kwentuhan 2008

- You wake up slightly annoyed; another dream — without meaning and weight — goes unfinished. The window to your left tells you that the sky is celebrating your short-lived slumber by sending out gray clouds all over.

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- You’re in a car, and you tap the window while you hum inside your head. The song won’t go away even though you played the hell out of it the night before. Not bad — at least you remembered. The aircon desperately tries to please your forehead, and you thank it for the effort.

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- You see billboards of people with a thousand winds blowing over their faces, their hair playing tag with everything it touches. If you see someone like that in real life, you’ll probably laugh your ass off. Or not. Maybe.

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- You’re one of the few people who get to see the new place in Benavides/Buenavista/Bienvenido/Basta ganun Street. You realize that you’ve been to that place a couple of years ago, back when some newspaper shitheads offered hotel rooms (located at the same road) to the ‘young journalists of 2005′. Ah, good times. Haha.

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- The place is… yeah, definitely a place. Lots of work to do, you admit, but nothing a good scrubbing won’t fix. When the ‘big move’ was announced, you thought that it’ll be perfect to have your desk near a window, but now you realize that it’s probably not a good idea; the condominium at the other side of the road looks like it came straight from Chechnya. Depressing.

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- You’re in another shallow, dreamless sleep while heading south. Not much to say here, you know, ’cause it’s just the road you always pass by every Monday and Friday of every week.

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- And so you arrive to Alabang to pick up the ‘thing’ — you know, the ‘thing’ you’re not allowed to talk about because of that draconian NDA (hehe). So no pictures, obviously. It’s nothing like you expected it to look like: it’s just a box with cables sticking out of it. And you thought the ‘thing’ is made of rainbows and friendship and, of course, sweet, sweet love.

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- After seven bulletposts (written in the unusual 2nd person perspective), you finally decide to stop wri–

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there’s an extended edition somewhere.

Vegas Pro 8. $500. And here I am, still holding tight to my Vegas 5 (absolutely non-pro).

tapos na rin ang lahat ng kailangang tapusin. puwede na akong matulog nang maaga (except ‘pag may nagyaya ng dota), puwede na akong umuwi ulit ng friday ng gabi, puwede na akong matulog nang maaga, at siyempre, puwede na akong matulog nang maaga. yehey!
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at siyempre, puwede na ulit akong magpost ng blog dito at doon.

[sinabi nang bawal mag-post ng work-related stuff dito e! - ed]

tapos na rin ang lahat ng kailangang tapusin. puwede na akong matulog nang maaga (except ‘pag may nagyaya ng dota), puwede na akong umuwi ulit ng friday ng gabi, puwede na akong matulog nang maaga, at siyempre, puwede na akong matulog nang maaga. yehey!
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at siyempre, puwede na ulit akong magpost ng blog dito at doon.

[sinabi nang bawal mag-post ng work-related stuff dito e! - ed]

Malapit nang i-release ang ikalimang folio ng Pantas! At dahil may exclusive access ako sa near-final copy, bibigyan ko kayo ng teaser: ang first page ng folio.

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EXCITING!!!

Malapit nang i-release ang ikalimang folio ng Pantas! At dahil may exclusive access ako sa near-final copy, bibigyan ko kayo ng teaser: ang first page ng folio.

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EXCITING!!!

last time magbasa ako ng folio namin sa Pantas, hindi ako natuwa. hindi dahil pangit ang laman, pero dahil may isang particular sub-group ang Pantas na naging theme ata ng kanilang ‘about the author’ page ay tungkol sa pag-ibig. sa dinami-dami ng puwedeng ilagay, bakit kuwentong pag-ibig pa rin? isang piraso na nga lang ng buhay mo ang mai-immortalize sa pahinang iyon, pag-ibig pa rin? puwede namang tungkol sa mga batang nilalangaw sa Africa. O kaya ang mga suicidal Korean stars. O kaya tungkol sa breakfast cereal na nilalanggam na dahil iniwan mong bukas? bakit mo iiwang nakatatak ang mga bagay na walang bigat, mga bagay na makakalimutan mo rin pagkatapos ng isang linggo?
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love. besmirching Pantas folios since 2005.

QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES — Despite increased security in Manila
in anticipation of the pro-Erap rallies, one small-time akyat-bahay gang
has managed to slip inside Anino Games’ Diliman studio, ransacking the
building’s 3rd floor and taking some of the employees’ belongings.

Jay Gavarra, one of the stay-in employees, was the first to discover the
incident.

"Gumising ako ng mga alas-sais y media para maligo nang mapansin ko na
nawawala yung Xbox ko sa tapat ng TV," he said. "Nang lumabas ako sa
veranda namin, nakita kong nakakalat yung gamit ng isa sa mga ka-opisina ko.
Dun ko nalaman na nanakawan kami."

Aside from the videogame system, Jay said that he also lost
a number of items. “Nawala rin yung wallet, relo, at cellphone ko. Pero iniwan
naman yung ATM tsaka yung signed picture ni Gina Pareño, kaya okey lang.”

According to the investigation, the thief entered the office
using the 3rd floor’s front door. After taking a relatively small number of
items, the thief then took off using the same entry point. Gil Grissom, a
senior investigator who flew directly from Las Vegas,
said that the thief is a bit behind the technology curve.

 
“The intruder is probably a 20-30 year old male who doesn’t
know anything about games,” Grissom said, pointing at the Xbox connectors left
hanging from the TV. “He probably knows a PlayStation, but an Xbox? I don’t
think so.”

Grossom also added that the intruder is most likely a
non-metrosexual male, indicating that an Anino employee’s makeup kit was
practically left at the scene of the crime. He said that the investigation will
continue nonstop until the culprit is caught, or when the next season of his
hit show CSI starts shooting.

INTERNATIONAL REACTION

 
World leaders from, well, around the world, have criticized
the government’s apparent lax in security in wake of recent tragedy.

 
“There are two things that I hate to the bones: global
warming and Jay Gavarra losing his Xbox,” said Al Gore in a taped message.

Thailand’s
Sonthi Boonyaratglin has assured the bemused employee that he will send over a
number of high profile military investigators to assist ongoing search for the
robber. The Pope also prayed for the immediate arrest of the said culprit in
his recent mass.

 
Oprah Winfrey has also sent words of encouragement to Gavarra.
“I refuse to believe that this… mockery of justice has managed to find its way
to you, Jay. I am deeply, deeply saddened by this turn of events.” She also
promised a $1 million donation, in which Gavarra refused, insisting that it
should be donated to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation instead.

 
“You have the purest of hearts,” Winfrey said in her
follow-up message.

 
Hotel-heiress and socialite Paris Hilton also sent a text
message to the young game developer. “What happened to you was, like, so
not hot.”

 
LIFE GOES ON

While Gavarra admitted that this recent event has shaken him
up a little, he believes that things will turn for the better before the end of
the year.

 
“This could be a sign that I really should buy that Wii, or
mag-uuwian na talaga ako ‘pag lumipat na sa  Makati. Pero at least may iba-blog ako ngayong September 13.”

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Adik, tsong, adik.

QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES — Despite increased security in Manila
in anticipation of the pro-Erap rallies, one small-time akyat-bahay gang
has managed to slip inside Anino Games’ Diliman studio, ransacking the
building’s 3rd floor and taking some of the employees’ belongings.

Jay Gavarra, one of the stay-in employees, was the first to discover the
incident.

"Gumising ako ng mga alas-sais y media para maligo nang mapansin ko na
nawawala yung Xbox ko sa tapat ng TV," he said. "Nang lumabas ako sa
veranda namin, nakita kong nakakalat yung gamit ng isa sa mga ka-opisina ko.
Dun ko nalaman na nanakawan kami."

Aside from the videogame system, Jay said that he also lost
a number of items. “Nawala rin yung wallet, relo, at cellphone ko. Pero iniwan
naman yung ATM tsaka yung signed picture ni Gina Pareño, kaya okey lang.”

According to the investigation, the thief entered the office
using the 3rd floor’s front door. After taking a relatively small number of
items, the thief then took off using the same entry point. Gil Grissom, a
senior investigator who flew directly from Las Vegas,
said that the thief is a bit behind the technology curve.

 
“The intruder is probably a 20-30 year old male who doesn’t
know anything about games,” Grissom said, pointing at the Xbox connectors left
hanging from the TV. “He probably knows a PlayStation, but an Xbox? I don’t
think so.”

Grossom also added that the intruder is most likely a
non-metrosexual male, indicating that an Anino employee’s makeup kit was
practically left at the scene of the crime. He said that the investigation will
continue nonstop until the culprit is caught, or when the next season of his
hit show CSI starts shooting.

INTERNATIONAL REACTION

 
World leaders from, well, around the world, have criticized
the government’s apparent lax in security in wake of recent tragedy.

 
“There are two things that I hate to the bones: global
warming and Jay Gavarra losing his Xbox,” said Al Gore in a taped message.

Thailand’s
Sonthi Boonyaratglin has assured the bemused employee that he will send over a
number of high profile military investigators to assist ongoing search for the
robber. The Pope also prayed for the immediate arrest of the said culprit in
his recent mass.

 
Oprah Winfrey has also sent words of encouragement to Gavarra.
“I refuse to believe that this… mockery of justice has managed to find its way
to you, Jay. I am deeply, deeply saddened by this turn of events.” She also
promised a $1 million donation, in which Gavarra refused, insisting that it
should be donated to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation instead.

 
“You have the purest of hearts,” Winfrey said in her
follow-up message.

 
Hotel-heiress and socialite Paris Hilton also sent a text
message to the young game developer. “What happened to you was, like, so
not hot.”

 
LIFE GOES ON

While Gavarra admitted that this recent event has shaken him
up a little, he believes that things will turn for the better before the end of
the year.

 
“This could be a sign that I really should buy that Wii, or
mag-uuwian na talaga ako ‘pag lumipat na sa  Makati. Pero at least may iba-blog ako ngayong September 13.”

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Adik, tsong, adik.

see first part here
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Shoot ng untitled November short film, also known as Happy Hapitan. Yung artista namin nasa ibang bansa na; siya na raw ang susunod sa yapak ni Lindsay Lohan. Hehe.
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Malapit sa Baker Hall. Yun lang, walang deeper meaning.

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‘Yokong pumasok. Bow.

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Sa IRRI. Pagkatapos kumain sa canteen, umuwi na ang kalahati ng staff (sakay sa Beetle ni Sir Masakayan) at kami nila Gino at Julius ay naglakad naman papunta Open University. Kahit tanghaling tapat.

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Lumabas na rin ang pangalan ko sa list of graduating students.

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Pumunta ang [P] staff sa lamay ni Along, ang UPLB student na namatay sa hazing noong 2006. Ako lang ang naka-red shirt nung dumating kami, kaya awkward moment. Nung pauwi na kaming LB, bigla na lang nasiraan yung bus na sinasakyan namin. Pakiramdam namin naiwan sa expressway yung makina. Umaga na nasa tabi pa rin kami ng daan.

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Culture editor Kaka and EIC Oli pagkatapos ng seminar namin sa

isang highschool sa San Pedro.

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Ito yung van na ginamit namin papunta sa seminar. Mga WTF adventures ang pinagdaanan namin para madala ito pa-Elbi (walang lisensya, sira ang headlights, muntik nang mahulog sa bangin).

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sa susunod na ulit ang iba.