i got tagged a couple weeks ago but i din't have time to answer so yeah. i actually have a lot of stuff i'd rather blog about but for some strange reason i can't seem to start writing them so i guess this'll hafta do for now.
here goes.
1. Four places I go over and over
• beyond advertising, where i work
2. Four people who e-mail me regularly
• multiply
5. Four TV shows I could watch over and over
• friends
• beyond advertising, where i work
• home, where i live (duh)
• ka's place
• ka's place
• ministop (pathetic, really)
2. Four people who e-mail me regularly
• multiply
• facebook
• twitter
• my dad, i guess
3. Four of my favorite places to eat?
• KFC
3. Four of my favorite places to eat?
• KFC
• ministop (again, pathetic)
• Mcdo
• nowhere particular really. i eat everything, so..
4. Four places you’d rather be?
• the beach
4. Four places you’d rather be?
• the beach
• the beach
• the beach
• the beach
5. Four TV shows I could watch over and over
• friends
• how i met your mother
• fifth wheel
• wwe
6. Four people I think (and hope) will respond
i think most of them already did this so.. no one really.
6. Four people I think (and hope) will respond
i think most of them already did this so.. no one really.
"sometimes laughing isn't something you do for fun.
it's a relief when you have nowhere to run."
"if plan 'A' doesn't work out, don't worry.
you still have 25 letters left."
entries for the The Blue and Orange Project™ are temporarily suspended. i haven't had time to do something due to work and i don't wanna rush something just so i can post. besides, ka hasn't done anything yet so i wanna let her catch up and shit.
and speaking of work..
miss g, our boss, met with us yesterday to announce something important. representatives from the client are going to drop by the office to conduct a surprise inspection of the premises either today, tomorrow or friday. what they don't know however, is that we have moles working on the inside. said mole got wind of the said inspection and tipped us off. now my boss, having worked for many years in this industry during her younger years, knew the importance of making good impressions so she immediately ordered us to clean up. desks, pantry, bathroom, dark corners, everything.
not bad but wait, i'm not done yet.
wanting to further impress said clients, the big boss told us that starting today till friday, everyone is required to dress like corporate monkeys. button-down polos, slacks, leather shoes, the works. we even had to cut our hair. i was mortified. now i realize that to most people, dressing up is no big deal but c'mon. we're an ad agency. we are artists. artist don't dress up in slacks and whathaveyou's, right? our creative output doesn't have anything to do with how we dress. i can come to work in a ski mask and socks and still produce something, so what the hell? besides, it all just seems so.. fake. nevertheless, i knew we had to comply. only one problem though.
i had. no. corporate. clothes.
the last time i remember having slacks and black shoes was years ago. during high-fucking-school. it's just not me. i remember a phase back in college when i used to dress up in dark denims, suede loafers and polo shirts. god that was awful. since then i swore off the idea of proper attire in favor of the grungy, rockstar look. i had long-sleeved shirts, so all i needed were the pants and shoes. and money. but lo and behold! by some miracle of god, the boss started handing out envelopes to each one of us, like manna from heaven. the contents weren't much, but it'd hafta do. after the meeting, i headed off to landmark and SM with some officemates to look for a quick fix to my problem and luckily i found some stuff that din't make me want to puke were okay, with the help of ka.
here i am in my full monkey outfit. i din't wear my new shirt yet.
i feel awful.
so yeah, you guessed it. it's stupid pictures time again!
only in the philippines can people come up with wordplays that have absolutely nothing to do with the product they're selling.
what does a chinese na amoy lumpia even look like? scary. i wouldn't come near this place. ever.
um... what? oh. you mean this outlet CONTINUES THE LEGENDARY TRADITION! yeah. you communicate that quite well. and wait, aren't you in makati? why the hell does it say baguio city bran--- ah. you mean this branch COMES FROM THE BAGUIO OUTLET. splendid job old chap. very coherent.
these officemates, whatta funnee.
i went to work earlier with my po toy from mcdonald's which karen gave me last night after dragging me to the moviehouse to watch "sex and the city". (i guess she wanted to make it up to me or something for making me sit through 2-and-a-half hours of old wimmen whining and bitching about "finding love in new york", whatever that means. also, i'm kidding. i actually enjoyed the movie. it was witty and funny. the only thing i din't like was the pacing. and sarah jessica parker's ugly mug.)
(ok, i should really stop doing them long parenthetical phrases.)
anyhoo, i got to the office and like a proud daddy, i showed off my kung fu panda to the officemates. they went "ayyy ang cuuuute!" (for ze wimmen) and "asteg" (for guys). next thing i know, somebody was already taking orders for macdo happy meals.. for FREE! i mean, it's true that we get free dinner for every project that gets approved but this was ridiculous! an hour after, our office was filled with almost a dozen toy pandas.
like MINE. i felt like puking.
the day was not a total loss however, as i mustered enough gall and chutzpah to order 2 happy meals (plus i tricked an officemate into giving me his), giving me a total of 3 TOYS! yay!
june 6 = PANDAMONIUM. i can't wait! :D
i went to work earlier with my po toy from mcdonald's which karen gave me last night after dragging me to the moviehouse to watch "sex and the city". (i guess she wanted to make it up to me or something for making me sit through 2-and-a-half hours of old wimmen whining and bitching about "finding love in new york", whatever that means. also, i'm kidding. i actually enjoyed the movie. it was witty and funny. the only thing i din't like was the pacing. and sarah jessica parker's ugly mug.)
(ok, i should really stop doing them long parenthetical phrases.)
anyhoo, i got to the office and like a proud daddy, i showed off my kung fu panda to the officemates. they went "ayyy ang cuuuute!" (for ze wimmen) and "asteg" (for guys). next thing i know, somebody was already taking orders for macdo happy meals.. for FREE! i mean, it's true that we get free dinner for every project that gets approved but this was ridiculous! an hour after, our office was filled with almost a dozen toy pandas.
like MINE. i felt like puking.
the day was not a total loss however, as i mustered enough gall and chutzpah to order 2 happy meals (plus i tricked an officemate into giving me his), giving me a total of 3 TOYS! yay!
june 6 = PANDAMONIUM. i can't wait! :D
so yeah. stupid pictures time.
a snack akin to yan-yan that an officemate bought from singapore. or hongkong. i dunno.
an instant coffee mix that an officemate got somewhere.
a cheap toy an officemate saw somewhere.
+ + + +
an officemate wanted to add me over at friendster a few weeks ago. too lazy to do anything more proactive, i told him to just do a search for my name. imagine my surprise when the search returned results for not only one, but two larry caycos.
nice quote, pops.
below is a blow-by-blow account of my experiences over the past few months..
fortunately, i was able to escape my captors using a combination of wit, creativity and a leather belt. i faced off against my doppelganger and won but alas, it had the proverbial last bionic laugh, as the projects from work that it had so graciously accepted and accumulated have now been thrust upon me. crap.
fortunately, i was able to escape my captors using a combination of wit, creativity and a leather belt. i faced off against my doppelganger and won but alas, it had the proverbial last bionic laugh, as the projects from work that it had so graciously accepted and accumulated have now been thrust upon me. crap.
jeezus. this place is beginning to look like an abandoned warehouse. i have tons of unfinished drafts and by the looks of things, they won't be able to see publish status. bah.
you know how you start something because you feel a certain idea or emotion at that time, and you leave it unfinished and when you come back to it you can't finish it because your thoughts aren't there anymore?
exactly.
hopefully in the coming days i'll find enough time and motivation to complete one worthwile entry.
you know how you start something because you feel a certain idea or emotion at that time, and you leave it unfinished and when you come back to it you can't finish it because your thoughts aren't there anymore?
exactly.
hopefully in the coming days i'll find enough time and motivation to complete one worthwile entry.
my new desktop screenshot at work. mario, the mushroom, the goombas and the turtle shells are my file folders. mario screenshot from google.
i remember spending hundreds of hours playing this classic along with my sister and uncle. i got pretty good at it too, hopping and pummeling enemy goombas and turtles to pixelized hell. of course i learned the other, fun aspects of the game like the infinte bonuses, secret portals, "sliding", the moonwalk, dancing on vines, and the one where you go to the top of the screen by making mario shimmy up the wall. i got so good in fact, that at one point i could finish the game using only 1 life. i'm a little rusty, but i bet i can still kick your ass in this one.
um, no point here. just had a sudden rush of nostalgia. now excuse me, i have to go back to my stupid, boring life.
later.
met up saturday with karen for a little RNR.
we had dinner at sizzling pepper steak, one of the numerous grub places in trinoma. they serve you your order in a very hot sizzling plate, half-cooked. you then flip and mix your food till it's ready. i got myself the beef pepper rice which looked and tasted a bit like tokyo tokyo's beef misono, karen got the seafood version, and the tori karaage which are chicken fillet strips with a garlicky flavor. the food is a bit pricey but it's worth it.
we were supposed to watch a movie but decided instead to have coffee and just talk. after which, we headed to timezone. we played several games and we got so into it that we din't realize that we had won a gazillion tickets. (okay it was only a hundred. killjoy.) before we left we exchanged them for a spongebob stuffed toy for karen and a smiley keychain for moi.
mmmkay i realize that this post reeks of crap and insignificance. so what? life is full of nonsense and silliness anyways. why should i be any different?
yay for inane posts!
we had dinner at sizzling pepper steak, one of the numerous grub places in trinoma. they serve you your order in a very hot sizzling plate, half-cooked. you then flip and mix your food till it's ready. i got myself the beef pepper rice which looked and tasted a bit like tokyo tokyo's beef misono, karen got the seafood version, and the tori karaage which are chicken fillet strips with a garlicky flavor. the food is a bit pricey but it's worth it.
we were supposed to watch a movie but decided instead to have coffee and just talk. after which, we headed to timezone. we played several games and we got so into it that we din't realize that we had won a gazillion tickets. (okay it was only a hundred. killjoy.) before we left we exchanged them for a spongebob stuffed toy for karen and a smiley keychain for moi.
mmmkay i realize that this post reeks of crap and insignificance. so what? life is full of nonsense and silliness anyways. why should i be any different?
yay for inane posts!
me and some friends are planning a trip to zambales this coming weekend so yesterday me, the sister and karen went to glorietta to look for swim stuff. i had a bit of a problem choosing mine tho, because i have a big problem in the form of a slight unsavory bulge in my anatomy. no, not THAT bulge you dirty, stupid person. i was talking about my tummy area.
i mean seriously. i've had this problem since i was a little kid. of course back then i din't consider it a problem because kids don't worry about those things right? i mean, you don't hear 8-year-old boys go "hey man! lookit my new spiderman shirt! also, check out these six-packs!" you ask me, i blame heredity. my dad has about a gazillion fat genes that he unfortunately passed on to me. almost a year ago he sent us a picture of himself and he weighed close to 300 pounds. and he had no neck. that night i sat in the dark, lit a candle and slashed my palm with a knife (sterilized, of course), and made a bloodoath to never EVER get that fat.
fuck.
i mean seriously. i've had this problem since i was a little kid. of course back then i din't consider it a problem because kids don't worry about those things right? i mean, you don't hear 8-year-old boys go "hey man! lookit my new spiderman shirt! also, check out these six-packs!" you ask me, i blame heredity. my dad has about a gazillion fat genes that he unfortunately passed on to me. almost a year ago he sent us a picture of himself and he weighed close to 300 pounds. and he had no neck. that night i sat in the dark, lit a candle and slashed my palm with a knife (sterilized, of course), and made a bloodoath to never EVER get that fat.so far i've stayed under 200 pounds but for the life of me, i can't understand why my stomach refuses to shrink. i've tried almost everything, from playing badminton 3 times a week to carbs abstinence to outright starving myself, to no avail. mister gut is perpetually visible, mocking me with its cruel, ugly folds. and don't get me started on those so-called "love handles". never was a day that i din't go through multiple shirt changes when getting ready for work or going out because of my midsection dilemma.
am i doomed to a lifetime of regular bouts with insecurity and self-doubt because of it? what is the big deal anyways? so you have a flat, muscled stomach. who cares? sure they are pretty to look at but do they serve any other purpose other than the aesthetic?
a "chubby" tummy meanwhile, can be any of the following:
• a pillow for your loved ones (try that with muscles!)
• body armor that can lessen the impact of physical attacks (to the midsection anyways)
• a smooth expanse of skin for painting (as opposed to a bumpy one from six-packs)
• floatation device for swimming
ok fine, i am sourgraping. so sue me. god, if you're listening, make me tummy smaller? please? i don't have enough money for liposuction.
fuck.
Always when we fight
I try to make you laugh
Till everything's forgotten
I know you hate that
Always when we fight
I kiss you once or twice
And everything's forgotten
I know you hate that
You and me always, and forever
You and me always, and forever
It was always
You and me always..
wanted for multiple counts of arson, armed robbery and animal cruelty. was last seen at the beyond advertising inc. christmas party, sorting through trash for "free love" and sipping assloads of rhum, vodka and hot sauce from leftover party cups. he is mentally unstable and considered to be dangerous. very dangerous.
2 saturdays ago dencio celebrated his birthday with us at home. a bottle of this baby and an 18-inch 4 seasons pizza from yellowcab made us peasants happy. note: C2 apple and iced tea DON'T mix with this very well. you're better off with sprite.
it has been a sort of requirement for us lately to indulge ourselves on hot, hot instant noodles (beef flavored, of course) after an intense alcohol session. the concoction calms our systems, preventing any unwanted, involuntary reflex like passing out and vomiting.
after months of enduring back pains and bedsheet burns, i finally have a table in my room for the laptop and other stuff. now i can play my games from morning to night AND maintain good posture at the same time! (don't mind the monobloc "computer chair" as well as that mess pile on the left. those are unimportant details.)
so earlier me, pika and iris went to a nearby starbucks and this is what we found. apparently, the coffee giant is having a buy-an-overpriced-coffee-get-two-stickers-for-it offer till friday. 
pika (left) and iris (right) were happy as... well, two planner-addicts can be. my stckers went to pika while another officemate's coffee purchase went to iris. jeez. nowadays when you wanna make dem wimmen happy you give them.. stickers? wtf.
all for this. i don't get it. free, but you have to buy 24 cups of overpriced coffee to get it?whatta strange, these starbucks people are.
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i'm downloading the supposed final episode of "heroes". i hope it'll be a good one. i don't think i can stand another lame ending like what happened with season 1.
i read somewhere that talks are ongoing between the writers and the producers, and that an agreement has been reached, albeit minor kinks. if everything goes well we may see the continuation of the second season as early as february!
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karen let me borrow her friend's lomographic action sampler cam, and i've been going trigger-happy since this afternoon. it's not the holga i'm lusting for, but it'll give me a chance to play around a bit and get a feel of things. will post pics as soon as i have them developed. hopefully by next or next next week, i'd have me own cam already.• • • •
wow, will you lookit that. christmas is just around the corner. it crept out of nowhere, like that stalker who grabs you from behind, telling you how much he likes seeing how you suck at your thumb during lunch breaks.
funny how i din't see it coming. when i was younger you could see it a mile away, what with people racing to put up decors even when it was still halfway thru november.
it's sad how people seem so jaded nowadays.
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that reminds me, i have yet to make my christmas wishlist. it's amazing to realize that i got all (okay, MOST) of the stuff i put HERE and HERE. some i bought, and some karen got for me so i feel pretty confident about this year haha. maybe it's time to ask for the really good stuff, like a car or a brand new mac powerbook.
yeah right.
i'm sitting in front my laptop at 2:30 in the morning unable to sleep, still shaking my head over the bizarre chain of events that happened just this morning. a group of anti-government people led by antonio trillanes IV and a general lim holed up in a makati hotel after walking out of trial in a court in makati earlier as a protest to what they branded as a crooked administration. me and my officemates watched every scene unfold; from the statement made by the duo, to the deployment of troops by the president, the teargas, the forced entry and the arrests. i listened to each update with morbid fascination, growing more and more disturbed by the developments that ensued.
i have never been interested in philippine politics, and i sure as hell don't give a fuck about it. call me ignorant or judgemental, but i just don't see the point. i'm sure there are a lot of competent leaders out there but.. okay i'm actually sure that i'm NOT sure. that's the reason why up until now, i have yet to apply for a voter's license. even if i do, it would be for the sole purpose of having a legal ID. something i think is more valuable to me than my right to suffrage.
but i digress.
the aforementioned circus today left me wondering if i had been wrong to simply dismiss politics in the past and that it would be better to pay a little bit more attention from now on. maybe my opinions won't matter either way, but at least i'd be aware of what's happening around me and how it will affect me. maybe if this curfew thingie becomes a regular thing i could use the extra awake-time to do some research and shit. it won't be an easy task see, since old habits die hard. several minutes after starting to write this i quit watching the late-night news and switched to wrestling while munching on a yummy bowl of cereal.
in time, baby. in time.
(p.s. i realize that after writing this i would come off sounding like a total idiot so yeah. great. fuck you.)
i have never been interested in philippine politics, and i sure as hell don't give a fuck about it. call me ignorant or judgemental, but i just don't see the point. i'm sure there are a lot of competent leaders out there but.. okay i'm actually sure that i'm NOT sure. that's the reason why up until now, i have yet to apply for a voter's license. even if i do, it would be for the sole purpose of having a legal ID. something i think is more valuable to me than my right to suffrage.
but i digress.
the aforementioned circus today left me wondering if i had been wrong to simply dismiss politics in the past and that it would be better to pay a little bit more attention from now on. maybe my opinions won't matter either way, but at least i'd be aware of what's happening around me and how it will affect me. maybe if this curfew thingie becomes a regular thing i could use the extra awake-time to do some research and shit. it won't be an easy task see, since old habits die hard. several minutes after starting to write this i quit watching the late-night news and switched to wrestling while munching on a yummy bowl of cereal.
in time, baby. in time.
(p.s. i realize that after writing this i would come off sounding like a total idiot so yeah. great. fuck you.)
wow. i just realized that i haven't had a decent update in weeks (okay if you're going to be technical about the term 'decent' then i guess it's been more than weeks. happy now?) i've been giving the internet the cold shoulder to devote more time to other, more important stuff that i've been neglecting: computer games and TV.
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dencio recommended an RPG to me last week called dungeon siege 2. when he told me that the game looked like diablo 2, i was half-excited and half-cynical. i mean c'mon, we're talking about one of the most awesomest games ever made! curiosity got the better of me tho, so i got the installer CD's from him and tried it out. now i'll say, i'll say this much, it really is pretty much like diablo 2. (rare items, interchangeable looks from different armors, etc) the main difference is the fact that the characters are dynamic and aren't restricted to one class per race, wherein in diablo you have a choice of 6, max. you can also control up to 5(?) characters at once in your party, and it's fun to experiment with different combos that'll help you survive the game. the graphics are not bad, and the various camera angles give the gameplay that extra oomph (not to mention dizzy spells for those not used to rotating cams a la warcraft). my only gripe is that sometimes the npc's talk a lot of BS. the story itself is so-so, but i dunno. i'm still gonna give this baby a chance. besides, i haven't completed any of the set items yet.
procrastinator rating: 7 out of 10 stars
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after finishing the past 5 seasons of smallville, i finally got myself a copy of season 6. i really don't know what keeps me watching it, honestly. is it the dawson's creek-like treatment of the story? my unnatural interest in anything and everything related to comics? is it kristin kreuk's smile? the show churns out more cheese than a mutated cow but i still find myself compelled to follow it. there were a lot of cool stuff in here, like the justice league, the appearance of martian manhunter and bizarro, chloe being meteor-infected, and the lana-lex nuptials. it was pretty okay, predictability and aforementioned cheese nothwithstanding.
procrastinator rating: 6.5 out of 10 stars
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speaking of tv, i have heard some news about 'heroes' being ended prematurely because of the ongoing strike by the writer's guild of america. now i don't wanna be selfish but dammit i hope this gets ironed out soon. i mean, the only reason my officemates don't beat the hell out of me is because i promise them new episodes every week. i don't wanna quit my job and go into hiding. again.
read the story HERE and HERE.
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dencio recommended an RPG to me last week called dungeon siege 2. when he told me that the game looked like diablo 2, i was half-excited and half-cynical. i mean c'mon, we're talking about one of the most awesomest games ever made! curiosity got the better of me tho, so i got the installer CD's from him and tried it out. now i'll say, i'll say this much, it really is pretty much like diablo 2. (rare items, interchangeable looks from different armors, etc) the main difference is the fact that the characters are dynamic and aren't restricted to one class per race, wherein in diablo you have a choice of 6, max. you can also control up to 5(?) characters at once in your party, and it's fun to experiment with different combos that'll help you survive the game. the graphics are not bad, and the various camera angles give the gameplay that extra oomph (not to mention dizzy spells for those not used to rotating cams a la warcraft). my only gripe is that sometimes the npc's talk a lot of BS. the story itself is so-so, but i dunno. i'm still gonna give this baby a chance. besides, i haven't completed any of the set items yet.
procrastinator rating: 7 out of 10 stars
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after finishing the past 5 seasons of smallville, i finally got myself a copy of season 6. i really don't know what keeps me watching it, honestly. is it the dawson's creek-like treatment of the story? my unnatural interest in anything and everything related to comics? is it kristin kreuk's smile? the show churns out more cheese than a mutated cow but i still find myself compelled to follow it. there were a lot of cool stuff in here, like the justice league, the appearance of martian manhunter and bizarro, chloe being meteor-infected, and the lana-lex nuptials. it was pretty okay, predictability and aforementioned cheese nothwithstanding.
procrastinator rating: 6.5 out of 10 stars
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speaking of tv, i have heard some news about 'heroes' being ended prematurely because of the ongoing strike by the writer's guild of america. now i don't wanna be selfish but dammit i hope this gets ironed out soon. i mean, the only reason my officemates don't beat the hell out of me is because i promise them new episodes every week. i don't wanna quit my job and go into hiding. again.
read the story HERE and HERE.
too many events, so little time to put them into words.
thus, silence has become my only option.
...
later, maybe.
thus, silence has become my only option.
...
later, maybe.