7up, 7up, pepsi!

Too much has been said about the war between noontime shows Wowowee and Eat Bulaga. I've seen Willie Revillame cry on air saying that he didn't cheat on his show. Joey de Leon, of course, retaliated.
I was more intrigued by what Willie said, about his pending case against Tito Vic and Joey's case. It was back in 1982, the year I was born. I just translated this from Filipino, and I found it on the web at a forum.
Bold stars (that's how they're called back then) named Pepsi Paloma and Guada Guarin filed a rape case against Vic, Joey and Richie D' Horsie. Seems that Pepsi suddenly disappeared and was kidnapped by a Ben Ulo, a goon-for-hire. This Ulo person confessed that he is hired by the Castelos, Vic Sotto's material clan.
According to the girl (apparently Pepsi is still a teenager), Sen Tito Sotto told her to sign the affidavit of desistance so the case won't push through. Pepsi committed suicide shortly thereafter.
So sad. tsk tsk tsk.

attempt # 1

I was once again blog hopping when I encountered this website. The self portraits are really nicely paired with poems.

The poems, called cinquain, got my attention. The five line free verse seems so candid and real I decided to create my own. Sorry this is a poor attempt at poetry. I may have studied comparative literature in college but for the same reason I didn't finish it.

fleeting
pessimistic dreamer
looking in, up
around, everywhere
perplexed.

comments are welcomed.

rubiks

My officemate brought his rubik's cube today. It reminded me of lots of things. During my childhood, my uncle Ben has one, and he teached me how to solve one side of it. I never thought about it other than solving a single side of the puzzle.

When I entered college, one of my friends showed me how to solve the entire puzzle. There is a certain combination of steps that will eventually lead you to get the puzzle to be completed. He said he found the solution from the puzzle by buying a cube himself. The cheat sheet was greek to me. Good thing allan was a really good teacher and I tried solving it and after a few days I was able to solve by my own. The trick is memorizing the entire combination. All of my housemates got hooked, and even my boyfriend learned how to solve it.

I never knew there are different kinds of algorithms and permutation involved in solving it. There is are different kinds of puzzles other than the usual 3 by 3 by 3 . Ernő Rubik was really way too intelligent for me. There's too much to know about it I think you need to read this.

need for speed

Two nights ago, while I was going to sleep, my housemate kiko knocked on my door and told me he had finally finished the book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows. Of course that meant it was my turn. :) So I picked up the book and started reading like crazy. Oh, and I forgot to mention, I made sure I know what time I started.
After 5 hours my eyes were really tired, so I slept. And when I woke up I started reading again. for another 5 hours straight. Whew! The 759 page book cost me 10 hours. (check out my other story about this)
While I was reading I was listening to the radio and the DJ was saying some newspapers hired speed readers when the book 7 came out just to be the first to review the book. Another fan actually read it in record time -47 mins! This reader, Mrs. Jones, from Ireland, was a world speed reader champ!
It seems that some people can really read that fast, and there I was, I thought I was fast. :( Maybe I'll try to best them..but in time. in time..For now, let me study it first.

new wonders

I've been reading a lot of forums lately and its all about the 7 new wonders of the world. People have their own bets on who will be counted as such. Critics are saying t he voting is limited to people who has internet and telephone access. Just try to imagine people in impoverished places having a really 'wonderful' site but no means to vote. But actually I think its a nice idea to actually let people all over the world have a say in what can be considered as the greatest achievements of our time.
I do have my personal favorites, but here are the winner according to the official website.
1. Great Wall of China
2. Petra, Jordan
3. Christ Redeemer, Brazil
4. Machu Picchu, Peru
5. Chichén Itzá, Mexico
6. Roman Colosseum, Italy
7. Taj Mahal, India

Funny I also checked the world population and it seems that these countries are listed as well..Is it coincidence or what?

got milk?

My good friend allan and I went to Friuli's, an italian resto in front of Ababu (a persian resto) in our neighboorhood.We ordered carbonara and cheese pizza, even when we knew that he is lactose intolerant.
After eating and a smoke, i felt rumbling in my stomach and i was sweating..In short i had a diarrhea. It happened before as well, when I ate baked ziti. Does it mean I have lactose intolerance?
I know there's a certain brand of milk that gave me diarrhea when I was a kid and whenever I am constipated I only need to drink chocolate and I'm well. Uhh..That's not a good sign isn't it?
I googled it of course, and I found a website that says it cannot be diagnosed based on symptoms.
I think I just have to be careful in what I eat. Maybe my stomach doesnt like italian foods. LOL

Realizations for the day

I am a coward.
I realized this today because my officemate's car had been damaged by a car backing away. As I was taking a yosi break I saw the car's owner and my officemate arguing. What did I do? I retreated, and I didn't even try to listen to their argument. Oh well, I am not in the position to argue with them anyway.
I shy away from fights and confrontations and I don't think I've ever been on one yet.I am afraid to be confronted, I am afraid someone will say something bad about me. I'd rather wait for the storm to pass, the fire to die, the rain to stop, the river to ebb than to start an argument with anyone. I don't think I will be able to say something un-stupid.
Maybe I'm just afraid to stumble or to seem dumb to anyone so if I can I'd rather shut up.