we got run over.

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We were run over by a man possesed who just came from his hearing.
We were run over by a point guard who ate mike bibby inside the paint.
We were run over by a giant who is so unstoppable when gets the ball.
We were run over by the oldest player in the league who scored a triple double.

At first you know I was just drinking enjoying the game

after my team was losing by more than 20 wala na... hehe!!!



Yes, the Los Angeles Lakers ate my Sacramento Kings. We lost big time and I was there in person inside the staples center.
Hehehe... so much for my first nba live game!

All I can say is punyeta ang galing ni Kobe! Swabe! Kakaiba! Mlapit ko ng maging idol itong lokong ito... punyeta hinayupan pucha ang galing talga!



I went there with my two cousins, Kuya Joey and Ate Diana, and an uncle. Kuya Joey was bribing me to become a laker convert. He told me pagumabot daw ng finals ulit siya daw bahala sa upuan ko sa sideline. What do you think guys? Shet! magipon lang daw ako ng $300 okay na ako... (ang totoong price sa baba is around $3k-$5k) pwede na yun! napagisip niya tuloy ako! pero sbi ko dip inside kings fan talga ako mwahaha... at magrooroot lang ako sa lakers finally ay kapag natalo kaming mga kings sa playoffs. (which is nde mangyayari!) :)
me with kuya joey bribing me hahaha

What's funny is when I was watching the game, everytime the kings scored I was the only one who stood up and shouted! "Let's go guys.. let's make a run!" Sabay tingin sa akin yung mga nasa harapan ko. Naka black and violet pa nga ako. Large violet shirt underneath and a medium black shirt which I bought for $10! balak ko nga ibalik 2day e hehehe.... anjan naman resibo ko! Neway, while we were just drinking corona (punyeta walang san mig e!) and enjoying the game, nakita ko si kareem abdul jabbar, magic johnson at si jack nicholson sa baba! Kaso wala akong nakitang artista... gs2 ko makita si cameron e! syet!!

nakakahiya daw ako" sabi nung isang cousin ko. Sabi ko "WALA AKONG PAKELAM!"

my team

syempre intermission muna ako.. the laker girls wohooo!!!

sudden change of plans

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(March 23, Tuesday 12:47pm)

I hope it will be a great game.

This sentence is running around my head for 2 straight days now. Despite of just having 2 midterms and one more to go this thursday. I am wishfully thinking that it will be one helluva of a game this wednesday. I am so thrilled, excited, or whatever describes this moment. This is a dream, a dream come true more I suppose, but I guess more of like a goal of mine. Ever since I was a small boy, I swear, this was the moment I was waiting for. I still couldn't believe it.

A true basketball fan knows that this is a highlight moment in his life. One of those surreal experiences that won't probably happen in a little boy pinoy's wildest dreams. Then in one sunday of my life my cousin asked me if I wanted to go with them and watch an NBA game= live for free :) . The invitation wasn't to watch the game on tv, and he definitely did not say to challenge him in NBA LIVE 2004 using a playstation. It was in person: meaning real people. My jaw dropped. My smile rose like a sun rising from my face. Of course I would go! The hell I wouldn't miss this for the world!

This is a dream. Especially a game wherein the SACRAMENTO KINGS AND LA LAKERS are going at it against each other. I would be out of my mind not to watch this. Am I crazy? The only dillema is it will be held at Staples Center in LA. However, it still wasn't a problem for me because I would damn well pay a flight to go to this much awaited NBA GAME of my life.

If it is just a dream. Please pinch me now. Forgive me now cuz i'm still in this state of schock.

I just hope it will be a great game.

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You are a forest shadow. Your essence is that of
the tree or beast that casts you upon the
earth. You feel a purpose to be in balance
with the cycles of life and are wise and
beautiful in your submission to the justice of
Mother Nature. You are peaceful in nature and,
though you feel small, your spirit is precious,
strong, and mighty as the (green)forces with
which it is affiliated. (please rate my quiz
cuz it took me for freaking ever to create)


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4 things on ma mind...

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1- My new battery operated toothbrush (yeah!)
>>>> Thanks dad!!! he gave me one! All right! hehe makakarelate na ako kay rinka heehee!!! kaso baka maging slob ako niyan hala!!! :) mwahaha!!!

2- Check out Eminem and D12's new video (4/5 * stars)
>>>> I just saw it yesterday... I was laughing my ass off!!! sobrang kulit man!!! youll see eminem in drag, ull see him salsa salesman, and spoof 50 cent. Man I was laughing so hard ang kasi ang kulit kulit!!! Title nung song "My Band". Check it out.

3- Disturbing Religion (deeper one)
>>>> I was having a conversation with 2 co-workers of mine while cleaning up our respective departments. We were debating about religion specifically being a Catholic.

Co-worker# 1: Hey are you Catholic? You probably are right cuz you are a Filipino. My wife is pinay too.

(I guess bored lang itong lokong ito so I answered him...)

Me: Oh yeah? Your wife's a filipina (puti kasi siya e)? Yes I am a Catholic. How about you?
Cw#1: I used to be one, but I stopped practicing it and stopped going to mass.
Me: Why?
Cw#1: Well it is mostly because I hate the thought of someone or an institution telling me what is wrong and what is right. I feel like they are controlling my life. They ask me to give money to waste it and lecturing me about life. I know a lot of Filipinos who went here and also changed their faith because they feel the same way too.
Co-worker# 2: Yeah! I am like that too! I think practicing my religion just keeps me from doing something that I want.

(So I thought okay pala itong mga ito may serious issues on religion. Seriously, I think they are retarded; however, they are I know they are entitled with their own opinions and I should respect em.) So I answered them that just made them think... :) hehe!

then hiniritan ko

Me: Honestly, I think religion affects people differently. Maybe its your upbringing, or where you came from or whatever. All that matters it what you believe in. I think religion for me is what makes our family intact. When we pray the rosary almost every night, it is the only time when we stop what we are doing and pray as one. Every mass we try to come as a family and just be together. You guys wouldn't believe how religious our family is that my grandparents buit a retreat house in the philippines that we have a clan retreat yearly.

Then nagulat sila kasi they were caught offguard... nde nila ako tinigalan the whole night until closing na magiging Priest daw ako... hala! hehehe..

4- On Soulmates wala lang..
>>>> What are soulmates? In the dictionary soul is defined as an "essential part", and mate is defined as "fit together". Fit together as an essential part? what? Anyway my question is really this... are they supposed to be the opposite of what you are that s/he seem to complete what you lack, or is s/he is so alike to you that you feel that there is a certain connection that will bind you together... forever. So ano ba talga? Just a thought...

Saint 2PAC

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I ain't a killa but don't push me
revenge is like the sweetest joy next to gettin pussy
Picture paragraphs unloaded, wise words being quoted
Peep the weakness in the rap game and showed it
Bow down, pray to God hoping that he's listenin
Seein niggas comin for me, through my diamonds,
when they glistenin
Now pay attention,
Rest me please father,
I'm a ghost in these killin fields,
Hail Mary catch me if I go,
let's go deep inside the solitary mind of a mad man
Screams in the dark, evil lurks, enemies, see me flee
Activate my hate, let it break, to the flame
Set trip, empty out my clip,
never stop to aim,
some say the game is all corupted,
fuck this shit, stuck,
Niggas lucky if we bust out this shit,
plus momma told me never stop
until I bust a nut,
fuck the world if they can't adjust.
It's just as well
Hail Mary.

I was never a 2PAC fan... I did not really follow his rhymes and beat even after his early death. However, living here breathing the culture...

it opened my ears to listen...
my head waved in esctacy...
my body shivered.
eyes teared.

It made me smile.

I felt his pain, anguish, and death. It's like he was looking right through me.

Which is why I now consider him an idol.
A model. A SAINT. Saint TUPAC SHAKUR.

R.I.P.

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I went to sf downtown alone last march 12
armed with a digicam..
i took some pix..
i went down to the alleys... to the train stations... walked through dirty side streets...
hang out on the public library... observe ppl and just enjoying peace within self...

I guess just enjoying solitude... that was a wondeful experience I can't wait to do it again nxt week :) :) :)


the library! (yan talga yun yung bldg) haha.. seriously this is deep.. I guess its name would be...
"success as a one-way street"



this one can be "sink the ship"



"ang motor"



"constructing truth" (look for this word)




I am sorry if its not that good of a picture.. I never really identified myself as a photgrapher.. im usually just tripping with the camera and imitating my idol tita in photography... she's really one helluva photographer.. as in whoa... galing niya siya yung gumawa ng sa silverworks layout before at ngayon... galing ang galing her name is Dulzzi Gutierrez and she is at true artist! oh well gotta go its getting late guys! ;p

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Ambiguity

Love is but a word.
A word I never truly understood.

Always striking me off guard,
I drown into its whirlwind oceans,
as I struggle to keep my head up high.

The space in between the air and water seems immeasurable
as a symphony is orchestrated among the silent breeze.
I listen as the harmony glides drumming my ears,
collaborating itself with the rhythmic patterns of my heart.

I hesitate to move as I give in and float my way to the unknown
because I know the waves will carry me to your shores.

I know it’s been a long time ever since we have been together.
But is there an escape to what I am feeling now?

I think not.

Love is but a word.
A word I never truly understood.

Even until now…




picture by: thepetprofessor.com

(magaya nga si instant karma sa pic hehe!!!)

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Leonardo Vetra had looked up from the meditations with a paternal smile. "My daughter the skeptic. So you don't believe God speaks to man? Let me put it in your language." He took a model of the human brain down from a shelf and set it in front of her. "As you probably know, Vittoria, human beings use a very small percentage of their brain power. However, if you put them into emotionally charged situations-- like physical trauma, extreme joy or fear, deep meditation -- all of a sudden their neurons start firing like crazy, resulting in massively enhanced mental clarity."

"So what?" Vittoria said. "Just because you think clearly doesn't mean you talk to God."

"Aha!" Vetra exclaimed. "And yet remarkably solutions to seemingly impossible problems occur in these moments of clarity. It's what gurus call higher consciousness. Biologists call it altered states. Psychologist call it super-sentience." He paused. "And Christians call it answered prayer". Smiling broadly, he added, "Sometimes divine revelation simply means adjusting your brain to hear what your heart already knows."

.... Each of us is a God, Buddha had said. Each of us knows all. We need only open our minds to hear our own wisdom.

It was in that moment of clarity , as Vittoria plunged deeper into the earth, that she felt her mind open... her own wisdom surface. She sensed now without a doubt what the camerlengo's intentions were. Her awareness brought with a fear like nothing she had ever known.

One of my most favorite excerpts in the book, Angels and Demons by Dan Brown. I just finished reading it and I definitely think that it was one of the most wonderfully written books I have ever read. The plot, the setting, the characters complimented the way the story evolved. A chilling thriller that will take you out of your seat. It will make you doubt a lot of things that you believe in trust me. It's a wild chase towards the end until the surprising twist of events. Brown is truly a magnificent writer. I felt like I was possesed man when I first held his book until the final pages. I still long for the story to continue however, I know it should end with a fitting climax. It's something that will shock you totally from reading it. I am still in AWE.... he is a true genius! I can't even think how Brown wrote this. *applause* (isa na akong obssesed fan ni dan haha)

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Nihilist Bear


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Happy birthday BING!!! :)

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hey der!!! just wanted to greet this special lady a happy happy 23rd birthday! Hope next birthday mo magkasama tayo ;p... enjoy my gift for you hehe!!! tc lagi!! miss you!!!

wheat bread, fresh orange juice and a Dan Brown book

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I think I have reached my saturation point in eating wheat bread. You know the feeling you get because of eating too much bread. I guess you don't know since I am the only one abstaining rice (Ha! aba loko noh!). Ever since ash wednesday, the day I started giving up rice, my hunger would erupt in a matter of 30 minutes and 5 seconds (exag!). That's where I reach out my weapon (skyflakes) and fight it before my whole day erupts.. actually I know it's deep fried however okay lng yun la naman akong pwedeng kainin e!!! hmmmm... neway, i replace my craving for green mango into fresh orange juice... you know yung bitter orange juice sa airplane ko lang natitikman? hayun... i love it cuz it's super sour... and it's healthy... and it's orange haha.. wala lang...

Im reading another dan brown book again.. "Angels and Demons". Syempre nahook up na naman ako... can you believe nakalahati ko na yung libro chapter 50 nako sa sobrang adik ko... haaay feeling ko naging substitute ko ito for rice haha... okay naman e... at least liliit tummy ko!!!

Bee Happy!

Reasons for happiness

There are plenty of people who appear to have every reason for happiness,
who are in fact miserable. And there are others who seem to have no reason
to be happy, yet they are as happy as can be.
Why is this? Because happiness is not a result, but a cause.

If you wait for a reason before allowing yourself to be happy, that reason
will likely never come. Yet when you can be happy even though there's no
reason for it, pretty soon an abundance of reasons will appear.

Smile, and there will be much to smile about. Be thankful, and there will be
plenty of reasons for being thankful.

If you make your happiness conditional, you'll limit it and drive it away.
Why in the world would you want to do that?

Instead of waiting for happiness to flow toward you, let it flow from you.
And such happiness will never fail to find its own very good reasons.

-- Ralph Marston

Dr. Seuss' 100th Birthday

It was Dr. Seuss' 100th birthday last Feb 29, 2004, and I volunteered to read for the kids that were invited in the store I was working at. They were so cute and innocent. Parang i was in the show na when kids say the darndest things kasi everytime I ask them kung ano yung drawing ni dr. seuss, they try to explain it in a a funny way tapos tawa lang kami... In fairness, sabi ng mga co-workers ko magaling daw ako magread sa mga kids kasi nakikinig daw sila compared to sa mga ibang nagbasa :) anyway, eto yung mga pix...






hiningi ko nga sa manager ko yung hat and yung shirt kc may nagrerequest sa akin nun e... i realized din na when I was small I was a fan yung green eggs and ham ba yun? wala lang. It was such a fun way of ending the week for me. :)

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