almost tolkien

more than a year?

2008-09-09T13:10:00.000+08:00

tsk tsk, it's been more than year.

didn't even know its different signing in na.

oh well...

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

2007-08-12T12:57:00.000+08:00

from bbc.com

Diamond star thrills astronomers

Twinkling in the sky is a diamond star of 10 billion trillion trillion carats, astronomers have discovered.

The cosmic diamond is a chunk of crystallised carbon, 4,000 km across, some 50 light-years from the Earth in the constellation Centaurus. [more]

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hmmm... sana hindi makita ni rola ito...

wehehehe...

boys are back in town

2007-08-12T02:37:00.000+08:00

2007.

it's been more that two years since i first posted a VIDEO blog here. it took me days to learn basic html embedding codes for windows media player. took me longer to compress the damn video to a small size.

April 26, 2005

that was the date. me and my cousin, who was then heartbroken decided to have a drink. i thought it would be fun to see him whine so i got the cam and we started taping. it was like an interview but less formal, and we were drunk.

back then, Gran Matador was still the new drink, we thought it would be the next best thing, but no, good ol' EMPY still has the throne until today ( i dunno, i don't drink anymore, is it still empy?)

anyway, April 26, 2005. Video Blog.

now, 2007, thanks to YOUTUBE, hundreds of people do this VLOG thing. upload a clip, youtube converts it, compresses it, gives you an embed code, and voila, just paste the damn code on your html editor. easy. really easy. makes the phrase "easy as pie" sound like an understatement.

with these vlogs, youtube, lonelygirl15, embedding, html, happyslip easy access to video hosting and all, makes me wonder why i didn't continue my plan to make a weekly blog show...

hmmm...

time?

interest?

hmmm...

maybe it was because i got a job...

love of my life!

2006-01-25T16:16:00.000+08:00

love of my life!

one one

2005-09-12T02:10:00.001+08:00

oOo

when the world turned upside-down

when the silent ones screamed with fury

and the arrogant loudmouths became lost for words

sweat, tears, blood

when stupidity takes the place of reason

and pride is more important than honor

they will all praise him blindly, for old glory

for a lost cause, for a selfish reason,

for a scorned heart, for white skin

war

oOo

long-live, all the other people in this world.

to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

2005-09-07T23:24:00.000+08:00

                   Ulysses
Alfred Lord Tennyson

It little profits that an idle king,
     By this still hearth, among these barren crags,
     Match'd with an aged wife, I mete and dole
     Unequal laws unto a savage race,
     That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me. 

I cannot rest from travel: I will drink
Life to the lees: all times I have enjoy'd
Greatly, have suffer'd greatly, both with those
That loved me, and alone; on shore, and when
Thro' scudding drifts the rainy Hyades
Vest the dim sea: I am become a name;
For always roaming with a hungry heart
Much have I seen and known; cities of men
And manners, climates, councils, governments,
Myself not least, but honour'd of them all;
And drunk delight of battle with my peers;
Far on the ringing plains of windy Troy.
I am part of all that I have met;
Yet all experience is an arch wherethro'
Gleams that untravell'd world, whose margin fades
For ever and for ever when I move.
How dull it is to pause, to make an end,
To rust unburnish'd, not to shine in use!
As tho' to breath were life. Life piled on life
Were all to little, and of one to me
Little remains: but every hour is saved
From that eternal silence, something more,

A bringer of new things; and vile it were
For some three suns to store and hoard myself,
And this gray spirit yearning in desire
To follow knowledge like a sinking star,
Beyond the utmost bound of human thought.

This is my son, mine own Telemachus,
To whom I leave the sceptre and the isle-
Well-loved of me, discerning to fulfil
This labour, by slow prudence to make mild
A rugged people, and thro' soft degrees
Subdue them to the useful and the good.
Most blameless is he, centred in the sphere
Of common duties, decent not to fail
In offices of tenderness, and pay
Meet adoration to my household gods,
When I am gone. He works his work, I mine.

There lies the port; the vessel puffs her sail:
There gloom the dark broad seas. My mariners,
Souls that have toil'd, and wrought, and thought with me-
That ever with a frolic welcome took
The thunder and the sunshine, and opposed
Free hearts, free foreheads- you and I are old;
Old age had yet his honour and his toil;
Death closes all: but something ere the end,
Some work of noble note, may yet be done,
Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods.
The lights begin to twinkle from the rocks:
The long day wanes: the slow moon climbs: the deep
Moans round with many voices. Come, my friends,
'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.
Push off, and sitting well in order smite
The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds
To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
Of all the western stars, until I die.
It may be that the gulfs will wash us down:
It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,
And see the great Achilles, whom we knew.

Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho'
We are not now that strength which in the old days
Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are;
One equal-temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

neruda

2005-09-03T23:01:00.000+08:00

Your Laughter

Take bread away from me, if you wish,
take air away, but
do not take from me your laughter.

Do not take away the rose,
the lance flower that you pluck,
the water that suddenly
bursts forth in joy,
the sudden wave
of silver born in you.

My struggle is harsh and I come back
with eyes tired
at times from having seen
the unchanging earth,
but when your laughter enters
it rises to the sky seeking me
and it opens for me all
the doors of life.

My love, in the darkest
hour your laughter
opens, and if suddenly
you see my blood staining
the stones of the street,
laugh, because your laughter
will be for my hands
like a fresh sword.

Next to the sea in the autumn,
your laughter must raise
its foamy cascade,
and in the spring, love,
I want your laughter like
the flower I was waiting for,
the blue flower, the rose
of my echoing country.

Laugh at the night,
at the day, at the moon,
laugh at the twisted
streets of the island,
laugh at this clumsy
boy who loves you,
but when I open
my eyes and close them,
when my steps go,
when my steps return,
deny me bread, air,
light, spring,
but never your laughter
for I would die.

Pablo Neruda

from art's blog

2005-08-31T00:38:00.000+08:00

No Te Amo
por Pablo Neruda

No te amo como si fueras rosa de sal, topacio
o flecha de claveles que propagan eñ fuego:
te amo como se aman ciertas cosas oscuras,
secretamente, entre la sombra y el alma.

Te amo como la planta que no florece y lleva
dentro de sí, escondida, la luz de aquellas flores,
y gracias a tu amor vive oscuro en mi cuerpo
el apretado aroma que ascendió de la tierra.

Te amo sin saber cómo, ni cuándo, ni de dónde,
te amo directamente sin problemas ni orgullo:
así te amo porque no sé amar de otra manera,

Sino así de este modo en que no soy ni eres,
tan cerca que tu mano sobre mi pecho es mía,
tan cerca que se cierran tus ojos con mi sueño.

Cien Sonetos de Amor- XVII

I do not love you
by Pablo Neruda

I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz,
or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.
I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.

I love you as the plant that never blooms
but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers;
thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance,
risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body.

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.
I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;
so I love you because I know no other way

than this: where I does not exist, nor you,
so close that your hand on my chest is my hand,
so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep.

Translated by Stephen Tapscott

sorry

2005-08-27T15:01:00.000+08:00

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jack, dianne, ricky and minnie. i haven't uploaded your pictures yet so just wait ok? maybe monday i'll work on it. missing you all.

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MISSING

2005-08-27T14:35:00.000+08:00

update ba?

2005-07-17T22:46:00.000+08:00

sige eto...

last friday, we went to EAGLE POINT RESORT sa Anilao, Batangas. Grabe ang byahe, napakalayo, napakasukal ng daan, nakakatakot.

Pagdating doon, check-in, pahinga, kain, boat puntang SEPOC BEACH, kain, pahinga, kayak, snorkling, swimming swimming, kain, pahinga, banlaw, bihis, byahe, tulog, uwi.

yun lang po.

next time na ang pictures, hihingi ako ng kopya sa boss ko.

Paid Advertisement 2

2005-06-25T14:28:00.000+08:00

ito yung address sa baba ng image sa previous post, malabo pala pag-niresize...:

ASIA ENGLISH ACADEMY
2/F Valley Fair Town Center
Ortigas Ave. Ext., Taytay, Rizal
Call 284-4148, Look for Teacher Ren

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2005-06-25T14:15:00.000+08:00

radiance

2005-06-25T13:52:00.000+08:00

pagkatapos ng ilang araw na umuulan nang malakas, aba eh umaaraw ngayon. buti naman. gayunpaman, sa dako paroon, kung titingnan mo ang langit sa ibabaw ng mangga sa may Dominican Road sa Phase 1 ng Pines City mula sa harap ng gate ng bahay namin, may namumuong maiitim na ulap na tila ba nagbabadya ng pagdating ng isang unos. isang unos, nakaririmarim, nakasusulasok. uulan na naman. sana tuyo na ang mga labada.

kailan ko kaya muling makikita ang magandang sikat ng araw sa buong maghapon na hindi ito itatago salikod ng makakapal na ulap ng kalungkutan...

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hinihintay ko ang alas-3 ng hapon. kukunin ko kasi yung radiator sa talyer sa may ABA Homes. oo, ABA, hindi ABBA. nito lang nakaraang taon ko nalaman na ABA lang pala yun at hindi ABBA. anyway, yun nga, radiator. may tagas kasi kaya pinaayos. papalitan na dapat ito pero walang makitang sukat kaya repair muna. di pa naman dumadaan sa kiht anong repair. pinalinis ko na rin ito kaya sana ay ok na lahat.

yung motor na lang...

oOo

ngapala, checkout some of the AEA students:

revelation

2005-06-25T10:21:00.000+08:00

oOo

"When the Jews return to Zion
and a comet rips the sky,
the Holy Roman Empire Rises
and you and I must die...

from the Eternal Sea he rises,
creating armies on either shore,
turning man against his brother
till man exists no more."

oOo

update kuno

2005-06-22T23:57:00.000+08:00

walang panahon.

ito na lang muna.

sa susunod na lang.

Team Writing

2005-06-09T21:16:00.000+08:00

eto mga books na kadalasang gagamitin natin:

Basic Grammar In Use (pwede ring Grammar In Use, Essential Grammar In Use o Practice And Progress) - sabi nga sa title GRAMMAR, detatiled ang explanations ng different rules dito, marami pang examples kaya maganda para sa beginners. OK din na review para sa intermediate at advanced students.
Writing Effectively - basahin nyo na lang, manipis lang naman ito eh. (hmm, nasa akin o kay Teacher Gene ang copy nito, ask nyo na lang kami ok?)
Intro to Academic Writing - parang Writing Effectively, mas mataas lang ang level of explanation
Essay Writing - self-explanatory

bukod doon, i'll give you printouts nung mga topics sa training, bale parang summary ng lessons na kadalasang ibinibigay sa beginner, intermediate at advanced students. pati mga sample exams at quizzes nasa folder ko sa PC No. 1. (yung DO NOT CLICK sa My Documents ng PC1, folder ko yun!)

bukod sa writing, dapat alam n'yo din ang mga ibang areas namely READING, SPEAKING and LISTENING, also try to read yung mga special topics natin like TOEFL, TOEIC, SAT o kahit anong Aptitude Tests, meron na ring Math at yung iba pang Academic Subjects.

ngapala, Aster, yung CD ko ingatan mo.

happy birthday ICE!

2005-06-04T09:40:00.000+08:00

tagal naman bago nai-post!

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Mommy Jam wishing ICE a Happy Birthday.

Daddy Joel blowing the candle!

Daddy Joel dancing (hindi singing) "Happy Birthday!"

monday

2005-05-23T20:02:00.000+08:00

lunes ngayon.

kakasulat ko lang ng sunday entry, pero wala pa ito. san na napunta?

hello? blogger?

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ULAN ULAN ULAN
(mula sa aking prenster)

walang payong.

walang masakyan.

may naskayan.

bulok naman.

antipolo.

dami tao.

tricycle.

kaskasero.

Pines City.

nakakabadtrip.

walang kuryente.

ang init-init.

Asia English.

Gawa ng Exam.

wala ngang kuryente eh!

paano yan?

tulog muna.

maghintay.

bandang alas-dos.

may-ilaw na.

bukas na PC.

mag-type ka na.

beginner writing.

high and low.

intermediate at advanced pa.

isama mo.

5:35 AM.

tapos ko na.

kaya eto.

nagpeprenster na.

matutulog pa ba?

o magpapahinga?

ano ako bale?

hindi na!

baka sumablay.

mahirap na.

eh alas-otso.

may estudyante na.

kaya ngayon.

hintay uli.

sino kaya ang

aking makukulit?

si gene, si cris?

si tophe, si jomar?

si ren, si ma'am joan?

sir carlo o edgar?

bahala na, kain na ako.

tama na ito.

tapos na ako.

sunday

2005-05-23T17:54:00.000+08:00

sunday kahapon.

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sa sunday, birthday ni ICE na anak ni Joel Sibug.

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walang pasok pag sunday.

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pag sunday, nagsisimba.

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eh bakit hindi ka nagsisimba?

aea goes to loreland

2005-05-15T14:06:00.000+08:00

at laking hirap ang dinanas namin...

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ms. joan sa school...

edgar, ang bossing ng parokya

sir carlo sa videoke session

o O o

video coverage coming soon...

hapi maders di

2005-05-08T13:06:00.000+08:00

Video provided by Almost Tolkien.

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we love you!

wala nang bago dito ah

2005-05-07T15:32:00.000+08:00

sabi ko na nga ba.

Inuman Session

2005-04-26T11:59:00.000+08:00

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habang nag-iisip ako ng gagawin kong show, ipapakita ko muna ang unang video shoot na ginawa namin ng pinsan ko, isa uli itong test. medyo malaki kasi ang mga files kaya naghanap ako ng bagong fileserver. ang video na makikita nyo ay ang INUMAN SESSION namin kung saan ikinikwento ng pinsan ko ang lovelife nya kasama ang isang di nya makali-kalimutang babae. pasensya na at madilim ang video, wala kaming lightman eh, sa susunod na lang. pasensya din sa quality ng video, pinaliit ko talaga yan para magkasya sa uploading. kaya eto, panoorin nyo na!

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at tulad ng pangako namin sa video, eto ang mga link sa friendster ng mga taong nabanggit:

elou
lanie
roy (kimpoy)
ynah (czarina)
dennis
nanay ko
prenster ko

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test video

2005-04-25T00:52:00.000+08:00

Video provided by Almost Tolkien

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balak kong gumawa ng weekly blog show dito, kahit anong topic basta show, kahit mga 30 Minutes or less lang. isip pa ako kung paano. sa ngayon, test ko muna yung video tag para sa pag-play ng videos. ang video sample ko ay kuha noong election fever, ang araw na nagpunta si Ping Lacson sa Antipolo. Hohan, totoo yan, hindi ako superimposed tulad ng iniisip mo dati, hehehe.