Tamad!!!

It's raining again! Raining like a bitch!! I don't wanna go to class!!!

Class is at 1pm by the way and I'm about half an hour from getting my ass canned... sigh...

This sucks... hope something will cheer me up when I get back home later... and no, I don't mean a naked Monica Bellucci covered in baby oil... (that works too actually...)







I'm still here... it's no use... the more I think about it, the more I'm convinced that this is what I wanna do. Just give me a blunt and I can make up my mind faster than a second of celluloid in a projector.









Nope... still here. Not working. It's fuckin freakin me out that I'm trying to write in an incoherent line of nonsense.

Yeah... that's what it's all about isn't it?


Crap, now I'm thinking about the pangs in my gut. Rice? Burgers? Or should I just let my pain remind me that there's a bigger cause to fight for? It's coming again.


Four...or was is third time's a charm?


Now my single-inverted comma is screwed... it is so not cool.

Gotta run... yeah... better go now... 20 mins left... still raining hard.

Damn....

MERDEKA!!! Mat Tou Ga!!!

First off, Happy Merdeka!!! Independent from oppression, liberated from degradation... bah! who am I kidding? It's like a vicious cycle...

So I've been busy,
hence the long break in my sentence. Classes have been building up on me (and I speak for my classmates too) towards the end of our semester as the papers and exams keep piling up one after the other. Strangely enough, I think I owe it all to the cram-training I got from working and a little from the last-minute-syndrome of rushing assignments in Taylor's. Can't believe I'm saying this but I actually learnt something there! Hehe...

So what's new in the Pinoy-hood? I gotta start from the-now and back-track to... the week after my last post? (Almost lost myself for a moment there...)

I learned a new word! Flipochino... well, it's actually a title to a poem written by his Fil-Am (Filipino American) poet Cyn. Zarco but basically it's what I am. For someone who never actually had formal literature lessons in high school, I've gotta say that my lit classes are actually one of the few that I look forward to going to everyday. Not that I don't read or anything, but to be completely honest, I think I've bought more books for leisure reading here compared to when I was in Malaysia... (that brings the tally to 4 btw.). Nice!

Anyways, the past couple of weeks have been on and off pretty drabby because of the rain in the most inaproppriate (need spell check here) times of the day! Rain, rain, go away. Johnny wants to play. Boo hoo... LIVE WITH IT! Can't tell you though how much this makes me miss home... then again, I have the luxury of experiencing earthquakes and typhoons, so what does that leave me with? I dunno... bah!

Twas nice of Terence to drop me a message on Facebook. Hey bud! I'll bring back some balot for you! Muahahahahhaha!!!

Hmm... I watched a local stage production of West Side Story. Finally, I get to see what all the fuss is about! And even though it was a full dress rehearsal performance, I gotta say that the play was really moving... almost made me shed a few tears too! (Yes, yes... I have a... watchamacallit...) The actors (Christian Bautista - singer & Joanna Ampil - Theater Actress) were really into their characters and the choreography was almost flawless. Can't blame the audio personnel as there were static cracks here and there but besides the few technical glitches and a really really off-timed slip of the main cop actor towards the end of the play, it was a watch well worth anyone else who was gonna see it on its opening night. I got free tickets so I couldn't really care less. Whatever my (bad) review is, if the play comes by, just grab a ticket and watch it... or buy the DVD movie version... hehe.

I gotta get my research done... dammit!

Asta!

Wet, wet WET

No not the group... *yerch!* It's been raining at consistently random intervals! I'm stuck here waiting for the movie house to open it's doors so that I can pass the time laughing off Rob Schneider's "Big Stan" but I'm still gonna mope about the rain anyways.

Had my haircut last Friday... finally! It's been a few weeks since and I do miss the velcro-ish feeling of a 'Zero' shave... hehe... also had one of those to clean up my jawline. Feeling good now... :)

Signed up for my coming semester's classes. I'm glad I got those out of the way. This time around I managed to include myself for the soccer P.E. classes so it's 1 down, 3 more to go in the coming sems. To my cultural delight, I bought a copy of George Orwell's '1984' although it's not a required reading for my academic purposes but I've heard quite a bit about it and well, thought why not? It's ironic that I'm starting on a new book but not quite getting my other assignment reading settled.. but heck, that's what I have copious amounts of free time for :D

Wow... either their Hongkies or Malaysian Chinese but hearing these two blokes speaking in Cantonese behind me brings me back to Asia Cafe and a large suet cha!! Lol! Now they're talking about wives dating young boys?! Maybe I got the translation wrong... sigh... wish I'd learn more.

Hmm... I still got a little over 40 minutes left til I have to go... what else is there to rant about?

Nope... nothing's coming to mind. I'm just browsing through Facebook... I'm supremely bored due to lack of physical movement. Oh ya, I'm back on the bike (although I think I kinda broke it; didn't realise that imaginary weight lifting is actually quite tough, try 100 reps of bench presses and curls!!!) Yaay! Salvation! Charmander aka Blurry just got online... hmm... kacau time :D

Guess it's time to chat... Asta!

Ba-Gi-Yo!!! Whoa!!!

Eh... lamer pun...
Just got back on a weekend getaway to the highlands. Again, I'm so sorry no pics as of yet... partially cos I can't be bothered to get them out of my uncle's digital camera but mostly cos... yeah, that. Anyways, it was bee-oootiful! First off, the weather was extremely cold and I kid you not; it kicks the shit out of Genting's climate anyday! There were pretty interesting sights, especially the architectural marvels of the mountain people. Building houses on the mountains was one thing - building them along the slopes was a work of art on its own! The atmosphere was reminiscent to being in Cameron minus the acres of plantations, and to boot; there's even a mall up there - talk about cray-zee!!

I was there for a couple of nights but despite my holiday fervor was swamped with weekend assignments that I couldn't afford to leave back in the house. (Although by now I've still yet to start out typing the lot, but I'll be done before tomorrow morning - swear on it!)

All in all, the trip was really fun plus it's been on my 'sights-to-see' list for quite some time now, and I'm glad I've gotten to see it. Next stop, Ilocos Norte; my granpop's birth place! For now, my next 'project' is getting them Eraserhead concert tickets a.s.a.p! It's restricted to 18ers and above only so I'm sure to at least get a hint of action there. :D (Strict staying-in-with-relatives rules are still in action, okay...)

Asta!

P.S.

Dammit! I forgot to say where I went. The place is called Baguio City, and it should be on your "places to see" list if you plan to visit the Philippines!

JQ-KC

HIStory

Corny title... even cornier day. I had my first official mid-term test... I think I pretty much blew it - well, not quite.

For the most of it, the questions were pretty straightforward, the answers were also equally obvious. The kicker here is about the way I was supposed to answer the questions. i'm not sure whether or not my answers were as it should be in the instructions, but to have facts as proof of elaboration seems a pretty vague and quite broad requirement for an hour and half test.

I'm not complaining about the time limit or the fact that it's most probably my fault anyways, but I guess I thought too much about what to answer and I'm guessing my answers are not exactly up-to-par as my prof would want them to be... dilemma.

Apart from that, I think I fared pretty well (I'll only know in a few days time).

I still think my group's play rocked!!! It wasn't fair cos ours was definitely easier to interpret as a short presentation, but in all honesty, the issues raised by the play are definitely no joking matter (although the play itself makes fun of the main issue of war and its toll on the human soul). Pretty stoked to be going to Baguio this weekend! I'm delayed for a group meeting for my report on an Indian art house movie "Pather Panchali" but I think we'll manage.

Anything else?

Oh ya, check out this chiquita. Her name's Grace Lee, she's 26 years, a DeeJay for a local station here (Magic 89.9) and she's SMOKIN' HOT!!! And she speaks tagalog too!!!

(Source: WikiPedia. Thanks!!!)

What You Will

A lot has happened over the past week. I acted in a short dramatic presentation, watched a few movies which were still no where near as inebriated as the Dark Knight was, learned of some valuable lessons in being penny-wise; pound-foolish, and that no government is perfect... and those who think they are are the worst of the lot!

That being said, it was pretty eventful so much so I'm just too tired to write more about it... but I'll say this much; Malaysia had better make up its mind on which side of the globe it's standing on otherwise as our populace goes - we'll all end up in the most awful rojak situation ever!!!

Cheers!

Mother Courage and her Loud Mouth

I'm almost not convinced that the world needs to be a better place.

After reading this play for the umpteenth time, it seems that there is always a reason to have a war, and the more reasons that we can think of, the more war we will have. But I'm just blowing smoke.

Recently, I was (automatically involuntarily) assigned a reenactment report presentation of a play, actually one of the greatest plays in history titled 'Mother Courage and Her Children', written by a German play-write, Bertolt Brecht. It basically revolves around a central character (Mother Courage) and her travails between Sweden and Germany during the War of Thirty Years in Europe. Written during World War II, the play exhibits many anti-Nazism and Fascism subtleties yet has almost a distancing between the characters and the audience. It's quite a moving tragedy to immerse yourself into, but I suggest an open mind and a good glass of wine to go with it.

So here I am with the play, and leading a group of nine (including myself...duh), I'm setting the context of the report and the play. It's refreshing to get suggestions and opinions from a totally (not really) different background of mentalities (it's a good thing) and perspectives because I began to also learn different approaches to a lot of thigns in life... yes, I'm suddenly being melo-dramatic... it's a real pain in the ass but let me rant!!!

Rehearsals start Monday (but there's a catch) and subsequent evenings within the week.

Why there's a catch on Monday? Well, in the Philippines, the President has a State of The Nation Address, which is a platform where she can preach her propaganda without having to bother about the objections of the Nation... pretty ironic considering it's supposed to be a State of The NATION Address. Anyways, on one side of the highway in front of the Uni is the locale where she will be holding her speech, on the other side (and the front of the Uni) will be a congregation of protesters who call themselves the People's SONA, rallying and marching towards her location. Pretty intense stuff as it's rumoured that she has called on the military (roughly 6000) to act as her bodyguards!!! I'm interested to join in, but then again, I've got other responsiblities and I'm not exactly obligated to join this rally... maybe when there's a nationwide protest (why can't there be one in Malaysia... cowards!).

Til the next post, VIVA LA REVOLUCION!!!!