security guards have a funny way of not knowing anything about what they are actually doing. they're just blindly following the instructions given them without really understanding the reasons behind why they are doing it. a classic example was during this past weekend. i had to accompany my wife to a video editing at a dumb little office named tape. it was located inside a cheap looking condo. upon arriving there, it was raining hard and we asked the guards for a place for me to park. they asked, "where are you going?" i answered, "tape office." "sorry, the parking lot is full. you just have to turn around and park outside on the street." so that's what i did. upon reaching the parking lot to drive through it, lo and behold, the parking lot was huge and had more than enough room to accomodate my car. having seen it that way, i parked on an empty spot alongside the run area. i took my wife to the elevator and the guard asked again for the nth time, "what unit are you going to?" man, we were really annoyed by now and we said that the unit we were visiting had a parking space that we could use. and even if it didn't, the vacant area of the lot was big enough to park a plane. but mr. know-it-all here said that it was full and i couln't remain where i was parked because other cars would not be able to get through. so i asked in a most sarcastic way, "how big exactly are the cars that park here? or do your tennants land their airplanes here? do you understand that we can park here because the office we are going to has its own parking space that visitors can use?" to save my own sanity and to bring this nonsensical conversation to an end, i finally told the guard, "forget it! i'll park on the street! that way you'll be able to sleep tonight since your bothered so much about my parking here!" sorry, i just really dislike guards that can never give me a logical explanation to anything. so as i write this, i'm parked on the street with squishy crocs due to the rain and waiting for my wife, thanks to mr. guard who i feel really needs to drink more eq developing milk.

Stupid Cop!

i was on my way to quezon city from my place at makati. i drove down kalayaan avenue as i always do and as i made my usual left turn at makati avenue i was greeted by a horde of oncoming vehicles and a police car that was stopped in the middle of my lane. take note that where i had made my left was never officially a one way street. i had to stop eventually due to the oncoming traffic. it was never against the law to make a left there except if there was some incompetent "traffic enforcer" at the intersection. then one of the cops started walking towards me. take note that he was a police officer NOT a traffic enforcer. he said that i had violated a no left turn sign and was asking for my license. since he wasn't a traffic cop, i never showed him my license. so i asked him where the sign was and he couldn't show me. you know why? because there wasn't any, that's why! then he asked me where i was from so i answered, "makati". finally he showed me a one way sign at the corner of where i came from so i explained it to him that that wasn't a no-left-turn sign, it was a one way sign that would prevent motorists from entering the street where i came from. surely he would know the difference right? buthe was out to see if i would fall prey to his pathetic ploy. finding no other way to nail me, he finally said he'd let me off the hook in the meantime and warned me not to do it again. then he threatened me saying, "don't go acting cocky just because you're from makati.." "what?!" i asked him. "i wasn't bragging that i was from makati or acting cocky. you asked me where i was from and i simply answered your question." (don't go thinking that all the people you threaten are as stupid as you, i said to myself). how low can these jerks get?! it was obvious all he wanted was a quick buck from me to get a snack! if he wasn't a "law enforcer" (ooh i'm soo scared!) and he didn't have a gun, he would have eaten knuckle sandwich, that scum bucket!

this song is dedicated to my wife.. the love of my life..

love of my life
by: jim brickman
sung by: michael w. smith

I am amazed when I look at you
I see you smiling back at me
It's like all my dreams come true

I am afraid if I lost you girl
I'd fall through the cracks
And lose my track in this crazy lonely world

Sometimes it's so hard to believe
When the nights can be so long
And faith gave me the strength
And kept me going on

You are the love of my life
And I'm so glad you found me
You are the love of my life
Baby put your arms around me
I guess this is how it feels
When you finally find something real
My angel in the night
You are the love
The love of my life

Now here you are with midnight closing in
You take my hand as our shadows dance
With moonlite on your skin

I look in your eyes, I'm lost inside your kiss
I think if I'd never met you
about all the things I'd missed

Sometimes it's so hard to believe
When a love can be so strong
And faith give me the strength
And keep me holding on

You are the love of my life
And I'm so glad you found me
You are the love of my life
Baby put your arms around me
I guess this is how it feels
When you finally find something real
My angel in the night
You are the love
The love of my life

yup, it's finally gotten to me, the time to make a crucial choice: should i get a playstation 3 or an xbox 360? and believe me, this is one TOUGH decision!

first of all, i am a sony fan. i owned an original playstation, i own a playstation 2 and a playstation portable and i must say that the sony system does have a well rounded list of games ranging from rpgs to adventure games to puzzlers. sony does have something for every kind of gamer there is. for someone like me, the next step would be obvious,get a playstation 3! it's not that simple though. the playstation 3 does have a rather steep price as compared to (here it comes!) the xbox 360 from microsoft. i would normally not even think of shelling out money for an xbox 360 over a ps3 but the 360 is much cheaper.

i don't have an issue with power, both machines have displayed jaw-dropping graphics and sounds with their current roster of games. what?! did i just hear roster of games? this is where it all boils down to, what games does each system have to offer the millions of eyeball hungry gamers out there? here is what i found out.

the ps3 (which i would really like to get) does not have a killer app. none. zilch. nada. at least not at the moment. the xbox 360 does have a killer app in the form of halo 3 which really made gaming history according to numerous review sites. my problem is, i don't particularly like first person shooters (which the halo series actually is). first person shooters make me dizzy for the lenght of time that i play them until about an hour after. on the xbox it has always been halo this and halo that. i'm more of an rpg, adventure, survival horror, and action gamer. i also noticed that a lot of the xbox 360's line up consists of games that you would find on the pc platform like elder scrolls, command and conquer, not to mention a horde of, you guessed it - first person shooters! based on these, the xbox does not sound that appealing to me.

the ps3 however, promises a lot of upcoming games along the genres that i like. titles like devil may cry 4, silent hill 5 and final fantasy XIII are really going to make this a clear choice for me. however, these titles have not been released yet. and my biggest questions cometh: is it possible to modify the ps3? are there modified ps3 blu-ray games that are out? if the answer is "no" on both questions, the ps3 would be useless to me. what a bummer! this would be enough to drive me to buy an xbox 360 instead. but what if, after i buy an xbox 360, a modded ps3 shows up with matching blu-ray games to go with it? that would be really, really painful.. choices, choices, choices..

Dinner Date

i had dinner with my wife last friday. it has been a while since we have had a date. we decided to go to one of our favorite dining spots: cascada. when we got there, it was just as always, a lot of people and the waiters were almost running all over the place. we were even able to get our favorite table, the one in the middle in line with the side.

usually, when we eat there, 99.999% of the time especially when i'm really hungry, i order my favorite steak and eggs. if you're wondering what this is, it's really just a glorified serving of beef "tapa", "sinangag" and scrambled eggs. i think the word "tapsilog" would be more accurate. but that night, my wife was able to convince me to order something different. so i had something like pork tenderloin "something" (i couldn't remember what it was called!) while my wife had chicken fillet with red wine pasta. we also had our favorite cream of spinach soup (and now who says that i don't eat vegetables?) and we topped it off with the best tasting sans rival i have ever tasted! yum yum! just writing all this down is making me hungry.

after our wonderful dinner, we got home and watched a few episodes of 24 as usual. there weren't any good movies out at the time so watching 24 was the best thing to do. maybe the next time we go on a date, we can catch a film to make it complete.

Another Example of a Disrespectful Person

I was parked at the neighborhood general store the other day. My wife had to pick up cleaning supplies and I decided to just wait in the car. Parking was full so I had to park with my hazzards on behind some parked cars. After a few minutes, a black honda jazz with a media sticker pulled up behind me. Afterwards, one of the cars that I was blocking signalled to me that he had to go so I moved forward to give way since I couldn't go backwards because of the jazz. After the car was able to move out and leave, this dumb driver in the jazz hurriedly took the spot without even being courteous enough to ask me whether I would take the now vacant spot or not. Talk about respect for others! I got here first in case he hasn't noticed. He should have at least asked but no! Who the hell does he think he is?! Just because he had a "media" sticker on his filthy car (one that he probably asked for from one of his more decent and professional relatives) doesn't mean that he can act like a jerk! One of these days, he's gonna get a bullet in his head because of his stupidity, that no good media wannabe. What goes around, comes around pal, most of the time, it comes back harder because of the momentum. I hate disrespectful people. There's a place where people like that go when they die, it's called hell.

It's The End of the Week!

i am so happy that it's a friday today! i've just been so out of shape this past week that all i can think of is sleeping through the entire morning tomorrow. i told you that those long sessions of watching 24 were going to catch up on me. at least it was fun.

me and my wife are also planning on having a good dinner tonight, someplace special. ever since we got married, we seldom go out for dinner on weekends so technically it's a date. maybe we'll have our favorite: chinese food. we both love chinese food. you can never go wrong with chinese food. then again, maybe something a bit more sophisticated, whatever that may be. i usually don't get my fill with "sophisticated" though. it just looks good but they seldom satisfy my appetite as i really like stuffing my face when i eat.

still, it's the "going-to-sleep-and-waking-up-really-late-in-the-morning" part that i'm looking forward to. thank GOD for weekends.

Hey! You In The Big Truck!

personally, i dislike big vehicles. most that we have around here are the ford expeditions, pajeros and other similarly bus-like monsters. to me they represent the country's corrupt, authority abusers, the "untouchables". i'm not saying all of them are, but most, maybe 99.9% of these individuals that go around in these vehicles are bullies, they cut you out of your lane. if you don't get out of their way, they harass you some more by sounding off their lame "wang wangs" or sirens just because they can't get through. that's against the law you know! oh wait, i forgot, i'm in a place that has its laws found in the garbage dump. for those individuals that are as i described: there's a day coming for you.. just you wait..

as i am writing this blog, i am having a really difficult struggle with drowsiness.. it seems to be winning.. i feel like my whole body is going to collapse under the weight of something that is ever pushing me closer toward the ground.. stretch a bit.. slump even more.. i knew that these long late night sessions of 24 were going to catch up with me sooner or later.. in this case sooner.. regret always comes the day after.. oh well.. i guess i'll just have to do that again tonight.. (consciousness drifts.. returns.. drifts farther..)

another day is done
my strength fades out like the setting sun
i want to go on home
to call it a day and rest my bones
something i need to say
video games are here to stay

Where Has the Time Gone...

i'm back after three years of inactivity from my blog site. a lot of things have happened since..i've gotten married..i've gotten a new job..i lost my dad to his long fight against heart disease.. bitter/sweet moments, marks of a lifetime. i've changed the way my blogspot looks to my coming back in the process. new times calls for a new look.. and a new outlook.. check back soon.