TRAVEL, HASSLE

maraming nangyari sa amin ni jet itong nakaraang buwan. punong puno nga ng actiivities, parang pelikula ni dolphy – may kantahan, may sayawan, may iyakan, may suntukan at siyempre – may tawanan.

una lipad akong orlando for a work related conference – hassle and long delays at the us airports. this is ok and much anticipated. what i didn’t like was the almost look of panic in the eyes of the people at the airline counters (well, not all of them). there we were: asians from malaysia, singapore and the philippines showing our passports to the person at the counter. once she sees where we are from, there’s a look of panic in her eyes, a bit of agitated movement in the way she carries herself, a slight tremble in her voice. all very subtle, but, if you connect all of it – it is fear. fear for us, i guess. foreigners with strange accents from countries where terrorists live. i don’t blame her but i don’t like it one bit. i hate to be in a muslim’s shoes at this point. i guess for them, being profiled is a regular occurence. sayang, nakakainis and too bad for humanity.

ORLANDO MAGIC

good evening from orlando.

habang sinusulat ko ito, kumakanti sa john melloncamp ng pink houses sa concert sa new york. galing.

kagabi, party namin sa invensys. kumanta ng isang set si huey lewis and the news. galing din. iba talaga pag live – magaling din ang showmanship nila at enjoy lahat. nalasing nga ako. hehehe… sobrang tuwa ko, dami ko tuloy nainom. heehee. naka 8 corona ako at 2 malaking basong scotch and soda. pag gising ko umaga na!

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ORLANDO BLUES

good morning from orlando… gising na naman ako ng alas-2. hirap talaga ng jet lagged. body clock ko nasa singapore pa rin. hehehe… problemado pa ako dahil may sakit si jet. buong araw nang nagrereklamo na masakit ang sikmura. bummer… tangnatalgangbuhay oo. tuwing umaalis na lang ako, may nangyayari sa mga mahal ko sa buhay. kaya ayokong umaalis eh. tangnatalaga…

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I AM A PATIENT MAN

sabi ni george bush kanina when asked about saddam… “i am a patient man. when i say i am a patient man, that means…well that means i am a patient man”.

sabi nga sa kanta ng guns and roses…”what we have here is a failure to communicate”. a pity i was’nt there during the time of JFK.

A PAIR OF CHOPSTICKS

it’s hard to come to terms with terrorist attacks because they don’t make any sense.

will a similar attack ever happen again? i’m almost sure it will.

those bastards have shown that it can be done. copy cats, sympathizers, and all the other sick people have found out that it only takes a small knife, a little patience and bit of intelligence to bring two, hundred story, buildings down.

a pair of chopsticks, really, is all it takes – one struck on each of the pilot’s pair of eyes