September 5, 2009 at 10:21 pm
· Filed under Movies ·Tagged eugene domingo, jack black, kimmy dora, michael cera, year one
Stayed at Robinsons Galleria the whole day and had a mini movie marathon with 2 of my friends. People have been saying that Kimmy Dora was quite funny so we gave it a try. The verdict? It was a riot! There were still little loop holes here and there but we were laughing like crazy. The plot wasn’t that bad, too. I was pleasantly surprised by how this movie turned out. A well deserved break for Eugene Domingo. 
Next up was Year One which stars Jack Black and Michael Cera. I really didn’t expect anything great from it, so I wasn’t really disappointed. LOL. The plot, if there was one, wasn’t going anywhere and some scenes were boring.
Kimmy Dora wins.
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August 18, 2009 at 8:04 pm
· Filed under Random Thoughts
I lost my phone. Again.
This is the second time that a phone of mine went missing and was never found. The first time was when I left it in a taxi because I was too sleepy to even check if I was giving the exact fare. The minute I stepped out, the driver drove off, never to ever look back. The second time just happened yesterday at the office. I misplaced it somewhere at my station and I had to run off to Ortigas to attend some meeting. When I got back, it was nowhere to be seen.
I never get bitter about it. Believe it or not, I’m over it after 2 mins of realizing that it’s gone. What is the point of crying over something you can’t do anything about anymore? I just wish the phones didn’t cost a lot.
To those people who got my phones, take care of them coz they were fucking expensive.
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August 16, 2009 at 10:05 am
· Filed under Food, Random Thoughts ·Tagged cyma, little tokyo, wordpress
Oh well, I got lazy of updating the WordPress engine (is that what it’s called?) every now and then, so I went back to having the “wordpress” extension so that it would update itself from now on. lol. I was trying to back up my content from the last domain but I failed miserably. Say goodbye to a year’s worth of blog content.
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I was able to watch the Lady Gaga concert and it was CRAZY to say the least. “Poker Face” was, of course, saved for last. The intro was so long I thought she’d never get to the main part. She sang 10 songs and the concert was just about an hour and 20 mins long.
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I went food tripping during the last two weeks. Tried Little Tokyo in Makati and the ambience felt authentic. The food was pretty good, too. Another must-try are the salads of Cyma! Had dinner there with Eddy and Wyn last week. And the Mango milkshake was fantastic, too.
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October 4, 2008 at 8:07 am
· Filed under World, current events ·Tagged ateneo, beijing university, dlsu, Harvard, national university of singapore, Newsweek, oxford, thes, university of tokyo, up, ust, vedanta university, yale
I remember reading an article a while ago on Newsweek and according to it, the race is on between universities around the globe in getting the most number of foreign students – around the globe. That means now it’s not just between US institutions like Harvard, Yale, Cambridge and Oxford. According to London’s Times Higher Education Supplement (THES), although the Western universities are still the clear winner with the US taking all the top 8 slots, the rankings are more diverse. No less than 30 countries are represented in the top 200. Unless US colleges keep reinventing themselves, they will lose their lead in the global game. Beijing University, the National University of Singapore and the University of Tokyo are all in the top 20.
A friend of mine from high school, is now studying in Japan. I think she is a scholar there. She’s very lucky to get a higher education in one of the most competitive countries in the world. You see, it’s not hard to envy her. Sometimes I wonder how it’s like to study in a global university, where facilities are the most modern, faculty is top notch, and the environment is most conducive to learning. Sadly, we don’t and I doubt if we will have – even in the next 100 years – universities like Harvard or Yale. Even in Asia alone, we are lagging behind our counterparts. And unless the government wakes up and makes education its number one priority, we’ll keep lagging behind. Today, other Asian countries are pouring resources to homegrown schools in a bid to prevent brain drain. China is planning to spend a portion of its annual GDP (that is higher than Europe’s or US’) on higher education. Earlier last year, Malaysia announced that by 2010, they will become an international education hub with 100,000 foreign students. India plans to create Vedanta University which they claim will raise standards throughout Asia with 100,000 students and 40,000 faculty.
If you remember, last year’s THES rankings showed that 4 institutions from the Philippines (University of the Philippines, La Salle, Ateneo and UST) made it to the top 300. Yes, it’s something to be proud of but it’s not something to be complacent with. While other Asian countries strive to have a cutting-edge global educational system, the Philippines is still yet to make education a top concern.
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October 2, 2008 at 8:52 pm
· Filed under Work
I am so back from Naga and the world of the employed is beckoning. I had an interview with a printing company this morning and I guess I will be starting on October 11 (yes, it’s a Saturday, yawn). I said “guess” coz right after that interview another company texted me saying that I’m scheduled for an interview this coming October 4 (what’s up with these companies and Saturdays?). And I know that when I left for Naga I also left TRS, where a friend of mine referred me to. I think to a certain extent they were willing to wait for my return and I was seriously considering going back. But then the other companies started calling, too. No one would disagree that it’s better to have several options. Coz I am not even in a hurry.
I am going to Asiatype tomorrow to get my Philhealth card, which took a year to process. Can you believe that? One freakin year. This country is unbelievable.
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September 30, 2008 at 9:43 pm
· Filed under Food ·Tagged bicol express
This is the real deal.
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September 29, 2008 at 7:21 pm
· Filed under Random Thoughts
My mom’s gonna leave soon for Florida. I don’t know when we’d be able to see each other again, and this is I guess one of life’s ways to fuck me up. I used to have a hard time separating from anyone I’m close with. Every single time. It sucks the energy out of me. It feels to empty and that void inside you is just unbearable. Suddenly you’re the loneliest person on earth.
And speaking of feeling down.
Now that I’m older, I know better than to sulk everytime sad things happen. I can choose to feel lonely and miserable but I can also choose to do something about it. Life is really too short to be spent on worrying and feeling lonely. If I worry about every single problem then I’d end up wasting my time, because it brings about nothing positive. It doesn’t solve my problems, it just stresses me out more. Besides, there’s so many things to be happy about and be thankful for: my family who’s (literally) always there, my friends, good health, I always have food on my table, I can travel to fabulous places, I finished college, I can have the liberty to watch TV all day, I have a house I can sleep in soundly, etc., etc. You know what I mean. Some people don’t even have the money to buy instant noodles for dinner. Most of the time my “problems” are incomparable to the weight of other people’s problems that I don’t even have the right to complain about anything, really.
So everytime I feel like I am the saddest person on earth, I think about what I have and how other people would be so willing to trade places with me for the life that I’m living.
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September 27, 2008 at 9:29 pm
· Filed under Random events ·Tagged naga, nuestra senora, penafrancia
Been absent for a while. Naga was a blast. I have never seen so many people all at the same place, at the same time. Emo people were always walking around the plaza, wearing black and donning that unmistakable emo hairstyle. (What’s so cool about it, I could never fathom). They were there of course to join the annual Peñafracia fiesta. Street parades for three straight days maintained the festive atmosphere.
After so many years I was again able to witness the fluvial parade of the Nuestra Señora de Peñafracia. Again, lots of people. We were lucky that the hotel was just in front of the river where the fluvial parade takes place. Before that was the traslasyon which is comparable to the Nazarene parade in Quiapo. This picture below wasn’t from my camera (lol).
My mom had so many things to take care of, and when I wasn’t with her I went around and found places to chill at. The hotel got wifi but only at the lobby area (kinda sucks). LOL. Or I would read Murakami’s book.
Super nice to see my cousins again. Sadly though, it wasn’t really what I could call a vacation. I look forward to going back soon and really just to relax and enjoy everyone’s company. For the meantime, I guess I’ll be stuck in Manila for a while.
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September 15, 2008 at 8:39 am
· Filed under Random events ·Tagged samsung, uaap 2008, uaap cheering competition, up pep squad
So late already, but if any of you saw the 2008 UAAP cheering competition, you would agree that the UP pep squad owned it. After their performance, I forgot all the other teams that performed before and after UP. Especially after this:
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September 13, 2008 at 9:57 pm
· Filed under Random Thoughts
I am so tiiirrreeed. Just came home from Alabang where I first saw my mother after 2 years. It was worth the exhaustion, though. Hehe. They’re coming over here in QC on Tuesday, then we’re off to Naga by Wednesday (I think). It was like I saw half of my (exteeeended) relatives this afternoon – my cousins and aunts, they’re countless.
Tomorrow, I will work on that PPT presentation that I have to finish for Tuason Racing School. (Right now I’m appalled by what I have produced so far). My stint there was cut short coz I have to leave for Naga. I worked there for just 4 days. Quite a record, huh? LOL. I’m not gonna ask for payment or anything coz that would be horrible. LOL.
Omg, I’m really tired.
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