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4/27/2006
I have decided to make the switch to
http://pakshet101.wordpress.com/ (also known as pakshet 101)
from my previous blogsites (albeit same content), madcowdisease.blogdrive.com (also known as the world of madcow) and fromthecheapseats.motime.com (also known as From The Cheap Seats). I haven't blogged since my last post in either (even in my Yahoo 360 profile) which was my birthday post, and, man, it's been that long as well as I've been through a lot as well.
I just hope this will be the last time that I'll be moving blogs, though.
Posted at 4/27/2006 7:10:31 pm by tubthumping
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3/5/2006
Buon Compleanno To Myself!
First of all, happy birthday to me.
Another leaf has turned -- meaning, another year older.
But despite the "excitement" comes the reality that I'm not getting any younger
How I wished I would've celebrated it with much simplicity, without the
hype like "Libre" and stuff, as like last year, when I did it all by
myself (except with that of my family which is natural, and for this
year I'll be treaing my family when I'm free from all this)...but it's
because of the family atmosphere inside the office that made me cave
down -- I mean, back-off -- with my original plans of observing it in
my lonesome self. Even my palusot which stated that "Naubos na ang pera ko sa Baguio"
(I've used up all my money in Baguio) didn't work, but nevertheless it
was fun celebrating birthday at work with my midshift peers.
Anyways, it's because of the hard times nowadays that makes me think
this way. Methinks that it's impractical to throw parties and
stuff, especially the inuman, and that I'd want to reflect on what I'd
want to happen for the next full circle of my existence.
Among others, I'd want the following things to materialize:
1. Be able to get a girlfriend or my special someone
2. Be able to start a small business
3. Be able to get my career back on track finally (I'll be having
my sixth month with the company I'm into in two weeks time)
Excess: Gotta have some
catching-up to do with my blog/s, especially with my experiences with
last week's Panagbenga 2006 and the Pan-aaspulan...especially the
latter, I've got some pics from the latter event which I'd want to post.
Posted at 3/5/2006 9:38:14 pm by tubthumping
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2/23/2006
Is all I'm counting before I get my reprieve from this bondage called WORK...
But I still have some unfinished business to do...as well as some release papers and stress inducers...
But like what a friend said through text, konting tiis na lang.
IT'S SABBATICAL TIME!
Posted at 2/23/2006 2:04:44 pm by tubthumping
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2/22/2006
This is the time I'm really counting now before the sabbatical starts. I'm looking forward for time to lapse that fast.
I have already started packing my bags and buying personal stuff so I'd be off straight after tomorrow's work day.
Now, the thing I
have started worrying with is how I'd spend my budget for this
wisely. Otherwise, it's gonna be one hell of a break for me.
But first I have
to endure the pressures of this baby, including the last-minute spikes
courtesy of our client who's beta-testing the team.
Posted at 2/22/2006 5:55:49 pm by tubthumping
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2/21/2006
Two more days to go, and I'm gonna be off to my "anticipated" three-day sabbatical.
A much well-deserved one for someone who feels overworked (and soon underpaid and bypassed).
Lately though, although I can
still handle the pressures here at work, I'm suddenly feeling that I'm
boring myself to death already. Especially whenever I do nothing
in most of my work shift (since the redheads are asleep at my work
hours), I tend to either oversurf the sites that I know of or look as
stupid as a rock all the time, due to the fact that my eyes are glued
to the PC monitor for almost eight hours.
And worse, I'm running out of petiks options except to put up with the same people whom I'm having some beef with lately.
Well, I know that it's just two more days. Like what my previous post mentioned, hirap muna bago sarap. Then I'm going to have this enjoyment once again...and this early I'm looking forward to it.
SIDEBAR:
You won't believe this, even
the youth especially up north are actually learning the habit of using
weed, which is illegal in our country for whatever purpose.
Cordi youth are number 4 users of marijuana: guv
Posted at 2/21/2006 6:10:50 pm by tubthumping
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2/18/2006
I'm
now on my second day of my only attempt yet to work a straight stretch
of "business" days ever. This ought to be due to my impending
leave that I'm already wishing that it were now.
But instead of looking forward or getting motivated to do my job, I'm
going nuts. I have started to feel like I'm getting dumber due to
loss of useful activity at work, especially during lag time, when no
questions come in (apparently because the all-knowing dudes in the land
between the Pacific and Atlantic north of the equator sleep during my
work hours) and all I would do is either compose a blog entry, surf
good sites, or even be in contact with my textmates.
Instead, I have suddenly felt that I can't make a decent or good blog
entry (save for this one), I have run out of sites in the Net that I
know of, and I have thought that even my contacts in the outside world
have turned their backs on me -- that's why I've been playing these
music files on my player or listen to the radio, but I'm feeling like
whacked today.
I'm not a useful being now. I'd rather sleep it all if given the chance, that I'd be more useful.
Sometimes one can't really help but wonder the purpose of this
perdition. Why isn't the good life given to us in a silver
platter, where there'd be no more worries at all and everything is at
hand, both physically and emotionally?
Posted at 2/18/2006 9:17:12 pm by tubthumping
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2/17/2006
Leyte Landslide: Yet Another Tragedy Struck Again
With
the Philippines not yet fully recovered from the effects of the
February 4th Wowowee disaster, as well as the continued political
circus in which its end won't be seen in the forseeable future and the
Shabu Republic bust last week in Pasig (coincidentally the same city
where the stampede took place), the nation is again in the limelight --
this time due to a landslide brought by heavy rains in the town of St.
Bernard, Southern Leyte. That landslide buried three barangays
and has deemed these as being "wiped off the map", according to a
congressman.
However, what's worse is that
not most people know about it, given that it has happened in what is
considered as one of the poorest provinces in the Philippines.
And these occassions must have called for us to unite and help our
brothers and sisters in need, instead of just focusing in too much
politicking and the different circuses out there. Or maybe we
Filipinos have become too callous these days that each one of us must
be struck with something so we could just unite and help each other for
the sake of our country?
Like anything else, when will
we all learn as a nation -- and as a people? Hoping that these
events serve indeed as an eye-opener for us...
Posted at 2/17/2006 7:50:13 pm by tubthumping
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2/15/2006
 As creative as this may seem (because of the dog caption, but that attempt at creativity is a big kudos for me), the message says it all. Especially the last sentence.
Posted at 2/15/2006 8:58:06 pm by tubthumping
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2/14/2006
From the mailbox of someone who is loveless...
Love is like magic and it always will be
For love still remains lifes sweet mystery
Love works in ways that are wondrous and strange
And there is nothing in life that love cannot change
Love can transform the most commonplace
Into beauty and splendor and sweetness and grace
Love is unselfish, understanding and kind
For it sees with its heart and not with its mind
Love gives and forgives
There is nothing too much
For love to heal with its magic touch
Love is the language that every heart speaks
For love is the one thing that every heart seek
HAPPY HEARTS DAY!!!
Posted at 2/14/2006 3:49:05 pm by tubthumping
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2/12/2006
My Thoughts On Last Night's PBBCE First Nomination
(Photo lifted from retzwerx 's site)
Last night's first nomination was real tough. Until just earlier
I even had the hard time on who to freakin' campaign for (as if it were
an election) and have the one evicted...
For me why I'd rather have Mang Rudy to stay than Keanna or Rico...
Keanna -- although she does have entertainment value, sya na rin ang naging source/reason of discord among the housemates, ang pinagmulan ng issue, and that she utters double-meaning words na malamang maging source na naman ng problema between PBB and MTRCB...
Rico -- primary reasons why I'd not vote for him:
1.
His problems with Roxanne is already taking its toll especially with
other housemates (ayaw pa kasi nyang tantanan si Roxie eh)
2. He's having a REAL HARD TIME communicating with some housemates especially Budoy -- ndi naman magaling din si Budoy sa Inglisan...
Mang
Rudy, though the most misunderstood housemate of the current batch, may
have concerns with his health (especially after the dance routine) but
if that's the case, why was he in the first place included as a
housemate? And why was he able to swim with only his amputated
leg across the Guimaras Strait years back and bike several miles even
in his home province of Iloilo -- these among others which earned him
the sobriquet "Iron Man Of Asia" -- if health reasons really hinder
him? And besides, of them all, although he's not a big-name
athlete like Pacman, Patrimonio, Jaworski or those of his kind like
Diay, Muros, and nowadays Sheila Perez, I admire him for being HIMSELF
all throughout the trying week, and his mere presence alone -- although
there ARE INDEED some tasks that he may not be capable of doing due to
his physical limitations -- and his relationships with his fellahs
there, in which it must have should make us realize that he must serve
as an inspiration to the downtrodded, especially to our brothers and
sisters who are handicapped and have lost hope. Because of his
presence, PBBCE must have become a show to watch for because of his
quest to overcome difficulties even within a small group of people.
I
find it as an excuse, especially that comparison with Bob of PBB
Edition 1, that he may not further make it...he is no Bob, and Big
Brother should be reminded that he is no God. Giving the reason
that he should not stay there just because his health might fail him is
tantamount to discrimination for me.
For this, I'm giving my vote to Mang Rudy.
Please do your share as well, if we want PBBCE to be wholesome as well. To vote, just type BB RUDY and send to
2331 (Globe, Touch Mobiule and Sun Cellular)
231 (Smart, Talk N Text, Addict Mobile)
So,
let us look further beyond the entertainment value Let us look at
who among the three is the most genuine among them (totoong tao) and
who has the best intention in playing the game, Wag po tayo magpadala sa porke nakaka-awa ang tao o sa kung kakayanin nya o hindi, dahil time and again naipakita na nya na kaya nyang gawin ang mga inaakala nating hindi na nya kaya dala ng kanyang kapansanan.
XS:
I'm wondering why the heck Zanjoe the SLOTH was not included among the
nominees. Same with Mich, who revealed her pasosyal colors by
being the batch's "crying lady" (in excess) which was really
annoying...OK lang sana kung papansin (she admitted in the intros that she is a KSP person), pero OA na eh...
Posted at 2/12/2006 3:49:58 pm by tubthumping
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"But I'm a creep / I'm a weirdo / What the hell am I doing here? / I don't belong here"
-- Creep, Radiohead
"I get knocked down / But I get up again / You're never gonna keep me down!"
-- Tubthumping, Chumbawamba
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