Entries for May, 2005

May 2nd, 2005
Lifetime Wish List

Well, ito ang aking wish list na sana’y ma-achieve ko LAHAT maybe after 5 years from now.  The list is in order according to the degree of difficulty of accomplishing them (the first in the list is the least difficult and the last is the most difficult).  And here it goes, remembering that a life without dreams is like a sheep without a wheel, a touch without a feel, and you can’t even believe it’s real.  Simply aim high and even if you fall so badly, isn’t it one hell of a lesson??


.:: To Love Accounting ::.

            - Well, paulit-ulit ko nang sinasabi sa blog na ‘to na hindi ko talaga #1 choice ang Accounting, ewan ko nga ba kung bakit bigla akong dinala ng aking mga paa sa Confirmation day, dahil ba baka bugbugin ako ng tatay ko kung hindi ako mag-Accounting? *maybe*  Kaya I must love it when class starts and at this moment I’ve been meditating if Accounting is really right for me [so far I’ve realized that I was somewhat happy when I got to know I qualified (fate did well) since universally, failure is not a thing to brag about] and if I ever learn to love it, will Accounting love me back?  Only God knows but no matter what will happen, I presume this is the LEAST difficult, mas mahirap pa nga ang maghanap ng pera pang-enrol ko eh...

.:: The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff ::.

            - Bulilit pa lang ako mahilig na ako sa libro.  I still can remember our very first set of books that our parents bought for us (na mag-utol) and in this set I had learned to read.  Sesame Street at kasama na ung Look It Up ang set na un, both were educational but the latter was more serious since it has no “personification” to delight the kids unlike the former!  So my passion towards books has just grown like a Molave so at this time gusto kong bumili ng “The Tao of Pooh” pero medyo may kamahalan nga lang kaya mag-iipon muna ako para mabili ‘to.  Ayoko naman nang humingi pa sa parents ko ng pera para dito dahil may “hiya” rin naman ako but my father promised me that he’ll buy this book for me pero sa birthday ko pa nga lang, December pa un, matagal pa!  The Tao of Pooh is basically about the teachings of Taoism and Winnie the Pooh personifies all its principles.  This is some sort of a self-help book and you’ve got to believe man that even in the industry I’d like to enter, Taoist principles could really be applied...

 

.:: Flash Disk na may MP3 ::.

            - I love music and computers (but not the computer subject) and there’s no question why I’ve always wanted to have this one na 2 in 1!!  Takte Bri sabi mo ibibigay mo sa ‘kin ung Flash Disk mo sa birthday ko, remember?? Ehehe!  Ok lang kahit walang MP3 basta libre ba eh...  Para sa mga hindi nakakaalam kung ano ang Flash disk, well, this is some kind of a disk (removable device) but this handles data far more than an ordinary floppy disk can handle.  Pero mas ‘stig ‘di ba kung may MP3 player pa, voice recorder, FM radio, lie detector test, built-in batuta, etc.??

 

.:: Magic Sing ::.

            - Putcha ‘nde ko ‘to na-accomplish last Christmas but this time I’ll try out on Wowowee kasi pinamimigay lang ung Magic Sing dun wahehehe!  Sa mga may-ari ng Magic Sing, request ko lang na bigyan 'nyo naman ‘ko ng 1 stock, ibibigay ko lang sa aeta learner ko sa Mabilog for outreach purposes wahehe (sabay sulot).  Seriously speaking, I love to sing, I believe that I used to be a singer in my past life !  Pero “cheap” naman ‘tong Magic Sing para ilagay dito sa wish list, pwede na rin ung DVD player na may built-in Videoke of thousand songs (basta may OPM), may kamahalan nga lang, can’t-afford pa naman kami eh, pinagtiyatiyagaan ko na nga lang mic namin dito e...

 .:: Sony Ericsson k500i ni Paps ::.

            - Pa, ibigay mo na lang sa ‘kin yang phone na gamit mo or trade na lang tayo!  Kung ayaw mo, ipagkakalat ko sa buong mundo na wig lang yang buhok mo hahaha !!!

 

 .:: Brand-New PC ::.

            - Banas na banas na ako sa PC na gamit ko!  Windows Me na nga lang ‘to, putcha para naman pagong ang RAM at Videocard!!  Buti na lang Optical Mouse ‘tong gamit ko (saving grace).  Ang bagal pati ng Internet laging nag-cracrash dahil sa mababang RAM!!  Gusto ko nang bumili ng bago at ‘pag ako nagkaroon ng trabaho, takte bibilhin ko talaga ang pinakalatest model, ung 1 GB ang RAM na pwedeng ma-launch ang space shuttle ng NASA!  Mataas din na Videocard at mabilis na mabilis na Internet na mas mabilis pa sa DSL na tipong hindi pa dumarating ang sunod mong hininga, fully loaded na ang 1 high-resolution image.  Hayuup na flat LCD monitor at laser printer saan ka pa?!  And the whole computer set will have a black/gray color para astig at para rin hindi na makita ang mga libag kong matagal nang namuo sa aking keyboard...

 

.:: FHM Library ::.

            - 6 or 7 pa lang ‘tong collection kong magazine pero parang gusto ko nang mag-hire ng librarian...

 


.:: To be a CPA ::.

        - Siyempre to finally be a Certified People’s Annoyance hehe.  Biro lang!  No need to elaborate on this and to all my friends who take up Accounting as their major, who the hell doesn’t want to be one??


.:: Toyota Vios ::.

           - Pansin ko lang na pahirap nang pahirap na ‘tong ma-accomplish everytime I scroll down ha!  Dahil si Britney Spears ang nag-endorse nito, kahit lola ka na by the time na nasa ‘kin na ‘to, I will love this the way I’ll love my future family...  Ang gwapo ko siguro dito hehe...

 

.:: Sariling business na Marketing Agency ::.

            - Naka naman ang taas na masyado nito wahehe!  Well anyways, I’ve always wanted to feel maybe sometime in the future how a Tycoon feels everytime he goes to mall and can buy almost everything he wants. Specifically, I wanna be a businessman doing some serious sh*t related to my interest and little potential – Marketing.  An agency that provides satisfactory Marketing solutions to every businesses that badly need it (hehe essay na ata ‘to sa BA quiz ha).  I love creative people to the point of kissing them because their skill is INNATE and what they have really is a talent that could hardly be seen in books.  Tulad ng mga magagaling mag-drawing, animator, web/software developer, at siyempre ung mga taong  who have always strengthen the Marketing backbone – they are individuals who have ideal minds that could come out with creative ideas to capture consumers’ attention.  Sana kayo ang maging staff ko hehe...

 .:: Girlfriend ::.

            - Pang-pamilya na ‘to ha and therefore she must be for real hehe at magaling na rin magluto kasi ang alam ko lang ay magsaing!  Mahirap ata ‘tong makamit kung hindi ko pa nakukuha ung mga nasa itaas wahehehe!  Seriously, I’ve adored my parents how they have both successfully raised us ever since we were still unborn.  And thus I want to create a happy family of my own too with my future lovely wife and at least 4 children possessing the eyes of Elisha Cuthbert, nose of Julia Roberts, lips of Britney Spears, and the oriental beauty of Zhang Ziyi, and all I want for my future kids to get from me is JUST my surname hehe...

Posted at 11:51 AM by rcdarang 1 Comment(s)
May 6th, 2005
On Hate...
.::Underground Scribe’s Special Feature::.


It has been a pretty long time since I last put my SERIOUS  thoughts down on paper for the public to (hopefully) read them, thanks for this blogging experience and let me again show you just one sample or shall I say a last  glimpse of what would be my legacy like ‘cause I’m presently taking the road I, myself, still unaware of its twists and turns though the destination seems to be downright clear.  Before I proceed writing on the sample topic I’ve just felt writing about, let me share to you my humble writing career (let me reminisce good old days first), it all started out when I was on my 2nd year high school when I have discovered that I have an ability to write literary pieces, not necessarily an innate talent but a developed skill and an essay/prose is the literary form I like most.  It was not just simple/elementary writing like sharing you all stuffs about me (who the hell at the first place will be interested?) but to tell you, I’m writing to help out people to move on no matter what!  I’ve really enjoyed writing to the point that I had come to fix that career on my mind until I get into College to likely pursue a writing-related course, but somehow sadly, my course now is very far from it, a precise 90-degree turn of FORTUNATE events.  Writing for me is as an expression of overflowing feelings that distinguishes us (humans) from animals and thus this art is a celebration enough for human existence that has brought my faith closer to the BIG MAN upstairs (writing therefore is an outlet of my faith, it may sound weird or mystical to the conventional many but forgive me “non-spiritual” people for that, just know your role).  My English teacher really inspired me to write and she is very good to the point that she has become my ultimate favorite even up to this time.  She simply appreciates my humble work and she showed her love towards my literary works in many ways possible like I remember when my Haiku at that time was being recited by her aloud before my classmates and I can’t help but blush!  Especially when she decided to get my book to be displayed for our school’s library, it really was overwhelming.  I was really happy at the time she informed me about that good news, imagine that out of more than my 300 batchmates who wrote a book for this sole project in English, I’m so glad that my book entitled “What I Have Lived For” is one of the few great books she had gladly chosen.  I’ve really never been appreciated by a non-relative like that before and so “writing” from that vintage had become a personal obsession which was ignited by that overwhelming appreciation my favorite mentor gave me and the rest is glorious history though I have some minor regrets why I had not joined the summer training our campus official newsletter has offered way back then (but it was just fine since I'm more into "philosophic writings" that has stretched my mind to the limits not necessarily into "journalism" which you copywrite, go interview "popular" somebody, write articles about issues which are just limited to the situation).  So much for that “share” now I’ll go to the sample topic…


Ehermmm!  SIMPLY loathing/hating someone for shallow/unproductive purposes is really more terrible than having pre-marital sexual relations!  That evil thing is really the root of all wars that have happened in the face of earth.  Hating someone will start from judging the person in whatever aspects you can target of his overall being, and if that person does not please you or match your elite taste, perhaps your instinct will drive you to hate him and the terrible mess will eventually march forward.  It really is OK to hate somebody if he/she deserves to be loathed like someone who is a danger to public interest but please come to think of it ‘cause only a "few" endanger societal interests and if it becomes a full passion for you to hate others, you simply have an inner problem like that of Hitler’s and it will also develop until that evil routine continues to circulate without direction.  True, that you can’t please everybody or within my understandable perspective, I CAN’T PLEASE EVERYBODY!!!  Even Jesus Christ was hated by his jealous detractors.  But if you can stop hating, then do so and “wanted” peace will finally be achieved and if you are a devout Catholic, isn’t it some sort of a utopia we’ve been craving to have?  I just can’t help but disgust the shits on people’s asses who simply hate others under shallow and unproductive circumstances and to tell you honestly, they are the “deserved ones” to be hated even close to criminals.  If a person JUST has a breathe that stinks, why will you tell the whole world for instance he has this gross "mouth" odor if you, yourself, have also been having bad breathe every time you wake up in the morning (I’ll bet a billion you have too)?  Isn’t it hate that has driven you in doing that so?  If he/she has a body odor too or is fat or ugly, isn’t he/she a human who also can contribute for the betterment or survival of humanity maybe far more than yours?  Why are the ugly always the source of laughter to some (exception of course to the immature reasoning prowess of kids)?  Why will you hate the so-called pretenders or liars who falsely have claimed themselves “rockers/punks” for instance just to please your rocker lifestyle?  And at the first place, why will they adjust FOR you in order for him/her to match your fad or simply not to be hated by you?  That fad is not even a single thing to boast about ‘cause Bill Gates as a considerable model has it already perfectly!!!  Will it help the poor in Payatas?  Just go crazy towards POP songs and try to adjust your rocker ways there!  Why will you hate the “pessimists” or those who seem hopeless for instance once again on the other hand?  Just because you’re an achiever, you have the right to abhor them!  Why don’t you instead teach them IN DETAIL how to have a positive outlook in life instead of writing a letter of absolute condemnation against them (don’t reason out your laziness ‘cause Oprah Winfrey amassed billions of dollars with outmost diligence of inspiring millions and is definitely worth an archetype)!  Your condemnation will not definitely help but instead it will just weaken them more so even!  The so-called weirdos to considerably cite, why will you hate them as well for instance??  The motto: don’t judge the book by its cover (as simple as it may appear to be) should be your favorite motto if you shallowly abhor them!  Are you sure that you are not a fool in somebody’s opinion, by the way?  Why at these times many Filipino teens, most of them belong to the elite community, loathe social climbers?  Those hate-machine teens are not far from the mindless people who hate beggars who are just trying to taste foods from the rich out of extreme hunger!  Yes, they are just the same with FAKE people but it’s more proper I believe to just pity them than to condemn.  Why will you hate people by their color and even by their principles they have lived by?  If he’s inferior/weakling, can’t you just understand him, can't you just understand the beauty of diversity?  If you want to be always "superior" or if you already are, then I'll not dare to mess up with you (besides I salute you) but don't hate the inferiors or else I'll unleash the animal out of you!


Why don’t you hate the rapists who pulled panties and ripped bras by force instead?  The rich and the famous who have played hide & seek from the tax collectors, the big-time corrupt officials who have messed up the supposed-to-be “equality” in wealth distribution, the murderers who don’t value human life, terrorists who took Martin Burnham’s life, members of the Waray-Waray gang who messed up with our economic cycle by robbing banks, why don’t you just hate them all, instead of blatantly hating those who violate your own selfish rules?  Isn’t hard for us to condemn the war that has killed millions of innocents instead?  Simply hate the people behind that almost apocalypse attempt!  If Jesus Christ, a PERFECT godly figurehead, loves his enemies more than his friends, TAYO PA NA HINDI PERPEKTO??  Eh anak pala kayo (haters) ng p*ta ehh!!

Posted at 07:46 PM by rcdarang 2 Comment(s)
May 11th, 2005
The Mayonnaise Jar & Coffee

Ahay buhayy!  Aga ko bumangon mga 4:00 am, pano kasi hindi ako nakatulog!!  Nakatulog ako pero 3 hours lang.  Nagising kasi ako bigla dahil naramdaman kong najijingle ako, kaya un nagjingle sandali tapos balik sa kama, PERO inabot pa ako ng malas nang atakehin ako ng mild ashtma kaya un hindi na ako nakatulog pa, nakahiga ako pero ung diwa ko nandun parin kaya eun bumangon na lang ako sa sobrang banas ko!!  Dahil nga maaga ako bumangon, knock-out pa lahat ang rest of the members of the Darang family, kaya un nagsaing ako tapos nagluto. Potahh talaga, nagluto ako ng "egg" pero hanggang ngayon sabog pa rin ang ITLOG KO!!  Kailan pa kaya ako matututo?  Sobrang boring ngayong summer (agree?), pinagtiyatiyagaan ko na nga lang 'tong magandang mukha ni Susie ng Winner TV Shopping eh!  Kulang na lang e pakinggan ko ang every heart beats ko sa sobrang boredom...  Pero, I'll make this vacation 'productive' kasi wala na akong bakasyon pa pagkatapos nito (busy for the next 2.5 years)!  I'm currently missing my little sis who's now having a vacation in our proud hometown sa Samar!  Wala tuloy akong kasabay manood ng Wowowee (joke joke time) tska Spongebob!  Aga ko talaga hehe hindi talaga ako sanay lalo na pag-summer, usually kasi tanghali na ako nagigising.  Feeling ko tuloy nagcracramming ako mag-aral sa Econ nito eh hehe.  So much for this non-sense blogging ehehe (I'm not Donald Trump for you to become interested in my life anyways hehe) and let me make some sense by sharing to you a fine 'reading' that I've just got from my Sir Eric in his site at Multiply.  Asteeg ang site niya dahil sa lupet ng Flash animations na gawa niya!  I salute you...   Here's a really inspiring forwarded story he got from a friend..  Nakita ko rin pala ang original site ng ganitong story at tawa ako nang tawa kasi ung background music ay pang Maalaala Mo Kaya hehe, ma-drama pero inspiring talaga lalo na kapag may music sa bg..

THE MAYONNAISE JAR AND COFFEE

When things in your life seem almost too much to
handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise
jar...and the coffee...

A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in
front of
him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and
empty
mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls.

He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it
was.

The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the
jar.
He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into
the open areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again
if
the jar was full. They agreed it was.

The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar.
Of
of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the
jar
was full. The students responded with a unanimous " Yes "

The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table and
poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively filling the empty
space
between the sand. The students laughed.

"Now! "  said the professor, as the laughter subsided,  " I want
you to
recognize that this jar represents your life:

The golf balls are the important things - God, family, your children,
your
health, your friends, and your favorite passions - things that if
everything
else was lost and only they remained, your life  would still be full.

The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house,
and
your car. The sand is everything else - the small stuff."

" If you put the sand into the jar first," he continued, "there is no
room
for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend
all
your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for
the
things that are important to you. Pay attention to the things that are
critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get
medical checkups.  Take your partner out to dinner. Play another 18.
There
will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal."

"Take care of the golf balls first, the things that really matter. Set
your
priorities. The rest is just sand."

One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represented. The professor smiled. "I'm glad you
asked. It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may
seem, there's always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a
friend."

Ito ang dapat i-chain message on setting top priorities first while having a relaxing talk with a friend over a cup of coffee no matter how full your life maybe (kaya Mary Rose diretsahin na kita, wala ka na bang panahon sa 'kin makipagusap?? )  Hindi ang p*tang inang chain message na na-receive ko noong Mother's Day na sinabi dun na kapag hindi ko raw pinasa ehh mamamatay daw ang ina ko!  Eh TARANTADO pala 'to e!!! Kung sino man ang nagpauso ng ganyang chain message e talaga namang puta ang ina mo!!!  Kung sino man ang mga sira ulong nagpasa pa, e uto-uto ka!  Kung bobo ako edi mas bobo ka!!!  Hmphhh!

Posted at 06:22 AM by rcdarang 1 Comment(s)
May 13th, 2005
Si 'Boy Panot' sa LTO
"Beware of Fixers" 'yan ang malinaw na karatulang nakalagay sa LTO Nova branch. 

Nakuha ko kahapon ang aking "temporary driver's license" to be permitted to drive as STUDENT pero kami (with Bri) nama'y naloko ni alyas "Boy Panot."  Requirement DAW kasi for 'student permit' ay birth certificate at TIN (take note sa salitang 'daw').  Siyete at hindi ko alam ang TIN na yan maliban sa element na bakal, tama ba mga taga-Science?  Birth certificate lamang ang baon namin maliban sa brief at wala kaming takteng TIN!!  Kaya sabi sa 'min ni alyas 'Boy Panot' na kung wala pa raw kaming TIN ay pwede sa kanyang ILAKAD pero 300 piso ang kanyang singil pero ang legal fee ay 127.8 lang (kung meron nga daw TIN)...  Dahil nga wala kaming alam kung ano ang takteng TIN na 'yan at wala rin kami, napasubo kaming 'friendships' na maglagay na lang ng 300 daan kasi nga naman kulang DAW ang requirements namin at "atat" kaming makakuha ng permit.  Do the Accounting, magkano ang aming LUGI (300 - 127.8 = 172.2 ).  Sa madaling sabi, alam namin na ILLEGAL ang transaction na naganap sa pagitan namin at alyas 'Boy Panot.'  NGUNIT, nalaman ko pag-uwi ng bahay na required nga 'yun pero ANY OF THE FOLLOWING naman, 'yung takteng TIN na un ay JUST 1 of those.  Ayy poootahh!!  Just to prove you're in a LEGAL age to drive.  Kaya ibig sabihin kahit na 'birth certificate' lang ang baon mo para makakuha ng permit ay PWEDEng-pwede!!  P*ta talaga!!  Again, just to prove you're in a legal age to drive!  Siyempre kahit papano e may utak pa kaming natira kaya tiningnan ko sa window #4 kung ano talaga ang requirements for student permit, eh isa palang malaking "KURAKOT" 'tong p*tang inang ahensyang 'to, imagine, nakalagay nga dun ang requirements na kasama nga ang takteng TIN pero wala naman naka-indicate sa TAAS ng papel na "ANY OF THE FOLLOWING" e pano mo nga naman mabubuksan ang utak mo sa katotohanan kung sinirado nila ang katotohanan.  Do the logic, kung walang naka-indicate na ANY OF THE FOLLOWING, ibig sabihin LAHAT ng nakasulat dun ay required!!  Gulang e 'no?  Ehh ano nga ba 'yang takteng TIN na 'yan??  At Bakit ako napamura pagdating ng bahay nang nalaman ko ang TRUTH?  'Yan KASI ay BIR TIN (tax identification no.) at sa madaling sabi ito'y numero na ibinibigay sa bawat citizen of the Phil. na may steady INCOME na nagbabayad na ng TAX!!  Ay poootahh!!  Wala pa kaming TIN kasi wala pa naman akong kita o trabaho para magkaroon ng obligasyon sa bansa!!  Kung alam ko lang ang takteng TIN na 'yan e d dapat hindi ako nalugi ng 172.2 piso na pwede ko pa sanang pambili ng internet card!!  ULOL kayo!!  Kaya hindi umaasenso ang bansa sa inyo e at kaya MULTO kayo sa paningin ng investors!!  May nakausap ako na isa ring "fixer" na babae nga lang, nagtanong ako sa kanya kung paano nila nailalakad un at kung papaano sila nakakakuha ng "lagay" nang hindi nahuhuli, sabi ba naman sa 'min, "hindi naman illegal ang paglalakad namin ng lisensya ehh at may kakilala kami sa LOOB(aka insider)" eh P*TA talaga kayo, siyempre mawawalan kayo ng klieyente kapag sinabi niyong "ILLegal" kayo!!  Ang babaho niyo, mas masangsang pa kayo kaysa kilikili ng Bombay at kasing gulang niyo pa!!  Baguhin niyo na buhay niyo, maligo kayo, at para naman ganahan pa akong manilbihan sa bansang mahal ko!!  Kaya sa kukuha ng driver's permit o kahit registration mga kababayan ko, BEWARE of DOGS at mag-research kayo bago pumuntang LTO (na hindi ko nagawa)!!  By the time we'll get the Non-Pro, asahan ninyong hindi na kami gunggong kasi ma-peperfect namin ang test na walang "magic" na hatid ng mga fixers!!


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Posted at 07:52 PM by rcdarang 1 Comment(s)
May 20th, 2005
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The question of whether or not we'd really be better off eliminating heartbreak from our lives. -- Luke Y. Thompson, New Times

Before I begin to blog about the great movie I watched: "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" let me just share the events that happened to me this week.  May 16, lunes, my classmates, together with some friends, and I went to AC's place to celebrate Limpz's birthday party   Bitin nga lang ung inuman session eh kasi late na rin kami nagsimula kasi medyo na late si Kitin (late na nga e maaga pa umuwi hehe ).  Pero OK lang, kaysa naman nandito lang ako sa bahay at magsawa sa kakalaro ng PC games tulad ng NBA Live at Need for Speed Underground (salamat Bri sa pahiram mong games -- a great games-addict indeed).  Laro rin kami ng PS2 sa party, astig ung larong "Fight Night" (un ba un?) boxing 'to na nandun si Manny Pacquiao at nag-rematch sila ni Erik Morales nang nilaro namin un. Doon sa larong un nakabawi si Pacman kahit papano kasi ako ang nag-control sa kanya wahehe.  Masaya at astig, mabuhay Pilipinas at salamat sa EA sports for featuring our hero/warrior in this addictive game!  After that wala na, dito na naman sa bahay magbabad sa harap ng PC, magbasa sa Internet, manood sa TV, magbigay ng advices sa ka-text, makipagtalo kay ama, suwayin si ina kasi hindi pa ako nagpapagupit at direng-dire siya sa haba ng hair ko, at mag-overhaul ng website na 'to.  Mag-sound trip na rin at patugtugin 'tong "Get Low" by Li'l John & Eastside Boyz para naman ma-feel ko or ma-imagine man lang na nasa "bar" ako with many chickzz dancing across my hazy horizon KAHIT nasa bahay lang.  Taena talaga 'tong SINGAW na nasa labi ko ang hapdi lalo na kapag nasasagi ng toothbrush!  Is this what 'one' will get of not taking a bath for a week now??  At least hindi ako "insecure" sabi rin kasi nila, mga "insecure" lang daw ang naliligo? verum est (totoo ba itich)??  So hindi nga ako insecure.  (note: 1 week is just exagg, figure of speech )

May 16 Scandal: When "Childish Heads" Got Drunk

OK, movie review na naman!  Paalala lamang na hindi ko hobby ang gumawa ng "movie critic" (kasi my hobby is doing nothing or pondering nothingness) simula lang kasi nag-blog ako hindi nga naman ako sikat katulad ni Piolo na kapag halimbawa lamang na i-blog ni Papa Piolo na siya'y "naligo at nagbihis bago mag-ahit" lamang eh kilig na kilig na ang mga fans/readers niya!  Kaya ito ako magsulat lamang ng "movie reviews" na puwedeng kapulutan ng aral and at least kahit hindi ako si Piolo (buti na lang hindi vaklush 'tong lolo niyo), I'm not just giving off craps in here but I definitely am making some sense.  And my life is quite ordinary (gumising nang tanghali, hindi kumain ng almusal, hindi maligo at maging batugan ordinaryo ba un kupz?)  And  I have nothing to share na anumang "kadramahan" sa buhay ko to teach myself and the readers valuable life-lessons exclusively from me (buti na lang boi).  So if ever I get to experience the real life-lessons someday in the future or maybe even later to teach me the hard way, at least, I do have considerable number of movies I've already watched to apply the "moral" of their stories in my life pretty well notwithstanding Rick Warren's Purpose-Driven Life and Kama Sutra.  Mahilig ako sa movies, totoo 'yan pero bakit hanggang ngayon, halos lahat na ng kasing edad ko ay nakapanood na ng Harry Potter, Star Wars, at Can This Be Love, samantalang ako sa kabilang banda ay nagtatanong sa langit: "bakit nga ba ako'y hindi pa hanggang sa ngayon nakakapanood ng kahit isa man lang sa 3 nabanggit??"  Simple lang, I don't say that these movies are CHEAP to me 'cause every movies I believe has this I call "something" that can move you unwittingly even the non-sense and purely-humorous ones.  Maybe it's safe to say that I'm not into those genres or I'm not one of you.  IBA-IBA tayo ng panlasa eh!  If Patrick Star is a quicksilver of his own environment, well, I'm not as "plain dumb" as he is (don't misinterpret me here hehe 'cause I watched Matrix also but not in a lame reason to be "cool" in the eyes of the majority but it's my will that drove me to watch those series)!!  KAYA hindi ko sinasabing "plain dumb" ang mga nanonood ng mga nabanggit kong movies baka naman ma-misinterpwet niyo ME ehehe   I'm just trying to point out that you may go with the current FLOW if you feel a NEED of going through that but just to appear COOL or not to be outcasted by your peers is the lamest reason you probably can give if for instance you've opted to watch these movies under those reasons.  I don't hate you for that, I just want to stress that out ehehe, just do it your way. Sometimes kasi it's definitely COOLER if you live life "your own way" NOT EASILY influenced by many others, that's why I don't force friends to drink bottomless beers with me besides I'm not your herd and all of you are my sheeps, aren't you??  I hope you got me there dahil marami na sa panahong ngayon ang misleading "youth" na un nga napapa-yosi para matanggap LANG ng kanyang "yosi barkadahan" kahit simula't sapul hindi naman talaga kagustuhan o sumali sa unofficial "Frat" na walang direksiyon just to appear COOL in your neighborhood and to brag about the big "initiation mark" you derived from a DOSporDOS whip behind your legs, totally opposite talaga 'to sa mga inaadmire ko na people "who stand by their own principles and who doesn't easily go with the flow (o ung sinasabi nilang KJ)"  Kaya sana ang mapangasawa ko eh ganitong-ganito hehe the "one" who strongly sticks to her principles in life no matter how pressured she'll be (may integrity kumbaga).  'Wag lang siyang KJ sa honeymoon day, defying that convention isn't right at all hehe.  Well, the so-called PEER Pressure is sometimes good if it directs you to a BETTER path but if not, always remember that you direct your own life.  Misleading na nga, OP na naman 'tong entry na 'to ehehe, well bago pa ako mapalayo ito na ang little synopsis ng malupit na pelikulang suggested by a co-Tabulistang si Sigamik: "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind."

Starring dito si Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet.  This is not an ordinary Carrey's movie na absolute "comic relief" ang maibibigay sa 'yo, well, it's a bit comic but this isn't what I mainly see on the whole movie (to mainly get comic relief) and everytime I pick my favorite movies bakit nga ba lagi na lang 'main cast' si Jim Carrey sa mga un (nagsimula sa Truman Show) *wonders*??  Ewan ko ba kung bakit ang hilig ko sa mga movies regarding "FATE/Destiny" 'cause this is another fate-related movie at love story pa kaya mas pinatakam *kiligz talaga ang lolo niyo*  Well, the synopsis goes something like this, Clementine (Kate Winslet) had her memories of their (affair with Jim Carrey, Joel in the story) chaotic relationship literally erased from her mind through a fictitious memory-clearing operation conducted by a certain doctor.  Out of desperation the same thing goes with Joel and he had also his memories with Clementine to be erased by the same doctor. But within that painstaking procedure, it really is clear that he simply can't get Clementine out of his mind so deep within the recesses of his mind, they both run through a maze and find bright ways just to be with each other both UNERASED for a short while.  Pretty fun right??  Well, you might ask kung nasaan ang FATE doon, well it's for you to find out, well wala naman akong makukuha kung bibitinin ko pa ang hindi pa nakakapanood pero "concerned" lang ako sa KITA ng mga video-rental shops hehe.  Baka kasi pag-kinuwento ko pa ang "buo" e mawalan pa kayo ng ganang manood at mawalan pa nga ng kita ang mga video-rental shops.  So I'll leave that just that!!

So why do I opt to this fate-related movies sa kabilang banda (view my previous entry about 2 fate-related movies here)??  Simple lang, 'cause FATE sucks on me hehe!!!  But not always, 'cause no matter how 'suckied' fate has been to me, I still channel it to something POSITIVE.  Even though I will not become a basketball star, or a rock star, my eyes will not be bright anymore, my eye floaters will be forever there, Mary Rose perhaps will be my friend always, OK na OK lang kasi para sa 'kin simple lamang ang kaligayahan na maibibigay sa 'kin ng maluhong mundong ito (naka lalim ng lolo mo ha), mababaw man 'to sa iba pero kung sa maligaya ako tuwing nakakainom ako ng ORANGE JUICE e, wala na lang pakialamanan "dear" kaibigan !!

   
Clementine: Joel may naririnig akong "crack!"

Posted at 10:58 PM by rcdarang Comment?
May 25th, 2005
Finally Windstruck

Finally I get to watch Windstruck after a pretty long search, inspired by Goldwin Ong and the DVD of it I borrowed from Bri (effortless yoww)!  Sa una, parang hindi ko gusto ang idea na manood ng mga madramang gawa ng Asyano para kasing baduy eh kaya nga hindi ko sinusubaybayan 'yang mga katulad ng Memories of Bali so I've said a couple of times long before, they're too mushy for me and I'm not into those (though I become mushy too at times) but I have eaten once again my words .  Sad to say, but I think this is the BEST fate-related movie I have ever watched hopefully so far.  Before this, I had 2 entries I wrote reviewing movies which are also fate-related, the second one is actually right before this.  The first entry was in here.  And as I journey through life, I'll continue beautifying this blog by sharing fate-related lessons through movies.  If you had already established the patience reading from them which I've appreciated so much, you probably have noticed that sometimes FATE simply sucks.  Doesn't it?  In Windstruck well at first notice and common sense will immediately tell us that fate definitely sucks, at talagang maiinis ka sa una kung bakit nagkaganon pero sa bandang huli, well OK naman pala, it's purposeful!  O, how I wish my cousin Ate Ann-Ann is here and we'll both watch this movie together so that I could giggle towards her for crying a "bucket of tears" with matching backward sneeze of "uhug" running through her nose over every dramatic scenes of it and afterwards she'll just reciprocate me with a grin as if mocking her own weirdness, o how I miss those times.  But also I hope she wasn't, 'cause I don't want to cry along with her and at the same time she giggles at me more than I've ever done to her and definitely "more insult" on my part since this is honestly the very first time, I cried over a movie.  It definitely is weirder (I admit) for a guy who devotes himself through violent/action-packed movies and will surprisingly turn into a shameless crying kupzz.  Ampotah ka Kwak (director ng Windstruck) nanay at tatay ko nga hindi ako magawang paiyakin, sa masterpeice mo pa, tingnan mo tuloy ung ginawa mo sa keyboard ko, ung libag nabasa, umalingasaw!!  OK, let me go to the movie besides what I'll write is worth every WWW space!  Isn't it pips ?  But this isn't the first time I get the chance to watch such Korean INTELLECTUAL property, in Arirang Channel long before koreanovelas entered our mainstream, a Korean movie entitled "CHANGE" is one hell of a comic creativity.  So much for that now.

Firstly, I don't aim to summarize/story-tell the whole movie 'cause I would only sound "gibberish" and who does nothing in life but to repeat instances sort of a deja vu that would only put some to dreamland.  The culture of Korean movies despite not being a Korean (though I'm a look-alike of the North Korean God) as well as a voracious historian as I've prematurely perceived has been into "melodramatic" genre.  I'm now imagining how those grown Korean men will turn into cry babies (like me) watching this said emotion-overflowing genre.  But I think this kind of genre that will make 'one' cry is too much for them, thus crying and crying is some sort of an "overkill" to them and therefore must be instinctively halted!  I assume only that in this already Contemporary times, movies like the Windstruck (hopefully, I'll get to watch Sassy Girl soon) would really put the viewers into an 'ideal' (for our Filipino culture) what I call -- quick emotion-shifts!  Parang ganito, wahahaha huhuhuhuhu!  Gets ba natin?  Well translating that non-sensical, alienated language to clarity, it just means your emotion will consistently shift from one degree to another "complete revolution."  Kasi papatawanin ka muna and in just a short while within the movie span, paluluhahin ka na!!  Well, fun is universal and through this romantic-comedy movie this has been greatly projected and life as well is a big drama.  'Lang 'ya!  Nagmukha tuloy akong gago sa kakahahaha huhuhu sa screen buti na lang ako lang mag-isa nanood!  O, how I remember one scene in that movie that blurred my eyes due to forming tears, when I came to that scene realizing within and from the plot's perspective, how saying "Sorry" from the heart can become a clear indication of true love.  That's how "love" properly moves where words are just far secondary!  Another great specific scene that touched my 'stoned' heart was when the main girl cast unfolded a letter from her piano telling her to play the REAL "her" and this was written to her by her "love" during his earthly days.  Also it made way to a global issue that suicide is fundamentally not RIGHT!!  Well from that, my deepness pay off and 3 suicide attempts by the main girl cast were heart-felt!  I also like very much the character of the main girl cast because of the wondrous "irony" he portrayed of being tough (police officer who acts before she thinks) yet soft inside and another "irony" that she does not directly show her love to 'him' through confession or anything like any other movies but it's seemingly straightforward (that made it sweet) and the popular "irony" in life where too much happiness, just like gravity, will eventually fall down 9.8 m/s (joke hehe) .  So saan na naman ang "FATE" dun??  Well, take your time reading my in-depth appreciation through this poetic piece of sh*t .

As the wind gently whispers on her ear, moments that once enlivened her, sadden her.  Despite of Fate that gave off crap upon Kyungjin's love, it will be cut, as the wind springs to life and memories regain in sight.  Unknown to what Fate will ultimately bring her after the lost, she listens to the final whisper WHO came upon her to finally meet a new yet old soul she has been searching.  Reverting the "change" that almost had ruined true love's true destiny was a task too easy that not even her wanted "similar" Fate bothered, but only the wind's struck - rcdarang

[Halatang hindi ko nagustuhan ang pelikulang 'to hehe  I just hope someday I'm gonna get paid for this review *jok*]

Posted at 01:48 PM by rcdarang 1 Comment(s)
May 31st, 2005
Chaos Theory

If a butterfly flaps its wings on one side of the world, the ripple effect could cause a tempest on the other. ~ Chaos Theory 

 There's a "chaos" just around me, what are the odds and the chances that I'll be in chaos too?? ~ rcdarang

Chaos Theory??  Ano un?  Sabi sa theory na 'to isang flap lang daw ng wings ng butterfly would cause typhoon on the other side.  Basta un ang sabi.  Parang imposible 'no??  Kung napanood niyo ung movie na "Butterfly Effect" well nangyari dun.  Pwede rin sa tunay na buhay na aking ginagalawan...

Habang nanonood ako ng balita sa TV Patrol, narinig ko sa balita nila na may isang Industrial Engineering student na ka-batch ko lang ang nagpakamatay dahil lumagpak sa subject.  Curious ako kasi taga-USTE siya.  Nang biglang i-flash sa screen ung photo niya, p*ta, I hope my eyes were lying, 'cause if it weren't, he used to be my softball team mate sa aking PE class noong 1st year ako!!  As I've said, I hope my eyes were lying kasi hindi ko kilala ang pangalan niya to immediately confirm na siya nga ung nag-suicide.  Takte bagsak lang (kung un man ang "sole" na dahilan) ay talagang napakababaw na dahilan para magpakamatay ang isang ORDINARYONG tao!!  Mababaw yata ang kanyang 'pananampalataya' sa Diyos hindi man lang niya inisip na HIRAM lang ang buhay niya at wala siyang karapatan para wakasan ito kundi ang nasa TAAS lamang.  Safely saying, suicide is a social reality particularly an obvious dilemma that needs "professional counseling" for it to be avoided.  It really is a weird serious reality, sabi nga ng utol ko, may nagpapakamatay pa raw dahil sobrang mahal niya ang sarili niya!  Kaya, I'll not blame him for that if he has conformed into that reality no matter how weird it generally appears to be.  Let's just say it's a disease, and suicide is its consequence.  But for those who're planning to have "suicide" kahit may malakas kayong suicidal tendency, life is not just all about "failures or difficulties."  Don't see failures as a critical determinant of your future but only see them AS THEY ARE and try to examine them, isn't it challenging?  Suicide is just the 'resort' of those who are COWARD!!  Chaos theory 'di ba?  Just a "failure" in academics is equal to the cost of his life and it's damn NOT proportionate!! 

Isa pang balita na ikinagulat ko sa late night news ay may na-rape na isang Nursing student sa Fatima, nagulat ako kasi ang biktima at ang salarin ay nakatira dito sa subdivision namin, kami taga-Magnolia street, ang biktima nama'y taga Bayabas street--just a bike-away!!  Putcha ang ganda pa naman ng biktima, sayang!!  Adik kasi ang 'suspect' at talagang matagal ng may pag-nanasa sa biktima, nakatsempo ang "gago" at mag-isa lang ang biktima sa bahay dahil nasa US ang rest members of her family.  Un p*ta sinamantala ng 'suspect' ang pagkakataon, ni-rape ng sira-ulong adik na balita ko'y taga-rito lang din, at ang masaklap pa dun ay matapos pagsamantalahan ni gago, 'di pa nakuntento at PINATAY!! Buti na lang madali siyang nadakip ng mga pulis habang siya'y nakikipag-inuman, fingerprints matched!! Chaos Theory 'di ba??  Bakit hindi na lang niya ligawan ang biktima at no one knows baka magustuhan din siya nito, at pag sila'y nagkatuluyan, eh 'di ba sasaya rin siya sa kama at hindi na kailangan pang taliin ang kawawang biktima sa kama at sakalin hanggang sa malagutan ng hininga?  Masyado kasing nagmamadali ang ungas eh!!  Sa bagay, sa earthly life pa lang ng biktima takot na siya sa 'suspect'  gunggong kasi e naging addict pa, taena kamukha pa ni Manero, asa pa siyang magustuhan!!  Chaos theory 'no?? Dahil lang sa simpleng tawag ng laman o kamanyakan ng 'suspect', sinira niya ang pangarap ng mga mabubuting kalalakihan na pwedeng makapagbigay sa kanya ng magandang buhay o pamilya (tulad 'ko).  Sa kamanyakan mo lang, inulila mo ang kanyang pamilya, mamatay ka na rin!!  Ampotah kang manyak ka hindi ka na naawa, mabulok 'yang mo sa bilangguan!! 

 

 

"Ang dating kinababaliwan ng mga kabataan ay kinababaliwan na rin ng mga kalalakihan. LIPAD Darna at sasabay na ang mga birds sa kanya." 
Posted at 11:36 PM by rcdarang Comment?
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