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going once, going twice

Friday, April 24, 2009

daniel smith, US marines officer, REannounced NOT GUILTY by the court of appeals.
do you recall those times when all the local primetime news were filled to the rim with accounts, stories, testimonies, videos, ad infinitum of "nicole" and her "rape".
hey, those quotation marks dont mean that i dont believe nicole's first testimony. the quotation marks just mean that i am only quoting after the people involved in the incident and, therefore, could not be held accountable for any misunderstanding.
well, it's not as if i was interested in her case anyway.
maybe she was raped. after all, who in her right mind would try to raise hell [or file a messy lawsuit] by claiming to be a rape victim of some US marines officer?
and again, maybe not.
as i said earlier [or typed, for that matter] i wasnt interested in the case. it wasn't a murder mystery [unlike ted failon's wife's case]
but then, all of a sudden, nicole "the-rape-victim-who's-supposed-to-be-fixing-her-broken-mangled-life" revised her written and signed testimony.
she had claimed that daniel smith raped her.
now she's claiming that it might not be quite so true. she's saying now that she could have been attracted to the young US officer and it could have been that she followed him willingly.
she had STRONGLY TESTIFIED that daniel smith raped her.
now, she's backing out of the hell that she, herself, had raised.
now, the primetime news are filled with reports saying that it was all part of a good "romance" story between the local towngirl and the US marines officer.
okay.
let me say something.
CRAP.
yeah. let me repeat that.
CRAP.
all's crap.
i'm not judging what really happened. raped or not, i dont really care. as i said, the case doesnt interest me. what caused me to raise a brow was the fact that the victim backed out!
she backed out.
she revised her written and signed testimony. TOTAL EFFIN' OVERHAUL, i might add.
how could she? she raised enough hell to satisfy the little demons around the planet and then, all of a sudden, she's backing out...
how much did they pay her?
besides, as far as my limited knowledge on law can tell, one cannot present new evidences in the court of appeals.
now, how come nicole was able to revise her already SIGNED testimony?
raped or not, you can't just revoke your own testimonies.
you're contradicting yourself by testifying that someone forced you to do something that you didnt want to... and then after that, stating that you did it willingly.
what the hell.
you cant just order someone to be killed and then a couple of days later state that you were just having some severe mood swings.
"...oh, is he dead already? sorry about that. i didnt really mean for you to kill him. it was that time of the month, you know. mood swings and such...'
wth.
as far as im concerned, i cant do anything about this. not that i want to.
i would not want that nicole to revise her testimony for the second time and retestify that daniel smith really raped her. i would be wanting her head by that time.
let's leave her alone now, shall we.
it might be her "time of the month" again.

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summerjob for yours truly

Saturday, April 18, 2009

i was looking for a summer job.
SSS declined my offer to help them in some clerical/office stuff in exchange for a meager sum of money because they thought that doing so would be tantamount to insulting my exemplary skills.
...
yes. i was joking. apparently so.
well, let's restate that.
SSS declined to hire me in a summer job due to my lack of college registration form.
yes. they can't hire newly-highschool-grads.
how sweet.
but all wasn't lost.
i think i might have mentioned to my aunt something regarding my interest in having a summerjob. and well, i think she was able to remember that clearly.
very clearly, in fact, for the reason that today, i got my first ever summerjob as a tour guide.
yeah. you heard me right. [in this case, you read me right.]
left home at 5:30 in the morning. arrived home at 6 in the afternoon.
the excursionists were a bunch of hospital staff/ medical people. doctors, assistants, med students, interns... [not to mention their families] you name it.
a total of three buses.
there were five tour guides, including me.
i was partnered with a good family friend, ate ja. she's charming. good social skills as well.
itineraries were tagaytay and lemery, batangas.
'twas cool, actually.
the ride was pretty tiring but since the shuttle bus was airconditioned, i didn't dare complain.
what i really wanted to complain about right now is this feeling of disappointment for the excursionists.
i mean, we went to this so-called Fantasy World, a supposed magical Disneyland look-alike originally created for members of a certain corporation.
take note: SUPPOSED.
it was downright disappointing.
boring, at the very least.
yes, the castle designed after the royal gift of King Ludwig II of Bavaria to his mother was good.
but, that was all.
the castle was good.
but whatever happened to the entertainment aspect of the theme park?
was that really a theme park?
the only purpose that anyone could see in visiting that place is to take lots of photos.
i mean, LOTS.
don't get me wrong. the place wasn't that spectacular. 'twas good, as i've said, but not THAT good as to leave a lasting impression.
but the only thing that you can do while trapped inside the massive 195-hectare Fantasy World is to take photos. so you tend to take lots of it.]
btw, i mentioned 195 hectares, right?
it has a 195-hectare land area. it's just that no one would be able to see the big deal out of that.
sad, sad thing. indeed.
i'm just disappointed for those bunch of people. i mean, they ought to have a good time during that trip. well, of course they did. i was there.
kidding.
me, i was drained. the ride itself was really, really exhausting. but since the pay is good and i get to have free rides to various places, i can't really complain.
well, not that i would want to. hehe.

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Appreciation and Gardens

Friday, April 17, 2009

imagine you're watching some japanese drama online, then you suddenly felt this feeling that you should check your yahoo messenger account...
imagine that you shrugged it off as some sort of weird intuitive crap...
then imagine that, after a few hours, you logged in your account [finally...] quite in time to see an offline message with "URGENT" all but written in it.
*drumroll*
so much for the weird intuitive crap.

that was five days ago...

then just when you think that it's going to be a "get-together party", it will turn out to be an awarding ceremony...

hmm... an Appreciation Day would be the better term for that.
or so DepEd Mandaluyong call it that.

'twas cool, actually. i mean, the idea of seating in the front row was really cool. the "student achievers" were seated based on the extent of their achievements. namely, regional and national.
basically, national competition winners sit on the very front row.
told you, 'twas cool.
the idea that the Superintendent Dr. Florencia Domingo recognized me and actually greeted me by my first name was... er.. would it be so redundant if i say that it was cool [??]

come to think of it, everyone of the "student achievers" brought their parent/s with them to that event.
or rather, almost everyone.
i know of at least two students who did not.
mico subosa was one of them.
guess the other one.
you have three chances, and the first two don't count. LOL.

Mr. Rosarito Septimo was there! [but, of course... he IS supposed to be there after all.]
he even commented on the fact that mico and i didn't bring any parent with us.
but, hey, i brought my sister. [as if she did placed the medal around my neck...]
sir septimo told us that it's fine with us not bringing our parents since we've already done much by ourselves [travelling alone, living outside your comfort zone for one year, and learning a new language would seem to be on top of that list. at least, for me.]
he really is a wonderful principal. he has done heaps for me. for mico as well. he was there when i was having such a hard time with the AFS exchange stuff and all that. he even came with us to various places just to obtain necessary requirements and papers for my visa. he also used money from his own pockets for that visa....
he was there before i left for argentina.
and he was gone when i came back.

he, a man of simple ways and great virtues, was ready to go out of his way just for the sake of his beloved students.

a true students-first-myself-later man.

and i sound like some whiny fanatic with a father complex... LOL.

certainly not, but....

don't hold this against me but he is still my highschool principal, that is, as far as i'm concerned.

earlier this day, i got my stipend!
my last highschool stipend.
aww... the memories... =D
mico AKA best gay [guy, i mean] buddy AKA international housepet AKA Coquemate and i were talking about relationships, friendships, philosophy, and all that.
'twas a good conversation, as usual. we even created impromptu quotes! yay! great minds think alike.
or should i say, "great, great, great, intelligent minds think alike"? quoting Miss Oblation Aura Keziah Soriano, mind you.
Oblation Scholar, i mean to say. gee, no offense, aura! peace!

some of the quotes we created, impromptu:

"Someday, I will look at it with mature eyes. But as for today, I am still immature. And i'm loving every bit of it."

"In this garden, I prefer to look and observe as many flowers as i can before finally plucking one for me to keep for a very long time."

"When you want someone to be with you for a long time, you'll feel it in your heart. To be with you for a long time. A very, very long time, perhaps, but not forever. Forever doesn't exist yet."

"Lovers can't last a lifetime. Friends do. Bestfriends, even more so."

"It's just like icecream. You have to try all sorts of flavors. You can have your flavor of the month, or even flavor of the year. And after you've tried as much as you can, you can now have your favorite flavor. The one you won't get tired of even if that's what you're going to get every single day of your life."

Those are just few of our very philosophical impromptu quotes. *ahem*

Sooo... people out there, stop going from single to stupid over and over.
how about going from single and having fun to not-so-single and still having fun?

it's like what i read from "How to Read Like a Literature Professor".
"...when reading a book becomes an ordeal, quit. it's not as if you're getting paid to read it..."
if something becomes an ordeal, quit.
don't get me wrong. i am against quitters.
i repeat, i am so against quitters.
but most of the times, a challenge may come in the form of an ordeal. you just have to find out and realize for yourself if that something is really an ordeal... or maybe, it's really a test hiding behind the grotesque mask of frustrating ordeal.
as long as you're having fun, go for it.
but always keep in mind: YOUR RIGHTS END WHERE OTHERS RIGHTS BEGIN.

ciao! xoxo

5:28 PM
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insTUtitution

Saturday, April 11, 2009

Someday girl I dont know when were gonna get to that place
Where we really want to go and well walk in the sun
But till then tramps like us baby we were born to run
- Born to run, Bruce Springsteen

what was taking me so long to update this blog anyway?

done reading Chuch Palahniuk's RANT.
'twas amazingly unique. shook the hell out of me.
the concept, once again, is powerful. the plot was executed flawlessly.

done reading Sidney Sheldon's MASTER OF THE GAME.
sheldon is a great storyteller. he can weave in and out of various timelines, executing his wonderful story with precision and deft.

and i sound like some palahniuk-sheldon fan right now.
well, am i not? haha.

what if you can be a god in exchange for your identity?
what would you do?

anyway, i was supposed to have some summerjob right now. the thing is that they don't actually accept newly-grads...
uh-huh...
so although i'm already 17,, and i'm actually supposed to be already in college, they just won't go against the company regulations that easily...
so... basically, no summerjobs for me. LOL.

'twas a few days ago, i saw this huge tarpouline for a soon-to-open computer learning center... that itself was not interesting enough. that is, until i saw this word...
"INSTUTITUTION"
im not going to post the name of that computer learning center to spare it from further humiliation since i reckon that the tarpouline itself is doing that job very well.
i mean, c'moooon...
insTUtitution??
do you think that it could possibly be a marketing technique to coerce people into enrolling in your learning center?
......
yeah. me neither.

---> currently watching Kimi wa Petto

and... currently trying to learn nihongo! [operative word: TRYING] teehee...

since i dont have anything interesting to share right now, im off!

ciao!
xoxo

7:35 PM
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myth and reality

Thursday, April 2, 2009

hi. long time no post. anyway, graduation is over. the curtains of our highschool phase has been closed. but, of course, it wouldn't be closed forever. just for this moment. temporarily. i'm going to post something good regarding the graduation and all those goodbyes and see-you-laters but that'd be for some other time. i still have to get everyone's photo to make that post-graduation entry really memorable. teehee...

anyway, according to mico, i should visit a site http://www.truechristian.com/atheists.html. he was bashing the stuff on it in his latest blog entry so i decided to take a look...

and, lo and behold!

i am not an atheist but i just can't NOT react to the stuff posted on that site. i mean, c;moon... read on to know.

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[[ the stuff in bluegreen font are copied and pasted VERBATIM from the site mentioned above. i have no, and i repeat NONE WHATSOEVER, affiliation with the site administrator. if you have anything against my comments, see this blog's disclaimer note.]]

Myth: On average atheists have higher IQs.
Reality: They are demons, meaning they are slaves to Satan. Since of this they don't think so thus have an IQ of 0.

oh. ok. haha. IQ of 0? that really exists? i mean, c;moooon... get real. and, hello? atheists don't even believe in satan so why would they be slaves of something they don't even believe exists? uh-huh...

Myth: Atheists believe in Logic and Reason.
Reality: Firstly, I don't like how atheists use those words. They capitalize Logic and Reason since that's the lies they worship. We use God and Truth since they are things we posses and we prove this by using capital letters. Atheists who do the same thing are mocking Christianity.

gawwwd. i don't actually know whether to laugh my head off or... uh... laugh my head off [??]. i mean, it was a classic! haha. the usage of capital letters denotes things you possess?? c'mon. whatever happened to common sense? got lost somewhere in the process of waking up and typing that post...? and, btw, spelling and grammatical errors can all be held against the administrator of that site. i am simply copying and pasting VERBATIM.

If you EVER make any friendly contact with an atheist, you will go STRAIGHT to Hell. Jesus will NEVER receive you, you fools. GOD HATES ATHEISTS WITH ALL HIS LOVE!

tell me, how can ou hate with love? somebody enlighten me, please. and, whatever happened to "love thy enemies"? gone with the wind, i reckon... right, mister site administrator? five point for you.

Firstly, never take your children to public school since you don't want them to be brainwashed by religious beliefs. Home school them and teach them only about the Bible and God's Love for all. Tell them the truth about atheism and they're religion: Evolutionism. Satan planted them in schools and things to make atheists look smart and appealing when the truth is they are all communists who wallow in their own vomit and lick the rectums of dogs. Since that's all atheists are, filthy stinky homosexuals who hate everyone. They should all die, as God orders us to kill them all:

i was simply staring at the monitor for quite some time after ive read this. and then, i burst out laughing... i mean, what the hell... what sort of god would want his children to be secluded and isolated from the rest of thr world, learning nothing but the bible and all that..?

So the answer is simple. Kill all atheists immediately.

whatever happened to "thou shalt not kill"?

The Judicial system has been America's big enemy in the battle on establishment of the atheist religion of hating God. Back in the day we would hang them, set them on fire, poison them, enslave them, or just FORCE them to convert by threatening to kill their young. We do all of this in Love. We are Christians, and Love is our main goal.

you force people to convert religion by threatening to kill their children AND THEN you say that you do it all for LOVE?? wth...

All atheists hate Christmas. Godless countries like Japan with the population of atheists being 90% don't even CELEBRATE Christmas. Luckily the population of atheists in America is 0.000000000000000000001% so the odds of us finding one is still slim. The Truth is, atheists hate happiness and want to steal the love of Jesus away from children. This is what the atheist is, a cold and evil grinch who wallows in her own vomit. Atheists in America try saying there is a seperation of church and state in American, but the fools don't realize that God says in the Bible we are to colonize all nations to be Christian and run theocracies. America is a theocracy and the proof of this since the word God is on our money and pledge. They will never take these away from us since God is an American.

OMG. god is an american? fine... for argument's sake, let's do this. jesus was born in bethlehem. bethlehem is CERTAINLY not in america. jus soli, negative.
jesus' parents, mary and joseph, were born in nazareth. nazareth is not in america. jus sanguinis, negative.
now, tell me... how would he be an american? what drugs were you taking?
2000 BC, america wasnt even discovered yet. so... uh... how come?

Jesus WASN'T Italian or French or British or Thai or a Metrosexual, NO He was American. THAT'S WHY AMERICA IS UNDER GOD!!!

i hope that the site administrator would be helped by his/her loved ones. he's got a serious case of mental deficiency.

that site was so funny. better check it out. i repeat, i am not an atheist but you just wouldnt be able to keep yourself from reacting after reading lousy and funny stuff about the greatest religious sect ever known to man. a Supreme Being is real, and that site, that insane fanatical ignoramus who created that site, was derogating christianity...

btw, check out mico subosa's site for more comments.

here's more:
this time, that site was derogating evolutionism.

The Evolutionism Way: From Water to Life!
All Evolutionismists follow the principal that humans come from water. Now Christian Common Sence would tell us that you can't have water turn to humans, but try to convince an Evolutionismist that she is wrong by that idiotic theory that they have. Oh yeah, and remember, Evolutionism is just a THEORY as they say, meaning they are just pulling this idiotic information out of their ASSES!
Anyway, Evolutionismists "think" (they can't really think since they are so dumb) that life comes from water, and that humans came from the initial life that was created. So I decided to try this experiment even by using the Scientific Method (which is another contridiction of the Bible, thank you). This experiment would consist of filling up a glass of water and leaving it outside, lets give it a day and see how many cities and skyscapers will be coming from the humans that evolved from this glass of water.
Conclusion: After coming back to the glass of water after a day, I found no humans, no skyscapers and no life! Uh oh! Looks like the Evolutionismists were wrong.
i mean, just c;mooooooooooon. a baby won't sprout out of a glass of water!! what were you thinking? again, what drugs were you taking? ugh. stupid, stupid argument. learn how to argue first before you open your mouth [or move your fingers, in this case]. you know the quote: better to shut your mouth and allow people to think you're stupid than to open it and leave no doubt.

Any Christian will tell you the religion of Carbon Dating is WRONG. Why? Since if it were correct then Genesis and all of God's Word would be in contradiction. This is impossible since God is real since the Bible say's He is. Therefore, Carbon Dating is false.
omg. no comment with this one since you can't really teach someone who doesnt want to be taught. carbon dating is false... how cute. haha.

there are more! heaps more. but my tummy's getting too painful from laughing too hard. gonna ring up some friends to share this. cool. read it my beloved readers.

gonna post something else. maybe tonight.

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