rude

Last weekend, I was with friends. We went out to grab a breather.

Since I wanted to "drink socially", we decided to go to a bar we visited before. Manila can be a small world for yuppies who want to paint the town pink or orange(depends on your favorite color). Anyways, as I was on my way to get a refill of my favorite alcoholic drink, a guy smiled at me and asked me if I remembered him. He continued by saying that he met a friend of mine before and that we were introduced to each other. He smiled afterwards.

I don't know what got into me. "Oh yeah, I remember, you're the one with the horrible teeth." was the thing that immediately came out of my mouth. It came out like "word vomit". As I went back to my friends, I told them about what happened. I realized that I was lucky to be 6 feet tall. Otherwise, the guy could have punched me or slapped me. I swear, I could still see his face when the word vomit happened. I so wanted to take it back and say something like, "Oh yeah, I remember, you're the guy with the large d*ck but had horrible teeth", then things would have been better.

If you are curious about the guy's reaction, well, let's just say that he will never talk to me again no matter what happens.

In a related matter, I was able to chat with one of my "Ex's". Anyways, there was a point when I asked the worldly question: "If you were to describe me in one word, what word would that be?". The answer came in a few seconds and in all caps--"RUDE". Just a backgrounder, we were in a relationship for more than three years so this bothers me a lot.

I guess I can be rude to people without me knowing. I am not rude intentionally. I am just trying to be honest most of the times and this is what I get for being honest, an "Ex" calling me rude? Since when did the virtue of honesty become a pre-requisite for being rude or mean?

Kidding aside, I should be more careful next time or always have a friend beside me when I talk to people I really don't know that well so that I could be stopped from word vomit happening again.

Disclaimer: The author is not in anyway interjecting that he has perfect teeth. The author is also not suggesting in anyway that he is totally attractive.

alias

Last weekend, as I was doing some inventory check, I stumbled upon old magazines left over by a friend(does that make it mine now?). I browsed through it quickly. I remembered us laughing when we were going through these magazines. Anyways, as I was browsing, there was one particular photo that I couldn't take my eyes off. It was a photo of a person who looked so familiar to me but I couldn't remember where I saw him. I was bothered because I had to remember where I saw him.

My brain was working overtime. I had to pinpoint the exact event where I have encountered this person. I am not a very outgoing person but my job dictates a lot of PR, ergo, I have met a lot of people during the span of my career. This gave me a headache. I concentrated on his face and thought hard.

It took me about two hours just to realize who this guy really was. I could not believe it, it was him! I have to show the photo to one of the people he also encountered so that I could confirm his identity. Are we all keeping secrets from our past that we would rather keep there?

I am not planning to ask him anything about these recent discoveries of mine, but I can't help but wonder and ponder. He seems happy and fulfilled with his current life, so why bother.

I still can't believe it though! If it took me two hours to remember who the person on the magazine was but it will take me very much longer than that to forget that it was a part of his past.

finally

At last, I was able to finish Season 3 of QAF and all I can say is it's getting better and better. I am eagerly waiting for the arrival of the 4th Season. I was so content with the ending of the 3rd season. I also learned to appreciate Brian in this season.

It is surprising for me to like QAF since I really did not like the 1st season that much. I think it would be safe to say that season 3 had more substance even if it only had 14 episodes.

B asked me to see the UK version because he has it on VCD. I was disappointed even if it is the original or the basis of the US version. The Brian counterpart which is Stuart is "fugly" making him totally irritating. The US version has developed characters which people will be able to relate to. I had a hard time watching the UK version. Actually, B gave me the VCD's more than a month ago and I am just on the 7th episode. I am not saying that QAF UK sucks but it's definitely not to my liking.

relief

Got great news from Mischa that Nana is responding positively to the meds.

I remember the last time I saw Nana Chat. She was so happy to see all of us together. She even spoke to me and Lawrence individually. She asked Lawrence the same thing she asked me. She told us that if we would like to marry Mischa, she would outright give her blessings. She told me that Mischa and I would have great looking children if we decided to marry. Of course, she also said the same thing to Lawrence. I wonder why Nana never offered this to Clint or Steve? Anyway, that is a different story.

I also remember how Nana is very particular about what she wears. She was always stylish but never over-dressed. I guess it runs in their family.

I am so looking forward to seeing her. I would love to hear her stories again.

blank

I don't know why but I have this feeling that things are so weird right now. It's already a Tuesday and I haven't felt anything for the past two days. I sometimes look in the mirror and all I can see is a blank expression.

I still daydream once in a while. I would love to be out of reach for at least a couple of days. I wanna be in an island with someone I have been dying to see for the past months. I just wanna stare at the ocean. The sea always brings me tranquility. And during the nights, I would love to look up and observe the stars with my companion.

The only thing to wake me up will be the ocean, the birds, and the cool winds.

Oops. I'm back in the "real" world, I heard the office phone ring. I guess I need a vacation, soon.

tired

I came home from a Saturday night out at around 7am the next morning. I feel like I am drained of all my energy.

I was only able to go online now because I just came home an hour ago. I promised B that I would accompany him at Q.

I admire people who look like they have all the energy in the world even if they were up all day & night. I sometimes ask myself how they do it? Do they drink potions?

Right now, I am just checking out some stuff on the net. I guess I'll be sleeping earlier than the usual so that I can rejuvenate my lost energy.

Simply, As Told By Albert

I have been contemplating on making another blog aside from what I already had. I wanted it to be an everyday blog wherein I can write anything I wanna write. It may contain incoherent thoughts and the words might be contradicting, but it is what I would like to say as of that moment.

Memento is where I post my organized thoughts. In other words, this blog will contain my darker side if you can call it that. Definitely, this one will be updated regularly. I can make a post by just typing a word but I don't think I will be doing that though.

To sum it up, this time it's personal.