Killer Red Bento

When my friends and I engage in a ym conference, we always have the weirdest of conversations. This time, the topic of debate is which is the best/creepiest stalker song evar. A friend mentioned that 'Santa clause is coming to town' ranks the top spot. We asked why.

He sees you when you're sleeping.
He knows when you're awake.
He knows if you've been bad or good.
So be good, for goodness sake.

- Santa clause is coming to town

Santa clause: I seeeeee youuuuuuu!!!!1111!!!!

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I'll be away for a while, need to focus on rl stuff.

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Everyone should listen to Splender. I miss them. They're so painfully underrated.

My internet connection is retarded. Normally I would call our ISP's customer service in high hopes they could help me fix whatever the hell's wrong but I guess the things I've experienced with their techs painted such an ugly picture that I dare not to deal with them again. So when our poor excuse of a broadband connection acts like bastard with pms (yeah.), I try to apply the 'troubleshooting' steps our ISP 'techs' always provide when such problems arise. The steps isn't that complicated. It just involves you, unplugging the cable from the port and plugging it back after 5 minutes. Let's call it 'unplug-reseat cable trick' from now on.

Did it solve the problem? Let's just say it doesn't work all the time. If that's the case, the tech will decide that there is something wrong with the antenna and they have to send someone over to take a look. I asked them one time to give me a brief explanation why our connection is intermittent, but they just shut me off completely like I was some idiot computer virgin.

Sigh. Okay, my sessions with their customer service techs aren't always pleasant. There was a time when I updated my operating system and our internet connection died. The 'unplug-reseat cable trick' didn't work as usual, so I had no choice but to report the problem to our isp. I was given the same troubleshooting step, I did it again, with the guidance of their tech. Nope. Failed. I told the tech. He asked me to restart the computer. Like an obedient client, I did what I was told, but not seeing the point of rebooting the pc to correct the problem. Nope. Failed. After a few minutes of silence, he said that he will send someone over to check our antenna. I knew it.

You know what's wrong? They never bother to ask questions aside from the standard what's your ip, error message etc etc. And so I told him that I made some changes with my pc and asked if this somehow contributed to the fact that our internet connection is nonexistent right now. He laughed (how unprofessional) and told me (still chuckling) in a patronizing tone that it has no detrimental effect whatsoever. Blech.

My sister and I then checked our ip configuration to make sure our dns and gateway entries are correct. Nothing wrong there, so my sister just decided to run system restore and see if our hunch (recent update downloaded for the operating system) is the culprit. (BTW, the update is useless anyway) Surprises, surprises. After running system restore, we restarted our pc and voila. Internet connection problem resolved. I called the tech again and told him our internet issue is fixed, and that it was the update that caused the problem, and that he sucked. LOL, just kidding with the last bit.

The point is, I just wished they shouldn't live off on canned responses and actually 'help' their customers for a change. Not be too smug and holier-than-thou when talking to a client. Not everyone is as confident as them with regards to navigating their respective computers. Speaking of which, my older sister called because she was having a connection problem with her laptop and was lectured by one of their techs for not being able to follow instructions (not her fault, the tech really provided vague troubleshooting steps), so she passed the phone to me. I was able to catch what he was saying to my sister and let's just say it was bordering on rudeness so I gave him the verbal lashing he deserved.  Told him his performance will be reflected on his QA rating, and oh, two middle fingers up for good customer service!

Sigh. I used to your job dude, being in the call center biz,  so I know. Attending to different kinds of customers, providing instructions over the phone, being yelled at in a regular basis - it's hard. I can see your patience is as thin as an onion's skin so I suggest that you grab the newspaper and go find another job.

...and I'm rambling again.

Back to our internet connection - yeah it's still retarded.

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...And it doesn't help that my computer is infected with the ZLOB.downloader. My sister downloaded a music clip from a shady, misleading website and along with it, the spyware. Spybot failed to remove a few and so I'm doing a manual removal right now which is not really fun when you think about it. Scanning hjt log is not really difficult, but deleting suspicious files are. And the thought of touching the registry editor is making my head spin.

... and I'm a geek. I know. Shut up.

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I haven't allowed myself to feel sad in a while, and so I decided that today, I'd give in to the feeling.
It actually feels... good that I'm sad right now. I felt somewhat... relieved. I've been trying to paint a happy picture for a very long time that I didn't notice I'm actually just pretending.
and I'm rambling. sorry.
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I promise I'll be happy tomorrow. It will be a good day.
And I know I'm weird. Shut up.

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Don't worry. Once I'm tired with the feeling, I'll find solace in a warm bowl of ramen topped with a sunny side up fried egg.

Bwisit ka Zack Fair, bakit mo ko pinaiyak? Lintek ka tinalo mo pa ang death scene ni Nelo at Patrasch! Dem yu! Leche ka, sinayang mo ang effort ko! Nung ginawa tayong shooting gallery ng isang milyong Shinra army ginawa ko ang lahat para isalba ka! Quake-spam, death twister, costly punch, name it, i did it! :( Tapos 3 sundalo lang pala ang tatapos sa pinaghirapan natin? Bwisit ka!

Drama ko naman. Alam ko naman na ganun talaga mangyayari, hehe. Grabe, ang ending scene yata ng crisis core ang pinaka emotional na ending scene na nakita ko sa isang RPG. Walang tatalo, hands down. Lalo na yung scene kung saan nasira na nang tuluyan yung DMV nya, tapos pinakita yung mukha ni Aerith as his last memory. Isa pang tearjerker yung moment na binigay na ni Zack kay Cloud yung buster sword. Gwarrr, I hate Shinra! :( Maigulai, sabi na nga ba, wag masyado maging attached sa protagonist ng CC, dahil mamatay nga sya in the end. Pero I can't help it! He's too likable to be ignored!

Gusto ko tuloy maglaro ulit ng Final Fantasy VII! Sampung taon na rin ang nakalipas (tagal na pala) nung huli ko tong nilaro. Mukha pa silang lego nung time na yun, lols.

Ah basta! Sana tapusin nila ang compilation with an FF7 remake for ps3 (sana by that time, nakabili na ko ng ps3)!

Twilight update:

My sister's annoying persistence paid off. She called Powerbooks yesterday and luckily they reserved a copy for her without charging a fee. She picked it up after work and as of this moment, well she's voraciously reading the poor book and I have to constantly remind her that she needs to be at work in less than 7 hours from now.

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My fingers are now sporting massive calluses because I (stupidly) played God of War: Chains of Olympus in god mode (the hardest) for 5 hours without rest. And it was teeth-gnashing, hair-pulling, eye-popping kind of difficult. I haven't mastered the art of dodging and blocking so Kratos had to suffer most of the time. Sucks to be Kratos, I enjoy the pleasant ambience of the game over screen. Heh.

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I love Polysics.

Just when my sister and I discovered the wonder that is Stephanie Meyer's "Twilight", the book/s decided to disappear from the shelves of our-once-trusted-nearest-friendly bookstore. My sister, after hearing a butchered summary of the book courtesy of yours truly and wikipedia'd the novel because I'm not really a great storyteller, decided to embark on a twilight-pilgrimage and hopped into one bookstore after another, but went home empty handed and miserable. I share her pain. :( I had to lol though; she treated the 'must-get-twilight-and-all-its-installments' task with utmost urgency and priority that she whipped out her emergencies-only credit card to get them. She even considered buying online, after her friend texted her (also on twilight-hunting) that the books are out-of-stock in powerbooks/national bookstores located in Makati.

Her previous job must've instilled the virtue of annoying persistence, for she also asked a bookstore staff to call the other bookstore located in the neighboring mall to verify if they stock Twilight. She outdid me when I was Harry Potter-hunting. I never had the same dedication. :/

Ohmang. I never saw her that...motivated to get something.

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Naruto manga chapter 399 is out! Painful for Uchihatards to read. GB FC must be howling with glee. Hehe.

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Edward Cullen, my heart is yours. (insert barfing sounds here)

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OHMAIGULAI. Pardon me for I just lost the ability to be articulate.
Rob Pattinson (CEDRIC DIGGORY!!!) will play the role of Edward Cullen.
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(credit goes to Amy Howe for the picture)

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I'm so happy-head-explody.
Actually I have tears in my eyes right now.
I found a channel in youtube that shows retro cartoons from the 80s.
This calls for a watchathon nao.
LOL JUGHEAD AND HIS SQUEAKY VOICE!

Pimping the youtube channel: http://youtube.com/user/RetroHeroes

Charlie Green's version of Frank Sinatra's 'Summer wind' is amazing. I hope he sings the full  version so I could download and put it in my psp.

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Madeleine Peyroux's version is really good too. Discovered her take on the song when I searched 'Summer wind' in imeem. I'm amazed that a lot of artists also covered the same track.

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Have you guys heard 'Love Suicide' which is the soundtrack of the controversial (because of the themes) survival horror game 'Rule of Rose'? If no, I suggest you listen to it now. It's beautiful with a sinister undertone. It's hunting. It's creepy.

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I don't find 'LOLCastro' images funny. I mean, some of them are pretty decent, but they're just not as hilarious as lolcats or lolshark/dog/seal/bukkit/anything. :/

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As for american idol, I think Jason should get the boot this week. It seems to me that he just doesn't care anymore. He just goes up the stage, sing, do something swoon-inducing with his eyes, face the judges, smile some more, accept the criticism, walk off, fast forward to the elimination day, goes up the stage, be in the bottom two (optional), be told that he's safe, sit down and smile at the camera. Then repeat. I also listened to his studio recordings - nothing special there. Just the same. I used to root for him, but after seeing his performance in the past weeks, I have to agree with the judges.

I also read something about Jason saying that he's no longer scared to be in the top three and can't wait to go home. lollerskates. I just find it funny that he's still there over people who really tried and wanted it. I bet if he goes bye-bye this week he will just go ^_________^V in the midst of 'boos/boohoohoos/youshouldvestayed/idolisrigged!' cries of his adoring fans. I just hope Gai pulls a dynamic entry on him to knock some sense to his head. (Dynamic entry? Lol. That may sound dirty to someone who fails to get the Gai-reference.)

I miss Chikezie and Asia'h Epperson and Michael Johns. They were robbed. If it weren't for poor song choices or getting in the top 10 together with veteran/trained singers, Ramiele would stand a chance.

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I'm rambling. I want my tim-tams.

Edit:

A friend sent me a message in YM and rofledcopter at my advice.
She was like:
"So you listen to piano music [seems to me it will just double your depression imho] to get you through a sucky day? Acoustic guitar instrumentals to get you dancing?  What a weird advice. lolroflheh.
I told her:
eh, ano naman ngayon? Why not? to each her own. this worked for me, too bad it didn't for you. I just wanted to share cos sharing is caring, lol.

hookay.

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Had a bad day?
If so, take my advice and listen to Yuhki Kuramoto. Helped me through the day.
To pimp his greatness, a YK playlist is posted. Have fun.

And once those bad vibes are out of your system, listen to depapepe.
It's dance time amigo!

 
credit goes to eliz lee, nicorobin, yuuna weller and imeem.

I noticed something while watching the evening news:

Bakit ganon? Halos every month yata eh balak sumali ng Pilipinas sa guinness world records? Biggest walis, longest ihawan ever, pinakamalaking cake, pinakamadaming batang natuli (lols) sa loob ng 1 oras...etc pakdamshet! Epal na kung epal pero nakakatawa diba? Wala namang masama, pero kaya lang kasi yung ibang entries eh parang so-so. Kung baga, basta may maipasok tayong entry, gano man ka-istupido at ka-walang kwenta  basta malathala yung pangalan ng bansa natin sa book of world records na yan. Sana next time kung may ipapasok uli tayong entry, yung medyo makabuluhan naman. Yun lang.
... at lols talaga yung attempt ng pilipinas na makamit yung title na pinakamadaming batang natuli sa loob ng isang oras. Lols. What a stupid idea.

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A friend told me last night that most of our former officemates (people from the software/creative/web development and quality assurance depts, the lucky bastards our ex-CEO brought with him to a new, flourishing company owned by his friend) are now based in the company's main branch in Singapore. Pakdamshet. They're so lucky. Our department that time was never a favorite (we were always looked down upon, the lowest fungi in the corporate foodchain, the customer support group) but damn, even though we just talk to clients and troubleshoot technical concerns and answer inquiries, we try our best to make every single damn customer satisfied!

There was also a time that I got dissed by a guy from QA:

Me: Ah, (talking to myself loudly, after figuring out the client's problem with the software.) so it was just an integrity check failed error.
Loser QA guy who passed by my workstation: Integrity check failed? Do YOU even KNOW what that is? (sarcastic grin)

I got so mad I couldn't even answer. 

Mr. ex-CEO and loser QA guy, I'd like to see you try talking to 5-6 irate clients all at the same time while answering 40+ emails everyday. I'm not kidding.

Ah well, this happened 2 years ago so I should just forgive and forget. And have fun in Singapore.

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I R ZOMBIE.
Did I scare you?
No?
okay.
/hungry

I R Zombie. My bangs will nom you.

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It's over. Satan cries when he thinks of Gai.

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