[] BuSy MoNTH of NoVeMBeR []

I have been at lost and busy this ending month of November. Which is why I have not posted for sometime. I had many times in front of the computer but because nothing pops out of my mind and I had papers and stuffs to do, I wasn't able to put attention on my blog. But past is past, what is important is the present and the future. I am now back ~again...

It is during this month that classes resume after the mid-sem break. And because our university's administration is so intelligent and would want to level with other IT schools, a new method of enrollment was done. They told students that it was a better way so as not to make the enrollment a hassle for everyone. But, after undergoing grueling hours in line and being dismayed by rejected schedules, I realized that our administration cannot do any better than put burden to its students.I've got 18 units for this semester. I actually love the roster of subjects I have chosen and the teachers who mentored on them. My schedule isn't really that crowded. I even consider it as a very ideal one because, just like my 1st semester schedule, I get to go home early and free myself from all these academic ambiance.

I don't know if the typhoons have already passed. I forgot to see the news for any updates. But I just want to say how cool that we were able to experience such a strange phenomena. 3 typhoons (Lando, Mina and Nonoy) appears to have directed to our country and devastated the nation all at the same time. Well, sorry for those that were affected by the typhoon but I don't get to make sorrows on such events that comes least from our expectations. Though having the 3 typhoons, classes weren't canceled and that makes the bad news of a very cool event. An earthquake also struck Manila. I was at class during that time and it was when I realized how evil i was. i actually thought that the person at the back kicked my sit and I was about to react when we realized it was actually the earth that interrupted us. After the earthquake, our classes in the morning were canceled but resumed during the afternoon, so much for environmental intervention.

If you have already visited my blog it must be that you noticed that something new was up. It was one during one night, after playing my ever beloved game, that I took initiative and view my blog page. It is then that I realize that my template is kind of small and need an overhaul. So here is the result of 1 night of creative intercession. Have fun and thank you for visiting my nonsensical blog. Feel free to hear the music I listen, to read the posts that I wrote and to be amazed by a very stupid template.

[] ZiPaC []

Welcome back to me. After a week rest and gloriously celebrating the UNDAS ( its not equal to UNO and DOS... its actually equal to UNO - 1 and Das - a spanish term meaning day... I learned that, the morning I asked people why UNDAS and not UNDOS! haha... shame on me.. thanks budsk for that information...) somewhere in the middle of the Philippines, I am all set for the hagardous days to come. Gone are the resting hours and the happy-go-lucky times. I must go forth with my life after that peaceful engagement with nature. But before ever leaving off the past and venturing to my present and my future, I would like to inform you all that I've seen the other side of the world.

I have been here in my computer desk, living a life centered in the midst of technology. I thought everything was easy with all the stuff and gadgets that we have. But traveling to a place, where progress is not of immediate concern, showed me that their was something better. Their is something better than having a mechanized life, where all things are too organized it chokes you into it; better than your french fries that needs ketchup to balance the flavor; better than appliances that shuts you off of your perseverance. It takes a week of living in some mountain range where the sea is its base for a teen like me to understand that I've never seen everything yet.

Ever want to know where I've gone? Here are some of the things that makes my image of that somewhere:

It is a place you would...

>> appreciate sea foods (even small fishes) because the taste was so supreme that it takes no condiments to fix things up...

>> understand the difference between "panggatong"-cooked and stove-cooked meals... (rice is better cooked in "panggatong"... promise..)

>> see a rampaging priest over a broken microphone in the middle of the celebration of the holy eucharist... ( he even threw it to the person in charge.. I was so shocked that I drop my jaw down because of the his reaction)

>> find a single mall in a town and not even having Ayala, SM and Robinson in its name. (there were rumors that SM wasn't given permit to build there because the town's leader owns the said mall...)

>> like to go home when the clock hits 6pm because almost all stores and shops closes at that time... ( it seems creepy when the only light you see is the street light...)

>> pay P60 for a tricycle ride for about the same distance as UP - diliman to SM North... ( actually it changes: 55 when the sun is up but a sorrowful 60 when the lights are out...)

>> take refuge in the worst Airport and Seaport... (my nephew told me that... spare me the guilt...)

>> dis-orient your senses... ( wake up with the sound of noisy roosters and smelly pigs...)

>> smile and nod in everything you hear because you simply dont understand; and if ever you understand you wouldn't know how to communicate back...

>> discover that the only person that gets the higher priced items in the market are those who looks like from another place...

>> notice people staring at tourist (local or international..) as if they have one eye and a million mouth...

>> learn people calls you by your ancestral being... (they call me... "puya ni Viring"- child of Viring... Viring is taken from my mother's name Virginia who lived there during their childhood days...)

>> take sight of the highest shrine ( we climbed that... I wish that adds to my Holy-ness..) and the biggest bell in asia and third in the world (it was made out of 70 bags of coins...whew!)..

I have experience much in my visit there. It was not all fun, but each and every act i've done made me a better person. What I have here in the city is very much different from what I was in the province. It was more minimal but though that set-up, I did not have a hard time dealing with things. It is more leisure than work. I would love to go back there and experience more of that place. I might be back there next summer and hope that you yourself would care to visit such a wonderful place...

[] WoRK MaTTeRS []

I am a day and a half away from leaving off again to somewhere. Ive been telling my friends its somewhere in the middle of the Philippines so I must tell you the same simply to avoid the jealousy (haha) . Before I ever go leave again, I thought of posting another entry. I might be off for a little while (about a week... Il be back on Sunday 11/04/07) so better yet leave a little issue on you people.

When would the Government argue with morality and the Religion on Ethics? I must answer the question with a simple word as "NEVER". However, it appears that my country is an exception. Well, for those who might not know, My home land is a 3rd world country somewhere in the south east of asia. It is an archipelagic country artfully tagged as "The Pearl of the Orient Seas." We have been devastated by political turmoil for as long as I can remember and I believe these very thing caused us this inappropriate disturbances.

I don't like discussing things political in nature but I cannot simply disregard these happenings that I have heard over the media about the reactions regarding the presidential clemency given to the past president (the president befor the present one..) of our country, guilty of Plunder. What was the thing that bothered me the most? Over the radio, a bishop, which we better hide the name for civility sake, says "Sana pagisipan na lang nila bago sila magbigay ng pardon.." ( I hope they think things up before simply giving pardon...)

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He, the bishop, is actually on the side of not letting the 70+ old president off. I must say that I myself wouldn't want that old rag to be walking on the street again. However, where have gone the "let's forgive everybody eventhough they've done wrong " value of the church? How about the " Even God forgives why can't you" principle? It is simply problematic that people could be too tactful to go against their own art, especially those that are known for not just doing the art but being the art. Couldn't he at least say " what ever happens is God's will, lets not go against it..." ?

The CBCP forever has been peeking into government issues. I simply don't know with them, but weren't their a dichotomy over the two main sectors of the country? What are they interfering for? I simply think such matters of discourse is not a part of their holy-ness and there ultimate wisdom of the bible. This misevalutation of the dichotomy has made a big problem for the country. The bishops stand on their ground saying they are good so listen to them (We are the Word of God.. ??? what damn blasphemers...) but they, driving into the state's war, have devalued their good nature. Like the statesman, theyv'e all gone to be the same ravishing beast of power, hoping to be the one believed by the mass. Shameless are they for they have forgotten the word of God... ( can I be a bishop now? I'm better than them... not a good joke... I'L NEVER BE A BISHOP!!)