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KJ

Saturday, June 26th, 2010

I did not attend our teambuilding. It’s supposed to be today. Finally, some time by myself. My Team Leader was making me feel guilty about not going because there’s only one confirmed person in our team going, but I can’t. I mean I was among the people who made it pretty clear, right from the onset, that I was not going. So dapat yung mga tao na nag-back out ang dapat ma-guilty.

Besides, masyado na akong matanda para maging biktima ng peer pressure.

I also bought two books. One is A Scanner Darkly, written by Philip K. Dick. I have not read a book of his and maybe it’s time. (more…)

How I end up looking almost like John Lennon

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

I am one lazy person. Since January, I did not have a haircut. Because while new haircuts make people give me compliments, I still hate how I look, and I hate going in line in a crampy place which reeks of hair chemicals and gay people and metrosexuals fawning in the mirror. I sometimes feel like a fake with the hair and I end up messing it up. I like disheveled hair better. It’s more like me.

It’s been so long ago since my barber shop closed (I think it’s been 3 years now) and I still have not been able to find the barber shop for me again. My brother’s been recommending this place but I am too lazy to check it out.

So since January, since the last haircut at Fixed salon that offers haircuts at unbelievably exorbitant rates, I have not had a haircut.

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A new post that's not so whiney

Friday, September 4th, 2009

I was thinking, if I am not an academic and I hate corporate life, what should I do with myself? Kung pwede lang maging professional bum? I think that will work for me. Having a stay-at-home job requires discipline, which I don’t possess anyway. I am best suited for the bohemian life. Too bad I am not talented enough to come up with a brilliant painting or book once a year and then sell it for a LOT of money to sustain my lifestyle, which is pretty lavish in terms of the useless stuff that my money goes to.

I have been complaining about how I am not doing well at  training. As it turns out my 76% score in voice accuracy was high considering that they only ask for 50% on actual production. Ang problema, madaming magaling sa kasama ko sa training. Oh, well. Like I always say, take everything in stride, come what may. I will do my best not to be a whiner. I am embarrassed to admit this but I am a whiner.

It’s raining outside, I am in no mood to go to work. The consolation I have is not working on Monday because of the US holiday. Inisip ko kung simulan ko na ngayon ang long weekend. But that can’t be.

Some of my coworkers don’t like our trainer. I have no idea. Dapat nga lumabas sa sariling mundo, huli ako lagi.

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Facbook is making me sick now. I hate people tagging me in ridiculous posts, I hate it more when people are actually commenting in those ridiculous posts, and I hate it MORE when a LOT of people are commenting in those ridiculously stupid post. It makes me realize that there are a lot of people who are so — to make a comment on that post. And what I hate MOST are the notifications on my email bulking up in my email. Jeez! I have more messages coming in from those ridiculous posts than my spam folders.

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From comic books to my weight

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

It was Free Comic Book Day last Saturday at Fully Booked!

I was thinking twice about going there but I cannot help myself. I got  free comic book, not the type that cost much but is fine since it’s free. There is a 20% discount for all graphic novels. I took the opportunity to buy three books. I am now finally able to complete the Sandman series with Preludes and Nocturnes, the first volume that I was able to purchase and read last. Also bought the Dead Boy Detectives and V for Vendetta (I was always planning to buy that but never did due to economic and availability reasons).

The Sandman: Preludes & Nocturnes Pictures, Images and Photos

I end up with little money now.

Neil Gaiman’s work for the first volume, I expected less. I was told that the art on it was unimpressive but you know what? I kinda appreciate it. It’s not that bad. And the story was still really good, it is amazing how the first volume really gave clues to the events to follow. It has Dream mistakenly captured (instead of Death) by some thantophobic old man. He was imprisoned and the Dream world collapses. He escapes and he rebuilds his world again.

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The wait! The beads! The book!

Monday, May 18th, 2009

I am still waiting for calls. Yes, I am still hopeful of getting something published. Aba! Napagod ako sa pag-proofread ng sinulat ko at lagi pa rin akong nakikitang mali. Kaya nung OK na (or acceptable na), in-email ko na agad. Tingnan natin kung ano mangyayari, this is the first time that I went out of my way to actually work on a project that I hope will pay off. But I dunno, maybe it really is mediocre. But then again, so does many stories published out there!

I should not expect too much. I always get disappointed.

I still feel tired and hardly slept last night. Stupid shift changes…

I told myself that I will spend less but I am still weak. I can’t help myself.

We were in the bookstore, I found this box labeled Rudraksha, I was wondering what’s in it. It was heavy, if you shake it, I can hear chimes. It was on sale and 90% was slashed from its original Php 1,000+++. Being the impulsive consumer that I am, despite my tight budget, I bought it.

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Paradoxical windows

Sunday, January 11th, 2009

Napag-usapan namin minsan ni Meow, Microsoft is the company you hate and love. Kasi most ng kailangan mo meron na sila. You just hate them for almost monopolizing and capitalizing on almost everything. May freeware man at pirated, well… good luck sa iyo! It is acceptable but not really as good as the original, and I still have some sense of integrity in my very disturbed and badly-contorted morals. 

Minsan gusto ko ng Apple para wala akong problema sa viruses at spyware. Hay! Kelan ba ako yayaman? I want an Apple computer.

I am using the trial version of Microsoft Office, been using my new notebook for almost a month now and I really love it. Sure, the notebook is way smaller than what I am accustomed to and my long fingers had difficultywith the keys and touchpad (I can always plug in a mouse) but I think I more used to it now. Oh, I really like MS One Note. I hate that it has to go by February and I think I still want it on my computer… like I said, most people have a love-hate relationship with Microsoft.

One Note is good. I really love it. It is nice to use it to make bits of  notes and keeping tabs on research.

Everything’s available from MS. I hate it. I hate it when somebody predominates a market. But not. I will probably hate them once my trial period is over but not really mean it… I am, after all, is using their Operating System.

And I want to use Word when typing documents!

Sige na, magpapadala na ako sa dark side… baka bumili na ako ng MS Office!

I can't think of any decent title for this post

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

A lot of people are reading the series by Stephenie Meyer. I have seen The Twilight movie and not really found it very good. They say the book is tons better, I could never be the judge of that because I don’t intend to read the book anytime soon.

I have issues with books the masses love. I guess I want to read a book because I want to read it on my own and not join the bandwagon. And I also don’t like profiteering serialized work that I have no assurance will end (reason why I found respect for JK Rowling for she gave HP a good ending, as my girlfriend raves of the final book), maybe I will check if it ends, don’t want it to be like Robert Jordan’s. Namatay na yung writer, di pa natapos.

I remember when Harry Potter came out. At least I was able to read the first two books before the movie came out. I did not like it that much, it was amusing in a way but not something that I will go out of my way to purchase. My girlfriend told me to read Book 3, that’s when it starts to get appealing for adults. Maybe I will… someday

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Book and Purchase

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

After so long, I was finally able to finish the book. It took me more than year. It was because I was (a) too lazy to finish a really long book and (b) not in the mood for science much over the past year. It was really nice it’s like talking about a broad field on science with a long lost friend (and boy, your friend is really smart). It’s really a nice book to read without the confusion of textbooks.

Dahil nakuha ko na yung backpay ko. I decided to go shopping.

Yesterday, my girlfriend (it’s a long story) and I went to the mall. And we bought a lot of nice stuff. And Comic Alley is now officially my favorite store in Megamall. The people are nice and accommodating and they know what they are talking about.

The Gaara one, we bought a couple of weeks ago. Kakashi I bought yesterday. Buy one take one.

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Down by the Supermarket

Friday, April 11th, 2008

Being unemployed and with little to do… I found myself with my Mom in the supermarket yesterday. I don’t like going to the supermarket. Anyways, whenever I use the word supermarket in a Filipino phrase, it sounds so coñotic (e.g., nagpunta kasi kami sa supermarket)… maybe it has something to do with the masses not going to supermarkets. Mahirap na nga kami, pero sa supermarket pa kami bumibili ng rice, meat and vegetables. Blame it on my Mom.

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Middlesex

Saturday, March 1st, 2008

I have finally finished reading Middlesex. I bought it last January just because I want to read smarter books. I have been reading nothing but Fantasy lately. Being a Pulitzer winner and all it might be a good read (plus mura lang ang bili ko, mga Php 180). It also received a lot of critical acclaim. So let me give it a try.

I have read Virgin Suicides a year ago and I felt like reading something more from Eugenides (I liked Virgin Suicides the book more than the movie).

Narrated in the first person by a girl named Calliope Stephanides, really smart and a great storyteller. And you might jump into the conclusion that it is about  a transvestite or transsexual. It isn’t.

It’s about her/him having 5-alpha-reductase deficiency a rare disease which has something to do with chromosomes (di ko na i-e-explain, nosebleed ako). Calliope (female) also called Callie will grow up to be Cal (male). She will retrace her history starting from her grandparents who happen to be brother and sister (and my friends say it’s gross, it kinda is) and how their child marries his cousin and ultimately bears Callie later Cal.

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