Lazy

Back in 1997, the Euro Rock band Suede released a track called "Lazy". The slacker anthem quickly became part of my personal playlist- not because I was a slacker, but, more because its electro guitar riffs made me feel like something wrong could be made so right by rock and roll. Rock and roll tends to have a positive effect on things even when it looks a bit rough around the edges. 

Fast forward to 2014. I have gotten ridiculously lazy to write lately. It is a shame, really. Maybe I have become too preoccupied with mundane things. Maybe I have become a sight and sound guy so much that I have forgotten what it means to lay out all of the cards on the table such that sight and sound becomes rhyme and reason. 

Someone help me. 

Selfie. 

It need a selfie. 

I need to help myself.  

Rather, I need to save myself.

MC

Fever

Christmas is a time for rejoicing and a time for reconciliation. Some people in this world, though, just cannot get enough of the bickering that happens during the calendar year. Just when things go well for you, something happens close to home that just disappoints the heck out of you.

Provide both materially and emotionally.

That is the key to being a true matriarch or patriarch. You cannot necessarily switch out one or the other.

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Places I've Been To: Merlion Park Singapore

(Photo from Personal Collection) I was in Singapore towards the second week of November 2013. Other than sampling scrumptuous cuisine, I got to watch Matchbox Twenty! But hey, that isn't what this blog post is about. This is about a quick trip I made to one of the most tourist-y places on the island, Merlion Park. A Merlion is a mythical creature with a head of a lion and the back end of a fish. The association of this mythical beast to Singapore is that Singapore had once been called Temasek, which translates to "sea town" in the Javanese language. The lion head part of the Merlion is also indicative of Singapore's original name- "Singapura". I recall visiting Merlion park one balmy afternoon. After wandering around taking pictures, a representative of the Singapore Tourism Board approached me and asked if I could accomplish a brief survey. I spoke to her and, much to my chagrin, I didn't qualify to get a 300 SGD stipend for my trip. My visit to Merlion Park reminded me that tourist-y places need not be bad. I mean, what I got that afternoon was a brilliant view of the bay, the Marina Bay Sands Hotel, and a statue that, with its ivory hue, was truly representative of Singapore- spic and span, towering above many other nations in terms of progress, potential for even more progress, and even more progress on top of that. I can't wait to return to Singapore by myself or with loved ones. Nietzsche got it a wee bit wrong. Sometimes, you don't necessarily need chaos to be able to "dance". MC

The Adventure Continues

The adventure continues. This time, I'll have some pals with me! MC

Places I've Been To: Mongkok

(Photo Courtesy of DiscoverHongKong.Com) Lest this be judged as a politically fueled blog post, allow me to clarify- while I do not agree with Hong Kong/China's political stance with the Philippines, I really do like travelling to their part of the world. The food, the culture, the sights, the structures, are all very vibrant, rich, decadent even. Lets keep the perspectives locked within that spectrum. Mongkok is a busy district in Kowloon West. With a population density of 130,000 person per km2 or 340,000 person per mi2 (thanks for the facts, Wikipedia), this bustling portion of Hong Kong is packed, not only with people, but with a mish mash of ultra modern and old-world buildings, shops, temples, etc. I was in Mongkok last November 2nd. I got rained on, saw a ton of clothing retail stores, got myself an iPod Classic (it was about time that I replaced my dead iPod Video...RIP kiddo), was blinded by neon lights, listened to some street performers, and saw a couple of suspicious looking ladies one would easily judge to be streetwalkers. All in all, a memorable trip to what the Guinness Book of World Records has crowned as the busiest city district in the world (this surprised me). It's a shame that Hong Kong has been laying the hammer down versus the Philippines. I mean, the 2010 Hostage Crisis was terrible. Nothing could possibly justify what the rebel army man did to those innocent tourists, but hey, enough is enough. No matter how nice Mongkok and Hong Kong are. What stinks stinks in whatever culture. MC

Consistency

There are so many passions which I wish to pursue.

All I need now is a little consistency and I will be a-ok.

MC

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Giving Up, Giving In

I am a Filipino and intend on staying one, but sometimes, when you read the newspaper or listen to the news on the radio or check out news feeds on social media, you can't help but felt shocked, perplexed, and sad because of the sorry state of how people perceive right, wrong, rhyme, and reason.

Makes you want to curl up into a ball and mumble "Dancing Queen" while in the dark corner of a Toys R'Us.

In short, all the craziness around us, sometimes, can make us go off the deep end really quick.

MC

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