Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Sickness During Job Interview!

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Are you fucking kidding me? I got nausea, fever, and rashes (lucky me, not my face or hands) all throughout the interview and exam! And because of this, I find it hard to concentrate answering the questions in the written exam and the interviewer. I feel nauseous and almost want to puke the entire time but I have to endure it for the sake of the job.

Sunday, August 12, 2012

What We All Want

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"May you never steal, lie or cheat to me.
But if you must steal, steal away my sorrows.
And if you must lie, lie with me all the nights of my life.
And if you must cheat, then please cheat death
because I couldn't live a day without you."

- Leap Year (2010)

Just got this quote from the movie I just watched. Although I'm not really in to it, this caught my attention. 

Thursday, August 9, 2012

Whiplash Stories 2

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At some point, I keep seeing people getting out of their usual system. I guess people really are working on it despite for the fact that no matter how you escape reality, it will only hunt you. But who are them to be blame? However, these false pretenses are not enough nor ever will cover up themselves.

As I browse everyday over the internet, I realize how to keep my netizen ethics. Everything you post and everything you say reflects on you. What is meant to be public can be publicize and what is meant to be private should keep an eye for privacy.

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

The Hunger Games Trilogy

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So today, I just finished reading all 3 books of  "The Hunger Games Trilogy" after five days. Yep, I can read fast and still understand every bits of it as long as my interest matters. 

I really got interested after I watched the first film, The Hunger Games after it was released online (I'm a hell of a pirate, really). The movie itself was really great despite of having some major and minor tweaks which is very understandable considering that some parts of the book is not entirely important. The idea of getting some parts from the sequel book is very ingenious otherwise it might have been many dull moments and confusing scenes.

After I watched the movie, the urge of wanting more haunts me. Then I decide to put my interest in the book because I have to wait till next year for the next installment, November 2013 (see detailed release dates here). Hopefully, it will be released the same date as US which is November 22 - in our timezone it will be November 23 (GMT+8, Manila). I even read the first book considering that I've watched the movie which is rarely I do (for the fact that it is already spoiled by the movie). I consider that a high level of interest!

Why do I consider it as high level interest? Take note of the Harry Potter series, I only watched the film. I managed to read the Deathly Hallows but got lazy and lost interest, leaving the halfway of pages unread.

I can't buy the books because of the bad weather (it's been raining nonstop here for weeks, day and night) so I made it work reading e-books. It's not easy BTW, it  irritates my eyes if I spent to long but I can't believe that I didn't notice the time as I read.

The Hunger Games is the 2nd book that I've read after watching the movie being The Notebook as the first one which is a very different case - reading it because of a responsibility not knowing if I'm really accountable for. Same reason goes with The Time Traveler's Wife but did not finish it though I'm also halfway through with it. OR it might have been third, I just can't remember if I managed to finish Sundays at Tiffany's, a novel turned in to movie also, though I remember that i read that.

At some point, I thought of it's good to read the book first before watching it. The reason is obvious, why bother spending many days reading a novel after watching it within 2 hours or so? But being like me, not much of a bookworm, has to thank the movie for giving the knowledge that it came from a novel.

Well, happy Hunger Games everyone! May the odds be ever in your favor, always!

Monday, August 6, 2012

Oscar Pistorius: Disability Is Not an Excuse to Give Up

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Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius (born 22 November 1986) is a South African sprint runner. Known as the "Blade Runner" and "the fastest man on no legs", Pistorius, who has a double amputation, is the world record holder for class T44 in the 100, 200 and 400 metres events and runs with the aid of Cheetah Flex-Foot carbon fibre transtibial artificial limbs by Ă–ssur. He competes in T44 (single below knee amputees) events though he is actually classified in T43 (double below knee amputee).

On 4 August 2012 he became the first double leg amputee ever to participate in the Olympic Games when he entered the men's 400 metres race. Though he was not able to make it to the finals, he already did well for making it to the semi-finals.

(source: Wikipedia)

This photo was taken long time ago, but has gone viral last Sunday on some social networking sites such as Twitter and to the web after Pistorius raced. He inspired many people who are also like him just like the young girl in the photo named Ellie Challs.

Pistorius only proved that disability doesn't mean inability. He is an icon whose inspiring many people like him, physically challenged but did not see it as an obstacle nor a reason to give up. Not only he inspired physically challenged people, but also the able-bodied person just like me.

"I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet."


Thursday, August 2, 2012

London Olympics 2012: Water Polo Wardrobe Malfunction

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Image Source: Guyism 
I read the news in Yahoo so I immediately searched for some uncensored photo (LOL). This event was held last Wednesday (August 1), a match between Spain and United States. Kim Craig accidentally pulled out the swimsuit and exposed the right breast of the Spanish athlete.

It was aired online by NBC and many viewers might have actually seen it. Such a very rare scene that can be seen particularly on a prestigious event.

Accidents happens and these kind of so-called "wardrobe malfunction" is very common particularly in this kind of game. After all, in water polo, kicking, grabbing, pulling, punching, struggling -- it's all legal underwater. What you see above is different on what is happening underneath. 

Anyways, the match lead to a tie between Spanish and United States for a total score of 9-9.