Chito

To my inspiration,

At this time, you are one of the few things that make my life beautiful. And although I think you have a superficial idea, I wish I could go wherever it is that you are and tell you how much you really mean to me. Take care.

=====Chito

To my father,

I have nothing else to ask, and nothing else to say to you.

Let's keep it that way, ok?

=====Chito

To the B!tch I encountered at the MRT this morning,

Put@ng!na naman eh! Bakit yung sumingit sa harapan mo pinalampas mo lang nang walang imik....tapos magagalit ka sa akin dahil uunahan kita dahil ang bagal mo. Meron ka pang sarcastic na "nagmamadali ka yata eh, mauna ka na". Bobo ka pala eh, syempre lahat nagmamadali sa MRT sa umaga. Kung hindi ka nagmamadali sana nag-bus ka na lang. Peste ka! Sinira mo umaga ko. Sana tubuan ka ng bigote.

The Philippine Academic Consortium for Latin American Studies will hold its 2nd Annual Football Tournament next month.

Opening Ceremonies for the tournament would be held at the Ateneo de Manila University (the host school) on May 16, 2004.

Other participating schools are UP, DLSU, UST, and UE. And possibly FEU orUE

Rules for eligibility for the teams are relaxed. Alumni and High School students of the participating schools may participate. The respective schools' football programs have the final decision as to the composition of the team. Each team will be sponsored by the Embassy of a Latin American Country.

for more details, please visit www.paclas.org (there might be a ".ph" to this address....just check)

CAPRICORN

- lousy in bed (daw)

I found great friends here. :cool:

And some really stupid people to insult.

Trusted I feel like a million bucks

On that same ground, I get to see sweet lurker every working day.

____________,

Oh great.....that's just what we need right now.

=====chito

read musical notes

do the butterfly swimming stroke

speak spaninsh fluently

Congratulations,

I'm sure you are just so happy that everything's over and done with.

But it doesn't matter anymore to me.

Gaiman has to be my top1 favorite.. the rest are in no particular order

 

1. Neil Gaiman - American Gods, Neverwhere, Coraline, Good Omens (currently reading it, so far so good; with Terry Pratchett)

2. Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist, Veronika Decides To Die

3. Edgar Allan Poe - his short stories: Tell Tale Heart, Cask of Amontillado, Black Cat, Masque of the Red Death

4. Bob Ong - ABNKKBSNPLAKO

5. J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter Series

6. Kahlil Gibran - The Prophet

7. Harper Lee - To k*ll A Mockingbird

8. Jostein Gaarder - Sophie's World

9. Mitch Albom - Tuesday's with Morrie

 

Uh,, that's all. I think.

Excellent number 1 pick! Do visit the Sandman thread from time to time

Here's my own list: (2-7 are in no particular order)

1. Neil Gaiman (The Sandman)

2. J.R.R. Tolkien (LOTR)

3. G.K. Chesterton (The Napoleon of Notting Hill; The Man who was Thursday)

4. Clive Barker (Imajica, the Books of Blood)

5. Jose Rizal (Noli and Fili)

6. Frank Herbert (purely because of "Dune")

7. Nick Bantock (The Griffin and Sabine Trilogy)

Chateau Verde in U.P. diliman

Does anyone have a copy of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"? Or does anyone know where i could buy a copy?

Excellent Avatar uncannyx. I'm 100% sure it's one of Alex Ross' works.

I suppose you are also familiar with Kingdom Come by DC comics.

I heard from somewhere that they are actually making a movie out of it. Their only problem is getting someone to play the Superman.

Christopher Reeves would have been an excellent choice...if only he were not wheelchair-bound. He would have played an aging superman Superbly.

I like Neil Gaiman's work. Here's a list of my Gaiman titles:

Graphic Novels:

The Sandman (I): Preludes and Nocturnes

The Sandman (II): The Doll's House

The Sandman (III): Dream Country

The Sandman (IV): Season of Mists

The Sandman (V): A Game of You

The Sandman (VI): Fables and Reflections

The Sandman (VII): Brief Lives

The Sandman (VIII): World's End

The Sandman (IX): The Kindly Ones

The Sandman (X): The Wake

The Sandman: The Dream Hunters (hardbound)

The Sandman: Endless Nights

Death: The High Cost of Living

Death: The Time of Your Life

The Books of Magic

Murder Mysteries (hardbound)

Harlequin Valentine (hardbound)

Novels:

Stardust (Illustrated by Charles Vess)

Coraline (hardbound, Illustrated by Dave McKean)

Good Omens (with Terry Pratchett)

American Gods

Neverwhere

Thanks Cali!

Here are a few titles in my collection...........

Pray-over bago mag-sex? Ok yun para sa mga baog na gusto magka-anak

OJ and pan de sal with liver spread

Neil Gaiman Titles.

Any cafe, as long as it does not attract noisy high school kids, would be fine with me. Beanhoppers-Katipunan (closed now) holds a special significance for me.

Plaid boxers.

Dearest _____,

Just recently*, I visited your house in Cainta. You probably saw me…..that is, if some part of you still lingered there. I’d like to think that indeed, you were there. But I’ve always had an active imagination. I could remember happier days when your house would be filled with the buzz of children running around, the noise of the TV, the chattering of the house helpers, and the occasional laughter of the barkada, among others.

Now there’s only silence. It’s sad, you know, seeing your framed graduation picture – smiling confidently, ready to take on the world. How were we supposed to know that deep inside, you were fighting a losing battle with the same demons and monsters that you seemingly vanquished just a few years back? You never told us.

I have always admired your family for its fighting spirit. I particularly admire your mother, Tita _____. She never let her cancer, (and her failed marriage) determine the way she wanted to live her life. Your brothers I likewise hold in high esteem. Finally, I also admired you. It’s not easy to leave college on the pretext of a psychological disorder, only to return years later when all your closest friends have graduated already, and to start all over again. I was there, I saw how you’ve rebuilt your life, and I consider myself honored to be counted as one of your friends. Then when everything was seemingly going perfectly for you, you left us.

Most of us already stopped blaming ourselves for what happened. But I still don’t understand why you chose a course of action that was so dark and hopeless. And since you are gone forever, perhaps I never will.

Outside your house, life goes on as if this world never took notice of your brief passing. Some of us, your friends, are working now. And of course, a considerable number are married now (Married! Imagine that.) Some of them are even doctors already. I won’t deny the fact that with the fast pace that we find ourselves in, it is very easy on our part to forget the memory of you. If it’s any consolation, we also could barely find the time to round up the old gang in Colayco Hall.

The rest of us will live for 30, 40 or 50 more years. I am told that Time, the thief, has a way of erasing even the most cherished memories. But I don’t think I would ever completely forget you.

===== Chito

Fantasy -

In Memoriam

R. Luis Flores

The dream was beautiful while it lasted.

- King Arthur, First Knight

It only goes as far

as the ink runs.

Once the pen dries up,

the story will be over -

devoid of any favorable ending

or sensible conclusion.

No spare ink bottle

can ever hope to resurrect

the narrative in its sudden demise.

For to end

is to end,

is to end.

And what is left

is a story

that is both wanting

and hopeless -

the transition between fantasy

and tragedy

lost

to the frustratingly dull fact

that the dream

has ceremoniously ceased.

In a world of dream-slayers,

the storyteller is powerless.

A victim

to the constant radiance

of reality,

from which he has no escape.

21* November 1999