there's more to life than that

"Up to the Twentieth Century, reality was everything humans could touch, smell, see, and hear. Since the initial publication of the chart of the electromagnetic spectrum, humans have learned that what they can touch, smell, see, and hear is less than one-millionth of reality."

Incubus - New Skin

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While searching for the video of Incubus' New Skin, the "Ten Stories of Greatness" advertisement from Globe Tattoo came up. For some reason, the first 5 seconds of the ad got my attention so I let it play and watched the entirety of it. I can't believe I'd say this, but, okay... yes, it was actually good. You got me watching a commercial.

The YugaTech guy is featured in that video. At first, I hated him with a passion. I hated how he can be cocky with his posts and I hated how he seems to be giving-off a self-righteous vibe that shouts "I've made all the right choices in life. Look at my new car." I also hate the way he construct his sentences. Haha... But despite that, you've got to admit that he has indeed come a long way with his accomplishments. I just wish he'd stop boasting too much about material things. If he becomes a little bit more humble, I'm sure he'd be a great inspiration to many, including me.

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"Fallacious cognitions,
spewed from televisions,
do mold our decisions.
So-stop-and-take-a-look-and-you'll-see-what I see...... na...aaaw..eee.e.ee.eee.eee..."

Yes, I know how to talk guitar.

fixed

Finally fixed the embedded YouTube videos to display properly on mobile devices. Had to manually use iFrames for it. Stupid Blogger editor can't seem to do it right on its own.

suspense and murder

During our yearly check-up, the doctor read my blood pressure as 140/100. I don't really know what that means but he said that it's bad if I get the same readings after three consecutive days. Although I'm not really eating the right food, I've regulated my intake to "reasonable" amounts so I don't think the spike in pressure was caused by my diet or choice of food. I also have been doing my daily cardio for my perpetually aching back so I've got some activities that sort of keeps me "fit." So, with these out of the equation, I guess the only suspects left here are: this upcoming work-related deadline that I've been dreading... And... the suspense of waiting for you to reply to my messages. Hahaha... Yes, you. If you ever get to read this, you'll realize that you just unknowingly tried to kill me. Hehe...

Anyway, I think I've bothered you enough last night so I'll try my best to leave you be for a few days.

android is not for the lazy

I just found out that the mobile version of this blog doesn't display videos correctly on the Android platform. I've tried both the default Android browser and Google Chome; both just displayed a placeholder complaining about missing plugins. I'm not really sure if there's an easy fix since I'm not in the mood to troubleshoot such dumb problems. Google owns Blogger, Google owns Youtube, Google owns Chrome, and Google owns Android. Why the hell can't the Youtube video I embeded on my Blogger page can't play correctly out-of-the-box on Chrome for Android?

To make things worse, the Blogger app is not available in my local PlayStore. I hate to say this but Google let me down today. So, I'm posting this using IOS.

it's not complicated

I've always thought that I was good at picking up social cues. I may be introverted and I may have very few friends, but what most people don't know is that most introverts are actually good at socializing. We just don't enjoy it as much as other people do but when the need comes, we can be really good conversationalists. I've always thought that if I really wanted to, I can talk with almost any kind of person. As in anyone. Well, as it turns out... I just verified that I've got a kryptonite. I can't seem to hold a good conversation with socially awkward people. I become one when I'm with them. And it hurts my brain just trying to assess the social cues they're dropping. I have been trying to befriend someone who may be one and I'm not sure if I should go on or if my presence has been slowly killing them this whole time.

Anyway, we should dare to fail, right?

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It's all up to you now, Batman. (Bahala na si Batman.) Haha!

start of something beautiful

It's been years since I last joined a company-sponsored summer outing. I made the right choice. I had fun.  

And like what I've said before, based on my superficial judgement of you, you like attending company-sponsored events. And now, I think, so do I.

It's been almost a year and a half now since you last turned me down. I really hope that you'll reconsider this time. You'll be making the right choice. I'll make sure that it'll be fun.

Ed Sheeran - Lego House

Creepy. And eerily appropriate? Haha....