Trying to Participate

Trying to Participate http://parangtukmol.multiply.com/ So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be. <DIV> - Charlie, The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky </DIV> Sat, 29 Nov 2008 13:12:05 -0000 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:28:00 -0000 Trying to Participate http://images.parangtukmol.multiply.com/logo http://parangtukmol.multiply.com/ 100 100 Hairspray updates <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4ejtXI_rjAU/SQlU0hArSQI/AAAAAAAAAOU/H0zPfl-0nvQ/s1600-h/DSC06663.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px;display: block;text-align: center;cursor: pointer;width: 320px;height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4ejtXI_rjAU/SQlU0hArSQI/AAAAAAAAAOU/H0zPfl-0nvQ/s320/DSC06663.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262830900750272770" border="0" /></a>Guess what these are? Two tickets to the gala production of Hairspray! Yay! I also was able to get my hands on some press photos showing the cast--unfortunately, Michael de Mesa is not in his fat suit, and apparently Corny Collins is not considered a big role, since I don't know who's playing him or what he looks like. The guy doing Link, despite his name being the same as mine, looks suspiciously gay, and Nyoy Volante is cute in his Seaweed outfit--I have high hopes for him. I do hope newbie (in the tradition of all who played Tracy) Madel Ching pulls it off--she looks REALLY out of breath in <a href="http://guides.clickthecity.com/clipcast/?v=732">this</a> interview by ClickTheCity--she'll need a lot of lung power for those high notes. Again, where the heck is Corny?! <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4ejtXI_rjAU/SQlYT5tHVVI/AAAAAAAAAOc/y8lWvkAu1co/s1600-h/Untitled-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px;display: block;text-align: center;cursor: pointer;width: 320px;height: 216px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4ejtXI_rjAU/SQlYT5tHVVI/AAAAAAAAAOc/y8lWvkAu1co/s320/Untitled-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262834738489939282" border="0" /></a>Corny Collins--missing in action. <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4ejtXI_rjAU/SQlYo8wh-rI/AAAAAAAAAOk/RfviTzJWKEY/s1600-h/Untitled-3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px;display: block;text-align: center;cursor: pointer;width: 320px;height: 186px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4ejtXI_rjAU/SQlYo8wh-rI/AAAAAAAAAOk/RfviTzJWKEY/s320/Untitled-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262835100086827698" border="0" /></a>Penny and Seaweed--pwede! I'm set to watch Hairspray on November 13, with Jeremy and Avi. My thanks go out to Joseph, who supplied the free orchestra seats. Can't wait! Wheeeeee!!! http://parangtukmol.multiply.com/journal/item/85/Hairspray_updates Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:28:00 -0000 Max Payne Max Payne is painful to watch. I kid you not. Adapted from the popular 2001 third-person shooter, Max Payne the Movie has our favorite badmouth Mark Wahlberg as the burnt-out NYPD detective who is constantly haunted by the murder of his wife and child. And while Mark was stellar in Scorsese's 'The Departed', tolerable in 'Shooter', and dismal in 'The Happening', here he is terribly ordinary. Should I say Mark did not do the movie and the role any justice, or is it the other way around? I think the latter is more accurate. Well, it's not surprising that the plot deviated from the main story in the game (the same happened in Hitman), but the movie is riddled with plot holes that leave you scratching your head and asking questions like: 1. Why didn't the guard shoot Max while he was screaming his head out in a drug-induced hallucination? 2. Why did Lupino go down from just one shot from a pistol when Max survives being shot close range with a shotgun AND machine gun fire? 3. Why i... http://parangtukmol.multiply.com/reviews/item/1 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:00:37 -0000 Song of the moment Last week it was 'Without Love' from Hairspray, right now it's Gary Granada's 'Mabuti Pa Sila'. =============== Mabuti Pa Sila Gary Granada Mabuti pa ang mga surot, laging mayrong masisiksikan Mabuti pa ang bubble gum, laging mayrong didikitan Mabuti pa ang salamin, laging mayrong tumitingin Di tulad kong laging walang pumapansin Mabuti pa ang mga lapis, sinusulatan ang papel At mas mapalad ang kamatis, maya't maya napipisil Napakaswerte ng bayong, hawak ng aleng maganda Di tulad kong lagi na lang nag-iisa Ano ba'ng wala ako na mayron sila Di man lang makaisa habang iba'y dala-dalwa Pigilan n'yo akong magpatiwakal Mabuti pa ang galunggong nasasabihan ng 'mahal' Kahit ang suka ay may toyo at ang asin may paminta Mabuti pa ang lumang dyaryo at yakap-yakap ang isda Mabuti pa sila, mabuti pa sila Di tulad kong lagi na lang nag-iisa Mabuti pa ang simpleng tissue at laging nahahalikan Mabuti pa ang mga bisyo, umaasang babalikan Mabuti pa sila, mabuti pa sila Di tulad kong lagi na lang nag-iisa Pigilan n'yo akong ma... http://parangtukmol.multiply.com/journal/item/84/Song_of_the_moment Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:57:00 -0000 What gives a girl power and punch? Is it charm is it poise? No, it's HAIRSPRAY! <a href="http://www.pleasedancewithme.com/ClipArtHairSprayHomeLg.gif"><img style="text-align: justify;float: left;margin-top: 0px;margin-right: 10px;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-left: 0px;cursor: pointer;width: 320px;" src="http://www.pleasedancewithme.com/ClipArtHairSprayHomeLg.gif" border="0" alt=""></a>One of the things I've been looking forward to in 2008 (besides 13th month pay) is Atlantis' local version of Hairspray, the hit broadway musical--which was also made into a movie starring Zac Efron, James Marsden (t3h m4n!), Queen Latifah, Christopher Walken, Amanda Bynes, Michelle Pfeiffer, and John Travolta as a woman. Anyways, I've just run across news about the cast--beginning with the legendary Dulce as Motormouth Maybelle, Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo as Velma, Nyoy Volante as Seaweed, and Michael de Mesa in John Travolta's female role. The original article, from the Philippine Daily Inquirer, is <a href="http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/entertainment/entertainment/view/20081016-166774/Sam-Anne-breakup">here</a>. Just ignore Sam and Anne, scroll down a bit, and you'll see it. I am beside myself. Nyoy as Seaweed! Holy crap! How cool is that? I just hope he can dance as well as he can sing. And although I originally hoped Lyn Sherman would be playing Velma, I'm quite confident Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo will do one hell of a job as the musical's main antagonist and resident bigoted biatch. I'd also l... http://parangtukmol.multiply.com/journal/item/82/What_gives_a_girl_power_and_punch_Is_it_charm_is_it_poise_No_its_HAIRSPRAY Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:03:00 -0000 A wayfarer's short prayer <a href="http://lightproofbox.com/blog/wp-content/2006052501_road_to_heaven.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px;display: block;text-align: center;cursor: pointer;width: 320px;" src="http://lightproofbox.com/blog/wp-content/2006052501_road_to_heaven.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> I set out on a narrow and broken road long ago, and now I hope I'm nearing the end, nearing home. http://parangtukmol.multiply.com/journal/item/81/A_wayfarers_short_prayer Wed, 1 Oct 2008 20:31:00 -0000 Trying to be profound <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4ejtXI_rjAU/SMUCI7iRsFI/AAAAAAAAAOM/5j-5X6SKqYA/s1600-h/rain-on-table-480.jpg"><img style="float:left;margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4ejtXI_rjAU/SMUCI7iRsFI/AAAAAAAAAOM/5j-5X6SKqYA/s320/rain-on-table-480.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243599693586477138" /></a> "Realize, then, that impoverishment is also a teacher, unique in its capacity to renew, and that its yield, when it ends, is a passionate openness which in turn re-invests the world with meaning.” - <a href="http://poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/82">Louse Gluck</a> I found this quote in <a href="http://caravangirl.wordpress.com/">Naya's</a> blog, which I visit from time to time, because she is a writer I have great admiration for, and reading her entries shows just how much more of my writerly self I have to improve. Along with <a href="http://deanalfar.blogspot.com/">Dean</a> and <a href="http://andrewdrilon.livejournal.com/">Andrew</a>, these people write about daily life like poetry. I, on the other hand, don't even know if that last sentence even made sense. Anyways, I found this quote extremely appropriate for my situation now, even though I have already graduated and have a stable job (the quote is from a graduation address). But it is exactly those things, I think, that made it resound with me so strongly; that despite having a job, I still find myself helpless against the travails of life (to which, most often, the solution is MONEY), struggling to keep up with the ups and ... http://parangtukmol.multiply.com/journal/item/80/Trying_to_be_profound Tue, 9 Sep 2008 00:41:00 -0000 Escape Without going into specifics, I'd say I've found quite a pleasant diversion in Bones, a CSI-like series with a dash of humor thrown into the mix. All the characters are lovable and extremely unique, the dialogue is fast-paced and clever enough to keep me occupied temporarily. Of course I hardly understand any of the scientific jargon they regularly throw at me, the hapless viewer, but it's really just like House--you don't watch primarily for the nerdiness of it, but for the way it's all presented in one unique package. All those high-sounding terms simply lends an air of authenticity to it. It's a great show, really. The way the relationships and tensions between the characters are portrayed provides a stark contrast to the gravity of the cases they take. I realize some might have a problem with this, but not me. Lightness is a welcome feeling. And I've always liked David Boreanaz ever since his Angel days. It's now officially one of my favorite TV series. <a href="http://images.parangtukmol.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/SKorVQoKCG0AABX@tD01/1.jpeg?et=TlEwk9aVjSkWxgICG0DQdg&nmid=0"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px;display: block;text-align: center;cursor: pointer;width: 320px;" src="http://images.parangtukmol.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/SKorVQoKCG0AABX@tD01/1.jpeg?et=TlEwk9aVjSkWxgICG0DQdg&nmid=0" alt="" border="0" /></a>I am crushing on the girl sec... http://parangtukmol.multiply.com/journal/item/79/Escape Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:59:00 -0000 Birthday at CYMA, Shangri La Mall, Mandaluyong - 6 April 2008 Ako ang taya, http://parangtukmol.multiply.com/photos/album/6/Birthday_at_CYMA_Shangri_La_Mall_Mandaluyong_-_6_April_2008 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:35:10 -0000 Nth rant <a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_4ejtXI_rjAU/SHeUveaIPkI/AAAAAAAAAKc/-CWjklwJBzI/s1600-h/rant_small.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px;display: block;text-align: center;cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_4ejtXI_rjAU/SHeUveaIPkI/AAAAAAAAAKc/-CWjklwJBzI/s320/rant_small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221805836296797762" border="0" /></a> It's hard to put down something profound, something decent on paper--digital or otherwise--when there are things (read: thing; read DEEPER: PERSON) that just bleeds you dry. Still, here are some tips that might help that I hope she/he (there's a clue right there) never reads and remains oblivious to for the rest of her life that I hope somebody richer and more powerful will tell her to her face and she will consequently melt (very painfully) in embarrassment or subsequently resign and live on a deserted island like the one in Lost and then find a hatch then be killed by a giant snake-type monster that's always surrounded by smoke. - learn to Google. Just type the letters w-w-w-.-g-o-o-g-l-e-.-c-o-m - do not click on things like the world is ending. - the scroll bar is on the right side of your screen. The arrow pointing down, which also looks like an inverted triangle, means DOWN. The arrow pointing up, that looks like an upright triangle, means UP. - stop lying to your relatives. - stop hav... http://parangtukmol.multiply.com/journal/item/78/Nth_rant Sat, 12 Jul 2008 07:55:00 -0000 Filler From Steven Sondheim's broadway hit 'Company' Watch the video <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBBPKedba5o&amp;feature=related">here</a>. ROBERT [speaking]: Stop!...What do you get? [Sings] Someone to hold you too close, Someone to hurt you too deep, Someone to sit in your chair, To ruin your sleep. PAUL: That's true, but there's more to it than that. SARAH: Is that all you think there is to it? HARRY: You've got so many reasons for not being with someone, but Robert, you haven't got one good reason for being alone. LARRY: Come on, you're on to something, Bobby. You're on to something. ROBERT: Someone to need you too much, Someone to know you too well, Someone to pull you up short And put you through hell. DAVID: You see what you look for, you know. JOANNE: You're not a kid anymore, Robby. I don't think you'll ever be a kid again, kiddo. PETER: Hey, buddy, don't be afraid it won't be perfect. The only thing to be afraid of really is that it won't be. JENNY: Don't stop now. Keep going. ROBERT: Someone you have to let in, Someone whose feelings you spare, Someone who, like it or not... http://parangtukmol.multiply.com/journal/item/77/Filler Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:29:00 -0000 There is no charge for awesomeness... ...and attractiveness. <a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_4ejtXI_rjAU/SFNuYMlnJ4I/AAAAAAAAAKM/KeItWdV6phI/s1600-h/Kung-Fu-Panda-1370.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_4ejtXI_rjAU/SFNuYMlnJ4I/AAAAAAAAAKM/KeItWdV6phI/s320/Kung-Fu-Panda-1370.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211630555772692354" border="0" /></a> But there is! 110 pesos to be exact (prices based on SM Cinema deluxe seats). Still, it was well worth the price to catch Kung Fu Panda with my brother Jemoi last night, which now tops my favorite animated movie list, displacing The Incredibles. Sorry Jack-jack. <a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_4ejtXI_rjAU/SFNuWgd1agI/AAAAAAAAAKE/aLdMEJkvLjY/s1600-h/jackjack.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_4ejtXI_rjAU/SFNuWgd1agI/AAAAAAAAAKE/aLdMEJkvLjY/s320/jackjack.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211630526749043202" border="0" /></a>Kung Fu Panda tells the story of Po the Panda (Jack Black), a big, fat and clumsy panda who dreams of learning kung fu while tending shop at his father's (who happens to be a goose) noodle restaurant. The world as he know it changes when he is chosen by ancient master (tortoise) Oogway (Randall Duk Kim) to become the 'Dragon Master', the powerful hero destined to defend the village from Tai Lung (Ian McShane), the evil snow leopard determined to learn the secret to limitless power. Of course, he has to contend with varied degrees of discrimination and ridicule from the legendary Fearsome Five--Mantis (Seth Rogen), Tigress (Angelina Jolie), Monkey (Jackie Chan), Viper (Lucy Liu), and Crane (Cross)--and their... http://parangtukmol.multiply.com/journal/item/76/There_is_no_charge_for_awesomeness... Sat, 14 Jun 2008 20:47:00 -0000 I win! I win! From Yugatech.com/blog: iPod Shuffle and YugaTech T-Shirt Winners Published by: yuga under: Contests. posted: June 9th, 2008 Published by: yuga under 18 hours, 14 minutes ago in Contests. --> We’ve got 5 iPod Shuffles and 20 YugaTech T-Shirts to give away today. Check out the name of our winners below and follow instructions on how to claim your prize. Congrats to the lucky winners! For the iPod Shuffles, we’re giving 1 unit to the most active participant in TradePort Forum. and the winner is: iamstorm We also have 4 iPod Shuffle winners to bloggers who helped promote the Tradeport contest: Jan Alvin of Blog Tambayan Yohan of Yoedelbarrio.com Bunny of It’s a Bunny Life Flisha Fernandez of Random Detox Then, 20 YugaTech T-Shirt winners to members who registered at Tradeport. We had 69 people wanting a T-Shirt each but I can only give out 20. lord_art8/P365D Shannelle itzmeeh juvic blozoomdotcom kaliwete dhoy005 Ivy ralphswurld Raein superbong suspect cocoie Xeltran acidcrush13 shinrai mameiha69 mikeonline( jersey xsabr... http://parangtukmol.multiply.com/journal/item/75/I_win_I_win Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:34:00 -0000 Vignette: Dreams <a href="http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/gogh/fields/gogh.cypress-star.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; " src="http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/gogh/fields/gogh.cypress-star.jpg" alt="" border="0" /=""></img></a> I. Last night I dreamt of her dancing the boogie with me at a local dance club in downtown I vaguely remember my parents bringing me to one night when I was a kid. We were the only ones below thirty there, she and I—everyone else seemed to be these tired couples who looked old enough to have kids out of college, longing for the good old times. I had asked her to dance and to trust me, and she said yes, and we took the house down. We were absolutely great. I felt absolutely great; she was smiling and holding me tight and telling me that that was the best time she ever had in ages. And we never danced, ever—it was of those things I had just thought of doing on the spot, and she was good enough to humor me. But as we walked back to our seats, I wanted to stop time, suddenly seeing all those aged faces looking at us like we had been just the thing they wanted to be again, all aglow in the nostalgia of remembered youth and years long gone. II. The other night had me seeing all the familiar place... http://parangtukmol.multiply.com/journal/item/74/Vignette_Dreams Fri, 23 May 2008 07:46:00 -0000 Airsoft http://parangtukmol.multiply.com/photos/album/4/Airsoft Tue, 13 May 2008 03:52:44 -0000 Something about nothing at all, really. There comes a time when I feel like writing something but can't seem to put my finger on it; my fingers grow itchy and my mind wanders to every conceivable this and that and here and there. It's been almost a month too, since my last post, and I do owe it to the few people--some I know, some obscure, some just plain annoying--who come here once in a while to check out my random bursts of insanity and maybe drop a line or two, to put up something (that aspires to be) clever. Don't get me wrong, there are a lot of things I want to put here, but I've always imagined this blog to be more of a repository for thoughts about life--hence the title (if you don't get it, don't worry--the word that starts with a 'C' automatically excuses you from any fault)--rather than a chronicle of my day to day or week to week activities. The whole "Dear Diary" crap is old and retarded, and is best reserved for overly-giddy teenage girls who like Hale and sissy emo music and make a big deal about proms and stu... http://parangtukmol.multiply.com/journal/item/73/Something_about_nothing_at_all_really. Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:33:00 -0000 Beginning a journey <a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_4ejtXI_rjAU/R-PcB_dYYnI/AAAAAAAAAJk/1rg0kXjaf2w/s1600-h/road.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_4ejtXI_rjAU/R-PcB_dYYnI/AAAAAAAAAJk/1rg0kXjaf2w/s320/road.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180225923178848882" border="0" /></a> Denial is the most predictable of all human responses. - The Architect, The Matrix Reloaded For months now, I've consistently avoided coming face to face with the fact that the day will come when she has to go away, that there will come a day when we will be thrust into the uncertain and topsy-turvy world of inter-continental relationships. I guess something inside me wanted to believe that there'd be an easier way for us, that some sort of bizzare miracle would occur, and everything would be fine; no more hurdles, no more difficulties--only bliss. And only recently has reality--like it always does--punched me in the gut so hard that I am left gasping for air. How does one deal when someone goes away? Death is easier, I think (although more painful), with its finality and definiteness; what do you do when someone is there but not there at the same time? Some people treat SOs as if they were accessories; there's that longing too, of course, that hankering for its presence, for its nearnes... http://parangtukmol.multiply.com/journal/item/72/Beginning_a_journey Sat, 22 Mar 2008 06:30:00 -0000 “Ma’am, akala ko nga bago eh.” <a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_4ejtXI_rjAU/R8Zh_QvIPHI/AAAAAAAAAJU/LCr_ABrl1D0/s1600-h/sisig.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171928961533885554" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_4ejtXI_rjAU/R8Zh_QvIPHI/AAAAAAAAAJU/LCr_ABrl1D0/s320/sisig.jpg" border="0"></a> My breath smells like sisig now, that delectable mix of diced pork ears, pork liver, onions, and chili peppers served sizzling on a hot cast-iron plate. If only I had a bottle of Pale Pilsen to go with it, and the company of someone particular, ah, that would have truly made my day. ============= I’d really like to rant about work—well, not really work, but one fantastically idiotic person at work—but that wouldn’t be right. I just get really burned out sometimes, sitting in my workspace right beside her office, hearing snatches of conversation ("Ay, Mother! Chika chika chika! Blah blah blah!") that have nothing to do with work—this coming from someone who tells everyone else to stop talking to each other while working—and saying robotic yes-es to senseless and utterly stupid demands. I keep telling the people here who have a like mind that I am slowly evolving into some synthetic polymer product. I keep remembering last Christmas, where she kept telling anyone who cared to listen (or... http://parangtukmol.multiply.com/journal/item/71/71 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:21:00 -0000 And here I go helter-skelter I am here, microscopic dot on microscopic dot without any fairy cake. from the wisdom of <a href="http://wikipedia.org/">Wikipedia</a>: The Total Perspective Vortex, in the fictional world of Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, is the most horrible torture device to which a sentient being can be subjected. Located on Frogstar World B, it shows its victim the entire unimaginable infinity of the universe with a very tiny marker that says "You Are Here" which points to a microscopic dot on a microscopic dot. The machine was originally invented by one Trin Tragula in order to annoy his wife. Because she was forever nagging him for having no sense of proportion, he decided to invent something that would show her what having a sense of proportion really meant. Unfortunately the shock of being placed in the Vortex destroyed her brain, but Trin Tragula's grief was tempered by the knowledge that he had been right and she had been wrong. The Total Perspective Vortex had proved that in an infinite universe the one thin... http://parangtukmol.multiply.com/journal/item/70/And_here_I_go_helter-skelter Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:02:00 -0000 Long overdue It’s been awhile since I’ve put down anything that can even be remotely described as concrete, much less sensible. So, in lieu of the just-barely-so-new year, I’d like to say the following: Last year was great. Sure, it was also one of the saddest and crappiest years I’ve ever had, but there were good things too, and I’d like to thank God for that. Sorrows aside, it was a year of finding love again, overnights and New Year’s Eve in Tarlac, meeting families old and new, surprising generosity and the subsequent Mr. Pookums, watching Into The Woods with a good friend, watching Avenue Q with my best friend and favorite person, and smatterings of small good things scattered in-between. It was a year of a lot of good books and (still) trying to write; a year of realizations and lessons learned. ========= Moving on. I wish I had something massive to write about. Not love, because I love for me (and her, of course), and it’s nobody else’s business—I think I’m past the stage and age where I like to ... http://parangtukmol.multiply.com/journal/item/69/Long_overdue Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:05:12 -0000 Batman the Dark Knight - Trailer 2 The second trailer for the upcoming Batman http://parangtukmol.multiply.com/video/item/10/Batman_the_Dark_Knight_-_Trailer_2 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 03:13:30 -0000 Stop this train What better way to start the year than with a song? ================ Stop this Train John Mayer No, I'm not color blind I know the world is black and white Try to keep an open mind But I just can't sleep on this tonight Stop this train I wanna get off And go home again I can't take the speed it's moving in I know I can But honestly, won't someone stop this train? Don't know how else to say it Don't want to see my parents go One generation's length away From fighting life out on my own Stop this train I wanna get off And go home again I can't take the speed it's moving in I know I can But honestly, won't someone stop this train? So scared of getting older I'm only good at being young So I play the numbers game To find a way to say that life has just begun Had a talk with my old man Said "help me understand" He said "turn sixty-eight You renegotiate" "Don't stop this train Don't for a minute change the place you're in And don't think I couldn't ever understand I tried my hand John, honestly we'll never stop this train" Once... http://parangtukmol.multiply.com/journal/item/68/Stop_this_train Mon, 7 Jan 2008 19:23:00 -0000 Vertical Horizon (Press Conference - 6 December 2007) Vertical Horizon - Go the Album Tour Manila - w/ guests Rivermaya - Press Conference, Sofitel Philippine Plaza, CCP Complex, Manila. All pics taken by me and are unedited. (shot with a Canon 400D w/ Sigma 18-50mm standard http://parangtukmol.multiply.com/photos/album/3/Vertical_Horizon_Press_Conference_-_6_December_2007 Thu, 6 Dec 2007 08:32:06 -0000 Scattered thoughts on relationships <a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_4ejtXI_rjAU/R1Vnro9PPJI/AAAAAAAAAJM/-newrv0m1yQ/s1600-h/Scattered.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_4ejtXI_rjAU/R1Vnro9PPJI/AAAAAAAAAJM/-newrv0m1yQ/s320/Scattered.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5140128549139594386" border="0" /></a> We all know relationships are hard. It wouldn’t be too much of a stretch to say that we all have at least a vague idea that real relationships are more than just kisses and walks in the park, or candlelit dinners and holding hands while watching a movie. Nevertheless, it is not unheard off, that two people who previously thought that their promises would hold suddenly drift apart and discover that all that remains between them are broken pledges, old hurts, and that good old “sorry”. They ask themselves whether they could have done something to prevent it, they ask themselves where along the road did they lose it, they ask themselves what went wrong and who’s to blame. But at this point whether or not these questions are answered is of little consequence—the damage has been done, and the whole house of cards has long since fallen down. I guess it’s just as simple as saying that people who are always there are also the ones who are the easiest to take for granted. They’re low maintenance,... http://parangtukmol.multiply.com/journal/item/67/Scattered_thoughts_on_relationships Wed, 5 Dec 2007 06:31:00 -0000 I was raised to be charming, not sincere! - Prince Charming, after Cinderella finds out his affair with Sleeping Beauty I’ve always been a big fan of the play—the way it is dynamic and alive (both figuratively and literally), the way it involves the audience in every step and song and dance and line, the way the actor’s voices aren’t just from speakers (Dolby or not, real life is still the best), and the way the scenes aren’t just the best parts cut out and put together in editing from a long timeline of takes one to one hundred. That being said, I must confess that I haven’t been to a play in ages—the last one, if I remember correctly, was way back in college, and was about a closet gay stuntman whose number one idol in the whole world was Ariel the Little Mermaid. After, academics, girlfriends, breakups, heartaches, Ragnarok and DOTA, and a part-time job got in the way, so I never got to watch another. I was able to finally rectify that last Friday, thanks to the indomitable Conrad, cartoonist and graphic artist extraordinaire (albeit a very frustrated one), who was kind enough to supply me with a free ... http://parangtukmol.multiply.com/journal/item/66/I_was_raised_to_be_charming_not_sincere_-_Prince_Charming_after_Cinderella_finds_out_his_affair_with_Sleeping_Beauty Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:00:00 -0000 Discontent <a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_4ejtXI_rjAU/R0T4xv1HYzI/AAAAAAAAAIk/zRZNzUVCkDs/s1600-h/845072391_d71b4b4faa_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_4ejtXI_rjAU/R0T4xv1HYzI/AAAAAAAAAIk/zRZNzUVCkDs/s320/845072391_d71b4b4faa_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5135503008645735218" border="0" /></a> It is human nature, I guess, that we are constantly dissatisfied with what we have. Even during the times fate does give us better circumstances, it is not uncommon for us to see, much less appreciate, how better off we are. It’s always the “should have been” and “what could be better” things that preoccupy us. We are hardly ever satisfied. I guess there’s something in that phenomenon that explains the increasing callousness and lack of attention we have for the people around us as time goes by. We constantly mull over their mistakes, weaknesses and shortcomings, and it is only when they’ve gone—oftentimes for good—that we say wholeheartedly that he or she was a good person, that his or her heart was without peer in its purity and kindness. Only then we say that we wish we were more understanding, more accepting, more adjustable, more loving. Only then do we apologize for our insensitivity, only then do we realize how we’ve failed them, how WE could have done them better, and only then ... http://parangtukmol.multiply.com/journal/item/65/Discontent Thu, 22 Nov 2007 19:31:00 -0000 ENDLESS STORY - Yuna Ito (Acoustic/Bossa Nova-ish version) LYRICS: (Romanji) If you haven’t changed your mind Soba ni ite hoshii yo Tonight Tsuyogaru koto ni tsukareta no Osana sugita no Everytime I think about you baby Ima nara ieru I miss you It’s so hard to say I’m sorry Tatoeba dare ka no tame ja naku anata no tame ni Utaitai kono uta wo Owara nai story tsuduku kono kagayaki ni Always tsutaetai zutto eien ni Memories of our time together Kesa nai de kono mama don’t go away Atatakaku toke dashite tashikameru no Yasashisa no shizuku kono mune ni hirogatteku Setsu nai hodo ni I’m missing you Kasaneta te hanasa naide Tatoeba kanau nara mou ichido anata no tame ni Utai tai kono uta wo Owara nai story taemanai itoshisa de tell me why oshiete yo zutto eien ni Tatoeba dare ka no tame ja naku anata no tame ni Utaitai kono uta wo Owara nai story tsuduku kono kagayaki ni Always tsutaetai zutto eien ni Tatoeba kanau nara mou ichido anata no tame ni Utai tai kono uta wo Owara nai story taemanai itoshisa de t... http://parangtukmol.multiply.com/video/item/9/ENDLESS_STORY_-_Yuna_Ito_AcousticBossa_Nova-ish_version Thu, 18 Oct 2007 06:47:42 -0000