Christmas Wishlist

1. Laptop – Hay. I’ve wanted to have a laptop for like forever. I hope naa koy enough money pang-down man lang para makautang ko. LOL.

2. More USBs – 5 gigs na lang ang space sa akong USB. I hope naa koy laing usb para sa akong files. Kay di na gyud maigo.

3. Nikon D40 – Nindot gyud ang Nikon D40. or D60. or D80. Basta kana. Pero ok ra man pud ang akong camera karon. Satisfied man sad ko. Hehehe.

4. New Motorbike wheels with solid steel spokes – Lata na kaayo akong ligid. Mas safe pud kung new wheels with steel spokes. At least ang mga passengers kay safe pud ba. Sosyal ang dating.

5. A Flickr Pro account – Aw, okay na diay ni. Kay gihatagan ko. For free ha! Yahoo!

6. Domain name for MCPB – Nindot kung mahimo nang www.mycebuphotoblog.com ang MCPB. Para nindot na pud ang themes ug mas easy to find sa search and ang site dali ma navigate. Tiguman lang gihapon ko ni. Hehehe. Sige lang, Hapit na bitaw Christmas 2010 puhon.

Drayb sa ko balik murag daghan gahuwat ug habal-habal sa may JY… Babay!

Surreal

November 8, 2008

I opened my eyes and saw that it was already 10:56 am. I could hear a noisy argument downstairs. As usual, my two uncles were having a senseless debate about politics. Uncle Lazaro and Uncle Henry have always been exchanging vocal blows since time immemorial and I was certain that it was just ‘one of those’ times. Suddenly, the people downstairs began shouting and calling for ‘Help’. The debate has turned into a scuffle.

I raced downstairs and looked through the window. From where I stood, I could clearly see how Uncle Lazaro pounced on Uncle Henry. He was giving it his all. It’s as though he released the entire family’s long-time animosity for Uncle Henry through his deadly punches.

My cousin’s policeman husband arrived and he was able to separate the two angry men. They both wanted to finish each other off. My grandmother was wailing but the two men continued yapping. My other uncles were able to separate the two angry men.

Uncle Henry’s mouth was bloody. Uncle Lazaro’s legs were bloody.

Suddenly, the argument became heated once again and the two men seemed like they were ready to fight once more.

Before they could hurt each other some more, however, Uncle Lazaro slumped to the ground.

In less than ten minutes, Uncle Lazaro was dead.

My other uncles took him to the nearest hospital. They thought that he simply passed out. We later learned, however, that he died around that time when he lost consciousness. Cardiac arrest.

It’s very surreal how life can end so suddenly.

CCMC Experience

Sumilon Trip Everything was set. After months of planning (and saving LOL), me and my friends were finally going to Sumilon. We were all very excited.

At around 8:00 pm, Saturday, me and my mom went out on my motorbike to buy some chips and bottled water for my Sumilon trip. We drove down Salinas Drive and turned right on Archbishop Reyes. As we approached the Grand Convention Center, I saw a car with a flashing left turn signal on. So we reduced our speed from 40 and eventually stopped a few meters away from the vehicle.

The Accident We were waiting for the car to turn left when something suddenly bumped the motorbike from behind. I heard a loud smashing sound as I was thrown forward. When I got up, I immediately looked for my mom. She was thrown off the bike because of the impact. I was relieved when I saw that she was all right. Except for some scratches on her legs and some bruises on her arms and shoulders, she was okay. My legs were numb and I found out that I had some bruises and bumps on my right shin and a huge nasty burn behind my left leg.

 

Malu Fernandez: I’m Back Y’all!

 

Malu Fernandez, that woman who rocked the nation with her ‘jovial’ remarks about economy-seats-being-too-small-for-+++size-people and Pinoy OFWs who wear too much local sprays, is back! This time, she’s mad. Nope, not ‘angry’ mad. She’s ‘WWIII’ mad. And this time, she chose a new demographic. She got tired of our good ole OFWs. This time, she opted for the more ‘interactive bunch’. Us. Bloggers.

In her new article ‘The Problem With Blogging’, MF decries the act of hiding behind a username. She is challenging everyone to become badasses and face her. In the flesh. She condemns those who bask in the joys of anonymity in cyberspace. She wants real faces. Hardhitting views and commentaries with real unphotoshopped faces. She wants brave souls. And nasty, spiteful, sharp comments with real faces.

10,000 Ripoffs

 

Masil and I entered the theater with so much good vibes. We were certain that 10,000 BC was going to be the best movie of the year! I mean, the trailer was awesome and the posters were brilliant.

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The movie started with a narration from an old man with a very gloomy voice. Somehow, I thought that it was a bad sign. But I readily dismissed it. I mean, the movie’s from the makers of ID4. I loved that crap.

Anyways, so there’s this one village on top of the mountain where people who look really really good live with people who look really really bad. They all have dreads and they speak funny English [They killed mother! We rest here!]. We see a young boy who falls in love with a girl with blue eyes. He swears true love to her. With the north star as his witness. The movie doesn’t specify how humans 10,000 years ago express their emotions. But apparently, they have perfected the art of hugging and kissing the forehead. 

Enter the village’s Old Mother – a decrepit fashion guru who lacks charisma and character. She lives in this bone house with the rest of the villagers who are lazy enough to build their own houses. D’Leh – our movie’s hero – doesn’t even have a house. Anyways, Old Mother lives a very boring existence by being able to predict the future and get nosebleed just by daydreaming. She predicts that a four-legged demon would soon ravage the village and take her people to a very sad place Apocalypto style.

The villagers decide to forget about her predictions for a while and focus their attention on hunting. They decide to drive a bunch of mammoths [which look eekily like that big guy in Ice Age] into a trap. Our sissy hero accidentally kills one mammoth when his spear gets stuck in a rock and the mammoth literally dived into the cute little stick to die.

As a result, hero gets the white spear – a totally useless spear which is white. This same spear has a special rib-like casing which looks really awesome but is still very useless.

Enter the four-legged demons. They’re humans – with freaky hair - ON HORSES! Woohoo! What a let down! Anyways, maybe the juicy bits are yet to come.

The demons ravage the village, kill ONE mother – reason enough for his son to feel heroic – take 5 or seven men a la Apocalypto, and – TAHDAH – kidnap our hero’s blue-eyed love. Our hero is conveniently sleeping a few hundred meters away from the village wearing only animal skin even when it’s freaking snowing during the attacks.

<Apocalypto: Kidnapped members of Jaguar Paw’s tribe>

Super Mega Ultra Combo

I have a cold.
And I think I started coughing after I downed a glass of ICE-COLD coke right after I visited the doctor (can’t help it)

I have allergic rhinitis.
I have runny nose and I feel like a big rubber plug is covering my right nostril. I can’t breathe properly. I have to keep my mouth open. Sucks!

I have tonsilitis.
Swallowing my own saliva is just so emotional. I can’t drink coke. I can’t eat anything sweet. I can’t have anything cold. But it’ll prolly get worse because I finished two very sweet doughnuts just a few secs ago.

I have canker sores as big as Mayon’s crater.
And it hurts when I eat. I hate canker sore drops! Fuck!

I have tons of meds to gobble up.
And they all leave horrific after-taste. The kind which seriously makes you want to consider slitting your throat using a rusty samurai.

I can’t hear properly.
The tonsilitis tablet which I took last night (it was as big as my fist, I swear!) made me a bit deaf. I can’t hear what Meream’s saying.

What a combo!

I am so fucked up right now.