[BGmusic: I have no idea what this song is but it's by MuteMath]
Quote for the day:
“The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity.”
- Harlan Ellison
Sep
18
2009
The Power Is YOURS!
Sep
17
2009
Turning Japanese
To my dear sister the genius design-programming-hybrid-thing, if you are reading this, I tried fixing my blog and made it worse. Ahem. I love you.
TENKYU. <3
[BGmusic: La Vie En Rose by Louis Armstrong]
Quote for the day:
“LALABAS NA TAYO SA EARTH!!!!!”
- little boy,
after takeoff on a plane from Manila to Davao
Many of you will be pleased to know that after months of searching, I finally have a job. Yes, friends, my six-month stint in limbo is coming to an end. I won’t tell you what company I’ll be working for and what I’ll be doing, because, you know, Google can be very dangerous in the wrong right wrong hands.
I’d like to tell you guys that I have spent these months finding myself, spending hours in deep meditation, coming up with ways to end world hunger, discovering alternative fuel sources, etc. But if this isn’t your first time here in my blog, you probably know that it is highly unlikely that I, the foremost expert in the art of Rest and Relaxation [take note: capital R's], have done anything worthwhile.
Sep
16
2009
Blog: A Brief History
[BGmusic: You Have Been Loved by Sia]
Quote for the day:
My brother: “[Insert philosophical blah-blahs here]…for example, I’m good at bass guitar. Ate Ror [our eldest], you’re good at design. And [DQ]… you’re good at… *pauses*…sleeping.”
- He evidently thinks a lot of me.
Context: In a taxi on the way home from Life Pursuits,
talking about knowing the purposes of our talents.
Hey, it takes a lot of dedication to relax the way I do.
I started blogging in 2004, a few months after I graduated from high school. I didn’t go to college right away like the rest of the Philippines, but decided to take a year-long break to figure out what I wanted in life [I didn't]. So, while my high school friends were busy warming up to their new lives in university and hanging out with their shiny new college friends, I quickly got reacquainted with my not-so-inner loner.
Aug
26
2009
I bet you think this post is about you
Dear Headache,
This will be my first and last letter. Enough is enough. I’ve been letting you bring out the worst in me, and I will not make patol to you henymore. I will not talk, I will not write, and I will control my body language. No more drama. No no no no drama.
Sincerely,
DQ
Aug
08
2009
She’s So Lovely
[BGmusic: Where I Belong by Sia]
Quote for the day:
“There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.”
Sir Francis Bacon, Of Beauty
Because I have no idea what to write about but I still want to upload my blog, I looked into my Make A Wish box of treasures, and found this [very lonely - gimme more please] request:
Have you ever fallen in love with another girl? If yes, could you write about it please?
– “M”
To answer your question M, no I have never fallen in love with another girl. Sorry for being so boring, but even though I’m a total tomboy, I am 100% heterosexual and attracted to the male of the species, even the undeserving and disgusting kind, unfortunately.
However, like most females, I am not afraid to appreciate the beauty of other females. This is rarer in males – the only straight guy I know who can talk about how good-looking another guy is is my brother… he’s special.
So here it is – it had to come sooner or later – my list of girl-crushes.
*drumroll*
Aug
05
2009
Do not stand at my grave and weep
by Mary Frye [1932]
Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glint on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you wake in the morning hush,
I am the swift, uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circling flight.
I am the soft starlight at night.
Do not stand at my grave and weep.
I am not there, I do not sleep.
Do not stand at my grave and cry.
I am not there, I did not die!
Jul
11
2009
Lost and Found
[BGmusic: We Used to Vacation by Cold War Kids]
Dear reader, do you know this movie?
Plot summary (from imdb.com):
When a young boy and his family don’t come one year to their holiday home, their household appliances… think their master might be in trouble. They decided that rather than stay where they are, they’ll try to find them. So beings a dangerous and amusing adventure through the countryside and into the big city. Written by Cynan Rees {cynanrees@hotmail.com}
If you do, good. You know what I’m going to be talking about. If you don’t, now you know.
Anyway, I blame this movie especially for my unhealthy empathy towards inanimate objects.
For example, I crack a mug. Most people would feel pretty bad for being so clumsy, but sometimes – not as frequent as it used to be, mind you – I actually feel sorry for the mug. I mourn over its loss of purpose in the world, and the part I played in its death… Then I quickly get over it, because one should only allow a modest number of moments of insanity in one’s life.
[This is why I don't name my belongings. A lot of people name their gadgets/musical instruments/etc., and I do none of that, it only makes me worse. I tried giving my violin a name once upon a time but it didn't work out. So basically we're all no-name slobs now.]
Jul
06
2009
Wag Po
[BGmusic: Girl in the War by Josh Ritter]
Quote for the day:
“All we want to do is eat your brains
We’re not unreasonable; I mean, no-one’s gonna eat your eyes”- Jonathan Coulton’s Re: Your Brains
A sad reality of our times is how indifferent we’ve grown towards each other. Yes, we all have an opinion on the lifestyles of the rich and the famous, but you’ll be hard-pressed to find someone who cares about your run-of-the-mill Juan.
We hardly ever try to connect with people outside of our social circles. Forget making eye contact or wishing someone a good day. We don’t do that. And when we do… okay, let me tell you about what happened to me yesterday.
See, I was in a pretty good mood because I just came from church [and post-church lunch], and I’m almost always in a good mood after church [and post-church lunch]. Plus, I just bought a CD and was in the process of buying myself a book, so if you were playing the Sims [2 - am in the process of getting myself Sims 3 hwahaha], my aspiration level would be platinum.
Anyway, so there I was, in line at the cashier at this second-hand bookstore, when I feel the man in front of me looking at me. So I look at him in the eye, and he smiles at me and I smile back. And I think, “Wow, this world isn’t so bad if strangers still smile at each other.”
Jun
19
2009
Gathering Cobwebs
[BGmusic: nothing for now]
Quote for the day:
“I hate the phone, but I wish you’d call.”
- Joshua Radin, The Fear You Won’t Fall
[But it's not like anyone can call me, due to my phoneless state.]
Yes, I know I’m such a loser for not updating this thing more often. But even though I think most of my readers have up and gone and forgotten about this blog – and I won’t hold it against them because in the real world that’s what happens when blogs are seemingly abandoned – I shall pick up where I left off.
So, UPDATES.
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Bring on the FAQ’s!
[Translation: if you're reading this please don't ask me these questions because I've been having this conversation about five hundred times already.]
So, what have you been up to lately?
I have been:
- lying around our house playing computer games
- reading manga
- honing my ukulele skillz
- watching sitcoms/dramas/anime/anything
Sometimes simultaneously.
May
23
2009