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September 08, 2005

filipinos play greatest engineered hoax (or are all insane)

on the west coast of the United States, it's -8 hours from GMT while at the exact same time, in the philippines, +8 GMT. these are facts as widely recognized by world-renowned intelligentsia as the tufts of gray hairs growing out of my ears, butt-crack and chode. but for some reason, all filipinos have agreed to be +8:15 GMT. it's a clear violation of both the geneva convention and oslo accords (maybe even tack on the kyoto protocol too).

it's like a well-planned inside joke that only foreigners aren't in on. ask anyone here the time and i assure you it's about 10-15 minutes ahead of the accepted international standard. despite wearing my own watch, at least thrice a day, i ask a stranger the time and i consistently receive +15 minute replies. i know my watch is spot on. i've checked it against one of those internet atomic watches as well as my laptop's clock that syncs up with satellites operated by incredibly intelligent on-board space monkeys. or russians. one of the two.

it's like a parallel universe or perhaps a vortex (if you will) in the philippines. "native" filipino english speakers have difficulty communicating with american english speakers. i blame the local school system here for training people exclusively for employment in foreign countries in either nursing or airport security. or maybe the inability to communicate is because i'm not the briniest pickle in the jar. or conversely, it's due to the fact that these people are way ahead of their time. 15 minutes ahead to be exact.

every day i realize how strange this place is. maybe it's me. maybe i expect certain things out of a country that's so americanized that it has taco bells and doritos - found nowhere else outside the US except maybe US military bases. but i'm not here to blame myself. i'm here to point fingers because it's the american, and therefore, the only way.

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August 27, 2005

7107 islands in the philippines

the past month's jaunt saw me finish the island of Luzon, the largest island in the Philippine archipelago. i can now cross off one of the items on my before-i-croak to-do list: use the word archipelago in a coherent sentence without referring to alaska. one island down 7106 to go. technically, although i didn't step foot on them, i attempted to go to the hundred islands national park. 7106 7006 islands to go.

i leave manila tomorrow to continue my search for the perfect, least touristed, and most wallet friendly beach in the world (with free wireless internet access, loose thai-esque women, and a series of starbucks and burger kings to keep my belly free of filipino food). once i discover the promised land, i'll entertain the thought of renting a beachside apartment (rumored to be affordably priced at US$100/month) and do absolutely nothing but marathon masturbation daydreaming sessions. in the alternate universe i create for myself, i can be anything i want in order to avoid confronting my current pathetic and unfulfilled life. i'm leaning towards the daydream where i'm a pirate aimlessly wandering the oceans ordering others to swab this and batten that. it's particularly appropriate now because of my flowing hair, tattered clothes and the fact that i seem to hang out exclusively with grunting men.

regardless of the outcome of my island hop or contraction of scurvy during my epic masturbation daydreaming sessions, expect one thing: an endless string of beach-type pictures and lewd images of a worry-free large breasted man - with an eyepatch.

August 14, 2005

party of one

as of August 10, i'm a year older, a year less mature and as the aging formula dictates, i'll now start chasing girls a year younger than those i was chasing before my birthday. at this rate, in 10 years, i'll be intercepting sperm and egg before they have a chance to conceive.

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natural beauty (verdict: story sucks, pics good)

this place is so stunning, i just accidentally released a morsel of urine. the rice terraces of Batad earned a spot on my top 3 most gorgeous places on earth. if the place had internet, it'd easily be in my top 2 most beautiful places on earth.

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August 10, 2005

stone-cold in Sagada!

it's raining, freezing and my hotel doesn't have hot water. technically, it's an inn but who gives a crap when the oil in your hair can fuel this small village for a day. i've been rained in for 3 days and in times like this, i relax and thank jehovah i have my laptop to while the time away programming in PERL and C++.

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July 30, 2005

new sex dictionary entry

i was walking around in tuguegarao when i came across a store:

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follow the brown dotted line

if you look at a recent satellite image of northern philippines, you can identify my precise location from the hansel & gretel-esque trail of diarrhea i've left - more accurate than gps.

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July 29, 2005

manila classified advertisements

described in one word, shameless. maybe these ads are found in california but i've personally never seen them. listed under the section "services", the newspaper editor could've gone with full 100% disclosure and declared "for deviant hire".

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the ferdinand marcos mausoleum. verdict: waxy

i can't believe it's not butter! it's like that time i ordered toast with i can't believe it's not butter and they served me margarine instead. i yelled, "i can't believe it's not i can't believe it's not butter!" and that's exactly what i screamed when i saw deposed ex-president ferdinand marcos' body laying in a small glass enclosure. while idly curious filipino gawkers stared with awe, i stood with horror at this self-serving monument (with adjacent museum) and its strange resemblance to buttery deliciousness.

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some random beach pictures


pictures taken on my journeys in luzon. just trying to fill out my weblog... nothing too interesting:

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