Para kay Rico Yan


Hindi ako fan
ni Rico Yan.
Kaya hindi ko maintindihan
kung bakit sa lahat ng telebisyon, dyaryo, at radyo,
mukha niya ang nakikita ko.
Halos kasabay rin naman niyang namatay si Queen Mother
at Billy Wilder
Isama mo pa si Maestro
Lucio San Pedro
pero bakit sila isang bagsakan na lang ang balita
habang yang Rico Yan na yan
may blow-by-blow account pa
mula sa huli niyang kinanta
hanggang sa i-sedate ang hysterical niyang syota?

Hey pipol, bakit wala pang nagkukuwento ulit sa inyo. Jol, hindi ka ba mag-aangas tungkol kay Rico Yan?

Hello pipol. Nakabalik na ako mula sa aming bersyon ng Survivor, Highlands edition. Huy Astrid, in fairness ha, happy naman palang kasama si Ronan. Nakakaaliw siya. :)

Angas with the Lemon Twist

O heto ang minutos del konseho natin. Inedit ko na lahat ng mga sinabi ni Jol kasi nakakabangungot. Siya na lang ang magpopost nuon.

Sa totoo lang inedit ko lahat maliban dito:

Isang bagay na napag-alaman ng tropang angas, kasama na rin ang clueless na si Nathan at ang up-to-date na si Arlyn e wala naman talagang lemon sa isang sopdrink (itago na lang natin sa letrang "P") kahit pa anong twist ang gawin natin.

At presyemps, nakatambad pa ruon sa pinakamamahal nating bahay-kainan ni Mang Jimmy's ang isang poster ng "P" lemon twist ("P" w/ a kiss of lemon). Kahit ano pang gawin natin, wala talagang halik ng anumang lemon duon. Ang nalalasahan natin e ang kalamansi duon sa toyomansi't sili na sawsawan natin ng tapa't sisig.

Dahil sa adbertisment, talagang pinilit nating kumbinsihin ang ating mga sarili na may ibang lasa ang "P" na iyon. Pero "P" lang iyon at wal nang iba pa. Parang iyong isang sopdrink (itago naman natin sa titik "C") na dati'y naglabas ng New "C" na paglaon nama'y papalitan rin ng classic "C." Anumang gawin mo ruon, pareho lang iyon.

Iyan ang truth in advertisement, tinatanggap natin ang katotohanan nito kaya't tayo mismo ang nagpapatotoo rito!

At ang "P" na iyon e walang iba kundi "P" w/ a label of lemon. Tingnan ninyo, ni hindi man lamang pinalitan yung bote, nilagyan lang ng dilaw na plastik na selyo!

Tapos binigyan ng mahalay na interpretasyon ng ilan sa atin yung poster. Pinangunahan ng wala ng iba kundi ang kaibigan nating itinago na dati sa titik "F," hehe. OK yun! Meron na raw phallic symbol, meron pang vagina icon (ginatungan pa ni Jessel!!).

Tuloy ang dating sa akin ng nahagkang "P" ng lemon e parang nagahasa na. At dahil sadyang bastos yang si Jol at ang kaibigan nya, i-eedit ko na rin iyon sa ating minuto del konseho. Tutal, wala namang kinalaman sa punto ko e, hehe.

O sige na nga, isama natin. Kongklusyon: Wala talagang lemon sa "P," puro kahalayan lang kaya hindi dapat ilabas ang mga poster at dapat isensor bago pa makita ng mga menor de edad. Kaugnay nito, masarap talaga kina Mang Jimmy (pusit, sisig, tapa, porkchop, at eat-all-you-kanin sa sizzling plate). Mura pa kaya sakaling magkaruon tayo ng franchise sa Baguio, tatawagin natin itong Congo Grilla: Cafe All Day. At ang ambience natin e parang shop ng ukay-ukay na may damit at stuff toy para kina Arlyn at Astrid.

Sakaling ipagbawal sa Baguio, iimport pa natin ang ukay mula Dumaguete.

Footnote: bilang sideshow natin, magkakaruon ng Kolehiyong Jose Natanyel Cruz: Cafe All Day. Ang mascot natin e si Nate mismo (ang diva, di ba?) na may libro sa isang kamay, may sizzling plate sa kabila, may apron, may ngiting manyak, at may vibrator mode pink na 3210 sa bulsa.

Napag-usapan naman natin lahat iyan di ba? O baka naman talagang lakas-tama lang ang "P" na iyon?

Tindi ng hang-over mga repas!

Well, why should I be the one to tell our best friend? I don't want to be the bearer of bad news. But I do agree. Best friend sort of ruins everything. If it weren't for that one little thing, I would consider it a very good blog.* Nice concept, the other guys do write well. Then again, it could be our own personal biases working against us.

I would love to go out of town. Gusto niyo bang mag-angas out of town? Kumbinsihin si Jol na dalhin natin ang van. Hehe. Para sama-sama tayong magtulak pataas.

Huy, Dennis. Bakit di ka na nag-a-update?

*Just to make things clear. I am willing to turn a blind eye because I still think they rock. Even with your best friend on board. Well, maybe it isn't that humiliating. I don't think we diss people on a regular basis. I don't want to waste my energy on that.

jessel, will somebody tell our best friend to create her own blog na lang. please!!! kasi she doesn't do anything but rant and it ruins the theme. you know what i am talking about. wala lang. dahil obsessed ako to get away, i am focusing all my energies antagonizing other people. and wasting my sister's internet card.

funny thing, late kayong lahat dumating. hehehe. had fun. still obsessed with going to baguio sometime soon. sige na nga, kahit hindi this holy week kahit next weekend na, payag ako.

Php 800,000 para sa isang iskrip? Ayan Jol, pagbigyan mo na ang nanay mo. Marami ka namang material na puwede gamitin. Ano na lang ang silbi ng mga giant ipis at fish cycle na source ng childhood trauma mo. Gusto niyo mag-group effort tayo? Hehe.

Hello. I got home already. Nathan is a diva. Jol can positively creep people out. Arlyn is always fun. Pagod na ako, bukas na ang kuwento. Dennis, wala akong Red Bull na pampalakas, wala pang load. Argh.

Talked to Nathan a while ago. He's in Angono, and we can try to drag him from there. Lorie is going somewhere that day, and I surmise he's going to see her off. I told him we're meeting in UP at the Faculty Center around 4pm, and he's going to try and get there. Jimmy's is low-budget enough, yes? Looks like everyone's in very very reduced circumstances these days.

Hey guys, I took the liberty of inviting Arlyn to our little get together on Saturday. She says she's coming. I also asked her help on how to trace Nathan, since he hasn't been answering our text messages and can't reach his mobile other. The invite was Astrid's suggestion.

I'm going to meet you guys on Saturday, 4:00 pm. Send me an SMS if you're coming early because I have to go fetch a couple of recommendations anyway. Tell me if you're going to be late too because right now, I feel like I don't belong in UP and I don't like the feeling of being there without friends. It feels alien. I feel like I'm a ghost there.


Anyway, drag Nathan too. Let's give him a spanking for all the trouble he's causing us. He'll probably enjoy it, the masochist!


I am troubled. I shall take Belle's counsel and calm down. This was one of the reasons why I wrote against myself that night. I know that what we have here (blogging world) is a small community of glass houses. There may have been no war. There was an attempt at (character) assassination and what we did was defensive, maybe deflect the bullets somehow. Yup. It's time to stop. I don't want to look like I'm forum-shopping.


Although I think I'd like to thank all those who took time to read both sides. I mean, I know this seldom happens in our community (if at all), so maybe they were just curious. But with the response I've read, I know they really cared.

Nathan was in Private Conversations a while ago. He looked depressed and sedated. We really should drag him out this weekend.

Question: Should your blog be the first to cause agitation and insinuate an attack, does it follow that we qualify as an attack blog? Interesting article on the blog as a weapon of war, idealogical and otherwise, read it here.

I don't think there is a war. Nope, not at this point in time. No word yet from the other party, so unless there is a declaration, or at least an acknowledgement of the goings-on from her end of the line. There. Is. No. War.

Tama ka, pareng Dennis. In more ways than one, kinailangan pa natin si Nathan para lang maging busy ang group blog na ito. Hindi naman masama. Lumabas lang ang pagkamarubdob natin sa pagtatanggol ng isang kaibigan. As for the language, mukhang okay naman para sa akin ang ganitong mix. Kung medyo hindi komportable sa inyo, pakibusinahan na lang ako. Oi! May kuwento ako para sa inyo. Nalalapit na -- as in almost sure -- ang pagtatapos sa isang yugto ng aking buhay bilang kasapi ng rat race. Kuwento ko sa Sabado. Puwede ko pa naman ipa-extend ang deadline ng aking magnum opus at grand finale.

Sabi ng Yahoo Horoscope ko:

"You might come across strong opposition today, dear Leo, in which someone seems to want to cut straight through to your heart. In reality, this is a message reminding you to think about things in terms of the collective, the oneness of us all. Be aware of a greater perspective in which you see more than just your side of the coin. Today is a good time to discuss any kind of unclear issues with others in a direct and honest way, before making any major decisions."

Hm. Ito ba ay isang pagbabadya? Sinasabihan akong maging mahinahon. Pakikinggan ko pa ang babala ng mga bituin?

Uh guys?. We can wage a links war but I guess we'll ask Nathan first. I'll ask him if we can use him to launch our page, hehe. (",) So, how's Saturaday? Anyway, I'm having a problem. What's our medium? I can use Filipino in the guestbook if you like. I'll try it anyway. Just don't forget to diss me after you've seen it.

Chuckie, biglang naging alive ang mahiwagang sapatos mo ha! Kay daming posts! Mabuhay ang kaangasan!

Kay bilis namang mapawi ng angas ninyo. I was thinking that this would go the way of a full-fledged links war online. hehe. Looks like it won't. Oh well. On with the bashing.

medyo magdaragdag ako rito ng mga bagay-bagay (tulad ng gesbuk). para mawala ang isip ko ruon. baka kung ano pa ang ma-post ko! enwey, ok kayo sa Sabado? pag-uusapan natin ang bagong gucci ni KG at ang celebrity deathmatch ni CL, hehe. (",)

ako rin, makikisawsaw sa issue on Nathan-bashing two years later. mahabang kwento, maraming pwedeng sabihin at tingin ko malaman na inyong mga sinabi. kaya ibang tao naman ang iba-bash ko.

I took the liberty of removing my ill-wrought statement here. It has served its purpose (pampagaan ng loob) and I guess it's right to withdraw it now. (",)

Oist, interesting na magkaroon both ng guestbook at comments. Pero di raw tumatanggap ang YACCS ng bagong subscribers nung dumaan ako. Baka puwedeng kayo na ang kumarir sa paglalagay non.

Pareng Dennis, tila napapanahong magkasama-sama na muli para isang bagsak na lang ang paglalabas ng angas. Ano sa palagay mo? Naghihintay si Mang Jimmy.

Hindi natin kailangang maging bayolente. I would not want to resort to expletives and ad hominem arguments. But I wouldn't resort to silence either. Let's just say that out of all this is

Diss

End

Chant.

Actually, I remember now, he never took those shortcuts as claimed. He wanted to learn. And he did mighty fine despite all the detractors we knew even before he got popular.

OK! Kita-kita tayo sa Sabado! OK lang ba sa inyo?

"I walked among you."

He did, and it wasn't some messianic pose either. Of course the ability to be invisible has been bestowed to a lot of us, and I really don't mind. I never wanted to pander for attention from people whom I neither cared nor gave a frigging fig about. What was important to me then, when we were all struggling, was to be the best I could be. I saw a lot of kids who never had to worry about how to pay for the tuition, or even how to get the fare to school the next day. I saw a lot of students who didn't even read, for chrissakes. And they called themselves CW majors. I dug my 50-book list, I did all I could, and I still wasn't popular with everyone in the department. Perhaps for the majority of the people in the program, in the department, I was invisible, we were invisible.

When all the attention started to pour, when he was declared poster boy for the administration, he himself was aghast. The image wasn't all that. They glossed over the faults. He may have asshole tendencies, and he would admit to that I am sure. But the one thing I do know was that he worked really hard for those damn grades, that it wasn't a soft touch. Information thrice removed from the source is never infallible. I would post more about this later. I really have to go. And think some more about all this.

It could be that she wanted to find some justification for her own, well, "delinquencies." That's fine because I do that sometimes too. But even if it were so, it's not my problem. That's her and she's not my concern. It's him. Regardless of her motivation, my question is was she right? Did he take the shortcuts?

Please tell me honestly guys, did he use the soft touch? The UP-for-the-poor-thing, I can handle. I mean, that's only titular and not really the norm. Although I might need some statistics for a more solid footing on this. However, I'm mighty confident it's not the norm, that's why he got celebrated in the first place. And that's why Nemenzo tried to play it up for propaganda purposes. But the soft touch thing. I have no idea. And I'm a bit disheartened because I always assumed we all did the same thing and got the profs who would teach us. I don't feel too good. I hope it really wasn't such a big deal. But man, it is.

Oo nga pala, nginarag ang isa nating kaibigan sa artikulong ito. Check out the man called "F." I knew him in so many ways but I never really delved in the way he dealt with the academe. I feel lousy that I can't defend his honor properly. Or that he can't because I guess he's the one who's supposed to. I'll blog about it later.

Gesbuk ng Angas

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Maligayang pag-aAngas sa inyong lahat!

Dahil wala namang nambato sa akin ng kamatis sa aking pagmamagaling kahapon, at dahil may bago na uli akong netcard load, muli pong nagbabalik ang angas ng mga taong walang magawa sa buhay. Yehey! Mabuhay ang maaangas ang mukha!

Oi Dennis, pinakialaman ko po ang settings ng blog. Puwede pa naman iyang ibalik. Nabagot lang ako kasi gusto kong mabasa yung mga bagong posts, eh hindi naman umaapir sa page ng dating ftp server natin. Kaya ayan.

Kamusta na kayong lahat? Bored na ako sa buhay ko. Naka-bakasyon na ulit ang utak ko pero marami pang trabahong dapat gawin. Argh.

oy! nagpapapansin lang.

I'm posting this from Scooby's in Dumaguete. Na-cancel ang flight namin due to bad weather, zero visibility blah. Tumakas lang kami from our coordinator kasi he's virtually taking over our lives. Feeling namin ng fellow writer ko, grade school students kaming umeskapo mula sa teacher namin on a field trip. Success! We turned off our phones para di na niya kami ma-trace. Nyar nyar nyar!