word of mouth?

if you're from pisay, you've probably heard of the incident that happened last february, Valentine's Day, wherein a 4th year student, Gelyn Fabro, was rushed to hospital after being poisoned. quote from the OFFICIAL bulletin (released by PSHS), what happened was: "In the afternoon of February 14, 2006 (3:25 pm), Angelynne C. Fabro, a fourth year student, went to the school clinic to request paracetamol for her headache. She then went to the front lobby and drank from the water jug of a classmate. Shortly thereafter, she developed severe vomiting and abdominal pain. After the school physician examined her, she was rushed to the nearby Philippine Children's Medical Center (PCMC) by the school nurse who stayed until evening and left only when the patient's grandmother arrived." apparently, the water from the water jug was contaminated with a chemical similar to nitric acid, with ph- 1.41, Acidity 6%. her throat up to her stomach were burned, and she have to undergo dialysis every now and then. she was discharged from the hospital last March 17 and was said to be recuperating at home. i don't know what happened to her after that. if you want to know more, here are the official bulletin: Number 1, Number 2 and Number 3. now, i'm not here to blog about what's happening to kids these days or talk more about pisay, yada yada... on the lighter side actually, ganito kasi nangyari... this incident "resurfaced" in my life just yesterday when a friend said that there's news that the culprit, aka. Poisoner of Colemen, was already identified. Now, THIS is the "news". for a while there, i was thinking if it was a joke. but it seems though that the person who started the thread and most of the people who were commenting were dead serious. hahahahahah!! i haven't laughed this hard for a while! hahahahahahahaahahahahahaha!!!!!! the friend, who forwarded the "news" to me, was none other than PETER PAUL GADI himself! The Poisoner of Colemen!!! (haha! Puta, "Colemen" pa talaga eh!) Paul is a my friend, former-officemate/seatmate and former Pisay schoolmate, who graduated from high school 9 years ago. tuwing naghihiratan kami at naubusan na ako ng magandang hirit, sasabihin ko lang na "eh may dala ka ngang coleman nung high school eh! whatta dork!!", at yun tapos na ang usapan. tawanan na lang. hehe! it seems that the "news" came from this, paul's friend's blog. funny di ba?? how these things go around nga naman... i do understand their concern for Gelyn and what happened... but blaming the school for apparently hushing-up the incident and this "for-truth's-sake-he-did-it-so-you-should-know-and-condemn-him" thing (na OA para sa akin) is unfair and stupid. i know they probably thought that they're helping by saying the "truth", but do get your facts straight first. may nag-comment na nga, "The final results of an internal investigation have yet to surface pending an appeal. Law enforcement has been kept in the loop, with all parties being careful to protect the privacy of both the suspected perpetrator and victim as well as their respective families." remember, the people involved in this incident are minors. pero wala atang nakapansin, or naka-intindi?? anyway, Peter Paul Gadi as Poisoner of Colemen is still funny.. hwek hwek! he totally did it, btw! better send the police before he leaves the country again... :)

ze muzikals!

i love musical plays! :D i've been a fan of musical plays eversince i was exposed to them in early high school. the first one i watched was Batch 96's onstage version of "Once on this Island". it was followed shortly by Batch 95's rendition of "Les Miserables", which so far, is the only play who managed to make me cry. the next year, "Manhid" was shown. very few people know this play. the story is about 99 children born with superpowers and were named after our local mythical heroes, like Lam-Ang, Bantugan, etc. and of course, someone bad is after them. the songs were apparently composed by Eraserheads (when they were not so famous yet) and the song "Kailan" was from that play. in my freshman year in college, i saw "Rama at Sita" starring Raymund Lauchengco and Lani Misalucha. and just last year, i watched "Once on this Island" again but this time, (Kuya) Jeffrey Hidalgo, Kuya Bojie (of batibot, what's his real name again??), Michael de Mesa and Radha (of Kulay) played the parts. and last saturday, i was finally able to watch Zsa-Zsa Zaturnnah Ze Muzikal. it is definitely the funniest play i've seen so far (syempre di ba). i had so much fun that i decided to buy a copy of the program, the book and the soundtrack (in cd). too bad, Carlo Vergara wasn't there, i would love to have my book signed. anyway, in case you're wondering, Zsa Zsa was played by Eula Valdez. apparently, the seats i got was right beside the stage. i could have touched the actors if i wanted to. and considering that most of the time, Eula's butt was staring at me (they were nice btw). i liked the songs (composed by.. i forgot, but they were great) and the direction. (sige nga, alam mo ba pano nila ni-show yung nude scene and the giant palaka???). but don't expect much from the dialogue.. because if you don't understand what they just said, just check the book. they are the same... it was not bad though, but it's not as funny already (nabasa ko na yan e...) however, hat's off to the actor who played Didi! he was perfect! the scenes are not as funny when he's not in it. and it was hilarious to hear/see Eula say "Pak Yu!!" in a very jologs and baklain tone. Dodong however, was probably hired because and only because of his drool-worthy body coz he sure CAN'T act. the amazonistas were funny, but i think Wilma Doesnt (who played Dina B.) overdid it a little (too much hirits). and i would love to see Agot Isidro as Queen Femina sana, but she wasn't there. di ko tuloy naintindihan half ng lines nung Queen Femina. anyway, i still enjoyed the show so much and i would love to see it again. i've never been disappointed with musical plays and that's why i'm loving it more. too bad i missed Rent and Miss Saigon when they were shown here.. huhu...

tseri

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i am tired...

... of doing nothing and being nobody. what's hard with shifting companies while you're nowhere near the top of the corporate chain yet is you lose who/what you've become. in my case, i lost 2.5 years of "hard work". i admit that though i learned much and was mentally-challenged in ePLDT, the experience was not really something you'll call work. it was fun, too much fun to be considered work. and even if i greatly miss having that much fun, that's not why i'm griping now. the fact is, i am tired of doing nothing and being nobody. in ePLDT, i was a game developer for a year and then a "project manager" for 1.5 years. i did connectivity stuff, designed games, attended trainings, stood all day in conference booths and tried sell our games. i made timelines, handled people, assigned projects, interviewed applicants. i reported to him, him and him. i coordinated with this person and this. i was included in email trails with clients and knew what "my products" had, may it be a feature or a bug. my bosses value what i think. our partners/contacts knew me. and i'm even in-charge of planning gimmicks and ordering food whenever we eat out! when i decided to resign, i was expecting to start somewhere near the bottom again in that place where i'll move on. but when i applied here, they said that though i won't be getting the official title of "project manager", i'll be asked to handle, from time to time, a specific project and manage a small team of 3 people (half the size of the former team i was handling). officially, i'm a "software developer". it's been two months now, things are not looking up yet and i'm starting to feel uncomfortable. the most challenging thing i've done yet is minimizing file size, which most of the time, is just removing legacy code. i'm doing unwanted work, lots of small but unrelated stuff. i don't have any long-term tasks. most of the time, i don't know what i'll work on the next day. i have no idea what's happening to the product i'm supposed to be working on. i'm not really sure yet how many bosses i have and if i'm reporting to the right people. and worse, not enough opportunities are there for you to prove yourself and be somebody. i do not regret quitting my previous job nor joining my current one. but so far, i'm not getting what i bargained for and i'm already getting impatient (which is really bad). as you probably know, i've always dreamed of becoming a devoted homemaker (kahit na sabi ni mark, mukhang malabo na yun, :p). so i'm hoping that in the *hopefully* short time that i'll be working, i'll accomplish something and look back satisfied. it's just disappointing to learn that instead of helping me skip a level on the way up, this new job is making me take a few steps back instead.

ok ok, i'm tagged...

i was tagged by ET, mark and mika.. so here it goes... four jobs i've had in my life: 1. mobile game developer 2. project manager 3. mobile applications developer 4. err... four movies i would watch over and over: 1. Pirates of the Caribbean (johnny depp) 2. My Bestfriend's Wedding (julia roberts) 3. Love Actually (hugh grant, colin firth, etc) 4. The Notebook (rachel mcAdams, ryan gosling) four places i have lived: 1. 3 in Limay Bataan 2. 3 in Quezon City 3. 3 in Makati City 4. and i plan to live in tagaytay... hehe! four tv shows i love to watch: 1. CSI 2. House 3. American Idol 4. *edit* i can't believe i forgot, FRIENDS!!! four places i have been to on vacation: 1. Singapore (yung extended na 1.5 days, bakasyon na yun!) 2. Phuket, Thailand (extension uli, 1 day vacation) 3. Baguio (a lot of times already) 4. Los Banos, Laguna four websites i visit daily: 1. my google reader (then off to blogs with updates) 2. my gmail 3. my yahoo mail 4. umm... blogs lang talaga nisi-surf ko e. :D four of my favorite foods: 1. japanese food (teriyaki, yakitori, tempura, maki) 2. filipino food (sinigang, adobo, inihaw, sisig) 3. oil and garlic pasta in white sauce with ham and bacon (avenetto!) 4. steamed fish fillet with garlic (big buddha/superbowl) four places i would rather be right now: 1. in 5++ - star hotel room, where it is dark, real cold, with a big comfy bed and cable tv or lotsa dvds 2. bath tub full of bubbles 3. spa in tagaytay/baguio 4. any out of town gigs with my friends four people i'm going to tag: 1. jaemark 2. jam (para may iba ka nang blog uli bukod haiku ^_^) 3. hannah 4. mark (hiatus ka pa rin ba?)

sakura mind speaks

got a new template! well not really new, i just modified my old one (obvious ba? hehe!). it all started because i've been wanting to put my google reader clip on the sidebar, like what mark did on his blog (inggitera ako e!). basically, none of the designs went well with my old template. so i asked chris to choose a new background color for my blog which will match with clip. and everything else just followed.. had to match the color of the titles, links, etc... (it was all chris' doing, all i had to do was to agree or disagree with his, err.. work). i also asked him to put in a background image. i wanted to have either a cherry blossom tree or a known "sakura" character. then we found this page full of cherry blossom pictures and i fell in love with most of them. maybe if there's time, i could change the background image with a new picture. (di ba chris? hehe!) anyway, for now this is it. few more things will be changed though. hope you like it! (btw, mas maganda sya kung hi-res monitor mo. :D) ---------------------------------------------- Zsa Zsa Zaturnnah Ze Muzikal is back!!! i planned on seeing this show when it was first staged about a month ago. but all the tickets were already sold out just two weeks after the show was announced. luckily, a friend stumbled upon this site by accident. and based on Tanghalang Pilipino's Actor's Company's egroup, it really is back. i'm getting the tickets later. :D ---------------------------------------------- just 4 more episodes to go of CSI season 2 and i'm out. i'm still looking for a copy of the other seasons. anyone out there?? anyway, i'm now converting Flame of Recca and Tsubasa Chronicles episodes for my iPod. these will probably keep me satisfied for at least 2 months. hopefully, i wont be blind by then for reading real small subtitles. :D ---------------------------------------------- "this will probably hand you the biggest laugh of your adult life..." - from My BestFriend's Wedding but i'm seriously thinking of changing careers.. as in BIG change.. i want to be in a profession where i can help others, or make the world a-better-place-to-live-in-shit, first-hand. i'm thinking if i have the time, the patience and what it takes to be a doctor, a criminalist, or whatever. the funny thing is, as you can probably see, i was mostly inspired by my favorite TV shows like House and CSI. i should probably stop watching too much tv. my life is starting to feel like a TV sitcom.

defining the word...

half day now means " come to work at 12noon and stay 'til 9PM." damn i hate it when i get frustrated with what i'm doing and can't leave.