kids these days

friends would find me annoying every time i express my disapproval of freshmen and high school students' behavior. they think of me as a bully of some sort. this is sort of my attempt to jusify my reactions. every time i read blogs of some high school students and college freshmen, i get annoyed and find their language and topics irritating. some of them are shallow people who are very pretentious. they curse a lot and think highly of themselves. and what's worse is that they actually have friends who put them on a pedestal.

in all honesty, my older relatives and friends would complain about us when we were in our high school days. however, i can actually say that my complaints about today's youngsters are far worse than theirs. i was supposed to accept a teaching job at st. paul pasig and i can just imagine how i'd possibly dread every wednesday of the whole schoolyear.

what i'm trying to say is that for some reason, i noticed that these people are more outspoken, which of course has its own pros and cons. however, it seems that some members of this particular age group have gone too far. how? they seem to have too much bitterness and angst inside them and they think it's cool. and what's weird is that i'm complaining more on the female members than the males who have become tamer than ever.

this entry just shows that i am indeed getting old.

random thoughts on 24th of july, 2005

just when i'm no longer part of the katipunan community, GMA declares non-working holiday on her sona day. darn.

there's a new local reality show, hollywood dreams. it seems interesting.

after watching pinoy/blonde, there's a strong urge for me to regret that i worked for the movie's marketing team. although the movie has its shining moments, it didn't live up to most people's expectations.

sadly, my boss asked me to extend until the end of the month without additional compensation. darn it. i choose to stay to avoid earning a bad reputation. at least i know i keep my word.

august is coming and most of my closest friends are leaving for either the states or china for further studies. damn.

i'm planning to take a vacation but with the small amount of money that's left in my atm account, i doubt if i can do that. these are the days when i actually dream of having my neopoints exchange to real money.

the rustan's sale isn't over. sid and i are eyeing this bag from the sak but i'm still thinking twice on whether i should buy it or not.

i could have gotten my first ever coporate costume from tutto moda since they had a buy one take one. unfortunately, sid didn't pursue the coat of his choice. :(

i miss beer and cocktails.

i notice that i no longer have sharp memory. i forget about a lot of things especially the thoughts i want to write on this blog. unfortunately, stress has been eating my brain cells.

some people are willing to do everything just to get to the top. unfortunately, even friends don't think twice doing that. maui and i have learned the biggest lesson as you enter the real world of work-- never trust your officemates.

i plan to watch the entire arrested development season. i wish star would do a marathon... annyong!

i plan to start reading once again. and really pursue it. and i plan to buy coldplay's new album x and y. i love coldplay.

batman begins

so last night was pizza night at the panopio household, and when vicky suggested we watch batman begins...

finally. after more than a month, i got to watch the cape crusader. it's supposed to be the prequel of all the batman movies. i have heard from "credible" reviewers that this batman is the best among all the batman movies, even beating the legendary tim burton's batman and batman returns.

five pizza slices after... i was disappointed.

personally, i strongly disagree. it's not the best batman movie. it didn't beat burton's first two movies. michael keaton is still the best batman. he's a natural with his eyebrows. KATIE HOLMES IS UBER ANNOYING. i find christian bale a little annoying especially when he talks as batman. the movements of his cheeks are annoying too. christian bale could have been a better superman/ clark kent.

i felt so stupid to forget that ra's al ghul wasn't bald. and i felt bad that the movie wasn't loyal to the comic book. ra's has a daughter who eventually became bruce's wife. and that's the exciting plot. unfortunately, that wasn't what the movie is about.

i love liam neeson, michael caine, and gary oldman. these three actors were perfect. i also admire the cinematography and the effort to show batman's darker side, and this sets the movie apart from the other batman movies where batman's ideal side is romanticized so much.

i'd give it a rating of say 7.

random thoughts on the 17th of july, 2005

so much for my things to do after july 15 entry. unfortunately, i have reluctantly accepted to have my contract at work extended until july 22. how so? all because my direct superior decided not to have her contract extended at the last minute. my boss therefore had no choice but to beg me to stay with her.

i finally realized that i actually need to see a shrink when i got into a stupid car accident last thursday.

what's with the saturday night scene? went to guweilo's, ponti, and embassy and the crowd's dead.

fashion items i'd buy given 250 thousand pesos

1. black bags from hedgren, and handbags from lacoste.
2. new pairs of shoes from bass, naturalizer, nine west, puma, nike, and adidas.
3. fine. a pair of havaianas.
4. thick jackets from nike.
5. formal outfits from tutto moda and k&company
6. skirts and weird tops from british india.
7. underwear, tops, and pants from marks and spencer
8. bags and shoes from tod's
9. leather belt.
10. clothes from old navy and gap.
11. sandals from aerosoles
12. clothes from marc jacobs
13. formal black gown from valentino.
14. nice simple from vera wang
15. the dress from ports.
16. vintage shirt from people are people.

things to do after july 15

1. get a life
2. take cooking lessons.
3. find a job--or sell my soul to some multinational company and be a corporate whore.
4. watch a lot like love, sin city, mr. and mrs. smith (oh please, don't even start), batman begins, fantastic four, and nasaan ka man.
5. go on a drinking spree with bea and sid.
6. pizza night with bea, fred, vicky, and panx.
7. watch desperate housewives episode 9 onwards.
8. borrow family guy and southpark season 2.
9. watch apprentice season 3, csi, and 24 season 4.
10. get updated with entertainment news.
11. go to faraway place.
12. set a dinner to have dialogues.
13. spend all the time i can spare for sid, bea, char, jek, and manang claire who are all leaving come september.
14. get a decent scalp treatment from kerastase.
15. get a haircut from victor of emphasis who is so going to kill me.
16. lose weight.
17. memorize sky cable's new line-up.
18. plan my career path. realistically.
19. help sid choose things for his house that' is being renovated.

just a thought

i realized that people in general, commit the same mistakes over and over again, just because of eternal optimism that somehow is innate in us. we are all hard-headed and we know it; we just continually hope that the situation maybe the same, but the ending might be different. we do learn. but we just don't want to let go of hope.