exactly three years

since i sat down on one of the then
only few stations of this
company, sweaty 8th floor antel makati…

 

since that early morning monday and
i was sitting in front of 711 valero
and a feline passed by…

 

since i still got them dweeby
looking bangs haha. and everybody
were a lot thinner back that time…

 

since the planet was spinning a lot
slower than it does today
and the planet sings…

 

the planet sings…
“it’s been exactly three fucking years, sunny…
but yer still breathin so i guess its just dandy.”



happy offshoring valentiMes day

hehehe.. okay, nanuud kami para mangulet. and yun ginawa namin the whole time ng dating game. when i first heard about it, i thought its gonna be cheesy and stuff, but when 2 of our teammates were forced to join the camp, lam na namin makulet to. hehe. too bad ndi nanalo ang mga manok namen. talo sa pustahan amp!!!

onga, tulad ng sabi ni teena, kahit na sobrang overrated ang araw na to, HAPPY VALENTINES SENYO LAHAT!

i hope and believe ( and it seems like ;)) ) everybody is finally finding peace :D kahit pa-onti onti. sana sang araw, puro pag ibig at kapayapaan na lang at wala ng galet. ehehe. imposible? cheesy? man, i’m telling you, being positive has never been this positive ahaha. labu ba?


the MCs, the searcher and 3 of the searchees

benjie showin off some foot fetish

dell trying to explain the “troso” pick-up line

and the searcher with the winner, hehe madaya ka steve! talo team sordid!



manong, asan na tayo? :D

“…it was kinda weird and funny how some of the people i came across with and noticed what i was carrying would smile, idunno what they were thinking, but i smiled back to everyone of ‘em, it felt automatic. this would only be the second time i did such thing, and it feels strangely good :D and the fact that the end-result don’t really matter just makes it even better…”



labyrinthine


followed your light,
it led me to nowhere.
this path is tiresome,
yet it feels i’ve been here.

your pack of wolves,
running spirals in my nerves.
alive but breathless now,
another image that deceives.

this is not necessary…
this is not where i should be…

i… am cursed… to walk…
your labyrinth.
i… am sold… to crawl…
your spine and skin.
i… have been… denied…
of your gaze and sin.
but i… still have my soul…
inside your labyrinth.
trapped inside.
we laugh inside.

heaving the blows,
you snatch like a cancer.
this path leads to nowhere,
yet we feel we’ve been here.

and this is not necessary…

lay lilith lay down,
the flies making their rounds.
this lack of comprehension,
as they worship your crown.

this is not necessary…
this is not where i should be…

i… am cursed… to walk…
your labyrinth.
i… am sold… to crawl…
your spine and skin.
i… have been… denied…
of your gaze and sin.
but i… still have my soul…
inside your labyrinth.
trapped inside.
but we laugh inside.



Servitude


Who, Who do you serve?
For whose empire and for whose whims?
Is your honor judged by men?
Will you lie?
Will you lie if they say it’s their will?
Will you die or continue to kill?
Until the generals all ahve their fill

Craven Cowards
Armchair Warriors
You will serve Them well

What, what will you write?
For whose pleasure, for whose delight?
Will your readers see your light?
Will you say…That the singer can’t blow you away?
That we hate people just ’cause they’re gay
Women and children all stay away

To whom, whom do you pray?
Do dollars wash your sins away?
Does God love cold hard cash?
Do you say…If we all just continue to pay
All our ailments will go away
And our souls will be saved

God’s not with you
“Holy Roller”
Your heart dwells in Hell

Why, Why do you run?
Our awareness has spoiled your fun
Our eyes see you too clear
Will you hide
From the joy of expressing our pride
For the leaders and people who’ve died
While combating your genocide

Chains are breaking
Minds are waking
Soon we’ll serve no more…



a formula for a steady-lang weekend :)

***spend hours of the friday evening with the boys looking for some brand new poker chips while constantly harassing people at greenhills with impromptu street dances and anger bursts.

***order up and get them bellies aching in one of them chinese restos in the area, food is considered war.

***dodge the friday traffic while breathing second-hand farts in the car and listening to gangsta rap, trash metal and elvis presley.

***buy 3 generoso and 4 lipton redtea litros. and sacks of eaji and lala. and a rimworth of golds, reds and greens.

***play poker. one wins almost 5 grand. the rest of the boys loses but gets a free quarter pounder each at 3 in the morning.

***get dropped off at makati by bino at around 5am, since an old friend is just around the area, text her for a couple of cigs. excited stories of how john beat us all at poker and how someone’s fart was literally set aflame.

***the early morning chill comforting, decide to walk to salcedo park for its saturday market. waited for the market to open. early morning talks over coffee.

***scout the market for whatever i can bring home to my mum and dad in batangas. found tinapang bangus, peeled fresh lanka and fresh assorted bagels. breakfast, hot off the grill tuna belly and huge tilapia. thanks sa thin bread :D

***board a bus to lipa at around 10:30 in the morning, robinson’s lipa at 12 and grab 3k worth of groceries for my mum.

***magmano ke’ tatay at naynay. small talks with pops over the thin breads. at around 3pm, bawi ng tulog.

***sunday. after 18 hours straight of sleep, get up and fix some coffee and smother a bagel with lotsa cream cheese and finish the current book.

***more cream cheese and more bagels… ;))



southern tales of good vibes, surreal islands, dreamy flights and 10-foot sharks…


so far, there are only two places in the phi that i really fell in love with so much that, in my “personal reality”, i think of them as my second home… or homes hehe. i’ve decided i’d try to visit them both at least once a year. its Sagada in Mountain Province and Malapacua Island in Cebu. peaceful sanctuaries at its purest form, well at least for me.

at the end of the month, im coming back to one of these two. down south muna, sagada is still on the drawing board and the heads havent decided which dates will work for everyone na gusto sumama. so malapascua muna. we bought our tix last night, finally. good thing i got some freelance work so mababawi ko tix na to, hehe, thanks leah :D

why am i posting shit about this? kasi we, ako bino at dell, are all excited about it AND because bukas pa ang pinto para sumama ka! yes you, ikaw na nagbabasa neto. anjan sa baba ang IT and non-diver friendly sya hehe. we got other friends na hahabol bumili ng tix in the coming weeks, so sama ka na dali :D punta tayu ng dumaguete city, ng apo island, ng cebu city, ng malapascua island tapos balik cebu ulet para mag ikot at tomoma at makasama mga friends na taga-cebu :D

MANILA - DUMAGUETE - CEBU - MANILA

WEDNESDAY feb 27
02:30pm - depart manila
03:30pm - arrive at dumaguete / depart for malatapay
04:30pm - malatapay. approx. time, maybe less / boat to apo island
06:00pm - arrive at apo island. approx. time. maybe less
07:00pm - dinner
08:00pm - toma hanggang kaya ng tyan at bulsa

THURSDAY feb 28
05:30am - wake up call/breakfast for divers / hilik pa rin for non-divers
06:00am - start of dives
08:00am - gising na mga non-divers / beach time
09:30am - end ng dives / join the non divers sa trip nila
12:00pm - depart for malatapay
02:00pm - Ceres Bus for cebu city
thursday evening, nasa cebu city na tayo

FRIDAY feb 29
02:00am - depart cebu city for maya wharf
05:30am - arrive at maya, arrange boat
06:00am - depart maya for malapascua island
07:00am - arrive at malapascua island
08:00am - breakfast at ging-gings, after ilagay gamit sa rooms
10:00am - loungin muna, free time sa beach, poker hehe
12:00pm - lunch somewhere
02:00pm - tour the island, habal habal
05:00pm - uwi sa resort, rest. divers arrange ng dives kinabukasan
07:00pm - dinner, sana sa ging-ging’s ulet
08:00pm - toma hanggang kaya ng tyan at bulsa

SATURDAY mar 1
05:00am - wake up call sa mga divers
06:00am - start ng dive
07:00am - wake up call ng mga non divers / breakfast
10:00am - end of dive / nagbebeach pa rin mga non divers
11:30am - lunch
12:00pm - depart for maya
01:00pm - arrive at maya, depart for cebu
05:00pm - arrive at cebu, arrange accomodation
06:00pm - dinner at CNT lechon house
07:00pm - ikot ikot cebu
08:00pm - toma na ulet

SUNDAY mar 2
08:00am - wake up call / breakfast
09:00am - tour, buong araw buong cebu hehehe
10:00pm - flight pauwi ng manila



top 11 pix of the weekend

***all pix courtesy of lyn and her feisty cam (*drooling*) lyn…… KENAHABeT?? :))


the dellwood gang with the dellwood by heart extras :D (l-r) dimpol, chicklet, shanelle, bryan, jo, allan, lauren, may, ava, bino, zerlan, jeo and lyn (sya nagtake ng pic :D )


chicklet, jo, may, avalicious and shanelle. ayun ang putipot sa malayong malapit


ava: jusku! ang sarap sarap! malinamnam at malasa! plez zeh, kenahav samow?


walang kakaen hangga’t walang nahuhuling talangka!!! muru ami!!!


si zerlan lang ang nilalang na kayang kumaen ng isang buong butiwin sa langet…


ahh… now dont you wish you were here? :)


the girls and the island. extra sa likod isang navy seal ;))


welcome to putipot island, ser mam, benti pu ang intrans $-)


here’s jo in her “Super Lucky Me Instant Lugaw tv ad smile”


and here’s may in her sleeping angelic demon pose daw ;))


and syempre, ang winner, si bryan at ang mahiwagang slimming top. winner ka baklah!!! :))



hiding sun, like the hiding sun… feels like its just begun :)

:)
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