 | Walk Down the Apocalyptic Path | Feb 19, 2007 |
Pauwi na ako nun. Nakasakay sa bus. Sa loob nun, may TV monitor, showing a certain Filipino flick. Mga 80's action film, apparently.
Uy, si Phillip Salvador pala.
Dumating sya sa isang hold-up incident, where a couple of ladies are being taken. If I'm not mistaken, dalawang sasakyan yata yung papatakas na. Phillip, being heroic and all, tries to run after them.
He only has a pistol. Di ko alam kung anong caliber. I don't know much about guns anyway.
First shot, sapul sa likod ng ulo yung papatakas na driver nung isang car.
Teka! Tantya ko mga 50 feet na yung range ng car kay Phillip. Diba, sniper range na yun? Bakit sapul na sapul? 
Second shot, sa likod ng sasakyan tumama. It showed a leaking oil. Di ko sure kung dapat talaga naka pwesto yung gas tank pero it shows something leaking.
Third shot, sumabog yung kotse.
What the? Sumabog yung kotse sa third shot?
Ini ignore ko lang mga pelikulang ganito nung bata ako, pero, my goodness. Filipino action stars are so damn good. 
__________________
Pero kailangan pang habulin ni Phillip yung second car. Eventually, may dumating na sidekick si Phillip na may owner type jeepney. So sumakay sya dun. Yung sidekick yung driver, tapos si Phillip naman yung dudungaw para barilin yung hinahabol nilang second car.
Eventually, sumabog na yung hinahabol nilang second car. Same thing. Binaril sa likod, nag leak. All in a matter of three to four shots.
Pero nakaganti yung kalaban. Nabaril yung driver. Patay.
Pero bakit ganun? Mas madaling barilin si Phillip kasi sya yung dumudungaw, pero yung sidekick yung unang nabaril.
__________________
Next scene, may helicopter na dumating. Eto na yung super boss. Immobile na yung kotse na sinasakyan ni Phillip kasi patay na yung driver.
Mamamatay na si Phillip.
Pero hinde! Tumakas yung helicopter.
Dala ng helicopter yung kidnapped lady, which turned out to be Rachel Lobangco.
Kilala ko si Rachel Lobangco. Sya yung boobsy girl na nagge guest sa Palibhasa lalaki nun. Wala pa akong malisya sa boobs nun pero nung makita ko cleavage nya, para akong nasaniban ng masamang espiritu. It turns out here na leading lady pala sya ni Phillip.
Pero imbes na barilin nung nasa helicopter si Phillip (vantage point na vantage point kaya yung being in a helicopter), itinapon na lang si Rachel.
Patay si Rachel.
Sigaw si Phillip. Imagine the scene in Wolverine Origin.
____________________________
Awwwwwwww fuck. Eto pa lang pala yung scene na maghihiganti si Phillip. Di pa sya nakakapaghiganti sa lagay na yun eh dalawang kotse na yung pinasabog nya in less than ten shots? Maghihiganti pa sya sa lagay na yun?
I want more of these movies. Walang sinabi si Bruce Lee sa mga pinoy action stars. 
|  | Some notes:
Also added latest pics of Nino Lopez and company.
I have a gut feeling that not letting Kristine go the sa Linden is actually a good idea. Saksakan kasi tayo ng bait. Promise, magugulat sya.
Hmmm....food. =) |
 Nung mga panahong ako'y nag iinarte sa aking buhay, may kinausap akong isang psychologist. Sabi nya sa akin, di ko naman talaga matatanggal ang problema sa buhay ko. Baguhin ko man ang aking sarili, iibahin ko lang ang aking disposisyon, pero ang problema ay nariyan pa rin. Maybe in another form. Maaaring may ma-resolba ka mang problema sa pagbabago na yan, pero ang kaakibat nyan ay ang pagkakaroon ng panibagong problema. In the end, you just wish that you're new situation is more...manageable.
Ngayon at super sikat si Barack Obama with his promise of change, lahat na lang yata ng politiko nakikisakay sa idea ng pagbabago. Pati tayong ordinaryong Juan de la Cruz, nakikisakay na rin, especially with that Ako Mismo commercial. I swear, collector's item na nga yung dog tags. Bilhan nyo naman ako. Harhar!
________________
I consider nyo ang aking sitwasyon bilang isang ISKOLAR kuno ng bayan, from the University of the Philippines. Sa institusyon na yan, laging napag uusapan ang konsepto ng pagbabago. Syempre, mataas kasi ang ihi namin and we're considered to be the forerunners of change in the country. May nagagawa na ba kami?
Well, syempre, magpapataasan muna kami ng ihi before we ever get things done. Why? Kasi karamihan kasi sa amin sa UP, mataas ang ihi, may kanya kanyang agenda, and we raraly get along with each other. Imagine Philippine politics. Ganun sa UP--the hub of the next kupal ng bayan that you're eventually about to elect.
_______________
So napaisip lang ako. Change? Change to what? Anong change yan? Can we get to the specifics of that (much like the needed specifics of the Obama stimulus package)? What change do the Filipinos need? Or do we even need it in the first place?
Baka kasi mamaya, maging sobrang ambisyoso nanaman tayo sa idea ng pagbabago eh makipag pataasan nanaman tayo ng ihi sa isa't isa with our own idea of change, at before we get anything done, nakipag-gaguhan na tayo ng katakot takot sa isa't isa.
_______________
I took up Psychology 108 a couple of years ago, also known as SIKOLOHIYANG PILIPINO. I don't remember a lot from that now, except the constant mentioning of Virgilio Enriquez and and the core value of KAPWA that Filipinos represent. KAPWA--the idea of the community. Something that goes beyond the concept of the SELF. A collective view of things.
_______________
At the same time, I am also a learner of the American way. I'm a comic book geek. I watch more US TV shows than local ones, and most of my immediate relatives are naturalized American citizens who would damn tell me every now and then how good (and sometimes, bad. But mostly good.) America is. Not to mention that I used to be a call center agent. US cannot possibly elude me.
_______________
After some time of contemplation, seeing the bigger picture of things, comparing strengths and weaknesses of other cultures, I came to realize one major thing:
MASARAP MAGING PILIPINO. Really. Seryoso. Fucking, really. TALAGA! Promise!
______________
Kaya nga burat na burat ako sa second book ni Bob Ong. Title yata nun is, Bakit Baligtad Magbasa Ng Libro Ang Pilipino. Lahat na lang yata ng panlalait sa Pilipinas eh mababasa ko sa libro na yun. Ikumpara daw ba ang Pinas sa Japan, China, US, at lahat na lang yata. You know, the stereotypical mindset of someone who knows less about the bigger picture of things and yet have the guts to get preachy. Tama nga. Bob Ong is the Jologs counterpart of Jessica Zafra (another writer I hardly like). But anyway...
______________
But if you wanna make comparisons, sige, game ako dyan:
Alam mo ba na sa Japan eh extremely social hierarchical ang tao? They live a very stressful life, and the idea of suicide is considered a norm? Ano ba ang typical working hours dyan? 50 a week?
The reason why adik ang mga hapon sa babaeng naka tali sa porn eh kasi young women represent the lowest class of the social hierarchy at sila ang pinaka madaling mapagbalingan ng sama ng loob. There. Kung trip mo yan, cge dyan ka.
Punta naman tayo sa isang bansa pa. South Korea.
Alam mo ba na pag pumupunta ang mga Koreano para mag aral sa UP, enjoy na enjoy sila? Bakit? Kasi 18 units lang sa UP typically at ang kultura sa Korea eh malamang mid twenties ka na eh di ka pa tapos sa college (parang sa UP din naman, mas malala nga lang), at ang mga bata dun eh nag aaral from umaga to gabi? Jesus Christ! May pasok from umaga to gabi. O_O
Burat na burat nga yang mga twenty something na mga Koreanong yan kasi ang magtuturo sa kanila ng English dito sa Pilipinas eh malamang mas bata pa sa kanila.
Oo nga, disiplinado ang mga taong yan, pero kaakibat nyan eh ang pagka kupal nila (a highly questionable EQ), and nobody knows that better than my dad and my tito who worked for a Korean company. Pag uusapan ng ng erpat ko at ng tito ko ang pagka burat nila sa respective Korean bosses nila, solb na sila. May bonding moment na sila nang malupit.
________________
A recent survey shows that The Philippines is the 14th happiest nation. Mahirap nga lang patunayan yan empirically because happiness is not easily quantified. But if you know the cultural disposition of the country, it's good interpersonal relationship template, it's laid back take on some things, you probably know in your heart that it's true.
There's no point in forcing economic progress if it sacrifies your well being and the feeling of meaning and bliss.
Nasa pursuit of happiness pa lang ang US, we already have it. We may just haven't figured it out yet.
My point is, the idea of a better country, and an idea of change that's not well thought of, is a bit shitty. The idea of a better this or a better that is questionable, but only a difference of perspective.
Yun yung sinabi nung psychologist sa akin. It also applies to our country as a whole.
Kaya masarap mahalin ang pagiging Pilipino kasi I know its strengths and weaknesses, and I know its place in the scheme of things.
Acceptance first, before a pretentious agenda of change.
Ako mismo, I accept the Philippines and its constituency for what it is. And I love it.  It was supposed to be a regular meet up of some sort. Regular lang na lakad namin ni Kristine yun sa SM San Lazaro, with little else to do.
Umupo kami sa isang salad bar dun, chatting about practically nothing, then I asked her stuff about her work. Sabi ko sa kanya, "kumusta office work mo?". I'm not really so much interested sa linya ng trabaho nya, pero sige, makikinig na rin ako. Kahit papaano naman, I want to listen sa mga bagay na ganito, just for the sake of reaching out sa kanya.
Bigla nyang nakuwento ang office mate nya. This guy goes by the name of "Carl"--a La Salle graduate.
Kristine hates this guy to a certain degree. Supposedly, nakapasok itong guy na to sa work because of certain connections that he has with the company--kamag anak ng may-ari of some sort.
Kristine would rant before on how this guy easily got regularized. Little evaluation had been done daw. Samantalang yung sa sitwasyon nya, para syang dumaan sa butas ng karayom. Everything was so unfair, or so she said. Not only that, but the guy is said to be a bit incompetent. CONIO kasi sya, and he sucks at clerical work, which is the line of work that my girlfriend does.
____________________
The more my girlfriend describes to me this Carl guy, the more na nakaka empathize ako dun sa lalaki. The guy is kinda like me. I know na ang usapan namin ni Kristine na to eh nanghihingi lang naman sya talaga ng sympathy sa akin pero...in this case...di ko talaga maibigay. Kristine was bashing my character indirectly by bashing this rich guy.
Di naman sa sinasabi kong mayaman ako. Di hamak na mas mayaman naman tong lalaki na to, pero kung meron mang potential weak spot ang aking relationship na pwedeng mag cause ng misunderstanding every now and then, it's this issue of lifestyle.
Mas ok ang kalagayan ko sa buhay kesa sa sa girlfriend ko. That's what most of my friends don't glaringly know.
__________________
Kristine would say, "puro na lang social network nya ang iniisip nya"
I wanted to say, "Ang mga taong laki sa yaman kasi, they live in a gated community, where the people don't usually go out. Hindi mo kilala talaga kapitbahay mo. Oo nga, meron silang tinatawag na homeowner's association, pero ang silbi lang talaga nun eh mangolekta ng monthly dues ng mga residente, usually pambayad sa security guard sa may main gate".
What they lack in community, they make it up through social networks. Ever wonder why Atenista's and La Sallista's are so eloquent?
Then my girlfriend would say, "Hobby na lang nya iniisip nya. Naghihintay ng sweldo para lang may pang maintain ng kotse."
The statement reminded me of my cheaper hobby, which is toys. Haha!
Then she'd say, "Di man lang nya ma realize na naghihirap na kami dito at ang ginagawa lang nya sa table nya eh mag YM."
____________________
Actually, ang mga taong laki sa hirap eh magaling sa clerical work. Bakit kamo? Kasi subservient sila sa among nagpapakain sa kanila at marunong silang mag multi task. Kasi can't afford sila mag katulong. Itong La Sallista na to, malamang eh lumaking may katulong at di sanay na nauutusan.
Ang gusto ko lang ipunto eh, di naman necessarily masama tong lalaki na to. For all I know, baka in his heart, gusto nya talagang makatulong pero saksakan lang sya talaga ng clumsy. Yun nga lang, di sya naiintindihan ng mga kasamahan nya sa trabaho, na malamang eh puro isang kahig-isang tuka, at di maintindihan ang lifestyle na pinanggalingan nya.
So ayun, nabibiktima yung si lalaki ng katakot-takot na backstabbing sa trabaho.
___________________
Naranasan ko na yang ganyang treatment in a group of people in UP. Naranasan ko na rin yan nung nag intern ako. Buti na lang ako, di ako nakikipagpataasan ng ihi sa ka intern ko (masipag, at di gaanong mayaman by comparison), kaya at the end of the day, kaibigan ko pa rin sya. Sa kanya na ang mataas na grado ng supervisor. Basta ako, pumasa lang. Masaya na ko.
The thing is, expecting that La Salle guy to act as a good katulong entry-level employee, is silly. Di sya lumaking may serbedora mentality, and chances are, kahit patong patong na cum laude degree ang meron sya, he'll just suck at clerical work kung lumaki sya sa layaw. That's just the fucking bottom line of things.
Kung ako ang may ari ng kumpanya na yan, huhugutin ko na lang sya sa posisyon nya at ilalagay ko na lang sya sa kung saan pwedeng magamit ang different set of skills nya. his eloquence, for one, can make him a good receptionist (if the company needs one).
Pero expecting this guy to change overnight is silly.
____________________
Yan yung gusto kong ipoint out sa gf ko nun. Alam kong nagkaka-initan na kami nung time na yun kasi I'm not really getting her sympathy. I told him to reach out to the guy pero knowing my girlfriend's inihibited personality, she probably hasn't done much, pero kung gagawin kong issue ang pagka maria clara inhibition ng gf ko, maghuhukay nanaman ako ng bagong usapin na pwede naming pag awayan.
Nagkabati din kami eventually.
(to be continued...)
| | Notes:
I took the theme Inverse by a N-series theme creator named Taieb. Added the UP logo (PNG file (transparent) from Wikipedia) as a wallpaper. |
| | Not really as big as a leader class, but this one's cute, and mixes quite well with my seven eleven toys. My Prime needs to get pimped. Panay na lang sya bugbog lagi. :(
This key chain I purchased looks sooooo good.O_O |
| | I took some pics from Ace. |
 A few months ago, I was actually blogging about Globe's overhauling of its infrastructure, which, for a while, gave its consumer base free access to 3G. The thing lasted for about 2 weeks.
Lately, I found out that there's actually a tweak that can be done on a third party browser that allows full, continuous 3G access without depleting a user's cellular phone load.
The tweak seemingly encompasses all three major networks in the Philippines.
So far, I've been enjoying this hack for two days, and this seemed to be an already well known tweak in the underground Symbian community. Tweaks also exist not only for browsers, but also for some applications that are dependent on 3G usage.
Amazing!
My N82 seems like it got merged with Jetfire.
Yeah, Optimus N82 FTW. :)
| | Some notes:
Di ko rin alam how Ace and I were able to be in one EB. O_O
Panay ang titig ng Koreano kay Amity sa videoke session.
Nakita ko na rin ng buo ang hotseat girls.
Bawi ako next time dun sa nagtampo sa akin. Promise. ;)
Sabi ko na nga ba, nakita ko na si MJ dati pa. O_O
I attended a gig by Nina later that night. |
Last Sunday, inside LRT, bound to Central Station...
Cypocalypse: Alam mo bebe, nung pumunta kami ng mga friends ko sa Toycon kahapon, alam mo ba kung ano ang nakita ko? Oh my God, Leader Class Optimus Prime from Revenge of the Fallen. Alam mo yun? Feeling ko na na hoard na yun sa Toy Kingdom kasi wala na ako makita. Bebe, pag nakita mo yung toy na yun, magugulat ka. Yung chest plate ni Optimus, bumubuka sa gitna, nagtitilt. Tapos, yung blade nya, dual na. Lumaki pa. Diba isa lang ginamit nya sa first movie? Dalawa na ngayon. Tapos yung size ng tires, mas proportional na. Di na mas bulky.
Pero bebe, alam mo kung ano ang masakit? Meron na akong Leader Class Prime from the first movie. Galing States. Alam mo ba kung gaano kasakit yun? 3000 pesos yung toy na yun dito. Sa States, la pang 40 dollars yun pero...alam mo yun. Alangan naman humingi nanaman ako kina mama ng 40 dollar Optimus. Mapapansin lang nila that I'll be having two of the same thing. Sort of. Pero ang ganda talaga nung bagong toy. 
Kristine: Bakit para kang nawalan ng girlfriend dyan?
Cypocalypse: Mag pretend ka naman na may pakialam ka sa kinukwento ko, kahit kaplastikan lang. 
Kristine: Dyos ko, pati yung sa Seven Eleven, pinapatulan mo pa. 
Cypocalypse: They're hard rubber. Not plastic
Kristine:
Cypocalypse: Ganda ng paintjob nun bebe. May washed out effect. Ganda pa ng sculpt for something na la pa yatang 4 inches. May glossy coating pa.
Kristine: Binabato lang yang mga laruang yan.
Cypocalypse:
Kristine: Ginagawang pamato ng mga bata. Hehe! Binabato bato!
Cypocalypse: Hindeeeeeeee! 
Kristine: Kaya malambot, para pwede kagatin. Kagat kagat!
Cypocalypse:
Kristine: So what will you buy next? A jollibee Transformer tumbler? 
Cypocalypse: 
| | Invasion from the Classmates Subsector
Target: Syempre yung mga cosplay chicks. LOL! |
| | Kailangan talagang patulan ko ang mga to. They're too good. O_O |
| | Congrats to Philippines' Rubilen Amit. :) |
(Kungwari may alam ako sa issue na to)
Actually, I seem to like the idea of a federalized parliamentary system. Why? It's because the voting constituency of a presidential system would make the likes of FPJ win.
Errrrr...to be honest about it, I would have a slight preference over a GMA-rigged 2004 elections over an election that made FPJ won. I just couldn't possibly comprehend how much of a joke things would be had the latter happened.
Personally, I do value my vote, but that is getting nullified anyway by any voting irregularity that goes elsewhere.
A parliamentary system would elimimate the tendency of the masses to vote their mascot presidential candidate with questionable competency. I'd rather leave elections to congress to MAJORITY VOTE that shit.
Errrrrr....wait a second. Isn't Noli a mascot for the masses and an administration dummy? Oh shit!
______________________
Federalism worked for the US in such a way that there's an obvious decentralization of power, where each state has a certain degree of liberty in creating laws, and there's no central imperial city to call the shots.
For a country that's racially and culturally diverse as the Philippines, we probably need something similar, even if it's a fact that some provinces can get so poor that they'd need a lot of help from mommy Manila to get things going for them.
A few weeks ago...
*Cypocalypse's celphone rings*
Cypocalypse: Hello?
*long pause*
Girl: Bobby?
Cypocalypse: Who's this?
*long pause again*
Girl: Cherry.
Cypocalypse: I don't know any Cherry.
Girl: Oh come on. You know me. Cherry. Victoria School.
Cypocalypse: I never had a classmate named cherry.
Girl: That's a nickname for....Kimberlynn. Kimberlynn Acebes
(pucha, kilala ng girl na to crush ko nun)
Cypocalypse: Well, you can't be her because she's in Dubai right now.
Girl: I just came back.
Cypocalypse: O_o
Girl: Hey, call you in a minute. I'm just going to call up someone.
___________________
*Cypocalypse texts Diana Pascual (VSF Batch 98)*
Cypocalypse: A certain girl named Cherry called me up. Claims to be one of us. Natawagan ka ba?
Diana: Cherry? Or was that Sherry?
Cypocalypse: So tinawagan ka nga. Kinausap mo?
Diana: Hindi. Binaba ko kaagad. Nanloloko lang yata eh.
Cypocalypse: Bakit mo binaba, nu ba? Iba talaga wiring ng utak nyong mga babae. Syempre, pag lalaki ang naka receive ng tawag from a girl who seems to be in distress at a very late hour of the night, iba dating sa amin nun. Hindi binababaan yun.
Diana: Hahahahaha!
__________________
Cherry calls again:
Cypocalypse: I know you're not Kimberlynn. Sino ka nga ba talaga?
Cherry: Hulaan mo?
Cypocalypse: Leyla?
Cherry: How did you know?
Cypocalypse: I don't know. But Leyla doesn't make obscure phone calls this time of the night.
Cherry: People change, you know.
Cypocalypse: Asan ka ngayon?
Cherry: Guilly's
Cypocalypse: ABS-CBN?
Cherry: Yes!
________________
Ok, puchang ina to. You know something's very fishy when a party girl of the Morato/Timog area calls me up at this time of the night. It just can't happen. Period. LOL!
Cypocalypse: Kelan ka pa bumalik? Galing ka Iran, right?
Cherry: How did you know?
*Cypocalypse hears an audio recording of a dying woman*
Putek, sa Guilly's ba talaga sya galing?
__________________
Days later
*Cypocalypse texts a random guy friend.*
Cypocalypse: Gusto mo ka text mate, right? Text mo number na to (number ni Shary). Get all the info you can get, but never tell her that I gave her number to you.
Guy friend: Ok.
*Days later, the guy friend texts back*
Guy friend: Masungit tong friend na pinakilala mo sa akin.
Cypocalypse: Is she a girl?
Guy friend: Yes. Though she wouldn't give that much info unless sabihin ko kung sino nagbigay sa akin nung number.
Cypoalypse: Paano mag reply?
Guy friend: Basta. Conio. Englisera.
__________________
Ok, some basic info we can have now.
1. She knows me.
2. She knows Diana.
3. She knows my school
4. She knows my high school crush (Kimberlynn)
5. She's definitely a girl.
6. She's conio.
Last night, she send me some quotes....
Girl: "The dark lord is coming, yadda yadda....."
*Cypocalypse forwards the quotes to Diana*
Cypocalypse: Now, the girl sends me quotes like that.
Diana: Hmmmm....weird. Wait. Those are Harry Potter quotes.
Cypocalypse: Pucha, babae nga sya. I mean, which guy would be interested in HP anyway? LOL!
Diana: Uy, sobra ka naman. LOL!
Cypocalypse: Ang gwapo nga naman ng guy pag nag hex sya. LOL!
Diana: LOL!
_______________________
A few hours later:...
Last text from the girl:
Girl: Sorry sa lahat. Salamat sa lahat. Good night.
O_o 
| | Dapat may pupunta pang isang taga peyups, pero nahiya amfufu. Next time, SM North na tayo. Pagod na si Pix sa Trinoma. LOL!
Nga pala Pix, send mo sa akin # ni I_P. Ako na mangungulet dun. Hehe! |
 | Visitors | |
 | It help me very much to solve some problems. |
 | Yo! musta? imbitado ka rakrakan series xi. takits!  \m/ |
 | Gotta take pic of that babaylan celebrity. Lol! |
 | Hey. Nice video of Babaylan :P TC |
 | belated happy birthday! *insert party poppers* |
| Salamat po sa mga bumati. Ü |
 | haaaaaaaappppy birthdaaaaaaaaay! =) |
 | hay! cedi asan yung KK EB pics?
at nanood ka pala ng concert ng Hillsong! musta naman? gusto ko sana ring manood! kinanta ba nila yung Solution? |
 | asan na yung mga ibang kk eb pics?
pa-send naman ng links @ ym |
 | asus! everyday kang antok, kuya? hehe. |
| Inaantok na. Haha! Bukas. :) |
| puro, lurk ka lang!
:smash: |
|
Bobby Alexander Cypocalypse
|
