one DAPSILOG please!!!

id like to believe that being a Mafia is not that hard. you can be on your own, when you start to manipulate people with the extreme power and resources given to you. lets take for instance the case of a friend who experienced the power of this beast, getting what he wants, living you lifeless when you oppose him.

benevolent assimilation - this is the method he is using. u wont even know that its there, uve been attacked without a warning, ur only choice is to move away or kiss his ass, and of course u wont be doing the latter. uve lost the battle, lost the resources, while the beast is laughing. he will even allow u to kiss his ring, yet tomorrow ul be dead.

no imagination - the difference between a human and this beast is that this one does not have an imagination to really look at what is more important, shallow, brain dead and a total sucker. this Don wants to prove that he is the best, considering that the only person he leads is himself, his capones and strikers are not convinced about his power. he is nothing really when you take away his people.

ruthless - since the Don is the real beast, he wouldnt care about anything, he would like to be protected all the time, but he does not know how to protect others, in fact, he is the one causing damage to people. he will hire someone to kill his own relative, in that way he is off the hook. he can kill u with a knife on your throat, he can use shoot a gun in your face, he doesnt care about anyone. he is living for himself.

i realized that the beast is everywhere, he or she maybe someone u know, ur neighbor, ur boss or a complete stranger. no matter how stuck u are, u gotta live with them, u gotta survive or they will eat u alive. beware of this people who wants to buy ur own soul, trust me they are just around u.

hinde lang siguro ako ang excited na mapanood ang movie na 2012, na pinagbibidahan ni  John Cusack, Danny Glover, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Thandie Newton and a whole lot more. i know that you have seen the first teaser trailer showing a gigantic tsunami over Himalayas, at dahil dyan maraming kuro kuro ang nabubuo sa makontrobersyang pelikulang ito. hinde ko masasabeng science ang paborito kong subject pero pag heavenly bodies ang pinag uusapan, naamaze ako sa mga posibleng mangyari. the story is about the galactic alignment that will lead to earth's doomsday, gravitational pull that could misplace the positioning of the heavenly bodies and geomagnetic reversal that could create a massive solar flare (na inintroduce na sa movie ni nicholas cage na Knowing). i think they based the movie on the Mayan calendar supporting Nostradamus and Jenkins speculation/hypotheses about this phenomenon.

some would call it as the end of days. with these overflowing inputs about the end of the world, gumawa pa sila ng study about that. Eschatology, yan ang tawag nila. ang mga matuturing na skolar sa pag-aaral na to ay hanggang ngayon tumutuklas pa rin ng ibat ibang reperensya to support their studies. naku ang saket sa ulo, pero para saken, no intelligent mind can predict when its gonna happen. it will put all of us in surprise. well, we will find out if chika lang yang 2012 na yan, parang millenium bug. at sa tradisyon ng mga pinoy na nakukuha pang tumawa sa panahon ng sakuna, makukuha pa kaya ng ilan na kumuha ng picture habang lumalaglag ang fireballs from heaven? hahaa, nakakatawang isipin, but giving it some serious thoughts, we dont know when it will happen, how and who we are with pag nangyari un. baka hinde na rin naten makasama ang pamilya naten lalo na kung nasa trabaho tayo ng time na un. naiisip mo rin ba, what is the survival's ratio if ever may mabubuhay during that time. sino sino naman ung mapapalad na un if ever, wahehe teka nadadala ako ng mapaglaro kong isip.

if ever totoo man un, we still have 2 more years to do our shits diba so pwede na, hehee. but seriously ill watch this, dahil tingen ko meron ng tatabla sa record ng Titanic. Kaya pumila ka na sa pinakamalapit na sinehan sa Nov. 13, 2009, oist reserba mo ko ah!

This alternative group has a better understanding of what a good music is, they are able to leverage the quality of music with an outstanding artistry. Dishwalla’s hit songs like Home, Every little thing, Once in a while, Opaline etc. keeps playing on my ears these past few days. indeed, Dishwalla rocks…hats off in making good songs that traverses to the soul.

Last weekend has been rough for me, things happen unexpectedly. If theres any consolation, my psp has come to life. Oh yeah after the tragic Ondoy, i was told by the technician from Gogadgets that the board is for replacement, it would be impractical for me to continue with the offer with the price he estimated. so i told myself let me back up a little and think if ill be selling this instead. shit happens yesterday, got to go somewhere else, my brother and i went to greenhills main where trading and selling is like mayhem. so i found this small store, “Brutos” (sounds like Popeye’s Brutus, heheh) technician offered to check first the unit, try to repair and if not then he can consider buying my psp parts. sounds like a good offer at first, but when he told me that it’ll cost me PHP1.5k i thought that its overpricing comparing it with Pinoypsps, anyhow i let him do his stuff, for as long as the unit will work then no problem for me. and so he did, he replaced some small parts on the board, and after 30 minutes of waiting, my psp is back. as my brother say that “business is business” we are now faced with marketing strategies like offering upgrade to higher firmware, changing the rubber of X button, changing LCD film cuz of the remnants on the screen, install games blah blah all some sorts of tweaking that will cost me much. i just dont get it when stores are selling downloaded games like P50 pesos each, i mean what the hell, they should package it for free, since they do not patent it, they are also the voracious users of the internet. In the end i have my repaired psp with firmware version 5.00 M-33 that wont require me to use UMD anymore, which is a power saving technique for me.

so as they say that even if shit happens, something really good can come out. i just hope that all the shits will soon end.

Saturday. I went to Gogadgets in Gilmore to have a look at my PSP. This gadget of mine got flooded by Ondoy, though I know the chances that it might not work or cannot be repaired, I still need closure so I can sell the accessories of it.

It feels nice seeing the same route again, the memories when Im still working at K-pointe, came back, of course this time a bit different; the LRT station of Santolan to Recto smells like shit, and that is due to tons of garbage under the Marcos Highway bridge due to the typhoon Ondoy. Im perplexed to see the remnants of it. The dust are everywhere around the Santolan LRT station. I can now imagine what this place has gone through. I remember my share of sentiments surviving Ondoy and hoping not to ever encounter that same situation again.

When I get there it took the technician almost 2 hours of checking which part could possibly causing the failure why my PSP screen is not turning on. A lot of cleanup, trial and error, isolation or parts and still to no avail. He concluded that the board is worn out. Replacement might cost PHP4,000, wherein you can add thousands more to it then you buy a brand new PSP-3000. However I told myself not to buy PSP within this year. Surprisingly, I have the hunch of a possible outcome, I easily accepted the idea of losing my PSP and looking forward of selling the parts and its accessories. After Ondoy I realized that you could lose any material stuff at one snap, much more with losing your life and the lives of your loved-ones.

Ondoy and Pepeng taught us a great realization. We become cautious, sensible and appreciative of what we truly have. We become thankful of the small things, of being able to spend time with our family. Courage and cooperation arises during tough times cuz we become one nation. We become religiously inclined and uplifted our personal relation to God. We become human and we learn to live.

even the greatest player, MJ himself, could not escape the controversy of cigarette smoking in San Francisco. The city happens to absolutely hate "smoking" and this happens to be MJ's favorite habit when playing golf. PGA received a letter from the Recreation and Park general manager Phil Ginsburg, reminding the entire team not to smoke since its illegal.

Anyone can get out of it with $100 fine, so I'm thinking Jordan could smoke enough to give the entire city cancer and he would still be fine.

twas only recently when we tried Stackers in Eastwood Libis, where I ordered the cheeseburger and caramel sundae. i like the burger and will try the rest of it, it tastes like roasted but the American cheese is a lot noticeable. As for the sundae, hmm so-so cuz its like a typical caramel sundae from a food-chain. its nice that Stackers got a branch here in Libis, cuz for someone like me who works here in Libis, we are wanting to have more food choices.

we tried this last saturday, the same day i got stranded. so technically this is the last food i had before ako magutom ng husto, heheh. we all have our "first-time" -- so first time ko sa Stackers at the same time, first time ko ding ma stranded...perfect combination. :P

Sept 26,2009. I am one of the many who got stranded by this typhoon Ondoy, where East Rizal is declared to be in state of calamity. The sudden flow of water is now being compared to a flash flood that hits Marikina, Cainta, Taytay, Antipolo and other cities nearby.

It was a humbling, scary, life-threatening situation for me. Mahirap sumugod sa baha ng nag-iisa, kaya kinailangan ko ng supporta ng ibang taong tutulong saken papunta dun. It started at around 1:00pm when we walked from Floodway going towards Ever-Junction, kung saan hanggang bewang ang baha. The struggle began when we are about to pass St. Joseph subdivision, dun malakas ang agos ng tubig, the pressure from the creeks inside the village is too much to handle. I am one of the many who attempted to pass, almost die after maanod, but some good samaritans assisted you and keep you alive. I owe my life to God and to the people He used to save me.

We decided to stay in the 2nd floor of a commercial building waiting for any form of rescue or at least mapababa ang tubig baha. Wala kameng makaen dun, walang tubig, wala ring maayos na matutulugan, basa ang gamit, mabuti na lang ang matibay ang phone ko para makacontact sa bahay at ipaalam na ok ako. When I heard my mom's voice, dun ako bumigay...I cried and very scared about the near death experience, I'm like an inch to death. Im scared that my family is not ready when it happens.

The cliche na makabitaw sa lubid is deadly, dahil once it happened, mamimili ka na lang ng kababagsakan mo: manhole or pasig river. Isnt it ironic that in times of trouble, parang napakadali nateng makipag communicate with strangers...dahil at the end of the day, sila ang kasama naten sa hirap, we feel the exact same trauma. I met Paulo, Bryce, Aloha and Lany and we share the same sentiment about this disaster. Lahat din kame ay galing sa trabaho. Sa panahon kase na wala kayong gagawin kundi mag antay, magiging napaka interesanteng makinig sa kwento ng buhay ng ibang tao....dahil baka sila rin ang huli mong makita at makasama.

Sunday na ng sumubok ulet kameng magpunta sa Ever Gotesco mall dahil hinde namen alam kung kelan dadating ang rescue or kung meron pa ba talagang dadating ganitong short na rin sa pagkaen. Ang pangalawang attempt ay masasabe kong mahirap, pero naisip ko kung hinde namen susubukan hinde namen malalaman kung kame ay nagtagumpay. With God's grace, nakalagpas na nga kame sa malakas na agos sa St. Joseph subdivision at tumungo na ng Ever mall kung saan mas maraming tao ang nakatigil duon. Tingen ko more than 200 people ata ang naka stay dun, sa pag aakala kong may makakainan, saka naman nagsara ang Chowking at Savory dahil ubos na rin ang pagkaen. Nagmamaktol na ang sikmura ko kasama na rin ng puyat dahil hinde ka naman talaga makakatulog sa ganung sitwasyon. Nararamdaman ko na ang paghina ng mga binti ko at iniisip ko kung makakatagal ba ako ng isa pang gabi na gutom at walang makakaen. Nagdecide ako lakarin kahit hanggang dibdib na baha papuntang Junction, sa awa ng Dyos at ng ilang good samaritans, kame ay nakaalpas. Gabi na ng makarating ako ng Antipolo. I appreciate my nice dinner, nice bath and a sound sleep. Its as if i miss home. Now i appreciate life more because I know that the reason why I wanna rush home is because there are people who cares for me. Thank God for another life to live to tell meaningful stories like this.

Sa lahat ng ito, may mga bagay akong natutunan kay Ondoy:

- Ang tunay na pagtulong ay walang presyong katapat. Hinde mo kelangan ibalandra ang pangalan mo sa tv para masabeng "makatao" ka.

- More rescue boats, more people we can save. Dapat mas marami ang bilang ng taong ililigtas at hinde dapat marami ang security troops sa isang boat.

- Invest in life vests. Napansin ko na sa lahat ng mga nag rescue, ni isa walang vest.

- Trust your hunch. Kung hinde mo kaya ang baha, wag ka ng sumuong pa. Stay somewhere safe.

- Give up material stuff. Value your life more.

- Go Green. Let us empower tree planting, we owe a lot from our nature.

- Love the people around you everyday, you will never know if you still see them around.

- Above anything else, pray because you cannot help yourself without Him.

Kaya para sayo Ondoy, wag ka na sanang bumalik pa, salamat sa yong pagdaan dahil marami kang alaalang maiiwan sa amen.

Sept 22, 2009 is the third blogcon session that features the makers of TunaynaLalake where we get to meet the contributors of this kwelang site. its clear that this group gets an accidental fame, they do not intend to make money out of their blog, they would just like to expose the kulitan publicly, and like me, they do not know whats going to happen with their blogsite, 5 years from now. the jargons they have on their website is very much like them, the website is their reflections, just being corroborated.

in this fast paced world, hard bounded books are converted to ebooks. contents are the same if u are lucky to get the full copy of it, and some are readily available in the internet. here are the ones i have collected, im currently reading Blink by Malcolm Gladwell.

And of course if you are a sydney sheldon fan, here are some goodies that you might like:

- Tell me your dreams

- If Tomorrow comes

- The sands of time

- A stranger in the mirror

Happy reading!!!