My Life Is Over May 30, 2007
Posted by Mayee in : Daily Babble , 2commentsSeriously.
Substance-Induced High May 26, 2007
Posted by Mayee in : Daily Babble , add a commentAnd no, I didn’t take drugs. It just seems like everywhere I look, there’s really no cause for pure genuine happiness. There’s the temporary smile a nice tune would set across your face but then you’re not really happy.
How DO you know if you’re happy? I could write about happiness with an endless array of lengthy paragraphs.. you could read about happiness in numerous books writers have published thinking they have the authority to write about such a marvelous phenomenon that is happiness. But I won’t dwell into that. I’d just say happiness is when you don’t have everything, but you don’t want anything more. You may want to argue and say that that’s the definition of satisfaction and not happiness but then I’d stop you right there and dare you to try to be happy without being completely content with what you have. And then you might or might not agree with me, but that doesn’t really matter seeing as I can’t prove anything.
So what’s going on in my life? Nothing much. It’s officially the end of summer classes, and I am dreading the release of my grades. It’s raining so hard you’d think it wasn’t May, just when my sister and I had set our sights on Puerto Galera (yes.. again.) for this weekend. And I just ran out of episodes of Heroes to watch, seeing as I’ve finished the entire first season already. But don’t get me wrong, it’s not that I’m not thankful for this time I get to take back the countless hours of sleep deprived of me during class days, it’s just that there’s something missing, as usual, from my summer, and it’s all but coming to an end. I swear I’m not going to have summer classes next time, I want to go to the beach! Summer classes have ruined it for me twice already.. not letting it happen again (I hope)
Wanna know what’s frustrating? For the past few months I’ve been complaining to myself (and to so many other people) that I’m completely swamped. I have no more time to sleep, to eat decently, let alone go out with my friends and have a good time (not that the whole responsibility thing isn’t fun.. well actually, it really isn’t, but it has its perks).. and so I missed a lot of movies, parties, and whatever else I used to NEVER miss. You would laugh, but I haven’t even seen Spiderman 3 yet! Shrek! Pirates of the Carribean! Egad. I’ve become one of the people I used to laugh at for not having time to do those things, workaholics. But the problem is, I’m evidently NOT a workaholic, or else it would have been obvious from my work ethic I’m babbling. Wow, I missed that. I guess I AM on a substance-induced high.. the substance being an overdose of imported dark chocolate from various relatives.. i love chocolate.
Well, it’s 4AM. And once again, my nocturnal self has taken over. It is summer. I remember when I used to sleep at 6 AM, then wake up at around 3 PM.. talk about sleeping habits. oh wait, that was this afternoon. Ha Ha. Remedy suggestions anyone? Sigh.
Have a nice day.
Sad Loss May 20, 2007
Posted by Mayee in : Daily Babble , add a commentYesterday was one of the rare occasions that I watched a local show on (sadly) the only channel our antenna TV picks up, GMA 7. Jessica Soho’s show was on… and I was surprised, no, shocked at hearing that YOYOY VILLAME had passed away on May 18, 2007.. just the other day.
No sad songs for Yoyoy Villame
TAGBILARAN CITY, Philippines — Sing no sad songs for Boholano novelty singer Roman “Yoyoy” Villame who died of heart attack on Friday. He was 75.
Little is known of Villame who was born in Sta. Cruz, Calape town on November 18, 1932.
From the recollections of his eldest daughter Lilian Villame-Austria, 49, her father started out as a taxi driver in Manila where she and another sibling were born.
Villame decided to go back to Bohol where he made a living driving passenger buses. Since he dropped out of school after his second year in high school, Villame knew no other source of livelihood.
His limited educational background did not deter Villame from composing his own songs, which delighted his audience.
“When he and his friends gathered together, he was always asked to sing,” Lilian, a mother of six, said in Cebuano.
Pretty soon, he was invited to parties and eventually as an entertainer in fiestas and special events.
The manager of the old MB Liner fleet of passenger buses where he was employed as a driver realized that he had a gold mine in his hands and brought him to Manila in 1970.
There, Villame recorded Magellan (1972), his first and biggest hit.
After a string of hits, Villame became a by-word in Cebuano-speaking provinces.
Lilian said her father became so busy with his engagements that he soon found it difficult to visit them.
“Sometimes, once a year. Other times, not even every year,” said Lilian.
Villame eventually penetrated even the Tagalog audience and later made a mark enough for him to be elected councilor of Las Piñas.
Lilian said her father would bring presents for her and her younger siblings whenever he visited them but admitted the family never really benefited from his earnings as an entertainer.
Although he was no longer as active in his career as before, Lilian said her father was still being sought out as an entertainer. In fact, she said Villame performed in Canada last December.
On May 7 last year, Villame went home during the reunion of the Orion clan in Calape. It would turn out to be his last visit to his hometown.
When he called Lilian on Thursday, there was no hint of his impending death.
“He called me and asked me to relay his congratulations to Dr. Junie Yu (Calape Mayor-elect Sulpicio Yu Jr.) for winning as mayor,” Lilian said.
Although she expressed her wish for her father’s body to be brought to Calape, Lilian seemed resigned to the fact that this would not be possible.
“It would be too expensive,” she explained.
Lilian said her mother, Dionisia, 76, was saddened when she heard the news about his death.
“We are just waiting for the advice of my two sisters who are in Manila if they want us to go,” Lilian said.
The singing bus driver is gone. But his songs will live on for as long as people care to listen and be entertained.
So why should I be affected in any way whatsoever? Because. Just because. I dunno, he’s one of the Filipinos I truly, really admire. Not for their looks, not for their academic background, their wealth, fame, etc., but because they bring Filipinos together in their weird ways.
If the whole country was in the middle of a war, and Buchi-kik (spelling?) started playing, I’m betting everybody’d stop what they were doing and just sing and dance along. Or maybe that’s a little exaggerated but you know what I mean.
And if you find my reasons to be crappy nonsense, well here’s one more reason: He is a genius. To compose songs of utter nonsense, songs out of a string of places, names, whatever.. it’s just.. incredible.
The Bumble Bee May 18, 2007
Posted by Mayee in : Daily Babble , add a commentSummer classes are sort of over. Well, our class just kinda zoomed through the lessons so we’re done ahead of the others. Finals will be on Thursday next week. Then I shall HOPE to HIGH HEAVENS that I pass freaking Math 55.
CRS results are out. So far I have 13 out of the 16 units I need for next semester. And with the release of the first CRS results comes the gripping fear of what’s in store in the (very) near future. Shall I buckle under pressure? Well, we’ll all know soon enough. It’s exciting though. There’s something new to look forward to. New people, new challenges (lots of them), new experiences.. lots of gain, but of course what is to gain if there is no loss? loss on my part..on the part of my parents..my friends.. and whoever else.
Speaking of parents.. my parents have sort of gone haywire on me these past few days. I’ve been coming home at around 11:00PM at the very least recently due to meetings / whatever else in school. But dear parents, you must understand! This is very frustrating. I asked for the chance of boarding / renting a place near / within campus so that it would be easier for me… but no, you refuse.. and now I come home late, what do I get? The cold shoulder. I would even have appreciated more if they would be like the normal WORRIED parents who would at around 9 or 10 PM already wonder where the hell their daughter is and call her on her cellphone.. but no, they don’t even contact me.. and then when I get home, that’s when all the dat-dat-dat-dat comes in. weird huh. So now, I really really really don’t know how I’m going to survive if I don’t find a place to stay for next sem. Dorms won’t be accepting me, see I live relatively close to UP compared to those from, say, Visayas or some far away place. Oh the ironies of life.
-just venting- okay. done.
So… since summer classes are almost over.. tara, labas na tayo peepols. ayon nga lang, libre niyo ako.. la na akong baon. -.-
Fuh-resh May 18, 2007
Posted by Mayee in : Daily Babble , 4commentsI start over once again. To explain my lack of commitment to my previous blog, I just want to say that what I wrote there wasn’t really saying much about ME anymore.
I JUST WANNA BLOG AGAIN. There used to be a time when I couldn’t stop typing.. there was just so much I wanted to post in my very much adored (by myself) blog. Yet now it is but a last priority in my very long to-do list, and sometimes even put-off for the rarer pleasure of rest and sleep.
So now, I blog.
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ON THE NONSENSE OF THE SPOKEN WORD
Words. People have conquered nations by their words, died by them, lived by them, loved by them, and yet what is with this abstract thing that can be so persuasive? Today I find that words are almost synonymous with lies. Lies.. lies.. lies.. all lies. A person’s word is no longer strong enough that you can bind them to it. People say things they don’t really mean and a lot of fuss is brought about because of it.
But more important than the nonsense of the spoken word, is the nonsense of the word unspoken. Why can’t people just say what they want? I mean, for crying out loud.. miscommunication is the root of almost everything that’s wrong in this world.. breakups, disagreements, wars, murders, and a hell of a lot more.
So go on.. just please.. say it?
