Horns Up

Noong isang araw ay umattend ako sa Investor's Forum ng PhilEquity. Sa totoo lang, wala akong account sa PhilEquity o Wealth Securities at kaya lang ako nakaattend ay dahil sa isang kaibigan kong nagtatrabaho sa PhilEquity.

Ang event na ito ay ginanap sa Auditorium ng Philippine Stock Exchange at ang mga talagang invited lang ay yung top 200 investors ng PhilEquity. Kaya ayun, puro Intsik na mga nakamamahaling bag at relos at cellphone ang kasama ko. Nakakatawa kasi low battery ang HTC Sensation XE kong cellphone nung araw na yun at ang lumang Nokia 1208 ang gamit ko. Bukod pa dun, nakacasual na damit lang ako. Kumbaga sa isang Hollywood movie, para akong African American sa isang White Party. 

Sa mga nakakakilala sa akin at alam kung gaano ako ka-mahiyain ay alam na ang normal na magiging reaksyon ko ay umuwi na lang imbis na isiksik ang sarili ko sa isang kaganapang hindi nababagay sa akin at nagpapalapot ng aking laway. Pero nung araw na yun ay parang sinapian ako ng kakaibang kapal ng muka. Umupo ako sa tabi ng mag-asawang Intsik na nakaLouis Vuitton at Iphone5 na nasa pangatlong row mula sa stage. Keribels. 

Isinuot ko ang salamin ko para makita ko ng maigi ang nagsasalita sa harapan at kinalimutan ko ang lahat maliban sa isa, ang aking pagnanais na matuto.

Marami nga akong natutunan. Isa na dun ay ang mga mayayaman talaga ang nagpapatakbo sa mundo. At kahit ilang People Power pa ang gawin natin para patalsikin ang mga corrupt na opisyales ng gobyerno para mabawasan ang kahirapan, hindi sila ang tunay na kalaban.  

Sa discussion ay sinabing nakatulong daw sa ekonomiya natin ang eVAT at ang pagpaprivatize ng mga ibang kumpanya ng gobyerno at pati na rin yung pagsasabatas ng Oil Deregulation Law. Lahat ng ito kung unang titignan ay kontra mahirap pero itong baboy na nakakurbata sa harap ko ay sinasabing maganda daw ito para sa ekonomiya. Maganda para sa mga negosyante. 

Putangina. Ano? Bigla kong naisip na ano kaya kung pagbabarilin ko yung mga tao dito. Naisip ko kung bakit mga inosenteng sibilyan ang pinagdidiskitahan ng mga rebelde. Hoy mga engot! Eto ang tunay na kalaban.

Lumipad ang isip ko ng mga ilang minuto at bumalik ulit ako sa tamang huwisyo. Wala e. Ito na talaga ang sistema. Sadyang bayani nga talaga ang masa. Sila ang sumasalo ng lahat ng mga kagaguhan ng mundo.

Dapat ba akong maging si Bonifacio o si Rizal. Si Bonifacio na iwinaksi ang sistema at lumaban mula sa labas, o si Rizal na pinagaralan ang sistema at winasak ito sa mula sa loob. Sa totoo lang pareho silang namatay kaya kahit ano pa ang piliin ko ay pareho rin lang ang kahahantungan.

Sadyang malakas ang agos na ito para labanan ng isang maliit na isdang tulad ko. 

UP Fair 2013

It is February 15. The day after the mass-retail-made-up-celebration called Valentine's day.

Yesterday, I have been trying to control myself to not post any anti-Valentine status and I succeeded. But residue photos of flowers and chocolates and all those crap in my Facebook news feed today are really testing my bout. 

Oh well, what a better way to celebrate Single Awareness Day than to rock out in UP Fair with my single and fabulous friends.

No, we are not bitter at all. These girls constantly remind me that it is better to be single than to be unhappily attached. That it's better to discuss our dreams of traveling the world than to complain about each other's spouses. I have always thought that single people are just too picky, but I realized that there is absolutely nothing wrong with being extra critical when it comes to choosing someone that you will spend the rest of your life with and give up your dreams for.

And again no, Disney princesses didn't fucked up our expectations about love. It's more of how Joan of Arc, Amelia Earhart, Florence Nightingale, Helen Keller, Emily Dickinson and Marie Curie showed us what we are capable of. 

Ok, enough of the heavy stuff, here are the fun we had in this year's UP Fair.

The Abot-kayang Ticket

Rock Climbing, Deadly Roller Coaster, Small Circumference Flying Fiesta, Deadlier Octopus 

Leche Flan, Takoyaki, Ihaw-isaw Madness

The Bands

Blogilates

She is Cassey Ho and her social media sites bear the name of Blogilates. I thinks it means Blog + Pilates. She is famous for her Pop Pilates videos. Pop Pilates meaning she base her Pilates/Cardio/HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) workouts on pop songs such as Taylor Swift, One Direction and Maroon Five songs.

Like tons of her other followers, I love her energy, how she motivates you to push yourself to the limits, how she tells you a story during a really hard workout to try to keep your mind off quitting, and how she makes you sweat like a pig while saying you look beautiful.

I first came across her in the virtual world when I was browsing some Yoga videos on Youtube and I randomly clicked on one of her videos. Until then, I was hooked. Her fitness calendar had been the wallpaper on my laptop since September 2012. I have been trying to religiously follow the workouts on her calendar each day for 5 months now. Yes, I've been devoting at least 30 minutes of my everyday life to her if you would like to put it that way.

Before her, I thought I was already fit coz I could do more sit ups than most of my male friends and I could run faster than any of my female friends. I was wrong. After trying her workouts, I  oftentimes find myself out of breath and wanting the 30 seconds side plank to be over. I realized how my balance suck and how weak my arms are.

This is the workout video that made me humble, it showed me I have a long way to go when it comes to fitness and that my biceps and triceps are such pussies. Darn, I really hate side planks! :D

Meanwhile, this is my favorite Pop Pilates video because I observed myself get better in doing this workout upon repetition and perseverance! Before, I have to stop while pulsing in duck squats but now, I could follow the whole video in a breeze.. :)

So there, the reason for this post is because there is not much fitness entry in this blog which is weird because exercising is part of my daily routine.  Just see my desktop post-it below.. :D