Inspiring Story

A very inspiring story - that makes me wanna get a diploma.  I did not get to finish college and I may have many regrets about being a complete bummer in college....

I could have wasted a lot of opportunities - but, this is life.

Sinayang ko ang UP Education. Madami nangarap makapasok sa UP - ako naman, nakapasok sa gusto ko na course, sa gusto ko na campus (Diliman), nagtarantado naman. :P

Solar Good News

Summer sa Pilipinas, napakainit na nga, nagbabadya pa ang brownout.  Kung di man brownout, tataas agn singil sa kuryente.  Di ba?! Nakakabadtrip lang.
Sarap sana mag solar - I mean solar energy para tipid sa kuryente.
Bakit nga ba napakamahal ng mga solar panels?  Pasensya na di ko alam ang sagot - pero sana merong makakabasa na sasagot.
Buti pa ang Batangas may konting pag-asa sa good news na ito

...na magkakaroon isang solar farm... at sana, maipapatupad to sa buong bansa.  Sana ang tax na binabayad ko, namin, natin (ahem - sa mga nagbabayad lang ng tax ha - di kasama ang mga majijirap na reklamador na di naman nagbabayad ng tax) ay mapunta sa mga ganitong projects.

Pnoy's Lenten Message

Minsan, nakakainis ang dahilan na "Tao lang ako ..." lalo na pag ang nagsasabi ay may pinagaralan, at nakapagtapos sa isang magandang unibersidad.

Ewan ko lang, pero kayo na lang ang humusga...basta para sa aking, ang shupal ng fez niya, at nakakahiya naman sa kanya at sa kanya pa talaga galing ang panguudyok ng pagiging humble.

Demonyo Thoughts on Holy Week

Paano mo masasabing Holy ang Week mo kung ang nakikita mo mga kahayupan?!

Una, mga mukha ng pulitiko na bumabati na mga tarp na nakasabit everywhere.  Kademonyohan di ba?! The nerve na bumati at magkabit ng tarp....sa bawal pa na lugar.

Pangalawa, mga hinayupak na mga kriminal sa kalye na nababalita.  Sa totoo lang, ginagalang pa nila ang araw ng fight ni Pacquiao kesa Holy Week.  At least no crimes pag may laban si PacMan...kesa sangkatutak na pagnanakaw during bakasyon. 

Pangatlo, mga taong nagbbwisita iglesia.  Syempre bwisita iglesia.  Paano ba naman di ka mabbwisit kung puro paglulumandi lang naman ang ginagawa nila - papampam sa arte kasama mga barkada, nakapekpek shorts at sangkatutak na make-up kesihodang lapot na lapot sa pawis. 

Pangapat, mga nagdadasal at nagpapabasang matatanda. Patawarin ako ng panginoon but who the hell cares and listens to them?! Ginagawa na lang ba yan dahil tradisyon, panata, nakagawian? Or do they truly understand and live by what they are singing?!  Goodness naman kasi, nagpapakareligious,e gayung sila naman number 1 sa chismisan at pagmumura. 

Anyway, buti na lang din may Holy Week para may ling weekend ang mga nagttrabaho. Wag na umarte at sabihing kelangan maging banal ang lahaaaat ng gagawin this week... dahil, in the first place, ang pagpapakabanal wala sa araw or week...dapat araw araw.

Usapang Payday

hey hey hey!  sweldo day plus bonus day today - at least sa pinapasukan kong company. saya saya.  daming pera ng mga tao.  ang haba ng pila ng nagiisang pinakamalapit na branch ng banko. 

lahat yata ng nakakasalubong ko nakangiti eh - at least dun sa mga sumahod - at lalo na sa nakatanggap ng both sahod at bonus.  aba syempre, di naman bawat kinsenas may bonus eh.. sino nga ba naman ang di matutuwa di ba?!

pero - pansin ko lang....

pag sweldo day - andaming naka starbucks. puno na naman ang pinakamalapit na starbucks sa office.  bakit nga kaya.

one-day millionaire?

ewan ko ba pero parang naging batayan na ng sweldo ang starbucks. paano naman kasi, kahit alam mo namang di mahilig magkape ang tao, bigla bigla mo na lang nakikita na may hawak na starbucks pag sweldo day - tapos kung umarte kala mo araw araw umiinom ng starbucks.

#socialclimber

sigh.

bitter?

nah - di naman ako bitter dahil kelan man di ko nakahiligan ang kape. ni di nga ako marunog umorder sa starbucks eh. bigyan mo na lang ako ng pera at ibibili ko na lang ng milk tea sa serenita or sa chatime.

hmmm...

later - im sure, mejo kokonti ang tao sa cafeteria - at malamang sa malamang puno ang jollibee, mcdo, kfc sa paligid. well - palagi naman puno yun pag lunch break - pero yung mga taong usually nakikita mong nagbabaon - huh - makikita mo na kumakain sa labas.  syempre - sweldo eh.  tapos, later im sure isa sa mga resto jan sa may malapit na gimikan, meron at merong taga office kang makikita. again, it's sweldo day.

friday pa naman ngayon. tiyak sa weekend, may magsshopping, may lalabas at kakain sa labas, mamasyal, bibili ng bagong gamit sa bahay, manonood ng sine, magccasino atbp.

lunes.

nganga again.

#gastosmuch

buhay sweldado nga naman.

Usapang Parking

BGC parking has never been easy, that is if you wanna park somewhere really near the place where you are going.  Case in point, the open parking near where I work is just infront of our building but, there are certain days when we needed to park like a block or two away simply because there is a loooooong queue of card who wanna park. 

Sigh.

Is this a sign that a lot of people can afford to buy cars?  Is this a sign that a car is now a necessity?

Or - one can see it in a different light - that this could be a sign that most businesses prefer to consruct tall buildings than keep a peice of land for parking? 

It can be one - or it can be both. 

In any case, this is a sign that there is really a poor public transport system in this country - leading people to buy their own cars instead of queueing to get on a bus or a jeep or train.  The domino effect of this poor transport system has never been so evident - from traffic jams that last for hours, to long parking queues and high parking fee rates.

If only i own a peice of land here in BC - i would not want any other business but parking - it has become such a necessity in this area.

Social Climber Problem 2

Sosyalang FoodTrip at Sosyalang mga resort. Yan ang binibisita niya sa palabas.

Nakaka aliw manood ng Kris TV.  Aliw na aliw ako sa mga food trip ni Tetay at para bang gusto ko puntahan lahat ng kinainan niya.

May ilang resto na alam ko ang location.  Ang iba nadadaanan ko pa.  Kaya di ako nahuhuli sa mga usapanng foodams kasama ang mga friends ko.  Siyempre pabida din minsan na knows ko saan ang resto.

Yun lang.

Di naman nakakakain doon. Hanggang tingin lang.

Social Climber Problem

I'm not rich yet I want a new car. 

ano nga ba ang magandang maliit na car?

sabi nila - OK daw ang Hyundai Eon.  Mura. Matipid sa gas.

Di kaya masyado naman maliit?

OK din naman sa akin ang Toyota Wigo.

Pang mayabang nga lang daw.  Di ko naman alam kung bakit.

Sabi ng mekaniko namin - mag Mitsubishi Mirage daw.

Yun ang gusto ko rin sana.  Pero - kakayanin ko bang bayaran?

Magkano nga ba budget ko?

hanggang 9K lang siguro kaya ko per month.  May binabayaran pa kasi ako.

pwede i-stretch to 10K - nothing more than that.

sigh.

Eon lang talaga yata yun.  Di ko alam.

hay.

New car.



Of Norms and Gender

May panibagong isyu na naman sa showbiz. Makikichismis na naman tayo.  Paano ba naman kasi, isang la-Ocean Deep na actress gumawa ng eksena sa eroplano - ayan tuloy ang ending, bumalik pa ng airport ang eroplano para pababain lang siya.  Eksena di ba?!

Nahahati na naman ang opinion ng sangkatauhan sa isyu.  Syempre di na ako magpapahuli.

Ang sa akin lang ...

ang respeto ay binibigay kung marunong ka rumispeto.

Ang sa akin lang ...

ang respeto ay di lang binibigay sa tao, kung di pati sa mga rules and preferences ng mga tao.  Kung nagbayad ng upuan ang tao, siya ang rightful na uupo sa upuan.  Respeto. 

Ang hirap lang kasi sa mga artista - ginagamit ang "kasikatan" minsan para makakuha ng pabor.  Ang hirap lang kasi, dahil babae nga daw, kelangan galangin, kelangan pagbigyan at di na sinasagot o minumura.  keso kung sa kapatid na babae or sa nanay mo daw nangyari, magagalit ka rin daw etc.

Ang sa akin lang ...

Hindi naman ito usapin ng gender.  Ito ay usapin ng pagsunod sa mga alituntunin at sa mga social norms.

Sigh.

Gender equality, yan ang sigaw ng kababaihan - pero sa panahon ng kagipitan at panahon na meron silang pangangailangan, ginagamit nila ang emosyon, ang "pangaakit", ang pagiging "mahina".

Tunay nga na ang babae ay mga kalahi ni Eba.  Oo - si Eba na sanhi ng pagkakasala ni Adan.

Gusto nyo dalhin sa usaping gender di ba?! 

My Return to Run United 1

The Run United 2015 21K Finisher medal

I run too.  I started running around 3 or 4 years ago.  I can't exactly remember but, I do.  I ran a marathon once, and did a lot of half marys (half marathon or 21 kilometers).  I stopped for almost a year due to a knee injury.

March 8, 2015 happens to be my return to the running scene through Unilab Active Health's Run United 1 - the first of a series of 4.  I ran 21K and I did finished it and got that handsome medal in the picture above.  It was a bitter-sweet moment.  A time to push my limits and exceed myself.

I was a bit nervous to run 21 Kilometers again.  I felt that I did not train hard enough to complete it, though I know deep inside, i can finish it.  I am not a fast runner, in fact, my fastest 21K was completed in 2 hours and 20 something minutes.  My goal is at least to make it to 2 hours and a little over 10 minutes.  That's an ultimate goal at the least.

Anyway, on this comeback run, my goal was just to complete the course in 3 hours.

I was running almost the entire course.  It all started at the back of Two E-Com Building in the MOA Complex, all the way to Macapagal Boulevard, then infront of Aliw Theater/Star City, a right turn towards Baclaran and Coastal Mall crossing Buendia and EDSA through the fly-over, a U-turn back and crossing the 2 fly-overs again going to Kalaw, U-turn back to Star City-Macapagal-MOA.  I had a few walk breaks, when I get to hydrate.  It was a feat for me.  For the first time, i was running for almost 20K.  In the past races, I would be walking from KM 18 until the last 200 meters to the finish line. This time, I wasn't.

The last kilometer proved to be the most difficult distance to conquer as i was really exausted, and my legs started to feel painful on every step I made.  But seeing the finish line pushed me further until I crossed it.   My time, a few minutes before my 3-hour target. 

Mission accomplished.

Next week, March 15, I will have another 21K to conquer.  Good luck to me.

My KFC Experience

The most convenient food for people who work at night - like me, is, of course, fast food.  Good thing though, there are a lot of fast food outlets that are open for 24 hours.  Though how convenient it could be, you'll soon get the hang of eating fast food everyday.  Unfortunately in the area that I work, only a few are open for 24 hours.

KFC is one of them.  The KFC Bonifacio Tower branch in BGC is a mix of heaven and hell.  Lemme tell you my story.

Part 1

Angie (my officemate) and I were sooooo hungry at 1AM, which is our "lunch break" and we decide to eat in KFC. 1AM happens to be the godly hour of lunch for most nocturnals like us in the area so expect that the store is jampacked, almost all seats taken and loooong queues.  Luckily there were 3 counters open but for some reason, the service was sooooo slow.  I happen to wonder why.
When it was our turn, then I knew the reason.  i decided to order the hotshots value meal (and I dont even know if that is the right term). Not Available. Option 2, the Twiser. Not Available.  1 pc Hot and Crispy. "Sir, 10 minutes, OK lang?!"
"Magsara na kayo!"

Angie and I decide to eat somewhere else.  It appears that everything that I ordered wasnt available, or, may take a while to prepare - and consider it as the "rush hour" of lunch for nocs.  They were totally unprepared!  Worse, they did not bother to put the "Not Available" sign on their smorgasboard. 


Part 2 and I wanna call this episode the Bitching Episode.

I was working in Ortigas back then and my shift ended at around 2PM.
I decided to skip eating lunch so I could head to KFC Buendia which is just a few steps away from where I live.  With all the traffic and passengers hopping on and out of the bus, my stomach was already complaining of hunger.  Maybe it was past 3:30 when I finally stepped inside KFC.

There wasn't a lot of customers, though I was 3rd in line in one of the counters.  There were 2 counters open at that time. To save me time, I notified somebody from the counter that I would want to have their Twister so she can call it in advance to the kitchen crew - and yep, I saw she did notiied the kitchen crew.

For a good 10-15 minutes, i waited for my turn.  For some reason, the two other peopel ahead of me took a while to assemble their orders, but nah, I was still patient, coz afterall, I did had an "advance call" for my Twister.

My turn.  I told the cashier my order.  She prepared the soda, looked at the kitchen, then looked at me.

"Sir, 15 minutes, can you wait?"

Then she burst my bubble.  Furious, I told her I had an advance call and I do not need to wait for another 15 minutes.  What the hell happened to my "advance call"?!
The lady who notified the kitchen heard me, and she did acknowledged that she made an advance call, but nobody in the kitchen prepared my order.

I told the cashier to cancel my order.

i drank from the glass of soda that she was supposed to give me. I was not able to pay her yet, so just before I left, I got the glass of soda, poured the contents on the counter top and left.  I never looked back again.

Next Attraction

It's time to watch Divergent again.  Coming na kasi ang INSURGENT.  Exciting.

I only wathced Divergent online nung panahong wala akong magawa.  Nope, di ko siya na download (hehehe...) as in watch online lang. 

Nice effects and theme - na parang MockingJay lang.  Parang ganun.  Uso ang rebelde.

Anyway..eto muna ang Trailer.

To Infinity and Beyond !!!!

Oh... I just luuuuuv this song.  Lakas maka Bb Pilipinas candidate.  Sarap rumampa. Ahahahaha

21M to "Forgiveness"

Nakakalungkot naman isipin na nagkaroon ng halaga ang buhay ni Jennifer Laude.  Sa Php 21M, tuluyan na nga kayang maibasura ang kaso?  Magkakaroon na nga ba ng "kapatawaran" at "hustisya" ang pagkamatay ni bakla?

Well, well, well... sa totoo lang, inaasahan ko na ang mga ganyang pangyayari.  Jusme naman, obviously, sooner or later naman mauuwi din sa ganun ang mga pangyayari.  Look at what happened ot Nicole na ni-rape diumano ng mga American servicemen sa Subic.  Ang malanding yon, nagcause lang ng gulo, media frenzy at attention, only to find out sooner or later - babawiin ang mga sinabi nung nahainan ng pera at opportubnities abroad?!

I will never change my stand on the issue, na kasalanan pa rin ng malanding baklang yun kung bakit siya namatay, at pointless ang mga pinaglalaban ng pamilya, at NEVER talaga nila makukuha nag sympathy ko.  pare-pareho silang ambisyosa.

Tama lang din naman ang hakbang ng government na wag pagaksayahan ng panahon ang isyu na ito.  Tama rin naman na di na pinuntahan ng Presidente ang burol ni bakla.  Sino ba siya para puntahan ng President di ba?

Anyway, try to read this na lang for more info on this issue.