Friday, May 16, 2008

Hindi pa tapos ang kamalasan!

Hmmm, so far okey naman yung kotse, wala namang nagiging problema... pero may nasirang iba...

yung TV ko sa kwarto!!! Huhuhu!!! :( :( :(

Nung 5AM nang madaling araw, bigla ko na lang napansin na lumiwanag sa kwarto ko, bigla na lang bumukas yung TV ko. Akala ko napindot ko lang yung remote control. Pinatay ko lang yung TV tapos pumikit na ulit. Pagkatapos ng ilang segundo, bumukas nanaman yung TV! Tapos lumalakas pa yung volume! Ang tagal kong tinitigan yung TV at lumalakas na yung kaba ko, nasa isip ko, minumulto ata ako. Kaya tumayo ako at tinanggal na lang yung saksakan, ayun, di na bumukas. Nagising ako ng 8AM at sinubukan muli yung TV, nag-assume na lang ako na baka sa kuryente nung voltage regulator, pero ganun pa rin, hindi naman ako minumulto hehe, tinotopak lang pala yung TV. Kaya ginawa ko, dinala ko sa Love Electronics sa Marikina, libre examine at estimate raw hehehe. Ayun nga, may problema raw sa system control chip niya at kaya naman daw ayusin, pwede ko na ngang balikan nang hapon. At ito na, ang tanong, magkano? Anak ng tokwa, P1,400 daw kasama na ang labor at palit ng mga parts kasama na yung capacitors for maintenance. Ang sakit, hindi na ata ako matatapos sa kakabayad ng mga nasisira...

Ito pa pala, pagkalabas ko rin ng kwarto, ang unang tanong sa akin ni Dadi, "Bakit ayaw mag-on ng monitor ng pc?" Ay sus, umagang umaga may isa pang sira kaysa sa TV ko. Ayun nga, feeling ko baka sa power supply ng monitor kasi ayaw na talaga mag-on, pero sabi ko na lang kay Dadi siya na bumili ng monitor hahaha! Isang monitor lang naman para sa pc na ginagamit niya, sabi ko balak ko pa bumili ng LCD monitor para sa isa pang pc (good luck sa akin kung makabili pa ako... huhuhu). :(

Hay, dami ko pa naman gustong bilhin, HDTV, PS3, prime lens, boso lens, etc. Pero saka na yun, sabi ko nga, dun muna ako sa medyo mura nang kaunti, Circular Polarizer filter sana kaso mukhang pati iyon ipapagliban ko muna para lang mabayaran yung mga gastos. Idagdag sa listahan:

1. Brakes phase (P1,300)
2. Aircon Condenser (P9,500)
3. Aircon Fuse (P175)
4. Kalso sa brakes para pumantay (walang bayad, tip na lang haha)
5. Left Rear Wheel Vulcanizing (P85)
6. Radiator Drain and Coolant Replacement (P550 yata)
7. Car Battery Replacement (P3,410)
8. TV Repair (P1,400)

:(

Monday, May 12, 2008

Nilamon Ako ng Kotse Ko!!!

Oo, totoo, nilamon ako ng kotse ko, actually, nilalamon niya ang pera ng wallet ko huhuhu!

Okay, here's the thing, for a span of a month or two, I've been spending a lot for my car. Not in terms of customizations nor buying of additional accessories, but mainly due to numerous defects my Altis car has been displaying recently, and when I say "recently", kaninang umaga lang yun haha! Here's a list (in order ng pagpapagawa since late April hanggang kaninang umaga):

1. Brakes phase (P1,300)
2. Aircon Condenser (P9,500)
3. Aircon Fuse (P175)
4. Kalso sa brakes para pumantay (walang bayad, tip na lang haha)
5. Left Rear Wheel Vulcanizing (P85)
6. Radiator Drain and Coolant Replacement (P550 yata)
7. Car Battery Replacement (P3,410)

Ayaw ko na i-total yung gastos pero siguro nakabili na ako ng camera lens niyan na may mga additional filters pa hahaha! Hay, grabe ang gastos, I just hope that the next time I will encounter this will be in 5 years time pa hahaha! Sabi nga ng dad ko, malas ko raw kasi sunod sunod talaga naglabasan yung problema, hay... I would like to thank my sponsors, HSBC for sponsoring me a credit card for utangs, my company for paying me in exchange for work so i can pay my utangs, and for my dad for lending me money to pay for the aircon problem (in short, utang ulit) hahaha! For the coming days hanggang July siguro, puro half-rice at gulay muna ako for lunch para P25 lang ang gastos, kahit papaano tipid hahaha! Leche pang gasolina yan, tumaas nanaman! Grrrr!!!

Maybe I should really name my car, baka yun ang swerte dun... pangalanan ko kayang Sitla? Hahaha! Parang Sutla eh hahaha!

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Para hindi mapahiya

Nagkukuwentuhan kami ng officemate kong si Mike kanina lang sa YM. Pupunta kasi sila ng boracay kasama niya girlfriend niya pati iba naming kabarkada dito sa office. Tinanong niya ako kung sa airport ba ay bawal pa rin ang liquids. Sagot ko naman, oo, bawal ang liquids sa handcarry pero okey lang kung sa check-in bag. Tapos biniro ko, sabi ko, "Kaya kung may condom kang dala, siguraduhin mong nasa check-in at baka mapahiya ka pa sa harap ng maraming tao pag nagconfiscate yun." Haha! Tapos tawa lang kami nang tawa sa YM. Napaisip din kami kung paano nga kung nasa bag mo yung condom at sinabi sayo na bawal yun at nilabas sa bag mo sabay confiscate habang nasa harap ka ng mga tao na nasa pila para magpacheck din ng bag. Pagtingin mo sa mga tao sa pila, ito ang ilan sa mga naisip namin para hindi mapahiya:

1. Humirit ng classic, "Eh kaysa naman sa mag-drugs ako!!!"

2. Maging defensive, "Ano gusto niyo? Makabuntis ako?!?"

3. Ibintang sa iba, "Ah nagtext kasi si Marc Nelson, nagpabili ng extra supplies." (yun nga lang sabi ni Mike, baka mapagkamalan kang bading hahaha!)

4. Magyabang, "Hehe, sinabihan kasi ako ni Ehra Madrigal na magbaon eh..." (magwish ka na lang na sana wala siyang kamag-anak dun hehe)

5. Ibintang ulit sa iba, "Anak ng tokwa! Sabi sa akin ng tatay ko kendi daw to eh! Pang kontra-biyahilo daw... pambihira..."

Hehe, naging katuwaan lang naman ang sitwasyon. Mga tipong "what-ifs" na ano ang gagawin mo kung mangyari sayo yan. Ang sabi rin ni Mike, matawa ka na lang na kapag naconfiscate sayo, pati lahat ng lalake sa pila biglang naghalungkatan ng bag at nilabas ang mga sarili nilang "baon" hahaha! Pero hindi naman yun ang tanong ni Mike, hindi naman tungkol sa "baon" na yun, tinatanong niya talaga sa akin ay shampoo haha! Biniro ko lang si Mike kaya naging ganun yung usapan hahaha! Anyway, na-curious lang kami sa anong posibleng ihirit ng mga tao pag nagigipit sa sitwasyon, mga tipong palusot na patawa para lang hindi ka mapahiya, bistado ka na eh, subukan mo na lang wag mapahiya haha!

Tuesday, April 08, 2008

Generation Gap

Recently, I have been noticing the few significant changes that has been occuring around me in terms of fashion, technology, lifestyle and even the thinking of the people especially those of born in the generation younger than me. It's not bad, but somehow, I do feel like my generation is not so "current" anymore hehehe. Let me enumerate a few:

Music. There was one time in Cla's house, when I got inside, Charlie was playing at the computer and he told me that he already started with his guitar lessons. So I borrowed his guitar and Charlie told me to play a song. So I did strum some chords and plucked some strings, then he asked, "Anu yan?" I was stunned and said, "More Than Words, hindi mo alam yun?" Haha! It was stupid of me to ask that coz he was born in 1993 and that song was around the early 90's, hehehe! I should've played something from the likes of Red Jumpsuit Apparatus or any emo song, it's the in-thing anyway for the current music trend hehe. I even thought of Oasis, my all-time favorite badboy band, pero malamang laos na sila haha!

Hairstyle. I started with one common hairstyle when I was in elementary to high school. It was a 1" x 2" simple haircut and a little trim on top. Then I moved on to, "Barber's Cut" haircut which was somewhat the same haha! Then in high school, there was a haircut trend we called "Cool Kids Haircut", which was the hairstyle that Ross, from the series Friends, had back in the early seasons of the series. Basically, it's short hair then lots of gel on top then it's brushed forward in a wavy manner and leaving the short bangs pointing up, it was cool back then, haha! Now, puro emo! Haha! I honestly don't get the emo look, bangs down with the back of the hair pointing up and the length is between regular short hair to almost long hair, hehe, it's obviously hard to describe hehehe. Basically, it's a one-sided bangs look hehehe. But at least, there is still one hairstyle trend that will never die, the long-hair rockstar hair! Haha! Dumaan ako dun, haha! Kaya ngayon, pakalbo na lang para generic hehe!

Games. Just last weekend, I was joking around with Charlie and trying to trick him to buy me a Playstation 3. Then it came to a point when I had to joke around about Family Computer games, and again, I felt stupid saying something like that because the Family Computer (or NES) started during the early 90's. I even got my Super NES when I was in grade 4 I think. Before, one kid could be labeled as a "rich kid" just because he had a Gameboy in his hand. You could even be considered a "richer kid" when you're holding a Sega Game Gear in hand. Now, even a 3 year old kid has a PSP or a Nintendo in his hand, and this is not just one kid, a lot of kids! Considering the price, a PSP or a DS is way more expensive than a Gameboy during my generation. And cheat codes with recent games, it's not about up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, A, B, A, B, start (select then start for 2-players) anymore, you need to have a Gameshark or something just to cheat a game, hehe. But somehow, one common game has passed through generations and up to now, it's still alive and kicking, Counterstrike, it will never die, haha! At least, there was also a time that I got crazily addicted to DOTA hehehe. Meron pa ba nung brickgame? Hehehe!

Speech. In my elementary days, kids who try to speak in English during a conversation got beat up coz they were labeled as trying to be conyotic. Nowadays, when I pass by the Ateneo Grade School, all the kids (while playing touchball or tayaan) are speaking in English! Maybe the kids who speak tagalog are the ones getting beat up and are now labeled as jologs, hehe. Maybe it's also the effect of the country trying to develop the English language as somehow a first language for us Filipinos so that we can compete with other countries. But c'mon, we are still Filipinos, teach your kids Tagalog first and let them speak Tagalog, it's still our first language. And for me, some of my friends already label me as English-speaking and conyo just because I came from Ateneo, and take note, I entered college with a subject called "Basic English" which had no credits and it was a special class for those who scored low or very low in grammar or in vocabulary. Eh mas marami pang conyo na bata kaysa sa akin eh haha!

Lifestyle. We all want to be rich, that's a fact. With lifestyle, of course, all kids have this I-Want-To-Be-The-Coolest-Guy attitude so they tend to showoff anything that would make them look cool. Well, that's one thing that didn't change from any generation hehehe. But at the same time, one thing has significantly increased, and that is the number of young gay kids. I've heard of rumors before that Ateneo High School has now reverted from an exclusive boys school to a co-ed school because of the number of gay kids in the campus, hehehe. I have nothing against them, if it's who they are, I respect them. I have nothing against gays too, I actually admire them because they really show who they are inside their hearts. It's just something that I noticed because back when I was in high school, our batch had only a few (or baka lang marami ang hindi lantad). But no matter how many they are in high school as of today, go on and live as who you are, don't be ashamed, just don't wear short Winnie the Pooh baby-tees that expose your bellies hehehe.

These are just some of the changes I've noticed, there are more but I'm already getting tired of typing hehehe. Kids nowadays have changed compared to my generation, but one good thing I really noticed recently, kids of the current generation are nicer in general. Maybe it's because at the current society, people tend to have the camaraderie attitude and media has always shown barkadahan and family-values in commercials and shows. Kids do tend to see that and at a young age, maybe they can already understand how to be friendly and how to empathize with people. Maybe they are already influenced with the concept of "pakikisama". Even if at a young age, they get exposed to violent games like Counterstrike and DOTA, but they also learn the importance of teamwork and having fun with your friends (as long as they don't imitate the games they play). I do miss being a kid, even if there are lots to study in school or there are homeworks needed to be done, it's more fun being a kid or being a teenager or being a college student. You have more energy, more enjoyment, more barkadas, more parties, and more dreams to look forward to. So when did I actually notice that I am not that really that young anymore, it was a simple experience, aside from the fact that I'm getting fat, hindi ko na rin kayang magpuyat, period. Hehehe! :)