a late-must-blog-experience! ;)

Day 84: By My Side

Went to see David Choi here in Manila.

Traveled to the North to meet and hear David sing under the storm. He sang favorites and a new song from his up coming album.

It was just him, his guitar and a handful of people who made it despite of the chaos that is the streets of Manila. During the show, he asked the crowd to come up the stage so it’ll be more intimate.

After the show, we just talked to him about random stuff. He was pretty down to earth and was just a warm human being.

I hope more people will come tomorrow (me and my boy will be selling merch tomorrow, hehe).

So today’s Friday, YES!

anyway, i posted a blog yesterday about how my day went well…yesterday, and if you read it you could pretty much tell i hated the living hell out of it. Well today wasnt that bad. Although waking up was pretty painful. The first thing my mum said to me this morning was regarding yesterdays event, the whole bastard. Anyway thats over now, thank god!

The day today went as planned there wasn’t anything that was really bad, well apart from the few goodbyes to some of my closest friends, but no tears were really shed, which is good :) The only thing that was went wrong today was the weather. Its basically rained cats and dogs for a few days now nonstop.
 

looks like it isnt gonna stop for quite awhile. 

So anyway, some of you mine not have heard that there is a tribute for Ryan Dunn on Saturday the 25 of June 2011. All you basically have to do is watch Jackass or Viva La Bam for a few hours. I hope you guys will join me? it will be fun! :) here is the page anyway http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=132409803505873

So thank you guys for helping me over the last few days, all your small messages have helped a lot x

It’s a friday night and classes was suspended today but the rush of the wind has been bugging me and making me nervous. The Marikina River is on a danger zone and we should include it in our prayers especially the people surrounding the area. God Bless the Philippines. God Bless all of us. 

xx

-R

Ps: pray before you sleep ?

proposed flag of Isabela Province

(except San Agustin de Isabela and Dimapigue)

been raining during our stay in Bantayan Island

P-ilipinas
A-ng
G-anda
A-stig
S-a
A-sya

8. Boracay, Philippines

7. Palawan, Philippines

6. Sydney, Australia

5. Canada, USA

4. Venice, Italy

3. London, England

2. New York, USA

1. Paris, France

Local News in RP about Same Sex Marriage = Discrimination to Homosexuals?: Kindly read the comments...

I know that almost all of us are so sick and tired of hearing those Typhoon Falcon experience … pero gusto ko talaga ‘to i-share sa inyo kasi first time ko lang talaga to naranasan at talagang sobra-sobra!

(06-23-11) That day was supposed to be a typical activity day at Adamson University, at dahil activity day nga, allowed kameng mag-civilian pero naka-school uniform pa din ako! XD RSO’s have activities daw nung araw na yun and may mga department meetings na rin, so ayun, wala masyadong ginawa, except for the seatwork in Circuits 1 Lecture and discussions in General Psychology and Statics of Rigid Bodies. I only have four classes to attend that day and my professor in Electronic Devices and Circuits Lecture said that we don’t have a class that day so maluwag talaga ang araw na yun. My last class for that day is the Statics which was supposedly ends at 3:30PM but because our professor is not in the mood to teach (for the secong time? :D), she dismissed us early at around 3:00PM. Hindi pa agad ako umuwi nun. I stayed in the campus together with my classmates for 30 minutes, we went to ST Quadrangle to watch the RSO Leaders & Members performances, nag-enjoy naman ako sa mga dance numbers kahit pano. :)

It was 3:30PM already when I left the campus and went to SM Manila to meet my cousin who was waiting for me there. We stroll around the mall for a while and bought some school supplies at National Bookstore. We left the mall and went to Park ‘n Ride at 4:30PM to wait for a bus. The waiting line seems to be a queue in a blockbuster movie so we just keep on waiting there for an hour, good thing that we had our Waffletime snack! Around 5:30PM when two Starliner buses arrived there and suddenly the blockbuster queue went through a somewhat stampede (medyo lang…XD) and we survived it. We got into the bus, sat at the almost-at-the-back seat with my cousin at the window side (my left side), and had a feeling of relief. But … it doesn’t end there and it’s just the start of our epic adventure! LOL!

The bus took the San Marcelino Street which exists to Quirino Avenue. Sobrang BAHA na everywhere! It took me 4HOURS to realize that we are in a VERY VERY HEEEAAAVVVYY TRRAAFFIIIICC at that moment! Our family even worried about us and they called and texted us. Well, i just enjoyed those moment spent waiting in the bus even if it is not worth enjoying. My whole body aches especially my head, my knee (sakto sakin yung agwat ng seats kayo sakto yung tuhod ko!), my back at syempre yung pwet ko! (sakit din pala umupo ng ganun katagal! … and how much more yung mga nakatayo diba?) Para ngang field trip/byaheng bicol mi stopover then dame nmen estudayante dun sa bus coming from AdU, UST, St. Scholastica’s College, etc. Wala akong ibang ginawa sa bus kundi matulog, gumising at matulog ulit at gumising or magtext at magsoundtrip, pero dahil dun, na-lobat ako kaya naglaro na lang ng games sa Ipod Touch. Wala kameng baon a pagkaen nun tska hindi rin kame makababa para bumili kaya sobrang gutom talaga kame nun!

Around 9:30 na siguro kame nakalabas ng Quirino Avenue and went through the Roxas Boulevard. Then akala ko (na naman!) na smooth na at dire-diretso na ang byahe hanggang Cavite, yun pala, mi isa na namang traffic! Almost 1HOUR din siguro kame dun sa may MIA Road/Coastal Mall intersection, at ayun, natulog na lang para lumipas ang oras! 10:30-11:00PM cguro nung makalagpas na kame ng Coastal Road. Diretso na ang byahe hanggang sa Bacoor, Cavite after nun. Nakakatakot nga lang dun sa may Cavitex dahil bangin ang dinadaanan at dagat ang huhulugan! :D Wala ng traffic hanggang sa Bacoor, yun nga lang baha naman ang sumalubong samen pero swerte lang dahil hindi baha dun sa kanto ng village namen kaya hindi namen na-experience ang lumusong sa kadiring baha tulad ng naranasan ng iba! :P

At exactly 11:34PM kame nakarating ng bahay! Sa bahay ng pinsan ko na ako dumiretso. SOBRANG PAGOD! SOBRANG GUTOM! na kame pagdating sa bahay! That’s why, pagkalinis namen, kumaen na kame agad then after ilang minutes pasok na sa bedrooms, higa, and TULOG agad! (zZZzzz —___—)

WE SURVIVED TYPHOON FALCON! XD Just Unforgettable! :D

The morning after that, I realized na malaki pala ang epekto ni Falcon at mas grabe pa pala sa iba compared sa na-experience namen! Swerte pa pala kame sa lagay na yun! So we must pray for now for the safety of all our Pinoy Kababayan and I’m hoping for a better day later. God Bless us all! :)

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Pilipinas, Tara Na! :)

Squatter settlements in Manila Bay, Luzon, Philippines

A #kitty comfortably sleeping atop a tray of warm #Balut eggs during a stormy night in the #Philippines (Taken with Instagram at Pilipinas/Filipinas/Philippines)

proposed flag of Bukidnon (includes easternmost Misamis Oriental)

Kalesa’s Horse

Photo taken in Manila, Philippines

proposed flag of Isabela

Just don’t mind the watermark. That’s just my previous url. And I’m just reposting stuff.

Posted on 13 Jun 2011 at 3:38am

Graphic Nation
By Psyche Roxas-Mendoza

Rev. Ceejay Agbayani of the Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC)

It was the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community’s night of support for the Reproductive Health (RH) bill. And judging from the slogans and fighting words spouted, the war on the RH bill may have just gone a notch higher.

A huge tarpaulin stressing the wondrous benefits of a lubricating gel and another tarp pushing for a brand of condom decorated the four walls of the covered basketball court. At the center stood an elevated makeshift stage and a raised wooden ramp, about 10 to 12 feet in length, festooned on both sides with bright lights and cocky bird-of-paradise floral arrangements.

Outside, the early evening rain had stopped and a Flores de Mayo was underway in Brgy. Pinyahan, Quezon City. There, in the middle of Malakas street, moved arch after arch of fully made-up gays dressed in frilly, gossamer, white and not-white sagala gowns.

Curious bystanders tittered in amusement while others hollered their support for the gay parade that came complete with gay escorts, a posse of motorbike riders for traffic control, a streamer bearing the message: “Gay Alliance for Councilor RJ Belmonte (GARB),” and a marching green-and-yellow brass band.

It was the Quezon City lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community’s Flores de Mayo and beauty contest, organized by the Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC) in support of the Reproductive Health (RH) bill. And judging from the slogans and fighting words spouted by the sagalascum- beauty contestants, the war on the RH bill may have just gone a notch higher.

Priest for gays
Rev. Ceejay Agbayani is the second Filipino ordained as Pastor by the MCC, an international religious movement ministering to gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgenders.

Started on Oct. 6, 1968 in the United States by MCC Rev. Troy Perry, the religious group reached the Philippines in 1991, opening its first church in Manila through another MCC priest known to its members as Father Richard Mickley.

In a span of 20 years, the MCC in the Philippines has grown, opening two more churches, one in Baguio and another in Quezon City, which was founded by Agbayani, together with his gay partner, Marlon.

MCC-Philippines also has its Union Theological Seminary in Dasmariñas, Cavite, which offers a masters degree in Divinity. Like all churches, the MCC also has its Sunday Worship Service, support group meetings and retreats.

“MCC is known as a Gay Church primarily because most of its members are LGBT and its founder is an openly gay minister. But now we are known internationally as the Human Rights Church for all,” Agbayani explained.

The MCC priest added that their adherence to human rights led them to support the controversial Reproductive Health (RH) Bill still pending in Congress.

“MCC favors the RH Bill because we believe that women, men and children should have a voice with regard to their reproductive and sexual rights. We believe that women should have access to available (contraceptive) methods for protecting themselves. Women should have a right to their bodies. They own their own bodies and they should be responsible for their bodies,” Agbayani elaborated.

Gays for RH Inside the covered basketball court, some 400 organized gays and a smattering of straight spectators attended the beauty contest that came right after the Flores de Mayo.

Loud calls of “Reproductive Health Bill, Ipasa! Ipasa! Now na! [Pass the RH Bill at once!]”—first chanted in the streets during the parade, now reverberated inside the medium-sized hall.

Gays dressed in their glam gowns had fighting words addressed to homophobics and anti-RH supporters everywhere. As first stated by Agbayani: “The hypocrisy of the Philippine Roman Catholic Church is evident in their being homophobic, considering many of their members are closet gays.”

“We’re queer! We’re queer! We can never disappear!” said one contestant dressed in a white sequined gown.

A contestant that claimed to represent the Society of Transsexual Women in the USA said they were going all out in support of the RH bill. Another primly said: “Not all women are created female.” And still another quipped: “Homosexuality is not a disease, it’s a gift from God.”

The MCC announced that it will hold its next Flores de Mayo-cum-Beauty Contest in Quezon City on May 6, 2012, hopefully this time, in celebration of a Reproductive Health Law.

Meanwhile, the MCC task of educating Filipinos on the uses of lubricant jelly products and condoms continue. G

29- A picture of something you miss!

Lead actress/actor died? LOL NEVERRRR. Leads do not die in Filipino dramas. They always come back, always. Amnesia/faked death/hiding/escaped. They are unkillable.

Infographic of the Day: The Women in Riza’ls (Love) Life

Click image for full infographic (GMANewsTV)

Mount Pinatubo Crater
Tri-Cabusilan Mountain Range

Since I changed my URL, I need to repost this.

PHILIPPINES | Bangka in White Beach, Boracay

My new favorite store! Center of Gravity in Burgos Circle, Th... on Twitpic

As stated at the end of my last post, I was filled with the need for a hamburger, so I jumped onto google maps and found the nearest Jollibee. Jollibee is a Filipino fast food restaurant that was opened to compete with McDonalds and won. I knew I’d need to try it sooner or later.

The walk was about fifteen minutes long, crossing one major road. (I filmed it, but the footage is unusable thanks to the fact that I couldn’t see the screen between the bright-ass sun and my wearing sunglasses. For a simplistic summary: it was hot as fuck and the roads were pretty chaotic.)

Jollibee’s menu is a strange one. They have their signature burgers, some spaghetti-like dishes, fried chicken and other kinds of chicken—it seems all over the place, but hey, different culture. I got their signature burger, the Champ.

They gave me a number and I took a seat, which was when I made, ultimately, a great decision because it allowed for such an interesting event: I sat by the window. Almost immediately, I realized that in doing so, I caught the attention of two little beggar girls who’d been sitting around outside (pictured above).

I never give beggars any quarter (pun intended), so when they knocked on the window to get my attention, I just ignored them. I thought about changing my seat, but me being myself, I ended up deciding to bear with it.

I went over the recordings of my walk to Jollibee whilst waiting for the food to arrive, finding the videos utterly worthless. Meanwhile, I observed the game that those little girls were creating outside. 

They had three one-peso coins between them, and they were repeatedly chucking them at the metal pane that went across the bottom of the window, off of which the coins would bounce, and the girls would scramble to recollect them. This entertained them to no end. Thankfully they didn’t make any noise or it might’ve been horribly annoying.

I did find it interesting, however, that no one stopped them. Here, there are security guards at the entrances to pretty much every place, but none of them went outside to stop the girls. I didn’t mind, but I knew it’d be a totally different story in the US (not to mention that where I live, there aren’t any beggar kids running around.)

When my Champ arrived, I removed the lettuce and tomatoes from the burger and started eating. There are definite differences from an American burger: for one, the cheese is white instead of yellow. Also, the whole thing is absolutely drowned in mayonnaise. I love my mayo, but this was taking it to a while new level. Anyway, once I’d eaten my fries and about half of the burger, I was already feeling really full. I tried to devise a way that I might take the burger with me, but the container it’d come in was rather inconvenient for carrying around, and regardless I knew I was going to be overstuffed back at the house.

While I was struggling with the idea of finishing the burger, the beggar girls had turned their attention again to me. They kept tapping at the glass by my head and pointing. After a little while, I realized that they seemed to be pointing at my burger. 

It was a sound idea. If I’m not going to finish it, I might as well give it to them. To confirm the message, I turned to the girl and pointed at the burger, and then at her. She nodded enthusiastically, smiling with excitement. “Good enough,” I thought, closed the box, and headed for the door. The apparent older of the girls met me at the door. She hoped I’d give her both the box and some money, but I just gave the box. As I did so, she said something in tagalog ending with the word “Jollibee.” For my own amusement, I want to imagine that she said “thanks for shopping at Jollibee!” I gave her the box, and then I was gone. 

I couldn’t help but wonder how straightforward this had really been. Had she really wanted the burger, and if so, were they really about to eat it? I thought, wouldn’t it be funny if they planned to resell it? Or if they got mad that I didn’t give any money and threw the burger at the glass window like they did the coins? Or maybe they’d eat the burger and then throw the box just for entertainment. I mean, there aren’t exactly trash cans laying around here. It’s only just occurring to me, but I’ve inadvertently littered a burger box by leaving it with those girls.

Whatever. I don’t care what happened so much as I feel satisfied that the responsibility of not letting that burger go to waste is no longer in my hands. 

29- A picture of something you miss!

My hometown; Manila, Philippines!

I really wish I could go back and visit soon :)