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  <title>Life's a Beach. I'm a Bitch!</title>
  <subtitle>Suckin' Too Hard on Ya Lollipop!</subtitle>
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    <name>AJ</name>
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  <updated>2008-06-24T02:31:17Z</updated>
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    <title>F*CK Identity Theft and Online Impostors!</title>
    <published>2008-06-24T02:31:17Z</published>
    <updated>2008-06-24T02:31:17Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Let me just state it here formally that my ONLY YouTube account is &lt;a target="_blank" mce_href="http://youtube.com/ajkenji" href="http://youtube.com/ajkenji"&gt;http://youtube.com/ajkenji&lt;/a&gt; and I do not have any other accounts with YouTube aside from that.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" mce_href="http://youtube.com/ajmatela" href="http://youtube.com/ajmatela"&gt;http://youtube.com/ajmatela&lt;/a&gt; is not owned by AJ Matela.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Someone apparently is mad at me, or wants to make fun of me, or I don't know what,&amp;nbsp; and signed up with youtube on May 29. 2008 using my name ajmatela. The video shows the transcript I created for the audio file "I Kell You" and a screencap from one of my videoblogs.&amp;nbsp; To add insult to this injury, the person used "&lt;b&gt;I Kell You! (With Transcript/the agent&lt;/b&gt;" as the title, implying that I am the agent in the call.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://baklaako.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/impostor2.jpg" mce_href="http://baklaako.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/impostor2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://baklaako.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/impostor2.jpg" mce_src="http://baklaako.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/impostor2.jpg" alt="" title="impostor2" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-993 aligncenter" width="485" height="208"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The greatest insult of them all is that the person had the audacity to put the caption/title on the video that says: "Do You Know Who Am I?" &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Come on!&amp;nbsp; I do not write English like that!&amp;nbsp; I will never ask a question with incorrect sentence construction.&amp;nbsp; It's "Do You Know Who I AM?" and not "AM I" Please! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So friends, I implore you to help me report his user by flagging the video for copyright infringement and/or inappropriate content. If you can, please also report the user to YouTube Authorities.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 10px;height: 15px;" class="zemanta-pixie"&gt;&lt;a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/edd6aca9-ef2a-4000-bcf7-570ad770ed72/" title="Zemified by Zemanta"&gt;&lt;img style="border: medium none;float: right;" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_a.png?x-id=edd6aca9-ef2a-4000-bcf7-570ad770ed72" alt="Zemanta Pixie"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   &lt;p class="multiply:no_crosspost"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ageage:209028</id>
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    <title>Happiness is next to me...</title>
    <published>2008-06-11T02:43:16Z</published>
    <updated>2008-06-11T02:43:16Z</updated>
    <content type="html">Last year, before turning 25, I posted &lt;a href="http://ageage.livejournal.com/101577.html"&gt;a list of things&lt;/a&gt; that I wanted to achieve before I turned 25.  I turned 25 but the list remained clean, virgin, untouched.  Now I can cross out the first two on the list.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://pics.livejournal.com/ageage/pic/0020bhz0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Because happiness is next to... me!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Check out &lt;a href="http://ageage.multiply.com/photos/album/228/Happiness"&gt;happiness here&lt;/a&gt;.</content>
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    <title>6-7-8</title>
    <published>2008-06-07T14:08:25Z</published>
    <updated>2008-06-07T14:08:25Z</updated>
    <content type="html">A new date to remember. :)</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ageage:208523</id>
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    <title>The Anti-Discrimination Bill: 10 Things You Need To Know</title>
    <published>2008-06-03T03:50:54Z</published>
    <updated>2008-06-03T03:50:54Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Got this from the &lt;a href="http://fullman.com.ph/2008/05/11/adb" target="_blank"&gt;blog&lt;/a&gt; of  gay activist extraordinaire &lt;a href="http://fullman.com.ph/" target="_blank"&gt;Jonas Bagas&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ten things you need to know about the &lt;a href="http://baklaako.com/anti-discrimination/" target="_blank"&gt;Anti-Discrimination Bill&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Fight for equal rights for lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders (LGBTs) by pushing for the passage of the Anti-Discrimination Bill (HB 956) authored by AKBAYAN Rep. Risa Hontiveros-Baraquel.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Here’s what the bill is all about:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Equal rights, not special rights. &lt;/b&gt;The bill does not grant additional or special rights to LGBTs. What it does is criminalize violations to the human rights and freedoms on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. The bill affirms and promotes human rights and freedoms that are enshrined in the Constitution.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Equality in schools.&lt;/b&gt; The bill prohibits discrimination against LGBT students, which usually takes place through unfair admission policies, unjust expulsion, and unreasonable disciplinary actions.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Equal opportunities in employment&lt;/b&gt;. By criminalizing unfair labor practices and policies on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, the bill promotes decent jobs for LGBT workers. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;  &lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt; &lt;a href="http://baklaako.com/2008/06/03/ten-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-anti-discrimination-bill/#more-974" class="more-link"&gt;…..Click here to read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
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    <title>Susan Roces is Not a Scammer!</title>
    <published>2008-06-02T00:10:31Z</published>
    <updated>2008-06-02T00:10:31Z</updated>
    <content type="html">Oh, the spammers have now gone local.&amp;nbsp; This may be spam and this may be a scam similar to the Nigerian email scams. Kaloka!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://baklaako.com"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://pics.livejournal.com/ageage/pic/0020apzz" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</content>
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    <title>I Want To</title>
    <published>2008-05-31T19:19:18Z</published>
    <updated>2008-05-31T19:20:39Z</updated>
    <content type="html">Let's open up a restaurant in Santa Fe.</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ageage:207666</id>
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    <title>An Open Letter of a Transgender Woman in the Philippines</title>
    <published>2008-05-27T01:56:49Z</published>
    <updated>2008-05-27T01:56:49Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Below is an open letter of Sass Rogando Sassot, a transgender woman, who experienced discrimination at one bar in Makati.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt; PEOPLE LIKE US&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt; An Open Letter of a Transgender Woman in the Philippines&lt;br /&gt; [25 May 2008 / Sunday / 6.04 AM to 6.45 AM]&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. - Eleanor Roosevelt&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;My friends and I have been made to feel inferior approximately five hours before I wrote this letter. I’d like to sweep this incident under the proverbial rug but there is no more space to accommodate it.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;On the 24th of May 2008, my friends and I were celebrating the anniversary of our organization the Society of Transsexual Women of the Philippines (STRAP), the first transsexual women’s support group and transgender rights advocacy organization in the Philippines. We settled to celebrate it in Ice Vodka Bar, located in Greenbelt 3, 3rd level Ayala Center, Makati City, Metro Manila. It was my first time in that bar. Two in our group have been there before and they had nothing bad to say about it.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;There were five of us. I was leading the way. The bouncer stopped us. I asked why. His reason was we were dressed “inappropriately”. We were rather dressed decently, tastefully, and most importantly just like any other human being who lives her life as female 24 hours a day.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;I asked for the manager. The bouncer was nice enough to let me in. The manager, Ms Belle Castro, accommodated me. I don’t know if I spelled her name right. I asked for a business card but she had none available. Her telling feature though was her braced teeth.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;I complained. Ms Castro listened to me. I found her sympathetic, even respectful as she addressed me all throughout as ma’am. She told me the following:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;1. (Referring to my friends, and obviously to me) That “people like them” aren’t allowed in our bar every Fridays &amp;amp; Saturdays;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;2. That that was an agreement between all the bars in Greenbelt (she particularly mentioned their bar, Absinthe, and Café Havana) and Ayala Corporation, the company which owns the Greenbelt Complex;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;3. That the reason for this policy is: “Marami kasing foreigner na nag-kocomplain at napepeke daw sila sa mga katulad nila.” Loosely translated in English: “There are lots of foreigners complaining because they mistake people like them as real women”; and&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;4. That they have a “choice” to implement the policy.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;I felt terribly hurt and uncontrollably agitated. This transphobic act is not the first time that it happened to me, to my friends, to people like us. To say that this has become almost a routine is an understatement.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;I have shouted at Ms Castro several times, asking her why I’m f***ing experiencing racism in my own country and what gave f***ing foreigners the right to demand to block people like us to enter bars in our very own country.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Ms Castro tried to hush me by pulling the “It’s our choice card” and asked me to talk decently. I am not proud at all of using the F-word as my intensifier and of letting my emotions ran raw and wild. My warm apologies to Ms Castro for losing my cool. Just like any of us, I know, she was just doing her job.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This may not be the proper forum to raise this concern. But is there any reliable legal forum to address this issue? Reality check: there is no antidiscrimination law in this country. And if you’re discriminated, there seems to be a notion that you’re supposed to blame yourself for bringing such an unfortunate event to yourself.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;So, I’d just stand up through this open letter.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;I am standing for myself. I am standing for people like us. I am standing up because I, am, very, tired of this incivility. We have long endured this kind of treatment for far too long. Enough.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;I’ll not go as far as campaigning for a boycott as it is definitely the simple workers that would suffer from any loss in revenue such an act may cause.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;People like us would like to be treated just like any other human being. Just like those foreigners who complained about our existence: With dignity.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;You know the civilized and ethical thing to do: Stop discrimination in your establishments.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Bigotry is never ethical nor a sound business strategy.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Warmly,&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Ms Sass Rogando Sasot&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(64, 127, 0);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Sass&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(64, 127, 0);"&gt;is one of the founding members of the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(191, 0, 191); font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Society of Transsexual Women of the&lt;/span&gt; Philippines (STRAP)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; [&lt;a href="http://www.tsphilippines.com/" target="_blank"&gt;www.tsphilippines.com&lt;/a&gt;], an Associate Member of &lt;span class="nfakPe"&gt;Transgender&lt;/span&gt; ASIA Research Centre, and a member of &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 255);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ang Ladlad Party&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"&gt;To have a dialogue with her regarding this incident, you may reach her at &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:srsasot@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;srsasot@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt; or through her mobile at &lt;span fn_index="0" info="Call +639276257010;0;+639276257010;1;" context="+639276257010" rtl="false" class="skype_tb_injection"&gt;&lt;span style="margin-right: 0px;" title="This is a Philippines phone number. The country code cannot be changed." class="skype_tb_injection_left"&gt;&lt;span style="background-image: url(chrome://skype_ff_toolbar_win/content/cb_normal_l.gif);" class="skype_tb_injection_left_img"&gt;&lt;img height="11" alt="" src="chrome://skype_ff_toolbar_win/content/cb_transparent_l.gif" style="height: 11px; width: 7px;" class="skype_tb_img_adge" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="padding-right: 1px; background-image: url(chrome://skype_ff_toolbar_win/content/cb_normal_m.gif);" class="skype_tb_injection_left_img"&gt;&lt;img alt="" style="margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px 1px 1px 0px; width: 16px; top: 0px; left: 0px;" src="chrome://skype_ff_toolbar_win/content/famfamfam/ph.gif" title="" class="skype_tb_img_flag" name="skype_tb_img_f0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span title="Call this phone number in Philippines with Skype: +639276257010" class="skype_tb_injection_right"&gt;&lt;span style="background-image: url(chrome://skype_ff_toolbar_win/content/cb_normal_m.gif);" class="skype_tb_innerText"&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" alt="" src="chrome://skype_ff_toolbar_win/content/space.gif" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; height: 1px; width: 1px;" class="skype_tb_img_space" /&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" alt="" src="chrome://skype_ff_toolbar_win/content/space.gif" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; height: 1px; width: 1px;" class="skype_tb_img_space" /&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" alt="" src="chrome://skype_ff_toolbar_win/content/space.gif" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; height: 1px; width: 1px;" class="skype_tb_img_space" /&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" alt="" src="chrome://skype_ff_toolbar_win/content/space.gif" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; height: 1px; width: 1px;" class="skype_tb_img_space" /&gt;+639276257010&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-image: url(chrome://skype_ff_toolbar_win/content/cb_normal_r.gif);" class="skype_tb_injection_left_img"&gt;&lt;img height="11" alt="" src="chrome://skype_ff_toolbar_win/content/cb_transparent_r.gif" style="height: 11px; width: 19px;" class="skype_tb_img_adge" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; &lt;p&gt;But the world is not all that bad and there are still good people out there who have even just a tinge of humanity in them. Thanks to formal and educated communication employed by Ms. Sassot, a lot of good developments regarding this case have taken place. And that’s all in a matter of less than a week.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Ms. Sassot shared the timeline and here is the long and short of it all: &lt;a href="http://baklaako.com/2008/05/27/an-open-letter-of-a-transgender-woman-in-the-philippines/#more-962" class="more-link"&gt;…..Click here to read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
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    <title>Maki-Pepper Lunch na!</title>
    <published>2008-05-22T11:36:45Z</published>
    <updated>2008-05-22T11:36:45Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://chuvaness.livejournal.com/tag/pepper+lunch" target="_blank"&gt;Pepper Lunch&lt;/a&gt; is &lt;a href="http://chuvaness.livejournal.com/390227.html" target="_blank"&gt;Pepper Lunch&lt;/a&gt;, just like &lt;a href="http://baklaako.com/2008/05/20/anna-dizon-is-anna-dizon/" target="_blank"&gt;Anna Dizon is Anna Dizon&lt;/a&gt;. Then again, I’m compelled to disagree with myself and say that Pepper Lunch is more than just Anna Dizon. I’m not making sense am I? If one does not need to explain further why Anna Dizon is Anna Dizon, one has to explain why Pepper Lunch is Pepper Lunch. Then again, photos and words just won’t do Pepper Lunch justice as you really have to taste the food and get your own Pepper Lunch experience. Just writing this entry makes me hungry already.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Yesterday afternoon, at the Chowking Halo-Halo event, I learned that Jayvee and Phoebe were going to have dinner at PL. So my assuming self did not bat an eyelash and volunteered to tag along. After all, I have been itching to eat at PL ever since &lt;a href="http://chuvaness.livejournal.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Chuvaness&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://chuvaness.livejournal.com/324338.html" target="_blank"&gt;started posting&lt;/a&gt; about PL on her blog.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;It seemed like there was a foodie conference when we got to Pepper Lunch. Foodies (the real ones, I’m just a pseudo-foodie!) in attendance were &lt;a href="http://abuggedlife.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Jayvee&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://passthesauce.net/2008/05/22/when-foodies-unite-at-pepper-lunch/#comment-343" target="_blank"&gt;Phoebe&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://baratillo.net/" target="_blank"&gt;Juned&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://mysummersolstice.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Sophie&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://candishhh.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Didi&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://frannywanny.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Fran&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a title="Pepper Lunch by AJ Matela, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajkenji/2513706138/"&gt;&lt;img width="374" height="500" class="aligncenter" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2354/2513706138_e2a4ca797b.jpg" alt="Pepper Lunch" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;I just had to have my photo taken with the now-famous Julian!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;I got the Shimofuri Pepper Steak. Mahalia Mendez, but deadmalyn kase I knew that it was gonna be so worth it. This is the sosyal fast food!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;My and Phoebe’s Bill: &lt;a href="http://baklaako.com/2008/05/22/pepper-lunch/#more-958" class="more-link"&gt;…..Click here to read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
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    <title>Weather or Getting Old?</title>
    <published>2008-05-18T04:02:07Z</published>
    <updated>2008-05-18T04:02:45Z</updated>
    <content type="html">I'm not sure if it's just the weather or if it's because I'm getting old. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I worked in the day shift for the whole of last week and boy it felt great to be working during regular hours and sleeping at night.&amp;nbsp; I had the chance to experience the "normal" stuff that I dearly missed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oddly though,&amp;nbsp; I barely did anything out of the ordinary during my daytime workweek.&amp;nbsp; And now that it's the weekend, I'm just at home, checking emails, reading blogs, updating my blogs, watching TV and watching the torrent-downloaded latest episodes of Ugly Betty, Reaper, Grey's Anatomy and Gossip Girl. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm too lazy.&amp;nbsp; I have been too lazy. I'm to lazy to even get up from my bed, even if I have been up for about two hours already.&amp;nbsp; I'm too lazy to go downstairs to buy food.&amp;nbsp; I'm too lazy to clean the jungle that is my condo.&amp;nbsp; I'm too lazy to call up the Laundry service and have my laundry picked up.&amp;nbsp; I'm too lazy to go clubbing or partying with friends.&amp;nbsp; I'm too lazy to date. I'm too lazy to attend blog events.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have been really lazy lately.&amp;nbsp; Is it because of the weather?&amp;nbsp; Or am I just getting old?</content>
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    <title>She's Not Me</title>
    <published>2008-05-13T09:29:06Z</published>
    <updated>2008-05-13T09:29:06Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;I just want to be there when you discover&lt;br /&gt;When you wake up next to your new lover&lt;br /&gt;She might cook you breakfast and love you in the shower&lt;br /&gt;The flavor of the moment, cause she don't have what's ours&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She's not me&lt;br /&gt;She doesn't have my name&lt;br /&gt;She'll never have what I have&lt;br /&gt;It won't be the same&lt;br /&gt;It won't be the same&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Madonna, from Hard Candy&lt;/p&gt;</content>
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    <title>On Men and Dating</title>
    <published>2008-04-16T23:25:53Z</published>
    <updated>2008-04-16T23:25:53Z</updated>
    <content type="html">It's a cycle. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The last time I dated someone was in December of 2006. The last relationship I had was sometime in July of 2006. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In 2007,&amp;nbsp; I barely (read: zero) dated anyone.&amp;nbsp; In 2008, I have only slept with one person and that was way back January 2nd. TMI much?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;And contrary to popular belief, I am not depressed, nor am I lonely. I'm not actively seeking for someone to sleep with nor am I looking for someone to date.&amp;nbsp; And no, I am not looking for a boyfriend. I'm not waiting either.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I'm in a transient state of contentment.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It's a cycle.&amp;nbsp; Every so often, I feel this way.&amp;nbsp; And since it is a cycle, there is this thing that happens to me at one point or another (is it full moon time again?). &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Just when I'm already content with my current life, it starts raining.&amp;nbsp; It starts raining men.&amp;nbsp; Men from my past. Last night, I received a call from a man I was once so into. It was surprising since he was really never into me. I also got messages over Yahoo Messenger, Google Talk, and AOL Instant Messenger from different guys I used to "date." So it's raining men for me.&amp;nbsp; And when it rains, it always pours.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Then again,&amp;nbsp; I don't wanna invest anything in any of them since I know that once the rain stops, I will end up drenched. And alone. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I am happy with my life as it is.&amp;nbsp; So rain, rain, please go away. I appreciate your coming into my life in Summer - such an opportune time - but I don't need you right now.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Come again another day, will you?&lt;br&gt;  &lt;p class="multiply:no_crosspost"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
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    <title>Bakla on Manila Bulletin Article Now Online!</title>
    <published>2008-04-16T03:22:16Z</published>
    <updated>2008-04-16T03:22:16Z</updated>
    <content type="html">The feature/interview of Bakla Ako, May Reklamo in Manila Bulletin's Tech Section is now online:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Excerpt:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" align="left"&gt;Q. Care to share your dream blog subject?&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p style="font-style: italic;" align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;A. I’m a man who enjoys life’s simple pleasures so spending a week with Wentworth Miller and blogging about it would suffice. Oh wait, that’s not a simple pleasure. How about a week with Will Devaughn or Coco Martin?&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.mb.com.ph/TECH20080416121862.html"&gt;Click here to read the full article&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;  &lt;p class="multiply:no_crosspost"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ageage:205830</id>
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    <title>Bakla on Manila Bulletin's Technews</title>
    <published>2008-04-13T22:56:17Z</published>
    <updated>2008-04-13T22:56:17Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;What a beautiful way to start the week! I feel like I won a title in a &lt;a href="http://www.google.com/cse?cx=016523949399488339006%3Ayoc2ev_j_ao&amp;amp;cof=FORID%3A0&amp;amp;q=beauty+pageant&amp;amp;sa=Search" mce_href="http://www.google.com/cse?cx=016523949399488339006%3Ayoc2ev_j_ao&amp;amp;cof=FORID%3A0&amp;amp;q=beauty+pageant&amp;amp;sa=Search" target="_blank"&gt;beauty pageant&lt;/a&gt;! Lol. This is mayjuh!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Check out today's issue of &lt;a href="http://www.mb.com.ph/" mce_href="http://www.mb.com.ph/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Manila Bulletin&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (Vol. 424 No. 14 Monday, April 14, 2008). Go to the Blog-O-Rama column (page D5) of the Technews section, and this is what you will see:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: center;" mce_style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a title="Blog-o-rama by AJ Matela, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajkenji/2410917757/" mce_href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajkenji/2410917757/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2366/2410917757_e1c7fce257.jpg" mce_src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2366/2410917757_e1c7fce257.jpg" alt="Blog-o-rama" height="374" width="500"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Thanks to &lt;a href="http://www.annalyn.net/" mce_href="http://www.annalyn.net" target="_blank"&gt;Annalyn Jusay&lt;/a&gt; (she's an AJ too!) for the opportunity to get interviewed! :)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://baklaako.com/2008/04/14/bakla-manila-bulletin/"&gt;Continue Reading&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="multiply:no_crosspost"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
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    <title>This Someone</title>
    <published>2008-04-12T00:21:01Z</published>
    <updated>2008-04-12T00:21:01Z</updated>
    <content type="html">I could be brown, I could be blue, I could be violet sky.&amp;nbsp; But be careful. This "someone" has the dirt on you. Watch your steps and make sure you clean after yourself. Because no matter what you do, your dirt will stain not only your shirt, but also your name and reputation. Good luck.  &lt;p class="multiply:no_crosspost"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
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    <title>The Secret: My Targets</title>
    <published>2008-04-11T03:03:37Z</published>
    <updated>2008-04-11T03:03:37Z</updated>
    <content type="html">So I have goals and dreams which I will achieve using The Secret.&amp;nbsp; They will happen soon!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Two of them:&lt;br&gt;1.) NEO will be mine soon!&lt;br&gt;2.) I will get OHDEDFGA.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I WILL ACHIEVE THESE, I KNOW IT!&lt;br&gt;  &lt;p class="multiply:no_crosspost"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
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    <title>I Conquered My First Mountain</title>
    <published>2008-04-09T17:14:06Z</published>
    <updated>2008-04-09T17:15:31Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajkenji/2390075046/" title="Columbia Sportswear Mt Daguldol (111) by AJ Matela, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2142/2390075046_1d7ba1b58b.jpg" width="500" height="374" alt="Columbia Sportswear Mt Daguldol (111)" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I never thought I could, but I did!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://baklaako.com/2008/04/07/bakla-conquers-mt-daguldul-part-1/"&gt;http://baklaako.com/2008/04/07/bakla-conquers-mt-daguldul-part-1/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://baklaako.com/2008/04/08/bakla-conquers-mt-daguldol-part-2/"&gt;http://baklaako.com/2008/04/08/bakla-conquers-mt-daguldol-part-2/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br clear="all" /&gt;</content>
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    <title>Is It Still Worth It?</title>
    <published>2008-03-25T22:33:31Z</published>
    <updated>2008-03-25T22:33:31Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;And so I look back and ask myself:&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 487px; HEIGHT: 452px" height="430" alt="" width="441" src="http://pics.livejournal.com/ageage/pic/000ztp5t" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What has life to offer me when I grow old?&lt;br /&gt;What's there to look forward to beyond the biting cold?&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is&amp;nbsp;all this shit&amp;nbsp;still worth it? &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
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    <title>Kapal Naman, Pasampal Naman</title>
    <published>2008-03-19T01:30:44Z</published>
    <updated>2008-03-19T01:46:53Z</updated>
    <content type="html">Bakla ka, ang kapal ng mukha mo. Akala mo walang nakakaalam, pero matagal ka nang pinagsususpetsahan.&amp;nbsp; Hindi ka na nahiya dun sa tao. Ginusto mo yon at walang ibang pwedeng sisishin kundi ikaw. Kapal mo talaga day. Isa kang kahihiyan sa mga bakla ng sanlibutan. May mukha ka pang inihaharap dun sa tao. Hindi ka na awa sa sarili mo at sa lahat ng baho at dumi sa paligid mo. Mayabang ka, akala mo naman ang ganda mo. Sana makarma ka. May pinag-aralan ka naman diba? Diba may diploma ka naman? O meron nga ba? Hindi ako naaawa dun sa taong nasaktan mo. Naaawa ako sa iyo dahil kahit na itinuring kang tunay na tao, ginawa mo pa rin iyon. At tatlong beses pa. Kapal lang natin no? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mabuti na lang at nag-iba ka na ng landas at hindi ka nakikita ng ibang bakla sa mundo. Bugbog sana ang inabot mo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Panoorin mo na lang to, baka may matutunan ka.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;lj-embed id="24" /&gt;</content>
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  <entry>
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    <title>Mga Kaganapan sa Buhay ni Ajita (Scenes Behind BaklaAko.Com)</title>
    <published>2008-03-17T23:48:37Z</published>
    <updated>2008-03-17T23:48:37Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;Matagal-tagal na rin akong hindi nakapag-update dito sa LJ (at kung sa Multiply mo ito binabasa, ay well, sa Multiply na rin). &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;Maraming mga kaganapan ang umarrive sa aking lifestyles of the rich and famous lately.&amp;nbsp; Sinasabi kong itong LJ ko eh personal na blog kaya gawin na nating personal. Personalan na itu.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;Matapos akong lumipat kay Fjodor Anatolii (ang bagong condo unit na inuupahan ng inyong abang lingkod) ay hindi na ata ako nakapagpahinga para linisin siya at ayusan para magmukhang disente naman.&amp;nbsp; Para ano pa't nag-condo-condo ako kung chaka naman ang itsura.&amp;nbsp; Kaya nga lifestyles kuno of the rich and famous. Pa-sosyal daw.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;Marami-rami din akong blog events na inattendan mula end of January hanggang kagabi.&lt;br&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;Yung Meet and Greet with Happy Slip kung saan umeksena ako ng todo at nagsulat ng &lt;a href="http://baklaako.com/2008/02/18/bakla-meets-happyslip/"&gt;tanong na ito&lt;/a&gt; sa papel para itanong kay Christine Gambito.&amp;nbsp; Naloka ata si Christine kaya pinahanap niya ako at pina-akyat sa stage.&amp;nbsp; Ako lang naman ang nagtanong na pina-akyat sa stage. Eksenadorang bakla no?&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;Yung Epson in Batanes Media Appreciation Tour kung saan nanalo ako bilang first runner-up sa patimpalak ng pagkuha ng mga larawan. (Nakapag-uwi rin ako ng bagong bagong Epson RX590 Printer. Ay hindi ko pa pala siya nakukuha so dedma muna sa Printer kahit may space na nakalaan para sa kanya)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;Sumunod dito yung Bloggers' Dinner na sponsored ng Delifrance para isambulat sa mga bloggers at sa publiko ang kanilang bagong mga kalakal na kape. May halong alkohol ang mga ito kaya mas masarap. Isinambulat din nila ang kanilang natatanging promo na nagtagal ng isang linggo. Ang wari eh pupunta ka lang sa alinmang branch nila at pag tinanong ka ng barista kung ano yung password ay sasabihin mo lang na "Naughty with my coffee" at bibigyan ka ng libreng kape. Hindi kailangan bumili ng anuman para makuha ito. Pero tapos na yun.&amp;nbsp; Hindi ako nakapunta ng Delifrance para maki-libre. Wala ka na ring chance. Bumili ka na lang.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;Nagkawang-gawa rin naman ako nung isang beses sa paanyaya ng kaibigang MGG. Ayun pumunta kame sa orphanage at chumika sa mga kids. Nanalo bilang Mr. and Ms. [orphanage name] ang aking mga binihsang contestants. Umeksena na naman. Ikinagulat ko lang kase nung pagdating ni Janvier Daily at nakita niya ako ay tumango, kumaway at nag-smile ang lolo mo sa beauty ko. Syempre laglag pantyhose moment. Kaso hindi naman ako nag-feeling agad at nag assumptionista na ako ang tinanguan, kinawayan at nginitian ni Papa J. Tumingin ako sa likod ko at nung nakita ko namang walang ibang tao ay nag safely assume ako na ako nga yun. Ako nga! Ayun may-I kaway back and tango naman ako na parang magkumpare lang kame.&amp;nbsp; Natatandaan niya pala ako na ako yung nag babysit sa kanya dun sa Pasko na Sinta Ketch party na pa-party ni kaibigang MGG. Sarap ng may kaibigang mabait na, may konek pa! For the rest of the event eh nayosi ko, I mean nakasabay kong magyosi si Janvier ng ilang beses, kasabay din ng kaibigan namin Tony. Ang hot, ang bango at ang sarap pa rin ni Papa J. Yun lang. Nuff said.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;Nagre-record din ako ng podcasts with the Fabcasters na sila CC, Migs ng MGG, McVie, Tony, at Gibbs from time to time.&amp;nbsp; Minsan, walang podcast kundi kita-kits lang, kape-kape, kain-kain, chikahan. Usually Sundays ito at sa QC.&amp;nbsp; Attack lang ako ng attack kahit malayo. Lalo na pag sa TriNoMa (nag-dinner din kame once kasama ang kaibigang si Misterhubs at si Hubster Bunny niya tapos nanood kame ng Daybreak sa Galleria). Masaya naman.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;Ayun may isang araw din na mag-isa lang akong nanood ng sine sa Galleria since sinigurado kong mapanood ko yung dalawang movies na yon bago pa man magwala na parang bula.&amp;nbsp; Ang Lihim ni Antonio tapos Daybreak. Umattack sa TriNoMa para sa dinner with the FabCasters tapos balik sa Galleria kasama nila at nanood ulit ng Daybreak. Tatlong Sine sa isang araw. Ganda ko lang.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;Tapos nagdiwang ng kaarawan yung isa kong kaibigang blogger na straight na si Markku doon sa Red Box.&amp;nbsp; Hindi ako masyado umariba sa pagkanta kase paos ako at bagong gising. Wednesday ng gabi yon kaya may I Cinderella ang beauty ko since may pasok ako that night. So flysungbelles ang beautician beauty ko pagpatak ng ika 9 at kalahati ng gabi. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;Kelangan nasa opisina na ako bago mag alas-diyes para maghanda ng mga kagamitan.&amp;nbsp; Ngayong buwan at sa mga susunod na linggo ay naatasan akong magturo sa mga punong hukbo, mga dalubhasa sa kalidad, mga tagasanay at iba pang mga may posisyon sa kumpanya. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;Pagsusulat ng Propesyonal sa Wikang Ingles ang naturang kurso at ito ay tatlong oras lang.&amp;nbsp; Masaya rin ito. At least hindi na yung kompyuter ko lang ang kaharap ko buong magdamag. Kaya okay din ito. Salitan yung pagtuturo linggu-linggo. Kaya noong isang linggo ay nasa Cybergate ako.&amp;nbsp; Ngayong linggo ay dito naman sa Makati.&amp;nbsp; Sa Susunod ay sa Cybergate ulit.&amp;nbsp; Gusto ko sa Cybergate kase maraming pogi.As in ang dami talaga. Haaaay. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;In Cybergate they only drink diet Coke. All you need to do is jump over the moon! - &lt;/span&gt;may I quote lines from Rent para kunwari may culture ako.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;Umattend din ako nung Trinoma Dessert Haven sa paanyaya ng mga taga &lt;a href="http://yehey.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Yehey.com&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Masaya naman yun. Good luck sa jabetis! Hindi ako jumuba. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;Tapos balik Red Box naman ang beauty ko noong nakaraang linggo para sa launch nung BlogBank - isang advertising chorvalinationessences for blogs.&amp;nbsp; New Media chenelyn boom boom baby. Napaisip tuloy ako, ano na kaya nangyari dun sa Mad Crowd Media no? Anyway, ayun natuwa naman ako dun sa Red Box. Pa-star na naman ako syempre. Umariba sa bidyooke at pinahiya na naman ang sarili. Pero kebs na. Dedmalyn Chorvera. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Kagabi lang, bago ako pumasok sa opisina ay dumaan muna ako ng PowerPlant Mall ng mga 6:45 ng gabi para sa grand opening/media launch ng Aloha Boardsports.&amp;nbsp; Pinakabagong surfshop sa Powerplant. Natuwa ako kase nakita ko na naman yung mga hotness factor ng mga nagtuturo sa amin kung paano magsurf nung November 2007. Saka marami ring mga hotness factores dun sa event. Katabi ko si Jericho pero hindi naman ako nastar-struck. Kay Nigel Barker lang at kay Gary V lang ako naiistarstruck. Naloka lang ako dun sa isang fansingbelles ni Jericho. May I hiram pa ng papel at pen. Kala ko naman taga-Press rin. Pero wala siya nung nametag na tulad nung sa akin. At parang hindi naman siya mukhang taga-press. Kala ko rin na magsusulat siya ng notes para sa publikasyon niya. But no, nagpa-autograph lang pala ang lola mo. Bumaba ako ilang minutes after that. Pag akyat ko sa second-level (3rd level yung event) nakasalubong ko si Papa Echo pero hindi niya naman ako kilala kaya dedmalyn cream. Dedma rin ako. You dedma me, I dedma you! Charot! Paakyat na ako ng elevator ng biglang may I appear in front of me like Boy Abunda's mirror ang isang mhinkie na familarization naman ang fez. Nyek. Siya pala yung fan kanina na nanghingi ng autograph.&amp;nbsp; Bigla ba naman akong tinanong na parang alam ko ang sagot sa lahat ng katanungan sa mundo: "Nasaan si Jericho?" Gusto ko sana sabihin sa kanya na ang sosyal ko namang alalay, naka all-black outfit with outrageously pink tie to match. Sabi ko lang wichelles ko knowing. Babu.&lt;br&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;Alam ko marami-rami pa akong napuntahan, na-attendan na mga events na ganung chenes. Pero hindi ko na maalala ngayon. Next time na lang.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;Sa ibang dako. Pag-usapan natin ang aking love life.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;☺&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;☺&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;☺&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;☺&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;Ayun.&amp;nbsp; Yun na yun. Wala akong lovelife. Puro bato. Kahit "dating" wala. Sex or One Night Stands? Magandang next topic yan. Kaya eto na ang kuwento ng aking sex life:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="6"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;Ganun din. Deadmalyn Chorvera. As in zero.&amp;nbsp; Hindi naman ako naghahanap. Okay sige minsan naghahanap pero okay na ako sa Sean Cody at Xtube. Minsan Randy Blue. Minsan yung tailer ng Daybreak sa Youtube. Charot!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;Trabaho? Medyo okay na naman. Balanse na ang pagkakahati-hati ng mga kailangan kong gawin. Magaling yung boss ko.&amp;nbsp; Pero pinag-iisipan ko pa rin kung aalis na ba talaga ako sa taon na ito o hindi. Kaliwa't kanan naman ang tawag mula sa mg headhunter kahit yung iba hindi ko naman inaapplyan.&amp;nbsp; Keri lang. Go lang ng go!&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;Pero parang ayoko na sa industriyang ito.&amp;nbsp; Gusto ko na bumalik sa entertainment.&amp;nbsp; O kaya PR. Gusto ko magwork sa PR agency or events company. Or marketing. Magtitipid ako to the max ever kahit kalahati lang ng current sweldo ko yung bigay nila payag na ako, makaalis lang sa industriyang ito. Ayoko na. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;Sana may opening sa Google. At sana i-hire nila ako.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="multiply:no_crosspost"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
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    <title>Q&amp;A Transcript: Bb. Pilipinas World Janina San Miguel</title>
    <published>2008-03-09T22:20:02Z</published>
    <updated>2008-03-09T22:20:02Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;I’m sure many of you have seen clips of this on YouTube or watched the coronation night of Binibing Pilipinas 2008 on television. And I’m sure that many of you fell off your seats either in laughter, disappointment, frustration, or a combination of the three.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Earlier, I shared &lt;a href="http://baklaako.com/2008/03/09/whats-wrong-with-binibining-pilipinas/" target="_blank"&gt;my two cents’ worth on what’s wrong with Binibini&lt;/a&gt; so I will no longer bore you with rants about the whole joke that the pageant has become. Instead, I’ll share with you the transcript of the answer of contestant number 15, Janina San Miguel, to judge Vivian Tan’s question in the Top Ten interview portion.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Janina eventually went home with the Binibining Pilipinas World 2008 title and will represent the country in the Miss World pageants sometime in the last quarter of this year. The challenge now is for the Binibining Pilipinas Charities to coach her on her language skills. They have at least six months to do that. &lt;a href="http://baklaako.com/2008/03/10/binibining-pilipinas-world-2008-janina-san-miguels-answer-the-qa-transcript/#more-778" class="more-link"&gt;Continue Reading this entry --- »&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="multiply:no_crosspost"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
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    <title>Batanes is l-o-V-e!</title>
    <published>2008-02-23T22:23:43Z</published>
    <updated>2008-02-23T22:24:41Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;div class="flickr-frame"&gt;	&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajkenji/2283696029/" title="photo sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3033/2283696029_3e41e158f1.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="Ajita in Batanes (84)" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;	&lt;span class="flickr-caption"&gt;		&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajkenji/2283696029/"&gt;Ajita in Batanes (84)&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;br /&gt; originally uploaded by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/ajkenji/"&gt;AJ Matela&lt;/a&gt;.	&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I lurve Batanes!  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://flickr.com/photos/ajkenji/collections/72157603952732231/"&gt;More photos here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br clear="all" /&gt;</content>
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    <title>Batanes, Here I Come</title>
    <published>2008-02-17T14:25:20Z</published>
    <updated>2008-02-17T14:25:20Z</updated>
    <content type="html">Flying out tomorrow at 5AM. Yey!</content>
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    <title>Calling Out, Calling Out. Have You Ever Wondered?</title>
    <published>2008-02-14T23:02:10Z</published>
    <updated>2008-02-14T23:03:44Z</updated>
    <content type="html">My&amp;nbsp;long-lost firend Karma called me up today.&amp;nbsp;Asked for your number.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Expect&amp;nbsp;her call anytime soon. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh and just a&amp;nbsp;heads up, Karma is a bitch.</content>
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    <title>I'm Not Pandora, But I Thank You For Opening My Box</title>
    <published>2008-02-12T21:31:19Z</published>
    <updated>2008-02-12T21:32:36Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;blockquote dir="ltr" style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;em&gt;"One should rather die than be betrayed. There is no deceit in death. It delivers precisely what it has promised. Betrayal, though ... betrayal is the willful slaughter of hope. - Steven Deitz&lt;font size="5"&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;"&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;There is no such thing as altruism. There is always a motive. Some people will go to great lengths to get what they want. Some people will take the shorter route. &lt;/p&gt;I have eyes and ears everywhere and I know what you did. Why you did it escapes me, but this I can tell you, revenge is not gonna be short nor is it gonna be sweet.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thank you for telling me not. Tomorrow you'll dine in hell. &lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;</content>
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    <title>Fjodor</title>
    <published>2008-01-31T22:58:13Z</published>
    <updated>2008-01-31T22:58:13Z</updated>
    <content type="html">It's Fjodor. Fjodor Anatolii. Yey!</content>
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