Overdrive

Yay to our new hobby/extra-curricular activity/bonding/love. 

Along Macapagal Ave. 

Saturday

Rommel just came from a graveyard shift and I also didn't have enough sleep for waking up too early because i wanted to show off the new skill i learned which is curling my hair (it didn't last long enough though). We went straight to their home because we wanted to save up our energy for the most awaited bicycle we wanted. 

2 pm: at robinsons place manila 

We couldn't sleep (as in kating-kati na mga paa namin). Stan (from Bicycle World) texted us that our bikes would be ready at around 4pm so we strolled around first and took some picture with the cosplayers. We were both hyper and super excited that having coffee wasn't enough so we eventually decided to watch Jack the Giant Slayer to pass time. 

After the film, we went straight ahead to Pasay. As soon as we procured the bike, I realized how scary it would be to ride the bike home considering the number and types of vehicle (i.e. jeepneys, cars, bus) that pass through Gil Puyat Ave. I haven't ridden a bike in a loooooong time and i'm not even an expert to begin with. I am the biggest coward of the cowards. Everytime I would hear a vehicle coming, I automatically panic. I almost crashed on a brand new car. It was really scary! The owner kept on checking for scratches around it. Arrrrgghhh! I was so afraid. 

(Top right-Bottom Left) 1.Rommel with a Cosplay Artists 2.i don't know her 3.Me at Coffee Bean 4.The giant catching another giant. 

Up close and personal with our bikes. 

Sunday

3 am: at CCP Complex 

Again, we couldn't get it our of heads. I kept on dreaming about bicycles. Haha! I remember blurting out to Rommel with my eyes half open...

me: puro mga bike panaginip ko. 

estong: ako din e. tara bike na tayo.

So after eating in a nearby Tapsilogan, we drove off to CCP at 3 in the morning. And since there were very few vehicles, i became a little braver. 

They see me rollin', i hate 'em... 

Upon arriving, we laid on the grass just for fun. The camera's flash killed our moment so I edited our picture with me as grumpy cat.

We actually wanted to go to Mall of Asia but there was an ongoing Fun Run and we were not allowed to go through. 

Two heads are better than none. hehe. 

We had a stop over at Petron Station because i had to pee and it has started drizzling. Given the weather, i took a little nap while waiting for the rain to stop. Yes, I was that exhausted and my butt really hurts already. 

Just some parked bike getting gasoline??? hehe... 

Had some quick panini and tea latte at starbucks. 

When the rain finally stopped and I got to restore my energy, we decided to go home. 

Pumo-pose para kunyari professional biker. 

Sya din daw bida. 

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Thanks for the early birthday gift babe! <3 data-blogger-escaped-i=""> 

Maggots

Envious are the scroungers

That feed on the heart

Little by little

drilling holes into the flesh

spurting the blood out

Little by little

coughing every flowing juice

dwindling its might

wrestling for oxygen

until the heart cannot pump anymore

halting, blocking, sucking

the blood

passing through the veins

Vain are these users

devouring on the poor heart

unminding the pain

faking its obliviousness as it

ditches for another heart to feed on

*wrote this for Fumar's class. 9/14/2008

Family by Pa Chin

Nakuha ko lang sa kalawakan jinternet para effect. 

From memory lane... 

The Family is the story of the Kao family compound, consisting of four generations plus servants. It is essentially a picture of the struggle between the traditional and the modern, age and youth, Confucianism and individualism—old China and the new tide rising to destroy it—as manifested in the daily lives of the Kao family, particularly the three young Kao brothers. The complex passions aroused in Family and in the reader are an indication of the universality of human experience--very patriarchal (sexist) and passive. 

The eldest brother Cheuh-Hsin, was forced to marry Jeuh-Chi because his family thought he was old enough despite his wishes of studying abroad and despite the fact that he is in love with his cousin Mei. 

When their father, they call him Tsieh-Tsieh, every responsibility has to be weighted on the Big Brother's (as they call him) shoulder. 

On the other hand, the second brother, Cheuh-Hsui, was in love with one of their bond maid Ming Feng who commited a suicide because she was told  that she will be given to their grandfather's friend as a concubine. 

The third brother is Cheuh-Min, who was in love with their cousin Chin. All their relatives think that it is good that they were studying in school because their grandfather thinks that being able to read and write is enough to become useful in the family. the family decision must have their grandfather's approval at all times. 

As the story progresses  only second brother and third brother was able to realize that  they have to struggle and fight for their rights and that the old, accustomed way of living is inappropriate. 

Chseuh-Min, stows away from the family, because he refuses to marry another girl that their grandfather has chosen for him. he came back only when his grandfather was about to die and canceed the proposed marriage. While Chsueh-Hsui, writes for a propaganda movement and decides to move to Peking to have a new life.