Of a Gamboa Chronicle I.

mood: hungry

Entered the hot 10 again. I was considered at the 9th spot during the 7:30 batch.

Up until now, i'm still planning to make a website-ready version of the Gamboa family tree. I still am gathering some facts and I find it hard to research it because most of the people that I should ask about it have passed away. If only I could talk to them during my sleep it would be better. Calling the spirits of... Nevermind.

I have no problem researching with my mom's brothers. The only problem is with her cousins and so on and so forth. Our clan is not that big but I really don't know some of them. Only recently I have come to meet them but most of them are old already and waiting in line for you know what. And the sad thing is that I don't even know all my second-degree cousins or I haven't met them all (include: 3rd degree cousins). I believe it would be really fun if there would be a super-grand reunion of the Gamboa clan. But I don't think that is a possibility considering that most of them are abroad and (place a possible reason here).

For the meantime, I just have to stick with what I have.

I really feel old. I'm not a gen x anymore...

Of an after-thought I.

mood: full-tummy

I forgot to add these earlier.

I was included again at the 8:30 batch of the C & D's Hot 10. I placed 8th. Hooray for that!

Seen Cessie's Par 43 pictures. I can't take it too much. Too many handsome pictures of me. Hehehe. Oh i'm so F.G.L.G.

I didn't know that Tita Annie had a dvd-signing session at The Shang yesterday. Too bad.

And i'm listening right now at Rx. There's this program wherein three girls would talk about anything, the one with Reema Chanco. I find the show sucky. Sorry.

Php Quidditch is 70 % complete.

Of an unforegettable foregivable game.

mood: just as i thought
movies watched the past week: cradle 2 d grave; the patriot; il mare; phone booth; 28 days; mystic river; the classic; crazy first love

Went golfing (is there such a word?) yesterday at Par 43 (or was it 53, too many numbers in my mind) @ the Fort. As usual for newbies like me and Chona, our games went haywire to the point of getting the highest (hits) score against the other houses. I think Gryffindor won due to their expertise, experience, and extra-super ability to win. Our fourth place finish was so predictable that Chona and I went through it just for the experience.

Ang totoo nyan pinagbigyan lang namin silang lahat. Naaawa kasi kami sa kanila sa bowling.

Bitter.

Regarding Vinchi's semi-departure with his band, I guess people were expecting this already. But it would be really better if he wouldn't go.

Of the do or didn't do or do or didn't do the holiday thingie. Give us a break. We hope you guys sitting there in the Malacañang Palace with our money as your salaries, should have a definite answer for everything. You are our leaders for God sake.

I wish it would be payday today.

Of more small creatures crawlin and bitin.

mood: happy (? - idonotknowwhy)

Another animal-related dream. Actually more of another insect dream. Now, ants bit me all over the place.

I asked my dream-specialist (my mom) and told me her interpretation of it. And I just can't post it here because I don't know who would it be. I have a suspect but I won't tell. Even if i'm drunk, I won't tell the answer.

I've searched for the generic meaning and I hope it wouldn't end up that way.

I just wanted to add these:

- There's a very strong spirit at Starbucks G2. To all the people "concerned". Be aware. Be very aware.
- A boy just died at the Floodway bridge or somewhere there. Thanks to my spiritual adviser (my mom, again).

To Ana banana: If you can read this by now before reading our mail, the reading's finished.

Chessna?

Of an unusual afternoon.

mood: high

Up until now, I am still raving with my experience earlier. I attest to everybody that bidshot is a cool site. All this time, I haven't had a bad experience regarding buying and selling kaliwaan goods. I'm even a suki with one or two sellers from that site. Now, what happened earlier morning is this. I went to Station 168 (an internet cafe) to check out my Mafia status (http://www.themafiaboss.com). So, since i'm using a T3 or broadband based internet connection, I went to sites which I don't often do at home. I went to Bidshot's site and looked for dvd's. There were a lot of porn seller's and I didn't mind them because I really have no interest and the dvd's are quite expensive (sa quiapo na lang no... hehehe). And then while browsing some more pages with a lot of porn advertisments, I catched a glimpse of this title "300 for 37 dvd's and 17 vcds'" or something like that. So, I entered that ad and checked it out if it's real. It looks real. I think. So, I SMS-ed the owner of the ad and asked if the cd's are still available. And she told me that it is still available. So, I told her if its possible to meet later. And she was fine with it. Actually it took us a few hours to finalize our meet in the evening. The owner also texted me that the # of cd's in the ad was not right because her friend or her cousin or her yaya or somebody took a few dvd's which in turn lessened the goods that i'll be getting. I calculated the meet if its good for me. I told myself that even if the cd's are in a total of 30 pieces, i'm still good with it. So, we met around 6 pm at Mcdonald's Banawe (which I disapprove of at first because i'm not familiar with the place). And then, we and saw the seller I was... weirded (?). I tried to check my eyes if they were right. I think I know this girl, I told myself of that thought. And when there was the contact space, I was right. The owner/seller of the ad is a she and I know her because she was a batchmate back in college. And to Kevin Bacon's help, her boyfriend is also an ECE which I had acquainted with (Irregulars rule!). So there, up until now I still can't stop thinking that this would happen to me.

And to the bidshot owners, you can bring Jologs to its knees with your friendster-isque coincidences.

I have faith in bidshot.

Of a few thoughts IV.

mood: simply (ha?)
celebrity watch: kitkat (hehe)

I'm thinking right now what would be the best for me. Should I buy taho or c-squared green tea. It is a hard dilemma for me. Inside my head, brain cells are debating. This is a tough job for me. I need some peanuts to replenish feed my brain cells more. Help!

What happened to our prreecciiooouuss Php forums. I asked Lily yesterday the cause of the problem. She said that the site has been invaded by a virus. What the... That shouldn't happen! We have a sports tourney and where would we put our updates? Yahoogroups? Through Sms? I wish it would be fixed within the week.

I really am excited this coming Sunday for the golf game. I hope my golf skills would our house in a good position. We just don't want our house to stand at the bottom half of the standings.

Moving on...

Of a few thoughts III.

mood: recovering

I'm happy that my entry was considered at the 9th spot of the 3rd batch of chico and del's hot 10. I wasn't expecting it. Thank God Chico chose my entry, Del sucks in picking entries for the hot 10. I'll try to give a good entry tomorrow.

Don't you hate it when people distract you when you are using a computer in a public area? I really hate it. Even though that the place is public, people shouldn't ask you things on what you are doing. I was in an internet cafe earlier and there was a tv shooting. There were a lot of people (obviously) and one asked me what game I was playing. And because i'm a nice person, sarcasm included, I answered that person in a polite manner. Deep inside I'm irked with these kind of people. C'mon, give me some privacy or else. 'nuff said.

I also had a bottle of beer before I went to my mom's office. After a few minutes, mr. allergy attacked me in all directions. And to make things worse, my head turned around. I had to drink 2 bottles of water to make myself straight, no pun intended. Damn these allergies.

Five days to go "Fore!".

Of a i-know-it-would-happen post.

mood: still hurtin'
movies watched the past week: bring it on again; fantastic four; arahan; new police story; coach carter; george of the jungle; hostage; the king and i

I wish Hufflepuff won or placed first in the recent bowling "tourney". Since rules were bent during the process, it would be unfair for us if we could not partake with it. So there. Sorry to the... uhm... losing houses. There are more games and sports to go.

Went to Giselle's despedida party yesterday. It was sort of sad but since the Php pips were there, a 180 degree turn happened. As usual, a barrel of green jokes by me and some of us were extinguished to everybody. I think people have a view that I really am bastos. But believe me, those jokes are more than 5 years old. I just handed them down to you. I am really corny in nature. I still am trying to have some time to blurt it out. You'll see.

I knew it. It happened. As expected. But what can I do about it? Nothing of course. Well, I do have a choice of all the things that I want to do. And this is the choice I made. It was really so expected due to the fact that I dreamt about this event the night before. I maybe stupid, but I still felt that I am a fighter in the end. Despite the sleek planning it all boils down to one message. I guess after all the things that had happened... I just have to move on. No hard feelings.

Whenever these things happen to me I always associate them with certain songs. And i'm very sure that a Pne song can be related to the event.

I also feel that i'm stupid. After the dream. I'm sooooo stupid. Why? I still believe that there is no such thing as good timing. Or there is... but not too soon.

I just don't want to remember this event in a negative way. I should remember it as an experience in sort of a positive way. I am still thinking of the things that I can convert in a positive sense.

After all the things that i've said, I still suck. (Smile naman dyan)

Of some vermints crawlin'.

mood: un-moodable

I had a two hour nap earlier. I dreamt of rats and roaches. They were crawling from my cabinet and I was in our office. I was trying to clean or wait... I don't remember that part. When I woke up I told my mom. She said that it was not good news for me.

I checked some sites and found the answers to my dream. Damn! I won't elaborate. Sorry.

Aye Carumba.

Of some strikes and spares.

mood: confused

The Php pips had a kick-ass time yesterday. It was the very first game for our Sportsfest 2005. Bowling was the first game maybe because it is the easiest to plan. For me, I find the game yesterday successful inspite of some knicks along the way. We had to change venue, from Mega to Gale, because of those stupid tournaments. We had to finish early, same reason with the previous one, because of those stupid tournaments. And due to the fact that most players came late. And rules were bent.

This will not happen again.

But still, it was a fun game for everybody. Thanks a lot guys especially for the mushroom people. You know who you are.

And beejay, I give up with Iron 59. What's the answer?

Here's a good combination for food: Mix leche flan and buko strips. Try it.

Of an archer in vain.

mood: surreal (ha?)

I'm a basketball officionado. I love basketball to a certain degree. I know that ins and outs of that game. I can enumerate all the teams in NBA. I know the nicknames of certain players. I can even tell you what brand of jockstrap they're using. Err... Erase the last part. Locally, I know all the UAAP teams by heart and at the same time the players of my team, the Dlsu Green Archers. They had been a great team since I entered college back in 1997. I was in my second year where I experienced my first championship with the boys. After 4 more years of 1st place position for La Salle and a lot of final four appearances, this year might come to a halt. It looks like the boys are in deep trouble. I'm just sensing that they would end up at 5th place after 14 games and I just don't want that to happen. They are not a championship team, isn't it obvious? But for me there is still one drop of "belief" for them to enter at least a final four position. I haven't even had time to watch a game lately. Maybe, I had moved on on my basketball days. Too bad. I'll try to watch a game live in the future, when i'm free.

I find it amusing when I enter the Php forums. There's a new thread there entitled "The Person Before You" or something in that sense. I just find it amusing because there is a small percentage of vanity in all of us. We feel good when we hear people say "good" things about us. It really is a candy for all of us. And I am guilty of this. Who doesn't want to hear good things about his/herself? I believe our emotions are made that way. We are all vain in one way or another. Some might say that i'm wrong. But I find it really true. It is part of our nature and I guess it will not hurt us if we are vain sometimes.

2 days to go for bo-bo-bowlin'...

Of a bad day.

mood: confused

We went home late today. An Fx driver bumped our car when we were going home. Nobody wanted to let accident go. So, we've decided to run this to the court. Buti nga sa kanya.

Don't you hate it when people treat you as if you know nothing because you look young? It happened to me. This shitty fx driver asked me some money to compensate for his vehicle. His fx was only scratched at the bumper side. While ours were... bigger than a scratch.

Now, the weird part. Last Sunday night up to Monday morning I wasn't able to sleep. Or was trying to but something was bothering me as a result, I didn't sleep. So, I told my mom when we were going to our own workplaces. And she had the same experience. Good for her because she slept for around two hours. And we talked about it and gave some theories. We thought that this bad omen could be anybody from our family.

And this happened. How nice. At least there wasn't any big accident that happened.

So there. The magic of me and my mom.

Of a tale of two Eb's and sex.

mood: gloomy
movies watched the past week: wedding crashers; tommy boy; bicentennial man; stealth; hart's war; azumi 2: death or love; barbershop; the medallion

Last Saturday was an EB for Beerkadets using the forums. I could say that this is the second batch after the first batch of Beerkadets which consists of people who used a communication of e-mail. The new group consists of Jinky, Naja, Lei, Patrick ilenz, Kai, Paula, oliver and a few others that I can't remember. I could say that this was a different group maybe due to the fact that people new each other to the new technology of forums. Way back when we had our first eb (first batch), there was a one on one interview with the Beerkada creator. But now, nobody even asked L about his work. Maybe they knew about those things. I could say the most unforgettable thing in this event is Kai's story about his classmates. It was like this. They had this biology class wherein they should dissect frogs (or was it cats?) and due to some freak accident or whatever, the class has no frogs. So, I think the professor suggested that they should just count the sperm counts (or something like that). And eventually around 15 guys headed to the bathroom to take out some sperm (you know what i mean). I believe the story also included gays. I'm not sure and I don't want to expound on that. Eventually, we had a great time chattin' at Gloria Jean's Araneta. Lyndon's booksigning/caricature event will extend up to the 19th. I might drop by everyday given the chance that I i'm early.

And then yesterday, another Eb. But this time i'm with the Php pips. Ceg Beeds asked our help for his plan on the upcoming games and sports event for us Php-ers. Obviously, I was so excited and ecstatic about this one. I really wanted to plan some events due to the fact that I miss this during my college days. Anyway, i'll post the final details of the calendar of events this week. I was assigned to make some amateur rules for the bowling tournament this coming Friday. I might take some half-day off my job to relax. I really have been in a lot of stress lately. I've finished the draft and waiting for Beeds approval. Oh, and i'm excited for the quidditch game. Anyway, after the planning and stuff we went to go on and chat about things and life. And at the same time went on to play my pasimuno game: killer-police. This was a riot. Promise. Everywhere I play this game, I would always have the bundle of laughter from the group. This time, I'm in my "hey-i'm-trying-to-be-gay-here" mode. And as usual. Wizard to wizard duel would always be seen. Thom reacted by: "Ikaw kasi, pasimuno ka ng mga ganito e".

Now, is it really me? Why is it that my weekend eb's are filled with sex-related topics. Pwede namang hindi.

Anyway, my mom dreamt that Manny Pacquaio (yes, the boxer) will die. I posted it here so that it won't happen.

Of a new week.

mood: sad (still)
movies watched this week: species iii; mindhunters; chasing liberty; xxx: the next level; the goonies; kung fu mahjong; a walk to remember; the aviator; war of the worlds

I've been a little bit off lately. I know the reason why. But still.

I just can't believe it. I cried watching a walk to remember. I'm such a sissy when it comes to these tearjerker-slash-drama movies lately. I just don't know how it all changed. I used to be this jerk who makes fun of these kinds of movies. But I told myself that I would watch all the movies that I could get my hands on. So there. Make fun of me the next time you see me. I promise I wont' cry.

I can't believe it. A new week.

Of Harry's pinoy birthday party!

mood: sad
movies watched the past week: amelie; the manchurian candidate; club dread; mr. and mrs. smith; bless the child

The Php people had a party for Rowling and Potter's birthday. The party was fun and as usual, I was in a weird/wacky/eccentric mode. I could say that I could be Php's clown, well maybe after CEG Beej. The food was awesome except for the cheesestick-slash-bebelgum. The rest of the food was, as i've said, awesome expecially Ana's maki. Nice one Ana. I'll order a whole bilao of maki from you, i'm going to give to somebody who likes it (you know who you are).

Regarding the activities: it was fun-filled with fun and filled with fun. Hehe. There was the usual bidding of Harry Potter merchandise (Hooray for my Php mug!), gnome toss and quidditch card games, and i've added a new activity for some people. The orientor-patented killer-police and mafia group games. I had to bring up those games because I was waiting for some admin to finish their meeting for the upcoming UP ACLE talk. It took them some time to finish the meeting that's why we had to go home late.

And filler activities (from my experience) include my favorite: supernatural talk. There were a lot of Php-ers who asked about their palms and dreams and third eye and other things that fall under the word supah-naturale. I really hope that I could have helped most of them.

I was there because I celebrated the said activity and at the same time I could say that this is a post-Hp6 thanksgiving party. Thank you very much. (...and i didn't go there to go girl-hunting [mambabae])

Some shout-outs:
Ana --> Please make me a bilao of maki. I'll pay you.
Garette --> Thanks for the pin.
Gnome Toss group --> I hope we could pick on Beejay again the next time we play.
Carl --> Thanks for teaching me how to play quidditch.
Chona --> Thanks for lending us the HP cards.
Nickoy -->Thanks for the place and a quidditch game.
The chika group --> For the fgd of the supernatural stuff.
Killer Mafia --> Nice game!
Mcdo Portkey pips --> Thanks for waiting!
Going home pips --> We should have watched the fight.
Everybody --> EOTF na!

Baby: I'm sorry if I got home late.

Damn weather!