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Alone
by: Edgar Allan Poe

From childhood's hour I have not been
As others were; I have not seen
As others saw; I could not bring
My passions from a common spring.

From the same source I have not taken
My sorrow; I could not awaken
My heart to joy at the same tone;
And all I loved, I loved alone.

Then- in my childhood, in the dawn
Of a most stormy life- was drawn
From every depth of good and ill
The mystery which binds me still:

From the torrent, or the fountain,
From the red cliff of the mountain,
From the sun that round me rolled
In its autumn tint of gold,

From the lightning in the sky
As it passed me flying by,
From the thunder and the storm,
And the cloud that took the form
(When the rest of Heaven was blue)
Of a demon in my view.

Saturday, May 5, 2007

Day 3- At Universal Studios and Universal City

Guys, the pics will just follow... anyhoo... there are pretty much ups and downs today... you guys check if the ups outweigh the downs or vice versa... First, the bad news...
Bad News:
-THEY're watching boxing, so WE cant leave coz THEY have to come... semantics people...
-We didn't get the chance to see Spiderman or 28 days later at Universal Studios... sh*t!
-THEY wont go with ME to look for a (surplus lang!!!) laptop... shucks!!!
-I slept during the return from Universal City to the apartment, so I didn't have the chance to go site seeing.. uh!
-I don't have any souvenirs from Universal!!! I only have pasalubong for two particular b*tches... yeah, you know who you are!!! paghulat mo ha?! lol.
-the camera died out, do didn't have sufficient pictures...

MOving on with my life, here are the good news... Hopefully they're good enough...

Good News:
-I finally had the chance to ride in the LA subways... mas paspas pa ang MRT pero chocks lang!!!
-We went to Universal! hahaha no duh! but the interesting part was the whole going-to-the-retarded-rides scene... I loved the Jurassic Park Ride, The Mummy Ride (The Best) and the Backdraft and Universal Studios' Special Effects Rooms...
-I ate chicken!!! finally, all the carbs were getting to me and my waistline... so a bit of protein was good for me...
-fellow tourists (the Filipinos) mistook me for FilAm coz of my English and my (pseudo-)accent... hahaha! at least napahimus-lan ang debate!!!
-I didn't gain nor lose weight, so its all good... But I hope I LOSE a few TONS... lol.
-I met someone.. -end of message- lol. details to follow if (anyone is) interested...
I'll update this 24 hours from now... okay?! Day 4 will follow.. Viva Las Vegas!!!! hahaha!

Day 2

today was funny... day 2 started with me waking up last in the living room with people staring at me, eating their breakfast... i love it here though coz its cosy and kinda cold, so i'm not missing the aircon that much... hehehe... wishful thinking would concur with me when I say, "tugnawa diri ui"... but its all good... tolerable enough to walk through hollywood boulevard... i'll haver a precedent album to follow this blog, and then some... I'll have albums and blogs from day 2 - day 30 which includes the post-vcation pics in puhon Davao Shitty... amazing facts?! Hispanics and less friendlier than blacks... gay guys are more discreet than the Filipino bakla... Best Buy has the Best Prods... hahaha! coz they have the nintendo ds play thing and the wii... whatever... i just need a Dell laptop with wireless connectivity and Zen Creative Vision M (preferably 60gb but 30 will be just fine)... hahaha! thats all... lol... anyways, the people here are crazy... like what I said, Hispanics are less friendlier than Blacks coz i was mistaken for a Mexican twice today... so where does the whole "less friendlier" part fall into the picture?! well.. if the person makes the whole mistaken identity (or in this case race) bit, initially, people would say sorry or give you back a smile... The funniest among the two was when this waitress at Rodeo Mexican Grill was fixing something in the men's restroom, she spoke to me in straight and deep Spanish supposedly saying "wait a minute".. I could understand Spanish like the average (even the satisfactory kind) Biracial but when its broken down to bits of words, so I said "I'm not Mexican! I can only speak English".. So she has this whole Mexican attitude saying "could you wait outside for a minute?" with a subtle yet demanding tone... so there... the other one was just speaking to me in fluent Spanish which again was a case of mistaken-races or cultures... so there... she was just asking where the way out of the Chinese Theatre was... so I asked if she could translate it to English, which she did... So i did the noble thing, I poited the sign with the word EXIT, NO DUH.... hahaha! so there were no thank you's what so ever... It begs the question, Do I look Mexican?!

Wednesday, May 2, 2007

pseudo-jetlagged

its so pleasing to know that the US is so cold, opposit from what I learned from particular people! damn shit jud! ahhaha! what spoiled the trip for me a bit was that my parentskept on blabbering about petty things but all in all its all good... hehehe i dont blame them though.... cranky as they may be, i still love them... its weird, i still feel the pseudo-turbulence-feeling of jetlag... bumpy... uh... im blabbering... so what did I learn from travel day...

1. Filipinos are so marginalized in the US to the extent that some of the OFW's are exploited because they're so "nice" workwise... So guys, especially those considering nursing, toughen up! the labor sector must learn how to be callous in a way be sensitive enough to earn the dollars they're families need and the revenues and remittances our country needs...

2. speaking of country, my blog ON TRAPOS, was wrong... sorry for the idea that TraPo's are these political dynasties like the Marcoses and the Arroyoes... In an attempt to stay clear death threats from the REAL TraPo's, hehehe, THEY are the ones pala who continuously run for particular positions of term-after-term to "enjoy" the governments "benefits"... Do correct me though if more confused than I was before... I got the thought from Trapo Governance and Cha Cha Conspiracy (Valdehuesca)... hehehe pardon for the geekiness of this entry... moving on...

3. ADS people are amazing... four people from ADS are running for valedictorian... but my personal idol, Claudio, got the prize... hehehe but dont get me wrong, the next time I see anyone of them- "I'll knee before thee..." hahaha! for more vivid info, do check out my contacts and find ADS... read their latest blog as of May 2...

4. Heart Evangelista slept in the same plane as us!!! She's so hot! The bomb! Story is, she came in to N5 with her oversized Louis dressedin a vintage dress with white heels and a brown belt that completed the LV bag... She's hotter in person than on tv... the radiation doesnt do her face any justice, projection-wise, on tv... she's hotter 5 folds... hands down...

5. dimple!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hinahanap kita!!!! hahaha! lets meet up... I'm at LA, and you are in?! hahaha!!! Laag ta?! hehehe

So basically that's it... I'll upload an album prior to this blog in about 48 hours... it all depends if I see a memory card reader here... but as of know... my vacation goals are...

1. see american idol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2. 6 flags or/and (hehehe) disney...

3. buy a zen creative... (black one please bro... hahaha!)

4. buy DM's for college... (a black leather pair please mumsy... lol)

5. meet a school that debates or/and go to that school... hahaha! (freak!)

6. shop till the peso-dollar rate drops!!!!!

7. buy the book i need for debate (freak! again...)

8. knock-off 2 inches off my waistline... (hahaha! presumably... after the foodtrips here, i definitely need it!!!!)

9. watch American tellie...

10. think of other things to do here... for fun... hahaha! that involves a club and an item from seven eleven... hahaha! joke lang ha! hehehe