light fixtures series 1 September 30, 2008
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shot at greenwhich, sm city of san fernando, pampanga during a lunch out with friends.
if i knew how to do post processing, i would have erased the relfection on the upper right side.
drive September 25, 2008
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dreading tomorrow’s drive home.
but
i am intrepid. i carry on.
we miss you noggy September 23, 2008
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you’ve brought tremendous joys into our lives. thank you for the unconditional love and warmth you’ve brought into our hearts. you are family and you will be sorely missed.
you were never treated like a dog around the house. we treated you more like a human being, talking as if you would understand what we were saying. and for some unfathomable reason you did most of the times. you were my grandmother and grandfather’s greatest companion. you know what, they miss you already. they did not eat lunch and dinner yesterday because they couldn’t get over the fact that they wouldn’t be able to share their food with you anymore.
i want to write about you and how you changed us. but i couldn’t now. i am so overwhelmed with emotions that just thinking of you brings tears to my eyes. i cried at the office yesterday when they told me you were gone. i cried during bathroom trips at the office. i cried at the train on my way home, before i fell asleep last night and when i woke up this morning. some people would probably not understand and even think i’m crazy. but i’m sure you would.
i am crying now whispering sorry. i wish there was something i could have done to help you, to save you. to make up for your being so good to me, to all of us. i want you to know that you are loved. and i know you know that being the spoiled dog that you were. i’m sorry noggy. we love you and we miss you!
i am having a hard time catching my breath whenever i think about you, a big lump always forms on my throat whenever it occurs to me that i wouldn’t be able to see you when i go home this friday. 
pagudpud nature photos September 18, 2008
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nature photos taken at pagudpud, ilocos norte – a sleepy harbor town in the northern most tip of the philippines. the place is popular for its white sand and pristine beaches. we arrived after a storm though, so the water is all brown and murky when we got there.
white orchid
this one looks like that fruit used to make nganga. nganga is made by wrapping a green-colored nut (areca) in a leaf of betel pepper. it is chewed by filipino elders and people throughout southeast asia. i remember my great grandfather and mother chewing ones back in the days.
bright pink. happy flower. 
back from hibernation September 18, 2008
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im back. i was sick since saturday after posting one of my favorite entries and i haven’t touched the computer since. i still have occasional headaches today from my cough and colds. i’m trying to consume as much food as i can to compensate for going without food for days. 
i forgot to remember to forget September 12, 2008
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i remember the way we used sit by those for-two benches and talk under the canopy of trees as people walked by and time passed unattended. i remember the way you talk about your worries as if telling me will ease you off that burden. and looking back, i know that is exactly how i affect you. i seem to have this tendency to diffuse your dark mood and erase that ominous frown on your forehead.
i remember the way we aimlessly walked the streets in animated discussion and sometimes in comfortable silence.
i remember the time you offered me your arm as we descended the stairs. i felt like cinderella walking in my glass shoes with my pretty prince charming.
i remember the couple of times i got out of the house in the middle of the night and the times i took an early bus ride because you said you needed me. i remember those too personal stories and soft spoken secrets shared and how natural each revelation felt.
i remember your quirky antiques and how you made me laugh. you infuriate me with your i-don’t-care-what-other-people-think attitude and i tried to convince you otherwise. but then you make me proud when you start to wear that aura of superiority and authority and argue your case and make people defer to your judgment.
i remember how you casually draped your arm over my shoulder and how ecstatic i feel when i see it captured on film.
i remember the night we laid down side by side in that hammock under the bright star-lit sky. for a fleeting second there, i felt hope and felt how it would be like to be wrapped around your embrace, secure in the cocoon of your arms.
i remember that sideways glance you threw at me with those beady black eyes telling me that you mean to say something more.
i remember those early morning text messages and late night greetings that flatter me because in the wee hours of the night and ungodly hours of the morning, you were somehow thinking of me.
i remember that long-stemmed single red rose.
i remember that night we sat by the basketball court while star gazing. suddenly, a shooting star streaked through the sky and we both exclaimed “did you see that?” of all the people in the world, it was us. i couldn’t believe my luck then because i have this superstition that if a guy and a girl saw a falling star together at the same time they will end up together. we both silently whispered our wishes hoping the wind will carry them to the gods.
i remember that little poetry you wrote for me.
and all these years, we still have that bond. how i find you next to my side when walking a busy street. how i find you sitting next to me in a restaurant or coffee shop. how easily we find each other in a sea of people. how you call me in the middle of the night so i can brighten up your mood and how you send text messages to lift up mine.
i remember. and i want you to know that i forgot to remember to forget.
daily tweet September 12, 2008
Posted by isakangdiyosa in Feel Good Movies and TV Series, Office Life, Random Thoughts.Tags: david sedaris, dress your family in corduroy and denim, gossip girl
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now consuming:
gossip girl season 1 (currently at episode 9)
competition mandates of government agencies (assignment for anti-trust/competition policy from atty. sy)
david sedaris’ dress your family in corduroy and denim
transcript of anti-smuggling hearing on port irene
a bottle of mudshake
digging:
my new laptop.
having second thoughts on:
whether to post a post or not.
celebrating life September 9, 2008
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congratulations shayne for giving birth to a bouncing baby boy. welcome to the world dwayne noah. your mom’s crazy friends can’t wait to see you.
congratulations billie for receving a two-year scholarship at the university of tokyo. we’ll miss you girl.
oh my god, georgina! hahaha. jayvie, congratulations. it pays off to be brave and comfortable sometimes. thank you for trusting us enough this time. you actually have nothing to be scared of. let’s celebrate life together. mwah!
congratulations and best wishes to my surfer friends jan and claire. sorry we got there late. i will remember to take the plane next time i go to tagaytay. haha. the traffic was terrible.
and a round of applause for me, i just got a notebook. i haven’t paid for it though but i already had it reformatted to windows xp (it has a linux os). i got if from my cousin and it’s actually a good buy considering i got it at a cheap cheap price.
live out loud! it’s a beautiful day!
music that moves September 3, 2008
Posted by isakangdiyosa in Random Thoughts, Sound Trippin.Tags: eraserheads, huling el bimbo, music, one tree hill, peyton and mia
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i’m still on eheads overload mode. i kept recalling this dialouge between peyton and mia in an episode from one tree hill season five.
mia: i’m sorry i disappered. i just needed time to think about all this. and honestly, i dont think i’m the one to do all this with. to start your label with.
peyton: because you’re scared?!
mia: because i dont think i’m ready…and i know how important it is to you.
peyton: okay. mia. why do you write songs?
mia: what do you mean?
peyton: like when you think about your career..what do you want? whats gonna be enough?
mia: i dont know.
peyton: alright. maybe your right. maybe your not ready.
mia: i want to help someone… i want to reach that girl or that boy who wakes up one day and feels like its not worth it anymore.
peyton: why because you’ve been that person?
mia: maybe, it’s like, i don’t need to be famous, and i don’t need all the money in the world. it’s not about that. it’s about that girl who’s having a horrible day and she hears your song and for five minutes there’s hope, you know? it’s like, for five minutes the world’s not such a scary place for her anymore… you asked what’s going to be enough, that’ll be enough, that’ll be more than enough.
peyton: i take it back. maybe you are ready.
no matter how grudgingly, the eheads will be remembered as one of the bands that changed lives and the reunion concert will go down as one of the best concerts in music history.
aminin nating nakakarelate ang ilang bahagi ng pagkatao natin sa mga kanta nila. we are that girl who’s having a horrible day and she hears their song and for five minutes there’s hope…for five minutes the world’s not such a scary place anymore…
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what i’m listening to today: huling el bimbo by eraserheads
eraserheads – a trip down memory lane September 1, 2008
Posted by isakangdiyosa in Life or Something Like It, Random Thoughts, Sound Trippin.Tags: bonifacio open field, eraserheads, reunion concert
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kumakalat pa lang ang balita na may e-heads reunion concert, nakapagdecide na kami ng mga kabarkado ko na manunuod. wala pa ngang venue at detalye noon pero excited na kami sa ideya na kakanta ulit ang bandang kinalakihan namin. dalawang araw bago ang conert nagdalawang isip pa ako na sumama dahil birthday month ko at madami na akong gastos. mabuti na lang at nagbago ang isip ko bilang once in a lifetime opportunity ito. i would have missed an event of a lifetime.
na-weird-ohan ako nang sabihin sa akin na 3pm kita-kita tayo. eh 8pm pa naman ang concert akala ko matagal kaming maghihintay pero ang bilis lang pala ng oras kapag sobrang pare-pareho kayong excited ng kabarkada mo. nasa the fort open field na kami ng 4pm at marami ng tao. parang nasa sunken lang ang feeling yun nga lang napapalibutan ng malalaking buildings. pero unlike up fair, kaunti lang ang mga concessionaires – swift hotdog, mcdo at fish and co. anyway, going back to the e-heads concert…
habang bumibili ng hotdog at iced tea, nagsigawan na lang bigla ang mga tao, yun pala may 10-minute countdown pa bago magsimula. it was the longest ten minutes of my life (haha. drama). comparing it to the 4 hour-wait we had lounging around in gravel while waiting for the conert to start. this 10-long minutes seemed to drag so slow.
i could even feel my heart beat faster than usual. literally, kinakabahan ako but in a good way. the crowd chanted to the tick of the clock and when the stage was lit and the dot clicked 00:00, the crowd just went crazy. there were so many emotions playing in my head and the crowd’s roar brought that to a different level. it was a ball of beaming positive energy and it radiates in every direction. it was so contagious that you’ll be just dead dense if you’re not moved by that.
habang nag-hihintay, hinuhulaan namin kung ano ang unang tutugtugin nila. alapaap sabi ko. at alapaap nga. walang hindi tumalon at sumigaw at kumanta at hindi pinagpawisan sa unang kantang iyon. what a great opening song replete with fireworks and all. the crowd went wild. wow. ang sarap ng feeling. sinundan ang alapaap ng ligaya, sembreak, hey Jay, harana, fruitcake, toyang, kama sutra, kailan, huwag kang matakot, kaliwete, with a smile, shake your head, huwag mo nang Itanong at light years. ito ang mga kantang hindi ko na kailangan i-memorize dahil sila ang mga kanta na nasa subconscious or long term memory ko dahil lumaki akong kinakanta sila. hind katulad sa lifehouse or falloutboy na kailangan talagang pag-effort-an. first set ito supposed to be pero hindi na nadugtungan…
sobrang taas pa ng energy ng crowd, nang biglang magflash sa stage na may 20-minute break. okey lang para naman makapagpahinga sila. but noh, the crowd’s expectation was shattered when ely’s sister took the stage and told the crowd that the concert was being cut short due to his brother’s emotional and physical condition. the crowd went quiet. most of us were probably in denial. this can’t really be happening…
at sumigaw na lang ako ng “nakakainis, bitin na naman.” that was how i released my pent up disappointment. kung kinanta lang sana nila ang mga iba pang eheads classic tulad ng huling el bimbo, pare ko, spolarium, maling akala, overdrive, torpedo, tikman, magasin, at ang ending song bet ko na para sa masa buo na ang gabi ko. pero habang binabalikan ko ang set list nila ngayon. madami na nga ang 15 songs for a standard concert. it would have spelled a great concert for some bands. it’s just that i expected so much more. we were even mean to speculate on ely’s drama. pero mukhang totoo naman pala. hayaan na lang nating ganun at huwag nang sirain ang gabi.
sa lahat ng nanuod, mga kabataan ng dekada 90 (as cecille fondly calls us), hindi man natapos ang concert, hindi natin maitatanggi na binigyan tayo ng kakaibang ligaya muli ng eraserheads. the concert took us back to a trip down memory lane – who you were in highschool, what were your gimmicks when eheads was topping the charts, up college days, kalay days for some at marami pang iba. nostalgic at masaya talaga ang gabing iyon…
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and when life’s not treating you right. . .
take a bite. it’s alright. there’s some brandy and star margarine to make it bright. take a bite. it’s alright. a little lovin’ and some fruit to bake, Life is a piece of cake.
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it was also a night of firts, of friendship and revelations and surprises… sa susunod na post na lang. 
