1.30.2004
why do jeeps overtake you only to stop abruptly to take in more passengers? pwede bang mamatay nalang sila?
another one of those THIS-IS-THE-WORST-DAY-OF-MY-LIFE days. I really felt like crying earlier.
I had the whole day mapped out:
1) bring my tita veekee to greenhills
2) go to inquirer (see my ex who will introduce me to the archives/inq librarian so i can do my newspaper research on dad)
3) get the licketysplit demos from des at PGH before 230pm
4) meet yog at 3pm and get my monies from OPTV
5) meet clang at UP diliman 345pm, give demo to USC for a gig at the UP fair
see vito at the Anthro dept
buy some romance novels from Remy's tiangge at AS hall (Remy sells 2nd hand books in Cubao)
get books lille wants from UP press (better version came out today)
meet paolo manalo and have him sign his book for lille
Well, for one, sobrang sobrang traffic. And i was using the white car. Upon approaching my titas village, I had to give my drivers license by the guard house and i couldnt find it. From then on, I had this weird feeling. I think I have lost it days ago and never noticed (because I hardly drove, and if i did, i never needed to check my drivers license unless i went in a village and that doesnt happen if i use the car with the village sticker) I went back to my house to find my license but of course it was nowhere to be found.
Do I ask LTO if anyone surrendered it? If no one did, then will they force me to come down to LTO to get a replacement at once? Would anyone even bother to give it to LTO?
So i got to do #s 1,3, 4 but getting the demos were a waste of time because clang never got in touch with me all day. He was in Cavite and there is no gaddam signal there for sun celullar. ewan ko naman bakit pa siya lumipat ng network. They SUCK! Even if i tried to call him, it wouldnt even ring on his end.
Aside from that, it was payday day so traffic seemed to have multiplied by 5. When I left OPTV at 515pm, Paolo M finally texts that the up press wouldve been closed at 5pm so it was better to resked his private book signing for next week :( I was already at Lawton approaching the Quiapo bridge where traffic was HORRID, absolutely horrid. I drive like a maniac pa when im in a hurry, as in KUPAL, ok, I sneak in cause I maneuver the HondaCity better than the automatic Civic of mom, suave ako sumingit sa traffic. Of course this time im a bit more apprehensive than usual because of my missing license.
So what i did was go by the side of Metropolitan Theatre and i think i ended up on a pedestrian walkway... at the end of it are two poles cemented in the middle of the path... one side would have fit me just right but there was a manhole. So i tried the left side... fota i almost scraped the mags on the curb (or maybe i already have) it was horrible! nakadaan naman ako, and got out back to SM manila. but with a few more wrong turns, i ended up going towards Roxas blvd.
So i decided to hang out at Intramuros, boyfriend-less, license-less, sobrang unhappy. weird lang talaga.
Thank god for bossa nova and astrud gilberto. am at optv listening to A Certain Sadness. cause thats exactly what im feeling. I lost my guitar picks (in my DL jacket) at Putangina ang ganda ganda ko pa naman dun sa DL picture ko!
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I had the whole day mapped out:
1) bring my tita veekee to greenhills
2) go to inquirer (see my ex who will introduce me to the archives/inq librarian so i can do my newspaper research on dad)
3) get the licketysplit demos from des at PGH before 230pm
4) meet yog at 3pm and get my monies from OPTV
5) meet clang at UP diliman 345pm, give demo to USC for a gig at the UP fair
see vito at the Anthro dept
buy some romance novels from Remy's tiangge at AS hall (Remy sells 2nd hand books in Cubao)
get books lille wants from UP press (better version came out today)
meet paolo manalo and have him sign his book for lille
Well, for one, sobrang sobrang traffic. And i was using the white car. Upon approaching my titas village, I had to give my drivers license by the guard house and i couldnt find it. From then on, I had this weird feeling. I think I have lost it days ago and never noticed (because I hardly drove, and if i did, i never needed to check my drivers license unless i went in a village and that doesnt happen if i use the car with the village sticker) I went back to my house to find my license but of course it was nowhere to be found.
Do I ask LTO if anyone surrendered it? If no one did, then will they force me to come down to LTO to get a replacement at once? Would anyone even bother to give it to LTO?
So i got to do #s 1,3, 4 but getting the demos were a waste of time because clang never got in touch with me all day. He was in Cavite and there is no gaddam signal there for sun celullar. ewan ko naman bakit pa siya lumipat ng network. They SUCK! Even if i tried to call him, it wouldnt even ring on his end.
Aside from that, it was payday day so traffic seemed to have multiplied by 5. When I left OPTV at 515pm, Paolo M finally texts that the up press wouldve been closed at 5pm so it was better to resked his private book signing for next week :( I was already at Lawton approaching the Quiapo bridge where traffic was HORRID, absolutely horrid. I drive like a maniac pa when im in a hurry, as in KUPAL, ok, I sneak in cause I maneuver the HondaCity better than the automatic Civic of mom, suave ako sumingit sa traffic. Of course this time im a bit more apprehensive than usual because of my missing license.
So what i did was go by the side of Metropolitan Theatre and i think i ended up on a pedestrian walkway... at the end of it are two poles cemented in the middle of the path... one side would have fit me just right but there was a manhole. So i tried the left side... fota i almost scraped the mags on the curb (or maybe i already have) it was horrible! nakadaan naman ako, and got out back to SM manila. but with a few more wrong turns, i ended up going towards Roxas blvd.
So i decided to hang out at Intramuros, boyfriend-less, license-less, sobrang unhappy. weird lang talaga.
Thank god for bossa nova and astrud gilberto. am at optv listening to A Certain Sadness. cause thats exactly what im feeling. I lost my guitar picks (in my DL jacket) at Putangina ang ganda ganda ko pa naman dun sa DL picture ko!
1.24.2004
can you believe friendster cannot post b00bs? well i put B-zero-zero-B-S. pasado! im such a pervert, noh?
my 2nd hand Jasmine Takamine is having problems. gotta have it fixed i think. the guy from RJ tried taking out the jack kse nagloloko but there werent any suitable parts that fit my guitar so he put back the old one and messed up the connection (it used to work 50-50, now, there aint no sound coming out of the amp anymore).. he was prolly trying to make sure id come back to him.
we'll see. im now scouting around for alternatives... maybe other people can do it cheaper? Arie , the guitar doctor (who does like Slapshock, Sugarfree, RAzorback gadgets and guitars etc) charges so much now kse eh.
BTW i was at RJ i saw a DanElectro milkshake chorus :( its sooooooooo cute!!! and it seems simpler to use. im in love.
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my 2nd hand Jasmine Takamine is having problems. gotta have it fixed i think. the guy from RJ tried taking out the jack kse nagloloko but there werent any suitable parts that fit my guitar so he put back the old one and messed up the connection (it used to work 50-50, now, there aint no sound coming out of the amp anymore).. he was prolly trying to make sure id come back to him.
we'll see. im now scouting around for alternatives... maybe other people can do it cheaper? Arie , the guitar doctor (who does like Slapshock, Sugarfree, RAzorback gadgets and guitars etc) charges so much now kse eh.
BTW i was at RJ i saw a DanElectro milkshake chorus :( its sooooooooo cute!!! and it seems simpler to use. im in love.
1.11.2004
Being sick and unemployed
Still have not been looking around for a job. Theres this European International school who emailed me asking for an interview schedule but I couldn't, not while I'm this sick. Can't believe i got this upper respiratory tract infection again.
In fact, I dont mind skipping the job interview, but this gig I'm missing! ARGH!!! I'm supposed to be at this big deal gig " Rak en Roll...kamera aktion! " a music and film festival with that Pinoi Rock and Rhythms film & all my friends (and not so friends) in the art and music world are gonna be there.
Plus, me and clangsy (who is playing with his now band, some ethnic techno thang, Dayuhan) were supposed to play, both our bands and bug each other backstage.
Im just really pissed off. Why did i have to get sick again? I get it every year, between January-March, when the whether turns from chilly to warm. Beats me, but I've missed several UP Fair gigs and other big deal gigs in February because of this sickness.
Plus I need to get a job soon! Argh! My cellphone's been cut off :(( huhuhuhu.
Been dreaming lots of weird sci-fi dreams lately. Maybe its that Suzy bunny doll tita chiqui gave me. It's so Friday the 13th!
I need a massage...
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Still have not been looking around for a job. Theres this European International school who emailed me asking for an interview schedule but I couldn't, not while I'm this sick. Can't believe i got this upper respiratory tract infection again.
In fact, I dont mind skipping the job interview, but this gig I'm missing! ARGH!!! I'm supposed to be at this big deal gig " Rak en Roll...kamera aktion! " a music and film festival with that Pinoi Rock and Rhythms film & all my friends (and not so friends) in the art and music world are gonna be there.
Plus, me and clangsy (who is playing with his now band, some ethnic techno thang, Dayuhan) were supposed to play, both our bands and bug each other backstage.
Im just really pissed off. Why did i have to get sick again? I get it every year, between January-March, when the whether turns from chilly to warm. Beats me, but I've missed several UP Fair gigs and other big deal gigs in February because of this sickness.
Plus I need to get a job soon! Argh! My cellphone's been cut off :(( huhuhuhu.
Been dreaming lots of weird sci-fi dreams lately. Maybe its that Suzy bunny doll tita chiqui gave me. It's so Friday the 13th!
I need a massage...
1.10.2004
-Perfect- You're the perfect girlfriend. Which
means you're rare or that you cheated :P You're
the kind of chick that can hang out with your
boyfriend's friends and be silly. You don't
care about presents or about going to fancy
placed. Hell, just hang out. You're just happy
being around your boyfriend.
So I took this test What Kind of Girlfriend Are You? it was kinda funny. I wonder if clang realizes it? LOL. aylab teyking woks inda park...
I remember this one guy i met in the states named mang jimmy... he likes to sing this song over and over : "Ol maylayp ayhab weyted poryu..." Well, if there was a person id gladly dedicate senti crappy songs to, it would be to one person only :)
arent i sweet?
1.03.2004
once lille said everything she wrote on her blogged new year resolution came true.
like writing a novel, backpacking in europe etc etc. i think its FANTASTICATED! anyway i read on through lilles blog (hey, i miss the b***h, what can i say)
galing lille WROTE that she wanted to do the band thing with me and she DID! Velvet ash would have ceased to exist if she didnt step up to fill my shoes Ü
Hayyy, kakamiss naman. tampo lang ako she didnt text me hapinuyir but texted di.
1.01.2004
PETTY YELLOW LANE
WAAAH! almost got caught on EDSA near ayala intersection last December 28. Why? MMDA says I was on the bus lane (yellow lane) which we were not supposed to be on.
If you are familiar with the structure of EDSA near AYALA intersection (coming from the North), you have no choice really but to veer to the right side (the buslanes! which are the 2 rightmost lanes) in order not to drive through the tunnel that leads out to Magallanes, Alabang, Taft route (and ergo miss your Ayala/Fort Bonifacio exit).
So the MMDAs were pulling over private vehicles left and right (keep in mind it was 28th of December, after Christmas), mostly CRVs, pajeros and 4WDs. I was thinkin of running (they had too many cars there anyways to bother chasing after me) but slowed down cause im pretty sure I didnt do anything wrong.
"Ano po yun (what is it, sir?) " I answered in my sweetest voice.
"Ma'am, asa yellow lane kayo (Ma'am you are on the yellow lane)" says this big fat 60 something MMDA officer.
"Bawal po yun? Wala naman pong signs ah (Is that illegal? There are no signs around) "
"Ignorance is not an excuse" he laughs and whips out his ticketing pad. "This has been a city ordinance since October", he added, although I didnt see it on the front page of newspapers or anything. Most especially, there WERE NO SIGNS.
so at this point, I start getting agitated and blabbering how I am a good citizen, slowing down at Quezon ave at pseudo intersections for pedestrians and saying had there been signs, I would not have gone on the "bus lanes". I also asked him how am I supposed to go into my exit, which is AYALA. He said it should be 50m before the exit before we are allowed to enter the yellow lane. Still there were no signs saying when the 50m starts (i really dont know how to gauge meters, kilometers etc) and when we can enter the yellow lane.
He observes my license and says he could let me go for the yellow lane violation but...
"When was your last birthday, ija ?"
"December 1 po"
"When did your license expire?"
Suddenly it dawned on me. My license was expired 27 days ago. I pouted "December 1 po"
"So pwede kita palampasin sa yellow lane, but you're driving without a license"
I started telling him it had only been a few weeks, a few hectic weeks and that i have come from the province and was unable to fix my license.
I started to talk in my bawling toddler voice " 'Nong, naman, hindi po ba pwdeng warning muna ?? Mabait po akong mamamayan, Hindi pa po ako nahuhuli, never pa po akong nagkaticket (Sir, can't you just give me a warning? I am a good citizen, I've never had a ticket before)"
Oh darn, I can be so pathetic, just so I dont get ticketed.
"Tignan natin (We'll see)" He seemed unmoved by my little spiels. But he took my license, walked around the car to another vehicle behind me (there were about 5 of us at the time, a CRV was behind me) and returned.
" O pumirma ka na (Okay, sign here)"
and handed me the ticket pad.
"Nong!" I exclaimed one more time.
"Sige na, pumirma ka na kunwari at kunin mo na lisensya mo (go on, just pretend you are signing the ticket and get your license)"
"Thank you manong!!!" I said in my baby sobbing voice , took my license and drove the hell outta there. I was real freaked out.
I got to Dasma, to my titas house and found out my mom almost got a ticket at that spot a coupla hours ago too. But she ran from them and knew she could cause, they had too many cars pulled over anyway.
Seems like they were on a ticketing frenzy. It WAS after xmas, you see.
Im just thinking: if they want the law to be black and white, they should also help the public by putting black and white signages. After they do that, we really wont have an excuse.
I thought the "bus lane" was a restriction on buses, since buses swerve across 5-6 lanes all the time and make up so much traffic (since they pick up passengers at the same time) and when they swerve and create accidents, they occupy most of the highway.
Turns out I was wrong, that the bus lane also applied to private vehicles and that we should leave the buses to their turf. But if exiting vehicles are given 30-50 meters leeway to move to rightmost lane, buses should stop (like say EDSA-SHAW BLVD intersection) 30m before to give way to vehicles turning right. Most buses go from TAFT Ave to North Ave anyway, and travels in a vertical EDSA-straight line.
So anyway, the next day, I got my shiny and new license. I got my drug test done too. Think I spent 750pesos on everything (tests and renewal fees). Ouch.
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WAAAH! almost got caught on EDSA near ayala intersection last December 28. Why? MMDA says I was on the bus lane (yellow lane) which we were not supposed to be on.
If you are familiar with the structure of EDSA near AYALA intersection (coming from the North), you have no choice really but to veer to the right side (the buslanes! which are the 2 rightmost lanes) in order not to drive through the tunnel that leads out to Magallanes, Alabang, Taft route (and ergo miss your Ayala/Fort Bonifacio exit).
So the MMDAs were pulling over private vehicles left and right (keep in mind it was 28th of December, after Christmas), mostly CRVs, pajeros and 4WDs. I was thinkin of running (they had too many cars there anyways to bother chasing after me) but slowed down cause im pretty sure I didnt do anything wrong.
"Ano po yun (what is it, sir?) " I answered in my sweetest voice.
"Ma'am, asa yellow lane kayo (Ma'am you are on the yellow lane)" says this big fat 60 something MMDA officer.
"Bawal po yun? Wala naman pong signs ah (Is that illegal? There are no signs around) "
"Ignorance is not an excuse" he laughs and whips out his ticketing pad. "This has been a city ordinance since October", he added, although I didnt see it on the front page of newspapers or anything. Most especially, there WERE NO SIGNS.
so at this point, I start getting agitated and blabbering how I am a good citizen, slowing down at Quezon ave at pseudo intersections for pedestrians and saying had there been signs, I would not have gone on the "bus lanes". I also asked him how am I supposed to go into my exit, which is AYALA. He said it should be 50m before the exit before we are allowed to enter the yellow lane. Still there were no signs saying when the 50m starts (i really dont know how to gauge meters, kilometers etc) and when we can enter the yellow lane.
He observes my license and says he could let me go for the yellow lane violation but...
"When was your last birthday, ija ?"
"December 1 po"
"When did your license expire?"
Suddenly it dawned on me. My license was expired 27 days ago. I pouted "December 1 po"
"So pwede kita palampasin sa yellow lane, but you're driving without a license"
I started telling him it had only been a few weeks, a few hectic weeks and that i have come from the province and was unable to fix my license.
I started to talk in my bawling toddler voice " 'Nong, naman, hindi po ba pwdeng warning muna ?? Mabait po akong mamamayan, Hindi pa po ako nahuhuli, never pa po akong nagkaticket (Sir, can't you just give me a warning? I am a good citizen, I've never had a ticket before)"
Oh darn, I can be so pathetic, just so I dont get ticketed.
"Tignan natin (We'll see)" He seemed unmoved by my little spiels. But he took my license, walked around the car to another vehicle behind me (there were about 5 of us at the time, a CRV was behind me) and returned.
" O pumirma ka na (Okay, sign here)"
and handed me the ticket pad.
"Nong!" I exclaimed one more time.
"Sige na, pumirma ka na kunwari at kunin mo na lisensya mo (go on, just pretend you are signing the ticket and get your license)"
"Thank you manong!!!" I said in my baby sobbing voice , took my license and drove the hell outta there. I was real freaked out.
I got to Dasma, to my titas house and found out my mom almost got a ticket at that spot a coupla hours ago too. But she ran from them and knew she could cause, they had too many cars pulled over anyway.
Seems like they were on a ticketing frenzy. It WAS after xmas, you see.
Im just thinking: if they want the law to be black and white, they should also help the public by putting black and white signages. After they do that, we really wont have an excuse.
I thought the "bus lane" was a restriction on buses, since buses swerve across 5-6 lanes all the time and make up so much traffic (since they pick up passengers at the same time) and when they swerve and create accidents, they occupy most of the highway.
Turns out I was wrong, that the bus lane also applied to private vehicles and that we should leave the buses to their turf. But if exiting vehicles are given 30-50 meters leeway to move to rightmost lane, buses should stop (like say EDSA-SHAW BLVD intersection) 30m before to give way to vehicles turning right. Most buses go from TAFT Ave to North Ave anyway, and travels in a vertical EDSA-straight line.
So anyway, the next day, I got my shiny and new license. I got my drug test done too. Think I spent 750pesos on everything (tests and renewal fees). Ouch.
