Tuesday, October 30, 2007

finally!


I have now penetrated National Bookstore, ha-ha!

Saturday, October 20, 2007

suspects

On the deadly Glorietta 2 blast last Oct. 19 that killed 11 people and injured dozens, some say it's LPG.

Some say it's ASG.

Some say it's MILF.

And then here comes Senator Trillanes. He says: It's PGMA!

Who voted for this dude?

Friday, October 19, 2007

shitstorm

Funny how in a span of 30 minutes I suddenly find myself neck-deep in shit! There's this favor I'm doing for my OFW brother regarding important papers, which requires urgent and expensive trips to UP-Diliman, DFA and Robinsons Galleria. And then these last-minute assignments with ASAP deadlines from my boss-cousin. (And they say life of a free-lance writer is heaven?) Add to those the usual household chores and family obligations I am duty bound to attend to, and the fact that I'm writing my third fucking novel and I'm not even halfway throught it. Jesus! I'm already tired thinking about what a hassle these following days will be. Not even Tommy Chong could put a smile on my face these days. Forgive me if I get cranky. See you, blog, when the storm is over...

Monday, October 08, 2007

r.i.p.

I learned last Saturday through Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho that overseas there's a course called Mortuary Science, which, in essence, is the science of embalming.

I wonder the motivation of people who take this course. Most teachers get into the profession for the love of kids, right? Doctors, to help sick people. Lawyers, to protect people’s rights under the law. Politicians, to serve the people (although this is downright questionable). But what of mortuary scientists/embalmers?

Really, think about it. (The only sane answer I can think of is money. It reportedly pays Php250,000 a month if you work abroad. Other than that, what?)

I guess the old yarn is true: no matter what the job is, somebody has got to do it. And thank god for TV programs like CSI, dissecting a dead body for a living these days has become, dare I say, glamorous.

controversial

My last entry, which I re-posted in Multiply for no other reason than pure vanity, had gathered a lot of opposition particularly from those who joined the online hullabaloo versus Desperate Housewives for its allgedly "vitriolic, callous and racially divisive remarks" against Filipino medical professionals. (Big words, I must say, but empty.) It has become my most controversial entry since I started blogging in 2003, and, admittedly, it made camp in my head the whole weekend.

Much that I want to refute all their arguments point by point, my head's just not into it today. Also, it's futile: they're not gonna kiss my ass, and I'm not gonna kiss theirs, and this shit will just go on and on until we all turn blue in the face. So why bother?
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addendum: aargh!

Times like this, I can always count on Philippine Star columnist Jessica Zafra to come up with a killer line.

In her October 8 blog, she writes: "It is not my policy to explain things to the irony-challenged and literal-minded – they’re not my audience..."

Man, I wish I've her way with words! I also wish I could rub that line to the faces of those who maligned my October 5 entry. But I already told them I will not utter another word on the matter, and urged them to do the same so as to not complicate things further. Wrong move. Damn!

Friday, October 05, 2007

mob mentality

In the Early Modern period, Europe had the witch-huntings. Then, from mid-19th to mid-20th century, America had the lynchings.

Now, in 21st century Philippines, the practice of handing down judgment based more on gut reaction than clear-headed logic has evolved into something else. Now it is called "online petition."

What gives?