Thank You Dr. House

Well look how funny one obnoxious guy could be.... Well days of the slapstick or what we call toilet humor have been all gone. Laughter nowadays comes in different packages, and that’s how House M.D. is actually making an impact in my life. Putting the statement "Laughter is the best medicine (or sarcasm is the next best thing to laughter)

What makes watching Dr.House an enjoyable and very educational habit? Well he’s one of those “Never Judge a book by its cover” guys. First he doesn’t really give a damn about authority, which makes him unethical, but that directive actually makes him free, meaning whatever decisions he make, wont actually give anyone a reason be blamed (well not everyone sees it that way). And then he has this very irritating “I’m always right “ attitude, which more often than not (I’m waiting for that episode where he actually screws everything up, that would be a classic).

Anyways watching all those animosity between the characters and at the same time being able to work with one another is the definite winning formula for the show. While one would think that the patient is on the verge of actually dying to losing the battle, House comes with the most insidious ideas in order to prove his diagnostics are not just out of the box applications of his medical expertise, but rather an indirect intellectual approach on applied medicine!

Well I’m off to unpacking my second season DVD’s so better head home before my sister grabs them form my room! Adios Amigos.

Dedication works in mysterious ways!


I was watching the movie "Man in the Iron Mask this Afternoon" and I suddenly came with the idea of writing something about the word, dedication.


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We witnessed how Gabriel Burne (Playing D'Artaignan) was willing to defy or even fight three of his friends John Malkovich (Arthos), Jeremy Irons (Aramis), Portos (Gerald De Pardiue) just to protect his king Leonardo di Caprio (Philippe). What drives a person to go against anything just to fulfill his duty.


Dedication (Lat. dedication, from dedicare, to proclaim, to announce), properly the setting apart of anything by solemn proclamation. It is thus in Latin the term particularly applied to the consecration of altars, temples and other sacred buildings, and also to the inscription prefixed to a book, &c., and addressed to some particular person. This latter practice, which formerly had the purpose of gaining the patronage and support of the person so addressed, is now only a mark of affection or regard. In law, the word is used of the setting apart by a private owner of a road to public use.

Well base on the words meaning, dedication is a very complicated trait that one person could possess. A bond that allows one person to either directly or unconsciously serve, protect or even revere at any cost. Humiliation and recognition are sometimes the primary prices one could pay when he or she subjects himself or herself under someone or something. It could either be faith, a deity, a movie star, a superior, and a leader but most of the times it is always the person you love the most. It could act both as a payment for one's offences or a way of taking his or her duty unto another level. People tend to mock this individuals, sometimes asking them what drives them to continue doing all necessary just to show the recipient of the duty how "dedicated" he or she. The recipient may be ignored or even insulted no matter what he or she does. On the other hand people witnessing this gestures would have felt different and extend pity to the individual.

Call it insanity or even futility in one's action, but overall it is more than gut feeling that drives an individual in fulfilling his or her dedication. It may cost him his time, money, sanity and even freedom. The worst thing that could happen is when the recipient doesn’t even recognizes this action. It is a very unfair battlefield out there. As for the people who know me, I beg you not to hate or even think that I myself wasn’t responsible for what am I getting right now? But then again I hope someone pulls me out and tell me when is the right time to give up, coz I aren’t seeing that point in my life as of now.

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In the end one question remains...

What would drive another, to stop this so called dedication...or me?

Hate?

Love?

Death?

Only the future holds the answer....

Relationships-Courtesy of Lara Adolfo

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She works in a telecom.
He is reviewing for the board.
They are in the same barkada.
They talk on the phone till 4 am.
He gives her chocolates, flowers and CDs even when there is no occasion.
Their friends are suspecting something.
Bakit sila nagsosolo kapag may overnight?
Why does he hold her close on the dance floor?
Bakit sila magkaholding hands lagi? Sila kaya? "
He hasn't admitted anything," she rants.
"But I let him hug and kiss me.
Parang kami, pero hindi."The "parang kayo, pero hindi" stage.
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Others call it MU or mutualunderstanding. Pseudo-relationships. Pseudo-boyfriends. Flings. Almost like a relationship, but not quite. It is a phase where the persons involved are more than friends, but not quite lovers. Puwedeng may verbal agreement, puwedeng wala. One or both of you may have admitted your feelings, possible ding hindi. You just let your gestures do the talking for you. Walangpormal na ligawan na nangyari. Hindi kayo mag-dyowa. Pero sa kilos niyo, sa mga sinasabi niyo, parang kayo, pero hindi.This kind of "relationship" can happen at different stages for different reasons.
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It can happen after a break-up. You still love each other, and you want to be with each other but you broke up for a reason. And for reasons that you alone know, ayaw niyo na muna magkabalikan.It can also happen before a relationship, iyong pareho kayong nakikiramdam. Possible din na ayaw niyo munang mag-seryoso kaya kunwa-kunwarian lang muna. Testing lang.Puwede ring hindi puwedeng maging kayo kasi isa sa inyo --usually the guy--may ka-relasyon na. Kaya habang hindi pa siya nakikipag-break doon sa girl (sabi niya makikipag-break siya soon pero di naman niya ginagawa), wala muna kayong relasyon para nga naman hindi siya nangagaliwa kasi "hindi naman kayo."
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This pseudo-relationship stage, for a time, can be fun. Pero huwag ka lang mag-e-expect na may patutunguhan kayo kasi wala talagang kasiguraduhan.So bakit ang daming nagse-settle sa ganitong set up ganoong hindi naman sigurado kung may patutunguhan?Iba't ibang dahilan. Puwedeng for fun lang. Puwedeng "buti na iyan kesa wala" Meaning, habang wala pa iyong the real thing, doon muna sa kunwa-kunwarian...For those who are not in a serious relationship, they would think that pseudo-relationship is better than no relationship at all. It would be fun,if all you are after for is that "kilig" feeling.But then I learned that although it was only a pseudo-relationship, the emotions were real. And usually, in this kind of set up, ang babae lagi ang lugi.Una, you can't ask him to commit. Since it's not really a relationship, you can't demand commitment from your partner. Ano ba kayo? May K ka nga ba magpasundo ng hatinggabi?
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You will always be uncertain about your role in his life. You can't expect him to be always there with you. And if you feel jealous of the other girls, you just have to keep it to yourself. Ano ka ba niya para magselos?Pangalawa, what if you fall deeply in love with him? You can't be sure if he feels the same way. Baka nag-a-assume ka lang na mahal ka rin niya. Even if you are dying to tell him you love him, YOU CANT!. Because you're not sure if he'll like it. Baka mapahiya ka lang. This stage will always make you wonder where you are in the relationship. Or if there is a relationship at all.Pangatlo, what if you become attached too much? What if you have invested all your emotions and this man hasn't? What if you remain faithful to him, not entertaining other guys, only to find out that he is seeing other girls?Isa pang downside ng pseudo-relationships, it is short-lived. When a disagreement sets in, or when one of you gets cold, then that would be the end of it. Unlike in a serious relationship, hindi mo alam kung saan ka lulugar sa isang pseudo-relationship. Wala kang pinanghahawakan.
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Kasi sa pseudo-relationship, there is no "us." Meron lang "you and me," hindi "us."Buti sana kung pseudo-pain din lang ang mararanasan mo. Kaso, hindi eh... Real Pain!!! And usually, kahit tapos na ang pseudo-relationship, hindi mo maiwasan umasang one day, may karugtong pa rin iyun. And you will be miserable, hoping to bring back what you used to have, only to find outeventually that the guy is in another pseudo-relationship with somebody else.Ang hirap, ano? You agreed to this kind of set up for fun and then you'd end up hurting yourself in the process.Pero puwede naman maiwasan ang pain eh. Puwede naman na hindi mo muna isipin ang future and just enjoy the feeling, without thinking of the consequences.But if you are certain that you are going to hurt yourself in the process, kailangan mo mamili. You can be happy and live the moment without worrying what would happen next.
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Or you can stop settling with pseudo-relationships and wait for the real thing.Ako nga e, i met this guy na naattached ako ng sobra.. but a friend told me,"cge... go on... kung ok yan sayo!! Pero pag nasaktan ka, huwag kang iiyak-iyak pagkatapos, dahil tatadyakan kita."Ang bottom line lang naman, kung magpapasaya sa iyo, gawin mo. Ihanda mo lang ang sarili mo sa consequence. Dahil ang "parang kayo pero hindi" stage ay bihirang nagiging totoo. Usually, hanggang doon lang siya... almost, but not quite..

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DO YOU ALL AGREE?

An Almost perfect Dayoff!

First of all let me thank the Lord God Our Father for giving me the best days of my life!

Last Tuesday was the start of my two-day break from operations. And I’m glad that I was able to have two full days, coz last week I was only able to have a 1 day off due to the fact that I eventually came to work on a day wherein am supposed to have my day off (Automatic 6th day tuloy ako).

Well I’m glad that everything is back to normal. My Dad just got discharged form the hospital after being confined there for 4 days due to pneumonia (wag na kasi kayong magyosi kala nyo kasi cool...not!). Well I’m glad that he wasn’t as frustrated as before whenever he gets hospitalized. It was my mom and I who accompanied him on the way home. I’m also glad that he has minimized smoking, and is using an alternative chewable thingy, that could hopefully lessen his smoking habits.

The following day we got to go out and spend much time (me, my mom and papa). Grabe sobrang nakaka miss coz we don’t usually do this anymore. We picked up some of my dad's insurance documents and other sickness claims and went over to my sister's workplace to pick some of the stuff her patients are giving her (bninibiro ko nga ang ate ko na para kang si Buddha laging binibigyan ng alay).

Afterwards I had to go to St. Lukes Hospital in order to have my eyes and my knees checked. And as expected each had a different diagnosis. Lets go start with my knee. Well its been doing great, and my doctor just gave me the go signal to go back to the gym I’ve been waiting for this moment for quite some time, because right from the start I only do cardio and weight training rather than cut on food. He also gave me the go signal to bring back basketball to my regime by March next year.


Now with regards to my eye diagnosis, it didn’t came as promising as the knee check up. I found out various irregularities with my eyes.

1.) I got Astigmatism on both eyes-Well I used to have this condition when I was 16 but I never thought that it would worsen through the years. The right eye has more of the condition that’s why I have to have at least 180-200 grade applied to that eye whenever we do a reading examination. I was so surprised on how much compensation my left eye gives in order to fix my vision.

2.) My doctor suspected that I might be having Glaucoma-like symptoms (this is back-up by the fact that my Grandmother having the same condition a couple of years back, so they consider this one hereditary or genetically passed on. That’s why they had me undergo a Glaucoma Package Test and A Line Vision examination. Well let’s hope for the best for things to turn out well.

3.) Both my eyes have a slightly enlarged vein. (L=0.4, R=0.8) and they said that having this condition is not a very welcoming one.

4.) Lastly I have to wear Glasses again. And how I hate wearing glasses. Well hope I can keep the glasses this time for more than a year and not break or lose it. Hehe, but this time it’s a good pair I know coz, I made sure that it’s not a geeky one.


Now yesterday my mom and I went on our own date. We went to the SSS main office in order to process my partial disability claim (its about time that we get something form the government). And after that we went to one of her favorite Chinese restaurants over in timing to have my favorite bowl of beef brisket/wanton noodles, and a nice plate of mapo tofu, plus the usual cart dumplings. Man you should have seen the amount of food that I had that day. I even managed to top it off by having both a Mango Pudding and Mango-Sago dessert as a take out. Hehehe.

But the most surprising part of the day was when my mom actually asked for Cory. At first I thought she was mad at her or anything, but I was shocked when she asked me if Cory was mad at her. I told her that She’s not. And she’s actually afraid to see her in person. And like a drop of snow in the Sahara dessert, my mom actually asked me to invite Cory on a dinner or lunch out next week. She said she misses Cory a lot and she was still Mad at me for the things that I’ve done to hurt her. Well I hope Cory doesn’t disappoint my mom or turn her down. It’s a known fact that everyone in my family loved Cory. And I’m glad that it is staying that way. Calling out Cory”

To end the day, my sister came home with this huge collection of full season DVD’s of the following American series: House M.D. S1&2. Scrubs Full Season, Bones Full Season, Desperate Housewives, Numbers, and Of Course Niptuck-Full Season. And damn it was one hell of a way to spend a day at home. And I really find it nicer to enjoy most of DVD’s if you eliminate all of the background music and just plainly listen to the audible speech. Well I’m already done with the first 12 episodes of Dr. House and I plan to finish the rest this week.

Well other highlights of that two-day bliss was the Magic marathon game that Jarry and I did. We slept till 4 in the morning just playing against each other using my 5 new decks. Heheh don’t worry tsong mahahanap mo rin Magic mo.

Well that’s it! It has been a great week for me already. And it just keeps getting better. I’m having good AHT and MSI’s on my performance and I’m really enjoying my stay with AOL, Just like what tell everyone. I don’t need anything else, but that one person. I cant help to say this but I missed saying this line so please let me do it just for this moment.

I Love you more than anything in my life…. Cory!

MAGIC MAYHEM

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Well Guess what. After a 4 year HIATUS from MAGIC the GATHERING, I find myself back in the frenzy. Well I could still remember the every first time I played the game. It took me 5 minutes to learn it and everything’s history. Well I’m glad that I am back and starting to feel the groove again. I just bought all four champions of kamigawa pre con decks. And I already started upgrading both the Way of the Warrior and the Snake Path block. I know it cost me a lot of money, but then again it's helluva better than being wasting my time on things that wont return the credit!

MY MAGIC FACTS:
1st EXPANSION TO PLAY: Ice Age/5th ED

1st SPELL TO CAST: Mesa Pegasus

1st Deck Bought: Mirage 1st Rare Card in a Pack: Spirit of the Night/Catacomb Dragon

1st Deck theme to build: Type 1 Fire and Ice

2nd Deck them to build: Red White Knight Deck- (Flankers)

3rd Deck to build: Black/White Knight Weenie

4th Deck to Build: Type 1 Cheese Favorite Deck to have been built: Pure White (Pristine Madness-Vigilance and Protection Deck)

Favorite Card of All Time-Dakkon Blackblade
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Most Expensive Deck to Have: Type 1 White Weenie.

Greatest Victory: Pristine Madness vs. Type 1 Discarder: Recto Tournament 2000!

Current Decks: Upgraded Kamigawa: Way of the Warrior, Snake Path
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Current Decks in Possession: 5-Way of the Warrior, Snake Path, Rakkdos Bloodspot, Spirit Bane, Kari reborn!
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The Moon is back-aint I aint stoppin till Im toppin!
Well Keep it Coming Guys. I aint stoppin til I pop!

We are nothing but warriors, bound by faith and honor...-

As gloomy as it may seem, life has proven to be a surging force, that causes our minds to go on a constant spiral. The everyday challenges that drives the soul in a halt. One could go insane, with the pains and challenges that destiny brings.
One could compare an individual to a noble samurai. Sworn to both his master and his sword, the way of the warrior- "Bushido ". Bound to an everlasting dedication that could only be broken by death. We fought day and night trying to stay true to our words. But then again, one could always falter. A thousand moral deeds is not enough to pay for that single sin. And at the wake of the war we find ourselves as wounded warriors grasping our swords asking each other: "Why"? And as we go on a final hurrah, our lives begin to flash before our eyes. A single second seem a thousand years. And in thesese moments we begin to discover what our real purpose is.

As we look back, we see faces, of the people that we try to protect by the teeth of our swords, looking, laughing and saying.... You are not the one protecting me. It was you who's protecting yourselves. We go down wounded and bloody. And as we open our eyes, not a single familiar face among the vast number of warriors looking on, all of them holding out theyre hands saying....

"Give me thy hand, my brother". The journey aint over yet!

Mind Share

I think this is the best explanation to what am I going thru right now!
Gotta Credit Cheryl for this one thou....

This time will never be the same as it will be
tomorrow. We always feel this sudden rush of
exhilaration during moments that we feel happy
and nostalgic to the point that we are also scared
that the fireworks won't be there forever to be seen by us. And so we push aside myriads of good
things that could have been the tipping points in
our lives and embrace the monkeys in our
shoulders that eventually would wear us down and
break us apart.
It is always easy to choose if we
only have ourselves to consider. But since we are
destined to be human and therefore have this gift of
sensibility and being able to neutralize our minds
for reason, we also live our lives around other
human beings. Our littlest decisions bear great
impact in our lives, in other's lives, in the world -
that makes choices as they are - never easy. But
we must go on, and be responsible enough to
stand by our choice.
Wow! Exactly the same thing thats been going thru my mind for the past months!
Thanks Cheryl!

Purpose...Balance...Harmony....Thanks!

Minsan Di ko talaga malaman kung bakit nga ba may salitang purpose. Bakit nga ba may purpose ang isng tao o bagay sa mundo. Is it something that needs recognition in order to fully embody its meaning. Or is it an unselfish act where-in vindication is completely alienated.
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For some "purpose" serves as a means or reason why that person performs or carry out an act for a certain cause. It could be an act of love, heroism, redemption or just plain dedication. Nobody could really justify why individualas continue to perform the "purpose" that they choose to carry out. Others could just shrugs the whole thing, even if the person serving the "purpose" is doing out of complete surrender or dedication. It is a painful process. Others might think that the person being served upon is an evil or a very ungrateful individual. But in reality it is just a rightful price that the other person have to pay.
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This is the basic law of justice. Balance is a ocnstant entity that keeps evryone on their righful place. Just like two persons in-love. Both start out as fresh individuals discovering the path to happiness and tranquility. Then the day comes when one or both of them learns or discovers new things, thats when the time when the scale starts to shift. One may go to the negative side of life and the other may stay put. But over all the balance or harmony between things become disrupted which result to what we call injustice.
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Once an injustice has manifested into the lives of the people concerned it goes through a certain phase where the double edged sword we call "change" makes evryone realize what they have done. A counter action or reaction occurs on the other hand. The individual concerned on the first shift in the scale would now try to balance the equation, but at the same time the reaction that the other person generates would cause a shift on the other side. And thats when a second disorder occurs.
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Based on the analysis above balance could only occur in two ways:
Its either both sides agree to balance the scale or have a change on either side. This is the hard fact of life. We usually try to tell ourselves that change is something that is not good, while others beg to differ. But in the end change is the only metric, that would allow us to really see if we are the right weight on one of a "scale's side".
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A month ago I have a very unclear path on where am I going. And I would like to thank the various persons that allowed me to get to a better path.
GOD: For always being there and not letting me falter when I veer out of your path. For always giving me aht I necessarily need and nothing more. I want to thank you for always providing the answers and the light, so i could see these wonderful people whenever I feel that Im alone in the dark. I love you and Im forever indebted to you! Praise be your name!
Cory: For giving an unclear but steady supply of inspiration. I cant blame you for whatever it is that your feeling against me right now. But all I could tell you is that I am always here to be that person when everyone else is not.
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AOL WAVE 9: A mixture of Happiness, Hate, Tears and Love has given a new meaning on my life. You have proven me that as long as a person stays positive and has an open heart to friendship. It is always you, the new people that I encounter in my life, has the right tools and (and flows heehehee) to bring me right back on tarckl, and provide me with a new spark in life and purpose.
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Papa and Mama and my Family: For the unending support and love that you have given me. I now that sometimes I have lots and lots of bad decisions in my life. But shes the only one that I know who is really right for me. If ever there is one thing that I would ask you to let me have. There would only be one name. And that is "Mi Corazon".
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So thats it! Im glad that I was able to right again after quite some time! And Im glad that my life is getting more and more settled by the day! To all of you My Friends and Family and especially to my most beloved person. Thank you for staying with me thru thick in thin!
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Sorry ABout the page breaks! I cant seem to use a normal page break when logged in unto this computer. Gonna fix this blog after I get home! Thanks! Good Morning Evryone!