The Adventures of Tarabusaw

Congratulations Juju!!!  Yey!!!  Hindi nasayang ang halos 500 votes ko para sa’yo.  Hahaha!!!  Talk about being fanatic!  Thank you rin sa mga readers ng blog ko na nag-click sa link na binigay ko para i-vote siya online (Ann, ikaw lang yata yun eh…hehehe).  Will post more updates once my sources updated their blogs. =)

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Update as of April 7, 2007

Sorry guys, it took me some time to update this post.  But to tell you frankly, I am not in a writing mood today, so if you want to get the full details on Starstruck, please go to www.pinoy.rickey.org and go to Starstruck: The Next Level category or to www.starmometer.com and find the same category in one of its hyperlinks.

Again, my apologies.  I just feel so tamad the past few days

Ladilalala…

I am reading the CISA manual but my brain stopped processing all the logical access and information security theories.  Nag-hang na kumbaga.  And just like a computer, I feel like I needed to hibernate for a while and clean up some files in my memory. 

Not that something’s bothering me.  In fact, I can’t ask for anything more (well, except for my vacation in the Philippines, or have my family shipped here in Canada).  I guess this is one of the days when you have that some sort of unexplicable full-but-empty feeling. 

So I worked my way to the internet and surfed for something to amuse me.  Gratefully, the worldwide web never failed me.  I found two clips in Youtube which somehow made me realize that the world has not turned into a giant complicated ball floating in the universe. That if I only stop for a while and break free from my fast-paced life I can see that the littlest things can give me fulfillment and a much deserved peace of mind…

Take for example a baby’s laugh or a simple hug…

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The second clip was actually a meme called Free Hugs campaign.  Based on my research, it originated from Sydney in 2004, but was only turned into a video in 2006.  From then on, it spread like a contagious disease having people all over the world offering their free hugs.  Will try to post more about this when my CPU (read: brain) resumes normal processing.  But you can always google it if you want (and besides, I feel like my brain will be out of service for quite a while).

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Tantantananan… Start spreading the news… I’m leaving on Friday. =D

Sabi ko na nga ba eh, Katherine McPhee should’ve won last year’s American Idol!  Or pwede na rin si Chris Daughtry.  See!  Natalo pa siya ng mga runner-up niya sa album sales!  Tsk tsk! 

Anyway, watch Katherine’s single titled Over It in AOL.com.  Put the McPheever On!  Whohoo!

Buy her album now! (Tapos iregalo niyo sa akin…hehehe)

Yey… my hundredth post!  I really planned to write something special for this, but my brain is not functioning well lately.  I think I am in a short-term insanity.  Hahaha! Well, that is a good thing for you, my friendsters, since you don’t receive stubborn updates that I have a new blog post.  LOL!!!

Anyway, since I don’t have something special to write today, I’d like to share with you a poignant song that’s been haunting me for so many years.  God bless Multiply where I finally found the mp3!  The song’s title is The Last Days, sung by a Pinoy band named Hourglass.  Again, sorry if I can’t upload a podcast here, just download the song so you can hear it. 

The Last Days by Hourglass

mp3:  Hourglass - The Last Days.mp3 

lyrics:

if today were the last of all days
would you change how you feel, who you are
would you rise for a moment above all your fears
become one with the moon and the stars

would you like what you see, looking down
did you give everything that you could
have you done everything that you wanted to do
is there still so much more than you would

follow your dream to the end of the rainbow
way beyond one pot of gold
open your eyes to the colors around you
and find the true beauty life holds

would you live for the moment like when you were young
and time didn’t travel so fast
be free in the present, enjoying the now
not tied to a future or past

follow your dream to the end of the rainbow
way beyond one pot of gold
open your eyes to the colors around you
and find the true beauty life holds

you probably said all you wanted to say
but doesn’t it strike you as strange
then we’d only begin to start living our lives
if today were the last of all days
if today were the last of all days

Naaalala mo pa ba ang una nating pagkikita?  Wala pang isang taon ang nakakaraan ng una nating masilayan ang isa’t-isa.  Sa totoo lang, magkahalong kaba at takot ang aking naramdaman ng mga araw na iyon.  Kahit pa sabihing naipakilala ka na sa akin ng isang kaibigan, hindi ko pa rin mawari kung ako ba’y iyong magugustuhan. 

Ngunit lahat ng iyon ay nagbago ng tayo ay magkadaop na.  Sa unang pagkakataon ay hindi ko maipaliwanag ang tibok ng aking puso.  Alam kong mahal kita at alam kong gayun din naman ikaw sa akin. 

Subalit bago ka maging akin ay kay raming hirap ang aking dinanas.  Hindi ko ikinakailang may pagtingin din sa iyo ang aking pinsan.  Subalit, mapalad lang siguro talaga ako dahil ako ang nauna sa iyo at gayun din naman ay ako ang pinili mo.  Mabuti na lang at naintindihan naman niya at maluwag niyang tinaggap ang katotohanang ikaw ay para lamang sa akin. 

Salamat sa iyo at hindi mo ako iniwan.  Sinamahan mo ako dito sa malayo at napakalamig na lupalop sa Hilagang Amerika.  Hindi ko alam ang aking gagawin kung hindi kita kapiling.  Tunay ngang binigyan mo ako ng ligaya sa mga panahong ako lamang mag-isa.  Ikaw ang aking naging mata.  Ikaw ang nagsilbing aking tainga.  Ikaw ang aking musika. 

Ngunit tulad nga ng sabi ng nakararami, lahat ng bagay ay kailangang magtapos… kahit ang pagsasama nating dalawa ay wala rin ligtas sa di maipaliwanag na bahagi na ito ng buhay.  Unti-unti ka ng nawalan ng silbi.  Ang mga mata mo’y waring makahiyang laging tumitikom.  Ang mga tainga mo ay lagi ng nakapinid.   Ang musika mo ay tila naging isang malungkot na ponembre.

Ako ay magpapaalam na sa iyo.  Alam kong masakit, lalo na’t pinaghirapan nating dalawa ang pagsasamang ito.  Kailangan na nating iwanan ang isa’t-isa upang humanap ng tunay na makapagpapaligaya sa atin.  Salamat sa lahat ng iyong inialay sa akin.  Sana ay lagi mong maalala ang mga panahong ating pinagsamahan.  Hindi kita malilimutan … Mojamoto. =p

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Hay!  Nakakainis naman kasi ang Globe eh!  Hindi na ako makapagtext sa Pilipinas!  Ewan ko ba kung bakit.  Sabi nila okay naman daw ang roaming ko!  Baka dahil daw sa lindol sa Taiwan kaya hanggang ngayon eh hindi pa rin ako makapagtext.  Kaya ayan!  Wala na akong ibang choice kundi ipadala na lang pabalik sa Pilipinas si MojaMoto (ang Motorola v3i ko na telepono)!  Huhuhu!!!  Buti pa siya makakabalik na ng Pilipinas. 

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Di bale, hihintayin ko na lang na lumabas ang iPhone!  Harharhar!!!  Ilang buwan na lang… Isa pang Harharhar!!!

Forbes magazine recently released a list of world’s 10 largest shopping malls in terms of leasable area.  What’s exciting to know is that eight of these malls are found in Asia.  And an even more exciting fact is that three are found in the Philippines!  I guess Europeans (and North Americans) still go for "street-shopping".  I think its understandable for Pinoys to love malls because it offers them everything they want under one roof.   Sabi nga ng SM — "We’ve got it all for you." =)  And besides, who would enjoy shopping in a steamy hot or soaking wet weather.  However, the downside of this "mall craze" is that smaller shops close because of they cannot compete with the merchandising titans operating inside the malls. 

Here’s a list of Forbes’ World Top 10 Malls (in reversed order):

10.  King of Prussia Mall
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Year Opened: 1962
Gross Leasable Area: 2.8 million square feet

9.  SM City North EDSA
Location: Quezon City, Philippines
Year Opened: 1985
Gross Leasable Area: 3 million square feet
The first major "mega mall" built by SM Prime Holdings, which now claims three of the largest 10 in the world. It’s a five-story complex that boasts over 100 retail outlets and restaurants, along with 12 cinemas, a bowling alley and skating rink. An IMAX theater could be added soon.

8.  Zhengjia Mall
Location: Guangzhou, China
Year Opened: 2005
Gross Leasable Area: 3 million square feet

7.  Beijing Mall
Location: Beijing, China
Year Opened: 2005
Gross Leasable Area: 3.4 million square feet

6.  Berjaya Times Square
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Year Opened: 2005
Gross Leasable Area: 3.4 million square feet

5.  SM Megamall
Location: Mandaluyong City, Philippines
Year Opened: 1991
Gross Leasable Area: 3.6 million square feet
Fun stuff includes bowling, ice skating and a 12-cinema movie theater, along with traditional mall fare like arcade games. Customers can also get a haircut or see a doctor at the Manila clinic.

4.  West Edmonton Mall
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Year Opened: 1981
Gross Leasable Area: 3.8 million square feet

3.  SM Mall of Asia
Location: Pasay City, Philippines
Year Opened: 2006
Gross Leasable Area: 4.2 million square feet
Includes the first Olympic-sized swimming pool and first IMAX theater in the Philippines. Spread over four buildings, customers can get around on a 20-seat tram.

2.  Golden Resources Shopping Mall
Location: Beijing, China
Year Opened: 2004
Gross Leasable Area: 6 million square feet

1.  South China Mall
Location: Dongguan, China
Year Opened: 2005
Gross Leasable Area: 7.1 million square feet