Nerd Is A Compliment

Blowin in the Wind (Cover) Bob Dylan

2011-06-21T05:36:00.000-07:00

as requested by someone... :P

Is it Ok if I Call You Mine? o.O

2011-06-17T09:00:00.000-07:00

This is just one of my favorite songs like since... forever :P I hope you like it, and oh please don't mind my shaky voice and poor guitar skills. I haven't done this in a while :P

How Not to Blog for a very very long time... O_O

2011-06-01T05:45:00.000-07:00

Ok so I've been on a blogging hiatus for a while now... but good news... our business is already going to be operational in a matter of days!!! so I'm gonna be pretty busy by then... and by the way, it's not like i'm not doing anything you know? I've been keeping myself busy with watercolor art... hahaha! I'm not that good yet and so far I've done 2 that have failed.... it was ambitious of me to do a large scale watercolor art, so for now I'm starting small... this almost failed, but i managed to salvage it from almost going into the bin :P it is still a work in progress so let's hope it turns out well... you can check this out for the time being :P

This is just the first layer. I was having a hard time still trying to figure out the consistency of the water to color ratio... this looked kinda dark at first, but i wiped off the excess with a towel and saved it!!! i'm so proud of myself... hahaha! (which is kinda a wrong move too, because some of the fibers stuck into the paper -___-) I'm still kinda scared to try and color in the fighting fish, I might end up ruining it... XD Anyway, let's see how it goes, hopefull it would turn out well. :P

If I was to critique myself i'd say it's more like a painting of a 10 year old! LOL, Feel free to give out advice, and criticism, I have a lot of things to learn... :P

I Do Not Love You

2011-04-18T04:02:00.000-07:00

I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz,

or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.
I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.

I love you as the plant that never blooms
but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers;
thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance,
risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body.

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.
I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;
so I love you because I know no other way

that this: where I does not exist, nor you,
so close that your hand on my chest is my hand,
so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep.

Pablo Neruda

I've always loved this poem by Pablo Neruda... Honestly, the first time I've read about this poem is when I watched Patch Adams. :P Definitely love this poem :')

OMG... I Can Sing?!!? O_O

2011-04-10T08:47:00.000-07:00

yeah... this was like... a year ago... and I was doing a cover of David Choi's song... XD thinking of doing more of these buuuut... I don't have a guitar at the moment. (Buy me one? :P)

Intertwined

2011-04-03T10:10:00.000-07:00

UPDATE: Ok, so I've finally made my decision, I'm going with TJ's title... so I shall name this piece...

Intertwined

Well, to get this blog rolling, I thought I'd post one of my earlier artworks I had done before. This is by far one of my favorites, so I'm putting this one up on here... I still haven't thought of a title for this one... so maybe you guys can help me come up with one... enjoy XD

I revive you in the name of Jeevus!!!

2011-03-30T01:39:00.000-07:00

Ok, so I thought that I'd just leave this blog to die, but then again, I might just keep it, so I can put all my random shit on here... mostly artwork... I mean real artwork... so yeah... :P Blog you are REVIVED!!!!

I don't think Anyone reads this blog anymore lol...

2010-08-25T19:44:00.000-07:00

anyway, although i have quite some followers here, i would like to tell everyone that i'm moving to a new blog... it's called "Psycho Chick Lessons". That blog is totally awesome... it will be totally awesome... so go check it out... :p

AWARD THINGS.... :p

2009-05-06T08:31:00.000-07:00

ok, since i practically went AWOL for the past week or 2, I now have a bunch of things to do. Actually, not that I am obligated, it is actually an honour(... hehehe... ) to be receiving the following awards. So instead of making an individual post for each award, I'd rather just put it all in one entry, and save myself the agony of writing for hours. so here goes... and oh... all these awards are sent to me by Jingke of the blog Utotmopink. Oh oh oh... before I forget, there are certain rules to follow before you can get these award so here it is:
1. Take your award here
2. Put the logo on your post
3. Link the person who awarded you
4. Nominate at least 7 other bloggers
5. Add the links of those bloggers on yours
6. Leave a message for your nominees

First award....

SMART BLOGGER AWARD

I love this award. Apparently I'm a smart blogger, despite my lack of posts, laziness and procrastination of writing new entries, I actually consider myself to be a smart blogger. :) I want all my entries to be substantial. (Am I being conceited? :P) Anyway, thanks for calling me a smart blogger. :)

Second award...

BEST BLOGGER AWARD 2009
Aaaawww... I feel so flattered. Although i know my blog isn't the best, it's nice to know that someone thinks my blog IS the BEST. :p But if I were to choose which blog I would award instead, it would be my other blog. (See link... :p) Not because, I write stories (my story actually) but because I feel like, a lot of people can relate to it. I have spoken to a lot of people who read that other blog, and they all tell me how they actually understand what I feel, experienced, the emotional roller coaster... everything. So to know that people can identify with me because of writing my own experiences, I think that other blog of mine deserve this award. But still thanks to ate Jingke... :P Love it...

and final award...

THE FRIENDSHIP AWARD 2009
Oh yes, I'd like to think I'm friendly. :P So I greatly appreciate this award. :)

A person who receives, should also be a person who gives. So to show appreciation to the person who gave me this award, I will pay it forward and pass on these awards to the people who are following my blog... :p Look at the right corner of this blog, and you will see the people following me (take your time to look at their blogs as well). I graciously give this award back to them, thanks for following all the (sometimes dull, or stupid) entries I make on these blog. And hopefully, you guys and YOU (points finger at the reader) can follow this blog, including my other blog :P Just follow the link on the side thingy there, and feel free to read on.

Next list of things to do, the tag thingy... :P This is what I get for procrastinating. :P

I'm Jobless!!! HELP!!!

2009-04-08T11:48:00.000-07:00

I am totally speechless. The company dealer that I was working for, based on the USA is being shut down by the mother company. What a bunch of f***ers. We brought them good business, and now they're shutting us down. I was the BEST!!! My supervisor can even vouch for that. He knows I AM the best, and we are both pissed that we are being shut down.

My God, I only got 2 payments left for this laptop I bought, and seems like I can't even get it paid, unless I find a job right away. My supervisor wants me to submit my resume to him ASAP, so that he can recommend me to his friends here in the Philippines. I know I will be having a good recommendation based on my performance, I'm just not sure if it would work out. He said it would, and I can only hope it would.

Just a few weeks ago, my supervisor hinted that he wants to promote me as a supervisor, and take over his position. We were even talking about how I can get a work visa to go to the USA, so I can work for the mother company, as we were only the dealers. He was pursuing another job career, and needed someone to take over his position to manage his current business and thought I was perfect for the job. So being told that we are being shut down was a complete shock to both of us, since we were still expecting a lot of things to happen in the future.

Damn it, I gave my all to this job, and it pisses me off to know that we are being shut down for no apparent reason. The only reason we could think of right now is because, as dealers, we are performing really good, and the mother company is seeing us now as competition. It's hard to find a job these days and I can only hope that submitting my resume to my "now-former supervisor" would help me.

This is not a good way to start a vacation.

BRANGELINA in the Philippines???

2009-04-06T15:25:00.001-07:00

OHHHHHHHH EEEEEMMM EFFIIIIIIIIINNN' GGEEEEE!!!! If this is true, then please, can someone fly me out to Boracay right now?

Rumors have been floating that the A-list Celebs better known together as Brangelina, are apparently staying in Boracay at the newly built Shangri-La 5 star Hotel in Aklan, Boracay, Philippines. It was said they flew in from Manila, with 8 bodyguards. Some say they flew SeaAir, directly to Boracay.

It was also said that leftist farmers had urged Angelina Jolie to visit the Philippines to see the situation of the ongoing conflict between the rebels. Considering that Angelina is a humanitarian celebrity, I believe this reason could be plausible.

My brother is really pissed I told him about this, because he canceled his trip to Boracay, since his best friend is coming here to meet him. Sucks for him. Sucks for me as well, knowing that I don't have enough money to go and travel to Boracay alone, just so I can get a good glimpse of the couple. Even if Angelina was such a slut for stealing Brad Pitt from Jen, I still think she's totally freakin' awesome (no, I'm not lesbian... :P)

But if this rumors are really true, then I only have 3 words to say to this fine couple...

... PLEASE ADOPT ME!!!!

Wallet Tag- Pass it On... :P

2009-04-02T15:40:00.000-07:00

Saw it from a blog of a friend of mine, (utotmopink) and the idea was kinda fun, so I'm gonna do it!
Oh, and if you are a blogger, and you are reading this, don't leave this page without doing your share of the action.... :P It's really a no-brainer, and it's pretty simple. Here's what you gotta do:

1) take pictures of your wallet and its content
2) talk about how you got your wallet and how much you paid for it
3) enumerate the contents and tell a few things about them
4) pass this tag to the rest of your friends

And here is my "Prada" wallet

Prada wallet.

Cost: Php 60.oo

yes, it's pretty obvious that it's not an authentic Prada wallet based on the price. hihihi. :P I'm really not much of a "brand" type of person, I buy most of my stuff based on function, not because of the brand. It just happened that the wallet had Prada on it, it was cheap, and i bought it. :P

As you may have noticed, I don't have a lot of cash in my wallet as well. Besides the fact that I am broke right now, I really don't like keeping my hard earned cash in there. :P Yes, I'm a deviant. lol.

Now to the other stuff on my wallet.

2 BDO debit cards (ATM). -I got the first one for my brothers, the second one is my personal debit card.
1 LBC debit card. - used it for my personal earnings before. I don't use that anymore since I got my BDO card. If you plan to steal it, just wanna let you know that there's no cash on that one. :P
LBC bank business card- never used it.
Magsi Dental Clinic business card- haven't called her since I had my teeth "fix-bridged". I don't even know if I'm using the correct terminology.
my baranggay clearance.- used it to apply for passport.
Sales invoice from GigaHertz- Got it when i bought my laptop. Should NEVER lose that one.
Receipts for paying my aunt's credit card which was used to pay for my laptop. (2 more payments and I'm debt free... :P)
Letters and whatever from my ex- meant to be discarded. Actually I'm gonna discard it now.

(5 seconds later... )

ok, you won't find that previous item in my wallet anymore. Back to business...

3 different bills- a 1000 Indonesian bill, 5 Dirham bill from United Arab Emirates, and of course the 10 Philippine peso bill.
Photos- pictures of me, me and mom, me and dad, my cousins abroad, pictures from my aunt's wedding, pictures from friends (some of it stolen from their wallet, and i'm not gonna apologize :P) and a photo of my favorite baby cousin, myiesha.
Community Tax Certificate, SSS pink slip
2 pieces of paper about some Job Offer (I was too lazy to give them a call)
If you look closely, you'll see a plastic of cocaine..... kidding... :P It's some sort of powder to polish silver with. (no, really it's coke... :P)

So.... that's about it. This is a good way to get your wallet stolen.... lol.... Kidding. So do what you gotta do guys, and I hope I'd be seeing more of this on blogs out there soon. Send me your URL, and I'll follow your blogs. :P (You scratch my back, I scratch yours right? )

Hmmm... weird, but Im having a hard time closing my wallet, since I removed the items from their places, and put them back in. Seems like they don't fit inside. So odd.

Anyway, here's something completely out of topic, and I'm writing it just because... :P

Word of the Day: LOLarious- To Laugh Out Loud about something you think is hilarous.

Earth Hour City Failure.... sad sad day...

2009-03-28T11:37:00.000-07:00

Well what can i say? Much to my dismay, Earth Hour was a major failure in Baguio. Rumors were floating around that there was gonna be a major black-out in the entire city, since the city council decided to participate in this major global event. Although I was a bit disappointed to hear that they chose to make the decision themselves,( I mean it's supposed to be an individual, personal conviction, and decision to be aware of the global climate changes that is happening all over the world. ) I guess, forcing the city to participate, will make them aware of this global event.

I saw people buying candles from stores, I bought some as well. I even took a picture of what my city looked like before the Earth Hour event. I took the picture at 7 pm, and waited intently until 8:30. I waited, minutes passed by and then.... well what can I say? There was no black-out even. Most people had their lights on!!! I kinda wished that the "City Council decision for a black-out" rumor were true. (Apparently, most people didn't have a personal conviction of the global climate change.) I took a picture during the supposed "Earth Hour" event... and you'd be disappointed to see it as well....

Before "Earth Hour" 7pm

During "Earth Hour" 9pm

See what a disappointment it turned out to be? I feel so sad. But then again, at least there were still some people, who participated in this event. Check out my neighbour's house.

At least, even only a few people participated of this event, they were still trying to make a statement, that they are aware of what is going on in the world, and even in their small way, they were making a difference. I did my part as well, by turning off the lights in our house. An hour really wasn't that long, compared to the time we usually spend on unimportant things. It seemed to fly so fast.

When my brother got home, he mentioned to me that a few businesses in the center of the city participated in Earth Hour. I guess it's better than nobody participating at all. I was never really much affected or concerned when it came to the "environment", and participating in a cause. I guess i was as ignorant, (well not ignorant but unconcerned before) as they were showing now.

On the bright side, I did see a shooting star, while I was taking pictures. Although I didn't get to take a picture of the shooting star, (really how can I?) Well I wished that maybe Earth Hour, would be more successful in our city next year. :)

Earth Hour- Vote Earth

2009-03-27T11:08:00.000-07:00

I've never paid much attention with commercials on TV. But lately I've been seeing this commercial on TV, where all homes, restaurants, and business districts were turning their lights off, to show their awareness and support against global warming.

All this sounded really new to me so I did a bit of research on the internet and found out that the "Earth Hour" was pioneered in Australia in 2007. 2.2 million homes and other businesses had switched off their lights for an hour.

The message had grown into a global movement that in 2008, 50 million people switched off their lights, including Global landmarks such as the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Rome's Colosseum, Sydney's Opera and so on.

Now on March 28, 2009, 74 countries have participated in this global movement, and the number is growing. The message is pretty simple. Turn off your lights for 1 hour, which means you VOTE EARTH and leaving your lights on means you vote for global warming. Now WWF is urging the world to VOTE EARTH, and hit the target of 1 billion votes, which will be presented to world leaders at the Global Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen 2009.

Honestly, I've never really been a big environment-activist or whatever, but the idea and action is really simple. Switch off your lights, and show your support against global-warming. Finally, a vote that doesn't have to do with nationality, race, or background. It's something that everyone, from every country, and any age can vote for.

Flower Festival- Session Road in Bloom

2009-03-23T10:49:00.001-07:00

Baguio Flower Festival, is one of the best festivals and most awaited event in the Philippines. Thousands of tourists from all over the country, even tourists abroad, come to our city every year to witness this big event. Although floats and parades are only some of the features that this Festival has to offer, my favorite would have to be Session Road in Bloom.

Session Road in Bloom is the time when the famous busy road, where traffic and car usually roam, close for the entire week. Almost hundred of stalls are set up, the night before the road opens as a market.

Business men, small, medium and large industries, local, and international entrepreneurs, old and new, get the opportunity to introduce and even sell their merchandise to the public.

There are loads of things to be seen, and loads of things to buy. (Unfortunately, i didn't have much dough on me that day, so... yeah, loads of things to be seen...lol :P) Some display artistic home decorations, some sell their ethnic hand-made accessories, rare flowers, and plants and of course, who would forget to sell food? Well-known restaurants also set up their mini booths and offer a wide variety of viands, pastas, pastries and a whole lot more. While, small vendors sell hotdogs, corn on the cob, snow cones and so on.

Some of the things that caught my attention were the musicians from Bolivia. They played flute and other instruments foreign to me. They sang and played their instruments the whole day, for the whole week. They said their music was made for meditation, although it didn't sound too "meditating" for my taste, they definitely sold a lot of cds that week. :P

Another thing that caught my eye was the Nepalese food. It's a bit similar to the Chinese siomai, the only difference is, it has no meat on it. Yep, it was all eggs and veggies (not sure about the eggs) dipped in some sort of soy sauce.

This years Session Road in Bloom has been, by far my favorite. It was the 50th or 100th year of celebrating this event, and we closed with the most grand fireworks ever displayed yet. If only i remembered to take pictures or took a video of it, then you'd see how beautiful it was, but i was so mesmerized with the whole thing, I didn't even blink for the entire 30 minutes!!! I can't wait for the next one. Roll on summer 2010!!!