Fifteen Seconds of Steam

Kaeiy is listening to: Suntok Sa Buwan - Session Road

Today I had my second "recital" of sorts on violin. My audience: 45 kids aged 2 to 3 1/2 years old and six teachers. The "occasion": it was part of our discussion on the use of the ears (to hear or to listen). The verdict: they loved my rendition of that (awfully nauseating but very effective) Barney song that goes "I love you, you love me. We're a happy family. With a great big hug *kid hugs some other kid*and a kiss from me to you *gives a smooch*. Won't you say you love me too." (but which I like to sing as "I love you, you love me. Let's go out and kill Barney. With a 45-caliber shot to the head. Aren't you glad that Barney's dead?" or better yet, "I love you, you love me. Let's go find and kill Barney. Get a big shotgun and shoot him on the floor. No more purple dinosaur." Or I could say "... no more f*cking dinosaur." That depends on my mood. Harhar) My conclusion: damn, I need to go get lessons (oh forget about the logistics, such as "when will I have the time to take lessons?" For the purposes of prose, let's just suppose anything's possible and GMA really is innocent). It's tough enough learning to play the violin by myself (although the Suzuki method does that - playing by ear - which I prefer to reading music sheets. Ugh!), but to be praised for playing a nauseating song by an equally nauseating extinct creature... Spare me, please.

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Speaking of GMA and the Gloria-Gate scandal and Susan Roces's heartfelt (and very emotional) speech earlier this evening... I think the country needs no more of this crap. I saw a streamer somewhere in one of the clogged streets of the Metro that says "Trabaho, hindi gulo." and something like "Pagtutulungan, hindi siraan." and I found myself silently agreeing. For a moment there I panicked. Gah! Have I finally succumbed to the other Filipino pastime of politicking (the other pastime being chismis which I believe every female in our clan - and probably yours too, dear reader. And oh, and throw in a few males too - is guilty of)? But I relaxed a few minutes later. Come on, what the hell have these scandals done? How much is the peso against the dollar again? How much does a freaking liter of diesel cost (diesel pa lang yun ha. Paano na lang ang premium fuels with higher octane levels? Last I checked, diesel was around 28 bucks per liter, depending on which station you go to)? Looked into the stock market lately? Tama na. It's getting ridiculous, really. Maawa kayo sa Pilipinas.

By the way, I have the "Hello, Garci" ringtone as my default tone. It's a riot to listen to. Sometimes I deliberately take a long time to answer my calls so I could laugh myself to stitches over that ringtone. Harhar.

*hip-hop background* "Hello? Hello? Hello, Garci?"

It's a real stress-buster I tell yah! You can get it at txtpower.org. Or I could send it to you. Mamili ka: e-mail, MMS, Bluetooth, or Infrared?

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I'm done with my revised report for tomorrow (obviously, kaya matapang ako mag-blog muna. Harhar). I hope I'll be first to submit again tomorrow. Wala lang.

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Do indulge a frazzled individual's whims and give me this moment to be my bratinella self. My poor alter-ego has had very little chance to surface these days so I'd like her to have her 15 seconds of fame (15 minutes is way too much. She might want total control next time. Harhar) and let her say what she wants. She says... "I want to watch Trainspotting!"

Ok, shyaddap now.

*cough cough* Calm Kaeiy back online. So, does anyone have a copy? Heehee.

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"Di mo ba alam, damdamin ko'y pinagtakpan
Makasama ka'y suntok sa buwan"