http://thebumpercar.multiply.com/ Now that I've deleted my Friendster, this is going to be my primary social networking site. My Facebook still needs a lot of work before it'll be as useful and pretty as this. :P I'll be checking this the most often, so if for some reason I don't receive your text message or your email then you can also contact me here (and, trust me, if it's an important message, I will reply within an hour).<br><br>Post stuff you think I'll find interesting, and I'll try to break your mind. :) I post my fandom-related stuff over at my LJ: http://the-bumper-car.livejournal.com/ Sun, 6 Jul 2008 16:35:37 -0000 Sun, 6 Jul 2008 14:32:00 -0000 http://images.thebumpercar.multiply.com/logo http://thebumpercar.multiply.com 100 100 Paul's Pantulog Birthday Party last night was fun!<br><br>Sadly, I was pretty horrible at securing booze, so I wasn't able to get drunk.<br><br>However, I think I still effed-up answering Zuri's phone. This is why you shouldn't try to make me do other stuff when I'm playing my DS. :P <br><br>Sorry Zuri!<br> http://thebumpercar.multiply.com/journal/item/621/I_Halped Sun, 6 Jul 2008 14:32:00 -0000 Statistically speaking, unless you are a total hermit, a social retard, or ugly as a putrid bum, there is at least one person in your multiply network that has a crush on, wants to date you, wants to sleep with you or simply just wants to kiss you. So... let's play "No Guts, No Glory!"<br><br>The rules are simple. <br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp; 1. If you want to date the person who posted this, send a Personal Message, not a reply to this post, saying "Coffee?"<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; 2. If you have a crush on the person who posted this, send a Personal Message saying"You're hot!"<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; 3. If you just want to sleep with them &amp; stay friends, send them a message that says "Nice shoes!"<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; 4. If you simply just want to kiss the person who posted this, send a Personal Message saying, "I do!"<br><br>SCARED?<br><br>The only rule is that, you must not make anyone who sends you a personal message feel stupid for feeling that way about you. Acknowledge. Say thank you. Move on.<br><br>IF YOU'VE READ THIS, YOU HAVE TO REPOST THIS, EVEN IF... http://thebumpercar.multiply.com/journal/item/620/No_Guts_No_Glory_-_Because_Im_Bored._D Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:03:00 -0000 Usually every 1st Saturday of the month, the OPEN GAMING MEET is held at the Function Room / Cabana of Residencia 8888 at Pearl Drive in Ortigas. You can find a printable map through this <a href="http://www.tabletopwars.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=random&#x26;cat=2&#x26;pos=-69">link.</a> The OPEN GAMING MEET is an informal gathering of various tabletop game enthusiasts that mingle, develop and renew ties, and try out various related hobbies that they normally don't have the time or resource to test. It's usually held from 3 pm til 12 midnight. Every OPEN GAMING MEET will have a varied offering of Boardgames, Party Card Games, Trading / Collectible Card Games, Miniature War Games, Traditional / Classic Wargames, and select One-Shot Role-Playing Adventures courtesy of said tabletop game enthusiasts. Since the venue has to be paid for, via existing funds, we will have to collect an entrance fee of 50 pesos per person so that we will have further funds should we hold the OPEN GAMING MEET in the same place next month. http://thebumpercar.multiply.com/calendar/item/10007/Open_Gaming_Meet_-_July Sat, 21 Jun 2008 05:15:41 -0000 Thank you for making my life more complicated.&nbsp;<img src="http://images.multiply.com/common/smiles/wink.png"> http://thebumpercar.multiply.com/journal/item/615/Avril_Lavigne_Got_it_Fucking_Wrong Thu, 5 Jun 2008 08:38:00 -0000 I had a really weird dream last night. It was almost like I had a remote and switching back and forth between the different "story lines". I could remember at least 3 different stories, each of them distinct. I'll try to share them.<br><br>In one world, I was a model at a runway show. It was a weird show for a combined formal wear/sleep wear line. I would be wearing a combined tuxedo/pajamas version, or a suit with a bed cap. I do remember wearing my sleeping mask at certain points, and apparently surviving the catwalk with it on.<br><br>Snippets of me going through outfits, trading stories with the other models, and walking the gauntlet of photographers would get interrupted whenever I'd "flip" and go to a different "channel". But nothing much happened in this story - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_Deep_%28House_episode%29">not even a heroin-addicted hermaphrodite model going berserk on the runway.</a><br><br>A more interesting story was the one where I was part of a boot camp for what seemed to be either a SWAT division or for a search-and-rescue operation - think le... http://thebumpercar.multiply.com/journal/item/614/Dream_Careers_in_a_Parallel_Universe Wed, 4 Jun 2008 17:15:00 -0000 I do not know what is worse when dealing with emo friends - the one who loudly announce that they have a problem, but refuse to tell you what it is or accept your help, or the the ones who talk to you about it, agree that your advise is the best way to deal with this, and yes, your help would be greatly appreciated - and then proceed to continue being emo, as if you hadn't come to a solution yesterday.<br><br>Whatever. I'm too angry to be emo for you guys. Enjoy this song, emo kids, this is exactly what I would say to you if I were face to face to you right now. Except I'd probably be swearing a lot more, and possibly drinking as well. And if you ever want to come out of the ruts you're in, if you need me to bury any bodies, or you just need someone to talk to, I'm here.<br> http://thebumpercar.multiply.com/journal/item/613/On_Having_Emo_Friends Sun, 1 Jun 2008 15:28:00 -0000 I dreamt I was on a Star Trek-ish space station. I was part of the permanent crew stationed on the ship.&nbsp;A ship had come in which had mutinied, and they took over the space station as well, putting most of the crewmen in holding (along with their crewmates who they had ejected) and left a skeleton crew running the space station. <br><br>However, thanks to sabotage on our side, they were unable to leave the space station, and had to spend time for repairs. I began to bond with a pregnant officer from the mutineering ship, and soon we were getting pretty intimate.<br><br>But I was also part of an operation from the people in the holding cells to re-take the station. Thanks to some Spock-y kungfu and really awful/awesome Kirk overacting, we were able to stop the mutineer leader's evil plan of switching bodies with the officers in the holding cells and letting them take the punishment. <br><br>And then it turns out that the reason why the mutineers were able to successfully take over the ship and the space s... http://thebumpercar.multiply.com/journal/item/611/Dream_Betrayal_at_the_Space_Station Fri, 30 May 2008 01:21:00 -0000 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saki">Saki</a> is one of my favorite authors, who specializes in short stories. When I was in Grade 3, my mom bought a lot of <a href="http://www.oupchina.com.hk/elt/oper/index.asp">Oxford Progressive English Readers</a> books, which were condensed and slightly sanitized versions of great (and not so great) works of literature in the English language. The books had a lot of impact on me - it exposed me to a lot of authors and genres I would not have had access to, from Shakespeare to Burmese horror stories, and greatly influenced my writing.<br><br>One of these books was a collection of Saki's short stories. Man, how to describe Saki's style?<br><br>His style reminds me why I hate the term "speculative fiction" so much. He is a bit of an absurdist - things happen in extremely unusual circumstances just to make a punchline. He's also a magical realist, but with a mad bent for humor. But his humor is really dark - especially since it draws upon his life as a lonely, closeted homosexual in Victorian England who'd gone through so much hilarious tragedy at an early age. Se... http://thebumpercar.multiply.com/journal/item/604/Saki_H._H._Munro_featuring_The_Open_Window Mon, 19 May 2008 14:45:00 -0000 The June Open Gaming Meet will be held on the 1st Saturday of the month, June 7, in the air-con side of the rooftop poolside cabana of Residencia 8888, Pearl Drive, Ortigas Center, from 3pm to Midnight. The OGM is an informal gathering of tabletop games enthusiasts from various groups to try out new games and/or play favourites games, be it Boardgames, Miniature War Games, RPGs, Card Games, or Board Wargames, with friends - new or old. Once you're at Residencia 8888, please inform the Front Desk that you're there for the "tournament" at the rooftop cabana. There is the usual entrance fee of 50 pesos to help defray the cost of renting the http://thebumpercar.multiply.com/calendar/item/10006/June_Open_Gaming_Meet Mon, 19 May 2008 14:13:48 -0000 These are the pictures we took for reference while mapping. I *think* this is Barangay San Juan, in Morong, http://thebumpercar.multiply.com/photos/album/30/Morong_Fieldwork_pictures_batch_2 Sun, 18 May 2008 05:18:00 -0000 First set of pix from my cam while doing my fieldwork in Morong, Rizal from April 28 to May 13, 2008. This is for my Geog 192 http://thebumpercar.multiply.com/photos/album/29/Field_Work_Pictures Sat, 17 May 2008 14:49:43 -0000 Over the past 3+ years since I started studying Geography, I've asked for, borrowed, or stolen around a dozen copies of the Geography curriculum...<br> <br> Well, to give something back, I retyped it, and placed it in table form for easy subject enlistment planning! It's downloadable at the link below this entry. <br><br> I even put in a space for "Semester Taken" since not everyone ttakes their subjects on-time :P I also put in a place for you to put a grade. However, since I don't know how to put a formula to coughup your GWA, I guess you'll just have to Copy+paste the tables into Excel.<br> <br>To use it, follow the format in the 1st entry - GE (AH)* - English 10) - to fill it out. And good luck to all of my fellow Geog majors.<br><br>To non-Geog majors, you can also use it as a template, but obviously you'd have to change the subjects and the footnotes. If you do, do us all a favor and upload a copy as well!<br><br>EDIT: I fixed some minor typos and a major mistake - I had forgotten to include the 6 units of summer fiel... http://thebumpercar.multiply.com/journal/item/609/UP_Geography_Curriculum Thu, 15 May 2008 15:01:00 -0000 WTF is wrong with you?<br><br>If you can read this, and you know that I'm talking about you, text me. Call me. Heck, misscall me and I'll call you back. I'm worried about you, and your replies (or lack of it) aren't reassuring me.<br> http://thebumpercar.multiply.com/journal/item/607/WTF Sat, 10 May 2008 13:06:00 -0000 <P>Apparently being away from daily Internet access killed off my what was left of my laughable HTML coding skills. I deleted my previous multiply entry rather than attempt to fix it - the moment was gone.</P> <P>So, yeah, I'll be extending my stay here for a few more days - we still have a lot of work to do.</P> <P><FONT color=#eeeeee size=1>I wish I could stop thinking about you everyday.</FONT></P> http://thebumpercar.multiply.com/journal/item/606/My_Skeelz_let_me_show_you_them Fri, 9 May 2008 08:34:00 -0000 Hung out today with a friend at UP inbetween field work preparations. I was so amused by our long conversation today - this was probably the longest I've ever talked to him, and on such serious (and cracky) topics, to boot!<br><br>In a way, our talk reminded me of how much time has passed since I entered UP - he's practically a freshman - and how much I've grown and matured since then. He's going through a similar situation and troubles that I was in 2-3 years ago... and I tried to give him advice that I wish someone had given me back then - Stop being Emo and miserable, get out of your room because there's a world outside, and, most importantly, stop second-guessing yourself and GO FOR IT. <br><br>In matters of love, what we regret most are not the wrong moves, but the ones where we didn't do anything at all.<br><br>Anyway, to my friend, who I shall not name here because I know you're going through a tough time right now, I'm sorry for teasing you so mercilessly kanina about being so Emo. :P Trust me, if you... http://thebumpercar.multiply.com/journal/item/602/Deja_Vu Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:52:00 -0000 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takoyaki">Takoyaki</a> party at David's house last Thursday, April 17. Japanese food, alcohol, and friends! Wish there would be more of these. :D Although we had to use squid rather than octopus in our http://thebumpercar.multiply.com/photos/album/28/Takoyaki_NightNomikai_Davids Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:33:01 -0000 This week's spam post! Yes, it's delayed, but I couldn't find the drive to write it before this. Important first entry: <a href="http://yoopee.multiply.com/journal/item/2676/UPs_newest_sister_school">Trace College LIES, claims to be University of the Philippines' sister school and the "Private UP".</a> - What. The. Fuck? Spread this word, guys. What the hell does being the "Private UP" mean anyway? UP is NOT a public school. It's a State University. If you're going to go by worldwide university rankings, then you'd have to go through De La Salle University, Ateneo De Manila University, and University of Santo Tomas, not to mention ACTUAL UNIVERSITIES like FEU, NU, Adamson, and then the NCAA colleges like Mapua and Letran, as well as a lot of more reputable institutions BEFORE YOU END UP AT TRACE. This is a bullshit claim, and they should be shamed and mocked for even attempting http://thebumpercar.multiply.com/links/item/3/the_bumper_car_Link_Spam Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:56:07 -0000 What a confusing movie. I watched this movie with Dove, David, Tomoko and Yurika. We arrived late kasi we kept on waiting (and looking for) Jerick to show up, (ang joke ko e he was standing sideways, kaya di namin makita :P), so when we got in the cinemas and saw a bunch of American kids talking, I thought - "Hey, I think the movie hasn't started yet!" Then Jackie Chan showed up under lots of makeup, and I went, "Oh, shit, they didn't..." and then the kid from Will and Grace got teleported back into ancient China, and I went NO WAI. So, yeah, turns out this was a Hollywood movie. WTF. The talking parts were boring. Especially since they forced Jackie Chan and Jet Li to go speak in English for most of the fucking movie. TAKE NOTE, THIS PART OF THE MOVIE IS SUPPOSED TO BE SET IN ANCIENT CHINA. Ack. My suspension of disbelief just couldn't take the fact that all the plot-relevant characters knew how to speak English, just for the convenience of the time-displaced American ... http://thebumpercar.multiply.com/reviews/item/1 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:47:23 -0000 And while I think you're making heaven a lot more fun than it used to be... we still miss you down here, Ricky.<br> http://thebumpercar.multiply.com/journal/item/598/Its_been_1_year. Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:06:00 -0000 <a href="http://www.newworlds.ph/?p=75">From the New Worlds Website</a> The April Open Gaming Meet will be held on April 19, in the air-con side of the rooftop poolside cabanas of Pearl Drive, Ortigas Center, from 3pm to Midnight. The OGM is an informal gathering of tabletop games enthusiasts from various groups to try out new games and/or play favourites games, be it Boardgames, Miniature War Games, RPGs, Card Games, or Board Wargames, with friends - new or old. Once you’re at Residencia 8888, please inform the Front Desk that you’re a guest of Mark Humphries, and are going to the event at the rooftop cabana. There is the usual entrance fee of 50 pesos to help defray the cost of renting the cabana. Noted games for the Apr. OGM: - Rounds 3 (Melbourne) & 4 (Suzuka) of the FORMULA V season (powered by Formula De - <a href="http://www.http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/12/12040.phtml">http://www.http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/12/12040.phtml</a>). 10 slots are available, of which 2 are already taken. You can reserve your slot (and to do a crash course on how to play the game) by talki... http://thebumpercar.multiply.com/calendar/item/10005/April_Open_Gaming_Meet Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:30:40 -0000 <a href="http://manila.cervantes.es/FichasCultura/Ficha47186_23_2.htm">Source</a> It’s a mad, mad day on April 19 as Instituto Cervantes lets out the books at the Día del Libro celebrations. From 10 am to 12 midnight, bibliophiles can get their hands on a wide selection of books – children and young adult titles, dictionaries, novels, and non-fiction titles – at the Día del Libro book fair! Available at even madder prices, brand new books go for as low as Php20.00. And to make the deal even sweeter, Instituto Cervantes gives a red rose with every purchase. Also get a chance to mingle with your favorite authors as they grace this event, signing copies of their latest works. Anvil Publishing, A Different Bookstore, and Powerbooks are also there, offering books at a huge 20% discount! In addition to all these, get to taste the rich Spanish culture with poetry readings, film showings, and a dance concert featuring renowned choreographer and dance master, Myra Beltran. Free Spanish lessons and guided tours await visitors during this whole day event. In ... http://thebumpercar.multiply.com/calendar/item/10004/_International_Book_Day_2008_Instituto_Cervantes Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:07:27 -0000 My April 12 Sunday Spam post, full of links and pictures and geekery and news. I'm hoping this will be a regular http://thebumpercar.multiply.com/links/item/2/the_bumper_car_Sunday_is_for_Spam_April_12_edition Sun, 13 Apr 2008 15:41:36 -0000 After so many false starts and cancellations, and 4 different alternate venues, I've finally got a field site: the exotic Morong, Rizal. On one hand, I'm so disappointed that my first choice of Miag-ao, Iloilo, didn't push through. And I'm definitely annoyed that I wasn't able to get transferred to the Siargao or Tampakan, South Cotabato teams either. On the other hand, we've got the easiest travel plans and accommodations, and it looks like we'll be doing one of the more complex reports among the 3 teams, which I like. :D Wish me luck guys. I'll be in Morong for 2 weeks. If you wanna meet me there, text me or email http://thebumpercar.multiply.com/calendar/item/10003/Field_Work_Morong_Rizal Sun, 13 Apr 2008 04:33:35 -0000 I finally finished encoding my cellphone's phonebook into my pc. Now I can delete all the numbers on my sim, and on my phone, and switch to a new(-er) model. <br><br>This is an accomplishment for many reasons - I've been concerned at the latest iteration of "My cellphone got stolen/broken/eaten by a 2 year old llama" stories, and I sure as heck don't wanna lose contact with any of you guys. <br><br>Well, most of you. <br><br>But now I can have a phonebook online which I can keep as a reference in case, god forbid (knocks on wood) something bad happens to my SIM or phone. Or for the numbers I think would like to remember, but won't fit on my cellphone or SIM phonebook anymore.<br><br>It's been hell, since I had to manually encode each number. I have a typing speed last clocked at 69 words per minute, but this is SO BORING to do, and I keep getting distracted by the Internets. I think that putting the numbers back in would be hell, too. Oh well, that's the way it is.<br> http://thebumpercar.multiply.com/journal/item/596/Whoo_Accomplishment_Get Sat, 12 Apr 2008 13:04:00 -0000 Not because of any stalking issues or identity theft issues, similar to what had prompted some of my other friends to do so. Not because of any emo issues, either.<br><br>I just got bored with it. I barely check it anymore, and it doesn't have the functionality that Multiply, LJ, or Facebook has. I found maintaining my Friendster to be too much work.<br><br>Adios Friendster. It's been 5-6 years. You failed me when I really needed you back in 2006.<br> http://thebumpercar.multiply.com/journal/item/594/I_deleted_my_Friendster_ Wed, 9 Apr 2008 13:14:00 -0000 1. Remove INC in Geog 321. (Thank you Sir Mel for not failing me!!)<br>2. Get a 6 pack (Wish ko lang.)<br>3. Buy clothes that fit, or, at the very least, get rid/get altered all my clothes that don't fit me anymore. (Sorta related to # 2).<br>4. Finish writing Mina story, tentatively titled "Path of Ispiration".<br>5. Finish writing Spy story, tentatively titled "Department Q".<br>6. Finish kitbashing a Superhero RPG system using New World of Darkness rules.<br>7. Find a part-time job.<br> http://thebumpercar.multiply.com/journal/item/593/Things_to_do_this_Summer Tue, 8 Apr 2008 14:16:00 -0000