I'm on overload


I was just reading Lourd de Veyra's graduation speech for this year's UP MassComm graduates and I must say he hit a nerve in me.  I've never been a fan of his and I don't really know much about him except that he's a witty writer/musician, but that speech is one of the most thought-provoking ones I've read in a while.

He talked about how lucky students are that information is so readily available via the internet... that there's no excuse for being an idiot nowadays when we can Google any topic in the known universe. 

Unfortunately, that's exactly our problem -- there's just too much information.  We're all overloaded with data, that sifting through everything is bogging us down.  We are information-fatigued.

~oOo~

On the internet, everyone's a smartass.  Everyone's a writer. Everyone's a blogger.  I, for one, hate calling myself a blogger.  The word makes my skin crawl.  There's something vulgar about it that I can't really explain.  I want to be called a writer... but I hardly write.  Now that I rarely post here, I can't even be called a lousy blogger.

So here I am, nearly a decade on and I'm still looking for that niche writing style that I can claim for my own.  However, being the scatterbrain that I am, I don't think that'll happen any time soon. Maybe if I look at my computer screen long enough, that elusive flash of inspiration will eventually show up?

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Haters gon' hate

I guess this reaction is quite delayed, but as the YouTube video link for 20 Reasons I Dislike the Philippines has been taken down, I managed to track it down to its original site.

( EDIT: I've taken the video down because it annoys me that it plays automatically every damn time we drop into this site. So click here instead to be taken to the video and watch it on ChannelFix.)

A lot of people had so much to say about this video.  My opinion is simple -- those are all true, innit?  Why so sensitive?

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She lives!!!

When it's been so long since my last proper update, there's just too much to say and I don't know where to begin.


So let me just start with a photo --


Yes,  all those months of silence did not curb my camwhore tendencies.  There have been bajillions of photos, stories and random shit that I think I ought to just scrap all of them and start in the here and now.

And now, I'M IN CALIFORNIA.  I've been here for 3 months.

Next week, I'LL BE BACK IN MANILA.

People think I must be living the life, but  I don't.  I'm actually bankrupt and I'm not ashamed to admit it.  I have a weird set of priorities.  While some people give away all their cash for the latest gadgets or the trendiest designer threads, I spend mine on exploring.  Every new place and my experiences of them, however, are priceless.
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