So Long.

WordPress really ain’t for me. I’ve moved back to Blogspot, sorry.

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FML

It’s not fun when you have internal office meetings that discuss (constructively, of course) all its employee’s faults and shortcomings. Worse if that said “nitpickings” force you to make a mental checklist of the things discussed. The worst is when you end up checking ALL THE ITEMS on the nitpick checklist because you know they’re TRUE.

Man, I wish the ground could swallow me whole right now.

Comic Con 2009: Lezzgo!

I am already thinking of nasty stuff I can do to my wallet later. I hope she can take it. Say hi if you see me!

The Lady In Yellow.

Today the country pays its last respects to one of the most loved Filipinos that ever lived: The mother of Philippine democracy, President Corazon Aquino.

Thank you for everything that you stood for, thank you for everything you symbolize. In life and even in death, you have united a nation that sorely needs direction. I pray that the fire of unity that currently burns in the hearts of (most) Filipinos today will continue and help drive us to a better future.

My sister, my dad and me circa 1983, after Ninoy’s assassination.

Paalam, Madam Cory.

Farewell, Michael. Thank You For The Music.

Once upon a time, I had a grade school teacher who believed I could ~actually~ sing.

This was one of the many instances she made me perform on stage. This was when I was in Grade 6 and I din’t know any better. Guess what song I was belting out? Michael Jackson’s “Heal The World”, that’s what. I remember almost not going through with this, just because I din’t have a hat which would have completed my kick-ass costume. Rockstar  complex much?

(This came about after I saw some snippets of the MJ tribute online this morning. I remembered I had this old picture in an album somewhere in my room.)

100 Songs That Could Change Your Life

I got this idea from Baddie’s awesome blog entry, and reading Ade’s version of it kinda clinched the deal. Granted, my musical taste (or the lack of it, depending on your point of view) seems somewhat boring and cheesy compared to most people but what the hell, I thought I’d take a crack at it. At the very least, I guess my future kids could say their Dad had a pretty diverse taste in music.

So without further ado, here is my own version of Baddie’s 100 Songs To Save Your Life:

1. The Goo Goo Dolls – Name
2. Smashing Pumpkins – Perfect
3. Lifehouse – Sick Cycle Carousel
4. Switchfoot – Learning To Breathe
5. Dishwalla – Counting Blue Cars
6. Vertical Horizon – Heart In Hand
7. Jars Of Clay – Tea And Sympathy
8. Third Eye Blind – Blinded
9. 3 Doors Down – Be Like That
10. Matchbox Twenty – Real World
11. John Mayer – Back To You
12. Bamboo – Much Has Been Said
13. Jason Mraz – The Remedy
14. The Beatles – In My Life
15. John Lennon – Imagine
16. Marjorie Fair – Waves
17. Rooney – I’m Shakin’
18. R.E.M. – Losing My Religion
19. Phoenix – Too Young
20. Jamiroquai – Love Foolosophy
21. Eraserheads – Minsan
22. Gary Valenciano – Each Passing Night
23. Backstreet Boys – All I Have To Give
24. Up Dharma Down – Taya
25. Maroon 5 – Sunday Morning
26. Fuel – Shimmer
27. Sugarfree – Burnout
28. Nine Days – If I Am
29. Tonic – You Wanted More
30. Atheneaum – What I Didn’t Know
31. Counting Crows – Mr. Jones
32. Incubus – Antigravity
33. Blessid Union Of Souls – I Believe
34. Gavin DeGraw – More Than Anyone
35. The Goo Goo Dolls – Here Is Gone
36. Francism – Kaleidoscope World
37. The Ataris – The Saddest Song
38. Hoobastank – Crawling In The Dark
39. July For Kings – New Black Car
40. Eraserheads – Waiting For The Bus
41. Bon Jovi – Livin’ On A Prayer
42. Puddle Of Mudd –  Blurry
43. Blur – Coffee And TV
44. Martin Nievera – Each Day With You
45. Fastball – You’re An Ocean
46. Dave Matthews Band – The Space Between
47. Filter – Take A Picture
48. Death Cab For Cutie – What Sarah Said
49. Goldfinger – More Today Than Yesterday
50. Live – Selling The Drama
51. Our Lady Peace – Somewhere Out There
52. John Mayer -Covered In Rain
53. Pete Yorn – Just Another
54. Stereophonics – Maybe Tomorrow
55. Travis – Why Does It Always Rain On Me?
56. Toad The Wet Sprocket – All I Want
57. Ugly Kid Joe – Cats In The Cradle
58. Weezer – Island In The Sun
59. Keith Sweat – Twisted
60. A-HA – Take On Me
61. Jason Mraz – Sleep All Day
62. Rhett Miller – Come Around
63. Seona Dancing – More To Lose
64. Aqua – Turn Back Time
65. Duncan Sheik – Barely Breathing
66. The Heights – How Do You Talk To An Angel
67. Stephen Speaks – Out Of My League
68. Al Green – Let’s Stay Together
69. Augustana – Boston
70. Blink 182 – Stay Together For The Kids
71. Collective Soul – The World I Know
72. Coldplay – Don’t Panic
73. Dave Matthews Band – Crash Into Me
74. Eels – Mr. E’s Beautiful Blues
75. Fall Out Boy – Don’t You Know Who I Think I Am
76. Foo Fighters – Walking After You
77. Fra Lippo Lippi – The Distance
78. Gin Blossoms – Follow You Down
79. Greenday – Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)
80. Guns N’ Roses – Don’t Cry
81. The Cure – Friday I’m In Love
82. Lenny Kravitz – It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over
83. New Radicals – Someday We’ll Know
84. Nickelcreek – This Side
85. Oasis – Stand By Me
86. Eraserheads – Alapaap
87. Beatles – Something
88. Evan And Jaron – Crazy For This Girl
89. The March Violets – Turn To The Sky
90. The Wannadies – You And Me Song
91. Snow Patrol – Signal Fire
92. Tamia – So Into You
93. Radiohead – High And Dry
94. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Soul To Squeeze
95. Rivermaya- Bring Me Down
96. Switchfoot – On Fire
97. Sandwich – Hair Pin
98. Splender – I Apologize
99. John Mayer -Clarity
100. U2 – Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own

Okay, so that’s that. Feel free to make your own list if you want. Trust me, it’s not as easy as it looks. Cheers!

A Letter Of Apology To Mr. Alec Baldwin

Dear Mr. Baldwin,

I am aware of the current  issue regarding you and your supposed  ”insult” about Philippine mail-order brides which aired on  Letterman last May 12.  I wasn’t able to watch the said interview so I  searched for it on YouTube and after watching I think I can safely  assume  your comment was said in jest. Moreover, I believe it was more a tirade on  YOUR end than US Filipinos. Yes, you read that right. I am Filipino and  let me assure you that the humor of that statement wasn’t lost on me and  surely, most of my countrymen.

See Mr. Baldwin, I live in a country that exhibits the concept of misplaced  nationalism more often than not. I live in a country full of hypocrites,  people who lash out at foreigners when they make comments of the same  nature as yours yet take great delight in bashing each other. We cry in a collective outrage with every single insult thrown our way because although we know we suck as a country, we don’t want anyone rubbing it in least of all foreigners. Our politicians waste their time worrying about stupid sex scandals rather than the more pressing, more important matters that need attention for this country’s betterment. Strange isn’t? Don’t bother trying to understand. Even I have given up doing that a long, long time ago. Also, that politician who threatened you has plans of  running for a higher position, so I think you shouldn’t take his statements too personally. You’re just another scapegoat in his quest for power.

On the other hand, there are some of us who actually GET jokes when they are said. There are some of us who try to keep an open mind about stuff, some of us who appreciate anything and everything life has to offer. There are some of us who can hear comments such as yours and shrug it off like it was nothing, because that’s what it was. NOTHING.

On behalf of my some of my fellow Filipinos who have a healthy sense of humor, I would like to apologize for any inconvenience this issue has caused you. I hope someday you can visit our country and see that not all of us are tight-assed, highly strung and overly-sensitive people.

Sincerely,

Larry

P.S. How are you and the Russians? Did they threaten you too?

Space. The Final Frontier. Or Something.

Okay, i’m not the biggest Trekkie around but I have to admit, the movie did rock. It made me want to do some digging to familiarize myself more with the Star Trek universe. Karen loved it too in fact, which was quite a surprise since she really doesn’t know anything about it.

So without much further ado…  Top 10 Reasons How You Know You’re On A Star Trek High!

10. You kept expecting Spock to start cutting open heads. When he din’t, you exclaimed excitedly “OMG. He’s a changed man!”

9. You kept pushing that nagging X-Men-time-anomaly-dime-a-dozen-storyline feeling on the pit of your stomach far, far down your colon.

8. You saw, clear as day, that Spock had a bad wig and prosthetic job yet you rationalized it by saying “It’s the future. Everything is supposed to look fake and plastic-y.”

7. That green-skinned woman Kirk was making out with. See #8.

6.Even though you really, REALLY hate Eric Bana for his role in the bastardization of the first “Hulk” movie, you silently applauded him for his role as Nero.

“Dude, that is definitely NOT a girl.”

5. In the middle of the movie you hurried to the bathroom to take a leak, after which you kept shouting “BEAM ME UP, SCOTTY!” over and over in your hurry to get back to your seat for fear that you might  miss something important.

4. You din’t want to kill that stupid, irritating Chekov kid. (Nice save though.)

3. You’ve already imagined a part two scenario seconds after the credits started to roll.

2. LEONARD NIMOY! How could you not be on a high?! Are you CRAZY?!

—aaaand the number one reason how you know you’re on a Star Trek high—-

1. WHAT LENS FLARE?

Mental Diarrhea.

• I’ve been Twittering a lot again lately. I find it therapeutic to just throw things out there and not get any stupid responses in return (and yes Plurk, I’m looking at you.)

• My sprain is healing pretty nicely. I’ve been able to play ball for the past few days without any discernible negative after-effects.

• The Labor Day weekend is fast approaching and I still don’t have any concrete plans with Karen. I dunno why I seem to shrink away from planning out-of-town trips. I find them rattling.

• I wanna watch gigs by Kjwan, Up Dharma Down, Urbandub and Franco. Hullo Saguijo calendar.

• How I Met Your Mother and The Big Bang Theory give me a lotta LOLs.

• Speaking of TV Series, Dollhouse is good, Fringe is awesome, and the Heroes finale was a (to quote a friend) HOLY SHITBALLS WHAT A MOTHERFUCKEN ENDING. It was THAT awesome.

• Olivia Munn is the hottest woman on the planet. True story.

• This swine flu scare is starting to get to me, seriously. I told my lola to stop buying pork for the meantime even though I know there isn’t any real danger here in the Philippines yet. Crazy, I know.

• I need a new phone. I’m still trying to decide between a Nokia E63 or an iPhone 3G.

That about wraps it up for today. Man I seriously need a new hobby. Or better writing skills. Whichever comes first.

My Brutes Can Kick Your Brutes’ Asses.

Idle days are here again.

Let me just go on record that I don’t mind the break. I work in an industry that demands a lot of time and patience from employees that any respite from crazy deadlines and fickle clients is a welcome respite. Sadly, aside from Plurk and Twitter and watching the occasional downloaded TV series or movies I seem to be at a loss for activities to do in the office while waiting for the job orders to arrive. Fortunately, I stumbled upon one sure-fire time-waster a few weeks ago: My Brute.

The game is fairly simple: you make a brute, and have him/her fight other brutes online, collecting weapons, pets and special attacks along the way. The battles itself are automatic so you don’t have to worry about complicated controls. Just pick an opponent and watch the 2-D carnage begin!

Oh and just in case you wanna try it out, click HERE to become my pupil.

See ya in the arena!