i suppose it's true..

when my mom came home with her friend amidst the strong rains to tell us that the flood was already chest deep where they came from, i just thought to myself, "whoa!! for real!?" and then went back to using the computer..

when the water started entering our house i just helped to move the furniture a bit and then escaped back into the internet.. honestly if the power wasn't cut i probably would have just continued surfing all day long..

seeing the news the next day and overhearing the stories of my mom and sister's friends who came to our house for refuge i just thought, "that's really too bad"..

and while all my family and friends are donating or volunteering to help out.. the thing i did when i finally went out of the house yesterday was to go to work..



out there i saw
never-ending traffic jams..
garbage, ruined furniture and clothes waiting to be disposed..
mud that still can't be contained..
dust that flies everywhere everytime a car passes by..
houses and cars that have traces of mud or garbage up to the roof..
stretches of roads that are pitch black if not for the headlights of the passing cars..
shirtless guys (meaning they still don't have clean clothes)..
people lining up just to get a small plastic bag of rice..
women washing a ton of clothes by hand outside a laundromat (because there's still no power)..
vendors trying their best to earn a living in the dark..



the typhoon came on Saturday yet it was already Wednesday and the damage is still as visible..

277 people dead.. 42 missing.. and countless have lost their homes, gotten sick or do not have anything to eat..

and yet here i am.. acting as if nothing happened.. preparing again to go to work..

the other day i went drinking with some friends and i was shocked at the difference between Filipino and Japanese cultures..


one of our friends got so drunk that he can barely stand on his own.. and he also felt like throwing up.. but he kept on saying that he could still drink.. i thought that we should induce him to throw up.. or at least wait for him to do so.. but one of my Japanese friends said that since he said he could still drink, we should just let him..

but everyone knows that he only said that because he was too drunk to realize that he can't drink anymore, right?? i mean, insisting that one isn't drunk is, after all, a sign of being drunk, right??

so i can't understand why they'd just keep on letting him drink.. shouldn't a friend be worried and be the one to control him??



also, when a Japanese guy and a Filipina who were with us suddenly(?) hugged and kissed, that same Japanese friend said something like, "Well, no one really minds so it's okay."

i mean.. i'm not really known to be conservative.. but does he honestly not realize that people actually do mind!?

i was doing the telop for OPM songs in the office today..
one of the songs was by RJ Jimenez (of PDA)..
it's title was "True Love Waits"..

never mind that it had such an unappealing melody..
and that it uses such awkward lyrics..
i just find it so weird for a song like that to come from a guy.. XDDDDDD

and then the next song was "Dahil Mahal na Mahal Kita" (Roselle Nava original)..
but the one in our files is a revival by Zacariah.. (some Filam sounding dude)..
that's just so wrong!! XDDDDDD


the other day i rode a jeep home and kept hearing weird frog-like noises..
i looked around and saw that it was the lady beside me who's producing all the noise.. XDDDDDD

so the first thing i thought was that
a.) she ate a live frog and she hasn't been able to swallow it yet.. or
b.) she herself is a frog!! (omg scary!! XD)


the other day i had a dream..
we were in the transformers' world and megatron was chasing me and some other people..
so hoping that he'll overload and blow up, i took his plug and plugged it into a socket.. XDDDDDD
but it only gave him infinite energy..
so now he's making his way to Earth (still plugged.. XD) to destroy it..

and i chose to spend the few minutes left of my existence.....




having PDA with the person beside me.. XDDDDDDD
who turned out to be Tiff.. XDDDDDDDD

Tinikling
Girls: Shin, Megu, Trisha
Boys: Jayvee, Ryo
Bamboo: Edward, Morgan, David, Abby


Karatong
Girls: Aura, Megu, Acchan
Boys: Dai, David, Yuto


鱗～うろこ～
Vocals: Hiroki
Gutiar: Yzzy

the following blog is translated from my japanese blog.. so pardon the unnatural english.. XDDD

so many things happened this past few weeks...



7月27日（月）
it's over..
and here i was thinking it would last forever..




7月28日（火）
Tomo-Kai Anniversary Week!!


7月29日（水）
i was so depressed i skipped all of my classes (5 total)
but at least my mood improved during Tomo-Kai's wasabi eating contest




7月30日（木）
again i skipped all my classes (2 total)
but not to drown myself in my own misery or something like that
i decided that i had to go somewhere i've never been to before
and do something i've never done before

i joined the Basura Tour
and saw people who had things a lot harder than i do

it took my mind off my misery for a while.. but i guess it just wasn't enough




7月31日（金）
Cultural Night
the preparations were deadly..
but it was a huge success
so thanks to everyone who performed or came to watch




8月1日（土）
Cultural Exchange with the Showa University students

but i was the MC so i was really tired..
plus i didn't really get to join the Philippine games
but it was funXDDD

we also had the long-awaited デビ会 that night
i didn't get any sleep even though my schedule was full the next day.. XDDD




8月2か（日）
Marikina Tour
i'm not sure if it was a failure or a success..

due to time constraints we had to change the itinerary so many times..
so we weren't able to go to the Butterfly Garden, Pan de Amerikana and the Doll Museum..

it rained hard the whole morning, too.. the Marikina River was flooded so we weren't able to go to the Animal Trail, nor eat in one of the restaurants on the other side of the river..

but!!!

we rode bumper cars!! (this alone is enough to make the whole thing a success for me.. XDDD)
and i was able to make them ride both the jeep and the tricycle..

and the visit to the Manila Boys Town also went well..




8月3日（月）
Dinner with a model
he was a very fun person
so now i regret that i didn't get to talk to him more

and i should've taken more pictures!! XDDDDD




8月4日（火）
on my way home from work i got off the MRT at the Quezon Ave. station..
and used the overpass to get to the jeepney bay..
as i was going down the stair i saw a person struggling/crawling on the sidewalk
and everyone was just stepping over him as they went on their way..

so i thought that i had to do something cause if i didn't no one probably ever would..

me: ayos lang ho kayo? (of course not!! )
him: *groans*
me: ano ho ba nangyari sa inyo? san ho kayo umuuwi?
him: pauwi na ko e.. nasa ospital mama ko.. di pa nga ko kumakain e.. wala nga akong pera pauwi e..

at that point i thought..
shet scam!!　（←haha.. ang sama ko.. XDDD）

then another person came to help and offered to feed the guy.. so i left the scene..




8月5日（水）
no classes due to cory's death
i was supposed to write an essay due on the 7th the whole day but..
i turned on the PC and there was..
the internet
and plants vs. zombies
they were too much for me to resist  XDDDD




8月6日（木）
i wrote the essay until 4 am (of the 7th) and ended up having to submit the worst piece of crap i've ever written in my life




8月7日（金）
i forgot to collect the materials i needed for a report due on the 10th




8月8日（土）
went to DAWN and MOA with the students from Showa University
we were going to watch the sunset and the fireworks so we stayed until 7pm
but it was cloudy..
and we had so much fun in the karaoke that we didn't make it out in time for the fireworks.. XDDDD



8月9日（日）
i realized that i forgot to collect the data for my report.. so it was internet/plants vs zombies again for me




8月10日（月）
i went to UP first thing in the morning to get the data i needed..
rode a jeep to work..

while on the jeep i felt a sudden gust of wind around my privates..
and found that there was a gaping hole in my jeansi spent the day worrying if i'm being an exhibitionist by circumstance




8月11日（火）
Showa University Farewell @ Ma'am Jina's house
i was half-dead due to lack of sleep for writing the report that was due the day before but there was no way i wouldn't go!! XDDDD

however...
when i entered Ma'am Jina's house..
my professor was there

ma'am: nagsubmit ka na ba ng paper?
me: hindi pa po.. ehehe..

XDDDDDDDDDD


8月12日（水） kita kits ulit!!we celebrated our president's birthday after pissing her off and making her cry

went to watch LULU after being drawn to the poster with naked people.. XDDD
watched the Tagalog version..
at first i couldn't understand what the hell was going on but it was good that i watched on
next week we'll be watching the English version!!

nakakainis pero habang hindi pa tapos ang papers ko ay mananatiling panget ang layout ng multiply ko.. (T^T)




p.s. Aura and Janna!! Eto yung sinasabi ko, okay? :p

sabi ko hindi muna ako magp-post ng review dahil marami pang hindi nakakanood.. pero dahil nagpost na si Elia.. at mali ang review niya.. magp-post na rin ako!! XDDDDDDDDDD

SPOILER WARNING!!

( review/rant.. thanks ginnie for reminding me about the wonderful feature that is LJ cut.. XDDD )

i had my interview today..

it didn't go as well as i would have had it
but that's to be expected since i suck at interviews.. XDDD
but somehow i feel that i would pass.. XDDD　(over-confidence FTW!! XDDDDDDDD)

but nothing could've prepared me for this question:
"what would you do if your girlfriend becomes pregnant during the length of the scholarship program?"

uhm, huh!?

someone from the Japanese Embassy called me earlier today..
i'm scheduled to be interviewed on July 6!! *confetti*
so can anyone tell me what "smart casual" is?? XDDDDD


anyway, who's going to watch this year's Eigasai?
i'm planning to watch:

Mind Game on July 5..
Tony Takitani on July 11..
and Memories of Tomorrow and Memories of Matsuko (parehong memories!! XD) on August 15.. (^____________^)

just today the cases of A(H1N1) in the Philippines has risen by 131..
we now have a total of 604 reported cases..

someone infected died the other day..
and although the cause of death is said to be heart attack..
even news anchors say she died because of the virus..
so syempre magpapanic ang mga tao kahit sabihan silang wag diba!?

and to make things worse, the sudden surge of A(H1N1) cases
has caused our supply of testing kits to drop..

so there's a possibility
that from now on you won't be able to get tested unless you're a kid, an old person, pregnant or a high-risk case

so syempre magpapanic talaga lahat diba!?



Senator Juan Ponce Enrile is saying he wants the NTC gone..
apparently he got sent unsolicited ringtones and had to pay for them..
and the NTC doesn't have power to do anything about it..

e personal na problema mo 'yan leche!! kung gusto mong magreklamo sa network mo wag mo nang gamitin ang senator powers mo!! shet ka!!

sana bago ang mga sex video at problema niyo sa cellphone e inaatupag niyo muna ang pagsolusyon sa mga oil price hike, child/women abuse, corruption at kung ano pa



but there's one bit of news that irked me even more than the above mentioned..
Manny Pacquiao is gonna have a movie with Nicole (PCD) and Batista

he can't act!!
i think it's even safe to say that he doesn't have talent aside from boxing!! (or is that a bit too much?? hehe.. XDDDD
he doesn't even know Batista!! he mentioned doing a movie with Nicole and "isa pang sikat na Fil-Am" in an interview, dammit!!

nakakainis!!
but what's more irritating is that this probably would definitely be a box-office hit..

i woke up in time to make it to my 7am class..
despite getting home way past the bedtime i have set for myself!!
but my brain was still dead so i was already in UP when i realized i left my Form5 at home..

but my professors today didn't check Form5's!!

anyway, i went to my first class and looked around
and there were freshies all around!!
but what else could i expect from a 7am class, right? duckpin bowling pa!! XDD





it's official.. i'm addicted to this game..   haha.. XDDD

it's so fun i'd rather play this than check/update my blogs when i have freetime at work.. XDDDDD

napagdesisyonan ko

na total mahaba na naman siya..
hindi ko na itatago..

ang aking buhok.. haha.. XDDDDDD
di na muna ako magb-bonnet..
so kailangan ko nang makaisip ng magandang hairstyle!!



anyway, on a totally unrelated note.. XD

i received an email from JICC yesterday
i've passed the first step for their scholarship program
which is basically submitting my documents.. hehe.. XDDDD


anyway this means i'll be taking a 6hr and 45min (lunchbreak included) exam on the 22nd
zomgshet sa 22nd na!!!!!


so i won't be able to go to Janna's debut
kakanta pa naman ako.. at 18 roses pa ko.. orz


and yesterday morning when i tried answering the sample exams from their website..
ohmygulay
ang Math, Bio at Chem na hindi ko ginalaw simula noong lumipat ako sa Ling
e limot na limot ko na 　（lalo na Chem）





shet!! i-review niyo ko!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


p.s. sorry i just copied, pasted and almost directly translated this from my japanese blog.. tinamad na kong magconstruct ng bagong sentences e.. XDDDDD

 

Lately I’ve been rediscovering the fun of dining out with friends. Last Monday, I went with a bunch of them to eat at Tokyo Café.

Bacon Tomato Cream	Carbonara	Chicken Cream Pasta
Chicken ala Pobre	Seafood Soy Pasta	Tokyo Boneless Chicken
Juices		Tuna Salad Sandwich

i was standing in the middle of a crowded train today..
and somewhere in front of me there was a guy sitting while holding his cellphone..

normally i wouldn't have cared but he held his phone in such a peculiar manner..
and it caught my interest..

soon enough i saw that he was watching another one of those scandals..
he was hiding the screen with his hand..


but it totally reflected onto the window behind him.. XDDDDD

so i was cleaning my room yesterday..
i still have a lot of work to do.. i have too much junk in my room.. XDDDD

i can't bring myself to throw some of them away cause they can still prove to be useful..
so i'm giving them away.. (^______________^)

i have...


p.s. why is that multiply won't import my LJ posts anymore and vice-versa!? (>_<)

http://www.kumustapilipinas.com/

it's fun, crazy and at the same time good to your heart.. hehe..
so ano pa ang hinihintay mo?? sali na!!

ang nakaraang linggo na siguro ang pinakamasaya sa paglagi namin sa Japan..
dahil halos tapos na ang mga klase.. at wala nang gagawin kundi magpakasaya at sulitin ang mga nalalabi naming mga araw.. haha.. XDDDD


nandyan ang bigayan ng mga pabaon..


graduation..


sayawan..


shopping spree para masulit ang bawat yen na nakalagay sa aming canteen card..

at walang humpay na photo-ops (na maaari niyong makita sa aking multiply account.. XDDDD)

habang nagkakagulo kami sa pagkuha ng mga huling litrato sa seremonya ng aming pagtatapos, naisip ko na kahit nagkaasaran kami, nagkakuluan ng dugo at kung anu-ano pa.. masaya ako na sila ang nakasama ko sa programa.. parang naging isang malaking pamilya kami ng dahil sa flash ng camera.. XDDDD

habang nagpapaalam kami sa mga taong nakilala namin, naisip kong hindi pwedeng hindi kami bumalik ulit para bisitahin sila..

at habang nag-eempake ako ng gamit napansin kong nawawalan ako ng isang underwear!! regalo pa naman sa 'kin yun!! (x___x)


pero ayan.. nakabalik na ako..
sa mundong hindi ka papansinin ng mga security guard at personnel kung hindi ka maganda at seksing babaeng halos walang suot..
sa mundong pati pagtuturo ng sexbomb dancers ng sayaw sa mga bata ay lalabas sa news..
sa mundong ikinatutuwa ang ulan at malamig na tubig na pampaligo..
sa mundong malayo sa inspirasyon ko..
sa mundong may tabo at sabon sa kubeta..
sa mundong kahit isang piling nang saging ang kainin ko sa isang upuan ay hindi ako manghihinayang sa gastos..
sa mundong maraming responsibilidad.. (kelan ba ang susunod na Execom meeting?? e ang pre-enlistment?? hehe..)
sa mundong kailangang magtrabaho para kumita..
sa mundong walang pornographic na babasahin katabi ng mga fashion magazines.. o mga pornographic na panooring naka-categorize sa kani-kanilang mga sariling genre..
sa mundong isang tingin lang ay mababasa mo na ang mga nakasulat sa daan..
sa mundong walang karaoke at gym sa tinitirhan mo..


I'M HOOOOOOOOOOOOME!!! hehe..


pero sa isang buwan na tinagal namin sa Japan, napagtanto ko..
na kahit ultimo pag-angat ng takip ng kubeta ay automatic..
na kahit mas malamig ng 10 sentigrado..
na kahit malinis ang hangin at mga daan..
na kahit parang santan lang sa dami ang tulips..
na kahit masalimuot ang mga tren..
na kahit gamit na panty ng mga high school students ay binebenta sa vendo..
na kahit isang pro-boxer ay nagko-cosplay ng pambabae..
at iba pa..

hindi naman pala masyadong naiiba ang Japan sa Pilipinas at ang mga Hapon sa mga Pilipino..
lahat tayo ay nagkakamali.. pumapalpak.. tumatawa.. umiiyak.. at naghahangad lang na maging masaya.. (naks.. XD)


p.s. para sa mga Tomo-Kai, kanina pagkatapos namin magcheck-in ng bagahe ay may nakita akong isang hindi kapanipaniwalang pangitain!!


oh my god!! it's yvette!! XDDDD