tsk tsk

please spread this article.

http://vicissitude-decidido.blogspot.com/2008/12/world-is-fucked-up.html

if this is really what happened, then something has to be done!

the world has indeed gone crazy.

three things

there are only three things that we need to remember in life...

1) to have meaningful relationships
2) have a good/fulfilling job
3) and to make a difference

guess what... i got them from watching an episode of "the office" british edition. surprising!!!

there's no place like home

arrived in zambo last sunday... so far so good... the highlights of my vacation as of today are

... satti at jimmys, yummy! breakfast of champions
... cheap massage, at 250 pesos, i can't complain
... it's raining lechon, can't get enough of it
... visit to the yakan village and badjao housing area, photo op for my bro
... cheap food and cheap beer
... slq lechon manok, andoks is not even close
... durian frap at coffea
... constant heckling that i'm tabachingching from my sisters

i still have a week here. i have yet to list down some of my to-dos, like lunch at sunburst (now zachys), dinner at alavar, visit fort pilar, etc.

happy holidays guys!!! it's the time of the year to be gluttons.

rediscovering cynthia

it's been awhile since i've last heard a cynthia alexander song on the radio. last weekend, while shopping at this tiangge at alabang, i found a pirated copy of insomnia and other lullabies. i thought that it would be a great addition to my 85 gig music collection. so i grabbed a copy and this started my newfound addiction to her soothing voice and enchanting lyrics. however, after a few spins in my car stereo, i felt a tinge of guilt for owning a pirated copy. one of the reasons why the local music industry, especially the indie scene, is thriving is because of people like me. to make amend, i will pass by the nearest record store later and purchase the original.


woke up this morning
i was staring at the ceiling cracks
and roadmaps and landscapes and highways

i have seen
I have been to places
far and deep in my mind
only to find
comfort in your strangeness

of moving shadows
when I call the wind by name
rushing firewater in the dark of a cloud

i have seen
i have been to places
far and deep in my mind
only to find
comfort in Your strangeness

we are slaves to the crimes we commit
in fits of passion we shame
we are nothing we are nothing
we are nothing we are nothing but
the dust on your feet
dying to be born again
singing ether water fire
singing earth singing air

i have seen
i have been to places
far and deep in my mind
only to find comfort in your strangeness

i have seen
i have been to places
far and deep in my mind
only to find comfort in your strangeness

-comfort in your strangeness


great music from a great artist.

read and think hard

I agree and am fully prepared to take those risks to be happier, but only if I hedge my position. I’m not walking down a street I know nothing about without a get-away car parked close by.

this article/link was forwarded to me by a friend. a good read.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&refer=columnist_lewis&sid=aQbmWwIQ_LFk

so... which one do you have? a job or a calling?

a moment of reflection

we do stupid things after chugging ridiculous amount of alcohol. more often than not, we create our own skewed perception of reality. fast is seemingly slow, many is equal to few, expensive is cheap, sleazy equates to classy, and ugly becomes pretty. for example, a barely 2 star chick can be mistaken for a five star... or a 200 lb whale is perceived to be sexy, comparable to heidi klum. believe me, beer goggles is not a myth, it is as real as this stubborn pimple on my left cheek.

tucker max was right... after several shots of tequila, perception is reality

i guess that's why people resort to drinking, it makes reality easier to deal with.

my inner scrooge

traffic is heavier than usual, mmda enforcers(aka vultures) are all over the metro, people have shorter fuse, work is piling up, the nearest mall is becoming divisoria-like (i'm guessing here, never been to dv, haha), lining up at starbucks is like lining up for tickets to a dlsu-admu game... blah blah blah blah...

it's definitely the most wonderful time of the year.

xmas is just around the corner.

is A.A for me?

i was freakin' bored at work yesterday so i decided to answer "Is A.A For You" online questionaire. check out the results.

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Your Results

Yes - 5
No - 7

Did you answer YES four or more times? If so, you are probably in trouble with alcohol. Why do we say this? Because thousands of people in A.A. have said so for many years. They found out the truth about themselves, the hard way. But again, only you can decide whether you think A.A. is for you. Try to keep an open mind on the subject. If the answer is YES, we will be glad to show you how we stopped drinking ourselves. Just call.

A.A. does not promise to solve your life's problems. But we can show you how we are learning to live without drinking "one day at a time." We stay away from that "first drink." If there is no first one, there cannot be a tenth one. And when we got rid of alcohol, we found that life became much more manageable.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS® is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism.

The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking. There are no dues or fees for A.A. membership; we are self-supporting through our own contributions.
A.A. is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization or institution; does not wish to engage in any controversy; neither endorses nor opposes any causes. Our primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics to achieve sobriety.

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shoot... do i need help? what do you think? haha. bye guys. going to grab myself a nightcap. i need one... or maybe ten. hmmm.

if you're bored out of your wits... here's the link

http://www.aa.org/lang/en/subpage.cfm?page=71

after six years

wolfgang's back!!!

their sixth album is to be released tonight at their live concert aptly heralded as 'Black Christmas Project' at the Eastwood City Ampitheater.

too bad i won't be able to go. crap!!! can't wait to get hold of the album.

senti monologue

what are we doing with our lives? i think this question baffles many of us, twenty-something individuals, most especially myself. i'm turning 30 next year and i'm scared shitless. i look back and think really hard if my 29 years of existence did matter even for a few individuals, and hope that the coming years will be meaningful. there's some form of hunger building up inside me, seeking validation that the world is a better place with me around.

for the past two weeks, we've been waiting for our 'aha' moments. we were quite hopeful that by the end of two weeks of self-indulgence and debauchery... we'll get something from it (not just a beer belly and an empty wallet). perhaps my friends had their share of 'aha' moments. well, good for them. but for me, i'm yet to experience it. and i'm confident that it will come. hmmm... you know why? after three books, hundreds of dollars spent, countless of empty beer bottles, and a bad sunburn, i can sense that there's a tiny speck of light in the deepest recesses of my soul waiting to shine when the time is right.

i'm back!!!

the rest of my itinerary...

tuesday, 12/2 - waikiki walk (end to end), honolulu zoo visit

wednesday, 12/3 - polynesian cultural center tour

thursday, 12/4 - kill time at the ward center, dinner at island resto

friday, 12/5 - beach hop (lanikai, kailua, waimea, shark's cove), lunch at the
shrimp shack, dessert at matsumoto's, star of honululu dinner cruise, after-dinner festivities at gordon biersch restobar

saturday, 12/6 - fly back to manila


it has been a crazy two weeks. but i'm glad to be back... later, got to work.

beer buzz

human beings are rational creatures. this means that we need an explanation for everything. we thirst for truth, knowledge, and answers. it's necessary for us to always know why and how. this is how we are built.

but lately i've come to a conclusion that there are things that can be explained, and there are things that simply can't...
questions that are easily answered, and those that are left hanging... thoughts, feelings, ideas that should remain in our heads, and not uttered, and that we are sometimes better off not knowing...

i hope that when someone asks me why, i don't need to explain or defend myself. i can simply tell him or her... i do it this way... and that is how it is... the same as the sun rising in the east and setting in the west.

captain morgan effect

there are times that i hope that everything is more definite... that all things are tangible, real, clear as the pristine water of the ocean...

how i wish that everything can be answered either by yes or no, no in-betweens... that all things are either black or white, no shades of gray...

uncertainties should have no place in this world. sad to say, we live in a world where uncertainty is most consistent. how ironic.

good night.

=)

our itinenary for the past few days...

wednesday, 11/26 - snorkeling at hanauma bay

thursday, 11/27 - kualoa ranch tour, thanksgiving party at clay's place

friday, 11/28 - shop, shop, shop at waikiele outlet mall and ala moana mall

saturday, 11/29 - northshore surfing competition (o'neill world cup of
surfing), lunch at giovannis shrimp truck, dessert at
matsumoto's shaved ice place, clubbing at pearl

sunday, 11/30 - trip to pearl harbor, hike to diamond head crater,

monday, 12/1 - bum at ala moana beach park


time flies when you're having fun... four more days to go!!!

south of the border, west of the sun

"because memory and sensations are so uncertain, so biased, we always rely on a certain reality - call it an alternate reality - to prove the reality of events. to what extent facts we recognize as such really are as they seem, and to what extent these are facts merely because we label them as such, is an impossible distinction to draw. therefore, in order to pin down reality as reality, we need another reality to relativize the first. yet that other reality requires a third reality to serve as its grounding. an endless chain is created within our consciousness, and it is the very maintenance of this chain that produces the sensation that we are actually here, that ourselves exist. but something can happen to sever that chain, and we are at a loss. what is real? is reality on this side of the break in the chain? or over there, on the other side?"