Bittersweet Goodbye


I remember the first day I drove my Altis out of the Toyota Cubao showroom last October 2003. I distinctly remember the feel of the steering wheel on my hand, the touch of the leather car seats and the new car smell that is as sweet as a baby's bottom (well, I will know that first hand next February :P).

It felt like the advert of PS Bank Autoloan, where the car buyer was in a waiting room, nervous like an expectant father while he waits for word if "Britney" is ready to be driven.

So it is bittersweet that I sold my dear "Tish". Tish is the first car I have bought and it will always have a special place in my heart even if I drive a Porsche or Ferrari in five years time (Yeah, Mark, dream on!).

Bad trip

I was watching the Ateneo-UE game at home when suddenly I heard a loud boom just outside our house and the electricity went out. It was just halftime and I didn't see the last half of the game! Sobrang bad trip!

Anyway, good thing Ateneo still won. That is now 7 straight wins!

Sniff...

Been sick for the past few days... Another excuse to stay at home and just sleep the whole day.

It finally arrived!


Got myself a new toy! The video camera I asked my uncle to get from the US has finally arrived! Been playing around with it and I must say that it is sweeeettt.... :)

Let me be a little geeky

This blogging thing is becoming a little complicated. In order to improve upon the look of this site, I have decided to invest in 2 HTML books. I bought it in National Bookstore for a very good price.

It was just when I got home that I realized why these books are dirt cheap (a little over P200 a book). These books were published in 2001 (as all of you know, computer books that are more than 6 months old are worth a little less than last year's phone book) but I hope I can learn even the basic commands and tricks of HTML, CSS, DHTML and XML.

Once I get the hang of this, I would like to get started on learning about Macromedia's Studio MX 2004. This is a more advanced website publishing and design software which I hope I can learn.

When I want to feel like six again...

I just stumbled into this collection in Amazon.com and nostalgia hit me. I started reading Calvin and Hobbes strips when I was in high school and I immediately loved it! Since then, I have bought every collection of Calvin and Hobbes strips there is.

This is definitely a recommended buy for everybody who, once in a while in this workaday world, is looking for something to cheer them up. I know I want to read this again with my kid... soon. :)

Collection Consolidation

I have started the gruesome task of packing stuff for our imminent move to Seattle and I started with cataloging and filing our CD collection. It became an interesting exercise halfway through when I started adding KC's CDs to that collection.

I found some duplicate CDs (which obviously meant that we have some semblance of taste, musically, that is) that I have decided to share.

Lauryn Hill's The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
Side A's The Tenth Anniversary Live Concert
U2's The Best of 1980-1990
John Mayer's Room for Squares
Jewel's Pieces of You
Kenny Loggins' Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow the Greatest Hits of Kenny Loggins

Mind you, there were also "What were you thinking when you decided to buy these CDs" CDs. CDs from Aiza Seguerra, Martin Niviera, Backstreet Boys, Westlife among others now pollute an otherwise immaculate collection of real music... Sigh...

RANT RAMPAGE

Forgive me for having a rant session here in my blog but I figured that this is the easiest and cheapest way to express my feelings publicly about what I think is the problem here in Manila.

Please, please somebody do something about the conditions of Metro Manila roads. After heavy rains soaked the city last week, potholes have popped up all over the metro like weeds would litter an unkept garden. And stop just filling the potholes with asphalt!!! IT IS JUST WASTING TAXPAYERS MONEY! I know that DPWH get a lot more of money every time they fix roads (DPWH would rather construct poor grade road so that they can maintain the roads more often and thus get more kickbacks.), but this is just ridiculous. What the hell happened to good ole fashioned concrete? Huh? Yes, it's raining and yes, it would take concrete more time to cure but YOU SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT DURING THE LONG FREAKIN' SUMMER WE JUST HAD!!!

ABOLISH THE MMDA!!!! Yes, Mr. Bayani Fernando... you are not worth the chair that your ass is seating on. Pink fences? Pink urinals? Are you a freakin' fag??? You are the source of all the metro's problem, not the solution as you want people to believe. You used the grant for the restoration of EDSA (Yes people, we received a grant to have EDSA rehabilitated. Yes, they were supposed to concretize (?) the whole stretch) but NO!!! You decided to use that money to build worthless pink footbridges all around town (using steel beams that was sourced from BF Steel, coincidence?). I guess it pays to kiss the ass of the top biatch. (How low do you have to stoop?)

I'm sure that this next rant got into a lot of people's nerves since... since people began driving!!! GET THE BUSES OUT OF EDSA!!! or at least minimize their presence. Most of the traffic congestion (and smoke belching) in EDSA is due to these darn buses. These bus drivers are also the worst types of drivers in the world! (Nowhere else can you see a 20ft bus swerve 5 lanes in rush hour traffic in a little under 20-meter stretch of road). I just wish that it is not illegal to carry firearms with the sole intention of maiming these driving maniacs and putting them in wheelchairs.

Whew! I am done... I guess the next edition would come after a long bout of traffic along EDSA again. Sigh... Can't wait to get out of this city.

(Disclaimer: Before I get any libel suits from any of the organizations or persons mentioned above, I would just like to say one thing... Stop fuckin' about with all these nonsense lawsuits and just do what you are voted, assigned, tasked, hired to do.) Now, can somebody please give me some Valium?

Blogging in style

Going to the mall might not be so bad after all. I'm now here in Podium and the whole mall have free wifi access. How cool is that?

Instead of just walking around aimlessly for 2 hours (which I tend to do for about two to three times a week while I wait for KC to finish her tutoring), I find it more fullfilling to just spend the same two hours connected to the internet, catching up on current events and accessing my emails.

There's nothing better than doing that with a hot cup of coffee, good music (thanks to my iPod), air conditioning and watching people go about their businesses.

I sure wish that I can do blogging on my XDA IIs phone though instead of having to boot my laptop. For some strange reason, the Blogspot page cannot be opened properly.

Free wifi access has definitely put Podium on top of my favorite malls list. Aside from this, its not crowded, good shops, good restaurants and a nice ambience. What more can you ask for? (I just hope they are paying me for plugging their establishment though).

My partner in crime

KC has decided to finally write her own blog! Visit her page to read about what's going on in her head.

*Warning: Her page might contain comments (positive or otherwise) about this writer.