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pyk http://pykmps.multiply.com/ i am for the school of peace, ultimate, poli-novela, lomography, e"kuno"mix, dank, sosyal [t]isyus, trent reznor & beck & massive attack, haruki & takashi murakami, cartoons and for greta. if you are not one of those, you still are welcome! :D Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:35:33 -0000 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:01:52 -0000 pyk http://images.pykmps.multiply.com/logo http://pykmps.multiply.com 100 100 Bobby A 15-star cast ensemble! Beating The Mars Attack's 9 stars. This is the largest gathering, i think. Emilio Esteves, Anthony Hopkins, Demi Moore, Elijah Wood, Lindsay Lohan, Sharon Stone, Laurence Fishburne, Heather Graham, Helen Hunt, Martin Sheen, Shia Labeouf, Ashton Kutcher, William Macy, Christian Slater and Joshua Jackson. I am going to re-watch and write my full review of this marvelous movie on 2010 presidential election. Do not worry though. this is not entirely a political movie. http://pykmps.multiply.com/reviews/item/22 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:01:52 -0000 12 Counting Crows_Long December My 12th and it played in me when I woke http://pykmps.multiply.com/music/item/130/12_Counting_Crows_Long_December Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:49:06 -0000 Mangaliwa Muna Ako Thanks to Mama! She let me have my left-handedness. Now, im in the same league of the great lefties—Einstein, Isaac Newton, Alexander the Great, Napoleon Bonaparte, Jack the Ripper, Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Pablo Picasso, Beethoven, Jimi Hendrix, and Manny Pacquiao. Just because Jesus sat at the "right" hand of God, lefties, like me, are branded "freaks, evil, weirdos, deviants, non-conformists". Rebels are in fact called ang kaliwa or the Left. Even cheating your girlfriend/boyfriend is called pangangaliwa. Ouch for us left-handed! But time has changed and you see more of us now. More parents are accepting us normal now, but some still force their children to write right. So, mangaliwa muna tayo! Right is not always right, the left could also be right—just look at the great men.    http://pykmps.multiply.com/journal/item/100/Mangaliwa_Muna_Ako Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:45:27 -0000 The Dark Knight i didn't like the movie, right after it ended. maybe, it was too complicated to understand coupled with unexplained patches of scenes (e.g how did Harvey Dent end up strapped?). transition is too slow, i thought the movie would end at 2am. i was somehow restless in my seat the whole time and just waiting for the action scenes..and JOKER..to prop up. ye! the Joker was phenomenal. Heath Ledger stole all scenes--the movie must have been about the Joker. He was crazy scary. Though Jack Nicholson (the original Joker) was also scary with his frequent sharp guffaws, Heath was different. He was the darker Joker without laughing much. No one, i guess, could equal Heath's performance here. Maybe, "The Crow" will but he was not funny. Batman, on the other hand, was confused and so are the viewers. Director Christopher Nolan could have exposed a clearer way of a confused hero like in Batman Begins, but i think he failed here. The Dark Knight has a good philosophy though, in depth—how "... http://pykmps.multiply.com/reviews/item/21 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:20:27 -0000 I'm Glad I've Met! <a href="http://pykmps.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SH8aBgoKCD8AADDvazc1"></a><a href="http://pykmps.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SH8aBgoKCD8AADDvazc1"><img style="width: 99px;height: 187px;" class="alignleft" src="http://images.pykmps.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SH8aBgoKCD8AADDvazc1/DSC00111B.JPG?et=D1U0NuYSBSJVRcETuurTpw&nmid=0" border="0"></a><a href="http://pykmps.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SH8aBgoKCD8AADDvazc1"></a><a href="http://pykmps.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SH8aawoKCD8AAD2bsEQ1"><img style="width: 124px;height: 188px;" class="alignleft" src="http://images.pykmps.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SH8aawoKCD8AAD2bsEQ1/IMG-5080B.jpg?et=09LNiM2wnF%2CIMg45ghIFzQ&nmid=0" border="0"></a>"Puti na ako!" everyone seem to be saying that. while Americans go gaga on skin-tanning, we, Filipinos, go loka on whitening (Dove campaign must have not effected much). more Filipinos spend more on cosmetics nowadays. in fact, family expenditure on "personal care and effect" soared from 3.6 last 2000 to 3.9 on 2003. from 1988-97, it just averaged at 3.3. <a href="http://philippines.adflakes.com/index.php/view+classifieds/id/19621/Metathione+%28Met+Tathione%29:+Skin+Whitening+Glutathione+Capsules">MET Tathione</a> even ran out of stocks. TAKE THAT! there are even more cosmetic stores like Watson in the city. well, i don't know the sales of umbrellas and sunscreen, but certainly there are more metrosexuals now. only 3 basics plunged among top 10 expenses, of which... personal care and effect ranked #6. one is housing and rent. dwelling units just became cheaper. thanks to weaker dollar currency and U.S. housing bubble. two and three are...TADAHHH!......food (43.6 to 43.1) and education (4.2 to 4.0).  trimming food and education is somehow understandable because they are more expensive, but trading them for more least-needed stuf... http://pykmps.multiply.com/journal/item/99/Im_Glad_Ive_Met Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:19:31 -0000 11 Davao Version_Low (Butiti or Blowfish) I hate this song including the original by T-Bone. though my hatred went mild after the Dumaguete Extreme sang this cheerfully during Ultimo Abril in Cebu City, i reverted to the original emotion when it was played more than 5 times in a day in any place. then suddenly, it was playing in my head AARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGG http://pykmps.multiply.com/music/item/128/11_Davao_Version_Low_Butiti_or_Blowfish Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:18:00 -0000 10 Dana Fuchess, Evan Wood, Jim Sturgess_Dear Prudence my 10th irritating LSS after days of silent head. From "Across the Universe" movie, this song (and Dalai Lama) reminded and re-affirmed my effort to relearn PATIENCE and PRUDENCE. prudence, being an exercise of sound judgment between virtuous and vicious actions. Dear Prudence, won't you come out to play Dear Prudence, greet the brand new day The sun is up, the sky is blue It's beautiful and so are you Dear Prudence won't you come out to play Dear Prudence open up your eyes Dear Prudence see the sunny skies The wind is low the birds will sing That you are part of everything Dear Prudence won't you open up your eyes? Look around round round Look around round round Look around round round Dear Prudence let me see you smile Dear Prudence like a little child The clouds will be a daisy chain So let me see you smile again Dear Prudence won't you let me see you smile? Dear Prudence, won't you come out to play Dear Prudence, greet the brand new day The sun i... http://pykmps.multiply.com/music/item/126/10_Dana_Fuchess_Evan_Wood_Jim_Sturgess_Dear_Prudence Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:39:05 -0000 E-heads Reunon Concert Tickets are free and you can download it early August. Website to be announced. ONE BRAND. ONE BAND. ONE NIGHT ONLY... ERASERHEADS REUNION http://pykmps.multiply.com/calendar/item/10008/E-heads_Reunon_Concert Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:25:52 -0000 Bad Vibes Ka! yes! i am a worrier and i know ALL PEOPLE, including myself, hate worriers. worriers are pessimists. they think of nothing positive. bad vibes kaayo! the obsessive compulsives, the hypochondriacs, critics and political oppositions are the popular. aarrgghh we just hate them so much--i hate myself so much (as they say, people hate their own kind). well... i am not their own kind. i am not a worrier, i am a planner...a development planner. planners are the "big-picture" guys. they think ALL possible consequences , starting from the "bad ones". they are the "generalists". they embrace everything to be wholistic and comprehensive. nothing gets left out, as possible. even the tiniest detail is "overly" studied. planners are mini-Gods, not demi-gods who know everything! they just see things in a bird's eye view. planners are not worrier, just "problem solvers". they are not pessimists. in fact, they first think of the good ones. they are not "overcritical", just learners who dont want to com... http://pykmps.multiply.com/journal/item/98/Bad_Vibes_Ka Mon, 14 Jul 2008 07:37:47 -0000 Suddenly, Its Complicated <a href="http://pykmps.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SHdmKAoKCD8AAHZYkBA1"><img class="alignleft" src="http://images.pykmps.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SHdmKAoKCD8AAHZYkBA1/ff06_01.gif?et=tX%2CpsRzvoZfGchr3HnnDEw&nmid=0" border="0"></a>Batanes o Jagna; team A o team B; macbook o deep blue  laptop; Singapore o Vietnam; house o travel; leave o stay; him or her or other him! choices just became harder to make nowadays. suddenly, we have everything (as in E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G) available. thanks to the modern world. we have more choices now! overwhelmed. we are however often stuck in the wrong choices or... none at all. shet, si Boy 3 na lang sana! shet, di na lang sana ako bumili ng computer. shet! nag-Singapore na lang sana ako. shet! di na lang sana ako nagcheck ng email ko, wala na akong natapos na work. shet! where is the "ease" of life in these wrong choices? is this the appealing promise of free market,  internet and democracy? should they supposedly be spousing better life? should they supposedly be advancing the central sense of man—choice? i do not know but we always (not often or sometimes) walk towards or stay in a simpler life... and surprisingly, it never fails to make us happy. so just have a handful ... http://pykmps.multiply.com/journal/item/97/Suddenly_Its_Complicated Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:55:39 -0000 4 Gavin Rossdale_The Trouble Im In I don't wanna fight no more I don't want to see you crying I don't want an all out war You got soul that's dying again my fourth despite having no third http://pykmps.multiply.com/music/item/124/4_Gavin_Rossdale_The_Trouble_Im_In Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:25:48 -0000 2 Fergie_Clumsy Ye! the glamorous fergielicious is my second LSS. weird, to as where i hear it when i woke up, but heck this is the LSS for the day. http://pykmps.multiply.com/music/item/120/2_Fergie_Clumsy Tue, 8 Jul 2008 01:58:04 -0000 1 Jimmy Cliff_I Can See Clearly Now Thank God! I found this (on mp3 format). My first of the 365-day Last Song Syndrome (LSS) collection. http://pykmps.multiply.com/music/item/118/1_Jimmy_Cliff_I_Can_See_Clearly_Now Mon, 7 Jul 2008 05:17:16 -0000 Jimmy Cliff - I can see clearly now This is supposed to be in my Last Song Syndrome (LSS) section--songs that literally "resonate" in my head at the start of day--but i just couldn't find an mp3 copy of this wonderful song online. Anyways, this song is perfect for today and will guide me through the rough tide This would be the first song for my 365 LSS Project. http://pykmps.multiply.com/video/item/26/Jimmy_Cliff_-_I_can_see_clearly_now Mon, 7 Jul 2008 01:57:10 -0000 Friendster Status: SINGLE It is really agonizing to be single. Ok! You are absolutely disagreeing now. Well, congratulations! You just survived the pain, but you probably never figured out why. “I do not look good” was/could be your quick answer. Ye! We all are self-loathers, but undeniably you still wonder(ed) being single even if you look f**king good. You are clueless then started blaming the rise of more gay men—Hoorah! It is! But, partially. Even if there are 10% gay and 5% lesbian, there is still fair sex ratio because our region (Southern Mindanao, if you forgot) allots 1.02 guy every female within the “active flirt range” (age 15-39). The cold truth is…the fair sex ratio is not at all fair. Yes! ONLY ONE GUY FOR YOU TO CHOOSE. One is not even a choice. Though you can potentially take one (assigned) guy from any fellow female, you would unlikely do it because it is theft. <img src="http://images.multiply.com/common/smiles/shade.png">You can, at most, agree for a switch, but that would be another story. The colder truth is…death rate is... http://pykmps.multiply.com/journal/item/96/Friendster_Status_SINGLE Thu, 3 Jul 2008 10:22:27 -0000 Everyday is Exactly the Same I believe I can see the future coz I repeat the same routine. I think I used to have a purpose, then again, that might been a dream. I think I used to have a voice, now I never make a sound. I just do what I've been told. I really don't want end to come around. Everyday is exactly the same. Maybe I am Trent Reznor, then again, it might (also) been a dream. This song really struck me again after watching Wanted that I played it and it played in me repeatedly. It struck me again of what life could really be. Could Trent be true in his piece in Right Where It Belong: What if all the world you think/used to know is an elaborate dream? He could be! But as for Greta, stop rationalizing life; change and do things if it will be good for you. Simple philosophy, right? Indeed! So, call me Trent then on :) http://pykmps.multiply.com/journal/item/95/Everyday_is_Exactly_the_Same Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:14:40 -0000 Wanted I instantly remembered Edward Norton in Fight Club, Matrix, Trent Reznor, the Jedis, Mr. & Mrs. Smith and the Wachowski Brother when I watched this movie. I thought I am going to see another recycled action movie until cars somersaulted over cars and bullets swerved. Now, this is new! The story of The Fraternity was unpredictable that it made the movie more than just defying stunts, cool gadgets and graceful choreographies—yes! the word is grace and Angelina Jolie pulled it out again. If James McAvoy and Christian Haydensen (the Jumper) could only team up, they would be my new superheroes. http://pykmps.multiply.com/reviews/item/20 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:54:46 -0000 I Am For High Prices (e-kuno-mix) I am for high oil price! it encourages walking and biking; it forces people to live downtown or the urban center; it leaves our farms and rural lands from housing subdivisions and sprawls--spreading of       settlements to the fringes/sitio/bukid from the center; it renews and revives downtowns; it encourages more efficient use of urban land; it trims spending (i mean the wasteful conspicuous spendings!); it discourages BIG car buyers; it is all good! so, why fret? and ye! how could airlines made to keep their tickets cheaper today when they definitely fly on oil? why cant most sellers also do such? o well, i am for high price....also of rice :) http://pykmps.multiply.com/journal/item/94/I_Am_For_High_Prices_e-kuno-mix Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:55:25 -0000 Democracy My Ass <img style="width: 236px; height: 138px; " class="alignleft" src="http://blog.jooce.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/philippines-flag.jpg" border="0">The Romans and the Greeks were all dead while the Church, military, monarchs, Chinese business, indigenous communities are still alive. The former were democracy pioneers. The latter are hierarchal. The lifespan tells us outright: democracy my ass! Yet, why are we still on democracy―on participatory process? Maybe because of the Americans. But they too are un-democratic because their voting system―democracy's core foundation―has long been dirty (since late 1800s, to be exact). O well, they just happen to be good at marketing and public relations that they sold democracy at a good stake. Democracy is democrazy unless good leaders and good followers thrive in. Happy independence day! Real celebration of it, anyway, is the enduring patriotism. and I hope Sulu abductors will free Ces Drilon. http://pykmps.multiply.com/journal/item/93/Democracy_My_Ass Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:55:12 -0000 Hell-O Heaven Hobbes believed man is naturally good, while Locke said otherwise. I say, Hobbes is right. Everything we choose to say and do are damn good. Either we perceive someone's word or action as bad, it still remains to be good--good for who made the word and action. hey! we choose things because we think they are good and they make us feel good. choice makes us and being man is inarguably good. good or bad? hell or heaven? well, im not pulling a trigger here. im for peace and restored relationship :) http://pykmps.multiply.com/journal/item/92/Hell-O_Heaven Tue, 3 Jun 2008 11:40:03 -0000 Pacquiao and Carrie Bradshaw to Help Global Crisis customer: day, kape (coffee please) tindera: tag PhP10 na ra ba. (it already costs PhP10) customer: di ba, tag PhP8 ra na? (wasnt it PhP8 then?) tindera: nimahal naman gud ang gasolina (oil price already increased) customer: ah, ayaw na lang butanggi gasolina! (ah, dont mix my coffee, then, with oil) comedy does follow harsh times, especially for Filipinos. and i think, it is becoming a classic comedy of the time. what is funnier is the paternal twin of expensive needs and cheaper wants. at the rise of oil, rice and power, there is an exodus of midnight sales, budget flights, cheap offers and stable luxury lines. the funniest part, though, is people are busy joggling their money for the cheap tricks, and not the basic kicks. "there really is no relief in sight," an oil company executive claimed on rising oil prices. well, that goes too for other goods, given our government [sigh]. so, who else's shoulder should we cry on during harsh times? Pacquiao, Carrie Bradshaw, Big Brother, Eric(sso... http://pykmps.multiply.com/journal/item/90/Pacquiao_and_Carrie_Bradshaw_to_Help_Global_Crisis Tue, 3 Jun 2008 05:46:20 -0000 Sex and The City Who said you must have watched the TV series to appreciate (or follow, maybe) and that men would prefer to be shot than watch this movie? The movie is about LOVE. Yes, love and not the other big Ls—labels and lust. Who else who could not relate? Though an overly recycled theme in telenovelas, love, here, is not corny. Not oversimplified, not tearjerking, just…love [heave a good sigh] in between and “little miss drama” (Fran, love your shirt). Ok, I almost cried when Miranda and Steve met in the bridge. Most (I think, all) scenes were not o-v-e-r-l-y acted but absorbing. How do you keep love when you found it? Is it really too crazy to get married? When do you forgive? Is 40 the marrying age for women and 50 for men? Is regularity of sex (and sex itself) really necessary? Are men really polygamists? Can Filipinos really do away with BIG and grand wedding, considering the BIG family ties? Love indeed draws a tall order of questions, but no matter misbehaving it is, we st... http://pykmps.multiply.com/reviews/item/19 Sun, 1 Jun 2008 17:58:57 -0000 Happy Birthday, Fran <a href="/photos/hi-res/upload/SDvYVgoKCD8AAF7Rk7o1"><img style="width: 207px; height: 249px; " class="alignleft" src="http://images.pykmps.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SDvYVgoKCD8AAF7Rk7o1/IMG_6852.JPG?et=U%2BUPWrGAi6EHz%2BxN72lBBw&nmid=0&nmid=98075209&nmid=98075209&nmid=98075209" border="0"></a>Another bunso in the family. What is worst, magkasunod ang birthday nila ni Mae An. Product: another makulit, malambing, bubbly daughter. Despite of the relative similarity with Mae An, Fran is wonderfully different. E-X-C-E-S-S-I-V-E H-A-P-P-I-N-E-S-S really defined him (este! si Air pala yun) her. A good jolly spirit is printed all over her even when she frowns [check photo] :) She is not only a happy person, but happy-contagious. If you are one of those life pessimists, befriend her and youd have a quick fix and surprisingly be one of those early happy converts. swear! Fran also is a good writer. (Inquirer) youngblooder gud. So, you are certainly ensured of a good conversation. Nak, keep your happiness up lalo na Chismis Instructor ka na. ay! Clinical Instructor pala. Happy Birthday, Fran http://pykmps.multiply.com/journal/item/89/Happy_Birthday_Fran Tue, 27 May 2008 09:47:23 -0000 The Ting Tings This English pop duo will certainly make you swing your shoulders. Think of Imago, but bubblier. http://pykmps.multiply.com/music/item/110/The_Ting_Tings Mon, 26 May 2008 04:55:22 -0000 Mam Pastrano, Tama Ba? <a href="/photos/hi-res/upload/SDnDbgoKCD8AACd9bfQ1"><img style="width: 222px; height: 211px; " class="alignleft" src="http://images.pykmps.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SDnDbgoKCD8AACd9bfQ1/davide2.jpg?et=6qhsfLSMDqumQPbpKnGRZQ&nmid=0" border="0"></a>our economics teacher (if you remember 1) taught us, low supply and high demand push price up. same true outside the classroom. though only few (maybe, 1%) rally in the street, most of us certainly share similar cursing—be it restrained or harsh—when prices go up. the other one percenters just snob the rise and feed the luxury industry. hayyy...naku. curse yourself, stupids! WE, the buyers, push price up. we outnumber our regular scapegoats: the sellers, producers and "index speculators" (almost synonymous to hoarders, dear). we cause supply (of oil, rice, energy, blah blah) to be low and demand high. so, please stop ranting. cut your spending. we already have enough of expensive Senate debates. tax cuts are just too impossible and ineffective to lower prices. snob the excess buying and smile...just like the other one percenters.   http://pykmps.multiply.com/journal/item/88/Mam_Pastrano_Tama_Ba Sun, 25 May 2008 20:00:24 -0000 Happy Birthday, Mae <a href="/photos/hi-res/upload/SDmqNwoKCD8AAFNuWWU1"><img class="alignleft" src="http://images.pykmps.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SDmqNwoKCD8AAFNuWWU1/DSC03156.JPG?et=vdEJX%2CM3wnCmmimx6%2CnZiQ&nmid=0" border="0"></a> Sporty Spice. Roxy or Luan's sis. Bakal Girl (check her ankle, not her dents). Cesar's GFF...talaga!. Well, we, the La Familia, fondly call her  bunso. She is! a bunso that most of us often love no matter  how misbehaving—malambing, makulit,  bubbly. but it is her humility and frankness that drew me to her. wala talagang hassle kausap, as in. La Familia is so proud of you becoming the  kahera, palengkera, kargadora at iba pa. We always are here. Kapamilya gud (check our singkit eyes. di ba pareho?)! A family that stays together, taste-tests together hehehe HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MAE!  ipaglaban ang kabadingan http://pykmps.multiply.com/journal/item/86/Happy_Birthday_Mae Sun, 25 May 2008 18:41:26 -0000