Tuesday, June 24, 2008

ABNKKBSNPLAKo?! - Mga Kwentong Chalk ni Bob Ong


Ito ang unang pagkakataon na sumubok akong basahin ang isang aklat na iniakda sa wikang Tagalog. Ni hindi ko nga lubos-maisip na makakapagbasa pala ako ng Tagalog na aklat.

At tanging si Bob Ong lamang ang nakapag kumbinse sa akin. Sino si Bob Ong? Malay ko. Ang alam ko lang, Roberto Ong ang tunay niyang pangalan at siya ang may akda ng ABNKKBSNPLAKo?!

Anong nilalaman ng aklat? Tulad nga ng nakalagay sa itaas, ito ay ang mga kwentong chalk ni Bob Ong. Ibig sabihin, mga kwento niya simula nang magumpisa siyang mag-aral.

Kung iisipin ninyo, masyadong sefl-centered and dating ng aklat. Sino bang gustong magbasa ng aklat na ang nilalaman ay tungkol lamang sa may akda? Diba mukhang boring kung tutuusin?

Pero hindi ganun ang ABNKKBSNPLAKo?! ni Bob Ong. Oo nga't puro tungkol sa pag aaral niya ang mababasa mo dito pero hindi lamang iyon. Sa pagdala niya sa'yo sa kanyang nakaraan, mapipilitan ka ding alalahanin ang iyong sariling nakaraan.

Maraming parte sa aklat na masasabi nating akaka-relate ka. Lalo na siguro kung ikaw ay katulad ni Bob Ong na isang pasaway at palpak na estudyante. Pero hindi lamang para sa mga palpak at pasaway ang aklat. Para din ito sa mga naging honor, TOP 10, valedictorian, salutatorian at balik-toryan nung sila'y nag-aaral pa.

Dito mo mababasa at maaalala ang struggles na napagdaanan mo nung bata ka pa hanggang sa mag college ka Dito mo ma re-realize ang pagkakaiba ng mga paniniwala mo simula pagkabata hanggang sa kasalukuyan.

Kung noon, akala mo'y paglalaro lamang ang pagpasok sa eskwela, ngayo'y alam mo nang meron itong dahilan at habang tumatanda ka, maiisip mo din na hindi lamang pera ang dahilan ng lahat. Hindi mo pinilit na mag aral para magkapera kinabukasan.

Dito, ma re-realize mo na ang pag aaral ay higit pa sa lahat ng sakripisyong ginawa mo sa buhay mo. At ang dulot nito sa huli ay higit pa din sa lahat ng biyayang natatanggap mo nung ika'y bata pa lamang.

Monday, June 23, 2008

Is there such a word like COPY-DOG? =p

Are they jealous?

I don't know, I just couldn't help blogging this. The thing I hate most about people is when they imitate other people. Worse, when they imitate me. I think they are worse than posers. At least you don't know those posers. They are just a bunch of losers who love to show the world that they are you.

But those who imitate you? Oh jeez, The worse thing is that you know them and it is too obvious that they are imiitating you.

Ok, why am I ranting like this? Because it's happening to me recently and most of the time! I was able to let it go the first encounters but it happens every time and it really irritates me.

The story? GLOBE TIGHT TAYO GM. If you don't know what it is, well it's when I send a group message to several people's cellphones. I send news, reactions, and other stuff about me. I send it to people by groups and what I send them, depends on who they are.

So I was sending GM's to a group of friends and after a while, this one annoying "member of the group" who has received my message a while ago would send a group message with the same type of news that I've sent.

Say for example, I'd send a GM ranting about my new shirt. After a while, that bitch would also send a group message ranting about her newly bought shirt. You may think it's a coincidence but I don't think so because IT HAPPENS OFTEN!

Whenever I do not send GM's, she wouldn't send any GM as well. But once I send a single group message, after a while, I'll be receiving a group message from her ranting about stuff similar to what I've ranted earlier. And like what Gerlie said, "tanga ko naman kung di ko ma feel na ginagaya niya ako." Indded, I agree. I won't be making stories, bashing that bitch if I didn't notice anything.

I wouldn't have noticed it if she does it discreetly but she does it every time I do send a message. I hate it. It annoys me. Doesn't she have her own stories to tell that she has to wait for me to tell my story then rephrase it as her own? It's really irritating. I wish she would realize what she's doing.

She doesn't only imitate my stories, she imitates words that I also send. like the MILUVS thing (me loves). She wasn't sending that "me loves" thing before but when i started including MILUVS in my messages, she is also starting to send ME LOVES in her messages.

That really makes my blood boil. I don't know why there are some people who are trying to imitate me when they can even be unique in their own ways. When she reads this, I'm sure she'll know who she is. I don't hate her. I hate what she's doing. And sometimes, she seems too numb to even notice that I'm telling her to stop.

What a copycat!!

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Single Dad in Love - Oh Ji Ho & Heo Yi Jae




Oh Ji Ho - Kang Poong Ho
Heo Yi Jae - Jeon Ha Ri
Ahn Do Gyoo - Kang San
Kang Sung Yun - Yoon So Yi

SYNOPSIS:

The love story of a single dad, Kang Poong Ho, who raises his 7 year old son alone after being abandoned by his first love, Yoon So Yi. By day he works as a pest exterminator and by night he is a martial artist. Jeon Ha Ri, is a medical student from a wealthy family who falls for Poong Ho. She secretly teaches Poong Ho's son, San, how to play the piano. Poong Ho's first love is also his son's mother who is a cold and proud woman who left her family to study abroad as a pianist. She was sponsored by Jeon Ki Suk who happens to be her fiancée and Ha Ri's father.

REVIEW:

Ok, so this series ended up so unexpectedly. It started off funny in the first few episodes and then it became really dramatic by the end. Although it wasn't bad, it was just a very surprising transition. Something like you were laughing really hard on the first episodes then towards the end, you'll start crying like mad.

What I loved about this series though is how they were able to give each character a special attention; not only the main characters. Everyone had their good part and even though there are some whom you'll consider as bad people, resolutions has come even before the real climax began.

This series had an open ending. Something that'll make you wonder on whether this happened or that. But of course, sometimes, a real understanding of how the series ended can already answer your question. For me, I guess it was otherwise. I believe otherwise.

It was also my second time watching Heo Yi Jae act and I'd say that she still needs improvement. Not that I'm saying she's bad in her acting, but she still needs to improve her facial expressions. I think I couldn't see any difference in her crying and smiling faces.

As for Oh Ji Ho, aside from catching a glimpse of him on TV through the series Couple of Fantasy (Couple or Trouble), it was my first time to actually see him act and I was surprised because he's such a great actor. All througout the series, I've always been commenting that OH JI HO's REALLY A GREAT ACTOR because he can already make you cry and laugh with his simple gestures.

I also should mention the cutest and sweetest kid that I've seen ever since I got addicted to K-series. Ahn Do Gyoo. This kid really deserves a praise. He doesn't only act well but he cries well too. Something that kids couldn't easily do but he did it all the same making the drama more touching.

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Frank Sinatra - Strangers on My Flight

Got this from an e-mail. Wala lang, feel ko lang i-blog because it's really funny.

Go to this LINK to hear and see. remember to turn up your volume as Frank's soothing voice fills your ears!

Old Miss Diary - Funny Memories of My Past

When I was a kid, my Auntie Raquel gave me a "101 Dalmatians" Diary as a birthday present. That was dated back in 1997. I often write in this diary and since I was kid, I wrote a lot of stuff about school and crushes.

Eventually around 1999, I stopped writing in my diary. Maybe because I got too busy and when I was in high school, we were given a school-stamped diary. So maybe I got wind of that one so I forgot about my diary already.

On 2002, I received another little diary from an unknown "monita" on our Kris Kringle for Christmas. Since it was new, I got so excited that I was able to fill it up with stuff. Actually, I filled it up in a timetable manner. And I was only able to start filling it up around the third month of 2003.

As I was reading my previous entires in my diary, I couldn't help but laugh at what I wrote. Aside from the messy handwriting that I had, my entries were really weird and something to laugh about. Everyday, I wrote about my crush and I was even surprised to know how fast I change from one crush to another. Names such as Ryan, Richard, Jan-Jan, Jay-Jay, Edison and Paolo popped up and I was wondering who on earth those guys are because I definitely have forgotten who they were.

I also realized that once in my life, I have changed. When I was in fifth grade, I had a group of friends with me. When we reached sixth grade, we weren't classmates anymore so I met new ones. Fortunately, the new friend I met were all those who are in the "popular" world. As time passed and we became close, I started distancing myself with my old cronies whom I considered as losers.

I didn't realize it not until recently when I read the diary. There were entries there on how I hated my previous clique and how I despised them when I couldn't remember a single reasonable thing for me not to befriend them anymore. Maybe because I thought they were uncool and unpopular.

But yeah, everything has changed anyway when I reached high school but I won't elaborate anymore.

I was also surprised at how much movies I've seen when I was in college. That was around 2003, where I wrote a lot of movie watching events with my friends in just one year.

I also cracked up when I saw this one liner entry on February 10, 2003. I'll post the image of that entry later and explain why I totally cracked up.

I really had fun while I was reading my diary. And to think, I've kept the dalmatian diary for over a decade now and I've kept that Tweety Bird one for around 6 years. I am actually planning on keeping that diary for the next ten, fifteen or even fifty years and like now, I would love to have another good laugh as I read my childhood entries. =]

My Diaries

My 11-year old diary. =]

The diary I got from the Kris Kringle thing. =]

Dates worth seeing

My first ever entry. November 8, 1997

My entry after I stopped writing in 1999.
November 29, 2004

^^ explains. =p

Wrote it just hours ago. =]

From my Tweety Bird diary.
Trip to Manila with my friends. =]

Funny Moments. =p

But hey, we could have died!

Even those whom I do not know recognized me when they became my classmates the next schoolyear. =p

Really simple. But I laughed out loud, literally loud when I read this. I think he was the first guy na nabasted ko in my whole life. =p

Unforgettable Reminders

I loved extreme sports since then. =p

This was really one of my most unforgettable moments.
January 18, 2004.
I was on TV! =p

The first "magbarkada" who became a couple. =p

LOL. I can't remeber what we danced but this was really embarrassing. =p

Movies I've seen from November, 2002 to March, 2003

This stars Mandy Moore, I guess. =p

God knows that I never had a single memory about what this movie was about. =p

Child at heart. LOL. =p

I didn't realize I was into Korean movies already since 2003

I know it sucks. =p

I hate who I was with in this movie. =p

What a valentine treat!

Another Korean movie. =p


^^ It hurt my head. =p


I forgot what this is. =p

I also forgot what this movie was all about. =p

Thursday, June 12, 2008

They say PBB is a Charity show. I definitely don't agree!

After reading the blog provided in the link, read my opinions.

http://pinoyteens.net/2008/06/11/direk-lauren-speaks/


Ang layunin ng ABS-CBN at PBB ay isalarawan ang buhay at pangarap ng mga ordinaryong Pilipino at para matulungan silang maabot ang kanilang mga pangarap.


- Lauren Dyogi



That's Lauren Dyogi's statement that made ROBI fans realize that PBB is really a charity show.

Some will agree, but I'll be one of the few who won't. Direk Lauren has really stated it right. Being an Ordinaryong Pilipino doesn't mean that you have to be poor and uneducated. Being an Ordinaryong Pilipino also means that no matter how rich or poor you are, no matter where you are from or how much of Filipino blood you have, you still have to show what it is to become a Filipino.

Rich housemates don't win, some were saying. But I am sure that Beatriz Saw of PBB Season 2 is rich, but she won. Why? Because she has shown how it is to be a true Pinoy and that is knowing how to stand for what is right and not afraid of arguing about it.

In the case of the PBB Teen Edition Plus, many were saying that the management has cheated. In the 55 minutes left to vote, those votes for other housemates other than Ejay were not counted.

Let me ask you this question. If you are going to cheat a million people in the Philippines and probably in the whole world, do you have to make it as obvious as what was stated above? Do you have to show those people the conspicuous cheating? If the management cheated, then maybe they will just magically "PUT EJAY ON TOP" even if Robi has a lot of votes. That's really nonesense.

I am not saying that I'm doing this because I am Ejay's fan. I'm not. But I know for myself that Ejay truly deserved to win and not because more fans roared in the Araneta when Robi's name was announced, means that he has more supporters than Ejay.

The Araneta Coloseum is not the only basis for who will win. The screams of fans and supporters is not the only reason for their favorite housemates to win. For Araneta only has a fraction of the population of the whole Philippines. Why don't you try questioning about those who voted from their homes?

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

PBB Teen Edition Plus has opened my eyes to today's teens


Actually, this is the second time that Pinoy Big Brother has disappointed me. One was with the Season 2 (The Wendy Valdez season) and the second time is with this latest edition of PBB.

Teen Edition Plus has greatly opened my eyes to what teens are nowadays; and I couldn't believe what I was seeing.

When I was a teenager, that was around 4-5 years ago, I lived up to an attitude that a teen should have. I admit I had my own flaws and mistakes but I retained that reputation that a normal teenager should possess.

When I watched PBB Teen Edition Plus, I realized how much teens have changed in the past years. During my time, teenagers may already be little devils, but with a touch of conservativeness.

Seeing how the teens have acted inside the house made me realize how they are much influenced by the modernization of the world.

PBB Teen Edition Plus has shown how much teens are already acting like "boys" or "girls" are the only world that they will have. They did not think about other people anymore but the way on how to make themselves happy despite making others cry.

Take Nicole and Josef for example. After this, I'm sure the Nicosef fanatics will really bash me for what I've said but I'll say it anyway. Nicole and Josef both have commitments outside the house. Nicole has a boyfriend in Cebu and Josef also has a girlfriend.

But despite that fact, they still continued this rude closeness that they have simply because they "like each other"; not even thinking how much they are hurting those people outside who see them on national TV. They were still acting like they don't care about anything in the world, and making a fool out of the people who were hurt outside.

Nicole's mom already told her to stop. Not because she doesn't like Josef but because she knows Nicole has someone left outside.

But Nicole didn't stop. She still went her way on being close with Josef despite her mom's disagreement. It only showed that in front of the whole Philippines and the whole world, she showed DISRESPECT to her mom. She couldn't have just done it for her own sake, but for her mom's sake. She could have just listened to her mom unselfishly. But she didn't. And that's one thing that I hated about Nicole.

Then there's Priscilla. At first, I thought she was really nice. She didn't even gain my pity because she showed how much she has struggled to stay normal despite her disability. But as times passed, her true colors slowly came out. Deaf dreamer? Yeah, she's deaf, but I was surprised on how much she knew how to back stab and badly judge people, even willing to destroy her relationship with a friend just to show the world that she's being her real self. She wasn't being herself. She was being someone who wanted to dominate the whole house because she thinks she's special.

Let's now go to Beauty. True, maybe until the end, I liked Beauty because of her funny nature and the way she carries herself. She didn't care about what other people will say for as long as she does her thing without hesitation. She can be over-acting at times but I know that's normal. What I didn't like about her was that she has become so much like Priscilla as time passed by inside the PBB house.

Like Priscilla, she said she was just being true to herself. I agree, somehow she did. But I do not agree that being "plastic" is being real. I do not agree that being nice in front of one person and then backstabbing that person once she turns around is being real. Because that's what I saw in Beauty. She shows that she cares for someone, but she back stabs that person just after he/she turns around. And I don't think that's part of being real.

Then there's Robi. I agree he's nice and all. Naturally, he's really kindhearted, patient, and very intelligent. But I didn't actually see his efforts inside the house to prove that he was worthy. The only weapon he had was his being a "good boy". He gained a lot of fans because of being a good example to teens; but I know and I saw that other than that, there is nothing else that the fans should be proud of about Robi.

Then, we'll go to Valerie. I was really disappointed when she was evicted from the PBB house. And that was when I realized, that being in the Big Four or probably being the Big Winner isn't a matter of who is deserving anymore, but a matter of who id popular enough to garner a lot of text voted over the other.

When Valerie and Robi were nominated, I already anticipated that Valerie will be the one to get evicted. I knew it because Robi had millions of fans and supporters. Unlike Valerie who is a newbie in the country, Robi already has a family, friends, classmates and supporters to ensure his spot on the Big Four.

But comparing their contribution inside the house, I definitely can say that Valerie has done a lot more than Robi. Valerie has amazed me on how strong and confident she was when doing the weekly tasks that Big Brother has given them. She does everything without hesitations, she tried to do things right even if she knew she couldn't and she really is the only girl inside the house who has done every single task successfully without even a uttering a word of complaint.

Well at least the Big Night has slightly satisfied me. Many fans and friends of mine were disappointed that Ejay won over Robi but I thought otherwise. I totally agree that Ejay has won. Because like I've said. Being the Big Winner is not a matter of being popular but how much you have shown to be the deserving one.

Many commented or complained that ABS-CBN has intentionally let Ejay win because he's poor. I didn't agree though. Ejay has shown a lot of reasons for him to become a big winner. He has shared to everyone the love he has for his father who doesn't even have any blood relations with him.

He has tried his best to become more confident in telling the girl he likes what he was feeling for her. He did all the tasks that Big Brother gave them successfully. He has been a lot of reasons for the other teens to receive rewards from Big Brother and he has shown how it is to be REAL.

Because being real doesn't mean that you have to be the nicest person on earth. On the other hand, it also doesn't mean that you have to be the meanest person or show how bad you can be. Being real is a matter of balance. You have to be good at the same time know how to argue reasonably. You have to try your very best to improve what you are and what you can be. Finally, you have to have trust and faith to the one who is giving you everything here in the world.