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| Literary Exex |
| A compilation of shorts, features, articles of politics, government, humor, sarcasm, pessimism, poems & essays, and whatever |
| Language: English |
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| Cart Away Online Money |
| 2008-05-01 05:38:00 |
Need some tools for your online business? If you are just starting up, you definitely need a lot of help to boost your online sales.With the rising cost of oil, economies are on a slowdown. But online sales are booming. Thanks to the low-cost of doing business over the internet, small business owners and entrepreneurs save a lot on overhead expenses like advertising and marketing costs. According to reports, on Christmas of 2007 alone, holiday online sales have surpassed $29 Billion in sales. That’s a lot of money.So a lot of entrepreneur-savvy individuals out there are trying their luck and promoting their products online. Whether you are simply into online auction sales or you already have a site of your own, you need all the tools you can get.One of th...
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| Poetry by Astronomy |
| 2008-04-19 17:35:00 |
On my middle aged quest to find meaning, I turned to astronomy.The heavenly blue skies ended where the emptiness of space started. There lies my physical limitations and started jumpstarting my imaginations. Where will we be in the distant future? Can we travel to distant galaxies and still find meaning?I didn’t find meaning but I did found ethereal beauty, the indescribable beauty of the heavenly bodies. Be it a mindful creation of a magnanimous being, an unbelievable accident caused by mere chance, or a billion year process of evolution, I simply don’t care. Sometimes, you don’t have to know the exact reason to admire something exquisitely beautiful.I watched as billions of particles try to enter the atmosphere. I could see some atoms bounced to...
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| Discovering Classical Music |
| 2008-04-17 14:28:00 |
I enjoy classical music since I was a kid. Having been raised at a huge but poor family in the Philippines, we had no exposure to this kind of stuff. I only get a "glimpse" of it at some shopping malls where they play it endlessly. I think mall owners play it not because people enjoy it but just to have a somewhat soundtrack to keep the shoppers mind at ease.I don’t even know the artist or whatever thing you call those who sang or play instruments, or who is conducting a symphony or what. I even thought that the person wearing a bowtie with a small stick in front of an orchestra had no reason for being there. I thought he was just being crazy and foolish. Imagine jerking yourself all the way to the music from start to ...
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| Can't Get Approved Because of Bad Credit? |
| 2008-04-16 12:29:00 |
As an immigrant from another country, there are lots of issues that confronted me the first time I set foot here in America.One thing that I had a major problem with since I moved here in Los Angeles is recognizing the concept of credit. Back home the notion of one person having a credit is that he couldn’t afford stuff. If you have no credit, you are financially stable. Here in the states, it is the opposite. If you have no credit, you are stuck in a financial hellhole, having no access to almost everything.Not realizing the real concept of a credit line, I kept on spending. Beyond what I can actually afford. Buy this, buy that. Swipe this card, sign that slip. I had no money, But I do have cards to cover for it. No worries, I’ll pay the bill over tim...
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| Buy Your Own Domain |
| 2008-04-15 14:55:00 |
Thinking about buying your own domain?Well now don’t just think, just buy.I have been blogging since late September last year. Just like everybody else, since I was a newbie, I created my blog using free services that one can easily find on the internet. I didn’t know anything about domain, hosting and whatever. I just write and build my blogsite.I watch as my visitors and my technorati links grow in a steady pace. I learned from someone that increasing this stuff would eventually make me some extra cash when I decided to monetize mo blogs.But little did I know that I also needed to have my own domain to make this monetizing thing as easy as it should be. Yes, making money on your blogs without your own domain name is possible too. But there are more o...
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| Get Paid to Blog |
| 2008-04-10 05:37:00 |
I started blogging a few months ago. This newfound hobby is definitely worth my time. Not only it gave me a new way to find new friends, it also gave me a chance to write. Of course, I also thought what everybody else had in mind, how to get paid to blog.Wasn’t that nice? Getting paid to do what you had been doing. Enjoying what you do and at the same time getting paid to do it.There are lots of ways to get paid for blogging. There are numerous sites and companies that offer bloggers to earn some decent cash and the advertisers to market their products through blogs advertising.While bloghopping, I noticed some of my blogger friends’ site had that Smorty.com logo so I checked it out. At first I thought it would be a hassle to sign up but I was wrong. Sig...
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| Must Be The Weather |
| 2008-04-09 05:51:00 |
For the past couple of weeks, I had been under the radar. In fact I was also under the weather.On and off, off and on. Like somebody had a remote control and switching it back and forth. My mind couldn’t quite figure out what my body was up to. Am I gonna get sick? Am I gonna get well? One day I felt so good, the next awfully bad. One day I felt so splendidly happy, the next grumpy and sad.It was as if somebody was hitting me with a shot of caffeine in my bloodstream and then drugging me afterwards. Up and down. My body can’t just make up its mind.Assuming it has one of its own.I always try to do a mind over matter thing. Trying to project an aura of relief over my entire body, thinking of healing it without even knowing what was wrong. Thinking about...
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| The Joy of Simple Pleasures |
| 2008-03-22 18:39:00 |
I love the good life. A good movie, excellent food, pleasure trips, dazzling music, brilliant books, company of exceptional people. But then again, who doesn’t?I had watched the Carl Sagan DVD several times that I had to re read Einstein and Hawking books again. I had read Anne Rice novels for quite a bit too much that I am not ready to read another from a different genre yet.I guess watching those planetary documentaries and star formations makes my mind wander a bit, off to faraway galaxies that are yet to be discovered. I guess reading those poetic but dark and vampiric literary novels calms and settles down my nerves into a state of self-induced euphoria of sorts.Living in a big city does that. It was so blazing fast that every time you get a chance to slow down, you will slow down. ...
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| Blogger in Review: The Evil Chick with Woobies |
| 2008-03-19 07:11:00 |
Continuing my review of blogger friends I met online, here is Evilwoobie, a busy mom who manages her job (luckily) at home.She first noted some comments on my other blog where one visitor commented in French to which I replied in kind. She has had formal education on the language and was eager to have somebody to talk to. Not somebody to talk to, but somebody to talk with using French.Like they said, when you don't use it, you get rusty a bit.I, of course, visited her site and what initially caught my attention was her gothic webpage lay-out. Her website is Evilwoobie.com. I did found out that she was also a political activist back in her college days in UP, so we both found some common grounds. I never thought that the wom...
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| The Tank |
| 2008-03-14 06:59:00 |
February 25. I was a tank. With armored skin no bullet can ever pass through, I faced them.Them people I so loved. Them people who so loved me. Them people I so eager and vowed to protect. Them people who were the reason for my cold pathetic and egotistical existence.Yea, I faced them. But not in the usual way. Instead of facing the battlefield together, with them on my side, I now confront them. One by one.. piece by piece… body by body.. mind by mind… soul by soul… heart by heart.I can’t dare move myself away from where I lie. There were just too many things to say and do. Fire that cannonball unto targets that are visible to thine sights. Plan coordinates that would further my own future plans. Device tactics that would probably allow me to escape...
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| Blogging For Everyone |
| 2008-03-05 15:00:00 |
This new craze had been hitting the cyberspace for quite some time now. There is no end in sight. With over 3 million blogsites up and running, and hundreds of thousands new ones cropping up each day, peoples from every part of the globe are still joining this internet bandwagon.Technical know-how is not an issue anymore as different sites offer not only free hosting, but also user-friendly software that even a nine year old or even a senior citizen who is not technically-savvy can easily understand.In this new world which is getting smaller everyday, interconnectivity is always the key to spending your time with your loved ones. But we all don’t want to spend our fortunes on phone charges that we pay giant telecommunications companies. The internet is here. With all the free sites and i...
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| Comparatively Insignificant |
| 2008-02-22 12:20:00 |
The moon was one of my favorite heavenly bodies. Every night driving to work, every chance I get, I wouldn’t miss taking a glimpse of her. She is one of my prime energy sources. Looking at her from a distance makes me feel confident and full. Every time.The night owl, the night creature, the inner vampire in me just had this thing with the moon. This special bond will always be there. A pint of blood and I guess I’ll be a full-blooded vampire or perhaps a werewolf. I might even be a hybrid.Too bad I missed that night’s event, when the earth’s gloom overshadowed that of the sunlight’s reflection off the surface of the moon. That was another total eclipse. It should have given me with so much energy that I don't have to scour the earth endlessly for a month...
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| The Curse of the Winter Mist |
| 2008-02-11 22:33:00 |
Looking from the inside of my comfortable hotel room, I could sense the North American winter cold. I gazed at a few snowflakes stacked in the window pane and tried to imagine a million different kinds. I couldn’t quite place where the west meets the east. Except perhaps that I do know that it is daytime, I couldn’t see where the sun was.I decidedly went out the balcony to enjoy the skyline and lit a cigar. On the roof of the next building I saw a lone bird sitting on top of what looked like a mechanized chimney. I thought it was a bit funny because most birds do hang out together. I guess this one’s a loner.Being a night owl myself, I hate the desert heat but I do welcome the winter cold. But not the winter freeze. So my coming here in Vancouver on ...
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| A Day at the Museum |
| 2008-02-03 18:37:00 |
Since I don’t usually have a day off, I went to the museum last Saturday. I had been salivating for quite a while to go at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) to see the famous Murakami event.The exhibition is due on February 10 but I’ll be off to Vancouver that weekend and I don’t want to miss this thing. So after two grueling hours with my dentist, off we go to Tokyo town in LA where this museum is located.It was just too bad because I forgot that cameras are not allowed inside. I was in fact planning to have myself caught on cam with those lovely mangas and Japanese art collections. And since no pictures are allowed from the inside, I got these pics online just to show you what was inside.These two were crowd favorites. The Cowboy and Hiropon.Bu...
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| Blogger in Review: Manilenya |
| 2008-01-27 13:42:00 |
When I started blogging, I really did not know where to start but write posts. I bloghop so frequently to feel the vibe, see what it looked like. And for the first time looking from the inside, I chanced upon a blog that is obviously owned by another Filipino who is now based in Canada.What struck my attention was the author’s post about another blogger who seem to underestimate her capability as a writer and blog author.Of course, being the nosy kibitzer and a sucker for the "oppressed" as I was, I jumped in and made a comment. That started my new friendship with the author Melai/Nalen of Manilenya. We now call ourselves as brader (brother) and sister. I somehow was able to get through a new network of online friends through her. And that friendship ce...
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| Spreader of Love Badge |
| 2008-01-24 14:43:00 |
Before I go on with my now-long list of bloggers that I needed to review, I just would like to acknowledge first the friendly badge that I just received from a fellow blogger who, coincidentally lives in LA, SkippyHeart.Hopefully, before she sets off to another state, I will have a chance to visit her and maybe share some peanut butter sandwich. Lols!Here's the badge. Thanks again. In turn, to keep spreading the friendship badge, I am passing this to Jeques, a poet who always manage to keep my spirits up. Thanks Jeques. And thanks Skippy....
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| Blogger in Review: Slap Happy |
| 2008-01-22 11:28:00 |
Aside from my better half who prodded me to start blogging, the guy behind this blog was also the reason I started this hobby. Sorry folks, I guess I have to start with my reviews with someone who I owe the most. And that would be Anton De Leon of Slap Happy.He is a kababayan currently based in Dubai as a consultant for a media conglomerate.Personally, Anton and I come a long way back. Back when I was still based in Subic. We worked at the same Media Relations Department of the SBMA. He was there since the time of Gordon, I came with Payumo. Back then political divisions are hard to ignore due to setbacks on Erap booting Gordon out.He was a writer and I was not. I was in operations. I remember the first time our boss asked me to try writing; we shared the story and the credits. He writes w...
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| Blogger In Review |
| 2008-01-19 16:26:00 |
I am now starting this series of reviews for fellow bloggers who I've met in my early blogging career. This ludicrous idea hit me when I saw ads on some blogs advertising to review blogs for a fee. Why not review other blogs that i found online? Instead of them paying somebody to review their site, why not offer it for free? I wouldn't mind.It is like just giving something back to the community, the same fellows who have so eagerly embraced me as a new blogger, a new writer and a new friend. I am curently enthralled with it.Besides, as a matter of fact, and since there is no such thing as altruism, it would (while it is not obligatory of course) encourage them to go back to my site anyway. So, it would still be a two-way thing. There is balance. There is ...
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| Seven |
| 2008-01-10 15:39:00 |
Finally, I was able to write this meme. It had been a while since I got tagged by Ivy of Chuvaness on this. I think that was November. Or was it October?I put this blog back then in "hiatus" mode that she in fact asked me to post the answer to this tag on my Kulapo blog. But I decided not to. Ivy is such a classy lady for me to post it on such a lousy blog. Yes, I would rather buy time than downgrade someone who’s way beyond my class.I am supposed to write 7 things about me that my readers (if I have one other than Ivy) are not supposed to know yet. It took me sometime too to figure these things out. You see, I have posted a lengthy tag about me on that other blog and I was thinking what was left of me that you guys don’t know yet. So finally, I and quite obviously, I found seven more....
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| The Drive |
| 2008-01-06 02:09:00 |
The past year was my most challenging one so far. I was driving through life, beneath the figurative dark clouds and storms and all that. Stubborn as I was, and having no choice at all, I kept on driving. I just kept on driving….I was driving to work when I started learning new tongues. I then realized there is more than just the language that I needed to learn. I had to meet the people, the culture. Now I yearn to go to distant lands and travel. Armed with my very limited foreign vocabulary, I plan on learning them firsthand.On a traffic stop, I chanced upon a long lost friend who showed me the way to blogging. With it, and just like my friend, I rediscovered my long forgotten passion for writing. Consequently, I had to learn the basic stuff of web publishing. Most of the time, instead ...
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| the Batcave |
| 2008-01-04 13:58:00 |
It is a must to write a year-ender article for every blogger. To go back and look what the past year had been. The ups and downs, the highs and lows. But mainly I believe it is a matter of doing a self-critique, assessing where one had failed, and where one had succeeded. Fix the things that didn’t work and upgrade the ones that did.Since I was a late-bloomer kind of blogger, I just started blogging last October; I did not do such thing.Instead, this year I am planning to do more of what I have started. A plan to open a family website is still in the works. You see, I am the youngest of ten, so just asking my brothers and sisters around the world for such plan would definitely take some time. Besides, I need their inputs as well.I already opened another one with multiply.com. This one I ...
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| Gone with the Classics |
| 2008-01-02 11:02:00 |
The holidays were just my regular days. Except every night was a blockbuster night.I don’t usually go to the mall. Even with a list of what to buy, I always end up buying stuff that I don’t really need. But twas Christmas anyway so I expected that at the end of the day, for sure I would have bought something extra that was not included in my list.So when I did my Christmas shopping, I bought myself these: a 1G flash drive by Geek Squad, a DVD package with 3 classics in it (Gone With The Wind, Dr. Zhivago and Casablanca) and a copy of Breakfast at Tiffany’s. It was funny when I got to the counter. The clerk, upon seeing my “DVD’s” asked me if I had seen the movie The Notebook and how so romantic the movie was. I said no.I lied. In fact I had s...
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| Finding Love on a Holiday! |
| 2007-12-31 05:24:00 |
The holidays brought my attention to my room full of books and DVD’s. Like what I had been doing every time of year, I was trying to put some order to its ever chaotic state.I saw a DVD of a film titled Love Actually. Very timely I thought, for it is about Christmas. I have watched it before but decided to watch it again. I am not a film critic so I try to avoid discussing films. But I liked this one very much. Very much indeed.It’s pretty much like one my all-time favorite movies, Crash. I love Crash for its LA-ish plot and how it shows how everyone, despite varying backgrounds and race, is inter-connected.But I am not here to discuss that movie but rather, the one I recently watched, Love Actually. It has that feel-go...
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| Entrecard : The New Blogcraze |
| 2007-12-27 13:24:00 |
I first heard about this new stuff called Entrecard from an article posted by my new e-buddy Evilwoobie. I yawned. I am not really into networking a lot. I just wanted to post some articles. Not really into moneymaking my blog.I guess at an early start, I got used to the idea of so much marketing schemes and raffles and stuff that I probably don’t care anymore. Besides, the mechanics, it seems to me at that time, was too "complicated".The next time Woobie and I had a chance to chat, she asked me why I still haven’t signed up yet. I got caught offguard. Being a brilliantly fine fellow, this time, I obliged. I thought, if anybody as smart as Woobie would fall into this, then it definitely is worth a try. I promised her I would sign up that very same day. So, I went to the site and read t...
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| Hiatus? Not Really |
| 2007-12-22 11:27:00 |
Am not. Was just a little quiet for about a month now. Aside from work, I kept myself busy with my other blogs.It was funny in a way. I started blogging to start a new habit, to make sure I don’t get “rusty”. But as is always the case, when a new idea comes to mind, a dozen more start racing through my brain. Like a minute jolt of electric shock, they kept traveling trough my brain cells like zapping through an infinite fiber optic cable. Yep, that fast.It was so fast it usually nudges me out of balance.Late September this year when I started my blogging existence. It was a month after when I had other bloggers started to notice the presence of the man named BURAOT. While some find in the guy their typical funny yuppie through Anak ni Kulapo, some also found the deeper and more serio...
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| See Ya When I See Ya! |
| 2007-11-23 11:01:00 |
I was flip-flopping at this blog’s theme. An online journal, a political commentary forum, a poetry site, a literary spot. Eventually I found myself writing pieces that are most essential to me, my love for you.You were right. These are just words, empty and hollow as an empty shell, still incomparable to the real thing. They can be as cold as ice, whatever hogwash I try to add to make them warm. But given the fact that we are on the opposite sides of the globe, this was my only chance at romance. If you don’t feel the words, how can I utter another? And if you don’t ever read it, what purpose will it serve me? I’m sorry my words are not enough to make you feel my love. But I do. I honestly do. Labyu Mama!I guess I was too much of a romantic for my own good. Masyado ka kasing maart...
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| You're So..Not Guy! |
| 2007-11-19 11:16:00 |
Recently one online friend asked me, "Why do you let everybody know your married, how can you attract girls online?”I was a bit annoyed but not surprised. Men.I remember in my legal class. I have this hot Hispanic girl asked me after she figured that I am from the Philippines, how it was like to be a Filipino. She said she wants a Filipino boyfriend and wanted to know more about them. Much to her disappointment, I told her that wherever we came from, men will always be men. And I compared us men to pigs.She then asked me why I would compare myself to such lowly creatures. I said I am just being honest. I told her how men are naturally polygamous and that we can’t do anything about it. I further explained psychological studies to confirm the fact and gave her concrete examples until I b...
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| Ardent Hope, Fervent Wish (Reposted) |
| 2007-11-17 20:27:00 |
Thank you Ipanema and Jeques for the support and Inkblots for the comments. I think not responding to a comment is a bit rude so I apologize. I will probably take out the comment widget so I'll be able to respond to each and every comment without thinking about flooding that widget.I am reposting this essay that I wrote a few years back, before MasterCard came up with their "priceless" commercials, and months after my wife almost handed me a divorce paper after being such a pig for a quite a while. Since then, I tried to be as faithful as ever. From being a promiscuous little brat, I now consider myself to be "celibate".Ardent Hope, Fervent WishThere’s no stopping me from searching for answers. I will always wander and look for it. It is my human nature, it is my human spirit. For what i...
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| Just Can't... |
| 2007-11-16 12:34:00 |
Can't go on writing another one 'til she reads the previous post.I just can't.......
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| A Birthday Song |
| 2007-11-09 07:38:00 |
Yesterday was a special day.In my own special way, I solemnly celebrated life. My life, her life, our lives. More than her birthday, I observed her coming into my life.I spent an hour at the beach that day. Alone, I just sat there, trying to remember our favorite song. Unbeknownst to me, I was loudly humming its tune. I just knew it when a lady walking her nice little cross-bred puppy passed by, smiled at me and asked me what the title of the song was. Patiently, I waited for the sun to come out so it could shower me with its blessings. When it did, I asked the Sun God to clear my head and give me strength. I never asked for wisdom, it comes naturally as I age. I asked him for guidance instead. And patience. Lots of it. I ...
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| Back to Work |
| 2007-11-07 03:24:00 |
I have my routine. Wake-up at 9 PM, take a shower, get ready, check for mails if I have one and drive all the way heading towards the beach area. Tonight as soon as I found my desk, I saw some post-its and different bunches of papers with handwritten notes in them. It must be "those get well soon", "welcome back letters" from my co-workers.After a few days making out with the seasoned flu, I am finally ready to work. I know for sure that most of my paperwork would double its size. That happens when you skip work, I reminded myself.So here I am, sitting on my desk, shuffling all those projects that I was supposed to have finished a week ago. I took out all the notes that were sticking on top of my desk and hanging in front of the computer screen. All I can do is shake my head when I realiz...
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| My Bug My Blogs |
| 2007-11-01 15:28:00 |
Caught a bug two nights ago. Had no choice but to call in sick today. And tomorrow. (sniff sniff)I had to stay at home all day, all night. I tried to suppress it since I realized I had it, must have been drinking a gallon of water now. I tried dozens of cold remedies, you name it, I've tried it. I'll probably try aromatherapy later.Now I have no excuse but to post some articles here, and on my other blogs of late. Been delaying the release of my new blog for next month, and today is already next month. I have been trying to re-organize these blogs, the layout, the colors, the contents.I originally started blogging last month. My goal was not to write the best of articles but to start a hobby that is both therapeutic and inexpensive. I never intended to do a networking of sorts nor do I wan...
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| Finding Myself (A Poem for You) |
| 2007-10-29 15:02:00 |
I have found myselfA million miles awaySearching for good looking for badSeeming to have a hell of a timeI always find myselfIn another worldBurning rubber crunching numbersDiscovering space and timeI always find myselfIn the same damned placeBrain kept churning mind kept wanderingLocked in and out of tuneBut I’ll always find my wayI will always, find a way'Coz you are there to guide my wayLike a beacon on a stormLike a guiding star on Christmas nightsYou are there to light my wayI will always find myself. ...
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| Terminal |
| 2007-10-27 11:29:00 |
I don't want to be in an airport terminal.Except when I’m the one who’s flying, I never really liked the airport scene. The atmosphere is usually... well… frantic.It is not unusual to find a group of Japanese students being led by what would look like their tour leader unto a waiting bus just by the curb. Some other tourists you could easily spot by their strange bedazzled confused looks, city maps stretched out in front of their faces wandering the airport grounds.The long lines of people scurrying on every security corner will always be there, whatever day and time. Their luggage scanned by a huge machine similar to that of medical equipment you could find on any hospital.You could tell the Filipino travelers apart from the rest of the pack of thousands. They always have their bali...
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| Earth Goes the Wind and Fire |
| 2007-10-23 02:34:00 |
It is unusually warm tonight. Parts of the valley were out of power, dark. It looked like a glimpse of what a ghost city might look like. From a vantage point, I could still see bright-reddish smoke coming from the mountains on the west.The Malibu fire that started Sunday had destroyed more than 2,200 acres of billion dollars worth of properties. Thousands of firefighters are fighting the blaze. Thousands more are being evacuated. Those priceless ocean views that they had paid for is now mired in gloomy colored ash of the ongoing blaze. It’s not over yet.“We are at the mercy of the wind,” the Malibu Mayor was quoted as saying.Most days, I find myself driving that area just to enjoy the magnificent views. The surfer kids on Malibu, the grand mansions at...
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| Pull Over! |
| 2007-10-20 03:54:00 |
It was a strange night.There are a lot of police cars in the valley tonight. I could hear a chopper hovering somewhere above. I better not stray too close to those cops. Not that I have a record or something. I do however know that my car registration was already expired and I just couldn’t find time to renew it yet.As soon as made my left turn, I was cruising next to one. Lucky me. I tried to stay below 30 mph, just below the radar. However, as soon as I almost enter the onramp to the freeway, the car put on his blinding lights and starts to… Wooot! Wooot! “Pullover!”. Damn. And I thought I was scott-free.I acted cool when the cop showed up on my left and asked for my driver’s license and registration. His partner immediately positioned himself on the other side to my right whil...
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| They Said Goodbye, But I Say Hello |
| 2007-10-18 13:02:00 |
I can’t help myself but say hello. Before and after work, I take a quick look at it and try to make small talk. Much like a vagrant whispering to the thin Santa Monica morning fog.Its height is much taller than the 7-storey building where I currently work. Its green leaves soaring over the south side of the freeway beside it. Looking from the other side of the freeway, its roots are visible aboveground that looked like a Venice bodybuilder’s muscle on steroids. Standing alone majestically on its particular area, it can’t help but look very conspicuous.One time, I tried to drive around to find a way to it. Maybe I can sit below it and enjoy its wonderful relaxing shade. But to my dismay, the entire area around it was fenced off. I had no choice but to keep my distance.I don’t know w...
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| Go Bust! |
| 2007-10-15 06:03:00 |
Today is blog action day.As much as I wanted to do some thorough, well-researched material, I hadn't had the time. I could however, post some rantings, ramblings, or whatever opinions I have regarding the issue, much to the chagrin of my newly-found cyber friends who, on occassion, read my articles.I could post some semantic crap that one can easily find anywhere online. Or I could provide some hypothetical presentations, however improbable, that might interest you regarding our persisting global problem. I can bombard you with endless rhetorics up until I finally bore you to sleep.Much had been said about the issue. Debates have been provided. Numerous studies and endless efforts have been started for the whole world to see the effects of global warming. Folks, the earth is heating up. Y...
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| This One's For You |
| 2007-10-14 15:45:00 |
As my new blog reaches a thousand hits, I don’t know but I came to think of my friend Tino. It has been a while since I last saw him, and it had been years since I last remembered him. When I was still in the Philippines, he sure was my best friend. With all the differences we two have, we somehow managed to still end up as the best of friends. He was more than ten years older than me. We don’t like each others music. We have different tastes. We have different background and somehow different political inclination. But despite all those, we have magnified the things, however small, that we have in common. We were both pretending to quit smoking, we both love to write, and in our own way, we both love our family.The first time I met him was at an NGO office where he was already an esta...
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| Busy As A Bee |
| 2007-10-12 07:56:00 |
Lately I've been busy. Just had another job. Yup, that's right, aside from my seven whole-week worknights, I have another part time job. That is my lame excuse for not posting too much.I was also busy doing another blog, which I publish in my native language. It was much easier to do, mainly for the fact that all the materials I needed are already there, no research, no back-ups. All I needed was to refresh my memories of my college days and wala! I have an article. It was fun.Besides, being uber-busy, I also had a chance to read some articles from fellow bloggers, I highly recommend this blog, meadowsweet, if you're into poetry and literary stuff. Fine writing. If you're into the early morning coffee, you might want to peek at The Laidback Buddhist and Bookends by Evie. Good read. Philipp...
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