Stupid webhost put down my site!! I guess its time to go somewhere else. I've been freeloading with them for far too long. Hahaha...

Demmet. Got a lot of broken links to fix.

Urbandub is currently promoting their "Embrace" album so they'll be touring bars in Manila.

I wanted to catch them at the NU Rock Awards yesterday but I didn't have the time to go to Roxas. Instead I was at the mall watching 'Feels Like Heaven' (which I actually liked, in fairness to it). I also wanted to catch Urbandub at Capones in Makati later that evening but I don't know where that is and I'm not that enthusiastic when it comes to Makati. I said to myself, 'Don't worry, they'll be in Eastwood City tomorrow - thats your turf so you'll surely get to watch them tomorrow.'

But guess what?

Stupid Warcraft DOTA!! Urbandub's gig starts at 9 and its now 9:10 and I'm still playing DOTA. Why DOTA, why do you have to be so addictive?!

Tomorrow will be the last part of Embrace Tour. Urbandub will be in Mayrics España - which is sooooo out of my way. Demmet.

Haaaay Neil... Some dubista you are.

"What is the name of the latest Harry Potter book again?"

We've wasted 15 minutes of our lives trying to remember the subtitle of the latest book in the series.

"Harry Potter and the Seven Dwarves"
"Harry Potter and the Temple of Doom"
"Harry Potter and the Prince of Thieves"
"Harry Potter and... Robin? Forever?"

Hehehehe....

Oh google, what will we do without you.

Saw Harry Potter yesterday. I'm not a fan of the series but I don't hate it either.

The movie is actually nice but I do have one little comment... Why is it that everytime I watch Harry Potter movies, there's always a group of know-it-alls itching to tell the people around them that they've read the book and that they know more than the average Harry Potter fan. Some just have to give out the ending while some can't even refrain themselves from identifying all the characters in a certain scene.

"That guy is Someone E. Someone and that guy is Something B. Something and they were the ones who did this and that and oh... did you see that? That's this girl etc. etc."

I was once like that - even pretending to have read the book when in reality it was my sister who read it and she just happened to have told me the details.

Good thing I've grown out of that 'need to be noticed' phase. I'm now in the "hate those who are in the 'need to be noticed phase'" phase. Hehehe.

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My right toe still hurts.

I don't feel like going to work today. I just feel like eating, sleeping and wasting my life away.

I've got a splinter on my left foot thats buried too deep. I don't want to remove 'cause it hurts like hell when I try to.

Some weird insect bit the base of my right toe causing it to swell to the point where my nerves are not functioning right anymore.

My back hurts everytime I sleep. Its my fault it does since I was already diagnosed with dextroscoliosis and I haven't done anything yet to treat it.

Work is piling up at the office... again.

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I wonder why people tell me I'm cranky.

Come now, come...

I'll give you 10 bucks if you can tell me where I got that phrase. Hehe...

I've been sick the whole weekend so I had no choice but to lay in bed and watch this mid-90's drama series I've downloaded.

Talk about retro.

Anyway, I did like watching it - and no, I'm not telling what it is.

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Urbandub's new album should be out anytime now. Can't wait to get a copy of it.

I was cleaning up my bookshelves and found this worn-out notebook where I used to write down my journals. It was dated five years ago, before there were blogs...

CIRCA 2000, DBTC.

"Once Again, I find solace here in my ever trustworthy notebook. I was reading through my previous entries and I honestly don’t remember what it was I was talking about.

I remember the last poem I wrote. It was my ‘poetic’ suicide letter – which is not real incase you are wondering. I wrote it when I thought I was going to fail my Computer Programming test. Guess what… I didn’t fail at all. In fact, I got 51 out of 60 – quite high as a matter of fact.

Today I watched the Blair Witch Project. My friends and my siblings did not like it. I thought it was great. I sympathized with the Michael character. He’s ordinary and true. I’d probably act like him if I were with them. Also, call it fetish or whatever but I really like the idea of women who are insubordinate and men who sometimes gets scared. Nothing sexual here – I just like things going beyond the society’s norms.

I am scared of a lot of things yet I don’t let it show. Perhaps this is why I idolize men who can admit their fears. Yins and Yangs.

Last Wednesday, I submitted my term paper in Theology. My sister told me that my project was pathetic. Come to think of it, it really was. And alas, another reason to be angry at myself. Why didn’t I put much thought into it? Anyway, what’s done is done. I can’t change things now.

I was thinking of exercising the artistic side of my brain. I even opened the option of transferring to Fine Arts. Of course, my parents will surely be against it – and so will be the rational part of my brain.

This coming week is Finals Week and I haven’t reviewed anything at all. Well, I’ve already made up my mind – today, I’m just going to relax and prepare myself for review tomorrow.

It’s been a really long time since I’ve written something down on the journal. Just to sync up, I’m at the second semester of my third year in college. This means, a few months from now, I’ll be up another notch. But that isn’t as easy as it sounds – I’ll have to go through a lot of pain and discomfort to survive (like dealing with several unusual people, and not being able to watch my favorite TV shows! Ha, ha, ha… Poor me.)

My life sure is different. Some may feel envious of my status, some may think I live an easy life, ha, believe me… there’s nothing to be envious about here."

Time sure is fast.

Hey, welcome back Neil! Hahaha.. I'm back from a whole month of hibernation!

I once said that if ever I'm going to start blogging again, I'll try to make it a responsibility to keep it updated atleast in a weekly basis. Well, I did try - I never was the 'fighter' type anyway. Hehehe... I do love writing blogs. This has been my outlet for several years now and this has been working good for me. Sometimes, however, blogging really does become troublesome. There are times when I just don't feel like writing down the things in my mind but I don't want to NOT update my blogs - so during those times, blogging becomes, sort of, a burden.

Magpapalusot ka lang Neil, nagdrama ka pa... Hahaha...

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Hey JPs! Hows the US? Thanks for the keychain by the way! I haven't figured it out yet but I'm getting to it - I haven't read the manuals and I don't plan on doing so 'til this weekend, hehehe. I was able to set the time so I'm using it as a pocket watch for now.

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Ahaa... Someone's interested with my Tungsten T5! Hehehe... Sure no problem, I'll give you some advice regarding portable players. I bought my T5 for that sole purpose anyway. Hehehe.. Well, sir, to be honest, choosing the right gadget depends really on your needs. What are you looking for in a gadget? Do you want to use it mainly to view videos? Are you particular with other features such as WiFi, Bluetooth and such? If you want good video, I suggest you buy the iPaq rx47000 (or is it rz?) My friend Normzs bought one and WOW, the LCD display really is stunning! It has a 640 x 480 resolution and the colors are really crisp! I think this is the best LCD there is on a PDA so you may want to check it out also. Problem with this specific model is of course, the price. Quality does have a high toll. Hehehe...

As for my T5, it only costs half the iPaq and it serves its purpose. I have a WiFi card so I can go online with it. It has bluetooth, it plays MP3s, it has a good enough (416 MHz) processor, it has flash memory, it looks decent, its lightweight, and it looks good. The problems I have with it so far is that I hate the screen now that I've seen the iPaq rx4700's screen.

In conclusion, the T5 is good as an entry level PDA. Like most reviews said, It should have been the E2 - it shouldn't have been included in the high-end T series. If money is not a factor for you, go with the Lifedrive instead. Then again, it really is upto you. Some people say the Lifedrife is too bulky.

Good Luck on your shopping! Hey, by the way, would you be interested in buying mg T5 if I sold it to you? Hehehe...

I accidentally posted this post below on the Nightshift Assembly blog. Hahahha.. Sorry. They were all probably wondering what this was about. Next time I'll double-check before clicking on the PLUS sign in blogger.com.

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Blog in sleep mode. Haven't put in anything here since last week. Probably because of the heat. Can't think straight in this condition.

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It's summer and I'm complaining about the heat. Palibhasa I haven't gone to even a single summer outing yet. Our company outing got postponed - unfortunately, this time, I was really looking forward to it.

I need a vacation... I want to go to the beach.

It's so phacking hot! And guess what... it's raining here.

I've been watching Naruto over the weekend I have 131 episodes of it saved on my hard drive. It's really addictive even if I really don't understand what they're saying. It's subtitled by the way, not dubbed. I like the Filipino dubbed version though even if its corny. Atleast I can blink or look away and still follow the dialogue.

I like anime but I'm not a fan of it. I just got to watch some because of Danny, an old friend of mine from GT. He's the addict. He'll probably trade our friendship over anime. Hehehe..

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We're on morning shift once more! At long last! Two months of normal sleeping! Its nice that we're on morning shift this May. Sleeping at high noon is really really hard with the heat and all.

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My clone vanished.

I've been catching up on the Lost episodes. My officemate Allen shared her copy of Season 1 so, at last, I finally saw the first episode. What's cool about it is, I'm watching it through my Palm. Nice. I just love my gadgets. Norman had me download a software called SmartMovie - it is capable of playing XVID (DVD quality) AVIs specifically for mobile devices. My Tungsten suddenly became a portable DVD player without the DVDs and the wires and the bulk. I stocked up some movies on my 1GB MMC since 1 episode of LOST only takes up 50MB of disk space. I have the whole season of Lost, Princess Mononoke anime, and Liberated 2 saved on my MMC and I can watch it anytime I want.

Ang Yabang mo Neil! Hahaha... sorry about this. I just needed to boast about it.

Hahaha... I wanted to post responses to your comments on my previous entries but I decided to create this separate entry for that instead.

I'm back to my senses once again after a long gruesome week. As I read my previous posts, I said to myself: 'ang drama nga.' Hahaha... please do forgive me for that, it just so happened that for the week that went by, I really felt soooo alone. Nangyayari pala yun... For one week, everything went away and problems poured in all at the same time.

How would you feel if for one week, all these happened to you?

1. Your best friend and break buddy went out of town for vacation.
2. Another best friend went overseas for good.
3. Your new friend, with whom you decided to invest on, left you empty-handed for another friend.
4. Your ever-reliable PC was returned to the vendor for repairs and you will not get it back for a week.
5. The electricity and the lights on your bedroom suddenly decided to just go haywire leaving you miserable under the glow of a 10-watt lamp.
6. Something bad came up at work leaving you extremely busy.
7. You had to go to work on weekends doing stuff that you hate.
8. No one replied to your texts when you asked them if they were free for the weekend.
9. You have no one to talk to about your problems.
10. You had a fight with your parents about simple car problems.
11. You have no one to eat your lunch with. Either your other friends were absent or they've already eaten before your break.
12. A partridge in a pear tree... ay mali... wrong list...

Glad I was able to get through all that. No matter how strong I thought I was, its true that we all do falter sometimes. And last week was most certainly not my week.

Andrama naman dito. It's getting boring. Hahaha... Let's go for a commercial break first.

Greyhoundz' new single is out. It's been a long time since I last listened to music of this category.

'Bat ka ba nagpapasunog sa sarili mong apoy? Kapit ng mahigpit, wag kang bumitaw.'

Such inspirational words behind such angry music. I miss moshing. It has been 3 since my last mosh. Don't know if I can carry myself anymore.

I was able to patch up the relationship I broke up yesterday. Although, however I may dress up the wounds, its scars will always be there.

What happened yesterday got me thinking - Am I investing on the right people? I've been giving them all my time and attention but during the times when I needed them the most, I had to exert effort just to get them to comfort me. If I needed to give out something first, I would have instead paid a prostitute to give me pretentious affections, false flattering and shallow physical satisfaction. Honestly, that would have cheered me up better.

I'm not referring to all of my friends here. Someone at the office offered to listen, which is what I needed that time. Some, even when far away, would get out of their way just to go online and chat with me. An old friend, who I lost contact with over the months, made an effort to ask me how I was doing over dinner and beer. Even you took time to read my posts. Perhaps I'm really investing on the wrong set of people.

As for my recuperating relationship, after we fixed things up yesterday, I was told, "I will make it up to you." Problem is, I'm the type of person who doesn't forgive and forget easily. Like with most patient people, we don't get hurt easily but once we do get hurt, our shields will be up 200 percent.

I don't get it also. I've got a loving family. My father is not a drunkard and my mother doesn't have vices either. My siblings aren't problematic and our family is somehow 'well to do.' We're not burried in debts, we have no enemies. I have a nice and stable job and I have a little extra money to cater my luxuries. I'm surrounded by great friends - not that close, but close enough. I've got a lifestyle that others envy. Above all these, why do I always feel sad?

Like what I once told a friend, I don't have 'inborn' problems so I usually make my own dramas. And just this morning, I made a terrible mistake that I'm now regretting. I don't know why I did it but it surely made me miserable today. No, I haven't killed anyone yet, but I did kill a good relationship. I really am sorry I did that and now I don't know what to do next.

Have you ever terminated a relationship? 'Relationship' doesn't necessarily mean 'romance' so no, I'm not talking about getting busted. This morning, I closed my doors to a good friend of mine - I have my reasons but now I'm thinking my reasons were shallow. I can't undo what I did... I can apologize but I think that would just do nothing. I can open up my doors again, but the problem is, no one will be on the other side anymore.

I won't be going to work tonight. I filed a vacation leave to sleep the day away.

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Josh and Allen are addicted to the Bejeweled 2 installed on my Tungsten. They keep on topping each other's scores and I kinda got hooked to it as well. Hahaha... They finally surpassed my 500,000 points benchmark.

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This way to Neil.

Just follow the arrows and you'll see the biggest moron there is.

I think its over now. I'm done with it and I don't care anymore. Hehehe... and I'm talking nonesense nonsense (ayan na po, hahaha). In the future, if incase I read this little post I made, I'll probably say to myself, what the hell was I thinking doing that.

Hmmm... Friendster now has its own web logs. Too bad they chose to create their own instead of supporting RSS feeds. It took me days to configure my blogger feeds just to have it displayed on my user profile in Friendster. I didn't succeed in doing that and I've wasted so much time in it. Now they've set up their own blogs. Hmmm... I created an account there but I have no plans to update that YET. I don't want to copy and paste all the stuff that I write here to that either, but hey, might as well keep that URL secured.

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It's really hot. It's really hard to sleep at noon if you don't have air conditioning - which I don't have. Good thing we're changing shifts next month. I'll still have time to enjoy the summer.

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I try hard not to let it show but incase this certain someone still haven't noticed it yet, I'm also getting tired of having to make things work out smoothly between the two of us. Might as well forget it and move on.

Hehehe.. this is nothing, just a little something out of my random episodes.

I'm a very possessive monster. I tend to get jealous easily. This is one of the many things that I need to change - if I keep this up, I'll probably end up with nothing to be jealous about at all.

My PC is busted again so I'm using my sister's while she is away. I just bought that stupid thing last December and I had it serviced twice already. I'm not going to buy that specific brand anymore. Cheap is really cheap indeed.

Norman is currently enjoying his vacation somewhere out there. I wish I was too. I'm planning to take a leave on Friday just to gather my thoughts, I've been much stressed lately and I need to unwind a little. I'll probably go out with my old friends just to have something different to talk about aside from work. I miss Corinne at times like this. Hehehe...

I already asked Ken out this Saturday. It's been a while since we last talked so there's going to be a lot of catching up to do. Sure hope we're still friends after what I did to him. Hehehe... Anyway, I heard he has plans to get married sometime next year. Time sure is fast and I'm really getting old.

I saw 'Samara' yesterday. I saw it because I have nothing else to watch. As of yesterday, it official, I really am not a fan of creepy Japanese-style horror flicks. Watch Hide and Seek instead if I were you.

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It’s been a very busy week at the office. I've got my shot at being an 'assuming' leader while balancing my other responsibilities on my fingertips. It was fun though. I get to boss people around. Hahaha...

I didn't know that I was a control freak, but come to think of it, the signs were showing before... my laziness was just overriding it.

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I know you don't know this, but the more I avoid you, the more I want to see you... musta na kaw?

I'm tired of getting hurt.

Corinne, one of my very bestest friends, will be leaving for Indonesia today. I'm sad because I never got to see her one last time. I spoke with her last night and she said she probably won't come back here again. It's sad because it was my fault that I didn't bother returning her calls until it was too late. Well, like the song goes... you don't know what you got until it’s gone. Waaaa, I'll surely miss our storytelling sessions over the phone, our almost nightly gimmicks back then, your controversial mishaps, and everything else in between. It’s sad but it’s not the end of the world. I know our path will cross again in the future. With her 'kakulitan', I just know. You will be missed, Ms. Hebron.

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Warranty excludes damages from acts of God. Yep, that is what my new toy's warranty said. If God just suddenly wanted to strike lightning at my new toy, I'm done for.

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My super proxy, Enan, just made my day. I was browsing my friends list in Friendster and guess what; he had his name changed to 'stupidlout' as well. Hehehe... Nice. Just hope he doesn't turn up like Robert De Niro in Hide and Seek. Hahaha...

Speaking of Hide and Seek, I've been getting a lot of mood swings lately. Hala... Schizophrenic self-proclaimed genius? I think I saw this in a movie once. Hehehe...

Its all crap.

I've been busy lately with my new toy. I bought a new Tungsten T5 WiFi Edition and I've been setting it up for the past few days. I've set up a wireless network at the office as well to test it out. Now I won't be eating for 1 year just to pay for this. Hehehe...

I'm happy with my new toy.
I'm happy at the office again. I've just been paranoid over some stuff before. So if you have noticed, some texts were removed from my previous posts. Haha...

I'm happy with my friends. Yep, that includes you and all the people keeping me company even just through simple YM messages (especially this someone in particular. Hahaha. Joke lang. Chismis.)

Happy, happy, joy, joy.

Natatandaan mo ba kagabi
Apat na oras tayong nagbabad sa telepono
Inabutan na tayo ng umaga no'n
Ngunit bakit ngayon, malamig ka bigla
Magdamag na sa tabi mo, wala man lang "hello"

Hello, hello, hello
Naririnig mo pa ba ako?
Kung wala na tayo sa telepono
'Pag nandito na tayo sa tunay na mundo
Hello, 'di na kita naiintindihan
Malabo na ba ang linya sa ating dalawa
Hello, gising ka pa kaya?
Hello, nahihilo na ako sa 'yo

Tuwing gabi 'pag nagriring ang telepono
Ikaw ang naiisip ko
Tumawag ka, tumawag ka
O, please tumawag ka naman
Dahil kailangan lang marinig ang boses mo

O, ngayong gabi, managinip
Managinip ulit tayo sa sarili nating mundo

Telepono - Sugarfree

Like the characters on this series I'm watching, I too am LOST. Did you know that the hobbit, Merry is in this series? Doesn't look anything like a hobbit at all. Hehehe...

Pope John Paul II died sometime this morning. I remembered Norman asking me: "May sakit si Pope John Paul II, nalulungkot ka?"

Hehehe...

Sure hope the pope's soul is resting peacefully in heaven.

I was supposed to study today - but I left my manuals at the office. Wise.

The number of people that I'm comfortable with is growing thinner by the second. I don't like what's happening at the office anymore. Although I'm not directly affected by what's going on, still, I can't stop myself from thinking about what will happen in the future.

- Some text missing. -

Probably it's also time for me to grow up.

On the lighter side of things, I've got something to be happy about. Loosing old friends gave me the opportunity to gain new friends - hmmm... well 1 new friend actually. And no, it's not my eye candy, unfortunately; it's actually some guy - "Aha, sabi na nga ba bading ka Neil e." Hehehe. Well, it's okay; it's hard to get good friends these days anyway.

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I spoke with JP just before I published this. Once again, thanks JPs for the advice. The anger I had when I was typing the message above seems to have subsided greatly.

Norms has a new watch. Flip will be buying a PDA anytime soon. Pam will be venturing new places. Enan has a nice new toy dogi.

I've got a new eye candy as well... and I'm trying not to be too obvious. Hehehe...

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My Windows crashes whenever I try to view DVDs, so much for the porn DVDs I borrowed. Haha... Kidding.

There is this new TV series showing in AXN called LOST. I was intrigued by its trialers and teasers so I was looking forward to seeing it. I turned on the tv this morning and saw the rerun of its second episode. Demmet. Didn't know it had began already. Pissed off, I'm now downloading its season one from the net - Thanks to file sharing technologies.

Saw a trailer of CSI: NY as well. One more show to look forward to.

I'm feeling quite weak. Will you comfort and forgive me?

This is a line from one of my favorite songs from Collective Soul. Right now, this is the perfect statement that can describe the mood I'm in right now. I'm feeling quite weak. I always try not to show it but I really do feel weak especially when it comes to emotions. May it be love, pride, self-consciousness, name it... I'm slow at it. Well, I'm still young, inexperienced, and I'm not perfect - I make mistakes and I'm sorry. Will you comfort and forgive me?

Naks, drama ba? Hahaha... To the people I have offended and to those that I may offend in the future due to my stupidity and incapabilities, this one is for you.

There’s improvement at the office. We're finally updated. It is nice to be back on track again.

Today is Holy Thursday. People will be walking towards Antipolo for their vigil. This means some roads will be closed later - well, good luck to me then.

Spongecola's KLSP has been playing over and over on my play list. It has a nice tune and I'm actually feeling KLSP from two specific people at the moment. Hehe... Romance and stalking tendencies, such a nice combination.

No updates.

Not in the mood for one. Not thinking straight these past few days. Wonder why.

finding love

Got a YM spam saying...

"...believe in LOVE, LIFE and YOURSELF!" It had a clip of a rhino and a dog singing to some pop jungle tune. A little corny actually but since it came from someone I really like, it made me believe in LOVE, LIFE and MYSELF. Hahaha.. Cheesy.

Crushes, infatuation and admiration.

Do you remember getting those small little uppers when seeing your crush back in high school? When you had to be good at something then so that you'll get noticed by the one you admire? I really can't say this for myself because I went to an exclusive school for boys; but anyway, you do get what I mean, right? When you desire for the attention of another person, you tend to improve yourself to make a good impression. You'll always look clean so that you'll be pleasant to look at. You'll always try to be smart so that they'll know you'll have a bright future ahead of you. You'll try to do the right things hoping that the one you admire will notice you and will be impressed.

Although all these may just be due to infatuation, don't you think that it’s better to stay this way? You get your high just by seeing your eye-candy and at the same you get the chance to improve yourself.

Usually, when a couple becomes a couple, the next step in their relationship is to adjust themselves to accept their partner's negative aspects. They will begin to accept each other the way they really are. Although this really depends on one's character, there will be a little less effort once you're there.

For most couples I know, they were at their best before they became couples.

What a lonely world I live in.

The Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys Mysteries: The Case of the Missing Boss.

Ate mich and I are on a special mission. We've had our eyes set to look out for any clues that would lead us to the discovery of the missing boss. Could it be possible that he was kidnapped? Or did he just vanished into thin air? Does innocent little sweet girl have anything to do with it? Join us in our adventure to reveal the mystery behind the case of the missing boss.

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Hmmmm... Little red riding hood needs a scarlet letter A hung around her neck.

Happy, happy, joy, joy.

Is there a way to bring back innocence?

Why does it have to be that everytime I find someone disciplined or someone with good conduct, it would have something to do with not being Roman Catholic. "Ah, kaya pala... born again sya." or "Kaya pala mabait si ganto, Iglesia kasi." Are we Roman Catholics really that bad that we are being stereotyped as the 'lost flock'? We Roman Catholics don't even have to have morals and values to be one. As if its understandable that it is the Roman Catholics who would tend to do evil deeds.

I've got friends that are Baptists, Iglesia ni Kristo, and Born Again. But I don't really care.

Had the longest conversations yesterday.

I had a long talk with Norman about what’s there to expect in the future. We spoke of our goals, our love life and everything else serious. Welcome to the joys of quarter-life transition. I've already spent a quarter of my life and I'm now thinking of how I'll be spending the rest of it.

I had a long talk with JP, about my insecurities and about how at times, the proudest of the proud, do feel self-pity and get emotionally unstable. I let loose of everything I had on my shoulders and I vented out all the anger that kept me from sleeping soundly. It’s nice to have somebody that is not so perfect give you the best advice there is.

I had a long talk with JosephE, an old acquaintance from Don Bosco. I spoke of things that I don't normally speak of with other people. We talked of things that would help us both in our career and we spoke of how we dealt with things after we lost contact for almost 10 years.

I had a long talk with Enan, a newbie at the office. We don't usually talk to each other so conversing with him for a few minutes is long enough. We just talked nonsense. We spoke of nothing important. That made me realize that talking nonsense sometimes does make my day. It reminded me of how not to be so conscious of my disturbed surroundings and to just enjoy the moment.

PLDT, my provider, is almost always down. This is getting annoying.

Every two months, our team's schedule rotates from the late night shift, to the early night shift, and finally, to the morning shift. Starting last Monday, shifts rotated again, placing us at the early night shift slot.

I like this shift a lot. I get to leave early and I don't need to worry about cleaning up the mess. I sure hope that these next two months will just go by unnoticed and problem-free. Although I like the 'gone in 60 seconds' routine I'm doing right now, I'm still eagerly anticipating our normal morning shift.

There had been a lot of changes at work since the transition. The controversial couple is at it again, I'm meeting new friends, new groups are being formed, and the work load is actually getting less.

Now that I've mentioned it, yes, the controversial couple seems to be at it again. When the cat is away, the mice come out to mingle and make love. I really do hope that they know what they're doing. Personally, I don't really care about what they do but it’s just that, last night, my work got affected because of their 'misplaced' priorities. Tsk, tsk, tsk... I sure hope that this wouldn't happen again or I'll have to intrude.

The Delta Team is almost complete. Their TL is already present; however, she's still undergoing training. Good Luck to her.

The noobs are not so bad at all. There's a noob that's scary, a noob that’s quiet, a noob that’s queer, a noob that’s cool, and there's even a noob that’s capable of replacing the 'bibo'-est of the 'bibo'-es. Hahaha... No civilized word can actually describe that so I'll just stick with 'bibo.'

Anyway, so far, no one has breached their boundaries yet. Everyone's good... well except probably for a certain rust-color-haired boy who deserved to be taught a lesson for linking me with Ate Mich. Hahaha... Kidding.

It's 7:00pm. I'm off to work. Can't be late anymore. hehehe.. Good thing the Internet connection is back up again.

Found out that there were a few noobs at the office playing MMORPGs aside from me and Jps.. Unfortunately, they're doing it in text mode. Wow, text based MMORPGs... thats hardcore! But sorry, its not my style.

Music tag? Hmmm.. I'll play along too..

Random 10
Set your player on shuffle, or on random play, or whatever. What are the first ten songs that play?

1. Hang - Matchbox20
2. Breathing - Lifehouse
3. River Constantine - Jars of Clay
4. Daffodil Lament - Cranberries
5. These Days - Bamboo
6. King of Pain - Alanis Morissette
7. Sige - 6 Cycle Mind
8. All at Sea - Jamie Cullum
9. Comforter Has Come - Jars of Clay
10. He (Acoustic) - Jars of Clay


Total amount of music:

This is hard. On what unit should I base this on? CDs, Albums, GBs? Hmm.. When I like the music - I buy the Album so all in all, I have a whole cabinet of 100+ tapes, 40+ original audio CDs and more or less 5GB of archived MP3s.

Last CD you bought?

The last CD I bought was Bamboo and Cambio. However, my latest CDs were actually not bought but were instead given to me as a gift last Christmas - Sandwich (Thanks to the Moon's Gravitational Pull) and Sugarfree (Dramachine).

Last song you listened to before this message:
I just went to the Jars of Clay concert last night so the last song I listened to would be Tea and Sympathy since that was their final act.

5 songs you listen to a lot and mean a lot to you:

Cradle of Amber - Ending theme from the anime "Rave." This song reminds me of someone special that I miss so much. Hu, hu, hu...
No Such Thing - John Mayer
Breathing - Lifehouse
Wherever you will go - The Calling
Me - Paula Cole

Wait! I have a sixth!

Passenger Seat - Stephen Speaks

...NOW I'M SAD! DEMMET JP!

Who are the three people you're going to pass this stick to?

None! My music loving friends don't have blogs. Probably Mark Terrado, my sister, Shane, and Aleng.

I went to the Jars of Clay concert last night. It was such a great experience. They played all the songs I love and they revamped some old tunes which I now love even better. Hope they come back again soon.

See you at the Jars of Clay concert!

Yesterday was a happy day. Didn't had time to post an entry here - dozed off as soon as I got home. Our contracts were distributed and we learned of our 2004 Performance Incentive cash bonus and of our salary increase. Although its not that high, I'm happy to have gotten one to begin with.

Today is a happy day. Had my free follow up checkup from the dermatologist and had a few more warts zapped. My face is again full of black spots but I'm happy still. Didn't get any hard cases today and I was able to go home early because of the low call volume. Had a massage from blind masseurs and had my daily dose of white choco mocha.

Today is a happy day. Nickelodeon's showing a Spongebob Squarepants marathon.

Today is a happy day but Monday will be a happier day.

RSS or Really Simple Syndication is a way (or protocol) to post feeds, which im my case - my blogs, directly to websites that supports it.

Friendster's RSS feature really sucks. Tried two ways to add my feeds to my profile and both failed. This whole RSS and Atom stuff is really confusing for a noob like me. Better give it a rest.

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At last, 3 PM. I can finally wash my face. He, he, he..

I went to the dermatologist this afternoon to have my warts removed. They suggested that I have a diamond peel the next time I come back for follow-up treatments. Sure, whatever that means. The woman doing the analysis was so charming that she fooled me into taking almost all of their skin care packages. Did a facial, had my warts removed and took home 3 different kinds of facial ointments. Vain.

Face full of black spots not washable for atleast 24 more hours.

Phase 1 one of self improvement - success.

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Eye candies getting better. Eye candies becoming close.

I can't make my RSS feed work on my friendster account. I've been trying this since this morning but upto now, I don't see anything different with my friendster profile. They should impove their FAQs, I don't even know how it should look like after adding an RSS feed.

Its easy to say 'I love you' even if you don't mean it.

I'm tired. I need to rest.

Went on another drinking session with my officemates last night. Rom texted me at round 10:30 in the evening asking me to join them in Papajeks along the Marikina River. The first time I went there, I rode a tricycle whose driver easily pointed me to the right direction. This time, I went there with the Revo, alone and unsure of the directions. It took me an hour to get there which should have only taken 30 mins. Well, anyway, I'm used to getting lost so that experience is nothing new.

I went home last night tipsy. I was still capable of driving but once I was at my bed, the alcohol set in. I dozed off and woke up 12 hours later.

Survivor Palau's fast. Three people were voted off in just one episode. I was a fan of this series before but since they stopped showing this on AXN, I kinda stopped watching also. Just saw a few episodes every now and then.



The price of unjust judgement. Good thing Angie remained - I'm rooting for this goth girl. I'm guessing we'll still be seeing the first two survivors voted off in the future.

I hate family gatherings. The minute I came out of my bedroom this morning, my mother (tag-teamed with my grandmother) barked orders non-stop. Do this, and that, hustle, hustle! This was because some of our relatives would be visiting us this afternoon. I hate family gatherings. I said to myself, Neil, you've got to get out there ASAP! Too bad my mom knows me too well, "Neil, stay. They will want to see you." Too bad.

Yey for holidays. There is a US holiday coming up this Monday so that means we will have a long weekend ahead of us.

I've just been to the mall with Norman where we saw the movie Constantine. Its a nice movie but its NOT that nice - its sort of just like any other ordinary comic-come-silverscreen movie like Blade and the others, but this time, they've added a spooky feel to it. It now meddles with faith, religion, and the occult. Nothing that controversial and nothing that interesting but the storyline will keep you listening during the duration of the movie. But take note, only during the duration of the movie, nothing to talk about afterwards except probably for your favorite action scene or perhaps for the dialogue that you didn't catch since Keanu Reeves has this low-tone voice that is sometimes hard to understand. Anyway, Bush's Gavin Rossdale is in the movie and angel Gabriel looked good in all his/her scenes - he/she's like a model on a magazine photoshoot.

All in all, money's not wasted on it. Watch it and judge it yourself.

Long weekend ahead, drinking session tomorrow.

Eye candies still good. Eye candies getting more interesting.

Thinking of Dieting. I want to be desirable again (as if I was before!)

Eye Candies. Can't seem to get enough of them.

Ha, 5 days in a row! I guess I really am back. Now if only I can make myself visible again...

I'm tired. Last night, I assisted some noobs with setting up their stuff, I served as a telephone operator for my colleagues, and I've got tons of chores to finish that are still left unfinished.

Joseph Garcia, an old friend, IMed me earlier. He was my batchmate in Trend Micro but he left just a few months after our training due to some personal reasons. He IMed me earlier saying that he is now working again in the same building as ours. He now works for IBM as some sort of server product specialist. Well, good for him. But if you were to ask my opinion, he shouldn't have left Trend that early. I sure am glad I didn't - I wouldn't be typing this with my laptop if I did.

*Lightning crashes, followed by a loud booming voice: "YOU BOASTFUL JERK."

The newbies are actually cool. Most of them actually know what they're doing. I just hope that they don't escalate much in the future.

I'm tired. And I'm not happy.

I've got this horrendous headache. It really hurts so bad that it scares the hell out of me. Its been going on since last night - I'm not really sure though how it started but its really bugging me enough that I wasn't able to work properly because of it. I'll have this checked up once I fall unconscious on the floor.

Last night was a busy night. People swarmed the grounds of Eastwood which is very unusual for a Monday evening. Everyone seems happy walking hand in hand with their partners, faking smiles as if their relationsips were perfect. Well, atleast there is a day in a year where lovers are happy with what they have.

I was listening to NU 107 on my way to the office and the VJ, Dylan, if I remember correctly, said that she was wearing an all black ensemble as a protest to the hype that valentines bring. I'm wearing red but I don't care about valentines. Red looks good on me. Hahaha.. such nonsense.

Anyway, Happy Valentines day to y'all.

It is sweet old Valentine's day once more and I really don't care that much about it. Its not because I have no one to share it with - it is because even before, I try not to be so overly enthusiastic about events like this. For me, valentines happens everyday when you are inlove and there is not that much difference in the love that you show during Valentines day than in ordinary days. Well, yes, Valentines day does give you a reason to show your affection to your partner, but then again, you don't need reasons to show love to begin with. I don't have anything against celebrating Valentine's day, infact, if this day could bring you very much closer to your partner, then by all means, enjoy it.

Speaking of showing love... I'll be watching the concert of Jars of Clay on March 2 entitled 'Show you love.'

I'm back blogging again.

I'm currently using Tri-isys' web space. I used to have an account with them and I stopped using their services a few months ago since I transfered to a different provider.

So now, I’m wondering how this site could still be up and running. Well since its here, its free, it has FTP and it has no banners, then why would I not use it? Ha, ha, ha. Perhaps this service is actually free.

Haven't slept for almost 24 hours. I can't sleep and I haven't got anywhere to go - both online and offline.

Was in the mall earlier listening to San Miguel's live orchestra rehearsing their pieces at the event grounds. People were piling up along the hallways, curious at what was happening. However, only a few actually stayed to listen. Most of them scurried to the cinema, where they will be waiting for Piolo Pascual's Fan's day event to begin.

I'm addicted to Starbuck's Iced white chocolate mocha... it tastes even better if topped with extra caramel drizzle. Yum...

I just cleaned up my IE's bookmarks and I was surprised to see that the Nightshift Assembly's group blog is still alive. Kudos to JPs' perseverance for that.

I'm tired of playing Tantra Online.

I miss my GT friends and I wonder how everyone else is doing now.