The Long Journey

Whew! What a long journey of mine, visiting from place to place, city to city. I often found myself stumbling on unfamiliar scenery, strange place and meeting strangers. It was not a leisurely travel, I’m not a tourist here, and it was a part of my job. I have been staying in Cebu for three months since June. The main office of our department is located in the city and I have to stay in the place to do my job, mainly in programming and researching. But my job also described me as a travelling employee, so I have to travel often, to the company’s branches and offices to fix some problems related to my job. Last September (middle of September), I was assigned to transport a computer unit to Dipolog City. I’m so glad! Dipolog is just a 30 minutes travel to my place, Ilaya, a part of Dapitan City. It’s a chance to be home again. On September 17 at 11:00 pm I started my journey. I was expected to be back before October for another assignment to Valencia City. But shortly, while I was in Dipolog this plan was changed. There’s a big problem in Pagadian that need my attention immediately. Pagadian is the last in my list but this time it’s the first. From Dipolog I proceed to Pagadian. After all, I was still glad to go there, ‘coz it’s my first time to go to that place, and again a chance to meet new faces and lovely ladies on that place. I stayed for nearly a week in that city before going to Sindangan. It’s September 29, I stayed one night in Sindangan then go back to Dipolog. This time, I decided to go directly to Valencia. But I have to meet my fellow assistant in CDO, he’s from Butuan City. My travel to CDO was so exhausting, but I have a nice sleep on that place that night. October 2, afternoon, we proceed to Valencia City, stayed there for three days then go to Davao City. We have two branches on that place. We also visit Panabo City branch. October 11, we are at Valencia again. The next day we executed our last stop at CDO for a trip back to Cebu.

I was in a hurry while posting it so it lacks flowery words. Maybe someday I can post my full experience on that travel. It’s not really easy to travel a far place for a very long time but I love to travel. I end this article here. Have a nice day!

My Poem.

Hello everybody! Finally, I was able to steal a time to write something today. Well I guess this is not so important to you as it is important to me but I have to let everyone know about this. Remember the poem that I once posted in here? Finally, the poetry.com gave my poem a little space on their site. Eventhough it did not accomplish it's real aim, I'm still happy to know that poetry.com recognized my work. I am looking forward to publish more of my creation on that website.

If you wish to see it just log on www.poetry.com and search my name "Pierre Amparado".

Have a nice day!

Civil War is the last resort

Hey Filipinos! What happened to our country? It seems that we are destined to carry the cross of hardship and misery. Are we a cursed nation? Right now we are being pulled into a dark and deep hole of poverty, and if we don’t do something now it would be late for us to do anything tomorrow.

Prices are rising so fast. In fact, it rises in such a high rate that it is difficult for us to pace up. Imagine, gasoline alone went up three times in just two months, yet our income remains the same. The other disappointing news – civil wedding would expect to cost 2,000 from its previous value of 300 (the value I posted in here is what I heard from the news. I encourage you to do your own research about it to get the accurate facts). It is not just this, two children on every family is on the way. More of this kind will make your mind ache if you are patriotic enough.

Now lets hear the lawmakers’ explanation (again I encourage you to do your own fact-finding), as far as I know it is related to family planning. They say it is an act to minimize the Philippine population. Why? Are they tired of feeding us? It seems that they discourage us to marry and to have children. I just can't clearly explain the situation here but one thing is certain, they are trying to invade our personal rights. Truly undemocratic!

It is a human nature to find a lifetime partner and to have children. This human instinct is a law. We cannot change it just easily. And I was wondering why our government tries to suppress this nature. I understand that our country is getting too crowded, but I think this is not the true reason why we are in poverty. I began to wonder what are the other things behind this. My explanation are, they failed to do their job right, and they are too lazy to correct it, and now they are trying to transfer their responsibility to us. What a foolish act!

This is a life of being a Filipino. If our government (or part of our government) feel that their jobs are getting difficult to manage they stagnate and become lazy to seek for a better solutions and eventually passing their problem to the Filipino people. One example is by taxing us so heavily to replenish the dwindling national budget, instead of caging those corrupt officials and tax evaders. The government budget deficit is not our fault! What happened next? On so many occasions we protested but after a few months these protests vanish like a bubble, not really until the problem was solve. It looks like the reason is totally political. Our action is politically motivated, without passion, without determination and without nationalism.

Now, let’s tackle the kind of protest so popular in the Philippines. After the problem is heard, we are accustomed of gathering on the street, bringing friends, brothers, sisters, sister’s friends, and I guess it even includes our grandmothers. On the street, we recite long speeches, shouting unpleasant words, creating irritating sounds and other uncivilized acts, yet we succeeded nothing. At this event, we do more harm than good, creating chaos than correcting the faulty situation, and worsening the nation’s problem than solving it. In our words, we are blaming the president. Why? I think we are just ignorant about the real situation. It’s not easy to become a president. Just observe our situation today, it would take a decade or if we level it to our attitudes it would take a century to solve the nation’s problems. The president is not the only leader of our country, and the hardship we experienced right now is caused not only by our government, but we ourselves, the Filipino people. Why don’t we start to look around? On our own backyard, I guess we have clean up our mess first before going to the street to criticize whoever we think are the causes of our hardship. This is what I know, Filipinos are so lazy (like me) and they have a habit of blaming the other person for their failure. I think it is time to wake up and to change the Filipino mentality.

And if we really want to have a lasting changes and it is difficult to avoid any chaotic situation, why not arm ourselves? Maybe this will work. As what histories are proven, civil war is an effective way to transform a rotten government. We may not sure if the outcome would be beneficial to us, yet one thing is certain, we can achieve a lasting change.

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Pierre

Girls? Here's some info about them.

July 29, 2004


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This information was posted by caraCaroline (her nick in the friendster. I don't know her real name). She's my chatmate and also a friend I guess.

Girls today are so unpredictable, it is good for us guys to have some facts about them and this fact I posted in here is a big help to the people out there who had a difficulty in courting someone. So here is it.

1.) When a girl says she's sad, but she isn't crying, it means she's crying in her heart.

2.) When she ignores you after you've done something wrong, it is best to give her some time to cool down before giving her a heartfelt apology.

3.) A girl can't find anything to hate about the guy she loves (which is why it is so hard for her to "get over him" after the relationship is over.)

4.) If a girl loves a guy, he will always be on her mind every minute of the day, even though she flirts with other guys.

- I have a bad feeling about this.

5.) When the guy she likes smiles and stares deep into her eyes, she melts.

6.) A girl likes to hear compliments, but usually is not sure how to react to them.

7.) When a particular guy flirts with a girl a lot, a girl would start thinking the guy likes her. So if you treat a girl just as a friend, go easy on the smiles and stares 'okie?

- I think it's true. I've done this many times

8.) If you don't like a girl who likes you, break it to her gently.

9.) If a girl starts avoiding you after you reject her, leave her alone for a while. If you still want to be friends, talk to her.

10.) Girls enjoy talking about what they feel. Music, poetry, drawings and writing are ways of expressing themselves (which explains why most girls like writing journals).

11.) Never tell a girl that she is useless in any way.

12.) Being too serious can turn a girl off.

13.) When the guy she likes calls her for the first time, the girl may act uninterested during the call. But as soon as the phone is back on the hook, she will whoop with joy and immediately start calling

her friends to spread the news.

14.) A smile means a lot to a girl.

15.) If you like a girl, try making friends with her first. Let her get to know you.

16.) If a girl says she can't go out with you because she has to study, leave her alone.

17.) But if she still calls you or expect a call from you, stay.

18.) Don't try to guess a girl's feelings. Ask her.

19.) Hearing the words "I love you" is a great reassurance to a girl that, she is beautiful.

20.) After a girl falls in love with a guy, she'll wonder why she never noticed him before.

21.) If you need tips on how to flirt with a girl, read romance stories.

22.) When class pictures come out, a girl would first look at the girl next to her crush before actually looking at herself.

23.) A girl's ex-crush will always be in her memory, but the guy she loves will always stay in her heart.

24.) Girls love to have fun!

25.) A simple 'Hi' can brighten a girl's day.

26.) A girl's best friend usually knows best what she is feeling and going through.

27.) Girls hate it when a guy pays attention to them just to get close to their 'prettier' friend.

28.) Love means devotion, caring and happiness to a girl, in that order.

29.) Some girls care about looks, some care about brains, but ALL girls want a guy who will love and care for them..

If you wish to know caraCaroline here's her email caroline_balz@yahoo.com.

A message for me!

July 25, 2004

Hello there my friends! Here we go again, writing some stupid, or let's just say, some unusual article in this space, but now, my mind has ran out of space and I cannot save many of my ideas that happened to pass by in my thought yesterday (in other words I'm stupid), so just let me publish this message from my Auntie En-en for me. Well, not just for me really, it's for her friends out there, andI think I'm in the circle. So I guess I have also the right to blog the content of her message. Here it is;

Thoughts from the Glass Jar: Save yourself from the past dot com.

Yesterday is past.

Today is a gift.

Tomorrow is a mystery, but I'm sure God will guide me. : )

Now these three remain: Faith, Hope and Love. But the greatest of these is Love.-1st Corinthians 13:13

Hope never quits, faith never stops, trusting and love never fails!( I had this one posted in my study tableback in my undergrad days.: )

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.-Aristotle

(here is this one i love. this is what one can say to a friend when he/she feels true to himself when he's/she's with him/her:"I like me best when I'm with you...."(ooow, angal pa????, hehe)

I miss you when I'm sad. I miss you when I'm lonely. But most of all, I miss you when i'm happy.

You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back.-Barbara De Angelis

Hello everyone,

Today is fiesta celebration in Dapitan City in honor of Saint James the Greater. I'm not there, I miss Dapitan....

Anyway, I have some news from my part of the world. I was kind of excited because we will have our SanggumayAcquaintance Slumber Party this Tuesday, July 27 at 9pm. We (from Wing D) will dance the Sunod Sa Galaw (that ad sa Rejoice-ngek, funny jud! hehehe).We decided we will make it funny so as not to bore the audience (ourfellow dormmates). It was required that it will be the new residents to perform, so we have no choice. Anyway, I enjoyed the practice, but I just wondered what happens in the night of the presentation, hehehe. : )

Oh, I have this important thing to share: For the past months (April-early days in July) I have been sort of a "lost child". I felt those heartaches that seemed to break me into pieces. I was hypersensitive, especially on those self-help and inspirational books, devouring everything I could hold on to just to have that strength again out of my unregenerate love.

But by now, I am so thankful because I realized that maybe the reason why it was hard for me during those times that I have problems was because I tend to forget the most important person who loves me-the dearest friend who paid the price of His life just not to let us struggle alone.I was too absorbed and too confident of myself that I forgot the only person who walks patiently with me along those bumpy roads-who silently waits for me to call Him. I realized now why I haven't felt the purity of love I've searched all mylife because I've stubbornly look for it from others He knew are not meant for me. I prayed but i forgot that I have to humbly submit myself to His own Will for He knows what is best for me. I forgot that I have to first completely surrender myself to Him so that I will be complete enough to share my wholeself to the man who truly loves me and one who has done the same thing of himself and to the Lord too. I was hurt because I didn't look for that contentment and peace in the arms of my Father-Jesus Christ. I forgot everything about my covenant with Him. And now I am happy that His love made me search for him and leads me back to Him. Gradually, I shall have that purity of love that hopefully, I could share to the man that truly deserves me and whom I deserve to in Christ's will. : )

I am so grateful. I realized now that everything in my life is a blessing. I've learned lessons, and I'm confident to go on with Christ who guides me. Probably God gives us problems to remind us that He is there. He gives us sickness to tell us not to be forgetful of His healing grace.

All of these I realized when we have a Faith Formation with Sister Sol ( a nun-chaplain for all lady dormitories in UP-Diliman. This will be every Wednesday at 7:30 pm in Sanggumay Lobby). It was like a retreat, a soul searching-like what I have experienced back in my high school days before our graduation-we have are treat to search for our own path and dreams. That first group sharing was a time when we opened our selvesto our expectations, fears, realizations and dreams in life, and lost hopes. I like it because the sharing is not insipid at all, and we have a joker dormmates and we laughed and shared humor and jokes and Sister Solis kind and trustworhty and a good listener. : ) I look forward to more of our meetings and hopefully, I would be able to walk my way of life in the light of my faith with Jesus. : )

Ok, as for my dorm life, oh, by the way, Sanggumay is a name of an Orchid, but most students(undergrad and grad ones) call Sanggumay Sanggurang-arrrrggg!!! Sanggurang is tagalog for old-which means oldmaids, spinsters for us Sanggumay residents, uh uh! : (: ) That's how they call the residents, probably because most don't have boyfriends and quite choosy. Probably most men were just intimidated because women residents in Sanggumay are known around the UP Diliman campus to be goal-oriented, has high standards and a mind that scare the wits out of men! (hey, my male friend says that, hehehe) : ) (was that a compliment or something else???? : ) Anyway, in fairness, Sanggumay dorm the epitome of Filipina persistent and patient graduate students who strive hard just to get that education they dreamed of. (hey,it's not easy to apply at Sanggumay for residence-you have to strictly follow the rules and they have criterias for accepting residents which one has to compromise and understand and obey. That's why I wanted very badly to be accepted in Sanggumay. There is another women graduate dorm, Ipil, but it is co-ed. I've stayed at Ipil back in April as a transient when I took up the MAPS entrance exam. : )

Opps! Before I go, I have these new tastes that brainwashed my discriminating palate I have discovered now that I am here in UP. The first one is the Bicol Express. I usually eat at Rodics and Coop. At Rodicsit's Bicol Express that I really ordered, hmmn... with rice of course! Then when at the Coop, I have Sinigang- I like it! Then also I eat Bagusilog(Bagus and itlog). As for Bicol Express, I have promised myself to try to cook it when i will have my vacation at home-the cooked soft pork, coconut milk with chili and spices-just think about that savory curry and that's it! I just love hot and spicy food! And when I eat, I have leche flan for my dessert and that's a; ready heaven for me! : )

Lastly, I've watched Dharma and Greg last Saturday on tv at RPN. i remember Will and Grace...I love the plot, the loving couple and the jokes..hehehe. I'm sure I'll gonna watch it again. : )

Got to go, hello to Kristina and Marius-Best Wishes and Congratulations! Lithuania, I will visit your country someday. : ) Thank you for all those comforting emails.Thank you so much! Hey, I still have to finish my reading of a book tonight for my book review.I hope to encode it tomorrow to be passed on Tuesday. Gravaay! I don't feel like writing it now.....Need to relax a little... ; )

Take care and God bless!

Sincerely,

Enin ; )

That's it! I hope you had a nice reading.

A little info about my Aunt. She is a person of high intellect, self-confidence, creativeness, friendliness and beauty.

Have a nice reading! Bye!

A Sort Of...

July 18, 2004

It took me a day to think what am I going to write here. I am too busy and my mind is working on the other thing. We've been developing a system for our company. Too many things to do, so little time.

From the quite place of Ilaya, where I came from, I arrived here in the busy city of Cebu. I worked as a computer programmer before at Dapitan City Sara Lee Outlet. The business was manage by a friend of mine (I did know somehow that we are related to each other). Then on the early days of March 2004, while I was repairing a computer at the Prosecutor's Office at Dapitan, a close friend of mine, working at Cebu, called me and told me to apply to the company where he worked. So that's it! After a few days of waiting I was being called for an interview. I was very lucky on that day that the other company I previously applied also called for an interview. A good luck indeed, but it made so confuse about what to choose and I have to think hard how to be able to decide right. And my time is running out.

After a day of thinking, I decided to accept the offer of my friend, to worked with him. A week later, I was being trained at Bais. When I heard about the place I don't have any idea about it, how far it is and what kind of people awaits me. And then that's it, I travel blindly. I'm not afraid, I have so much money to spare.

I was trained in Bais City for almost three months (unusually long time for a trainee like me). Bais is just a small city with a large plantation of sugarcane on it's outskirt. With so few business establishment I can compare it to my place, Dapitan.

After a long waiting, I was being assigned with my friend in the IT Department. We travel to Bayawan. Nearly four hours from Bais and two from Dumaguete. I was bringing two bagful of my things so I felt so tired when we arrived at Bayawan. As what I observed, Bayawan is bigger and busier than Bais. And I also met some lovely ladies in that city. We stay there for three days, then we began our journey to Cebu.

So that's it! Well I guess I have to stop here, my mind is completely blank. See you in my next nonsense article!

Bye!

My Poetry

July 17, 2004

Hello everybody!

I submitted a poem at Poetry.com, but sad to say my poem exceeded to the line they allowed. What did I do? I deleted the two paragraphs of the poem.

Now, let me publish the full composition of it in here. It was entitled "I Will Never Say Goodbye"

I Will Never Say Goodbye

I will never say goodbye like nearing to the end of time

I'm not going to say farewell for I'm just riding with my destiny's rhyme

I may have to leave and walk away but not eternally

And it was just a fact of life a common thing to see

For in this world we come and go to follow the path of our own

Too many roads to take a journey to an every city to an every town

The quest may take us a lifetime or less, we just don't know

We have to pray for our own success or just go blindly with the flow

And if I have to wave my hand to the people I left behind

It's not goodbye to you I swear for I hate to utter this line

And if I have to say a word to enscribe in your memory

It might be a big, big thanks for the kindness you had given me

And somewhere, and somehow on the every space of our world

We might cross and meet again somewhere down the road

Just look at my eyes and you will see the fondness I wish to share

Hold my hand and see my smile and you will know how I care.

At last, I feel better. I wish that someday they will know that the composition I submitted is lacking.

Now for the other topic, I recently launched my new website (still under development). If you wish to visit it, just click this link www.digifreak.tk.

I have to say goodbye. Thank your for visiting this blog. Goodbye!