Mr. Bright Side

About Relative-ity

2009-11-29T19:19:00.004+08:00

You cannot choose your relatives. Darn it.They are not necessarily the bane of my life (not in the same level as PGMA). But most of the time, they're not helping my situation any better. It's always a freakish coincidence that when I come across a sum of money, one or two relatives from my mother's side suddenly have opportunities to pursue or problems to settle, all the time more urgent than

Blame it on Facebook

2009-11-28T20:02:00.002+08:00

My last blog post was way long ago, in August.Blame it on Facebook. Hehehe. Much of my net time recently ( and I mean for months now ) have been spent on putting new profile statuses, on answering quizzes, and most especially --- playing Farmtown, Farmville, Restaurant City, Cafe World, Vampire Wars, and Yoville. In the June 2009 issue of Time Magazine focusing on Twitter, mostly the fascination

Reyster from CYBER

2009-08-24T17:19:00.001+08:00

Cybersex. Pretty much an off-topic for me...until I got to have a nice chat with my friend a few days ago. Let's name him Reyster. He's into cybersex. He goes into these Sim sites/chat rooms, meets some women, most of them older, and fucks them....with words. He gets these ladies off, and gets off himself. He tells me he has regular sex partners now, all of them from other countries. In a way,

Dog, Missing and (probably) Dead

2009-06-20T15:24:00.002+08:00

*sigh*. Can't even begin to write about this. But yes, one my dear pets, named Pacman, is missing. We noticed he was already losing appetite last weekend because we had to chase him around the yard to make him eat. When I left for the office last Thursday morning, he was sitting near the house. One could easily see he was not feeling well. Arriving from the office, I checked and he couldn't be

Lenten of '09

2009-04-08T16:44:00.003+08:00

We don't usually go anywhere else. It's always the house because there's the evening procession of icons/saints on Holy Wednesday and Good Friday. I took a pre-emptive vacation leave today already, to avoid the scenario like last year: the shuttles to our town stopped coming to the city terminal because the procession occupied the entire streets of our town. I came home at about two o'clock in

Facebook, Friendster, Blogger, Other BacklogsAnd A Heart-Warming Anonymous Comment

2009-03-28T17:18:00.004+08:00

It has been some time since I last posted something here. It has been some time also since I checked my Facebook and Friendster accounts, and even my inboxes in Yahoo! and Google. So it's really not a surprise that it took me quite a loooooong while to get "updated".In any case, some updates: My new house is 99.99% done. It's painted in two tones, yellow and beige I think. My room is painted

My Passion Type(?!@#$%&*)

2009-03-28T16:36:00.000+08:00

Your Passion Type You're a free spiritKey Traits: romantic, dreamer, fickle, communicative, eager, fun, sprightly You're a free and creative spirit. Some people might call you a non-conformist, but you'd like to think of yourself as one who sees beauty where others might miss it. You are inspired and feel passionate about the little things -- the way the sun beams through a window, a memorable

Open Letter To The FX Operators and Drivers Association of Binangonan (FXODAB)

2009-01-31T17:29:00.000+08:00

Be client-centric you greedy, abusive, retards!For so long you have abused your captive audience, me being one of them. Gasoline and diesel prices have long since been lowered, but you still arrogantly persist in your high fares. Talk about unfair. Jeepneys have already lowered their fares, but you still have the gall to collect at rates you imposed during the oil crisis months ago. Kapal ng

Mama’s Progress and Other Stuff

2009-01-16T17:30:00.000+08:00

As planned with our oncologist, I accompanied Mama last Tuesday to consult for radiation oncology. As per her doctor, Mama was to have radiation therapy in parallel to her chemotherapy sessions, after her 5th cycle session. The consultation went very quick, but I didn’t see it coming that her CT-Planning ---the actual procedure of CT-scan and other diagnostics before the actual radiation

Peanut Butter Chunky Chips Ahoy! and the Holiday of Obligation

2009-01-13T17:23:00.000+08:00

Looking back at how the holiday season of 2008 went for me, I can safely say that it was different. I can safely say I missed out on the “spirit” of things. And I don’t think my mother being sick has that big an impact on why it went that way. It just became a realization during the holiday rush.Up ‘til December 22, I was in the malls in Makati, looking for, well, Peanut Butter Chunky Chips

The GOOD FOOD of 2008!!!

2009-01-09T17:25:00.000+08:00

Hereupon are several tastebud treats I encountered last year, and highly recommend to anyone to try out in 2009.Shrimp and Cheese Quesadillas by Chilly Willy’s.double scoops of Avocado ice cream on waffle cone from Fruits and Ice Cream (FIC).New York Fish & Chips at Fish & Co.Pork Binagoongan served in Via Mare.Another Pork Binagoongan dish from Isdaan restaurant (in Gerona, Tarlac).This

THE TOP 10 MOVIES of 2008!!!!!

2009-01-05T17:28:00.000+08:00

Well, they’re my picks at least. To each his own!Bucket List. Inspired me to create my own list (to be shared eventually in this blog).3:10 to Yuma. I put this as part of my wish list for Christmas.Iron Man. It was a toss up between this and Edward Norton’s Incredible Hulk.Kung Fu Panda. The most hilarious 3D animation I’ve seen so far.Wanted. I actually never expected to like this movie, but

Back In Nanay's House

2008-11-03T13:50:00.001+08:00

These days, I sleep under a flight of stairs. No, I'm not Harry Potter living with the Dursleys. I'm just back staying in my nanay-nanayan's house. We've been staying here since our house got demolished to construct the new one. Nanay is now living in the farm areas, beside our soon-to-be-constructed bungalow. She actually left the family house to her youngest son, but Kuya built his own

A Different Christmas Season This Year

2008-11-02T13:32:00.002+08:00

I was at the mall two weeks ago, grocery shopping (I do it alone these days, since Mama can't go out). While devouring a plateful of bacon rice, pesto pasta, and grilled chicken at the food court, I noticed that the mall was already playing Christmas songs already. It made me think of how Christmas would be this year, considering recent events.By December, our house would hopefully be 50%

Parking Space:To Get Or Not To GetThat Is The Question

2008-10-29T13:07:00.001+08:00

From my desk in our new office, I can view the parking space reserved for me. I'm actually just waiting for top management to question me why I don't have a car parked in it yet, which could then eventually lead to me losing the spot, especially since most people in the office are parking their cars outside the building premises.The truth is, I still haven't decided if I'll be availing of the

Now THAT'S What I Call A Wedding

2008-09-27T15:06:00.000+08:00

If only for the song choices, my friend Ces' wedding to her long-time boyfriend would be one of the most enjoyable weddings I've attended. Renditions of "Beautiful Day"(U2), "Sunday Morning"(Maroon5), "The Sweetest Thing"(U2) amongst other cool tracks were sang in the church. Cool huh? Of course there're the usual stuff: the groom cries as the bride walks up the aisle, the officiating priest

Mama's First Chemotherapy Cycle

2008-09-21T15:04:00.000+08:00

When my mother's oncologist described how the chemotherapy will go, he mentioned Mama just sitting there in a lazy boy, watching TV with an I.V. drip. He wasn't kidding. The TV even had cable channels. It went faster and smoother that my own first pulsing treatement, really. Much much faster. We were there at the Cancer Center Chemotherapy Unit by 9 o'clock in the morning. Mama was

Coming Back From Vacation Leaves

2008-09-21T15:02:00.000+08:00

One can never have too many vacations, I always say. But one thing about vacation leaves is that they end. Another sorry thing about vacation leaves is that your pay gets deducted if you exceed your earned leave credits. I go back to work on Tuesday (I'm on vacation since Friday. I took the leave to be with Mama during her first chemotherapy session). And I expected to have that

A Place To Rest My Head

2008-09-15T14:59:00.000+08:00

That's what I need most of the time these days, between handling arrangements for Mama's medical treatments and meeting the challenges at the office. It's really not easy, this balancing thing. I've already missed two executive meetings. No progress yet on the mentoring program I'm spearheading at work. I haven't gottern around to following through on the house construction plans. I haven't

Manager Me

2008-09-14T14:57:00.000+08:00

I've been a manager for over two weeks now. Not too sound arrogant or anything, but I knew this was coming. Even before our senior executive called me to his room to congratulate me, weeks before the formal announcement came out. How? I guess it's because I trust in the company process rewarding good performance. And I knew I was performing well. Anyway, as I told a friend, I still don't feel

The First of Eleven

2008-09-05T14:52:00.000+08:00

It's a good that my friend Ces isn't that good at remembering birthdays. Otherwise, she wouldn't feel that guilty, enough to buy me Volume One of Neil Gaiman's Sandman Series -- Preludes and Nocturnes. Collecting the series has always been a part in my plans: birthday plans, Christmas plans, yearly plans. But I haven't really gotten around to do it for a number of reasons: priority of other

Birthday Wants

2008-08-31T13:03:00.000+08:00

One silver lining to the mounting medical expenses we're going through, is that it reduced my supposedly big birthday splurge into simple birthday guarded purchases. Prior to undergoing through this unfortunate series of events, my supposed materialistic birthday objectives include the following:a high-end laptop, with DSL connection, and laptop sleeve.Ipod, or Playstation Portable (PSP)

The First Test In Balance

2008-08-30T15:39:00.002+08:00

Two Thursdays ago, I accompanied my mother for her follow-on check-up with the surgeon who performed her MRM. My aunt, who came from the province to help care for my mother temporarily, was with us. As the advice of the surgeon, we went back to her oncologist on the same day. We had to wait a while since the latter's clinic hours were late in the afternoon. After the

And Now We Deal with Breast Cancer

2008-08-30T15:29:00.002+08:00

Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, Stage 3-B. That's the finalized diagnosis fo my mother, after an excision biopsy, a slide review for a second opinion, an Estrogen receptor/Progesterone receptor (ERPR) test, a HER2 test, and a modified radical mastectomy (MRM).Well. At least it's not Stage 4. My mother seems indifferent. She didn't even want the MRM, insisting on just relying on

Same Old Same Old Birthday

2008-08-28T15:48:00.000+08:00

I turned 31 last Monday. Nothing's changed that much as far as birthdays go:Our house is still the same. The loan I applied for with the Home Mortgage and Development Fund is still up for approval, even after 1 month since I submitted it. Even if it does get approved, there is still the question if the loan proceeds would be enough to cover the construction of the house as per the