Jumper

If she could leave, then I could. This was David (Christian Haydensen the Jumper) talking when he first discovered he could teleport.

Pride! This is Jaybee, an old friend, when I shared my pains and plan B with her.

Hongkong – this is us, on a quick weekend escape. no baggage and travel plan; just a cold wordless walk in the city. We are not even holding and elbow-close. I’m just on few steps away, enough to feel your restlessness.

Then we lean on a harbor fence. on few arms length, we remain still to savor the night flashes and the perplexity of independence.

Ok. the chilly sea breeze compels us to stay closer, but it is the wanting to hold each other even if the breeze is dry.

By Monday, we are commuter couples again—separate and working.

Surprise me. This is Mellie at the end of the Jumper movie. She was cold and waiting for David to take her to somewhere warmer. So, he did!

Unreasonable Love

You can never love for the wrong reason because love has no reason.

Frienster Status: SINGLE

It is really agonizing to be single.

Ok! You are absolutely disagreeing now. Congratulation! You just survived the pain, but you probably never figured out why.

“I do not look good” was/could be your quick answer. Ye! We all are self-loathers, but undeniably you still wonder(ed) being single even if you look f**king good. You are clueless then started blaming the rise of more gay men—Hoorah! It is! Partially, though.

Even if there are 10% gay and 5% lesbian, there is still fair sex ratio because our region (Southern Mindanao, if you forgot) allots 1.02 guy every female within the “active flirt range” (age 15-39), there is 0.97

The cold truth is…the fair sex ratio is not at all fair.

Yes! ONLY ONE GUY FOR YOU TO CHOOSE. One is not even a choice.

Though you can potentially take one (assigned) guy from any fellow female, you would unlikely do it because it is theft. J You can, at most, agree for a switch, but that would be another story.

The colder truth is…death rate is higher among men because most men are involved in reckless driving, violent conflicts and risky works. In fact, accidents of all forms are top 2 causes of morbidity in the region. This “testosterone incident” clearly implies itself in Cotabato City, one of the country’s most unsafe cities. Females dominate the city, according to NSO. This cold truth then leaves you, girls, lesser men to choose (steal or switch for).

The coldest truth is…there are lesser literate men, which, of course, is one of your grand qualifications. This further explains why there are “mismatched or milk-and-coffee couples”.

The subtraction would go on, as more women became more educated and set higher qualifications.

Time has truly inverted the tide. There are lesser eligible male for you, girls.

O well, if you have indeed moved on from the pain of being single (and the economics of it), attribute your civil status to the 2 straight leap years, where it is funnily believed women will have to court men.

Everyday is Exactly the Same

I believe I can see the future coz I repeat the same routine. I think I used to have a purpose, then again, that might been a dream. I think I used to have a voice, now I never make a sound. I just do what I've been told. I really don't want end to come around.

Everyday is exactly the same.


Maybe I am Trent Reznor, then again, it might (also) been a dream. This song really struck me again after watching Wanted that I played it and it played in me repeatedly. It struck me again of what life could really be. Could Trent be true in his piece in Right Where It Belong: What if all the world you think/used to know is an elaborate dream? He could be! But as for Greta, stop rationalizing life; change and do things if it will be good for you. Simple philosophy, right? Indeed! So, call me Trent then on :)

I Am For High Prices (e-kuno-mix)

I am for high oil price!

it encourages walking and biking;
it forces people to live downtown or the urban center;
it leaves our farms and rural lands from housing subdivisions and sprawls--spreading of
settlements to the fringes/sitio/bukid from the center;
it renews and revives downtowns;
it encourages more efficient use of urban land;
it trims spending (i mean the wasteful conspicuous spendings!);
it discourages BIG car buyers;

it is all good! so, why fret?

and ye! how could airlines made to keep their tickets cheaper today when they definitely fly on oil? why cant most sellers also do such?

o well, i am for high price....also of rice :)

Democracy My Ass

The Romans and the Greeks were all dead while the Church, military, monarchs, Chinese business, indigenous communities are still alive. The former were democracy pioneers. The latter are hierarchal.

The lifespan tells us outright: democracy my ass!

Yet, why are we still on democracy―on participatory process?

Americans maybe, but they too are un-democratic. Their voting system―democracy's core foundation―has long been dirty (since late 1800s, to be exact). O well, they just happen to be good at marketing and public relations that they sold democracy.

Happy independence day, anyway. I hope Sulu abductors will free Ces Drilon.

Pacquiao and Carrie Bradshaw to Help Global Crisis

customer: day, kape (coffee please)
tindera: tag PhP10 na ra ba. (it already costs PhP10)
customer: di ba, tag PhP8 ra na? (wasnt it PhP8 then?)
tindera: nimahal naman gud ang gasolina (oil price already increased)
customer: ah, ayaw na lang butanggi gasolina! (ah, dont mix my coffee, then, with oil)

comedy does follow harsh times, especially for Filipinos.

and i think, it is becoming a classic comedy of the time. what is funnier is expensive needs and cheaper wants. at the rise of oil, rice and power, there is an exodus of midnight sales, budget flights, cheap offers and stable luxury lines.

the funniest part, though, is people are busy joggling their money for the cheap tricks, and not the basic kicks.

"there really is no relief in sight," an oil company executive claimed on rising oil prices.
well, that goes too for other goods, given our government [sigh].

so, who else's shoulder should we cry on during harsh times? Pacquiao, Carrie Bradshaw, Big Brother, Eric(sson) and Moto(rola), Gucci Gang, Google, ...........?

YES! hard times require entertainment to lighten up the day, but Pacquiao's lethal combination of shuffled footwork against Diaz will not solve hunger.

harsh times require creative twists.

for one, walk, just like Baguio City who plans for a 6 carless days. as for another joke goes:

babae: nong! sakay ko!
drivr: cge! asa man ka?
bbae: diha lang sa kanto! naay bayad ang bata?
drivr: ay libre lang kay duol man.
bbae: ah, ang mosabak naay bayad?
drivr: wala gihapon!
bbae: cge nak! sabaka ko...