Remember the guy I always see seating outside Figaro everytime I pass by Gateway? I know na who he’s meeting with.

Definitely not his girlfriend.

But something tells me he’s gay.

Shocking *sarcasm*.

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Anyways, I’m dying to watch the opening of the UAAP season 71 on Saturday, but megotnotickets. boo.

Damn you scalpers!

I went to the Araneta after my last shift and waited three hours for the gates to open only to find out that tickets are already sold out and they’re not selling the GenAd tix till the event itself.

booo.

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I’m betting that UST has, again, a high chance of winning the men’s basketball this season. I have not checked other teams’ roster lists just yet, but I believe that UST’s lineup is strong enough.

There’s Mirza, of course (i still believe that he’s not human. He’s some sort of a super alien who came from a planet which breathes through basketball). Dylan’s got the potential to stand out more this year (this is his 3rd year right? I dunno eh :D), and of course, si Jervy Cruz ( MVP. ‘Nuff said mehn).

oohhh… i’m talking about sports again. yehey aika

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I just found out that I have 11 long articles backlogs.

I didn’t know that mehn.

but what they need.

AND

I

WANT

NEED

THIS.

MORE THAN ANYTHING.

It’s a one-in-a-million shot, but who cares.

THIS.IS.IT.

I know that there’s this who who once said, and i quote, that we should “Stop telling God what to do,” but… PLEASEDEARGOD…GIVETHISTOME.

I finally read Tanya T. Lara’s article titled* 10 Days in Jungle Hell. It was an exclusive interview with the recently kidnapped-and-freed journalist Ces Drilon. If you don’t know the story and you’re a Filipino and you have an access to the television, then mehn, you’re watching way too much cartoons. You better start checking out the news.

(I was supposed to read the interview last Sunday (when it was first published), but it was raining sooo hard back then and when you combine the words ‘rainy day’ with ‘weekend’ and ‘cozy bed’, you’ll only be getting ’sleeping Aika’ all day long.)

Anyways, I completely forgot about the article, until I read last Tuesday’s newspaper, and found out that the court was asking for the writer’s note on that interview because they might get something there blah blah. So that got me interested, of course.

here’s a head start, read the article here.

Try reading between the lines, I think there are more interesting stories behind them. That interview is a real delight to read because you can actually see the scenes unfolding, and they were the stories that are not told.

And also the fine-line-between-a-good-story-and security thingy, I totally get Ces. Kahit ako, I’ll risk anything for a good story eh.

(hear that media HR?! I’ll risk anything for a good story! Hire me! Hire me!)

Basta.

(isn’t it obvious that I’m just filling up the space? :D)

“Like I always say, there’s no “I” in team. There’s a “me” though, if you jumble it up.” - Dr. House

Walang relevance yung Dr. House quote no? I know

(*please don’t use “entitled”. Titled and entitled are two different terms. I am not being a grammar freak, but… oh yeah, I am being a grammar freak. I miss being one. So sue me.)

I was supposed to post a really erally interesting fact here that I came across with a couple of days back. But I forgot what it was (I swear it was really really interesting!).

SO as not to spoil the post, I’ll post a sumwhat random, useless but interesting fact to compensate for the one I forgot.

Did you know..

The record for the longest period without sleep is 18 days, 21 hours, 40 minutes during a rocking chair marathon. The record holder reported hallucinations, paranoia, blurred vision, slurred speech and memory and concentration lapses.

it came from ListVerse.com I am sooo loving that site.

Cool, huh?

While I was on my to the office tonight, I came across my Atenista (or arnista) cousin JJ sa MRT. He was carrying, like, a gazillion pounds of books (that’s how I knew it was him. haha, heart you JJ!).

note: i don’t know exactly what he’s taking up in Ateneo (or arneyow), but it has got to do with microbiology physics chemistry something. All I know is that he’s gonna be a rocket scientist or something when he graduates (this coming March! whoopie! alam na! )

Take note: We saw each other @ Cubao MRT and he was from Katipunan. So he rode the LRT from there to Cubao, then Cubao MRT to Ayala station, then from there he told me he’ll ride the bus to somewhere and from that somewhere he’ll ride the tricycle. And he does this every school day, with a gazillion pounds of book behind his back.

And I’m complaining about my long commute. Silly silly Aika.

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i’msogonnaquitmyjobsoon.

iknownineedthisjobtobuymyNikonD80butthisistotallydrivingmeinsane.

Ithoughticandothisforthemoney,

butican’t.

financialstabilityagainstmysanity.

illgowithmysanity.

Starving Journalist.

Will write for sanity.

I don’t know if I’m spending less time browsing stuff over the internet (spot the irony, considering my type of work), but I know I’m kinda late in posting my reaction about this particular issue. I don’t wanna comment on it, but I think I need ‘to.

I came across Carlos Conde’s Bloggers vs Journalists while browsing Gmanews.tv blogs. I’ve never heard of the Luis Teodoro-kinda-vs-the-bloggers issue, not until now.

I have not read the whole articles involved yet, but according to my (limited. hehe) understanding, Sir Teodoro said something about journalists must start blogging so that the bloggers can learn something from them something something. Google the details na lang. Ahehe

Then, there was this dude who reacted and kinda said that mainstream media is so corrupted and fucked up already(he even said the word ‘advertisment’ millions and millions of times) and it is becoming extinct already. And he totally opposed Sir Teodoro something something. Sabay nyo na sa google

Lemme introduce myself. I graduate AB Journalism a couple of months ago. I have no ‘formal’ experience in the field (yet?), but I spent my on-the-job training on the “out there” last year for 210 hours and in the process, I’ve met some great people and got to know more about Journalism first hand.

But, I should mention too that I’ve been blogging since my last year in highschool. That itself is a really long time, i think. I consider my blog a MAJOr part of my life (the last time it was down, I can’t even sleep). I post here my opinion about stuff and I am eternally greatful for whoever invented this blog thingy because this changed my life completely.

Now, to make all these short, I think the dude who questioned Teodoro is going for an overkill, and that Sir Teodoro is right that we should be really be responsible whenever we blog (i think that’s his whole point).

As a blogger, i was never offended by what Sir Teodoro was trying to say. I have observed that the blogging world is so distorted that every single one has the fact (read: they claim they have facts) and everyone is so opinionated and everyone can say whatever they want to say. But there lies the problem. Everyone has something to say, and sometimes, no one even wants to listen.

Sabi nga ni Kuya Ederic sa blog nya: “Kung isa kang blogger na nagkukuwento lang ng pang-araw-araw na buhay at may dalawang kabarkadang mambabasa, kung mga personal na mga bagay ang tinatalakay mo, di mo na siguro kailangang sumunod sa anumang journalism standards. Kung gusto mo halimbawang balahurain ang boss mo, bahala ka. Sorry ka na lang kung mapikon sa ‘yo at kasuhan ka ng libelo, o sibakin ka. (Puwede mo rin palang ireklamo sa Department of Labor and Employment.) Sa pagtitimbang sa mga ganitong bagay papasok ang sinasabi ni LVT na self-regulation, at hindi sa iniisip ng iba na pagpapatupad ng pormal na code of ethics o kung ano pa man.”

Kasama ako dun sa mga nagbablog lang ng pang araw araw na nangyayari sa buhay nila, pero I still make it a point to apply my journalistic self everytime I write. I am not trying to regulate myself, I am just trying to be responsible.

The saying that the pen is sooo mightier than the sword? Not a joke and completely true. I don’t want some made up stuff create some issue, or my strong irrational opinion to flood the internet because I know in the longer run, that will come into an undesirable effect.

Fuck ‘control’ and hurray democracy?

Sure. I love democracy. My job is based on democracy.

But, then what? A democratic place where everyone assumes they are always right? A place where it is really really hard to draw the line between the truth and the blogger-made-up-truth? A place where you can voice out your opinion and in the process offend people who does not deserve to be offended?

I know a lot of people (well, not personally know them) who see the great freedom of expression in the most radical light. SASABIHIN NAMIN ANG GUSTO NAMIN SABIHIN, WALANG PAKIELAMANAN. Yeah, there’s a delightful beauty in that in the first glance, but looking deeper, nakakatakot. Suddenly, there’s no truth anymore. You just need to have a great command of the language, whichever it is. Words suddenly became stronger than the thought itself.

Madami talagang ganyan. Uncensored publishing. Muntik na nga ako mapaaway minsan sa ganyan eh. Ang punto nya, karapatan ng taong malaman ang totoo. Ang punto ko, bakit, ano ba yung totoo? Ikaw ba yung may hawak ng totoo? O yung totoo sayo eh yung gusto mo lang makita?

ps. the advertisment thingy - so overrated. Really. Bilang isang tao na madaming kilalang respetadong mamamahayag, ako na yung na-offend.

Sorry kung medyo dalang dala ako sa topic.This issue is putting two of my most favorite things in the world in a war. Goodluck na lang.

The first time I blogged, I just wanted the world wide web to know that my crush does not know that I exist. Almost five years later, the blog world has changed dramatically.

Of course madaming madaming madaming magagandang bagay na ang nangyari at madami akong nakikilalang nakakaaliw at nakakatuwang mga manunulat, tsaka madami akong nakikilalang mga tao na akala ko’y sa panaginip ko lang makakasalamuha.

Pero, wala lang, parang everyone’s doing it na kasi. Whenever someone ask me kung may blog ako, dati rati, I’ll proudly say I have one kasi konti palang marunong mag blog nun eh. Ngayon, parang if anyone ask me and I said yes, they’ll look at you like a typical person nalang and not a ‘blogger’. Hirap explain eh. Ang selfish ko no?

Sana di nalanga ko tumanda tas ang binablog ko nalang eh yung mga topic such as my-crush-does-not-know-i-ever-exist.

Would you look at that, ginagawa ko parin pala yun. haha

WOOOHOOO WORLD!!!!

DAVID COOK IS THE NEW AMERICAN IDOL!!!

he won over the much much younger Archuleta. I was rooting for him ever since the Billie Jean stint, and from that moment I knew he’d win the whole thing.

GO MAKE A KICK-ASS ALBUM DAVID! I PROMISE I’LL BUY ONE ^_____^

(And I’ll wait for you here in Manila too :D)

ps. Michael Johns and Carly Smithson’s duet is a must-see.

(and some bad stuff to oppose those cool stuff)

+ I am a night person. My brain works more (i think. I THINK) when the sun is down. i dunno, I guess it has something to do with the gravity of the moon or something. Watevs.

+ I don’t have to worry about being burned under the heat of the sun. I leave home 8 p.m. and leave the office at around 6 or 7 a.m. (when there is still vitamin D on the rays of the sun - as far as i know)

+ when it’s raining, it’s a bummer to leave home 8 p.m. because i just wanna stay there and sleep like i normally did when I was still in school. Ooops.

+ There was this guy who I always see seating outside Figaro Gateway. ALWAYS. I think he’s waiting for someone. I wish he’s just waiting for his sister or something.

+ Jason Fernandez’ (and the rest of Rivermaya’s) advertisement for the clothing line Human posted on the walls of the walkway connecting Gateway Mall and farmer’s Plaza. I know, that has got nothing to do with the nightshift thingy, but Jason is sooo adorable there, it is worth mentioning.

+ When everyone is going home already, I am just about to start my day. Bummer.

+ Opposing that, when I am on my way home to rest my butt of, everyone’s on their way to work. HA-HA!

+ Because of my shift, I am OFTEN mistaken as a call center (or kawl sener) agent. I am not saying that there is something wrong with being one, but… kasi may private joke kami sa call centers. Noong nagaaral pa kami, we would often joke that we’ll all end up in call centers since journalism is not really a lucrative field.

+ I can’t possibly have a nightlife. Wait I don’t have a nightlife to begin with anyway, so no worries here.

+ I’m missing my friends

+ Siksikan sa LRT2. But LRT2 is the prettiest transit in this country, so it does not bother me that much.

+ SUPER luwang sa MRT. YEHEY!

+ No malls yet after I got off from work. Booo.

+ I miss my friends.

———–

some unthinkable thing happened yesterday.

sa sidecar on my way to LRT2

sidecar boi: buti di ka natatakot sumakay dun sa kanto nyo, parating lasing mga magsa-sidecar dun eh.
aika: ayos lang po… kilala ko naman po yung mga yun eh
sidecar boi: ganun ba… baka kasi mapahamak ka dun, kasi kami iniingatan namin yung mga pasahero namin talaga.
aika: ganun po ba… buti naman kuya
sidecar boi: sasakay po ba kayo ng LRT? Nagsarado sila ah… andami ngang tao sa Legarda eh kasi nga sarado yung LRT.
aika: HUUUUUWAAAAAAAAT!????????

There. I ended up taking the FX to Ortigas. Because arriving at work late gives me the paranoia, paranoia was my companion the whole trip. Good think I was only caught in traffic twice (in Sta. Mesa and in Shaw). I hate traffic jams >__<

I just can’t believe that they could actually shut the LRT down. Just. Like. That. Now, my faith to humanity fades even more.

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Yeah, I got my first paycheck last week and was able to cash it out only yesterday.

So, what was the first thing I bought?

I wanted the thing to be pretty special. Someday I’ll tell my kids What was the first thing I bought with my first paycheck and I want them to look ate me with so much awe. That’s if I reproduce anyway.

I bought *tadaaan* a book

Haha! Nerdy much

tell you more about it (and proofread this blog late)

gotta run home ASAP for Idol’s result!

WIN COOK, WIN!!!!

brb