20.3.06

March 2005 - March 2006

I've heard that it is quite a common practice for some people to take a year off from everything after they finish college or whenever they find themselves stuck on career paths that they don't want to be in. It is the year where one is supposed to find himself, realize what he wants to be or get the inspiration to write the next great American novel.

And so I thought "hmm... what a great idea!". Heck I'm at a place where I don't want to be. I am so sick and tired of being in a job where I am guaranteed to have at least one argument a day with some idiot who can't or more appropriately… "won't" understand plain and simple English . So I did it. I took my one year sabbatical.

My "year" started near the end of March 2005. I stopped trying to look for a job, stopped telling my mom that I was in the process of looking for a job, stopped being in a relationship... Basically, got out of every commitment that I had and decided that I was going to just chill for a while and have a blast.

Now, it's already mid March of 2006 and my year is almost over. I'm about to start looking for a job again since I just finished this medical transcription course that I took and although I don't exactly think that I've even come close to finding my life's purpose I did realize a few interesting things. Let me see...

1. Mice can jump up to a distance twice their body's length.

2. Cats multiply through sound.
I've never seen cats doin' it. I've seen dogs do it; I've even seen flies doing it but cats... never. I've seen male cats attempting to hump female cats but those poor male cats just always end up getting screamed at and scratched up and nothing "good" ever happens but I see new kittens around the house every year.

3. Roaches collect their dead.
I have a friend who sets half-dead roaches on fire for fun. Why she does it, I have no idea but I once watched her do it. After she was done roasting this one cockroach, she left for a little bit to get some more alcohol to use on other roaches that might come along and while she was gone 2 other roaches came out of this hole in the wall. One of the roaches started freaking out (It was moving its wings as if it was trying to fly of the ground) while the other grabbed onto the dead roach and was trying to pull it towards the hole in the wall. At this point my friend came back saw the other two roaches and caught the two other roaches and proceeded to set them on fire.

4. This 1 year self actualization thing should only be attempted by people who have parents who are filthy rich.
Coz if you have rich parents to mooch off of then you can go out and travel and stuff but if you're like me and your parents don't exactly have the means to send you backpacking through Europe, you'll end up being stuck at home most of the time so instead of observing the human race to get some insight you end up observing mice and roaches do whatever it is that they do.

5. ... that no matter how perfect you think the person that you are gushing over is... there is someone out there who's MUCH BETTER in EVERY SINGLE WAY that is important.

6. If you put a chalk in someone's hand and he or she will write on any surface available.
My mom started teaching recently and she made the mistake of leaving a stick of chalk lying around the house. When she got home that night she was greeted by a note on our front door that said: "Ma, may nahanap akong chalk. hehe. : p (Ma, I found some chalk. hehe)” I am not making this up. That note is still on our door and I would take a picture but I don't have a digital camera. I considered scanning the door but my scanner isn't one of those cool handheld scanners that you see spies use in movies and taking the door off its hinges would be a bit of a hassle.

7. Uma Khouny is straight. (?)

8. Rustom Padilla is gay. (Duh???)

9. Natalie Portman said it's possible the she may be gay. (Yahoo!!! as if... mwehehe :p )
Rolling Stone (USA)
[On being asked if she may be gay]
Natalie Portman: "Sure. I've never dated a woman or anything like that, but, I mean, I think it's much more the person that you fall in love with – and why would you close yourself off to fifty percent of the people?"

posted by jeanne @ 15:54 0 comments

2.3.06

State of Utmost Confusion

The president issued another televised announcement saying that she will be willing to lift the state of emergency proclamation in 3 days if and only if certain conditions are met...

This guy who keeps on speaking very "makata"-like tagalog began preaching again. Saying something to the effect of it really was not necessary to declare a state of national emergency. Not necessary? Does he mean no one was really trying to overthrow the government...

Aimee Marcos speaks up: "Madame President; you're a second-rate, trying-hard, copycat... of my dad".

A president who has the audacity to appear on T.V. and speak in such a manner that sounds as if she's holding an entire country hostage; a deaf, blind, but most definitely NOT MUTE house senior deputy majority floor leader; and the daughter of a dictator who's using lines from a Sharon Cuneta movie to comment on national issues...

I can only say 2 things:

1. Mwehehehe :P
2. Ms. Marcos, I suggest that you practice with some Gladys Reyes "Mara Clara" lines first before you take on Madame Cheri Gil herself (I would've wanted to say that you could practice on "Amor Powers" because she's relatively more recent but you're not that advanced). It takes a certain level of expertise to deliver that particular line with the "umph" that it deserves and you don't have it... as of yet...

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