The Great Flood

 

 My deepest sympathies go out to the families affected by the recent flood caused by that fucking asshole called 'Ondoy'. After I got home from Manila (yes, I was in Manila with Pao when the disaster struck, we were stranded for 15 hours at the NLEX on the way home), I immediately logged on to my Tumblr and Twitter and helped monitor news regarding the victims.

Tomorrow, Pao's going to help out by volunteering at the ABSCBN Foundation (heard GMA Kapuso Foundtation's undermanned) and will be helping out his clasmates who were affected by the flood.

If I didn't have a regular job here, I owuld also like to volunteer and help out, after all, I'm an underemployed RN so I should put my already vanishing nursing skillz to good use, eh? But I can't. I can't file for a leave because I have too much work to do. I'll probably find a way to help.

While we were stranded on the bus, watching the news coverage about the typhoon, I considered ourselves lucky. Sure we were tired and exhausted but that was nothing compared to the horror of being marooned in 10ft floods while clinging to your life on rooftops. It was unbelievable.

 

Olongapo, too was struck by floods recently. I spent the entire night with my officemates for the typhoon watch. It was harrowing; the first time since 1997 that the city was submerged in floods.

So, if you guys can help, please do so. A lot of our countrymen are still in need of relief goods and other basic commodities. Donate, Volunteer (Red Cross!), Help. 

New York, Je T'aime

New York, I Love You trailer.

Paris, Je T'aime was brilliant. Although you'd have to sit through a couple of boring vignettes, there are some absolutely good shorts there (like Wes Craven's Pere Lachase and most especially, Gus Van Sant's Le Marais)

So this year's New York, I Love You features shorts from Natalie Portman, Shekar Kapur and Mira Nair. The all star cast features Shia LaBeouf, Ethan Hawke, Orlando Bloom and Hayden Christensen.

Lady Gaga's 2nd V Magazine Spread

Lady Gaga for V Magazine (Fall 09)

I initially dismissed has album as a piece of crap ('Lady Gaga's album sucks cock') But her VMA performance did it for me.

30 ROCK PWNS COMPETITION!

30 Rock wins Best Comedy Series at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards

Fuck yeah Liz Lemon! Woot. Here's the complete list of winners.

Quantum Physics

Me: Looking up quantum physics in Wiki right nao.
Pao: Naku nosebleed yan
Me: *reads wiki entry on Quantum Chromodynamics:

In theoretical physics, Quantum chromodynamics (QCD) is a theory of the strong interaction (color force), a fundamental force describing the interactions of the quarks andgluons making up hadrons (such as the proton, neutron or pion). It is the study of theSU(3) Yang–Mills theory of color-charged fermions (the quarks).

Me: FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU  *looks for a tissue*

The Ballad of the Comeback Kid

*waves*

Haven't been blogging for a while. well, actually my last post was ages ago. Been too busy with my new love Tumblr (Your Friendly Hipster Hole) so never paid too much attention on actual blogging (i.e. long, ponderous text posts, kidding).

I always make up an excuse for my lack of writing: long, boring working hours, my environment not conducive for writing, exhaustion, etc. You get the picture. So I'm reviving my old and dusty Blogspot as a dumping ground for everything: intelligible or unintelligible.

A few paragraphs will do, every now and then most probably. Just to get things outta my head.

So here's to the comeback kid!