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  <title>Walking down Lance&apos;s Memory Lane</title>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:59:13 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>OPEN LETTER TO CAINTA MAYOR MON ILAGAN.</title>
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  <description>&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Verdana;&quot;&gt;GOOD DAY MAYOR RAMON ILAGAN.&lt;div style=&quot;text-indent: 0in !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;text-indent: 0in !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-indent: 0in !important;&quot;&gt;I&apos;M A CAINTA RESIDENT FOR 15 YEARS NOW, AND OUR IMMEDIATE AREA, NAMELY RODFER 2 IN BRGY. SAN ANDRES, HAS NOT EXPERIENCE SERIOUS FLOODING EXCEPT DURING THE ONDOY FIASCO.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-indent: 0in !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;text-indent: 0in !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-indent: 0in !important;&quot;&gt;I AM NOT ABOUT TO RANT ABOUT THE POOR GOVERNMENT RESPONSE DURING THE TYPHOON ONDOY SEEING AS EVERYONE ELSE, FROM US RESIDENTS TO YOU AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT, HAVE BEEN CAUGHT OFF GUARD. WHAT I AM ABOUT TO RANT IS WHAT HAD HAPPENED AFTER THAT AND THE POOR RESPONSE WE GOT FROM YOUR OFFICE.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-indent: 0in !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;text-indent: 0in !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-indent: 0in !important;&quot;&gt;IT TOOK US FOUR WEEKS OF SUNNY WEATHER JUST TO HAVE THE FLOOD WATER SUBSIDE TO FIT LIVING CONDITIONS, AND IT TOOK YOU MORE THAN FOUR WEEKS (AND IS STILL COUNTING) TO CLEAN UP THE MESS BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE TYPHOON. NOT THE KIND OF RESPONSE WE&apos;VE BEEN EXPECTING.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-indent: 0in !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;text-indent: 0in !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-indent: 0in !important;&quot;&gt;THAT ASIDE, WHAT I WANT TO BRING TO YOUR OFFICE&apos;S ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IS THE RECENT FLOODING THAT HAPPENED LAST OCTOBER 31, 2009, DURING THE HEIGHT OF TYPHOON SANTI. AS YOU WOULD HAVE OBSERVED, TYPHOON SANTI WAS MORE OF THE WINDY TYPE AND &amp;nbsp;BARELY SHOWERED US WITH RAINS ENOUGH TO FILL A BUCKET. AND YET, AT AROUND 6 AM, THE RESIDENTS HERE WERE AWOKEN OF THE FAST RUSHING OF WATER FROM THE FLOODWAY AREA THAT RESULTED IN ALMOST KNEE DEEP FLOOD.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-indent: 0in !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;text-indent: 0in !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-indent: 0in !important;&quot;&gt;YOU MAY NOW REALIZE THAT IT&apos;S ABSOLUTELY ABSURD FOR ANYONE TO CONCLUDE THAT THE WATER THAT FLOODED US WAS NOT BROUGHT BY SANTI.&amp;nbsp;WHERE ON EARTH DID THAT WATER COME FROM?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-indent: 0in !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;text-indent: 0in !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-indent: 0in !important;&quot;&gt;IT REACHED OUR KNOWLEDGE THAT A CERTAIN WALL IN THE CAMBRIDGE VILLAGE AREA WAS TORN DOWN IN ORDER TO PREVENT FLOODING IN THEIR AREA BY LETTING THE FLOOD WATER FLOW DOWN TO OUR AREA, HENCE THE FLOODING.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-indent: 0in !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;text-indent: 0in !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-indent: 0in !important;&quot;&gt;AS A RESIDENT WHOSE EVERYDAY LIFE HAS BEEN DISRUPTED BY THIS SEEMINGLY SELFISH ACTION, I ASK YOUR HUMBLE OFFICE TO ENLIGHTEN US OF WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND REQUEST THAT YOU PROVIDE **IMMEDIATE ACTION** REGARDING THIS MATTER.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-indent: 0in !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;text-indent: 0in !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-indent: 0in !important;&quot;&gt;YOURS TRULY,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-indent: 0in !important;&quot;&gt;LEI&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;   &lt;p class=&quot;multiply:no_crosspost&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:33:07 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Oh God, where is distraction when you needed it the most?</title>
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  <description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;font class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;Especially when I&apos;m thinking about something I shouldn&apos;t think about.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;This is plain wrong, terribly and horrifyingly wrong. It feels like I&apos;ve had a taste of drug I can&apos;t get enough of. And the worst part, the feeling seems so familiar.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;Oh God, don&apos;t let me take that path again or else I&apos;ll be in deep trouble again.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;insertedphoto&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://sulatangpapel.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/1M/4810&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;alignmiddleb&quot; src=&quot;http://images.sulatangpapel.multiply.com/image/Y5iNsYglaePdJGT-pGP8rw/photos/1M/300x300/4810/cuddle-couple-.jpg?et=GsdWnbPdiN8nphv5LSoTiA&amp;amp;nmid=0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;   &lt;p class=&quot;multiply:no_crosspost&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 01:59:33 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Fail layout is PHAIL!</title>
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  <description>&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;I was so ecstatic with my &lt;a href=&quot;http://lance-malvien.livejournal.com/43531.html&quot;&gt;new layout&lt;/a&gt; yesterday that I failed to check it first before installing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And to my dismay, the comment links don&apos;t work. &amp;gt;_&amp;lt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&apos;ll probably revert it back to the default template for the moment.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2009 03:40:20 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>new LJ layout: an excuse to blog.</title>
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  <description>&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After gazillion years of being away from LJ, I&apos;m back with a new layout and updated link list. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: xx-small;&quot;&gt;[for Multiply readers, click &lt;a href=&quot;http://lance-malvien.livejournal.com&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; to check out my LJ site. Thanks!]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yay for th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;at!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I never realized how old my LJ was and how much I&apos;ve neglected it until last week, I guess. The RSS feed I&apos;ve placed to link my LJ to my Multiply is the one at fault. True, it feeds my updates from my &lt;a href=&quot;http://sulatangpapel.multiply.com&quot;&gt;Multiply&lt;/a&gt; to LJ and vice-versa, but not the comments. Sorry &lt;a href=&quot;http://astaroth.wordpress.com/&quot;&gt;Aris&lt;/a&gt; for the late replies. &amp;gt;_&amp;lt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Still can&apos;t blog though.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Too much acads, too much extra activities that require me away from my laptop and into the scorching heat. Summer came early for me as I am already wearing tan even without hitting the beaches.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So for updates, just check me out at the following links in the sidebar. I&apos;m most active at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.plurk.com/lancemalvien&quot;&gt;Plurk&lt;/a&gt; since it allows mobile blogging. All hail, technology! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S.&lt;br /&gt;Check out my photo blog &lt;a href=&quot;http://shootmyheart.blogspot.com&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. I&apos;ve been feeling artsy-fartsy ever since I took up that Fine Arts elective. It still sucks, though, and so is my cam. I wish for a Canon 450D.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.P.S.&lt;br /&gt;Heart&apos;s day is almost here. So what are you u&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;p to? &amp;lt;3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:43:19 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Dying and Coming Back to Life</title>
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  <description>This semester is the hardest time for a BA Communication student, especially those taking up Journalism-Broadcast Communication. With all the subjects weighing as heavy as one another, it is definitely the &quot;hell sem&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This sem, I have these killer subjects:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;COMM 199&lt;/span&gt; - Thesis proposal. Having your proposed topic approved is one thing, doing it is another. Finding a good thesis partner is yet again another thing. Because of my stubborn-ness to do an online study, I ended up with Cyberstalking with limited selection of sources.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;BC 130&lt;/span&gt; - We get to produce our own indie films! It&apos;s not as easy as A-B-C though. We need to have a decent budget, talented talents, equipment, etc before we can even start shooting. And there&apos;s still the post-production part, and I&apos;m in-charge. I think it&apos;s a good thing that Jap and I share the same fate.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;JOURN 106&lt;/span&gt; - Investigative Reporting. Do investigative reports on issues affecting the immediate community a.k.a. the City of Baguio. After a night of brainstorming, I ended up passing a proposal about the gay bars, which my prof is now excitedly anticipating.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;JOURN 104&lt;/span&gt; - News Editing. I thought it would be a piece of cake, memorizing editing symbols and analyzing a story, but it turned out that Headline Counting will be the cause of my nervous breakdown. Not to mention Sir Rolly&apos;s habit of having us work under the pressure of time.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;JOURN 113&lt;/span&gt; - Online Journalism. I&apos;m in love with the word online, but I never imagined it to be a Newswriting with a different medium. Well, it&apos;s still a perfect excuse to go online.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;MATH 1&lt;/span&gt; - Mathematics for Everyday Life. I know I sucks for taking a course that freshies normally take. It&apos;s not as easy as it looks; I&apos;m under the prof with the highest mortality rate.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br&gt;These are the reason why I always end up dead...like a zombie. A walking piece of flesh, nothing more. But once class is over, we come back to life armed with treats as a reward for the good job.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Half of the fault why I die is mine though; &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;I always procrastinate&lt;/span&gt;. Imagine, I tried doing the Chapter 1 of my thesis proposal OVERNIGHT, and though somehow I succeeded, I&apos;m still short of 3 pages. From then, I promised in between tears that I won&apos;t ever procrastinate again. I hope I can stand by it.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;So don&apos;t nag me why I&apos;m not updating any of my online accounts (except for Plurk, of course!)&lt;br&gt;I hardly have time to visit all of them, more if I have to update. &amp;gt;_&amp;lt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Two more months, and I&apos;ll finally be restored to full life. I can&apos;t wait! :D&lt;br&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;multiply:no_crosspost&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 19:20:25 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>It&apos;s 2AM and oh my god! It&apos;s Christmas!</title>
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  <description>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://pics.livejournal.com/lance_malvien/pic/00003qs3/&quot;&gt;&lt;img height=&quot;232&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://pics.livejournal.com/lance_malvien/pic/00003qs3/s320x240&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;It&apos;s 2 in the morning of December 25 and I&apos;m sitting in front of the PC, trying to put some music into the GoGear player my mom gave me for Christmas. And all this time I thought she didn&apos;t get me anything. Before anything else, lemme greet everyone!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Enjoy your Noche Buena and enjoy the long holiday! A very merry Christmas to you and your family&lt;/em&gt;!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;and yeah, I&apos;m such a loser. I stole that pic from Yahoo search and the music from Imeem. Credits goes(?) to their&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;respective owners.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt; XD&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Whew. Compared to last year, I got fewer gifts - a couple of dresses, a bag, a planner, a tumbler, and a desk calendar. Probably because of the financial crisis looming overhead. But still, &lt;a href=&quot;http://sulatangpapel.multiply.com/photos/album/56/Christmas_Wish_List&quot;&gt;I got at least four out of wishes for Christmas&lt;/a&gt;: a music/video player, a copy of &lt;em&gt;The Tales of Beedle the Bard&lt;/em&gt;, the Snowman Doughnuts from Krispy Kreme, and a copy of Mitch Albom&apos;s &lt;em&gt;Five People You Meet in Heaven&lt;/em&gt;. And so, yay for that!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Side-track:&lt;br /&gt;Here in the Philippines, we have the traditional &lt;em&gt;Noche Buena,&lt;/em&gt; the feast a family enjoys during the Christmas Eve&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;The Noche Buena is a must for every Filipino homes - even those who are financially challenged will do everything (even borrow money) just to serve a nice little feast for their family. Sadly though, we deviated from that norm, not because we don&apos;t have any food but rather, everyone&apos;s too lazy to get up and cook. So now, I&apos;m spending this early Christmas morning with an empty stomach occasionally filled by an apple and a couple of brownies while the rest of the nation or even the world is enjoying a nice little feast.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*bites from an apple*&lt;br /&gt;It&apos;s past 3 am and in four hours, we&apos;ll be going on a roadtrip (hopefully) with my aunts and cousins. Another Yay for that! I know I have to sleep but it seems like Morpheus is too lazy to get up and do his work that&apos;s why I&apos;m here and writing this entry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don&apos;t want the holidays to end. I&apos;m still in no mood to face all my thesis responsibilities. As a homework for the holidays, we have to write the first chapter of our thesis explaining why we bother to do a study on our preferred topic. I wish I could just say that the reason why I&apos;m doing my thesis is to finish school and that&apos;s it. *sigh*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Oh, before I forgot. I wanna greet my cousin a very happy happy birthday! It&apos;s her 18th birthday and I hope she&apos;ll have a blast!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://pics.livejournal.com/lance_malvien/pic/00004dtb/&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;width: 113px; height: 113px;&quot; src=&quot;http://pics.livejournal.com/lance_malvien/pic/00004dtb&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Ooh, I can hear someone creeping downstairs... Can it be Santa?? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nah, it&apos;s just my brother coming home from a drinking spree with his buddies.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RANDOM&amp;nbsp;THOUGHTS:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mariah Carey&apos;s song is stuck in my head.. &amp;quot;All I Want for Christmas is You....&amp;quot; Hahaha, reminds me of a certain someone from the North whom I want to spend the Christmas with. Or maybe just the Valentine&apos;s Day. :P &amp;quot;All I Want for Christmas is (Y)ou...&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:57:32 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Oh yes! It&apos;s my birthday!</title>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 03:47:16 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Friendster, what have you done to my friends?!</title>
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  <description>&lt;span class=&quot;insertedphoto&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;I&apos;m aware that Friendster was down the entire day yesterday for maintenance, and when I checked it just a while ago, I was delighted to see it up and running again.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;That is, until I checked my friends list.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;insertedphoto&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://sulatangpapel.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SR5FCwoKCFAAAEU-nso1&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;alignmiddleb&quot; src=&quot;http://images.sulatangpapel.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SR5FCwoKCFAAAEU-nso1/friendster.JPG?et=75XJpMwVqWVxoKsR14DUcg&amp;amp;nmid=0&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;From almost 500 friends, it was down to merely 47.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I wouldn&apos;t have been so mad if they merely removed inactive accounts or something, but removing my friends (and even real-life friends) from my list without my consent is another story.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Bring back my friends, you (&amp;amp;*#^($^&amp;amp;(#@!!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;   &lt;p class=&quot;multiply:no_crosspost&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:22:21 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>We will be blogging and we will be needing your comments!</title>
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  <description>&lt;span class=&quot;insertedphoto&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;insertedphoto&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;In line with our Online Journalism Class, we are required to put up a &quot;professional&quot; blog wherein we will posting news articles, commentaries, photo stories, etc. and to live up to the interactive aspects of blogging, comments on blog entries are very much appreciated.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;So please add us up and post your comment.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;My site:&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://leideguzmanonline.multiply.com&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;insertedphoto&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;alignleft&quot; src=&quot;http://images.sulatangpapel.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SR16VwoKCFAAAHYcfrQ1/multiply.JPG?et=YGetb6zqIxhtrL9BQAgrng&amp;amp;nmid=0&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The class site:&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://journ113online.multiply.com&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;insertedphoto&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;alignleft&quot; src=&quot;http://images.sulatangpapel.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SR16FAoKCFAAAHG6bjk1/journ113.JPG?et=1TzeVxwJy3xGGHp6urkNgg&amp;amp;nmid=0&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;   &lt;p class=&quot;multiply:no_crosspost&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:03:28 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Singing the Full Score of Fear</title>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:46:54 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>I want my Detective Conan. Nao na!</title>
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  <description>Gusto ko siyang mapanood. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Pero walang nagsi-seed sa bittorrent... *tears*&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Ayun, tapos naglalag pa ang crunchyroll. I want my Bartender din. Nao na.&lt;br&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;multiply:no_crosspost&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:01:16 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>I&apos;m busy enough to even care.</title>
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  <description>&apos;Nuff said. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I still need to finish a 40-page script and produce 3 exhibit-worthy photographs to bother.   &lt;p class=&quot;multiply:no_crosspost&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 13:09:59 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Don&apos;t say goodbye,  just say goodnight.</title>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:58:22 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Your USB flash drive is bigger than my hard drive</title>
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  <description>&lt;span class=&quot;insertedphoto&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://sulatangpapel.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SNza5AoKCngAAFqnom41&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;width: 254px;height: 315px;&quot; class=&quot;alignmiddleb&quot; src=&quot;http://images.sulatangpapel.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SNza5AoKCngAAFqnom41/c.JPG?et=8aliCmL6xFSZkrcxBtyOUA&amp;amp;nmid=0&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;If ever you&apos;re one of those people who owns a 4GB, 8GB, and/or 16GB flash drive, well good news for you. Your flash drive is bigger than my hard drive. XD&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I seriously need to buy an external hard drive. A 30GB hard drive is not advisable for someone in the media industry. Imagine the tons of photos I have from my Photojournalism class and the videos and music I have to use for my broadcasting class.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Buying an external hard drive isn&apos;t exactly the problem, my USB port is. I only have one port, and it&apos;s not hi-speed. O_O&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;   &lt;p class=&quot;multiply:no_crosspost&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:30 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Weird stuff happens when the days are weird</title>
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  <description>Blame it on the nonstop downpour of rain because I can&apos;t even think of another reason why.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Just the other night, it was the first time a guy confessed to me. Weird. I turned him down though, right on the spot.&lt;br&gt;   &lt;p class=&quot;multiply:no_crosspost&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:10:39 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Kung sino ka man, lagot ka sa akin.</title>
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  <description>&lt;span class=&quot;insertedphoto&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Uulitin ko, hanggang sa mga oras na ito, wala pa rin akong tulog. Isa&apos;t kalahating oras na lamang at ako&apos;y kukuha na ng pagsusulit kay Sir Rolly.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sa aking pagninilay-nilay, maraming paliwanag sa kung bakit hindi ako makatulog ang pumasok sa aking isipan. At sa lahat ng iyon, ang pinaka-pinagnilayan ko ay ang kasabihan na kung hindi ka makatulog sa gabi, ikaw ay maaring gising sa panaginip ng isang tao.&lt;br&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;insertedphoto&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;Napaisip ako sandali. Kung sakaling may katotohanan man ang nasabing kasabihan, hinding-hindi ko siguro mapapatawad ang taong buong gabi ay ginawa akong laman ng kanyang isipan.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Marahil naman ay sabik lamang akong makabili ng MP3 player na Samsung ngayong araw, kung aayon sa mga iniisip ko ang mga mangyayari.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;insertedphoto&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://sulatangpapel.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SNl3UAoKCngAAFUO0jo1&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;alignmiddleb&quot; src=&quot;http://images.sulatangpapel.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SNl3UAoKCngAAFUO0jo1/samsung.JPG?et=Ig16lijQJOM5fxJI9bTonw&amp;amp;nmid=0&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;   &lt;p class=&quot;multiply:no_crosspost&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:53:12 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Di ako makatulog kaya pinagtripan ko ang mga tambay ng Yahoo! Chat</title>
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  <description>May exam ako in four hours, at hindi pa ako nakakatulog, maski idlip lang.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Epekto ba &apos;to ng kape kaninang hapon? Imposible.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Kaya ito, napagtripan ko tuloy mag-explore sa mga rooms sa Yahoo! Chat. At natutuwa naman ako sa mga tao. Masaya silang pag aralan, lalo na pag inapply mo ang mga communication theories. Akalain mong may mga tao palang nagdedefy sa Social Penetration Theory, at may mga taong hindi marunong tumingin ng context. They insist on being straight-forward, frank, and all that jazz. [Wahahah! Salamat kay Neo sa expression na &apos;yan: &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;And all that jazz. &lt;/span&gt;At least, it&apos;s better than Nico&apos;s expression: &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;And all that blah.&lt;/span&gt;]&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;So ayun. talagang hindi na ako dinalaw ng antok. Nakakatawa talaga sa chat room na &apos;to. Hindi sa pagmamayabang o ano pero hindi ko maiwasang mamangha sa takbo nang pag iisip ng mga tao dito. At masaya silang pagtripan. May isa ngang natakot kasi sabi ko lalaki ako. Inakala niya na bakla ako. What a homophobe. XD&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Ngayon ko lang din na-realize na marami rin palang maniac sa mga chat room. Weird talaga.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Basta, masaya silang pagtripan. :D Minsan, try nio rin ^^;&lt;br&gt;   &lt;p class=&quot;multiply:no_crosspost&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 13:41:43 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Wala lang &apos;to. Wag mo nang basahin. Trip ko lang magkwento ng mga nangyari</title>
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  <description>Wala lang. Wala naman talaga. Wala lang kasi akong magawa ngayon sa dorm.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Nga pala. Pumunta pala ako kina Eizy sa Tarlac nung Biyernes ng gabi. Wahaha, maraming maraming salamat sa kanyang pamilya sa pagbubukas ng kanilang tahanan para sa isang nawawalang batang katulad ko. Salamat na rin sa masarap na manok at baka na inihanda nila. At sa lahat ng tao sa tahanan nila sa kanilang mainit na pagtanggap at pag aasikaso sa akin.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Kahit naubusan ako ng mahigit sa pitong daang piso, napakasaya naman ng naging karanasan ko sa loob ng labinlimang oras na inilagi ko sa Tarlac. Hindi matatawaran ng ginastos ko ang pakiramdam ng nakasakay sa tricycle habang pinabagtas ang isang mahabang kalsada: ang paghampas ng malakas na hangin sa aking mukha at ang mabangong amoy ng bagong tabas na damo. Isama na rin natin ang paghahabol sa mga bibe at kambing at ang pag aanggulo sa simbahan sa bayan para makakuha ng larawan, ang kaangasan sa paglalaro ng Tekken 5 at Para Para. :D&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Natuwa din pala ako nang nahiram ko kay Eizy yung librong, &quot;Tikaman ang Langit,&quot; isang aklat ng mga sanaysay patungkol sa bandang Eraserheads. Gusto ko tuloy pakinggan ang lahat ng album nila. ^^;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Kaninang umaga naman, nagsimba ako. Oo, nagsimba ako. Hindi dahil gusto ko bagkus dahil inobliga kami ng mga madreng nagpapalakad sa dormitoryo. Matapos ang misa, inobliga naman nila kaming maglinis ng silid-paliguan. Napakadugong trabaho; mabigat para sa sa anim na katao lamang.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Masaya ako at nagkita kami ni Tatay. Dumiretso ako sa &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;hotel&lt;/span&gt; na tinutuluyan nila upang makipagkita sa kanya. Sa kasamaang palad, hindi kami gaanong nakapag usap; abala kasi siya sa kanyang tungkulin. Kung sa bagay, wala naman sila sa Baguio para magbakasyon. Narito sila upang idaos ang ika-limang pamabansang kongreso at ika-labinlimang anibersaryo ng kanilang samahan at bilang pangulo, asahan nang magiging abala siya. Kaya&apos;t habang hinihintay matapos ang kanilang pulong, tinulungan ko muna si Kuya Aries na mag ayos ng mga gagamitin sa eleksyon. Matapos ang trabaho, nakita namin sina Kuya Merck at nagdesisyon kaming pumunta ng Diplomat Hotel. Sarado na nga lang. Pagbalik sa &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;hotel&lt;/span&gt;, dali-dali naman akong ipinakilala ni Tatay sa mga kasamahan niya. Nakakagulat ngunit nakakatuwa ang mga reaksyon ng mga taong pinagpakilalahanan niya sa akin. Lalong lalo na yung mga nagmula sa Japan. Tuwang tuwa sila nang magpakilala ako sa wikang Hapon.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Nakakalungkot nga lang at kailangan kong umuwi nang maaga. Bilang pampalubag loob, binili ko na lang ang isang litrato ni Tatay bilang &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;souvenir&lt;/span&gt;. :)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Kaarawan nga pala ngayon ni Nico. :) Alam kong hindi siya gaanong masaya sa kanyang muling pagtanda, pero nais ko pa rin siyang batiin ng isang masayang kaarawan.&lt;br&gt;   &lt;p class=&quot;multiply:no_crosspost&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:10:16 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Being given the opportunity to talk doesn&apos;t necessarily mean being given the chance to be heard</title>
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  <description>Before anything else, this will probably a looooong rant so if you don&apos;t want your spirits to be dampened or anything, steer clear out of this post. Though sympathies would be much appreciated.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;~*~*~*~*~*~*~*&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I&apos;m being piss off by the least kind of people I&apos;d expect to annoy the shit out of me - the nuns.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I don&apos;t know where to start this rant, I&apos;m just so pissed off. I&apos;d never expected to get such kind of words from them, from people who&apos;s supposed to be the model of humane acts.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;For the gist of the story, click &lt;a href=&quot;http://sulatangpapel.multiply.com/journal/item/160&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;There was a discussion last night about this issue. I prepared myself in justifying my side. I&apos;m not afraid of admitting my mistakes but I want to justify myself to point out that those violations were never really intended as an act of bad behavior or anything.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;And so, I was given the chance to talk. They seemed to be overwhelmed in a negative way why I garnered a total of 15 unexcused late night arrivals as they wait for me to state my reasons. I explained briefly that it was org-related then immediately proceeded on explaining the root of everything&amp;nbsp; - misunderstandings and misconceptions.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;And I was shocked, not just because they refuse to listen to my explanations but because it was apparent that they don&apos;t want to be blamed for our behaviors. And the worst part of it, they told me to shut up right in front of my face. &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;So where&apos;s the RESPECT?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If they thought that I was deviating the discussions from my violations to my justifications, they should have just told me. I didn&apos;t need a &quot;You shut up!&quot; phrase shoved into my face. And to think I would hear it from a nun. Don&apos;t make me laugh.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;So there goes all my respect for them. All the reverence that I have for them taught to me since grade school, it all vanished that one night, with that one phrase.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;One blow I could let go, but another one? I think it&apos;s already out of the line.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;We were required to submit a letter of apology regarding our violations, meant to be sent to our parents. It&apos;s really not a big deal to me; I could always talk to my parents about it and I know that they&apos;ll listen to what I&apos;ve got to say. So, I was forced to make a letter. (Never mind the fact that the sister reprimanded me because I haven&apos;t got the letter made yet.) So I made a letter and handed it to her. And I couldn&apos;t believe what she said.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It wasn&apos;t a letter of apology she wants us to write, but rather a reflection of what we had done. In my understanding, what we should&apos;ve written in the letter was not the explanation why we were late; she wants us to write a letter expressing how shameful and despicable we were by neglecting the rules they had set. She made us feel that we were sinners guilty of the most disgraceful actions.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;And from this point, I couldn&apos;t really care less. She began on telling us that the dormitory serves as the school where we would learn character formation and things like that, and how would we be able to evolve into a better person if we violate the rules they had set for us. Well, fuck them. What kind of formation do they think they&apos;re talking about? What do they want us to be, in the first place? Passive people who don&apos;t know how to think for ourselves, only following what they had told us? Just their act of abridging our freedom to express what&apos;s on our mind, do they think it will help us as better persons? Fuck.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Everybody was telling me to leave this place, but I couldn&apos;t make them understand. It&apos;s a great help to my parents that I&apos;m staying at a rather cheap dormitory compared to the sky-high prices of boarding houses. There&apos;s also free internet access, free daily newspaper, and washing clothes isn&apos;t really a problem. Moreover, I don&apos;t want to leave my roommate, Jap, behind. She&apos;s the most wonderful thing I have in here that I couldn&apos;t just leave easily behind.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I&apos;m prepared to make sacrifices but I&apos;m not that stupid to suffer the unreasonable sacrifices. I&apos;ll definitely find a way out of this dilemma. I&apos;ll show them that they can&apos;t keep me locked within their clutches. Let&apos;s see who gets the last laugh.&lt;br&gt;   &lt;p class=&quot;multiply:no_crosspost&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:42:09 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Facebook, anyone?</title>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:12:37 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>This must be infatuation</title>
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  <description>&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Can this be &lt;strike&gt;love&lt;/strike&gt; lust?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://pics.livejournal.com/lance_malvien/pic/00002k00/&quot;&gt;&lt;img height=&quot;207&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://pics.livejournal.com/lance_malvien/pic/00002k00/s320x240&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://pics.livejournal.com/lance_malvien/pic/00002k00/&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;I never thought that I would feel this way towards any guy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He&amp;rsquo;s neither drop dead gorgeous nor even an inch of a dream guy material. In fact, he looks a lot like your average guy. Only that he&amp;rsquo;s got this massive sex appeal that takes my breath away.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The way he stands, his haughty expression, the way he pushes the fringes of his hair out of his face, his slightly parted mouth &amp;ndash; everything about him simply drives me insane. And every time he&amp;rsquo;s around, all I can think of is the hidden sexual aggressiveness I see beyond his eyes. Simply wondering how his kisses would feel like makes me weak in the knees, and the thought of how great he would be in bed excites me beyond my control.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It&amp;rsquo;s not love, I assure you. I&amp;rsquo;m beginning to think that it is more of a lust. He&amp;rsquo;s becoming the object of my desire, as opposed to being the subject.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It&amp;rsquo;s weird, really. I could see a lot of you shaking your heads in disbelief but it&amp;rsquo;s true. Whenever I see him, I just have to close my eyes to save myself from feasting on his smexiness. I bet he always catch me staring at him; thank god, I&amp;rsquo;m not drooling.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And the weirdest part of it? I don&amp;rsquo;t see him to be my boyfriend in my wildest imaginations. I see him as a one-night-stand fling in my wildest fantasies. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:47:41 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Org inefficiency</title>
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  <description>I guess my stand on org inefficiency still doesn&apos;t change since I first entered the org 3 years ago.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It&apos;s not about the projects nor the people at the top spot. It&apos;s about the members (who make up a large portion of the org) and their commitment.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;At oo, nababadtrip ako.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;O_O&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;multiply:no_crosspost&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:50:11 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>APPROVED! Acquaintance Party at Riverview Resort</title>
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  <description>Ayan! Approved na! For the first time in five years, ngayon lang magkakaroon ng acquaintance party ang Anime_HQ outside Baguio.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;And guess what, sa Riverview Resort sa may Asin Road ang ating Acquaintance Party!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;So put on your best swim wear and shades coz we&apos;re hittin the pools!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;For Anime_HQ Members and Applicants,&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;*PHP 100 po yung entrance sa Riverview.&lt;br&gt;*Aabot po siguro ng PHP 50-60 ang pamasahe papunta&apos;t pabalik. (&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Nung pumunta kami nung March, PHP40 ang pamasahe balikan. Dahil sa pagtaas ng gasolina, hindi ko na alam kung magkano na ngayon&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;br&gt;*Sa may Asin Road po ito, sa may Tuba, Benguet (&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;baba ng Baguio&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Naguillian Road ang daan natin&lt;/span&gt;). Hindi po kasing lamig ng Baguio ito, at hot springs po yung mga pool.&lt;br&gt;*Yung mga gustong mag-overnight, magsabi lang po kay Nico. Balak kasi naming mag-extend ng overnight. Yung mga hindi naman po pwede, sabay-sabay na lang po sana kayo bumalik ng Baguio para walang maligaw. :D&lt;br&gt;*Hindi ko pa alam kung paanong gagawin sa food, sabi kasi nina Eizy at Arbee, sila na bahala sa pagkain. (&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;sa pagluluto siguro&lt;/span&gt;) Makakabuti kung magbitbit na rin kayo ng baon like chips, softdrinks, candies, etc. Syempre, share to everyone tayo. :D&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Kung curious kayong makita how Riverview Resort looks like, click &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/43277403@N00/&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Disclaimer: I really have no idea who the hell is that person but his pics are the only one who popped in after a google search.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;multiply:no_crosspost&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:41:03 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Goodbye, Samsung E250. P.S. I need your numbers. :)</title>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;insertedphoto&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://sulatangpapel.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/39/107&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;alignmiddleb&quot; src=&quot;http://images.sulatangpapel.multiply.com/image/4/photos/39/300x300/107/PICT0193.JPG?et=A00sw36eloyZMb9VanWteg&amp;amp;nmid=93208044&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Yep, you read it right. For the nth time, I&apos;ve lost another phone and it was&amp;nbsp;my most treasured Samsung E250, along with my Globe Sim. I was walking along Session Road yesterday at around half-past four. By the time I was at SM Baguio, I checked my trench coat&apos;s pocket for my phone and it was gone.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;I have to save up to buy myself another phone. And&amp;nbsp;I want another Samsung E250. Nothing else.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;You can still contact me through my Sun Cellular Sim, though.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;multiply:no_crosspost&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:29:37 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Now I know why the coffee we&apos;ve shared tasted so bitter</title>
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  <description>&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;314&quot; height=&quot;419&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Cup_of_Coffee_with_Spices.jpg/450px-Cup_of_Coffee_with_Spices.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;B&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;4&quot;&gt;ecause we should NEVER share a cup of coffee ever again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I find it weird that things doesn&apos;t taste the same as they used to be. Coffee just keeps on getting bitter and sugar seems to be slowly vanishing into extinction.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&apos;m praying that this would be the last coffee we&apos;ll drink together. I&apos;ve just realized that those little coffee-drinking sessions with you leave me intoxicated.&lt;/font&gt;</description>
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