Sining at Blasphemy

First born unicorn,

Hard-core soft porn

 -Californication, Red Hot Chilli Peppers

Napanood ko sa MTV dati tinanong si Anthony Kiedis kung anung meaning nung lyrics na yun, ang sagot lang “it’s poetry man!” naisip ko nun, tama nga naman, Art is open for all interpretation, bahala na mag-isip yung makakarinig ng meaning, magkatugma naman. Kung gusto naman malaman mga ibang bagay tungkol sa kanta, meron yun sa Wikipedia.

Ang point dito, ang art, kahit anung medium pwedeng maganda, tapos walang sense. Pwede ding panget, tapos may sense. Madaming grotesque na sining sa mundo kahit sa literature. Madaming progressive art movements. Hindi porket panget at hindi maganda sa paningin, e hindi na art. Nasa tumitingin naman yan.

Kahapon nabasa ko yung article ni Fr. Robert Reyes sa Bulgar na medyo may kinalaman dun sa Mideo Cruz predicament. “Sayang lang nga at napasarhan na ang eksibit at hindi na ito makikita ng mga biglang napukaw na interes dahil sa kontrobersiya”. Sabi ng pari. Hindi pala lahat ng pari bulag sa sining. Tapos sa  editorial naman nung tabloid, sabi nung sumulat na mali ang pagamit ng art para sumikat. “Ang sining ay hindi dapat maging makasarili. Hindi dapat ginagamit upang sumikat. Bagkus ay may malalim kang responsibilidad na ingatan ang sining upang maging halimbawa sa mga kabataang nagaaral ng naturang larangan”. Shit. Hindi din alam ang sinasabi nung editor. parang sinabing bawal maging open minded ang isang artist. Balik sa panahon ng mga prayle.

Nung Hunyo pa daw bukas yung exhibit sa CCP. Sayang hndi namin dinaanan nung Cinemalaya season. 

Siguro dalawang linggo din akong pinapaikot ikot sa Wikipedia ng isyung ito. Una, binaboy daw yung imahe ni Kristo. Ang alam ko kaya nagkaroon ng iconoclastic fury nung kalakasan ng protestant reformation sa Europa dahil nga bawal ang icons sa religion. Nasusulat nga naman yun sa ten commandments. O-ha! Sa una pa lang mali na yung may imahe ni Kristo. For iconoclasts, the only real religious image must be an exact likeness of the prototype – of the same substance – which they considered impossible, seeing wood and paint as empty of spirit and life. Thus for iconoclasts the only true (and permitted) "icon" of Jesus was the Eucharist, which was believed to be his body and blood. Pero kung iisipin sayang yung mga nasirang art nung Beeldenstorm. 

sayang yung nasirang artwork. galing sa wiki

Kahit hindi ka relihiyoso, manghihinayang ka naman sa sining. Nakalimutan ko na kung kaninong bahay yun sa MTV Cribs dati. May painting sya ng Lady of Guadalupe sa kwarto nya. Sabi nya, hindi sya religious, but look at the artwork. Nung nakita ko sa internet yung Kristo na may puting makeup parang payaso tapos may clown nose din tapos may mickey mouse ears na gawa sa lata ng Coca-Cola. Hindi naman ako na-offend. Na-gets ko naman yung point. Pati yung mga halo-halong posters sa wall. Wala lang. Art nya yun. Sa kanya yun. Kelan pa bawal maging makasarili pag artist?  (Naalala ko tuloy yung linya ni Jun Sabayton sa Rakenrol na "Hindi mo na ginalang ang pangka-second-degree non-conformist ko a"). Tapos magulo, mixed media. Ganun talaga ang art. I-search mo lang yung “progressive art” sa google images madami lang lalabas na kung anu-anong shit. May lumabas pa ngang “binaboy” na the “The Last Supper”. Art din yun. Hindi porket yung version ni Da Vinci yung maganda, e tama na yun. Bakit ba sila nasa isang side ng mesa?

Dinner with Dali (google image search result)

May mga nakikita akong comments sa Yahoo News na subukan  daw gawin ni Mideo Cruz yun sa ibang religion, lalo sa Islam. Una sa lahat, ihanap muna dapat nila si Cruz ng idol ni Muhammad. Syempre walang ganun kasi bawal nga ang  icons. Mga ka-shitan talaga ng mga tao makapagcomment lang. May senate hearing pa para sa issue e sarado na nga exibit.  Makasawsaw lang. Maganda yung nabasa kong editorial sa Inquirer.net na sinulat ni Raul C. Pangalangan. "Mideo Cruz may have blasphemed but precisely for that reason we can only boycott but not censor him". Nabully lang talaga si Mideo at ang CCP ng simbahan.

Pana-panahon lang. Dumating yung the DaVinci Code na movie at book sa bansa pero hindi naman na-censor. Yun, sinadya talaga ni Dan Brown na maging kontrobersal para sumikat. Wala na syang nagawang maganda pagtapos nung mga kontrobersyal nyang books. Madami din daw inaccuracies historically sabi sa Wikipedia. Hindi ko binasa yung book na pinagpapasapashan sa klase namin nung college. Para kasing yung ganung istilo, hindi ko na gusto, pasikat lang yung author. May sikat na kanta yung A Perfect Circle ang pamagat "Judith". Kung papakinggan yung kanta, parang galit nga kay Kristo. Sa lyics, Fuck your God your Lord and your Christ. Naririnig to sa radyo dati pero may censor naman yung mga explicit na lyrics. Censor yung words pero hindi yung buong song. Sayang din naman yung sining. Maganda yung mga comment nung mga tao sa song na ito dun sa songmeanings.net. maganda ang kanta. Pwede irelate sa issue. Kaso ibang kaso naman yun. May governing body para dun. Pero sa art exhibit, wala namang ganun. Shit.

Kung yung Golden Calf siguro yung nilagyan ni Mideo ng mga condom to signify religion, wala sigurong issue, kaso kaunti naman siguro makaka-gets.

Ayos tong issue, gumana ang pagiging reseacher ko.

Hermione Granger

got this on google search result. see how she blossomed through the years.haha

After watching a lot of Cinemalaya films, there still one movie we need to see even though I am a little broke, the last Harry Potter movie. It would be the end of an era. I have to see it end.

I first heard of Harry Potter when I was in senior year in high school when some juniors talk about this good book. I already did read books before, any books I found at home: mythology, an incomplete set of encyclopaedia, very old textbooks, novels, Archie comic books, Pugad Baboy and even Sweet Valley High but I did not really pay attention to this new "thing". I didn’t buy my own books because of course I don’t have means. It was just starting to gain recognition then but I still didn’t mind. One time I was watching DW-TV and reports has it that the book will be released as a movie. The press release also have the kids to play Harry, Ron and Hermione. They were really young back then. Harry Potter is just a children’s book back then. Cute.

I did watch the first film but I still did not really like it. Hermione was still a child and her hair "was still correct as described in the book, "bushy” and more like frizzy. Not until the second movie, which we saw twice at the theatres that I did start to like it. Hermione’s hair is now just curly and looks stylish.  Me and my college friends were smitten with Hermione. We were like "it wouldn’t be very long until this girl will be a lady". Hahaha. Reminds me of Helen of Troy when she was abducted by Theseus as little girl (but Castor and Pollux rescued her). So yeah, watching the movies lets us see her blossom through the years. We even bought a legit (not those cheap sidewalk kind) movie poster of Polyjuice Potion with the young Hermione. We were such pedos.

I was able to read the books because my classmates had them and I was able to borrow them all. The last book was realesed when I was already working so until now, I still haven’t finished it. I can buy the book but I am already halfway through from a copy I saw from our sleeping quarters.haha. I don’t think I will able to finish it, I did see the movie anyway.

After the movie, I was thinking what’s next for these actors? I hope they can still have acting careers unlike other typecasted actors like Mark Hamil and Carrie Fisher or Christopher Reeve so that we can still see Emma Watson. We will still be watching.

Cinemalaya 2011

magastos na bisyo, pero okay lang.

Cinemalaya has been around a long time but it’s just this year when I had the time and company to go to CCP. After I read the schedules and synopses and also watched the available teasers of the participating films in the website, I initially have only two movies in mind that I have to see, Ligo na U, Lapit na Me(for the 100% possibility of sex content) and maybe Ang Sayaw ng Dalawang Paa(because the screening is right after Ligo na U and for the gay content, the real indie).

We wanted to see the movies the very first Saturday, July 16 and the available screening was in Greenbelt 3. Early that day, we were already in Roxas Blvd, seeing a Japanese exhibit in the Metropolitan Museum. We only need to cross the boulevard to see a cinemalaya entry but we did get a cab to go to Greenbelt. Too bad there are no tickets available. We just have to try again the next day.

The next day Sunday, we barely made it to the screening of Ang Sayaw ng Dalawang Paa. We had to queue in line for tickets together with college students and a rich-looking old couple. The couple did watch the same film but they were there to see the Eugene Domingo movie.

For the first movie I watched, I think it works as a closet gay movie. Jean Garcia’s acting sucked. Chast said she seem stiff and serious most of the time for an unknown reason. I enjoyed the poetry though. It reminds of the poems in a lesbian movie, Rome and Juliet. I think it is very artistic how gay and lesbian make those poems especially when there is something vague, hidden between the lines. Think Sappho.

After the movie, we ate lunch at the nearby Mang Inasal then wait for the screening of Teoriya. We had issues with our tickets because the ticket lady sold us the ticket for the day before, on the wrong theatre but good thing the ushers sort the thing out easily and let us in anyway.

We loved Teoriya. One of my personal measures of how good a movie is how much questions the movie left lingering in my mind after I see it. This movie has a lot. I guess also because of the writing why it had a lot of questions. The title itself "Teoriya" is a giveaway that I have to assume a lot. The main actor Alfred Vargas is not appealing. His Chavacano is minimal and not convincing to be a Zamboangeño.

After the film, Chast and I meet up with my high school classmates. This was when we saw Paolo Bediones and a really hot chick. Honestly, I did not see the TV personality but the babe by his side. Kudos to you, Paolo Bediones.

While waiting for I don’t know what(tambay mode sa CCP), there’s this director (Benito Bautista) and a producer(Emma Francisco) from San Francisco promoting their movie Boundary. We thought it would be exciting because he mentioned the magic words "psychological thriller". Well yeah, we bought tickets for this movie and return for the gala premiere Tuesday. We also bought tickets for next Saturday's schedule, Ligo na U, Lapit na Me and Rakenrol. 

the funny "paparazzi" shot of us after cinemalaya

Tuesday came and we were just on time for the screening. Emma was there on the entrance and she did remember us.haha.. We went inside and saw Eric and Chriselle already there.

Boundary was a great film. Chast is annoyed because Eric and I are a little chatty because the setting of the movie way very familiar. It is a cab ride from Makati to Antipolo on the way of Ayala Ave. – EDSA – Araneta Cubao – Aurora Blvd. It would be very easy to critique the film's setting. The vivid colors are awesome, very high tech. Ronnie Lazaro is on it so acting would be awesome, Cinemalaya worthy. We genuinely loved it and not because we knew the filmmakers behind it. The psychological part of the movie stays in my head for days. Brilliant.  I can’t even try to describe the film without spoiling it. There are questions about some aspects of the film but I guess, it would be left to me to answer it as I would be the one to interpret it at the end. We greeted the filmmakers again after the film. It feels good to personally know good filmmakers on this film festival.

after movie photo op with Emma

On Saturday, we return at CCP for another day of indie film watching. Ligo na U, Lapit na Me is first. This movie got the main ingredient on how to rack all this film goers (who are mostly college students) to see this film: Sex. Hell yes. Sex comedy. The movie is really funny yet very predictable. Some lines are really catchy, it makes me feels like I’m watching a normal Star Cinema movie but more daring that I hear the word "kantutan" on one of the dialogues. I didn’t have any hangover about the movie or the story. The only question that may be left hanging in the mind of a person who see the movie is the line "Bakit ako?" which of course is easily answered by any a guy who in their young adult life was also a loner.

Chast with Cinemalaya Best Actor Edgar

Our next movie to see is Rakenrol at 9PM. There is about seven hours of waiting time. For that we planned to have a picnic outside but the rainy weather is saying otherwise. We just eat our packed lunch of beef steak and some blueberry chocolate pancake at the side of the CCP. At least we didn’t have to spend money for lunch and don’t have to walk in the rain.

Chast's yummy blueberry pancake

When 8PM arrived, we already queue in line outside the main theatre. We at least want good seats for this one movie. We come across Benito and Emma again so we chat with them a little and discussed how sick their movie was. They told us to add them up in Facebook. Hahaha. Their movie will emerge as Best Picture. Congrats to them. We also run into Rina, another of our high school classmates who's an indie junkie. We let her and her attorney friend stand within our line so they can also sit next to us. It would be my first premiere night which sucked by the way because there’s too much reserved seats. Yes there’s a lot of celebrities but we don’t care about them really. We want seats with a good focal point on to the screen. That is why we queue on line that early.

Rakenrol. Allegedly finished within four years. A  feel good movie and eye candy. It showcases Quark Henares’s influence in showbiz and the music industry with all the cameo appearances of these musicians and celebrities in the film. People will clap at the sight of these people in the film.

It is a story of a fictional band called Hapipaks which is like fucked by luck (kinantot ng swerte, term na narinig ko nung high school) with all the good fortune they had on their journey to stardom. So lucky that every step of the way, a cameo appearance is inevitable. The movie made me feel good after watching it. Others said it was a time machine. It was four years in the making. OPM is alive back then, but not so much right now, so some events from the movie makes me feel nostalgic of the good times. Also, Glaiza de Castro is in this movie. One good reason to watch it. We saw her there and she looks skinny in person.hehe. 

There's a free gig after the movie but we did not see Hapipaks perform. There's too many performers and we are exhausted by 2AM. By that time also, news broke in that Amy Winehouse is dead. Not related but I just want to put it there.

The movies I don’t even think watch but they say were amazing were Babae sa Septic Tank and Amok. From the preview alone I knew that Amok would be a pinoy take on movie similar to Short Cuts, Crash or He’s Just Not That into You. Since there’s a lot a movie following the success of that format I guess I am not going to see another. I did not plan on seeing Babae sa Septic Tank neither because I guess I don’t like Eugene Domingo and the guy from Calla Lily.

40 Days

Pumunta ako sa unang forty days mass ng malapit naming kamag-anak nung August 6. Una dahil nasa probinsya karamihan nh kamag anak naming. Sabi nga ng kapatid ko, ito na din ang unang taon na may dadalawin kami sa sementeryo kung November 1. 

Pumanaw si Ate Maritess nung June 28. Nasa Singapore kami nung weekend na yun, sinugod na pala sya ospital. Pag-uwi namin wala na sya. Sa text  messages na lang namin nalaman. Malungkot kaming lahat nun dahil napamahal talaga siya sa min. Lumaki kaming walang gaanong kilalang kamag-anak namin. Pag nagkukwento ang nanay namin tungkol sa kamag anak namin, tulad ng “si ganito, nagpunta sila dito dati, yung anak ni tita ganyan na nakatira dun sa ganito..{enter story here}”.. hindi naman namin sila maalala.hahaha. Si Ate Maritess, iba, madami siyang kamag-anak.tumanda na syang dalaga at madami syang tinutulungang pamangkin. Sa kanya din lumalapit si nanay dati pag kinukulang kami ng panggastos habang nag-aaral kami. Sya pa yung unang may-ari nung  lumang libro ko sa Thermodynamics dati.nagaral pala sya ng Engineering bago nauwi sa Social work ang career nya. 

Minsan nagpupunta sya sa bahay pag may okasyon gaya ng graduation at new year. Yun lang naman kasi ang okasyon sa bahay. Tapos nung tumanda na kami, nagsstay din sya kapag Holy Week. Hindi din naman kami lumuluwas pag ganun nung wala pa kaming trabaho pero nung nag Ilocos trip kami ng holy week 2 years ago, sinama namin sya. Kagagaling ko lang din ng US nun, at kasama sya sumundo sa akin sa airport kasi may pasalubong ako sa kanyang Skechers na clogs galing Las Vegas na hiling nya. Dinampot din nya yung binili kong beanie baby na Odie, pero okay lang.madami pa naman akong ibang stuff toy na binili.

Huling dalaw nya sa amin isang linggo bago sya nawala. Long weekend kasi 150^th birthday ni Rizal. Biglaan syang napadpad sa bahay ng walang pasabi, dala nya yung mga regalo nya kay Ema nung pasko. Sinalubong ko pa sya tapos nag-kiss pa ako. Ganun dapat kasi lagi nya sinasabi na hindi na daw kami nagkikiss lalo ako (Parang yung isa naming tito naman na sinabihan kaming hindi nan nagmamano, e kasi naman parang tropa na namin sya.hehehe..) Alam nya kasi na aalis kami, nagpatulong din kasi sa kanya sila ate para sa travel clearance ni Ema. Pinagluto sya ni nanay lahat ng gusto nyang ulam: yung pinakbet kaso olats yung pagkakagawa kasi kulang ng sahog at naging masabaw, yung de-pickles na tatlong araw yata bago naubos dahil sobrang dami. Nagbukas pa siya ng malaking lata ng pineapple juice pero naging matabang nung tinikman ko kasi nilagyan nya ng madaming yelo. Nung umuwi sya, pinasama nya si nanay para mahiram yung maleta na gagamitin sa Singapore. Tingin ko naging maganda naman pakikitungo namin sa kanya sa huling pagkakataon. May isang beses kasi naalala ko, umalis sya agad kasi hindi daw namin sya pinapansin sa bahay. May mga panget na memories din syempre, madaming beses din sila nagkatampuhan nila nanay at Jesty dati.

Nabigla kami lahat nung nawala sya. Yung nanay ko nga ayaw pa pumunta sa lamay. Si Jesty, gusto na umuwi galing Singapore kaso hindi naman pinayagan. Madaming taong dumalaw sa kanya. Sa dami nya kasing natulungan. Doon ko lang din ulit na-meet yung mga kamag-anak namin. Huling beses siguro, 1992 pa. Hindi na kami  talaga magkakakilala. Nilibre ko pa sila ng beer, kaso hindi naman na ako umiinom.  Hindi naman kami nakapunta nung araw ng cremation, kasi maaga yung check up ng tatay ko para sa pagkuha ng dugo, 6AM yun tapos 7AM naman yung pagpunta dapat sa Mandaluyong par asana sa cremation. Mabagal pa kami kumilos at hindi na din kami aabot.

Sa 40 days na lang kami bumawi. Grabe naman na pag hindi pa kami sumulpot. Sabi sa akin, 10 am yung misa sa Loyola, galing pa ako ng opisina, hindi na ako umuwi kasi alam ko mahuhuli lang ulit ako pag sumabay pa ako sa kanila. Tama nga. Buti namukhaan ko na yung mga tao kahit hindi ko alam kung saan dun yung lugar at naikot ko na ang buong Loyola. Umabot pa rin ako sa misa. Sila na galing pa sa bahay hindi na, sa kainan na lang. Hindi na din nila napuntahan yung viewing chapel at crematorium. Yung kapatid kong bunso na lang at si Ema nung sinamahan ko sila pagtapos kumain. Nilakad lang kasi namin. Pagtapos nang kainan kasi umulan na, nawala na din sa isip nila nanay. Buti malapit lang yung puntod ng isa pa naming kamag-anak na nadalaw naman nilang dalawa ni Tita Edna.

Malungkot pa din, pero 40 days naman na. Panahon na para sa acceptance. Wala na yung bumibisita sa bahay para pagsabihan si nanay na makalat yung kusina nya; yung natutuwa kay Brutos na gusto na syang iuwi kahit malaking aso sya. yung nanlilibre kanila nanay ng filmfest kung pasko; yung pinupuna lagi yung matigas na sala set ni Daddy kasi kahoy;  yung nagpapasama kay nanay sa Divisoria at bibili ng mga kulang na gamit sa bahay; yung dinadayo pa ni Tita Evelyn sa DSWD sa Legarda tapos dadalhan nya ng mga pasalubong galing Ilocos pag lumuluwas sya ng Maynila. Si Ate Maritess, yung tanging bisita namin pag pasko, new year at holy week.

Tagaytay Family Trip

This trip is to vindicate Tagaytay as a food trip destination because my previous trip there last January was a little unsatisfactory.

So my sister from Singapore arrived July 8. She was itching to go places so she suggested a trip to Tagaytay or to go swimming in Bosai. It was rainy season, Typhoon Falcon just recently passed and Goring underway, we opposed the swimming plan and voted for the Tagaytay trip.

We went there Sunday, July 10. It was still raining but we still go anyway. We initially planned to go before lunch but because it is a family trip, procrastination inevitable, we set off at around two in the afternoon. We picked up Paul in Market Market and drove through a McDonalds in SLEX for some fries. After two hours we arrived at Tagaytay. Good thing I still remember the way going to that Bag of Beans place for our merienda. I was really craving for carrot cake because it was not available the last time I was there. They ordered lasagna, blueberry cheesecake and some coffee. 

we meet again, bag of beans!

It turns out it was a bad idea to ask the whole family to eat there because it has to be my treat. It was the most expensive carrot cake I ever eaten.

Next stop should be some park but it was a little late. Too bad because my youngest sister would love to buy some pasalubong. Good shepherd is also already closed. We settled in buying a lot of fruits in the side walk. We got ourselves some papayas, santol and pineapples. I think we got a good bargain with those fruits. The vendor even gave us one whole papaya which we say is already damaged (it has a little bump or scar, I don’t know what it’s called) but still tasted good.

After some fruit shopping, we went to LZM restaurant where we ate our lunch last January but bulalo was not available because it was a little over 2PM. This time I was lucky to eat some bulalo. We also ordered kilawing tanigue. It was also delicious.

dinner!

After dinner, we crossed the street to take photos on a known landmark(as my sister puts it), the Starbucks.

yes, it is landmark

That was it. Another day when I went to Tagaytay just to eat.

should be overlooking the Taal Lake

Social Networking Sites

webcomic from Explosm.net

Yeah, Google+ is now starting to trend. Hindi ko pa masabi kung kailangan ko yan sa buhay ngayon kasi kamukha lang naman sya ng Facebook. Nakakatawa lang kasi andaming Google+ jokes ngayon sa interwebs. Nagsisign-up ang mga tao para malaman kung anu yun at para makiuso. Parang pagbili ng kung anung bagong release na Apple product sa market. May nakita pa akong contest tapos ang mananalo sesendan ng invite. LOL.

Kung iisipin dati si almighty Friendster lang social network na uso sa mga Pinoy. 2003 yun, kolehiyo pa lang kami tapos ewan, enjoy makita na dumadami ang friends lalo yung mga hindi ko na nakikitang mga kakilala sa high school. Wala naman kasi ako celfone nun tsaka maganda mabalitaan kung sino na ba ang nag-evolve na at naging chicks. Nung wala pa yun, sa YahooGroups lang. maliit na circle of friends lang tapos kung tamad ka pa magcheck ng email wala na. Libre pa dati ang Edsmail(wow! sobrang oldskul, year 2000’s), yung may installer pa na CD tpos modem connection lang oks na.Hindi na kailangan bumili nang tig-100 pesos na ISP card pang dial-up.

Yun nga, dumating si Friendster. Hindi na libre si Edsamail kaya medyo patay na ang yahoogroup. Wala naman kasi kakayahan si Friendster sa broadcast type na pagmessage kaya kung may kailangan ibroadcast(e.g. birthday, debut, lamay etc..) sa groups pa din. Kung may paborito kang banda dati, magjoin ka ng yahoogroup nila para alam mo kung kailan sila may gig.

Bukod kay Friendster, madami pang nagsulputan na Social networks. Yung Myspace, hindi naman pumatok dito. Meron pang everyonesconnected.com na wala na din ngayon.

Mga pinatos ko lang syempre yung mga tingin ko kailangan ko. Gumawa ako ng account sa Multiply nung olats na yung Friendster kung dun ako mag-post ng pictures. Puro bugs. Nasa Amerika ako noon at syempre, madaming pictures. Nung una, ayaw ko pa gumawa ng account dun. Nakiki-access pa ako sa account ng kapatid ko kung may gusto akong i-download na mp3 dun. Panalo pa kasi yun dati, pwede magupload ng mp3 yung mga users kung bubuo sila ng playlist. Tapos accessible yung files sa iba pang users na maari naman nila i-download. Panalo talaga, hindi na kailangan mag-P2P. Safe pa kasi siguradong audio file ang mada-download. Pag sa mga P2P kasi baka worm lang na nagpapanggap na mp3. Bago yun nagsign-up din ako sa eskwela.com. Buhay pa naman ata yung site na yun kaso ewan, nagreformat na din.

Bukod sa mga social network, sumikat din ang pulpcommunity nun. Forum naman sya, uso pag medyo nakikinig ka ng Rock, at nabalitaan mo ang existence ng Pulp magazine nung mga bandang 2003. Yun lang yung alam kong forum na sumikat dati.

Nung nagttraining kami, nagawa din ako ng account sa Imeem. Dun puro uploadan naman ng music uso, audio man o music video pa. Pwede ata magdownload ng files kaso may bayad(hindi ko na maalala). Yung uploaded music naman ng ibang users pwede mo isama sa gagawin mong playlist. Kaya habang nagttraining, dun ako nakikining ng kung anu anung songs. Wala na din si imeem ngayon.minsan nagtry ako maglogin, wala na daw, buhay pa naman yung mga playlist ko kaso kailngan ko na magsign-up sa myspace. Kinain na sila ng Myspace. Ayoko na.

Dumating naman si Facebook. Isa ulit na social network. Nagpunta kami nun ng Coron, Palawan. Tapos kasama namin si Jun. I-upload na lang daw nila sa Facebook yung pics para makita namin. Ita-tag na lang daw kami. E wala pa kaming account nun kaya di namin makikita. May dumating naman na "wants to be friends with you" email sa akin, ianaccept ko. Yun..

Ok naman si Facebook. May real time update sa mga status ng mga tao. Panalo ito para sa mga stalkers at nagpapa-stalk. May mga games kaso hindi naman ako mahilig sa ganun. May chat kaya real time din ang usapan. Hindi na kailangan i-message na parang magaanyaya ako sa isang pyramiding scheme. Kumustahan lang. Ayos yun lalo pag wala sa YM list ko yung tao at napakatagal na panahong hindi nakakausap.

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Wala na ngang kalaban si facebook nung isa-isa nagshutdown yung mga kalaban.  Isang buwan na nakaraan nung ngreformat ang Friendster. May iba pang stuff around the net gaya ng Twitter pero hanggang ngayon, hindi ko pa din alam kung anung silbi nya.  Natawa ako sa tshirt design sa threadless na "I’m not a blogger, I just tweet a lot".hahaha..basura.

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Madami pang ibang bago(para sa akin) LinkedIn, Foursquare, Tumblr etc. Mahirap naman magbantay ng madaming social networks. Tatlong email accounts nga lang mahirap na. Para lang talaga itong mga ito sa mga walang social life(yung tipong tangible). Hintayin ko na lang kung papatok ang Google+. Maganda na din na may direct competition(o copycat, whatever suits it) ang Facebook. Tapos pag may improvement yung isa na wala sa kalaban, pwede din i-adopt. Bahala na lang ang netizens kung anu ang mas gagamitin nila.

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