My [sister's] new car!

My sister is so excited to have a new* car. She has been saving for some time now and I think she is ready to buy a car as soon as I find an affordable one for her. Yeah, yeah, I am in charge of finding, canvassing, buying, and testing the car. Panganay e! Hehehe. I am still looking for one. A fellow blogger, Kayni, blogged about car insurance and then I realized, I am missing that part of my "job"! Hehehe. I should start looking for cheap auto insurance, too. Or at the very least, affordable ones. Oh well...

Di naman daw siya maselan, pwede na raw ito...

Help me out, guys. Any suggestions?

*New, as in new for her, but not brand new.

Holiday season is really just around the corner

December is probably the busiest month of the year. Traffic is everywhere, mall sales happen almost everyday, and bazaars can be seen almost in every street corner of the Metro!

I went to the mall yesterday to buy a disc and it took me almost an hour to get there (I used to take the bus and get there in a matter of minutes... 15 min max). But well, yesterday, the traffic is sooooooo irritating, to say the least. I wanted to get off the cab and just walk but the sun was directly above and the heat might cause me to experience heat stroke or something. Anyway, when I got to the mall, I saw so many items on sale. And believe it or not, so many items are being sold half their original price: barcode scanner, aircon,  LCD TVs (oh, yeah!), laptops, PCs, and so many more. Oven toasters are actually sold at buy 5-take 1 promo. Hehehe.

I am contemplating if I'll buy something for myself. I'm thinking of buying a laptop as a Christmas-slash-birthday gift for me. Hmmm...

Going Android

I was at SM yesterday and I can't help but notice some new phone models on sale! They have Nokia, Samsung, and all other smart phones. Whew! I recently won an N8 (which is now with my brother) but truth be told, I don't really like the N8. Not exactly "don't like" but, I want an Android phone (htc sense or desire will do). Nokia uses Symbian technology.

Android phones are more customizable. If you like your phone to be really smart, it should be very versatile and compatible with many widgets and downloadable applications. Android is a product of Google. 'Nuff said.

Anyway, I guess I'll have to wait for lady luck to knock on my door again. Smart phones are not as affordable as they advertise them to be. Hehehe. Work, work, work!

Childhood memories

If you have a Facebook account, you probably have noticed this:

November 22 to November 29, change your profile picture on Facebook, for a cartoon of your childhood. Why is this? To see only cartoons until Monday on Facebook, to create an invasion of memories of a well spent childhood to join the fight against child violence.

Either that, or this:

Change your Facebook profile picture to a cartoon from your childhood and invite your friends to do the same. Until monday there should be nohuman faces on facebook, but an invasion of memories! This is for campaign against violence on children.

Are these really the memories of your childhood? Cartoon characters?

The first one is actually the original text, according to some net reports. I did not really buy this. One, because I don't usually buy memes in Facebook. And two, because these are not really the memories that I have from my childhood. I only saw a Simpson episode just a couple of years ago. I was introduced to Yuyu Hakushi only when I entered college. Dragon Ball Z is something that I followed only when pirated DVDs became 'rampant' in commercial districts.

I am an old school kid. After class, I don't go to my room and watch TV or cartoons -- I go to the streets and wait for my friends so we can play patintero or tumbang preso. During summer, we play softball or fly kites. If I have to post childhood memories in Facebook, these are probably some of the things I'll post:

Tumbang preso, patintero, softball, kite flying, and
hide-and-seek (where places under kitchen sinks are a fortress!)
are just some of the best memories of my childhood.

Batman, Superman, and the rest of their 'species' came into my life only after my Hulk-Hogan-Ultimate-Warrior-and-Hitman phase. :-)

Wanna go biking?

We are planning to bring home (province) our bikes. It's been a while since I last used it anyway. Busy with work, with pseudo-work, and some other things that hinder me from biking around MOA and CCP. Will I be using it more frequently as soon as I bring it home in the province? I am not sure but maybe I will. The thing is, when I am in the province, I really try my best not to work. So, probably, I'll be spending it biking around the village or going to nearby towns.

My mother wants to try biking, too. And for protection, I already brought her a biking helmet (and planning to buy wrestling knee pads -- for maximum protection). San ka pa?!

Whew! Can we fast forward to Saturday now, please?

Pigging out

I was at my province last weekend and for effin's sake, I did nothing but pig-out the soonest I stepped into our house. My mom prepared my favorite food of all time -- estopadong pata!

I had it for my morning mirienda (oh yeah!), lunch, afternoon mirienda, and even dinner. And yes, for two straight days! I can't imagine my mom allowed me to eat like that... hmmm... maybe they hate me so much and it's an evil plot. Hehehe. (And seriously, I need some fda approved diet pills to counter the effect of this weekend's food fest.)

Anyway, I'm back here in Manila and I'm also back to cooking my own food (instant pancit canton, mami, and the occasional tortang corned beef). And I need to visit the gym to shed off some pounds (no, not "some" pounds, so many pounds). So, wish me luck.

(Good luck!)

PS: I miss that estopado already!

Pier Roxas Short Film in HD!

Tomorrow, eight (8) different versions of what happened to Pier Roxas will be shown to the public via Nokia's website. Am I happy about how my filming of the story turned out? Yes, I am. Am I contented? Nope, not so contented. Being the first film project of mine, Phobia (my short film's title) is really something I gave my best into. I shot at different angles, different lighting conditions, the works. But when the restrictions are applied in editing (i.e., time limit and use of music), I think I somehow had to sacrifice some part of the story. I am sure real film directors can meet those requirements/conditions without sacrificing valuable part of the story, but hey, this is my first short film. Hehehe.

Anyway, I just want to ask for your help, guys, to vote or "Like" my film as soon as they release it at nokia.com.ph/pierroxas. Magagaling silang lahat. I suggest you watch the rest. You'll enjoy it. Peksman. :-)

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PS: There was a part in my short film where it shows a hand writing down some contact information. It looked like Pier Roxas has just used an indoor tanning lotion, but in reality, it was just my brother's hand.