Eto na ang bagong theme ko... Emo na naman... tang ina!

Currently listening to: Victims of Love... Tang inang bus yan eh! LSS!

1) DRINKING BUDDY OF THE YEAR?
- Demetrio! Anak ng tipaklong na two bottles yan!

2) LIFETIME SERVICE AWARD (longest
friend)
-- She's not the longest, but damn right, she's my best friend. Kay! Chiongzki miss na kita!

3) NEWCOMER AWARD - COOLEST NEW FRIEND?
-- Hmmm... Madami eh... This goes out to all my close friends sa office.

3) HIGH POINT OF THE YEAR?
-- April 10, 2007. It was the first time I went out with Ven.

4) LOW POINT OF THE YEAR?
-- The whole month of May... Everyday sabog sa alak.

5) BEST HOLIDAY?
-- Christmas of course!

6) YOUR SONG FOR 2007?
-- Only one ng Yellowcard.

7) MOVIE FOR 2007?
-- 300!

10) WHO DID YOU SPEND VALENTINE'S WITH
AND WHERE?
-- Sa office lang ako nun. Kasama mga officemates...

12) WHAT WERE YOU FOR HALLOWEEN
-- Wala...

13) RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR?
-- North Park, Luk Yuen, Mongkok, Super Bowl... did I say Chinese Resto???

14) KISS OF THE YEAR?
-- Wala... Wala lahat commitment eh... bwahahaha...

15) BEST DECISION MADE FOR THE YEAR 2007?
--  Gumising ng maaga at mag-upsell... ;p

16) WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR THE YEAR 2008?
-- Hit the gym, trim down my weight.

17) MOST STUPID IDEA WHEN DRUNK?
-- Mag drive... ;p  I still haven't been to an accident... ako pa...

18) TV SHOW OF THE YEAR?
-- House M.D. and Heroes

19) MOST LOYAL FRIEND(s)?
-- Halos lahat naman loyal...

Currently watching: DIscorvery Channel - Future Weapons

Out of lust for alcohol, I wen to a local Mini Stop and had two bottles of Strong Ice. Beer is something that I think I won't be able to get off my system. I know it's weird for somebody to be drinking alone. Been doing that at times. There even came a time when I downed a bottle of brandy by myself while doing a DVD marathon.

It is my rest day, and I am fuckingly bored. Uber bored. Damn it.

It is a Monday so all my "normal" friends are not available to go out. My "abnormal" friends are like miles away from my place so I won't waste my time to travel just to drink else where.

I just hope this year will be good to me, for work and for my love life. I hate it. I hate being single. Damn it! Well, gotta pop the pill and sleep! Good night to y'all! 

Currently watching: National Geographic - Inside Baghdad

1. Quietly and calmly open up your laptop case.

2. Remove your laptop.

3. Start up.

4. Make sure the guy who is annoying you can see the screen.

5. Close your eyes, tilt your head up to the sky and move your lips like you are praying.

6. Then hit this link

 

Grabbed this post from a friend. Thanks Upper... This is a lot of fun... You guys should try it at home... on a plane... on a bus... on a jeep...  

Currently watching: DIscorvery Channel

I went to the gym at the office for a while. Did a little bit of running and a little bit of cycling. Also did a bit of weight training. I can't seem to focus. Damn it.

I don't know why. I guess something is really runnning at the back of my mind. Probably being single for like two years is taking its toll on me. Imagine, two years of being sad and lonely. Well, not completely sad since I enjoyed 80% of the time, or maybe, just 20% of the time. I don't know. I really don't know if I was happy.

I hate sound mushy but, damn, why is it that whenever there's somebody out there who makes me happy, so happy, after a while, that person will leave. How's that? Too much of taking risk for me. But still, I will be more than happy to risk being hurt again.

I'm really starting to like this new girl, nice smile, really nice smile. The way she dress up, stunning. But I guess, she's into somebody right now. Here I go again, here I go again.

The wound hasn't healed yet. But just like what they say, keep on fighting until you get what will make you happy. Well, ako lang may sabi nun. hehehe...

Chiongzki, salamat... Sobra... Sana lang diba... Sana lang...

Currently watching: DIscorvery Channel - Myth Busters

Sunday Drive - The Early November

And we wait above a road.
We're turning to go home.
And the silence from the side of the car
Tells me everything and how we are.
'Cause there's no more trying to make this so right,
There's no more trying tonight.

And you know it's not so easy when you're all alone.
And I wonder if I'm alone in your head.

I know something is wrong, I just dont know what to do.
You say it's only me and that I'm so perfect for you.
I don't want to try no more, I dont want to make this right.
I just want you to be true to me, one time.

And you know it's not so easy when you're all alone.
And I wonder if I'm alone in your head.

Twelve days gone by since I have saw you last.
I'll give this one more try, I'll give it all my best.
And I'll ask "What could you be doing that is so much fun?
without me by your side, without me by your side?"

And I will take a step back, and I'll let you ahead.
And I will take a step away and see if you come back.
Because there's no more trying to make this so right,
There's no more trying, there's no more trying tonight.

We'll never be the same.
We will never be the same.
We will never be the same.
We will never be the same until you're done.

*Click the here to listen to the song.

◊ You do not have to shoo me away... I ain't no dog! You're not that pretty anyway.

Currently listening to: Sunday Drive - The Early November
Currently feeling: annoyed

I wasn't able to attend the college batch mini reunion last night because of work.

I think I will not be able to attend my nephew's baptism later because of work.

I am having a fucking bad day right now because of this multi-skill shit that they placed me in. HOSTING-VIP-HOSTING-VIP-HOSTING-VIP tapos pag avail na, storefronts naman. Ayus!

I need a break! Damn it... And boy, did I say that I have 14 PTOs to be credited?! IT MEANS I WASN'T ABLE TO GO ON VACATION LAST YEAR... NO BEACH HITS FOR LIKE TWO YEARS NA...

I have nothing against the OPS... I'm just cranky... That's it...

Currently listening to: to a stupid customer!
Currently feeling: cranky

... spent alone is not that great after all.

Currently listening to: Muse - Time is Running Out
Currently feeling: crappy

Should I resign soon?

The thought of resigning anytime soon crossed my mind when I saw the debut issue of my friend's Magazine called Bounce which primarily tackles college lifestyle and culture. I am not satisfied with their layout. I know to myself that I can do better than the guy who did their layout. (yabang ko noh? eh blog ko to eh. bakit ba?!).

But there's a lot of thing that I need to consider before getting a new job. I am actually thinking of just being a freelance layout artist but I cannot mix it up with my call center job. Toxic yun for sure! Malalim na pagiisip ang kelangan ko dito.

Hirap ako magdecide kasi may mga kaibigan akong maiiwanan sa PS. Parang nakakalungkot naman kung bigla akong maglaho s PS diba. Pero kung bumalik ako sa talagang linya ng trabaho ko, sa media. Makakasama ko naman madalas ang mga kaibigan ko nung college. Hirap magdecide.

Primarily, I want to resign because I am sick and tired of being a swinger. Multi skilled kasi ako. Kainis.

Sya nga pala, eto yung sample ng mga gawa kong cover for magazines.

http://www.flipdesign-inc.com/SAMPLEBOUNCE2.jpg

http://www.flipdesign-inc.com/samplebounce.jpg 

view nyo nalang and give me comments...

Then eto yung mismong magazine na nirelease na nila.

  http://superupper.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R4W9gQoKCDkAAAGcXnE1

Sino mas magaling? Ako o yung current layout artist nila?! SAGOT! 

Currently watching: CSI - Las Vegas
Currently feeling: confused

I think I am reaching for someone who wasn't there in the first place... hehehe... labo...

Currently listening to: How Do I Live - Trying Ric's CDs kasi...
Currently feeling: blank

I've been thinking about this for like two weeks now. I have been planning to move to a different company, try a not so different thing. I am planning to apply for a media outfit, a publication company to be specific. It's not that I am not happy with the work that I have currently, it's just that I want to practice what I have learned from college and integrate it with the stuff I learned from my current job.

But I doubt that I'd get accepted. My friend who's more like an editorial assistant from the publication company told me that their company is looking for graduates. Damn it. I don't have that piece of paper. And I don't really give a damn about that piece of paper that they call diploma. Being a layout artist, writer or photographer doesn't require a diploma. You may have a diploma but you don't have the talent and the creativity so it's pointless, right?

This will be a gamble... Let's see how this turn out. Hopefully, it would be favorable... Wish me luck guys....

Currently listening to: Brownman Revival - Jeggae
Currently feeling: nothing

Brownman Revival - Ikaw Forever 

kung tama ito
bakit ang sakit
bakit ang hirap
ang daming bakit

kung tama ito
bakit parang mali
bawat sandali
di mapakali

chorus

ikaw ang aking pag-ibig
kahit na akoy di ibig
ikaw ang aking forever
kahit tayo ay di together

kung tama ito
dapat madali
pero bakit ngayon
puso koy hati

kung tama sayo
tama na rin sakin
mag bibilang na lang
sa langit ng mga bituin

chorus

ikaw ang aking pangarap
sanay kasamang nangangarap
at ikaw ay aking forever
kahit tayo ay hindi together


tagalog rap

o sinta, o sinta
bat kailangan mo pang lumisan
sinta, o sinta
wag mo sanang kalilimutan


kapampangan rap

o sinta o sinta ot kaylangan pang mako ka
o sinta kaylangan pang mako ka
ali mu sa kakalingwan ing
kekatang pamikalugud
agyu mu na waring kalingwan namu
itang benging kapilan meg umpisa
ing egana-gana, ali mu sa kakalingwan
ing ali mung ginapus ing puso ku


chorus

ikaw ang aking pag-ibig
kahit na ako ay hindi ibig
ikaw ang aking forever
kahit tayo ay whoah baby baby

ikaw nga ba ay paalam
sa pag ibig na naharang
bakit hindi naging forever
na tayo ang naging together


naging together
sayo forever
ikaw forever

◊ Pakshet! In lab na naman yata ako... ;p

Currently listening to: Brownman Revival - Ikaw Forever
Currently feeling: anxious

I miss my Chiongzki. That's what I call my best friend (don't even ask why we call each other chiongzki). It's been ages since I last saw her (last time I saw her, May 2007 during the elections). I miss her. I've been asking her maybe we could have a few rounds of booze some time but it seems that she's really busy. There's one more thing as to why I really want to see her, it's about her other friend that I really like.

I can actually hate her for not going to my birthday back in November but what I can do but let it pass. Best friend nga eh. Intindihin ko nalang. 

I can't blame her, she's got work and she's too busy with it. It sucks though. Chiongzki... Paramdam ka naman kasi... Nag-smart na nga ako eh... Kuripot!

Note the music I am listening, Freestyler, favorite namin ni chiongzki yung nung college... hehehe...  

Currently listening to: Bomfunk MCs - Freestyler

As of this writing, I have just finished talking with Mr. Henry Ohara of tropicalsunsets.com. He's a 73-year-old guy from the islands of Hawaii. He gave me a good laugh with his jokes. He's a funny guy.

Mr. Henry definitely has wisdom. His jokes have a story to tell and lessons to learn from. He actually told me that he just got out of his marriage and he is losing half of his stuff to his previous partner. Which sucks if you'd ask me. This guy lives in an island and he's got one of the nicest views on earth, sunsets by the sea. It's been ages since I last went to a beach and sits in the sand and has an ice-cold beer. Oh boy, I really miss going to the beach.

 

 

 

Back to Mr. Henry, he told me a "sad-old joke". It's actually about an old guy sitting in the corner of a pub, the old guy looks sad and he is by himself. A big biker dude full of tattoos (more like Paul SR. of OCC I think) came storming into the bar and saw the poor old guy. The biker dude drank the mug of beer of the old guy and after drinking the beer, he told the old guy with a really huge voice that the old guy should get him another round of beer or else. The old guys said, you know what my son, I am really having a bad day, my wife twisted her ankle this morning, I don't have the money to pay the mortgage so I am not sure if we would still have a place to live come next month and now you came here drank my mug beer without even asking. The biker dude got a bit intimidated. The old guy continued with what he is saying, do you know that the beer you just finished drinking has a poison. I suppose it is not yet time for me to die son. Go call 911 right away.

If you'd read it, it's actually not that funny but with the way Mr. Henry delivered the joke, it gave me one hell of a laugh.

Another funny thing about this, somebody told him this joke while he was sitting in his porch. Not sure if it's even for real but damn, he was going through divorce and he is losing half of his property to his previous partner when a guys suddenly approached him and asked if he ever heard of a "sad-happy joke". Mr. Henry just told the guy to bring it.

Mr. Henry is such a funny and sensible guy, unlike the other customers that I have handled. He told me that being able to laugh at jokes is a sign of intelligence. Well, I think it is a sign of intelligence since you were able to process the joke in your head. Right? He also said that imagination is more important than intellect. Which I think is true as well. I guess everything starts with imagination.

It's really nice to talk to old people especially if they are not rednecks or bastards. I hope there's a lot of Mr. Henry Ohara out there. Somebody who is happy with his life even after all the crap life has thrown to him.

 

Currently listening to: 311 - Amber
Currently feeling: amused

Currently listening to: Big Mountain - Baby I Love Your Way
Currently feeling: blank

1. What is the status of you and the
last person you texted?
= She's my best friend... ;p

2. What is wrong with you right now?
= I am cranky... I am pissed off...

3. When did you last cry?
= It's been a long time... Haven't been scolded for the longest time...

4. Who do you hate?
= Delayed breaks and stupid callers...

5. What do you want in your life right
now?
= Partner in life...

6. Are you happy?
= Honestly, no... Nothing to be happy about...

7. What do you smell like?
= Gotas De Oro... ;p

8. Drinking?
= I have a bottle of water beside me right now...

9. What’s your favorite thing to have
on your bed?
= My pillows...

10. What do you wear to bed?
= shorts...

11. How do you feel about the person you got this survey from?
= Nothing...

12. Whose house did you go to last night?
= My house...

13. What about the night before that?
= Same place, my house...

14. Do you like anyone right now?
= Yeah... Like really like...

15. Are you bored?
= Sobra...

16. What is the last movie you watched?
= Madea's Family Reunion

17. What are you listening to right now?
= I'm listening to Gina Farr blurting anything and everything about her WordPress Blog... Grrr...

18. What are you excited about?
= Nothing... There's absolutely nothing to be excited about anymore...

19. Who was last to touch your butt?
= Nobody... ;p

20. When you sleep do you dream about heroin addicts?
= Nope...

21. What’s on your mind right now?
= My mind is saying... "must drink tonight..."

22. Who was the last person to make you cry?
= Nobody...

23. Name someone whose name starts with the letter "A."
= Abbie Almasco... (First name with a letter "A" that crossed my mind).

24. Do you care what others think about you?
= Not really...

25. Do you trust people easily?
= Yeah...

26. Do you think you'll be married in 10 years?
= Asa... I think I am doomed to be single...

27. Would you kiss the last person you kissed again?
= Why not...

28. What do you look forward to in the next 3 months?
= I am hoping that I could get out of this job and start with new job... Day job without delayed breaks and stupid customers.

29. Who was the last person you called?
= Hmmm... I forgot...

30. Who was the last missed call?
= I can't recall...

31. Do you plan on moving out within the next year?
= Nope...

32. What were you doing at 5pm last Friday night?
= watching TV.

33. What happened at 10:00 am today?
= It's not yet 10am... Probably I'll be talking to another stupid customer.

Currently listening to: Bob Marley - Waiting in Vain
Currently feeling: nothing

It is funny to see that Filipino owned companies prefer their applicants to be degree holders whereas these booming foreign owned companies would even accept high school graduates. Is it really important to have that piece of paper they call diploma or is it more important to have talent, creativity and people skill?

 

I have been a victim of being stereotyped as a happy-go-lucky guy back in college. I was not able to finish my studies for a lot of reason. And I know most of it is my fault. I have been into booze and even a little bit of drugs. I did not attend my class regularly for the simple reason that I think my professors are incompetent. They were not able to get my attention. Only a few professors from my school was able to get my attention because I think that they really know what they are talking about, unlike the professor I had for Video Post-Production who cannot even teach anything aside from cross-fade. So, does it feel like you deserve to have that “hard-earned” piece of paper you guys call diploma? They say it is more like a passport for respect. Well, yeah, people who has that piece of paper get more respect than people like me who does not have that piece of paper.

 

I know to myself that I can make my way up the ladder without having to have that piece of paper. I do not need that especially if I have to deal with plastic people just to get that diploma. I have no time for that.

 

I have been working for a call center for two years now. It feels good that foreign company would hire people like me who do not have a diploma and they do not just hire people like me, they give opportunity for undergraduates to climb the corporate ladder without having to have an MBA. It all boils down to talent, performance, quality of work and of course, people skill.

 

A friend told me that it is not all about the money. Yes! It is not all about the money but hey, we need money to live, to eat, to buy stuff and to fulfill our dreams. Sometimes, you just have to be practical. We do not have the same situation in life, I know people who would stay with the current work they have even if they do not earn that much. They say that they love what they are doing. The difference is that they are still being supported by their family. How about those people who are on a different situation? I dare not answer my question.

 

It sucks to know that Filipino owned company would not even give their fellow Filipino a chance to prove that they can do something for the company even if they do not have the piece of paper. They would rather give opportunity for those who have diploma but cannot perform or cannot give quality output. Or the person they accept for the job may be really good but they cannot even pay that person the salary that he should be receiving. This is the single reason as to why Filipino workers would rather take their chances abroad.

 

I hope the system would change.

Currently listening to: Bomfunk MCs - Freestyler
Currently feeling: contemplative