i’m baaaack… kinda… thanks to lurchelle.. i’ll kick off with this

1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? two actually–my parents
   
2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? last week? yup, men do too
3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? kinda…
4. What is your favorite lunch meat? i’d go for grilled pork anytime!!!
5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS? nope…
6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? uhuh!! (conceited)
7. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT? only when provoked
   
8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? you bet i do
9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? i’d like that but i’d have to check w/my doc… with my injury and all
10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? i don’t do cereals
11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? uhuh…
12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? Physical strength or emotional? physically–not THAT strong… emotionally–i get by…
13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? coffee crumble man cguro to…
14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE? their phone… (hahahahaha call me crazy but with that, i CAN start a conversation) joking aside… well… the face
    
15. RED OR PINK? red
16. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF? my tummy
    
17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? bai…
18. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU? –
19. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? i’m wearing plaid shorts and flip flops (hahaha beachwalk oi…)
    
20. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE? piattos
21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? jason mraz “details in the fabric” (just got his latest album… check it out!)
    
22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? black
23. FAVORITE SMELLS? food… hahahaha…
24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? mom
25. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? uhuh… (what choice do i have? peace!!! lurch)
26. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH? ufc mma
    
27. HAIR COLOR? black
28. EYE COLOR? brown
29. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? nope…
30. FAVORITE FOOD? the grilled kind… pizza, lumpia, empanada, pancit canton (does beer count? after all beer IS food )
31. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? happy endings
32. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? an episode of “the adventures of tintin”
33. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? white sando
34. SUMMER OR WINTER? summer
35. HUGS OR KISSES? hugs AND kisses… oh well… hugs
36. FAVORITE DESSERT? i’m not THAT fond of dessert
37. MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? dunno…
38. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND? dunno…
39. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW? who needs books when you’ve got FILES?
    
40. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? aside from the mouse? “acer” printed on it
41. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON T.V. LAST NIGHT? myx
42. FAVORITE SOUND? the bass guitar…
43. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? beatles
44. WHAT IS THE FURTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME? cavite/tagaytay
45. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? eating & drinking… i can play the guitar
    
46. WHERE WERE YOU BORN? dumaguete
47. WHOSE ANSWERS ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK? hopefully, ta mark, master joh, earnest

The 4th of July…
aside from being the American Independence Day, July 4, 2008 is also the day that the big yellow disk up in the sky we call the sun is farthest from the us.

according to  Wikipedia,

The Earth is closest to the Sun in early January and farthest in early July

must be why i’m feewin’ a wittow bit colder today..

here’s to a warm bed and a thick blanket…

post courtesy of NF.

’tis another cold night (thanks to full-blast airconditioning as per Xerxes’ orders) and we again have… (drumroll please) NF!!!! woohooo!!!

i’d like to share something that has, for a long time now, been inspiring me to continue to tread this path i am on.

William Ernest Henley’s Invictus.

I first encountered the term “Invictus”, w/c is Latin for “unconquered”, as a sticker on a jeep owned by a very close priest family friend from Bohol. said jeep was a mighty little thing. one we used to navigate the busy city streets of Tagbilaran as well as up the rugged path of a hill in Loay known to the locals as Himuntagon (i think they call it Morning Hills now). hope to be back there soon… ’nuff said.

Invictus

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of Circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of Chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find me, unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.

no matter how they bind us in chains, impose inhuman rules on us or block our favorite websites , we were, we are, we shall always be… Invictus. may you be inspired like i am. someday, we too, shall break free of this so-called *toot* (fill in any word, four-lettered ones preferred) -hole

para ni anay sa mga bords ko… aahhooo!!! aahhooo!!! aahhooo!!!

poem courtesy of Wikipedia

aahhooo!!! aahhooo!!! aahhooo!!! NF… NF… NF… NF… NF… NF… (i could go on , you know, but that would be overkill)
ahhh… so much for slaving away for eight freakin’ hours. at least, me and my fellow CEDs can rest for a bit. this sure is GOOOOOOOOOOOD… i hope this lasts. but then again, nothing good lasts forever. we’re actually bracing ourselves for the day when the s*%t hits the fan. you see, this quarter is supposed to be peak season and yet, here we are having nothing to do but surf the net and read emails and blogs…

so, for the moment, while it lasts…

Hooray for NF!!! (tribal chants in the background NF… NF… NF… NF… NF…)

go bords!!!

just felt really hungry.. so i posted food

this is the aptly named shakey’s (ahem *commission*) super platter meal.

way lingaw. hehehe.. ngaon..

sorry for the lack of posts lately… i’ve been busy (as if) and my mind’s been wandering.

plus, the pit/prison¹/white castle/shoe factory has been demanding i step up my production… sheeesh!!!

anyway, got myself a new bass guitar. and i love it to bits — itsy bitsy bits… I just couldn’t put it down the day I got it.

it’s an ibanez GSR390 with active electronics

i’ve decided to name it but, for the life of me, I couldn’t think of one. any suggestions?

this is what’s been eating most of my time… *heeeheee* i miss playing in a band. it’s been years since i’ve done one of the things i absolutely luuurve doin. so watcha say you let my lack of posts pass this time?

ROCK ON!!!
*update* got an amplifier to go with it. GTX-branded. think this ones China-made.

¹this may come a little late but congratz for getting a dotcom.

what a blogger does in his spare time (if thou hast one…)

check out his blog…

[post courtesy of ShoZu]

this rocks! here’s a sample post from my N95 8gb

it’s brrrr…. cold!! it’s a rainy Sunday evening and yup, I am cold (just said that didn’t I?).

Can you believe it? I’m “blogging”!!! wahahahaha… I knew I had to do this sooner or later. Someone just needed to push me. And someone (see you sa shift) just did!!!

I thank you (bow)!!!

I’ve been putting this off for so long…

STARTING is THE hardest part (for now).