The Righteous Strikes Again

From inq7.net:


And this from Yahoo!News...

"But in the Philippines — with Asia's biggest Christian population — the Manila City Council passed a resolution banning the movie, effective Friday.

The movie "is undoubtedly offensive and contrary to established religious beliefs which cannot take precedence over the right of the persons involved in the film to freedom of expression," the resolution said."

What the *@#$? And ang OA nila ha...IT'S JUST A MOVIE!!!!

The Race to Everest

A friend of mine forwarded me the link to the ABS-CBN sponsored Mt. Everest team. While browsing through the site, I decided to look for info regarding GMA-7's sponsored guy, Romy Garduche as well.

And look what I found here.

Garduce's Feats

Garduch, who began mountaineering in 1991 as a hobby, has personified the local mountaineer’s dream of making a mark in the 37-year Philippine climbing history.

“He (is showing) that an ordinary wage-earning man could go on and pursue a dream like this,” says (UP Mountaineer president Henry) Nakpil. “He did not wait for government support or private sponsorship to follow his program.”

Garduch shouldered his expenses in scaling three of the world’s highest peaks. In his Mt. Everest climb, the most daring, GMA 7 and the mountaineering gear manufacturer North Face support him.

In September 2005, he reached Tibet’s Mt. Cho Oyu, the world’s sixth highest mountain at 26,906 feet. This climb was recorded as the highest altitude a Filipino mountaineer reached.

Garduch reportedly shouldered the expenses, including his round trip fare of $2,000 (P100,000), for his New Year’s Day (2005) climb on Mt. Aconcagua in Argentina, the highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere at 22,831 feet.

Garduch previously ascended the 19,400-foot Uhuru peak of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa, out of his own pocket, too.

Pucha, ito ba ang "ordinary wage-earning" man?? Waaa!!! Sana, ordinary wage-earning man din ako :)

And wait, I haven't commented on the divisiveness of these climbs. The original Team Everest was aiming for a 2007 climb to the Everest summit. Because of Garduche's bold claim for the title of being "first" to the summit, Team Everest was forced to field their own men and women earlier than their planned date. Haven't they heard of the cliche that it is the mountain that conquers the men, and not the other way around? Anyway, I really don't know the full story behind these actions, so I'll just leave it at that.

*** To know more about the ABS-CBN-sponsored Team Everest, click here.
*** To know more about the GMA-7-sponsored Romy Garduche, click here.

How To Take The Fun Out

1 tbsp dishonesty
1 cup condescension
a pinch of spite

mix until everyone feels lousy. serve chilled.

"winning is everything. losing is for losers."

Being Married (a Saturday morning view)

It's been 1 month, 3 weeks and 4 days since the wedding (may countdown timer na gumagana, didn't count this by myself).

So what has changed?

• I got myself a digital SLR I really couldn't afford (but it was on sale!)
  
• I got myself a new bright yellow sort-of paddle bag. Haha.
  
• Simot ang sweldo sa household expenses (and mga bisyo ko)
  
• There's another blog somewhere out there with the housewife angsts (shy ako eh)
  
• Marami pa rin akong gustong gawin sa buhay (parang dumami nga eh)
  
• Parati pa rin akong late
  
• I don't laze around reading the newspaper in the morning (wala na kc nagdedeliver ng dyaryo)...I laze around watching tv instead (while washing clothes and cleaning house)
  
• I still procrastinate
  
• Nothing has really changed

I remember watching a movie where someone said that power doesn't really corrupt, it just emphasizes what was there in the first place. Same thing with being drunk...you don't become who you're not, you just have that sense of liberty of doing what you want without thinking of the consequences. So what am I saying?

Marriage doesn't turn you into who you're not in the first place. You won't instantly become a caring, supportive wife/husband...although you'll be forced to because you're now responsible for the health and sanity of two people. And it's a symbiotic thing. Both of you "have" to be emotionally healthy. If the other person becomes severely insane and kills you...well that would affect yourself, wouldn't it? (ok, I may be watching too much of the Crime and Suspense channel)

O sya, I have to watch the aircon installation guys install the aircon (thanks sunlife folks!) Hmm...kinakalas pala ang aircon para install-in? Interesting...

Summer League

This is what I'll be spending time on for the next few weekends.

This, and household chores.