step in the arena and break the walls down

as most of you might know already, julian has been mugged at town by some fratboy assclowns. if only i knew what they looked like, they'll be earning a spear each from me. don't get me wrong though, they will get a spear. sooner or later. (julian, birthday ko ha? sama-sama tayo :P)

anyway, the latest wwe commercials that are aired at solar quite amuse me. i mean, come on, who's jack?

someone here still doesn't get it. i think.

*sigh* time for my usual freedom-of-speech-in-blogs rant.

see, i was reading mark's blog and i saw his latest post. although it may be a really old post (two months old), it got my adrenaline started because apparently - someone still doesn't get it. well, a part of it. it's on the topic of leiron and, you know.

here's what he posted (thankfully it's quite short):

"ayan tingan nyo nalang ang napala nang aking kaibigan...muntikan na siyang ma kick out sa ginawa nya..tatanga tanga kasi...hinde nya naisip na pag nakita iyon nang principal namin ay siya ay makakasuhan... iiniisip naman nitong isa kong kaibigan na pikon na pikon sakin sa magic na dapat daw ay hindi siya kasuhan dahil daw hindi naman daw lumalabag sa rules ng eskwelahan namin iyoong ginawa ni leiron! onga tama ka hindi nga labag.. pero naman! hinid mo ba naisip na mali ang ginawa nya at talagang dapat na siya ay parusahan? sabi nga nang tatay ko na pwede ka pa nga makulong sa mga gawaing ganyan! kaya guys and girls...learn this lesson.. NEVER!!...i repeat..NEVER!!...EVERR!!! PUT AN INSULT TO SOMEONE IN THE NET ESPECIALLY IF HES A SCHOOL OFFICIAL!!!! you might share she same fate as leiron did... kasi pwede kang makasuhan nito at makulong.. and another thing.. wag tatanga tanga pag nag susulat sa blog.. alam ko lag galit ka na gusto mong magwala sa iyong blog...pero naman.. isipin mo mababasa nang maraming tao iyan..at baka may mag sumbong kung may masamang meaning yan.. kaya dudes.. calm down lng..hehe..."

once more - i will dissect. the most scientific way to go.

ayan tingan nyo nalang ang napala nang aking kaibigan...muntikan na siyang ma kick out sa ginawa nya - that's just 75% of your facts, mark. leiron was never in the danger of getting kicked out.

tatanga tanga kasi - true.

hinde nya naisip na pag nakita iyon nang principal namin ay siya ay makakasuhan... - i've confirmed this a thousand and one times: under the right circumstances, and i assure you, leiron was under the right circumstances, you cannot, in a million years, be punished for this. yaps said it; blog at home. which he (leiron) did.

iiniisip naman nitong isa kong kaibigan na pikon na pikon sakin sa magic na dapat daw ay hindi siya kasuhan dahil daw hindi naman daw lumalabag sa rules ng eskwelahan namin iyoong ginawa ni leiron! onga tama ka hindi nga labag... - see above. hindi nga siya labag. hindi rin ako labag. kung gawin mo rin yun, hindi ka rin lalabag.

pero naman! hindi mo ba naisip na mali ang ginawa nya at talagang dapat na siya ay parusahan? - you're saying we should screw the constitution? he was exercising freedom of speech; what leiron did was neither right nor wrong, it borders on the neutral. if the principal ever decided to punish leiron, that would be counted as a personal vendetta - and that wouldn't be very fair, now would it?

sabi nga nang tatay ko na pwede ka pa nga makulong sa mga gawaing ganyan! - if we were under marcos, yeah, it's possible. but that's a very big if (obviously).

kaya guys and girls...learn this lesson.. NEVER!!...i repeat..NEVER!!...EVERR!!! PUT AN INSULT TO SOMEONE IN THE NET - talk about a hypocrite. how come i see, "janvit bakla" in your blog? hehe - it's all good anyway.

ESPECIALLY IF HES A SCHOOL OFFICIAL!!!! - if very very necessary to do so only. see my paascu rants. factual example: i recall that the freshmen's (aka incoming sophomore) CL teacher loved to curse (a lot) during basketball games. what a huge hypocrite, man. (did i get that mr. delos santos correctly? it might be a different one, but i think that's him - not sir rolly though)

you might share she same fate as leiron did... kasi pwede kang makasuhan nito at makulong.. - does anyone else know that i was actually waiting for my turn? since i knew i would be caught sooner or later, i prepared a small diatribe. anyway, as said above, the last sentence is null and void.

and another thing.. wag tatanga tanga pag nag susulat sa blog.. alam ko lag galit ka na gusto mong magwala sa iyong blog...pero naman.. isipin mo mababasa nang maraming tao iyan..at baka may mag sumbong kung may masamang meaning yan.. kaya dudes.. calm down lng..hehe... - you can never tell someone how or what to write in his or her blog (unless the content drives the blog to the point where it is literally and/or figuratively unreadable. *ubo* julian was like that back then...) i believe that the weblog has risen to the level where it is considered a form of art, and it can be a masterpiece if you do it properly and in an entertaining way (and as a side note, i also believe that the most degenerate kind of blog is the blog that usually describes what happened during your day. the second most degenerate is the one that has a lot of spelling and grammar errors.). you cannot calm down when you absolutely have to write about someone you hate or when you have to express your joy. so if you read a blog and are thus offended, remember two things: you cannot change what is written, and the red x button is free to use.

lol. i guess all of you are used to this kind of rant already. sorry, i couldn't let it pass up :P

have a nice day ;)

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insidious dreams

i had a weird dream last night, and it didn't happen once (it happened many times before). you see, the plotlines of this dream would not be extraordinary, except for one property that is strange enough in itself - the fact that my teeth would feel like i was wearing braces, although i would find that there were nothing on it. they also seem to be fixed in the dream world. when i would wake up, this feeling would disappear. i don't know how it would affect my teeth in the future, but at least, now i know how it feels to be wearing braces.

radio los santos

let me tell you, my head (brain, for that matter) is amazing. there's this radio that is internally controlled, and even i can't change its playlist. back when we were taking the algebra finals, i was constantly bugged by the playing of that old janet jackson song. now, it's playing 98 degrees - invisible man. i don't know why, though. i don't have excuses for most of the songs it plays.

with that said, let me also tell you that i've begun playing grand theft auto: san andreas. my stations of choice are radio los santos, csr, and master sounds 98.3 (good jazz).

"it ain't jeffrey no more! it's og loc! i'm gangsta now!"

my explanation on the edit part: okay, when i read his inbox (see, readers, you have to understand this point. i am a nosy pendejo. i can't resist.) i felt enormous sympathy for my brother that i did not know what i could possibly do with that emotion welled up inside. so, i wrote about it. i do know that it's exposed for the public to freely read, and there's another ulterior motive up that sleeve - i'm not a brother who just sits there without a care in the world when something wrong is happening to my siblings. they're family and they're homies. so, i may have been wrong in exhibiting my brother's affairs, but i thought i could do something by expressing my sympathy. but i found that i have done that wrong, and i sincerely apologize.

in any case, HILAW! is going to be updated tonight.

not fun. not fun at all.

i hate being sick. i fell ill due to some unknown reason (probably the un-summerish occasion of rain) and now - yeah, i have slight fever. what now? lying in the bed has its pros and cons - i found out that when i wasted my morning and late afternoon yesterday napping, sleep didn't bother me until 2 am. and, i theorized that i sweat much more when i'm on the pc.

(i thought sleep was supposed to help - i took a nap with a low temperature and woke up burning.)

i need a bath seriously - my hair looks like a crow nested on my head with wings outstretched. so, my hair measures 2 - 3 inches (side view). but if i do, that's like jumping on a lit stove.

and, not only that, but whenever i'm in bed and phim is on the pc, i have to stand his horrible singing. my god; i've never heard jopay sound so bad (the next worse thing would be pauline singing it) and awit ng kabataan sung so low. (i guess i'm the only one in this household can scream like that on a perfect day :D)

hey, at least i conquered china and korea, and i'm allied with mongolia. i will now attack france on my next scenario :D

remember, "no matter what, no matter when, no matter who, any man can sweep a woman off her feet - you just need the right broom." (wala lang.)

guess what?

IT'S BACK, BABY!!!

hitch with me here.

ah, thank you for your one-liners for the previous blog entry - i assumed that even if they're so minimalist and conservative, there's a lot of feeling under the skin.

anyway. i hope God blesses you with the gall to read this post.

yesterday, we had the usual gimmick to celebrate the beginning of summer. (although i couldn't claim for summer to have begun yet. in a few days' time, it will.) the activity in town that took up 70% of our time was the movie hitch. yea, it was enlightening, but it covered stuff i already knew about. but for those who weren't able to watch (let me say as a side note that my brother and his, um, friends, vicky you get the point, were watching with us in the other side of the theatre), let me get the point across for now.

first off, alex hitchens is what his clients call a "date doctor". (quite a profession for those in desperation.) oh, by the way, that's will smith, mind you, but you already knew that. anyway, i won't spoil any plot for you, but i will tell you the reason why he has a... this job.

there are some guys who are players, and there are some guys who are losers. now most players are jerks, most often looking for a one-night stand. (basic principle #2: don't imagine what she looks like naked.) now, those are the idiots who probably in the current metagame (read: the present) will not be able to score a lot because of their agenda, and those are the idiots mr. hitchens blatantly refuses to work with. why? because they're idiots.

as for the losers' side of the game, these people need hitch the most. (like me, but that's a different story already...) you see, unless you're a total thick-faced dumbass, you cannot just go up to a pretty girl you like and say,

"hi, my name is jan vitaliano mamawal, and i like you a lot. would you like to go out with me?"

no.

just no.

so you require a game plan, but not every person is capable enough of concocting a strategy so impressive and with flair to win, at least, the attention of the girl in your mind. (objective: shock and awe.) that's where will smi-- i mean, hitch, comes in. yeah, he'll help you do all those things and be your coach, as long as you keep one thing in mind: it's going to be long-term. no one-night stands. (sorry, giselle.)

now that i've mentioned that not every guy knows how to walk up to a girl and talk, here's where the other part comes in. there is a great fear among men that, when they ask a girl to [try and] commit to them, they will be rejected. this is the sole reason why boys are torpe. i know, i know, you girls will probably go, "how will you know if you don't try?" why? because we have this thing in us that annoys most people around guys, called the ego. (aka pride, reputation, etc.) now if you're rejected, your pride has been wounded, and that's not half as good. going back, this is where hitch helps you (the guy who is standing there feeling miserable of himself -- you know who you are, mr. ******. yes, i know you.) because you need help.

hitch: "i'm doing this so that the 'losers' have a fighting chance."

so please think about that whenever you're depressed and thinking that nobody loves you - you just need to know someone who actually does.

you know you're probably s-b when..

copyrighted vicky. (don't worry, i asked :P)

so,

you know you're sb (2004-2005) when...

- you laugh (very hard) at the phrase "going back".
- you don't study for the drug test.
- you are playing the guitar during FL, or just doing other shit.
- you catcall whenever the words "sir lasap" is mentioned in the presence of ms. rogador, and vice versa.
- you know very well the mixture of naphtalene and congo red.
- the name "corky" comes to your mind when the words "drugs" or "smoking" is mentioned.
- you greet divine a merry christmas.
- the name "nani" or "sol" comes to your mind when discussing fat and/or obesity.
- you count annamykell as one person.
- you bow before kim.
- you consider trig very important only in the college entrance exams.
- you eat whatever during FL.
- you have bonded throughout countless english practices.
- you sing along with nani or jimmo.
- you have a blog.
- you, along with 20+ other people, are excused for tech rehearsal.
- you can sing rivermaya, bamboo, sugarfree, e-heads, mayonnaise, and others.
- you find yourself eating candy (distributed by sir lasap) every time you take a final exam.
- you are disturbed by a "[insert number] minutes" from sir lasap whenever you're taking a final exam.
- you hear one of the teachers mention in class that this section is one of their favorites.
- you know who alan is.
- you will miss sophomore-b 2004-2005.

and finally:

- you are that damn good.

o sige, that's it. it's not the post i promised on the previous blog entry, but hey...

kani-kanina lang / best of 2004-2005

well, i guess i should wait before posting something like this on wednesday, but after being driven to the verge of tears (just the verge) by mama's farewell song, i realized that i just couldn't wait.

sophomore year has gone by with a blink of an eye. it seemed like yesterday that i:

*in no particular order*

- arrived at s-b early, finding that leiron and ping were already there. it seemed that sophomore-c's classroom underwent a flood due to the new aircons.

- was shouted at by mama for going to my locker and trying to get my pad paper.

- was pleasantly surprised to see sir tom back after days of suspense as to who the new teacher is. our speculations were ms. rica. (close enough.)

- had our recollection. i'm sorry angelic for crushing you with my sharp elbow :P

- had our outreach[es]. i guess everyone still remembers or has already forgotten about this one.

- had a string of practices for the intrams dance. i hope i'm not the only one still remembering the "naphtalene + congo red" mixture here...

- papa threatened to leave us for another section. but since we're so magnetic, i for one am glad that he changed his mind. imagine leaving *us*! heaven forbid!

- practicing for act four of romeo and juliet. what was annal's line again? what was it? i don't remember. can anyone help me out? did it go something like, "but we'll be short of food!"?

- afternoon delight's bonding memories.

- two concerts. "1.. 2.. 3.. 4! you talk too much..." haay. someone needs a circumcision. and lilo and steech. scroll down for previous blog entries ;)

- christmas party. I WANT AN "I LOVE SIR LASAP" SHIRT!!!

- "going back..."

and that's just what i remember right now. next week, i'll be throwing the last batch of quotes, since there is more comedy during finals exams (this is proven with evidence that i will show you on that particular blog entry.)

people who are exempted in all subjects, happy resting. (damn what a plug :P)

[EDIT] this edit is tailored to interest magic players. after the first paragraph, you won't know what i'm talking about if you do not play this game.

i was reading through my younger brother's diary (yes, I'm a nosy little goblin) and lo and behold, i found that he designed a couple of cards. they're seriously out of flavor (except for the first one), but the thing is, he designed some cards (even if he doesn't play magic.). mana sa kuya (i design cards and post them in the brainburst forums).

here they are, note that he wrote his own yu-gi-oh-inspired flavor text and adorned it with art that is very good in my standards:

Leonin Mutantkiller (there is no mana cost nor p/t, so let me fix it) - 3W
Creature - Cat Knight (?)

Whenever a Plains comes into play, Leonin Mutantkiller gets +0/+1 until end of turn.

Leonins have new enemies, mutants. (what mutants?)
2/2

and the next one:

Leaden Goblin (again, no mana cost nor p/t, and looks more like a viashino if you ask me) - 2R
Creature - Goblin Warrior

First strike
Whenever an artifact an opponent controls is put into a graveyard from play, Leaden Goblin gets +0/+1 until end of tern.

If Humans have a captin, so do Goblins. (umm..yeah.)
2/2

anyway, it was I who corrected the oracle wording (you'd laugh if you saw the original wording). things like these make me so proud to be a kuya *tear* :P [/EDIT]

please join the OFFAL movement.

got this survey from vicky, who in turn, got this off friendster. may nagffriendster pa pala. anyway... (with added translation for fun and profit.)

Friendster Survey about school! (Prenster Sarbey Abawt Iskul/Sarbey sa "Friendster" Ukol sa Paaralan)

1. San ka naghighschool? (Where is your high school?) - La Salle Zobel.
2. fave mong tambayan sa skul? (What is your favorite standby area in school?) - Canteen. PA Office. Labas ng S-B. :P
3. madalas ka sa library?? (Are you a library common?) - Si Hans madalas. :P
4. kumakain ka sa canteen? (Do you eat in the canteen?) - If I am hungry, I will.
5. npalabas ka na ba sa library??? (Have you been kicked out of the library?) - I believe I was at some point.
6. eh sa classroom?? (What about the classroom?) - Yes! By Ms. Duco; because I left my book at home and I was poking fun at Rocky.
7. bumagsak ka na ba sa ibang subjects mo? (Have you failed your other subjects?) No. Just close calls.
8. ano fave mong subject? (What is your favorite subject?) As of now, Chemistry. Medyo biased, but hey, I'd also take Sir Pats's Comp Sci.
9. nag-cutting ka na ba khit mnsan? (Have you cut classes even sometimes? *note: direct translation.*) I believe I haven't. No good reason to.
10. nahuli ka na bang nangongopya?? (Have you been caught copying?) Not yet >=D
11. nwalan ka na ba ng cel sa skul? (Have you lost a cell in school?) Anong cell? Body cell? Brain cell? Skin cell? Cellphone? Never. Other types of cells, yeah. Brain cell mostly due to FL and LCLE.
12. eh money? (And money?) When I was a carefree little idiot kid who racked up honors. (Really, I used to.)
13. subject(s) u like least? (Paksang hindi mo nagustuhan?) As of now, Algebra.
14. may crush ka ba sa skul? (Do you have a crush in school?) Anong klaseng tanong ba naman yan?
15. mdmi ka ba kilala na nde mo clasm8s? (Are there many people you have met but are not your classmates?) Yes.
16. active ka ba sa mga campings? (Are you active during campings?) Yes.
17. mdmi ka ba admirers sa skul? (Have you many admirers in school?) I am not Professor X; how am I supposed to know?
18. cno partner mo nung js?? (Who was your partner during JS?) My partner in the non-existent JS prom for Sophomores is... I don't know. She doesn't exist.
19. lgi ka ba late? (Are you often late?) Only if giselle is holding up the line in the bookstore.
20. lgi ka ba absent? (Are you often absent?) If I'm ill. Pero sino ba gustong mag-absent?
21. du u wear ur id ol d tym? (Do you wear your ID all the time?) It rotted with my wallet, and rightfully so; it bears my ugly grade 6 mug. The yearbook pic was better, mind you.
22. how much do u spend daily? (Magkano ang iyong iginagasta araw-araw?) Let's see... a) Hot Shots for P45 and a large Mango Teazer for P22, that would make P67, b) Bacon Double-Decker for P39.50 and a large Mango Teazer for P22, making for P63.50, or c) Hot Shots for P45 and a Blue/Red/Orange Virgin for P20, making for P65. God, I miss the old Teazers guy; he would prepare my drink before I even said a word. At least Priscilla still knows my preferred condiments.
23. have a crush on a student teacher? (Ikaw ba'y nagkagusto sa isang batang guro?) Ehh... no. Yaps, is our plan to beat up the P.E. teacher still on?
24. do u write legibly? (Matino ba sulat mo?) More legible than most guys. Only slightly more legible than Chris.
25. use cel inside ur room? (Gumamit ng selpon sa loob ng silid-aralan?) If I forgot to turn it off.
26. mdmi ka ba nkktang magxota sa skul? (Do you see many loving couplse in school?) Do I really have to cough here?
27. ilan dnadla mo notbuks? (How many notebooks do you bring?) A lot. Russell, remember Tomes I and II? I still haven't gotten around finishing Tome of Ages I. It's sad.
28. eh books? (And books?) Is my paperback copy of RotK still rotting in my bag?
29. canteen or library? If there were PCs at the canteen and everyone was on the Brainburst Forums or playing MODO. MODO, not Ragnarok. (Magic Online with Digital Objects.)
30. absent or cut classes? Absent.
31. write or listen? (Sulat o makinig?) Write in the book. By the way; fozzy, we have one last week to finish book 2. Unless one of us is willing to write over the summer.
32. sec 1 or 2? If 1 is equivalent to A and 2 equivalent to B and so on and so forth, then I would have to be section 2.
33. no teachers or no classes? Teachers like papa.
34. ballpen or pencil? Ballpen. Especially the engraved one Ryan got me for Christmas.
35. writing lectures or writing nonesense things? Nonsense things on the notebook.

and i guess that's that. ;)

it just sucks. period.

after muntinlupa day, we step inside the classroom. everything goes well until we hit algebra. it seems that ms. ortiguero has been ordered to give us these worksheets about overpopulation. it goes on in filipino, english, and cl. (there always seems to be a fruitful discussion in english. lol.) heck, it goes on in t.h.e., and lo and behold, we were crestfallen as ms. ruiz announces more worksheets. (at least she has enough heart to discuss it with us! unlike ortiguero; she just leaves us to our own devices.)

to be honest, at first, i thought it seemed interesting (maybe because the first activity was going to the CAI lab, sir porn's territory). during the next day, in the damned worksheet #2 in algebra, we were all annoyed because we do not like analyzing bad mimeos of graphs. at least, ortiguero was aware that we all hated worksheet #2.

the only LCLE i liked was the one about modernistic poems.

it has already been confirmed that the innovator of this useless teaching strategy is the dear principal (yet againnnnnnnn. although i do not enjoy ranting about you anymore, i am once again compelled to.) and it was clear that the teachers didn't like it too. (i, for one, noticed this already in the tone of ortiguero's voice. and another thing; i've just been informed that this teaching strategy was recommended by the paascu.) why must the HEAD of the whole damned administration be a puppet of the PAASCU? and he/she/it told the teachers (when they were voicing out their negative feedback) that they should try it for 2-3 days before complaining.

guess what: we've tried it, and we didn't like it. we did not learn anything except that the philippines is an overpopulated dump. i'd like to see you sit in one of our armchairs (not mine, though) and take the carpets of worksheets given to us. please. i dare you.

graphing the population growth rate is useless. learning info about contraceptives is rather useful.

anyway, i'll let it go since it's the first time something unfortunate like this has happened to us. the next time you want to get a point across, do not give us carpets of worksheets. tell us we're so overpopulated and we need to cut it down, and we'll believe you.

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