:(

I can't help it.

 I FEEL SO MISERABLE. 

:'(((

Taxi! Taxi! O sh*t, taxi. O_o

[currently NOT listening to: Prof. Go]

Ikaw ba, nagtataxi ka?

Because there ARE definitely times na taking a cab is a much better idea. Like pag may occasion and you're wearing something unfit for a jeepney ride, or pag sobrang dami ng dala mo na nakakatakot magjeep, or even pag sobrang selan ng dala mo (like laptops or SLRs na sabay mong dala) na MAS nakakatakot magjeep, or pag sobrang late na at wala na talagang jeep (o kaya mas nakakatakot nang dumaan ng Taft or Pasay rtda.). Taking a cab is more secure, lalo na pag may kasama ka.

And cabs are alright. HINDI lang pag nagaabuse sila.
Abuse like:
-rude drivers (sobrang kapal ng mukha)
-nakikipagkontrata/hindi ginagamit ang metro
-namimili ng pasahero/ng pupuntahan
-sobrang BILIS ng patak ng metro
-humihingi ng napakalaking dagdag

And unfortunately, I have experienced all of the mentioned above.

At ang ishshare ko lang, yung one day na 2 beses ako nagtaxi.
Nung umaga, sobrang bilis ng patak ng metro ni manong.
Nung gabi naman, ang laki ng hinihinging dagdag.

Eto si Taxi #1:

Shet talaga. Nasa SSH pa lang ako P107.50 na agad yun when usually nasa 70+ pa lang dapat...

Eto naman si Taxi #2:


Siya naman, he asked me to add PhP50.
PhP50!!!!?!?!?! Nyeta?!?!@#$%&**!

Ang laki-laki ng 50 ha!! Sabi ko na lang "ANO?!?! 50!!?!? ANG LAKI-LAKI NAMAN!!!!?!"

E nafeel niyang something is better than nothing kaya sagot naman si manong, "sige, 30 na lang..."

SHET ka, manong. Pero kailangan ko na talagang umuwi...5 taxi na ata yung nagreject sakin kasi "malayo" daw (hindi kaya!) yung pupuntahan ko...kaya sabi ko na lang, "fine, just hurry up."


So warning lang sa mga first-time magtaxi.
Marami ganyan, kaya mag-ingat na lang talaga.

Madalas ang nangyayari, dahil wala ka nang choice, bibigay ka na lang din. Minsan naman, wala ka na talagang magawa dahil baka ano pa ang gawin ng driver sa'yo (lalo na pag mag-isa ka lang at babae ka pa). Kaya pumili mabuti ng taxi.

Don't get me wrong, hindi naman sila lahat ganyan. Marami na din akong nasakyan na mabait naman ang driver (na you'll actually give them a little extra)..
Gayahin naman sana sila nung mga naunang mga manong.

CINEMALAYA 2010: Ang Paglilitis ni Andres Bonifacio.

[currently listening to: Lady Gaga]

This July, I had the chance to watch one of the Directors Showcase in Cinemalaya 2010 in the Cultural Center of the Philippines.

My Papa was persistent in getting tickets to this film, Ang Paglilitis ni Andres Bonifacio, since DUH, he is a hardcore Bonifacio fan. This one's directed by Mario O'Hara. The synopsis from Cinemalaya's site is as follows:

Ang Paglilitis ni ANDRES Bonifacio is the untold story of the trial of Andres Bonifacio under the Revolutionary Government of Pres. Emilio Aguinaldo.  Two leaders, Andres Bonifacio, Supremo of the Katipuneros, and Emilio Aguinaldo, president of the Revolutionary Government, made their way to fight for freedom for the Filipinos against the dominant rule, fought for a cause and for a reason to be one nation.  Yet only one should rule.  This was the start of Philippine politics.  Ang Paglilitis ni Andres Bonifacio is a film documentation of Philippine history put to screen and megged by Mario O’Hara.  And now, let the people be the judge whether Andres Bonifacio is guilty or not guilty of treason.

And it was a good film. I ended up crying through the last part.
Anyway, for me, the most heart-breaking part was Gregoria de Jesus's poem for Andres. It was embarassing, I think you would easily hear my sobbing since it was just a small room.
I dunno, but try searching for Gregoria's poem, it really IS...heart-breaking.

Ang weird lang coz Papa kept on arguing with himself (and the director?) after the film. I think pinanood niya lang yun para maprove yung belief niya and seeing na there were SOME parts na hindi tumugma, inaway niya agad. HAHA. WTH??!?!

The screening was in Tanghalang Huseng Batute. July 12, 9pm. And it was a full-length film. It ended pretty late. Buti na lang mya bukas pa na restaurant that time.
Nagdinner na lang kami si Hap-Chan sa Harbour.

Ganyan talaga kayo sa MAKATI.

[currently listenin to: may kuryente na ha, ba't naka-on pa din yung generator ng kapitbahay?!]

Ganyan talaga kayo sa MAKATI.

It's July 16,2010. For some reason, nakasabay ako kay Papa pauwi dahil nanggaling siyang MOA. Sa may South Super Highway, near Magallanes na, may stoplight.
It was YELLOW pa, so my Papa kept on driving since he was still accelerating.
Then the next thing I know, some dude with a flashlight in a car was trying to stop us. Wow. It was the police. The MAKATI Police.

So what did my dad do wrong for him to be stopped by the authorities?

This ragged looking old man walked towards my dad's window and he told him that he was beating the red light.

Papa: E sir, YELLOW pa yung ilaw nung dumaan ako.

Man: Hindi, sir. May CCTV ho kami at nakita namin na red light na yun.

(Well, I, for one, saw that the light was still yellow btw.)

And what was odd, this man smelled so intoxicated. He reaked of alcohol and his manner of speaking was slurred, very slurred. Like he was murmuring of some kind.
But he denied having drunk anything when my dad asked if he had a lot to drink.

Of course, Papa's license was taken but the officers back at the car were looking for something else. They were asking for LAGAY.

My Papa's not really stupid. He knows the fees you are to pay when you get caught. But giving excuses that paying the ticket would cost you thousands (when actually it'll only take you a couple of hundred pesos) won't really convince him.

The Police car was SHU-831 by the way.

Pakshet. Wala pa ding POWAH.

[currently listening to: the sound of the generator of the kapitbahay pa din]

Pakshet talaga.
Wala pa ding kuryente. Madilim pa din. May exam sa Genetics. At may pasok na daw bukas.
SHET talaga.

Panu ba mag-aral sa dilim?
Ugh. I'm still living off the remaining battery of my puny netbook.

So my class-free day started like this:
Early in the morning, classes were suspended.
At noon, I found out I had to go to my lolo's birthday. And this meant I had to miss company class. Try to resist and your mom'll only tell you, "Sige, subukan mong umalis, nagtatampo na sayo ang lolo mo. Di ka na nga binibigyan ng baon e!" (Pressure!)
So at learning this, I had to make paalam sa BM na hindi ako makakapasok. Kaya I texted Sir Jay and told him na hindi ako makakapag-company class at hahabol na lang ako. Nagreply siya ng "Ok."
Okay...
So after nung birthday, I told my parents to drop me off somewhere na lang para makapunta na ako sa Donada.
*commute* *commute*

Pag dating sa Donada...
kita ko si Robert, naglalakad na, wala daw apprentice class. Tanong naman ako, "Pero may rehearsals?"
Meron daw.
So lakad pa din ako...
kita ko sina King...kakain sa Pares..di ko pinansin, di rin ako pinansin.. :|
then kita ko sina Teacher Lopz and Teacher Sofie...pauwi na..
So I was like "uuh, teacher! La na pong rehearsals?!"
Teacher Lopz: Wala. Umuwi ka na.
Me: Ugh. Damn. (magchacharge na nga lang ako ng phone!)

Pag dating ko sa loob, nagrerehearse sina Ma'am Lise...sina Dawna, Kim, and Joan, may rehearsals pa (shet. buti pa sila may sayaw)
Nagcharge ako ng mga 15mins, then umalis na din ako (nakakahiya, di naman ako nagklase, magsstay pa ako dun)

Uwi na ako. Bigo.
Kailangan pa ding mag-aral. Shet.
Pag-uwi...mahahalata mo talaga na nasalanta ang paligid ng bagyo.

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Ang hirap mag-aral!
Nung mga hapon-hapon pa, medyo maliwanag pa. Sa balcony ko ako sumubok mag-aral.
Kaya lang medyo kinailangang tiisin ang konting ulan at malapit na ding dumilim nun. Natapos ko naman ang isang chapter.


Nung gumabi na, madilim na talaga. Walang choice kundi magkandila. Shet. Sinaunang panahon. Primitibo. Maloloka na ako. Aantukin lang talaga ako. Oh please, imove niyo ang exam!!!

Yaw ko na nang ganito! Come back, Powah! COME BACK!!



07/14/2010 9:00pm

Ang mga Kuwento ni Lola at ni Basyang.

[currently listening to: the sound of the generator of the kapitahay]

Hooray. Bumabagyo.Shet.
Andito pa si Basyang...
And finally, nagannounce na na walang pasok sa UP.
(subukan lang nilang papasukin pa kami,e lumilipad na yung mga bakal na upuan sa labas..and anyway ayoko nang maulit yung experience ko kagabi.haha)

Experience kagabi:
UMUWI AKO NANG WALANG PAYONG. (ang saya no? haha)
Sino ba naman ang ulyanin, nilagay ang payong sa labas ng room (RH302) para patuyuin. Nang matapos ang Invert Zoo lecture, lumabas-labas agad ang lowlah mo, nakalimutan na ang bagong maroon niyang payong. Haaaay. Stupid

So ang galing, nakadress pa ako kahapon (nagrecycle na nga lang ng damit). Malay ko bang babagyuhin na ako. Hahahaha, Antanga talaga, So basa hanggang panty ang lowlah mo.
Basa na nga, malamig pa. Makalaglag-panty ang lamig, nanginginig na ako (duh, basa nga ang damit mo e, ewan ko na lang kung di ka pa lamigin). So salamat mama, sinundo mo na ako sa Petron, ayaw ko na talagang maglakad mula sa guard house hanggang bahay.

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So wow, eto yung first experience NATIN ng bagyo together! hahaha bonding ba?
Salamat talaga at hinintay mo ako, kundi, hinangin na ang lowlah mo. Nanigas na nga, hinangin pa, most probably. Pasensiya na kung pinaghintay kita ng ilang oras...pero di ko maimagine kung pano ako nakauwi kung wala ka.

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So now is the morning after that.
Walang ngang pasok, wala ding KURYENTE. (I'm living off the battery of my netbook. Shet) My phone's battery is halfway empty/full. And I don't have freakin' internet for studying and answering lab manuals (supposedly due today). Shet.

This is what I woke up to. Pero kalma na yan. Nagising ako ng 1am dahil umuungol talaga ang hangin. As in HOWLING. Nakakatakot. Bigla pang bumukas ang windoor ko kaya nagulat ako kagabi. Grabeh ang hangin.

Ang ginawa ko, lumipat ako sa kwarto ng mama't papa ko. (waaah. FAIL. haha. NAKAKATAKOT kaya!)


AYAN.Inaantok na ako uli. It's just 6:39 in the morning. Tulog ako uli ah.
Kiss.Kiss!

07/14/2010 6:34am

EKA is BACK!!!

[currently listening to: the noisy ancient aircon at my back]

EKA is BACK in the blogging world!

This is all made possible by my new offline editor, ScribeFire!
So...I guess it'll be easier to post new stuff...as a hell LOT of stuff has been happening lately. Hahaha

Anyhoo!

STAY TUNED! STAY UPDATED! Hehehe :-*