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I Don’t Even Feel the Distance

Posted on by Yoshke in Friends, Personal Life |

Status: Alive again.
Music: I WIll Remember You - Sarah Maclachlan

You,

I’m so afraid to love you, but more afraid to lose.

Yoshkeboy
*with apologies to Sarah Maclachlan

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It’s been a week filled with late-night gimmicks. Waaah. I hardly had enough sleep last week because I met several friends of mine almost one by one.

SATURDAY NIGHT. I was in Paco, Manila to join Mae as she celebrated her birthday. It was a really nice videoke party. And the food was fabulous. Wow. It’s a good thing I decided to come to the party. Because if it weren’t for a dose of Advil, I would have decapitated myself because of a really terrible headache. That headache was part of my hangover after consuming more than 11 bottles of beer the night before.

FRIDAY NIGHT. Drinking 11 bottles of beer was actually the result of a series of meet-you-there-and-let’s-talk events. Last Friday night, from work (our office is in Ortigas), I met up with Josh and had dinner somewhere in Philcoa. He just arrived from Bangkok and that night he would go back to his province (Ilocos). We stayed together until some relative picked him up. It was a pretty cheap, yet indulging dinner. And hey Josh, you said you bought something for me when you were in Bangkok? Where is it? (But anyway, as I said before, everything is cheaper in Thailand, hehe. But it’s the thought that counts so you better give it to me before the next term starts.)

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From Four Months Ago

Posted on by Yoshke in Friends, Travel |

Status: Too little too late (sigh)
Music: Too Little Too Late - Jojo


Here is another set of old pics from the little getaway we made last summer. (I still can’t find a way to upload my Palawan pics. Aaaargh!)

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Speak, Squeal, Spill

Posted on by Yoshke in Conversations, Friends, Humor, University |

Status: Clueless
Music: Who Do You Love - The Moffatts


WITH VIKTOR KRUM (Haha)
Parts of my conversations with a Bulgarian online friend (I don’t know if I’m allowed to mention his name):

Yoshke: You’re pure evil. But if all devils were just like you, then I would definitely buy a one-way ticket to hell.
Him: Why not a one-way ticket to Bulgaria? There’s one here.

This one, we had more than a month ago.

Yoshke: New York has the Statue of Liberty. Paris has the Eiffel Tower. What’s in Bulgaria that is well worth a visit?
Him: Aren’t I enough?
Yoshke: Well, yeah. You’re enough.

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WITH A FOREVER-INNOCENT FRIEND
A simple talk with a young friend who was so unsure about how he felt for some girl.

Ken:
How do you know if you’re in love?
Yoshke: I don’t think there are definite standard symptoms. You just know. That’s it. You just know. Why? Are you in love?
Ken: I don’t know.
Yoshke: You’re not in love.
Ken: What makes you so sure?
Yoshke: Cos you don’t know.

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WITH MY HALF-FRENCH BROTHER
This convo I had with Josh on our way to FC Gloria’s Canteen for lunch after our French class the day before my birthday.

Josh:
You already got a Kitchie Nadal album?
Yoshke: No. But I borrowed a friend’s and listened to it last night.
Josh: How was it? You liked it?
Yoshke: One big NO. I only liked a couple of tracks. The record is rubbish.
Josh: Oh, don’t be so cruel on her. You’d probably appreciate the album more if you listen to it a little longer.
Yoshke: I don’t think so. Only a couple of songs really appealed to me.

After lunch, he handed me something in a white plastic bag.

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Dwelling Like a Frozen Zombie

Posted on by Yoshke in Career, Conversations, Friends |

We were about to go to Starbucks but we couldn’t move a bone because we were waiting for Tonet. Knowing how impatient Dohna was, I lent her my cellphone so she could text Tonet. After handing back the cellphone to me, I checked out what had happened to their little talk on my phone. Here’s the entire conversation.

Dohna: Wer na u? D2 na us at Vinzons.
Tonet: Stil along Q.Ave. U wait me there ha?
Dohna: May choice ba naman us? U bilis urself. We’r being rained at.
Tonet: E di u wait me der at a shaded area!
Dohna: Oh so bobo naman us. Ok. We’l be at d railings of d Vinzons ok?

Haha. It’s always really fun to be with Tonet and Dohna. And oh, with KZ, too.

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Gen(d)erally Speaking

Posted on by Yoshke in Gay, Love, Personal Life, Rants |

More than a year ago, Icang asked me if I would ever be capable of loving another man. I was straight then. I answered Icang with this: I was never attracted to another man, I am not, but I am not saying I will never be. A few months after saying that I found myself falling for another guy. But it was only very recently that I came out. To be honest, no one in my family or in my hometown has a clue. And whenever I meet new friends, I don’t usually tell them about my sexuality until they ask me (which only happened once).

I am bisexual. And as Ma’am Almond Aguila, our Ethics professor back in college, said: it is difficult enough to understand “gay” people, and it’s even harder to understand “bisexuals.” I am aware of that little difficulty because before becoming like this, I also had the same sentiments. But if you are thinking that it is difficult to understand bisexuals, mind you, it’s even more difficult being one.

For example, from the very moment I admitted to my friends that I’m bisexual, they never ever considered me as a species capable of loving a woman again. They were blinded by the fact that now, I like guys, too. Although that is very true, that’s all they see now. They forgot that I also find Nicole of Pussycat Dolls sexy, or that I am obsessed with Nicole Kidman, and that I once said that I wanted to fuck Keira Knightley. Hell, they even forgot that I had girlfriends. All they know now is that I like Steven Gerrard and Andriy Shevchenko. And never did they ask why I like them. It’s not because they look good (but hell, they do), but because they’re great football players. Although I admit that CNN‘s Don Riddell‘s lips really take my breath away.

Another thing. And this time, I’m not only speaking for the bisexual guys but for the gay guys as well. We may (also) like men but it doesn’t mean we want to become women! I mean, come on, you know me. I’m the most chauvinistic, anti-feministic friend you (will ever) have! I love men AND I love being one. I love being a man. Never had the thought of wearing skirts or panties entered my mind. It’s like the eeeewiest thing to occur to me.

All gay and bisexual guys are not capable of having serious romantic relationships because all they want and need is sex, sex, sex. THIS IS SOOO NOT TRUE. And this is, in most cases, the reason gay guys are very afraid to come out. They don’t want to be seen as pervs. I’m not saying that no one in our group is like that. What I’m trying to point out is that NOT EVERY GAY GUY in this happy, gay world is.

Maybe what I’m really trying to say here is this: I love regardless of sex or gender. Man or woman, I don’t care. Love knows no gender (or age or race).

Whatever. Basta. I’m happy.

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Anyway, I was able to catch the Queer Eye for the Straight Guy hosts at Glorietta weeks ago. But I wasn’t able to take pics. Si Lei kasi, nagmamadali

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Football update: Crespo left Chelsea for Inter Milan! Waaah! OK lang. Shevchenko, prove to me that you’re a better striker. Hmf! Go Chelsea!!!

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I Know What I Did Last Summer (And It Wasn’t Scary)

Posted on by Yoshke in Travel |

I’m still trying to figure out the easiest way to post my Palawan pictures here. Anyway, here’s a couple of group pics from our Pangasinan trip. I didn’t know my skin was this dark last summer. Too much swimming, I guess.


Bolinao, Pangasinan.


At Jerwin’s place.

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Munich Loves Me. Sickness, Too.

Posted on by Yoshke in Friends, Health, Music |

Ayn gave me a “Munich Loves You” flag, which she got from some guy in that German city, and a Germany travel-slash-football guide. Thanks, Ayn! I sooo love it. But I’m sorry I didn’t have much energy to jump out of my seat in utter happiness when you gave it to me. I needed (and still need) some rest. But I’m really grateful. Promise. And oh! Munich, I love you, too. I envy Ayn for doing that Euro Tour. Waaah! I wish I had much time and money and support from my family! Hahaha. Anyway, in 2008, let’s invade Europe. Come on! Football Euro 2008!!! Sugod Ayn and KZ!!!

I’ve been sick since Friday. I’m still trying to figure out the cause. Was it my excessive smoking? Was it too much work and stress? Or was it simply the weather? It must be the weather (or at least that’s what I want to believe). Anyhow, I need to get rid of this hell-like fever, runny nose and coughing like there’s no tomorrow. Ironically, I still managed to get drunk last night at the UP Cinema Videoke Party/ Team-Building Seminar, but to no effect. Being sick and being drunk did not make that much of a difference. Anyway, Thanks Ace for all the beer! I was also not able to hug anyone because I feared passing on the viruses. Suddenly, I became a walking viral infection.

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Reen said:

“I’ve been watching a lot of music videos lately. I’ve seen Paris Hilton’s semi-slutty ‘Stars Are Blind’ video and I have nothing to say. “

My dear, you just said “semi-slutty.” Haha. And there’s no other way to describe it.

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“Peace is not the absence of crisis. It’s the presence of justice.”

I got that quote from some CNN International viewer who commented on the Middle East crisis. Stop the war. Please.

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People, Like Opportunities, Come and Go

Posted on by Yoshke in Career, Emo, Friends, Sports |

THE POST-GRADUATION EFFECT
You think life after graduation is much happier than college life? You’re wrong. It’s a complete change of lifestyle. And it’s not easy. Looking for jobs, leaving and being left by people you are used to be with, missing the review and lecture days…. It’s difficult

I have a couple of reasons to be sad. Kuya Amiel has officially moved out of the house this morning. He’ll be working in Clark. (sigh) Four years of being roommates ended just like that. Anyway, I’m also moving to Makati soon.

Another is that I used to complain because of all the companies that I have sent my resume to, no one was calling me for an interview or exam or whatever. But now, I’ve been receiving a lot of offers. It’s cool, really. But they’re challenging my decision-making skills. I can’t choose. But at the end of the day, I think I’ll just go for the company which gives the biggest compensation.

One thing is for sure, though. I’m gonna be a diplomat in two years time (naks, confidence) and so, whatever company I would work for in the next months, I won’t be staying there for long.

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My Pseudo-Ex-Girlfriend

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At the Cinema Yule Ball. December 2005.

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‘Work’ is Always a Noun, Never a Verb

Posted on by Yoshke in Career, Friends, Travel |

Before anything else, I would like to thank Lamer (for a meaningful talk over Starbucks coffee), Tonet (for the concept sessions), Asta (for the company and for getting rid of my screenplay’s major loophole) and Jerwin (for the treat)! You guys made this day very enjoyable. Sa uulitin!

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Don’t you find the names of BINALOT‘s meals funny? The first time I heard it, I was laughing my small and large intestines out at Food Choices in Glorietta. As Tonet once said, it seems like you have no right to be sad when you order, say, Wana Bet Pakbet or Love Me Tenderloin Tips or My Dinuguan and Only or Anytime Inihaw na Baboy. Here’s more.

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One question: Owen Wilson or Luke Wilson

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Two months before typhoon Florita went landslide-crazy.

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