Monday, June 25, 2007

Have you seen the Philippines?


My Lakbayan grade is C+!

How much of the Philippines have you visited? Find out atLakbayan!

Created by Eugene Villar.

The map above shows the places I've been to.

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

10 Peso Poop

I'm sure you've been to those fancy smanzchy lounges inside fancy smanzchy malls otherwise known as bloody loos (toilets! increase your vocabulary please!)... (ok, ok, for the uninitiated pinoys - CR!).

Anyways, for the price of admission (10 Pesos) they provide you with a cleaner toilet complete with the rarest commodity inside Philippine toilets - toilet paper! Yup, they even provide liquid soap and cheap body cologne and generic lotion. Oh, and the toilet smells oh so fresh and fragrant as well.

These perks and privileges worth 10 Pesos are considered freebies, nay, requirements even, in more developed countries and even lesser ones all throughout the world. But no! Those money grubbing mall operators have the gall to charge our brown Pinoy butts the price of a small soda drink for "services" they ought to provide for free!

For those of you who feel as shortchanged as I am, I do offer a suggestion. But I wont suggest you boycott these establishments, I'd even encourage you to take out your 10 pesos and please go to those "lounges" and use their facilities.

But don't just pee!

Do the number 2!!! not only that, pass gas so hard that it will negate the effects of the air freshener. Use up all the toilet paper and the lotions, spray the whole bottle of body spray onto your shirts to remove the smell of fart you just exuded and dont forget to lather your skins with lotion.

If enough people do this, we can clog up their sewer lines for weeks!

Disclaimer: I am by no means associated with Malabanan pozo negro sipsip co.

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Travelogue Part 2 - San Fernando La Union

Took a trip to San Fernando, La Union... (actually we went to Bacnotan but stayed in San Fernando). The trip was supposed to last for seven hours.....











































You know how long seven hours is while sitting in the passenger seat of a car?!*@#%!&^!!

Saturday, February 17, 2007

Down the Drain

Have you ever watched that TV show "My name is Earl"? It's about one man, worried about Karma tries to right everything that he did wrong in life... and he got a list.

I too am prone to believe in karma. And in my case, Karma is usually quick in reminding me of what I've done. It doesn't usually take too long for karma to bite me in the ass.

This time, it took a few months. I accidentally bumped my car into the passenger side door of my neighbor's car a few months back. I tried settling it then but my neighbor just let the thing hang as if he isn't keen on having me answer for the faux pas.

Karma took its time. It finally came knocking on the door today.. Literally. I got a bill for the body repair for that small dent on my neighbor's car door.

There goes three thousand pesos down the drain.

Hayyy life! You can't win.

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Travelogue Part 1 - San Carlos

Going to San Carlos (Negros) for my latest project was fairly easy enough at the beginning, although I had a lot of work done in the office on the morning of my trip. There were a lot of loose ends that I had to tie up. I also had a lot of work delegated to workmates before I was able to leave.

The plane ride was a breeze. I had a bad cold which made popping my ears for the pressure change quite a difficult ordeal. Then came the highlight of the trip – the car ride from Bacolod to San Carlos. The trip was fairly short – about an hour and a half for a trip of about 85 Kilometers. We passed through endless sugarcane fields and up the mountainous pass. Kanlaon volcano was to our right.

The ride took place at about 6pm to 730pm. This is where it gets interesting. I was always psychologically affected by twilight. Twilight always depresses me. The view of endless terrain with nary a soul in sight, not even a lamppost – made me all the more anxious. For all intents and purposes, I was on the brink of panic.

And that was just the beginning.

Upon Getting to San Carlos, our host provided us with accommodations smack right out of a Shake Rattle and Roll movie. We were billeted in an old hacienda manor reeking of “haunted house” aura. The house was located in the middle of sugarcane fields with only a dirt road as access to the highway. Except for a housekeeper who stays in a small house behind the manor, my companion and I were all alone inside the manor.

The décor of the house reeked of old Spanish era ambience. I swear I could just imagine old lola Basiang sitting on the wooden rocking chair in the living room. Every old urn looks like something a monster would call home.

I slept soundly though.

Tuesday, February 06, 2007

No Title

I'm depressed.

I'm at the crossroads of my life.

I know I have to move forward. I know I have to take the step - to take control of my destiny. I have to live the life I chose.

But I also want, for one fleeting moment, to go back to the way it was, not to dwell on the past but to savor it for one last time. Just one last hurrah. Is that too much to ask? Will the world stop spinning because of that? Am I a bad person for wanting it?

Just one, one fleeting moment to save and cherish and remember. That's all I want - memories.

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Wait

I know, I know... I've been slacking on my blog posts. I just don't have the inspiration right now... busy too.

Wait for my inspiration... and my posts

Monday, January 01, 2007

Back to Work

It's back to work after the holiday break.

Back to the old grind...
Keep your nose to the grindstone..
The rat race...
Work to live, dont live to work...
Work like you dont need the money...
Sariling sikap...
Sipag at tiyaga...
Dignity in labor...
Putting food on the table...
Hi Ho! Hi Ho! it's off to work we go...
be thy labor great or small, do it well or not at all...
Rest is the sweet sauce of labor...

I need a vacation!!