weeeee! so here's my first post with respect to the tagging mania that seems to plague the blogosphere. reckon this is one way to build links. this one's from a friend, braggies.
So the basic premise is this: all answers should “at the current moment.”
1. Where is your cellphone --- in my pocket, right side.
2. Your hair --- black, brushed down on my forehead..
3. Your father --- probably on duty, i'm not used to know about his itinerary.. *smirks*
4. Your favorite thing --- ballpen.. just can't leave without it.
5. Your dream last night --- none, can't remember what my last dream was
6. Your favorite drink --- milk.. thick, creamy, milk!
7. Your dream goal --- to become an internationally renowned research scientist and to own a hacienda
8. The room you are in --- office, doin overtime. sharks, this is la perruque!
9. Your fear --- closed spaces, to die in vain, earth's eventual death (?)
10. Where do you want to be in 6 years --- in a hardcore research institution..
11. Muffins --- anyhting will do..
12. One of your wish list items --- to be able to attend graduate school at UP MSI or abroad (lols)
13. Where you grew up --- gensan. been here all my life..
14. The last thing you did --- turned off my pc.
15. What are you wearing --- shirt i bought during training at Silliman University Marine Lab
16. Your TV --- just a plain Sony CRT TV.
17. Your pet --- don't have one..
18. Your computer --- to wit.
19. Your life --- just the way i want it..
20. Your mood --- depends.
21. Missing someone --- hardly...
22. Your car --- i commute.
23. Favorite store --- nothing in particular, perhaps dunkin donuts. i just love to slack there..
24. Your summer --- will be diving for sure, or do things of that sort.. either here in Sarangani Bay, or hopefully at Lanao del Sur (pag natuloy ako sa raket ko dun.. bwahehehehe)
25. Your favorite color --- blue, black, white
26. When was the last time you laughed --- earlier today, when our lab analyst said she's been tired and stressed about her being beautiful after i praised her about her beautiful curly hair.
27. When was the last time you cried --- can hardly remember...but i'm a cry baby, that's for sure..
28. Last person who emailed you --- Ate Bhebz, a friend who's a graduate student at UP MSI, sent me a new research article.
29. Your favorite food --- spaghetti, carbonara, lasagna, pizza.. tomato and cheese based dishes.. i eat anything though.. *winks*
30. A place you would rather be right now --- atop a cliff, by the beach.. enjoying the moonlight, twinkling with the stars, feeling the breeze sweep through my body.. ahhhhh.. solitary bliss!
guess this ends here. i really don't know who to tag. i'm sorry enhenyero.. *laughs*
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Monday, March 16, 2009
Saturday, February 14, 2009
valentines day
It is Valentines Day… the time when people are reminded and get to realize that they’ve got loved ones to heed and take care of other than those things that constantly bombard them as they go along with their lives each day… the time when almost every single (unmarried ones, that is) person one you know fuss about getting to have a date, and worse, get laid tonight… the time of the year when the heart is of utmost importance – the star, the brightest of them all, the most brilliant and magnificent.
It’s Valentines Day and it’s also the 40th day of the death of my Grandpapa so I am melancholic as of the moment. However, the great thing is that we now know that he’s well taken care of up there. And we’ll be having a “family reunion” at our grandparents’ house tonight.
It’s Valentines Day and I almost got myself into an accident when the wheel of the motorcycle I’m riding on got flat while the driver seems to have the peak of his fastest ride towards wherever hell he is going to. Thank goodness, he had managed to slow us down into the safety of the side tracks.
It’s Valentines Day and I’m here in the office, doing overtime, and will later one become spent as everyone here will be.
It’s Valentines Day and I wish everyone will enjoy this day and that everyone will come to realize that one day is not enough to compensate 360+ days of slackness towards their loved ones…it's high time you work into bringing your loved ones in your life a lot closer from now on...
It’s Valentines Day, best regards!
It’s Valentines Day and it’s also the 40th day of the death of my Grandpapa so I am melancholic as of the moment. However, the great thing is that we now know that he’s well taken care of up there. And we’ll be having a “family reunion” at our grandparents’ house tonight.
It’s Valentines Day and I almost got myself into an accident when the wheel of the motorcycle I’m riding on got flat while the driver seems to have the peak of his fastest ride towards wherever hell he is going to. Thank goodness, he had managed to slow us down into the safety of the side tracks.
It’s Valentines Day and I’m here in the office, doing overtime, and will later one become spent as everyone here will be.
It’s Valentines Day and I wish everyone will enjoy this day and that everyone will come to realize that one day is not enough to compensate 360+ days of slackness towards their loved ones…it's high time you work into bringing your loved ones in your life a lot closer from now on...
It’s Valentines Day, best regards!
Saturday, January 31, 2009
messed up: over time
Was supposed to do my analysis for my coral data today but during startup, my computer rants: "virtual memory low"!
the heck. so now i am using my officemate's pc because my dumb (damned) computer can't connect to the internet (perhaps Gods way of saying: "Concentrate. Work, work, work!")
So i am currently uninstalling some installed craps in my pc, reckon it will help. Or so i believe it would.
Left with nothing else to do save burden or, worse, kill myself by waiting for the craps to be trashed out of the crappy pc, I am currently devouring the net for anything to do.
So i am now blogging -- guess this blog deserves to be attended this time after being sort of abandoned to weeks. But my conscience keeps babbling: "Hey Fred, the government is paying you for more by 'working' overtime.You are supposed to WORK!" Hell, yes, i am tormenting myself. Can't help it. How it pains to be conscientious!
Nevertheless, been working my ass off this week, been a good employee lately. I've never been late, save 8 minutes, for this week. A record high after being formally employed here in the Center for (uh, i'm counting... one, two, three, fo..) eight months!
Now I am bound to change. I am supposed to. Can't keep on complaining about all the problems and issues that troubles the government, more so with my co-workers, without me changing myself first. So I am helping myself.. Got to change a lot of things, especially in my outlook in life, working, and living.. Got to have a better perspective, see life with less hostility, meekly, gracefully.
Listening to Rihanna's Disturbia.. singing along my anathema with all airs i can muster: dum, dum, de, dum, dum, de, dum, dum... dum, dum, de, dum, dum, de, dum, dum...
the heck. so now i am using my officemate's pc because my dumb (damned) computer can't connect to the internet (perhaps Gods way of saying: "Concentrate. Work, work, work!")
So i am currently uninstalling some installed craps in my pc, reckon it will help. Or so i believe it would.
Left with nothing else to do save burden or, worse, kill myself by waiting for the craps to be trashed out of the crappy pc, I am currently devouring the net for anything to do.
So i am now blogging -- guess this blog deserves to be attended this time after being sort of abandoned to weeks. But my conscience keeps babbling: "Hey Fred, the government is paying you for more by 'working' overtime.You are supposed to WORK!" Hell, yes, i am tormenting myself. Can't help it. How it pains to be conscientious!
Nevertheless, been working my ass off this week, been a good employee lately. I've never been late, save 8 minutes, for this week. A record high after being formally employed here in the Center for (uh, i'm counting... one, two, three, fo..) eight months!
Now I am bound to change. I am supposed to. Can't keep on complaining about all the problems and issues that troubles the government, more so with my co-workers, without me changing myself first. So I am helping myself.. Got to change a lot of things, especially in my outlook in life, working, and living.. Got to have a better perspective, see life with less hostility, meekly, gracefully.
Listening to Rihanna's Disturbia.. singing along my anathema with all airs i can muster: dum, dum, de, dum, dum, de, dum, dum... dum, dum, de, dum, dum, de, dum, dum...
Monday, January 5, 2009
Perhaps, Love
Love does not and cannot conform with the norms set by man, nor it can be hindered by unworthy and worldy obstacles; rather, it shines when suppressed -- fighting back with burning strength and fervour, it transgresses through time and space -- defying boundaries, ultimately, it never fails to forge into its true beautiful and glorious form such that when it touches the heart of anyone, he/she cannot deny the pleasure nor dispel the magic and power it beholds...
Friday, December 5, 2008
sing-along..
Hardcore na trip ang ginawa namin kagabi..
From left to right: Ate Giff, Kuya Apolo, Ako, at si Kuya JopyDi alintana ang pagod dahil sa buong araw ng paglalakad at pagbiyahe para mag-sampling ng tubig ng sapa, pagsukat ng lalim at lapad nito't pati na rin ang bilis ng kuryente ng tubig (para sa water quality monitoring ng five major rivers ng Sarangani bay), hala! Sige parin ang lakwatsa!
Kasama ang ilang kaibigan - apat lang kami: ako, si Kuya Jopy (Marine Biologist ng Provincial Envronment and Natural Resources Office), si Kuya Apolo (Local Legislative Staff ng Sangguniang Kabataan), at si Ate Giff (Senior Environmental Management Specialist ng Environmental Conservation and Protection Center kung saan nagtatrabaho din ako bilang isang Marine Biologist/Researcher), nirentahan namin ang isang kwarto sa MusicBox para lang mag-videoke hanggang alas dose ng umaga..ikalawang beses ko nang nagkalat at nagpasabog ng malagim kong boses dun sa kwartong yun..
Thursday, November 27, 2008
on Twilight...
Watching Twilight at the cinema was something i was anticipating to do.. armed with high expectations and with a little knowledge about the movie much more with the story (well, i do know it's not the another-vampire-movie having fed by the lead actress saying that the vampires here were "vegetarians"), i was doomed to be disappointed.
Hardcore action was what I've expected to see although being a vegetarian vampire is sort of off-putting since I'd like to see bloods.. a hell lot of bloods! (lols) Never had I imagined that this movie is a rather cheesy love story. The whole movie is all about the getting-to-know-each-other stage of soon-to-be-lovers where almost, if not all, of the characters talk and talk and talk such that it came to a point that I've found them all irritatingly noisy. (i have to restrain myself from shouting inside the cinema but i didn't get the chance to hold my tongue on retaliating about the scenes) Moreover, I was also appalled by the lengthy scenes where both of the major characters just look at each other..almost to a point where they would devour each other since they were so close to each other that it will only take a second for any one of them to do so.
To sum it up, I really felt I'm cheated with the price I have to pay for the ticket.
But then again, there are some quotable lines that made me shiver but in a nice way:
Cheesy, huh?
Hardcore action was what I've expected to see although being a vegetarian vampire is sort of off-putting since I'd like to see bloods.. a hell lot of bloods! (lols) Never had I imagined that this movie is a rather cheesy love story. The whole movie is all about the getting-to-know-each-other stage of soon-to-be-lovers where almost, if not all, of the characters talk and talk and talk such that it came to a point that I've found them all irritatingly noisy. (i have to restrain myself from shouting inside the cinema but i didn't get the chance to hold my tongue on retaliating about the scenes) Moreover, I was also appalled by the lengthy scenes where both of the major characters just look at each other..almost to a point where they would devour each other since they were so close to each other that it will only take a second for any one of them to do so.
To sum it up, I really felt I'm cheated with the price I have to pay for the ticket.
But then again, there are some quotable lines that made me shiver but in a nice way:
"I don't have the strength to stay away from you.."
"You are my life now.."
"You are my life now.."
Cheesy, huh?
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
pitong pisong bayani
Gaya parin ng maraming gabing galing ako sa trabaho, wala na naman ako sa bahay at kumakain kung saan (dun kami sa paborito naming pinagpapabentahan ng garlic chicken, kain todamax). Matapos kong tsibugin peyborit kong binawangang manok at magpakabusog hanggang sa halos di na ako makatayo (wala akong kunsyensya, ang mga kapamilya ko halos wala nang kinakain, at malalaman ko pa pagkarating sa bahay na may tinira pa sila para sakin.. whoa! kaka-touch), tinamad na kami't nag-ayos para umuwi. Habang naglalakad papunta sa sakayan ng jeepney eh naisipan kong bumili ng kape sa kalapit na Dunkin Donuts (shet, promotion.. penge talent fee!!). Gaya ng dati, kahit pagod na ako eh di ko pa maatim na matulog dahil marami pa akong pag-aaralan (studious kasi ako, akalain mo yun?!). Pero di gaya ng dati, may special plans pala si Lord para sa akin ngayong gabi. Hindi naman na magiging angel na ako ngayong gabi (although mukha naman talaga akong anghel sa personal. oo, maniwala ka.. kundi..) o maging isa sa mga malokong superhero na ipinangangalandankan ang kanilang colored na briefs gaya ni Superman or magiging singer na nagsisisigaw ng "Good evening Aranetaaaaa!!!" oramismo. Ngayong gabi, plano pala ni Lord na maging tagapagtanggol ako ng naapi't tagapangalaga ng kaayusan ng mundo. Pero pauso ko lang yung huli..
Matapos kong bilhin yung kape ko na sinamahan ko na lang rin ng isang donut para maging value meal at makatipid ng pitong piso (ito ang magiging pamasahe ko ngayong gabi papunta sa terminal ng tricycle na papasok dun sa kung san mang lupalop ako nakatira), eh nagawi na ako dun sa sakayan.. Nakita ko itong isang bata -- mga nasa elementarya, medyo loose ang damit at may malaking bag sa likod -- na nakikipag-usap sa isang tricycle driver. Di nagtagal pag-uusap nila, iniwan sya nung langyang driver kasi di ata nagkasundo sa bayad. Kaya ayun, sa lamig ng gabi eh nag-antay ulit ang bata ng masasakyan. Ako naman, dahil di naman ako mahilig makialam sa mga bagay-bagay sa mundo, eh naghintay rin ng masasakyan.. papara minsan ng tricycle, makikipagtawaran, tapos iiwan ang driver habang nag-iisip, at minsanang iniinom ang mapait na kapeng nabili sa Dunkin Donuts (pangalawang beses ko nang binanggit to, tsk. bayad! bayad!).
Habang nasa kalagitnaan ako ng pagtri-trip ko sa mga mukhang perang driver eh lumapit saken yung bata.
"Lagao ka rin kuya?", tanong nya.
"Oo. Ba't ikaw, san ka?"
"Sa Lagao rin, sa may Capareda Street."
"Ah okay. San banda, papasok ka pa ba o sa kanto ka lang?"
"Sa kanto lang po."
"Sige, sabay na tayo. San ka ba galing?"
"Kukuha sana ako ng uniform, kaso sarado na yung patahian.. Sumali kasi ako sa isang skateboard competition, may libreng uniform."
"Ah okay."
La na kaming imikan nung bata. Makalipas ang ilang minuto eh kinausap nya ako ulti. "Di ako pinasakay nung driver kanina kasi raw eto lang bayad ko." sabay bukas ng palad at ipinakita sa akin ang barya niya. Mentally, binilang ko. Anim na piso. Sa loob-loob ko, lintik na driver, piso nalang kulang, di pa pinasakay?! Amfutek. "Hayaan mo na yun," kako, "ako na bahala sa iyo." (kahit kasi di nya pa sabihin, di naman ako ganun katanga para di makuhang nagpapatulong siya) Bigla ko naalala nun na meron pala akong isang donut, kinuha ko't iniabot sa kanya. Tinanong nya ako kung ano ba daw yun.. kako, donut, sayo nalang.. (busog naman kasi ako't pag dinala ko yun sa bahay eh alam kong pag-aawayan lang yun ng mga kapatid kong mga pataygutom na gaya ko)
Di nagtagal eh nakasakay nga kaming dalawa -- ako at yung bata na pinapapak na ang bigay kong donut.. marami kaming kasabay papunta rin sa Lagao, isa nalang at puno na ang trike.. habang binabaybay namin ang daan eh wala kaming imikan nung bata.. marami kasi akong iniisip (sobrang ogag ng braincells ko, kung kelan ako pagod, saka marami akong naiisip.. gusto ata akong i-torture). Nang malapit na kami sa bababaan niya, iniabot niya sakin ang bayad niya sabay sabing "Kuya, eto na bayad ko oh.." Itinaas ko ang kamay ko sabay sabing "Naku wag na, ako na bayad sayo." "Huh? talaga?" tanong nya. Gusto ko siyang sigawan na ako na manlilibre pero nagpakahinahon ako't nagwikang "Oo. Ako nang mamamasahe para sa iyo. Okay?" Matapos nito'y pinahinto na niya ang driver at bababa na raw siya.. alam kong di siya sanay sa ganito at ako rin eh hindi (kasi naman kahit sanay akong magpaka-hero sa mga uod, lamang dagat, at iba pang hayop eh di ako kelan man nagpaka-hero ng ganito sa isang tao). Nasiyahan lang ako kasi alam kong bukal sa loob niya ang pagpapasalamat sa akin nung pababa na siya. Dalawa o tatlong beses? Di ko na alam kung ilang beses niyang sinambit yun pero ang sarap pakinggan.
Ang gaan ng loob ko matapos ng eksenang to (feeling ko nga eh sobrang nagliliwanag ako't nagkaron ng halo nung oras na yun). Kahit na sanay na ako manlibre ng kung anu-ano at inaabot pa ng ilang daan o libo nagagastos ko sa panlilibre eh di ko pa to naramdaman.. iba pala talaga ang galak na naidudulot ng sincere na pagtulong at pagpapasalamat sa tulong na nagawa mo. Kahit na di kami magkakilala at tanging alam lang namin sa isa't isa eh pareho kaming nakatira sa Lagao area, at alam kong skaterboarder sya't anim na piso lang pera niya pauwi sa bahay nila, at ang alam nya lang lang saken eh isa akong lalaking ubod ng gwapo, matipuno ang katawan, matalino, umiinom ng kapeng sobrang pait, namimigay ng donut at nanlilibre ng pamasahe; alam kong magkatali na buhay namin.. (sharks naman, parang mag-jowa o mag-asawa) Siguro makakalimutan nya ako isang araw (subukan nya lang, papapatay ko sya) pero alam kong paminsan-minsan eh maaalala nya ako at ang kadakilaan ko (alam kong magagawa nya yun, nakita ko kasi kung pano niya ako o ang tricycle lingunin nung nakaalis na kami't siya naman eh naglalakad na papunta sa kung san mang bahay nila) at siya naman eh habang-buhay kong papasalamatan sa pagtuturo at pagpapalasap sa akin ng sarap ng pagtulong at pagpapaalam sa akin na pwede ako maging superhero kahit di nakalabas ang brief ko't sa pamamagitan lang ng pitong piso.
Matapos kong bilhin yung kape ko na sinamahan ko na lang rin ng isang donut para maging value meal at makatipid ng pitong piso (ito ang magiging pamasahe ko ngayong gabi papunta sa terminal ng tricycle na papasok dun sa kung san mang lupalop ako nakatira), eh nagawi na ako dun sa sakayan.. Nakita ko itong isang bata -- mga nasa elementarya, medyo loose ang damit at may malaking bag sa likod -- na nakikipag-usap sa isang tricycle driver. Di nagtagal pag-uusap nila, iniwan sya nung langyang driver kasi di ata nagkasundo sa bayad. Kaya ayun, sa lamig ng gabi eh nag-antay ulit ang bata ng masasakyan. Ako naman, dahil di naman ako mahilig makialam sa mga bagay-bagay sa mundo, eh naghintay rin ng masasakyan.. papara minsan ng tricycle, makikipagtawaran, tapos iiwan ang driver habang nag-iisip, at minsanang iniinom ang mapait na kapeng nabili sa Dunkin Donuts (pangalawang beses ko nang binanggit to, tsk. bayad! bayad!).
Habang nasa kalagitnaan ako ng pagtri-trip ko sa mga mukhang perang driver eh lumapit saken yung bata.
"Lagao ka rin kuya?", tanong nya.
"Oo. Ba't ikaw, san ka?"
"Sa Lagao rin, sa may Capareda Street."
"Ah okay. San banda, papasok ka pa ba o sa kanto ka lang?"
"Sa kanto lang po."
"Sige, sabay na tayo. San ka ba galing?"
"Kukuha sana ako ng uniform, kaso sarado na yung patahian.. Sumali kasi ako sa isang skateboard competition, may libreng uniform."
"Ah okay."
La na kaming imikan nung bata. Makalipas ang ilang minuto eh kinausap nya ako ulti. "Di ako pinasakay nung driver kanina kasi raw eto lang bayad ko." sabay bukas ng palad at ipinakita sa akin ang barya niya. Mentally, binilang ko. Anim na piso. Sa loob-loob ko, lintik na driver, piso nalang kulang, di pa pinasakay?! Amfutek. "Hayaan mo na yun," kako, "ako na bahala sa iyo." (kahit kasi di nya pa sabihin, di naman ako ganun katanga para di makuhang nagpapatulong siya) Bigla ko naalala nun na meron pala akong isang donut, kinuha ko't iniabot sa kanya. Tinanong nya ako kung ano ba daw yun.. kako, donut, sayo nalang.. (busog naman kasi ako't pag dinala ko yun sa bahay eh alam kong pag-aawayan lang yun ng mga kapatid kong mga pataygutom na gaya ko)
Di nagtagal eh nakasakay nga kaming dalawa -- ako at yung bata na pinapapak na ang bigay kong donut.. marami kaming kasabay papunta rin sa Lagao, isa nalang at puno na ang trike.. habang binabaybay namin ang daan eh wala kaming imikan nung bata.. marami kasi akong iniisip (sobrang ogag ng braincells ko, kung kelan ako pagod, saka marami akong naiisip.. gusto ata akong i-torture). Nang malapit na kami sa bababaan niya, iniabot niya sakin ang bayad niya sabay sabing "Kuya, eto na bayad ko oh.." Itinaas ko ang kamay ko sabay sabing "Naku wag na, ako na bayad sayo." "Huh? talaga?" tanong nya. Gusto ko siyang sigawan na ako na manlilibre pero nagpakahinahon ako't nagwikang "Oo. Ako nang mamamasahe para sa iyo. Okay?" Matapos nito'y pinahinto na niya ang driver at bababa na raw siya.. alam kong di siya sanay sa ganito at ako rin eh hindi (kasi naman kahit sanay akong magpaka-hero sa mga uod, lamang dagat, at iba pang hayop eh di ako kelan man nagpaka-hero ng ganito sa isang tao). Nasiyahan lang ako kasi alam kong bukal sa loob niya ang pagpapasalamat sa akin nung pababa na siya. Dalawa o tatlong beses? Di ko na alam kung ilang beses niyang sinambit yun pero ang sarap pakinggan.
Ang gaan ng loob ko matapos ng eksenang to (feeling ko nga eh sobrang nagliliwanag ako't nagkaron ng halo nung oras na yun). Kahit na sanay na ako manlibre ng kung anu-ano at inaabot pa ng ilang daan o libo nagagastos ko sa panlilibre eh di ko pa to naramdaman.. iba pala talaga ang galak na naidudulot ng sincere na pagtulong at pagpapasalamat sa tulong na nagawa mo. Kahit na di kami magkakilala at tanging alam lang namin sa isa't isa eh pareho kaming nakatira sa Lagao area, at alam kong skaterboarder sya't anim na piso lang pera niya pauwi sa bahay nila, at ang alam nya lang lang saken eh isa akong lalaking ubod ng gwapo, matipuno ang katawan, matalino, umiinom ng kapeng sobrang pait, namimigay ng donut at nanlilibre ng pamasahe; alam kong magkatali na buhay namin.. (sharks naman, parang mag-jowa o mag-asawa) Siguro makakalimutan nya ako isang araw (subukan nya lang, papapatay ko sya) pero alam kong paminsan-minsan eh maaalala nya ako at ang kadakilaan ko (alam kong magagawa nya yun, nakita ko kasi kung pano niya ako o ang tricycle lingunin nung nakaalis na kami't siya naman eh naglalakad na papunta sa kung san mang bahay nila) at siya naman eh habang-buhay kong papasalamatan sa pagtuturo at pagpapalasap sa akin ng sarap ng pagtulong at pagpapaalam sa akin na pwede ako maging superhero kahit di nakalabas ang brief ko't sa pamamagitan lang ng pitong piso.
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