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Special Child

Commuter since Grade 3. Arcade addict since Grade 4. Reading books since I knew how. Speaking a lot since the start. Movie buff since high school. Programming also since high school. Pool aficionado since 2nd year, first term. Drinking alcohol since Nina Vina's 20th birthday. Recent Faves! Hobbies and Interests: Mario Kart/Mario Kart 2! (video game), reading novels. Song: "Makes Me Wonder", performed by Maroon 5 Book: "The Kite Runner", written by Khaled Hosseini. TV Show: Gilmore Girls, Grey's Anatomy, Heroes. Movies: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.

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Entries for May, 2005

May 5th, 2005

Reality Stupidity

Posted by special_child at 04:58 PM on May 5, 2005.

Don't think that my title is politically and/or grammatically incorrect.

As much as I want to delve in why I typed in the title, I would just like to pour my emotions. First of all, I hate Americans. Though I'd be coming to your land less than 48 hours after I'm through with this entry, I can just say that your taste is utterly disgusting. Why do you have to vote for these unworthy singers now left in American Idol? Gosh... with all the votes pouring in, I suppose you are just stupid fans or obsessed with looks. I don't know about you, but I think that no one (save Vonzell Solomon, my only bet left) is worthy of the title "American Idol". Tsk tsk tsk.

And I feel the same way for Survivor: Palau. They already kicked out Steph, which I think defines the truest of all Survivors by outlasting a tribe, and so there is NO ONE there that is worthy of the title "Survivor". Not even Tom, who's just a pain in the a$*.

To cap it all off, Meredith and Gretchen have also been eliminated from The Amazing Race 7. And who's left? The uber-arrogant couple Rob and Amber? Sh*t. Don't tell me they'd get another million through their exorbitant arrogance.

I better end this post. It's really something bad to start my posts for May this way, but when sh*t happens you just have to speak up.


Top Ten DISASTERS in This Season's Reality TV

10. Jenn, Survivor: Palau. Greg's full-length leech.
9. Katie, Survivor: Palau. Your comments do no good. You're such a LAZY ASS. Unworthy.
8. Tom, Survivor: Palau. So what if you're strong? So what if you're a firefighter? I don't give a damn. And then you're trying to save yourself from the criticism on your strength? Come on.
7. Ron and Kelly, The Amazing Race 7. Where the hell is your self-decision? You're chasing the wrong tail. Plus, you're so uncooperative to the "team" that you guys are "forming".
6. Greg, Survivor: Palau. He has nothing to say, save "Let's get Stephenie off this island." Sooooooooooo afraid of a girl. Tsk tsk tsk.
5. Caryn, Survivor: Palau. One word: BLABBER!!!
4. Bo Bice, American Idol. The man who's turning every song into rock. Not everyone's gonna buy you. You're even rumored to have two counts of arrests due to drug trafficking.
3. Scott Savol, American Idol. Yes! I still can remember Simon's comments about you. You are such a BIG BIG BIG BIG boastful guy! Thank goodness you're OUT!
2. Carrie Underwood, American Idol. Probably the most BORING of all "singers" to come on Idol stage. Bo is to rock as Carrie is to country. Twain/Hill wannabe, but too far behind. When she performed during the 70's dance hits, she had no emotion whatsoever! Why are the judges and the American people so obsessed with you? You'd go down the drain like Fantasia if you win AI4.

-and... (drum roll please)-

1. Rob and Amber, Survivor: All Stars, The Amazing Race 7. Dirty tactics. Arrogant. Whatever. Just die early.


Looks like my "Greetings" set of posts would increase in the next few weeks.


Marvin the Martian™, jaz thinking aloud


P.S. Work work work!

3 kid/s drank Promil®

May 7th, 2005

Greetings! (part 4)

Posted by special_child at 04:42 PM on May 7, 2005.

It's 1:30 AM, and I am here at FedEx Kinko's just posting this entry.

Shockingly, the PAL flight was just OK; I just came to realize that if you sleep more, you'd be bored less. Hahaha. And although PAL's flight was delayed on both cities, it was fair enough. But of course, the bitterness for that Singapore Airlines flight is there.

Guess who was with me in the same flight? Of all people who'd be there... it's... Kristoffer Henry Raperoga. Hahaha. Yeah yeah. But he's in business class, I think, so we didn't talk on the plane. I just saw him board the plane, and conversations were done in the immigration lines already in SFO. Hahaha... I wonder if he was complaining for incompetence when the plane did not leave on time.

The second in-flight movie was Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom Of The Opera, and I was dying to watch it one more time, since I'm still having goosebumps whenever "All I Ask Of You" is being played and whether it's the version of Sarah Brightman and Sir Cliff Richard or the version of Emmy Rossum and Patrick Wilson. But all the same, I still feel sentimental about it. I mean... where can I find my Christine Daae (pronounced as Dah-yey)? I want to sing this song with someone, but I think I haven't found her yet. Or... I found her already, but I'm not doing anything to make friendship a beautiful duet.

Ah, what the heck. All I know is that it's Tagaytay weather here, which is fine by me. I hadn't had the opportunity to greet you guys in the San Francisco International Airport, but all the while I'm still posting this entry. So to all of you taking your vacations as well, enjoy!


Blogger's Note: The Top Ten List is still finding enough resources for its next appearance. It's looking at the parking lot now.


More entries as the days go by!


Marvin the Martian™, jaz thinking aloud


P.S. I need some rest. Tomorrow, we're going to Hearst Castle, which is a five-hour drive from downtown SF.

5 kid/s drank Promil®

May 25th, 2005

Greetings! (part 5)

Posted by special_child at 06:56 PM on May 25, 2005 as a favorite post.

Yeah... so much for placing more entries after the last one.

I'm safely back home; in fact, I already attended my classes (save my first class 'coz I was late - yet again) and am now back @ Citibank doing the chore of an intern.

Sorry for not sharing a lot during my trip. I haven't seen much of computers the last two weeks, so I would have a lot of email checking and Friendster® messaging to do. Tsk tsk tsk. I would just upload the pictures one of these days and post the link here.

I think that the whole trip was very surreal - never did I imagine I'd get there (by myself) at a young age of 19. The whole two weeks was also surreal, and my body clock is still not adopting to Philippine time (I get sleepy from 4 P.M. onwards - the equivalent of 1 A.M. San Francisco time). That's unusual, since I'm always a late sleeper and a nocturnal. Even my first words when I got out of the airport when I arrived was, "Ang init!"

Watch out for the next post - by then I'd be prepared with my first visual Top Ten list.


Top Ten Places I Visited The Last Two Weeks

10. Coit Tower
9. Mann's Chinese Theater
8. Kodak Theater
7. Golden Gate Bridge
6. Ghirardelli Square
5. Rodeo Drive / Beverly Hills
4. Universal Studios Hollywood
3. Twin Peaks
2. Disneyland

-and... (drum roll please)-

1. Hearst Castle


Though there are a lot of things I missed or didn't pass by, it was really a BLAST.


Marvin the Martian™, jaz thinking aloud


P.S. I also shot some movies, and provided my connection is fast, I can upload them soon.

2 kid/s drank Promil®