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.