Paranoia of a Plutonian

it has come to this:

2008-10-02T10:39:00.004+08:00

ON BLOG LEAVE.

i'll post pics however at plutohere.multiply.com

i'll be back by november '08.

ciao!

My Birthday :-)

2008-08-13T12:11:00.013+08:00

i wanted to post these things much much earlier but i didnt really have much time. so here it goes. july 30 is my birthday. i didnt really plan anything special since i live by the rule of spontaneity. so i just went with my routine: go to class, attend meetings and eat. jennie called me and invited me to go to Embassy Superclub because Steve Aoki and Mark Hunter will be there. So i said yes. we were able to meet Mark Hunter! I had so much fun, and oh, Bryan Boy was there too! :-)

more on this next post. i have to go to my economic geography class. :-)
*thanks to http://www.thecobrasnake.com/ for the last two photos.
*link to the event: http://thecobrasnake.com/partyphotos/embasy/index.html :-)

my birthday

2008-07-30T19:38:00.001+08:00

today happens to be my birthday. hope i have a blast tonight. im waiting for jennie because she is still dressing up. :-) hope i have a blast.

more on this later.

uneventful

2008-07-28T18:45:00.005+08:00

im here stuck at the econ lobby, surfing, checking mail and blogging. i finally had the guts to continue writing in this blog. i guess the fact that this blog is a bit old made me realize that somehow it had value. after all the things ive posted, ranted and spilled here, it deserves a bit of continuity.

im using geliah glorias laptop right now since im out of battery and im too lazy to plug mine. i saw her playing football at the sunken garden and i decided to borrow her laptop since i have nothing to do anyway. right now, im waiting for her. shes changing clothes since shes rather filthy after playing football in a very very wet field. im sure she had tons of fun like me. well, i did have fun today but not so much as what i have expected. my orgmates from the UP economics towards consciousness decided to watch a paris hilton movie and stardust. i saw stardust before so got a bit bored, except the parts where the princes were killing each other. my orgmates from the UP debate society had debates and i just watched. i didnt really feel like debating today.

geliah and i are having dinner together, something we havent done in a very very long time. i hope we could meet up with our other friends. wishes.

GMAs sona is a bit uneventful or so i think. i havent really heard anything as of the moment. i did see a crowd near the oblation on my way to UP this morning. the usual rally/mob. the usual crowd. the usual shouts. nothing new.

tomorrow will be another day. hopefully it would be more eventful than today. :-)

Paranoia of a liberated man 1

2008-07-24T19:26:00.005+08:00

since im trying to revive this blog, i decided to write again. thanks to clyde for somewhat inspiring me to continue writing no matter how futile this may seem. :-)

perhaps it is good to answer certain questions that i have never really answered when i started this blog. ill begin with why i am paranoid and what exactly do i mean by a liberated man?

im paraniod for so many reasons. im paranoid because im afraid to age, im afraid of cats, dogs and frogs. im paranoid because somdeday the sun will cease to shine, the rivers will cease to flow; there will be too many people in the philippines and no more space for my soul. im paranoid because there are so many sexist individuals in the world. im paranoid because someday this imperfect world will end and i will never see it become the utopia ive always dreamed about.

im paranoid for so many reasons but perhaps the most disturbing thing that i see is how we continue to live lives that are still bounded by conventions and stereotypes despite the fact that we live in a democracy and believe that man has transcended its dark ages.

i think man should be liberated from these things.

*photo of the University of the Philippines Carillon, i took this photo a few months ago.

On Sensibilities

2008-06-24T20:05:00.003+08:00

the silence is deafening and no one is talking about it.
recent events in the UP school of economics needs drastic thought.
it sucks big time.

I am back (again for the nth time)!

2008-06-21T00:23:00.002+08:00

This is the life i chose.
After more than a year (i really lost count) of a blog break i finally had the balls to blog again. Yes, i am back.

I am still the old, i mean young, paranoid pluto you learned to love and hate (as if!).

im a sell out

2007-08-23T11:19:00.000+08:00

i have moved to multiply and i have plans to go to wordpress.
bye blogspot.
bye people.

www.plutohere.multiply.com

back again

2007-08-10T15:02:00.000+08:00

hello, pluto here again.
im so freakin' desperate.
waaaah.
this stupid site won't freakin' work!
crap!

im at the econ cafe with debate society people.
waah.

getting mad

2007-08-10T11:53:00.000+08:00

im getting crazy. im sure youre in for a suprise.
tell you more later. i need to go to math building asap for my math class.
bye. the point is, im selling out. more on the next post.

tata.

reality as i know it

2007-07-26T14:18:00.000+08:00

i just finished my macroeconomics exam with prof winnie monsod. the exam was pretty hard. there were a number of trivial questions that only a monsod could give.

more on this later. :-0

back again

2007-07-25T09:08:00.000+08:00

i have been experiencing certain blog issues lately. i dont exactly know what im into or what is happening to me exactly. i think im experiencing some sort of a 'writer's block.' uggh. i dont like this feeling. its probably weird that im back in old blogskin.

please. im invoking all the gods, angels, saints and good hearted people out there who can help me with my new blog. contact me asap. im trying to search for a new blogskin.

desperate times need desperate measures.

amen.

mental suicide

2007-06-26T18:14:00.000+08:00

i am back and this blog has now shifted its paradigm.

enough of the perky and sunny tone.
enough of the exaggerated happiness and excitement.
it is time that we look beyond the silver lining and look at the depths of my soul, my thinking, my abysmal moments.

there comes a point in one's life that one thinks of suicide. not the usual type of suicide but the mental kind. something that exists only in the mind. suicide entails a deliberate attempt to end one's life and that is precisely what i did. mentally. and so this is my rebirth. a kind of new beginning after that rather long blog leave.

your indulgence is my pleasure.

blog leave

2007-05-11T17:19:00.000+08:00

on a BLOG LEAVE :-)
back by june 07

thee urge

2007-03-28T08:21:00.000+08:00

every once in a while we suddenly have the urge to do something we haven't done before. posting pics of myself in my blog is definitely not one of those sudden urges. the title isnt exactly connected with what im suppose to say, coz i dont even know what to post in the first place.

i could often smell dried grass and dust, i could hear the lapping of waves and the chirping of the friendly (and unfriendly) birds. these things only point out to one thing: summer.
aah, i love summer :-)

comments on big shame

2007-03-12T15:20:00.000+08:00

a few days (or weeks) ago, i posted an entry with the title 'big shame.' i did it as a result of my convictions and nothing else. i received comments on that entry and so far, most of them agreed with me. there are however people who do otherwise. i completely respect their point of view and gladly posted their comments. but as to make things a bit more fair, let me defend my stand on the issue.

noni v. said...

Yes I agree with you. Cayetano is a modern day undercover trapo he's concealing it with his mouth blabbing dramas , same with CRAZY CHIZ,both of them will do nothing but filibustering in the senate that will destabilize our government and economy as well. They look like candidates for the PINOY IDOL ,wowowowie or eat bulaga contests. Kengkoy political ads.

yes, noni, i may say that too. im definitely not alone.

cris reyes said...

Going through your stupid blog, i can see why you aren't in touch with what going on... you've been too self absorbed in your virtual make believe world where you think people actualy care about things you say. You're pathetic. get a life. read a newspaper. go to congress ,watch the debates. Go to the streets, talk to people. Kakahiya mga sinusulat mo sa blog, kaya pinagtatawanan tayong mga taga UP eh, mga tulad mo, trying hard.1. Pangilinan2. Noynoy3. Cayetano4. Escudero

my reply...

hello cris. i dont really care if im in my make believe world for as long as im happy. this blog was meant as a phantasy construction as what lacanian psychoanalysis would say. this does not mean however that everything that i say is stupid and worthless. the fact that you commented on my blog is a manifestation that there is some sense in my entries. the fact that somehow, this 'stupid', 'make believe world' generated even a very small discourse is a testatment that even the 'make believe' is anchored in the 'real.'

you claim that nobody will care about what i do and what i post. im just confused, i know for a fact that only a few people read my blog and i dont really find that as a problem and im happy with that. im not expecting to change the philippines or the world with this blog because it was created as an extension of my 'self.' what makes me confused however is the idea that a complete stranger suddenly posts a comment on my blog and says that nobody will care about what i write. the fact that the person gave time to read the entry is a clear sign that somehow, somewhere in the anonymity of the internet someone cares. i find this type of logic rather wrong.

i do have a life. i may most of the time say that im drifting away or say that im lost,but i still have a life. i read the newspaper, talk to people and definitely watch and partcipate in debates. its completely wrong to judge me on the mere basis of that blog entry. you defintely dont know me. call me 'trying hard' or whatever, no problem with me, at least im trying and doing something. to add to that, i think those activists in UP are also trying hard. no offense to them. i believe there is nothing wrong with being an activist or 'trying hard'. what is wrong with them however is that they tend to forget why they are in UP in the first place: to study. they should (we should, since were from UP) remember the blood and sweat of the millions who fund our education. we should never compromise that by spending too much on rallies or cutting classes just to join a useless (and sometimes fruitless) mobilization. do your duty first before anything else. personally, i think rallies and mobilizations are overused. they only cause more economic instabilities. we should look for other means to change this semi feudal-semi capitalist philippines.

lisa reyes said...

Hi! I just want to share that im voting for ALAN CAYETANO! and im proud of it! im voting for Alan, Chiz and NoyNoy...If you havent heard of alan cayetano before, its your loss, he's been one of the brightest young stars of congress. Ive been keeping track of him since i did a paper on spice bohys/bright boys 5 years ago, im dissapointed with the likes of Zubiri and Defensor...Cheers!

my reply...

lisa. thank you for sharing who you will vote this coming elections. exactly! if i havent heard about cayetano before its my loss and not yours. thank you for your concern anyway. i completely respect your choice. this is after all a 'democratic' country, where opposing decisions and choices are respected.

i still believe that no single family holds monopoly over intelligence or the right to serve the country.
i hope that lisa, noni and cris could read this entry and probably leave a link to their blogs too. :-) links exchange anyone?!

econ 101 | the laugh trip edition

2007-02-26T17:00:00.000+08:00

since i am feeling economish today, i decided to post these jokes about economics and economists. if you dont know, i happen to be an economics major. believe it. i may not be able to maximize profit and utility that much but i am sure i love economics.
thanks to nico c. (",) ( http://www.prickster.livejournal.com/friends )

Q and A thinggy
Q: What is economics?
A: Everything we know in a language we don't understand.

Q: What's the difference between a finance major and an economics major?
A: Opportunity Cost

Q: What is The First Law of Economists?
A: For every economist, there exists an equal and opposite economist.
Q: What is The Second Law of Economists?
A: They're both wrong.

Q: How many economists does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: Eight. One to screw it in and seven to hold everything else constant.
A2: Just one, but it really gets screwed.

Q: How many marxists does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
A: None - the bulb contains within it the seeds of its own revolution.

Q: How has the French revolution affected the world economy?
A: It's too early to say.

Pick-up Lines for Economists

1. A loaf of bread, a jug of wine and thou beside me watching Rukeyser
2. You stoke the animal spirits of my market
3. Let's assume a ritzy hotel room and a bottle of Dom
4. Tell me whether my expectations are rational
5. Further stimulus could result in uncontrolled expansion
6. Let's raise housing starts together
7. You bring the butter, I'll bring the gun
8. What do you say we remeasure our cross-elasticity
9. Despite a decade of inflation, I still dig your supply curve
10. You raise my interest rate thirty basis points without a corresponding dropoff in consumer enthusiasm

If debaters do it "orally in public in groups"...

- Economists do it in an Edgeworth Box
- Economists do it on demand
- Economists do it risk-free
- Economists do it with a dual
- Economists do it with crystal balls
- Economists do it with interest
- Economists do it with models
- Economists do it on Leontief's table
- Economists do it with Slutsky matrices

what is happening?

2007-02-23T11:35:00.000+08:00

for the past few weeks i have been drifting. drifting from where? i really dont know. this is probably the feeling when youre boat sinks and all you do is hang on to a floating piece of wood, waiting to reach some unknown island. not exactly boring yet not that happy.

sometimes i feel that there is just to much and yet i have none at the same time. im going to share a poem i made back in grade school since it somewhat fits my crisis right now.

nowhere

so near, yet so far
its in front of you, yet it is not
you can touch it, yet you cannot
you see it, but then you cannot
they say im stupid, they say im fine
wonder why?

pathetic right? oh, im so bad in poetry. tsk tsk tsk. shame on me.
gosh, why did i even think of posting it here? waaaahhh.

big shame

2007-02-22T18:42:00.000+08:00

an appeal to the voting populace of the philippines:
(disclaimer: all the things written here are all opinions only. the things placed here are not claiming to be facts. these are just emotional and linguistical explosions of a paranoid individual)

i dont like alan peter cayetano. he is one of the those noisy people from the opposition who does nothing except probably to bash on the current administration. thats precisely the problem with philippine politics. the opposition oppose to everything and anything that is done by the administration just so they can get 30 seconds of airtime in television or so that people can say they are 'working.' shame on them. that sort of shitty type of politics never fails to turn me off. crap.

theres a reason why i dedicated this entry to one of my most hated people living on earth (as of the moment). mr. cayetano got 31.7 percent in the recent pulse asia survey for the top senatoriable. this is not to give an applause to him, instead this is an outburst of total disgust.

i concede im getting a bit off with my logic but carry on and ill try to gather myself.

before the 2007 elections came what did we hear about mr. alan peter cayetano? i never heard of him before. i never read a publication where hes being talked about for let us say passing a bill, being a stench supporter or 'un-supporter' of anyone. hes practically unheard of. but during the climax of both the 'garci controversy' and the 'failed gloria impeachmeant', he was there. incidentaly or coincidentaly the event took place a few months before the national elections. hmmmm.... people with schemes never fail to surprise us. exactly, it was all part of a big plan.

i believe not one family in the philippines or the world has a monopoly of intelligence and the sense of responsiblity. apparently in the philippines certain families think that they have a calling from above or below. they flood the senate, the congress and other public positions with their family members. the cayetanos are not an exception. remember, we still have pia in the senate! pia is the sister of peter (duh?!).

i have nothing against pia. she pushes for women's rights and environmental protection, in fairness to her she's doing pretty well but what about peter? hmmmmm... he claims to be for the youth, i doubt.

i am no god.
i am no preacher.
i am not perfect.
i am a bit rightist.
but sometimes left.
the point is, im paranoid.
but that doesnt erase the fact that alan peter cayetano doesnt deserve to sit in the senate.

and you vote for him probably because you are:
1. a leftist who thinks the world will be a better place if we have a revolution and rally against any administration.
2. peter bought you, using the pork barrel fund.
3. you were convinced by his cool television commercials (they are cute after all compared to mike arroyo's)
4. you have a sponge for a brain.
5. you are a cousin, nephew, or what have you of peter.

he belongs somewhere else, probably in the toilet. where else should you put crap?

on vice night, hearts day and manny pacquiao

2007-02-19T11:37:00.000+08:00

vice night
feb 16 07

i know what youre thinking. no. we did not get drunk or smoke. up debate society's vice night is fun even if nobody got drunk. fine, we only drank a few bottles of beer. anyways, the highlight of the party was a pusoy-dos tournament. and yup, i didnt win. i lost three times and won once which means i couldnt qualify in the break rounds. frustrating, i know. i didnt join the swimming too. im so pathetic, i brought swim stuff yet didnt use it. argggh!!! i sound weird right? but i had clean fun!

hearts day
feb 14 07

nothing. just another day. honest, its just another day. plain and simple. i hate people who make a big fuss about this stupid day. i mean, giving flowers, dates etc. its just so so mushy. eeeek! fine! i know, im loveless so that is why i so so abhore it. but if you had something special on this day, i dont care.

manny pacquiao
recently

hes running for congressman. crap! imagine, a boxer who never finished high school, running for congress. is he crazy! no! hes not crazy, he is stupid! dont vote for him people of mindanao. waaaah! mommy pacquiao (manny's mom) told manny not to run. i think manny's mom has brains. mommy pacquiao knows for a fact that this sudden move is really bad. the sad thing is that her son doesnt think. uggggh! whats happening to the philippines?!

me, me and me | series no, 1

2007-02-01T10:53:00.000+08:00

the next entries in my blog will basically talk about me from different perspectives like numerology and mathematical calculations. the reason why im acting so narcistic (sorry for the spelling, im bad at it) is because tina (i linked her, has a blog too) tried visiting this site that shows these stuff. read on and know more about the neurotic, the obsessive the paranoid: pluto.

There are 15 letters in your name.Those 15 letters total to 71There are 6 vowels and 9 consonants in your name. What your first name means:
Latin
Male God of the underworld.

Your number is: 8
The characteristics of #8 are: Practical endeavors, status oriented, power-seeking, high-material goals.
The expression or destiny for #8:Your Expression is represented by the number 8. The 8 Expression is well-equipped in a managerial sense. You have outstanding organizational and administrative capabilities. You have the potential for considerable achievement in business or other powerful positions. You can expect to receive the financial and material rewards. You have the skill and abilities to establish or operate a business with great efficiency. You have good judgment when it comes to money and commercial matters, and you understand how to build and accumulate material wealth. Much of your success (or lack of it) may come due to your ability (or inability) to judge character. With the number 8 Expression, you exercise sound judgment in most of your affairs; you are realistic and practical in your approach to business matters.

The positive 8 Expression produces individuals that are very ambitious and goal-oriented. If the 8 energy is not in excess in your makeup, you will no doubt express these traits to some extent. No one has any more energy that a person with the 8 Expression who has a plan laid and is starting to work. No one has any more self-confidence, either. If you are expressing the positive qualities of 8, you are an outstanding manager because you can plan, initiate, and complete projects; you are very dependable and determined.
As it always happens, there can be too much of a good thing. If you have too much of the 8 energy in your makeup, you may express some of the negative attitudes. A negative 8 can be very rigid and stubborn. Ambition sometimes has a way of becoming over-ambition, and you may express an unreasonable impatience with the lack of progress. If your negative side is showing, you may be too exacting, both of yourself and of others. Sometimes this can even becomes a case of intolerance.
The number 8 is very materialistic and also very desirous of status and power. Neither of these drives are inherently negative unless they are taken to an extreme. You must avoid the tendency to strain after money, material matters, status, or power, to the detriment of the other important factors in your life.

Your Soul Urge number is: 1
A Soul Urge number of 1 means: Your Soul Urge is the number 1. With a Soul Urge number of 1, you want to lead and direct, to work independent of supervision, by yourself or with subordinates. You take pride in your abilities and want to be recognized for them. You may seek opportunities to display your strength and usefulness, wanting to create and originate. In your desire to manage the big picture and the main issues, you may often leave the details to others.
The positive 1 Soul Urge is Ambitious and determined, a leader seeking opportunities. There is a great deal of honesty and loyalty in this character. If you possess positive 1 Soul Urge qualities, you are very attainment oriented and driven to success. You are a loyal friend and strictly fair in your business dealings.
The negative side of the 1 Soul Urge must be avoided. A negative 1 is apt to dominate situations and people; the home, the spouse, the family and the business. Emotions aren't strong in this nature. If you possess an excess of 1 energy, you may, at times, be boastful and egotistic. You must avoid being too critical and impatient of trifles. The great need of the 1 Soul Urge is the development of friendliness, and a sincere interest in people.

Your Inner Dream number is: 7
An Inner Dream number of 7 means: You dream of having the opportunity to read, study, and shut yourself off from worldly distractions. You can see yourself as a teacher, mystic, or ecclesiastic, spending your life in the pursuit of knowledge and learning.

gosh! it is so just me. i cant deny it but to a certain extent it is so so me. bwahahaha.
http://www.paulsadowski.com/Numbers.asp (this is the link)

on the philippine collegian, stupidity

2007-01-23T14:01:00.000+08:00

the philippine collegian

to be honest with everyone, i know im not the right person to talk about the things going around in school (university of the philippines-diliman). however, i feel that there is something really wrong going around especially with how the members of the phil collegian attack their problem.

it has been quite sometime when we see the staffers of the official student publication of the school rant and rally around campus at the same time a halt in the publication of the school paper. they say that freedom of the press is supressed and what not. i dont blame them for having this reaction to certain policies made by the administration, but the thing is, they never explored the idea of a compromise.

they say that what the administration really wanted was something really simple. a more efficient way of choosing the publisher. however, the staffers feel that this is a form of 'supression.' yeah right?! its more of a symbolic violence to me. either way, why wont they just compromise if serving the interest of the students is what they are really after? i know, its crazy.

hope i didnt offend anyone. these are merely opinions of a neurotic individual.

on stupidity

i was watching news on tv yesterday and i was shocked by one of the reports. the families of the victims of the ultra tradgedy were demanding abs cbn/ 71 dreams foundation to help them. that is either stupidity or shamelessness (wrong spelling right?!)

the fact these people are demanding a foundation to help them is stupid. foundations were created out of the altruistic tendencies of individuals and as such, should never be demanded of help. these people should even be thankful that someone is helping them. they are so ingrateful. i hope someone explains to them that you cant sue a foundation just because they didnt help you. ughhhh! they are just so irritating.

talk about poverty and desperate actions.

citizen kane

2007-01-22T10:55:00.000+08:00

i recently watched citizen kane. its a movie by orson welles and it was completely artsy. more on this later.

hello there

2007-01-08T10:47:00.000+08:00

it has been a long time since i posted an entry in this blog. gosh! i had so many problems with my password and username so i wasnt able to access it. loser. anyways, so here i am, back on track.

oh, hi to ZHP (from mexico), the guy from croatia (sorry, forgot your name), and my friends in the philippines.

yesterday (sunday), my friend jenny and i went to this mall and we got completely insane. we had to rush things since jenny had to catch the dorm curfew. it was just so crazy. imagine eating at taco bell so fast that we could hardly taste what we were eating? (kidding, but it was really quick). uhmm, pretty hard right?

so anyways, here i am, back to my usual school routine. theres an upcoming debate tournament and i dont even know if id qualify to tryout because i havent finished the debate quota yet. too bad.

the philippine economy is improving though despite regular fluctuations in the dollar exchange rate. i felt kinda bad when saddam hussein was hanged to death. were not close but i felt bad. that probably means i really have a 'good heart' (har har har har).

tata.

im back: rebel singapore, christmas list and me!

2006-12-07T11:12:00.000+08:00

whew! so much for that blog leave.

it is almost christmas. this coming friday deb soc will be having a party! yey! i hope it would be really (to the superlative) fun. :)

there was this really deeply moving short film i saw recently in cine veritas- a human rights film fest in the university of the philippines. it was about how supressed most singaporeans are. how they arent really allowed to say something against their government. i didnt really think that could still happen in a first world country. its kinda pathetic if you ask me. they have so much wealth yet they couldnt even say that there is something wrong with their government. hu hu hu. you may watch the teaser ( i dont know where to look for the full version) on the filmakers blog : www.singaporerebel.blogspot.com . his blog is really cool and i hope i can link it soon. :)

my wish list for christmas 06

santa!!! where the fweep are you?! waaah, i need you.i know most people dont have money (like me...) and thats precisely why this is a christmas wishlist, coz these are just wishes (unless some very caring person decides to but one of the items stated here, clap clap for you).

here it goes...
(in order of importance)

1. a laptop (preferably and 12inch one, white or black, with wifi, dvd rom and has a cd writer...)
2. a new phone! ive had my phone for ages (my other jurassic phone got stolent too).
3. a digicam i can trully call my own (5 to 6 megapixels will do...)
4. an mp3 player (can be an ipod or a zen micro)
5. a personal digital assistant or PDA (uhmmm a palm zire or palm life drive hehe)
6. havaianas (i need more, hehehe my size is 41-42, uhm brown top, a blue/yellow/black brazil)
7. shopping money (proletariats still know the essence of shopping you know)
8. fully booked, national bookstore and powerbooks gift certificates! (fyi: im literate)
9. dwarf planet pluto's reinstallment as a planet (kill the national astronomical union)
10. world peace

bwahahahaha.
may we all have a wonderful christmas and holiday season.

blog leave

2006-11-19T18:26:00.000+08:00

on BLOG LEAVE !?
go to www.plutohere.multiply.com

emergency entry

2006-10-26T22:39:00.000+08:00

nothin to do.
bwahahaha.

tata.

baguio whoopeee

2006-10-22T17:25:00.000+08:00

im currently in sm baguio. checking my grades and stuff. im actually here for the national debate champs, im adjing by the way.

ermingarde, it is so so cool here. im planning to get my winter stuff and poof! im ready.
bwahahaha. ill definitely camwhore.

ill stay here for a week.

tata.

drifting in the clouds

2006-10-05T10:11:00.000+08:00

fly, fly, into the sky
swift, slow, tender and mild
coldness felt
taste of clouds embrace
envelope thy mighty sword
come and gone is to be one

i am alive

goodness me

2006-10-05T09:52:00.000+08:00

this post is so so so overdue. i guess i got so busy for the past weeks that i havent given much attention to my blog. poor pluto. i heard lately that the new 9th planet is eris or something, whatever. i dont care anymore. so what right? anyways, the storm milenyo is such a pain in the ass. we had no electricity for like four long days, good thing there was water.

anyways, i hope i get to tryouts for NDC. i havent completed my debate quota yet. im sick. i had fever but its gone now. im only having cough and a runny nose. it is so so irritating. im taking medications though, solmux and cephalexin. i hate rain.

i have three papers to make and it is not fun. ermingarde. im having a class by 1 and i have to pass a paper. ill make it in a few minutes. i think i miss my parents and my neice back in the province, but it wouldnt really matter. hope ill get fine. ermingarde, this is so boring. crap.

till next post.
tata.

pluto as a planet movement

2006-09-14T09:30:00.000+08:00

On August 24, 2006 (Philippine Time) the International Astronomical Union finally gave “planet Pluto” the final decision. That Pluto will not be anymore considered as a planet, and hence not part of the 9 planet model (and so it is now an 8 planet model). Pluto will now be classified as a “dwarf planet.”

Let us fight this kind of planetary discrimination.
Let us fight for our cultural heritage.

Post a message on the chat box and join the Yahoo group.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pluto_a_planet/

tata.

im happy. so so happy

2006-09-07T09:36:00.000+08:00

yesterday at around 7am, i rushed to mcdonald's to buy lunch and then went to AS aka Palma Hall for the final interview of UPDS. it was so so secret...
anyways by 5:30 they announced who were accepted and im one of them.

Yipeeee! my first (and probably and most likely the only) org in UP.
GO UP Debate Society!
UP Fight!

tata
*i cant give much details coz it is org policies.

waaaaaaaahhhhhhh!!!!!

2006-08-28T10:26:00.000+08:00

HINDI NA AKO PLANET!!!

Pluto: a Dwarf! not a planet!

2006-08-27T18:31:00.000+08:00

KILL the International Astronomical Union
Pluto was declared a DWARF and not a PLANET
last Thursday (Aug. 24, 06., Philippine time).

I can't believe this. after more than 18 years of me using Pluto as a planet, they rob me of an identity. Crap. waaaaaaah.

SUPPORT the PLUTO AS A PLANET MOVEMENT.
FIGHT PLANETARY DISCRIMINATION.

here is an article from www.iol.co.za about the issue.

August 27 2006 at 09:26AM

Los Angeles - Pluto may have been cast out to the darkest reaches of the Solar System but will always be a friend to the Seven Dwarfs.The Walt Disney characters have issued a hard-hitting statement after the world's top astrononomical body decided on Thursday to relegate Pluto to the lowly status of a "dwarf planet".School textbooks will have to be rewritten - and Mickey Mouse's faithful companion is said by Disney insiders to be anguished over the fate of his planetary namesake.

But the Seven Dwarfs are not taking it lying down."Although we think it's DOPEY that Pluto has been downgraded to a dwarf planet, which has made some people GRUMPY and others just SLEEPY, we are not BASHFUL in saying we would be HAPPY if Disney's Pluto would join us as an eighth dwarf," they insisted."We think this is just what the DOC ordered and is nothing to SNEEZE at."Pluto the dog made his debut in 1930 - the same year that a 24-year-old American astronomer, Clyde Tombaugh, discovered what until now was called the ninth and outermost planet.A white-gloved, yellow-shoed source close to Disney's top dog said: "I think the whole thing is goofy."Pluto has never been interested in astronomy before, other than maybe an occasional howl at the moon.

"Mickey Mouse was unavailable for comment.

Christian Rillera

2006-08-25T14:25:00.000+08:00

"nobody cares when the

tears of a clown fall down"

Christian Rillera

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Happy birthday my kalai roomate! i miss you. well, you are really growing up fast (both in age and in height). im sure you are enjoying your life. i hope for all the best and i am always here for you in case you need (or dont need, i will bug you) me. bwahahahahahaha. it is your birthday. yup, yours and not mine. today, God created something really fantastic and that is me, joking, that is YOU.

i wanted to post a pic here but then, i left my flashdrive and so... whatever.
may God bless you roomate on all your endeavors.

the trackback series will continue in a few weeks so keep in touch.
tata

trackback series | no. 2

2006-08-22T14:22:00.000+08:00

WaCkY

To be wacky is to be me. being wacky is probably one the best things that i really enjoy. i feel that being wacky is really normal, so me. so what exactly is being wacky? hmmm... give-up! i dont know.

this photo was taken during kalai's wacky day last year. seen here is xtian (my roomate before) wearing a red chinese costume and me, wearing white longsleeves shirt with red tie and maroon thinggy (ughhh.. i dont know what you call it). both xtian and me are using the 'shimmering ladies bag' (but we are living in a unisexual world, duh! or who cares if it is for men/women for as long as it looks good) which xtian thought was something really beautiful until he realized it was a ladies bag. xtian owns them and i just borrowed it from him. the bags were placed in a paper bag and then auctioned so xtian never knew what was inside. hahahaha. what better way to make use out of it but during the wacky day!

trackback series | no.1

2006-08-17T08:57:00.000+08:00

Comfort zone

a blanket is like one's comfort zone. warm, comfy and safe. but then can we be really safe amidst all pressures in life? well, with the help of friends.

this was taken last year in kalai (or kalayaan dorm). i felt like posting it. remrick (middle) is our neighbor and decided to roomhop. xtian is my roomate before. hehehe. i kinda miss this event guys. really funny. btw, kuya aict took this pic.

crap | that is the word | crap

2006-08-17T08:42:00.000+08:00

crap. i got my copy of SIDHI yesterday in our CWTS class and it was really crappy.

yup, really crappy. im just being honest to myself and the whole world. btw, SIDHI is the official school paper of the UP School of Economics. i know that the staffers really worked hard for that issue but then it still came out bad. uhhhmm, to think there are a lot of staffers. as in A LOT. as in more than 25 (i think). what were they doing?!

for one, the layout was too bad. so so many article jumps and inconsistent layouting scheme. i think the word COHERENT still exists right? and the articles.... (drumroll)... crap. well, i cant deny i enjoyed one feature about the econ profs. tsk tsk tsk. such a waste of good paper.

well, at least there is still another chance to improve. im not saying im a perfect journalist (coz im not, obvious ba?!), what im saying is, QUALITY MATTERS.

tata.

life as it is

2006-08-03T09:58:00.000+08:00

"the sea is my violent past, Now i belong
to the safekeeping of your palm"

sheena jamora
from the poem 'The Shell'
ikot jeepney, UP Diliman
aug, 3, 2006

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i was doing my routine. after my class, i would ride an ikot jeepney and go wherever life will take me (actually to the next class). then my attention was caught by this poem (only an exerpt of the poem can be seen). its kinda nice. the poem is a part of the project of UP Quill (uyyy... free promotion). made me think that all the bad things that were currently experiencing is but-and will be part of the past, and somehow, somewhere we will be secured someday (yuck, sounds mushy).

am i making sense here? whatever.

tata.

on being 18

2006-07-31T09:26:00.000+08:00

gosh i just turned 18 (july 30).
nothing really much happened save that i ate lunch together with my sisters and their friend at don henricos. it was simle meal of pizza, buffalo wings, pesto, crab pasta whatever, and another pasta, nacho salad and my all time favorite cake: Black forest.

so after 18 years of existence where exactly am i? or what have i done?

uh... i dont know. i guess the funny thing with my life is that the more i think about what has happened to me, the more i contemplate on the issues of my life, the more puzzled i become. tada!- the paradox of life.

but what exactly is my existence? am i a product if mere coincidence or do i exist because i have a purpose? id rather choose the latter because otherwise my life would be useless and my whole existence would never have a significance.

but then, the premise of all these things is that: 1. i exist and no. 2. i am a human.

but then other implications arrise: 1. what does it mean to "exist" and is my "existence" parallel to the "real" meaning of "exixtence" as proposed in the "real world"? or am i just a figment of the imagination or the "ideal" and as such hold no relative significance at all? or if i do exist, is my existence the "ideal" or the "ant-ideal"?

2. am i human? is to be human merely having a physical body of carbon or is it to act and think logically in all "human" aspects? if so where am i in the spectrum? Assuming that the first is the extreme left of the spectrum and the latter the extreme right? i hope i am in the middle or if not i am progressing towards the middle at the same time achieving both internal and external equilibrium characterized by a balance of thought from the vantage point of the personal and the social, which then brings me to the question of whether of not i am part of the society or whether or not i am ostracized?

but then who am i to question society? but by not questioning society or its institutions, i replicate the notion that as "agents" we are mere products of the "system" but in reality we can move the "system" and that the "system" and the "agent" has a mutual symbiotic reaction.

no, i am not having a midlife crisis. it is about time to question my existence since i just turned 18.
tata.
happy birthday to me.

FAUCET2

2006-07-28T13:50:00.000+08:00

gosh, i only realized this now:
the havaianas you see on top is exactly the one i have (well maybe not, it has a brazil pin embellished in it though) . my make-your-own havaianas pair. cool. thanks chevy, again (and again).
tata.

FAUCET

2006-07-28T13:36:00.000+08:00

my nose is like a faucet coz i have a runny nose. im exaggerating (spelling right?). i am applying for this org and tradition says i should get a buddy. so i bought my buddy (it was an auction) for P2500, yup. two thousand, five hundred pesos. that is equivalent to four havaianas tops. but that is okay, ill be paying it in installments (im poor) together with my partner, so that makes it P1, 250. but definitely our buddy is so cool and helpful. yup! hes cute but taken (sorry girls). hope we get in the org.

im having a headache. my body hurts coz my teacher in PE (weightraining) insisted i try the heavy stuff and should perfect the form of lifting stuff. waaaaaaah!!! it was fun but so so tiring (why did ieven choose it in the first place?!). so here i am in the Shopping center, making my speech outline which i forgot to make which is due today. whew! what a day.

i was in katipunan yesterday and i saw "joaqui", that guy from PBB teen. hes from ateneo now. not really interesting. so so so. i was with my buddy and partner etc. we ate dinner somewhere and hanged out at Seattle's best....

im so happy. am i?
ugggggghhhh?!
can someone give me havaianas?
41-42, brown top
41-42, green brazil
41-42, white brazil
41-42, yellow brazil
thank you. ill hug and kiss whoever gives me any (or all) of the above mentioned.

tata.

First post in New Skin?!

2006-07-21T09:21:00.000+08:00

as i begin using this new skin, id like to thank the person who made it possible: CHEVY, i have linked her in my blog so feel free to surf over hers, bwahahahahaha ( evil laugh with thunder and lightning plus drum roll and the "tana-nana-nana")

THANK YOU CHEVY.

to Ayesha and Jam:

happy 18th bday.
yesh, though i wasnt there during your bonggatious party (with the 11tier cake, live band, 4 sets of gowns and tiaras, imported candles and balloons, custom made gowns from US for the cottillion, and the fireworks plus men and ladies all prim and proper), im sure you enjoyed it. though i wanted to go, an airplane ride is just too costly, ill just probably hug you in december... the baby is now a lady.

happy 18th bday.
jammy, for all the talks we had, thank you. im sure you had a blast too and im sure you are really doing well. i wish for more pompous stuff and keep the fire of glamour burning. where's the glamour? you! are the glamour.

im rushing the bibliography of my Art Stud class and i hate it. going through all that microfilm made me dizzy. uggggh! (operation bonamine : free sponsorships please). well i dont really have plans this coming weekend... i guess ill just sleep. im deprived of it (really now?!).

got to go.
tata.

pluto pop

2006-07-04T13:38:00.000+08:00

this is me. pluto.

help. i need to read this book: social construction of reality. waaaah!!! it is just too much for a student like me. the subject of the book is so so simple, yet the authors manage to make it appear so abstract and vague. gosh. i need to finish it by thursday.

okay, enough about that. UAAP season is about to start. go UP. hehehe. im plannig to watch the opening in the Araneta Col. blah blah blah.

im joining an org. wow, finally, after waiting for a year, i have decided to join this org. ill tell you more about this org if i get accepted (i hope ill get in).

please leave a comment here or in the chatbox.

tata.

a minute before my PE class

2006-06-29T10:37:00.000+08:00

gosh, no time for all those sot of posts.
waaaaah, im runnning late for my PE class.
im pretty much the same.
ok. ill end this.
wait.
okay, uhmmmm... waaaah.
ok, promise, ill end.
tata

emp[ ]y

2006-06-26T08:55:00.000+08:00

[empty]

lif[ ] is som[ ]tim[ ]s [ ]
but that is wh[ ]r[ ] th[ ] b[ ]auty is.

ta[ ]a.

weee

2006-06-16T13:25:00.000+08:00

it has been a long long while since i posted, so here i am.

i wasn't really expecting to lift my probation status in the school of economics, but i was so glad when i knew that i was able to lift it! whew! despite a very bad math 17 grade, i was still able to lift it.

UP is still UP. i felt more 'at home' now. i hope?

back to civilization, bwahahahaha

2006-05-26T08:55:00.000+08:00

yup. im back in the big city. hello guys.
im in UP at the moment.
ill post as soon as i have time.
tata.

peace-D OFF

2006-05-18T16:53:00.000+08:00

it was a normal day for me, with the everyday routine of waking up at 10 am. eat brunch of either bread, cereals or fried rice and fried fish (i stopped eating pork a few weeks ago, i am slowly going veggan or vegan whatever!). then read a book, watch tv and sleep. but i dont know what happened i thought of going to the beach. the weather that day was not so fine. the sky was not so clear but i analyzed that this was the perfect time to go to the beach because only a little sunlight can penetrate the earth's atmosphere and will lessen the UV... yadayadayada....

i changed into my bikini trunks, board shorts, and white shirt and packed my stuff in a native picnic basket.

i armed myself with nivea sunblock spf 30, a hammock, speedo googles, great political theories by michael curtis, my jurassic phone, some coins, a special absorbent cloth and a visor i am ready to hit the bitch, ahem, i mean the beach

i was really enjoying the view, after setting up my hammock i started drinking my not so cold sprite. haaaah, paradise at last.

but suddenly these pesky, noisy kids started playing right in front of my den and arrrghhhh! it was horrible. paradise found now lost.

i was wishing in my mind that i hope something happens and so these pesky kids would leave and booo! my wish came true. i am mean. one of the kids got hurt while playing, it was just minor abrasions and slight injuries... hehehe, kidding, . they left. the coast was clear again.

i left at around 7pm. it was dark but beautifully stunning. the sound of the gentle waves massaging the graceful sand and the sun slowly hiding in the night.

hot

2006-05-08T15:26:00.000+08:00

this summer is just so hot.
my highschool classmates... where exactly are you?
damn. i only come here a few times a year and then you dont even care.

thats ok.
i know you are not really attached to me.
completely ok

anyways, thought of posting something.

i went to the beach yesterday with my family, cousins.
swam for less than an hour.
so so hot.
went home ahead.
slept.

summer huh?
tata

basement.

2006-05-08T13:33:00.000+08:00

the question of whether or not i miss the basement in kalai is still an elusive creature that haunts me everytime i sleep at night.

honestly, until now, i don't know the answer.

though i know that i do partly miss it there are just some things that are so so so irritating that somehow overpowers the good things that happened to me.
for one, i miss my roomate. i miss the time when wakes me up and tells me that i have a class. i also miss the times when i would open the door and see that my bedsheet has been arranged again (gosh, i really have a hard time fixin that bedsheet).

i also miss some people (i know you know who you are, i hope?!).

i miss the CAs, those crazy meetings in the entertainment complex otherwise known as the simple tambayan.

but just yesterday, i finnally found the answer to this seemingly elusive question.

i do miss the basement.
and that, there are basically two questions to be answered:
1. whether i miss the basement or not?
2. whether some people left a mark on you?

and the answer for the second question is another story.

two hydrogen molecules and one oxygen molecule?

2006-05-08T13:10:00.000+08:00

this post is looooonnnnggggg overdue.

these are some of the pics during my friends pulangbato waterfalls adventure.
it was sooooo cooool and i really had fun. im with my high school pals and i guess this event was really needed to keep our bonds tight. really tight.

we had to travel for around 30 minutes and hike for about 15 just to get to this surreal (right spelling?) paradise. gosh, far from the noise of the city. it is what i have always wanted.

thanks guys!!!
tata.

back to square one

2006-04-18T14:22:00.000+08:00

hello again guys,

summer is pretty well.
though sometimes it gets so so hot. hot. really.
so far so good.

i just finished the book by e. annie proulx, the author of brokeback mountain.
the title is the shipping news. a sad story set in newfoundland. but i love the style.
it is full of wit and never a dull moment. i heard it was also made into a film,
so im on a quest to look for that film and hopefully watch it. hehehehehe.

summer is still strarting but im already excited to get back to school.
tata.

back to where i was

2006-04-04T17:44:00.000+08:00

updates...

april 2 06
i left the dorm after going to a church service with my sis, and gosh i got senti and all. anyways, i could remember all the things that has happened to me in kalai and god, it was just too overwhelming. anyways, ali helped me with this so heavy box which ive filled with so many readings, books and other academic stuff. end.

april 3 06
i woke up early to meet my old schoolmates in UP. normal.

when i arrived in the aitport, gosh! i packed so many things that i had an excess baggage of 13 kilos, almost 500 pesos was paid for that. consider it a shame. hehehe.

im hopeful this coming second sem, ryan and arpee (with me of course) will hopefully live in this boarding house. it actually has a veranda. cool. i met bryan batac in Palma hall too and damn hes getting fat (gained weight, am i too mean?) and that is good news coz hes living in a boarding house! but im i dont want to get fat, i want a fit body. i just want to gain a few kilos...

anyways, keep on posting guys...

almost summer

2006-03-29T12:30:00.000+08:00

gosh,
i just finished my last final exam today at around 11:30 in AS (aka Palma Hall).
it wasn't really easy nor was it too hard, i just hope my prof would enjoy the ssays i made.

okay, that is pretty normal. weird?! im suppose to be one of those wacky and weird people but then why am i acting normal lately? gosh, i guess iv'e finally settled and coformed with the norms of this radical and crazy world of men (and women for the sake of feminists, ruling and the proletariat class for the marxists).

in a few minutes, its about 1:05 pm, dorm time...
im going to la salle to fetch luke, my classmate, were going to go to jessa, as in jessamine lim, my classmate back in high school because she will be leaving for canada... sob sob sob.... i will surely miss herl.
anyways, bea and eleiza will be going with us too! cool, they know the place where jessa stays and i dont. hehehe.

that is all for now guys (and gals for the feminists,)
wink-wink

2006-03-23T18:12:00.000+08:00

im back,

it has been quite a while since i havent really written anything in my blog.
gosh, i feel so weird after everything that has happened.

i was not recommended for any dormitory next sem. sad. yah, partly. i guess i understand the reason for not being recommended. i know i had mistakes but that does not mean the other people who got recommended didnt have any. i am not bitter, just telling the truth.

im not the only person who believes that there is some sort of politicking in this whole recommendation process- where objectivity is often smeared with subjectivity. this is so typical of pinoys. haaah.

but hey! im going to live in a condominium unit together with some dormates. that would definitely be cool.

till next post.

moment

2006-03-17T20:48:00.000+08:00

this is jam. pluto asked me to write here that:

tonight might be the night.

i shall be glorious enough to step down on people who have been sonuvabitches enough to deserve what i'm gonna to do.

*evil laugh with thunder and lightning in the background*

mere passersby

2006-01-27T14:56:00.000+08:00

[im so sorry for having a seroius tone these past few entries]

i have always believed that one of my friends is a really true friend, but then again this is another illusion that i only realized when he started to become distant to me. i have known this person for quite a long while (that is, if you consider more that seven months of staying in the same dorm and basically eating the same cafeteria food long enough) and i had really nice, heart to heart talks with this person. this was and is a part of a grand scheme. the scheme is to hide his inner motives which i dont know and i dont care. i would like to warn you that this person is very illusive and cunning. (but don't worry, as soon as i figure out everything ill post it soon, hehehehe yah, i do care. i want to spill it to everyone. hahahaha, how's that for sweet revenge).

im writing this post because i want to tell this person that i never hated him. we were never close enough for me to hate him.
i dont exactly know why he never talks to me or even says "hi". but who the heck cares? he is a mere passerby in my life, together with the thousands of people i've probably encountered. he belongs to the echelon of society who do not and who will not probably leave a mark in my life. i really do hope someone from my corridor (the basement) prints this entry and posts it in the freedom board, for i want this person to know how i feel.

moving on, since he realized that i am mr. invisible, i also did the same. equality, i call it. whenever i meet or see him in the corridors or anywhere, i don't say "hi", smile or do anything. i just go on with my simple yet happy life. he is starting to fade away. all his memories will soon die and it is coming near (im loving it!)
life is pretty the same. i have moved on since he is'nt really a big deal. and to tell you honestly, im enjoying every single second of this.
by the way, let me retract, he has left a mark on me. the longest time i never talked to a friend. hehehe. how's that for a mark PASSERBY?

DESPERATE

2006-01-25T16:31:00.000+08:00

im writing this entry as a desperate measure to spill all my frustrations.

it has been quite a while since i did not talk to somebody in the dorm. it is not my fault why i am doing this. before, we would casually talk and enjoy each others company. however, this person who we will call THE ONE suddenly started avoiding me. what the heck?

i am so damn sure i did not do anything to demoralize, demean or attack this person.
promise. i am sure (now that i asked it, am i?). anyways, since he avoided me, i also avoided him. fair and square. however, (another one) THE ONE actually borrowed one of my things without my permission. ok, its not borrow its got? and i hate this person who allowed THE ONE to get my stuff! so now we have two characters in the story. THE ONE and THIS PERSON.

i dont exactly know when this will end (i it will ever end). but i tell you i will fight to the last second of this war. you wanted it, ill give you a good one.

okay, next issue please.

UP is still pretty tough. after one semester of adjustments and paranoia over so many things, i finally came to the realization that this is it! this is UP! gosh. the implications of these realizations are far too complex that what it seems.

i just arrived from the Math Building. since there were no TOKI jeepneys, we had to walk to NIGS and ride an IKOT to the dorm. we were wet (together with fellow ECON majors who had exams in the math building today). i actually had my second exam. and mind you it was a good one. a reallly really hard one.

the exam was purposely made to squeeze every neuron from you brain, hahahahahahahahaha (evil laughter with thunder and lightning in the background).

ta-ta
enough for now.

the pic that you see is the corridor where i live in kalayaan res. hall.

me, myself and i

2006-01-13T15:04:00.000+08:00

it has been said more than once that if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. while there is some truth to such maxim, it can also postulated that if you only plan and dont act at all, then you also fail. im not exactly going to sermon you about planning whatsoever today, because my text would definitely not run around it in the first place.

so why then do i exist? i exist to do things. actually this blog is a result of too many things to do, so i decided to have a short break and publish one. im suppose to fininsh my fine arts project which is a ornamental lamp with pastillas wrapper of bulacan inspired design. i should also be doing an article for the publicity committe which is fortunately due today. lastly im suppose to study for my first short quiz in history which is only 100 items! (what exactly is being short? relative i guess.)

there is nothing really to fuss about this week. no problems in the dorm and all. i feel that this blog is somehow my therapy. so i can spill all the beans and at the same time gather them back.

i know im sounding senseless, but cant you get the point? the more senseless we are, the more profound we become.

ta-ta.

a new beginning

2006-01-10T19:37:00.000+08:00

where do i begin? okay, let's see. the very nature of why i am blogging today and why i just opened my blogspot account just this instant is boredom. the very same culprit which attacks me during my history class and econ 11 with a prof. whose name i do not want to reveal (i got a good grade though i often get sleepy. fine prof. actually). im with my friend luigi as of the moment. he is also doing something on the net. i actually did not plan to surf tonight. it is just that i felt like going with him. hahaha.

okay, where am i? yah, boredom. im not really doing anything in the dorm. i was just painting and all (believe it, i do have an artistic side. ask my friends). i like friendster blog but there are just to many messages popping in my email that i got pissed off.

im posting not just for the sake of posting but because im pissed off. i opened too many email accounts for diff. purposes and then i suddenly end up losing all the user names and passwords. damn.

that's it for now.
ta-ta