Notes from an unemployed

I feel like a caterpillar slowly inching its way towards the border going forward from the unemployed to the employed side don't know when I'll be on the other side I'm getting bored but what can I do right now I'm not in control of things in my life everyday these past three months I wake up late in the morning to eat brunch and chat with my friends yes some of them already employed but I really don't mind I always think that yeah yeah my time will come I'm going to be employed soon so soon like what rye said patience is a virtue like what jenix told me the best is always saved last like what my sisters preached God has a purpose hallelujah of course I believe them people who've always encouraged supported me making me feel uber well so well I'd spoil myself again spend the rest of the afternoon reading some novels some short stories so that I won't have the intellectual slump rye thinks she's getting of course TV's part of my routine I'd watch 24 Oras Attic Cat always switching to Oh Feel Young when commercials come in then I'd switch back to Attic Cat Monday Tuesday Wednesday nights spent on watching CSI Miami New York Las Vegas just watched its season finale Nick's acting's superb Greg's hair went down oh how I miss his spunky hair Grissom and his bug mania saved Nick's life being buried alive a la Kill Bill 2 listening to the anonymous tape message you can try to please me but it won't be easy seeing in black and white gore blood ax not scalpel cutting through Nick's skin HBO Cinemax Star Movies whatever movie's on chatting while watching drinking while chatting browsing sites while chatting drinking watching read some novel again I read too much novels but never never never finish them No Logo Dark Tower 6 Little Friend Gothic Tales You Must Remember This Catcher in the Rye all not finished but someday I will don't worry time to sleep to wake up late the next day too much TV too much reading it'd be nice to go to Baguio but I can't because of exams interviews job applications whatever these companies demand you jump over the ring of fire do the trapeze become the clown please them impress them don't make them angry job application is like a whirlwind romance they'd court you call you they'd tease you I'd tease them make me feel I need them make them feel they need me nice professional words handshakes after marriage contract if you passed snobbery if you failed at the end of the day after several months this craziness will end no more favorite TV shows no more reading unfinished novels no more chatting no more notes no more no more

"First time mo, miss?"

"Opo."
"Ok talaga dito, mura kasi, Php200 lang, kaya nga dinadayo ng mga tao e."

Hindi ko inakalang sa Cubao ko matatagpuan ang tunay na kaligayahan. Pwede ngang masabing nasa Nirvana ako kahapon. Matatagpuan ang Nirvanang ito sa isang building sa Cubao, luma na ngunit punong-puno ng mga bagay na nakakapagbigay-aliw sa mga taong tulad ko. Sa ika-apat na palapag ng building na 'yon ay talaga namang nag-laway ako sa sobrang excitement at ligaya. Nagmistula silang mga 'pagkaing' nakaladlad sa hapag-kainan: may matataba, may payat, may mukhang bago, meron namang luma na sa katandaan. Meron ding may kamahalan, pero halos lahat--ang pinakamaganda sa lahat--ay mura.

Sa halagang Php 200 napawi na ang uhaw kong pagnanasa.
Di ako nakatiis, sampung beses kong pinawi ang uhaw na 'to.
Umalis ako ng building na 'yon na masayang-masaya't butas ang bulsa nang mahigit dalawang libong piso.

Ganon talaga siguro kapag kinakati ka....






Kapag may matindi kang pagnanasa....

drool, beybeh, drool...

....na maghanap at magbasa ng libro.

Kung tunay na ligaya ang hanap mo (ok, plugging na 'to), punta ka sa National Bookstore Cubao, 4th floor, Previously owned books section. Maniwala ka, ang daming libro, halos lahat BAGO pa.

Magpakasasa ka.

(Pasasalamat kay Tin, ang aking bugaw).

We win some, we lose one

Last Saturday, UP lost to UE, 56-51. UP's standing is now 3-1, that day being the first time UP Maroons broke its winning streak this season. UP lost because:

1. Jonah, Arlene & I watched the game, "jinxes" who weren't able to watch UP's first 3 games, supporting the team when it was only showing signs of "life." (It didn't help that we were speculating about Maroons' performance before the game started: "'di kaya matalo UP ngayon?" Adding the inevitable, "it's bound to happen, after 3 straights wins ba naman e.").

2. If the game was Quidditch and we were in the world of Rowling's Hogwarts, I would say the Maroons players were hexed (by Hermione). Pa'no ba naman, nasa Maroons na nga bola, dumadaplis pa sa kamay nila???

3. UE's #19 was Viktor Krum in disguise. (Sorry guys, can't help it, post-HP6 effect).

4. Referee Mang Kal-BOO! gave almost all his calls to UE's favor. (Luto! Luto!)

5. Talagang jinx lang kami (with the exception of Jocel, who faithfully followed each UAAP game the Maroons played for this season).

Maraming salamat kay...
Arlene (ang bukod tanging "employed" sa grupo), para sa masarap na tsibog
Jonah, sa pagbabalik ng mga libro ko
Jocel, sa pag-iimbita kahit na kami ay "malas" sa paningin niya
Hazel, "lucky charm" daw ni Jocel at picture-taker
Mentos, sa libreng Mentos
Smart, sa libreng banner

Jocel the "basketball guru"; Me & Jonah, the "basketball idiots"; and Arlene the "guru's apprentice" during the UP vs. UE game at Araneta

The "mini pep squad" obstructing Jocel's view of the game. Nobody sat behind the "mini pep squad." Tignan niyo naman, napakasigasig sa pag-cheer sa Maroons. Theory ni Jocel, may ambitions sila of entering the pep squad...hmmmm...

The UP Pep Squad gearing themselves for their stunning, amazingly-graceful headstand (which, not so coincidentally, the UE pep squad also copied--er, executed).

Just when we thought the Maroons were going to redeem themselves in the last period, Hermione (not seen in the picture) once again hexed the players, upsetting UP's winning streak.

Nakakainis!

Isa ako sa mga nakigulo sa Greenbelt and Glorietta yesterday para bumili ng latest installment ni Rowling sa kanyang HP series, Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince. However, I am still re-reading HP5 (kasi I forgot some details which might turn up sa HP6, mahirap na baka di ko maintindihan), kaya kahit tapos na ni J-anne 'yung book, di pa rin ako nagpa-kuwento, basta sabi niya nakakabitin daw, sobra.

Bad trip lang talaga ako kasi while I'm Net surfing, I came across a friend's friend's Friendster page and that friend posted....


....who died in HP6.

BAD TRIP! (@%$###@@ spoiler 'yan!!!!!!!!!!)

Deception at the lowest level

Whenever I check my Friendster account, I take time to look at some of the messages posted in my Bulletin Board. I don't mind receiving endless surveys, but what I DO MIND is the deceptive, tricky way in which people create different subject lines to send Christian messages. Here're examples of these irritating subject lines:

Usher killed in a car crash
So you opened this because it said "Usher Killed in Car Crash!!!", but if it said Jesus Christ our Lord would you have opened it? It's your choice. If you aren't ashamed to do this, repost and put your name onthe bottom.

Sex Video
So you opened this because you thought this is about a sex video? But if it said Jesus Christ would you have opened it?


What irritates me most is the self-righteous tone of these messages. Its creator/s assumed that people are trivial, hence the use of subject lines they think would appeal to the reader. When you open the message, it self-righteously tells, even accuses, you of not opening the message had it not been titled as such. And the message orders you, if you have a conscience, to join in the list of people who are "not ashamed of Jesus Christ" and repost the message to your contacts. Kung ang intention ng message is to be unashamed of JC, then why resort to such trickery? Walang pinagkaiba ang mga message na'to sa chain letters: they frighten and embarrass people to compel them to spread an otherwise well-intentioned message. You don't have to be fooled then reprimanded just to follow an order or request to do something.

The message is good, but the packaging sucks.