TED on marshmallows

Joachim de Posada says, Don't eat the marshmallow yet

edit, revive, unfeature

you know how that twitter character count
changes in color as you approach the character limit?

details like that that make me
wonder
sit back and forget the big stuff.

for a while.
just to inhale a little bit deeper.


especially when the tears come a-rushing.
more people should watch Lupang Hinarang
www.LupangHinarang.com


seal is singing 'a change is gonna come'
and i say brother help me please
before somebody comes up knocking me

there were times i thought i wouldn't last long
now i think i am able
to carry along.


to carry along

four words, one question

i was in the middle of trying to sleep
when i couldn't fight the urge to just start this.

let's talk explanations and theories later.
for now i'd like to invite you to an experiment.

within the next 24 hours, i will personally ask

my cousin in cebu, jr satinitigan
my highschool classmate, margaret lasaleta
my kabarkada, mandy anderson
my college classmate, tim huelva
my orgmate, marvin ong

this: nagparehistro ka na ba?
by personally, i mean either via text, phone call, instant message, face-to-face.
note: an email, a tweet, or a blog post would not count.

out of the blue i'll just throw the question and take it from there.
whether i get a yes or a no or a rant, fine with me.

the goal is to ask. and spread four words, one question.

game game GAME?
maybe you can share who you threw the question to, too. game?
you don't have to leave names,
just share how many people you asked the question to.
just ONE will do. for now. hehe

game game GAME?

growth mindset

i got to hand it to bea.
she's deputy director for this laboratory school in pampanga
and boy does she live out true magis.

she asked sir ariel of filipino dep, sir jc of adsa and me
to give a little training to her teachers in
mabalacat, pampanga

and we had so much fun.
but i got too tired last night.

you see, friday lunchtime
i ran down twenty flights of stairs in 6750 makati
just to make it in time for
bea's 2pm call time

only to find out her car's under the coding scheme and can't leave 'til 7.
so all 4 of us watched star trek, third time for me.
and i still liked it
and we went to pampanga after.

we were told there might be no electricity
we were told the school is not pretty, not big
we were told there would be around 7 participants
with a senior citizen to boot.

thankfully there was electricity all day
and though the school was under construction, it was okay.
but we only had 3 participants.

sir ariel's mantra of growth mindset
helped us pull it off despite setbacks. and it was so much fun.

again bea, you once again chose something outside your comfort zone
and looks like you're going to be learning a good lot from this.

TED on 'Predictably Irrational'

Dan Ariely asks, Are we in control of our own decisions?

Behavioral economist Dan Ariely, the author of Predictably Irrational, uses classic visual illusions and his own counterintuitive (and sometimes shocking) research findings to show how we're not as rational as we think when we make decisions.



whoa whoa whoa everyone should watch this.

TED on Naturally 7 beatboxing

Naturally 7 beatboxes a whole band

One-of-a-kind R&B group Naturally 7 beatboxes an orchestra's worth of instruments to groove through their smooth single, "Fly Baby."


3:27 bit is just whoa.

Where are the best of us? n things I want from Pangulo 15

At least thirteen Filipinos are considering to be the next president of the Philippines. A lot? Maybe, but at least you will never run out of things to talk about with your noisy seatmate on your delayed flight. Enough? I don't think so.

Like me, you probably have defended one or two already: "Yes he can't act slash drive a pedicab but those tears were not part of the script, swear!" or "At least he painted the town pink!" or "But he looks like Bamboo!"

And you may also have vowed never ever, saying things like: "Of course she can act, one minute she was crying over those envelopes, the next minute she can't live without him!" or "Once a plunderer, always a plunderer!" or "At least Eddie Gil wasn't serious."

In short, opinions abound. But really now, what are we actually looking for from our candidates?
Yes, the Constitution lists a couple but surely we demand more from them (I am hoping this is a safe assumption to make).

Yes, it's on a case-to-case basis when we decide if someone's good enough or someone's plain bad (Think about FPJ, why was it so easy to not vote for the guy. Or why was it so easy to vote for the guy).

Point is: maybe we can share our personal non-negotiables (I can't think of a better term), a set of criteria that if this wannabe fails to match then, cue ugly buzzer sound, No!

Of course there's the usual charisma, winnability (whatever that means), attitude, pleasing personality.
But maybe it's time we share specifics, say his or her ACTUAL stand on CARPER or whether he or she flip-flopped on that plunderer or what he or she plans to do with the person he or she is replacing. That way, you can hold him or her accountable after trusting him or her with your vote.

Then maybe we can tally it up and argue about it (over coffee or beer or both or not) and come up with a priority list.

Then if this network is really serious about citizen journalism then maybe we can share our criteria with them. Or not.

Either way, I really would just like to know what you want! Care to share?


The bullshit answer to my question of a title would be: we are the best of us. But even if that is really true still, we all can't be president at the same time. There is a good reason so much responsibility rests on one person. (I think it was a US Supreme Court Justice who said that unlike Congress or the Supreme Court, the President never adjourns because he is super accountable, or something to that effect.) I asked my question of a title anyway because maybe we can help find those candidates. Or not.

Either way, I really would just like to know what you want! Care to share?


(Please don't tell me acai berry pills. Anything else I would not mind.)

because 'torture can save it'

this is exactly why i once wanted to produce
a pinoy daily show

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart	M - Th 11p / 10c
Wanda Sykes' Jokes
thedailyshow.com
Daily Show Full Episodes Economic Crisis Political Humor

so un-original a concept,
like bringing saturday night live here.
but i'd be having so much fun making it.

now if only...
yes if only.



this right here would not be so bad either.

for lovers only

i think it was pineds who introduced me
to neo-soul after sharing how he loved
john legend's first album.

the other day
rogue introduced me to last.fm
and last.fm introduced me to maxwell

who, with erykah baduh and d'angelo,
"shaped the neo-soul movement"
according to the youtube page of a bad copy of a good song below.

i was never a one-genre person
and some of my friends find that weird
but neo-soul
will be on the top of my genre list

and maxwell's song reminded me why

This ain't for the ones
That just love for fun
That just love and run
that just hold the gun
This is for
Those that bleed
That want but have no need
This ain't for the war
this is only

For Lovers only


i miss fighting for someone, for something.
i really do.

i was this close to typing rush limbo on the title bar
because it sorta captures the past few days,
and maybe the days to come.

like everything and nothing at the same time.
like a strange page on a bob ong story.

i might youth vote cebu later.
but i don't know. so many things are happening at the same time
and here i am uncertain.

though i will never really ever hate uncertainty. that too
is for lovers only.

Rizal is funny

and so is Ambeth Ocampo.
every time i read his work i wish i had better random numbers.


i'm halfway through this book
and i felt you needed to know that it exists, if you still haven't.

because the author is right,
there is more to our national hero than we already know.

and this book does not just contain the third novel
but it also talks about many other interesting things.
like how Makamisa is a better work of satire than Noli

imagine that.
(and i know this isn't exactly something to be proud of
but it feels good that Rizal himself had a hard time writing in Tagalog,
proves that every Pinoy has work to do)

i'm making progress on my reading list.
below is an excerpt of the novel (not the book) i got after googling (link here):

Tunay nga't hindi biru-biro lamang ang galit ni P. Agaton.

Nang makamisa at matapos mangalbot ang lahat na isinoot, nakyat sa kombentong dali-dali umupo at mag-aalmusal, at nang mapaso ng tsokolate ay inhagis sa kosinero ang tasa.

Si aleng Anday, na bagong kagagaling sa misa, at suot ang magagaling na hiyas ay sinagupa ng mura at sampal na kaunti nang nagkahulog-hulog. Kaya nga dali-daling nanaog at umuwi sa bahay. Walang makaalam sa buong kombento ng dahilang sukat ikagalit ng kura. Malamig pa ang ulo noong bago magmisa, umimis pa sa sabing marami ang naipagbiling kandila, at kaya nga binigyan pa ng isang salapi ang sakristang mayor. Ano ang namalas habang nagmimisa na hindi niya minagaling? Puno ang simbahan ng tao; ang lalong magagandang dalaga'y nangagluhod na malapit sa altar at si Marcela'y bagaman malayo ay tanaw din ng tanaw sa malayo, katabi ni aleng Anday sa luhuran. Ang sakristyan mayor ay walng sukat masabi.

because swine flu

is such a topic.
even SPIT came up with an impromptu poem about it earlier



from HuffPost (link here)
must sleep or i'll miss learningcircle and lasertag.
but must share TEDx (link here) with you first.