Here's to trying...

Murag si Teban na wala si Goliat.
Murag si Budoy nga naupaw.
Murag barbeque nga walay puso.
Murag Sunsilk na walay Creamsilk.
Murag Skycable nga walay RCTV ch. 36 (suuus plugging juuuud!)
Murag radyo nga walay Roch Herbal Capsule nga commercial.
Murag tambayan nga walay Redhorse.
Murag videoke nga walay mokanta ug "Crazy for you" o "My Way".
Murag skina nga walay Jolibbee or BDO.
Murag USC-TC nga walay nagtsinelas.
Murag ginabot nga way Sparkle.
Murag Sto. Niño Church nga waly gabaligya'g kandila sa gawas.
Murag balut nga way asin ug suka.
Murag Pasko nga walay mangaroling sa jeep.
Murag internet nga walay Youtube, Friendster, Multiply ug Facebook.
Murag nilarga ug Boracay nga wa nagdala ug camera.
Murag cellphone nga walay load nya 1 bar pagyud ang batt.
Murag banda nga nagtukar nga wala gyuy nasul-ob ug itom.
Murag Eraserheads nga wala si Ellie.
Murag ABS CBN nga walay Wowwowee.
Murag Colon nga walay tindahan sa mga Insik.
Murag Holy Week nga walay taw sa Bantayan.
Murag dakong selebrasyon nga walay letchon.
Murag advertising agency nga walay mahuyang (or Gay). (Naa ba?)
Murag guitarista nga di kamao motukar ug "Leaving on a jetplane".
Murag Sunstar nga wala gyud bisag usang dagway ni Gov.
Murag JS Prom nga walay punch.
Murag eskwelahan nga waly "Old Maid" nga maestra.
Murag pinoy comedy nga salida nga walay manganta ug manayaw.

Murag in-ana.

Kuwang.
Lahi.
Weird.

Murag ako nga wala ______________________________________.

Sa makatubag lang! :)

Kamo naa moy madugang aning "Murag ________ na wala'y/dili _____________"?

Searching for my muse (AGAIN)

I had to be cameramanNA again this morning in an Aboitiz presscon because Mr. Bong "Sam Milby" Aller was sick with fever. Well, you know how presscons go. You see people from all the media establishments, you have polite talk, eat, ask questions and whatever.

When I was just about to pack up the camera, I heard someone calling my name. When I checked out to see who it was, it was Ms. Mayen Angbetic-Tan. I thought she had a Healthwise question (she's the host for our show, Healthwise) but I was quite surprised when she asked me a totally un-RCTV question.

Mayen: Queenie here is asking why you stopped writing for The Freeman.
Manna: Hi Ma'am! Lagi writer's block ma'am uy.
Queenie: Sige na you wirte. I liked the one you wrote about the mermaid.
Manna: Haha. Lagi ma'am, mura man to siya'g out of place sa The Freeman oi. Shock gani ko gi coverstory ninyo.
Queenie: Its for the young readers man sad. You write pa.
Manna: Sa ako raman tong blog ma'am. Nakit-an ra ni Jen. Sige lang ma'am try lang ko suwat balik. =) I'm happy you liked what I wrote.


Mainspire man sad ta ana oi. Haha. So far The Freeman has published three of my blog entries:

1. The Vampire












2. Payong
3. Major Mermaid Rant

I'm actually very flattered that they thought it was worthy of their space. Sometimes I wonder where I got the inspiration to write those stuff because now I cannot seem to come up with anything decent. Oh well.

Hay I hope I find my muse again. (Not because I want another entry published in The Freeman, but you know, for my own personal satisfaction.)

The MANna who can't be moved

I know its the title of a song that talks about a guy who camped in a busy street with a picture of a girl clutched in his hand asking people if they saw the girl to tell her that he was waiting for her. Pretty extreme measure huh? Well its a funny (in a cute way) song but in this entry, I'm definitely not gonna be talking about me trying to do the exact same thing.

As a matter of fact I am doing the opposite. If you've seen at the top of my site, there's a widget that say's "I am invincible." Well I know no one is invincible. Not unless you're a God...but chances for that too are pretty slim.

All I'm saying is, at this point of my life, I'm tired of being vulnerable to every little thingiemajiggy that life throws at me. So I'm sort of making it my mantra. I'm the invincible Manna. The Manna that can't be moved.

Actually my parents also have a similar mantra. "I am not moved by what I see, I am not moved by what I hear, I am not moved by what I feel. I'm lifting everything up to God."

It's my way of toughening up my act and despite a few slips, it has worked pretty great for me. If things don't go the way I plan to, its not gonna be a big deal anymore. Its tiring to waste my time and energy on things that I no longer have conrtol of so why bother?

I have my God. I have my stars. I have myself.

So whatever it is that life plans to throw at me again, I only have three words to say.

BRING. IT. ON.

Theories

Do you know that in one way or another we are all scientists? Each of us come up with our own personal theories and conclusions that we believe in so much that we think that they are universal facts already.

"Ayay, wa nasad nanagad. Suko lagi to nako."
"For sure gisaway nasad ato akong sanina, pwerte man jud niyang tutok gud."
"Magbuwag najud mi ani. 30 mins na wa pa nireply sa akong text ay."
"Nindot ni na day ron kay nakatug kog tarong gabii."


My friends always tease me for my "theories"...or as a co-worker would like to say, "Hypothesis nasad na nimo mans??"

But hey we are all guilty of it. In my case, I just blurt it out. Some would kill themselves first before they even admit it. But I guess we are all gifted with "scientist" minds that always come up with theories and conclusions about the most mundane stuff.

Pero theory ra na nako. Basin para ninyo, gabuot2 ra ko. Haha. Whatever.

*thinkingaloud*

system error

Whoever thought of that Clusivol tagline was brilliant: "Sa panahon ngayon, bawal magkasakit."

I've lost my voice, I have cough and colds, my head throbs 70% of the time, I can't sleep, and to top all of that, I think even the simplest form of medication nowadays even makes my wallet sicker.

I hate being sick.

I wonder if my 42 days (and counting) without rice has got something to do with it.

So last night...

RCTV private anniversary party. Simple pero makapagaw. Hehe.

Well, there won't be a "5&Alive" if it weren't for these guys. With the resources that we have, we've done the impossible. Good job everyone. :) Last trabaho nalang tonight. 80-TV at Formo. :)

You know its really bad when...

1.) You go to the office on weekends because you do not have anything better to do at home.

2.) You look forward to cheesy soap operas on weeknights.

3.) You stop buying load because you don't get any texts, or you only buy load because you need it for work.

4.) You start downloading movies to put in your ipod just in case there would be nothing good on tv on days when you're just home.

5.) You take your time in reading a paperback novel because you've read everything else and you can't afford to buy a new one any time soon.

6.) You look forward to going to the supermarket because its that one time that you're out of your house aside from work.

7.) You buy a big fluffy pillow because finally, sleep is now a luxury you can afford because you've stopped going out.

8.) On nights you do go out, you already get tipsy drinking half a glass of margarita.

9.) You start looking forward to Mondays because finally, you coud start working out your vocal chords again--a body organ you havent been using for 2 days.

10.) You panic when there's a holiday because you know you get restless when you don't do anything, and you know that on that particular day, there will be nothing to do.

Love of work minus love life minus social life minus budget equals to MYLIFE.

And yeah, believe it or not, I got a big check on my 1-10 list because I've done all of that.

But you know what, its not that bad. Its not great, but its not bad. :)