CBCP means Cuteness Bawal sa Commercial Please

Do you remember this Mc Donald's TV ad?

Oh yeah the "kill joys" did it again. Apparently, the people who claim to be the vanguard of our societies morality, find this advertisement distasteful for it could send a wrong message to its young viewers.Okay I get it, kids should not be used as characters in the portrayal of romantic relationships even if we think they are cute. I am just wondering though if CBCP is actually reviewing all the advertisements that are being shown on television. How about those whitening products that project lighter skin as a new measure of beauty like this one...

The video shows how the girl's lighter complexion helped her to easily catch the attention of her crush ( I suppose) unlike before where she remained unnoticed when her skin was still dark. If CBCP is indeed true to their commitment in the promotion of good values in television then this advertisement should have been banned as well. Why? For the same argument they used in pulling out Mc Donald's ad: "It could send the wrong message". For it tells the teenage girls that white is always beautiful instead of encouraging them to actually embrace their natural color and beauty (aside from the fact that it teaches them to make landi with the cute boys right???). But of course this is just my interpretation which is my main point... It's all about interpretation. If CBCP is only harping about the younger audience tendency to misinterpret the message that these advertisements convey, then they should promote responsible parenting instead. That parents should always guide their children while watching TV.

Before the World Ends...

So what would you do when they tell you that the world will end tomorrow?... Pig out at the newly opened buffet restaurant in town and ask your boss to pay for it...

I ate all of these...

(Seafood soup)

(Platter of Dimsum)

(Skewered Meat and Veggies)

(American Plate - roasted ribs, beef, lamb, and buttered veggies)

I ate all of those with these guys...

(My teammates - Shane, Hugh, Myself, Dong, and Mike)

And oh I also ate some of these...

I was already stuffed after all of those madness, so I decided to skip these...

Oh I am definitely coming back to this place...

Komiks ni Via (Volume I)

So Jerwin found a productive and artistic way of channeling his unexploited talent into literature... Messing up with people through Comics. Here's a sample of his exquisite work.

Pictures taken during Reana's Birthday celebration at Shin Dang Dong Korean restaurant.
Jerwin's Victim: RONI

Boys' videoke night out at Center Stage.
Jerwin's victims: ACE, RHIEL, and I

His future comics stories will be exclusively posted on this blog... So whose lives will be miserable after being terrorized in Jerwin's next comics issue? Let us all find out... Soon!

At tulad ng lagi kong sinasabi, lintik lang ang walang ganti... Kaya etong sayo... Tarrraaaannn! This what I call sweeeeet revenge... Bwahahahaha!

Part 2: I Saw, I Came, I Conquered Mt. Malamsimbo... Yeah!

We reached the shores of Puerto Galera at noon. We had a quick lunch at Mengie's resort. I had a modest meal composed of siopao and banana which I bought at Seven Eleven in Manila and hard boiled eggs courtesy of Amie. We were given about an hour to enjoy the picturesque white sand beach. It was a great opportunity for us to take more pictures. It was also at this time when I started asking Rhiel if we really wanted to continue with the climb. I was convincing him that we stay and just chill in the resort. My plan was for both of us to pull an award winning act either we got food poisoned or both of our right legs broke badly for some reason. But the idea was just plain stupidity. We would have been sorry and crying in regret by now for we missed an entirely amazing adventure.


Group prayer before the actual climb...

Some local handicrafts on display while at the foot of the mountain...

The steepest trail of the mountain greeted us with lush green surrounding...

The scorching heat of the almighty sun was unforgiving. We needed to stop a couple of times to rehydrate and allow ourselves to be enchanted by the beauty of everything around us...

 

 

Alex and I immediately assembled our kiddie tent upon reaching the camp site. When we finally finished setting up the tent we realized that it was too small for both of us to fit inside. However we were able to came up with a simple strategy to address our sleeping conditions. We agreed that I will take the inner half of the tent while Alex will be stay near the entrance with our backs facing each other and definitely no moving at all.

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Flashing our tired and hungry faces while waiting for the gourmet dinner to be served. We had pesto pasta, chicken and pork adobo, oriental crab meat soup and some thai chicken mushroom thing courtesy of Alman. There were also lots of booze during the socials where it was time for each one of us to meet everybody. It was fun meeting crazy party people like Marvin, Jason, and Meng. I slept sober with my sanity still intact for I only had few shots of Vodka.

I woke up early the next morning with wet clothes (and I blame it on our crappy tent!). The rain was pouring really hard at night. I went to Jerwin's tent to get the camera and here's what I got...

More pictures taken before we headed back to Puerto Galera...

So what's my take on the entire experience?... Totally awesome!!! I will definitely do it again...

The Ice Cream Thief

Beware of this fat white guy... He is the ice cream thief lurking at the 11th floor of Citibank Tower. If you see him roaming around, please scream "The Ice cream thief is here!!!" three times to help warn the others...