almost four years ago, a military officer staged a failed coup d'etat in one of the posh hotels in the business center of the country. today, returning as a senator, this same officer is again starting a rally (that might be a coup d'etat) in another posh hotel in the same district as the last one and calling everybody to join him. luckily, it's raining and i guess that nobody would want to go out in this weather. all gates/roads to the place are closed as i write this.
now, we ask ourselves. for an officer and senator to declare that he is for the poor, he seem to be enjoying staging his 'destabilization' efforts in posh hotels in one of the richest districts in the country. and we ask ourselves (again) how one person who's been in jail can go run for the senate and still win?!
questions that one day i want answered. and yes, dangerous times are ahead.
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Monday, November 26, 2007
i won the bet
after lunch today: Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the earthquake felt around noon today had a 4.2 magnitude and was located slightly offshore, 77 kilometers northwest of Lingayen town, Pangasinan province.
my guess: magnitude 4.3
the money was used to buy Krispy Kreme!
*****
unfortunately, A was right in saying that i might not be the real winner if we base our results from phivolcs and that he would bet that before the end of the day, the agency will change it. true to his word, they changed the magnitude to 5.4 just in time for the prime time news.
how sad it was because this is the second time this week that an agency of the government has "incorrectly predicted" a natural event's effect to the country. early this week, the pagasa has mentioned that the typhoon mina will move in a westernly path when cnn has already predicted a northwest movement. at the end, the path predicted by cnn was correct. it was sad that the agency stuck to their first prediction and said something about different scenarios (and that they are still in top form for weather forecasts, or so). the question is, when have they been right lately?
and now, phivolcs. granted that the magnitude can have different values depending on the 'data gathering system' one's agency has, it was a "revelation" to see the usgs have a report way before phivolcs gave their statement. and tonight, the magnitude they have given is way near the one the usgs has given earlier, a 6.0 magnitude.
what has happened?!
my guess: magnitude 4.3
the money was used to buy Krispy Kreme!
*****
unfortunately, A was right in saying that i might not be the real winner if we base our results from phivolcs and that he would bet that before the end of the day, the agency will change it. true to his word, they changed the magnitude to 5.4 just in time for the prime time news.
how sad it was because this is the second time this week that an agency of the government has "incorrectly predicted" a natural event's effect to the country. early this week, the pagasa has mentioned that the typhoon mina will move in a westernly path when cnn has already predicted a northwest movement. at the end, the path predicted by cnn was correct. it was sad that the agency stuck to their first prediction and said something about different scenarios (and that they are still in top form for weather forecasts, or so). the question is, when have they been right lately?
and now, phivolcs. granted that the magnitude can have different values depending on the 'data gathering system' one's agency has, it was a "revelation" to see the usgs have a report way before phivolcs gave their statement. and tonight, the magnitude they have given is way near the one the usgs has given earlier, a 6.0 magnitude.
what has happened?!
Monday, November 19, 2007
temperament, interests, amusement and passion
According to Facebook's Picture Personality Test, I am:
Temperament: Idealist
You are the quintessential dreamer - spending more time thinking about the possibilities that the world holds for you, rather than your reality. You don't settle for anything less than what you truly desire and you work very hard. You tend to live in every place except the present - you are prone to daydreaming about the future and re-thinking the choices you made in the past. Sometimes you get overly caught up in your thoughts.
You are the quintessential dreamer - spending more time thinking about the possibilities that the world holds for you, rather than your reality. You don't settle for anything less than what you truly desire and you work very hard. You tend to live in every place except the present - you are prone to daydreaming about the future and re-thinking the choices you made in the past. Sometimes you get overly caught up in your thoughts.
Interests: Thrill Seeker
You are interested in anything that is exciting and pleasurable. You're not afraid to indulge yourself - you live by your own set of rules and don't allow yourself to get hung on what others think. For the most part, you are independent and do whatever you please to do. Trying to stop you from doing something only makes you want it even more. At the end of the day - you live for life's most thrilling moments.
You are interested in anything that is exciting and pleasurable. You're not afraid to indulge yourself - you live by your own set of rules and don't allow yourself to get hung on what others think. For the most part, you are independent and do whatever you please to do. Trying to stop you from doing something only makes you want it even more. At the end of the day - you live for life's most thrilling moments.
Amusement: Thoughtful
You are easily stressed out and overwhelmed - you need to take care of yourself first and foremost. Because you tend to be self reflective, you know your limits quite well and must remember to not exceed those limits. When you overwhelm your life with obligations and responsibilities, you tend to shut down and go into yourself even further. Take some time to find your serenity and kick back your feet.
You are easily stressed out and overwhelmed - you need to take care of yourself first and foremost. Because you tend to be self reflective, you know your limits quite well and must remember to not exceed those limits. When you overwhelm your life with obligations and responsibilities, you tend to shut down and go into yourself even further. Take some time to find your serenity and kick back your feet.
Passion: Physical
You are a cuddle bug - from a warm hug shared with your best friend to steamy sex with your partner, you enjoy every bit of human contact that you can get. You demonstrate your love for others most fluidly through physical one-on-one contact and you feel the most loved when you are being touched. You feel disconnected when you are physically isolated from others. You're a people person and a lover of all things human.
You are a cuddle bug - from a warm hug shared with your best friend to steamy sex with your partner, you enjoy every bit of human contact that you can get. You demonstrate your love for others most fluidly through physical one-on-one contact and you feel the most loved when you are being touched. You feel disconnected when you are physically isolated from others. You're a people person and a lover of all things human.
what's happening, pinas?
truly, i love my country and have no wish of leaving it like what others have done. i'm grateful i have a job that pays well (although new graduates from my old school earn better than me and i have no way of knowing if i'll get my promised annual salary increase this year), friends and families who i can count on and run to in times of happiness and troubles, and a happy life.
however, i get real pissed off when i watch the news and see what's happening in the country. it gets so depressing. you want to help and the only way i can think of doing it is do my job well, pay my taxes (which is very high, if i might say so!) and obey the law. anyways, i just really want to ask -- what's happening, pinas?! -- after reading this article on the newspaper:
http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view_article.php?article_id=101912
ikaw, anong masasabi mo? nakakalungkot, ano? i know we can do something! but what? maybe i'll write more on this. for now, i'm going back to work. sinulat ko lang ito bago ko makalimutan na gusto ko nga pala siyang isulat. i'm forgetful sometimes...
however, i get real pissed off when i watch the news and see what's happening in the country. it gets so depressing. you want to help and the only way i can think of doing it is do my job well, pay my taxes (which is very high, if i might say so!) and obey the law. anyways, i just really want to ask -- what's happening, pinas?! -- after reading this article on the newspaper:
http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view_article.php?article_id=101912
ikaw, anong masasabi mo? nakakalungkot, ano? i know we can do something! but what? maybe i'll write more on this. for now, i'm going back to work. sinulat ko lang ito bago ko makalimutan na gusto ko nga pala siyang isulat. i'm forgetful sometimes...
*****
on another note, where is chief?! i'm worried about him. i'm not sure if he finally had a ticket to home yesterday or today. well, i wanna see him before he leaves because i might not see him again!
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
rain and uniform
it was not raining that hard when i left the house earlier this morning to go to work; but once i left the tricycle that took me outside the subdivision, my pants were already wet to the knee! when i reached the office, i was soaking wet all the way through. even my umbrella was already giving up and dripping in the middle. the rain just never stopped, it only increased in force!
luckily, i brought extra clothes with me today because it's a tournament date. the only hassle was lugging all your stuff and racket with you when you're commuting and it's raining. but nothing to it. at least i arrived at the office safe and well.
luckily, i brought extra clothes with me today because it's a tournament date. the only hassle was lugging all your stuff and racket with you when you're commuting and it's raining. but nothing to it. at least i arrived at the office safe and well.
and guess what? i'm doning the newest uniform design at the office. the blouse with my cut-offs and slippers! who says you can't wear what you want on uniform day at the office? *lol* i'm glad i have an excuse to wear this!
*****
weather update: still dark and raining outside.
tournament update: still going to push through. partner g visited me a while ago to say that he's sick but is going to play. we just have to Not play to win! *lol* but i'm thinking positive and hoping to win at least a game tonight.
drifter update: nada.
k9s
holy cow! exciting times are ahead! (or is it, dangerous times?)
an hour ago, i turned my head from the monitor and faced head-on a humongous dog sniffing the stack of paper beside me. when i followed the leash, i found myself looking at a guy in military uniform. what?! did we just have a bomb threat?! are we under attack?!
such is what the energy compound's security is doing today after what happened two nights ago at the batasan complex. with what happened there, you'd feel that there's no place safe anymore. they might as well do everything in their power to prevent another attack from happening here because i think every government office is susceptible to this kind of danger. add up the fact that our energy secretary is formerly a defense secretary! in my opinion, sinong lapitin kay gloria ay lapitin din sa disgrasya! :)
oh well... and yeah! oh wow! k9 units in the office!
an hour ago, i turned my head from the monitor and faced head-on a humongous dog sniffing the stack of paper beside me. when i followed the leash, i found myself looking at a guy in military uniform. what?! did we just have a bomb threat?! are we under attack?!
such is what the energy compound's security is doing today after what happened two nights ago at the batasan complex. with what happened there, you'd feel that there's no place safe anymore. they might as well do everything in their power to prevent another attack from happening here because i think every government office is susceptible to this kind of danger. add up the fact that our energy secretary is formerly a defense secretary! in my opinion, sinong lapitin kay gloria ay lapitin din sa disgrasya! :)
oh well... and yeah! oh wow! k9 units in the office!
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Christmas 2007 Wish List
1. high end pillows
3. supply of m&s' choco-coated brazilian nuts or m&ms mint chocolates!
6. bouquet
2. stuffed toy 
3. supply of m&s' choco-coated brazilian nuts or m&ms mint chocolates!
4. whole wardrobe from head to foot, formal and non-formal, including bags! 
5. Wicked by Gregory Maguire 
6. bouquet
7. car (astig!)
cheap ba? hahaha
disclaimer: all images (except m&m's mint) were grabbed from the internet.
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
small-mindedness
maybe it's because we live in separate islands that we have become small minded. we may be one nation but still, we are separated in many things (but such is an individual, right?). anyway, i was just thinking that when i was in the PS, i met some people there who are very tolerant of different people of different nationalities. maybe it was just me or maybe it was just that we have never been really exposed to that kind of 'people movement.' for example, in mainland asia, people from malaysia can cross the border everyday for work. they only need a card to prove that they work in their neighboring country and they have privileges almost the same as the citizens of that country. here, we don't have the concept of a working card, or daily crossings of country borders. we may have communities of different races/nationalities here, too, but maybe it is just me but it seems that we stick to our own.
the other day, when i was in line at the grocery counter, i noticed that the girl in front of me was caucasian. and here i was, being a racist (forgive me), thinking that these people earn more than the average pinoy (hmmm again, it all boils down to finances?! sad!) and here they are, getting special treatments. shouldn't we be the first class citizens in our own country? wala lang. that has been my sentiment all along. but i was put in my place a while later when i heard the girl speak in tagalog. truly, she is pinay as i am. she just have a different color from me and i was reminded of what my teacher once said: we are just the same. we may be of different color but we feel the same things, we do the same things, we love, we hate. we are just the same. yes, at that instant, i was small-minded and it hurts to realize it.
funny, just thinking about it made me realize that even to our own countrymen, we are small-minded people. some may make fun or get irritated of the visayan accent, the hard way an ilocano says a word or their miserliness, or a kapampangan's arrogance!
it must be nice to live in a place where countries adjoin each other and it's only a car or train ride away. here, the only thing i can see that i could even say was an effort to connect the country was the leyte bridge. i guess we should just overcome this little problem in our country. at least, we have the roro and cebu pacific (it's time every juan flies!) to help us experience our beloved pinas! we may not have straight roads to lead us somewhere else nor trains, but there are other ways. now... if only we have enough money! (who said the filipinos are poor? just go to the malls everyday and you'll really wonder if it's true. maybe the problem lies not really on the lack of money but in the lack of contentment in one's life!).
i hope in the end, we will overcome our small-mindedness and think big! the world is getting smaller and smaller everyday. everyday, barriers in the world are broken and we should be prepared by it.
the other day, when i was in line at the grocery counter, i noticed that the girl in front of me was caucasian. and here i was, being a racist (forgive me), thinking that these people earn more than the average pinoy (hmmm again, it all boils down to finances?! sad!) and here they are, getting special treatments. shouldn't we be the first class citizens in our own country? wala lang. that has been my sentiment all along. but i was put in my place a while later when i heard the girl speak in tagalog. truly, she is pinay as i am. she just have a different color from me and i was reminded of what my teacher once said: we are just the same. we may be of different color but we feel the same things, we do the same things, we love, we hate. we are just the same. yes, at that instant, i was small-minded and it hurts to realize it.
funny, just thinking about it made me realize that even to our own countrymen, we are small-minded people. some may make fun or get irritated of the visayan accent, the hard way an ilocano says a word or their miserliness, or a kapampangan's arrogance!
it must be nice to live in a place where countries adjoin each other and it's only a car or train ride away. here, the only thing i can see that i could even say was an effort to connect the country was the leyte bridge. i guess we should just overcome this little problem in our country. at least, we have the roro and cebu pacific (it's time every juan flies!) to help us experience our beloved pinas! we may not have straight roads to lead us somewhere else nor trains, but there are other ways. now... if only we have enough money! (who said the filipinos are poor? just go to the malls everyday and you'll really wonder if it's true. maybe the problem lies not really on the lack of money but in the lack of contentment in one's life!).
i hope in the end, we will overcome our small-mindedness and think big! the world is getting smaller and smaller everyday. everyday, barriers in the world are broken and we should be prepared by it.
Saturday, November 3, 2007
one of the guys
as i was browsing through my pictures, i realized that this year, i've been to several places with guys mostly for company - field work (the wife of my colleague who accompanied us, i will not count), carpool, classmate get-together, seminar, meeting in another country, boat stint.
for others, this might not be unusual, but for me, who is supposedly used to guys because of my profession, it seems a little bit overwhelming. i mean, i'm a straight girl, but in the company of men, i learned to look at girls, too! and at times, learned how to ignore male chauvinistic comments or even agree with them! *sigh* in fact, it seems that i've been dubbed as one of the guys. it's ok. i don't mind really, but sometimes, i just want to scream!
at times like that, i miss the company of girls (do you know that men gossip more than girls? truly, it transcends nationalities!) - the talks, the window-shoppings, the forever despair of finding a good guy talk, etc... lol at times like that, i long for... oh well, friends...
but the time i spent with these guys haven't taught me anything about how to get a guy. as a friend once said: "you've known us for years, been in our company for long, but you haven't learned how to catch a guy! what's wrong with you! i thought i taught you some tricks already?!" oh well, i guess i'm just not interested about the guys i've met. there are some that i'm willing to get to know more but are married (and that's a big no for me), or some that i met are ok but lives on the other side of the world (in particular, on the other hemisphere!)... oh well, life can be complicated (or is it that i just complicate it?).
another friend also said: you don't have a guy of your own yet because you don't actively look. i guess she's right but i don't care to be actively seeking. i'm lazy that way (or scared?). anyway, i agree with what she said but i like my life the way it is now. it can be damn pretty lonely sometimes (ok, it feels like most of the time lately) but i get by. i enjoy it - spend for myself, go wherever i want to go, travel with friends, stay in or out of the house whenever i want to, i have time for my friends and the occassional spur of the moment things. but yes, it can really be lonely at times... or maybe i just haven't found a guy because i'm still crazy over someone, someone i can't have and yet wish otherwise. i'm crazy. *sigh*
for others, this might not be unusual, but for me, who is supposedly used to guys because of my profession, it seems a little bit overwhelming. i mean, i'm a straight girl, but in the company of men, i learned to look at girls, too! and at times, learned how to ignore male chauvinistic comments or even agree with them! *sigh* in fact, it seems that i've been dubbed as one of the guys. it's ok. i don't mind really, but sometimes, i just want to scream!
at times like that, i miss the company of girls (do you know that men gossip more than girls? truly, it transcends nationalities!) - the talks, the window-shoppings, the forever despair of finding a good guy talk, etc... lol at times like that, i long for... oh well, friends...
*****
but the time i spent with these guys haven't taught me anything about how to get a guy. as a friend once said: "you've known us for years, been in our company for long, but you haven't learned how to catch a guy! what's wrong with you! i thought i taught you some tricks already?!" oh well, i guess i'm just not interested about the guys i've met. there are some that i'm willing to get to know more but are married (and that's a big no for me), or some that i met are ok but lives on the other side of the world (in particular, on the other hemisphere!)... oh well, life can be complicated (or is it that i just complicate it?).
another friend also said: you don't have a guy of your own yet because you don't actively look. i guess she's right but i don't care to be actively seeking. i'm lazy that way (or scared?). anyway, i agree with what she said but i like my life the way it is now. it can be damn pretty lonely sometimes (ok, it feels like most of the time lately) but i get by. i enjoy it - spend for myself, go wherever i want to go, travel with friends, stay in or out of the house whenever i want to, i have time for my friends and the occassional spur of the moment things. but yes, it can really be lonely at times... or maybe i just haven't found a guy because i'm still crazy over someone, someone i can't have and yet wish otherwise. i'm crazy. *sigh*
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