo ng office. Hindi na mga seaman ang mga kasama natin sa floor. (mga Jebsen and Jessen engineers na). Yung dating redlight district at dagat na nakapalibot sa office natin, naging "middle of f'ing nowhere" at talahiban na (ayon yan sa mga dalubhasang eksperto at job applicants na gumamit pa ng GPS para mahanap ang lugar natin).
Lumaki na rin ang office natin. Noong una ako dumating sa kasulukyang opis natin, sabi ko "shet ang laki nito. Pwede pa tayo magtayo ng sauna, gym, at fishpen." Akala ko lang yun. Eh ngayon nagsisiksikan na tayo. Ultimo pantry pala, hindi kasya. Speaking of which, bago man lang ako umalis, gusto ko sana magpasimuno ng charity work dito. Magiiwan ako ng "Piso Para sa Pantry" na hulugan ng barya. Ang mga proceeds nito ay gagamitin upang ipambili ng mga upuan na hindi nagiisplit kung kelan mo gusto, para hindi tayo naglalaro ng Trip To Jerusalem na walang music every lunchtime.
At higit sa lahat, dumami na rin tayo. Sa totoo lang, may mga araw na napapaisip ako kung tumatanda na ako dahil parang arawaraw may mga bago akong mukha na nakakasalubong sa office. (to be fair, yung iba, mahilig lang talaga magexperiment ng makeup). Buti na rin na nagkaroon tayo ng outing, kahit papaano nakilala ko rin ang mas marami sa mga taga FEP team. (thanks committee members~ special heads up sa Team EBAC!) Natutunan ko na hindi pala sila iba sa atin. Ordinaryong tao rin pala sila na dumaraing sa mga problema na dinaraing natin (at hindi pala sila kumakain ng tao gaya ng una kong hula. Peace tayo. Mapait ang lasa ko)
Marami na rin ang umalis. Umaalis. Aalis. Minsan nagugulat pa rin ako kapag sinisilip ko yung mga lumang pictures natin. Andami dun nawala na. Nangibangbansa, nangibangkumpanya, nagibangkasarian. (joke lang ung last, pero hangga't walang ebidensya lang) Sila Marghil, Kenneth, Ma'am Lee, Bryan, Cris tae, Alvin, Marock, Rhen the 1st, Katkat. Ako na ang susunod sa kanila. Inisiisip ko na lang, at least nasa mas masayang lugar na sila ngayon. At yun naman ata ang pinakaimportante sa lahat.
Halos limang taon din ako lumagi dito. Sa edad ko, 20% na sya ng talambuhay ko. Mas mahaba pa sa kindergarten, sa highschool, at sa college. Andami ko rin natutunan (see below email for more details). At bilang team lead, lalo pa lumago ang mga nalalaman ko. Heto ang ilan sa kanila:
- Hindi pala lahat ng tao gusto umakyat sa corporate ladder. May mga taong alam na agad ang kahalagahan ng pagkakuntento. Sila ang mga swerte kasi alam nila kung saan sila liligaya, at alam nila na nakamit na nila ito.
- May mga bagay na pwede mong ipilit sa isang tao at mayroon ding buhay at kamatayan ang nakataya kapag pinwersa mo. Kung di ka matututong alamin kung alin ang alin, magiging mahirap ang buhay mo.
- Walang trabahong madali. Nagiging mas mahirap lang talaga sya kapag ugaling impakto ka. Kaya dapat, laging mabait at sincere.
- Mas mahirap humawak ng tao kesa humawak ng mga program, kasi ang program lahat ng instructions mo nirurun basta may kuryente ang computer. Ang tao, depende sa mood, skill, morale, food and sugar content, at Starbucks saturation levels. Parang rocket science.
- Pero mas masaya din na tao ang kaharap mo, kasi ang computer baduy magjoke at hindi marunong ngumiti.
- Kapag nagmamanage ka na, hindi lang yung nasa baba ang minamanage mo. Pati rin sa taas at sa sideways. Advantage pag may extra kang kamay.
- Ang team lead, walang silbe kung wala sa kanya ang suporta ng kanyang teammates, at sa dulo ng lahat, ang makapagpapatagumpay sa isang project ay ang collective effort ng lahat. Walang superhero. Walang Bayani (Fernando).
At marami pang iba.
Pero heto na nga ako, nagresign na rin. Mahabang nobela ang kalalabasan kung magkukuwento ako kung bakit pero ang nais ko lang sabihin, kahit siguro matanda na ako, hindi ako magsisisi. Masasabi ko sa sarili ko na hanggang sa huling sandali, sinubukan kong paganahin ang pwedeng paganahin sa lahat ng makakaya ko.
Kinulang lang talaga sa gasolina.
Last day ko na ngayon kaya di na rin siguro ako magpapaligoy ligoy. Gusto kong umalis dito na nasabi ko ang lahat. Ani nga ng sinulat ko dati sa Girl's Diary,
"Life is like that sometimes. That is why when you have something to tell to somebody you love, never wait for tomorrow. Tomorrow is life's luxury that can as easily be taken away that it never comes, and the opportunity to change how things turn out will be lost forever."
Mga bagay na gusto ko sabihin dati pa na di ko rin masabi sa napakaraming kadahilanan:
1. Inaamin ko na. Nagtotorrent ako sa dati nating opisina kapag weekends. At pag may overnighters, tinatanggal ko ang filter paminsanminsan para makapfacebook. Alam ko na dapat role model ako kasi kasama ako sa nagiimplement ng rules, pero sadyang pasaway lang talaga ako.
2. Marami dito sa office ang nagiging cute pag nakangiti at nakatawa kaya kahit korni lagi ko sinusubukang magjoke. Selfish, oo na, pero gusto ko talaga magtrabaho sa isang opisina na hindi mukhang berdugo ng bilibid ang mga kasama ko.
3. Closet chismoso din ako, kaya kahit mabagal ako sa balita, umaabot at umaabot din sakin ang mga bagay bagay. Makulay talaga ang buhay dito, kulang na lang si Ruffa Guttierez at Cristi Fermin (pasensya na, TV5 lang ang malinaw sa bahay).
4. Wag na kayo masyado magalit sa mga amoy putok na Chinese. Wala lang talaga sa kultura nila yun, in the same way hindi tayo dapat pagalitan kung di tayo marunong magkungfu. Maglakas loob na bigyan sila ng payo. At wag pilitin ang mga kababaihan na magahit ng kilikili. Baka seksi sa kanila yon. Kanyakanyang trip lang yan.
5. Okay lang ang magtuksuhan pero dapat hindi rin sobra sobra. Hindi nakabubuti kung puro negatives lang tayo. Alam kong parang pang matanda yung comment na to, pero dapat balanse lang. (i.e pag tinawag mo pangit, sabihin mo naman na saksakan ng bait sya)
6. Alam nyo, kung iisipin natin hindi naman lahat ng nangyari satin dito masama. Dahil sa may mga taong nagpahirap ng buhay natin, nagkaroon tayo ng common enemy at natigil din ang mga maliliit na alitan natin. Naging mas close tayo. Natuto tayo na maging united against the same problem. At dahil hindi pa tayo patay, mas lumalakas tayo. Kumbaga sa Smurfs, kung wala si Gargamel, siguro nagcivil war na tayo dito at binitin ng patiwarik si Papa Smurf dahil masyado syang trendsetter. (pasensya na sa mga taong hindi na inabutan ang Smurfs. Abangan na lang ang live-action remake nito starring Lady Gaga)
7. Manok na bata.
8. Humihingi ako ng patawad sa mga tao na nasaktan ko sa tagal ng pagstay ko dito. Alam kong hindi ako ang pinakasensitibong tao at madalas ay nakakasakit na ako, hindi ko pa namamalayan. Sa mga pagkakataon na parang di ako marunong makibagay sa emosyon ng mga tao, sa mga pagkakataon na hindi ako magkapagseryoso pero dapat, sa mga pagkakataon na nababalewala ko ang mga effort ng mga tao lalo na ng mga malalapit sa akin, paumanhin. Alam kong napakarami kong kasalanan sa inyo at nagpapasalamat ako na natanggap nyo pa rin ako kahit papaano.
9. Pasensya na kung hindi natupad yung "Last Man Out" strategy. Forever guilt ko na siguro yung idea na marami akong trabahong iniwan dito na hindi pa tapos, at mga pangakong di pa natutupad. Lalo na sa inyo.
10. Mahal na mahal ko kayong lahat. Parang pamilya na kayo sa akin. Maraming salamat sa lahat. Yun lang po talaga ang nais ko sabihin. Maarte lang talaga ako sumulat ng mga ganitong bagay.
Maliit lang naman ang mundo, lalo na sa pag sa mundo ng IT. Feel free po na tawagan ako sa cellphone number ko:
May mga contacts din po ako online. Sa facebook at sa yahoo,
Kung may oras at pondo kayo, suportahan nyo rin sana yung iba ko pang mga kalokohan sa buhay. Statement Magazine June edition comes out first week of June available at all leading bookstores nationwide, featuring Derek Ramsey (eto yung hinahantay mo Gold), Maiki Oreta (eto naman yung hinahantay ko), Kenneth Yu Chan (yung hindi nakapaghantay na magresign ako), and other forgettable people in scantily clad poses. I think I have written three articles there. Kung may time kayo, daan din sana kayo sa Alchemy Bar sa Tiendesitas every Thursday. Standup Comedy Open Mic nights. I'm planning to make a comeback din dun (kailangan ko ng tagapalakpak). Libre entrance, libre inom (tubig). Babalitaan ko kayo kapag naging macho star na ako ng sarili kong pelikula (kapag nauso na ulit yung homeless look)
There's a big world out there and we have but one life to live. We will only be able to take these chances once so we have to take those that count whenever we can. Never be afraid to venture out of what you already are comfortable with. Always live life as you would a team building challenge. Mistakes will set us back every now and then, but it's all part of a greater plan. And for the love of everything holy, sane, and standardized, always make sure you save your work and make backups. (Kunwari may sense pa rin ang aking mga sinasabi.)
Kung may maitutulong po ako, sabihin nyo lang at susubukan ko sa aking makakaya, wag lang sa pera, pagibig, at AS400 - wala akong alam sa mga yan.
Yun na lang po. Para sa benefit ng mga taong mahilig magscroll down at ayaw magbasa, uulitin ko na lang ung sinabi ko sa itaas.
"Paalam at salamat po."
Tunay nang namamaalam,
Red Kinoko
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Self-importance, status check, the works
Monday, October 18, 2010
Here's what's going on with my life so far:
1. I went to Japan, and I still haven't done the writeup as promised. Maybe if somebody can sponsor another trip to Japan, I'd be able to write something more comprehensive than "lol I can't read shit thar". *hint hint*
2. Work's been heavy and I barely have time for pretty much everything else in the list. Yes, I'm using it as an excuse, and yes, it's a legal defense according to the great book of procrastination.
3. My magazine writing stint is on hold. I'm still thinking whether I should pursue the whole gig further, maybe branch out to other titles where my writing is more suitable. The good news is that there are a lot of other options like FHM and Game!, the bad news is that the magazine where my skills will fit the most has not been established yet - Masturbation Monthly.
4. I'm seriously contemplating going back to the standup comedy scene. I've accumulated material over the years that I've stopped, and I think I've gotten better handling my stage fright thanks to my job description. Bad part is, my jokes still suck when I tell them. I wonder if people will still allow me up on the mic.
5. After Lost and Found, the Graphic Fiction Awards, and my work with my cuz, Gharawi, I finally got me a faster computer which can actually edit digital videos shot at a rate faster than 5fps without suffering from a meltdown. I'm thinking of trying this field again. If I have time. Friends who can pass for actors. A charger for our video cam.
6. Stock market's doing great. Playing bits and pieces, but not as actively before. There's profit in patience. Bonds are doing great, thanks to my mom's advice.
7. Rewrite of Chemical Manila is ongoing, although for now, I'm not publishing it anywhere online. I just found out yesterday that there's a graphic series called Zombies in Manila. I'd like to raise the fact that I started in 2008 with the first iteration of the series (you can see the first post here in the blog). I'm not knocking anybody off, and the trope "zombies in ___" is pretty staple. It's the execution that will matter in the long run.
8. I quit modding for Ragnaboards. Or rather, I'm just making it official. The whole thing's going to the dumpers in a few weeks anyway. If you used to be active in that community, now's the best time to make backups.
9. I've finally read Wanted: Full Support Priestess in it's entirety, two years after I finished writing all 70 chapters of it. It's not as bad as I originally thought it was. It's real lightweight, and I had fun reading it. I'd say even those people who arent familiar with Ragnarok Online could get something out of it - as I had originally intended.
10. Doing interior design for really small interiors is a bitch. Paying for what you put in those interiors, is too. Won't divulge too much details here.
11. I have a suprise trip coming up. Won't divulge on details either.
12. Currently playign dot hack GU redemption on my PC. The PS2 emulator is love.
13. Amagami is a very lovely anime series. Fans of harem animu should definitely watch it.
14. I have too many things on my list now, don't I? I'll just end here.
1. I went to Japan, and I still haven't done the writeup as promised. Maybe if somebody can sponsor another trip to Japan, I'd be able to write something more comprehensive than "lol I can't read shit thar". *hint hint*
2. Work's been heavy and I barely have time for pretty much everything else in the list. Yes, I'm using it as an excuse, and yes, it's a legal defense according to the great book of procrastination.
3. My magazine writing stint is on hold. I'm still thinking whether I should pursue the whole gig further, maybe branch out to other titles where my writing is more suitable. The good news is that there are a lot of other options like FHM and Game!, the bad news is that the magazine where my skills will fit the most has not been established yet - Masturbation Monthly.
4. I'm seriously contemplating going back to the standup comedy scene. I've accumulated material over the years that I've stopped, and I think I've gotten better handling my stage fright thanks to my job description. Bad part is, my jokes still suck when I tell them. I wonder if people will still allow me up on the mic.
5. After Lost and Found, the Graphic Fiction Awards, and my work with my cuz, Gharawi, I finally got me a faster computer which can actually edit digital videos shot at a rate faster than 5fps without suffering from a meltdown. I'm thinking of trying this field again. If I have time. Friends who can pass for actors. A charger for our video cam.
6. Stock market's doing great. Playing bits and pieces, but not as actively before. There's profit in patience. Bonds are doing great, thanks to my mom's advice.
7. Rewrite of Chemical Manila is ongoing, although for now, I'm not publishing it anywhere online. I just found out yesterday that there's a graphic series called Zombies in Manila. I'd like to raise the fact that I started in 2008 with the first iteration of the series (you can see the first post here in the blog). I'm not knocking anybody off, and the trope "zombies in ___" is pretty staple. It's the execution that will matter in the long run.
8. I quit modding for Ragnaboards. Or rather, I'm just making it official. The whole thing's going to the dumpers in a few weeks anyway. If you used to be active in that community, now's the best time to make backups.
9. I've finally read Wanted: Full Support Priestess in it's entirety, two years after I finished writing all 70 chapters of it. It's not as bad as I originally thought it was. It's real lightweight, and I had fun reading it. I'd say even those people who arent familiar with Ragnarok Online could get something out of it - as I had originally intended.
10. Doing interior design for really small interiors is a bitch. Paying for what you put in those interiors, is too. Won't divulge too much details here.
11. I have a suprise trip coming up. Won't divulge on details either.
12. Currently playign dot hack GU redemption on my PC. The PS2 emulator is love.
13. Amagami is a very lovely anime series. Fans of harem animu should definitely watch it.
14. I have too many things on my list now, don't I? I'll just end here.
Welcome Back Batibot
Friday, October 15, 2010
Batibot is going to be aired again in TV5. Ate Sienna and Kuya Bodjie are coming back, although I'm not sure if society is still as forgiving as it was 20 years ago, when it still allowed old, bearded bachelors who hang around town plazas to take kids into strange adventures that wouldn't be too out of place in an acid trip.
Sadly, Kiko and Pong are still gone. Which brings me to my take on the situation, why da eff should we bother calling it Batibot if the main characters that made it Batibot are not there anyway? Can we call Isumbong Mo Kay Tulfo the same if we take out the foul-mouthed bigot Tulfo and replaced him with a more aloof Joey De Leon?
If Koko kwikkwak takes the main helm of that show, blood will run in the streets driven by the collective, gut-curdling anger of every kid of my generation who grew up seeing that stupid bird steal the limelight from the beloved monkey and turtle combo. To think they considered him as a friend.
(from left to right: Pong Pagong, Kiko Matsing, Judas Iscariot)
Nobody likes Koko Kwikwak. His name alone is enough to make me cringe even as a kid. I've seen more appeal in roadkill than that mascot, which appears like it was forsaken by the God of creativity. See, Kiko Matsing looked liked he's your typical unshaven homeless dude who occassionally sniffs solvent, but he cool. In a way Kiko Matsing prepared us for that one guy in our barkada who's just into too much illegal shit, but is fun to hang out with anyway. Pong Pagong kinda looks stupid, but in a dope kind of way that reminds you of Fat Albert. Besides, if everybody had a voice like Pong, which I seriously suspect was caused by too much inhalation of helium, nobody would ever get mad at anybody. I mean, if somebody insulted you and said WHEEEEEEEEEEE in the end, would you get angry or will you just laugh your ass off? Anyway, as for Koko, he went full retard. Nobody goes full retard and walks away happy. There are no existing pictures of him on the internet with any trace of dignity. If Noynoy was juxtaposed with him, our president will look like the perfect statesman. I would not want him as a friend. Or even a pet. Or even a stuffed animal.
I suppose it's great that we will have Batibot again, hopefully this time it's going to stick better than Batang Batibot which ran on a government channel. Whose idea was that anyway? I can't trust our government with my health insurance, how much more the children who need somebody to look up to? Let's face it. As far as good morals go, the government is second to the last thing on everybody's mind. (The last one being reserved for Gloria Arroyo) That program was doomed from the very beginning.
This time though it should be better. Manny Pangilinan, owner of TV5 should know better. If he can pirate Willie Revillame for millions of pesos, how is it possible that he cannot do the same thing for Pong and Kiko?
Here's to high hopes, and yeah, welcome back Batibot.
Sadly, Kiko and Pong are still gone. Which brings me to my take on the situation, why da eff should we bother calling it Batibot if the main characters that made it Batibot are not there anyway? Can we call Isumbong Mo Kay Tulfo the same if we take out the foul-mouthed bigot Tulfo and replaced him with a more aloof Joey De Leon?
If Koko kwikkwak takes the main helm of that show, blood will run in the streets driven by the collective, gut-curdling anger of every kid of my generation who grew up seeing that stupid bird steal the limelight from the beloved monkey and turtle combo. To think they considered him as a friend.
Nobody likes Koko Kwikwak. His name alone is enough to make me cringe even as a kid. I've seen more appeal in roadkill than that mascot, which appears like it was forsaken by the God of creativity. See, Kiko Matsing looked liked he's your typical unshaven homeless dude who occassionally sniffs solvent, but he cool. In a way Kiko Matsing prepared us for that one guy in our barkada who's just into too much illegal shit, but is fun to hang out with anyway. Pong Pagong kinda looks stupid, but in a dope kind of way that reminds you of Fat Albert. Besides, if everybody had a voice like Pong, which I seriously suspect was caused by too much inhalation of helium, nobody would ever get mad at anybody. I mean, if somebody insulted you and said WHEEEEEEEEEEE in the end, would you get angry or will you just laugh your ass off? Anyway, as for Koko, he went full retard. Nobody goes full retard and walks away happy. There are no existing pictures of him on the internet with any trace of dignity. If Noynoy was juxtaposed with him, our president will look like the perfect statesman. I would not want him as a friend. Or even a pet. Or even a stuffed animal.
I suppose it's great that we will have Batibot again, hopefully this time it's going to stick better than Batang Batibot which ran on a government channel. Whose idea was that anyway? I can't trust our government with my health insurance, how much more the children who need somebody to look up to? Let's face it. As far as good morals go, the government is second to the last thing on everybody's mind. (The last one being reserved for Gloria Arroyo) That program was doomed from the very beginning.
This time though it should be better. Manny Pangilinan, owner of TV5 should know better. If he can pirate Willie Revillame for millions of pesos, how is it possible that he cannot do the same thing for Pong and Kiko?
Here's to high hopes, and yeah, welcome back Batibot.
Random Mental Blurts
Thursday, October 14, 2010
The internet will kill creativity as we know it. First, technology is making it easier and more fulfilling to spectate rather than create. Exposure to talent all over the world raises the bar of standards higher than ever before, and that makes starting out more daunting for a beginner. It's harder to get motivated if people aren't around to appreciate you.
Second, with access to more prior art, it's now easier to just look for something to copy than to furnish one yourself. The race between catching copycats and finding more obscure sources to copy from seems like it's over. The teachers cannot catch students who steal reports online anymore. Musicians can copy songs from another country without anybody ever noticing. The copycats won, and now it's being integrated into culture. This is reflected in our current propensity to listen to covered music, revived movies, and cosplaying, all instances independent of each other but following the same line of thought.
"'In the information society, nobody thinks. We expect to banish paper, but we actually banish thought." - Michael Crichton.
Second, with access to more prior art, it's now easier to just look for something to copy than to furnish one yourself. The race between catching copycats and finding more obscure sources to copy from seems like it's over. The teachers cannot catch students who steal reports online anymore. Musicians can copy songs from another country without anybody ever noticing. The copycats won, and now it's being integrated into culture. This is reflected in our current propensity to listen to covered music, revived movies, and cosplaying, all instances independent of each other but following the same line of thought.
"'In the information society, nobody thinks. We expect to banish paper, but we actually banish thought." - Michael Crichton.
We are paying the salary of this man.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
"The eventual actions to be taken against the persons involved must live up to their pledge to be accountable to the public. That is also what is owed to the dead and the injured. We will convey our views to the Philippine government through proper channels," the spokesman said in a statement.
Aquino's legal adviser Eduardo de Mesa said his team concluded that more serious charges against the higher officials would not stand up in court.
"It is futile to initiate criminal proceedings against them. Charging somebody for something that will probably not succeed is not right," he said.
By corollary, if you can kill somebody smart enough to leave no meaningful way to be prosecuted in court, you have done nothing wrong, and it would be wrong of anybody to say otherwise.
Aquino's legal adviser Eduardo de Mesa said his team concluded that more serious charges against the higher officials would not stand up in court.
"It is futile to initiate criminal proceedings against them. Charging somebody for something that will probably not succeed is not right," he said.
By corollary, if you can kill somebody smart enough to leave no meaningful way to be prosecuted in court, you have done nothing wrong, and it would be wrong of anybody to say otherwise.
Game On! Concert Date, Song List, and Ticket Information (CANCELLED)
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Please be informed that as of November 11, 2010 the show has already been canceled. Tickets will be refunded by Ambient Media Inc via their number 217-24-96.
Filharmonika Orchestra, those dudes that
brought us the awesome album that is Kumpas, brings to the Philippines probably the first full-on concerto that will play video game music in the Philippines. I'll update this post as soon as I get more information.
Dec 17, 2010
8:00pm - 11:00pm
Gates open at 5pm
World Trade Center
Ticket Prices: 1000 pesos and 750 pesos
For Ticket Inquiries:
Sheila Marcos
09176454085
8074433
Program includes songs from:
Call of Duty
Chrono Cross
Command and Conquer
Diablo
Digdug
Donkeykong
Farmville
Final Fantasy
Gears of War
Halo
Legend of Zelda
Mass Effect 2
Metal Gear Solid
Mortal Kombat
Myst
Pacman
Plants vs ZOmbies
Pong
Ragnarok
Silent Hill
Street Fighter
Super Mario
Tetris
Tomb Raider
Uncharted
World of Warcraft
No information on the final list of tracks that will be played. Date and venue is already confirmed.
I already got my tickets. :) (Last updated Nov 7)
Filharmonika Orchestra, those dudes that
brought us the awesome album that is Kumpas, brings to the Philippines probably the first full-on concerto that will play video game music in the Philippines. I'll update this post as soon as I get more information.
Dec 17, 2010
8:00pm - 11:00pm
Gates open at 5pm
World Trade Center
Ticket Prices: 1000 pesos and 750 pesos
For Ticket Inquiries:
Sheila Marcos
09176454085
8074433
Program includes songs from:
Call of Duty
Chrono Cross
Command and Conquer
Diablo
Digdug
Donkeykong
Farmville
Final Fantasy
Gears of War
Halo
Legend of Zelda
Mass Effect 2
Metal Gear Solid
Mortal Kombat
Myst
Pacman
Plants vs ZOmbies
Pong
Ragnarok
Silent Hill
Street Fighter
Super Mario
Tetris
Tomb Raider
Uncharted
World of Warcraft
No information on the final list of tracks that will be played. Date and venue is already confirmed.
I already got my tickets. :) (Last updated Nov 7)
Condo Locations in Metro Manila : A Review
Here's a short evaluation of potential locations of your condominium unit.
The Fort
Dubbed as the next Makati, The Fort is quickly developing , like a pubescent gremlin, with construction work ongoing in almost every block. Transportation seems ample, and amenities are available, though on the upscale side. With units being priced at their most expensive (5m for a studio type, fucking really?), one has to wonder if all those new condos will ever be filled with tennants. Keep in mind the relationship of price and oversupply. Mark my word, prices will drop in the next half decade, here unless we all suddenly wake up one day with all our teeth stolen and the tooth fairy singlehandedly makes us overnight millionaires.
Libis Eastwood
Eastwood used to dream to become what the Fort is now - the IT hub of the whole country. Which didn't really happen as planned. Personally I think the developers of this place had one goal in mind: to provide all the comforts of luxury living and combine it with the added bonus of being in the middle of fucking nowhere, surrounded by traffic jam not seen elsewhere except in Bangkok and the sixth circle of hell. Companies are now moving piece by piece to The Fort, and residents of condos here might be surprised one day to find out that they're all alone already.
McKinley Hill -
The silent, serial killerish little brother of The Fort. Most of the time people actually think M.Hill is part of the Fort, which it isn't because the two are seperated by a huge cemetery and the two places are only connected in two places - C5 and Lawton avenue. It's actually deliberate. The Fort does not want anything to do with McKinely Hill, and the two are being maintained by rival land developers. McKinley Hill hates pedestrians as much as it hates accessibility, making sure there is barely any semblance of public transportation going into and out of the place, and even less transportation to go around when you're already inside. Assumption here is even the street sweep has a car, so this place has more carparks than actual places to go to (hint: apart from the Piazza, there's not much of anything else). There are no Jollibees to speak of, but there are three McDonald outlets. Live here, and you will forever hate Big Macs.
Makati CBD - There are hardly any new condos being put up here anymore, and justifiably so. Live here and you're in the middle of everything and you won't have to go far to get what you want. Not that you can go far even if you wanted to go far. Makati is a 24/7 business hub and the traffic that is associated with it can be compared to toothpaste dripping. Long slow oozing followed by a fast break, and then back to long slow oozing that will make even the pope bored.
Greenhills - Thanks to the advent of condo development, you can now live in places where rich people live while still being poor as a rat - well, relatively anyway. "Where do you live?" "Oh I live in Wakwak - where Erap has his mansion." "Wow, you must be rich and have a big house." "Well actually, it's pretty big, if you happen to be a smurf."
Boni Edsa - I remember SM calling their building here the "light residences", which is just fucking apt. Any building tennant that lives near this place will be seeing a lot of lights, as it's right beside EDSA where the headlights of incoming cars, trucks and buses are sure to make your night illuminated, whether you like it or not.
Manila - Combining the ambiance of historically preserved facades (translation: parts of it still looks like it's still being bombed by the Japanese) and the air of regality that's always been accorded to the nation's capital (i.e. it's polluted as hell), you will get to enjoy a breathtaking view of the Manila bay as well as the surrounding parks that dot the district (occassionally the bay surges and floods those parks, and the front of your condo too) Manila is the best.
The Fort
Dubbed as the next Makati, The Fort is quickly developing , like a pubescent gremlin, with construction work ongoing in almost every block. Transportation seems ample, and amenities are available, though on the upscale side. With units being priced at their most expensive (5m for a studio type, fucking really?), one has to wonder if all those new condos will ever be filled with tennants. Keep in mind the relationship of price and oversupply. Mark my word, prices will drop in the next half decade, here unless we all suddenly wake up one day with all our teeth stolen and the tooth fairy singlehandedly makes us overnight millionaires.
Libis Eastwood
Eastwood used to dream to become what the Fort is now - the IT hub of the whole country. Which didn't really happen as planned. Personally I think the developers of this place had one goal in mind: to provide all the comforts of luxury living and combine it with the added bonus of being in the middle of fucking nowhere, surrounded by traffic jam not seen elsewhere except in Bangkok and the sixth circle of hell. Companies are now moving piece by piece to The Fort, and residents of condos here might be surprised one day to find out that they're all alone already.
McKinley Hill -
The silent, serial killerish little brother of The Fort. Most of the time people actually think M.Hill is part of the Fort, which it isn't because the two are seperated by a huge cemetery and the two places are only connected in two places - C5 and Lawton avenue. It's actually deliberate. The Fort does not want anything to do with McKinely Hill, and the two are being maintained by rival land developers. McKinley Hill hates pedestrians as much as it hates accessibility, making sure there is barely any semblance of public transportation going into and out of the place, and even less transportation to go around when you're already inside. Assumption here is even the street sweep has a car, so this place has more carparks than actual places to go to (hint: apart from the Piazza, there's not much of anything else). There are no Jollibees to speak of, but there are three McDonald outlets. Live here, and you will forever hate Big Macs.
Makati CBD - There are hardly any new condos being put up here anymore, and justifiably so. Live here and you're in the middle of everything and you won't have to go far to get what you want. Not that you can go far even if you wanted to go far. Makati is a 24/7 business hub and the traffic that is associated with it can be compared to toothpaste dripping. Long slow oozing followed by a fast break, and then back to long slow oozing that will make even the pope bored.
Greenhills - Thanks to the advent of condo development, you can now live in places where rich people live while still being poor as a rat - well, relatively anyway. "Where do you live?" "Oh I live in Wakwak - where Erap has his mansion." "Wow, you must be rich and have a big house." "Well actually, it's pretty big, if you happen to be a smurf."
Boni Edsa - I remember SM calling their building here the "light residences", which is just fucking apt. Any building tennant that lives near this place will be seeing a lot of lights, as it's right beside EDSA where the headlights of incoming cars, trucks and buses are sure to make your night illuminated, whether you like it or not.
Manila - Combining the ambiance of historically preserved facades (translation: parts of it still looks like it's still being bombed by the Japanese) and the air of regality that's always been accorded to the nation's capital (i.e. it's polluted as hell), you will get to enjoy a breathtaking view of the Manila bay as well as the surrounding parks that dot the district (occassionally the bay surges and floods those parks, and the front of your condo too) Manila is the best.
All Hail Our First Bachelor
Monday, October 11, 2010
In case you haven't heard, rumor has it our dear president just got dumped by his unbelievably hot girlfriend. Finally, we have a president who can stand up and be the representative for a vast majority who's had their hearts broken because they had to choose between careers and chicks.
Somebody should invite him to an SMC (Samahan ng Malamig ang Christmas)Party. The poor dude will fit in just fine. He can be the guest speaker and talk about the finer points of having the fanciest shagpad in town and tragically not being able to bring your girl inside.
Let's face it. Noynoy looks like shit, and he's not exactly the sharpest looking tool in the shed (pun not intended). To top it off, he doesn't really have a good track record in his job prior to becoming president - but when it comes to bedding chicks, he's still more than above average when it comes to the man scale (he's a 4, and he gets to bag chicks who are in the 7-9 range) When was the last time you hooked up with somebody five points higher than you? Without the aid of daterape drugs?
They should have put that in his campaign.
I can feel for Shalani though. It's hard enough to find a private place where you can make out when you're a nobody. It must be infinitely harder when you're dating a president and your boyfriend has a shining beacon on his forehead visible from the dark side of the moon.
So now Noynoy's going to be officially in the market again.
We can even make a reality TV show about it. Who want's to hook up with Noynoy?
I even have a title for it: The First Bachelor
Somebody should invite him to an SMC (Samahan ng Malamig ang Christmas)Party. The poor dude will fit in just fine. He can be the guest speaker and talk about the finer points of having the fanciest shagpad in town and tragically not being able to bring your girl inside.
Let's face it. Noynoy looks like shit, and he's not exactly the sharpest looking tool in the shed (pun not intended). To top it off, he doesn't really have a good track record in his job prior to becoming president - but when it comes to bedding chicks, he's still more than above average when it comes to the man scale (he's a 4, and he gets to bag chicks who are in the 7-9 range) When was the last time you hooked up with somebody five points higher than you? Without the aid of daterape drugs?
They should have put that in his campaign.
I can feel for Shalani though. It's hard enough to find a private place where you can make out when you're a nobody. It must be infinitely harder when you're dating a president and your boyfriend has a shining beacon on his forehead visible from the dark side of the moon.
So now Noynoy's going to be officially in the market again.
We can even make a reality TV show about it. Who want's to hook up with Noynoy?
I even have a title for it: The First Bachelor
Eat, Pray, Love : A Review from a man's POV
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Actually this won't be a review. I guess this will be more of a self-entitled rant, because everything you need to know about the movie can be pretty much summed up with a little anecdote:
I went to watch it with my mom and two sisters, not because I wanted to, but because it was my sister's request an it was her graduation day. Midway through the film, my mom and two sisters were sleeping. SLEEPING. On a film they all said they wanted so badly to see. I wish I was making this up. They were asleep. Meanwhile, I was awake, trying to imagine ways the film could be made more awesome (results: lots of untimely deaths, specifically for the main characters)
The movie felt like a manual election count - it's unbelievably long, unbelievably slow, and midway through, you just start forgetting what it's all is about. Realistically speaking, it's two and a half hours long. Frodo could've sent the ring from the Shire to Mt. Doom in that time. It doesn't sound like much, until you consider you're watching a DATE FLICK. (hint: They're not notable for their lengths. most of the time they're just long enough to make the guys escorting their dates through the film look like big jerks because Matthew McConaughey is so sweet to his girl) From how I felt at the time though, I figured if I put my money on time deposit before entering the theater, I'd have been a millionaire by the time I got out 100 years later, just in time for the credits.
I think the movie should be seen by everybody who keep on bitching everytime a book-to-movie port comes out. Here's the perfect example why movies aren't supposed to follow books canon. The results are asslong, meandering pieces that just saps the living consciousness out of you.
And was it worth it? It's an American movie filled with American problems and American solutions.
Problem: The leading lady (was it Sandra Bullock or that other chick who looks like her?) feels like her life is empty, despite the fact that she's got a good house, a stable marriage, and an ideal job.
Solution: Leave the house. Ditch the husband. Resign from her job. Take a trip to three countries Americans seem to find interesting because the culture is so different, stay there for a year, and then gain enlightenment because they can do what the "natives" do.
The result? It's the longest montage of a girl leaving a guy and finding another in the history of modern cinema.
I still can't believe I sat through the whole thing.
I went to watch it with my mom and two sisters, not because I wanted to, but because it was my sister's request an it was her graduation day. Midway through the film, my mom and two sisters were sleeping. SLEEPING. On a film they all said they wanted so badly to see. I wish I was making this up. They were asleep. Meanwhile, I was awake, trying to imagine ways the film could be made more awesome (results: lots of untimely deaths, specifically for the main characters)
The movie felt like a manual election count - it's unbelievably long, unbelievably slow, and midway through, you just start forgetting what it's all is about. Realistically speaking, it's two and a half hours long. Frodo could've sent the ring from the Shire to Mt. Doom in that time. It doesn't sound like much, until you consider you're watching a DATE FLICK. (hint: They're not notable for their lengths. most of the time they're just long enough to make the guys escorting their dates through the film look like big jerks because Matthew McConaughey is so sweet to his girl) From how I felt at the time though, I figured if I put my money on time deposit before entering the theater, I'd have been a millionaire by the time I got out 100 years later, just in time for the credits.
I think the movie should be seen by everybody who keep on bitching everytime a book-to-movie port comes out. Here's the perfect example why movies aren't supposed to follow books canon. The results are asslong, meandering pieces that just saps the living consciousness out of you.
And was it worth it? It's an American movie filled with American problems and American solutions.
Problem: The leading lady (was it Sandra Bullock or that other chick who looks like her?) feels like her life is empty, despite the fact that she's got a good house, a stable marriage, and an ideal job.
Solution: Leave the house. Ditch the husband. Resign from her job. Take a trip to three countries Americans seem to find interesting because the culture is so different, stay there for a year, and then gain enlightenment because they can do what the "natives" do.
The result? It's the longest montage of a girl leaving a guy and finding another in the history of modern cinema.
I still can't believe I sat through the whole thing.
It's A Culture Thing
Friday, October 08, 2010
The inuit have 18 words for snow, because snow is literally around them, and it means a lot to their culture. By virtue of comparison, I hearby present my partial list and leave you to draw your own conclusions.
Tae. Echas. Ebak. Jebs. Ebs. Jerbak. Ipot. Tatche. Tubol. Lubot. Shet. Swerte. Etat. Bakangtae. Tibe.
Fourteen words, not counting dialect localizations.
It's a culture thing.
Tae. Echas. Ebak. Jebs. Ebs. Jerbak. Ipot. Tatche. Tubol. Lubot. Shet. Swerte. Etat. Bakangtae. Tibe.
Fourteen words, not counting dialect localizations.
It's a culture thing.
Coffee Shops and Laptops: A Graphic Report
Thursday, October 07, 2010
Playing latest games 5%
Playing flash-based games because the shitty netbook is too slow for anything else 20%
Watching streamed, low quality movies 25%
Looking at pictures of people who barely know your existence on facebook 25%
Actually writing original school reports 2%
Scouring the net for bits to plagiarize for the report 18%
Overgrown mp3 player 10%
Programming school assignments 5%
Programming Karabogan swarm-based stochastic distribution algorithms 0%
Things I love about my current job
Wednesday, October 06, 2010
1. I get to swim after office hours - something I was only able to do when I was deployed in HK, and only if it's swim season.
2. I have my own cubicle. 3 and a half walls of pure privacy goodness. That's half a wall and about two meters worth of fencing short of having your own office. Take that Japanese company culture!
3. Junk foods are vended. God knows Tortillos is only half as good until you drop it 3 feet.
4. I have an internet connection that I don't have to file requests for every four days. No need to line up in public internet kiosks either. (Because ewww, you don't know where those browsers have been)
5. No financial accounting of people's efforts. It's always a heavier subject to discuss when you're dealing with numbers preceded with the $ symbol.
6. Cheap parking!
7. There are no dwarves inside the office that only I can see and hear.
8. At least not the ones that like to streak around naked in the middle of the night.
9. I swear to god those used to happen, and it wasn't the effect of any controlled substances or aircon fluid leaks.
10. Or so my imaginary psychiatrist says.
2. I have my own cubicle. 3 and a half walls of pure privacy goodness. That's half a wall and about two meters worth of fencing short of having your own office. Take that Japanese company culture!
3. Junk foods are vended. God knows Tortillos is only half as good until you drop it 3 feet.
4. I have an internet connection that I don't have to file requests for every four days. No need to line up in public internet kiosks either. (Because ewww, you don't know where those browsers have been)
5. No financial accounting of people's efforts. It's always a heavier subject to discuss when you're dealing with numbers preceded with the $ symbol.
6. Cheap parking!
7. There are no dwarves inside the office that only I can see and hear.
8. At least not the ones that like to streak around naked in the middle of the night.
9. I swear to god those used to happen, and it wasn't the effect of any controlled substances or aircon fluid leaks.
10. Or so my imaginary psychiatrist says.
Can We Bust Into Carlo Celdran's Tours?
Tuesday, October 05, 2010
I'd like to hold a placard saying BEN-ZAYB.
That idiot.
That idiot.
Airline Impromptu
Friday, October 01, 2010
CebuPacific didn't allow a donor kidney to ride the plane - not to worry, says the pilot. They sell those along with inflight snacks anyway.
My sister tells me CebuPacific aims for practicality as a theme, while PAL is going for class. Yeah class - which is why their stewardesses look like elementary teachers.
HK bound flights of PAL are crewed by old stewardesses, I almost feel guilty asking them to push around those carts while I'm just sitting down doing nothing.
Meanwhile, with the way CebuPac attendants are dressed, I'd let them carry groceries and a sack of rice, no problem.
CebuPacific will cut costs down as much as possible. I won't be surprised if I go to the restroom in the plane and meet somebody selling CR stubs for 10 bucks each.
If you want to go free, you gotta do it outside the plane.
My sister tells me CebuPacific aims for practicality as a theme, while PAL is going for class. Yeah class - which is why their stewardesses look like elementary teachers.
HK bound flights of PAL are crewed by old stewardesses, I almost feel guilty asking them to push around those carts while I'm just sitting down doing nothing.
Meanwhile, with the way CebuPac attendants are dressed, I'd let them carry groceries and a sack of rice, no problem.
CebuPacific will cut costs down as much as possible. I won't be surprised if I go to the restroom in the plane and meet somebody selling CR stubs for 10 bucks each.
If you want to go free, you gotta do it outside the plane.
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