DLSU vs. ADMU basketball Final Four Matchup
Yes! They won the first game! I really thought that the Eagles would again beat up the Archers but they took up the challenge and defeated them. hehehehe!!!! =) Here's the story from GreenArchers.net.
Rich Dad, Poor Dad
This is about the website that I have posted earlier about how to become rich. I got the book. Borrowed it from one of the engineers here at Intel. I haven't finish it yet but I would post something about it as soon as I am finished.
What's with Forever Living?
I have already been invited for the second time about this network marketing business. Network marketing is a type of business where the manufacturer sells their products through word of mouth or through people selling it to their personal network. I'm done with network marketing for I have gone through it already with the company Nu Skin which I wasn't successful. Hated myself for shelling out 13k for products that did not even improve my person. Well, it was a good learning though and it made me more wiser in handling my money. Forever Living likewise is also the same but somehow people where more successful with this company. People who tried out this company and were successful were featured about thrice in tv in a span of 5 years. There was this one guy, a former jeepney driver, drives a ferrari!. Yes, a ferrari! He earns about a million pesos evermonth for just inviting people to join and selling these products. Some how I'm not upto it because this kind of business needs some skills and I still haven't learned those skills yet.
Maybe in the future when I think I have honed the skills I might consider it but then again it might be too late for me.
Thursday, September 25, 2003
Another email forwarded to me. hehehe. This syndrome is starting to seep into me. =)
Attack of Peter Pan Syndrome
By Pam Pastor
Inquirer News Service
SATURDAY night found me in a condo unit in the middle of the city,
getting sloshed at a friend's bridal shower. In the middle of the
drinking, stripping, dancing and laughing, it hit me.
We really are growing up.
The signs have been here for a while now, and even more so these
past few weeks.
Factoid #1: You know you're growing up when your weekend itinerary
includes baptisms, weddings and bridal showers of people not related
to you.
Someone on my high school batch's mailing list sent wedding pictures
of an old classmate. It's hard to believe that people my age have
successfully planned weddings when not too long ago, we were still
planning our debuts.
Just days later, I received a text message from an old seatmate who
told me she's seven months pregnant. That baby is about to become my
fourth godchild. It's hard to think of her as a mom when I still
remember her as the girl who almost got kicked out of Geometry class
with me for trying to memorize the lyrics of Donna Lewis' "I Love
You Always Forever" instead of focusing on our polygons.
Factoid #2: You know you're growing up when you start thinking of
your school days as the good old days.
When I was still in school and I would complain about it, adults
would turn wistful and inevitably drop one of these lines, "I miss
school." "I'd quit my job and trade places with you in a
minute." "When you get out, you'd do anything to get back in." I had
to resist the strong urge to give them a nice little kick and settle
for rolling my eyes. Now, just months after getting my degree, I'm
doing the same thing. And my brother and cousins are the ones
rolling their eyes at me.
Truth be told, there's strange comfort in those times when our
potentially biggest problems were really comparatively small. When
the biggest consequences of our actions would just be a failing
grade and the worst would be being expelled from school.
Factoid #3: You know you're growing up when you and your friends
start sentences with, "Do you remember when... ?"
Do you remember when you cut yourself with a kitchen knife and your
mom thought someone was murdered in the bathroom? Do you remember
when you walked into that glass door and left an imprint of your
face on it? You actually have a history with people - and revisiting
that has become a major kick, a welcome break from your life's
realities.
Factoid #4: You know you're growing up when you and your friends
start to get jaded.
Excitement over first relationships has been replaced with cynicism.
Everyone gets wary of everyone else's partners. Everyone's gone
through something - and the rest start acting like the relationship
police.
Factoid #5: You know you're growing up when you start acting like a
condescending adult.
One night, I was out with friends when a group of adolescent girls
walked past us. They were heavily made up and scantily clad.
"Jailbait," one of us said.
"What are they wearing?" another one said.
"They're just children!" a third one said.
Or there would be times we'd be out and there would be a group of
boisterous teenagers at another table. They would always be met with
raised eyebrows and snide remarks, as if we were never like them
before, as if we don't still act like them sometimes.
Factoid #6: You know you're growing up when adult stuff has become
your stuff.
Talking to friends used to revolve mostly around favorite bands,
television shows, crushes and how strict our parents are. We still
do that now -- minus the part about the strict parents -- but a lot
of saliva is also wasted on discussions about work hours, security,
benefits, settling down, life partners, getting ready for the
future. Your friend who used to spend all his time playing video
games is now starting his own business. The classmate who was a whiz
in Math class is now handling real accounts. The cousin who once let
her younger sister pull out her tooth is now a dentist.
Factoid #7: You know you're growing up when money becomes an issue.
Goodbye, allowance, hello, anxiety. Realizing that your parents
aren't there anymore to answer your every whim, you start being more
responsible about your expenses. Lapses in judgment lead to
consequences that would impart a lesson or two.
Factoid #8: You know you're growing up when you realize you're
harder to please.
Heaven used to be having my grandparents take me shopping for Sanrio
goodies or tons of books. Then came the time when seeing a crush
smile was enough to make my heart soar. Now, happiness lies
elsewhere-and a lot of us haven't discovered where.
Factoid #9: You know you're growing up when you start being a source
of embarrassment for younger relatives.
Face it, older relatives have been the reason behind a lot of our
most hideous moments as teenagers. What about the aunt who insisted
on interviewing your girlfriend? Or the great-uncle who liked
snapping his dentures in public?
My younger cousin was buying something and I kept trying to bargain
with the man. The man refused to budge but that didn't stop me. My
cousin had to nudge me to shut me up. Hilarious, I thought, when I
realized he thought what I had been doing was embarrassing.
Factoid #10: You know you're growing up when people around you start
recognizing it too.
Just last Sunday, while my masseuse was kneading my back, she
said, "Pwede ka nang mag-asawa." I would have protested loudly but
my face was muffled by the pillow.
A few lunches ago, my father turned to me and asked when I was
getting married. It was hard to believe that the question came from
my father who, just some years back, freaked out when he realized
that the huge bar of chocolate in the fridge came from a guy who was
about to become my boyfriend.
Before I could even respond, he declared that he wanted a grandchild
by the time he was 50. I almost choked. He's turning 50 in less than
a year.
Funny. Get married and have kids when I am barely out of my
haphazard romances phase?
People respond to growing up in two ways -- there are those who
embrace it and those who fight it. I still haven't decided which one
I am.
But then, my subconscious may have already decided for me.
While my friends are getting married, moving in together, having
babies, starting their own companies, getting completely serious
about their worlds and their future, I've been acting even more like
a kid.
I've watched "Finding Nemo" three times. I've ordered Happy Meals
because I wanted the Betty Spaghetty toys. My best friend J and I
have been going to toy stores more often. I still read children's
books -- my Judy Blumes and Roald Dahls and Beverly Clearys. I enjoy
pestering my younger brother even more now. I went to a sari-sari
store and looked for the candies of my childhood. My cousins and I
left the house at two in the morning and went to a 24-hour diner in
our pajamas. Now that's not very adult-like, is that?
Those are the effects of my Peter Pan syndrome.
I used to think that I would relish every step toward being an
adult. After all, I have long been clamoring for freedom and
independence. But now that it's staring me in the face, I find
myself reluctant to jump in. There is so much to love and cherish
about being young. I refuse to let that go yet.
But then, I think about my grandma who, at 75, is still the epitome
of coolness, who exercises every morning, wears rubber shoes, texts,
is an excellent mall buddy and remains a word wizard. I look at my
other set of grandparents who still date up to now. I think about my
grandma who has a crush on Bill Pullman, listens to Josh Groban,
adores Sandra Bullock, has excellent taste in clothes and likes
shopping for me, my brother and cousins. I think about my grandpa
who has done so much with his life, who discovers the best places to
go to even before I hear about them and is so smart he'd be my
lifeline if I joined the now dead "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?"
And I realize there is a way to become an adult and still embrace
your youth.
So maybe growing up isn't so bad after all. As long as it doesn't
mean having to give up my Happy Meals.
Attack of Peter Pan Syndrome
By Pam Pastor
Inquirer News Service
SATURDAY night found me in a condo unit in the middle of the city,
getting sloshed at a friend's bridal shower. In the middle of the
drinking, stripping, dancing and laughing, it hit me.
We really are growing up.
The signs have been here for a while now, and even more so these
past few weeks.
Factoid #1: You know you're growing up when your weekend itinerary
includes baptisms, weddings and bridal showers of people not related
to you.
Someone on my high school batch's mailing list sent wedding pictures
of an old classmate. It's hard to believe that people my age have
successfully planned weddings when not too long ago, we were still
planning our debuts.
Just days later, I received a text message from an old seatmate who
told me she's seven months pregnant. That baby is about to become my
fourth godchild. It's hard to think of her as a mom when I still
remember her as the girl who almost got kicked out of Geometry class
with me for trying to memorize the lyrics of Donna Lewis' "I Love
You Always Forever" instead of focusing on our polygons.
Factoid #2: You know you're growing up when you start thinking of
your school days as the good old days.
When I was still in school and I would complain about it, adults
would turn wistful and inevitably drop one of these lines, "I miss
school." "I'd quit my job and trade places with you in a
minute." "When you get out, you'd do anything to get back in." I had
to resist the strong urge to give them a nice little kick and settle
for rolling my eyes. Now, just months after getting my degree, I'm
doing the same thing. And my brother and cousins are the ones
rolling their eyes at me.
Truth be told, there's strange comfort in those times when our
potentially biggest problems were really comparatively small. When
the biggest consequences of our actions would just be a failing
grade and the worst would be being expelled from school.
Factoid #3: You know you're growing up when you and your friends
start sentences with, "Do you remember when... ?"
Do you remember when you cut yourself with a kitchen knife and your
mom thought someone was murdered in the bathroom? Do you remember
when you walked into that glass door and left an imprint of your
face on it? You actually have a history with people - and revisiting
that has become a major kick, a welcome break from your life's
realities.
Factoid #4: You know you're growing up when you and your friends
start to get jaded.
Excitement over first relationships has been replaced with cynicism.
Everyone gets wary of everyone else's partners. Everyone's gone
through something - and the rest start acting like the relationship
police.
Factoid #5: You know you're growing up when you start acting like a
condescending adult.
One night, I was out with friends when a group of adolescent girls
walked past us. They were heavily made up and scantily clad.
"Jailbait," one of us said.
"What are they wearing?" another one said.
"They're just children!" a third one said.
Or there would be times we'd be out and there would be a group of
boisterous teenagers at another table. They would always be met with
raised eyebrows and snide remarks, as if we were never like them
before, as if we don't still act like them sometimes.
Factoid #6: You know you're growing up when adult stuff has become
your stuff.
Talking to friends used to revolve mostly around favorite bands,
television shows, crushes and how strict our parents are. We still
do that now -- minus the part about the strict parents -- but a lot
of saliva is also wasted on discussions about work hours, security,
benefits, settling down, life partners, getting ready for the
future. Your friend who used to spend all his time playing video
games is now starting his own business. The classmate who was a whiz
in Math class is now handling real accounts. The cousin who once let
her younger sister pull out her tooth is now a dentist.
Factoid #7: You know you're growing up when money becomes an issue.
Goodbye, allowance, hello, anxiety. Realizing that your parents
aren't there anymore to answer your every whim, you start being more
responsible about your expenses. Lapses in judgment lead to
consequences that would impart a lesson or two.
Factoid #8: You know you're growing up when you realize you're
harder to please.
Heaven used to be having my grandparents take me shopping for Sanrio
goodies or tons of books. Then came the time when seeing a crush
smile was enough to make my heart soar. Now, happiness lies
elsewhere-and a lot of us haven't discovered where.
Factoid #9: You know you're growing up when you start being a source
of embarrassment for younger relatives.
Face it, older relatives have been the reason behind a lot of our
most hideous moments as teenagers. What about the aunt who insisted
on interviewing your girlfriend? Or the great-uncle who liked
snapping his dentures in public?
My younger cousin was buying something and I kept trying to bargain
with the man. The man refused to budge but that didn't stop me. My
cousin had to nudge me to shut me up. Hilarious, I thought, when I
realized he thought what I had been doing was embarrassing.
Factoid #10: You know you're growing up when people around you start
recognizing it too.
Just last Sunday, while my masseuse was kneading my back, she
said, "Pwede ka nang mag-asawa." I would have protested loudly but
my face was muffled by the pillow.
A few lunches ago, my father turned to me and asked when I was
getting married. It was hard to believe that the question came from
my father who, just some years back, freaked out when he realized
that the huge bar of chocolate in the fridge came from a guy who was
about to become my boyfriend.
Before I could even respond, he declared that he wanted a grandchild
by the time he was 50. I almost choked. He's turning 50 in less than
a year.
Funny. Get married and have kids when I am barely out of my
haphazard romances phase?
People respond to growing up in two ways -- there are those who
embrace it and those who fight it. I still haven't decided which one
I am.
But then, my subconscious may have already decided for me.
While my friends are getting married, moving in together, having
babies, starting their own companies, getting completely serious
about their worlds and their future, I've been acting even more like
a kid.
I've watched "Finding Nemo" three times. I've ordered Happy Meals
because I wanted the Betty Spaghetty toys. My best friend J and I
have been going to toy stores more often. I still read children's
books -- my Judy Blumes and Roald Dahls and Beverly Clearys. I enjoy
pestering my younger brother even more now. I went to a sari-sari
store and looked for the candies of my childhood. My cousins and I
left the house at two in the morning and went to a 24-hour diner in
our pajamas. Now that's not very adult-like, is that?
Those are the effects of my Peter Pan syndrome.
I used to think that I would relish every step toward being an
adult. After all, I have long been clamoring for freedom and
independence. But now that it's staring me in the face, I find
myself reluctant to jump in. There is so much to love and cherish
about being young. I refuse to let that go yet.
But then, I think about my grandma who, at 75, is still the epitome
of coolness, who exercises every morning, wears rubber shoes, texts,
is an excellent mall buddy and remains a word wizard. I look at my
other set of grandparents who still date up to now. I think about my
grandma who has a crush on Bill Pullman, listens to Josh Groban,
adores Sandra Bullock, has excellent taste in clothes and likes
shopping for me, my brother and cousins. I think about my grandpa
who has done so much with his life, who discovers the best places to
go to even before I hear about them and is so smart he'd be my
lifeline if I joined the now dead "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?"
And I realize there is a way to become an adult and still embrace
your youth.
So maybe growing up isn't so bad after all. As long as it doesn't
mean having to give up my Happy Meals.
Tuesday, September 23, 2003
Birthdays
September sure is a month full of birthdays. There were so many of my coworkers here having their birthdays that they all joined forces to treat our whole section and some other people to lunch. We ate our lunch at a place called Magdaragat were there is a Sea food market at the center of the place where one can buy anything that you want, raw, and have them cooked at the restaurants surrounding the place. The place where we ate is just a small place with beautiful waitresses serving us. =) I was so full after the meal that I wanted to sleep for I needed so much energy to digest all the food that I have eaten. I really enjoyed the calamares and the shell fish. It's a good thing I did not tell them and my friend is also not a snitch (thanks!) that I am also a September celebrant or I would have shouldered the expense too. =)
Team Bonding
After that wonderful lunch, the people that I usually work with had our team bonding. Team bonding is more appropriate for that activity because there are specific things that should be done for it to be called a formal team building activity. We went to one of the Robinson's Malls near our workplace and played some billiards. The original plan was to have bowling matches but due to budget constraints we opted to play billiards for it costs less. I was outclassed by my opponents and ended up with more losing streaks than winning a match. =) After the billiards we ate our dinner at Burger King and took some pictures.
Strip Club
The men in our group dragged me and my friend to this strip club in Pasay. It was our fault why we were in that situation. We did not planned on what to do after the team bonding event at the mall so the others just decided to go there and bring us along. My original plan is to go home after the thing with the mall but somehow I could not tell them that I have to go home. It was my first time to go to such a place so I don't know what to expect once we got there. We found a place beside the stage and ordered some drinks. Then as we sat there waiting for something to happen, then the naked and half-naked women started to come out. I don't know what happened inside me but I did not feel aroused. Really do not know why I felt that way. It seems like it's just normal to me to see naked women dancing there. Most of the women just stand there with a pout on their face. I asked one companion why and he said that the women wanted to show to us that they do not enjoy what they are doing. "Do not enjoy what they are doing" my face! They should at least put an invisible mask on and smile. It wouldn't hurt them you know. It would also reduce the shame that they have put on themselves. The climax of our little adventure is when this star dancer hit on my friend! I don't want to talk about the gory details because its ......... To give you a clue, my friend needs to immediately wash the bonnet that he's wearing when he gets home. =)
I am a DRAGON!
Got this from one of the blogs of my friend and I tested a Dragon.
You're a dragon. You're smart and cunning, and
enjoy taking risks. Your need for independence
is an advantage, but sometimes it alienates you
from others. As far as *good* and *evil*,
you're pretty neutral--but you may have
something of a wicked streak.
What mythical beast are you?
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September sure is a month full of birthdays. There were so many of my coworkers here having their birthdays that they all joined forces to treat our whole section and some other people to lunch. We ate our lunch at a place called Magdaragat were there is a Sea food market at the center of the place where one can buy anything that you want, raw, and have them cooked at the restaurants surrounding the place. The place where we ate is just a small place with beautiful waitresses serving us. =) I was so full after the meal that I wanted to sleep for I needed so much energy to digest all the food that I have eaten. I really enjoyed the calamares and the shell fish. It's a good thing I did not tell them and my friend is also not a snitch (thanks!) that I am also a September celebrant or I would have shouldered the expense too. =)
Team Bonding
After that wonderful lunch, the people that I usually work with had our team bonding. Team bonding is more appropriate for that activity because there are specific things that should be done for it to be called a formal team building activity. We went to one of the Robinson's Malls near our workplace and played some billiards. The original plan was to have bowling matches but due to budget constraints we opted to play billiards for it costs less. I was outclassed by my opponents and ended up with more losing streaks than winning a match. =) After the billiards we ate our dinner at Burger King and took some pictures.
Strip Club
The men in our group dragged me and my friend to this strip club in Pasay. It was our fault why we were in that situation. We did not planned on what to do after the team bonding event at the mall so the others just decided to go there and bring us along. My original plan is to go home after the thing with the mall but somehow I could not tell them that I have to go home. It was my first time to go to such a place so I don't know what to expect once we got there. We found a place beside the stage and ordered some drinks. Then as we sat there waiting for something to happen, then the naked and half-naked women started to come out. I don't know what happened inside me but I did not feel aroused. Really do not know why I felt that way. It seems like it's just normal to me to see naked women dancing there. Most of the women just stand there with a pout on their face. I asked one companion why and he said that the women wanted to show to us that they do not enjoy what they are doing. "Do not enjoy what they are doing" my face! They should at least put an invisible mask on and smile. It wouldn't hurt them you know. It would also reduce the shame that they have put on themselves. The climax of our little adventure is when this star dancer hit on my friend! I don't want to talk about the gory details because its ......... To give you a clue, my friend needs to immediately wash the bonnet that he's wearing when he gets home. =)
I am a DRAGON!
Got this from one of the blogs of my friend and I tested a Dragon.
You're a dragon. You're smart and cunning, and
enjoy taking risks. Your need for independence
is an advantage, but sometimes it alienates you
from others. As far as *good* and *evil*,
you're pretty neutral--but you may have
something of a wicked streak.
What mythical beast are you?
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Friday, September 12, 2003
Ragnarok Online
Damn! I think I am officially an addict of this game. This game is originally from Korea and they marketed the game here and it clicked. The type of gameplay is more of a role playing type. They called it a massive multiplayer online game because it is an online game where many people are interacting and it is role played. The killer stuff so that the company that promoted it ,which is level-up games, is that they gave out free cds to potential addicts of the game during the beta test period which they let people play for free. People got addicted to the game so easily that when they already charged for the game many still played the game and they earn by the million. One needed to buy prepaid cards to play the game and it does not include the internet access.
At first, I really don't care much about the game. Most of the time my brothers are the one who became the addicts of the game and I just watch them play. It was too late for me to test the game for I tested the game the time when they are already charging to let us play for a fee. Somehow I got addicted to the game and right now I am craving for more of the game. During weekends, which is usually the days of the week where I am free, I would usually wake up at around 4 am in the morning upto around 8 am just to play. =) I couldn't play during the night upto the wee hours of the morning because my addicted brother is still playing. Talk about common interests. ;)
(by the way for those interested in the game here's a link and for those who are searching for a person who sells internet cards and the game cards just look for me.)
Damn! I think I am officially an addict of this game. This game is originally from Korea and they marketed the game here and it clicked. The type of gameplay is more of a role playing type. They called it a massive multiplayer online game because it is an online game where many people are interacting and it is role played. The killer stuff so that the company that promoted it ,which is level-up games, is that they gave out free cds to potential addicts of the game during the beta test period which they let people play for free. People got addicted to the game so easily that when they already charged for the game many still played the game and they earn by the million. One needed to buy prepaid cards to play the game and it does not include the internet access.
At first, I really don't care much about the game. Most of the time my brothers are the one who became the addicts of the game and I just watch them play. It was too late for me to test the game for I tested the game the time when they are already charging to let us play for a fee. Somehow I got addicted to the game and right now I am craving for more of the game. During weekends, which is usually the days of the week where I am free, I would usually wake up at around 4 am in the morning upto around 8 am just to play. =) I couldn't play during the night upto the wee hours of the morning because my addicted brother is still playing. Talk about common interests. ;)
(by the way for those interested in the game here's a link and for those who are searching for a person who sells internet cards and the game cards just look for me.)
Tuesday, September 09, 2003
Sexbomb and Spaghetti
Someone forwarded me this in my email and I pitty the author of this piece, tsk tsk.......
Friday, 25 July 2003
I can die now. My life is complete. I have heard the latest sexbomb girls album in its entirety and now I have heard everything. My deepest thanks to my mom for choosing to live in a neighbourhood where the people are so 'giving' they will allow you to hear their cd collections for free,at 6 in the morning! every single fucking day! Oh you dont understand it do you? To wake up every single day to the sound of girls who are better off cheerleading than singing; to hear songs about pasta going up and down and sideways and what the hell does it all mean?!!; to hear the words laban and bawi in varying intensities e.g. la la la la la la labaan!! ba ba ba ba ba ba baweeee!!! LAAAABAAAAN! BAAAWIIII! AWWWW! AWWWWW! AWWWWW! YES! YES! AWWWWWWW! It is an experience you should not miss. It can serve both as an alarm clock and my ongoing experiment on the limits of human patience. I recommend it highly.
In the spirit of sharing, I will try-emphasis on try- to review the first single off the album. why only the first single? well, because I dont feel qualified to review the whole thing, that job is reserved for a music critic with a triple masters degree in philosophy, nuclear physics and forensic psychology;The album is that , dare i say it, PROFOUND.Actually, its beyond profound, its....its.... words fail me.
Here goes nothing. The title of the single i assume is 'spaghetti.'The title alone is pure genius. Spaghetti as we all know is a favorite among pinoys of all ages. The message the title is trying to send out is:the sexbomb girls are not only for kids but for all ages.
The song starts with a sound straight from a kiddie carousel or those old owner-type jeeps which plays muzak while parking or backing up. To the ninitiated ,this may mean a lack of imagination on the composers side but alas, the truth is, that intro is meant to appeal to our neotenic(?) urges. In a world filled with stress and anxiety , the intro lulls us into a trance and brings us back to feelings of childhood without worries. It hypnotises us into shedding our inhibitions; to be innocent and childlike once more. Subliminally preparing us for the wrath of the killer chorus.
Suddenly, a guy who suspiciously sounds like Joey de Leon starts counting from 5 to 8. Why the numbers 1 to 4 were left out is anybodys guess. It is one of the mysteries of this song that may never be unravelled, rivalling that of JFK's real killer.It could be part of the bible code.
This is then followed by the girls themselves screaming " Makinig kayo!" Obviously a paean to that very famous Marc Antony speech that goes like;
"Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears." this is the girls way of
introducing a bit of Shakespeare to their unsuspecting public.
There is no stopping the girls now.
Apir tayo ( give me five?) ( let us appear?) Sumakit ang ulo ko (my head aches) sumakit ang dibdib ko( my chest aches) sexbomb(3x) Apir tayo sumakit and bewang ko( My waist aches) sumakit ang tuhod ko(my knee aches) sexbomb(3x) The girls are obviously suffering from an existential kind of pain. It is a pain so deep it transcends both the physical and the metaphysical worlds. To give high fives while experiencing a severe form of arthritis and ulceritis is a metaphor for the superficiality of everyday living where outward appearances are more valued; where everything is based on 'pakikisama' even if inside you feel like being eaten alive by amoeba. As long as youre presentable and maintain a good, albeit hypocritical ,realtionship with everybody its okay even if you are suffering inside. oh the humanity!
Here goes the chorus: Spaghetting( still in their shakespearean mode of inventing words, the girls decide to make the italian word spaghetti a tagalog one by adding ING.) pababa pababa ng pababa( going down going down going down) spaghetting pataas pataas ng pataas( going up going up going up) this may sound like a tour guide of an elevator but it isnt. REALLY. Another metaphor for lifes little vissicitude, the girls are obviously referring to the circle of life you dense person you!whatever goes up must come down is what theyre trying to say. Life is but a cycle with high highs and low lows.The spaghetti theyre talking about is US! yes! you and me! Its about being boiled and cooked and overcooked.Its about being paired with cheese and hotdogs and other ingredients that are not supposed to be there. Its about being eaten! Its about being part of a society where everything is the same yet different. Its about being accepted even if youre too sweet or too sour or too spicy. Its about survival .its about adapting Its about LIFE.
Man, these girls and their songs are like the most complex things to ever come out of the pinoy music scene. Ive always thought Radiohead is the most cryptic band there is but now I know im wrong. I have been enlightened.
Listen and you will be, too.
Thank you,
Elaine Santillan
Leadership
"The Power of Leadership Storytelling"
By: Melissa Delin
Heroic Leadership Stories: A Hero For Daisy
Congress passed Title IX on May 22, as part of the Education Amendments of 1972, stating:
"no person in the U.S. shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, or denied benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving federal aid."
While Title IX was designed to provide equitable treatment of men and women in all aspects of education, it has gained particular notoriety in athletics.
Chris Ernst, a two-time Olympian rower, was captain of the Yale University women's crew team in 1976. She led a team of women who were hardy, fit, and wholly committed to their sport. Although women's crew had only been in existence at Yale since 1972, the team had already captured second place at the national championships in 1974 and third place in 1975.
The Yale University boathouse was not equipped with women's locker room facilities so the university made temporary provisions; during the 1974 and 1975 seasons, the women took post-practice showers in a trailer which lacked hot water and electricity. In 1976, the school provided the team with a new trailer, but dawdled in securing the proper zoning variances. When the men and women began outdoor practices at the Housatonic River in late February, the women's trailer's plumbing and electricity remained unconnected. After grueling early-morning practice sessions, the men took hot showers in their locker room, while the women were forced to wait on the bus with frozen hair, soaked clothes, and chilled bodies.
Ernst, along with her teammates, rightfully resented having to endure such conditions. The women rowers were beginning to catch colds and illness would negatively impact their performance. Ernst and two cohorts decided to stage a protest. They planned a daring action, wrote a 300-word statement, and contacted a reporter from The New York Times. On March 3, 1976, just before practice was scheduled to begin, nineteen members of the Yale University women's crew team marched into the office of the Director of Physical Education, Joni Barnett. Lined up in two military-style rows, the women stripped off their clothing to reveal the words "Title IX" inked onto their bare chests and backs. Ernst read her statement, including: "These are the bodies Yale is exploiting. On a day like today the ice freezes on this skin. Then we sit for half an hour as the ice melts and soaks through to meet the sweat that is soaking us from the inside. We sit for half an hour with the chills… half a dozen of us are sick now."
The New York Times ran the story ("Yale Women Protest a Lack of Crew's Showers") and the matter gained immediate attention. The university was shamed into urgent action; eight days after the protest, the women's trailer was made usable and Yale announced that it planned to build "a permanent locker room for the women similar to the one that the men crew members have" ("Yale's Women Crew Get Locker Room," The New York Times).
Someone forwarded me this in my email and I pitty the author of this piece, tsk tsk.......
Friday, 25 July 2003
I can die now. My life is complete. I have heard the latest sexbomb girls album in its entirety and now I have heard everything. My deepest thanks to my mom for choosing to live in a neighbourhood where the people are so 'giving' they will allow you to hear their cd collections for free,at 6 in the morning! every single fucking day! Oh you dont understand it do you? To wake up every single day to the sound of girls who are better off cheerleading than singing; to hear songs about pasta going up and down and sideways and what the hell does it all mean?!!; to hear the words laban and bawi in varying intensities e.g. la la la la la la labaan!! ba ba ba ba ba ba baweeee!!! LAAAABAAAAN! BAAAWIIII! AWWWW! AWWWWW! AWWWWW! YES! YES! AWWWWWWW! It is an experience you should not miss. It can serve both as an alarm clock and my ongoing experiment on the limits of human patience. I recommend it highly.
In the spirit of sharing, I will try-emphasis on try- to review the first single off the album. why only the first single? well, because I dont feel qualified to review the whole thing, that job is reserved for a music critic with a triple masters degree in philosophy, nuclear physics and forensic psychology;The album is that , dare i say it, PROFOUND.Actually, its beyond profound, its....its.... words fail me.
Here goes nothing. The title of the single i assume is 'spaghetti.'The title alone is pure genius. Spaghetti as we all know is a favorite among pinoys of all ages. The message the title is trying to send out is:the sexbomb girls are not only for kids but for all ages.
The song starts with a sound straight from a kiddie carousel or those old owner-type jeeps which plays muzak while parking or backing up. To the ninitiated ,this may mean a lack of imagination on the composers side but alas, the truth is, that intro is meant to appeal to our neotenic(?) urges. In a world filled with stress and anxiety , the intro lulls us into a trance and brings us back to feelings of childhood without worries. It hypnotises us into shedding our inhibitions; to be innocent and childlike once more. Subliminally preparing us for the wrath of the killer chorus.
Suddenly, a guy who suspiciously sounds like Joey de Leon starts counting from 5 to 8. Why the numbers 1 to 4 were left out is anybodys guess. It is one of the mysteries of this song that may never be unravelled, rivalling that of JFK's real killer.It could be part of the bible code.
This is then followed by the girls themselves screaming " Makinig kayo!" Obviously a paean to that very famous Marc Antony speech that goes like;
"Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears." this is the girls way of
introducing a bit of Shakespeare to their unsuspecting public.
There is no stopping the girls now.
Apir tayo ( give me five?) ( let us appear?) Sumakit ang ulo ko (my head aches) sumakit ang dibdib ko( my chest aches) sexbomb(3x) Apir tayo sumakit and bewang ko( My waist aches) sumakit ang tuhod ko(my knee aches) sexbomb(3x) The girls are obviously suffering from an existential kind of pain. It is a pain so deep it transcends both the physical and the metaphysical worlds. To give high fives while experiencing a severe form of arthritis and ulceritis is a metaphor for the superficiality of everyday living where outward appearances are more valued; where everything is based on 'pakikisama' even if inside you feel like being eaten alive by amoeba. As long as youre presentable and maintain a good, albeit hypocritical ,realtionship with everybody its okay even if you are suffering inside. oh the humanity!
Here goes the chorus: Spaghetting( still in their shakespearean mode of inventing words, the girls decide to make the italian word spaghetti a tagalog one by adding ING.) pababa pababa ng pababa( going down going down going down) spaghetting pataas pataas ng pataas( going up going up going up) this may sound like a tour guide of an elevator but it isnt. REALLY. Another metaphor for lifes little vissicitude, the girls are obviously referring to the circle of life you dense person you!whatever goes up must come down is what theyre trying to say. Life is but a cycle with high highs and low lows.The spaghetti theyre talking about is US! yes! you and me! Its about being boiled and cooked and overcooked.Its about being paired with cheese and hotdogs and other ingredients that are not supposed to be there. Its about being eaten! Its about being part of a society where everything is the same yet different. Its about being accepted even if youre too sweet or too sour or too spicy. Its about survival .its about adapting Its about LIFE.
Man, these girls and their songs are like the most complex things to ever come out of the pinoy music scene. Ive always thought Radiohead is the most cryptic band there is but now I know im wrong. I have been enlightened.
Listen and you will be, too.
Thank you,
Elaine Santillan
Leadership
"The Power of Leadership Storytelling"
By: Melissa Delin
Heroic Leadership Stories: A Hero For Daisy
Congress passed Title IX on May 22, as part of the Education Amendments of 1972, stating:
"no person in the U.S. shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, or denied benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving federal aid."
While Title IX was designed to provide equitable treatment of men and women in all aspects of education, it has gained particular notoriety in athletics.
Chris Ernst, a two-time Olympian rower, was captain of the Yale University women's crew team in 1976. She led a team of women who were hardy, fit, and wholly committed to their sport. Although women's crew had only been in existence at Yale since 1972, the team had already captured second place at the national championships in 1974 and third place in 1975.
The Yale University boathouse was not equipped with women's locker room facilities so the university made temporary provisions; during the 1974 and 1975 seasons, the women took post-practice showers in a trailer which lacked hot water and electricity. In 1976, the school provided the team with a new trailer, but dawdled in securing the proper zoning variances. When the men and women began outdoor practices at the Housatonic River in late February, the women's trailer's plumbing and electricity remained unconnected. After grueling early-morning practice sessions, the men took hot showers in their locker room, while the women were forced to wait on the bus with frozen hair, soaked clothes, and chilled bodies.
Ernst, along with her teammates, rightfully resented having to endure such conditions. The women rowers were beginning to catch colds and illness would negatively impact their performance. Ernst and two cohorts decided to stage a protest. They planned a daring action, wrote a 300-word statement, and contacted a reporter from The New York Times. On March 3, 1976, just before practice was scheduled to begin, nineteen members of the Yale University women's crew team marched into the office of the Director of Physical Education, Joni Barnett. Lined up in two military-style rows, the women stripped off their clothing to reveal the words "Title IX" inked onto their bare chests and backs. Ernst read her statement, including: "These are the bodies Yale is exploiting. On a day like today the ice freezes on this skin. Then we sit for half an hour as the ice melts and soaks through to meet the sweat that is soaking us from the inside. We sit for half an hour with the chills… half a dozen of us are sick now."
The New York Times ran the story ("Yale Women Protest a Lack of Crew's Showers") and the matter gained immediate attention. The university was shamed into urgent action; eight days after the protest, the women's trailer was made usable and Yale announced that it planned to build "a permanent locker room for the women similar to the one that the men crew members have" ("Yale's Women Crew Get Locker Room," The New York Times).
Thursday, September 04, 2003
Really Cool Phone!!!!
etaiwannews
Sony Ericsson to introduce three new handsets in Taiwan
New phones heavily focused on mobile gaming, the industry's 'next big thing,'
2003-09-04 / Taiwan News, Staff Reporter / By Marie Feliciano
An employee displays the new Sony Ericsson Z600 with a game controller attached. (Peter Mah, Taiwan News)
Handset vendor Sony Ericsson yesterday said it was banking on feature-rich mobile gaming, cool designs, and diverse applications to shore up its handset sales in Taiwan's fiercely contested mobile phone market.
The Japanese-Swedish venture said it expected its three newly launched consumer-oriented handsets - the Z600, Z200, and the T230 - to be its top revenue-generators in the last quarter of 2003.
In fact, the mobile phone provider said its fortunes had already been buoyed by T610 sales.
"The T610 is the top-selling model in Taiwan today," said Sony Ericsson (Taiwan) Senior Manager Silver Huang, showing off his stylish black-and-orange phone.
Over 10,000 units of the T610 model are being sold in Taiwan every month, Huang said.
Equipped with a built-in camera, the handset has a 65K color display, extensive picture-sharing options, mobile Internet, and multimedia text messaging applications. It also has a polyphonic ring tone - the latest ring tone technology that gives users more authentic tunes - and serves as an ideal mobile gaming platform, added the executive.
"It supports Java downloads, so you can grab the most compelling gaming packages into your handset," he continued.
The phone also supports Bluetooth wireless connectivity, allowing the gadget to communicate with other Bluetooth-equipped devices such as headsets, digital cameras, and notebooks, said Huang.
"Even its body is made from aluminum, not plastic," he said.
The Z600, which will be shipped into Taiwan in October, is the first clamshell mobile phone with complete imaging and messaging capabilities, said the official.
The hardware comes with QuickShare technology for imaging, messaging, and gaming. At a product demonstration yesterday, company officials showed that by pressing a couple of keys, an image could be taken. Press six more buttons and you could send the photo to a friend or family member, Huang added.
The handset, which has exchangeable front and back covers, also boasts of a second display that shows the following information: Caller ID, time, and network and battery status. Users could even create their own ring tones with Music DJ and a four-track music creation tool.
Since operators look at mobile gaming as the "next big thing," the Z600 comes with several embedded games including V-Rally2, a racing game for game consoles. Users who want a real game console experience could also get one of Sony's latest game console accessory, Gameboard EGB-10, said Huang.
The phone also supports the Mophun game engine, a gaming platform that allows end-users to download rich, real-time interactive games from the Internet. The engine is also integrated in the Sony Ericsson T300 and T310.
Another games-oriented phone from Sony Ericsson is the Z200. The handset supports 40 voices, delivering a sound quality that is ideal for gaming, said Huang.
Games such as Mini-golf, Alien Scum, and Honey Cave are pre-loaded into the handset. What makes the gaming experience remarkable is the force-feedback effect: Hit a virtual tree, and your phone will shake and vibrate.
Sony Ericsson's entry-level color phone, the T230, is also heavily focused on mobile gaming. Equipped with sound feedback and vibration for a realistic gaming experience, the T230 also uses the Mophun gaming engine and has a five-way navigation key to enhance play.
"You will only convince end users to buy your phones if you are offering them value for money," Huang said.
"The device should be packed with better technology, it should be easy to use, and it should come with value-added services such as game downloads."
The executive added that handsets with built-in cameras and color screens are the hottest items these days.
"The migration to color screens is inevitable," said Huang. "Those handsets have also become even more affordable."
He also boasted that Sony Ericsson recently released in Japan a 1.3 million-pixel camera phone, the S505i.
"The GSM camera phones that we have today only have 100,000 pixels. That's okay for multimedia services," he said.
"Our S505i, on the one hand, produces images that are so sharp and vivid that you could print them.
etaiwannews
Sony Ericsson to introduce three new handsets in Taiwan
New phones heavily focused on mobile gaming, the industry's 'next big thing,'
2003-09-04 / Taiwan News, Staff Reporter / By Marie Feliciano
An employee displays the new Sony Ericsson Z600 with a game controller attached. (Peter Mah, Taiwan News)
Handset vendor Sony Ericsson yesterday said it was banking on feature-rich mobile gaming, cool designs, and diverse applications to shore up its handset sales in Taiwan's fiercely contested mobile phone market.
The Japanese-Swedish venture said it expected its three newly launched consumer-oriented handsets - the Z600, Z200, and the T230 - to be its top revenue-generators in the last quarter of 2003.
In fact, the mobile phone provider said its fortunes had already been buoyed by T610 sales.
"The T610 is the top-selling model in Taiwan today," said Sony Ericsson (Taiwan) Senior Manager Silver Huang, showing off his stylish black-and-orange phone.
Over 10,000 units of the T610 model are being sold in Taiwan every month, Huang said.
Equipped with a built-in camera, the handset has a 65K color display, extensive picture-sharing options, mobile Internet, and multimedia text messaging applications. It also has a polyphonic ring tone - the latest ring tone technology that gives users more authentic tunes - and serves as an ideal mobile gaming platform, added the executive.
"It supports Java downloads, so you can grab the most compelling gaming packages into your handset," he continued.
The phone also supports Bluetooth wireless connectivity, allowing the gadget to communicate with other Bluetooth-equipped devices such as headsets, digital cameras, and notebooks, said Huang.
"Even its body is made from aluminum, not plastic," he said.
The Z600, which will be shipped into Taiwan in October, is the first clamshell mobile phone with complete imaging and messaging capabilities, said the official.
The hardware comes with QuickShare technology for imaging, messaging, and gaming. At a product demonstration yesterday, company officials showed that by pressing a couple of keys, an image could be taken. Press six more buttons and you could send the photo to a friend or family member, Huang added.
The handset, which has exchangeable front and back covers, also boasts of a second display that shows the following information: Caller ID, time, and network and battery status. Users could even create their own ring tones with Music DJ and a four-track music creation tool.
Since operators look at mobile gaming as the "next big thing," the Z600 comes with several embedded games including V-Rally2, a racing game for game consoles. Users who want a real game console experience could also get one of Sony's latest game console accessory, Gameboard EGB-10, said Huang.
The phone also supports the Mophun game engine, a gaming platform that allows end-users to download rich, real-time interactive games from the Internet. The engine is also integrated in the Sony Ericsson T300 and T310.
Another games-oriented phone from Sony Ericsson is the Z200. The handset supports 40 voices, delivering a sound quality that is ideal for gaming, said Huang.
Games such as Mini-golf, Alien Scum, and Honey Cave are pre-loaded into the handset. What makes the gaming experience remarkable is the force-feedback effect: Hit a virtual tree, and your phone will shake and vibrate.
Sony Ericsson's entry-level color phone, the T230, is also heavily focused on mobile gaming. Equipped with sound feedback and vibration for a realistic gaming experience, the T230 also uses the Mophun gaming engine and has a five-way navigation key to enhance play.
"You will only convince end users to buy your phones if you are offering them value for money," Huang said.
"The device should be packed with better technology, it should be easy to use, and it should come with value-added services such as game downloads."
The executive added that handsets with built-in cameras and color screens are the hottest items these days.
"The migration to color screens is inevitable," said Huang. "Those handsets have also become even more affordable."
He also boasted that Sony Ericsson recently released in Japan a 1.3 million-pixel camera phone, the S505i.
"The GSM camera phones that we have today only have 100,000 pixels. That's okay for multimedia services," he said.
"Our S505i, on the one hand, produces images that are so sharp and vivid that you could print them.
Monday, September 01, 2003
Becoming Rich
Everyone wanted to be rich and here's a site on how to really become rich.
richdad
Wish I could follow the steps of his rich dad even with just having a bs degree.
Everyone wanted to be rich and here's a site on how to really become rich.
richdad
Wish I could follow the steps of his rich dad even with just having a bs degree.
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