Blogadag!

Back
in my Freshman year, my Sunday mornings were hellish for me, despite
the usual connotation of blessedness of God’s day. Because 30 Sunday
mornings (most of which extended in the afternoon), were spent in ROTC
classes at UP Clark.

I admit, I am not the athletic type. Sports
nga di ako magaling, training pa kaya? Back in 4th year, I was saved
from the more rigorous training for PMT because I was one of the
Military Police. But hold your horses, haha! I became an MP not because
I exhibited special strength or discipline or undergone training like
the COCC cadets did, but because I paid my uniform during the 1st day
of collection. Apparently, for the military person who supervised our
PMT subject, money does the talking, haha!

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"True,
Pampanga is popular more than ever but not because of noble things like
the resurgence of arts and culture brought out to the fore by talented
Kapampangan artists; not even the growing opportunities for progress
fuelled by the hard work and industry of its business sector. Pampanga
is popular more than ever as the home province of jueteng and
corruption and the seat of illegal quarrying operations. In recent
years, we Kapampangans have witnessed how our beloved province and its
people have fallen deep in the clutches of a debilitating social cancer
that threatens to destroy every cell of our being.

                                 

                             Indeed,
we are now confronted with a disaster – one that is more devastating
and damaging than the 1991 eruption of Mt. Pinatubo; one that we cannot
recover from unless we unite, cooperate and stand up as a community.
Makarine na pu ing malilyari kekatamu at ali tamu puwedeng manahimik at
magbulag-bulagan kabang sasamantalanan de reng mapilan ing kekatamung
balen at deng memalen. (Nakakahiya na po ang nangyayari sa atin at
hindi tayo pwedeng manahimik at magbulag-bulagan habang sinasamantala
na iilan ang atin bayan at ang mga mamamayan.)"

I never had this much hope in the elections. I really believe in the Among Ed mantra, "Abak na Pampanga!" (Umaga na Pampanga!).

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Look
up ’saddened’ in your favorite thesaurus and you will find up to 20
synonyms. They all mean the same negative feeling, albeit in varying
degrees and in varying situations. More so, sadness is also relative,
which is something I learned when I read a blog post of complaints a
few days ago. Add the factor that some of us are ’stronger’ such that
what may be distressing for us may not be so for them.

So out of the many synonyms of ’saddened’, here’s my personal perspective of 10 of them.

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Unless
of course if you’re an only child. Or if you have an all-male or
all-female set of siblings. Or if you don’t have a brother who is an
Afghan war veteran. Or if you don’t have a sister who is a right-winger
TV host. Or if you don’t have a deceased father — whom you later
discover is a philanderer. Or if you don’t own a family business that
might just file for bankruptcy, thanks but no thanks to your deceased
father. Or if you don’t have a gay brother who is 90% out of his gay
closet. Or if you’re surname isn’t Walker and that you grew up in Los
Angeles. Or I could just stop describing the characters, eh? Haha!

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An acquaintance recently told me that I’m
better than Joe D’Mango. I laughed at the idea. I mean come on, Joe
D’Mango is way way up there when it comes to giving advices on love.
And there are two friends of mine who recently broke up with their
respective relationships. For the past months or so, I’ve been
‘treating’ them. One time, one of them texted me and asked, "Doc, pwede
pong magpa-konsulta ulit?" And when I said ‘yes’, a series of lengthy
text messages ensued thereafter, hehe.

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Summer is very much equated with the
beach, right? Well, I guess it’s fair enough that one wouldn’t trek to
the beaches during the stormy season.

I’ve
only been to the beach twice in my whole life. One in Zambales (2005)
and one in Hawar Island Bahrain (2000). My beach sojourn in Zambales
was with my orgmates and it was an actual resort. The sand on the beach
itself was not what I hoped it would be. The sand was gray and a little
rocky. Think construction sites, hehe. But the sand on the nearby
island was way way better! Too bad we could stay there for a little
while only. My orgmates tried to teach me how to float. Perfect venue,
eh? Kamusta naman ang mga waves na humahampas sa ilong ko, haha!

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I’m
sure the bloggosphere will be filled with posts related to Sanjaya’s
ouster on the latest season of American Idol. This blog will be no
exception! Haha! The current season is already halfway in its running,
but this will be my first time to blog about this season. Here it goes.

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If
you care to check my profile on this blog’s left sidebar, you’d know
that I am a Kapampangan. I was born and raised in City of San Fernando,
Pampanga. When I had to live in Quezon City for college, I was
literally a ‘probinsyano’ in the city. But adjustment wasn’t so hard of
me. Because firstly, San Fernando is pretty urbanized, and secondly,
there were a lot of other probinsyanos around me in the university. Of
course, during freshman year, the topic of where one came from and from
what high school one graduated from often comes up. Of course, I would
proudly say that I am from Pampanga. I didn’t mind if all these kids
from the metro seem to be the cooler ones because they know the ins and
outs of the city.

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1. ..the number of spots on a common ladybug
2. ..the number of bones on all mammal’s necks (with very few exceptions)
3. ..the neutral pH - the pH level of pure water
4. ..the number of layers in the OSI model of computer networks
5. .. the number of Deadly sins. Pride, Anger, Lust, Envy, Gluttony, Avarice, Sloth. But, there are 7 Virtues: Chastity,
Moderation, Liberality, Charity, Meekness, Zeal, and Humility. (Hindi
ko natutunan ‘to sa Catholic school ko ah! Siguro mahirap gawan ng
acronym, unlike PALEGAS!)

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I probably heard "Candy! Candy!" a million times yesterday, thanks to my campaign motorcade experience yesterday at Sta Ana, Pampanga. An orgmate of mine, Neslee Pamintuan, is running for Municipal Councilor there. She’s only 23 years old and although I know she is very capable, I didn’t expect she the type who would want to be a public servant.

So as a gesture of support from her AguFamily, we joined her first town-wide motorcade yesterday — and it was a great experience, sans the sunburn. You see, we weren’t able to realize beforehand that the motorcade, was well, going to be that hot and sunny, hehe!

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