CONSOLATION ARRIVES WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT IT

Something very heavy and serious is pissing me off today this afternoon. I won't tell what it is but it's pissing me off. I was about to transform myself into Pacianong Pissed-Off starting this afternoon until I redeem myself and/or get over it (by redeeming myself), when suddenly, I received a message that I never ever expected to accept.

My surrogate sister, Nang Miloy, and step-mother, Nanay Lesli were coming over to UNO-R to chillax with a few good old comrades, including me. I was supposed to go home in my pre-pissed off state, but receiving that message made me meet them at the lobby and hang out with them even for just a bit. We then headed for the canteen and chatted and ate cake and chatted... By the way, I wondered about the cake and I asked "ano ang okasyon?" until I was reminded that yesterday was Nanay Lesli's birthday.

I was also re-acquainted with Mrs. Arlene Solano-Esplanada, whom I should now refer to as "Nanay Bones". Aaand... in addition to our quartet, may nag-upod pa tambay sa amon bisan long-distance when a phone call to Anna Marie (who's in UP Baguio) was made through Nanay Lesli's cellphone.

Isa na lang gid ka tawo ang kulang para makumpleto ang "Fellowship", and through the carrot cake connection and the HS Otakus link (not to mention our conversations and stories that made many references to "he who must not be named" and "public secret"), his spirit prevailed upon our [not-so-]holy gathering during that afternoon.

I guess that despite the stress of college and life and other things that piss me off, consolation arrives when you least expect. (Yeah, and I had contemplations about asking Nanay Lesli for another one-on-one chillax/bonding moment between "adopted son" and "step-mother". KILALA NIYO NA 'NA KON SIN-O ANG "AMAY" KO.) And I am both humbled and grateful for being fortunate to be granted with such treasured moments like this.

Sigh... Salamat gid, Nanay Lesli, Nanay Bones, Nang Miloy, Anna Marie, and (in a way) "Master Darklord" (O, clue na 'na ang first letters), for making such a brief but fond moment possible.

By the way, I guess Pacianong Pissed-Off is postponed in the meantime.

My Rendition of Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 (and free endorsement of a videogame)

There's a time for everything and a moment for every endeavor in this whacked-up society of ours.

A time to wake up and a time to hit the sack
A time for study (or work) and a time for fun
A time for eating and a time for hunger
A time for buffing up and a time for slacking off
A time for staying in and a time for going out

As for staying in and going out,
A time for solitude and a time for company
A time for praise and a time for criticism
A time for romance and a time for heartache
A time for listening and a time for speaking
A time for going and a time for stopping
A time to lead and a time to follow

With regard to to leaders and followers,
A time for contemplation and a time for action
A time for imagination and a time for reality
A time for the material and a time for the spiritual
A time for faith and a time for doubt
A time for fear and a time for courage
A time for chaos and a time for order
A time for war and a time for peace

Speaking of war and peace,
A time to build and a time to destroy
A time for allies and a time for foes
A time to compromise and a time to assert
A time to liberate and a time to annex
A time for trading and a time for keeping
A time for tradition and a time for modernity
A time for commerce and a time for research

Most of all,
A time for "Sid Meier's Civilization V - Gods and Kings" and a time for something else
(and a time for saving and quitting and a time for continuing)

...So whenever people like me have time for playing that critically-acclaimed, world history-themed turn-based strategy game, LET THOSE PEOPLE PLAY...

So that the conquerors of today will not become the dictators of tomorrow.

Salamat sa patawa, Hari ng Komedya...

Rodolfo Vera Quizon, Sr.

(a.k.a. "Dolphy")

1928-2012

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Epicness = short bearded gruff people

 
"Clothes may make the man but axes (not to mention the beard) make the dwarf."
  -- Pax Florius

 (I decided to make this post in anticipation of The Hobbit on December 2012. Dang it, I wish they could include John Rhys-Davies to play even just a Gimli cameo... :3 )

Tears for Fears & Fra Lippo Lippi

Tears For Fears - Mad World

Tears For Fears - Mad World by jpdc11

Tears For Fears - Shout

Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World

Fra Lippo Lippi - Angel

Fra Lippo Lippi - Shouldn't Have To Be Like That

Fra Lippo Lippi - Beauty And Madness

...Because I can't attend their f***ing concert in Manila and Cebu. :(((

Last Friday afternoon...

Because of classes' suspension for the Freshmen Assembly Night during the afternoon of last Friday, I had to do something fun. I had plans to install "Civilization V - Gods and Kings" and get started with my megalomaniac dreams of world domination but that would have stirred up the ire of my father who was kind of cranky that time. So, I thought of something both FUN and MEANINGFUL.

I remembered that I had plans to meet up and hang out with Lesli, a girl buddy of mine whom I've considered as my "stepmother" despite being three years younger than me. We met up at McDonald's in SM and had a lengthy but pleasant conversation about life and stuff. (I actually planned to treat her with fries and ice cream, but I ended up getting treated by her because she hasn't had her lunch yet before she arrived.)

Later that evening, I proceeded to my first Civilization V - Gods and Kings game...

These are the two Nations/Civilizations I anticipated to play as:

Boudicca of The Celts:

and...

Haile Selassie of Ethiopia:

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Well, I had an awesomely pleasant time with you, Mommy Lesli. Thanks for the fries and the sundae, not to mention your time and our chat! Sa dason naman ah. Good luck, godspeed, God bless!