Etc….

Isusulat ko kung ano man ang maisip ko ….

* Si Ella at si Angel ay iisa! Parehong babae ang minamahal nyo! — tsk..tsk..tsk… need to get a life!

* Barney on the Emmy’s — ang galing! Pinahanga na naman ako ni Doogie Howser M.D.

* Stewie on the Emmy’s — katawa.  Both on the red carpet and on the scene where he is “lobbying” for Emmy vote

* How I Met Your Mother — good to see the gang again. Miss ko na sila. Season 5 please!!!!

* Gossip Girl — hate to admit it….newest guilty pleasure.  Sina S at Lonely Boy na kaya ang bagong Rachel-Ross? Hmmm….. XOXO…

* Bakit kaya ang life parang bato… ang hard. Hay

* Big difference between “International Warranty” and “International Traveller’s Warranty”.  Hay.

* Bakit  wala na akong maisulat sa Blog na to? Blog-drought?

* F1 race is a pain in the you know what. Hirap pumasok sa office. Hirap pang umuwi.

* A dog can’t help but expect to be given the bone when the bone is being dangled at him!

* Never expect…. just hope..  Hay… Easier said than done.

* I don’t need another “ I  did my best but I guess my best wasn’t good enough…”. It should be more than enough!

* Gold Coast or Maldives? If only I have the money …. mahirap talagang maging dukha.

* Tomorrow is another day….. good luck sa akin! 

Si HP at ang Superhero Syndrome

I was able to watch the much awaited movie of 2009 (sa aking pananaw lang naman) last Saturday. Pahuhulaan ko sana kung anong movie – kaso sobrang obvious na.  Pero naisip ko rin na minsan may mga tao na medyo “blur blur” ang pag-iisip at malamang ay hindi alam kung anong pelikula ang sinasabi ko. So – now it’s a choice between telling the obvious or pahulaan ko pa rin. Pero – naisip ko ulit – pwede rin namang gawing pareho…..

 

Sa mga taong gustong hulaan ang much awaited movie of 2009 — please sms  “Movie name” space “Name”  Space “Address” sa 2366 for Smart and Talk and Text. 2377 for Globe.

Sa mga taong kasalukuyang umiikot ng 360 degrees ang eyeball at sinasabing “So obvious what” – please disregard item 1.

 

Anyway – para matuloy na ang entry na ito –  the much awaited movie of 2009 for me is “BFF – Best Friends Forever” hehehehe… joke…. pasuspense lang.  Syempre – Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. Sabi ko nga sa aking mga ka-berks… ito ang highlight nang aking taon. Ganyan kaboring ang aking buhay. Ayaw nyo maniwala? Second highlight nang aking buhay ay ang napipintong pagangat ng aking level sa Farmtown. Ano? Naniniwala na kayo?

 Naligaw na naman ako – balik tayo kay Harry.  Hindi masyadong mataas ang expectation ko sa  movie na ito compared with the past 5 movies. Kung ipaprank kasi sa akin ang mga Harry Potter books e medyo nasa last itong libro na ito. Don’t get me wrong – it is still a good book. Labs ko rin sya to the last page. This book for me sets the stage in preparation for Book 7. Pero syempre — in every ranking – merong last place. Hindi naman pwede na 1^st lahat dib a. Kaya ayun — wala masyadong expectations. Which I think is the main reason — na unlike the others who have seen the movie – I was not disappointed. I liked the movie. Hindi ako inantok. Yun nga lang — tingin ko – those who have read the book will appreciate it more. Malamang mabitin yung mga hindi nagbasa. Pero opinion ko lang naman ito. Go see the movie and form your own opinion.

 Seeing Harry Potter reminded me of a conversation  with some friends tungkol sa Superhero complex. Kung susuriin mo kasing mabuti ang personality ni Harry — he is reeking of Superhero complex. Lahat na lang ay kailangan nyang iligtas. Siguro dahil sa lagi syang inaapi at nahihirapan. Ang tendency tuloy ay naisin nya na wag mapahamak yung mga mga mahal nya sa buhay. Kaya ayun – kahit na isalang pa nya ang kaniyang buhay – he can’t help but save those in grave danger. Minsan nga naisip ko – what could have happened kung hindi nya sinagip si Sirius dun sa Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.  Would Dumbledore intervened and saved Sirius himself? Kung hinayaan na lang nya si Cedric at kinuha nya yung Triwizard Cup. E di sana hindi namatay si Cedric. Yun nga lang – hindi magagawa ni Cedric yung Twilight The Movie.  Kawawa naman kung sakali si Bella.   

 Bakit nga kaya nagkakaroon ng superhero complex ang isang tao. Dahil nga kaya sa hirap na naranasan sa buhay? O dahil sa kaapihan? May effect kaya ang pagpapalaki ng magulang? Ang superhero complex ba ay isang strenght? Or dapat ituring na isang weakness?

 Hmmm… Daming mga katanungan na for sure ay napakaraming magkakaibang kasagutan. Pero amidst all these questions and subjective opinions —- isa lang ang tutuo – Harry won’t be harry without the superhero complex. 

Good Intentions

Musta na mga  ka-berks? Bago ang lahat isa munang katanungan — uso pa ba ang salitang “berks”? I have been in my own bubble for quite a while kung kaya’t hindi ko na sure kung ano ang usong tawagan ngayon. Anyway – it has been a while since my last entry — akala nyo siguro ay tuluyan ko nang kinalimutan ang aking first love – acting.. este ang pagsusulat ng mga walang kwentang bagay. Hindi pa naman. Medyo bisi-bisihan lang ng kaunti. The past few weeks have been uninteresting. You’ll be bored our of your wits kung ikwento ko pa ito. Sabihin na lang natin na I’ve been busy with :

Work 

A little sick (pero hindi AH1N1 ha..)

Farmtown  

 Yoville

 TV Series

 Movies

 Anyway – ulit — hindi yan ang gusto kong ibahagi sa inyo aking dear reader/s.  Naligaw lang ako – mahina ako sa directions e. Pasensya na ulit. Hmm.. nasaan na ba ako.. hmm.. ayun.. nangyari na ba sa inyo yung you did something with  nothing but good intentions pero ended up doing some other thing? Mukhang yan ang nangyayari sa akin ngayon. I wake up early and went to the office early (which by itself is already a miracle—- tutuo ang himala!!!!) with all the intention of working hard. Dami na kasing mga lumalagpas sa deadline – which is so not me. I am usually a hardworker – di lang halata. Pramis – masipag talaga ako… mukha lang hindi. J

 Ayun na nga – I arrived early sa opis. All ready for a full day of non-stop working. Work like a dog ika nga. With my Kopi-C siew-tai (Coffee with Evaporated milk – less sweet) – hinarap ko na ang aking computer. Read all my e-mails to get this our of the way. Nilabas ko na ang aking ipod to drown all the noise in the environment. And started working… for five minutes or so. Yup… I started will all good intentions – pero nabigo ako. Parang tinatamad ako e. Parang feeling ko may kailangan pa akong gawin bago ko simulan ang aking trabaho. Spent 5 minutes or so na pagmumuni-muni when it finally dawned on me.  Yup. Alam ko na kung ano ang dapat ko munang gawin. I need to write this entry.  And here I am – writing this entry which you are reading right now.  At dahil sa nasulat ko na ang entry na ito – isa lang ang dapat kong gawin. I need to end this entry and start with work. Walang choice e.. need to bring home the bacon. O sya… sa muli.

 P.S.

 Bilang tribute sa  namayapang King of Pop – I decided to listen to his music for the entire day. Yup. MJ the entire day. Sumalangit nawa ang kaniyang kaluluwa.

To Read is to Believe

I know it’s been forever since my last entry. Pasensya na po. May mga makakating labi na nagbabasa ng blog ko na ito ang nagsumbong sa aking amo na madalas kong sabihin na wala akong ginagawa. Kaya ayun – binigyan ako ni bossing ng maraming gawain. Either that — or napansin lang nila na sayang naman ang pinapasweldo sa aking kung hindi naman nila ako papakinabangan. Kaya eto – busy as a bee. Or as an Ant. At dahil sa busy as a bee — or as an Ant… na ako —- wala na munang mga nakakatuwa at kagiliw-giliw na entries. Well — that is with the assumption na dati ay kagiliw-giliw ang aking mga dating entries. 

At dahil nga sa busy as a bee… or as an ant… ako —– hindi na muna ako magsusulat ng kung ano-ano pa. Naisip ko na sapat nang mag-iwan ako ng isang larawan na kagiliw-giliw.  Hindi ko na masyadong i-introduce ang picture na ipapakita ko… sabi nga — to read is to believe……

Exhibit A

Naa-alala nyo pa ba si Aling Tindera na pinilit akong magtanong sa kaniya pagkatapos ay sinabihan akong wag nang magtanong dahil sa nakukulitan na siya? Ha? Ha? Na-aalala nyo pa sa? Sa mga hindi nakaka-alala – let me refresh your memory…

http://rollypollypanini.wordpress.com/2009/03/21/kulit-kasi/

Sa tingin nyo ba ay nagsasabi ako ng tutuo nung ikinwento ko ito? O akala nyo ay gumagawa lamang ako ng kwento para may maikwento ako sa inyo? Hmmm? Which is which? Anyway – para sa mga nagdududa dyan sa tabi-tabi — isa lang ang masasabi ko – A picture is worth a thousand words. Kaya hindi na ako magpapaligoy-ligoy pa… Exhibit A…..

Ang Magsasaka

Alam kong matagal-tagal na rin akong walang naisusulat sa blog ko na ito. There’s this part of me who wanted to say that I’m just so busy with work kaya wala akong time para magsulat ng kahit ano. Pero there’s this part of me — who I would normally listen to – who knows that I should say the truth. The truth is — nalululong ako… yup.. addicted… addicted to Farm Town. Pasensiya na dear reader/s. Just trying out kung pwede kong gawing second career ang pagsasaka. Verdict — too early to say… Give me few more weeks.

The One with the Top 5 List

Bago ko simulan ang entry na ito – may nais muna akong ikumpisal sa lahat. Ako, si RollyPollyPanini ay may facebook account. And surprisingly – may friends akong ka-facebook. O wag nang mag-comment pa. Ako man ay nagtataka at meron akong mga ka-facebook. Ilan? More than 1. And – hindi ko sila kamag-anak or binyaran. Wala din silang pagkakautang sa akin. Gusto lang talaga ako nilang maging ka-facebook. Friendly kasi ako e – well to a chosen few. To most — I usually channel my Oscar the Grouch persona.

Ok. Dahil sa tapos na ako sa aking earth-shattering confession – pwede ko nang ibahagi ang mga bagay-bagay na gusto kong ibahagi. Related pa rin sa Facebook — I am a fan of the 5 Things list. Yun mga kung ano-anong 5 things lang. Kunwari – 5 bagay na lagi mong dala pag-alis or 5 favorite na tsokolate etc.

The other night – I was answering the 5 things you would like to receive on your birthday. This is a no brainer isip ko lang :

First on my mind – a European tour. No brainer. I’ve been obssessing to go on a European tour since birth. I’ve been to a few cities in Europe few years ago – pero it’s a business trip so wala masyadong lakwatsa. I need to go back as a true blue tourist. Yung walang iniisip na mga business requirements or functional specification documents.

2nd – hmm… hmmm.. hmmm… 5 minutes later it dawned to me – wala na akong maisip pang bagay na gusto kong mareceive as a birthday gift. Wala. As in. And I find this odd and scary at the same time. Odd – kasi ang dami kong gusto e. Scary – kasi dalawang bagay lang naman kung bakit wala ka nang gusto pa. Una – you are contented with what you have which is excellent but is statistically impossible. Human nature na kasi yung magnais ng mga bagay na wala sa iyo. Ikalawang dahilan – you are settling. You’ve given up and settled for what you have right now. White flag waived. Tapos na ang laban. This is bad – really bad. Life is a continous struggle. The struggle ends only when you are six feet under. And I don’t plan on going that path for a long-long-long time. I still need to live life to the fullest. Lots of plans. Lots of things to do.

Katawa no? Isang napakasimpleng tanong — but it branched out to such complex self questioning. Parang sobrang layo ng nilakbay mo – e ang gusto mo lang naman ay bumili ng Coke. Quarterly-life crisis? Oprah moment? O kaartehan lang talaga? Whatever it is – paminsan-minsan mainam din ang mga serious na pag-iisip. Good for the mind – iwas Alzheimers.

Oppss.. muntik ko nang malimutan – I was able to finish my list. I was able to think of 5 things I want to receive on my birthday. A European tour, latest Blackberry phone, latest Lazy Boy chair, a private island home and syempre – World Peace.

The One with the Burger

I am starting this entry with a flashback. Couple of Fridays ago — Friday night to be exact – I’m at home… in front of the tube… having dinner while watching the 4th season of How I Met Your Mother. There’s this episode where Marshall is looking for the place where he had the best burger. For the whole episode – they did nothing but eat burger from one place to another. And every time they bite into that thick juicy burgers – I can’t help but crave… for a thick juicy burger. And you know me – once I crave for something — I gotta have it. There ain’t no mountain high enough. Ain’t no valley low enough. Ain’t no river wide enough. To keep me from getting a thick juicy burger. Singbilis ni Flash na ako ay gumayak — at tumalilis. Isa lang ang aking goal buy a burger. And the best fastfood burger there is – Carl’s Junior’s Double Western Bacon Cheeseburger. Yun nga lang – the nearest Carl’s Junior from my place is the newly opened outlet an MRT station away. Pero hindi ito naging sagabal sa aking misyon. Pushing and kicking all those in my way – I finall arrived. It took forever – nakarating din ako. Pumila ako in all excitement – thinking of all the langhap-sarap goodness that I am to eat. Nung ako na ang oorder – I excitedly said — 1 Double Western Bacon Cheeseburger – no pickles – no onions. The staff smiled at me and said – I’m sorry sir – we only serve chicken and fish today. @#*^$%^%$# naman o. Who the hell eats fish burger? Or Chicken burger? Ok fine — marami.. including me. Pero that time – I want a double western bacon cheeseburger… and I want it now. Pero bigo ako bigo. Umuwi akong bahag ang mundo dala dala ang aking Double Cheeseburger from Mc Donalds. And I am telling you…. It was not the same. It did not satisfy me at all…..

Which leads to today. I am watching – well – the 3rd season of How I Met Your Mother ( I know… I have no life) and there’s this episode again with Marshall about to eat a burger. Lo and behold — the craving returns. Muli – singbilis ni flash na ako a muling gumayak. In no time – nasa mall na ulit ako. I am so excited to eat the best (that I can afford) burger in town ng mapadaan ako sa isang bagong bukas na Sandwich shop. Hmmm… Grilled Ciabata bread – egg, cheese and corned beef. Hmmm…

P.S.

I never made it to Carl’s Jr…. I had the sandwich… and it was Legen —- wait for it — Dary! Man… I need to stop watching How I Met Your Mother – even if it’s Awesome!

Bakit?

Sa mga nagdaang araw – isang katanungan ang lagi kong naririnig sa mga milyon-milyon kong tagasubaybay. Fine. Isang tagasubaybay. Nangangarap lang naman. Masama na bang mangarap ngayon? Hmp. Anyway – balik sa katanungan…. Bakit? Yup. Bakit? Bakit ko daw binago ang header ng aking blogsite. Where’s the ranting-raving-reviewing Panini? Bakit ito pinalitan ni wicked-superman-wannabe–gravity-defying-nobody.

Well unang-una… I’m not a total nobody. I’m somebody to some. Nobody to most — pero ang imporatante ay somebody to some. J Second – I’m still the same ranting, raving, reviewing lunatic na minamahal ng lahat. No amount of site header change can remove these qualities from me. I’m still the same old me — but with new a blogsite header. J Lastly — napapanahon lang talaga ang pagbago ng blog header. Isinasabay ko ito sa agos ng buhay… sa ihip ng hangin. Sa isang sudden realization na it’s time for a change — a new header to mirror what life is giving you at the moment. Lalim ba? Masyado bang pinag-isipan? Actually – pinag-isipan ko talaga yan. Stone na stone kasi ako ngayon dito sa kulungan este opis kaya nag-iisip-isip na lang ako.

Anyway next question na — bakit defying gravity? Sabihin na lang natin na for the past few years —- I have this feeling that gravity is doing its best to pull me down to the earth’s core. As in full blast gravitational pull. And for the past few years – well till now – I’ve been giving all might to defy gravity. I’ve been doing my darnedest to prevent this gravitational pull from burying me to the ground. Ganun naman talaga ang buhay di ba? You’ll get to encounter obstacles in your journey — and the only thing you can do is do your best to overcome all these obstacles. Do our best to defy gravity! Not let anyone or anything pull us down.

Naku – masyado nang seyoso ang entry na ito. Makakasira na ito sa aking image. Kailangan tigilan na ang pag-eemote. Sabagay – that’s life… minsan kailangan medyo serious. Pero wag dapat laging serious. Dadami lang ang frown lines. Yayaman na naman sina Belo at Calayan nyan.

Quarter End

Long time no blog. Pasensya na po. Pasenya? Puro na lang pasensya! Ayan – inunahan ko na kayo ng pagalit. Yan ang aking pre-emptive measure para hindi ako mapagalitan. Pero hindi yan ang aking ikwento sa inyo. Nais ko lang magkaroon ng blog entry dahil ngayon ay quarter end. Ito ang aking quarter end report. Pagbabayad utang ko na rin ito sa aking paminsa-minsan na pagkalimot na sumulat sa site na ito.

Bago ang quarter end report — nais ko munag i-greet ang aking site. Happy 2nd anniversary! 2 years na akong nagsusulat ng mga bagay-bagay na walang halaga sa karamihan ngunit makabuluhan sa iilan. Bilis ng panahon no? Couple of years ago — nakaupo ako sa aking upuan sa opisina at nag-iisip ng maaring magagawa. Fast forward – it’s been 2 years of blogging and blog-nots. Well – here’s to 2 years of blogging and looking forward to more years! (Insert champagne glasses clicking sound here)

Okay.. enough of the celebration. Let’s go back to business. Dahil sa tagal ko na ring walang entry — I decided not to have any single subject. Basta kung ano na lang ang pumasok sa isipan ko. Wala lang. Minsan mainam din yung walang structure. Yung spontaneous. Para may kaunting thrill.

- Last Saturday — I had no choice but to face the inevitable. Kailangan gawin ko na ang isang bagay na I’ve been dreading always. I need to have a haircut. Bakit dreaded? Kasi – after every haircut – I think I look weird. Yung I got used to how I look for a couple of months then suddenly – voila – a different look. Minsan bad… Minsan good. Minsan hindi pansinin. But to me – I still look weird and I need a couple of weeks to get used to it again. Hay. How’s the haircut you may asked. Hmm… the stylist (yan ang tawag sa kanila dito) told me that I’m beginning to “hair problem”. Kailangan daw aware para ma-cure or something. I cut his litany short dahil alam ko naman na bebentahan nya lang ako ng kung ano-anong produkto. Pero – I made a mental note to minimize on hair products. Mahirap nang makalbo. Magastos sa facial wash. The haircut? Well – nothing earth shattering. Trim lang. I look weird as expected. But still – I had worst.

- Magulo pa rin ang ikot ng mundo sa teleserye ng aking buhay — well trabaho wise. May mga ilang magagandang balita akong natanggap the past few days which is a big welcome. Feeling ko kasi – for the past few weeks ay lagi akong nasa “looser” corner. Pero the past few days – slightly winner corner naman ako. Tutuo nga ang sabi ni Santino…. May bukas pa! Thankful to the max talaga ako. Salamat Bro!

- Speaking of Santino — kagabi habang nanonood ako ng May Bukas Pa…. I can’t help but wonder – kailan kaya pupunta si Santino dito sa Singapore? Para naman masabi nya kay Bro – na sana wag mawalan ng trabaho ang mga Pinoy dito. Sabagay – pwede naman tayo lahat dumiretso kay Bro. Sabi nga – ask and you shall receive. Pero ingat din sa paghingi — sabi nga ni Daughtry — “Be careful what you wish for ‘cause you might get it all, you just might get it all”. Mamaya ibigay sa atin tapos hindi naman pala natin alam kung ano ang gagawin dito. Kaya dapat bago humingi – mag-isip muna.

- Again – speaking of answered prayers… dahil na rin sa good news na aking natanggap —- naisipan ko na there’s only one way of celebrating this. I need a new “baby”. Pangtanggal ng stress. Panglunod sa mga hindi kanais-nais na bagay sa paligid. Sa aking mga masugid na tagasubaybay — matatandaan nyo sa isa kong entry ang tungkol sa pagkawala ng isang mahalagang bagay sa aking buhay a couple of months ago. At dahil sa kasalukuyang krisis ay nagdadalawang isip ako kung papalitan ko pa ba ito. Nanghingi ako ng sign from above — sabi ko kung April ay may good news para sa akin — isa itong sign na dapat kong palitan ang mahalagang bagay na ito. Alam kong wala pang April — pero dahil sa ibinigay na sa akin ang “sign” —sino ba naman ako para hindi tumupad sa nakatakda. Kaya ayun – kagabi – right after office….. I bought a new (and improved!!!) Ipod Classic. Silver. 120 gb. Finally – nagbalik na ang musika sa aking buhay!!!!! May isa pa akong sign na hihihintay — para naman ito sa Wii Fit. Sabihin ko sa inyo sakaling I’ll again see the sign!

- Dahil sa music ang napapag-usapan — kailangan banggitin ko ang American Idol Season 8. I particulary like Megan. Very unique voice. Yung pag narinig mo yung kanta ay alam mo na siya ang kumanta nito. I admit na slim ang chance nya na manalo as the new American Idol. Kung makapsok sya sa 6 ay swerte na. Pero kahit ganun pa man – I still prefer her kaysa dun sa ibang sampu-samapera na magaling nga kumanta pero salat naman sa individuality.

- At dahil sa may Ipod na ako ulit (naks!!!!) — my current playlist:
Twilight: The Score album
Songs Rediscovered 2 – Jed Madela
Lonely Road – The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

Yan na lang po muna… Sa muli