Social Network Makes Us Anti Social?!

It's one of those days. I guess its about time that I talk about social networks and how it made the world a smaller place. Just like you I once insisted not to join Facebook because I was using Friendster in the beginning(like many Asians as a matter of fact). But look at us now, we didn't even know Friendster still existed right?

Now, we all can't live without it. If you ain't playing farmville or restaurant city or Mafia Wars you'll be considered the loser when everyone else is talking about it. Relationships are now rekindled when you see a long lost friend or relative. Some would even be mad at you at times just because you choose to ignore friend requests and applications that spell ingredients to some dish ha-ha! I guess gone are the days of posting testimonials as we welcome small comments and like statuses huh?!

We even demand to have Internet on our phones 24/7. We subscribe to whole day web services and post statuses by the minute or photos directly. We share links, watch videos, read blogs, comment on s2pid photos for the amusement of another. We receive alerts on email so we don't get left behind. We all know its ohhhh so lame but we still all do it. We connect, find girls, connect again, find prospects, connect again and find people to marry then delete our accounts heheh. Well... almost...

It's so nice to see how we've all gone to social networking but have gone ANTI SOCIAL. We seldom talk anymore, we don't call that much, we get text messages from girlfriends, we get girls the same way, we chat, send PM's, tweet or plurk or whatever social platform just to get the message across. We invented some other form of languag and pretty soon we'll see each other on video with the same site. I wonder why we're doing social networks yet we're being anti social now. We probably will spend more time at home doing nothing than going to the malls and get bigger by the day. Oh I wonder... don't you think this is going to be bad pretty soon? I hope not. I'm a little puzzled... do you feel the same way?! =)

Sorry but I'm Vain!

I wanted to relax a bit and I don't want to go out this weekend. I've been a homebody lately and I think I'm getting the hang of it. I cook for my folks every once in a while and get barbecue on the grill. I spend quite an insurmountable time resting and taking a bath. I always spend an hour or more there nowadays. I'm sure it's the same for some of you too. The bathroom vanities are getting me the fix I need before I go out. It also is a place I spend more of my time these days since I go ultra vain before meeting people. They don't even disturb me when it takes that long because they probably know how much I value the intricacies of doing that to battle aging. Some are skeptical; but hey it wouldn't hurt to do something about it like what I do now.

I appreciate my folks for keeping everything intact at home. If ever I plan to redecorate I'll get some of them on line. I find it easier to buy things on the Internet these days and yes; it's all there too! I'll surely get myself one of those and have my condominium unit designed contemporary or modern. I'm up for it! Are you?!

Reconnecting with KES Batch '91

Hmmm... where do I start.... well here goes...

I live in a quaint town in the metro called Kamuning. It's comprised mostly suburban and residential houses. The nearest Elementary School is owned by the government; and to tell you honestly its not that appealing to look at that time. I don't have any qualms against Tomas Morato but man even when I was a kid I didn't like going there. My Grandma taught English classes and had duties on the other nearby school. Well it wasn't nearby for a 5 year old kid and since I didn't want to end up on this one, they all decided that I had to be sent to Kamuning Elementary School. I then had lots of Tito's and Tita's... had lots of friends. I did dance troupes, choirs, the works! School made me creative more than I ever wanted. Even if my siblings went to private ones and I stayed there, I guess it did a lot for me. I saw how real people were at those times. I grew up barely knowing what I'm good at but it has equipped me with a lot of things... but what I cherish most was the friendship. It was the first time I encountered other kids than me who were not from the same neighborhood I was in. What's funny is that I'm analyzing my childhood ha-ha!Anyway to make the long story short, yesterday was the first time in 20 years that we got to meet again. The Batch 91 of Kamuning Elementary School and all its cohorts were as excited as I am. It was something I wanted to do since we were all just talking and posting on Facebook most of the time. Even if it was only a handful, I wanted it to start something big. I always dreamed of reconnecting with the past... Just imagining 20 years of stories and lives we had; it was bound to be as big as I thought.

I got an event posted on FB and of course the response was positive. I wasn't worried about the attendance, but anyway; as long as I see some of them I'm good. This is just the beginning and I'm sure once those who are outside of the country or were busy at that time would be envious after seeing the photos. Need I say more?!
I graduated there. Got to high school, college and a job... well a couple of jobs ha-ha! I guess it spelled the 20 years for me. When the day finally came I wanted to be at the venue first so I did my best but John Lloyd beat me to it! Haha! Then after a few short stories, Enclid, Abby and Julius arrived. Sherwin came through the rain. We waited a bit and got RC, Christine and Shiela too. I guess a bit of my dream to see them was comin true... =)

L-R Christine, Lloyd, Julius, Abby, Sherwin, Enclid
RC and Shiela (seated)

Pretty soon the place was filling up. We decided to start the party and got a few more guys and gals to arrive.

(Top) Shiela, Lloyd (L-R) Enclid, Lyn (Warner's wife ^_^), Warner, Rodel, Abby Sherwin, Christine, Gina, Freddie, Maryann, Jerome, Julius, Jon-Jon, RC and Me

We drank a few bottles and ate a few things but what kept us busy most of the time was the laughter and stories. I never imagined how petty and innocent we were back then. And oh how time flies! Some of us look quite the same and some of us look VERY different... but you can't discount one thing... we all still look good. I guess time has been good to us and in fact I wouldn't wanna say how old we are, after all we're all probably the same age haha! I was a little weird in some way because I practically could occupy 1/4 of the photos, I guess I was that big! I was already big when we were kids ^_^.

I did see my closest friends though I never got the chance to talk to them that much this time. I know there will still be more of these gatherings. I want to get to know them more. We've all lived different lives, chose different paths and had been doing a lot to reconnect. It was indeed an evening to remember. It was exactly as I hoped it would be as it made me happy... I hope it was the same for them!

Here's some of the highlights!









It was a fun day for all of us. I'd like to take this part of the post to thank each and everyone who attended this small gathering. I know I'm not much of a planner or organizer but we did have fun and that's what is important. For our classmates who weren't able to come, you saw how much fun we had on this reunion... so try and be there next time okay?! Again thanks to everyone who made this successful!



PS I think everyone got home late after a few rounds of beer in Tomas Morato. Until we meet again! Au Revoir!

One Percent Of Anything

I'm watching something new now. I guess you kinda get this habit when you are stressed. For some reason it's Korean. I don't have anything against Koreans but I just didn't like MTV stations flooded with all their videos. I wouldn't be changing channels if they were all English but oh boy its all them on Channel V. Unfortunately MTV Philippines closed down via an executive decision last year. It's because of recession and they had to cut down costs. All their regional channels had gone kaput! Anyway, this is really nice and I would like you guys to give it a try and watch 1% of Anything. The plot is kinda good, to tell you honestly I just started watching it and been having a good time watching it. I probably would recommend it to my friends too. The site I'm watching it from is Mysoju which has Taiwanese, Korean and Japanese movies/series all over it. If you plan to visit check out this particular series because its funny and exciting. It also has a hint of love story and comedy which is the common Filipino flick formula. Maybe you should watch it in the afternoon too.

It's a breather from those series you often watch in primetime. Definitely better produced. I don't know about our capabilities because the last time I saw a Filipino movie we can't even get a person to fly properly like Superman in the 70's right? What a weird country we have... anyway please take time to watch it I think it'll give you something to think about watching when it gets dubbed in Filipino soon. It'll probably show up in our TV sets I betcha!