Spot the difference

Can't see any differences. Can you?

The best DVD Marathon: Assholes in Makati

At 2:30 PM, Trillanes said that "nothing will happen after 3 PM", referring to the deadline PNP NCRPO Chief Gerry Barias imposed regarding the standoff. Danilo Lim later told reporters "mangyari na ang mangyayari". Wow. Brave foolish men fighting for what they belive is right? In your dreams.

I thought at that moment that it was going to be Trillanes' shining moments because of his so called "heroic acts" and possibly could have been the best live and no holds barred - raw coverage of ABS-CBN in decades when...

About 5 PM, when tear gasses were all around the HOTEL, and an APC was already inside the lobby, plus hundreds of PNP's scattered in the area ready to launch a what could have been a preempted assault...

Trillanes and Company decided to surrender like cowards. Huwatt?...

FYI, the only missing thing in my DVD Movie Marathon experience earlier this afternoon was a PopCorn...

I would really love to see if Trillanes's blood sheds all over the place. If his body would be brought to the slaughter house and auctioned to EBAY.

and frankly, I was looking for a "subtitle" in that one helluva TV marathon like what I used to do when watching movies.

Fooking Trillanes and Lim. Fooking cowards.

and if anybody would like to argue this post, let's get it on.

Makati anyone?

This is the effect of having 11 million stupid countrymen.

This is the best Christmas gift for all Filipinos.

If you are proud of what happened earlier this afternoon at the Manila Peninsula for your so called "paninindigan" and "pagpapaka-bayani", then go throw yourself off a cliff.

...and invite Danilo Lim, Antonio Trillanes, Teofisto Guinggona to join you.

What a shame?

Last Full Show

It's our last week of stay here in Cavite and one word is on my mindset - CHERISH. Yeah, I'm trying to enjoy my last week here and I will share it to the world with dozen of pictures and videos that I will post here soon.

How Mayor Lim is Trying to Kill Manila

My mom came to visit me last Friday here in Manila. One time, we were walking along the street of Pedro Gil when we spotted that a raid of those illegal sidewalk vendors is happening around the place. The people were in hurry which I believed are the vendors who can hide their stuffs they can still hide from those people in authorities which I believed were from the Manila City Hall because they are wearing ID's of the city hall. There were tables and chairs flying. There were those people screaming and crying which are the vendors again who are doing everything so that the confiscators would return their stuffs. It was really a tensed afternoon for them. Of course, there were those people like who happened to be in that moment trying to get whatever news as if there were a film shooting with all of its star-studded cast.

Poor sidewalk vendors. They were trying to make a living out of selling stuffs in the streets with only their voices as pure investment in a 24/7 system and now all their items are being confiscated because it is illegal.

Is being illegal the real reason? Or is it that the Mayor of Manila is just trying to kill every single low-paying individual in the city like what he has done in the Baywalk area as soon as he stepped into his office. This is really absurd. One time me and my girlfriend brought a wooden piggy bank right in that same street from an old man not because we really wanted to have that piggy bank or because the piggy bank was beautiful but we just wanted to help that old man earn from us because he was doing that the whole time trying to sell it to people walking in that place. We wanted him to live for a day with that 75 pesos price of the piggy bank. Now, the great mayor of manila is eradicating every single indivdual in that area. What a mess for him to see them.

The only irony is that the same people who are in that area would basically be the same people who voted for him last May elections. Of course, they were the "common tao" who are hoping that they would get a new life with Mayor Lim as mayor hoping that he will be the kind and "makamasa" mayor they knew.

I know that those "bangketas" could not actually boost up the business economy of the city compared to those malls like SM, ROBINSON's, etc., but forgive them for being in a 3rd world country.

We have the microeconomics and the macroeconomics as taught to us by many economic movers of our history but for God's sake, these people trying to make money in the sidewalks are part of our underground economy. They may not give high revenues or taxes and they may not care about so many foreign exchanges and the may not boost and may not be a part of the stock exchange and everything, but they are one great key of the Filipino people, of the common Juan DeLa Cruz in hopes of survival in our poverty stricken land. They are the market in which people rely in hopes of getting products in the prices they can afford. They are the best substitutes in all those uprising of commodities in out market. Millions of Filipinos rely on them so why kill them?

To you Mayor Alfredo Lim, why blame them for making a living out on the streets when you can't provide them one? You've taken the lights out of the once busy BAYWALK and killed the talents of musicians, waiters earning a penny out of a night job and now you're killing the children of those vendors who rely their daily "baon" from their nanay selling retail goods in the street.

Excuse me for my British accent but I think you're really such a tool.

"Pa-Timog" na

The Philippine Daily Inquirer headlines today that "Typhoon Mina" spares Bicol region and is now heading to the provinces of Aurora and Isabela.

This is a good news indeed for all Bicolanos as our prayers have been answered.

Typhoon

I pray for all my BICOLANO folks affected by typhoon "Mina". I don't have any idea what may be going on right now in all parts of Bicol but I hope they are still doing fine and having a tight sleep.

I just hope there would be no chance of a "Reming-repeat" over this weekend in my beloved province.

The Last Assignment: Ma'am Noverro

I blogged last early monday about a professor of mine who gave us a paper work which I still haven't submitted until today. That professor, who is suffering as what we know with asthma since she arrived in our class as a partner of our other professor Dra. Lopez, has been really having a hard time coping with us while she's teaching.

Ma'am Noverro, as we usually call her by her last name, passed away hours after I've blogged about her in this blog.

Ma'am Noverro, has recently peacefully joined her creator in heaven.

We were all shocked here in Cavite right after we heard of the news. It was a sad news obviously for the whole PWU nursing community especially that PWU is depleted again of a hardworking teacher. Imagine, she is suffering from an illness and still she continued to teach 44 hard-headed students like us.

She has been our teacher for our major subject about two months already. Typically, she's been absent most of the time and news is that during those times, she's been hospitalized because of her illness.

The last time I saw her was before we have our halloween vacation. I was one of the last NG3-04 student to talked to her because she asked me to collect pictures of my classmates for a seat plan she is requiring us. That was the last time. Since then, I never heard her voice again. I never heard again that seemed to be a shouting voice which really culminates pain and her difficulty in speaking. Until now, I still have the pictures which I failed to complete. My lastassignment was not the paper work I failed to submit to Dra. Lopez but the seat plan which she is hoping to remember us for the rest of her life.

I have joked many times about her and now is the time I asker her forgiveness.

The lighter side is that she has been suffering many times in her life with her illness and the only thing I could say right now is that Lord grant her the rest she deserves with all the angels of heaven. She must be happy wherever she is right now.

To Ma'am Noverro, may you Rest in Peace.

Craving

Whoever invented or discovered this mouth-watering BREAD of the CENTURY is a real GENIUS. He surely knows how to make money. I'm so much sure I can survive a decade with only this as my diet.

Indolence

I should be sleeping by now but here I am again in front of the computer. I've been busy these past weekend because I've finally got the chance to play EA SPORTS latest addition to basketball gaming which is NBA LIVE 08. I've been playing the NBA LIVE series since NBA LIVE 2003 and I've been addicted to the DYNASTY MODE the year after.

I should be at McDonald's Pedro Gil by 5 am later for our duty again in Dasma and Trece Martirez, Cavite but I don't have any plans yet of getting to my bed. I'm still enjoying life at this moment.

I should be sleeping by now. I've been lazy this past week. My teacher in my major subject texted me earlier this evening giving me one last chance to submit my requirement which is a paper works requiring me to write a heck of notes from the book. I thank her for giving me that last chance. We have two professors in that subject. The first one is Dra. Lopez (I don't know her first name), a very kind professors who likes to give chances for students, I mean failing students like me who doesn't care of the world. I really admire her for doing that. She gives high grades also. She is not the one who gave us the assignment. It's actually my other professor, her partner, an asthmatic who would totally fall off a cliff with one silent whisper who until now is I think in the hospital because of her asthma attacks. She was the brave person to gave us the stupid paper work.

I mean why do professors like her would require us to read a thousand page book in nursing and all of a sudden they would require us to write the whole thing which is already in the damn book. I mean grow up. Things such as those are tolerable back in the elementary days where in teachers are busy selling the "tocino's" and "longganisa" especially in public schools where in some of your teacher come to school without even having a prepared lesson plan. Of course, add the idea that those were the days where in INTERNET is not yet as widely used as today.

Why would they require us to submit paper works that are handwritten in this modern technological age? Where is justice?

Still, I thank Dra. Lopez for the kind attitude of giving chances and that is the only consolation I got in this trimester so far when it comes to "dealing" subjects.

I don't see myself enrolling for the next trimester. I think I have to stop. Not hopeless or anything but I think there is always a time for cessation.

All I Need Is Love

If there is anyone of you who knows where I could get a DVD copy, whether pirated or not, of the movie Across the Universe please send me a message. I'm badly craving to watch this movie since I've seen its trailer on www.youtube.com and especially that it uses soundtracks from songs of The Beatles. In Fact, the whole story revolves around the British group from the character names to songs to places to smaller objects. Please help me watch this movie.

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I'm soooo SLeeeeeepppppYYyyyy!!!!

Things to Ponder: For PWU Students

This post has something to do with my duty here in Trece Martirez, Cavite.

From our dormitory in Dasma, Cavite, we arrived at Summerfield Subd. Brgy Osorio, Trece Martires at around 8:30 in the morning. It was just another ordinary day because we've been doing this for two weeks already. Yesterday, we did not finish looking for a family for our typology next week so we loiter around the place to look for a should be "depressed family". The usual "tambay" moments happened so we stop over a small sari-sari store and my classmate found out that the owner has a breast cancer and needs blood donor for her supposed operation. Honestly, I do not have any idea about what operation would be done(I don't know the medical term). With "gift of charity" in mind, four of us decided to volunteer to donate our blood so we asked permission to out clinical instructor and he allow us to go the hospital where the operation would be performed. We ride a tricycle on our way to Bonifacio Medical Center in the capital city of Cavite but the hospital was a public government-owned hospital so we were not able to make reservations during that day and they told us that due to the hundred of early reservations, obviously they can't accomodate us. We again loiter in the hospital while waiting for our "ale" when suddenly, a former CI/Professor of PWU was also in there as a CI for another school.

Due to some private matters and sensitivity of his(or her??) identity, I decided not to name the person here in my blog.

WE were shocked to see him in the hospital. Rumors says that he is working as a call center agent in which he confirmed but of course everybody's question is what happened before he decided to resign as PWU nursing professor. I have heard the story from different gossip personalities of PWU and from our current CI but of course, I believe that there are two sides for every stories so I think it is the right time if he tell us his side. He jokingly asked us what "paninira" were made by PWU Nursing professors about him. Of course, we actually avoided the issue but it came and he confessed to us that yes, some stories were partly true and correct but also others were sensationalized. That is his story. That is his summary.

It's just a pity because that professor was really one of the best PWU have over the years. But in reality, those best doesn't come out to be good the way we see them in later parts.

I know that our country has been suffering from so much fiscal and financial crisis which unfairly affects the masses and the professionals that is why some real professionals are leaving the country in search for greener pastures abroad but do some things like what happened to him really should be done to alleviate poverty or caprices?

I mean why does it have to resort on this things? I remember back in high school when I was taught about one great quotation by one great author:

"The end justifies the means"

Some people we know may be very best at their skills but none of them are perfect. Like Robin Hood, he help the poor by stealing. Is it the same to this professor I/we knew, to bestow knowledge to hundreds by stealing hundreds also?

Unfairly, we ostracize people by the little mistakes they commit. But we give pardon to people even if it is thousands and millions of pesos they steal.

Yes of course, wisdom in line with honesty must start in every small institution we are involved in order to promote to the macroscopic level. But who knows the extremes to such things as this? Do we really care?

Sneaking

I find a way to sneaked out of my dormitory here in Cavite to try out the Internet Cafe's and I was never disappointed by its services. Yes, there were no air-conditioned rooms like what there is in Manila but the connection is at least reliable and fast.

I blogged earlier this morning about ignorance and now, I'm thinking that maybe I should have blogged about stupidity because of what happened to us earlier before we got here in Dasma for our second week of duty.

Reminder

Today is a beautiful MONDAY - the start of another busy and tiring week for all of us. The best reminder or this week is for us to keep things under your focus and concentration.

Avoid IGNORANCE.

Looking Back

I'm afraid...
to say the things I want to say...
to tell you how I'm so into you...
to ask you just your simple name...
to say hello when you're with them...
and even to speak a single word when you are near...

You passed by me
and everything seems to be turning round...
my hands are still chilling...
still I've got nothing to say...

Then I looked back...
Just to smell the fragrance you left...
and wish that next time...
you'll passed my way again...
because things as simple as that...
makes my day...
a whole lot complete.

Once in a Lifetime... reply

I want a Girl...

Who would look in my eyes and then would suddenly kiss me without any reason.

hold my hand when I am scared at night.
Someone who would sing to me even with her scratchy voice.
Who has the shoulder to cry on.
A girl who would fight and stand for me amidst every criticism we have.
I want someone who would call or text me when I'm far away just to make sure that I am doing fine and not with any other girl.
Someone who would make coffee at night if I'm feeling tired, massage my back and kiss me before saying goodnight.
Someone who would do everything just to make me laugh and see my smile.
Someone who would make surprises even the silly ones.
Who loves to talk about me with her friends.
Someone who is never afraid saying "I Love You" in front of any people around.
I want a girl who would greet me every morning and every night just to make sure I would have a great start of the day and a peaceful sleep at night.
Who would cook lunch or snacks or dinner for me and would ask me a hundred times if the taste is right.
Who would tell me I'm handsome just to give me confidence.
Someone who would make me laugh to death like no one could.
A girl who understand my scariest mood.

But mostly, I want a girl who is my best friend... and would never break my tough heart.



The above ode or poem is a reply I made to a girl's message circulating over the internet through www.photobucket.com about what he want for a guy. This reply is based on a man's point of view. I have no intention to plagiarized the work and does not claim any right of the other work's lines.

Music Videos

Here are some of the best Music Videos and songs you will see and hear on the internet. Here are my top 5 favorite Music Videos for this weekend.

5





Soulja Boy Tell Em - Crank That


4





Chris Brown - Kiss Kiss ft. T-Pain

3




James Blunt - 1973

2




One Republic - Apologize


Number 1





Kanye West - Stronger

Something Personal

I'm back here in Manila after almost a week of being in Cavite for our duty. A lot of weird things really happened while we were in there. Of course, we were new to the place so we caught ourselves with some unfamiliar stories of ghosts and other spooky things that usually happened in provinces. I really don't have must time to narrate everything but all I can say is that I have a very memorable experience while in there. I have great classmates who were really great cooks. I enjoyed so much of my time except for the third day. We have a great CI with Sir Bong. It was fun and that is the best thing to describe our first week.

Counting hours

I'm just few hours away before I step into my biggest adventure so far as a so-called Nursing Student. It's really funny when I think of what is happening in my life.

Here's a simple story.

A friend of mine messaged me yesterday that one of our friend and former classmate who happens to be a nursing student in Bicol currently has her wrap up of a clinical affiliation somewhere here in Manila as part of her course requirements. I was amazed when I heard the news. My dad was right when he was convincing me three years ago to enroll in a nursing school here in Manila rather in Bicol. Unlike in Manila, if you are assigned in a ward, especially in a secondary hospital in the province, I think the best case of a patient you would get are those suffering from hypertension which are really common for geriatric patients. I got a chance to experience that when my lola suffered mild hypertension the last time I was there and we rushed her to the nearby hospital and she was confined to a female ward in which all patients cases are the same as her. Unlike here in Manila, even the simplest secondary hospitals have patients with cases as Diabetes 1 and 2, post cholecystectomy patients and wards are grouped if it is a Surgical or Medical ward as the most common and there are others like the Orthopedic ward and when you go to a Medical Center here in Manila there are even wards called as Fil-Ambulatory ward, the Infectious and Non-Infectious Ward. I happened to be assigned in Ospital ng Maynila Medical Center "Emergency room" right after my capping and I was really amazed of how hysterical they could get. We used to treat there patients who really have some of the weirdest life experiences in life. My favorite ER section is the Trauma where we used to treat patients who were shot by a gun, stabbed and those who were drunk and are already just wasting their life over alcohol. Another section in the ER was the OB for those patients who are going to labor their child and the best experience I have there is when a mother labored her child in a pedicab. We were only in there for about three weeks but the experience was great. In reality, some patients are really absurd unlike in the province where people are so friendly and fun loving.

The real thing I want to share is that I left Bicol three years ago to experience the city life while learning but here they are, they are throwing us to Mendez, Cavite. Yes, I understand that Mendez is an urban municipality as suggested by Wikipedia but Cavite? Cavite is a province. It's really funny but that is my destiny - to be near home and to experience place like home. That is the reason why I'm really looking forward to this whole community experience thing. This is also another way for me to look for some peace of mind. No TV's that would mean no political news/issues, no entertainment and all for the good of the health community of Mendez.

So Cavite, let's get it on.

Setting Off

I may not update this site for this coming week because I will be out of the metro for my duty. I'll be in Mendez, Cavite for the month of November every Mondays to Thursdays for our community experience as part of my duty rotation starting this November 5.

I would surely miss the internet and the whole civilization things here in the metropolis. Hopefully, things would be just fine in there. We are clueless about the place right now. All I can say right now is that I'm having a PBB-fever because basically we'll be there locked-up for less than a month and we are all feeling like HOUSE MATES.

So, adios amigo.

Proofs That You Have Really Enjoyed Your Childhood Living In Baao

Too bad I can't go to Baao this Halloween. I just decided to make an ala Bob Ong's "Bakit Baliktad Magbasa ng Libro Ang Mga Pilipino?" but this time, it's about my beloved home town "Baao". I hope you will enjoy reading and answering this one. Never mind of the instruction. The more you knew about Baao the better it wopu.

Note: this "fun facts" are for people who were born in Baao during the mid '80s and '90s

You're a Baaoenyo if...

You probably know where "Paayay-ayayan" is. Bonus if you know what is inside that place.

During August, you and your friends argue which school got the best majorettes in town. Is it SMA or Baao High School?

You prefer "JAMSLOCK" sweet offerings over Nestle or even Magnolia. It's the cheapest in town.

You're still curious who's that man in a statue standing at the center of the public market with a round cap on his head. CLUE: You're stupid if your answer is Jose Rizal.

You prefer calling that place as "BULUANG" rather than "San Antonio".

"Bravo" is more popular than business tycoon Henry Sy.

You enjoyed "Makuto" rather than Monterey.

You have seen the mysterious drawing/miracle with Jesus image in a Banana Tree at Baao West Elementary School during the late '90s. It gained media attention.

You know the lyrics or chorus of the song "Mingga Lukban- Mingga tubo". Additional point if you know the great composer of this song.

It's easier for you to call it "PERDON" rather than Turtle Cable Network.

You probably know now what the term "pabuntog" and "pantomina" means and when and where it is done.

You are familiar with the digits "266" and "4432" and you know that they have nothing to do with evil.

During summer, your choice for family/barkada bonding is either in "Baao Recreation Center" or "Villa Marietta". You get a bonus point if you have experienced swimming "Ki Palna"(dam) or "Burabod" and another bonus point if you have "an-an" after your enjoyment there.

You know that "Arkie" has nothing to do with architectural designs rather you know him as your Parish Priest. Bonus point if you know his full name.

You've probably heard "yay-ya" do the Karaoke.

You know that "Pay-Ling" has nothing to do with Chinese cult. It is your classmate's favorite hang-out place during their cutting classes or after school.

You're aware of the mysteries happening at the back of the "Patio"(patyo).

You got addicted to "KEYSPACE" and "YOUTHLINK" because of counter strike even though "JLLB Computer Center" has been in town even before the 2 shops emerged.

Your kin is very proud when one of your relative or family member passed either the Bar Exam(lawyers) or the Board Exam(nurse, teachers, engineers, architect, etc). It doesn't end there. The first thing they would do as soon as they have heard the news is to put streamers around your barangay or poblacion congratulating him/her. Classic right? Tarpaulin would soon be invented in Baao in 2010.

Your summer/christmas vacation would never be complete if you have not attended any Clan Reunion (Tribung Badong, Bustilla, Bigay, Imperial) or any organizational gatherings in Baao such as the now defunct Anchors Family Inc., Spiders Fraternity Inc. and Meddlers in San Jose. Of course, program must start with a Holy Mass followed by a motorcade around thepoblacion . Another classic. Now that you are a grown-up citizen, you prefer the Alumni Homecoming of your beloved Alma Mater because it always has a Beer Party.

And the top proof that you're really a pure blooded 1000 percent Baaoenyo(sorry for the enye), ...

Your surname starts with the letter "B".

Desperation

I saw a promotional advertisement of NBA on YOUTUBE bannering the slogan "where amazing happens" so I come up with the idea of doing my own version but this time with regards to the amazing thing the Philippines has. Things that are only in the Philippines and unique to us.

Additional thing that motivated me are the issues surrounding the administrations and things about our society.

Here it is. Have time to watch the small clip I made.



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