“Emptiness…walang laman pero napakabigat dalhin. E
– Al, during a friend’s dad’s wake a few years back.
09 Saturday Feb 2008
Posted in Life Oh Life
07 Thursday Feb 2008
The new expansion team Atlanta Dream selected shooting guard Betty Lennox from the Seattle Storm and traded Roneeka Hodges and the #4 pick for wing-player Iziane Castro-Marques.
WTF were they smoking — leaving Betty unprotected?!
Okay fine, I’m not really a Betty fan but last year her game went up — better basketball IQ, better shot selection, more assists (when she couldn’t shoot). I’m not really sure what to think about this. I hope they get that kid Sidney Spencer. But asa pa ko haha. Waittaminute — she’s a Spark, isn’t she? Eeew.
Fishhack told me they are hoping to snag Candice Wiggins (Stanford) but she might be draft #3. Aaaay, my head is starting to ache.
They have many many things to do before the season starts in May.
(1) Find a kick-ass shooting guard. Or pressure Katie Gearlds into performing like the hotshot that she was at Purdue. She didn’t get enough minutes and opportunities last season.
(2) Find a decent wing(wo)man. I’m not really sure who’s sharing the 3 position with Izi — maybe KG din.
(3) Find a proper use for Tanisha “Turnover” Wright. Please do not put her in the back-up point guard spot.
(4) Keep A-Rob. We need more posts when Lauren goes to Aus for the OGs.
Waaaaaah, despite these moves, I’m still excited. Come on, May, dumating ka naaaaaa.
06 Wednesday Feb 2008
Posted in Photo Blog, Sports, WNBA
SHEEEET! I really really really want this. *Drool* Buti na lang may kasya sa kin netong model na to. Kung bakit kasi ang suswanget nung base models for girls eh.
Naku lagot, wala na talaga akong savings. Pero pasensiya na, kung sapatos ang magpapasaya sa ‘kin at magtatanggal netong emotikon mode ko, sambahin ang sapatos na iyan. Ganun talaga eh — fact of life na na MAHINA ANG EQ KO PAGDATING SA SAPATOS.
Model: Air Tiempo Rival Premium ID
Colors: Fir green, yellow, varsity red (as close to the Seattle Storm colors as I can manage)
Price: ~ JPY12600
05 Tuesday Feb 2008
Posted in Photo Blog, Uncategorized
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Silip dito kung bakit.
Haha, di ko alam kung bakit pero nabubuwang na rin ako sa buwan. Baka kailangan na akong itali ng mga housemates ko kapag nag-aaparisyon yang buwan na yan sa kalangitan. Mamaya nagtatransform na pala ako nang hindi ko namamalayan. Pero kasi naman ang ganda niyang tingnan no. Kung hindi lang napakalamig tumambay sa tuktok ng building na tinitirhan namin, aabangan ko ang pagdating ng bilog na buwan every month eh.
Salamat sa nag-introduce sa akin sa pag-appreciate ng buwan. Pambihira ka.
04 Monday Feb 2008
Posted in Life Oh Life
Habang naglalakad at nagmumura kani-kanina lang papasok ng opisina, naisip kong parang naka-parallel ang adventure na yun sa buhay ko.
Ika nga ni JR, “hakbang, dulas, recover”.
Ganun naman yata dapat ang buhay eh. Kapag nadudulas, nadadapa, sumesemplang — bangon lang ng bangon. Hindi maganda i-dikit ang mukha sa aspalto, masyadong nakakapanlumo ang manatiling nakalublob sa putikan (nax, pampelikula).
Pero teka lang teka lang, eh bakit ako nagiging “hakbang, dulas, muni-muni, pilit-sa-sarili, recover” yung sa kin?
Yan, yan ang sakit ng mahilig mag-isip, yung mga tipong natitigilan na lang bigla at natutulala nang wala sa oras. Yun pala, nagtatagpi-tagpi na ng mga bagay-bagay, gumagawa na ng kwento, nag-fi-fit na ng piraso ng puzzle na nung isang linggo pa iniisip pero di naman ma-solve.
Hay, nakakapagod mag-isip. Dapat direcho na lang mula sa dulas patungong recover. Sana ganun kasimple ang buhay. Hay, sana nga, sana nga.
30 Wednesday Jan 2008
Posted in Photo Blog, Poetry, Project Tagalog
Gawa ng kapatid ko ang imaheng ito. Matatagpuan ang mga obra niya sa kanyang DeviantArt. Phase 1 lang yata ito dun sa pinapagawa ko sa kanya (finished product). Binalahura ko at nilagyan ng mga letra. Hihihi, pasensiya na.
30 Wednesday Jan 2008
Posted in Geekdom, Photo Blog
reading backlog. originally uploaded by kilcher
Gosh, I really really really need to start sometime soon. Ihuli na lang yung Buzzer Beater. Kelangan ko pa yata ng Electronic Dictionary para lang ma-gets iyan eh.
Gomen, Meemax, ang tagal ko sobra sa Spiderwick. Pati yung Book of Enchantments rin ang bagal ko. Mahirap yata talaga magpilit kapag naubusan na ng gana ang isang tao eh.
Pero tatapusin ko ito pramis! Sana lang marami akong oras na pwede i-distribute sa lahat ng mga gusto kong gawin di ba?
29 Tuesday Jan 2008
Posted in Sports
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basketball, college, irish, ncaa, ncaaw, notre dame, uconn, uconn huskies
The No.1 ranked Huskies let No. 16 Notre Dame hang around the first few minutes of the game and make defensive gimmicks on Maya Moore before UConn’s other weapons were used. Moore scored the first 15 points — 4 for 4 beyond the arc with a 4-point play thrown in (ah, the abundance of my favorite number). The Fighting Irish adjusted their defense and Maya didn’t score after that.
Enter Tina Charles who showed she can dominate with 22 monster points and 8 boards. Later in the game, Renee Montgomery came alive until the 12-minute mark and scored the first of her 12 second-half (and game) points, including the dagger three that snuffed any hope for the Fighting Irish.
But Ketia Swanier trumped everyone else as she kept the offense going and she glued the Huskies together with 11 assists, 5 rebounds, and 4 steals in 32 minutes of play.
UConn won the game 81-64 and is now 19-0 over-all (6-0 Big East).
Up next: South Florida, January 30, 7PM EST
27 Sunday Jan 2008
Posted in Geekdom, Life Oh Life, Poetry, Project Tagalog
Between the snowboard thing yesterday and finally buying Noodles this morning, I think I’m getting a little too overwhelmed with all the things that I’m planning to do. Add to that the recent blog hikkoshi* and now I’m more pressured to write sensible stuff all the time. I’m thinking of too many projects and I now feel like I won’t even get to start, much less finish them. Gah, suddenly it feels like an avalanche is just waiting to happen.
Some of these projects include:
1. Project Kamay — Hand photography. I have several shots listed but I still have to find other hands. And inspiration — yes, I super need a giant shining shimmering splendid source of inspiration.
2. Project Emotikon — Emotive poses and expressions. Again, I still haven’t found another person who can emote (!) as much as I can so pit stop muna tayo dito. I have two sets done. They’re in my multiply site.
3. Project Tagalog — I can’t even write anymore, much less produce something in Tagalog. I have started this project with a few choice pieces. And there are also some works that I’m a little apprehensive to show to the madlang pipol. Alam mo na, baka mahiritan na naman ako :p
4. Project Luna — I’m not sure if I can do this soon. Sana though. Bago mawala na naman yang buwan na yan.
5. The Checkered Sahara — Re-decorating my Sahara-like (in temperature) room with black and white checkered pattern as the main motif. Good God! I found the drapes at Donki in Ginza! Halleluiah! Next up: that structure where I can hang my oh so many jackets. Guguho na ang aking curtain rods!
6. Learn some more guitar thing and try to memorize chords and whatnots this time. Try not to use the memory gap as an excuse.
7. Finish “Confessor” — OMG, naunahan na ako tapos na ni Ramil! I really need to finish this because I can’t stop thinking about this novel even if I’m not even reading it the past couple of days.
8. Stay updated with UConn. Malapit na ang March Madness. Sabi ko dati babawi ako sa panahong ito.
9. Keep up with Seattle Storm news and get myself ready for the May 2008 season of the WNBA. Oo kailangan ng matinding preps ito.
*Le Sigh*
Too many things to do, too little time, too short an attention span.
I think I need to slam on the breaks and just breathe for a while …, you know, stop for a while and recharge and clear these cobwebs outta my mind. Maybe then, maybe I’ll find a reason to do all the things that I loved to do in the past — if you can already call last week the past. So yeah. Maybe I’m just really tired after all.
Ako ay isang tao lamang, isang mortal na nilalang,
napapagod, nagsasawa, nauubusan ng pinaghuhugutan
ng mga emosyong di ko rin alam kung saan nagmula,
kaya ako ay hihinto na muna, hihinto’t magpapahinga.
hikkoshi — transfer
27 Sunday Jan 2008
Posted in Japan Stuff, Photo Blog, Travels

Karuizawa Snobo Session.
Originally uploaded by kilcher
I am so badly bruised after the snowboard trip to Gunma yesterday. My ass feels like it’s been hit by a huge 4 by 4. But it was fun — oh so painful, but really really fun (sabi na nga ba masochist talaga). Semplang galore to the nth level, oh so many subsob head-first moments na hindi ko na talaga nabilang sa sobrang dami.
The rest of the photos for this trip can be found in my multiply.
Quote of the Day:
Arlan: Ang sakit ng pwet ko. Ish pamasahe naman.
Ish: Eeeeeeeeew!
Haha, ang saya! Let’s do that again!
WHAT :: SSS – Snowboard/Ski Session
WHERE :: Karuizawa President Resort – Gunma-ken
WHEN :: January 26, 2008
WHO :: Tinats, Jemu, Justin, Khen, BJ, Tha, March, Arlan, Ish, Furuzawa-san, Jockey
More pictures (of me hahahaha) can be found DITO.