First conceptualized by Tensai Okamura, a renown animator and director, who has had experience in the professional animation field for a decade now, Okamura has finally completed his follow-up to the original, the sequel ‘Darker Than Black: Gemini of the Meteor’ will begin at October…

The original anime, ‘Darker Than Black’ was proclaimed as one of the more exceptional animes during 2007, the intermixture of dark-noir mise-en-scenes and supernatural elements were given much praise, aswell as the harmony between the characters revolving around a spectacular and yet erratic narrative.

‘Darker Than Black 2′ (Darker than Black: Gemini of the Meteor) will, once again be animated by one of the most reputed animation companies in Japan; ‘Bones’ who were also involved with the likes of ‘Full Metal Alchemist’ (and its 2nd adaptation) and the strangely popular ‘Ouran High School Host Club’.

The show will commence around October, most likely taking over ‘Bakemongatari’s’ time slot once it finishes.

First, there was Endless Eight.

The vast series of tubes and pipes was filled with the chattering of anime bloggers.  “Kyon-kun, Denwa” became a strange rallying cry.  It was at once a symbol of resignation, a symbol of determination, and a substitute for numerous expressions like, “I hate my life,” “Same old, same old,” and “ah, right on time, reliable as clockwork.”

For weeks, the fandom united in the universal knowledge of shared suffering, the knowledge that Kyon did not answer his phone on time, would not answer on time, had never answered on time, and invariably required prompting from his imouto.

An epic orgy of twitter communication stemmed from an innocuous post:

@jeffalopolis I’m sure there will be some horrible dancing AMV with chipmunk voices singing, “Kyon-kun, denwa”

Jeffalopolis replied:

@moritheil great, now it will become real and horrible (kyon kun denwa will be my ringtone)

Like an unspeakable, airborne plague infecting an unsuspecting population, this snowballed with horrifying alacrity.  Tensai immediately cut this:

The result? The resolution to use “Kyon-kun, denwa” ringtones as the next self-identifying otaku trait.

Telmmik noted the woe of otaku:

I would have migrated all of my ringtones to my iphone, but really, no one ever calls

And now, non-otaku will have even less incentive.

It was the night that a lot of people have been anticipating due to all the hype and nostalgia that the event possesses, and they were able to deliver!

Hindi dahil sa isa akong fan magmula pa noong elementary years ko pero dahil panalo talaga ang pagkaka-deliver… 03/07/2009 was the date and I was there to witness one of the most historic musical events ever… Eraserheads: The Final Set!

Nakakatuwang isipin na noong mga panahon na cassette tapes pa lang ang pwedeng mabili, isa ako sa mga taong naniwala at patuloy na naniniwala sa mga kantang nilikha ng apat ng tao na produkto ng Unibersidad ng Pilipinas. I am really proud that I am genuinely part of a generation where Eraserheads was able to shine their stars so bright that they were able to literally and single-handedly change the course of the Philippine music industry that we now see today. They were able to surpass all obstacles, critics and break social barriers through the songs that they created.

Social barriers? Paano ko nasabing social barriers ang natanggal nila? Kung inyong iisipin, magmula sa pinaka-unang kanta na ginawa ng Eheads hangang sa pinaka-huling kantang sinulat ng grupo, lahat sila ay kumakatawan sa mga karanasang lahat ng tao ay nararanasan at mararanasan sa mga susunod pang panahon. Ilang lalake nga ba sa buong Pilipinas ang naranasang ma-basted o mapaghintay ng parang

pang-habambuhay (Pare Ko), manligaw at mangakong magbibigay ng lahat ng maaaring ibigay sa isang tao (Ligaya), May kakilalang merong uncanny love story (Shirley), nagalit sa mundo (Easy Ka Lang), nagkamali ng intindi (Maling Akala), high sa buhay (Alapaap), May kakilalang homosexual na discriminated (Hey Jay), mga di nakasundong kaibigan (Minsan), dumaan sa pagkabata (Wishing Wells), Nalungkot sa buhay (With a Smile), Gusto ng substitutes (Superproxy/Pop Machine), Gustong matutong mag-drive (Overdrive), Torpe sa panliligaw (Torpedo), ayaw ng pagbabago (Walang Nagbago), nagkaroon ng “what could have been” na love story (Ang Huling El Bimbo), nagpasa ng cake (Fruitcake), na-miss ang Pilipinas (Balikbayan Box), hindi makapaniwala sa lahat ng sablay sa buhay (Hard To Believe), nagtanong tungkol sa buhay (Spoliarium), mga taong pinilit iahon pero ayaw sumama (Para Sa Masa), ginusto ang kaligtasan (Huwag Kang Matakot), nakakilala ng mga pekeng tao (Maskara) at nangailangan ng high sa buhay (Tikman)?

For me personally, every single song that they created wasn’t just songs that reminded me of something or what people say “Theme songs of a generation”… It simply means my life as a whole up until now. The songs that these four guys have created will forever be in my heart and mind as long as I live because they virtually gave meaning to every single experience that I had so far in my life, and probably in the next years to come, even when the band has long been gone.

Nakakatuwa rin isipin na ito na yata ang pinakamagandang birthday gift ko sa sarili ko… ang makita ang pinakapaborito kong banda sa una’t huling pagkakataon (although I’m wishing it’s not the last) sa buong buhay ko… Imagine, magmula pa noong 10 years old ako, nakikinig na ako ng mga kanta nila. Ngayon, ilang araw na lang 26 na ako pero nakikinig pa rin ako ng mga kanta nila, partida yung banda tumigil na noong 2002 pa. Hanggang ngayon pinatutugtog ko ang mga kanta nila na parang bago lang. Naalala ko tuloy noon, Eraserheads cassette tapes lang ang meron ako at yung cassette player namin overused araw-araw dahil ilang beses ko paiikutin yung tapes ko. Yun nga lang, ang pinaka-unang tape ko ng Eraserheads ay hindi Ultraelectromagnetic Pop kundi Circus, yung pangalawang album nila.

Ilang beses din akong nakipagtalo at muntik makipag-away nang lumabas ang issue ng backmask. Palibhasa may mga tao na makakita lang ng ibang taong mabilis ang pag-angat sa buhay, demonyo na agad ang nasa isip… Kung ganun din lang eh di lahat pala ng sikat sa mundo sumasamba demonyo? Eh di si Britney Spears, Madonna, Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, mga Pope at kung sinu-sino pang sikat sa mundo, lalo na yung mabilis ang pag-angat, demonyo ang mga rebulto sa bahay? Hirap talaga ng inggit at walang pera, kung anu-ano naiisip!

Anyway, sayang lang at wala na nga rin si Kiko… He would have been happy to see these guys play and it would have been a great treat to all the fans to see him sing with the band for the “Superproxy” performance, si Ely tuloy ang nag-rap. The song was dedicated to him plus an impromptu “Kaleidoscope World” chorus for him before the band sang “Ang Huling El Bimbo”

Ilang beses din ako naluha dahil sa mga pangyayari. Una nung nagsimula silang tumugtog dahil sa loob-loob ko, ito ang kauna-unahan kong makikita ang banda na tumutugtog sa harap ko. Pangalawa nung kantahin ang “Maling Akala” kasi sa wakas hindi na Brownman Revival ang naririnig ko. Pangatlo nung sa isang part ng “Alkohol” kung saan lumapit si Lemon kay Kapitan Elyboy at natapat silang dalawa sa camera na nakatingin sa audience. Ikaapat nung kantahin ang “Torpedo”, biglang flashback sa utak ko yung first year high school life ko kung saan kinailangan kong kantahin yun dahil sa isang role play para sa klase at tinawag na Ely ng mga kaklase ko hanggang 2nd year high school. Ikalima nang kantahin ang “Pare Ko” dahil kinanta nila yung “Pare Ko”. Pang-anim nung bumalik ang apat para sa scripted encore at bago kantahin ang “Superproxy” nagsabi si Ely sa audience na isigaw ang pangalan ni Francis. At pang-pito nung bigla nilang kantahin ang “Kaleidoscope World” chorus para kay Kiko.

Iba talaga ang dating sa akin kapag itong apat na ‘to na ang gumalaw. Ibang klase ang high at tulad nga ng nabasa ko, sinabi doon “Eraserheads, the only band that matters”. Para sa akin, Eraserheads is the only band that can touch lives on a certain level that nobody can ever surpass or even duplicate. Ika nga ni Ely “And so it was without a fuss we kill the buzz, Surrounding this delusional, irrational thing we call massive entertainment, Time to return the favor kick out the jams with the freeman flavor. Take it from Survivor, the search is over. I’ve found the best forget the rest. Erase it, replace it but never duplicate it. ‘Coz institutions are boring there’s no substitute for the real thing”

THERE’S NO SUBSTITUTE FOR THE REAL!!!

Purity? Innoncence? What’s That? There is no such thing as purity ! Everyone is guilty of sin !

What matters is what you will do for Atonement ! Suffer for your Kazoku, Suffer for your Nakama, Suffer for Truth & Justice! Throw your life away from Justice! Suffer and Be proud of your scars ! That’s the Ningen Way !

Hey everyone, this is the boss this blogger’s always talking about, pleasure to speak to all of ya. She never says it, but one reason she keeps things kinda vague is to keep as balanced a perspective for the reader as possible. If people had any clue who I or the other writers for this blog were, overly biased views would emerge, as well as plenty of other unwelcome things. Oh, that reminds me, now and again you’ll see other people posting stuff here, too. Though it may attach some bias I know that it can be tough to tell pieces apart without some kind of signature element to it. That in mind, all posts not from the original author will be signed with a handle, my own being Boss-chan.

Now then, I came here to talk about prodigies, along with what it’s like to be one. If you’ve ever seen 8-year-olds play Mozart to perfection you’ve seen a prodigy in action. You’re probably thinking I’ll whine and moan about how isolating being better at some things than most people is, and while certain aspects kind of suck, like everyone treating me as unapproachable & not getting that hard work feeling, it’s as much of a breeze as you’d expect. I do wonder what it’s like to not have all that I do, though. How must it feel to learn your craft and grow into the things you’re trying to improve at and feeling your skills becoming an extension of you? Do you grow more attached to something or someone if it isn’t as easy to get as taking a breath?

From birth I’ve had the world at my fingertips, in a lot more ways than one. To me it’s kinda like starting a new game with everything in your arsenal: fun to see what it all does but since it all comes so easily you get bored super quick and don’t really appreciate it. I was a huge brat for most of my childhood ’cause of that, and on the off chance something didn’t come to me I just didn’t bother doing it. Obviously humility and failure were far from native concepts, and it wasn’t ’til the blog’s author(who, for simplicity’s sake, I’ll refer to as That Person from now on) came into my life did I see their benefits. To those that think success in life is determined in the DNA I’ve come to say this: no matter what kind of life you’re born into or how talented you are if you’re not willing to put in the practice to push your skills and yourself past the absolute limit the only thing predetermined is your stagnation.

If I’ve learned anything it’s the difference between an impressive skill and a fulfilling one. Personally, I think drawing self worth from how much people like or even notice you is one of the most soul crushing ways someone can choose to live, and I wouldn’t wish it on any person on this planet. When I honed my skills for my enjoyment it was like chipping cement shoes off my feet and my eyes could see the forest beyond the trees I had been so fixated on. The kinds of feelings learning how to cook a new dish or even teaching that dish to someone can bring are absolutely, positively priceless, and those who say otherwise have never let themselves try. I’ve been blessed with tons of great things but even if I wasn’t I’d be more than glad to learn from my failure; failing big only means you learn how to win big, after all.

Boss-chan

Do you guys know lesser panda or firefox? Take a look at this.

Lesser Panda or Firefox

Well. There’s another here…

Red Panda

Aren’t they cute guys? Yes they are, absolutely. But there’s a story I wanna share with you today. It’s from my favourite tv show airing on every Saturday 7.00 pm here called 天才！志村動物園 [Tensai! Shimura Doubutsuen] (Genius! Shimura Zoo) where celebrities will keep rare animals as pet. And lesser panda has been on the list.

Haruna Ai was choosen to keep this leg-injured newborn firefox, feed and take care of him like her own pet. But I saw her cares this unfortunate red panda more to her own child for 6 months, seeing it transformed from the weak, helpless one to the strong, playful firefox baby as it should have to.

Haruna wasn’t just caring it, but she trained, gave her fullest supports as human for him to be a normal lesser panda. And after 6 months passed, she has to return him to his mother – his firefox one. And you guys guess what happened to her at the farewell.

She did cry a lot and me too. The narrator with the background music played along with it  brought those tears to fill my eyes and later they’re streaming non-stop wetting my face. Gahhh…. this show never failed to make me tears!

So that human relationships aren’t limited to human-human right? Love and care is beyond our species….are you with me?

Just check tis one out… This basically tackles about stuff that i’ve been doing lately and a lot more

http://tensai0313.multiply.com/journal/item/5/Another_One_of_Those_Patriotic_Blogs…_Syempre_Tensai_Style

Di ko maintindihan… pakiramdam ko ang daming nangyari kahapon (exactly one and a half hour ago) pero kung bibilangin ko isa-isa lahat ng ginawa ko, parang wala naman nangyari. Siguro maganda kung enumerate ko no?

*Una, syempre gumising ako ng maaga (That’s 3am folks!) para hindi ma-late sa work.

*Ikalawa, matapos pagtripan yung ilong ng aso ko, kumain ako ng almusal na punung-puno ng microwave radiation. (That’s basically luncheon meat and bread) at dumiretso ng banyo para maligo,

*Ikatlo, syempre nagbihis ako, nagplantsa muna pala nung pinaka-patriotic shirt ko so far (One of this days baka gawin kong damit ng picture ko sa Friendster at Multiply), saka ako nagbihis na. Then pinag-tripan ko ulit yung ilong ng aso ko tapos alis na ako.

*Ikaapat, commute papuntang Makati (medyo boring ‘to at walang kwenta kausap yung driver ng taxi)

*Ikalima, walong oras na trabaho (Makipag-usap sa mga Koreano, manggambala ng officemates kapag walang ginagawa, gumawa ng paid blog, makipag-usap ulit sa mga Koreano, nakipag-chat tungkol sa pera, kumain ng radiation galing Country Style, then nag-logout)

Yun bale yung typical na usually nangyayari sakin araw-araw (except sa chat sa pera). Pagkatapos nun, since 6pm pa naman kami magkikita ni Ago (Executive Director ng Volunteers for CHANGE, barkada ko na rin) sa Green Hills para sa Blogger’s Night ng FlippyKnows at Team RP, sumama muna ako sa mga officemates ko. Mga nagpuntahan sila sa banko, ako naman, since wala naman gagawin dun, tumambay sa Starbucks para maki-free Wi-Fi. Bili ng Grande sized coffee, then hintay sa kanila.

Nang magdatingan sila, diretso kami ng KFC para kumain syempre, tapos naghiwa-hiwalay na kami. Sumakay ako ng taxicab papunta na ng Green Hills dahil plano ko dun na magtuloy ng paid blogs ko (this time enjoy na kausap si manong di tulad nung sinakyan ko nung madaling araw, main topic si Henry Sy at SM), pagdating sa Green hills, Starbucks ulit para sa pangalawang kape ko kahapon, then nag-blog na ako kaso di ko naipasa kay Angel (officemate ko dati sa Sykes na taga-supply ko ng topic) kasi mahal ang connection nila PhP100 per hour at hindi libre (KAINIS!).

Pagdating ni Ago bandang mga past 6pm, stay pa muna kami kasi bumili rin sya ng inumin nya, then diretso kami sa kainan kung saan si Juday ang endorser (Bacold Chicken Inasal), order ng sisig at kanin, then diretso na sa My Little Art Place sa 222 Wilson St San Juan Metro Manila (kahapon di ko alam yang address na yan), eh wala pang tao… dumiretso muna kami ng Mcdo. Pagpasok dun nag-usap lang naman kami dahil pareho pa kaming busog, then mga almost 9pm balik kami sa My Little Art Place sa 222 Wilson St San Juan Metro Manila (wala lang, trip ko lang ulitin yung address) kaso medyo sablay kaya di na kami pumasok (pasintabi lang po sa mga taga FlippyKnows saka Team RP at kay Niña Terol na rin, nagpunta po kami kaso yun nga di na kami pumasok. Gumana yung spider sense namin eh. Mukhang OP kami kung papasok kami dahil mga mukhang nag-major ng Fine Arts yung mga nasa loob. Ako naman ay iba ang major nung college at iba yata ang theme nila kahapon di tulad nung huli kaming sumali na for bloggers talaga, although medyo mukha nga lang akong graduate ng Fine Arts ngayon.) so, pumunta na lang kami sa Gateway lulan ng taxi ulit, and guess what… Nag-Starbucks ulit kami! (Palpitate malamang!)

Nag-usap ulit kami dun tungkol sa mga pangyayari sa nakaraan, kasalukuyan at konting hinaharap. Nakita pa nga namin si Argi (President ng Tamaraw Volunteers ngayon) kasama yung mahal nya sa buhay (hehehe!)

Ayun… kaya pala parang ang dami nangyari… sangkatutak ang gastos ko kahapon kaka-taxi saka Starbucks! (This one is a joke folks… paki-kiliti na lang ang sarili kung medyo corny or kung slow ka lang talaga)

But seriously, I believe this has been the first time in a long time that I was able to reconnect with a friend. I’ve been too pre-occupied and busy lately that I wasn’t really able to talk to my friends, like how we used to do it (pareho kahapon din). Too much have already changed but it seems the friendship will always be the same.  We may have some changes in beliefs, personalities, looks, humor and preferences, but our camaraderie stays intact. I just hope that this lasts a lifetime and after years from now, we would still have similar views in life and we keep the friendship torch burning and the willingness to help at the same time…

Just something i posted in our official Multiply site for VOLUNTEERS FOR CHANGE. A little burst of emotion and cry for hope. Just follow the link guys!

http://v4change.multiply.com/journal/item/34/TULOY_PA_RIN_TO_ni_TENSAI

I always love Jason Mraz’s songs from his first album Waiting for my Rocket to Come to Mr. A-Z to We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things to his singles. But so far, his song entitled Make it Mine is the one that I really love the most, due to the fact that the lyrics were given high thoughts by the artist himself. A well-written piece of artwork that speaks about making sure to take every opportunities as they come, and turn them into great possibilities in life. Only a handful of artists would actually care of writing something like this because most of them are too busy talking about how they could get girls, make love with a girl grinding on a pole, say sorry for the things they’ve done but in the end of the song, still blame other people, and the list just go on and on and on.

What I love the most about Mr. A-Z is his flexibility in his song writing and style. I’m a natural rock lover but this guy really took my attention. I’ve seen him perform once live when he had a concert here in Manila and the thing that really captivated me is how he can have fun with his guitars and vocals, and still come up with a great tune. Right now, I think he’s a little bit underrated due to the fact that majority of the people in the world nowadays don’t care about good lyrics anymore and just listens to things that only has good sounding beats.

Anyway, just listen to the song and see for yourself what I’m talking about…

Make It Mine lyrics

I keep my life on a heavy rotation
Requesting that it’s lifting you up
Up up and away
And over to a table at the gratitude cafe

I just had a trip to Calawis in Rizal province today and it brought back memories of the things that I’ve done in the past, and of course, gave me stuff to look forward to. It’s been a while since I’ve set foot in to those lands and I must say the feeling is still there. I have to admit that I’ve never really been that active anymore in going to the mountains whenever our organization conducts immersions in Malasya. It was, as I’ve told one of my colleagues, due to the fact that I have developed some sort of phobia when going on immersions.

Medyo nakakatawa lang… kasi sa lahat ng nakapanik ng bundok, ako lang ang makapagsasabing nakapanik ng kalahati lang ng bundok. It was I believe two years ago when the incident happened. Papunta kami ng Malasya para bisitahin yung mga katutubo doon nang bigla akong masugatan sa talampakan na may dalawang pulgada (2 inches) ang haba, at napwersa ako’ng huwag nang tumuloy sa tuktok ng bundok. Hindi naman ako umuwi agad noon dahil nakituloy muna ako sa bahay ng isang katutubo na naninirahan sa lugar na yun at pumalagi muna ako doon ng dalawang araw. Sayang nga kasi yun yung una naming punta doon na mananatili kami ng tatlong araw. Kaso walang nangyari saki’ng maganda. Nangailangan akong makituloy sa gitna ng bundok at dilaan sa mukha ng aso sa kalagitnaan ng gabi.

That’s basically the main reason why I‘m pretty much reluctant to go back. Not because I don’t like hiking, but because I’m afraid that I might get the same fate the moment I get back there, or worse. Kumbaga sa Tagalog, medyo nadala yata ako. Masakit kasi eh!

But of course, I am not closing my doors on it… who knows, maybe one of these days, I decide to go and join the immersion and see the wonders of the mountain’s surrender once again. Kasi, kahit na sangkatutak na kahirapan ang maranasan mo sa pagpunta doon, Parang nawawala lahat ng mga hinanakit ng katawan mo pagdating mo sa tuktok at maka-usap ang mga naninirahan doon. Ibang-iba rin ang pakiramdam habang nasa kalagitnaan ng kabundukan. The serenity and simplicity of the place will truly captivate anyone that has never been there, and the joy of seeing the people in there, smiling at you and being happy that you were able to visit them is highly unexplainable… that once there, every inch of pain in and out of your body just washes away like magic, and you would definitely feel like you would want to come back for more.

Iba rin kasi talaga kapag nandun ka. Walang ingay ng mga sasakyan, walang pulusyon, walang drama (I’m from Tondo) at walang teknolohiya. Ang meron lang, betamax (HUH?)

Napakasimple ng buhay. Walang telebisyon na gugulo ng pag-iisip mo, walang computer na palagi ko’ng kaharap sa trabaho, walang gulo, walang pulitika, walang Koreano at wala rin yung mga nambasted sakin dahil wala sa kanila ang trip pumunta doon!

Right now, we’re on the process of preparing the things that we need to have in our Pasko ng Pagbabahagi 3, which basically is Volunteers for CHANGE’s annual Christmas project. Sa ngayon, ito ang nagbibigay sa akin ng kagustuhan na bumalik doon dahil kumapara sa mga nakaraang dalawang taon, ito na yata yung may pinakamarami kaming naimbita para sumali sa project namin. Sana maging masagana at matagumpay ang project na ito ngayong taon kahit medyo struggling ang grupo… para tuluy-tuloy lang ang saya! Ito rin siguro ang magiging hudyat para magising namin ang natutulog na damdamin ng iba naming kasamahan para sa volunteerism, at mapatunayan sa lahat na tuloy pa rin ito…

Finding things the hard way I guess has been my thing for the past years of my life, where I have to experience wounding things first before I finally realize what is basically predestined for me to do. I have to admit, it’s not a good thing, but I guess that only goes to prove that I’m really a unique person with distinctive experiences. That everything that I will get and see will always be different from how people will commonly experience stuff in their lives

Hindi ko maintindihan kung matatawa ba ako o maiinis sa sitwasyon na ‘to. Kay daming ibang paraan pero mas madalas mangyari na kailangan ko muna mahirapan bago ko talaga maramdaman sa sarili ko na dapat ay iba ang ginagawa ko.

I guess I just had an epiphany…

I suddenly saw that I should stop whining because it’s already a normal thing… that it seems like I’m being molded to become numb from this kind of emotion in the future… Whatever the reason is, I don’t know a squat about it.

As I’ve said in my past blog, everything happens for a reason, that no matter how big or small the reason is, in the end, it will always be the cause of everything.

Alam ko na medyo madalas ko makalimutan yun at madalas ako magtanong ng mga bagay na parang walang kasagutan… Pero kung pagbabasehan ko sa katotohanan ang lahat ng nangyayari, palagay ko’y kailangan ko lang talagang maghintay. Ngayon, hindi ko maipapangako na hindi na muli pang magtanong, ngunit siguro sa pagkakataong ito, kailangan nang mas lawakan ang loob at pag-iisip para naman hindi na maging ganung kasakit ang mga bagay na bumabangga sa aking katauhan.

Acceptance is a big virtue to achieve. Not everyone can basically embrace the idea of tolerating something that they don’t want for the sake of something good in the future. May pagkakataon kasi na sa atin, mas gugustuhin natin na makuha o makita agad ang tagumpay. Marami satin ang tamad maghintay, katulad ko… Kaya siguro sablay din ako sa math kasi tamad akong maghintay ng kasagutan sa mga katanungang kailangan ng formula.

Maybe you’re asking what made me think this way… Except for the fact that this has been seemingly a normal trend in my life, I found out why things are seemingly not happening between me and that other road that I tried to take. I found out that it is actually better to stay neutral for the time being instead of hoping against hope. I felt that it would be better if she stays as my friend since everything is better that way. No complications, no drama, no bullshit, no nothing! Just plain old friendship… that as long as I try not to feel more towards her, the better.

Besides, I’m not really fully recovered with my Krystal situation and every movement I do, still highly depends on her… That even though I’ve said all the things above, I don’t think I’ll be over her (Krystal) anytime soon. I just wish that after all the waiting that I’m doing, time will come that I’ll realize that she’s been that person in the horizon after all and she finally walk towards me…

How come every time that I feel like I’m getting near something, everything goes the other direction and I end up seemingly light years away from that thing that kept me pushing hard? That when I feel like I’m already taking the right track, an avalanche block my way, forcing me to take another route until I eventually fall down on my knees…

Once again, Tensai is talking about his hopeless love life here… (Or should I say love death?)

I just can’t imagine why for some reason, I just can’t seem to get to the finish. People say I should wait and the right person should come in the right time… Well people, I believe I’ve been waiting for too freakin’ long! I’ve been in neutral mode for like forever, and I still couldn’t see the face of that person standing against the light in the horizon. She’s just standing in there, seemingly waiting for forever to end, and no matter how hard I try to push forward to her direction, I still can’t get any nearer…

By now, I think somehow, I have been able to get over, what I can only consider as a failure, my situation with Krystal… (For those who don’t know what I’m talking about, click here) And I’ve actually tried to go to a different direction, but it seems that the direction that I tried to follow is practically a dead end, and a lot worse that it seem to be… That even though I thought that things are already going my way, out comes the strong wind to push me away. I just couldn’t get to that gemstone… It’s basically something for my eyes to behold, but never to grasp it within my hands…

Alright I admit… I’m being too emotional again… Too much listening to Eraserheads’ song Light-years made me think this way… But still, I just wish that person comes real soon because the more that I wait… the more frustrated I become.

Talk about being hopeless romantic, huh…

It was also a story about poverty and how it affects people in many different ways. The fact that they don’t have enough resources makes them think differently, and act in various kinds of ways. The one thing that is really aggravating about poverty is the reality that it exists all around the world, even in those well governed countries by the first world.

Here in my country, it’s no different. We have a lot of people in the lower class and most of them are living in the most unusual places, from railroad tracks, under the bridges, at the riverbanks, vacant lots, and even sidewalks. The worst part in those scenarios is that those families belonging to the lower class are the ones with bigger families.

But if we look at it closely, do we have anyone to blame for it?

Chris Gardner and Chris Jr.

This is what I believe where problems like poverty prevails. There are a lot of individuals out there who are fond of talking to people about the problems in the country and even have the guts to point out the sources of those problems, but never really do anything about it. There are also some who would keep on whining about how the government and the society left them out to dry, but never did anything to help themselves. Still, others would just remain spectators of all the wrong things they see, and just make themselves believe that it is just a normal thing to occur. 

Christopher Gardner

The word change… a word that will always be invariable, but is feared by many. Most people are afraid of having changes in their lives because of the anxiety that they wouldn’t know what would happen next. Others are scared of it because they know the possibilities, so they just let things be the same. Some will just let time pass them by, without realizing that change has already passed them by, because they are too busy living for themselves.

I believe people should try and make Christopher Gardner’s story be their inspiration to success. That even though the world has turned against him, he was able to get to the top of the mountain and able to set foot on the land of milk and honey. He made sure that change will occur in his life because he decided to do something about his situation, and not just wait for the society to change his life for him.

Going back to the laptop, as I’ve said, I bought one so I could make sure that I’ll be able to write more often than before. Naisip ko kasi, twenty five years na ako’ng nabubuhay sa mundo, at sa huling pitong taon, pangarap ko talaga ang pagsusulat. Naisip ko lang, ito na siguro ang tamang panahon para seryosohin ko naman ang pagiging isang manunulat…

As some of my friends already know, and according to my weblogs in friendster,com, I have some dreams that I want to accomplish that is highly connected in writing. But until such time that I make mountains out of those grounded dreams, nothing will ever happen.

Nandyan na syempre yung kagustuhan ko magsulat. Which is somehow, I managed to come up with something so I could call myself a writer. Pasalamat na rin ako sa isang kaibigan na officemate ko dati sa isang call center, nakakita ako ng extra na pagkakakitaan, and at the same time, confidence to boost my ego as a writer.

Then of course my wanting to be able to write a book… Palagi ko nababanggit sa mga kaibigan at kakilala ko kapag nadadaan ng National Bookstore or Power Books, isang malaking katuparan ng pangarap para sa akin ang makita ang pangalan ko sa mga bookshelf ng mga nasabing bookstore. Yun bang pagdaan ko sa Filipiniana section, may mahuhugot ako’ng libro na may pangalan ko sa front page at ipagpipilitan ko sya sa mga kasama ko na bilhin dahil ako ang may gawa.

Another thing, kayak o rin naisip gumawa ng blog ngayon ay dahil sa isang email na natanggap ko… medyo special mentioned and grupo namin na VOLUNTEERS FOR CHANGE na galing sa isa sa mga nagging sponsor naming sa mga nakaraang project. The link is below

http://www.cfo.gov.ph/presidential/Justina%20L.%20Sales.htm

Sya si Justina Sales… Isa syang Pinoy na nangibangbayan para sa pamilya. Nang makakuha ng magandang trabaho sa Israel, siniguro nya na makatulong sa mga kapwa Pilipino, di lamang sa Israel, pero para na rin sa mga nasa Pilipinas.

Maganda rin minsan sa pakiramdam na yung pangalan mo or yung grupong kinabibilangan mo ay nasasabit sa mga ganitong klase ng sulat. At least kahit papaano, alam mo na may nakakakilala sa’yo at di ka lang isang “commoner”

Isa pa’ng dahilan kung bakit ako napasulat, this past few days kasi, napapatingin ako sa blog ng isang kaibigan na noong magkasama pa kami sa trabaho (syempre call center) ang dali-dali lang ng mga buhay namin. Nandyan yung pagkatapos ng trabaho, diretso sa kainin para mag-almusal, or kung weekend naman, direstso sa malls or videoke bar para maglustay ng salapi. Sa ngayon, ibang-iba na rin sya. Biglaang naging mature kumbaga.

I guess the main reason is because of the things that occurred in her life recently. Those things made her realize that it’s time to have a change to her personality, way of living and way of handling things. Otherwise, she will not be able to create new possibilities for herself. Even though I’m happy for her that she was able to shift up to another level, of course I am worried about the things that are happening and would be happening to her in the future. I hope that even if the world seems to be very unfair, she would somehow find the strength to stand up, fight for her being, and just keep moving forward, as we all should…

Last Saturday, I went to Trinoma to attend a forum about back packing, and I was able to find out some interesting facts…

I got the opportunity to meet two outstanding Filipinos, Jetro Rafael and Robert Alejandro.

I think they are worth the title “outstanding” because of their capabilities of making something possible, when everyone else thinks it’s not, and even with a tight funding.

I was really amused with this two people because they were able to accomplish something big, even if there were a lot of odds in the way. The task was they will tour the whole South East Asia and some parts of China in a limited time, and limited money.

Kahit na medyo sumablay kami sa pagpunta dahil walang nakakaalam ng lung anong oras magsisimula yung forum, kahit papaano may naabutan pa rin naman. Buti na lang din kakilala ni Marie at AGO (mga kasama ko sa V4CHANGE, Ka-Friendster at Ka-Multiply ko rin) yung dalawa (Nakasama ni Marie si Robert Alejandro sa PROBE, at nakilala naman ni Ago si Jetro Rafael sa isang film shooting) so medyo may napala pa rin kami sa pagpunta namin doon.

We just proceeded to the showing of the video package of their journey through Asia and they were showing just about everything that they have done, all the hardships they had to endure, and the expenses that they had to take. Overall, it was a nice video to watch, not only because they were showing places from other parts of the world, but because of the inspiring story behind the task.

Pagkatapos nun, medyo may konting usapan at kamustahang naganap, although medyo na-OP ako ng konti, ayus lang dahil at least, nakilala ko naman yung dalawa kahit na papaano.

Maganda siguro na tularan ang mga ito, hindi man sa paglalakbay, ngunit sa ibang bagay na rin. Pwede silang gawing inspiration para sa mga pangyayari sa buhay natin, lalo na sa mga isyu ng bayan natin. Gawan ng paraan ang mga bagay na sinasabi ng karamihan ay imposible, at siguraduhin natin, lalo na dyan sa mga kapwa ko kabataan, na imbes na nagrereklamo tayo kung bakit kulang kulang ang bansa natin… kulang sa disiplina, kulang sa alaga, kulang sa pagkain, kulang sa kalinga ng gobyerno, kulang sa edukasyon, kulang sa pera, kulang sa paligo, kulang sa pansin, kulang sa pansit, o kulang man sa height, mas maganda na may ginagawa tayo para sa mga kakulangan na yan. Tulad nga ng sinabi ni Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, “You must be the change that you want to see in the world.” Na ang ibig sabihin, kesa magreklamo ka kung bakit ang buhay mo ay miserable dahil walang tumutulong sayo, ikaw na mismo ang tumulong sa sarili mo. Kesa magmukmok ka sa isang tabi at panay ang tanong kung bakit hindi kumpleto and koleksyon mo ng albums ng Eraserheads dahil wala kang pambili, ikaw na mismo ang kumilos. At kesa maghintay tayo ng mga kasinungalingan na na-promise satin ng mga pulitiko, tayo na mismo ang gumawa. Dahil sa totoo lang, nakakaawa ang mga taong panay lang ang dada sa daan, pero sya mismo, pag-uwi sa bahay, ay wala rin namang ginagawa para sa ikabubuti ng lahat.

Bottom-line, make sure that you are the change that you want to see and always believe that everything is possible. Walang imposible sa isang Pilipinong naniniwala sa pagbabago.

Isang katagang napakadaling sabihin, ngunit hindi lahat ay may gustong magsabi at ipangalandakan sa buong mundo na HOY! PINOY AKO!

Ano nga ba ang basehan ng pagiging tunay na Pinoy? Natural na unang masasabi ay dapat nasa dugo mo ito at dapat lamang na hindi mo itinatago ang totoo mong pagkatao…

But then again, lots of Filipino people are somehow dictated by time and society. Ops! Bago ko ituloy ang nais kong sabihin, malamang ang mga kapwa ko pilosopo ay biglang magtanong ng “Akala ko ba Pinoy ka? Ba’t di nagta-Tagalog?” Una, huwag nyo’ng ipagpilitan na Tagalog ang pambansang wika natin at baka sugurin kayo ng mga Kapampangan, Cebuano, at Ilokano… Filipino po at hindi Tagalog ang National language natin, na binubuo ng samu’t saring salita na sumasalamin sa ating nakaraan. Kasama ang Tagalog, English, Spanish at sa ngayon, mga salita na galling sa teknolohiya na medyo imposibleng Tagalugin. Going back to what I was saying, Filipinos have this tendency of becoming slaves of what society and media are feeding them. Siguro dahil na rin sa hirap ng kalagayan natin, marami sa atin ang gustong umalis na lang, kesa manatili pa sa bansang kinagisnan.

May isang blogspot sa ngayon na tumawag ng atensyon ko… Sa URL pa lang nagtatanong na ang may likha…

www.pagodkanaba.blogspot.com

May isang entry dun na kahit title lang ang mabasa mo, tatamaan ka na agad. Isang katanungan na bumagabag sa akin at malamang ay isang katanungan na kanya ring itinanong sa sarili nya.

“Pagod ka na ba’ng maging si Juan?”

Ano nga ba’ng dapat na isagot?

Confusion suddenly rushed in to my mind and the question became swarms of mad locusts in my mind, trying to desperately get out of my head. I never expected that I’ll be highly affected by such question, and the patriotism within me just burst out like the sun, but seemingly no flame returned…

I started thinking… Am I tired of being a Filipino?

Sa dami ng taong nasabihan ko na isa ako’ng patriot, ngayon ko lang naisip na sa lahat ng ginawa ko at mga balaking nais gawin, kakayanin ko pa ba na magpatuloy kung mismong ang mga taong nakapaligid sa akin ay unti-unti nang kinakain ng pangarap na lisanin ang Pilipinas, at sa bawat usaping buhay na naririnig ko, ang katagang madalas lumabas ay “Wala na tayo’ng pag-asa.”

Nakakalungkot na lang din isipin na may mga taong nagtatago ng sarili nilang katauhan para lamang ipagtakpan ang totoo nilang pagkatao. Tulad na lang ng mga nabasa ko sa libro ni Bob Ong na “Bakit Baligtad Magbasa ng Libro and mga Pilipino?” Nabanggit doon na may mga Pilipino sa ibang bansa na nagpapanggap na iba ang bayan na kanilang pinaggalingan, para lang masabing cool sila.

Come to think of it, we have tons of people like that inside our own country!

Sila yung mga taong panay pilit mag-English para lang masabing cool sila, kahit alam naman ng lahat ng nakakarinig na sablay ang pagkaka-banggit ng mga salita… Pasintabi sa mga natural mag-salita ng English, hindi kayo ang pinatatamaan ko kundi yung mga tinatawag nating “Trying Hard” at “Posers”. Sila yung mga taong gugustuhin mo’ng isumbong sumbong kay bonggang-bonggang Bong-Bong.

Another frustration of mine (and there goes the word again), is how come people refuse to help their fellow Filipino to move forward just for their personal gains? From my experiences being a volunteer, I saw people being manipulated and exploited just because some people just don’t want to pay for labor. I’m talking about the Dumagats and the illegal loggers in Montalban Rizal. Good thing we were able to at least, slowly but surely, make them realize that they have so much potentials in them and they don’t need to be slaves of this kinds or oppression.

Siguro pasalamat na lang din ako sa grupo namin at kahit papaano, naisip ko na hindi pa nga ako pagod maging Pilipino, at namulat ako sa maraming katotohanan sa mundo. Siguro hangga’t may mga taong nagpapasalamat sa akin at mga taong napapasaya namin sa bawat tulong na naibibigay namin, babalik at babalik ang kagustuhan ko na manatiling isang Pilipino at ipag-patuloy ang laban para sa pagbabago. Sana nga lang, dumami rin ang mga taong kumikilos para sa pagbabago at hindi lamang nakatunganga sa isang tabi na panay lang ang tanong kung bakit sila miserable.

I’m not tired of being Filipino because I am a volunteer for change…

http://profiles.friendster.com/v4change

Una de las familias más irreverentes de la animación es la Tensai Bakabon, contaba la historia de una familia formada por un padre (estúpido total) que es Bakabon (atención al juego de palabras porque baka en japonés significa idiota) un hijo mayor tan tonto como el padre (supongo que para confirmar aquello de “De tal palo, tal astilla“) una madre bondadosa y dulce, y un hijo pequeño que es un genio. Como podréis ya imaginar la madre y el pequeño deben solucionar las situaciones estúpidas en las que se meten el hermano mayor y el padre.

Este argumento, que en la actualidad nos parece manído y facilón, fue un éxito en su época. Y todo gracias a su creador, Fujio Akatsuka, ha fallecido de una neumonía, a las cinco menos cinco de la madrugada de ayer. Todavía estaba recuperandose de un cáncer de esófago y un derrame cerebral que sufrió en los años 1998 y 2002.

Akatsuka es conocido por ser un pionero del manga cómico y del magical girl o shojo. Creo personajes como Akko-chan, Osomatsu-kun o Hennako-chan… Akko-chan fue la primera chica con poderes mágicos del manga (estaba basada en Samantha, la conocida bruja norteamericana de Embrujada), y hace poco se hizo un remake de la serie.

Un petit montage des principaux mangas Tahehiko Inoue tres tres grand mangaka.

Je suis super fan de Slam Dunk ce manga est vraiment terrible, sakuragi powa une suite serais vraiment super.

Buzzer Beater trop fun c’est dans le même esprit que slam dunk mais version futuriste.

Je trouve Sakuraki et Hideyugi se ressemble beaucoup.

Vagabond super manga de samouraï les dessins sont vraiment bluffant.

Real le petit dernier sur le sport handicapé les dessins sont bien fait surtout les pages couleurs.