De la Salle-Lipa Batch '97 Survey

Nangilid-ngilid pa ang luha ko habang sinasagutan 'to. Langya, ang saya pala talaga ng highschool ko.

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DLSL Survey...
1. Anong ginagawa mo pag PA na?
-- Nakikipag-brainstorming kela Pakloy ng bagong paraan kung pano kakawilin yung hito ni Mam Baby sa fishpond.
2. Nakikinig ka ba sa bulletin reading?
-- Minsan. Paminsan naman nakikipag Lucky 9 sa calculator.
3. Pinangarap mo bang mag-voice over sa PA prayers?
-- Hindi. Iniisip ko kasi pag nagsalita ako sa PA magiging kasing boring ng nagsasalita yung boses ko.
4. Bakit ka nahuhuli sa pila pag lunch break?
-- Nag ma-Magic cards pa kami ni Topak.
5. San mo mas-trip, sa HS canteen o sa GS canteen?
-- Sa gradeschool syempre. Andaling makipag sikohan sa mga bata.
6. Anong fave mong bilihin sa canteen?
-- slush, waffledog (tangena, halos lahat ata ng estudyante eto ang binibili)
7. Na-guidance/principal's/csde office ka na ba?
-- OO! Tinapalan namin ng tape yung nameplates namin tas sinulatan namin ng mga pangalan ng mga gwapings ng Beverly Hills 90210... Jai = Priestley, J.; Ako = Perry, L.; Aglibut = Ziering, I.
8. Sinong favorite mong year level administrator?
-- Wala nang lulupet pa kay Sir Conti. Nanghuhuli nang noisy while playing the piano! Tapos kelangan mataas ang hataw ng kamay habang kumakanta ng "Hail! Hail, Alma Mater!"
9. Ilang beses ka na nasuspend ng DO?
-- Hindi ako na-suspend noon. Masyado akong mukang inosente para mapasama sa Casino 306, kung san 80% ng section namin e suspended ng sabay sabay (Kasama President! Hello, Wendy!). Ginawa pa kong role model ng adviser namin (sino nga ba yun?), "Hindi nyo gayahin si Randell! May napupulot na maganda sa pag-oofficer nya!"
10. Sinong fave teacher(s) mo doon?
-- Tangena maraming karakter na teacher ang hirap pumili...
Sir Ogie the Pogi (nakalimutan ko na pangalan nya pero kilala naman siyang Ogie the Pogi anyway)
Sir Mayo aka "Brutus" (kamuka nya talaga yung kalaban ni Popeye)
Mam Rivera aka "Bulldog" (hanggang ngayon ang cursive writing ko e hango sa tinuro niya... the La Sallian cursive, waha!)
Mam Baby (kasi ang sarap hulihin ng alaga niyang hito)
11. Kamusta naman ang stallion drive?
-- Ayun, para akong pulis na nanghihingi ng pisong "tong" sa mga kapitbahay, kamag-anak, barkada, tindero ng ice cream, kaklase, etc.
12. Sinong HATEST teacher mo naman?
-- Yung titser sa Accounting na tomboy! Tangenang yan, hagya nang makapagsalita, talsikan pa laway!
13. San ka usually tumatambay? Why?
-- Madami e...
1st Year: paikot ikot sa field, madaming hita e. Gaganda pa ng mga varsity. Tsaka patay na bata pa ako noon. Walang masyadong LIFE.

patay na bata (n.) - low profile kid; hindi napapansin ng mga tao sa paligid niya kahit mawala siya dahil hindi naman talaga siya kapansin-pansin, to start with. Source: Diskyunaryo ni Aina

2nd Year: Sa service nila Jai. Andun si Aphreal e. Ke ganda naman nun e sobra!
3rd Year: Sa baseball field, nag varsity na ko neto. O kaya sa basketball court, naglalaro kahit naka sapatos na balat.
4th Year: Kela Clemente, yung may ari ng sikat na Buko Juice sa tapat lang ng La Salle. Kasama ko sila Bote, Bob the Kano, Janice, at Samson. CAT officer na ko neto kaya busy-busy-han na.
14. Nakaservice ka ba? San ka nagaantay ng sundo?
-- Hindi. Pero tambay ako ng service nila Jai. Tins!!! Andito ka na sa part na to. Hehe.
15. What is your most embarrassing experience?
-- "Love of My Life" by Queen, interpretative dance! Second Place lang ata kami dito, but I have all the rights to disagree. Tangena, galing ng acting ni Aglibut dito e. Namumula-mula pa siya. Si Charo yata ang ka-partner ko dito.
16. May mga teachers bang may anghit?
-- Mukang wala naman.
17. Most unforgettable thing in HS?
-- Madami sobra. Palagi ako noon sinasali sa mga quiz bee. Merong isa (Physical Science) na representatives ng B106 ako, si Topak, at si Wesley. Si Mam Baby e diskumpyado samin kasi muka naman talaga kaming walang gagawing maganda sa quiz bee na yun wahaha. Buong panghahamak nya pang sinabi (sa harap ng buong klase) na bibigyan kami ng +3 rekta sa card kung mananalo kami! E nanalo kami (nasulatan ko pa ng pentel pen sa braso si Topak sa tuwa). Ayun, walang nagawa si Miss Baby. Ang grade ko sa kanya nun e 96. 94 ako originally, me utang pa syang 1 point kasi ceiling grade na ang 96. BWAHAHAHA.
18. Kumakain ka ba sa classroom?
-- Minsan. Tinatago ko sa bag. Inaalok ko pa si Tessa tsaka si Girlie tsaka si Jean (sabay kurot sa braso nya).
19. Varsity?
-- Nag champion ako ng Chess nun second year kaya auto qualify sa varsity team. E kaso nag Baseball varsity ako dahil mas maangas tumakbo sa field kesa magkulong sa isang sulok ng kwarto (chess corner) sa gym.
20. Anong contest na ang nasalihan mo?
-- Naku sooooobrang dami. Buhay na bata na ako simula 2nd year pataas. Nung 2nd year alone, halos lahat ng klase ng quiz bee e kasali ako at si Jai na para bang wala nang ibang mapiling representative ang klase. Memorable sa akin ang Science Quiz ng 2nd Year dahil ako ang ginawang taga sulat ng sagot. Meaning lang ng CFC, for the win na sana. Alam ni Jai yung sagot pero mali ang spelling ko... "chloroflOUrocarbon". Ayun second lang ata kami nun. Disaster yun para sakin.
21. Sinong una mong nakilala sa highschool mo?
-- Si Voltaire, kasi estudyante sya ng lola ko sa Granha.
22. Ano ang mga nauso noong kapanahunan mo?
-- Kumawil ng hito ni Mam Baby, tumakbo sa 3rd and 4th year wing pag late, mag basketball ng naka leather shoes, Magic cards, NBA cards, sumayaw ng "Always" by Erasure, mag Lucky 9 sa calculator
23. Sino-sino mga kabarkada mo nung HS?
-- TMTM = Too Many To Mention
24. Nakakatakot ba yung mga specimen ng nalaglag na bata sa bio lab?
-- Hindi naman. Pinag titripan pa namin yun nung 3rd year e. Pinipitik pitik namin yung jar kung gagalaw. Bwaha!
25. Anong ginagawa mo pag school fair?
-- Nakow, maraming kalokohan noon dito. The best yung wedding booth na parang Intsik patakbuhin dahil LAHAT ng weddings na nangyayari e "pre-arranged". Tropang CAT officer ko kasi yung mga nagpapatakbo. parang "Oist, hulihin mo si Alzar tapos ikasal mo sakin... sige na!".
26. Namimiss mo na ba yung uniform mo?
-- Soooooobrang miss. Lalo na yung nameplate ko.
27. Napupuno ba yung paper bag mo pag reco niyo?
-- Napuno naman. Kaso pre-preho ang mababasa sa laman. HRD = Happy Recollection's Day. Boring.
28. Madalas ka ba bumili sa bookstore?
-- Panda ballpen
29. Ilang beses mo nang nawawala ung ID mo?
-- Di pa naman.
30. Teachers' quotable quotes?
-- May malupet na mura si Mam Castillo e... complete with flawlessly pronounced English. Nakalimutan ko lang. Naaalala ko yung turo sa amin ni Sir Brutus, "Mangligaw lang ng mangligaw, e di pag hindi sinagot... maghanap ng iba! Madami dyan!". Husky pa boses nya nun.
31. Binabasa mo ba yung sex education books sa library?
-- Oo. Booklover's Club ako noong patay na bata pa ako nung 1st Year.
32. Most unforgettable persons? Why?
-- Si Alzar. Unang babaeng binigyan ko ng bulaklak. Ngayon Miss Tourism International na siya. Kilala pa kaya ako nun? Si Mam Marquez, unang subject teacher ng na-perfect kong Final Exams (Algebra). Brother Rafe (R.I.P.). Kasi kamuka niya si Mister Wilson sa "Dennis the Menace" tsaka siya ang nagturo sa akin na ang "xie xie" ay "salamat" sa Cantonese.
33. Naka-ihi ka na ba sa oval?
-- Syempre, teritoryo namin sa baseball yun e tsaka nung nag CAT officer nako.
34. Nakapag-date ka na ba sa lover's lane?
-- Lakad lakad lang.
35. I-describe ang mukha mo sa gradpic..
-- Parang natatae.
36. Anong binibili mo sa labas tuwing uwian?
-- Nata de coco juice. Tangena nakaka-adik! Nilagyan ata ni Manong ng shabu yun e.
37. Nakakita ka na ba ng multo sa school?
-- Hindi. Hindi pa ko nakaka-kita sa buong buhay ko.
38. Bumibili ka ba ng fud sa side gate?
-- Yun nga, Nata Juice nga.
39. Sa tingin mo, kaya mong tapatan ang mala-mosaic portrait ni St. La Salle sa hall of lasallian saints?
-- Kaya siguro. Pero muka ko ipapalit ko.
40. Nangarag ka ba sa updating/paghahabol sa projects?
-- Wala akong maalala na nangarag ako. Pero cramming, sobrang dami. E nalulusutan naman e. Konting bola bola lang at inosenteng ngiti.
41. Anong ginagawa mo pag assembly?
-- Nakikipag kwentuhan, habang nagtatago sa mapanuring mata ni Sir Conti.
42. Anong unang-una mong ginawa right after graduation?
-- Kumain sa Max's.
43. Ano naman ang papel mo sa Intrams?
-- Umpire sa softball ng mga babae. Ahuhuy! Si Nikki peborit ko dito panoorin.
44. Favorite Janitor/Janitress
-- Wala ako maisip na naging ka-tropa ko.
45. Sino si Bravo?
-- Alam ko karakter na teacher yan para sa ibang year level e.
46. Kung papalitan ang color ng uniform ano?
-- Violet.
47. Madalas ka ba sa college area?
-- Hindi gaano. Parang ang tatanda na nila para sa aking inosenteng pag iisip.
48. Nasa Friendster mo ba yung crush mo sa HS mo?
-- Si Nikki! Si Rochelle at si Alzar wala e. May Friendster ba si Ren Ren? Ok yun eh, morena.
49. Did you ever regret going to your HS?
-- HINDI! Babalikan ko pa!
50. Naging achiever ka na ba?
-- A couple of times. Nakaka-irita lang na minsan hindi ako ma-achiever dahil lang sa isang 79, Practical Arts pa! Tangena talaga oh.
51. Kilala mo ba kung sino ang nag-post nito?
-- Si Jai na kasama kong sumasayaw ng "Always" by Erasure, kasama si Joseph? Paniwalang paniwala ang Y502 noon na sasali kami sa Eat Bulaga "Always" dance contest.
52. Sino sa mga ka-batch mo ang dapat isali sa STARSTRUCK?
-- Si Rochelle. Andami na ngang commercials ngayon e.
53. Anong most memorable experience mo nung prom?
-- Nung tumakas kami at nag football sa classroom.
54. Anong oras ang pinakalate mong stay sa school?
-- 6+PM kasi nga may praktis pa ng baseball sa field. Inaabot ko pa sa college gate si TJ palagi na naghihintay din ng sundo. Nakatitig ako sa kanya habang nagmumuni-muni, "Ke ganda gang nilalang nire!"
55. Sino ang favorite love team sa batch mo?
-- Wala akong partikular na peborit e. May naisip ako pero scandalous e... involved ang Brother. Wahaha.
56. Naging officer ka ba nung high school?
-- Vice President ng Casino 306!
57. Anu ang best section/s mo?
-- Y502 at R306!
58. Saulo mo pa ba ang alma mater?
-- Asus, walang sablay! Haha.
59. Anong naramdaman mo matapos mo sagutan ang survey na to?
-- GRABE, ganun kabilis dumaan lahat yun?!?

Wisetalking Z-Deprived Non-Natives Part 2

Shak Attendance (April 18): Jubay, Hairy Critter, Pookiemonster, Plim, Pol, Jumping Johnny, Bilog, Jan Liit, Topher, Obi Doo, Fluffman, Riderman, Scotch Brite, Jep, Joma, Half-Pint

Something Fishy Entrance
Midway along the tambay session (12+ midnight), Me, Arvs, and the Great Maw rode once again to Something Fishy in Eastwood to take part on the midnight gluttony promo. We poked at the boyz mental palates and cajoled them to join us... in vain! Argh! More talks ensued in the face of never-ending fried food and saturating soda supply!

After that bountiful feasting, we returned in Kamias to goof around with the boyz of the Shak again. It was already 3AM.

To continue what has been talked about that day...

Round 1 @ Something Fishy, Eastwood

# Nurse Siree

"Lower your standards and it will be easy for you to find happiness."
- Jake Pookiemonster (aka The Great Maw, KP, Gyudon Warrior), da Shak's Pookie-Hunter extraordinaire

It has been a common notion that picking up a Nursing course would secure a good fortune in the future. Sadly, it was just a hype.

I got a Nursing student sister and several relatives pursuing or have pursued the field and Crispy's mom has been a head nurse in popular hospitals here and abroad, and we know how deym hard it is to secure a good nursing work, especially after the Oh-Great-America's indefinite recession. Most students after graduation (and even after passing the licensing exams!) became fodders to multinational call center companies as agents.

Yes, a couple of years ago it could be a wise choice, but with the surge of aspirants brainwashed into taking up Nursing by false advertisements and thoughtless hype, it's just not the same anymore. Four years ang nursing (plus ilang years pa sa mga babagsak o titigil dahil wala nang pambayad sa mahal na tuition), do you think after that four years the demand for Nurses will still be the same as it was several years ago? And to think, HINDI biro ang kumuha ng Nursing. Ipadadala kayo sa kung saan-saang sulok ng Pinas (even dun sa mga lugar na piso na lang Impyerno na!) at sa pinaka pesteng schedule na kaya mong isumpa... as part ng "practical application" na required for graduation.

More number crunching would support the point...

Ilan na ang Nursing schools sa Pinas? Nagsulputang parang kabute. Even AMA, a pioneer of IT courses in Phils, offers Nursing now just to ride the bandwagon. Eskwelahan ang yumayaman sa nursing, hindi ang mga Nurses na produkto ng mga ito.

Oh, ilan ang graduates ng sandamakmak na schools na mga eto sa isang taon?
Ilan sa mga sandamakmak na graduates na ito ang makakapasa ng licensing exams?
Ilan lang ang demands for Pinoy nurses worldwide?
Ilan lang ang decent hospitals sa Pinas at ilan lang ang kelangang Nurses sa mga ito?
Ano ang mangyayari sa mga natirang walang mapasukan?

Which brought the boyz to our next topic...

Round 2 @ Something Fishy, Eastwood

# Up the Wazoo
Halos lahat naman ng tao kilala na si Canister Boy ng Cebu.

Just several months ago, the "concerned and righteous" citizens of Pinas has been vehemently affected by the "racial slur" delivered by Teri Hatcher against our medical practitioners. Andaming nag-react, even to the point that "Desperate Housewives" was considered to be banned (or was it, already?) from local TV. It was a buzz for quite a long while.

But isn't it funny that after this whole rumpus, things such as the massive Nursing licensing exams leakage and now this canister-up-the-wazzooo scandal surface?

I can imagine Miss Teri smiling derisively with a comic bubble in her head that reads "Kitaaaaams!". Haha.

Talk about digging your own graveyard.

I really haven't watched the clip and no, I'm not interested even when I had the chance. But I know it's brainless fun nonetheless no matter how much I condone the act.


# Kaching!

"Don't get high with your own supply!"
- Jumping Johnny, Shak Brother Number 3

Casino talks followed. It seems all that was present that night has been in a casino. Two of the guys had been keen bettors back in their days and I, myself, had visited and played a couple of games in Sydney's famous Star City Casino.

Being the number crunchers we are, we all agreed that there were only several games that gives you good odds on winning... big-small and roulette are the first two games in the list.

Tips on Casino Betting (an amalgam of our opinions, based on experiences):
* don't bet big. you'll be the focus of dealers and their manipulative tricks. just carry the looks of a lowly bettor. dapat muka kang "palagong baboy" in Tagalog.

Palagong Baboy (adj) - umaasang manalo ng limpak limpak sa pagtaya ng pakonti konti. Source: Diksyunaryo ni Lolo

* know where to bet. as i said earlier, there are games that will give you good odds.
* it's hard to pull off an earnings with the "palagong baboy" technique. it takes good number crunching skills AND uber self-control.
* you can do the "win big-lose big" technique: set your mind that you'll do (AND ONLY do) the "win big-lose big" maneuver, go to a casino, bet ALL your gambling funds for that day on a game with a good odds, wait for the result, then go home no matter what is it (win or lose). that's the meaning of "if you'll gonna win, you'll gonna win. if you'll gonna suck, you'll gonna suck... no matter what".
* and syempre yung best tip... go to casino with a mind set that you'll gonna lose your gambling money.

Round 3 @ Something Fishy, Eastwood

# Status Symbol
*insert Havaianas (fucking-ei, ano ba spelling neto?) and i-Pod bashing here*

Sorry. I understand the COMPULSION to flaunt but NO I'm NOT really impressed with people wearing expensive third world country slippers (which doesn't really look nicer compared to cheaper competitors, even those locally produced) and people sporting an uber hyped-up marketing ploy product (that has similar features with cheaper mp3 players and more flexible products like a PSP, anyway).

Nuff said.

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Class dismissed at 4:30AM.

May liwanag na nung umuwi ako. Ambilis ng araw. Tsk tsk.

Wisetalking Z-Deprived Non-Natives Part 1

Shak Attendance (April 18): Jubay, Hairy Critter, Pookiemonster, Plim, Pol, Jumping Johnny, Bilog, Jan Liit, Topher, Obi Doo, Fluffman, Riderman, Scotch Brite, Jep, Joma, Half-Pint

From AK-47 Gwadini-model (Gawa Dine) to PSP's latest craze Jap-game Patapon, the night has been a long race of open-ended tossing of opinions for the denizens of the Shak. As long as there is cox (Coke) and there are practical (sometimes crappy) matters to discuss, brain cells are open for frying. Stuffs that will make a run for talkshow host funds.

Here are sketches of the talks from the tambay session...

Hairy Critter's new Starscream toy.

# Wonderful World of Woman-dom

Statistics will prove that ladies should be throwing themselves upon our feet!!!
- Crispy Beef, da Shak's resident devil's advocate

On average, the sex ratio should be 3 females is to 1 male. AND the odds doesn't stop there. Read more...

On average, there's at least one happy person (gay) per 10 male. At etong isang ito (sadly) ay may kakayahan pang mang-syota ng kapwa lalaki! In short, makikipag-agawan pa sa female population! Further tightening the odds against our female counterparts.

On average, those happy people are more attractive masculinely than the heteros. Further narrowing the choices of the females.

On average, males have longer "shelf lives" than females, some are still of sexual activity until the age of 50.

I am a proponent of sexual equality but I can't defy nor deny what mathematics has presented here. Hehe. Malas lang.

I painted most of the parts of this Assault Marines at da Shak.

# Hello, Telephone?
Call Center talks, as me and Arvs shared interests on trying out working as an agent just for the heck of experiencing the environs and riding the bandwagon. We have at least know several denizens at da Shak who are (or had been) top dawgs in the industry to affirm and usher us in. Talk about call center perks...

...palaging may "team building", which is basically a euphemism of our typical "inuman". It's also a conscious effort to get the ladies drunk and pray for a score.

...easy money. Well, not really "easy" easy. But it should be the easiest job that will offer a decent pay aside from being a politician. Frankly though, it will not pay as much as I or Arvs are getting but a brief experience should be exciting.

...easy lay? Nuff said.

...excuse to bum and sleep whole day! Excuse to look sleepy when you're bored with somebody you're speaking with. Excuse to "take a rest" when you don't want to go some place you're required to. A good excuse why you're getting fat. Nice excuse to wear weird stuffs and call it fashion. Used as an excuse to flaunt and go rapid fire speaking English even when you're being addressed in Tagalog. For me, excuse not to be asked to donate blood (hindi pwede ang anemic... lagi puyat!)... wahoow!

...most decent job a {pick from the letters below} can get.

A. lazy ass applicant...
B. jobless socialite, konyo/pa-konyo, and the likes (who would still want to have a white-collar work)...
C. non-degree holders or degree holders who don't want to practice their craft...
D. people who are in dire need of instant big moolah (this i understand)...
E. dudes desperate for work (this too)...

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Part 2 of the near-witless discussions tomorrow!

DOTA muna!

Ipinagbawal na Kaharian

Watched this at Mall of Asia's Premiere Cinema last Sunday...

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Forbidden Kingdom
Spoiler Alert! Spoiler Alert! Spoiler Alert!

A young kid, Jason, kung-fu fan and Chinese film geek, stumbles upon an antique metal staff that transports him back to ancient China. Later on, as he met the Drunken Master (Jacky Chan), he'll be aware of his destiny to return the relic to its rightful owner - the Monkey King (Jet Li) - which is in NO way easy as the grumpy Jade Warlord and his gazillion-strength Jade honchos together with his chick lieutenant (who has hairs like X-Men's Storm's crossed with Rapunsel's) will stop at none (except a good bargain bazaar in Binondo, maybe) to snatch the metal staff and destroy it for good. It's doubly hard for our hero too since the Jade Warlord's lair itself housed the legendary Monkey King who has been turned into a stone statue.

Ala "Fellowship of the Ring", the duo happens along the avenging cutey "marry-Obi-ten-times-please" Golden Sparrow (Liu Yi Fei) and the Silent Monk (Jet Li, again) who share the same objectives with them... to kill the Jade Emperor and return the mystic staff to the Monkey King, respectively. The foursome journey towards the Jade Warlord's fortress and exhibited kung-fu prowess along the way as Jade minions after Jade minions sought for their heads. Jason also started his kung-fu training along their quest and started hitting on Golden Sparrow too (he sucks though... i mean, c'mon man... between him, an aging drunk, and a weird probably-celibate monk, how could he NOT make good progress on the pretty chinky chick. Tsk tsk... kelangan magpaturo neto kay Gerald Anderson!).

To make things short, they made their way to the Jade Fortress where a HUGE brawl happened typical kung-fu flick's many-is-to-one style, and awaken the Monkey King. The Jade Warlord died on the melee and so is Golden Sparrow (leaving Jason still score-less... HAHA... loser). Order was restored in the Kingdom and Jason was returned home.

As a film epilogue of sorts, back at the modern time, Jason meets a Golden Sparrow incarnation (I say, she's still prettier in Chinese garb). Maybe that's his chance to blow it up again.

To sum up the whole film in general, it's an Americanized old kung-fu movie. "Old kung-fu movie" in that apparently it's reminiscent of that time when Chinese martial arts movies hit international attention with the claim to fame of the likes of Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee and Ramon Zamora (?? hehe). "Americanized" in that Chinese influences on the film has been dampened by Western humour and story development.

The plot's a no-brainer. Everything's made up as soon as Jason was transported back in time. No surprising twists, not even a subplot (unless you consider Jason's L-A-M-E attempt to create a love story with Golden Sparrow). But... BUT, still I'll have to admit I much enjoyed the movie (staring at Golden Sparrow aside).

The stunts are good (the "wire-works" are flawless). The fight scenes awesome! The cinematography... breathtaking. The humour... fun!

Jacky Chan and Jet Li are still good with their craft. Their kung-fu is nowhere as swift as during their younger years but their fight choreography are still impressive to watch, especially with Jacky Chan donning his "drunken fist" technique again. Jacky Chan versus Jet Li, nuff said. This is history, man!

I can't see much antagonism on the Jade Warlord's acting, same with his female lieutenant, but when I started remembering back what I can recall of the old kung-fu flicks I've watched when I was a kid, I realized you can't really hate most of their antagonists because of sheer ominousness. They simply lack the aura that will make you say "I soooo hate this guy" as soon as you see them. Lame acting goes to Jason. Mediocre acting goes to Miss Sparrow (whose role I don't really think necessary aside from having a pretty-face on board). Kudos to Jacky and Jet too for taking on two different roles.

Another thing to watch out is the Chinese-speaking characters' English dialogues. It threw me off in confusion in some scenes before I got a grip on what they meant but if you've watched a couple of Jacky Chan films before, you should already know what I'm saying.

Aside from two pretty chinky chicks (White-Haired Lieutenant versus Golden Sparrow) fighting over MY attention, this movie has lots of other fantasy lore to offer with a mix of humour and kung-fu to boot. If not for those, just watch it because of the Jet-Jacky tandem!

Nine chinky gulamans, for crying out loud!

*****

Tangena naman oh... what's with chinky chicks??

Golden Sparrow (Liu Yi Fei) take me home!!!
Sakit na daw 'to sabi ng tropa ko. Tsk tsk.

Got Poop?

Mogwai

I've long heard about this place but haven't really had the chance to get a fix on scheduling a visit and who to drag along with. The idea got piled over with heaps of random impressions in my convoluted brain (not to mention the factor of my chronic short-term memory loss) until I had this talk with a cineaste friend yesterday (yesterday nga ba? - see how chronic!) that the plan to check the place out resurfaced.

My interest was extra tickled when I read that they serve Alamid Coffee. This concoction was brewed from Alamid (wild cat) poop. C'mmown mamon, how more adventurous can you get when it comes to food without imbibing brewed poopoo??

Reminds me of our latest trek in Mount Manabo where we saw a local dweller with a pet wild cat. The Flash was telling us that its poop could actually be brewed for coffee. I'll gonna drink that for sure but not with the hapless source within my line of sight. That's just adding insult to disgust when the cat stares back at you while you drink its jerbax.

jerbax (n.) - tae; jebers; jabebers; jerbo; dumi. Source: Diksyunaryo ni Lolo

Cream of the cake was their mini theater on its second level. They usually screen independent and offbeat films but I think there's a membership thing to have access to the chamber. I would love to pay if it's worth it. We'll see. For now, just the artsy look of the place is enough for me to know that iL enjoy a visit.

Click me to know more about Mogwai!

Kelan, Jai?

Santa Does NOT Exist

Dear Rosh,

I don't really know how to tell you this,
but our horoscope doesn't match. I think I realized it
when your dwarf bit me under the bus
and ignored my father.

I'm sure you're scarred enough to understand
that Santa doesn't exist.

I'm returning your memories from the military service to you,
but I'll keep your mom as a memory.

You should also know that I was interviewed by the Times
about a new life as a clone .

Go burn,
Obi






ENTERTAINED, I NICKED THIS ONE FROM MOIRA.
HERE'S THE FORMULA:


Dear (the person who last texted/messaged you),

I don't really know how to tell you this, but ___1___.
I think I realized it ___2___ ___3___ and ___4___ ___5___.


I'm sure you're ___6___ enough to understand ___7___.
I'm returning ___8___ to you, but I'll keep ___9___ as a memory.

You should also know that I ___10___ ___11___.


___12___,
Your Name


THEN REPLACE THE NUMBER FIELDS WITH YOUR ANSWER TO THESE QUESTIONS:

1. What's the color of your shirt?
Blue - Our romance is over
Red - Our affair is over
White - I'll join the monastery
Black - I dislike you
Green - Our horoscope doesn't match
Grey - You're a pervert
Yellow - I'm selling myself
Pink - Your nostrils are insulting
Brown - The mafia wants you
No shirt - You're a loser
Other - I'm in love with your sister

2. Which is your birth month?
January - That night
February - Last year
March - When your dwarf bit me
April - When I tripped on sesame seeds
May - First of May
June - When you put cuffs on me
July - When I threw up
August - When I saw the shrunken head
September - When we skinny dipped
October - When I quoted Santa
November - When your dog ran amok
December - When I changed tennis shoes

3. Which food do you prefer?
Tacos - In your apartment
Pizza - In your camping car
Pasta - Outside of Chicago
Hamburgers - Under the bus
Salad - As you ate enchilada
Chicken - In your closet
Kebab - With Paris Hilton
Fish - In women's clothing
Sandwiches - At the Hare Krishna graduation
Lasagna - At the mental hospital
Hot dog - Under a state of trance
Annat - With George Bush and his wife

4. What's the color of your socks?
Yellow - Hit on
Red - Insulted
Black - Ignored
Blue - Knocked out
Purple - Poured syrup on
White - Carved your initials into
Grey - Pulled the clothes off
Brown - Put leeches on
Orange - Castrated
Pink - Pulled the toupee off
Barefoot - Sat at
Other - Drive out

5. What's the color of your underwear?
Black - My best friend
White - My father
Grey - Bill Clinton
Brown - My fart balloon
Purple - My mustard soufflé
Red - Donald Duck
Blue - My avocado plant
Yellow - My penpal in Ghana
Orange - My Kid Rock-collection
Pink - Manchester United's goalkeeper
None - My John F. Kennedy-statue
Other - The crazy monk

6. What do you prefer to watch on TV?
Scrubs - Man
O.C. - Emotional
One Tree Hill - Open
Heroes -Frostbitten
Lost - High
House -Scarred
Simpsons - Cowardly
The news - Mongolic
Idol - Masochistic
Family Guy - Senile
Top Model - Middle-class
Annat - Ashamed

7. Your mood right now?
Happy - How awful I've felt
Sad - How boring you are
Bored - That Santa doesn't exist
Angry - That your pimples are at the last stage
Depressed - That we're cousins
Excited - That there is no solution to this.
Nervous - The middle-east
Worried - That your Honda sucks
Apathetic - That I did a sex-change
Ashamed - That I'm allergic to your hamster
Cuddly - That I get turned on by garbage men
Overjoyous - That I'm open
Other - That Extreme Home Makeover sucks

8. What's the color of your walls in your bedroom?
White - Your ring
Yellow - Your love letters
Red - Your Darth Vader-poster
Black - Your tame stone
Blue - The couch cushions
Green - The pictures from LA
Orange - Your false teeth
Brown - Your contact book
Grey - Our matching snoopy-bibs
Purple - Your old lottery coupons
Pink - The cut toenails
Other - Your memories from the military service

9. The first letter of your first name?
A/B - Your photo
C/D - The oil stocks
E/F - Your neighbour Martin
G/H - My virginity
I/J - The results of blood-sample
K/L - Your left ear
M/N - Your suicide note
O/P - My common sense
Q/R - Your mom
S/T - Your collection of butterflies
U/V - Your criminal record
W/X - David's tricot outfits
Y/Z - Your grades from college

10. The last letter in your last name?
A/B - Always will remember
C/D - Never will forget
E/F - Always wanted to break
G/H - Never openly mocked
I/J - Always have felt dirty before
K/L - Will tell the authorities about
M/N - Told in my confession today about
O/P - Was interviewed by the Times about
Q/R - Told my psychiatrist about
S/T - Get sick when I think of
U/V - Always will try to forget
W/X - Am better off without
Y/Z - Never liked

11. What do you prefer to drink?
Water- Our friendship
Beer - Senility
Soft drink - A new life as a clone
Soda - The incarnation as an eskimo
Milk - The apartment building
Wine - Cocaine abuse
Cider - A passionate interest for mice
Juice - Oprah Winfrey imitations
Mineral water - Embarrassing rash
Hot chocolate - Eggplant-fetishism
Whisky - To ruin the second world war
Other - To hate the Boston Celtics

12. To which country would you prefer to go on a vacation?
Thailand - Warm regards
USA - Best regards
England - Good luck on your short-term leave from jail
Spain - Go and drown yourself
China - Disgusting regards
Germany - With ease
Japan - Go burn
Greece - Your everlasting enemy
Australia - Greetings to your frog Leonard
Egypt - Fuck off now
France - In pain
Other - Greetings to your freaky family

April the 13th

Tambay nights at da Shak in Kamias.

Earlier, tumambay lang din kami ng malupet sa Virramall then we had dinner at Mien Sann (as usual!).

Shak Attendance: Joma, Obi Doobie, Fluffman, Jakob the Pure, Rider Man, Pork, Jumping Johnny, Jep, Little Jan, Toper, Pookiemonster, Anito, Jubay, Scotch Brite, Japes, Arvs, Phatboi (nyu-nyu land)

Grub: Coke (heretic zero and regular-type), pandesal, liver spread

Jampak Shak
Busy ang karamihan...

* Si Johnny, si Joma, si Toper, si Pork, at si Jan Liit nakasubsob sa tatlong laptop at isang PSP. Gaming mode sila.

* Si Scotch, si Karlo, at si Jep e nagbutingtingan ng mga motor nila. Si Phatboi, off to nyu-nyu land... naghihilik pa.

* Ako at si Jun e painting session. He was fixing something in his miniature bomber plane while I do some works on my Space Marines.

* The rest, usual wise-talking chatter about any sensless crap they could think of.

I just finished painting this Lascannon-toting Space Marine
Eto yung mga gabi sa Shak na dapat e may live cam na tumatakbo sa bahay ni Koya (Pork) just to catch the hillarity and randomness of the talks. Parang kabute yung mga topic at mga hirit. Here are some that came up that night...

# Use Your Imagination
Pumasok ang usapan ng sex toys. Dalwa ang popular na tindahan na alam namin: sa Malate (na hindi mo mapapasok ng hindi ka papatayin sa titig ng mga bading sa entrance) at sa Metrowalk (na parang aquarium, dahil nasa daanan ng tao). Biglang may humirit... marami namang pwede gamiting alternatibong sex toys. If you think about it, pwede daw gawing business yung laman ng mga "all for 20 pesos" carts as sex toys... car jacks, dos por dos, lyabe (kung ano man yun), at walis ting ting. Lagyan na lang daw ng label na "Use your Imagination". Hehehe... why not.

# Bahay ni Koya
Naging Pinoy Big Bro yung usapan. Kulang naman kasi talaga sa "reality" yung Bahay ni Kuya. Komportable ang lahat. Ginagawan lang ng issue yung mga kasambahay para, kumbaga sa Friendster, maging "It's Complicated" ang stay nila. Dapat meron ding brownout or shortage sa tubig! Dapat meron ding maiingay na kapitbahay na nag-vivideoke at naglalasingan sa gabi! Dapat nangangamoy din ang kapaligiran.

Meron daw nga dapat Pinoy Big Bro - Payatas Edition. Yan ang "reality" show. O kaya Malabon Edition! Yung tamang pag dating ng tag-ulan, lahat sila nakapatong sa lamesa o sa aparador dahil lampas bewang ang baha. Yan ang "reality" show. Tapos sa Celebrity Edition dapat daw ang mga ipasok sa bahay e si Lolit, Piolo, Sam, Gabby Concepcion, tas yung mga bading na reporter na mahilig mang-chizmiz. Nakow, patok sa masa yan.

Tas para "reality" talaga ang dating... magpapasok sila ng Akyat Bahay Gang.

Da Shak's One True Beverage has now a heretical clone named Zero!
My mug says: I'd rather be drinking tequila!"
# Visual Crap
Someone brought the 1st issue of Playboy Phils at da Shak (hindi ko aamining ako!). And the denizens have a unanimous comment... IT WAS CRAP. Oops. Did I type that in all caps? The cover was a poor rendition of the classic Playboy covers. The layout sucks sore. The paper... ugh! Pero sabi nga ni Arvs, "Psh... as if article ang habol mo sa Playboy!"

He's got a point. Sige skip that. But teka... (flipped through the pictures)... Playboy ba talaga binili ko? The only nudity I saw was an exposed boob! People will pay to glance at this stuff for A single boob?? And this was what the Pinoy "religious" and righteous community was shouting foul on?? E mas marami ka pang makikitang suso sa binebentang dyaryo sa kalsada na araw-araw mo lang madadaanan sa kalsada e. Talk about Hippos.

Eto na lang, any magazine that aims to compete should at least have a good proofreader. This mag has lots... wait... LOTS!!!... of typo errors. Mas well proofread pa ang Liwayway Magazine at dyaryong Bandera! Ano 'to?? It's a clear waste of the label that Mister Hefner should be cringing on it by now. Hindi na lang din naman sila sumunod sa Playboy tradition when it comes to pornography, they should at least just have the professionalism to make a decent mag.

Sayang yung bayad sa copyright. Boo.

# Technophobia
Sa oto papuntang Eastwood (mga ala-una ng madaling araw)...
** Napag-usapan yung cellphone ni Jake na hinampas niya sa pader. Ayaw niya kasi mag cellphone (ever!) pero napilitan siyang tanggapin yung cellphone na binibigay sa kanya ng magulang niya dahil kung hindi, hindi siya pahihiramin ng van.
Fluff: Di ba may cel ka noon?
Jake: Yeah, pero inabuso ng magulang ko e, so I have to teach them a lesson.
Everyone else: Rolling On The Floor, Laughing

# Smells Fishy
Our destination - Something Fishy, Eastwood.

Agahan gallore! For around 150 bucks, endless grub and cox na until 10am in the morning. Yun nga lang 12 midnight to 10AM lang yung murang buffet promo. But heck, for the vampires we are it sure is a treat!

Grub: tapa, egg, longganisa, tocino, yang chow, garlic rice, lugaw, pancakes, adobo, pancit, hotdogs, lumpiang shanghai, danggit bay, bibingka

Naka tsanelas at pambahay shorts lang ako pero kiber sa taong-bayan. However, I was surprised that on a weekend nights, ang unti ng mga gumigimik. Effect na siguro to ng pagdami ng gimik place sa metro. Nahahati yung gimik crowds amongst them all. As for us, basta may pagkain... solb. Baka maging bagong tambayan ng tropa to.

Class dismissed at 3AM.

Things of Interest

This is originally a "108 things you might find interesting" list from an email by Porkmeister. I further filtered em to only those things that really got me interested and deleted the rest...

1. Look at your zipper. See the initials YKK? It stands for Yoshida Kogyo Kabushibibaisha, the world's largest zipper manufacturer. (Most likely, peke ang signature jeans mo pag gento ang zipper... hehe!)
2. 40 percent of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
3. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
4. On the average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.
5. Chocolate kills dogs! True, chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system. A few ounces is enough to kill a small sized dog. (Chuuuu... Anito! Fetch! Hee Hee! Peace, Pol!)
6. Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as a medicine.
7. Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
8. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
9.
10. Leonardo da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa's lips.
11. Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to slow a film down so you could see his moves. That's the opposite of the norm.
12. The original name for the butterfly was 'flutterby'!
13. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand.
14.
15.
16. The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.
17. Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than the entire Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
18. Marilyn Monroe had six toes on one foot.
19. Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.
20. The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.
21. To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, prick your fingers into its eyeballs. It will let you go instantly.
22. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes. (I took longer. I'm not average.)
23. The 'pound' (#) key on your keyboard is called an octothorp.
24. The only domestic animal not mentioned in the Bible is the cat.
25.
26. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
27. 'Dreamt' is the only word in the English language that ends in 'mt'.
28.
29. In Chinese, the KFC slogan 'finger lickin' good' comes out as 'eat your fingers off'.
30. A cockroach can live for 10 days without a head.
31. We shed 40 pounds of skin a lifetime.
32. Yo-Yo's were once used as weapons in the Philippines. (Ngayon, kahit toothbrush nagiging weapon sa kulungan! Pinoy ingenuity at its finest.)
33.
34. Brains are more active sleeping than watching TV.
35. Blue is the favorite color of 80 percent of Americans.
36.
37. There are more chickens than people in the world. (There are more sheeps than people in New Zealand. Hehe.)
38. The thumbnail grows the slowest, and the middle nail grows the fastest.
39.
40. The average four year-old child asks over four hundred questions a day. (Oh men! So, sa case ng kambal namin, that's 800 questions a day for me?!? Que horror.)
41. The average person presses the snooze button on their alarm clock three times each morning.
42. The three wealthiest families in the world have more assets than the combined wealth of the forty-eight poorest nations.
43.
44. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
45. The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
46. Our eyes remain the same size from birth onward, but our noses and ears never stop growing.
47. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching TV.
48. A person will die from total lack of sleep sooner than from starvation. Death will occur about 10 days without sleep, while starvation takes a few weeks.
49. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
50.
51.
52 Alexander Graham Bell , the inventor of the telephone, never telephoned his wife or mother because they were both deaf.
53.
54 .'I am.' is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
55.
56. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.
57. 'Bookkeeper' is the only word in English language with three consecutive double letters.
58. Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people do.
59.
60. If the population of China walked past you in single line, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
61. China has more English speakers than the United States .
62. Every human spent about half an hour as a single cell.
63. Each square inch of human skin consists of twenty feet of blood vessels.
64. An average person uses the bathroom 6 times per day.
65. Babies are born with 300 bones, but by adulthood we have only 206 in our bodies.
66. Beards are the fastest growing hairs on the human body. If the average man never trimmed his beard, it would grow to nearly 30 feet long in his lifetime. (I bet mine's double that! Argh.)
67. According to Genesis 1:20-22, the chicken came before the egg. (Mas nauna pa din ang itlog! Kasi si Adan, may itlog! Bwahaha!)
68. The longest place name still in use is: Taumatawhakatangihangaoauauotameteaturi- Pukakpikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu - a New Zealand hill.
69.
70.
71. Wearing headphones for an hour increases the bacteria in your ear 700 times.
72. More than 40,000 parasites and 250 types of bacteria are exchanged during a French kiss. (Masama din kasi masyadong malinis sa katawan! Waha!)
73. Men can read smaller print than women, but women can hear better.
74. Coca-Cola was originally green.
75. The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
76. The name of all the continents ends with the same letter that they start with.
77.
78. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row
of the keyboard.
79. Women blink nearly twice as much as men!!
80.
81.
82.
83. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
84. The 'sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick' is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.
85. If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.
86. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents great king from history: Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, Diamonds - Julius Caesar.
87. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
88. If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle.
89. If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle.
90. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
91.
92. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
93. A snail can sleep for three years.
94.
95.
96. Butterflies taste with their feet.
97. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
98. In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
99. On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.
100. Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'.
101. 'Stewardesses' is the longest word typed with only the left hand.
102. The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.
103. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
104. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.
105. Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over million descendants.
106. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
107. Most lipstick contains fish scales.
108.

Sponklong Weekend

Biyernes
Met up with Bozz Beef after work. Tatambay sana ko sa Fortress, but the call of the alcohol seemed pretty more enticing. So Chilli Pepper's we went. He was with Bart and Angela, his co-initiates in that same company where I previously worked on (for five years!).

Several bottles later, Lou and the rest of the guys from their workgroup came in to join the fray.

Class dismissed at 10PM.

Sabado
Sinamahan ko si Sponklong sa Air Link Aviation School. He took an entrance examination for an avionics course.

I was able to finish several stages in Patapon (latest PSP beat-game craze) waiting for him to finish. Gainit pa! Tsk tsk.

Derecho Virramall kami pagkatapos. There was this car drifting exhibition on the parking lot adjacent to Promenade. It was impressive but we wished there were more cars used for drifting. Nagpapalitan lang kasi yung mga drivers between two cars (one looks like a Nissan Fairlady... pero hindi daw sabi nila Arvs).


Jampacked ang tambayan. So full, I can't recall who where there anymore.

Linggo
Kita kits at McDo-Meralco Ave. in Ortigas with Garrkid. Derecho kami sa Camp Masada afterwards for the regular airsoft games.

Mas muka kaming rockstars kesa sundalo

Attendance: Jeng, Hansy, PR-Man Omeng, Bob "Inggo" Marley, Obi Doo, Tandang Garrik Manyak, Val + Caregiver, Gem's Private Army, Apocalypse

As almost all of the games we've played there, the day has been pretty much fun. Umulan pa nung hapon. It was nice to be back on the battlefield after a month of sabbatical. Na-miss ko mga baril ko!!! Demmit.

Tambay kami ni Garrik sa Shak pagkatapos ng games, then dinner at Nato's in Kamuning. Mya mya lang, Arvs and Fluffmeister arrived from the Virramall tambayan. Kwentuhan lang magdamag as usual.

M249 Machine Gun
Class dismissed at 1AM.

Lunes
Went to Greenhills with the family (Sponks, Bons, Tita A, Mommy Groovey). While they strut their way around the tiangge, hangout lang ako sa tambayan. Di nako sumabay sa kanila pauwi. Nag-dinner muna kasi kami nila Kantoboy at Arvs sa Mien Sann (para maiba) sabay derecho sa Kamias.

Shak Attendance: Pork, Jumping John, John Liit, Jubay, Topher Kid, Obi Doo, Arvs, Scotch, Joma, Anito, Phatboi Jason, Pookiemonster

Usual goofing around and intelligent talks about meaningless crap.

Class dissmissed at 2AM.

*****

New photo album in my Multiply site:
Screaming BB's Retarn op da Comeback in Masada (Click Me)

Ghost of Sparta

Natapos ko na "God of War" sa PSP just now. Wooot!

Kratos, the Ghost of Sparta
Almost 8 hours of game time!

7 hours, 37 minutes, and 29 seconds to be exact.

Next game... Final Fantasy 7 - Crisis Core!

Close na close na kami ni Phoebe the PSP.

Hehe.

March Seven

Having one of those days when the need for something random hit me, I opened Wikipedia (just a couple of minutes ago) and browsed its entry for "March 7" - my birthday. I was reading the stuffs there and at first I just got entertained with the events that happened on the date. Nothing really big, as in "HUGE" big, that they made an impact on our civilization... maybe except this one where the Roman Emperor Constantine I declared "dies Solis" or Sunday (day of the Sun) as day of rest in March 7, 321. Most likely the reason (aside from several biblical associations) why until now Sunday is a weekend.

Another thing that interested me was the fact that most people born on the same date as I were mostly practitioners of the arts (actors, musicians, and writers topped the list). I have this belief kasi in astrology that people born on the same star sign have significant similarities. And impeyrnes, almost all the people I know that belongs to my sign have some similar qualities and/or behaviours with me. And as the Wikipedia list proved, halos fascinated and fond kami lahat with the arts.

So I scrolled down for more people born on March 7, checking the stuffs from time to time on their related links when someone got my interest. There was this Richard Heydrich (b. March 7, 1904). A German officer of Hitler's Nazi party. Binasa ko din yung mga bagay about him. And I've always thought that Piscean compassion is utmost, but this guy was responsible for thousands of Jewish massacred during the World War Holocaust. Shame.

Pinaka pinaka natuwa ako though, was when I saw Rachel Weisz's name in there. I was like "waddapak Rachel Weisz is a March 7... for the win!!!" deep inside. Gusto ko tumambling. Kras na kras na kras na kras na kras na kras ko si Rachel Weisz. Kamuka siya ni Pouty pero kras na kras na kras na kras na kras na kras ko na si Rachel Weisz even before I met Iday. "Stealing Beauty" pa lang at "The Mummy" days sobrang gusto ko na siya. Ang kyut kyut nya and her beauty's soooooo compelling.

Anakan mo ko!!! Puh-leeaaaaseeee!!!
May resemblance di ba... hehe.
Obi! Move on. Hehe.

Eto ang catch. I scrolled down some more and there was a Gerald Anderson - Filipino actor and model. I was like "eh??". I browsed its link and truly, si Gerald Anderson nga. Haha. March 7 din pala yun. Di halata. Sabagay preho kaming cute (ang kumontra, aabangan ko mamya sa labas pagkatapos ng recess!). Ang alam ko talaga na March 7 sa local celebrities e si Rica Peralejo. Same year pa kami.

Other interesting happenings on a March 7:
* Deaths: Saint Thomas Aquinas (1274) and Aristotle (384 BC)

* Feast Day of Saints Perpetua and Felicitas, Patron Saints of Married Women (203 AD)

* Holiday: Nyepi in Indonesia (Balinese Day of Silence)

Bye Birth Month

Friday
Sinundo namin si Cheng sa work before heading to Blue Wave. I treated the family in this Chinese resto there. Si Sponklong ang pinapili ko neto. Post graduation celebration niya. He graduated two days earlier but he only had a measly pizza box for a feast. Inupakan pa ng nagbigay at ng driver nya. Kahon ang natira. Wawa.

So to make up with my poor bro (in behalf of his pizza benefactor... insert sarcasm here), I dragged them off for dinner.


Attendance: Mommy Groovey, Cheng, Badong the Bayaw, Wonder Twins, Obi Doo, Bonski

Grub: Yang Chow rice (LOTS), beef brisket soup, beef in oyster sauce, mixed vegies, honey glazed pork, lemon chicken

I was happy they all got stuffed in gluttony. Tambay afterwards at the Pambansang Kapehan ng Pilipinas... Istarbuko! Habang yung kambal e tumakbo ng tumakbo sa paligid. Kesehodang daan daanan sila ng mga namamasyal na tao.

Ang kyuuuuut naming apat! Ang kumontra aabangan ko sa labas pagtapos ng recess!

Class dismissed at a couple of minutes past ten.

Saturday
Sumulit ng tulog sa umaga. Sabay rampage sa hapon.

I headed straight sa shop slash tambayan sa Greenhills to meet Garrik, then we zoomed in to Papa Smurf's house in New Manila for a game of 40K miniatures. We've tried out this new Apocalypse rules, involving large armies battling it out simultaenously in a literally big gaming table.

On the side of the good guys (Imperium of Man), there were Midnight and Ryan (Titan Legions), Jess (Space Marines), Henri (Space Marines), and Oberon (Sisters of Battle).

On the side of the BAD guys (Chaos United), there were Me (Renegade Marines), Romy (Dark Eldar), and Adrian (Chaos Space Marines).

Later in the game, two more participants arrived: Sigis (Space Marines) for the Imperium of Man and Lance and Joel (both Chaos Space Marines) for the Chaos United.


It was a looooong gruelling match (ginabi na kami!) that ended on us (Chaos United) as victors of the battle. I'll be posting a more detailed battle report on my hobby blog (http://butingting.blogspot.com/).

The Pouty Marine (originally painted by Iday so I was fond of this fig)

Also present to be the "miron" of the night were Garrdude, Jacketman, Mussolini, Doc Benj, Omegatron, Arvin, and Pocholo.

Grub of the night were endless turbo chicken and stomach-full supply of pansit. May konting inuman din after the game. Konti lang... mga tatlong litrong Johnny Walker. Hahaha. Jokes.

Thanks goes to Oberon. Sa uulitin, mga Sirs!

Alpha Kupal Omega fraternity initiation... Quit ka na!!??

Sunday
Bum out in the morning. Tas nagpagupit (or nagpa-ahit?) ako sa hapon. Bago kami mag grocery ni Mami at Sponklong.

Destination... Market! Market!

Bumili lang ako ng mga anik anik... at isang konyo shirt. Tas nag grocery na kami.

Ang ganda ni Aia ng Imago sa Tokyo Tokyo standee. Astig.

*****

New photo albums on my Multiply site (pics taken last weekend):
May the Best Geeks Win (Click Me)
Blue Wave Bash (Click Me)

De la Salle-Lipa Batch '97 Survey

Nangilid-ngilid pa ang luha ko habang sinasagutan 'to. Langya, ang saya pala talaga ng highschool ko.

*****

DLSL Survey...
1. Anong ginagawa mo pag PA na?
-- Nakikipag-brainstorming kela Pakloy ng bagong paraan kung pano kakawilin yung hito ni Mam Baby sa fishpond.
2. Nakikinig ka ba sa bulletin reading?
-- Minsan. Paminsan naman nakikipag Lucky 9 sa calculator.
3. Pinangarap mo bang mag-voice over sa PA prayers?
-- Hindi. Iniisip ko kasi pag nagsalita ako sa PA magiging kasing boring ng nagsasalita yung boses ko.
4. Bakit ka nahuhuli sa pila pag lunch break?
-- Nag ma-Magic cards pa kami ni Topak.
5. San mo mas-trip, sa HS canteen o sa GS canteen?
-- Sa gradeschool syempre. Andaling makipag sikohan sa mga bata.
6. Anong fave mong bilihin sa canteen?
-- slush, waffledog (tangena, halos lahat ata ng estudyante eto ang binibili)
7. Na-guidance/principal's/csde office ka na ba?
-- OO! Tinapalan namin ng tape yung nameplates namin tas sinulatan namin ng mga pangalan ng mga gwapings ng Beverly Hills 90210... Jai = Priestley, J.; Ako = Perry, L.; Aglibut = Ziering, I.
8. Sinong favorite mong year level administrator?
-- Wala nang lulupet pa kay Sir Conti. Nanghuhuli nang noisy while playing the piano! Tapos kelangan mataas ang hataw ng kamay habang kumakanta ng "Hail! Hail, Alma Mater!"
9. Ilang beses ka na nasuspend ng DO?
-- Hindi ako na-suspend noon. Masyado akong mukang inosente para mapasama sa Casino 306, kung san 80% ng section namin e suspended ng sabay sabay (Kasama President! Hello, Wendy!). Ginawa pa kong role model ng adviser namin (sino nga ba yun?), "Hindi nyo gayahin si Randell! May napupulot na maganda sa pag-oofficer nya!"
10. Sinong fave teacher(s) mo doon?
-- Tangena maraming karakter na teacher ang hirap pumili...
Sir Ogie the Pogi (nakalimutan ko na pangalan nya pero kilala naman siyang Ogie the Pogi anyway)
Sir Mayo aka "Brutus" (kamuka nya talaga yung kalaban ni Popeye)
Mam Rivera aka "Bulldog" (hanggang ngayon ang cursive writing ko e hango sa tinuro niya... the La Sallian cursive, waha!)
Mam Baby (kasi ang sarap hulihin ng alaga niyang hito)
11. Kamusta naman ang stallion drive?
-- Ayun, para akong pulis na nanghihingi ng pisong "tong" sa mga kapitbahay, kamag-anak, barkada, tindero ng ice cream, kaklase, etc.
12. Sinong HATEST teacher mo naman?
-- Yung titser sa Accounting na tomboy! Tangenang yan, hagya nang makapagsalita, talsikan pa laway!
13. San ka usually tumatambay? Why?
-- Madami e...
1st Year: paikot ikot sa field, madaming hita e. Gaganda pa ng mga varsity. Tsaka patay na bata pa ako noon. Walang masyadong LIFE.

patay na bata (n.) - low profile kid; hindi napapansin ng mga tao sa paligid niya kahit mawala siya dahil hindi naman talaga siya kapansin-pansin, to start with. Source: Diskyunaryo ni Aina

2nd Year: Sa service nila Jai. Andun si Aphreal e. Ke ganda naman nun e sobra!
3rd Year: Sa baseball field, nag varsity na ko neto. O kaya sa basketball court, naglalaro kahit naka sapatos na balat.
4th Year: Kela Clemente, yung may ari ng sikat na Buko Juice sa tapat lang ng La Salle. Kasama ko sila Bote, Bob the Kano, Janice, at Samson. CAT officer na ko neto kaya busy-busy-han na.
14. Nakaservice ka ba? San ka nagaantay ng sundo?
-- Hindi. Pero tambay ako ng service nila Jai. Tins!!! Andito ka na sa part na to. Hehe.
15. What is your most embarrassing experience?
-- "Love of My Life" by Queen, interpretative dance! Second Place lang ata kami dito, but I have all the rights to disagree. Tangena, galing ng acting ni Aglibut dito e. Namumula-mula pa siya. Si Charo yata ang ka-partner ko dito.
16. May mga teachers bang may anghit?
-- Mukang wala naman.
17. Most unforgettable thing in HS?
-- Madami sobra. Palagi ako noon sinasali sa mga quiz bee. Merong isa (Physical Science) na representatives ng B106 ako, si Topak, at si Wesley. Si Mam Baby e diskumpyado samin kasi muka naman talaga kaming walang gagawing maganda sa quiz bee na yun wahaha. Buong panghahamak nya pang sinabi (sa harap ng buong klase) na bibigyan kami ng +3 rekta sa card kung mananalo kami! E nanalo kami (nasulatan ko pa ng pentel pen sa braso si Topak sa tuwa). Ayun, walang nagawa si Miss Baby. Ang grade ko sa kanya nun e 96. 94 ako originally, me utang pa syang 1 point kasi ceiling grade na ang 96. BWAHAHAHA.
18. Kumakain ka ba sa classroom?
-- Minsan. Tinatago ko sa bag. Inaalok ko pa si Tessa tsaka si Girlie tsaka si Jean (sabay kurot sa braso nya).
19. Varsity?
-- Nag champion ako ng Chess nun second year kaya auto qualify sa varsity team. E kaso nag Baseball varsity ako dahil mas maangas tumakbo sa field kesa magkulong sa isang sulok ng kwarto (chess corner) sa gym.
20. Anong contest na ang nasalihan mo?
-- Naku sooooobrang dami. Buhay na bata na ako simula 2nd year pataas. Nung 2nd year alone, halos lahat ng klase ng quiz bee e kasali ako at si Jai na para bang wala nang ibang mapiling representative ang klase. Memorable sa akin ang Science Quiz ng 2nd Year dahil ako ang ginawang taga sulat ng sagot. Meaning lang ng CFC, for the win na sana. Alam ni Jai yung sagot pero mali ang spelling ko... "chloroflOUrocarbon". Ayun second lang ata kami nun. Disaster yun para sakin.
21. Sinong una mong nakilala sa highschool mo?
-- Si Voltaire, kasi estudyante sya ng lola ko sa Granha.
22. Ano ang mga nauso noong kapanahunan mo?
-- Kumawil ng hito ni Mam Baby, tumakbo sa 3rd and 4th year wing pag late, mag basketball ng naka leather shoes, Magic cards, NBA cards, sumayaw ng "Always" by Erasure, mag Lucky 9 sa calculator
23. Sino-sino mga kabarkada mo nung HS?
-- TMTM = Too Many To Mention
24. Nakakatakot ba yung mga specimen ng nalaglag na bata sa bio lab?
-- Hindi naman. Pinag titripan pa namin yun nung 3rd year e. Pinipitik pitik namin yung jar kung gagalaw. Bwaha!
25. Anong ginagawa mo pag school fair?
-- Nakow, maraming kalokohan noon dito. The best yung wedding booth na parang Intsik patakbuhin dahil LAHAT ng weddings na nangyayari e "pre-arranged". Tropang CAT officer ko kasi yung mga nagpapatakbo. parang "Oist, hulihin mo si Alzar tapos ikasal mo sakin... sige na!".
26. Namimiss mo na ba yung uniform mo?
-- Soooooobrang miss. Lalo na yung nameplate ko.
27. Napupuno ba yung paper bag mo pag reco niyo?
-- Napuno naman. Kaso pre-preho ang mababasa sa laman. HRD = Happy Recollection's Day. Boring.
28. Madalas ka ba bumili sa bookstore?
-- Panda ballpen
29. Ilang beses mo nang nawawala ung ID mo?
-- Di pa naman.
30. Teachers' quotable quotes?
-- May malupet na mura si Mam Castillo e... complete with flawlessly pronounced English. Nakalimutan ko lang. Naaalala ko yung turo sa amin ni Sir Brutus, "Mangligaw lang ng mangligaw, e di pag hindi sinagot... maghanap ng iba! Madami dyan!". Husky pa boses nya nun.
31. Binabasa mo ba yung sex education books sa library?
-- Oo. Booklover's Club ako noong patay na bata pa ako nung 1st Year.
32. Most unforgettable persons? Why?
-- Si Alzar. Unang babaeng binigyan ko ng bulaklak. Ngayon Miss Tourism International na siya. Kilala pa kaya ako nun? Si Mam Marquez, unang subject teacher ng na-perfect kong Final Exams (Algebra). Brother Rafe (R.I.P.). Kasi kamuka niya si Mister Wilson sa "Dennis the Menace" tsaka siya ang nagturo sa akin na ang "xie xie" ay "salamat" sa Cantonese.
33. Naka-ihi ka na ba sa oval?
-- Syempre, teritoryo namin sa baseball yun e tsaka nung nag CAT officer nako.
34. Nakapag-date ka na ba sa lover's lane?
-- Lakad lakad lang.
35. I-describe ang mukha mo sa gradpic..
-- Parang natatae.
36. Anong binibili mo sa labas tuwing uwian?
-- Nata de coco juice. Tangena nakaka-adik! Nilagyan ata ni Manong ng shabu yun e.
37. Nakakita ka na ba ng multo sa school?
-- Hindi. Hindi pa ko nakaka-kita sa buong buhay ko.
38. Bumibili ka ba ng fud sa side gate?
-- Yun nga, Nata Juice nga.
39. Sa tingin mo, kaya mong tapatan ang mala-mosaic portrait ni St. La Salle sa hall of lasallian saints?
-- Kaya siguro. Pero muka ko ipapalit ko.
40. Nangarag ka ba sa updating/paghahabol sa projects?
-- Wala akong maalala na nangarag ako. Pero cramming, sobrang dami. E nalulusutan naman e. Konting bola bola lang at inosenteng ngiti.
41. Anong ginagawa mo pag assembly?
-- Nakikipag kwentuhan, habang nagtatago sa mapanuring mata ni Sir Conti.
42. Anong unang-una mong ginawa right after graduation?
-- Kumain sa Max's.
43. Ano naman ang papel mo sa Intrams?
-- Umpire sa softball ng mga babae. Ahuhuy! Si Nikki peborit ko dito panoorin.
44. Favorite Janitor/Janitress
-- Wala ako maisip na naging ka-tropa ko.
45. Sino si Bravo?
-- Alam ko karakter na teacher yan para sa ibang year level e.
46. Kung papalitan ang color ng uniform ano?
-- Violet.
47. Madalas ka ba sa college area?
-- Hindi gaano. Parang ang tatanda na nila para sa aking inosenteng pag iisip.
48. Nasa Friendster mo ba yung crush mo sa HS mo?
-- Si Nikki! Si Rochelle at si Alzar wala e. May Friendster ba si Ren Ren? Ok yun eh, morena.
49. Did you ever regret going to your HS?
-- HINDI! Babalikan ko pa!
50. Naging achiever ka na ba?
-- A couple of times. Nakaka-irita lang na minsan hindi ako ma-achiever dahil lang sa isang 79, Practical Arts pa! Tangena talaga oh.
51. Kilala mo ba kung sino ang nag-post nito?
-- Si Jai na kasama kong sumasayaw ng "Always" by Erasure, kasama si Joseph? Paniwalang paniwala ang Y502 noon na sasali kami sa Eat Bulaga "Always" dance contest.
52. Sino sa mga ka-batch mo ang dapat isali sa STARSTRUCK?
-- Si Rochelle. Andami na ngang commercials ngayon e.
53. Anong most memorable experience mo nung prom?
-- Nung tumakas kami at nag football sa classroom.
54. Anong oras ang pinakalate mong stay sa school?
-- 6+PM kasi nga may praktis pa ng baseball sa field. Inaabot ko pa sa college gate si TJ palagi na naghihintay din ng sundo. Nakatitig ako sa kanya habang nagmumuni-muni, "Ke ganda gang nilalang nire!"
55. Sino ang favorite love team sa batch mo?
-- Wala akong partikular na peborit e. May naisip ako pero scandalous e... involved ang Brother. Wahaha.
56. Naging officer ka ba nung high school?
-- Vice President ng Casino 306!
57. Anu ang best section/s mo?
-- Y502 at R306!
58. Saulo mo pa ba ang alma mater?
-- Asus, walang sablay! Haha.
59. Anong naramdaman mo matapos mo sagutan ang survey na to?
-- GRABE, ganun kabilis dumaan lahat yun?!?

Wisetalking Z-Deprived Non-Natives Part 2

Shak Attendance (April 18): Jubay, Hairy Critter, Pookiemonster, Plim, Pol, Jumping Johnny, Bilog, Jan Liit, Topher, Obi Doo, Fluffman, Riderman, Scotch Brite, Jep, Joma, Half-Pint

Something Fishy Entrance
Midway along the tambay session (12+ midnight), Me, Arvs, and the Great Maw rode once again to Something Fishy in Eastwood to take part on the midnight gluttony promo. We poked at the boyz mental palates and cajoled them to join us... in vain! Argh! More talks ensued in the face of never-ending fried food and saturating soda supply!

After that bountiful feasting, we returned in Kamias to goof around with the boyz of the Shak again. It was already 3AM.

To continue what has been talked about that day...

Round 1 @ Something Fishy, Eastwood

# Nurse Siree

"Lower your standards and it will be easy for you to find happiness."
- Jake Pookiemonster (aka The Great Maw, KP, Gyudon Warrior), da Shak's Pookie-Hunter extraordinaire

It has been a common notion that picking up a Nursing course would secure a good fortune in the future. Sadly, it was just a hype.

I got a Nursing student sister and several relatives pursuing or have pursued the field and Crispy's mom has been a head nurse in popular hospitals here and abroad, and we know how deym hard it is to secure a good nursing work, especially after the Oh-Great-America's indefinite recession. Most students after graduation (and even after passing the licensing exams!) became fodders to multinational call center companies as agents.

Yes, a couple of years ago it could be a wise choice, but with the surge of aspirants brainwashed into taking up Nursing by false advertisements and thoughtless hype, it's just not the same anymore. Four years ang nursing (plus ilang years pa sa mga babagsak o titigil dahil wala nang pambayad sa mahal na tuition), do you think after that four years the demand for Nurses will still be the same as it was several years ago? And to think, HINDI biro ang kumuha ng Nursing. Ipadadala kayo sa kung saan-saang sulok ng Pinas (even dun sa mga lugar na piso na lang Impyerno na!) at sa pinaka pesteng schedule na kaya mong isumpa... as part ng "practical application" na required for graduation.

More number crunching would support the point...

Ilan na ang Nursing schools sa Pinas? Nagsulputang parang kabute. Even AMA, a pioneer of IT courses in Phils, offers Nursing now just to ride the bandwagon. Eskwelahan ang yumayaman sa nursing, hindi ang mga Nurses na produkto ng mga ito.

Oh, ilan ang graduates ng sandamakmak na schools na mga eto sa isang taon?
Ilan sa mga sandamakmak na graduates na ito ang makakapasa ng licensing exams?
Ilan lang ang demands for Pinoy nurses worldwide?
Ilan lang ang decent hospitals sa Pinas at ilan lang ang kelangang Nurses sa mga ito?
Ano ang mangyayari sa mga natirang walang mapasukan?

Which brought the boyz to our next topic...

Round 2 @ Something Fishy, Eastwood

# Up the Wazoo
Halos lahat naman ng tao kilala na si Canister Boy ng Cebu.

Just several months ago, the "concerned and righteous" citizens of Pinas has been vehemently affected by the "racial slur" delivered by Teri Hatcher against our medical practitioners. Andaming nag-react, even to the point that "Desperate Housewives" was considered to be banned (or was it, already?) from local TV. It was a buzz for quite a long while.

But isn't it funny that after this whole rumpus, things such as the massive Nursing licensing exams leakage and now this canister-up-the-wazzooo scandal surface?

I can imagine Miss Teri smiling derisively with a comic bubble in her head that reads "Kitaaaaams!". Haha.

Talk about digging your own graveyard.

I really haven't watched the clip and no, I'm not interested even when I had the chance. But I know it's brainless fun nonetheless no matter how much I condone the act.


# Kaching!

"Don't get high with your own supply!"
- Jumping Johnny, Shak Brother Number 3

Casino talks followed. It seems all that was present that night has been in a casino. Two of the guys had been keen bettors back in their days and I, myself, had visited and played a couple of games in Sydney's famous Star City Casino.

Being the number crunchers we are, we all agreed that there were only several games that gives you good odds on winning... big-small and roulette are the first two games in the list.

Tips on Casino Betting (an amalgam of our opinions, based on experiences):
* don't bet big. you'll be the focus of dealers and their manipulative tricks. just carry the looks of a lowly bettor. dapat muka kang "palagong baboy" in Tagalog.

Palagong Baboy (adj) - umaasang manalo ng limpak limpak sa pagtaya ng pakonti konti. Source: Diksyunaryo ni Lolo

* know where to bet. as i said earlier, there are games that will give you good odds.
* it's hard to pull off an earnings with the "palagong baboy" technique. it takes good number crunching skills AND uber self-control.
* you can do the "win big-lose big" technique: set your mind that you'll do (AND ONLY do) the "win big-lose big" maneuver, go to a casino, bet ALL your gambling funds for that day on a game with a good odds, wait for the result, then go home no matter what is it (win or lose). that's the meaning of "if you'll gonna win, you'll gonna win. if you'll gonna suck, you'll gonna suck... no matter what".
* and syempre yung best tip... go to casino with a mind set that you'll gonna lose your gambling money.

Round 3 @ Something Fishy, Eastwood

# Status Symbol
*insert Havaianas (fucking-ei, ano ba spelling neto?) and i-Pod bashing here*

Sorry. I understand the COMPULSION to flaunt but NO I'm NOT really impressed with people wearing expensive third world country slippers (which doesn't really look nicer compared to cheaper competitors, even those locally produced) and people sporting an uber hyped-up marketing ploy product (that has similar features with cheaper mp3 players and more flexible products like a PSP, anyway).

Nuff said.

*****

Class dismissed at 4:30AM.

May liwanag na nung umuwi ako. Ambilis ng araw. Tsk tsk.

Wisetalking Z-Deprived Non-Natives Part 1

Shak Attendance (April 18): Jubay, Hairy Critter, Pookiemonster, Plim, Pol, Jumping Johnny, Bilog, Jan Liit, Topher, Obi Doo, Fluffman, Riderman, Scotch Brite, Jep, Joma, Half-Pint

From AK-47 Gwadini-model (Gawa Dine) to PSP's latest craze Jap-game Patapon, the night has been a long race of open-ended tossing of opinions for the denizens of the Shak. As long as there is cox (Coke) and there are practical (sometimes crappy) matters to discuss, brain cells are open for frying. Stuffs that will make a run for talkshow host funds.

Here are sketches of the talks from the tambay session...

Hairy Critter's new Starscream toy.

# Wonderful World of Woman-dom

Statistics will prove that ladies should be throwing themselves upon our feet!!!
- Crispy Beef, da Shak's resident devil's advocate

On average, the sex ratio should be 3 females is to 1 male. AND the odds doesn't stop there. Read more...

On average, there's at least one happy person (gay) per 10 male. At etong isang ito (sadly) ay may kakayahan pang mang-syota ng kapwa lalaki! In short, makikipag-agawan pa sa female population! Further tightening the odds against our female counterparts.

On average, those happy people are more attractive masculinely than the heteros. Further narrowing the choices of the females.

On average, males have longer "shelf lives" than females, some are still of sexual activity until the age of 50.

I am a proponent of sexual equality but I can't defy nor deny what mathematics has presented here. Hehe. Malas lang.

I painted most of the parts of this Assault Marines at da Shak.

# Hello, Telephone?
Call Center talks, as me and Arvs shared interests on trying out working as an agent just for the heck of experiencing the environs and riding the bandwagon. We have at least know several denizens at da Shak who are (or had been) top dawgs in the industry to affirm and usher us in. Talk about call center perks...

...palaging may "team building", which is basically a euphemism of our typical "inuman". It's also a conscious effort to get the ladies drunk and pray for a score.

...easy money. Well, not really "easy" easy. But it should be the easiest job that will offer a decent pay aside from being a politician. Frankly though, it will not pay as much as I or Arvs are getting but a brief experience should be exciting.

...easy lay? Nuff said.

...excuse to bum and sleep whole day! Excuse to look sleepy when you're bored with somebody you're speaking with. Excuse to "take a rest" when you don't want to go some place you're required to. A good excuse why you're getting fat. Nice excuse to wear weird stuffs and call it fashion. Used as an excuse to flaunt and go rapid fire speaking English even when you're being addressed in Tagalog. For me, excuse not to be asked to donate blood (hindi pwede ang anemic... lagi puyat!)... wahoow!

...most decent job a {pick from the letters below} can get.

A. lazy ass applicant...
B. jobless socialite, konyo/pa-konyo, and the likes (who would still want to have a white-collar work)...
C. non-degree holders or degree holders who don't want to practice their craft...
D. people who are in dire need of instant big moolah (this i understand)...
E. dudes desperate for work (this too)...

*****

Part 2 of the near-witless discussions tomorrow!

DOTA muna!

Ipinagbawal na Kaharian

Watched this at Mall of Asia's Premiere Cinema last Sunday...

*****

Forbidden Kingdom
Spoiler Alert! Spoiler Alert! Spoiler Alert!

A young kid, Jason, kung-fu fan and Chinese film geek, stumbles upon an antique metal staff that transports him back to ancient China. Later on, as he met the Drunken Master (Jacky Chan), he'll be aware of his destiny to return the relic to its rightful owner - the Monkey King (Jet Li) - which is in NO way easy as the grumpy Jade Warlord and his gazillion-strength Jade honchos together with his chick lieutenant (who has hairs like X-Men's Storm's crossed with Rapunsel's) will stop at none (except a good bargain bazaar in Binondo, maybe) to snatch the metal staff and destroy it for good. It's doubly hard for our hero too since the Jade Warlord's lair itself housed the legendary Monkey King who has been turned into a stone statue.

Ala "Fellowship of the Ring", the duo happens along the avenging cutey "marry-Obi-ten-times-please" Golden Sparrow (Liu Yi Fei) and the Silent Monk (Jet Li, again) who share the same objectives with them... to kill the Jade Emperor and return the mystic staff to the Monkey King, respectively. The foursome journey towards the Jade Warlord's fortress and exhibited kung-fu prowess along the way as Jade minions after Jade minions sought for their heads. Jason also started his kung-fu training along their quest and started hitting on Golden Sparrow too (he sucks though... i mean, c'mon man... between him, an aging drunk, and a weird probably-celibate monk, how could he NOT make good progress on the pretty chinky chick. Tsk tsk... kelangan magpaturo neto kay Gerald Anderson!).

To make things short, they made their way to the Jade Fortress where a HUGE brawl happened typical kung-fu flick's many-is-to-one style, and awaken the Monkey King. The Jade Warlord died on the melee and so is Golden Sparrow (leaving Jason still score-less... HAHA... loser). Order was restored in the Kingdom and Jason was returned home.

As a film epilogue of sorts, back at the modern time, Jason meets a Golden Sparrow incarnation (I say, she's still prettier in Chinese garb). Maybe that's his chance to blow it up again.

To sum up the whole film in general, it's an Americanized old kung-fu movie. "Old kung-fu movie" in that apparently it's reminiscent of that time when Chinese martial arts movies hit international attention with the claim to fame of the likes of Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee and Ramon Zamora (?? hehe). "Americanized" in that Chinese influences on the film has been dampened by Western humour and story development.

The plot's a no-brainer. Everything's made up as soon as Jason was transported back in time. No surprising twists, not even a subplot (unless you consider Jason's L-A-M-E attempt to create a love story with Golden Sparrow). But... BUT, still I'll have to admit I much enjoyed the movie (staring at Golden Sparrow aside).

The stunts are good (the "wire-works" are flawless). The fight scenes awesome! The cinematography... breathtaking. The humour... fun!

Jacky Chan and Jet Li are still good with their craft. Their kung-fu is nowhere as swift as during their younger years but their fight choreography are still impressive to watch, especially with Jacky Chan donning his "drunken fist" technique again. Jacky Chan versus Jet Li, nuff said. This is history, man!

I can't see much antagonism on the Jade Warlord's acting, same with his female lieutenant, but when I started remembering back what I can recall of the old kung-fu flicks I've watched when I was a kid, I realized you can't really hate most of their antagonists because of sheer ominousness. They simply lack the aura that will make you say "I soooo hate this guy" as soon as you see them. Lame acting goes to Jason. Mediocre acting goes to Miss Sparrow (whose role I don't really think necessary aside from having a pretty-face on board). Kudos to Jacky and Jet too for taking on two different roles.

Another thing to watch out is the Chinese-speaking characters' English dialogues. It threw me off in confusion in some scenes before I got a grip on what they meant but if you've watched a couple of Jacky Chan films before, you should already know what I'm saying.

Aside from two pretty chinky chicks (White-Haired Lieutenant versus Golden Sparrow) fighting over MY attention, this movie has lots of other fantasy lore to offer with a mix of humour and kung-fu to boot. If not for those, just watch it because of the Jet-Jacky tandem!

Nine chinky gulamans, for crying out loud!

*****

Tangena naman oh... what's with chinky chicks??

Golden Sparrow (Liu Yi Fei) take me home!!!
Sakit na daw 'to sabi ng tropa ko. Tsk tsk.

Got Poop?

Mogwai

I've long heard about this place but haven't really had the chance to get a fix on scheduling a visit and who to drag along with. The idea got piled over with heaps of random impressions in my convoluted brain (not to mention the factor of my chronic short-term memory loss) until I had this talk with a cineaste friend yesterday (yesterday nga ba? - see how chronic!) that the plan to check the place out resurfaced.

My interest was extra tickled when I read that they serve Alamid Coffee. This concoction was brewed from Alamid (wild cat) poop. C'mmown mamon, how more adventurous can you get when it comes to food without imbibing brewed poopoo??

Reminds me of our latest trek in Mount Manabo where we saw a local dweller with a pet wild cat. The Flash was telling us that its poop could actually be brewed for coffee. I'll gonna drink that for sure but not with the hapless source within my line of sight. That's just adding insult to disgust when the cat stares back at you while you drink its jerbax.

jerbax (n.) - tae; jebers; jabebers; jerbo; dumi. Source: Diksyunaryo ni Lolo

Cream of the cake was their mini theater on its second level. They usually screen independent and offbeat films but I think there's a membership thing to have access to the chamber. I would love to pay if it's worth it. We'll see. For now, just the artsy look of the place is enough for me to know that iL enjoy a visit.

Click me to know more about Mogwai!

Kelan, Jai?

Santa Does NOT Exist

Dear Rosh,

I don't really know how to tell you this,
but our horoscope doesn't match. I think I realized it
when your dwarf bit me under the bus
and ignored my father.

I'm sure you're scarred enough to understand
that Santa doesn't exist.

I'm returning your memories from the military service to you,
but I'll keep your mom as a memory.

You should also know that I was interviewed by the Times
about a new life as a clone .

Go burn,
Obi






ENTERTAINED, I NICKED THIS ONE FROM MOIRA.
HERE'S THE FORMULA:


Dear (the person who last texted/messaged you),

I don't really know how to tell you this, but ___1___.
I think I realized it ___2___ ___3___ and ___4___ ___5___.


I'm sure you're ___6___ enough to understand ___7___.
I'm returning ___8___ to you, but I'll keep ___9___ as a memory.

You should also know that I ___10___ ___11___.


___12___,
Your Name


THEN REPLACE THE NUMBER FIELDS WITH YOUR ANSWER TO THESE QUESTIONS:

1. What's the color of your shirt?
Blue - Our romance is over
Red - Our affair is over
White - I'll join the monastery
Black - I dislike you
Green - Our horoscope doesn't match
Grey - You're a pervert
Yellow - I'm selling myself
Pink - Your nostrils are insulting
Brown - The mafia wants you
No shirt - You're a loser
Other - I'm in love with your sister

2. Which is your birth month?
January - That night
February - Last year
March - When your dwarf bit me
April - When I tripped on sesame seeds
May - First of May
June - When you put cuffs on me
July - When I threw up
August - When I saw the shrunken head
September - When we skinny dipped
October - When I quoted Santa
November - When your dog ran amok
December - When I changed tennis shoes

3. Which food do you prefer?
Tacos - In your apartment
Pizza - In your camping car
Pasta - Outside of Chicago
Hamburgers - Under the bus
Salad - As you ate enchilada
Chicken - In your closet
Kebab - With Paris Hilton
Fish - In women's clothing
Sandwiches - At the Hare Krishna graduation
Lasagna - At the mental hospital
Hot dog - Under a state of trance
Annat - With George Bush and his wife

4. What's the color of your socks?
Yellow - Hit on
Red - Insulted
Black - Ignored
Blue - Knocked out
Purple - Poured syrup on
White - Carved your initials into
Grey - Pulled the clothes off
Brown - Put leeches on
Orange - Castrated
Pink - Pulled the toupee off
Barefoot - Sat at
Other - Drive out

5. What's the color of your underwear?
Black - My best friend
White - My father
Grey - Bill Clinton
Brown - My fart balloon
Purple - My mustard soufflé
Red - Donald Duck
Blue - My avocado plant
Yellow - My penpal in Ghana
Orange - My Kid Rock-collection
Pink - Manchester United's goalkeeper
None - My John F. Kennedy-statue
Other - The crazy monk

6. What do you prefer to watch on TV?
Scrubs - Man
O.C. - Emotional
One Tree Hill - Open
Heroes -Frostbitten
Lost - High
House -Scarred
Simpsons - Cowardly
The news - Mongolic
Idol - Masochistic
Family Guy - Senile
Top Model - Middle-class
Annat - Ashamed

7. Your mood right now?
Happy - How awful I've felt
Sad - How boring you are
Bored - That Santa doesn't exist
Angry - That your pimples are at the last stage
Depressed - That we're cousins
Excited - That there is no solution to this.
Nervous - The middle-east
Worried - That your Honda sucks
Apathetic - That I did a sex-change
Ashamed - That I'm allergic to your hamster
Cuddly - That I get turned on by garbage men
Overjoyous - That I'm open
Other - That Extreme Home Makeover sucks

8. What's the color of your walls in your bedroom?
White - Your ring
Yellow - Your love letters
Red - Your Darth Vader-poster
Black - Your tame stone
Blue - The couch cushions
Green - The pictures from LA
Orange - Your false teeth
Brown - Your contact book
Grey - Our matching snoopy-bibs
Purple - Your old lottery coupons
Pink - The cut toenails
Other - Your memories from the military service

9. The first letter of your first name?
A/B - Your photo
C/D - The oil stocks
E/F - Your neighbour Martin
G/H - My virginity
I/J - The results of blood-sample
K/L - Your left ear
M/N - Your suicide note
O/P - My common sense
Q/R - Your mom
S/T - Your collection of butterflies
U/V - Your criminal record
W/X - David's tricot outfits
Y/Z - Your grades from college

10. The last letter in your last name?
A/B - Always will remember
C/D - Never will forget
E/F - Always wanted to break
G/H - Never openly mocked
I/J - Always have felt dirty before
K/L - Will tell the authorities about
M/N - Told in my confession today about
O/P - Was interviewed by the Times about
Q/R - Told my psychiatrist about
S/T - Get sick when I think of
U/V - Always will try to forget
W/X - Am better off without
Y/Z - Never liked

11. What do you prefer to drink?
Water- Our friendship
Beer - Senility
Soft drink - A new life as a clone
Soda - The incarnation as an eskimo
Milk - The apartment building
Wine - Cocaine abuse
Cider - A passionate interest for mice
Juice - Oprah Winfrey imitations
Mineral water - Embarrassing rash
Hot chocolate - Eggplant-fetishism
Whisky - To ruin the second world war
Other - To hate the Boston Celtics

12. To which country would you prefer to go on a vacation?
Thailand - Warm regards
USA - Best regards
England - Good luck on your short-term leave from jail
Spain - Go and drown yourself
China - Disgusting regards
Germany - With ease
Japan - Go burn
Greece - Your everlasting enemy
Australia - Greetings to your frog Leonard
Egypt - Fuck off now
France - In pain
Other - Greetings to your freaky family

April the 13th

Tambay nights at da Shak in Kamias.

Earlier, tumambay lang din kami ng malupet sa Virramall then we had dinner at Mien Sann (as usual!).

Shak Attendance: Joma, Obi Doobie, Fluffman, Jakob the Pure, Rider Man, Pork, Jumping Johnny, Jep, Little Jan, Toper, Pookiemonster, Anito, Jubay, Scotch Brite, Japes, Arvs, Phatboi (nyu-nyu land)

Grub: Coke (heretic zero and regular-type), pandesal, liver spread

Jampak Shak
Busy ang karamihan...

* Si Johnny, si Joma, si Toper, si Pork, at si Jan Liit nakasubsob sa tatlong laptop at isang PSP. Gaming mode sila.

* Si Scotch, si Karlo, at si Jep e nagbutingtingan ng mga motor nila. Si Phatboi, off to nyu-nyu land... naghihilik pa.

* Ako at si Jun e painting session. He was fixing something in his miniature bomber plane while I do some works on my Space Marines.

* The rest, usual wise-talking chatter about any sensless crap they could think of.

I just finished painting this Lascannon-toting Space Marine
Eto yung mga gabi sa Shak na dapat e may live cam na tumatakbo sa bahay ni Koya (Pork) just to catch the hillarity and randomness of the talks. Parang kabute yung mga topic at mga hirit. Here are some that came up that night...

# Use Your Imagination
Pumasok ang usapan ng sex toys. Dalwa ang popular na tindahan na alam namin: sa Malate (na hindi mo mapapasok ng hindi ka papatayin sa titig ng mga bading sa entrance) at sa Metrowalk (na parang aquarium, dahil nasa daanan ng tao). Biglang may humirit... marami namang pwede gamiting alternatibong sex toys. If you think about it, pwede daw gawing business yung laman ng mga "all for 20 pesos" carts as sex toys... car jacks, dos por dos, lyabe (kung ano man yun), at walis ting ting. Lagyan na lang daw ng label na "Use your Imagination". Hehehe... why not.

# Bahay ni Koya
Naging Pinoy Big Bro yung usapan. Kulang naman kasi talaga sa "reality" yung Bahay ni Kuya. Komportable ang lahat. Ginagawan lang ng issue yung mga kasambahay para, kumbaga sa Friendster, maging "It's Complicated" ang stay nila. Dapat meron ding brownout or shortage sa tubig! Dapat meron ding maiingay na kapitbahay na nag-vivideoke at naglalasingan sa gabi! Dapat nangangamoy din ang kapaligiran.

Meron daw nga dapat Pinoy Big Bro - Payatas Edition. Yan ang "reality" show. O kaya Malabon Edition! Yung tamang pag dating ng tag-ulan, lahat sila nakapatong sa lamesa o sa aparador dahil lampas bewang ang baha. Yan ang "reality" show. Tapos sa Celebrity Edition dapat daw ang mga ipasok sa bahay e si Lolit, Piolo, Sam, Gabby Concepcion, tas yung mga bading na reporter na mahilig mang-chizmiz. Nakow, patok sa masa yan.

Tas para "reality" talaga ang dating... magpapasok sila ng Akyat Bahay Gang.

Da Shak's One True Beverage has now a heretical clone named Zero!
My mug says: I'd rather be drinking tequila!"
# Visual Crap
Someone brought the 1st issue of Playboy Phils at da Shak (hindi ko aamining ako!). And the denizens have a unanimous comment... IT WAS CRAP. Oops. Did I type that in all caps? The cover was a poor rendition of the classic Playboy covers. The layout sucks sore. The paper... ugh! Pero sabi nga ni Arvs, "Psh... as if article ang habol mo sa Playboy!"

He's got a point. Sige skip that. But teka... (flipped through the pictures)... Playboy ba talaga binili ko? The only nudity I saw was an exposed boob! People will pay to glance at this stuff for A single boob?? And this was what the Pinoy "religious" and righteous community was shouting foul on?? E mas marami ka pang makikitang suso sa binebentang dyaryo sa kalsada na araw-araw mo lang madadaanan sa kalsada e. Talk about Hippos.

Eto na lang, any magazine that aims to compete should at least have a good proofreader. This mag has lots... wait... LOTS!!!... of typo errors. Mas well proofread pa ang Liwayway Magazine at dyaryong Bandera! Ano 'to?? It's a clear waste of the label that Mister Hefner should be cringing on it by now. Hindi na lang din naman sila sumunod sa Playboy tradition when it comes to pornography, they should at least just have the professionalism to make a decent mag.

Sayang yung bayad sa copyright. Boo.

# Technophobia
Sa oto papuntang Eastwood (mga ala-una ng madaling araw)...
** Napag-usapan yung cellphone ni Jake na hinampas niya sa pader. Ayaw niya kasi mag cellphone (ever!) pero napilitan siyang tanggapin yung cellphone na binibigay sa kanya ng magulang niya dahil kung hindi, hindi siya pahihiramin ng van.
Fluff: Di ba may cel ka noon?
Jake: Yeah, pero inabuso ng magulang ko e, so I have to teach them a lesson.
Everyone else: Rolling On The Floor, Laughing

# Smells Fishy
Our destination - Something Fishy, Eastwood.

Agahan gallore! For around 150 bucks, endless grub and cox na until 10am in the morning. Yun nga lang 12 midnight to 10AM lang yung murang buffet promo. But heck, for the vampires we are it sure is a treat!

Grub: tapa, egg, longganisa, tocino, yang chow, garlic rice, lugaw, pancakes, adobo, pancit, hotdogs, lumpiang shanghai, danggit bay, bibingka

Naka tsanelas at pambahay shorts lang ako pero kiber sa taong-bayan. However, I was surprised that on a weekend nights, ang unti ng mga gumigimik. Effect na siguro to ng pagdami ng gimik place sa metro. Nahahati yung gimik crowds amongst them all. As for us, basta may pagkain... solb. Baka maging bagong tambayan ng tropa to.

Class dismissed at 3AM.

Things of Interest

This is originally a "108 things you might find interesting" list from an email by Porkmeister. I further filtered em to only those things that really got me interested and deleted the rest...

1. Look at your zipper. See the initials YKK? It stands for Yoshida Kogyo Kabushibibaisha, the world's largest zipper manufacturer. (Most likely, peke ang signature jeans mo pag gento ang zipper... hehe!)
2. 40 percent of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
3. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
4. On the average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.
5. Chocolate kills dogs! True, chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system. A few ounces is enough to kill a small sized dog. (Chuuuu... Anito! Fetch! Hee Hee! Peace, Pol!)
6. Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as a medicine.
7. Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
8. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
9.
10. Leonardo da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa's lips.
11. Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to slow a film down so you could see his moves. That's the opposite of the norm.
12. The original name for the butterfly was 'flutterby'!
13. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand.
14.
15.
16. The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.
17. Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than the entire Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
18. Marilyn Monroe had six toes on one foot.
19. Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.
20. The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.
21. To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, prick your fingers into its eyeballs. It will let you go instantly.
22. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes. (I took longer. I'm not average.)
23. The 'pound' (#) key on your keyboard is called an octothorp.
24. The only domestic animal not mentioned in the Bible is the cat.
25.
26. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
27. 'Dreamt' is the only word in the English language that ends in 'mt'.
28.
29. In Chinese, the KFC slogan 'finger lickin' good' comes out as 'eat your fingers off'.
30. A cockroach can live for 10 days without a head.
31. We shed 40 pounds of skin a lifetime.
32. Yo-Yo's were once used as weapons in the Philippines. (Ngayon, kahit toothbrush nagiging weapon sa kulungan! Pinoy ingenuity at its finest.)
33.
34. Brains are more active sleeping than watching TV.
35. Blue is the favorite color of 80 percent of Americans.
36.
37. There are more chickens than people in the world. (There are more sheeps than people in New Zealand. Hehe.)
38. The thumbnail grows the slowest, and the middle nail grows the fastest.
39.
40. The average four year-old child asks over four hundred questions a day. (Oh men! So, sa case ng kambal namin, that's 800 questions a day for me?!? Que horror.)
41. The average person presses the snooze button on their alarm clock three times each morning.
42. The three wealthiest families in the world have more assets than the combined wealth of the forty-eight poorest nations.
43.
44. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
45. The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
46. Our eyes remain the same size from birth onward, but our noses and ears never stop growing.
47. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching TV.
48. A person will die from total lack of sleep sooner than from starvation. Death will occur about 10 days without sleep, while starvation takes a few weeks.
49. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
50.
51.
52 Alexander Graham Bell , the inventor of the telephone, never telephoned his wife or mother because they were both deaf.
53.
54 .'I am.' is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
55.
56. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.
57. 'Bookkeeper' is the only word in English language with three consecutive double letters.
58. Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people do.
59.
60. If the population of China walked past you in single line, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
61. China has more English speakers than the United States .
62. Every human spent about half an hour as a single cell.
63. Each square inch of human skin consists of twenty feet of blood vessels.
64. An average person uses the bathroom 6 times per day.
65. Babies are born with 300 bones, but by adulthood we have only 206 in our bodies.
66. Beards are the fastest growing hairs on the human body. If the average man never trimmed his beard, it would grow to nearly 30 feet long in his lifetime. (I bet mine's double that! Argh.)
67. According to Genesis 1:20-22, the chicken came before the egg. (Mas nauna pa din ang itlog! Kasi si Adan, may itlog! Bwahaha!)
68. The longest place name still in use is: Taumatawhakatangihangaoauauotameteaturi- Pukakpikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu - a New Zealand hill.
69.
70.
71. Wearing headphones for an hour increases the bacteria in your ear 700 times.
72. More than 40,000 parasites and 250 types of bacteria are exchanged during a French kiss. (Masama din kasi masyadong malinis sa katawan! Waha!)
73. Men can read smaller print than women, but women can hear better.
74. Coca-Cola was originally green.
75. The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
76. The name of all the continents ends with the same letter that they start with.
77.
78. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row
of the keyboard.
79. Women blink nearly twice as much as men!!
80.
81.
82.
83. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
84. The 'sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick' is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.
85. If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.
86. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents great king from history: Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, Diamonds - Julius Caesar.
87. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
88. If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle.
89. If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle.
90. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
91.
92. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
93. A snail can sleep for three years.
94.
95.
96. Butterflies taste with their feet.
97. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
98. In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
99. On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.
100. Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'.
101. 'Stewardesses' is the longest word typed with only the left hand.
102. The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.
103. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
104. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.
105. Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over million descendants.
106. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
107. Most lipstick contains fish scales.
108.

Sponklong Weekend

Biyernes
Met up with Bozz Beef after work. Tatambay sana ko sa Fortress, but the call of the alcohol seemed pretty more enticing. So Chilli Pepper's we went. He was with Bart and Angela, his co-initiates in that same company where I previously worked on (for five years!).

Several bottles later, Lou and the rest of the guys from their workgroup came in to join the fray.

Class dismissed at 10PM.

Sabado
Sinamahan ko si Sponklong sa Air Link Aviation School. He took an entrance examination for an avionics course.

I was able to finish several stages in Patapon (latest PSP beat-game craze) waiting for him to finish. Gainit pa! Tsk tsk.

Derecho Virramall kami pagkatapos. There was this car drifting exhibition on the parking lot adjacent to Promenade. It was impressive but we wished there were more cars used for drifting. Nagpapalitan lang kasi yung mga drivers between two cars (one looks like a Nissan Fairlady... pero hindi daw sabi nila Arvs).


Jampacked ang tambayan. So full, I can't recall who where there anymore.

Linggo
Kita kits at McDo-Meralco Ave. in Ortigas with Garrkid. Derecho kami sa Camp Masada afterwards for the regular airsoft games.

Mas muka kaming rockstars kesa sundalo

Attendance: Jeng, Hansy, PR-Man Omeng, Bob "Inggo" Marley, Obi Doo, Tandang Garrik Manyak, Val + Caregiver, Gem's Private Army, Apocalypse

As almost all of the games we've played there, the day has been pretty much fun. Umulan pa nung hapon. It was nice to be back on the battlefield after a month of sabbatical. Na-miss ko mga baril ko!!! Demmit.

Tambay kami ni Garrik sa Shak pagkatapos ng games, then dinner at Nato's in Kamuning. Mya mya lang, Arvs and Fluffmeister arrived from the Virramall tambayan. Kwentuhan lang magdamag as usual.

M249 Machine Gun
Class dismissed at 1AM.

Lunes
Went to Greenhills with the family (Sponks, Bons, Tita A, Mommy Groovey). While they strut their way around the tiangge, hangout lang ako sa tambayan. Di nako sumabay sa kanila pauwi. Nag-dinner muna kasi kami nila Kantoboy at Arvs sa Mien Sann (para maiba) sabay derecho sa Kamias.

Shak Attendance: Pork, Jumping John, John Liit, Jubay, Topher Kid, Obi Doo, Arvs, Scotch, Joma, Anito, Phatboi Jason, Pookiemonster

Usual goofing around and intelligent talks about meaningless crap.

Class dissmissed at 2AM.

*****

New photo album in my Multiply site:
Screaming BB's Retarn op da Comeback in Masada (Click Me)

Ghost of Sparta

Natapos ko na "God of War" sa PSP just now. Wooot!

Kratos, the Ghost of Sparta
Almost 8 hours of game time!

7 hours, 37 minutes, and 29 seconds to be exact.

Next game... Final Fantasy 7 - Crisis Core!

Close na close na kami ni Phoebe the PSP.

Hehe.

March Seven

Having one of those days when the need for something random hit me, I opened Wikipedia (just a couple of minutes ago) and browsed its entry for "March 7" - my birthday. I was reading the stuffs there and at first I just got entertained with the events that happened on the date. Nothing really big, as in "HUGE" big, that they made an impact on our civilization... maybe except this one where the Roman Emperor Constantine I declared "dies Solis" or Sunday (day of the Sun) as day of rest in March 7, 321. Most likely the reason (aside from several biblical associations) why until now Sunday is a weekend.

Another thing that interested me was the fact that most people born on the same date as I were mostly practitioners of the arts (actors, musicians, and writers topped the list). I have this belief kasi in astrology that people born on the same star sign have significant similarities. And impeyrnes, almost all the people I know that belongs to my sign have some similar qualities and/or behaviours with me. And as the Wikipedia list proved, halos fascinated and fond kami lahat with the arts.

So I scrolled down for more people born on March 7, checking the stuffs from time to time on their related links when someone got my interest. There was this Richard Heydrich (b. March 7, 1904). A German officer of Hitler's Nazi party. Binasa ko din yung mga bagay about him. And I've always thought that Piscean compassion is utmost, but this guy was responsible for thousands of Jewish massacred during the World War Holocaust. Shame.

Pinaka pinaka natuwa ako though, was when I saw Rachel Weisz's name in there. I was like "waddapak Rachel Weisz is a March 7... for the win!!!" deep inside. Gusto ko tumambling. Kras na kras na kras na kras na kras na kras ko si Rachel Weisz. Kamuka siya ni Pouty pero kras na kras na kras na kras na kras na kras ko na si Rachel Weisz even before I met Iday. "Stealing Beauty" pa lang at "The Mummy" days sobrang gusto ko na siya. Ang kyut kyut nya and her beauty's soooooo compelling.

Anakan mo ko!!! Puh-leeaaaaseeee!!!
May resemblance di ba... hehe.
Obi! Move on. Hehe.

Eto ang catch. I scrolled down some more and there was a Gerald Anderson - Filipino actor and model. I was like "eh??". I browsed its link and truly, si Gerald Anderson nga. Haha. March 7 din pala yun. Di halata. Sabagay preho kaming cute (ang kumontra, aabangan ko mamya sa labas pagkatapos ng recess!). Ang alam ko talaga na March 7 sa local celebrities e si Rica Peralejo. Same year pa kami.

Other interesting happenings on a March 7:
* Deaths: Saint Thomas Aquinas (1274) and Aristotle (384 BC)

* Feast Day of Saints Perpetua and Felicitas, Patron Saints of Married Women (203 AD)

* Holiday: Nyepi in Indonesia (Balinese Day of Silence)

Bye Birth Month

Friday
Sinundo namin si Cheng sa work before heading to Blue Wave. I treated the family in this Chinese resto there. Si Sponklong ang pinapili ko neto. Post graduation celebration niya. He graduated two days earlier but he only had a measly pizza box for a feast. Inupakan pa ng nagbigay at ng driver nya. Kahon ang natira. Wawa.

So to make up with my poor bro (in behalf of his pizza benefactor... insert sarcasm here), I dragged them off for dinner.


Attendance: Mommy Groovey, Cheng, Badong the Bayaw, Wonder Twins, Obi Doo, Bonski

Grub: Yang Chow rice (LOTS), beef brisket soup, beef in oyster sauce, mixed vegies, honey glazed pork, lemon chicken

I was happy they all got stuffed in gluttony. Tambay afterwards at the Pambansang Kapehan ng Pilipinas... Istarbuko! Habang yung kambal e tumakbo ng tumakbo sa paligid. Kesehodang daan daanan sila ng mga namamasyal na tao.

Ang kyuuuuut naming apat! Ang kumontra aabangan ko sa labas pagtapos ng recess!

Class dismissed at a couple of minutes past ten.

Saturday
Sumulit ng tulog sa umaga. Sabay rampage sa hapon.

I headed straight sa shop slash tambayan sa Greenhills to meet Garrik, then we zoomed in to Papa Smurf's house in New Manila for a game of 40K miniatures. We've tried out this new Apocalypse rules, involving large armies battling it out simultaenously in a literally big gaming table.

On the side of the good guys (Imperium of Man), there were Midnight and Ryan (Titan Legions), Jess (Space Marines), Henri (Space Marines), and Oberon (Sisters of Battle).

On the side of the BAD guys (Chaos United), there were Me (Renegade Marines), Romy (Dark Eldar), and Adrian (Chaos Space Marines).

Later in the game, two more participants arrived: Sigis (Space Marines) for the Imperium of Man and Lance and Joel (both Chaos Space Marines) for the Chaos United.


It was a looooong gruelling match (ginabi na kami!) that ended on us (Chaos United) as victors of the battle. I'll be posting a more detailed battle report on my hobby blog (http://butingting.blogspot.com/).

The Pouty Marine (originally painted by Iday so I was fond of this fig)

Also present to be the "miron" of the night were Garrdude, Jacketman, Mussolini, Doc Benj, Omegatron, Arvin, and Pocholo.

Grub of the night were endless turbo chicken and stomach-full supply of pansit. May konting inuman din after the game. Konti lang... mga tatlong litrong Johnny Walker. Hahaha. Jokes.

Thanks goes to Oberon. Sa uulitin, mga Sirs!

Alpha Kupal Omega fraternity initiation... Quit ka na!!??

Sunday
Bum out in the morning. Tas nagpagupit (or nagpa-ahit?) ako sa hapon. Bago kami mag grocery ni Mami at Sponklong.

Destination... Market! Market!

Bumili lang ako ng mga anik anik... at isang konyo shirt. Tas nag grocery na kami.

Ang ganda ni Aia ng Imago sa Tokyo Tokyo standee. Astig.

*****

New photo albums on my Multiply site (pics taken last weekend):
May the Best Geeks Win (Click Me)
Blue Wave Bash (Click Me)