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DISCLAIMER: First of all, I did not submit this to Freeman. A friend who works there read this and asked if they could publish it. Who was I to refuse right? :)

If you haven't read the whole story...click this LINK. It was my blog entry last June 17, 2008. :)

JOBS i can never have...

I'm bad with directions so I can never be a:

a. Delivery boy
b. Taxi Driver
c. Messenger



*I could be a jeepney driver because I'll only be following one route. :)

I get grossed out easily so I can never be a:

a. Doctor

b. Garbage Collector
c. Embalmer
d. Sewage maintenance pesonnel
e. Janitor that cleans CRs

I have absolutely no talent in drawing and structure so I can never be a:

a. Carpenter
b. Architect
c. Painter
d. Construction Worker

WHAT I WANNA BE BUT CAN'T...

1.) I want to be in Showbiz as a/an a.) artista b.) production assistant c.) segment producer d.) scriptwriter e.) researcher

...but yes I really do wanna be an artista and when I become sexy and beautiful already, I'll quit showbiz na. haha...just wanna take advantage of the free Vicky Belo experience.



2.) A fashion designer, i wanna be one but can't because hellooooooo---talent??

3.) Chef--i wanna be one but I don't know how to cook!!!

WHAT I WANNA BE, CAN BE, BUT WON'T DO IT FOR A LIVING

1.) Yaya! Because I love kids...but I won't do it for a living because obviously....I need to live also. hehe



2.) Photographer...because its just too expensive and there are sooo many freelance photographers already. But I really wanna be one...because I love photography...

3.) Professional blogger!!! Hehe....Just blog and earn! Wouldn't do it forever though because that is just way tooo boring. :)


How about you?

What are the jobs that you can never have?

Who ever expected this would happen to PANAY...

When you're safe and ok, and you find out that your family is not THAT ok, what do you do? When Frank hit Cebu, we WERE ok here. I even went to soccer practice with my neighbors despite the strong winds. But we were good. No major floods. No water shortage. Just some fluctuation in the electricity but no blackout or whatsoever happened.

So when I found out (thanks to technology) through the blog of Ms. Titil yesterday about what happened in Iloilo, I was alarmed. I also read the bulletin post of my Aklanon friend who is now in the States about how bad it was in Aklan. I did not get any messages from my family because they were too busy taking care of everything there, what with everything that was happening.

So I texted my brother and asked him if he was ok (because he was in Iloilo). He said he was but that our house in Kalibo was not. I tried calling dad and mom but I couldn't get through. It would just ring once and I would get cut off. I was also thinking maybe they were low bat because there was no electricity. Finally I received a message from my dad.

"We're ok here. But we are all living like refugees in the second floor of our house. The 8FT flood ruined our 1st floor including our appliances. Two of our neighbors are staying with us because there houses were flooded up to the roof. No water. No electricity. Goods are sold on black market prices. A mineral water bottle that would usually cost P20 now cost P80. We just ate 1 day expired bread. No mass was celebrated at the church yesterday because it was flooded by 6FT."

And because there was no electricity, they couldn't widthraw from the ATM.

How would you feel? What would you do? I had a lot of questions in my mind. How did it happen. That was unusual in Kalibo. It never happened to Kalibo. 8FT??? HOW?

I was here. I was ok.

Good thing I got my comission. I went to the grocery and bought whatever it was that I could buy...rice, water, canned goods, noodles...even potato chips for my dad (which he requested). Our church here in Cebu also helped and they would send the goods together with mine via freight to Kalibo. We are trying to send as many as we can because my family will also be sharing it to other members of our church who's experiencing worst things than my family is experiencing right now.

I still did not know how it happened. And now after reading San's blog, I finally understood. All of Panay experienced it. Many others lost their homes. It is a great thing that my family is safe--I know they could survive the water and food shortage for now. I really do hope my supplies get to them in time.

I don't know when electricity and water will be restored...and when prices would go back to normal...but til then, let us all pray for Panay so that despite the calamity that they underwent, they would still rise up from it and be able to move on.

Let the blessings come and flow to those who need it. For all of us here who are safe and well sheltered, prayers would be our best form of help.

To those who were concerened, offered comforting text messages, for those who even offered cash (thanks...but maybe next time, I got it covered for now..hehe), for my friends in the church and my Nomads friends in Ramos who actually went to the grocery with me and carried the box of supplies---in behalf of my family, A MILLION THANKS.

Bagyo nasad sa Cebu...

Kahinudmdom ko sa una, imo ko gihatagan ug payong. Ingon ka dili ka ganahan na magpauwan ko. Kahibaw man gud ka na tapulan jud ko mag-dala og payong. Hasulan ko. Bug-at sa bag. Kadaghan naman nahitabo na magdala kog payong nya moundang ug uwan. Pero ingon man ka dili ka ganahan mabasa ko sa uwan kay masakit nya ko. Ug sa tanan, dili gyud ka ganahang masakit ko.

Kahinumdom gyud kong mutext ka nako sa una kung mouwan..."O, ayaw kalimti ug dala imong payong ha..." Bisag dili pa ko ganahan, ako nalang dad-on. Ingon man ka. Patuo man ko nimo.

Pilang uwana napud ko naprotektahan sa payong nga imong gihatag. Payter sad diay magdala no kay dili man diay grabe kahasul. Mas hasul ang mabasa. Labi nag layo2 ka pag baktason.

Pero sa pag-abot sa usa sa pinaka kusog nga bagyo diri sa amu-a, naguba ang payong na imong gihatag. Kato pagyung panahuna. Kato pagyung grabe jud kaayo ang bagyo. Naghuwat kong makadawat ug text gikan nimo na dili ko magpabasa...pero wala gyuy naabot.

Nahuman nalang katong bagyo...wala gyud koy nadunggan nimo.

Guba na ang payong na imong gihatag uy, dili nimo pulihan? Niingon ka, palit nalang kog bag-o.

In-ana ra kasayon.

Ganahan bya ko ato. Kato gyud unta akong paborito sa tanan. Gikan gud to nimo. Pero ingon man ka, ilisan na to nako. Ako nang ilisan? Tinuod ka?

Hinuon bisag ganahan pa ko na kato lang gihapon ang gamiton...guba naman. Wala gihapon pulos. Dili gihapon magamit.

Hangtod karon, wala gihapon ko nakapalit ug bag-o. Pero naanad naman sad ko na mu-sulong sa uwan. Wa paka naabot sa akong kinabuhi, in-ani na gyud ko. Anad mabasa. Anad mauwanan.

Usahay makahuna2 sad ko, mopalit nalang gyud kaha kog bag-o sah? Pero dili lang sa tingali...Unya na...

Kinsa nasad kaha imong gipalitan ug payong noh? Sigurado jud ko na dili gyud to siya mauwanan. Dili gyud to mabasa. Dili gyud to masakit.

Sigurado jud ko ana.

Palihog kog ingon niya na ampingan iyang payong ha? Lisod na ug maguba sad pareho sa ako.

Makatilaw nya siya sa bagyong natilawan nako...

This is what happens when you're almost married to the PC...

Help me breathe easier...

I
DROWN
with too much

i s o l a t i o n.

Too MUCH breathing space...

SUFFOCATES me.



f l y m e t o
y o u . . .


and REMEMBER the times.



LOST.

find ME.




i need to breathe.
i need to live.


I should stop facing the computer.
i SHOULD get a life.
makabuang--moULI nako doh!

Practice witing lang...hehe

The final ray of the sun cast a long shadow as it quietly submerged itself into the sea. Alas, it is time for me to search my prey. To scourge the earth for the perfect bride for the night.

I can already feel it...porcelain neck smooth as silk...the thought just makes me shiver with pure delight.

Dark night after dark night, I pleasure myself with the sweetest juice this earth has to offer. From queens, to peasants, to high class city bit**es. The cream of the crop...French, English, Asians...oh sweet little Asians...Their caramel necks just bring utmost delight.

And then there was Carmella. Beautiful little Carmella with that horrid hibiscus tucked behind her left ear all the time. I don't know if she knew that she smiled in her sleep. She always did. My night is never complete without me looking at her, unaware, wandering peacefully in dreamland. Sometimes I wonder if I enter her dreams too. Can I also be the reason behind her smile?

It was dark and cold on the night that I found her...I was hungry...famished actually! I was ready to gobble up the little jumping bunnies in the forest but I stopped myself...Nothing but the best of Eve's descendants for the best of Adam's.

And that's when I saw soft pink curtains billowing from a small window. I licked my lips and knew that I have found my prey. I quietly jumped and within a split second, I was invisibly staring at the most peculiar thing that I have seen in my entire immortal life.

I saw her, lying on her belly, clutching a pencil, furiously writing something. But what blew me away were here eyes. Her large brown eyes that were brimming with bitter tears. Those were the saddest pair of eyes I have ever seen. I peered at the piece of paper that she was writing on…Sad, sad words…It had words that I did not understand… “Love”, “Betrayal”, “Broken Heart”…

And she just did not stop crying! I did not know what to do. I just stared at her…my thirst peculiarly vanished. Not until she was asleep was I able to come near her. A pink hibiscus clumsily fell from her hair. The piece of paper she was writing on was now wrinkled and blotted with her tears.

I was afraid to touch her. Afraid to cause her more pain than what she has gone through with the person she was writing that letter to. I was prepared to just leave, it was almost sunrise…and then I saw her smile.

Since then, I always went to her before I secluded into my own dark isolation. She was the only one I spared. For what reasons? I do not know.

All I know is that every time I see her, I am overwhelmed by a feeling that I didn’t know I was capable of feeling. I just wanted to protect her from whatever it was that caused her to shed all those tears that night.

And yes, perhaps, above all else…I wanted to protect her from myself.

And so I went on with it…every night…until her hair grew white and her wrinkles showed. It was always that same smile when she slept…And still that same sadness whenever I caughther awake. One time I caught her gazing outside her window, was she still thinking of that person she was writing to? I never saw her with anyone else. I only saw her with me…

Until I never saw her again. I thought it was just gonna be one of those nights…But all I saw was a neatly made bed with hibiscus flowers scattered all over her bed…

I grieved that night. Howled louder than the lycans.

Now, I spare no one. I have learned my lesson.

I am a vampire. No mortal should ever make me feel that way again.

I was tagged by joharra :) (SEE IF I TAGGED YOU)

RULES:
A. People who have been tagged must write their answers on their blogs and replace any question they dislike with a new question formulated by themselves. Tag 8 people. Those who are tagged cannot refuse.

B. These 8 people must state who they were tagged by. You cannot tag the person who tagged you. Continue this game by sending this to 8 other people.

(joharra tagged me.)

1. What or who do you like best in American Idol?
Simone Cowell. :D--me too! andthe AUDITIONS!!!!

2. What do you miss most?
my kapetes

3. What are you supposed to be doing right now?
its lunch break so whatver it is that im doing right now is fine.

4. What was the last movie you watched?
sa moviehouse? when love begins...hehehe

5. What is one thing you wished you knew how to do?
play sports so that i'd be sporty! :(

6. What do you like doing the most?
blogging! reading, watching dvds, shopping, going to the beach

7. What's your favorite sport?
i wish i could play flagfootball, soccer and basketball...hehe

8. What is one thing most people didn't know about you?
people don't know A LOT of things about me...hehe (despite being such a lifeblogger...hehe. its not always what it seems guys)

9. What are you eating right now?
none

10.What was your section when you were in Grade 1?
wala man...basta afternoon class ko

11. Is being tagged fun?
yup :)

12. Have you learned something new today?
not much

13. What do you want to own right now?

a LAPTOP, an mp3 memory with big memory (doesn't matter what brand),a stylus fone! hehe
14. What kind of person do you think the person who tagged you is?

Joharra? I used to call her baby before because baby man jud kaayo siya oi. Having read her blog entries though, I can see that she's actually very deep. I love her photos also. Sometimes we can relate to each other through our blogs.

15. Are you looking forward to anything?
ummm....its nice to always look forward to something..magthink nya ko.

16. What's your favorite C2 flavor?
tropical fruits

17. Would you give your all in a relationship?
i hope i won't

18. When was the last time you got starstruck?
when i last saw richard gutierez, michelle madrigal at LOFT last sinulog. hehehe

19. What type of friends do you like?
who'd be there despite my very complex moods and personality...crazy but deep...

20. What was the title of the song you last listened to?
Desperate People by Hillsong United

I tag:

1. MAWMAW
2. WAWAH
3. DANI!!!
4. BRO!
5. NO GENEDER XXX :)
6. BAI FILZ
7. YBE
8. SETTE

Happy Independence Day?

If I was going to be a student again under Sir Nimrod Quiñones, I’d probably be having a blast answering one of his daily current events tests. I do not know though if Sir Nimmy would consider this as “test worthy” but here are the current events that had boggled my mind these past few days:

The death of Rudy Fernandez has been inevitable but still shocking. We have been hearing all sorts of updates about his sickness for the past year and we even saw pictures of Senator Jinggoy and Senator Bong visiting him in the hospital. But thinking that he’s Rudy Fernandez, “Da Boy”, many of us thought at the back of our minds that he would survive it. Who could imagine “Da Boy” actually looking weak and eventually dying? I guess that macho image of his will never be erased in our minds despite the weak, frail and dead RF that he is now.

And then there’s the alleged abduction of Ces Drilon and two TV Crew by the Abus. Scaaaaaaaaaarrrry! This is Ces Drilon we are talking about here! THE Ces Drilon! It’s almost as shocking as abducting Korina Sanchez or Kris Aquino! If it is true, it’s scary that the Abus are trying to portray a message that EVERYONE is vulnerable to them. As of press time, they said that it is not yet definite if she was really indeed kidnapped because no ransom has been demanded yet.

If Ces was really abducted, and if she gets out alive (and I do hope and pray that she does), I’m pretty sure that ABS CBN will turn her into some kind of hero and then Ces might write a book about her experience and Claudine Baretto might then portray her as they turn her life story into a movie. Diba?

In sports news, the Celtics-Lakers game has been really driving me and my officemates crazy as we are currently equally divided in terms of “patronage”. Care, Judith and me are pro Lakers, while Noel, Bong and Bastiene are pro Celtics. It’s crazy. Lakers just won yesterday so the standing is now 2:1. I’m scared. I feel that Celtics will win. L In fairness, I don’t really like watching basketball, but it’s my duty to Wawah to update her about it, so might as well enjoy it. Hehe.

I’m really feeling the harsh realities of our weakening economy now. Regular jeepney fair is now P6.50, gas prices are soaring high and even shocking was the increase in rice. What is happening to the world???

(Di nalang ko magrice oi para ang greater population ang maka benefit. Diet bitaw ko. Haha.)

Losing weight and losing money (NGANO MAHAL MAN MAGDIET OI?!)

So last weekend, I ate lechon for two straight days. Friday because we went to an inauguration of the UV HRM building and Ms. Korina Sanchez was there. And then last Saturday was the birthday of Care Bear, so we went to Portofino. BOTH days we ate the sinfully delicious LECHON.



To top that off, I just recently found out that I gained 9lbs due to the eating sprees I had with my now (temporarily) absent kapetes.



So last Sunday, I made a conscious effort to lose weight--or at least start eating healthy. After mass, I went to Robinson's to buy food that would help me jump start my weight loss program. I went to the grocery and bought these stuff:



And here's how much I paid for it, including a small bottle of shampoo and a small tube of conditioner.



For some of you guys, this might not be expensive. But for ME, a minimum salary receiver taxi freak, IT IS POCKET DRAINING! To tell you honestly, it consumed 3/4 of my remaining money--so you do the MATH people. hahaha.

Then I had lunch--so I was feeling in the zone about my diet thingy so I decided to buy the small fruit salad they sold at Thirsty and shawarma from Leylams (which i think is healthy-ish coz of the tomatoes? stowpid. haha) and guess how much I spent for it all? P110! I could have eaten a 2pc chicken meal at Jolibbee for that price already! My gally its so mahal jud to be on a diet.



Ngano mahal man? Pwede di nalang ko mukaon para mudaot ko, makasave pajud kog money...hahah. (Ofcors im kidding.) So anyway, now at the office, I had to put a note on my "diet food" because the people here are too comfortable with each other so much so that they just get food in the fridge whenever they want to. hehe.




But yah know, I have to if I want to live longer (--and fit into the clothes that I'm dying to buy, but can't coz I'm also on a diet, and dieting is expensive for me, which explains why I can't afford to shop right now, which is also kinda good coz I can't shop while I diet so my concentration will be on the dieting part--am i making sense?).

BRO! I know you commented on my friendster picture (na naka 2pc geng!) where ACCORDING TO YOU I looked slimmer. Watch out. I AM MOTIVATED to reach that body again! That was only 2 years ago you know. So I can do it. Hehehe.

KINSA NAHAN MU-JOG KUYOG TA NA! hehe.

See you next year, wah. =) (highly documented for you maw...hehe)

I've been saying a lot of goodbyes lately so I guess its just better to program your mind so that instead of saying goodbye, you just have to say, "see you soon!" (Learned that from mawmaw).

Backtrack a bit, as some of you might know now, I spent my summer with two wonderful ka-petes: Mawmaw and Wawah. Maw already left last week and it was kinda dramatic so when it was Wah's time to go, kalma nalang mi.

Well, there wasn't enough time for drama anyway because last night, we (or atleast SHE) was very busy packing. We started with going to SM to buy some last minute stuff before she left--you know like toiletries that would last for 9 months! Yep, 9 months. So you can just imagine how bloody the packing was.

Let the pictures speak for itself.

*My first assignment was to sort the toiletries from the medicine. =)

*Wawah's stuff

*65 million jackets and longsleeves coz its cold in Alaska wah sah?

*OK! Break sah. Time for dinner. Guess what's up for the "LAST SUPPER?"
***

NOTE: I've eaten so much Chinese food this past two months and guess what, we all gained weight. Wawah gained 15lbs and I gained 9lbs! hhaha. Kaw maw pila imong nagain?

*Judith fitting Wah's pants that she'll use for work. Sus kanang karsunisa PAGKADUGAYA bya gyud namo nahuman ana.

*First pa ni. Then gihabwa ni kay bug-at ra, then gibalik nasad, then gihabwa nasad then gibalik nasad hangtod sa gikapoy na si mikerly... =(

*I wrote her name and address on her bagtag because she assumed my handwriting was ok, unfortunately----hahaha, sorry to disappoint you wah! Atleast makaabot jud ug Alaska akong handwriting!

*Kal (wah's bro) was also helping out wawah with her techy needs. (Sorry couldn't help in that area)

*Tita C and her never ending moral support. =) Ofcourse do not forget the medicine good for 9 mos c/o Tita C.

* Iyang kinakusgan na jacket

* The most helpful of all: genggirl & gengboy! we just goofed around and took pictures the whole time. (and eventually fell asleep...sorry wah wasn't much help, told you i wouldn't help you...im so not good with packing. hadlok ko maka-sah. haha)

* Wawah so worn out already.... =(
Mangatug sa ta wah...
(Unfortunately, she was nauseous the whole time and wasn't able to sleep well, hinuon sad we only had 2 hours to sleep...tsktsktsk)

*THIS IS THE MOMENT

*On our way to the airport...

*Last PICTURE! Kay after 9 mos pa bya ta next magkita wah. (Wawah hubag mata, way katug...)

*Last glimpse at Wawah (so paparazzi-ish)

*Guess its just gonna be Tita C and me on our way back... Padung nami ani work. =(

Well you know wah, I guess I already had my peace with you leaving. So don't worry bout me too much, no tears were shed....YET. Hehe. Just take care, I'm praying for you and Mawmaw. Whenever its too cold or too lonely out there, just remember that diri pud sa Cebu, nagyawyaw sad ko na init na ayo kay dili na aircon akong katulgan. hahaha. bitaw wah, maw, you guys, i know you will be fine. Do not forget me ha.

I'll keep you posted. :) Balitaan ta mo kung kinsa madaog sa PBB, kung magbalik ba si Heart ug Echo ug kung kinsa pang mga mamalhin ug channel. Promise. :)

So see you when I see you. =)