| apartment pros & cons |
i have been flipping through Apartments For Lease at work. i need a new place. i don't hate y place. it's great but i want somewhere cheaper.
but now i'm kind of re-thinking it because i am starting to realize that this place is also worth it for the amount that i pay. in the morning you can actually hear the birds chirp. you can turn your music off and just listen to Nature mann.. it's away from traffic, you can walk around the village without worrying about your safety. it's walking distance from the mall. and best of all, the neighbors mind their own business. security also is great. it has a gate that's always locked. each tenant has their own key.
my friend Angel texted me yesterday, becayse they were looking for a place. Apparently her roommate's car was broken into or something. i didn't get the full details but, that's basically it. security should always come first when getting a place.
the downside here which made consider moving:
it's Hell if you don't have an electric fan. there's no space to install an A/C. and the street gets flooded during heavy rains. and it's expensive for someone living by herself.
sheesh! it's really hard to decide. |
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| Revolver Anniv @ Saguijo |
had fun last night. or uhm, a few hours ago?
it's my Off so Off i went, to Saguijo! yay! it rained cats and dogs but I was already in Makati by then. I stayed in McDo for an hour waiting for the rain to stop, but it didn't so... what the fuck, right? i stormed into the rain and got myself into a decent taxi cab who miraculously did not overcharge me on a two-block ride.
Anyhoo, the line up at Saguijo was great:
- Gorgoro (funny rockin' set)
- Nyctinasty ( boo Paramore! haha)
- Itchyworms
- Pedicab
- Imago
- Sandwich
- Chicosci
- Fastpitch
I was happy for three things:
1) it's my off. yey!
2) i got a new lens! prime lens, baby! i get to test it out
3) i met up with Doc Nikki
when I entered Saguijo, Gorogoro was playing, Jing was on bass and what-the-fuck their vocalist is a puppet! they are probably the coolest band i've known so far. Hydraulics down! Hydraulics down! It was so cool. It was so funny. The music was tight! I have to watch them again soon!!!
at the time Nyctinasty played, i guess i was already outside waiting for Nikki. She came just in time for Itchyworms. And I should really go buy their 3rd album: Self-titled! Jaz I think made up a song that was so funny. Then Pedicab played, there were tons of heads and dicks in the room. It was full! It was hot! but like as Diego sings it: Dito Tayo Sa Dilim/Kapit Sa Patalim/Punyeta Ang Init Dito/ Nakakapaso! Papaparararaparapapa (something like that) haha! They didn't play my all-time-favorite song but they played FX so i guess i'm Okay with that.
Imago followed suit, but our view were blocked by giant men so we couldn't see even a shadow of Aia. They played tracks from Take 2, it was a treat.
Sandwich was as usual, full-throttle! Diego was musing about Beda winning at NCAA. and was makign fun of LaSalle and Mong happened to be in Green shirt.. he he he.. Nikki thought Diego was drunk, I told her, I don't think so. I think he wakes up everyday talking just like that! he he he i don't really know him personally, so I wouldn't know. I only laugh at his jokes at shows. it never fails to perk me up. and oh, Raimund was licking Myrene all over! he he he sweeeeeeeet.
after Sandwich, I think we head to the Food & Beverage Section? I knew it'd be a riot with ChicoSci so i'd rather eat my heart out. haha. nah.. i just caught up with with Nikki. It's been a while since we last went to a gig together .. I think that was NU107 rock awards last year. We never fail to attend that event. =D (unless stupid things happens like loosing all your money while on your way to World Trade? haha i couldn't forget that)
When i got home, the street where I live was flooded. the taxi was too scared to dip his precious taxi into the brown flood so i took off my shoes, rolled up my jeans and walked in the flood! gross, yeah, but if i'm a little tipsy, nothing is gross! he he he he
(here are the shots i took with Nikon D40 + 50mm f/1.8 - god i'm so happy with this lens!!! gotta shoot again!)
more photos at http://deathbybiopsy.multiply.com
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| love is a whore |
a friend of mine was asking me for some love advise and all i could reply to her messages were "LULz" or "gagu!" i could not come up with any better words to say. the thing is that i haven't felt the way she was feeling in a very long time so i kind of forgotten how it feels. and besides, her story is very complicated, it goes way beyond my moral values, it defies what i learned at home and in school. i am against it if i look at it in a moral context but it's love - who am i to go against it, right? it's crazy. so my conclusion basically is that, love is one big big whore. it hurts people as much as it makes one happy.
sometimes i get really confuse because maybe my understanding is just not broad enough? maybe i'm too shallow? and i hate to think i'm one of the two so i try to undertand it as much as possible. i threw away idealism. i've seen this happen many times and i still couldn't swallow it wholly. in fact i'd been a victim once. i still don't understand why people would easily fall for someone else while they're in a relationship. i guess they're bored. it's funny how big the numbers are of bored people. especially in the call center business.
love disguises sex, sex disguises love. |
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| Cow Eating Grass |
I learned today that my Basic Photography teacher (ahem!) Jo Avila does lomography. he's got a Horizon Perfekt! my dream toy cam. *Drool*
i learned a lot of things today. one of the most interesting one is the story behind Sir Jo Avila's "Cow Eating Grass" phrase. Ever since I read it from his website I've always been pondering on what that means. Now I know and now I'm happy.
i learned a lot more interesting stuff, of course. sometimes actually, you already know it, it's just different when you hear it from someone whose experience at the subject spans a little more than 15 years or so. there's always this profound wisdom that comes along their teaching.
anyway, i haven't slept for 28 hours now, and i am still obliged to spend 8 more hours here at work.
i can do this. |
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| what's new? |
talk about those days when you completely have no idea what to do!
you want to do something but you just can't get your butt off the chair. and then after a few minutes you completely forget about doing it while you do things that aren't even worth the while. most of the time for me, they happen on Rest Days. Uh, what's new?
ANYWAY...
i did have a lot of plan but Mr. Rain got in the way. I couldn't get out of the house. bed was luring me in. oh sweet sweet dreams, i imagined.
later, Mitch and the rest of the guys are going to crash my apartment for a little beer-drinking fest. it's Mitch's birthday and i volunteered that we drink here because... because... because... i don't know! ha ha i love it when i have people come by my apartment, i guess.
there's nothing much to do here because i don't have a TV but i got lotsa' downloaded movies in my PC. so Big thanks to torrent.
i also bought a strawberry cheesecake for Mitch, so let's hope she don't read this blog tonight because it's supposed to be a surprise. oh, we love strawberries! |
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| a vague untold story |
there's this person i came to know way back 2001, i guess. i had this major crush on him. he is an artist. he paints. i don't remember much of the details of our story back then. somehow i got amnesia. the only memories i could remember was how i hoped and longed for his love but it was not reciprocated. maybe in my point of view at the time. a few years later, new year, we finally hit it off and it was bliss without making it official. a month after i felt the self-loathing once again and decided push him out of my life. i looked for what i wanted in someone else and i did found what i wanted in someone else. this person kept in contact once in a while electronically. until this someone else had left me and people came and went, this person is still there to keep in touch. this year, he decided to tell me things i would have loved to hear years ago. i reciprocate accordingly. i don't want to be rude. but had he told me those tiny sweet little lines years ago, things would have been different.
why am i blogging this? i don't really know. maybe i don't think you would really understand the story. and because i just want to get it out of my chest. and perhaps immortalize it?
he might have been my greatest love. he might have been the person that crosses my mind when I hear a sappy love song. he might have been my soul mate. anyway, the future is still wide open for many possibilities. time has its ways to heal the past. and there are plenty to learn, create and dream about in the present.
love is a tricky business. |
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| lomo-ing |
This is the very first shot i got from my Diana+. The only decent shot out if 12 shots. Before I thought it was so aweful. But today i kind of look at it differently. See those smudge-like lines at the bottom of the picture? that's a classic. haha. And who in the world could capture a kid doing that using an age-old photography technology?
I better start shooting again.
The story is that, it had costed me more money with very minimal returns, so I decided to stop the old-technology madness. This photo had given me the inspiration and drive I need to keep on lomo-ing. Lomo-ing! lulz |
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| I don't want to think it but i can't help but think it |
amidst all the happy stories and anticipated glee, it is sad that Ely Buendia had to take the toll. as reported, he underwent another Angioplasty operation yesterday morning.
after the Eraserheads Reunion concert was cut short last Saturday, because Ely had to be rushed to the hospital, the 3 other heads coincidentally met at Saguijo. It instigated an E'heads jam and Saguijo was reported to be a very happy place at that time. And Raims talked about a continuation of the Eraserheads Reunion. He said he was certain of that.
I don't want to think it but i can't help but think it. It's sad.
Let's all pray that Ely gets well soon and hope someone will always be there to watch out for him.
If you can recall Noel Garcia (I saw his name mostly in in-lay cards of E'heads' albums), he passed away around 2006 due to a heart attack, after undergoing an Angioplasty operation months before that. No one was able to rush him to the hospital at the time of the attack. Noel Garcia was in one of the stories in Pillbox. He was apparently the 5th Eraserhead.
I hope Ely won't get the same fate. Not this soon. |
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| new found bliss |
my co-workers had been talking about the E'heads Reunion Concert and my mouth is zipped! somehow i have discovered that it feels so good to pretend you don't know anything.
I have always been straightforward and downright honest at what I know and don't know. That makes me really predictable. But today I decided to keep this Eraserheads concert I attended a secret, unless of course one of them find their way to this blog. i notice in times when I open my mouth almost instantly, the thrill goes away so quickly.
so yeah, my new found bliss: shutting my mouth. |
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Name: the chain-smoking loser
Home: cainta, rizal, Philippines
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