Of not-worth-reading.

One morning, while riding a trike, I saw a dog that looks just like our dog missing for more than fifteen years ago.

Background story is we had a dog. His name was Keempee (yes, named after Joey’s child. We even had a dog named after her daughter. Yeah, hologs). One night when we were calling Keempee to come home… nothing happened. We tried looking for him but we weren’t able to find him.

Days passed then weeks then we didn’t really give up with the search but we just waited.

Up until now we are still waiting for our dog. He was really special. It felt like he was a person trapped in a dog’s body.

We expected some canine enthusiasts dognapped him and then ate him.

*groan*

Anyhoo, as I was saying, I saw a dog that looked like our dog in our village. I felt something weird. It felt that I knew that dog’s father…

It was lukso ng dugo!

Nah…

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Try this one. It’s not that accurate but for me, it’s worth a try.

Click Ipersonic to start and I love the word Spontaneous. A very fart-ing word.

http://www.ipersonic.com/test/http://targrod.multiply.com/type/SI.html

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Corni-isms galore…

Tanong: Sinong singer ang namimigay ng libreng apa?

Sagot: Si Missy Elliot (kasi Get Your Freak On)

Tanong: Sinong artista ang maraming ngipin?

Sagot: E di si Mateeth.

Tanong: Anong tawag sa labanan ng mga bulate?

Sagot: Eh di Combat Rin!

Tanong: Anong tawag sa madugas na alahas?

Sagot: Eh di Dayamond!

Tanong: Anong hayop ang nilalagyan?

Sagot: Bug

Tanong: Anong hayop ang sumasabog?

Sagot: Turtle Kasi Pa-Gong!

Tanong: Anong banda ang kinukulang sa lubid?

Sagot: Metallica

Tanong: Anong banda ang kinukulang sa tinta?

Sagot: Incubus

Tanong: Anong tawag sa mga taong nagbabantay sa Mcdo?

Sagot: McGuard

Tanong: Anong tawag sa kulay pulang pasta na makakain sa Mcdo?

Sagot: Mc Aroni

Tanong: Ano ang first name ni Sisa???

Sirit?

Sagot: E di Lita

Y?

Kasi pitsa pitsa

Tanong: Ano ang first name ni Mcgyver?

Sagot: E d Menemis

Tanong: ano ang tawag sa lalaking hamburger?

Sagot: eh di hamburBOY!!!! hehehehe

Tanong: anong tawag sa noodles na mabilis?

Sagot: sopas

Tanong: anong tawag sa mas mabilis sa sopas?

Sagot: e di pasta!

Tanong: ano ang sabi ng baka nang muntik syang mabangga ng kotse?

Sagot: eh di... BEEF BEEF!

Tanong: anong game ang matagal laruin?

Sagot: eh di BOGGLE!

Tanong: ano ang tawag kay alvin patrimonio pag lumipat sya sa ginebra?

Sagot: eh di... BARANGAY CAPTAIN!

Tanong: ano sinabi ng ninja turtles nang may isang batang nabundol ng kotse?

Sagot: KAWAWA-NABANGA!

Tanong: eh nung nagluto sila ng sinigang?

Sagot: AWE-SIM!

Tanong: eh bakit hindi natanggap si Pong Pagong sa ninja turtles?

Sagot: kasi nung audition nya, imbes na sumigaw sya ng COWABANGA, sumigaw sya ng WEEEEEEEE!!!

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Chong. Korni na naman?

Of it should be eight.

Some end of the month movie reviews, my version.

Shutter sucks.

Semi-pro is okay but it’s too bastos for a Will Ferrell film.

Atonement is predictable.

Horton Hears A Who is amusing.

Faust is old-school. I finally understood what this film is.

Clive Barker’s The Plague is stupid. Was this taken from a graphic novel?

21 is impressive. Kate Bosworth is not that pretty in this film though.

The Firm is good. Tom Cruise!!!! I heart Papa Tom.

Be Kind Rewind has heart. Despite bad reviews, I wub it. 2001: Space Odyssey!

Get Smart is ho-hum. Thank God for Steve Carrell.

Speed Racer is so-so. The main bida are not bagay though (I think I’ve reviewed this?)

Underfunded is Canadian. Finally, I was able to complete the movie.

Wanted is awesin-awesome (hey… I can’t do any F words here…).

Donnie Darko is God. Indie-utiful. Is it?

The Eye is Zzzz. Jessica Alba didn’t affect much. Stop remakes!

Elephant Man has heart. Sweet David Lynch. The 2^nd Lynch film I’ve seen.

Memento is a time-turner. It’s memorable. 2^nd time I’ve seen this.

The Wicker Man is shocking. I wasn’t expecting some pervasive scenes.

Southland Tales is great. I really liked it.

Wall-E is yey. Robot rules!

Stargate Continuum continues from the continued ‘to be continued’.

You Don’t Mess With The Zohan is quite funny. And Adam in full monty is not happy.

The Machine Girl really rocks! B-movie at its best.

The Love Guru is fine. Very Mike Myers.

Havoc is unnatural. Yeah.

Bedazzled is so old school. Moore than you’ll ever know.

Made Of Honor is stupid. Used formula.

Young Guns is crazy. Charlie Sheen what happened to you?

Clue is everlasting.

Day Watch. Finally. I’ve finally seen an understandable version.

Clash Of The Titans has a cute robotic owl.

Masked Rider The Movie is nostalgic.

The Fly is really frightening.

The Apartment has that last minute wub.

The Usual Suspects. Msyteriffic.

Terms Of Endearment is ok.

Keka!!!!

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The Dante Club is very interesting. I wasn’t expecting myself reading the book in a favorite phase. I read it for four days, I think (I was expecting it to be like Jonathan Strange. I finished that book for months).

The book is all about Dante’s Divine Comedy and the protagonists were 19^th century poets and writers such as Longfellow (pun not included).

Before finishing the book I was able read a preview of the Divine Comedy. And that book is one hell (pun included) of a read. If you’re not familiar with the Divine Comedy, the seven deadly sins’ ideas are all in here.

And I’m sure Pareng Caligula walks throughout the hell phase for years and years (and some other Romans that should still be paying their dues).

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And yes, TMZ is sinful too. The problem is I want to watch the celebrities’ disasters, bad reactions, and etc. I try to walk away (I mean change channel) whenever the show is on. A show about the miseries of celebrities, very humane.

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Today’s playlist:

--=I swear you bumped your bootie when you heard these for the very first time=--

Shaggy - Oh Carolina

Snow - Informer

Right Said Fred - Don't Talk Just Kiss

Black Machine - How Gee

Apache Indian - Raggamuffin Girl

Shaggy - Boombastic

Ace Of Base - It's A Beautiful Life

P.S.Y. - Angelina

Apache Indian - Boom Shakalaka

Mighty Dub Cats - Magic Carpet Ride

C&c Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat

Technotronic - Pump Up The Jam

The Bucketheads - The Bomb

Streetboys - God Save The Queen

Edwyn Collins - A Girl Like You

**NOTE: Apache Indian and Shaggy both have two songs in the list.

Of remarkably useless.

Just something to think about…

If ever you order food via delivery and your total bill is a peso less than their delivery limit, will they still push through with the order?

So, what’s your point?

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Is pressure food too? We cook rice from a rice cooker and pressure cooker is…

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Some doodling and poeming in my planner…

I promise

I’ll be kind

I do hope

You don’t mind

I know

God will help me

It’s hard

Optimism can make me

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I have nothing to write

I’m not the owner of the night

Oh yes, this is just right

Right here waiting for the night

I just have to be awake

How much more can I take

I don’t know how to bake

Writing here is like a mistake

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O February, my February

You came to a past

March is coming

It is here at last

I never yonder

I never wonder

Life could ponder

This great mind bender

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Don’t let me damp your bubble

I might get you into trouble

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Peter picked a peppered dog

Cautiously changing a chagrin cat

Never a navy newscaster

Baskin’ and bakin’ a bold bat

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Towards this life

Driving in a half-turn pike

Still fighting for the fight

You still know you didn’t like

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Booooorrrriiiinnngg.

Of minsan lang to-its.

Para maiba naman…

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Lagi na lang akong nakakarinig ng mga tricycle at jeepney na nagpapatugtog ng mga kantang hip-hop. Hindi ko inaapi ang pagiging hip-hop ng mga tao. Ako man ay nakikinig sa mga kantang ito ngunit umaabot kasi sa loob-loob ng aking tenga ang lakas ng bass ng mga stereo nila.

Hanggang ngayon hindi ko pa din maintindihan kung bakit mo kailangang ilakas ng ganun ang speaker. Maaaring ang media ang gumabay sa mga nagpapatugtog na ito pero naman diba? Panahon pa ni Limahong nauso ang mga ganitong bagay.

Isipin na lang natin, kung nasa labas na nga tayo ng kanilang sasakyan at naaasiwa sa lakas ng kanilang mga tugtugin paano pa kaya yung mga taong nakasakay sa loob ng kanilang mga behikulo?

Mabuti na nga lang kahit papano na ang mga kantang pinapatugtog ngayon ay hindi katulad noon na paulit-ulit na lang ang remixed version ng My Heart Will Go On. Gayunpaman, masakit pa rin sa tenga ang mga tinutugtog nila ngayon. Kunsabagay kung gaano ka kalakas magpatugtog sa iyong tahanan maaaring ok lang din sa iyo ang iyong ginagawa.

Sana man lang naiisip nila ang ibang tao.

Ngayon, sa aking pagkakaalam at dahil pasukan na muli ng mga estudyante; nalalapit na ang Linggo ng Wika. Tulungan naman nating ipatupad ang naiisip ng aking damdamin.

Ilabas na po natin ang mga plaka ng mga sumusunod na kanta: Ati Cu Pung Singsing, Pamulinawen, Sitsiritsit, at marami pang mga katutubong kanta. Atin nating itaguyod ang wikang Pilipino. At baka naman sabihin nila na hindi tayo sumasabay sa uso. Atin na din pong i-remix ang mga nasabi kong kanta. Mainam na ito para sa lahat. Kumbaga sa kasabihan “isa itong panalo-panalong sitwasyon”.

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At napansin ko lang. Hindi yata masyadong nakakaaliw ang aking gustong ipamahayag. Wala lang. Ayon lang sa nararamdaman ng aking puso.

Parang masarap na lang kumain ng dose-dosenang paa ng manok. Tapos isasawsaw mo sa suka o sa kung ano mang masarap na sawsawan.

Maaari itong iulam o kaya ay ipampulutan.

Bakit parang walang kwenta na naman ang aking mga pinagsusulat dito? At ano ba sa tagalog ang blog? Sa aking nalalaman wala pa ding tagalog ang salitang online at dahil nga mahina ako sa pagsasalipat sa tagalog ng mga banyagang salita, hindi ko din alam ang tagalog ng salitang journal.

Ang alam ko lang Journal Magdangal.

Ayawan na…

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Anak ng teteng naman. Ganyan ba ang SONA natin?

Maaaring hindi ko alam ang patakaran kung may pangyayaring ganyan, na kung dapat ba ay magsuot ng magarang damit para lang sa salitang hindi natin sigurado kung mabuti ang lahat.

Dinaig pa natin ang Oscars at Emmys.

Arudyosko.

At isa lang ang gusto kong narinig, wala nang buwis para sa mga ordinaryong manggagawa.

Yun lang.

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Hindi ako sigurado kung talagang Linggo na ng Wika.

Of blah-blah-blecch sheep.

I miss Lito Camo songs.

C’mon don’t you?

Is there a radio station that plays the following songs, over and over?

Spageti Song

Ye Ye Vonel

Ocho Ocho

___________ à add here your favorite LC song.

I even miss songs made by April Boy Regino. Like ‘Di Ko Kayang Tanggapin’ for instance.

I miss the old 93.9 station. It was DWKC. Our school service driver would always listen to this station when we go to school (and vice versa). This is only the radio station that I was well aware of. I didn’t care with other forms of music. I wasn’t really a music lover then.

That’s why my mom was surprised when there’s this song by Lloyd Umali being played in The Singing Bee and I got the song right.

La lang…

There’s Love Radio, et al though.

Music. Myuuu-sssiccc.

"Alam mo na yan!"

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What is Wall-E’s last name?

Bayona.

Get it? Jose and Wall-E?

Egad!

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Rico Maierhofer (of the DLSU Archers) was asked with the following question: Who would top your list of 100 Sexiest Women in the World?

His answer was: Top three ko: Sarah Geronimo, Angel Locsin, and Maja Salvador! Sana imbitahin naman ninyong mag-cover si Sarah Geronimo soon. Crush ko kasi siya. I like the way she sings, acts, and her looks. Her simplicity makes her so pretty.

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Oookay. It’s not right. Really. Or maybe it’s just me.

In fairness, she fared as number 45 in this years FHM list.

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I will watch A Very Special Love.

Bwahahahaha!

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This one is a waste of Internet Bandwidth.

Of some stories...

Coming from an all-boys school, I had the same horrifying experience, as most guys out there, of courting a girl for the very first time. College saw everything. I was the epitome of a torpe. Seriously.

Well, there were three of us exactly in the office that I had my extra-curricular with…

I do think I had the worst of all.

Scenario one: There was this girl that I liked first in college. Her name can be adapted from a fairy tale character. Now, this girl is a high school classmate of my blockmate. Once when she took lunch with our barkada, I think I fell for her. I don’t know what to do after. There’s no such thing as a ligaw subject in school. You just listen on what other people can offer on what you need to do. And it sucks. This may sound stalker-y but I was able to grab a copy of their high school yearbook and got to look at her there. Now, I kind of asked her phone number from my blockmate. And then I tried to breathe. ‘Wow, I have the phone number, what should I do with it?’

It was as if I called on Aslan’s courage and called the girl one night.

Me: Hello? Nandyan po ba si …

Her: Oo, eto na sya.

Me: Uhm. Hi, si Jay-r to. Uhm, natatandaan mo ba ko?

Her: Uhm.. hindi eh.

Me: Ako yung blockmate ni … yung classmate mo nung high school.

Her: Wala akong kilalang ganun eh.

Me: Uhm. Ok. Sensya na nakaistorbo yata ako. Bye.

“click”

There’s a lesson here though. Never call a person if you didn’t ask the number from them.

Scenario two: Now, there’s this girl in our office that I like. Her name is probably taken from a literary art and her last name is related to a guy from a dance group (yuck, para na kong si Boy Abunda). When my friends found out that I liked this girl, they were doing the kantyaw-to-the-max thing. Now, whenever she’s in the office, I often shut up (if you knew me back then… if you only knew me). And when we we’re alone together, it was as if the silence was deafening. There was the casual hi’s and hello’s though. That’s it. Torpe kicking in.

Lesson: Relax, breathe, and talk.

Scenario three: This one’s kind of different this time around. Her nickname and last name can be related to Tado and Erning. This time I should have had that advantage. But, ohhh the big but, I wasn’t ready with the ligaw. Everyone in our office knew that I really liked her. There was this great push from everybody to make ligaw to her. The pressure was great that I really didn’t know how to handle it. I called her one night and I think the call ended after ten minutes. I didn’t know what to say. I called her again the second night. Same scenario. And then the big stupidity, I created a letter telling her that I was kind of being pressured by people or something in that sense and other senseless stuff that when I’m thinking about this right now, ‘What the hell was I thinking?’ The third time I called, we conversed for a minute; she doesn’t want to talk to me. Hey, if you’re reading this, I’m sorry if I made that stupid letter.

Bwahahah. Loser.

And the thing is, from the start, I knew that she liked me too.

I went missing in action in our office to hide my shame.

Lesson: Don’t be an effing loser.

Scenario four: I find this one the most memorable, maybe because I started to make paramdam from second year college up until graduation. When I say paramdam, it was as if I only do it once in a blue moon. Oh, her name can be derived from a Sheen brother’s past or present relationship.

First time I met her, I saw her with her blockmates near our tambayan. They left their calculus book and I instantly stood up and checked her name. Hehe. Then, after a year, she was a classmate. My blockmates were kind of building me up to her but it was no use too. So, I did was good with. Stalking. I researched her likes and even ended up with her cell phone number too. I didn’t text her though.

There was a time when my mom was making chocolates. I learned what she was doing, and I gave this girl those chocolates. And that’s it. No follow up. I think that was Christmas.

There was this time when I told her that I wanted to talk to her using her landline. I got it from her, I think. I called her from her house. His brother answered the phone. I didn’t really get it if the brother was drunk or just angry. He gave me a number but I didn’t quite get the number clear. After my conversation with the brother, I forgot how to use the telephone.

Then, there was this time when I knew she passed by our tambayan. And every time she does that, I stood up and walked her to the building. Then there was this time when she didn’t pass by the tambayan. I went to the office and met her along the office. I think this was a given. She didn’t want to see me.

Lastly, the bomb of all bombs. It was a Valentines. I think we’re in our graduating year (wait, they are in their graduating year). I did something really stupid. Background first, during Valentines, some organizations grab the opportunity to sell flowers or do silly things during Valentines. What I did then was I bought some flowers and informed the seller to send it to this classroom at this time. I was lucky to write my name in the receipt. The thing is the flowers should come from anonymous sender. After realizing my mistake, I went down to the ground floor (our floor was in the fourth) and waited for the guy who’s going to send the flowers. So, I waited and waited and gave up. I told myself; maybe they forgot to send it on time. So, I went up and when I came to the area of our classroom, everyone was looking at me weirdly. I found out that one of our classmates asked on who gave the flowers to her. Man, talk about Murphy’s Law (or was it?).

Well, at least she thanked me with the flowers though.

Lesson: …

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Most guys get immune with rejection when they get old.

Isn’t college fun?

Of dye-dye-generation.

I’m not an expert on children or on how parenting is since I’m not a parent. But my mom and I always agree on this, ‘Are the children of today’s generation too protected?’.

Here’s a case:

My mom and her service-mate where talking about the service-mate’s children. It went something like,

Service-mate: ‘Ate Leah, yung isa kong anak nagtanong sa kin kung ano ang basa dun sa mga Pinoy games. Tinanong sa kin “What’s this mama? Pi-ku?”. Sabi ko, “It’s Piko”. Tapos nagtanong ulit “How about this? Loksong Teynik?” “It’s Luksong Tinik”.

Mama: ‘Hay naku ______, wag kang madamot. Nung bata ka pinaglaro ka nyan ng mga magulang mo…’

I’m not sure about the lyrics, but somewhere in the song ‘The Greatest Love of All’ there’s a part there regarding children and letting them play.

I remembered I had the time of my life when I was young. I was able to play all sorts of games (even the game of love? Heh!). There’s tumbang preso, step yes no, shato, black 1-2-3, taguan, patintero, agawan base (or moro-moro), pepsi seven-up, mataya-taya, langit lupa, teks, luksong tinik, luksong baka, mashed potato, 10-20, teleberg (hehehe… it’s I love you teddy bear), dampa, and more.

There was a time when I climbed on trees and created traps (simple traps such as string connected with a can full of stones), dug dirt on the street, and played during floods.

“Smart” games such as Monopoly, Cluedo, Mastermind, Games of the Generals, Chess (chess na!), Sorry, Pictionary, Millionares’ Game, Pick-up sticks, foozball, etc.

And of course the advent of the electronic devices came too. There’s game and watch, family computer, Atari, personal computers, brick games, gameboy, etc.

I’m not a sports type of person though. I’m not fit to play basketball, I hated volleyball, I loved soccer but it doesn’t love me back, I’m bad with track, I succumbed with swimming, and I’d love to try baseball but there aren’t any baseball classes.

Now, when I go out in the street I’m not seeing the little kids (even the kids) running and panting and sweating. It’s too quiet.

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So, where are you going again with this argument? I really don’t know.

Maybe parents love their children so much that there is such a word called reality (reality in the sense that when the parents are gone, where their children will ask assistance?) I believe parents don’t even hit their child anymore (I’m not saying you have to hit the child more often than you wanted it to be). When I was young I encountered the usual kurot, tapik, luhod sa mungo, luhod sa mungo with books sa dalawang kamay, and even the dreaded leather belt.

I believe it is even written in the bible that you can hit the child, seven years old and below.

But no, it’s all spoil, talk and spoil; blame the material generation.

I can proudly say that I’m not spoiled (I always claim this, depends on the person’s pov). I never got what I wanted when I was young. Even when I graduated, they promised me an extravagant gift and all I got was a greeting in the newspaper. It was a tabloid. Right below Xerex Xaviera’s column (I wasn’t mad with my mom or anything. Doing something like this is priceless. I still have the newspaper). It doesn’t matter though, I have work and I’m grateful that they focused on my studies and right now I’m reaping the reward.

And I can earn that extravagant gift in seven years time. So, no worries with that.

Going back… It seems we are in a different generation, where their young are controlling parents. It should be the other way around.

And don’t forget frustration tolerance. That is a different ballgame.

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I guess it is always with the parents’ parenting (hello? Redundant.) I’m just looking from my eyes.

Aaahhh… (feeling mo parent ka. Ni wala ka ngang anak e. bwahahaha)

Of some shout-outs.

Sign when you’re getting old:

Instead of attending your batchmate’s debut, your batchmate’s graduation, or your batchmate’s first libre from work you instead go to their wedding, their child’s Christening, and their children’s birthday parties.

Thank God there’s no silver reunion… yet.

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I remember when we had our college block reunion (lemesee, I entered college way back in that year plus a number of years… hhmm) around nine years after we first met each other; it was as if we just continued the last time we met.

There were body changes, changes in relationship, changes in status quo, changes in position in our workplaces, changes in hair, changes with how we talk, changes in the latest technological gadget, and other changes but there weren’t any much changes with the topic in our conversation.

What we talked about is what happened in college. Yes, we talked about where we are working and exchanged phone numbers (maybe calling cards, but I seldom see people use calling cards nowadays. I wonder why. I’d probably create a research on ‘Why calling cards are seldom used nowadays?’ Boo. Bad idea. Moving on…). And that’s it. Or maybe I forgot the rest of our conversation?

Aaahhh. Memory loss.

Just this week I went to another christening event (wow. The baby is really cute!). And some friends talked about our love life during college.

Congratulations by the way to the newlyweds, the post-buntis, the buntis, and the people who look like buntis but are not buntis and they were all sitting in the buntis table (hehe). You know who you are.

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This entry seems kinda bitin. Oh well.

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Here’s a bad site:

http://www.channel4.com/life/microsites/G/gayometer/gayometer.html

I find this stupid.

Of a question for the young.

It is really hard when you’re trying to think of something and you just get a bunchful of nothing.

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I think they/we should stop asking the kid question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” This question is stupid, me think.

Think about it. At a young age, adults will always ask you this ultimate question and all you can answer are occupations that you know from school and the occupation of your parents. If the kid is asked with this question the usual answers are a doctor, a fireman, a fisherman, a policeman, a fireman, a teacher or some other occupation that can easily be drawn in a children’s book.

If you think about it right now, what did you tell the asking adult? I know I didn’t say ‘to be a doctor’. I hated the sight of blood. I always end up with the job of my dad, an architect.

Now, it would be nice if kids will answer it in a more specific sense. Wouldn’t it be nice if your five-year old answer this question that he wants to be an Aeronautics Engineer? Or your daughter will blurt out ‘Nuclear Chemist’? (And at the same time, ask the kid… ‘sige nga. Spell mo nga yan)

They say high school should give you, or at least help you, direction in life. I didn’t feel it though. Or maybe it is just I.

We are in a harsh reality folks. We’ll do things we don’t like just to survive.

Still, if you have the urge to do something. Do it.

(Just like the song Do It by Spice Girls. It doesn’t have a connection with what I’m saying but it’s like the usual Pinoy film. As long as the title is included in one of the movie’s dialogues, it is fine to use it as the title)

As usual, this seems very bitin.

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To make it more fun (or funner for some people-r), I’m posting the lyrics for American Gurl by Markus Highway. Marcus Adoro YR-squared (you really rocks.). These are actual lyrics… actually.

I don't drink coffee I drink tea my dear

Only if it's my favorite salabat tea

I also have one more favorite tea

It's ice cold pito-pito tea

I left my princess in her air-conditioned room

Inside my castle free

I told her I only will buy some fresh fish

And a bottle of White Castle Whiskey

I miss my American Gurl (**)

I miss her big big big big big hamburger

I miss her large large french-fries too

And her bottomless ice tea to go

Matayog ang lipad ng kalapit

Ang kalapati ni Pedro

Ang gelpren nya ay nasa Japan

Si Pedro ay nasa Bacnotan

Miss please sorry thank you na (***)

Domo Gomenasai Arigato

Miss please sorry thank you na

Domo Gomenasai Arigato

Tinaga ni Lapu-lapu si Magellan

Noong 15 hundred and 21

Bumangon na sa duyan

Alas-singko y media na

Good Morning Good Afternoon Good Night

Mano po Ninong

Magandang umaga tanghali gabi

Oh how I miss you na

Repeat ** and ***

Repeat **

Of our movies.

Speaking of countdowns, there’s this countdown from FHM. I’m not referring to their stupid top 100 ladies. They had this article regarding the top 50 Pinoy modern movies (from the 70’s up to the present). And here they are in no particular order: (I do hope I don’t get fined for posting this in the internet. I’ll remove this if the FHM guys make me their next cover person)

1. Maynila: Sa Mga Kuko Ng Liwanag
2. Kapit Sa Patalim: Bayan Ko
3. Manila By Night
4. Insiang
5. Sister Stella L
6. Private Show
7. Minsa’y Isang Gamu-gamo
8. Hinugot Sa Langit
9. Batch ‘81
10. Oro Plata Mata
11. Himala
12. Live Show
13. Tatlong Taong Walang Diyos
14. Aguila
15. Ganito Kami Noon… Paano Kami Ngayon?
16. Salome
17. Moral
18. Brutal
19. Karnal
20. Kung Mahawi Man Ang Ulap
21. Bona
22. My Other Woman
23. Tatlo, Dalawa, Isa
24. Nunal Sa Tubig
25. Ina Ka Ng Anak Mo
26. Pagputi Ng Uwak, Pag-itim Ng Tagak
27. Relasyon
28. Hindi Nahahati Ang Langit
29. Ikaw Ang Lahat Sa Akin
30. Sana Pag-ibig Na
31. Kakabakaba Ka Ba?
32. Temptation Island
33. Working Girls
34. May Minamahal
35. Bridal Shower
36. Bagets
37. Sigaw
38. Kisapmata
39. Itim
40. Feng Shui
41. Shake, Rattle, And Roll 1
42. Scorpio Nights
43. Boatman
44. Segurista
45. Tuhog
46. Laman
47. Ang Pagdadalaga Ni Maximo Oliveros
48. Magnifico
49. Kubrador
50. Ang Kriminal Ng Bo. Concepcion

I’ve only seen a few films in the list. Minsa’y May Isang Gamu-gamo, Batch ’81 (I have the dvd), Bridal Shower, Bagets, Feng Shui,. SRR, Ang Pagdadalaga Ni Maximo Oliveros, and Magnifico.

I’m raring to see and own a copy of Kakabakaba Ka Ba?

I’m Filipino and I’ve only seen a handful from the list. I’m more of a TVJ-Rene-Requestas-Herbert Bautista person.

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Having a magazine known for semi-male chauvinistic approach to the society, they have a lot of bomba films in the list. Are we that good in creating these types of films? Thank God they didn’t include other titles such as Virgin People, Patikim ng Pinya, and Sutla. And how did I come up with these titles? I only know movies such as Trip, Jologs, and Cool Dudes.

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I’m not sure if we’ve talked about this already…

I’m not sure if we really have a video library, a library where film students and enthusiasts can easily grab a copy for their studies or for enjoyable viewing pleasure. There’s this saying that the future is connected to the past. So, where’s our past? Did it enter a past forward phase?

There’s a big problem for all of this though, money. Unitel has been reconstructing a few movies that were made in the past. The last time I checked there’s this movie by Dolphy, I think the title is Jack n Jill. They’re selling it in Powerbooks and I’m not sure if anyone’s buying the titles in the rack.

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Why did I say that money is the problem? Let me see, there’s the machine that costs millions (I think Unitel has Quan-something, I’m not sure if they have Avid). There’s the company that owns the movie with payment for royalty. And the hard work and labor for reconstructing each strip of film (think about it, one second is equal to thirty frames, do the derivative).

And for what, just twenty or fifty people will buy the title.

Hayy.. I wanna watch Oro Plata Mata and Orapronobis.

Of some peanuts.

Let’s go brainteasing or riddling for the meantime. All are stolen from email forwards and whatnot. Some are fairly new and some are extremely old.

And here’s the catch. I don’t know the answer for some (or most) of the riddles below. Go ahead if you want to post the answer.

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There is something about Mary.

Mary's mum has four children. The first child is called April. The second May. The third June. What is the name of the fourth child?

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Think of words ending in "-gry". "Angry" and "hungry" are two of them. There are only three words in "the English language." What is the third word? The word is something that everyone uses every day. If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it is.

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There is a man who lives on the top floor of a very tall building. Everyday he gets the elevator down to the ground floor to leave the building to go to work. Upon returning from work though, he can only travel half way up in the lift and has to walk the rest of the way unless it's raining!

Why?

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A man went to a party and drank some of the punch. He then left early. Everyone else at the party who drank the punch subsequently died of poisoning.

Why did the man not die?

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The Most Intelligent Prince

A king wants his daughter to marry the smartest of 3 extremely intelligent young princes, and so the king's wise men devised an intelligence test.

The princes are gathered into a room and seated, facing one another, and are shown 2 black hats and 3 white hats. They are blindfolded, and 1 hat is placed on each of their heads, with the remaining hats hidden in a different room.

The king tells them that the first prince to deduce the color of his hat without removing it or looking at it will marry his daughter. A wrong guess will mean death. The blindfolds are then removed.

You are one of the princes. You see 2 white hats on the other prince's heads. After some time you realize that the other prince's are unable to deduce the color of their hat, or are unwilling to guess. What color is your hat?

Note: You know that your competitors are very intelligent and want nothing more than to marry the princess. You also know that the king is a man of his word, and he has said that the test is a fair test of intelligence and bravery.

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A police officer saw a truck driver clearly going the wrong way down a one-way street, but did not try to stop him. Why not?

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Brown, Jones and Smith are a doctor, a lawyer, and a teacher. The teacher, who is an only child, earns the least money. Smith, who married Brown's sister, earns more than the lawyer. What is each man's job?

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Five houses of different colors are in a row. Each is owned by a man with a different nationality, hobby, pet, and favorite drink. The Englishman lives in a red house, the Spaniard owns dogs, coffee is drunk in the green house, the Ukrainian drinks tea, the green house is directly to the right of the white one, the stamp collector owns snails, the antique collector lives in the yellow house, the man in the middle house drinks milk, the Norwegian lives in the first house, the man who sings lives next to the man with the fox, the man who gardens drinks juice, the antique collector lives next to the man with the horse, the Japanese man's hobby is cooking, and the Norwegian lives next to the blue house.

Who drinks water, and who owns a zebra?