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		<title>My Uncle&#8217;s last ride</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 23:23:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Georg Kevin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This day is a day for mourning for a lot of my (extended) family members. My uncle, the husband of my mother&#8217;s sister is on his last trip to the grave. He was the unfortunate victim of a hit and run accident that happened at the Diversion Road, here in Davao City two weeks ago. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This day is a day for mourning for a lot of my (extended) family members. My uncle, the husband of my mother&#8217;s sister is on his last trip to the grave.</p>

<p>He was the unfortunate victim of a hit and run accident that happened at the Diversion Road, here in Davao City two weeks ago.</p>

<p>You could speak about bad luck and unwillingness to listen to his wife all you want but it has happened already. </p>

<p><span id="more-2365"></span>My aunt, the wife of the victim reveals that she insisted he should stay at home that afternoon. She told him that she had sort of a vision and had seen it coming way before the accident. He wouldn&#8217;t listen to her though and still get on the road with his motorcycle, unable to make it home alive.</p>

<p>My cousin speaks of an eerie feel to it that day. It seemed a bit awkward then, as my uncle asked my cousin to prepare neat flowers for him. It all made sense after the tragic call they received confirming the vision my aunt had.</p>

<p>I feel very sad for the children and grandchildren he has left behind. The incident may not have happened intentional but I truly condemn the actions of whoever managed to hit him on the road and flee from the scene.</p>

<p>My mother first thought about fighting for his right, bringing the issue to court and file a case &#8211; but she later on figured that a lot of money would be spent just to probably get justice about what happened.</p>

<p>People are joining by the hundredths on this day of mourning as we accompany him in his last trip home to endless peace. Friends, relatives, colleagues &#8211; the support of people who knew him is overwhelming.</p>

<p>My sentiments go out to everyone who is at loss by his passing &#8211; which includes myself as well. He has been one of those people one could rely on in most cases and someone who seemed truly helpful as shown by the support he is receiving in return right now.</p>

<p>My father may not have the most fond memory with him &#8211; the incident when he stormed to our place with a gun and urging us to tell where my mother is. Yet it&#8217;s not going to change the fact that, all in all, a great person is being joined on his final journey today. </p>
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		<title>April 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2012 20:46:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Georg Kevin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I figured that I should listen to my body &#8211; if it wants to work, let it work. Here I am. Sitting in front of the computer right now. Typing away and fiddling around with a couple of sites that I own. One thing that I&#8217;m very excited to work with is my new domain [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I figured that I should listen to my body &#8211; if it wants to work, let it work. Here I am. Sitting in front of the computer right now. Typing away and fiddling around with a couple of sites that I own. One thing that I&#8217;m very excited to work with is my new domain that I purchased a few days back.</p>

<p>Yes, here I am again. I&#8217;m planning things. Things that are probably going to fail in the end as the odds haven&#8217;t been in my favor for a long while. Believe me, I&#8217;m getting fed up with these kind of blog posts and statements, too. (just like all of you who have peeked over my blog&#8217;s recent entries in the past 12 months.</p>

<p><span id="more-2352"></span>There&#8217;s this new spark of confidence inside of me though. I don&#8217;t know. It just feels right. Pinoy Teens has been &#8211; as always &#8211; on a way down, way way down. It seems unlikely to get out of that hole that&#8217;s has become so fucking deep already that even I have lost will and morale working on it.</p>

<p>That&#8217;s what I consider the role of an underdog. Trying to get something so fucked and messed working again. Maybe I&#8217;ll succeed this time around? Who knows.</p>

<p>Wish me luck. My mind is really hyperactive at the moment. My body feels a bit weary and tired. It certainly wants to sleep. Yet my brain won&#8217;t allow it to &#8211; not yet. There are things that I have to do this morning. (yep, it&#8217;s 4:35 in the morning now)</p>

<p>Unless I find a way to satisfy my brain that&#8217;s run haywire during these hours, I&#8217;m pretty sure I won&#8217;t get to sleep any time soon. So… let me finish this blog post right here and get to work!</p>

<p>Oh, and just on a side note. This is not an April Fools joke. I&#8217;m need to be productive!!! <img src='http://studentblogger.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>March 20 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 13:39:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Georg Kevin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[9:15:15 PM GMT+08:00 &#8211; As written in DayOne.app Hello there! It&#8217;s been some time again since I last wrote inside you. I&#8217;ve been busy lately. Yep, nonsense stuff again. One of my best friends is said to publish an article at Pinoy Teens very soon. It&#8217;s one of those posts that I would learn to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>9:15:15 PM GMT+08:00 &#8211; As written in DayOne.app</p>

<p>Hello there!</p>

<p>It&#8217;s been some time again since I last wrote inside you. I&#8217;ve been busy lately. Yep, nonsense stuff again. One of my <em>best friends</em> is said to publish an article at Pinoy Teens very soon. It&#8217;s one of those posts that I would learn to appreciate but of course, dislike due to their negative tone, etcetera. It&#8217;s going to be <em>yet another wakeup call</em> she reveals. Yet she won&#8217;t disclose any further details until the post is published for all the world to see. Or should I say or the small audience of Pinoy Teens.</p>

<p>Pinoy Teens is having its poorest run ever. Even worse than our debut year. I wish not to talk about it any further in this entry of mine though as I&#8217;m sure that I&#8217;ve got lots of room to discuss this matter once she posted her opinion on this subject.</p>

<h3>My iPod touch finally&#8217;s got some good use.</h3>

<p>Not that I have regret purchasing my iPod touch &#8211; I haven&#8217;t at all. It&#8217;s just now though that I have unleashed my iPod&#8217;s full potential. I&#8217;ve got a couple of good games on it now, and a few productivity apps I just can&#8217;t live without anymore.</p>

<p>Here&#8217;s a list of the highlight apps that are stored on my iPod touch at the moment:</p>

<p><strong>Games</strong></p>

<ul>
<li>Sky Gamblers: Air Superiority</li>
<li>Cut the Rope Original/Experiment</li>
<li>Sentinel 3: Homeworld</li>
<li>Superbrothers: Sword &amp; Sworcery</li>
<li>Twin Go!</li>
<li>Air Tycoon 2</li>
<li>Boogle</li>
<li>Bejeweled</li>
<li>Angry Birds (Complete)</li>
<li>Tetris (EA)</li>
<li>Contre Jour</li>
<li>Burn the Rope Original/World</li>
<li>Inotia 3</li>
<li>Temple Run <strong>like duh</strong></li>
<li>Slice It!</li>
<li>Fruit Ninja</li>
<li>Doodle Jump</li>
<li>Chocolate Tycoon</li>
<li>Tiny Tower</li>
<li>Glow Hockey 2</li>
<li>Airport Mania 2</li>
</ul>

<p>I&#8217;ve got a lot of other games in my iTunes library. Unfortunately I don&#8217;t have the privilege of storing all of them on my iPod touch because it&#8217;s just an 8GB one (6.5GB usable) I do swap out some games here and there.</p>

<p>Other games that I have in iTunes are:</p>

<ul>
<li>FIFA Soccer 12</li>
<li>NOVA 2</li>
<li>Asphalt 6: Adrenaline</li>
<li>Sonic &amp; Sega All-Star Racing</li>
<li>Death Rally</li>
<li>Ragdoll Blaster 3</li>
<li>World of Goo</li>
<li>Plants vs Zombies</li>
<li>Defender Chronicles</li>
<li>Sentinel 2</li>
<li>League of Evil 2
…and a few more.</li>
</ul>

<p>In terms of productivity, these are the apps that I&#8217;m making most use of:</p>

<ul>
<li>Day One</li>
<li>Omnifocus</li>
<li>Elements</li>
<li>Evernote</li>
<li>Reeder</li>
</ul>

<p>As you can see, games pretty much dominate my iPod touch. You might be wondering how I managed so many downloads, so many games etcetera. I owned an iPod touch about a year ago. I lost that one though. I bought many of these games originally for my first iPod touch. Luckily though, I can reuse them on this other device of mine that I now have.</p>

<p>Other games have been purchased just a couple of weeks back. I also bought games and apps over the course of the year &#8211; without an iPod touch &#8211; whenever they&#8217;d go on .99 cent sales or if they turn free for a day or so.</p>

<p>I hope that tomorrow will be a better day. I have silently told myself that I need to get something started, but I don&#8217;t know &#8211; let&#8217;s hope that whatever my best friend is going to come up with in her post will be of help to me just as she tried to convince me now.</p>

<p>For now? I&#8217;ll be off reading Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian for the second time around. Yeah. I&#8217;m that hooked and addicted to it. I tried reading The Hunger Games though but immediately dismissed the book. The way it&#8217;s been written doesn&#8217;t suit my style and most of the content &#8211; even early on &#8211; sound like they are grammatically incorrect. I might be wrong though, but reading just the first couple of chapters already gave me an headache.</p>
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		<title>2nd Davao Bloggers Photo Walk</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Georg Kevin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please excuse the content and formatting of this post. It&#8217;s taken right out of my diary! Today was quite a day for me. Well, not really. To be more accurate, it&#8217;s what happened in the evening that made it quite a day. I joined my fellow Davao City Bloggers in the second Davao Bloggers Photo [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Please excuse the content and formatting of this post. It&#8217;s taken right out of my diary!</p>

<p>Today was quite a day for me. Well, not really. </p>

<p>To be more accurate, it&#8217;s what happened in the evening that made it quite a day. I joined my fellow Davao City Bloggers in the <em>second Davao Bloggers Photo Walk</em>, an event annually hosted by no other but the traveling expert from Davao himself, <strong>TheTravelTeller.com</strong>, Sir Olan.</p>

<h2>The Silent One</h2>

<p>I guess they just can&#8217;t help but notice my mute feel today. It&#8217;s not like I&#8217;ve ever been talkative when I was with this particular set of people &#8211; it&#8217;s just now that they took notice or voiced it out. <em>That&#8217;s just me, a bit <strong>too</strong> noiseless as ever</em>.</p>

<h2>Import (not from) Abroad</h2>

<p>The Davao Bloggers were joined by another traveling fella, one who is noted as Sir Olan&#8217;s first friend in the broad blogosphere &#8211; and that&#8217;s Dong Ho who goes by the blog [eskapo] (http://www.escapeislands.com/). It was my first time to meet him. I thought of him to be somewhat different knowing that he&#8217;s one of the more popular bloggers in the blogosphere, but he seems to pace himself fairly well with our young group.</p>

<p>No, I did not lose my mind when I wrote the text above, notably the <em>young</em> part. Aside from our import from outside of Davao City we were joined by a handful (or more) of [Markable's] (http://markable.me) minions. He dragged along some of his classmates, some of which are said to be into blogging as well. Of course I didn&#8217;t manage to socialize with them, you know how poor I am at that. But I hope I get the chance to meet the them, and hope they join the Davao Bloggers officially. There&#8217;s always a &#8220;next time&#8221;. <img src='http://studentblogger.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>

<p><strong>But what did we actually do during our Photo Walk?</strong></p>

<p>It started off pretty odd. Our host, Olan arrived a bit late. The sky turned dark already and I couldn&#8217;t help but imagine it raining at any moment now. Then I realized that all the flashing going on was courtesy of the camera&#8217;s that my fellows brought out.</p>

<p>We later on found out that the reason Sir Travel Teller arrived late was because of the I.D&#8217;s. Once everybody received their I.D&#8217;s, we swiftly formed a circle and introduced ourselves. I had something new to say along with my name &#8211; being the Davao Bloggers&#8217; Membership Coordinator for this term. Others introduced their blogs as well &#8211; which I failed to do, because my blog, may it be Pinoy Teens and even more so this awkward Personal Blog of mine suck at the moment.</p>

<p>After introducing our names (and our blogs), we positioned ourselves in front of the City Hall and took another few shots there. Pictorial is becoming increasingly longer due to the growth of cameras in our group. Back then, there used to be only one or two of them &#8211; now we had to deal with more than a handful of camera&#8217;s, each eager to get a snap.</p>

<p>We headed to the San Pedro Cathedral which was pretty empty as we arrived. The group has decided to settle near the candle lighting thingy (where people pray), and take shots of that place. Of course, there wasn&#8217;t much going on, on my end &#8211; because a. I didn&#8217;t brought a camera with me, b. I&#8217;m not that talkative c. you know how I am when in front of other people. I&#8217;m working on it, promise!</p>

<p>The next place we headed to wasn&#8217;t too far from the Cathedral, in fact we just headed right across the street of the San Pedro Cathedral. It was time to eat some street food. Guess what I ate? Nothing. I didn&#8217;t feel good at that moment and figured it&#8217;s best if I don&#8217;t eat anything just yet. I was tempted to try some street food, but decided to hold back for dinner.</p>

<p>It&#8217;s not that I don&#8217;t like street food, I do. In fact, street food vendors used to be pretty much my go-to-place to resolve my instant-hunger issues every now and then. I&#8217;d eat anything the street (vendors) offer, let alone Kwek-kwek and anything fish related.</p>

<p>Davao Bloggers marched on towards Rizal Park, right at the back of it. There were a few stands that offered massage sessions. I would&#8217;ve taken one right here, but I knew better and decided to stick with the group. I felt pretty drowsy and sleepy. And of course I haven&#8217;t talked much.</p>

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  <p>It&#8217;s a bit funny how many people have come to notice my being quiet. I think first of them was Olan, then I guess Ria Jose, too. And of course there was our Medical Officer, Joanna whose attention I&#8217;ve also caught by just being quiet. The Nierva couple have sensed my quietness, too, I think. It&#8217;s a work in progress!</p>
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<h3>We ride the… what do they call that again?</h3>

<p>Forgive me, but I forgot the name of that orange colored rides we took (yes, it was some sort of electric tricycle but they called it something else). What&#8217;s notable about them though is, that these were electrically powered and riding with them was quite comfortable, except that I inhaled a lot of smoke from the surrounding vehicles.</p>

<p>Our final destination for the evening was <em>Hudyakaan</em>, a place specifically setup for this Araw ng Dabaw celebration. I&#8217;ve missed the good company from another blogging pal, Faust who would&#8217;ve joined me in having a drink. I was the only one who ended up with a peculiar order of some beer. All of the others settled for the more common beverage like water and soft drinks.</p>

<h3>DINNER</h3>

<p>I was pretty much excited for this part of our event. Why? I was hungry already! And like I said, I already felt tempted to eat while we were still in San Pedro.</p>

<p>I settled for two hotdogs, one rice and a bottle of beer. It was not quite up to par from what my stomach wanted but I couldn&#8217;t help it since everybody swiftly went home or some place else after our dinner.</p>

<p>Let&#8217;s not get ahead of ourselves though. During dinner, there was this awkward incident and misunderstanding when my seat mate took the cup which was for the beer I had in another cup. The one with ice. I managed to gobble down the beer without the ice just fine, but it tasted a bit odd to be honest. But hey. That&#8217;s a nonissue. Just something funny to note.</p>

<p>I also had some quick chit chat with Dong Ho who sat right in front of me, and with Perry who seated to my left. It was a happy ending to a boring day of mine. It&#8217;s always good to have the Davao Bloggers around to spice up any day with social gatherings like these!</p>

<p>After Dinner, I joined the two travel bloggers, Olan and Dong Ho to people&#8217;s park. I didn&#8217;t stayed too long though and headed home right after our quick tour around the park.</p>

<p>I think I&#8217;ve said too much already and have left little to write about on Pinoy Teens. But anyways. It was a fun experience!</p>

<p><strong>Post with pictures, et al to be published on Pinoy Teens</strong></p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 02:11:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Georg Kevin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I guess it&#8217;s about time I&#8217;ve found my way back into writing something. I&#8217;ve literally spent the last couple of days doing pretty much nothing. It felt like I had another burn out. Why? I don&#8217;t know. There are a lot of things that I am very excited about right now. Lots in store for [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I guess it&#8217;s about time I&#8217;ve found my way back into writing something. I&#8217;ve literally spent the last couple of days doing pretty much nothing. It felt like I had another burn out. Why? I don&#8217;t know.</p>

<p>There are a lot of things that I am very excited about right now. Lots in store for the coming weeks! There is so much to write about and I&#8217;ll see it to it that with the help of iA Writer and ByWord, I manage to ease the load I&#8217;m carrying. <em>I&#8217;ve got so many pending articles at the moment</em>. This post isn&#8217;t even one of them.</p>

<p>I spent the last two days fiddling with my iPod touch (4G) and watching UEFA Champions League matches. My body feels kinda empty at the moment and begs for a bed &#8211; but there is none in sight right now. I have to get going and write. I want to love writing again, but words just don&#8217;t want to love me back.</p>

<h2>Cydia found it&#8217;s way to my iTouch</h2>

<p>Speaking about fiddling with my iPod touch: I have finally decided to jailbreak it &#8211; and as it stands, the jailbreak went fairly well. The only few bumps came up when I tried add some sources which didn&#8217;t went too well. Fancy I had to wait until last night &#8217;til I was able to add my sources and install packages of my liking.</p>

<p>The best thing yet to happen to any of my iOS devices took place last night &#8211; gsPhone for iPhone/iPod touch was installed flawlessly. I even got my Pokemon Leaf Green on it with all the saved data that I was playing with here on my Mac.</p>

<h3>Mac + VMWARE + Windows 7 + Visual Boy Advance = Pokemon LOL!</h3>

<p>It might sound crazy, but I installed Windows via VMWare Fusion on this Mac just to play Gameboy Advance games. Yes, I know that there are alternatives for the Mac, but I just feel at home playing classics like <em>Pokemon</em> from a Windows point of view, plus, the Visual Boy Advance for Mac is no longer supported on Lion &#8211; not to forget the turbo mode feature.</p>

<h3>Messi beats the hell out of Leverkusen</h3>

<p>I have pretty much enjoyed myself the past days to my hearts content, let alone that disturbing 7-1 defeat of Leverkusen at the hands of mighty mouse Messi and Barcelona which spoiled my day. Disturbing, because I&#8217;m an avid follower of, no, not Leverkusen, but the Bundesliga in general and it sucks to get beaten by such a margin.</p>

<p>I&#8217;ll be working on my other articles after this one, don&#8217;t worry &#8211; I won&#8217;t forever bug you with nonsense like these.</p>

<h2>Things to write about:</h2>

<ul>
<li>NatGeo: <em>Inside Malacañang</em></li>
<li>Globe: <em>Run4Home</em></li>
<li>Mulat Pinoy: <em>Social Networth Workshop part 2 &amp; 3</em></li>
<li>Introductory post on http://coolintongue.com <strong>must visit</strong>
-Post about <em>Amber Lily</em></li>
<li>Cebu City: <em>San Remigio Beach Club</em></li>
</ul>

<blockquote>
  <p>Of course, there are many more articles <em>that may not be so notable for you</em> that I have to write about. These are just some bullets that I believe might be of interest for you. Just in case any of them did catch your attention, stay tuned and watch out for them to be published at http://pinoyteens.net</p>
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<p>As you can see, I still have a very busy afternoon ahead of me, and I just can&#8217;t help but write random things like these to set the tone. Random scraps like this post help me in getting myself warmed up for a writing-marathon so to say.</p>
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		<title>Social Networth Day 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 11:03:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Georg Kevin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi there. I don&#8217;t know. But I just feel like I need to get something posted on my personal blog right now. If you have been following Pinoy Teens&#8217; twitter account you might already know that I am here in Manila right now for the Social Networth Media Workshop organized by Mulat Pinoy. Everything seems [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi there. </p>

<p>I don&#8217;t know. But I just feel like I need to get something posted on my personal blog right now. </p>

<p>If you have been following Pinoy Teens&#8217; twitter account you might already know that I am here in Manila right now for the Social Networth Media Workshop organized by Mulat Pinoy. </p>

<p>Everything seems to be going on absolutely perfect if we see it from the point of view on how the workshop has been progressing but from a more personal perspective, it isn&#8217;t quiet as how I had figured it out. </p>

<p>There&#8217;s this trait of me again, you could call it shyness or whatever but I&#8217;m just not able to make friends during the day &#8211; and here I am stuck in the room with no one but myself. I just don&#8217;t know how to jump in on the fun my two roommates have at the moment. </p>

<p>YET BEFORE THIS ENDS UP LIKE JUST ANOTHER PESSIMISTIC WRITE UP&#8230; let&#8217;s go back to the lighter side of things. </p>

<p>The morning of the whole event started out really well, we learned to know each other in some very unique ways. We also managed to set our expectations from this workshop and get familiarize ourselves with everything Popdev related.  We even had a few distinguished guest speakers who are pretty well exposed to the social media world to guide us through then basics and show us a glimpse of how he huge social or new media world is going to look like. </p>

<p>We had Ana Santos (<a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://studentblogger.net/goto/http://twitter.com/dash_of_sas" >@dash<em>of</em>sas</a>), Alvin Dakis (<a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://studentblogger.net/goto/http://twitter.com/alvindakis" >@alvindakis</a>) and Gregg Yan from the Wwf-Philippines who shared with us their knowledge and opinions. </p>

<p>Geez. There&#8217;s so much more that I want to share with you buy my little iPod touch is t really helping at the moment. &#8211; this is where I am writing this post and a few others that I need to have done before a certain deadline. Kasi nga naiwan si MacBook Pro sa Davao. </p>

<p>Anyways. I shall get back with you with more once I get back to Davao or later when I have managed to secure some batteries for my keyboards whose batteries have run dry. </p>

<p>Lastly. I really hope that I could make some friends tomorrow. I really feel very awkward and shy. Ewan ko na. I just really suck in something I shouldn&#8217;t knowing the field (social media) I am in &#8211; making friends and dealing with people. </p>

<p>Just stay tuned and follow our twitter account @teensmedia</p>
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		<title>Finally meeting Mary Claire part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:41:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Georg Kevin</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>This post is exclusive to a few select friends of mine who know the password to it. Please do not discuss this post outside of the comments section below. Indeed, I know, none of you would, but you know, just in case someone might blurt out something outside of the box.</em></p>

<p><span id="more-2225"></span>Just like I said in the closing sentences of the first part of “Finally Meeting Mary Claire*, <em>medyo’y nabitin nag ako</em>. Hehe. I thought that 3 hours was not enough to spend after all the failed attempts to get together. I figured then that we just have to meet again before I finally head back to Davao City. We’re this close now, and it might be the only shot I have to spend more time with her.</p>

<p>I think it was still on the same evening on the day we first met when I suggested that we should meet again; very soon. I was still bit doubtful if I could allow additional expenses with the little money that I brought along, luckily though, the honorarium I received was way more than what I expected.</p>

<p>The initial plan was that Claire and I would have lunch together wherever she wants. Followed by watching a movie at Gaisano and yet another dining treat afterwards.</p>

<p>It seemed a bit too simple and too typical for me. I wanted it to be slightly more special. Yes, some of my dear friends would argue that watching a movie together may have been more intimate but hey <em>I know what’s roaming in the back of your minds about that, lol.</em></p>

<p>I was a bit hesitant at first, but I finally managed to ask her if Claire and I should go to Cagayan de Oro and spend our day there. Dine wherever she’d want and just take a walk to Limketkai. She was a bit unsure at first, because of the limited time we had &#8211; she had to be back home at around 6PM &#8211; yet she eventually agreed to my plan. So instead of meeting for lunch time, we’d meet up at around 8 in the morning at the Bus Terminal where we’d leave for Cagayan de Oro.</p>

<p>Both of us went through a roller coaster of emotions the night before we’d meet. Mainly because of the scare she gave me when she remembered that there’s a funeral her family may have to attend to. It later on turned out that she’s not required to go there. Phew!</p>

<p>I was so thrilled about our second get together that I just couldn’t sleep. I wanted the day to be somehow memorable yet not overly complicated. <em>Gusto ko lang siyang makita, makasama and have a good time.</em> It’s not everyday that I head out to CDO! (<em>At mukang ‘di ko talaga ito gagawin all too frequently kasi nga, parang torture and 8-9 hours bus ride</em>)</p>

<p>I left Bay Plaza Hotel at around 1:30 in the morning and arrived at the terminal at around 2:00. The people there confirmed that the next air conditioned bus bound for Iligan-CDO was scheduled for 4:00. I couldn’t wait that long. I feared that I might arrive too late in Iligan that’s why I decided to take the non-air bus.</p>

<p>Guess what? I arrived in Iligan way earlier than expected, 5:00. 3 hours of waiting, waiting, waiting. Of course, it was my fault… but you know, my father would call it German time!
<blockquote>It’s better to get there early, than late.</blockquote>
After waiting for over 3 hours… She finally texted me that she’s on her way to the terminal, which made me even more excited.</p>

<p>She wore those black geeky looking glasses and had a white shirt on, which was actually a Plurk T-Shirt as she later on revealed to me. She dressed just like I’ve expected, simple and cute. <img src='http://studentblogger.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  I had a quite tedious time getting my choice of clothes right. For one, I had very limited resources for clothing, and second, my signature black slacks <em>na gusto ko sans suotin nung araw na iyon. Kaso, nasira eh. lol</em> Add to that my khaki pants which are part of my uniform, <em>sobrang laki nun para sa akin. At naiwan pa talaga ang belt nun</em> -_-
<h3 id="anghabalangnamanngpostkoatitoatkaka-tagpopalangnaminsaterminalnunha.">Ang haba lang naman ng post ko at ito, at kaka-tagpo pa lang namin sa Terminal nun ha.</h3>
Moving on, ayun, nakasakay na kami sa bus. I was a bit uncertain whether she was excited about our mini-trip out of Iligan or if she felt uncomfortable about it. I reassured myself that she was indeed excited when I looked up her Plurk which was indirectly about it.</p>

<p>We didn’t talk a lot on the bus. Maybe because both of us were quite hungry already. I almost fell asleep on the bus but tried to fight it, at one point, <em>muntik na along mahulog sa isle</em> and on the other end <em>muntik naman nakakasandal sakanya,</em> in other words? Awkward. hahaha. <img src='http://studentblogger.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>

<p>I think we’ve got off the bus a bit too early, but what did I knew about the traffic in Cagayan de Oro? On the other hand, I think it was a good idea as well, because the jeeps around that area were usually full. Finally. We were now just one ride away from our lunch destination, <strong>Thai Me Up</strong>.</p>

<p>Claire and I didn&#8217;t exchange a lot of words during the jeep ride. I handed her the fare and tried to get some rest (sleep). You can&#8217;t blame me for trying to catch up some sleep after my way too early departure from Pagadian.</p>

<div id="attachment_2238" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 410px"><a href="http://studentblogger.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/1001722.jpg" ><img class=" wp-image-2238 " title="Si Pakit at si Maria Klara!" src="http://studentblogger.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/1001722.jpg" alt="Si Pakit at si Maria Klara!" width="400" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Si Pakit at si Maria Klara!</p></div>

<p>I think it was just slightly past 11 when we arrived at Thai Me Up. Both of us seemed exhausted and very hungry. I could feel her getting more and more excited as we closed in on our lunch destination. As we neared the entrance door to TMU, I had this odd feeling that something might be wrong or so. I mean, most of the waiters were sitting there and gave us a strange look. Like someone was about to say they were close or so. Luckily, I was wrong. It just happened that the two of us seemed to be the first guests they had that day.</p>

<p>Still, it was an awkward sight for me that all their eyes focused on the two of us. Like they were about to gossip about us or so. But I didn&#8217;t mind once we settled down at her table of choice. One of the waiters came over to us and accommodated us right away by handing each of us a copy of the menu. <em>Andaming mapagpipilian.</em> I had a hard time picking something out of the menu because everything looked delicious. I pretty much wanted to try out everything. Haha!</p>

<p>She was a little bit upset though, because her favorite desert was unavailable that day, which made us settle for the <em>Sticky Rice a la Mango</em> or in Filipino terminologies, <em>Puto with Mango</em>. Along with the desert I noted, we also ordered a plate of Garlic Rice, 2 orders of Chicken w/ Cashew Nuts and 2 Yellow Mango Shakes. Indeed, there wasn&#8217;t much variety in our food, but she insisted that whatever I&#8217;d take, she&#8217;d take, too.</p>

<p>At least, I felt a lot more settle and at ease during our Thai Me Up dining compared to our Tita Fannie&#8217;s escapade two days back. We had a lot more time together and well, the ambiance of the place helped out in making me feel a lot more relaxed. Could also be that I was just too tired to get all too excited and thrilled.</p>

<p>The Chicken w/ Cashew Nuts tasted really good. Originally, I only went for 1 order of them, and added 1 more because I couldn&#8217;t get enough of it. <img src='http://studentblogger.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  I was happy, very happy, mainly because she seemed glad too. There was nothing too special about our time there, but you know, eh, you know! hahaha.</p>

<p>This post ended up longer than expected. I don&#8217;t know. I have been reading <em>Percy Jackson</em> books lately (I&#8217;m pegging in half way through book 3 in a matter of 1 and a half week reading since book 1). Made me very wordy. Just like the author of the book. Anyways.</p>

<p>I&#8217;ll stop boring you to death right here, right now and publish a 3rd post in a while.</p>


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		<title>Finally meeting Mary Claire</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 01:25:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Georg Kevin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first meeting of ours dates back just a couple of days&#8230; Thursday, January 12, 2012 to be exact. It took us over 2-3 failed plans to finally push one of our plans through and see each other for the first time. Meeting Maria Klara would have been an awesome experience, and no doubt it [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The first meeting of ours dates back just a couple of days&#8230; Thursday, January 12, 2012 to be exact. It took us over 2-3 failed plans to finally push one of our plans through and see each other for the first time.</p>

<p>Meeting Maria Klara would have been an awesome experience, and no doubt it truly was, but I still had to get the monkey of my shoulder (my talk in Pagadian) which somehow entangled me and limited how much fun I should have then. Klara suggested we&#8217;d eat at one of her favorite places, <em>Tita Fannie&#8217;s</em> which very much resembles Davao&#8217;s very own <em>Penongs</em>.</p>

<p>I was so relieved to have finally settled down on a chair that wasn&#8217;t shaking me all the time. Finally, away from all the bus rides which have really taken toll on me. I never thought it would take me 9 hours just to get to Cagayan de Oro(!) as you might have figured out <em>narin,</em> the ride to Iligan from CDO was pretty much kiddie play compared to the 9 hours of my earlier ride; the CDO to Iligan route was about 2 hours, no more no less.</p>

<p>Back to the semi-dinner-date-eb or whatever you want to call it with Maria Klara though!</p>

<p>So here we are, sitting at one of Tita Fannie&#8217;s rocking tables waiting for our food. I had pretty much no idea what I should order so I ordered whatever she decided to order. I figured she knows best because it seemed to be one of her favorite dining places.<a href="http://studentblogger.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/1001630.jpg" ><img class="alignright  wp-image-2223" title="1001630" src="http://studentblogger.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/1001630.jpg" alt="" width="263" height="350" /></a></p>

<p>My pitiful Kodak Camera, dating back to 2008 wasn&#8217;t cooperating well that afternoon. The battery was as good as empty leaving me with little options to capture the moment somehow. Well I at least managed to take a picture of the food and that was about it. One more notable thing though was the waiting number we&#8217;ve been assigned to, which was the number 18.</p>

<p><em>Ang gulo lang ng </em>article<em> ko. </em> :p</p>

<p>After our sumptuous meal, we headed back to the nearby mall, Gaisano. One, for me to buy some food that I&#8217;d eat on my way to Pagadian, two to buy some batteries for my camera and third, to pick up my belongings that I left at the deposit counter.</p>

<p>I think it was still a little bit awkward-ish. I mean, we didn&#8217;t talk <em>a lot</em> that afternoon. I was still a bit shy, and I had difficulties hiding it aside from acting quiet. In truth though, I wanted to talk on and on but didn&#8217;t knew how to connect.</p>

<p>Maria Klara and I were roaming through the streets of Iligan after we did the 3 tasks at Gaisano. I have accompanied her to her friends house to pick up her bag which she had left there. We walked on again, roaming through the streets looking for a specific jeepney route which would part us when it reached the South Bus Terminal.</p>

<p>It started to rain a bit, and I noticed it just a little late. I suggested she&#8217;d cover her head with my polo shirt, but she pretty much confirmed what I was worried about it saying, <em>kanina pa ako nabasa sa ulan, okay lang uy</em>&#8230; Aside from the given that she was already pretty much soaked in the rain even prior our meetup, I had this hunch that she was a bit shy&#8230; :p</p>

<p>And there you go. Nothing much happened nor have been talked about as we boarded our jeepney bound for the terminal where she&#8217;d drop me off and her home.</p>

<p>Feeling <em>ko talaga ay sobrang bitin ang aming pagkikita. </em>I&#8217;ve waited so long for this day to come and all we did was eat together and roam around for a while, pegging in at just about 3 hours spent which the presence of one another. That&#8217;s when I thought we should meet again before I finally head back to Davao City&#8230;. but, I guess that&#8217;s something worthy of another post.</p>

<p>Something else to look forward to being published here and on the Pinoy Teens Media Blog are the following:
<ul>
    <li>PSITS IX Conference</li>
    <li>Finally meeting Mary Claire part 2</li>
</ul>
Stay in touch and keep reading!</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[2012 has finally arrived. The year that many of my colleagues on board Pinoy Teens New Media believe to be the best year yet for us. Let&#8217;s not get ahead of ourselves though&#8230; Here&#8217;s just a quick flash back on what happened last year, or should I say, just a couple of hours ago. New [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>2012 has finally arrived. The year that many of my colleagues on board Pinoy Teens New Media believe to be the best year yet for us. Let&#8217;s not get ahead of ourselves though&#8230; Here&#8217;s just a quick flash back on what happened last year, or should I say, just a couple of hours ago.
<h3>New Year Celebration at Home</h3>
This new year belongs to one of the most special ones for me. For one, I&#8217;m thankful that both of my parents are still alive and kicking. I&#8217;ve always had the uncomfortable feeling that one of them may pass in the next twelve months&#8230; and that&#8217;s going to be even more intense this year. <em>Lalo na&#8217;t na-stroke na si Papa last June 2011</em>.</p>

<p>Even though this family is relatively small compared to other families, and even though we don&#8217;t really function as one most of the time because of conflicts, quarrels and misunderstanding; we still stand strong as one.</p>

<p>I&#8217;m happy because I haven&#8217;t seen any of the two smile as genuinely as they did last evening. I&#8217;m growing older, and so are they&#8230;</p>

<p>Another happy sight in few of my pictures is my girlfriend who joined us for this years Christmas. While she surely didn&#8217;t get along well with my mother throughout 2011&#8230; They&#8217;ve definitely looked good cooking and preparing our food yesterday!</p>

<p>This is the first time that a girlfriend of mine joined the three of us for Christmas, and hopefully it won&#8217;t be the last. <img src='http://studentblogger.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>

<p>Our new year was nothing special. We had a few people over and a few workers as well to celebrate with us. All we did as the clock neared 12MN was watching Arsenal vs QPR and Chelsea vs Aston Villa on Star Sports and ESPN. We&#8217;re really very much into soccer and this new years eve shows no less than that. Manchester United lost at home to the Blackburn Rovers, but my evening got spoiled when Chelsea was humbled down by Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge as well. (soccer-geek-moments)</p>

<p><strong> A New House</strong></p>

<p>My parents have built a new house right behind our main house. Prolly planning to have that one for rent soon once its finished. I also overheard that sooner or later, it&#8217;s gonna be the house where I&#8217;ll move in to!</p>

<p>It took them over a year to get going with the New House Project. Mostly because of financial constraints or crappy workers. But it&#8217;s on its final going as the work slowly gets completed.</p>


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<p>I&#8217;ll keep it as short as this for now and get back with you soon. <img src='http://studentblogger.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  Keep blogging!</p>

<p>And.. before I forget&#8230; once again, a Happy New Year to all of us! May you guys be blessed and have a successful 2012!</p>
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		<title>One More Year with PTNM this 2012</title>
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		<dc:creator>Georg Kevin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve promised so much in the last 2 years. I&#8217;ve planned so many things in the last two years. I&#8217;ve failed in almost everything I took charge of… 2012 is going to be the biggest year yet for Pinoy Teens and my colleagues. It&#8217;s the year in which we hope to achieve beyond our expectations, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve promised so much in the last 2 years. I&#8217;ve planned so many things in the last two years. I&#8217;ve failed in almost everything I took charge of…</p>

<p>2012 is going to be the <em>biggest year yet</em> for Pinoy Teens and my colleagues. It&#8217;s the year in which we hope to achieve beyond our expectations, and beyond anything that Pinoy Teens has ever reached before. Something inside me believes that 2012 is going to be a great year for me and for my blogging life. I hope it beholds truth.<span id="more-2193"></span></p>

<p>Of course, there are other things away from the blogging world that will play a huge part in my 2012; things that are perhaps going to change the course of my life forever. Now, before this year ends, I&#8217;ve promised myself to delete all games that I have on my Mac and diligently followed my goodwill.</p>

<p>I&#8217;m pretty much left empty handed, with no means of entertainment aside from movies taken from YIFI. No games to entertain me, no FIFA, no Sims… but the whole blogging world to rediscover out there.
<h2>Restarting with Pinoy Teens New Media</h2>
Ambitious me has come up with a great plan again. A plan that I hope that I can fulfill. I want people around me to start their own blogs, I want them to realize how powerful of a tool blogging can be to share information, educate other people and entertain one another. While some see blogging as a dying art of independent journalism, I see it growing ever so strong in the recent years. It&#8217;s not going away anytime soon; so why not hop on to the blogging bandwagon?
<h2>Blogging seemed so fun back then…</h2>
I was in no need of games to keep my mood up high, that&#8217;s because blogging was a lot of fun for me back then. I loved playing with words, coming up with a decent post and have people appreciate (or sometimes, criticize) it. I&#8217;m far from that attitude today. I&#8217;m scared whenever I head into any of my various blogs&#8217; WordPress dashboard… scared to fail, to displease my audience and to get labeled by people out there. You could say that I&#8217;m pretty much the opposite of who and what I used to be 2-3 years ago when I started.</p>

<p>It&#8217;s going to be a long and dwindling road, no doubt about that… but what can I do? What can anyone do about it? You just have to push yourself to write and write and write and that&#8217;s exactly what I&#8217;m going to do. It&#8217;ll look more like a chore and dirty work at the beginning, but I know sooner or later I find myself again.
<h2>Blogging is a way of life.</h2>
Blogging isn&#8217;t just a verb applied to people who create and write blogs, blogging becomes part of your way of life. That&#8217;s where it has become a hit and miss for me. Sometimes I feel like I&#8217;m a blogger, sometimes I uncertain about it.
<h3>I ain&#8217;t young and promising no more…</h3>
I am 20 years old now. I&#8217;m not the 16 year young boy who seemed so promising and full of potential. I&#8217;ve missed my chance to breakthrough in my earlier years but it doesn&#8217;t mean that I can&#8217;t make it at all.
<blockquote>Come, journey with me as I&#8217;m trying to find my place in this vast growing blogosphere.</blockquote>
What are you struggling about in your daily life as a blogger?</p>
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