October 2011
29 posts
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Crude Baseball Analogy
Alright, okay, that’s enough,
whaddya say?
The recipe is in the words, the words are the batter
with which you batter up and hit homer after homer
outta the park, early morning and after dark
Wham! Bam! Thank you into the sunset
Alright, okay, I’ve had enough
I’ve had a taste to last me all the way
up to tomorrow and the very next day
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Overheard: The Stupidest Conversation Ever
Setting: a bus from Ayala to Glorietta
Situation: the credits of Troy were rolling on the bus’ TV screen
Girl 1: Ay, nandiyan pala si Brad Pitt?
Girl 2: Oo ‘no, siya kaya si Troy!
Girl 3: Hindi, siya si Hercules!
My own brain cells cried out in anguish and died.
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September 2011
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Violin
I never learned to play the violin.
My grandfather on my mother’s side was a great violin player, and my grandmother a piano teacher, so if you can imagine notes floating out of their bedroom, warm summer days spent listening to Vivaldi, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, that was my childhood.
From the day I was born, my grandfather always imagined that I would play the violin. He’d had one...
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Win or Lose
Last Sunday, I watched the Ateneo-NU game at the Araneta Coliseum with Grace and my parents. It was a close game up until the early part of the 3rd quarter, when Ateneo started to pull away. (Yes, this year’s Ateneo team takes quite a while to warm up.)
With about 5 minutes left in the 4th quarter and Ateneo with an almost 20-point lead (the Blue Eagles would end up winning 61-39), I looked...
August 2011
18 posts
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