Merry Christmas all....

Merry Christmas all.... Pasensya na po sa katahimikan dito.... I was just going through some very tough times lately and until this moment, i'm still in the hot pursuit of my elusive usual energetic self that i really wanted back very badly.... Hopefully i'll be able to catch-up with it before things turns up more and more uglier next time....

Salamat din pala sa mga amazing friends na continuously at walang sawa pa ring dumadalaw sa'kin dito.... You know who yous are and i also wanted yous all to know that i really, really do APPRECIATE all your efforts, and all the messages and everything that yous all did ng walang kasawasawa.... Grabe kayo, wala talaga akong masabi....! I wish that someday i can also give back the same favors to yous guys.... =)

At kahit na hindi ko nasasagot ang mga messages nyo ay napapangiti pa rin syempre ako sa mga kakalugan at kakengkoyan nyo everytime na nababasa ko ang mga iniwanan nyo dito.... Though christmas songs and colours makes me lonely at this stage, i hope everyone's still happy and having a great time this christmas and take good care of yourselves.... God bless.... =)

Muntik na matigokok....

For the very first time in my life, i've experienced being involved in a car crash similar to that picture inset, and i'm telling you that it was not a pleasant experience at all, sobrang nakakatakot talaga....! Now i know how those people who had car accidents, have died or survived must have felt seconds before the impact.... At baka akala nyo rin siguro ay multo ko na lang tong nagbu-blogging ngayon dito, okay lang po ako, si Pepe pa rin po to in flesh he-he....! Kapag masamang damo raw, matagal mamatay kaya eto buhay na buhay pa rin po ako, matibay, at matagal mamatay he-he....!

Anyway, sa pagpapatuloy ko dito sa aking munting dula.... Last tuesday, July 29 of 2008, 5:55 ng hapon, ang hindi ko makalimutang araw.... Hindi sya ordinaryong araw kasi bumaba nun ang company owner para magpagawa ng prototype sa amin ni Cam (my vietnamese friend) kaya nag-OT kaming pareho ng mga kalahating oras.... He gave me a lift that day so i have to stay back with him as well 'til it's all done.... Hindi natapos pinapagawa sa amin kaya sabi nung owner, next day na lang daw namin tapusin yun....

Normally pagsumasakay ako sa kotse ni Cam, nagpapatugtog sya palagi ng music tapos sinasabayan namin ng kantahan at biruan, pero iba tong araw na'to.... Hindi sya nagsalang ng cd sa player, at wala rin kaming imikan habang nagbibyahe.... From work to my place kasi, takes around 15 to 20 minutes drive.... 15 kilometers distance, at sa 60 km/hr na takbo ng kotse ay talagang lumilipat at napakabilis namin.... Hindi kasi sanay si Cam magpatakbo ng mabagal, tapos kailangan nya pa palang abutang bukas ang restaurant na kinakainan nya ng dinner araw-araw....

Yun na nga, paspas takbo namin.... Singit dito, over-take dun, ng biglang tumigil ang mga kotse sa harap kaya wala nang time para magpreno pa kaya heto ngayon ang kotseng sinasakyan namin na parang nakai-slow motion pa sa pakiramdam ko papalapit sa likuran nung Volkswagen Beetle na dilaw sa harapan, at tanging pulang ilaw lang galing sa breaklight nung kotse sa harap ang naaalala ko dun sa initial approach at biglang napakalakas na SKREETCHH CRASHHH....!!!! Buti na lang kamo at naka-seatbelt kaming pareho dahil kung hindi ay humampas talaga kami dun sa salamin sa harap.... At sa laki ko ba namang to ay isang dangkal yata talaga ang ini-angat ng wetpu ko mula dun sa pagkaupo ko sa seat nung kotse bago ako hinatak muli nung seatbelt pabalik sa upuan....! At nakapagtatakang hindi rin gumana ang mga airbags nya....! Kaya kung ako kayo, wag na wag kayong mag-trust masyado na ililigtas kayo nung airbags.... Ingat talaga sa pagmamaneho ang magliligtas sa'yo at hindi ang safety features nung cars.... Advice ko yan, next time may bayad na he-he....!

Ganun pala feeling nun.... Wala ka halos iniisip, talagang blanko ang utak ko seconds before the impact at frozen lang sa upuan ko....! In split seconds after nung banggaan, nakalabas kami kaagad dun sa wreckage pero may second danger pa pala ulet....! Kailangan pa pala naming umalis kaagad dun sa gitna ng highway to the side of the road kasi baka hindi mapansin nung mga fast on-coming traffic ang banggaan at banggain ulit ang mga ito....! Pwede pala kaming maipit at mamatay dun sa gitna nung mga kotse kaya agad kong pinarahan ang padating na malaking truck dahil nakita kong nakatitig sa amin yung mamang driver at binagalan nya rin ang takbo nung truck.... In short, nakaabot kami safely dun sa safety zone, saka pa lang ako nakahinga ng maluwag hayyyy....!

Everything happened like a scene in a movie talaga....! Sino ba naman ang mag-aakalang makaka-survive kami dun sa 60 km/hr na car crash without a single scratch in our body....?! Nayugyog yata at naging halu-halu mga brain cells ko dun a....! Kaya ngayon, off si Cam for 2 weeks dahil pinapaayos nya kotse nya, plus babayaran ng insurance nya yung dalawang kotse sa harap na parehong wasak ang likuran at ride-off na sigurado yung Volkswagen na binangga namin dahil nasa likuran ang engine nun kaya siguradong wasak na wasak at hindi na pwedeng i-repair kaya dapat palitan na lang ng bago nung insurance company ni Cam....

Tinikitan pa nung pulis na dumating si Cam for $350, at bawas ng 3 points ang license nya for negligence.... Plus, babayaran nya rin pala yung service nung nag-respond na mga police for $1000 nakuw sakit sa ulo....! All in all, milyon in terms of peso ang value ng split second na yun....! Para tuloy binagsakan ng katakot-takot na hollow blocks ang mukha nung best plens ko doon....! Hindi ko rin tuloy napansin na masakit pala tong batok at right side ko, kaya sabi ko dun sa pulis nung tinanong kung nasaktan raw ba kami, ang sabi ko, "we're okay" at pabirong dagdag ko pa nga na, "probably we're made of steel officer".... Natawa lang yung pulis....! Dapat pala nag-claim din ako ng third party insurance dun para sa batok ko a he-he....! Joks lang, kawawa naman plens ko....! ....! =D

Anyway, importante buhay na buhay kami di ba....? Ang pera madaling kitain, pero ang buhay ay talagang iisa lang, pagtinamaan ka at natigokok ay yun na yun sa ayaw mo man o sa gusto....! One thing for sure, i'm still not ready to die yet, because probably i still have a lot of things to do in my life kaya ako nakaligtas dun.... I know that i'll get to that point one day, but at the moment not yet, i'm very sure of that he-he....! Nagka-trauma pa yata ako dun sa accident na yun a, kasi mula nung nangyari yun, everytime na makakakita ako ng breaklight ngayon ay nagugulat ako at napapapreno tong kanang paa ko ha-ha....! =D

Wala pa rin sa mood....

It's long weekend this weekend so i thought that i should as well take my time and slow down a little.... Hindi na kasi ako nakapagtamadtamaran dahil sa sobrang busy nga kaya big chance ko na to ngayon ha-ha....! Everyone's returning back to work on tuesday pa and tomorrow is still another day-off as a part of the long weekend thingy nga.... I think it's also a public holiday in pinas bukas, hindi ko lang maalala kung anong okasyon.... I was also shocked to know from AB yesterday about the passing of another philippine cinema's great, Rudy Fernandez.... Buhay nga talaga ng tao, the difference between a cancer patient and a healthy person daw is just a matter of time, everyone is heading to that same direction....

Hindi ko na kasi masyadong nasusubaybayan ang mga pilikulang pilipino dahil medyo mahirap itong mahagilap dito.... I would really love to sit in front of tv for the whole day one day and watch pinoy programs kung meron lang sana akong source ng mga to dito.... I also got terribly addicted to listening online filipino-fm stations lately, particularly the Kiss FM Lucena, maybe because of the sense of humor ng mga Dj's at ang tunog ng accent nila na talagang pinoy na pinoy, ala Dencio Padilla ang dating at parang nasa pinas lang ako ulit everytime na nakikinig ako, or maybe the 80's music that they often play, which i love to listen....

Since friday i was very busy putting on some colors in my apartment unit.... Sort of making things go against my dull mood this time, para naman maiba ng kunti.... Hindi naman kasi dahil medyo depressed ako ay dapat depressed din ang kulay ng paligid ko, kaya medyo nilagyan ko ng kunting buhay ang paligid at ni-rearrange ang ibang part ng bahay, nilinis ang mga fish tanks at dinagdagan ang mga tropical fish nito.... Kahapon, for the first time in many weeks ay lumabas ako ng balcony at inayos ang mga halaman dun.... There's a bird cage there in a corner that once belongs to my pet cockatiel, "Dexter"....

Sabi ko, siguro it's about time na para lagyan ko ng ibon ulit instead of it just sitting there and catching dust kaya pumunta ako sa pet shop kahapon to buy one but not necessarilly a cockatiel again kasi baka ma-frustrate lang ako kung hindi ito kasing obedient ni Dexter ko nun.... So i've finally made up my mind to get a pair of finches instead, because they are cheaper and easy to maintain birds.... Only eleven dollars each compared to a cockatiel's price that will instantly break my pocket.... And they can also breed in the cage when in pairs, all you need is just a nesting box or grass ball at presto, may baby ibon na sila....

Pero may kunting problema lang, dalawa na lang daw ang finches nila at parehong lalaki pa....! I thought, this is not right, hindi ako against sa gay couples but then they will deprive me the chance of being an uncle to my nephews and nieces (baby finch) in the future....! Nalito tuloy si astig.... Anyways, medyo nagustuhan ko naman ang kulay nila kaya binili ko na rin at nag-promise naman yung store keeper na next week ay may finches ulit sila na darating kaya bili na lang ako ulit ng mga t-birds naman next time, extra gastos nga lang he-he....!

Pagkauwi, nilinis ko ang hawla at nilagyan ng ibons (plural for ibon) at nilagyan ng left-over na bird seeds ni Dexter nun.... And i'm also proud to tell you about my latest genius idea.... Nag-iisip ako nun kung anong nest ang ilalagay ko dahil wala akong mahagilap na kahon.... When a bag of wood chippings na ginagamit kong pang mulch sa mga halaman ang nakatawag ng pansin ko.... Biglang umilaw na naman tuloy tong bumbilya sa utak ni astig....! Naalala nyo ba kung paano ginagawa ang fried chicken....? Nilalagay sa loob ng plastic bag ang pieces ng manok coated with beaten eggs with the flour and spices at kung ano pang sangkap, tapos pinapagpag, niyuyugyog, at inaalog-alog ito para dumikit sa pieces ng manok ang sangkap....?

Yun ang ginawa ko....! Kumuha ako sa cup-board nung take-away container na bilog na ginagamit sa fastfoods, nilagyan ng butas as pinto for the birds to get in it, tinakpan at pinahiran ang buong container ng napakakapal at masmakapal pa sa normal na pag-apply ng craft-glue (elmer's glue) at inilagay ito sa loob ng plastic bag na may wood chips sabay pagpag, apak, tadyak, yugyog, at alog-alog dito at hinayaang matuyo ng few minutes dun pa rin mismo sa loob nung bag and presto ulit, instant birds nest made of wood-chip ball....! Galing ko ano....?!

For a while i was really enjoying doing the cleaning at the balcony and even forgotten about my dull mood kahit sandali.... I sometimes thought of leaving blogging because i can't think of anything to write in here anymore, talagang blanko utak ko ngayon.... Unless i will talk about myself like this again.... Wala talagang pumapasok na ideas sa utak ko para isulat.... Hindi katulad nun na halos bumabad na ako dito kaharap ng pc for days and nights para lang isulat ang lahat ng mga umaapaw na ideas sa isip na gusto kong i-share.... Maybe it's because of my hopelessness, maybe it's because of my frustrations in life, hindi ko alam....

Para akong palubog na bangka minsan, lahat ng mga pabigat ay dapat na itapon over-board just to keep the boat floating as long as possible.... Sa ngayon, palagay ko ay hindi naman pabigat tong blogging sa'kin, kaya lang ay hindi ko lang talaga kayang i-maintain to sa lahat ng oras.... So kahit medyo hindi ako nakakapaglagay ng bagong entries ay nandito pa rin naman akong pabisitabisita sa mga blogs nyo each weekend.... When i'll get through this dullness ay balik gana na naman ako sigurado yan, promise.... Kaya wag lang sanang magtampo kung medyo hindi ako masyadong active dito ngayon.... =D

The great firewall of china....

I didn't go to work today because we were adviced yesterday by our supervisor to take a weekend off dahil wala daw masyadong orders kaya pahinga muna kami this saturday, next weekend na lang ang OT.... Okay lang kasi pagod naman talaga ako at kahapon lang ay wish kong sana wala ngang over-time ngayon para makapagpahinga naman ng kunti.... Anyways, i was watching Foreign Correspondent on tv today and there was this topic that had caught my attention.... It was about the danger of being a blogger in china....

What they've said on tv was funny because i think it's very rare for somebody to get a knock on their door as a result of something that they've wrote in their websites or their blogs.... Talagang bihira lang, you can count those cases on a couple of hands practically....

We know that there certainly is survailances, and there certainly are internet police.... There are people who's job is to works on a public security apparatus to track-down speech on the internet.... When the internet first started, everyone said that it's beauty was that nobody controls it and that's what most people still believe now.... But in china, the government has proven that it can control the internet....! It blocks sites that it doesn't like, it prevents discussions on certain subjects, it can fine and even chase, arrest, and jail people for stepping out of the line....

The companies which host chinese blogs are held responsible for their contents, so if a "taboo" subject is mentioned and we don't know what level of written ideas are already considered as "taboo" over there, but the hosting company will often send a polite massage suggesting that by changing their words, the blogger can have their article posted in the internet.... What the....! Ganyan na ba ka takot ang gobyerno nila sa mga write-ups ngayon....?! Quite opposite to how the whole world saw them as one of the biggest producers of electronic communication devices na simbolo pa naman sana ng freedom of speech di ba....? Very ironic ano po....?

At least most of us bloggers are still lucky to belong to a country where freedom of speech and print medias are still safe and widely practiced.... Buti na lang wala tayo sa china at ang pinaka-suspense na sigurong katok sa pintuan na matatanggap natin ay packages ng mga goodies na pinamili natin online o di kaya bills ng internet connections....!

Nakakalungkot lang kasing isipin na para silang namumuhay na bilanggo ng sarili nilang bansa kung saan ang kanilang sariling mga opinyon ay wala na rin halos bisa.... And as bloggers with all the freedom in this world to write just about anything ay alam natin kung gaano kahirap ang ganung sitwasyon.... Ano pa kayang sentensya ang maaari nilang ipataw kung mapuntahan lang nila at mabasa ang iba sa mga napuntahan kong blogsites na masyado na talagang rude at below the belt ang mga banat at mga ibinabatong topics....! Bitay sigurado o di kaya minced meat he-he....!

So if i were blogging in china today, ay hindi pala ako dapat nagsulat ng topic na to ngayon dahil any moment from now ay may mga katok akong maririnig mula sa aking pintuan para arestuhin at ikulong ako for crossing the line hmmmm....! TOk- tok-TOK....! Huh, ano yun....?! Tatot ato he-he....! =D

Muling nagparamdam....

Tahimik tong blog ko ngayon buong linggo, hindi dahil walang bumisita kundi dahil wala ako dito.... As usual, busy pa rin sa trabaho plus mga personal na problema at drama sa buhay at kung ano-ano pa dyan na basta-basta na lang sumisingit.... It's a good thing na easter ngayon, long weekend kaya big chance for me to sort things out at makapag-relax ang isipan.... Masyado kasing buholbuhol tong mga schedules ko ngayon na ewan ko kung san nangagaling at patuloy pa rin akong inuulan....!

Big events also happened this week.... I really thought that i'm going to lose my job....! Nakabangga ko kasi ang mga so called "protected people" in our company.... I wasn't scared of them, all i wanted was to stand on my point and be heard, and i did....! They really have to think about it before sacking me there because, hindi sa pagmamayabang to ha, i'm a very effecient and dedicated employee na kahit tatlo pa ang ipalit nila sa akin at gagastos sila ng husto sa mga yun ay hindi pa rin kayang ipagpalit sa qualities ko....

I work like a one man team all the time, wala na halos toilet at inum ng tubig, but at the end of the day ay tapos ang trabaho na dapat sana ay pang two to three days na job, and i don't even complain about hard or easy job that i've received.... Basta ilagay mo lang dyan sa work-table ko at gagawin ko kahit ano pa yan....! Oha, san pa sila makakakita ng ganyan na empliyado, ni hindi manlang ako nagwi-whinge tungkol sa payrise na kagaya ng iba dyan na hingi ng hingi hindi naman pinapalitan ng sipag sa gawa....! Or i might suffer a stiff-neck the whole week sa sobrang kasusubsob sa trabaho, but that won't be enough to stop me from completing a job on time which is in my case the efforts almost did not pay.... !

I just felt bad because all this time i was really so friendly to everyone sa work at tahimik lang talaga akong tao at walang gulo.... They can say what they want to say about me as long as they don't hit me physically ay walang problema yan, they have the right to say anything and suffer the consequenses also from the almighty up above kung hindi tutuo ang pinagsasabi nila so it doesn't really bother me at all.... Last wednesday, sabi ko lord, hindi ko kaya tong mga tao na to, ayaw ko ring manakit o makasakit kaya plis gawin nyo lang po'ng tabla ang laban....

I was scheduled to see the big boss kasi last thursday kaya patay kang bata ka tanggal ka na ngayon....! Pero himalang hindi ako pinatawag man lang....! Baka binatukan o di kaya pinitik ni lord ang ilong nya at tuluyan nang nakalimutan ang dapat nya sanang gawin sa akin ha-ha....! May mga sipsip kasi sa loob na pini-feed ng stories tong uto-uto naman namin na big boss at nakikinig naman tong isa instead na gumawa muna ng sarili nyang imbistigasyon para naman magmukha syang may-isip din at may sariling disposisyon, big boss pa naman sya sana....! Nagmukha tuloy syang tanga at utak ipis dun sa nga masnakakaintindi ng sitwasyon....!

Don't get me wrong, my work place is the best ever in australia.... It's only the people working there that creates all this trouble, ika nga kahit sa paraiso ay may ahas rin.... Madaming hepe kasi....! Ito ang mga taong out of this world ang mga virus.... Hindi kayang gamutin ng syensya....! Would you believe na ito lang yata ang trabahong napasukan ko na walang tumatagal na managers....?! At present, our acting managers are the owner and the president of the company dahil walang nag-survive man lang na mga managers dito talaga dahil madami sa mga nagtatrabahong feeling bossing din ang pang wildlife sanctuary ang mga attitudes....! Buti na lang kind ako sa mga animals....! =D

Kaya hindi ko na halos maasikaso tong blog ko dahil dun.... Pero blessing naman na nadagdagan ang mga clients ko dito sa raket ko on book illustrations.... The present one is an author based in africa na hindi ko pa masyadong pinagkakatiwalaan dahil sa reputasyon ng mga afrikano na medyo mahilig din mangraket ng kapwa, pero susubukan ko pa rin basta kunting ingat lang sa money matters at bank account infos.... All in all, makulay, kumpletos recados to'ng mga nakaraang weeks kahil halos magkanda-heart attack na ako sa sobrang stress....

I just hope that everyone is doing well sa kanikanilang mga life and blogs.... Happy easter to all....! =D

Must forget 2007....

If we talk about what had happened in 2007, ay madami po akong alam dyan lalong lalo na sa da life of yours truly in 2007.... I guess for me, 2007 is a year that is not worth remembering, why....? Well, madaming mga pangyayaring nangyari at hindi ko pa alam kung muling mangyayari pa in 2008, na sana naman ay wag nang magyari pa dahil ayaw na ayaw ko na sana tong muling mangyari pa at pagnangyari pa tong muli ay ewan ko na lang....! Whew....! Yun....!

I think i'm more luckier with well rounded numbers like the number 8 which is also a symbol of glittering cash in chinese numerology.... I can't understand why but, it seems that the number 7 in 2007 had live up to it's shape as an axe that had kept on axing my luck the whole year round....!

I know you wouldn't believe me unless you've put your foot in my shoe and step a year back in time to see for yourself kung ano nga ba ang mga nangyari kay Pepe nun at ganito na lang ang pagtatampo nya sa 2007....! Pero ito po talaga ang nangyari and you will never ever dream of having something like this in your smooth-flowing life ever....! If i were asked to choose, i wouldn't have chosen this disaster either....! I can't tell you what it was, but i can compare that experience to having a nightmare while you'are still awake....!

Nakakita na ba kayo ng rumaragasang tren....? Subukan nyong tumayo sa harap nun....! Ganun ang nangyari sa amin ni AB this year....! Na-picture out mo na....? Hindi basta basta hihinto yun, bawat bagon ay may sariling momentum na patuloy na tutulak at tatakbo ng walang tiyak na oras ng paghinto....! Mas-okay pa nga sigurong tumayo sa harap ng rumaragasang mga kalabaw at ipikit ang mga mata mo dahil kahit papano ay kusa kang iiwasan ng mga ito....!

Ano-ano nga ba ang mga naging kapalpakan sa life ni Pepe in 2007....? Madami po, ang iba ay hindi ko na maalala at ayaw nang maalala pa at kung kusa mang bumalik ang mga alaala ay kusa ko pa rin tong buburahin sa isipan ko....! Lately there was a big blow na dumating at kung halos pa lang ay magpalimos na kami just to meet the requirements.... First time ever itong nangyari sa amin, at hindi namin expected and not everybody had experienced this one as well, actually only a small number of people have had this kind of experience in their lives....! Masmalaki pa nga siguro ang chances na masagasaan ka ng pison kesa mangyari to sa'yo....! For a moment, i've even thought that this is just happening in the movies....! Believe me, i don't know how on earth are you going to escape this that easily kung sa'yo siguro to nangyari....! But we did in just within a week's time....! It's like we'are living in a dream for a moment there....!

Of all the people ba naman in the phils ay hindi ako makapaniwalang sa amin pa nangyari to....! But gladly my brother in Singapore had saved the day for us and paid everything-off....! I still owe him some amount though' pero sabi nya, "'tol, pag-usapan na lang natin yan kung may pera ka na." na nagpalaki naman sa aking puso he-he....! Enlargement of the heart, delekado yan Peng ah....! I think it's great to have a good and caring brother around you at times when you'are down.... =)

That big blow had a bad effects on us though, we've lost the ability to trust the word SECURITY anymore.... We believe that our privacy was being violated there and i guess things won't be the same again after that.... I just hope that gradually we will recover so that we can move on.... Hopefully with the help of the number 8 in 2008 we will get through these challenges together.... We've made a lot of attempts to plan some new things before the year's end, but still the lack of confidence are there to make us realize, think, and sink back to the safety of not caring anymore at all....!

Hopefully this next year will look after us, and this time we'll be ready to stand aside whenever a train comes again.... We'll be more wiser by then i promise....! For me, there is really a big reason for us to celebrate the parting of the years, and that is peace of mind....! And some other reasons pa of course, that are already marinating in my fridge he-he....! BBQ yum....! =D

Thinking about christmas....

You know christmas is just around the corner, but the odd thing is soon it's going to be scorching hot here in sydney....! Summer time is already here and it's already starting to get more warmer each day.... Christmas in my childhood's memory is about santa, snows, reindeers, and snowmans.... And eventhough tropical ang climate natin dyan sa pinas pero meron pa rin namang kaunting ihip ng malamig na hangin kada pasko di ba....? Ewan ko lang sa Manila, pero dun sa amin sa probinsya may lamig pa rin na kunti ang pasko.... There's no way i can sport my jackets and things here for christmas like i use to do there in pinas when we go to the church and malls at night....

Sometimes it's strange watching christmas programs on tv during the ber-seasons when you'are sweating all-over and you crave for a glass of cold drinking water....! Plus the annoying scenes in the malls....! The decorations, the songs, at nakakita na ba kayo ng pictorial na si Santa Clause ay parang ginaw na ginaw dun sa porma nya habang ang kandong-kandong naman nya na bata ay nakapang-Sahara Desert na attire....?! How i wish na makaka-uwi ako this christmas, pero malabo due to a lot of problems that was stopping me from saving for my holiday back this year....

Anyways, there's still plenty of chances naman sa mga susunod pa na mga months, pero ito sana ang pinakagusto ko dahil masaya at madaming activities.... I've missed a lot in my life you know.... Since i came here, everything seems to had stopped in a certain point of my life.... Sometimes i said to myself na maybe tatanda ako later on na puzzled and wondering what had happened to those dashes in between the words na "my-------life" kasi napakadami kong na-miss na mga bagay....! Minsan na-isip ko tuloy na mag-aral kaya akong lumipad....! Para naman makakabalik ako sa pinas anytime na bored ako dito ng walang masyadong kuskos balungos....! Yun kaya ibig sabihin nung Flying School....?

Hay naku, kung bibilangin ko lang ang lahat ng mga hinanakit ko sa buhay ay magi-emote na naman, totopakin, at masisira lang tong pasko ko....! For the sake of the christmas spirit na lang, i will try to enjoy this christmas season kahit na medyo malayo sa love ones dahil once lang naman natin to mai-enjoy sa isang taon di ba....? Sa mga nag-aantabay naman po dyan sa holiday counter ko sa taas, hindi po matutuloy yan.... Dapat siguro palitan ko na muna yan ng counters for New Years Eve o Valentines Day hanggang sa makapagmunimuni at makapagdesisyon naman ako ng panibagong mga holiday dates....! And hopefully this time ay matuloy na sana.... =D

Higpit sinturon in the horizon....

Just before lunch yesterday, our company president broke the news to us in a quick meeting that there won't be anymore weekends overtime until informed next year in 2008 which is quite a bad news for us since there's only few weeks to go na lang before the christmas month.... Anyways, they still gave us 4 hours everyday during weekdays if we are willing to stay back and take it after the daily 8.0 hours normal loads.... which adds-up to 16 hours pa rin naman, kaya lang hindi ko na talaga kaya pang mag-stay back hanggang 9 o clock ng gabi....

We'are normally kasi allowed to as much as 16 hours overtime a week from mondays to saturdays, it depends on how we arrange it ourselves.... Ibig sabihin flexible sya sa kahit na anong oras mo gustong pumasok at umuwi as long as you've completed the 8.0 hours required.... I normally do 6.25 hours overtime sa weekdays and 8.0 hours saturdays total to 14.25 hours overtime a week multiplied by 2 kasi forth-nightly (two weeks) ang sweldohan namin dito.... A total of 28.5 hours overtime plus the normal hours na 8.0 hours a day for ten days a forth-night is 108.5 hours a forth-night multiplied by the pay rate per hour, minus the tax and superannuation contribution ko na the same function din sa SSS dyan sa pinas.... Magulo di ba pero very impressive namn ang figures na makikita mo sa pay-slip pagdating ng payment day....!

Buti na lang pala at nabayaran ko na ang malalaki kong commitments for this year, i hope.... There will be some adjustments budgetwise na pinag-iisipan ko pa until such time na makita ko na ang results ng pagtanggal dun sa ibang overtime namin sa next pay-day ko.... At the moment, i'm still affected by the blast of that big responsibilities the last time na slowly ko namang naku-cope kahit papano....

At the moment i'm keeping a compose outlooks towards this problems and bracing up myself for the worse na hopefully ay wag naman sanang mangyari.... What i mean is about the money shortages in the future 'coz i've just recovered from a big spending na hindi naman talaga nasayang dahil napunta rin naman yun dun sa mga ini-invest namin ni AB.... Yun lang nga at medyo napaaga ng kunti ang paniningil nung previous owner kasi nagkasakit ang mister nya nun.... What i worries me the most ay yung mga unexpected problems up ahead na hindi ko kontrolado pa ang flow at hindi ko pa nakikita....

Anyways, necessity brings-out one's best naman sabi nila so alam ko kayang-kaya namin to....! Hope for the best and never stop talking to the one above lang.... =)

What is OCD....?

Yesterday i've stumbled across an article about OCD commonly known as Obsessive-compulsive Disorders.... I felt strange because sometimes i tend to repeat things too, specially when you get used to it for a long time.... One of these is checking everything specially the stove's burner and the electrical plugs and a lot of hazardous things in the house before i go to work in the morning like it's some sort of a daily ritual for me....! I don't believe that it has any serious connections to OCD at all....! It's just that we'are very much aware of the dangers around us and we'are just being prepared and ahead of things all the time i guess.... In that case pala, OCD is common in everyone, ano sa palagay nyo....? Is there anything in common between OCD and being a perfectionist....? Well, i'm not a perfectionist i believe, but there's a lot of them in our society today....! Some are even bigger people, leaders and prominent figures of the world....!

Ganito ang nakasulat dun sa article kahapon:

It's normal to check over homework to be sure it's done right — in fact, it's a good idea. But when Donna does her homework or takes a test, she feels like she has to check each problem over and over. She just wants to make sure her answer is right — but as soon as she's checked once, she feels the need to check again, just to be sure. It takes her hours to do homework, and she often doesn't finish tests because she keeps going back to check previous answers.

What Is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)....?

OCD is a type of anxiety disorder. People with OCD become preoccupied with whether something could be harmful, dangerous, wrong, or dirty — or with thoughts about bad stuff that might happen. With OCD, upsetting or scary thoughts or images, called obsessions, pop into a person's mind and are hard to shake.

People with OCD feel strong urges to do certain things repeatedly — called rituals or compulsions — in order to banish the scary thoughts, or to try to ward off the bad thing they dread, or to make extra sure that things are safe or clean or right. By doing a ritual, someone with OCD is trying to feel absolutely certain that something bad won't happen.

Sometimes the obsessions and compulsions seem to be related to each other. For example, if a person with OCD has obsessions (worry thoughts) about germs and about getting sick, these might be accompanied by compulsions (urges and behaviors) to wash a lot, clean things, or try not to touch things that might be germy.
But sometimes the compulsions don't seem to have anything to do with the fear a person is trying to banish. Someone with OCD might get the idea that if things aren't arranged just so on a desk, someone they love could get sick or die. Many times, the rituals seem odd even to the person with OCD. For this reason, many people with OCD try to hide their symptoms from others.

Although people with OCD feel a brief sense of relief when they do a compulsion, the compulsions actually strengthen the OCD thoughts, encouraging them to return. The more someone does the compulsions, the stronger the illness becomes. When OCD is severe, the fear obsessions can be extremely distressing and rituals can take up hours of a person's day. But for someone with OCD, resisting the urge to do compulsions can be very difficult.

What Causes OCD?

Experts believe OCD is related to levels of a normal chemical in the brain called serotonin (pronounced: sir-uh-toe-nin). When the proper flow of serotonin is blocked, the brain's "alarm system" overreacts and misinterprets information. Danger messages are mistakenly triggered like "false alarms." Instead of the brain filtering out these unnecessary thoughts, the mind dwells on them — and the person experiences unrealistic fear and doubt.

A doctor such as a psychologist or psychiatrist has to ask you questions about obsessions and compulsions. They will ask and discuss questions like:

* Do you have worries, thoughts, images, feelings, or ideas that bother or upset or scare you?

* Do you feel you have to check, repeat, ask, or do things over and over again?

* Do you feel you have to do things a certain number of times, or in a certain pattern?

Once a doctor has diagnosed a person with OCD, he or she can begin treating the condition. The good news is that there are treatments that really work. Lots of mental health specialists, psychiatrists, psychologists, and counselors are trained in treating OCD.

Having OCD doesn't mean a person is crazy — or that he or she should just be able stop the obsessions and compulsions alone. Going to the doctor when you have flu isn't embarrassing, and neither is seeking treatment if you think you have OCD. With help, people can get relief from OCD and have more time and energy to spend doing things they enjoy.

Nakakatakot isipin ano....? I guess a diet of the mind is better than any kind therapy here.... You'll just have to ignore it everytime you felt like doing it again.... Just like telling yourself that, "it's okay, you've done enough there.... Just leave it that way 'coz everything will be fine...." Anyways, will power is the best tool here i think....! O ano, pinag-isip ko na naman kayo ha he-he....! Pasensya na sa mahabang topic....! Ingatz all....! =D

One perfect sunset....

Since last thursday i was bothered by a problem.... I guess it was still a part of the long ribbon of problems that had came to us since AB and i started this investing thingy back in pinas last year.... Most part of it are concerning the money matters....

I am not the kind of person that is motivated by crispy basket of cash by the way, i will still choose happiness first before a pocket full of money.... But the problem is, almost everything that are necessary for us human beings to be happy and contented nowadays already has a monetary value....! Which means that whatever theories, principles, beliefs, hocus-pocus etc. do you believe into, the reality that will slam your face first is we still need money to survive and fit in this unforgiving society of ours whether we like it or not....! In short, my problems was obviously about money....

We have to meet a deadline by the 6th of november that was supposed to be on the first week of 2008 pa sana next year, but because there was a sudden twist of events hiniling ng property owner na ibigay namin ang half of the remaining amount next month na....! Behind all that, i still have to meet my other priorities too like my bills, electricity, landline, mobile phone, food, transport etc....! So there i go, my bank account was flat....! I've even counted-in my next payment at work na for the end of this month but still no use dahil short pa rin ako....! Brain storming went on and on and before i knew, it was already 5:00 AM and i forgot to go to bed pala....!

Today i woked up 9:30 AM with only four hours of sleep at parang exhausted pa rin pakiramdam ko dahil kahit sa pagtulog yata ay patuloy akong haunted ng problema namin.... This morning i've already given up and said bahala na....! So i took a shower, a good breakfast and try not to put on a long face eventhough deep inside my system the acid level was boiling and rising due to too much stress in my mind....! Then i returned to the old habbit, the way every troubled person does when faced with brick walls.... I sat in the corner, then i turned to GOD for help....

It's sunday today so i thought he's there expecting everyone, ready to listen to our every prayers eventhough some of us always memorized them from the books over and over again.... So i did pray that very moment.... I prayed that he will make thing easier for me to handle and i've also prayed that my problem will be solve before the day ends today.... Time went by and i even came up to the point na may mga realisations ako na wala yata talagang diyos and we're simply just like the moss growing on a damp old wall na basta na lang sumulpot just because the temperature, moisture and everything was just right for us to grow....

That the scientologists were right when they said that god did came from outerspace....! But deep in my heart i still believe in that one immediate friend who's always there willing to listen to my whispers and my thoughts eversince.... To make the story short, just before the sun went down today, Cam ranged and told me that he have to return the money that i gave him last month for the camera that i was planning to buy because that model wasn't in the market anymore, which is good dahil ibig sabihin nun ay may pandagdag na ako dun sa budget pambayad....! Then just before 8:00 PM tonight, my neighbor also came upstairs to my apartment and told me that he's willing to lend me some cash too....!

I'm aware that there's still a lot of problems up ahead while we're living, but just always keep it in our minds that there's someone there watching over us, just when we really thought that there wasn't anyone at all.... I owe this special day to him and today i have been blessed.... I wanted to post this entry as a sign of my respect and gratitudes to.... you know who is The almighty one don't you....? =D

P.S. You know what i'm thinking right now....? It wasn't actually my prayers that had made things happened today.... It was from someone else's prayers....! The twist of events that i've mentioned here a while ago was about the property owner's husband who is going to undergo an operation for Cancer of the Colon on the 6th of november....! I was just an instrument of god for him today.... =)

Tightened knot....

I think it's just about time for me to tighten-up the knot here a little....! Today i was hit by an ANONYMOUS visitor and he/she flooded up the comment box of my post about Jack Black that i have to delete the whole entry just to get rid of that flooding....! I think it was more than 10,000 words....! I don't know why people think like this sometimes....!

The anonymous visitor had entered about a book-full of text in my comment box that everytime that i open it up, my computer freezes....! Seems like it was copied from a huge article in the web somewhere and was intentionally pasted in the comment box to flood it....! Why didn't you (Anonymous Visitor) see the whole picture here....? I've also started-out as an anonymous visitor too way back when i don't have the time to blog yet but then everytime that i like the blogger's entries, i've tried to see to it that i've left comments that were not offensive and full of respect for all the efforts that they've exerted just to keep their blogs going....! That's why i always keep my blog open to anyone who wanted to put their comments too as a sign of my gratitude to those who've allowed me in their blogs then....

I was even thankful all the time that most bloggers doesn't bother to put word verifications and registered bloggers only protections to their comment box so a non-registered blogger like me could easily share my ideas as well....! So today, i've decided to include a word verification everytime someone leaves a comment which is of course against my will but then i have to for my blog-site's sake.... I will also limit the bracket to registered bloggers only.... I just felt bad that my being friendly to a non-blogger was being picked upon and was used against me, and it is so UNFAIR....!

I just hope that what you did and i know that i'm not the only one you've hit with this, will not catch up with you to strike you back in the near future.... I would like to remind you too that just when you thought that no one had witnessed what you did to me and to the others as well, someone's there from somewhere is watching you and watching over us all the time.... I know that one day in some ways you'll have to face the consequences of all these and that's for SURE....!

I'd like to take this opportunity also to warn all my blogging friends to turn on your account's protections NOW before it's too late to do so, and to the non-bloggers i'm so sorry to close all my doors for yous this time.... Anyways, my shout box though it has a limited text capacity will always be there open for those good non-registered bloggers to visit and leave their lovely thoughts and comments in....

Please bear with me....

I'm currently experiencing a problem with my PC monitor.... In the next few days i might not be able to answer all your messages anymore due to the very poor visibility of my computer screen... But this will be just a temporary one because at the end of this month i'm getting a replacement to this very old monitor of mine kaya pasensya na po talaga....! I will be off and on naman depende sa sumpong nitong monitor ko.... Promise i will answer all your messages everytime na okay sya, kahit medyo late reply na.... Hirap pala ng ganito ano, this entry took me quite a while to finish kasi pakislapkislap tong monitor ko kanina....! Parang naduling tuloy ako sa katititig dito....! I hope na patuloy nyo pa rin pong bibisitahin tong blog ko kahil temporarily on a short forced-holiday ako he-he....! =D

Forever young....

Should we put appearance first infront of life....? She's a very brave young woman who raised the awareness about the danger of solariums.... 26 years old Clare Oliver lost her battle with skin cancer that had claimed a lot of lives before her.... Too young, too soon....

Clare wrote that: "After the 10th session I was starting to burn and it hurt, so I stopped. But I guess I stopped too late." That does sound like a severe UV burn, possibly caused by the frequency (every second day) and/or duration of her sessions....

Clare was diagnosed with a Melanoma three years ago when she discovered a strange lump under her arm.... The lump was removed and she carried on with her life, travelling overseas and completing a second university degree but the cancer came back to haunt her and her battle became terminal....

Today an anti-cancer fund was been created in memory of brave young Clare Oliver, who died this morning in hospital after spending her final days campaigning to raise awareness of the dangers cause by tanning salons.... Prime Minister John Howard responded by flagging uniform laws to regulate the industry nationwide....

I posted this topic to give my support to what she have started, but will be here no more to see the results of all the efforts that she've exerted into it for a good cause....

Clare's story has touched many people's lives, and i hope her family and friends can take some comfort in the knowledge that her willingness to make her story public will have a lasting legacy....

Sleep peacefully, your sweet heart and desperation to warn others should be remembered by your ever so proud family.... Your life was short, but very worthwhile in the bigger scheme of things....

"Life is everything and you grab it with both hands and embrace it".

------------------------------------------------------------Clare Oliver

Tough weekend....

I had a tough weekend this week, it's the end of the taxation year (taxation term) in oz and we australian residents, citizens, migrants, wogs, swags, koalas, kangaroos, wallabies, yabbies, cockatoos, mates, etc. knew what that means....! It means that we have to go to our tax agents of choice or in front of our computers to pay our taxes before the deadline ends and so i did....

Actually i already went there yesterday but the secretary told me that they were fully booked for that day and she adviced me to come back early in the morning today....

I was expecting that when i arrived early today, i would be like number 5 or maybe 9 in the queue but to my surprise i was in number 63....! It's because the already booked applicants who were scheduled the day before had left and didn't turned up when their numbers was called and instead had returned the next day which is today together with the rest of us new ano ba yan....!

So there i was, set the alarm to 6:30 AM last night.... I woked up in the morning, jumped in the shower, dressed up, even forgot to bring my jacket with me luckily it wasn't cold at all, a bit warm on tops of 21 degrees then i head straight on a two suburbs away journey to the taxation office....

I got there around 9:00 AM and i thought that i was the very first one there coz there's no one queuing at all in front of the door but i was wrong....! Enter the dragon....! Dyaraan....! Full compact, standing room only walang maupuan patay....! But not for long, someone left his seat and it didn't even took me half a blink to steal the throne away, hay salamat at nakaupo rin si ako....!

But all did not end there because i've waited for more than five hours long without breakfast and lunch, scared to leave my seat to have a munch kasi baka tawagin na number ko at wala ako dun....!

I was so bored waiting that i've amazingly finished reading approximately 8 issues of News Week, 5 Time Magazines, 10 New Inventions, 3 Womens Magazines, 3 New Ideas, and 5 Juicy Fruit Gum wrappers ha-ha....!

If only i didn't really need the tax return badly, i won't have to wait that long and probably i would just come back at the very last minute of filing so i will not go through that same trouble again.... I need the money to pay something that AB and i bought in pinas as an investment, and the due date will fall at the end of this month of august na....! Takot ako he-he....!

I haven't saved anything this year....! I've spent every single penny in my wallet on a lot of things, but then i believe that problems and solutions always walk side by side with each other so here it is, solution came just when things are about to happen....! Lucky, lucky....!

All done....! Anyways, at the end of the day i'm happy because i got back a crispy $AU 1,600 dollars....! Mmmmm....money ha-ha....! A very nice consolation prize for my efforts....! Not bad at all for a day's work he-he....! Now, what i really wanted to do is to stretch on my bed and have a nice deep sleep because tomorrow is monday again and i have to start the kayod na naman....! Hope you had a good weekend everyone....! Goodnight....!

Update on Stallone's case....

PEPE-RAZZI

Just an update on Stallone's case in sydney last february.... Superstar Sylvester Stallone pleaded guilty tuesday to bringing restricted muscle-building hormones in australia and is going to face sentencing this week.

The lawyers of the 60 years old actor entered the guilty plea on his behalf.... The actor did not appear before the court.... He was fined $AU22,000 for the offense done....

“I've made a terrible mistake, not because I was attempting to deceive anyone but I was simply ignorant to your official rules,” Stallone said in a letter to sydney’s local court. “I felt terrible that my breach of the rules has set a poor example to members of the public, whose opinion I cherish dearly.”

Stallone was accused of bringing banned substances into australia after a customs search of his luggage during a visit to sydney last february 16 that revealed 48 vials of the human growth hormone three days later, Stallone threw-away four vials from his sydney hotel room when customs officials arrived to search it....

Well all i can say is this, LEAVE THE MAN ALONE FOR GOODNESS SAKE....!!!! He came all the way across the globe just to give us a visit and promote his film, but here we are spending the whole time ripping him off, criticising him and picking away at him like we’ve got nothing else better to do....! Or maybe we're just craving for too much attention from the rest of the world that's why....!

Better-off visit philippines instead Rambo, you'll be delighted with our hospitality over there....! Whew....! I get so embarrassed being an australian citizen sometimes....! Sang boteng SMB nga dyan....!

My ACECAD wonders....!

Have anyone been to my FUNNY CARTOON BLOG already....? If not, kindly check it out mga my plens.... If you already did, you might be wondering now how i did those cartoon characters huh....? Ha-ha-ha....!



It's quite simple actually, you just got to have the right tools suited for your expected results.... That's why i bought this ACECAD's Acecat graphic tablet about three years ago from a local computer market-fair here in sydney....



It wasn't that expensive then, maybe because it was in a fair.... I got it for AU$ 10.00, (ten australian dollars) equivalent to P 395.00 (three hundred and ninety five pesos) and it was really worth the buy actually because after three long years of service, it's still on the very top of it's performance ha-ha....!

At first i didn't know how to use it 'coz we can't really put our hands on technologies like these back in the phils without spending a bit larger sum of cash, but since it's affordable to their standards here so i grabbed one straight away ha-ha....!

With a little patience and practice i was able to get used to it in a short period of time and also got familiar with all the functions and tricks shown on the pc screen that is so straight forward.... It's as easy as writing or sketching something on your notebooks and writing pads at school....! A very handy gadget this one....!
And just recently i saw this on display at a local supermarket and bought it too.... It's not in a popular brand but it did it's job as well as the other one.... The only difference is that with this one, i don't have to look at the pc screen anymore 'coz the writing or sketching is straight onto the tablet's surface for great control of the pen....

Both have great characteristics anyway, so i don't think that one is better than the other.... And believe me they're both fantastic....! I never regret a bit buying those stuff....

But what i was really dreaming of having is this BEAUTY....! Isn't she amazing....?! She's more advanced, far more accurate, and by the look of her, i can tell that it will be great to own one of this beauty if you're into designing or drafting passions.... I wish i will have one of this .... Please, please he-he....!

Anyways, i hope that i was able to answer all the questions, tags, and emails that i've received before asking me about how i did my cartoons and what kind of tools have i used to draw them.... Please do visit My Funny Cartoons site.... It's full of cartoons ha-ha....!

Local culinary crap....

Last friday we (the whole company) went to a farewell party given by our ever generous company owner (Bert) to one wonderful co-worker, (Roger) an engineering staffer who's been there in the organisation for a fairly sum of years now and was spending his last few hours in the company with us before the retirement from this life's overturned daily routines (career/job) to a whole leisurous and a brand new horizon....



The party was held in a restaurant just along darling harbour in sydney who's crappy food was nothing compared to most restaurants with the same ranking in pinas.... When i say crappy, i mean crappy....! I'm not a chief myself, but i can do cook a decent meal, and when it comes to food i can definitely tell a good taste from the bad one....



I can't blame the company for setting the party at that place because obviously no one of us had been there before.... And as far as advertising is concern, i think it was purely curiosity that brought us there.... And i'm now really convinced that curiosity did killed the cat....!



Some western nations gave us names (kumpil) like: " only filipinos eats grass " but this time i think they're absolutely wrong....! This sort of a pressure on top of the head trait is also happening here in downunder....!



So far, this is only the second restaurant that i had experienced eating a tiny serving of dish with a bountifully exaggerated amount of garnishings and salads on top and all-over it that can already keep a hungry rabbit busy for hours....! And imagine those people that comes and go everyday....! What will they say too....?!



I whinge because it is so unfair towards the expectations of their costumers....! People came to those restaurants with ratings such as 3-4-5 stars expecting a good dining and a justified quality, quantity and flavor according to it's cost, but instead those restaurant are only selling their spots in the area and the views.... Forget about the food, forget about the whinge just look at the view....! Look there's a boat passing....! And then charging their costumers unfairly for those so called reasons....?! Now where is the fairness in that....?!



That's why i will never ever give away our yummy filipino dishes in exchange for some crappy culinary culture that they have here....! Hindi ko nilalahat kasi madami din naman ang mga straight forwards dyan.... But as time goes by, they also seems to be getting more scarce than ever....!



And don't get me wrong.... Food is food and i do appreciate and thank god for whatever food it is on my table without a doubt.... We are more blessed to still have them on our tables, unlike some unfortunate people from poorer countries who doesn't even have a single grain of rice in their plates.... But i just hate it when people are using them to cheat towards others....!



Why can't these restaurant operators just at least forget about the greed and instead be honest and be fair to their costumers instead.... Besides, by doing so these costumers in return will keep on coming back and bring the life of their businesses ticking-over....!



Sadya reklamador lang ba talaga tayong mga pinoy o talaga lang nakikitaan ko ng mga turning points ang pamamaraan nila dito....? I think i have all the rights naman to be upset at this very moment because i spent more than 30 minutes in the toilet last friday night trying to get rid of that toxic stuff inside my stomach that was bothering my sleep all night long....!



At hindi lang ako dahil pagdating ko sa trabaho kanina ay topic na sa work namin ang ordeal nila last friday night na walang pinagkaiba sa dinanas ko in almost every details....! Now you tell me.... Should i keep my mouth shut or speak out loud....?! Ha?! Wala kayong masabi ano....?!



Sige.... Habang nag-iisip kayo ay iidlip muna ako sandali.... Gisingin nyo na lang ako mamaya kung nakapagmunimuni na kayo at ready na kayong sagutin ang tanong ko at akoy puyat at wala pang tulog dahil sa B****T na restaurant na yan....! (nanggigigil! hikab!)



At buti na lang pala hindi kami nabangga kahapon kasi kasalukuyan na palang kumukulo ang tyan ng kasama namin habang nagmamaneho....! Tsk! Tsk! Tsk! Astig na buhay to....!

My music player is in hiatus....!

My apology sa mga visitors ko na interested na makinig sa mga 1980's music ko kasi may malaking problema tong player ko with i.ph.... Sinubukan ko namang padalhan ng email ang host ng blogsite provider na to pero hanggang sa ngayon ay wala pang miski isang letra man lang na ipinadala sa kin as response....!



Binanatan ko pa nga ng, " I'm ready to go if this issue will not be rectified asap!", pero zero effect pa rin ito sa kanila....!



Kung napansin nyo kasi na kapag i-play nyo ang kahit ano mang music sa playlist nito ay kaagad na sasalubungin kayo ng security warnings na parang ganito kasi hindi ko maalala kung ano ang pinagsasabi dun, " you don't have permission to access, please contact the site owner." Astig....!



Hindi ko naman maintindihan kung ano nga ba ang nangyari dito at pinaka-only my pc lang ang pwedeng mag-access sa player na ito.... I've tried it many times from our computers at work pero ayaw rin nitong ma-access....


Anyways, i'm on my way to search for some new tricks from the web now and if i do, i will totally leave i.ph kahit na sariling atin din as pinoy service providers sila.... Kahit naman pa-blogging blogging lang si pepe ay may kaunting know how din naman tayo sa principles ng service and business rendering.... Ang number one at pinaka- main requirement lang naman dito na very effective ay ang maintainance di ba....? Kung wala ka nito ay talo kang bata ka....!



So in the future, worse case scenario ay baka i-give up ko ang music page ko na yan with i.ph.... It's not worth keeping anyway if it could not give a proper service to my visitors.... Para ko na kayong pinagbasa ng aklat na dikitdikit ang mga pahina nyan....!

On the other hand ay baka palarin din tayo na makahanap ng bagong players.... Mag-share naman kayo sa akin kung meron kayong alam na magaling na mp3 player for blogsite para naman best prens tayo di ba....?

Don't get me wrong, i really love i.ph kasi astig ang setup ng player nila na talagang well suited sa personal na taste ko, ewan ko lang kung may appeal din sa inyo to.... Oks na oks na sana.... Kung hindi lang sana nagloko ang player na to....

I don't really have to put-up with all these crappy i.ph time wasting issues and i can just easily exit the site, but i will give it just one last go in the weekend to push myself to the max and eventually if it stays the same after all the efforts ay siguro naman by that time ay hindi na ako manghihinayang na iwanan nang talaga ito....



There should be a reason why these things happened and it would be unfair to them the i.ph people if i will make some unpleasant comments here against them, kasi baka ako rin naman ang nag nagkamali sa pag-setup ko rito.... Anyways, everything is still yet to be found on the weekend and i just hope that it's not that serious.... We'll see....



Kung meron lang sanang mga i.ph users sa mga visitors ko na pwedeng mahingan ng tulong tungkol dito.... Meron ba dyan....? Masyadong out of range na kasi ng knowledge ni pepe ang mga bagay na to kaya a little help from anyone of you will be very handy....



Baka naman kasi pwede pang agapan at no need na ang lipat bahay pa.... Anyways, lipat bahay spells fun but you need a pocket full of time for this to happen.... And at this point in time ay wala ako nun kasi kahit nga mag-post lang dito ay lulubog lilitaw na at naka-appointment pa bago gawin, lipat bahay pa kaya....!



As of now, there's only two options left in my mind, to keep it or to get rid of it.... Let's find out after this weekend.... O ano pa hinihintay mo dyan....! Click mo na ang publish button at matulog ka na peng....! Puyat ka na naman dyaaan....!

Ridiculously ironic...!

Isn't it ironic that most of the time, fishery strategy which involves conservational values goes well hand in hand with exploitations that can lead to destruction of some of our unprotected natural resources...!


Napanood ko kasi sa tv kanina ang tungkol sa Baby Octopus Fishing dito sa downunder at natatawa lang ako sa mga interviews nila sa mga mangingisda at mga opisyal rin ng department of fisheries and aquatic resources.... Alam ko kasi as nag-iisip na viewing public na may mali kasi nakikita ko na ang volume ng harvest nila ay bumababa pero pilit pa rin nilang kinu-convince ang mga madlang tao na walang anuman daw iyon and everything will be just fine...! They knew a lot better than we do the consumers so they should also know when to slowdown for a while and let this creatures thrive back to commercial level na naman...! Kung sa bagay kahit tayo dyan sa pinas ay ganun na rin ang nangyayari... Napakalungkot lang kasing isipin na kung sino pa ang tagapangalaga nito dahil ito lang ang only source of livelihood nila ay sya pang walang pakundangan at walang pakialam kung ano man ang mangyari dito sa future...!
Ang downunder kasi ay isa sa pinakamalaking consumer ng seafood particularly ang Baby Octopus na syang pinaka-popular favorite in any kind of gatherings...

Very ironic lang kasi kung bumababa ang harvest, ibig sabihin nyan tataas ang presyo di ba...? Ang pagtaas naman ng price nya ay magi-encourage pa ng excessive harvesting o over fishing dahil ibig sabihin ay big income nga ito na lalong namang magpapalala sa problema conservationwise...! Of course there will be a downside to that... Pwede nilang taasan ang presyo nito na posible din mag-discourage sa mga consumers na bumili pa nito... Pero hindi naman pwedeng basta na lang titigil ang mga consumers nito di ba...? Lalo na at ito ay popular choice nga...Options ay bibili pa rin sila in less quantity lang muna hanggang sa mag-roll back ulit ang presyo nito... Kelan ba naman naging unaffordable ang unaffordables...! Hanggang sa salita lang yata...!


Natikman ko na rin itong Baby Octopus many times na at masarap sya kumpara sa pusit dahil hindi sya makunat... Madali din syang i-prepare kahit stir-fried lang with garlic, calamansi, and sweet chilli sauce lang ay okay na.... Kaya wala akong comments sa consuming side nito dahil masarap sya.... At naging convert pa ako hu hu...! Nakakalungkot lang talaga ang consequences ng demand for consumption kasi in both ways consumers and producers feed each other pero nababaliwala at napapabayaan ang main source of interest... We satisfy ourselves to the extent of almost destroying the very source of this satisfaction...!


Isang obvious example ay ang excessive commercial whaling ng japan na bukong-buko na pero nagbubulagbulagan pa rin ang mga world officials tungkol dito...! Hindi naman naisip ng mga hapon na sarili nilang kultura ang winawasak din nila kasi kasama sa food culture nila ang whale-meat diet na ito... Paano na lang ang future generation nila na hindi na makakatikim nito dahil sa selfishness ng present generations nila...! Tingnan nyo lang ang naka-inset na photo dyan... Very ridiculous di po ba...? Ano ba ang akala nila sa ibang bansa mga bobo na hindi naintindihan ang mga pinaggagawa nila...! Lokohin nila ang lelong nilang panot... Kailangan bang kumatay ng daan-daang balyena para sa tissue sample na yan...? Isasalang ba nila ang mga ito ng buo sa ilalim ng mga microscopes nila o isasalang nila ang mga ito sa parella...? Hindi ba pwedeng ma-achieve ang experiments nila sa isang pirasong laman lang ng balyena...?


Alam nyo bang ang gestation period o pagbubuntis ng mga balyena ay umaabot ng 4 years...? Ibig sabihin kung kakatay ang japan ng mga isang daan sa isang taon, mahirap nang maka-recover ang whale population ng mundo...! Kaya gustong-gusto kong panoorin sa tv ang pangha-harass ng mga Greenpeace movers sa mga commercial whalers na ito... Pilit nilang pinaglalaban ang kalikasan hanggang sa abot ng kanilang kakayahan mapa-political man o mapa-physical....Kasi kung wala sila palagay nyo ay sino kaya sa mga leaders natin na mga makasarili din ang titingin sa problemang ito...? Ang mga leaders natin ay inilagay natin sa pwesto para lang i-practice ang mga personal interests nila.... Bakit hindi ba kayo naniniwala na tinatapos lang ni angkel georgy nyo ang sinimulan ng tatay nya...? Papa's Boy kasi...!


P.S. Ayon pa sa japan, ang susunod na kakainin nila pag-ubos na ang mga balyena ay ang mga dolphins na naman daw...! Kawawa naman si Flipper...

Home-ceans apart challenges...

Good morning my plens, 7:00 AM tuesday morning wala pa ring pasok si pepe dahil on holiday pa rin hanggang ngayon... Hindi halos nakapag-ayos ng sarili pero takbo na kaagad para buksan ang computer na nag-idle dahil buong gabing download ng download ng mga disco music from the 80's...



Alam nyo bang may isang download software na pinaka-the best sa opinion ko dahil mahigit 200 songs, plus mga 20 movies, at maraming games and softwares na ang na download ko rito for absolutely free of service charge... Hindi ko kayo tinuturuang maging isang pirata ding katulad ko ha dahil in reality naman ay wala nang halos legal ngayon sa sistema ng " www " dahil sa karamihan na yata sa mga new generations ng net users ay mayroon nang kunting kaalaman kung hindi man expert talaga pagdating sa net surfing activities, at mga pagmani-obra nila at involved na dito ang pirating in small and big scale like breaking copy rights rules tulad na lang halimbawa ng pagkopya ng mga pictures galing sa isang website papunta sa inyong PC-files...



Anyways, kung still interested ka pa rin at hindi nagbago ang isip sa mga pananakot ko ay ibig sabihin game ka kaya i-click mo lang ITO....



Kailangan mo lang naman ay ang isang average na Dial-up speed ng intenet para sa pag-download ng mga kanta, pero kung movies na ang gusto mong i-download ay syempre Cable/ADSL o Broadband Connectin na ang kakailanganin mo dyan para syempre mabilis ang download speed at hindi ka aabutin ng isang buwan bago mo mai-download ang isang movie lang... Kung ikaw ay nasanay na sa software na to ay pwede mo na ring mai-download ang professional version nito dun mismo sa free version na naka-install sa PC mo... O di ba...! Pirate na pirate ang dating ano...?



Pero hanggang dyan lang ang maibibigay kong ditalye at hindi naman talaga ako pirata at natutunan ko lang din naman ito sa isang hindi piratang kaibigan na natuto rin sa isang hindi piratang katulad rin namin... ikaw na lang ang bahalang mag-figure out ng iba pang functions at alam kong mas may know-how ka pa kesa sa akin...


May PIRATA...!


Anyways, ang topic natin ngayon ay hindi ang tungkol sa pirating kung hindi ang tungkol sa bananacue kaya nagtaka kayo marahil kong bakit may picture ng bananacue dyan sa may gilid... Kagabi kasi ay nanaginip ako na kumakain daw ako ng bananacue.... Bunga lang siguro ito ng sobrang pag-iilusyon ko sa bananacue dahil miss na miss ko nang talaga ito at wala nito dito sa downunder...

Bananacue - noun. 1. cooked, caramelised sugar coated bananas, springkled with sesame seeds and skewered in bamboo. 2. the life of meryendas and parties. 3. yum.


Alam nyo bang once a year lang ako kung makatikim nito kasi wala namang saging na saba dito at kung meron man ay iyong mapait na variety...! Hindi ko lang alam kung may mga filipino fastfood na nagluluto nito pero kung meron man ay dapat na sadyain ko talagang puntahan dahil maaaring na sa malayong suburb ito...


Bananacuephillous-ausdelisciousie (hatchling)


Kung bakit pa kasi kailangan pa nating mangibang bansa muna para lang guminhawa ang buhay... Wala na bang ibang options ang mga pinoy na mapagpipilian at sadyang mahirap na talagang maghanap ng trabahong sapat ang kita sa pinas...? Kasi taliwas sa paniniwala ng karamihan sa mga pinoy na ang mga nagtatrabaho sa labas ay pa-relax relax lang at parang namumulot lang ng pera sa daan kaya madali ang pag-asenso...

Pero kung sana naranasan lang nila ang walang katulad na kalungkutan at hirap na dinaranas muna namin bago kitain ang perang yan at animoy mga na-corner na daga na wala halos malamang pwedeng pagsulingan at nasasakal na sa sobrang suliraning emosyunal at kung ano-ano pang responsibilidad na nakabalot sa kanyang pagkatao at pagsisikap na wala namang ibang pwedeng gawin kundi ang sumabay na lang ng kusa sa agos at kumapit ng mahigpit sa natitira pang katinuan ay maspipiliin pa siguro ng sino mang pinoy na dyan nalang sya tumigil sa pinas...

Another specie : Bananacuephillous-judasciousie

Extinction of the specie scientifically known as: Bananacuephillous-ausdelisciousie
The last one remaining of such a splended creature has died in captivity. There had been some numerous reported sightings of this creatures in the wild but all were regarded as a hoax and unreal...

Pati tuloy simpleng bananacue lang ay pumapasok na sa panaginip ng plens nyo sa sobrang pagka-miss dito...! Alam nyo bang nung last uwi ko sa pinas ay para akong batang maliit na nang mapadpad sa palengke ay lahat halos ay napuna...! Ayun suman bili tayo...! Ayun inihaw na mais bili tayo...! Ayun may mga tindang ulam punta tayo dun...! Ayun may santol dun...! Wala na hong tawad tung bananacue nyo...? Ali magkano tung hopia...? Hay pinas kung nasa kabilang kanto ka lang sana ay uuwi ako araw-araw...!


Here is a photo of the creatures reported sightings taken by an unknown 6 years old amateur photographer... Is it real or just a HOAX...?

Subukan nga nating ipagkumpara ang pinas sa downunder kung saan ba tayo liligaya...

• Downunder - dito ay may apples, plums, cherries, olives, parmigranate, grapes...etc.
• Pinas - bakit mas masarap pa nga ang santol, bayabas, duhat, saging, at mangang may baguong dyan...!
• Downunder - dito may kotse kang maganda at mabibilis ang tren nila...
• Pinas - mas enjoy ka pa sa jeepneys at no waitng time pa ang mga tricycles at trisikad dito...!
• Downunder - dito ay kaya mong bumili ng electronics at malalaking TV set...!
• Pinas - may TV set ka nga na malaki pero wala ka namang NBA, PBA, MBA, Eat Bulaga, Ang TV, variety shows....etc araw-araw...! dito sa pinas wuuuhooo! very cheap...! may kantahan pa sa karaoke gabi-gabi...!
• Downunder - dito may four seasons, summer, winter, spring , and autumn...!
• Pinas - tanungin mo ang mga aussie kung gusto nila weather nila at sasabihin sa yu na mas gusto pa nila sa tropics tulad dito...! beer na beer pag tag-ulan...!
• Downunder - dito walang pakialaman ang mga tao...!
• Pinas - dito magmula sa punong kanto hanggang dun sa dulo ay kamag-anak mo kaya kung may sunog man sa inyo, bago pa man dumating ang mga bombero ay patay na ang apoy sa bahay mo...!

Marami pa sana akong pagkukumparang gagawin pero wala naman itong patutunguhan dahil panalo pa rin ang pinas sa kahit na anong bakbakan dito... At likas sa inyong lingkod ang pagiging pinoy kung kayat stalemate palagi ang laban... Kung gusto mo pa ring bumasa ay no use at wala na itong patutunguhan.... Pero kung ikaw ay makapaghihintay ay iibahin ko naman ang usapan.... Naks a! Klasmeyt ka yata ni Balagtas pepe....! Paminsanminsan lang naman...