Not just waterproof...

 The Filipino spirit is waterproof,

but it is not just waterproof.

It is also fireproof,
windproof,
earthquake-proof.

It is shockproof too,
like a tibak's body being struck
by the truncheons and shields
of the riot police
amid a rally at Mendiola.

Heck, it is bulletproof as well
no matter how many Filipinos
die in this great nation
by gunshot or at gunpoint,
aside from other causes.

Most of all, being dominated
by the corrupt, the megalomaniac,
the greedy, the bloodthirsty
and all other sorts of dangerous,
but albeit outright fools...

the Filipino spirit
is FOOLPROOF.

LIFE JUST PLAYED A MIND-F**K ON ME...

Today is the birthday of two buddies of mine...

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Hannix from UP Tacloban

"Nang" Miloy from UNO-R HS (now in USLS)

Both are taking up Psychology. Both were born on the same date (Aug. 17, 1994).  Both are girls. Both are "unique" (misinterpreted by other people as  "bangag"/"weirdo") due to their somewhat similar character, interests and hobbies. And both became my best buddies just last year.

Coincidence? I think not! >_<

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 )