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Saturday, October 28, 2006

days of the dread, here in the Philippines

From now until the end of all souls' say, I expect people pushing and shoving at the airports, seaports and other transportation terminals, rushing to get a seat and go to their or appointed rendezvous or somewhere else. I shall hear reports of robbery, harrasment, the sudden increase in fares, and terrorist threats. I would also witness commentary from the people who wish to go to their provinces or elsewhere and complain of the companies' sluggiah performance (geez, you're just being cheked if you're eligible for the ride -- you don't want to get sick all over the place or get your ear blown off, do you?)

Already it feels like all souls' day. People are lining up at candle shpos and flower boutiques to buy stuff they could offer to their dead relatives' graves There would be people who could barely afford candy that they'll just offer someone else's offered candles and/or flowers. There shall be confusion and chaos as the living relatives find the graves of their dead. One scene would involve two or three people who visited one grave all at the same time even they're all strangers to each other -- it turns out that the three people are the dead person's fiancees; anyway the scence usually ends in fistfights and hair-puling matches in the cemetery.

Also, reports of paranormal activity shall befall the news. I would see fabricated spirit photos that would be claimed and reiterated authentic, and genuine images of the dead would be shot down and dismissed as fake and the source of the photo an opportunist. There will be storytelling of haunting experiences amidst the headlines of increasing oil prices and totally deranged celebrities, and would serve as fillers for unused air time until the next program comes on.

And on October 31, kids in costumes that are supposed to scare or amuse us will roam the streets.

As for me, I would stay here at home and do nothing but watch TV/DVD, read books, surf the internet, listen to music, manage my website, blog up and, what else? Do nothing.

(Oh, as for the October 31 Trick or Treat thing here, it only happens to kids with rich parents. The rest stay home or join the family in praying for their dead.)

Monday, October 23, 2006

no thought, no post

I haven't blogged ever since friday the thirteen. I couldn't squeeze out a thought form my pea-sized brain. I couldn't find anything interesting to talk about. I don't even know if my mind's still working. Or am I still a person?

I don't know. It could be constipation of the brain. It could be some curse that prevents me from writing something. It could be my dumb life. It could be anything. But I'm obliged to think that my left brain's killing my right. Because I couldn't think randomly.

Anyway, all I could think of ends here. Maybe next time I could write of something.

And it's almost halloween...

Sunday, October 15, 2006

Th1rt33n

October 13 was Friday, the day in which everyone gets to have a stroke of bad luck, and a day which supposedly brought some resistance against the bad energy for the chinese people. As luck would have it, I'm no chinese (which I kind of wish I was). That means, I'll still suffer torment at the hands of life.

What's with friday the thirteenth that makes every occurence of it hellish? Who the hell had marked this day as a day of catastrophes, disasters, calamities, destrution, crises and, to simply put it, misfortunes?

The universe really has a warped sense of humor.

Anyway, many bad things happened to me on friday the thirteen. But nothing worse than the friday the thirteen I experience every day of my life (and everyone else's).

Tuesday, October 03, 2006

Damage Report

  • at least 100 people doed during the storm, mostly because of landslides and floods.
  • Trees, billboards and electric posts fell off their foundation from so much stress brought on by the strong winds. one person was killed by a fallen billboard.
  • because of the downfall of the trees, billboards and electric posts, virtually the whole Luzon had its power cut off. Many lives were screwed, many plans were derailed, many business closed down because of the blackout. even the philippine stock exchange dangled to nostalgia.
  • more than a billion pesos (US$ 300 million?) damage was recorded.
  • strong winds also caused some vehicles to topple down, if not blown away to somewhere else. three (?) people died.