 | About Me | Nov 4, 2005 |
1 tayms 1 equals 1, 1 tayms 2 equals 2....... If you haven't memorized that table, then don't read this. Memorize it first. Then go back here. Comprende? Originally published atThe BLIPS Network. Please leave anycomments there.
My current LSS. Korean lyrics:
Sandeul
Taeyangi jamdeuneun got no-euli beonjineun got
Modeun kkumi byeoli dwineun Sky Jinyoung
Haneunli neoreul manhi dalmasseo cheomen geuge manyang johasseo
Malkgo tumyeonghan ne pyojeongeun yeppeugo sirhji anhasseo Sandeul
Geuroehke (Na-ege) Daga-oneun neoui ireum
Sarangingeol an dwi-en geob-buteo nasseosseo ddo maeum dachilkka CNU
Neol mireonaego (Gongchan: Nal ta-ireugo) Johaseobwado
Jakku neoman ddeoulla neoman jarana ontong neoppuniya Sandeul
I can’t stop du nuneul garyeobwado du dwireul magabwado
Ddo dashi nan neoreul chaja Touch the sky gaseume nega doradanyeo Jinyoung
Can’t stop No-euli beonjineun haneul kkeutkkaji
Sarangi jamdeun got sesang kkeutkaji
Neowa hamkke nara-ulla Touch the wind
Ijen neo hanaro cheongbunhae Gongchan
Eonjenga (Sandeul: Apaseo) Ulgo itneun neoui moseub
Seulpeun pyojeong on dwi-en nae mamdo neocheoreom onjongil bigawa CNU
Neol mireonaego (Gongchan: Nal ta-ireugo) Doraseobwado
Jakku neoman ddeoulla neoman jarana ontong neoppuniya Sandeul
I can’t stop du nuneul garyeobwado du dwireul magabwado
Ddo dashi nan neoreul chaja Touch the sky gaseume nega doradanyeo Jinyoung
Can’t stop No-euli beonjineun haneul kkeutkkaji
Sarangi jamdeun got sesang kkeutkkaji
Neowa hamkke nara-ulla Touch the wind
Ijen neo hanaro Baro
Yeah
Look at me ma sunshine (sunshine)
Gureumeul tago dungshildungshil maraga wuri dul sai (dul sai)
Hanjangui areumdaun jakppum oneul bang geudae pumeseo jamdeulgo pa
Nae gwitga-e deullyeo-oneun dalkomhan jongsori
Meomchuji anhkireul baraebonda
Alright oneulddara deo pureureun jeo bada Sandeul
I can’t stop gureume garyeojyeodo eodumi magaseodo
Eonjena nan neoui sarang Touch the sky yeongwonhi neoman jikyeojulke Can’t Stop shigani dalryeogado (Sandeul+CNU: Naeili dagawado) Geokjeongma nan neowa hamkke Touch the wind
Shiganui beokeul neomeoseoseo saranghalke ALL
Yaksokhalke Translation
The place where the sun sleeps, the place where the sunset spreads
Where every dream becomes a star – the sky The sky resembles you a lot so in the beginning, I liked that a lot
Your pure and clear face expressions were pretty and likeable That is how your name came to me
After I knew it was love, I was scared at first that my heart will be hurt again I pushed you away and I persuaded myself
Even when I look back, I keep thinking of you, only you have grown
It’s all about only you I can’t stop
Even if I cover my eyes, even if I cover my ears
I look for you again – touch the sky
You are running through my heart Can’t stop
To the end of the sky where the sunset spreads
To the end of the world where love is fast asleep
I will fly high with you and touch the wind
Now, it’s enough with only you After I saw you in pain and crying with a sad expression
Like you, all day there was rain in my heart I pushed you away and I persuaded myself
Even when I look back, I keep thinking of you, only you have grown
It’s all about only you I can’t stop
Even if I cover my eyes, even if I cover my ears
I look for you again – touch the sky
You are running through my heart Can’t stop
To the end of the sky where the sunset spreads
To the end of the world where love is fast asleep
I will fly high with you and touch the wind
Now, it’s enough with only you Yeah look at me ma sunshine (sunshine)
Ride the clouds and float above between us (between us)
A beautiful masterpiece
I want to fall asleep in your embrace tonight
The sweet sound of bells ringing in my ear
I hope it won’t ever stop alright
The clouds are even bluer today I can’t stop
Even if I’m covered by the clouds, even if darkness blocks me
I will always be your love – touch the sky
Forever I will protect you Can’t stop
Even if time runs by, even if tomorrow comes
Don’t worry, I am with you and touch the wind
I will climb over the obstacle of time and love you, I promise you Korean lyrics credit:naver
Romanized by: cheisee@wordpress (fromhere)
Translation credit: pop!gasa Originally published atThe BLIPS Network. Please leave anycomments there. So, yesterday, been ranting that Smart’s offering a better but limited only data plan would only hurt loyal customers who are locked in on a clearly inferior plan and with mediocre handset. Posted the said comment on Smart’s Facebook status only to see it taken down, then they reposted the same status. A friend was gracious enough to repost my comment haha. Never bothered checking on that status again. Now let’s turn to Globe. So I went to their SM North EDSA branch last Friday night only to find out that there were 38 people in the queue, before me. Decided it was not worth the wait, got Gong Cha instead and went home. I tried their Web chat last Friday as well, but never got connected with any agent. I was redirected instead to a Web form. I filled that up then got an email stating that they’d reply within 24 hours. It is now a Sunday. They haven’t gotten back to me. Well, why not call them up, you say. A friend posted on Plurk that she was on hold on ONE HOUR. Well. Today, a telco is conducting an online marketing campaign. No amount of videos, celebrity endorsements, and hyperboles will ever replace good customer service as good marketing practice. Originally published atThe BLIPS Network. Please leave anycomments there. I think a lot of us missed something important in the events of last week. Important because what started it all was an affront to one tenet of democracy. And no, I am not talking about Secretary Leila de Lima’s show of balls (or arrogance, according to some people.) No, I am talking about the SC’s decision to “bend over backwards to accommodate the request of petitioners for a TRO,” to quoteJustice Sereno’s dissent (PDF link). (She was being gracious; what’s on my mind for the past few days was worse: bend over and spread its legs.) Why is this important? First, it is instructive to quote several provisions of our Constitution. ARTICLE II DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES AND STATE POLICIES Section 1. The Philippines is a democratic and republican State. Sovereignty resides in the people and all government authority emanates from them. xxx Section 5. The maintenance of peace and order, the protection of life, liberty, and property, and promotion of the general welfare are essential for the enjoyment by all the people of the blessings of democracy. ARTICLE III BILL OF RIGHTS Section 1. No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law, nor shall any person be denied the equal protection of the laws.
Let me highlight Section 1, Article III, specifically “nor shall any person be denied the equal protection of the laws.” Emphasis onEQUAL PROTECTION. The Supreme Court, by giving cognizance to the TRO petition, and accommodating Gloria Arroyo (for example, when it extended its office hours so that it could accept the required cash bond), had inevitably shown the EQUALITY UNDER THE LAW exists as long as you are part of the 1%. How many of you had parents, grandparents, sons and daughters, nieces and nephews, relatives, and friends who spent a night in jail all because (1) the warrant of arrests were issued close to end of office hours, (2) did not have enough money to post bail (amount of which is not affordable to the 99%), and (3) when money is available, the courts had already closed (even if it wasn’t end of office hours, even for night courts)?This is an example, and I won’t be surprised if this is representative of what’s happening here. Once we apply different standards of justice depending on one’s stature in society, the rule of law collapses. The so-called constitutional crisis did not begin with de Lima’s defiance, it began with the SC’s bending backwards and spreading its legs. This is the point that most of us missed, and continue to miss. *** I’ve realized we had an Occupy Movement opportunity, but we missed it. Maybe because we have been so jaded by the injustice and inequality, but I think it’s time we take a stand and put an end to the 1% getting preferential treatment on justice.  | If you have a Google+ account, please add The Philippine Blog Awards page http://ping.fm/mzXXF Thanks! | Nov 8, '11 8:36 PM
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(Photo courtesy ofNiña Fuentes.)
Thanks toMs. Janette Toral, I got to meetAJ Matela. I can remember that night. There I was, a wallflower to the core, meeting new bloggers (and not-so-new friends) old and young. There was this tall lanky guy in white long sleeves, tie, and dark gray slacks. He stood out among the sea of bloggers in casuals, so you won’t fail to notice him. Then Ms. Toral decided to humiliate us all by introducing ourselves, in front, using a mike. I had to use my usual spiel. You know, “My name is Arbet, but you may call me Loggins. But never combine the two.” It got the expected response. I really wanted to just vanish, I am not really used to speaking in front of people – ironic for a once-upon-a-time teacher. The the corporate guy stood up, introduced himself as AJ, and then said “I blog at Bakla Ako dot com.” I had to do a double-take. Him, gay? As I have said in the blog post linked above, “Mas macho pa boses nya kesa sakin!” I got to meet him intermittenly after that, during blog events, several Philippine Blog Awards nights, Plurkfiestas and bump-into-each-other-randomly events. When I dropped out gradually from blogging, I had not seen him since. We got to talk on Twitter and Plurk, and some random text messages. Then last year, he dropped out of his social networks, and that’s when I’ve heard he was sick and hospitalized. It was distressing because he was the second friend of mine who was hospitalized back then, and more distressing – both were near death, though not of the same time. I am glad both recovered, though I was shocked when I saw AJ in photos after his hospitalization. The last time I saw AJ, it was virtual – he opened a Google Hangout session, and so I joined. I knew how he looked like before I joined the hangout, and I was still surprised by how he looked. He’s been a lanky guy, and he looked gaunt. Never got to talk much that time, as the connection was intermittent. I did not know that it would be the last time I would see and talk to him. Several days ago, I was informed by friends that he was again in the hospital, and that he might not make it. There was supposed to be a dinner in his benefit last night, but I was not able to go. And when I got online today….. I’ve talked about death before, and the way we deal with it. When my paternal grandmother and paternal aunt died, I was saddened, but no tears fell, no surprise nor shock. If a loved one suffered from lingering illness, and knowing that there won’t be a cure, you were confronted with death everyday. You do not know if tomorrow they will still wake up. You do not know if you are prepared for the inevitability of death. You do not know how you’d deal when death comes. You do not know how you’d live after they are gone. And death forces us to deal with regrets – the laughter and tears that will no longer be shared, food and movies and books to enjoy, seeing the sunset and frolicking in the sea – lost time with a loved one brings the most regret. I admire AJ’s unwavering and unfaltering faith, despite the fact that the leaders of his faith call his kind unkind and un-Christian names. And I am sure his faith has prepared him for this new journey, and I am sure he is happy where he is now. See you again, AJ. Now you have to pray for us. “In one of the stars I shall be living. In one of them I shall be laughing. And so it will be as if all the stars were laughing, when you look at the sky at night. . . you– only you– will have stars that can laugh!” And he laughed again.
“And when your sorrow is comforted (time soothes all sorrows) you will be content that you have known me. You will always be my friend. You will want to laugh with me. And you will sometimes open your window, so, for that pleasure. . . and your friends will be properly astonished to see you laughing as you look up at the sky! Then you will say to them, ‘Yes, the stars always make me laugh!’ And they will think you are crazy. It will be a very shabby trick that I shall have played on you. . .” And he laughed again. “It will be as if, in place of the stars, I had given you a great number of little bells that knew how to laugh. . .” Antoine de Saint Exupery, “The Little Prince”
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So, which of the two should I pay? If the guy who answered the call is to be believed, it should be the first one. Then why label the second one (the smaller amount) as TOTAL? I’ve been paying SCB in full when I use my SCB card. The SCB bill always confuses the SM tellers. It confuses me, too, and that confusion leads to my previous rants. So last month, the installment amount was Php2650.31, and the total payment due was Php2585.74. Naturally, I paid Php2600 because I thought the amount that I should pay for was the Total Payment Due. Then to my shock, for this month’s bill, I was charged Php70 interest. For what, my brain asked. So calling the not-so-helpful SCB guy, the amount due for last month was Php2650.31 and not the Total Payment Due (which was Php2585.74). I kept on arguing and I felt my blood pressure rising so I did not bother anymore. Instead, I had my first card cancelled, and will have the other one cancelled as well, once I have completed the installment payments. Maybe the way the bill is structured is designed to confuse the cardholder and thus earn more from people like me. Let this be a lesson for future Standard Chartered credit cardholders. There are better cards like BPI. Originally published atThe BLIPS Network. Please leave anycomments there. Bye-bye sexy Bench ad along EDSA? “Hindi ko pinapaalis, I am just requesting advertisers to have it removed,” Abalos told abs-cbnNEWS.com. He said the advertisers have already committed to removing the ad.
Of course they will commit, it’s an order from God, right? But the mayor insists that this is not a moral issue. “Baka sabihin nila nagpapaka-moralista ako. I’m not very conservative,” he said.
He isn’t? What was his reason for “requesting to have the billboards torn down? Abalos said that the advertisement was inappropriate, especially since it was placed prominently along a busy area. He added that he was specially concerned about children who see the ad.
Let’s repeat what Fr. Abalos has said. “Baka sabihin nila nagpapaka-moralista ako. I’m not very conservative,” he said.
Yeah, right. Citizens of Mandaluyong, you have elected a hypocrite for mayor. PS: Citizens of Valenzuela, look at the kind of mayor that you have elected – a hypocrite. PPS: The nearby seminary and the Archbishop’s Palace will be pleased. Originally published atThe BLIPS Network. Please leave anycomments there.
Got teary-eyed while watching this video. I wonder if it was because of his story, or because of his voice. Originally published atThe BLIPS Network. Please leave anycomments there. 
Basically, that’s the first thought that came into mind. Most of the features are evolutionary, and long time Android users will scoff at these, having enjoyed better notifications, Twitter integration, and cloud services for the longest time. iCloud and iTunes Match are interesting, and their use-case and tight integration are something that Android users will long for. Google will have to tinker some code in Android so that Android users can enjoy such tight integration with cloud services. And Google Music Beta just became antiquated as compared to iCloud and iTunes Match. In this case, their first-to-market beta approach bit them in the ass. Overall, not enough for me to switch to iOS. Well, Apple has to make their devices CHEAPER before I dive into iOS again. Now, for OS X Lion, it’s a different matter. (iOS 5 is now available as a preview for developers.) Originally published atThe BLIPS Network. Please leave anycomments there. I must admit the past few days has been emotionally bleak. They reminded me of the Dark Years of my life. The signs are all there – irritable, gets frustrated easily, always gets bored, cannot seem to do what one does easily previously, envious of other’s happiness, feels lost, and an unexplainable feeling of loneliness and emptiness. My life during the years 1997-1999 were documented in three volumes of journals, erratically written, some entries long, some entries short; there were days where pages are blank. Reading the 1997 volume was draining, because my life back then was, according to myself, like water going down the drain. I was very glad when I got out of that episode, but I guess that era has defined who am I now. I don’t like it, but I was lucky I got out alive. Getting on with it was really an option back then; I would not be writing this now if it happened. There is another issue that I think makes me dysfunctional – I always get feelings of sadness whenever I see friends being happy/getting into a relationship. I guess it is because I am envious. Upon reflection, I got this notion that I’d grow old alone. The Dark Years, after all, began when I started to lose two of who I considered my best friends – one due to my undoing, the other to love. When things fall apart, and failure in college was imminent, that’s how it began. That my life was tragically unravelling and friends became scarce like the proverbial dodo – that brought me to the dark depths of depression. That was the crux of the Dark Years. I dunno how I got out of it, but I feel that this issue remains unresolved; hence the episodes of loneliness. Hence, the feeling of sadness due to others’ happiness. At one point, I got this realization that if I accept the fact that I’d die alone, these episodes would never recur. As they say, acceptance is the key. I know that for my mental health I should probably accept it, but some part of me refuses to surrender. I don’t know. I feel that this refusal is not healthy. Some people tell me that I should not feel this way; that my time will come. But I am tired of waiting and exerting effort that just ends up futile. And let’s face it – there are people who got old alone. Also, it runs with the family – I just saw an aunt died unmarried and alone. It is easy – and tempting – to give up. Do I believe in fate? I don’t know. Because if fate is true, it can be apathetic, cruel, heartless. It seems wrong that someone is born with his future already set, as if that person’s decisions won’t matter. However, there are times when despite your efforts, everything seems futile. This is where I am now. It is easy to give up. Being a loser brings some bitterness, but what if that is the truth? What if giving up will end all these negative feelings? What if giving up throws away all this baggage that brings me down? (Written June 2009) | Why did she even bother showing up when she's an hour late? Oh, she's the Queen. http://ping.fm/rjcmz | Jan 26, '11 9:26 PM
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