in retrospect… » i [am starting to] hate Globelines…
it all started about 3 months ago, when my Internet connection bandwidth from Globelines Broadband started declining for some reason… i later found out that the connections were broken due to the earthquake that happened in Taiwan and Globelines was not the only one affected [although i heard they had the worst of it]… the connections only started stabilizing about a month and a half ago…
5 Things I Miss About: Washington DC
It’s already vacation time/summer season and during these past few days I only have one place in mind to where to spend a great vacation — Washington DC. We had the chance to stay there for a couple of days (courtesy of my Mom’s high school buddy) during the 2005 holidays. There were a lot of people (though I heard that compared to spring break and during summer there were more people around) or tourists visiting the National Mall and you could definitely feel the patriotism of the Americans who were visiting the various national memorials and monuments to commemorate their heroes and presidents. The experience left a mark on my whole existence (uy ang lalim! pramis! hehehe). I asked myself why can’t we ever build a decent place to remember our national heroes like this one? Of course we have the Rizal Park but can’t we build something that wouldn’t look anything like a circus and a motel with a statue in it? Anyways here’s a couple of things that I observed in DC which I would definitely want to see in our country in the next few years (wish ko lang!)…
in retrospect… » oops!! sorry ’bout that…
have you ever done something stupid that costs your company millions of pesos worth of data??
if you have, then you prolly know how this computer technician in Alaska felt when, after formatting a hard disk, found out later on that it contained $38 billions worth of accounts of applicant information for an oil-funded sales account… it still wouldn’t have been so bad except for one thing: the daily backup tapes were unreadable!!
in retrospect… » how can anyone be this cool??
if you managed to watch CSI: Miami last night, you will know what i am talking about…
we all know that Horatio Caine [played by David Caruso] is the epitome of an uber-cool super cop when it comes to busting criminals and solving seemingly unsolvable crimes…
in retrospect… » a Tagalog movie to watch out for…
with Leo Martinez as Congressman Manhik Manaog at your self-service and Manuel “Jun†Urbano, Jr as Mr Shooli, the comedy flick M.O.N.A.Y ni Mr Shooli is set to be shown soon in Philippine theaters…
Ponds 7-day age miracle product
So what is wrong with this picture?
The first time I watched the commercial by Pond’s, my eyes were pulled to watch as my mind quickly registered the words “miracle†while watching a husband suddenly pay special attention to his girlfriend or wife who were apparently using this age-miracle product. Then I heard the warning bells…. Ringggging in my head. Halt!
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What’s a woman got to do, ha?
“Thank your grandmothers and mothers who have lived and paved the way for you ladies to have a better life out there.”
That’s something I said to a class some months ago. Y’know, the fun part about teaching is that sometimes you get engaged in this impromptu soliloquy where instant insights lead to sudden outbursts of authentic talk–”me” talking.
The Oracle and The Architect
An SMS conversation dated March 7:
Friend: Pangalan mo sa phone ko, Oracle. Si —— ay the Architect. (Your name in my phone, Oracle. —— is the Architect.)
Me: Wow! Eh di ibig sabihin lagi kami at war niyan? (Wow! So that means we’re always at war?)
Friend: Yes, without the knowledge that one complements the other
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No, we haven’t really been at war with one another. But as days pass and we get into more conversations (tons of talks we’ve had over seemingly random topics that were actually roundabout ways of getting into one place), all the more I realize it does make sense: I am the Oracle and he is the Architect in our own matrix. Two souls whose lives are intertwined but will never really be together, simply because we aren’t. Not because of the meaningfulness, the rightfulness, the wrongness, the should-haves, the ought-tos, or the untimeliness. We just aren’t.
I’ll have to describe both personalities.
Sunday Drinking Spree
Last Sunday after my Microbiology and Parasitology class, my classmates invited me to hangout at Pier One Bar and Grill. When I asked them what would they be doing they said, “magkwekwentuhan lang naman”. Since I had nothing to do that night I decided that a little chat wouldn’t hurt so I tagged along. We immediately went to the Fort to look for Pier One, after reaching the bar we asked for a couple of San Mig Light but then we the waiter wouldn’t serve us. When we asked why he told us he can’t because we were still wearing our scrubs (seriously, wtf?!). We offered to let them see our ID’s to prove that we were old enough to have a drink. I was thinking, I’m 22 and I was the youngest among the bunch (some of my classmates even have kids in high school) and they wouldn’t serve us beer! Later the waiter told us that it was city ordinance not to serve alcoholic drinks to those who are in uniform (yep, even those in the military). Kudos to them for upholding a lousy city ordinance
