Hours Are Numbered

My year 2008 new look is like those of Rock Lee, Clementine of Orange and Lemons, or Liam ng Oasis or the Beatles look. *lol*

Days Are Numbered

Weeeee, its been a long time since I last blogged.

I'm sick for a week already, good thing is just a mild flu and cough. My computer is busted for almost a month and the telly has no cable 'coz our bedspacer bought a new telly so his using my room's cable tv connection so I have nothing to do at home except... Play More! ^_^

Good news Bords, I bought a PSP™. Since we don't celebrate Xmas on December 25th 'coz we're INC, I vowed to save money to buy myself a PSP™ this year with the help of my Xmas bonuses. As soon as I got my 13th month pay from my company I resigned right away and bought a PSP™ slim & lite. xoxoxoxoxo

Its not that much: Its PSP™ slim and lite which is the latest version PSP2000 v3.71 m33-3 it debut 11th of November 2007 in Japan. Can save ISO games format, 4gig Sony™ mem stick, some of the games are saved in my hardisk so I can just load 'em in my 4gig mem stick if I'm done with the other games. Original SonyPSP™ headset with remote and DragonPlus PSP™ carrying bag.

Out of topic:

I missed my X-colleagues.

My E-mail to John Durkin

I have a friend. He wants to put up a call center here in Philipppines and keeps bragging about that he can afford one (he's American btw.) I told this joe that I worked in a callcenter and I have lots of contacts since I worked for IBM contact verification department in Ambergris market-market. I have contacts in Asia Pacific and in UK. I even provided him a small callcenter to start with what ever he has to offer and buy a share from this company, its E-synergy a contact-center based in Laguna. We talked to the contact center manager, Regina. And we had a little brain storming about it. I don't really believe what John's saying that time and its been a year already since we talked about buying a share but it never even got close to that. And yesterday, he talked to me and started bragging again about the same old topic that we have for the past one year. We've been friends for about 3 years already. And he's a really good guy, smart and fun to talk to. He's old and he works as a consultant at NAPOCOR. The typical thing about John is that he always talks about things which he's not capable of but still insist he can. Same thing for the old people here in Philippines and it reminds me of my Lolo Ayong. When he want to do something he'll do it himself. Even though he can't he'll try. The only difference between Philippines and American old population is that Filipinos may brag about their capabilities but at least you can still see that they are proving you're wrong thinking that they're already old. American's are all tounge and no teeth, all talk no action!

Here's my email to John when I was still working for IBM,

John,
This is my email add. I sent you the job offer of the UK account. All the information is there.
I haven't rang the company for the deal yet, but I told Regina about it.
I haven't forwarded the job offer to her yet.
I dont want her to get this contact behind our backs. Maybe we can do this if things works out.
If your still interested with the 25% of Esynergy and a partnership
just send me an email or give me a call, so we can set-up a meeting with them.
I've got 10,000 leads from New Zealand and Australia. But I need to save it in MS excel and into my flash drive manually.
I can't send information regarding that using my company's email address and I cant copy it
and paste it in my yahoo mail, my yahoo mail is a blocked website at my office.
All of the mailing sites are blocked except for our company's emailing system and i cant
use that to send something outside they might trace it. They might find out Im sending out information.
So I need to save it manually. I got a few at hand. I got some district hospitals, health
boards which I think needs medical transcription accounts. I got ABS Banking, banks
from New Zealand, and alot more. I have the CEO's, Country Managers, CFO's, General
Manager and have their contact details.
If we could get an account like this in United States, we could offer them to outsource here
in Phillipines for a contact/call center since it will save them alot of money and the quality is
great. Centers here in Phillipines is popping out like mushrooms, big and small.
Its not a question if its going to be a large account or small one, I believe small time
contact/call center also earns loads of money out of this. Outsourcing is the answer to
gain more profit and cut down the business expenses. I think the problem with Esynergy is
that they are loosing accounts because of lack of performing agents, small number of
profitable accounts, funds and interaction with the clients can be far more effective if its a
foreigner to avoid being bullied and to be put on a pressure situation. If its a foreigner
who's closing a deal we can bid more money from the clients. We can agree to a certain
standards which comes close to economic reality. That's why alot of contact/center here before are run by locals, but now more and more foreigner are buying these centers because they
know its a damn good business. They've become instant millionaires, from what I remember,
you told me that these guys are selling volks back in your country. Well look at them now,
these guys are my boss and they're buying volks for collection.

Regards,
Noms

I'm Back... OOPS I'm Gone Again...

Waaaa... I missed my fans *pweh* (need a puke bag?*lol*). Not really, I missed almost a month to post an entry. Yes! You read it right a freakin one month of zero update! Wondering what the hell happen to me? A lot!

Weekend:

Disclaimer: This things are not supposed to hang around elsewhere for it might spread and can cause an non-adjustive swarm of complications. Therefore what is written here will stay here and only here it can be discussed and disclosure of the said information is strictly prohibited. (trainers are not allowed to go out with his/her trainees)

My friend Ann, Dave (her husband) [both American] and 3 of my colleagues were having beer bash in broad daylight (7am-9an after shift) at Libis and being there for almost 2 hours and to the fact that were also too drunk to think with organized thoughts, Ann decided to go to a beach. Right away, on the spot, unplanned and I don't know what's gotten to Ann that day, but she insist on going there. I only have 200php and no extra clothes for the this. Ann asked her husband with conviction "Dave lets go to the beach! Now! I want NOW as in NOW, let me just finsh this bottle!" and his husband (like a little puppy with studded collar) said "ok if you want to..." I'm speechless for about 2mins and so the rest of my colleagues. Redhorse starts to kick in like a wild untamed beast, and it made me say the unfamiliar word Y.E.S. unconsciously. It was a freakin whole weekend we stayed in the resort and hell it was fun. We drink like there's no tomorrow and if there's any we would still spent that day drinking too seems 2 days were not enough for us. Art Parks (a co-trainee), Ann (trainer) and I were the ones left who can still manage to stand and talk loud on each others face (10 inches away). Cassidy (Ann's daughter) did join us while the three of us battle for the top scorer in our karoke challenge, but she's 11 yrs old, very pretty and she looks like 18 years old btw, she's the girl wearing a green shirt in the picture. I have lots of pictures of her and her mom wearing bathing suites (hope they aren't aware of this site or I'll be dead meat) and for some reason, which I don't know what reason, I deleted the pictures and these are the only thing left of it. Cassidy doest drink but stayed up late to join us. She did enjoy watching the three of us getting more drunk and listening to our noxious kareoke jammings with her cute and rakista mom (wearing gray in the picture.)

The Bad News:
I have my own religion where I would format my hard drive without having a damn good reason at all and if I'm not making any sense I would answer stupid surveys from social netwoking sites like ehmm friendster just for the sake of killing boredom. If these crazy rituals starts to take its own course it'll only means that I'm sick. For the past couple of weeks, one of the reasons I wasn't able to update my site is because I'm sick again. I was at the E.R. Makati Medical Hospital for this and guess what its all about? This one costs me 56php each for the anti-inflamatory medication which I need to take 2 times a day for 1 week straight, 12php each for the antibiotics, 19php for the hyrocloride candies, 120php for the gargle and last but not the least no smoking for 3 weeks. All because of acute tonsillopharyngitis (lamemans term: sore throat according to a friend who's a nurse.) Cause me a barrel of "lack of complaint attitute" and a box of "rules and regulation assessments every 4 hours" to get well soon and are you kidding me 3 weeks is not worth it. I was expecting it will only last for 5 days because of my restraint and I'm stricly following the doctor's advise plus the expensive medication I take and I have to borrow money from my mom just to buy those. Its mandatory for me to go to a doctor or hospital whenever I feel sick because I'm so afraid that something might happen worst like those on korean movies. They never knew that they have some termed-illness until they fall in love to some one and later die (ref: Lover's Concerto/Yeonae soseol and Now and Forever/Yeolliji movies that would move you I recommend this film to be watch with your boy/girlfriend... ok enuf of that.)

I have this ability to literally get sick if I want to. I can do it in an instance without doing something that would make me ill at all (ok I'm not making any sense here.) What I mean is I can be sick just by thinking "I'm not well today." Therefore providing me a valid reason not to do things. I'm a type of guy who's always on the go and I hate being sick *seriously writting.* Believe it or not I don't want this talent or mutant ability if that's what you call it (the its-all-in-the-mind thingy) cause everytime I feel lazy = same feeling I'll get sick afterwards =c

A Very Good News:

The result of my application in Impact College London for an ABE Business Adminstration course came last Oct. 22 and I'm so delighted and exuberated (delighted/exuberant = english terms?! UK eh*lol*) And I think it will just take me 3-4 more weeks before I'm outta here XD. There will definitely be a sad feeling too (mix emotions nga!) because I've known alot of people and made alot of friends here and I'm currently making new friends now in the office, it's a continous process, they come and go but the most important thing is keeping in touch and waving a hand if you've come across them, by any chance. Being able to be far away from home, to live on your own is a difficult thing to do. It'll be a different environmet there too. I mean not quite but really really different weather, December is the coldest month in Berkshire. Add up the loneliness throught December and talk about holiday season huh *sob* =c

Enuf!

I wish I had more time here and I wish for the couple of weeks of my stay here would be those really really good ones! (If your reading this, send me money so I'll be happy today *lol*)

Thanks for droping by and hope you guys have a good weekend too. Inuman na! I'll be at Mark's place, drinking. Its not good to drink and drive so always be careful, I prefer to smoke and fly than to drink and drive. XD

CIAO!

Nanay Upeng

I had this dream of Nanay Upeng who just passed away last month. I wasn't able to post this last month because I was so tired to do so after the trip from Nueva Ecija. Nanay Upeng wanted us to visit Nueva Ecija, too bad that it had to be her funeral before we went there. I can't remember what the dream was all about. This is weird 'coz its not so often that I forget dreams.

Nanay Upeng is the strongest lola I know. I even call her "cerbesa lola" behind her back *lol*. I could have betted my writting hand that she would die at the age of 120. If you took time to read some of my previous post you may know I have insomnia and I never have had a better companion for a bottle of beer but Jun-Jun and Nanay Upeng before bed. I missed those times when she kept the Gimenez family laugh through tough times. Although I'm just a visitor I never felt I'm an outcast simply because she's there for me. I feel I belong when she's around but how about now, she's gone? I like her funny antics even though it's really those antic jokes. She would kid around about me buying another bottle of beer for her and my girlfriend would grin at her wasted lola. For Jun-Jun, he would hug her lola like a man I know would never hug an old lady that way and then he said to her "Mahal na mahal ko 'to si Nana Upeng eh." and she replied "Wooo! Sige nga... penge pera kung ganon!" She would make the whole family laugh even though there's a power-outage and she would make them pay her by entertaining them with her "celindro" (a harmonica).

She never had a child nor a husband but even though she never had one, she still have a bunch of loving grandchildren and I loved her like my own blood aswell. I got really affected when I heard she passed away. She taught me without ever preaching. She taught me how to live life well and smile a lot. She always put family first before anything else.

To Nanay Upeng, I love you. I love you with all my heart and soul. Though I have remiss it, I hope you know it. You will always be here *pointing at my chest* and I will miss the companionship and your being just "nanay upeng attitude" . Your the best lola to your grandchildren and friend to me. You will be missed by the family.

Act of Terrorism or LPG Explosion?

I just woke up and I heard what's the lastest in the real world on a news flash (because I work during wee-hours of the night). So I have no idea what's happening during daytime. Reports mumbled on the tv set and I was still half asleep when I got up to eat. My brother was busy on my computer (we share room) and I thought it was just the usual flash reports of drunk drivers hitting posts and barricades on Edsa. But as I munched my breakfast, inasal chicken to be specific, my other senses completely woke me up and *with the yummy look on my face* I watched the news-flash with no intension of watching it at all.

Initial reports on the Glorietta 2 blast was due to LPG tank explosion, and it went off inside the Peking Garden Restaurant at the Glorietta 2 around 1:20 p.m. This is where my aunt used to work before and this is where her son's wedding recepcion took place (now its a pile of rubble, sorry to interupt the story coz it brings back the memories, I was the ring bearer on their wedding and it was my first time to be one).

On my opinion it was way too powerful to be an LPG tank explosion. As you can see on the pictures the damage extent is also shocking. The 4th report update was: 4 people found dead on the scene and 4 more died in the hospital and 56 people were seriously injured and brought to Makati Medical Center. Another witness said that the explosion was so strong that the trembling was felt up to the third level. The explosion ripped through the roof of the mall and damaged nearby shops. Debris from the blast were scattered on the streets. How the hell can this be an LPG tank?

Now I know the reason why president Gloria did not attend the grand opening of our office in Cubao. Scarred sh*t to be assassinated and if I remember right Frankie did told us he will if he saw her *lol*. I think the adiministration is tasting the countries' sorry ass picture around the world. Why would you think desperate housewives had provided a belittlement to Filipinos? Because we Filipinos kill each other, countrymen who wants liberation and revolution bombs his own country (what the hell? What kind of principle is that?). It hurts to see the country in deep mud that we Filipinos dug ourselves. I believe that we still have our long-standing esteem as Filipinos and I applaud you if you still have one. For those people who mocks us because we have flaws, I wish you rot in hell. And for those Filipinos who adds more dirt to our flag than senators and congressmen do, may satan take your soul right away and it'd be a better Philippines without all of you.

Farewell Album Orange And Lemons (Moonlane Gardens)

I post this in my review page in friendster but I also felt to post it here in my blog aswell. ONL played a great part in my life. They were the new age Beatles and I humbly admit I have a beatlemania syndrome ever since, from the moment I developed sense of hearing I knew I had "the Beatles" in my system.

I don't know how to handle this review with great courage to face the recent broke-up of the band that I applauded during their live performances and cherished the music they made. I saw Clementine's blog about the individual and musical differences between band members and the management though that's the main reason he didn't specify on a certain issue.I don't know if its just a publicity or so. But Clem did assure its not. Come to think of it the group's disbandment was announced when the second single from their "Moonlane Gardens" album "Fade," was about to be released. Yeah they fade right...

Back to the album. Its a great farewell album and I thought it'd be a collectors item. I like listening to tracks that Clem had provided on this album. They went much deeper on this one. I don't know if I heard Clem right I think he said "80% of ONL is my intellectual property." *asim dba?*

Watch out for these tracks:

Moonlane Gardens

It's About Time

Ode To Love

Eleven Minutes

These are my favorite tracks and everything on the album is just great.

Guaranteed 110% you'll love this album if you're intellectual, if you know what I mean. If you like listening to Sean Kingston's shallow music you'll find "Moonlane Gardens" album hard to digest.

Chummy

I forgot to post this last friday.

Leigh fetched me after my work and we ate dinner together. We haven't seen each other for two days already because of our hectic schedules. So we're excited to see each other and she treated me for dinner (she always does that since I don't have money coz I just got my new job last 2 weeks). While eating, we also talked about work and how we missed each other *kilig* how we texted each other goodnights and said I love yous over and over and over again before hanging up the phone. My minds works better when I'm with her. When I'm not with her I can't think of anything without her in between. Everything reminds me of Leigh and that's how important she is to me. Every second I have is a hell of worries and misses if she's not with me. I'm worrying if she's taking her lunch on time, if she's drinking enough water, if she's ok inside the jeep - if she's getting squeezed by men sitting beside her, if she got off safely, does she have umbrella, if she's getting soaked by rain... and more. I wish I have her inside my pocket so I can be with her and keep her safe all the time.

After Awhile in Friendster

Before anything else, I just want to invite everybody to
Start:Oct 17, '07 10:00pm
End:Oc t 18, '07 04:00am
Locati on: Club Embassy, The FortLaunch of the Kidrobot Philippine DunnySeries 4 LaunchFeaturing Live Art from Nels Yumul and the Weewilldoodle Crewand Artist Louie for Nardong Tae. In case you don't know I'm also a fan of various art toys though its expensive and I never had one but I'm planning to collect some if favored to earn money for expensive hobbies like these (which is imposible so it's a part of frustration now).

Well, I got bored to my friendster account. Everytime I check someone's page its the same old sh*t. There's really nothing to do much in friendster except personalize your page or change your profile whenever you feel it's been like that for a long time. No one there even blogs and who cares even if you have one. They're not gonna spend 20php rental fee to read your unpopular blog even if they're your close friends. Instead, they will add random people who doesn't even have a decent picture or a bunch of posers trying to be someone else by posting a really gorgeous picture as their primary photo *turns out to be fake*. What a loser. Enuf of the whining. I guess we just have to deal with it. PERIOD!

It's fun at work during the past few days. We were getting paid to watch movies and video clips all day. I love training in this company. We got a sexy foreigner trainer and she also gives lots of treats and freebies too. And I hope it's going to be like that until product training aswell. My only problem though is transportation. I get tired easily and its my fault. Smoking really shortens breathing process. The walks are far too long for me now and I hope this is not a sign of aging *sob*. I only smoke 4 cigarettes a day or a maximum of 10 but that's on odd occasions only because I also get a nausea whenever I smoke too much. I dunno why I get tired easily maybe I'm just too lazy *lol*.

Remarks: Moderate cigarette cravings, exercise again, wake up early to avoid tardiness and buy MRT stored value card to avoid the time consuming ticket line *lol*.

Addition: I've been tracking time since last monday and it's 9:00pm and it's gonna be a normal sleep for me tonight like how my previous weeknights ended up. Because I'm so freakin tired, I dont have to worry about my insomnia, I won't even have to buy 2 stallions of red horse tonight. YEAH!!! Goodnight everybody.

MRT Chaos

Sorry for the late post, it happened yesterday. I was too tired to even tell the story to my mom and I can't hardly lift the corners of my lips because of exhaustion. I went straight to bed not fulfilled *do you feel the same way sometimes?* Going to bed but feeling abit disturbed because there's a story or a thing that happened to you and you really want to share it to someone but you can't maybe because of some reasons *reason for me is Im tired and I want to sleep right away.*

Work requires me to ride the MRT from Guadalupe to Cubao and vise versa *now you'll have an idea where I live and where I work*. We have a garage but we don't have a car and never had one neigther.

The Story:
The train is so jam pack, we're more than like a sardines in a can, we're like ammunition in a box ready to be fired. People were sweating like pig and smelling like one. I don't want to even get close to a man wearing a corporate attire beside me because his long sleeve polo is so soaked with his own sour sweat *cute asim face on*. Then there's this guy came barging in the train and when he got caught by a lady and her boyfriend, he shouted "HOY, YUNG LAPTOP KO NAMAN BAKA MABASAG, pag nabasag naman to di niyo naman kayang BAYARAN!!!" then the train went on. The lady whispered "Ayoko nga umusog don baka mabasag ko pa laptop niya..." the boyfriend answered "Ang galing magyabang ng laptop wala naman pambili ng kotse." and they both laugh and so am I.

Closing Remarks:
I will save money to buy a bike. I guess the studio will just have to wait.

Im a Sentai Fanatic

Have you thought of your childhood days lately? Now that there's a show in GMA called Zaido, sentai shows came to my attension once again. I remember blogging about sentai series coming back to television. Looks like someone from GMA has been reading my unpopular blog *lol*.
I really like asian superheroes (sentai) than western (DC and MARVEL). Although I also collect comic books from Dc and Marvel but that's completely different from watching sentai. I grew up watching sentai and I still remember those days where we would watch it from our TV set with a huge cabinet (I wonder if someone still have those kind of tv sets until now).
My favorite sentai series is Bioman! Do you still remember how the first yellow 4 died? When I was a kid I thought superheroes can't die, But bioman was so original. I mean, it was a very kiddie stuff but at the same time it has an emotional touch on it. So they killed yellow 4 and then replaced her... that was an amazing idea "A member of a Superhero group dies" not only it attracted more kids and adult viewers it also started the "Death of Superheroes era"! They change what people thought... that superheroes can't die and they gave westerners ideas to produce more money by killing superheroes. So what DC did they killed Superman via Doomsday to keep readers buying new issues. And if Im right Superman vs Doomsday comic issues was so expensive that time and Superman's Death was even more. Those are vintage comics now. I know some people who has copies and they even frame those.
USA have Superman, JAPS have Bioman. What do we have? I prefer watching Lastikman than Zaido. I felt GMA is being a copycat. Mars Ravelo is one of the Pinoy's Sci-Fi hero creators although his creations have some western similarities Im still thankful that we have our very own Stanley. Btw my favorite Pinoy Superheroes are Pedro Penduko and Panday.

Here are the last 2 EP of Bioman

Busy

Probably this is the yet the longest time I haven't blog. I've been busy lately. I'm hooked again to my character in my online game. It consumes 5 hours of my free time everyday and I need rehabilitation.

And also I have a video clip that I made in youtube. Its like a short film about nothing *lol*. My friends and I were just having fun when we shoot it, we didn't expect that it would come out that way. I also did the editing here ^_^

Smoke on the Water

Rain has started to fall again for the past few days but it's kind enough to stop for my little trip to my friends place during evening to smoke. NOT weeds but cigarettes. Yeah I know smoking is bad to your health but now I only smoke after a meal... OK maybe not. But I believe that people, once they reach the age where they can buy cigarettes, have an idea of responsibility. That's why Grade School was hell, High School was purgatory: discipline-wise. College students, old enough to drink beer and go to clubs should at least be trusted to maintain an air that invokes respect. They should not be choked to uniformity.



Now that my dad knows that I smoke, sometimes he advises me about the side effects of smoking but he never grounds me because I smoke. The beers in the fridge is free if your at least 18 years old. We have beers in our fridge not because we're alcoholics. We don't drink beer because we want to get drunk. Its for relaxation purposes only. My brother and I are so afraid to be caught drunk by dad that's why sometimes if we're drunk we usually sleepover to a friend's house or stay until we're not drunk anymore or keep our alcohol tolerance level down.



Good thing for those who doesn't have a sleeping problem or insomnia. Its so nice to sleep this time of year (rainy season). =P

Don't Just Look at the Pictures! READ!

I like someone that actually reads not look around. If people reads someones page and get the message maybe they'll start thinking. Its something that I want and I gain, admire and respect. That's the most important thing before you can get to know a person. If your not interested that's totally fine. A blog is still a blog, its still there even if you don't read it. It doesn't needs you to exist.

I'm not representing myself here and I'm not saying that someone actually wants to have my number *duh*. I'm not making any sense! OK the thing here, is that the idea of self expression and sometimes you relating to the situations I write. If a person writing his stuff and just being himself can sometimes not be admired by his readers, I think that's OK but at least this person deserves respect.

Bald Again

Before








After

I don't think this pussy wants to be shave as well. *lol*
Say Hi to Bogard my kitty ^_^

Whew... I dunno how you'll call this but I got back from wearing my old haircut. The bald haircut... yeah... I use to have bald haircut back in high school and until my college days in FEU. Like I said before I'm bald for a pretty long time. I don't know what's gotten to me and suddenly I went to became bald again *lol*.

Some people actually told me that I look better in bald hair (semi-kalbo in Tagalog). I dunno but maybe it promotes the clean image out of me. Plus my barber who cuts my hair ever since when I was kid says that I have an even skull shape unlike others who has some lumps on or sometimes even flat head shapes(OK I'm not carrying my own chair here *lol*). He's my barber ever since and I think he's not making it all up. You see, it comes along from good parenting. If the baby stays in bed for a very long time tendencies are that they will have a flat skull shape mostly from the back of their head. Hmmm... good thing when I was still an infant my mom regularly turns my head for a different position while I'm lying and gives attention to me by carrying me in her arms for a couple while and not letting me lay down for so long (thanks mom!). I have a neighbor who has a flat shape from the back of his head. The back of his head is like a cliff, it is leveled down to his nape and I said "Awesome! Your head kinda reminds of an orange cut in half." *lol*. No offense to his mother but I think she's too lazy or maybe just busy all the time. But hell NO! This is your kid that we're talking about, I think parents should have lots of time for their kids especially when they're still infant. Imagine this kid will be teased by his cousins, classmates, office mates, barkadas or when he get married even his wife and kids! OK Stop! I'm starting to sound like King DJ Logan (a guy from Max Ville FM radio 103.5 who likes to ridicule others). Sorry my bad ^_^

Before you get a haircut make sure you ask your friends for advise and ask them which haircut looks good on you or you can ask your barbero. You don't want your friends asking you if the barber who did your hair is still alive. Right? If they ask you that probably your haircut doesn't look good on you. *lol*

Gorgeous

Kit Chan and Willi...

You might be wondering the song on my profile and why is it mandarin? Last week I watched a non typical Jackie Chan movie and I loved the OST that's why I put it on my media box at my friendster page. To see my friendster page click here.



Gorgeous is a romantic comedy with some fights. It is not an adventure film. It's not an action film. It's a romantic comedy with some fights. So, all who are looking for a Jackie Chan action extravaganza will be disappointed. But those looking for a funny love story with incredible fight scenes, this is your film. Jackie Chan stars as a multi-millionaire who's lives only with a butler and is very lonely. Along comes a girl named Bu, who got a message in a bottle and flies to Hong Kong to meet her prince. When things don't work out so well she runs in to Jackie, sparks fly and you all know the rest. The film is great as a different type of romantic comedy by adding in the fights. It mixes up the tempo a bit and some times it catches the viewer off guard, which is good. What the film has trouble in is the comedy. At times it's very funny and will get you giggling but at many times it tries too hard to be funny coming off just boring and dull. Jackie is Jackie and his acting chops are put to the test with this performance. He shows that he's versatile and not just the smiling death defying action hero he's known for. Other than Jackie the other performances are done to best of the actors' ability. They're OK but you don't really care for them and some of them gets very annoying. I give it an 8. It's a good romantic comedy with a dash a fantasy and some amazing Jackie Chan fight sequences sprinkled on top for extra flavor. If your a Chan fan it's a must see. For everyone else, rent it with a boyfriend or girlfriend. I think it's a film that just might please everyone. The movie title in Philippines is High Risk but in English International Title its Gorgeous.

INSOMNIA again

I never wanna go through this again.News reports mumbled on the background. A few minutes later, an unfamiliar pop music in a foreign language interupted the monotonous mumbo-jumbo. The different sounds from the changing of tv channels has become a feeble attempt of self-distraction from the depressing thoughts that have been creeping into my head. I haven't been in this terrible state for the longest time, and even faint thoughts of it happening again during my most jovial times sent chills to my bones. But it is happening to me now.

I resorted to watching a vcd movie with my bro just now just to keep my mind occupied. Even as a comedy, it at best, faintly lifted the corners of mouth for a few much-treasured seconds of temporary light moments before being suppressed by the looming melancholy again. It was only 11.30pm when it ended, and still a long way to go before the night ends. I was getting desperate. How did I spend my normal nights? I dare not even resort to listening to anything right now, for I fear to interpret the songs and relate them to my situation. Especially a handful of them I religiously listened to lately. It has become so damn antagonising.

That is certainly not the last of my worries, for that's just a start to the things I must get used to. When you give meaning to her existence and her sole purpose was derived from that single source or reason, you wonder how you'll be able to face and handle her again in a different light without destroying her in the process of changing your mindset. Fight or flight. But where can you flee to when she's everywhere? I can't think of anything without her in between.

The zero-hour of its impact was surprisingly easier to get through. But the subsequent period is where the damage really starts to seep in. That's when you start to feel what hit you, and how badly it has got you. Gosh, I dare not think of what's ahead.

Now it's 1.25am and I've managed to drag writing this entry till this time. I've managed to keep my mind on doing something logical, like correcting my grammar, deciding what words to use, re-reading the passage again and again, etc...all in the name of distraction and passing of time. Soon it'll be lights out when I can finally let the bottled feelings and emotions all gush out. I do hope I'll be able to address these consequences as directly as I could, in terms of tears and puffy eyes...than to lose my mind in these frightening and depressive thoughts through sleeplessness. And one of the worst thing is to let your emotions rule you when you least expected it, and not being able to control it.

I'd need all the help I can get.

Captive Moments

I noticed that I haven't post a picture that had been taken from my phone. I don't have a digital camera or a professional camera that has huge lens, all I have is my phone camera but it didn't stop my views in photography. My phone always comes in handy whenever there's a good shot for something. Some shots are not much and some are just a result of random clicks that had been taken without consent and these are the moments that I think should be treasured. Here are just a few of those:

INC crowd in Siglaro 2007 at the Rizal High School. One of the biggest high schools in the world in terms of student population, is located in Pasig. Its in Guinness World Records.

If you are standing with me here you can actually see that the sun sets exactly in Fort Bonifacio Global City.

A shot taken from the roof top of our two storey house. The Fort Bonifacio Global City and the bright tablet is a huge Guess billboard.

Tom-tom playing X-box and expressing his feelings *lol*.

A kid with Polio playing Badyao.

This shot was taken from Magnolia Street. There were kids playing Badyao and two of them have Polio. I have taken a shot of this kid cause he looks happier than the other one. Whenever he smiles you can see the saliva dripping from his mouth down to his naked chest. So innocent and so happy, I was touched when he said sorry after hitting me with his flying slipper then he smiled at me.

The Bloomfields Album Review

I was so excited to buy this 1st album of the Bloomfields. I've seen the band's live performance. And I was so amazed, its was like watching my favorite band the Beatles up close. They are full of surprises, every next song was your favorite song from the 80's. They are actually a show band for rock n roll and they can be booked for any occasions. More of a variety band I'd say. They cover songs from the Beatles, Beach Boys and bands from the 80's. It was nice to see this group with young members playing some oldies hits.



All of them sing and they have great voice blending. Although I just wish they'd come up with some more compose songs rather than covered in their new album. Its kinda second-rate to their talents I know they could have done great if they focused more on their composed songs. They're so young and talented but then they sounded more like a wedding singers. And by the way they dress like Beatles, they wear suits with tie (very savvy) and they look great in black and white pictures and videos.



You can buy the their new album at Odyssey Records store. The CD costs 299php which leaves you a change of 1 peso for 300php. You can drop it in the Bantay Bata donation can located at the cashier. ^_^ I'd like you to know that I will rate the album not the band. Again, like what I said "I know they could have done more." Cheers!



Artist: the Bloomfields
Album: the Bloomfields
Rate: 3 stars out of 5

I'll Let You in to a Lil Secret

I felt like a junkie after the break up. I want to face the mirror and explain why.

It was like hell living without her. My brother said there are two ways to say that you love a person: "I love you." and "I'm in-love with you." I prefer the latter. "I love you" can be as plain as it sounds, you can say it to me, to a friend, to your parents or even to a random person. While "I'm in-love with you" gives a different impact on the person you choose to say these words. For example: two male best friends can say "I love you that's why I'm always here for you!" but the can't say "I'm in-love with you that's why I'm always here for you!" that makes one of them gay, right? *lol*



Words can be meaningful if you listen to them right. But of course words ain't enough. She showed me that and its a price too high to pay. Not only we love each other but we are also in-love. That's what matter most. ^_^

This is where I can shout I Love You

Finoy ako, Finoy Tayo, Ifakita sa Mundo...

San ba tau pupunta? Kung ang isang mamamayang Pinoy ang tatanungin mo ngayon kung gusto pa ba niyang maging Pilipino o ayaw na. Malamang ang sagot niya isa sa mga ito: "Oo!" o'kaya "Hell no!" *lol*. Ayokong sumagot ng "Oo!" dahil ayokong dumura patingala kung alam kong babalik ito sa Face ko. Ayoko naman din sabihin na "Ayaw ko ng maging Pinoy!" kung sa isip, puso at gawa, pati itsura ay Pinoy na Pinoy parin ako. Masasabi kong may pagka nasyonalismo parin ako. Maraming magagandang na ibahagi ang Pilipinas sa mundo. Una wala sanang issue ang Times Magazine tunkol sa pinaka-bobong presidente (kumita ng malaki ang Times dahil sa issue nilang ito). Ang katagang "Erap para sa mahirap" kung isasalin sa ingles ay "Erap to become poor". Mababawasan sana ang bansang kasapi sa United Nations na walang alam gawin kundi umutang. Wala sanang Pilipinas sa mapa. Di sana na imbento ang armalite (isang uri ng baril na sumikat sa America "Automatic Rifle, Carbine o Machine Gun" sa mas sikat na tawag, di ko na maalala ang pangalan ng imbentor na Pinoy na gumawa ng unang modelo nito at maslalong hindi ito natala sa libro o sa kasaysayan dahil pa-uso ko lang lahat ito. *lol*)

Napatunayan ko na hindi natutulog ang langgam. Sa lahat ng hayop sa mundo ang langgam lang hindi nagpapahinga, dahil sa liit ng istraktura ng katawan nila, sobra-sobra ang inerhiya nila na kahit hindi sila magpahinga ay mabubuhay parin sila basta wag mo lang silang titirisin. Malamang isa na sana ako sa sikat na siyantipiko ngayon kung mapapatunayan ko ito (o cge, kung sino man ang makakapagpakita sa akin ng isang langgam na natutulog ay bibiyan ko ng 100 pesos hindi patay kailangan tulog at kailangan magising ko siya *lol*).

Ayon sa isang pag-aaral ng "National Wold Ethics and Psychology Testing" ang Pilipinas daw ay isa sa mga bansang may pinaka mababang self-esteem (maniwala kana kahit pa-uso ko lang ulit ito). Wala tayong na papala kahit marami pa man sa atin ang genius. May pride daw ang pinoy, pero pera lang ang katapat nito. Sigiradong lusaw ang pride mo pagnaambunan ito ng salapi. Ang mga makabagong imbensyon at tuklas ng pinoy ay ipinagbibili sa mayayamang bansa. Ang mga sikat na siyantipikong Pinoy ay nasa ibang bansa upang tumuklas, pano tayo uunlad niyan! Linsyak! Minsan napanood ko sa National Geographic ang isang Pinay na scientist sa London, na nataimtim na ipinapaliwanag ang magagawa ng impact ng pagbagsak ng isang bulalakaw na galing sa kung tawagin ay mutiverse, ito ay na-derive sa kagagawan ng anti-monitor dahilan upang magkaroon ng parallel universe kung saan matatagpuan ang earth-one, earth-two, earth-three at earth prime na nabasa ko sa DC komiks at naniniwala naman kayo *lol*.

San ba tayo pupunta..? Wag na dito na lang ako.

Resign

I'm so grateful from what I've learned from watching movies, reading books and magazines, listening to Nu 107, and for the music industry. Not only I was entertained but also it led me to something I never thought I'd be making money (talking). Then came Call Center. *Gosh!* It was like a ballooning seat industry. Before back in year 2000, when call centers were just budding and the salary looks promising for a person who can sit in a comfy chair and speaks good english. Competition is nowhere to be found from applicants during that time. No one dares to enter the business not unless your damn good in english. Well, even some professionals resigned from their sweaty jobs like teachers, professors, bankers, secretaries, and especially students with computer savvy skills, youthful and can withstand working on wee hours fill in the seats as agents.



I'm one of those students, *ugh! pathetic*! I was lured by the job offers. *you'd see that peso sign in my eyes bouncing, yaikes*. But the problem was I get bored from the work easily (Oops. Hope my bosses won't read this). It became my hobby to transfer from one center to another (I became like Captain Jack Sparrow, "Pirate of the Call Centers" *lols*). If you transfer to a center because they offered you something you can resist ("bargain" as for pirates call it), it means you got pirated. *lol*



I'm tendering my resignation tomorrow. I told my supervisor about it.. online, after I got home *Damn, he even treat us a pizza that day, that's why i can't tell him straight face I'm going to resign*. We exchanged pm's at msn, I informed him that I will be submitting my resignation tomorrow *Whew!*. Before I blogged this I already made my resignation letter. I need to go back to school, opportunities awaits me after graduating. I know I deserve more than just an agent, I even got that promotion from my previous company *too bad I can't stand the stress and the salary they're giving me*. I only dialed for 3 months and after that I was qualified for a higher position (managerial candidate) because of my performance *its actually my first job ever, beginner's luck huh..*. I worked as an MC for 5 months only and after that I got pirated by a nearby center. They offered a big sign-in bonus.



Sometimes, I do wonder who actually reads my blog (other than a small handful of my friends and office mates). Voyeurs? Stalkers? Admirers? Fans? I wished *lol* It'd be cool to know who they are. So...folks, now is your chance to reveal yourself on my comments box!! Heh

Extended Bday Celebration!

PLEASE PLAY THIS SONG WHILE READING THIS ENTRY FOR THE OUTTER BODY EXPERIENCE

Mark - Jay - Jabo - Daryl - Nomar - Erwin

Best Western Scandal

Closing time at the elevator! Look at Jay-jay, he is still sleeping, looks like he's about to pass out.

Wasted and drunk

This is supposed to be a non-smoking room!

Miss Roxy, Melvin, Leigh, and Dens

Silhouette =) Chummy and Me!

Win, Leigh and Dens. Win and Dens unintensional pose at the background *lol*

At the hallway to elevator =)

Fundador! Here we go!

Leigh, Ruby,Win and Dens. (Ruby with the pacharming looks)
Daryl and Jay-jay. Daryl browsing some porn clip from Jay's phone.

3pm at room 1710 and at the pool. *lol*

Waaaaaaaa... Dunno what to say! It was a blast last night! The party turned out great although there are some misunderstandings, nevertheless we kept our coolness and the changes were never then pronounced. I'm so glad that everybody got to know each other instantly. I didn't actually expect that my high school friends, office mates, close friends and friend of a friend would get along that easy. Maybe that's why I threw in a small talk with Melvin and Roxy. I'm afraid that there would be a grouping among these guys. The funny thing is that the intense drama brought these guys closer! *lol* . Well, enough with that... I've learned my lesson, never burst in public like a cry baby *lol* and then most important thing is talk things out with your girlfriend if there is a bit misunderstanding. =) I love you so much Chummy! I know, Leigh, it was for us I got carried away and also everybody did. (let's admit it boys! We're sorry *lol*). But I did inform them about the time schedules and reminded them that the bed belongs to Noms and Leigh (right guys? *lol*). Any momentary's silence or clear-headedness will uncontrollably bring the celebration to a dull, good thing it didn't came to that.

Well don't worry about us, guys. Even though we were really-really exhausted and even for just a short time Leigh and I still managed to get ourselves a quality time by eating breakfast together in the hotel and .... That's all I'm gonna say, lets talk about the breakfast experience we had. The breakfast was awesome! It's my first time to experience eating at a hotel in buffet with all you can eat breakfast. Lots of foreigners and the ambiance was really awesome. Its the best birthday treat I ever have. It was like I'm still dreaming when Leigh woke me up to go down for the breakfast. People were minding their own business on the breakfast table. Talking to each other, American businessman brainstorming while eating, lovers exchanging dishes and spoon feeding each other (like us *lol*), chefs making omelets and pancakes. It was perfect!

Back to the party... Hmmm... I know I missed something when I was gone for awhile. No one was looking for me, while I wonder in Makati Ave. Everyone is too busy to notice I'm not there. I think Mike scores later that morning (nice one Johnny Bravo! *lol*). And Jay-jay was a hit too. Too bad your a late bloomer, Jay (right Roxy? *lol*). Daryl managed to take a nap and silently exits the drinking marathon? *lol*. I thought you guys are tough, huh? "He puked on the way home" Jay said! Mark, late again?! Always on a hurry by the last minute... tsk tsk! (FYI: Mark, spent his lucky 200php bill for the drinks *lol* thanks Mark!). Erwin, we did enjoy the pool right!? Erwin is a good lookin' guy, I wonder why he's not included in "the penis measurment dares". I think you need to go back to gym I know you're also thinking of it since Mike is getting alot of attension. Well, maybe it's his time to shine, like Jay-jay said "Kung makikita mo lang si Ang (mike) noong 4th year" . That's right Ang was skinny as a kite, we used to call him "Ang Payat" *lol* (bumabawe lang siya ngayon, kasi parati syang basted noon *lols* just kidding Mike). Ruby, also the number one kikay before Roxy came in. We're happy to have you there. You made the party gone wild *lols*. Roxy, hmmm, thanks for putting all this up, you and Leigh. Also I know that you did bring out some cash too (I hope that's not a lucky bill also *lol*), thanks for the drinks. Your the one who should be blamed why Jay-jay is snorring and drop down drunk on the floor (Go Girl!). Melvin, thanks for the advice and your company, nice to meet you and I hope that's not the last time we're going to party! Win, I like the singing part though I can't sleep hearing you sing, but don't get me wrong you do have a nice voice. Dens, your so funny! Leigh likes it so much when your around, there is no dull moment with you. Thanks for always being there, thanks for everything Dens!

GUYS thanks for a one great party! Hope that there is still more to come! =)

Miss you guys!