Your gift will arrive 3 days from now: another year, another 12 months. I don't know if I should make a list of my resolutions right now, although I do have some plans for the approaching 2006. Well, one of 'em would be improving my study habits like getting to school on time and etc. Another would be trying to save up for the things I need to buy. Maybe I should put those into writing now because I suffer from occasional Alzheimer's - I could really forget things, especially if they are obligations. hehe.
Our neighborhood is organizing a new year's party for the kids. Great idea, isn't it? Too bad we don't have something like that back in the days when we were the kids... huhuhu. haha! just kidding! I hope they'll enjoy it!
GTO on GMA! Yep! My ultra favorite Anime series I've been mentioning here on my site so frequently can now be watched on GMA starting January 2, 2006 at 5:30 PM! Make sure to watch it! You'll definitely crave for more once you've watched the pilot episode of Great Teacher Onizuka! Hahaha! GMA should pay me for this advert!
Hmm.. what more? Oh, I had another unforgetable experience last Dec. 26, 2005.. I've watched free live porn... and its not even on the internet. If I tell you who the casts were, they'll probably kill me once they've read this, so I'd rather choose not to be an unwanted snitch this time. hehe...
looking for warmth this cold christmas?
[ my wish didn't come true ]
I thought my christmas wish for this year will actually happen, but then fate intervened again and told me "not this year, kel, not this year..."
uh-oh... writer's block again, should've listened to what my brother had told me about eating lots of grapes... I feel really sleepy now.. maybe tomorrow I'll be in a good mood, but then again, maybe not. =D
pre-Christmas happenings...
[ 4A xmas party: some photos ]
Dec. 21, 2005 - I got to admit, this year's christmas party have been attended only by a number lesser than that of last year, but that didn't mean our party became a lame one! Hell no! We had a blast! We haven't managed to do a head count but I'm pretty sure the population reached more than twenty. I can't say that the party we had for this year is better than the previous ones, I really can't tell because as being one of the organizers, I'm not the one to rate. I just wish that somehow, they've appreciated the effort we put to make the said party a success...
Well anyweiz, here are some of the photos captured that night (Don't expect photos of me! I'm the official photographer so I had no shot! Grr! Hahaha! Just kidding!)
franz, jake, zita and sergie - reunited with a 2nd yr hs transferee to other school chucks (second from left)
franz, jean and laura - the first occupants of my digicam space :)
was gwen wishing she had bert's banana instead? haha! kidding! :)
the closest of friends flashing the sweetest smiles =D
wanna see more? view 'em
at my ImageCave Album!
ENJOY!
[ globe broadband sucks ]
In less than a year of being a Globe Broadband subscriber, we've experienced so much downtime that we can definitely proclaim their service unreliable. Their customer service can't even entertain our inquiries regarding the lousy connection because their representatives were busy attending to other phonecalls, according to a recorded voice; busy attending to other unsatisfied and probably irritated clients of the same service I was to inquire about. Hey Globe Broadband people! I want you to know that my connection gets interrupted/disconnected every five minutes!!! I don't have all the time in the world to reconnect again and again (see? that's redundancy on my grammar, thanks to you) so please, please, please, do your job of providing us what you've promised us so we can avoid pondering about switching to another internet service provider.
Dec. 21, 2005 - I got to admit, this year's christmas party have been attended only by a number lesser than that of last year, but that didn't mean our party became a lame one! Hell no! We had a blast! We haven't managed to do a head count but I'm pretty sure the population reached more than twenty. I can't say that the party we had for this year is better than the previous ones, I really can't tell because as being one of the organizers, I'm not the one to rate. I just wish that somehow, they've appreciated the effort we put to make the said party a success...
Well anyweiz, here are some of the photos captured that night (Don't expect photos of me! I'm the official photographer so I had no shot! Grr! Hahaha! Just kidding!)
franz, jake, zita and sergie - reunited with a 2nd yr hs transferee to other school chucks (second from left)
franz, jean and laura - the first occupants of my digicam space :)
was gwen wishing she had bert's banana instead? haha! kidding! :)
the closest of friends flashing the sweetest smiles =D
wanna see more? view 'em
at my ImageCave Album!
ENJOY!
[ globe broadband sucks ]
In less than a year of being a Globe Broadband subscriber, we've experienced so much downtime that we can definitely proclaim their service unreliable. Their customer service can't even entertain our inquiries regarding the lousy connection because their representatives were busy attending to other phonecalls, according to a recorded voice; busy attending to other unsatisfied and probably irritated clients of the same service I was to inquire about. Hey Globe Broadband people! I want you to know that my connection gets interrupted/disconnected every five minutes!!! I don't have all the time in the world to reconnect again and again (see? that's redundancy on my grammar, thanks to you) so please, please, please, do your job of providing us what you've promised us so we can avoid pondering about switching to another internet service provider.
the 4a xmas party...
first things first: thanks to ate kim and kuya mark for the wonderful gifts given before we parted ways for the holiday vacation.
Thank God, the money we all needed finally arrived. So today, some of the 4aers met at leo's crib to pay the contribution for this year's christmas party. Unfortunately, a few only showed up to pay the fee of 150.00. The usual reason for their failure to join us in this year's christmas party: no money.
I perfectly understand their situations; been there, done that. What I don't understand is the way how easy it is for them to say no and not even try. Me? I would beg for that money... I really think their parents could give even just a hundred for that cause, but I think they never insisted on it in the first place.
Oh well, if you don't want to join us in our party, no hard feelings. But if we enjoyed the party and we bragged about it, we hope you could perfectly understand as well.
Thank God, the money we all needed finally arrived. So today, some of the 4aers met at leo's crib to pay the contribution for this year's christmas party. Unfortunately, a few only showed up to pay the fee of 150.00. The usual reason for their failure to join us in this year's christmas party: no money.
I perfectly understand their situations; been there, done that. What I don't understand is the way how easy it is for them to say no and not even try. Me? I would beg for that money... I really think their parents could give even just a hundred for that cause, but I think they never insisted on it in the first place.
Oh well, if you don't want to join us in our party, no hard feelings. But if we enjoyed the party and we bragged about it, we hope you could perfectly understand as well.
a new game plan in life.
= stop the torture =
last night sucks... I just realized the distinction between self-mutilation and sacrifice (in the context of love). in self-mutilation, it hurts because it was ur fault - and the pain serves no grand purpose or whatsoever. sacrifice, on the other hand, is about giving yourself and the other people both a favor. In sacrifice, when u cry, the tears resulted from joy and the thought that you've done an unselfish act. In self mutilation, hell, no matter how loud and how long you scream because a part of you is bleeding, you'll never find answer to your pathetic question, "I just loved.. why does it have to hurt this much?!". Self-mutilation is pointless giving while sacrifice, at the verge of being redundant, is generosity that could leave you empty but full.
I think distinguishing one from the other is an easy job. I've found the difficulty in determining whether what I'm doing is sacrifice or just merely self-mutilation. Oh well... shit happens, right? But if shit happens more often than expected, then maybe all I need is a new game plan.
= the plan =
what if I try to change...? that would be a good idea because I'm pretty much bored with who I am right now. The question is, what kind of change? I'll find out the answer myself, maybe in the next few months, although I'm planning to do it ASAP. If I receive negative feedbacks, I'll listen, but I won't care if I don't have to.
haha... the game plan of the weaklings. Am I becoming one or was I a weakling all along?
= muntik na =
hindi naman ako mukhang mayaman ah.. bakit ako muntik na madukutan kanina?! buti na lang hindi ako naglalagay ng money dun sa nabuksan na part ng bag! haha! but I just got to thank that magnanakaw because he managed to pull out my I.D and it fell on the floor without me noticing it. He approached me to give it back. Crazy guy, he just allowed me to take a good look at his face. Stupid. He thought I didn't feel it when he opened the zipper of my bag. He still had the guts to approach me... maybe the reason why he ended up a snatcher is because he was hands down too stupid.
last night sucks... I just realized the distinction between self-mutilation and sacrifice (in the context of love). in self-mutilation, it hurts because it was ur fault - and the pain serves no grand purpose or whatsoever. sacrifice, on the other hand, is about giving yourself and the other people both a favor. In sacrifice, when u cry, the tears resulted from joy and the thought that you've done an unselfish act. In self mutilation, hell, no matter how loud and how long you scream because a part of you is bleeding, you'll never find answer to your pathetic question, "I just loved.. why does it have to hurt this much?!". Self-mutilation is pointless giving while sacrifice, at the verge of being redundant, is generosity that could leave you empty but full.
I think distinguishing one from the other is an easy job. I've found the difficulty in determining whether what I'm doing is sacrifice or just merely self-mutilation. Oh well... shit happens, right? But if shit happens more often than expected, then maybe all I need is a new game plan.
= the plan =
what if I try to change...? that would be a good idea because I'm pretty much bored with who I am right now. The question is, what kind of change? I'll find out the answer myself, maybe in the next few months, although I'm planning to do it ASAP. If I receive negative feedbacks, I'll listen, but I won't care if I don't have to.
haha... the game plan of the weaklings. Am I becoming one or was I a weakling all along?
= muntik na =
hindi naman ako mukhang mayaman ah.. bakit ako muntik na madukutan kanina?! buti na lang hindi ako naglalagay ng money dun sa nabuksan na part ng bag! haha! but I just got to thank that magnanakaw because he managed to pull out my I.D and it fell on the floor without me noticing it. He approached me to give it back. Crazy guy, he just allowed me to take a good look at his face. Stupid. He thought I didn't feel it when he opened the zipper of my bag. He still had the guts to approach me... maybe the reason why he ended up a snatcher is because he was hands down too stupid.
the pyramid that is not in Egypt
A friend of my aunt is persistent in inviting us to join an MLM (multi Level marketing) or a so-called networking company wherein there's a promise or earning big money with no cash-out; we just need to sign-up and recruit other people. A lot of people already claimed that they do receive money from this business, but after an extensive analyzation of how the system of this business works, I've come up with the realization that I would not join this type of business hype. Here's why?
My recruiter showed me the application form that I needed to fill-up to join them in the networking. TO my dismay, the "application form" wasn't really an application form for membership, but instead, a loan application form from a never heard-of bank. The form stipulated that if ever I've already affixed my signature, the bank will lend me 8,000 pesos so I need to pay them the annual interest of 24% and the monthly amortization of 1,400+. That money I supposedly borrow from that bank will then be given to someone I don't even know, meaning, I won't be able to touch my "own" money. The recruiter said that it will be paid-off by the company and I would start to profit from thereon provided that I could make at least 2 people fill-up those loan application forms. I asked, "what if I couldn't? what would be the consequence?". Her answer, "don't worry, we'll help you out. we'll help each other out."an answer that really didn't manage to answer my query. More questions are building up on my mind during my conversation with her, like, "If there's nothing to sell and I don't even have to take out even a single cent from my pocket, then where the hell does all the money coming from??" Well, the answer to that question had already become apparent to me. I think this is how the system works: A sign-up for a loan, if B is the company and C is the bank, B will get the loan from C and start an investment to earn profits. Now, if I am A and I made D and E, my friends, sign-up, I'll gain a part from their loan. meaning, ang suweldo ko, galing sa utang ng iba and if the above example would be true, then it would mean that galing pa sa utang ng friends ko! But hey! If B, the company, do well in the investment, then good for us because the business will strengthen, but what if not? E di AKO ang may responsibility to pay-off the debt from C because I am the one filled up the loan form! So, my conclusion is, this business is not entirely a ridiculous one if the perpetrators are good in doing business and sincere in helping other people enrich their lives. But, if all the money involved would just perform a disappearing act together with the people who have them, then ultimately, a lot of people will suffer.
My recruiter showed me the application form that I needed to fill-up to join them in the networking. TO my dismay, the "application form" wasn't really an application form for membership, but instead, a loan application form from a never heard-of bank. The form stipulated that if ever I've already affixed my signature, the bank will lend me 8,000 pesos so I need to pay them the annual interest of 24% and the monthly amortization of 1,400+. That money I supposedly borrow from that bank will then be given to someone I don't even know, meaning, I won't be able to touch my "own" money. The recruiter said that it will be paid-off by the company and I would start to profit from thereon provided that I could make at least 2 people fill-up those loan application forms. I asked, "what if I couldn't? what would be the consequence?". Her answer, "don't worry, we'll help you out. we'll help each other out."an answer that really didn't manage to answer my query. More questions are building up on my mind during my conversation with her, like, "If there's nothing to sell and I don't even have to take out even a single cent from my pocket, then where the hell does all the money coming from??" Well, the answer to that question had already become apparent to me. I think this is how the system works: A sign-up for a loan, if B is the company and C is the bank, B will get the loan from C and start an investment to earn profits. Now, if I am A and I made D and E, my friends, sign-up, I'll gain a part from their loan. meaning, ang suweldo ko, galing sa utang ng iba and if the above example would be true, then it would mean that galing pa sa utang ng friends ko! But hey! If B, the company, do well in the investment, then good for us because the business will strengthen, but what if not? E di AKO ang may responsibility to pay-off the debt from C because I am the one filled up the loan form! So, my conclusion is, this business is not entirely a ridiculous one if the perpetrators are good in doing business and sincere in helping other people enrich their lives. But, if all the money involved would just perform a disappearing act together with the people who have them, then ultimately, a lot of people will suffer.
