Of a second file.

Aaaahhh. The advantages of having no work. I'm on the verge of stopping KOL-andia. I've gone cheap, ergo less dvds (and to join the fact that our friendly dvd vendors in St. Francis just had a tussle with OMB commish himself. Game na!). Or no dvds.

And as i've said. I have no work. I have to be productive somehow.

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A few months ago, i've been toying with our small-framed whiteboard here in the office. I came up with some fun facts for torpe-ism. I didn't really get an applause for it, but I think somebody should share something to the madlang-people. These facts may be wrong but who cares. It's all in the spirit of storytelling.

All information found here may or may not be of my experience. These is not a guideline or anything. It represents nothing.

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Torpe-ism or being torpe is the act of a guy (or sometimes a girl) who can't express his feelings the right way. Usually this person doesn't do anything, he just says that he/she likes this person. That's it. No action done. The greatest thing that this person does is wave or say hi. He is not pathetic or anything, his/her mind goes blank whenever he/she's near
this person. Other symptoms include butterflies in the stomach, nervousness, dyslexia, shiver(ing), dumbness, lbm, fever, and in some cases death.

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If you're the torpe-person, always remember one thing, the person your torpe-ing sees you with the ff. psych(s): stalkership, freak, a stupid person, intimidating, and in most cases, a serial killer (just kidding). --=+=--

Though i've said negative things for being torpe. It has its advantages too. The torpe'd person (or the receiver) is luckier (sometimes) usually. He/she receives unconditional material (or emotional) things. He/she could get a dozen roses, a dozen love letters, or a dozen shawarma. The torpe person would even make a shrine for him/her. Just make sure that
that person is harmless.

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I would like to suggest to the torpe person to follow Kumpareng Nike's motto. Just Do It. If you would remember (again) that line from Can't Hardly Wait. Don't rely on destiny, it is still you that makes the choice. Remember Papa Albus to little Harry? Same thing.

I guess it's the fear of rejection that is taking place here. Well, if you're not taking the plunge then you would always think in the future, "If I only had done this or that.". At least if you did something, negative or positive, you get a response. And at least you'll have no
regrets.

And when he/she rejects you and you found out that he has a new bf/gf, you'll only say one thing, "Putsa, yan ang pinalit mo sa kin? That's your lost and not mine. Hindi mo ko matitikman!!!".

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Don't let time fly. Destiny doesn't work that way. Really. Do it now. Think of it as if this is the last day of your life. I know rejection sucks. So what? Cry over it an move on. That's life. We are living in a reality. Fantasy happen in dreams. Dreams don't come true. It comes in
a different form.

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Still, this may sound contradicting, but the move is still with you, yes you, you torpe you. Life is short.

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Commercial: Have you seen the latest PBBCE? It felt as if I was watching some sleazy show. Riza had to dance that way. Ugh.

Of a feelin'

Hate is such a big word. It creates big problems. It creates future problems in health, relationship and whatnot.

Let's start lovin' one another.

Join me as I officially invoke the Heart's day.

Four months left (?)...

dude, laki ng problema mo talaga. lakas ng topak mo...

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Invoke? What-a-word.

Of something I remembered.

Growing up is a big deal for everybody.

I didn't notice this up until the wee stages of my life. I was born
under the loving arms of my parents and basically, i'm unaware of the
real world.

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So you think this is a serious entry? Nah. I just want to post my I remember(s)... This will show my real age and I want to reminisce. Here goes, I remember...

1. SM Cubao. Php2.50 per token for the arcade (spent all my tokens in Altered Beast) found in the building's basement along with the foodcourt and a small amusement park found at the middle.
2. Double-decked buses. Sweet.
3. Payanig Sa Pasig. Dangerous.
4. Cheezel, Chickadees, and Daimos. Remember them?
5. Million Dollar Movies and Regal Presents.
6. COD Christmas special. I remember Christmases were extra special when we drop by Cubao and watch this.
7. Cheese curlz in exchange for newspaper. I'm so jologs noh?
8. Teks, marbles, rubber bands and POG. Pre-gambling materials.
9. Shaider, Machine Man, Bioman, Masked Rider Black, etc. Japanese rules!
10. Ultraman! This one's really stupid.
11. Old Virra Mall. Playboy is sold at the second floor. This is also the place where you can find the newest arcade and PC games. I think network games started here too (circa 1996).
12. Game & watch, Atari, Family Computer, Sega Genesis, Gameboy, and SNES. I was lucky enough to acquire a game & watch and a family computer.
13. Qzar and Laser Quest. I still have those stats at home.
14. Magic Bomb. A small plastic contrapment. You clap it and it will explode.
15. Ice and Snow and that Dino-themed park in CCP.
16. Mr. Bogus, Denver the Last Dinosaur, Eek and the Terrible Thunderlizards, The Littlest Petshop, The Original Ghostbusters, Captain N: the gamemaster, Super Mario Bros., The Legend Of Zelda.
17. Mixed-tapes. Cassette tapes! You just need to buy a blank cassette tape, wait your song in the radio. Then press record.
18. Andrew E., Michael V., Francis M., and Lady D. Rapper's delight. Yo! Yo! Let's go old school. hahaha.
19. Songhits. They are my books before.
20. Funny Komiks. And Bata-batuta. Niknok, Planet of de Eyps, and Combatron. Don't forget Kick Fighter too!
21. Caroling to receive two pesos after three songs. =(
22. Baseball helmet. This is a hard cap. You place lotsa stickers on it.
23. Spooky stick. You tilt it at a 90 degree angle and this certain spooky noise comes out of the device.
24. Watusi and baby rocket. Aaahh... new year.
25. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and The Real Ghostbusters. Friday nights.
26. Advanced Dungeons and Dragons. Nerd!
27. Marvel and Infinity Gauntlet. Image and Spawn. Still... nerd talk.
28. Carlo sat beside me today. He was so cute...
29. 1-peso timed arcade. You make papalit to the owner if you don't have those peso coins. then, you play until your time runs out. Or if your game ends.
30. Bike till you drop. BMX rules! Err... I had those cheap type of bikes. Who cares.
31. Boring six o clock news. Really. Very numb newscasters.
32. Magic Waterfall. I made this in High School.
33. Exploding lucis. Thank you Bulacan. haha.
34. Cindy's is the place to be. Remember this?
35. The Dog of Flanders, Pamilya Vontrapp, Julio at Julia, Sarah Ang Munting Prinsesa, Cedie Ang Munting Prinsipe, Nadia Ang Munting Baklita (err... erase that last one).
36. Vaccination. From polio to whatever. Me hate needles.
37. Sizzling plates in our school. Yum. Yum.
38. Sundot kulangot. Yummiest.
39. Marriage license and Kissing license calling cards. You can buy this at your local palengke.
40. Personalized memo's with perfume. I had two of these. 'Love A Lots' and 'Forever'. I am soooo gay.
41. Thundercats, The Mask, Centurions, Sky Commanders, Dino Saucers, Challenge of The Gobots. Circa 80's?
42. Palibhasa Lalaki, Mana, Mana Mana, Tondominium, Super Toink, Buddy N Sol, Mag-asawa'y Di Biro. Let's go local.
43. Ang Tv! I hate That's, sorry. TGIS, Gimik, G-mik. This changed the world. It removed the Greenhouse effect.
44. Boyoyong Clowns. Did you know that Jose Manalo of Eat Bulaga was a member of the trio.
45. Panini stickers. From the Age of Dinosaurs to Care Bears to Thundercats.
46. Oh Carolina and Boom-shak-a-lak. Aaahh... lame music.
47. Scented pens and scented 'kisses'. Don't tell me you'll add your school crushes too? That ain't right. I came from an all-boys school.
48. Moonbits and Sergs! Whew. Circa Mount Pinatubo explosion.
49. Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys. I prefer Nancy Drew, I.was.a.girl.
50. Those science 'magazines' such as Bato-balani.
51. Jollibee mascots outnumber Mcdonalds'. There was Hetty, Champ, Jollibee, Twirlie, Manny, Conny, and iSfurlee.
52. Six digit telephone numbers, partyline and beepers. Modern telecoms.
53. Cabinet-styled black and white televisions. and antennas of course.
54. What MTV? What Cable? What internet?
55. Langit lupa, mataya-taya, black 1-2-3, moro-moro, patintero, Pepsi 7-up, syato, monkey monkey, putbol, open the basket, luksong tinik, luksong baka, taguan, and the list goes on. Kids before exercise.
56. Paper bills for the denominations 2, 5, and 10 and large coins including 1 cent and 5 cents. I still have those brown paper bills.
57. Manilyn Reynes, Tina Paner, and Sheryl Cruz. Ruffa Gutierrez, Aiko Melendez, and Carmina Villaroel. Jologs na naman?
58. 5 & up and Yan ang Bata! Star Smile Factory and Uncle Bob's. More children's shows. And don't forget that show of Aiza Seguerra, Kathleen Go-quieng, Rr Herrera, Lady Lee, and Atong Redillas.
59. Hooded shirts. I had one of these.
60. Sticky freebies from cheezels and chickadees. We had that sticky hand (i think). And that bunot-shaped material, wherein you make baliktad it and you leave it. Then, elasticity rules it back the way it is. Eh?
61. Bubble gum and ice cream. Old school cookies and ice cream. Ice cream cakes! Ice cream rules!
62. Karaoke. What Videoke?
63. Agila, Annaluna and Valiente. Let household help rise.
64. NBA cards and MAGIC cards. Another expensive hobby.
65. Lola Basiang and the Midnight Society. And Erie Indiana. Are you scared now?
66. Time Quest and Candy Candy. Channel 13 is the rocks pare. =)
67. Tarzan, Spiderman, Captain America, The Incredible Hulk and Iron Man. Channel 7? Can't remember. How about Voltes V, Daimos, and Voltron (lions and that 15 part robot). Don't forget the Transformers too!
68. Kneeling on mongo seeds. Kneeling on salt. Arms stretched out with books on both sides.
69. Finders Keepers, Pinwheel, and Double Dare. I remember my friend Nick.
70. Another Virra Mall find. Computer games come in 1.44 floppy disks (yes disks). This costs 50 each (i think) and there were games that add up to six disks. Remember that famous Day of the Tentacle?
71. Furry Ewoks and scary trolls. I remember the cheat in Star Wars, Family Computer version. You make butingting that metal thingy at the front, then voila, cheat stage mode.
72. Gremlins, Goonies, Hook, Terminator II, Return Of The Jedi, Problem Child. Some of the movies that made an impact in my life. Look at me now. =)
73. Play-doh!!! I never had these. I had no-name-clay. I never understood the fun in clay.
74. Unggoy-unggoyan, Pares-pares, Lucky 9, 21, Blackjack, Crazy 8, Pusoy, Bluff, and numerous one person Solitaire. Yes, the alternative to brown-out.
75. Ash-fall! I wub white particles.
76. I love you teddy bear (my version: I love you teleberg) and Apir Disappear 1/2 1/4 1/4 1/2 Disappear Appear. Then, there's that tinapay version. and the sosy Who stole the cookie from my damn cookie jar.
77. Those metal straps, usually has a watch with it. You straighten it. Aim. Then hit your arm or wrist with it. Fun? How about the washable tattoos? Fun...
78. Bow-biters. Hey. They were cute and practical.
79. Z-aa nature's touch tawas laban sa singaw toothpaste. Nano nano nano nano. Kopi Kopi Kopiko. Annoying.
80. Wrestling is fully scripted. Hooray to the likes of Ultimate Warrior and British Bulldog.
81. Batukan, Pass The Message, Pitik-bulag, and bus service wars. Good time wasters.
82. We love going to the province. I learned how to climb trees and how to create simple traps using a thread, a tin can, and urine (hehe. yuck? hahaha).
83. PBA was really big then. No college hype. No MBA. Good clean Jawo fun.
84. Remember the small contraption that creates a jolt of electricity? Created fun times. I miss that.
85. Tops. Wooden tops. Then we thumbtacked it. Thumbtacks affect the centrifugal motion of the top. Not. it just makes it shiny.

Of a few days ago.

It seems that the climactic week that was had turned this week into a 180 degree turn. We're not expecting anything for this week. No fuzz with whatsoever. No nothing. That's it. Plain blank chuvaness ever.

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Is this the time when we're waiting for Christmas? I guess we should start buying those new culinary stuff for mom, new tie for dad, and a pair of panties for lola.

Isn't it nice if we give stuff to everybody? I was raised "spoiled" (not really) and I wasn't really that self-centered (this is so self-righteous for me. ha-ha) --> I like this, contradicting statements.

I believe I should give something to the needy for this year. You know, be thankful for the rewards (naks!) that I received for this year. New year. New life. Continue with the good yin (or yang). Despite my moments I think I still qualify to be good.

So, what's up for Christmas? Giving something to the poor. Giving something to anybody close to me. And that's it? No, wait. Let's no forget the real spirit of Christmas. 13TH MONTH PAY + BONUS (ya think?). Hahaha.

Seriously, let's not forget that there's this high powerful "individual" that gave us the second chance in life. You know who i'm talking about. Let's not forget to thank Him of everything. Really. It won't hurt you. You just have to close your eyes and give a little nod.

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Still, this week is still weird in all aspects. I don't know why. I'm sensing something big. Like Ocean's Thirteen and Master Showman.

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How can you sum up your life?

I know this question is unlikely found-able in my thoughts. I'm not that old. I do reflect though, daily. I reflect about things that I should and I shouldn't have done during the day. I try to avoid them the next time it happens (which we all know would happen again without knowing it).

What is wrong with me? Is this my soul-searching for this year? Ha-ha.

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Speaking of soul-searching, I know a few people who soul-searched and ended up changing their... uhm... visions in life. gender anyone?

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I lost my happy place again. Something is wrong. I need to check my PKI meter. I need to use some bent metal hanger...

Of a Sunday.

Congrats Archers!

One big Animo!

Of an October entry.

As i'm watching Saturday Night Fever for the moment, I just can't help notice the sixth battle of Ateneo - La Salle. Wow. Six battle. Like duh. Hahaha.

Actually it's Mejico and Pilipinas. Check out the flags. It's blue white and red versus green white and red.

This is so lame! Hah!

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In light with the recent Desperate Housewives brouhaha, I just don't get it. When they kill the med industry, we react. But when we're being BS'ed from other forms of whatever we let it pass by. I've seen a lot of Pinoy pop reference and some are really nasty and that's it. Nobody cares. Oh well. I'm not sourgraping (again?) or anything but I just want everything balanced.

Oohhh!!! Utopian... not.

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What's wrong with me? I've been raring to write something since my last entry and now. I can't write anything.

Whatta loser. Har har.