Perfect World and Beyond

“This blog is an entry to Perfect World’s Lost Empire blog contest where they are giving away in-game items and the Perfect World iPod.”

There something new brewing in Perfect World Philippines. The new patch named “Lost Empire” was introduced this month. With it comes new maps, skills, equipment, and the 3rd fairy access. Finally, something fresh for players to get busy with.  The new fairy class generated some competition between players in order to get that coveted prize: A new Laptop (a high end that is)

The Land of Pangu awaits, log in and lets enjoy the Lost Empire! Visit the PW Boards to chat with other players!

Update on me

Wow, it’s been a while since I’ve updated this site. A lot of things have happened for the past few months.

Me and Jaja just celebrated our 9th monthsary. Imagine, 3 more months and we’ll be on our first anniversary. Time flies when you’re having fun, time zooms when you’re in-love. This is God’s best gift to me after my family. Where can you find a girl that truly loves you, deep inside, no questions asked. I’ll never let this relationship go down. I love you very much my honey, and I dream that one day, we’ll be bringing our love to a higher scale.

We’ve been quite busy this past summer. We’ve taken our website into full scale. I’m proud to say that we are one of the best database for Perfect World Philippines. We’re also been submitting articles for Level Up! games. I’m proud to see my writings published on websites that I don’t own. We’ve been sending articles for a month. It’s fun, but sometimes it’s hard to think of topics to send.

It’s been the same old things at the office, although some of my friends are already planning of moving on. I can’t blame them, there has been a lot of disappointments recently. I wonder who’ll stay for long? I’m planning to stay for a few more years, maybe resign if the account decides to pull-out.

Hmm, two of my friends died this year. Sherwin (we call him Yeoh) was killed after a brawl back here. He was stabbed and died in the hospital. The bad things is that no witness is willing to stand-up, afraid that the oppressor might seek revenge. I hate that, how about Justice for my friend? As much as I want to help, there’s not much I can do.

Another one, kuya bobot died recently due to an accident. He was hit by a car in the province. He’s one good guy, a war veteran too. He had a lot of good stories to tell and always has those funny things to say. Funny ‘hirits’. To both of you, a toast for a life after death. May you be happy wherever you are right now.

That’s for now, I still need to do a lot of things tonight. CIAO!

Pass the torch!

My grandmother “Poleng” just passed away this morning. Well it’s another sad part of our family’s life. She’s about 87 years of age and has been bed ridden for about 9 years[??].  Everyone loves my grandma, she’s quite famous in our little big city of Las Piñas. Im her grandson from her youngest daughter, Dahlia. 8 of her 9 siblings were there after she passed away. I love my “lola”, though it’s been a while since I really visited her. Last time I got to see her was two days ago, and we’ve been called there since my aunt felt that my grandma won’t last that long. Now I hope that she’s united with my Grandpa up in heaven.

I miss the memories, she was our guardian, our second mother. Back then, i’ll always ask for “piso” just to buy junk foods. There were also times that I was sick and she was the one attending me. Crazy as I am, I tried to sneak out of my bed just to watch my brothers play nintendo Snes. But she found me upstairs, sick but watching games. She’s pretty tough, bed ridden for almost 9 years and she did not use oxygen tanks that much. She relied on her own breathing.

Most of us thinks that she does not want to rest until all her siblings are re-united. Like most families, we have some “wounds” that still needs some patching. Nobody knows what her final wish was, but I certainly hope that she sees all her sons and daughters together to celebrate her last days on earth. This is a day of mourning, a day of sadness. Yet, we are happy that she’ll be with our Lord, resting forever in His arms, feeling eternal happiness, and forever re-united with her passed love ones.

We’ll miss you Nanay Poleng, You’ll be immortalized in ther hearts of the Tolentino family.

Journey of the Heart

Most of us, if not all, will eventually fall in love. I’ve been a part of this epic called “try and cry”, I’ve been a part of several relationships, and a few flings and crushes. Here’s a simple story about the Journey of my heart.

Marycon: my first love.. Ohh how I love those eyes. Maybe that’s the reason I loved her. She’s smart, beautiful and slim, another person in the “kalog” circle. She was a perfect match, my dream girl. They say that first love never dies, though I doubt that it applies to me. We started out as friends and eventually became best friends. 2 years after that we are lovers. I can’t really consider it as a healthy relationship ‘coz we were hundred miles apart, literally. I can’t remember how long we lasted in our relationship, we were too young to get serious then. Eventually, she came back to see me [I think, but I was in another relationship that time], though we are almost strangers to each other. One day we really had a bad fight, can’t remember why, all I know is that we never spoke since then.

KC: what can I say, a dream coming into reality. Good figure, pretty face, good attitude, and a perfect smile. What else could you ask for? I don’t think we really had a relationship considering I was too stupid then to know how theGf – Bf things goes. Well, we shared some good times, and a few bad too. It just did not worked out. She found another guy, that eventually left her [DAMN YOU!] We stayed friends, though we don’t have much communication since. I hope she can go back to our barkada, coz she is certainly welcome.

April: ahh, my first long term[??] relationship. Yet, another girl with pretty eyes. I love eyes, coz I lack of it, eheheh. Anyway, she was a friend/classmate of my brother’s GF then. Petite figure, pretty, very social and very active. I love the fact that she loves dancing and, errr, basketball. We were together for a year and a half, hitting a few rocky roads on the way. The usual “away/bati” relationship. Eventually, we fell apart and gone separate ways. We’ve never spoken since.

Catherine: ahhh, my honey. After 2 years of being single, I took another risk by letting myself fall in love again. She’s smart, she’s pretty, a bit chubby though, passionate, she’s hard-nosed [and cold nosed,eeheh ], she’s never quits. She’s adorable, and I love her. There’s just too much things that surprised me. We are co-workers, and we’ve known each other since January. We were just casual friends then, same schedule, same work. I was busy in my own world then, and I was actually teasing her to another co-worker. Start of mid year, we started to know each other a little better. We were seatmates then and we started chatting about things. She loves arguing about things, and I’m the man who does not surrender. We were sharing the same ideas, although I always try to counter her thoughts by being the devil’s advocate. We then played this game called Perfect world and everything was history. By the last week of September, I knew I was in love. I could not stop thinking about her. I can’t wait for Thursday, coz that’s the day we’ll meet again. I confessed my love, and I was happy to get a positive reply.
Life is full of surprises, you’ll never know what will come up next. How could I suspect that this girl beside me will be the person who’ll bring back the colors to my dark world? Thank you Cath, thank you for showing me the light of your love. I love you, and I will never stop loving you..

What should I choose?

Now I’m confused. My mind is not working anymore. I can’t think. I want it, but I don’t. I need it but I’m all set.

Most people, if not all, will grab opportunities given to them. Having good dreams served right in front of you, just for you to snatch without anyone preventing you. You will take it, you HAVE to take it. Only stupid people will let an opportunity fly away. And that stupid person is me. Yeah, right now an opportunity is given, and all I need to do is go for it. But Im not planning to do it, I rather stay where I am. right now. Dumb as it sounds, there are reasons why I’m preventing myself to do what I’m supposed to do.

The Philippine Barker Menace

Yes, this is about the “Barker” in the Philippine streets. You know them, they are those people who shouts the destination of the the vehicle they are “working” for. This type of business just bloomed and it seems that everywhere you go, there are these people who are willing to “help” you get passengers. One thing for sure, the money these people are earning will help them at least get some decent food in their table. But if you ask me, something did go wrong when this job got into the streets.

First, most of these people are not helping at all. Ok, they maybe shouting out the jeepney’s destination, but aren’t those covered by the signboards in front of the jeepney? Next, these people are abusive. Here’s how they can be very annoying: 2 barkers are “working” for the jeepney. One say “nauna ako dito” then the other says “pwesto ko ‘to”. So, the driver ignores them ‘coz he just wants to have more people in his jeep. Ok, one person gets in the vehicle and the driver is leaving the area. Now BOTH those barkers will ask for money, which is insane ‘coz they are asking for AT LEAST 3 pesos. Imagine that, one passenger with a minimum “tax” of 6 pesos. Right, and you’ll earn just a peso for that. It’s hard to earn money, and these barkers come and take away some more. Another thing, some traffic officers are actually behind these barker scheme. They let these barkers to work on a certain “no loading” zone for a fee. Imagine that. A driver would need to pay more than the usual barker fee because he has to indirectly pay the officer. Example: midnight inBaclaran – Coastal road. These Barkers get to “own” that crossing. They force other PUV [public utility vehicles] to move forward because they’ve got to fill the jeepney loading in the no loading zone, with police watching at the other side. Yes, police on the other side watching how much they are earning. After ajeepney gets filled, the fee would be 20 pesos, depending on how many barkers worked for you. I don’t know why such things are allowed in our country. You don’t need barkers all the time, people will eventually take a ride. I really suggest removing barkers out of the streets. They are not helpful at all.

“May trabaho ka, ako wala”: This is the quote I heard from one of those barkers. Damn, you are leeching from his hard earned money! That driver probably got a family to feed, and he needs to budget his earnings for gasoline and his food during break.Ok , let us say a driver can earn 500 pesos a day, all expenses removed including gas, food etc. If you have 5 loading spots per drive and those spots has barkers, that’s gonna cost you. say 5 barkers x 3 pesos. That’s 15, equal to two passenger seats. Lets say you did 4 runs. That makes 60 pesos of your total earnings lost. That’s enough to buy 2 kilos of rice and then some. And if you don’t own the jeep, you’ll need to pay a certain “boundary” to your employer.

I see barkers as mosquitoes sucking blood from drivers. Like pests, they should be eradicated.

In the World without light

Atheism… It’ s a sin… Unpure… These are some of the description tied with the word Atheism. But why do they exist? Is it really evil not to believe in Him?

In our world today, religions come in many forms. There are muslims, christian, pagans, those who worship the sun, etc. People are born under a family that is aligned to a belief. Being an Aethist is more of a choice rather an upbringing.

We’ve been blinded by religions into believing that something more powerful than us actually exist, and it is the one that we should give praise and follow His rules. Oddly enough, the rules that God supposedly gave to men are just written by fellow humans. Religions are formed to control human behavior and thoughts. I mean no harm, but it’s a bit pathetic to recite the same words [or prayers] over and over again. If he’s really God, he doesn’t even need to force us to say prayers, ask and it will be given.

Furthermore, these people are fighting wars because their God told them so. What the hell? Killing another person because he doesn’t believe in your God is not a holy order at all. I know religion’s goal is to unite all humankind into a peaceful and serene life. Yes, it is the divine goal, but you’ll need to chose a side first. After that, we go to negotiations, which is a quite pointless and bloody. Every religion has it’s own version of salvation, set of rules etc. Religion itself is very confusing.

That’s why there are people who choose not to believe. People say they were not blessed nor been touched by Christ. This is actually a practical way of living life. With too much things to worry about, i.e., daily food, allowances, family, work, etc., one does not have time to stop by a church and listen to a priest’s sermon. Not believing to a higher being does not make you the devil. It’s just making sense of what life really is. If you need something, you’ll have to work for it, don’t pray in your bed wishing it comes to you in a package. We can live in a world without religion. We can have a happy home without angels. We can still live in harmony without a God commanding us to do so.

I know we can’t remove religions in our system. It’s in the culture and it will stay with us until our specie comes to its end. Religion used to be the governing sect of the world, but it’s been long gone. Religion is just a simple part of life now, something that keeps us inspired and gives us hope, which is good. But wasting precious time and knowledge on these things is not a healthy habit.

Note: I’m not an Atheist, but there are really some things that bugs me when it comes to this matter.