Liberdade!!!

Tui laia raia di
laia raia de
da heia raie
Laia ladaia sabadana Ave-Maria!

Por amor andei já
Tanto chão e mar,
Senhor já nem sei
Se o amor não é mais
Bastante pra vencer.
Eu já sei o que vou fazer,
Meu Senhor:
Uma oração,
Vou cantar para ver se vai valer,

Laia ladaia sabadana Ave-Maria!
Laia ladaia sabadana Ave-Maria!

Ah! meu santo defensor,
Traga o meu amor,

Laia ladaia sabadana Ave-Maria!
Laia ladaia sabadana Ave-Maria!

Se é praga ou oração,
Mil vezes cantarei

Laia ladaia sabadana Ave-Maria!
Laia ladaia sabadana Ave-Maria!

Laia ladaia sabadana Ave-Maria!
Laia ladaia sabadana Ave-Maria!

Ah! meu santo defensor,
Traga o meu amor,

Laia ladaia sabadana Ave-Maria!
Laia ladaia sabadana Ave-Maria!

Se é praga ou oração,
Mil vezes cantarei

Laia ladaia sabadana Ave-Maria!
Laia ladaia sabadana Ave-Maria!

Laia ladaia sabadana Ave-Maria!
Laia ladaia sabadana Ave-Maria!

"Prayer"
by Elis Regina

[This song has been lurking around in my player for months but it was only this afternoon that I was able to listen to it as I usually use random play mode 24/7. Strange that this song came up... right as a I was passing through Mangahan Floodway, on my way from Rosario junction to Ligaya. Especially with the events of the past few days. Maybe there aren't really any coincidences in this world eh???]

A paz seja-lhe o amigo que eu amo.

Top Ten Things I Learned From My Trip To Japan

10.) Thems Japanese are crazy (with a kapital 'Z').

9.) A man cannot live on Japanese curry alone. (But he can survive for 12 nights straight on a regular dinner of Hotdogs and scrambled eggs...)

8.) Andrew E. is the one who makes Crayon Shin Chan funny.

7.) Wearing wire-rimmed glasses and a long-sleeved polo, and smiling a lot makes you look a hell of a lot gentler then you usually do. (It also helps you bring on an excess 12 kilos of cargo from the pretty JAL baggage check-in lady and helps you get past Philippine customs without a hitch, hehehe)

6.) The patrons of the neighborhood "Erotic Sex Shop" (excluding those who visit out of the noble search for knowledge of course) are pretty much weird (hence the term Hentai...)

5.) 2 wind-breakers do not count as "Weatherproof Rain-gear" (and 10° C is pretty damn cold).

4.) We rearry are "Phirippine Banana".

3.) Getting sandwiched by giggling high school girls on a train ride is not that great... But it is much-much-MUCH better than getting sandwiched by giggling, smelly, old businessmen...

2.) Never drop your 3-day old digital camera on the rocky slopes of Mt. Fuji (the pamphlets were right... at 3,810m, it truly is a "REAL" mountain).



And the #1 thing I learned from my trip to Japan was...

1.) The fine for sexually harassing a female passenger on a train is ¥300,000.

Marami pa sana akong gustong malaman, tulad na lang ng mga ito:

• Ano ba talaga ang ginagawa sa "maid cafe"???
• Sino ba talaga ang mas patok sa Japan, Egoy o Puti?
• (Mas) Mabait ba talaga ang mga Haponesa?
• Anong gagawin sayo ng "Gaijin Hunter" kapag nahuli ka nila???
• Ano ang ibig sabihin ng "Date Bayou!"???
• Ano ba talaga ang binebenta nung mga babaeng naka-maid costume sa Akihabara???

Buti na lang babalik ako dun sa Novemeber. Oh yeah!

Buhay mahirap muna...

Ang current peso-yen exchange rate ay Y1.00 = PhP0.46012. With that in mind... iisipin mong mass mura ang mga bilihin dito. Biruin mo, kalahating piso lang ang one yen??? San ka pa???

But no... Binalaan na ako bago pa ako punta dito na ang mga bilihin sa Japan ay MAHAL. EXPENSIVE. Ang relation na pinangexplain sa akin ay ganito. Kung sa pilipinas ang Japanese food ay aabot ng mga P500 per meal... Dito... ang normal meal ay aabot ng P500 pesos din... ouch-simas...

Mag-lista tayo:

1.5L Mineral Water: Y155 = P71.30
Big Mac Meal: Y580 = P266.80
2kg Rice: Y980 = P450.80
Tempura Bowl: Y1000 = P460.00
Mukha ni hans ng ma-experience niya ang street fashion ng Japan: PRICELESS

Hay... Allergic pa naman din akong sa gastos... Yun nga lang... nung puntong nalaman ko pa lang na pinapadala kami sa Japan para sa trabaho, isa agad ang tumatak sa isip ko... "Ang Ibanez ay ginagawa sa Japan"... Naka-tingin na ako sa Ochonimizu (aka: Guitarist Heaven)... Medyo mas mura siya kesa sa Pinas, pero talagang mas maraming choices. Yaha! JS1200 here I come!

Mabigat nga lang ang kapalit... sobrang kailangan kong magtipid sa lahat... Yung isang kasama ko dito, naubos ang Per Diem allowance dahil binili niya itong laptop na ginagamit ko ngayon... Kinalilangan niyang gamitin ang isang Excel spreadsheet para ma-budget ang pera niya hanggang July 21. Lahat, ultimo waldas days, naka-schedule na, hehe... Mukhang mapapagaya ako sa kanya... Magsasama kaming magbubuhay mahirap muna...

Baggage

Alas-tres y media na...

Whooo... kakauwi ko lang. Ang mga superfriends kasi eh... Na-summon ako agad. Pagkatapos-na-pagkatapos kong mag-empake, pinalayas ako agad at pinapunta sa katips... masakit pa likod ko at pawis-paws eh.

Tamang-tama, alas-nuebe ang flight, dapat alas-syete asa NAIA na ako... so dapat aalis kami dito ng 5AM... ayus.... kaya yan, hehe. para saan pa ang adrenalin.

ang hirap kapag likas kang "pack-rat"... kulang na lang, dalin ko yung aparador ko... bad trip... 20 kilos lang ang limit sa check-in luggage, pero pakiramdam ko 30 kilos na yung bagahe ko... shuyet! ano kayang tatanggalin ko??? di pa kasama dun yung backpack kong approximately 7 kilos (di ko naman kinilo eh no???)... kinailangan ko pang iwan yung sosy kong water-bottle, 700g na Bear Brand, at sangkatutak na pangkain.

Ay-yah!

More or less... essentials ko lang dala ko... tulad ng "Man and Superman", Pen kit, sketchpad, studs, bola... etc... nyaha... ano ba yan...

Excess-excess na ang bagahe ko!!! Pero me upside naman yan... dahil hindi na kasya ang emotional baggage, iiwan ko na siya sa pilipinas... sana pagbalik ko, wala na siya, hehe... mga pabigat sa damdamin, hindi na dapat dalhin . Hmmm... wait... baka yun talaga ang nagpabigat ng maleta ko... neeeeeeeeh... hehe.

(hmmm... bati naman ata tayo... more... or less... i think)

Wish me luck! Malamang dito ko na lang kayo makahalubilo, prens en countrymen. Fare you well, and fare me well.

さよなら

scorching summer winds
a release from winter's grip
steel feathers falling

[Half a moon away, fourteen dreams from now.
If all goes well, released on a day for freedom.
As they send their dragons skyward, so shall I, take to the winds.
On wings of iron, it's tail aflame, the crane shall take me,
into the rising sun...]

It's been a year and 20 days since I started working at ci-tech (among other things...). For almost half that time, I'd been waiting for one of the few real perks of my job, apart from flexi-time: Travel Opportunities. In a few weeks time, ahead of everyone in our batch, ahead even of the batch before us, I'll be leaving the Philippines.

I was scheduled for the end of July, but the engineers in SOC wanted me to leave earlier, so with a great big rush, we started processing my documents yesterday. Give or take a few days, I'll be landing at Narita on July 04, 2006. Big deal right??? Damn-right! I'm already very excited!!!

I'll be needing a lot of supplies, considering that everything costs a hell of a lot more in Tokyo. Clothes, toiletries, shoes, everything! If I could only bring with me a sack of rice and a hunk of jerked beef, I would!

I've got a LOT of shopping to do.

Hmmm... clothes... damn... It just so happens that the office in shimo requires slacks, leather shoes, and collared shirts... three things I don't necessarily have in quantity... I'll only be able to do my laundry once a week, so I'll need a set of clothes that'll last more than 7 days, unless of course I want to do my load clad in just a bathrobe (like a certain samurai we know)... I'll bet the local people would just love that aye?

All that stuff will need to go into something... So I'll need a new suitcase (since we don't have an old one). My backpack, the old patched-up fogey isn't Tokyo-street-worthy anymore, hehe. Plus, my eyesight is bad right now, very bad. I'll need new glasses.

All these will dent my considerably diminished resources... thanks to birthday misfortunes... It's a good thing then that they'll advance my allowance for all those weeks, YAHOOOOOOOOOO!!!

There are a ton of reasons why I'm excited. Let's list them down...

• The best Ibanez models are made and sold in Japan and so-called "luxury goods" are very-very cheap there (JS1200 or Artcore??? HEEEEEEEEEEEELP!!! )
• Mt. Fuji
• REAL Japanese Cuisine
• #ent@1 (4 my prens, I promise!!!)
• AKIHABARA!!! (mamumulubi talaga ako dahil dito, pramis...)
• HARAJUKU (Uhhh... Harajuku-girls??? gothic lolitas??? neh... me simbahan sa Ruponggi... totoo!!!)
• DVD's, DVD's, DVD's
• dirt-cheap Master Grade Gundam kits
• Authentic Konoha head-protectors anyone?
• Sake

There are lots more reasons, but I'll leave the list as it is for now.

Hmmm... I've been thinking of how to celebrate my departure... On July 1, we'll be playing at mag:net. That's a saturday night... so maybe afterwards, I can party till tuesday morning, hehe... Let's see what comes up.

気
遣
う
私
の
た
め
に、
私
は
戻
る
July 28, 2006.

It won't be all fun and games though... The japanese are notoriously hardworking. It remains to be seen whether or not I'll survive their rigorous discipline. I also won't be able to enjoy the comforts that living with your own family has, such as 24-hour houskeeping and a fully stocked ref...

That's not even taking into consideration that I'll be leaving a considerably large portion of my life here in the Philippines... It's a good thing that they're football crazy over there. My friends and family can always reach me through the net and a roaming cellphone... but I don't have one right now... demmit... (add a phone to my shopping list).

Nevertheless... I just wanna get outta here for a while, and I wanna get out of here now!!! Let's go!!!

[wag na nating pagusapan kung sino ang kahawig ng mga hinayupak na haponesang yan, at kung sino ang kilala kong gustong-gusto talaga makapunta sa tokyo... alangya... malas niya, belaaaaaaat! Buti na lang mahilig daw sila sa mga europeo dun, yahaha! kaso... yung mga tado kong katrabaho, niloloko akong mukahng iranian daw... hindi aleman. Al-qaeda daw... shiyeet]

hApPY Birthday Rai!

Ika-unang araw ng Hunyo ang kaarawang ng aking kapatid na si Rai. Simula pa nung maliit kami, kung ano-ano na ang pinagdadaanan namin pag dumarating ang unang linggo ng buwang ito. Dahil sa magkalapit ang mga araw ng aming pagsilang, halos lagi kaming sabay magdiwang nito. Iilan lang ang naalala kong party ko lang ang party ng birthday ko.

Hindi lang yun, parang me tradition pa kaming magkapatid... isang tradition ng... kamalasan, nako! Tuwing malalapit na lang ang aming mga kaarawan, kung ano-ano na lang ang nangyayari samin. Mga disgrasya atbp. Isa sa mga hindi ko malilimutan ay nung head-buttin ni Rai yung isang gripo malapit sa court nung maliit pa kami. Siyempre nabutas ang noo niya (kaya siya me peklat sa noo, ala Harry Potter). Pero da best na siguro yung nangyari kahapon.

Ano nga bang nangyari??? Umagang-umaga, ang napakalisto kong kapatid ay nag-internet Cafe bago umuwi galing UST, kakatapos lang ng training niya sa Team B ng varsity. Di pa sila nagtatagal ng kasama niya eh bigla-bigla na lang siyang tinanong nung isang bata kung bag ba niya yung nakalapag sa tabi niya kanina. Binababa niya kasi sa sahig yung gahiganteng bag niya eh. Laking gulat ni Rai, wala na ang kaniyang bag. Kakalabas lang daw nung kumuha, kaya dali-dali niyang hinabol palabas. Pag punta niya sa kalye, walang tao... Astig talaga mga tao sa Quiapo no???

Ang lulan ng kaniyang bag... ang kaniyang pinakamamahal na Shox at perpetually-walang-load niyang cellphone. Anong gagawin ng hinayupak na magnanakaw na yun sa size 14 na rubber shoes??? Mamangka ba siya papuntang Bataan galing sa Manila Bay? Di ko na siguro kukuwento ang napakawalang-kwentang mga pulis dun sa presintong pinuntahan ng kapatid ko.

Kung yun lang sana ang happenings nung wednesday, ayos lang. But no!!! Pagkauwi ko galing UP, nalaman ko na ang Big Black Dog naming si Mitch ay nakalapa daw ng isang 8-year old na bata. Bibili sana yung bata ng Halo-halo kaya lumapit siya sa pinto namin. Lingid sa kanyang kaalaman, nakakubli pala sa halamanan ang isang katakot-takot na halimaw! Ang aming 1/4 Great Dane, 1/4th German Shepherd, 1/4th Japanese Spitz, 1/4th dikonaalam na aso. Napakalaki daw ng sugat sa kamay nung bata. Siyempre kasalanan naming lumapit sa aso namin yung bata diba, kaya pinadoktor namin siya... aba! Napaka-mura pala talaga sa medical city!!! lagpas P4,000.00 lang naman nagasta namin!!! Areko...

Siyempre, walang sapatos na gagamitin tong mokong na kapatid ko sa training, at wala na kaming pambili dahil nga nagpaospital kami ng matalinong bata... Oh yeah... Rai, Happy Birthday nga!!!

[Hmmm... pano kaya next week? Medyo kinakabahan na ako... Last year, hmmm... Masaya ba birthday ko last year??? Parang ayos lang, pero topic na ng ibang blog entry siguro yun... hehehe...]

Istokwermode!!!

Sa aking pagkakaalam, meron akong dalawang amazing mutant ability. Ang una ay ang abilidad na matulog ng napakahabang oras ng hindi sumasakit ang ulo pagkatapos. Nasubukan ko nang matulog ng lagpas 10 oras, bumangon para magpagaan ng pantog, at pagkatapos ay matulog ulit ng mga 10 oras pa... amazing aren't they?

Ang pangalawa ay ang aking superhuman ability na maghanap ng impormasyon sa internet. Ang tawag sa ganitong aktibidades ay web-crawling. Research, shopping, kahit ano!!!

Ayaw nyo maniwala??? Eto... kanina lang... hinahanap ko ang myspace ng isang kaibigan kasi andun yung isang mapang kailangan ko. Nakita ko na dati yun e, habang me hina-hanap akong ibang bagay. Kaso lang, nakalimutan ko yung URL. Me mga naalala akong mga salitang galing dun sa site nya kaya sinimulan ko nang mag-google. Syempre ginamit ko ang word combinations na pinakamalabong lumabas sa ibang site. Sa kasong ito, ang ginamit ko ay: "dylan oleth myspace". Lumabas agad ang hinahanap ko! (Subukan niyo i-google para makita niyo yung myspace na tinutukoy ko, hehe...)

Di ko nahanap sa site nya yung mapa, (di kasi ako member ng myspace...) pero op kors, nakita ko naman sa ibang website. Naks!

So... ano ngayon kinalaman non sa title ng post na to??? Well... I'm a gettin' there...

Minsan, dumarating ang mga panahong kung ano-ano ang naiisip kong hanapin sa net. Minsan ginoo-google ko sarili ko (eeeeew!) , mga kaibigan ko... atbp. Dahil dun sa "dylan oleth myspace" incident kanina, naisip ko tuloy na subukan ang ibang "unlikely" word combinations...

Mahuhulaan niyo ba ang mga salitang ginamit ko??? hehe... sa tingin ko hindi, pero malapit na mga hula niyo. (sinubukan ko din yung naisip niyo eh, bokya...) Well... me isang site naman kasi talaga akong hinahanap, na sa malamang ay sa imahinasyon ko lang nabubuhay (note to self: ina niya...).

Me isang interesting hit akong nakita... kulitin niyo na lang ako kung gusto niyo malaman... di pala ito yung hinahanap ko, pero malapit na. SOBRANG lapit na. parang Sabah tsaka Sulu. Isang... hmmm... kaibigan... I think... kaibigang ng iba na me nakakatawang(???) kuwento ako... needless to say, nakakita ako ng bagong jump-off point para sa aking paghahanap.

Pinagbubukas ko ang mga link na nakita ko... at habang binabasa ko ang mga kung ano-anong nakasulat sa mga kuwan-kuwan nila, unti-unti kong namalayang napakakaawa-awa ko naman pala... Isa na akong pathetic na stalker! Sa sobrang hiya, at self-pity, itinigil ko kaagad ang kalokohang ginagawa ko... uhhh... after a few sites, hehe...

Ano ba naman ang pumasok sa isipan ko? Pano na lang kung malaman ng mga tao na pinaghahanap ko ang mga blog nila samantalang pinkatago-tago nila to sa napakaeksklusibo at mapagkakatiwalaang internet... oh... but still... pathetic!!! Pero pinost ko pa talaga sa not a blog eh no? Baka matuwa kayo eh...

Kaya... kung me ipahahanap kayo sa akin... sabihin niyo lang kung ano (translation: sino), hehe.

[sa mga nabasa ko, me nakita naman akong occurance(s) nung words na sa tinging ko ay sa tingin niyo ay hinanap ko... uhhhh... get's ba??? ayos lang naman yung occurance(s), more or less... demmit!]

Lost and Found

[Kung sino man ang nakapulot ng phone ko, pakisoli naman! Wawa naman ako]

Pagkababa ko ng jeep sa IPI kanina, pauwi galing project 4, kinapkap ko ang mga bulsa ko. Dun ko napansin na wala na pala ang telepono ko.

Hinabol ko yung jeep at tinignan kung andun yung telepono ko. Ala sa inupuuan ko. Sabi nung isang mamang pasahero, nakita daw niya yung katabi kong bumaba sa citibank na me pinulot na kung anong bagay kanina, baka daw telepono ko yun. Habulin ko daw si pasaherong naka-blue...

Shuyet... ano yun, balik akong eastwood tas lahat ng naka-blue tatanungin ko kung asa kanya ba yung telepono ko??? yeeeeeryt... At low-bat na yun, kaya dehins ko na pwedeng tawagan o i-text... Umuwi na lang ako. Kung ibabalik talaga sa akin nung nakapulot yung teleponong yun, maibabalik din niya sa akin yun.

So... ano ngayon??? Wala akong telepono, ang pangunahing means of communication ko sa mga tao-tao (minsan nga mas mahaba pa nga kwentuhan with my freinds through text kesa kapag nagkikita-kita kami, whatdahell?!). Unreachable ako ngayon. Good or bad???

Nanghihinanayang ako sa telepono ko. Mahal pa man din matinong no-frills phone ngayon. At andaming alaala ang naipapaloob sa maliit na gamit na ito. Ultimo ang punong sanhi ng pagbili ko nung teleponong yun ay isang nakakatawang kwento na, althroughout college pinanindigan kong HINDI ko KAILANGAN ng cellphone. Sa huli, marami-rami din kaming napagdaanan nito...

Iniisip ko kung kukuha pa ako ng telepono. Strictly speaking, hindi ko talaga ito kailangan... meron naman kaming landline, at madali akong makontak through the net. Pero napaka-convenient nito. Maski ambush gimik, naaayos pag konektado ka... Ang tanong, eh kung me mga nagyaya ba, hehe.

Bahala na siguro.

[Pero kung gusto niyong magkaphone ako, you can send your donations to Makati PO box 3234, o kaya text niyo lang ako lagi na magphone ako ulit... uhuh-uhuh]

Remember, remember, the 5th of November...

Nung me imi-meet ako sa Gateway, Cubao kanina, napag-usapan naming sa Fully Booked o kaya dun sa record store sa tabi nito (na Oddessey pala) na lang magkita...

Matapos kong mabusisi ang napakalawak na selection sa Oddessey (para sa mga hindi nakakaalam... kumpleto po ang tindahan na ito... kung pop ang taste mo, blech!) lumipat ako sa FB.

Sa kasamaang palad, pagpunta ko sa graphic novels section ay naispatan ko kaagad ang collected issues ng "V for Vendetta", yung original novel na pinagbasehan ng pelikula... patay... dun pa lang alam ko nang mababawasan na naman ang pagkadami-dami (translation: severely limited) kung salapi...

Si Alan Moore ang nagsulat nito... sino si Alan Moore? Wala naman... siya lang ang idol ni Neil Gaiman pagdating sa pagsulat para sa mga graphic novels... sino si Neil Gaiman? Aba, ewan ko sayo!

Para sa mga me pakialam...

MAMATAY KAYO SA INGGIT!!!

[sana makahanap ako ng oras para mabasa tong nabili ko, huhuhuuuu...]

51 Days

It's been 51 days (1,224 hours, 73,440 minutes, or 4,406,400 seconds) since I've last made an actual post in this space... that's a long, long time... As expected, a lot of stuff has happened in that span of time but so far, nothing occured that sparked me to write an article (please read page title, repeat after me, this is not...).

What about this post then? Well... I figured I'd give people who visit something new to read, even though it is uncharacteristic of me to volunteer this kind of information, hehe...

So, to arrest my tendency to vaguely ramble on and on and on... here's a bulleted list of things that might be a mite interesting(Warning: information overload imminent). Enjoy!

*Overcame one or two weeks of wanting to be invited to (most probably non-existent) birthday party that I wouldn't want to attend... even on penalty of death. (do I want you to be happy??? no wishes for you then)

*At last! Learned name of singer of SH! (found out she might be interested in Sid, damnit...)

*One more instance of tardiness = termination... but...

*Found out undergrad thesis adviser setting up own engineering firm, oh yeah!

*[Almost died one weekend]
Friday night: 6UG,
Saturday noon: vs. Lufthansa,
Saturday night: Gweilo's Eastwood(saw how beautiful darna could have been without her silly chin, and, if she were punk... and really tall brother got hit upon by group of kiddy-girls and/or one really tall gay guy),
Sunday noon: vs. Indian FC. (more than 2 hours of continuous coughing... blast that manila air-Update: now breathing normally)

*(Almost insignificant-) Pay raise amidst shoddy disciplinary record prompts a loud cry of "Positive! Positive!!!"

*Found out how small world really is, and found out meaning of serendipity, all thanks to Joe ("da boss").

*Bacolod(Cauayan actually) confirmed. Flight on April 29. Nice!!!

*Daily Sched: 8AM: wake up; 8:30AM: wake up again; 9:00AM: really wake-up; 10AM-7PM: toil away (translation: sleep) at work; 8PM: go to wack-wack; 3PM: go home and get some much needed sleep.

*Met Bagus, he's on-board. Must now figure out a way to tell Marvin...

*Next "The In Crowd": April 24th, mag.net katipunan

*Found total90 for a measely P1,700. Must buy immediately!

*New DVD player. Plays DivX!!! Ubos kang naruto ka ngayon... and... might finally watch "the complete picture"... or might burn DVD as a sacrifice to the gods of vengeance instead...

*April 12 is mom's birthday. Noteworthy moments? None really...

*And to end it all: I'm getting my first actual vacation in a while... though it might turn up to be a "working" vacation... need... to... practice. We'll most probably be back in civilization on Sunday...

Ciao!!!

(PS: This might be my last post for a long while to come, what else is new eh???)

Unculloteable

Matagal ko nang gustong malaman kung anong magiging itsura ko kapag ang aking pinakamamahal na buhok ay kulot. At noong sabado, nakamit ko na ang kapita-pitagang mithiin na ito! (Sensya na kaibigang moonlight, di na kita nahintay)

Asa 614 kasi kami nun, nagpapahinga sandali pagkatapos mag-sketch ng banner para sa "Copa", nang dumating ang kengdot. Me bertday din kasi kaming pupuntahan sa xvv. Nang ilabas na ni keng ang kanyang curling iron ay di ko napigilang humingi ng pabor sa kanya. Sa madaling sabi, nagpakulot ako, ayos!

Mga isang oras ding trinabaho ang aking hairdo, nageksperimento pa kami kung anong mas ayos, yung maliliit na "kinky" kulot, yung malalaking pa-wavy, at kung ano-ano pa. Sabi ko gusto ko yung magmumukha akong hudyo (syempre pa).

Habang niluluto ang buhok ko (it burns!!!) , napamuni-muni ako tungkol sa pinagdadaanan ng mga taong kinakailangang paghirapan araw-araw ang kanilang "kagandahan" (kaya pala sila "ganoon", nyehehe). Pano ba naman kasi, ni pagsusuklay nga di ko na nagagawa araw-araw. (mga twice a month siguro ang suma-total...)

Matino naman ang kinalabasan... Ang natural na pagka-wavy (ie pagkagulo-gulo) ng buhok ko ay naemphasize pa, lalo na sa likod. Nagmukha naman daw akong... anime character, hehe. Ayos naman nang tignan ko sa salamin. Okay na sana talaga kaso...

Nung pumipili pa lang kami ng istilo e binalaan na ako ni keng na kailangan pang shampuhin ng mabuti ang buhok ko bago matanggal ang kung ano mang magiging epekto ng aming gagawin (kaya mag-isip daw ako ng mabuti bago kami mag-umpisa). Subalit... Dati pa ay alam ko nang balik-ayos(/gulo/whatever) ang buhok ko kaya medyo dumapo na sa isipan kong baka hindi tatagal ng ganon yung aking bagong "do". Pero di naman namin naisip na ilang pasada lang ng kamay ko e mawawalang bisa na ang pinaghirapan ni keng... Ilang oras ang itinagal ng pagkakulot ko? Lagpas lang ng konti sa 20 minutes (san ka pa?) Bago pa kami makarating sa xvv e balik na sa normal ang buhok ko... nice...

Mukhang hindi talaga kami compatible ng (pekeng) kulot, dibadibs???

[I am unculloteable.]

Fun Fact of the Day (#87256)

Diabetes mellitus is a medical disorder characterized by varying or persistent hyperglycemia (elevated blood sugar levels), especially after eating. All types of diabetes mellitus share similar symptoms and complications at advanced stages. Hyperglycemia itself can lead to dehydration and ketoacidosis. Longer-term complications include cardiovascular disease (doubled risk), chronic renal failure (it is the main cause for dialysis), retinal damage which can lead to blindness, nerve damage which can lead to erectile dysfunction (impotence), gangrene with risk of amputation of toes, feet, and even legs. Serious complications are much less common in people who control their blood sugars well with lifestyle and medications.

Most of the carbohydrates in food are rapidly converted to glucose, the principal sugar in blood. Insulin is produced by beta cells in the pancreas in response to rising levels of glucose in the blood, as occurs after a meal. Insulin makes it possible for most body tissues to remove glucose from the blood for use as fuel, for conversion to other needed molecules, or for storage. Insulin is also the principal control signal for conversion of glucose (the basic sugar unit) to glycogen for storage in liver and muscle cells. Lowered insulin levels result in the reverse conversion of glycogen to glucose when glucose levels fall — though only glucose so produced in the liver goes into the blood. Higher insulin levels increase many anabolic ("building up") processes such as cell growth, cellular protein synthesis, and fat storage. Insulin is the principal signal in converting many of the bidirectional processes of metabolism from a catabolic to an anabolic direction.

Type 1 diabetes develops when the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas have been destroyed. Nobody knows for sure why these cells have been damaged but the most likely cause is an abnormal reaction of the body to the cells. This may be triggered by a viral or other infection. This type of diabetes generally affects younger people. Both sexes are affected equally.

Type 2 develops when the body can still make some insulin, but not enough, or when the insulin that is produced does not work properly (known as insulin resistance). In most cases this is linked with being overweight. This type of diabetes usually appears in people over the age of 40, though in South Asian and African-Caribbean people it often appears after the age of 25.

Sweets do not cause diabetes.

Sayang... kala ko me katarungan dito sa mundo, hehe...

(wala lang, naisip ko lang bigla to... saka na ako magu-update... katamaran!)

Day 4, the adventure continues...

Subject: Tittel, HJC Jr.
Status: Exhausted
State of Mind: Optimistic Disbelief

It's hard to believe that it has only been 4 days since this adventure began... I can't exactly say that it has been my life's dream to do this, but the amount of effort I've put into this is a testament to my dedication...

Everyday since thursday...

3:30 AM. I've just arrived after a session... straight from burger machine. Less than 4 hours of sleep left...

Yesteday(saturday) was in Alabang, damn that sven ( <-funny story )... I had to leave a good friend's birthday celebration(pizza and beer! yipee!!!) for that and we were only able to go home at 6 in the morning(sunday, today). Whatever...

I'm already amassing a heck of a lot of funny, amusing, enterataining stories, so at the very least... I got that.

Tomorrow(today, monday), we have another. Hope marvin shows up, and fred's not too drunk... but he's cool that way.

Tuesday, same thing.

Wednesday, another one. But it's the big day. The day that we find out if we have what it takes... Whatever happens, I plan to enjoy this entire experience... And you should too dear reader(wink-wink).

3 days left then.

Until I receive clearance to announce all that I know about it... I'm keeping quiet... Although I'm having a hard time stopping myself from sharing this will the whole wide world... (hence this post, hehe)

And besides... I'm having a hard time believing it all myself... Damn!

Wish us luck. Whatever this is we're doing, hehe.

Momordica Charantia

Masdan mo ang sampaloc. Maasim kapag hilaw ngunit matamis kapag hinog na. Ganun din ang mangga, santol, duhat, kamatis, atbp...

Kapag pinabayaan mo bang mahinog ang ampalaya, nawawala ba ang pait nito? Napapalitan ba ito ng tamis?

[Ganun din ba ang mapapait na mga alaala ng kahapon? Napapawi ba ang masamang lasang iniiwan nito sa ating dila? Sa ating damdamin?]