JAE FEVER

Ambitious. Delicious. Seditious.

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    When, in a drinking session, someone suddenly tells you, “your naivete is what I love the most about you” it makes you stop and think. Especially when you’ve been, of late, trying to pass yourself off to those who don’t know better as a world-wise twenty-something sophisticate, right at home in a generation that thinks cynicism is chic. So I’m naïve. I believe in being part of a struggle much bigger than yourself; daring to reach for a heaven far beyond your grasp; doing your part to assuage wounds wrought by many lifetimes of strife and knowing that it will take double that number of lifetimes to completely heal. I can look every bully in the eye and I know I will not flinch. Very few things threaten me – probably more the result of the brashness of youth than the wisdom of years. I think the best kind of job is not the job that gets you a fat paycheck or gives you generous car plan. It’s the job that makes you sleep well at night and eager to get up the next day. I love knowing that I’m working with the good guys – and drinking with them later at night. I believe that the fire in my belly can quell the butterflies in my tummy, and that my phantoms are no match for my passions. I maintain that the Left is right (but also that social justice is impossible without procedural due process). I believe in love, purely and utterly: insisting on it, finding it, keeping it, allowing yourself to be swept off your feet by the violence of its current but at the same time rocked to gentle sleep in the constancy of its embrace. I believe in the certainty and constancy of my friendships. I believe I’m fabulous and beautiful, and if you don’t agree with me, that’s because you’re wrong. I would say I believe in a Higher Being that holds everything together, and allows us to find that glint of light amidst hunger and cancer and injustice and oppression —- But then, that’s not naivete anymore. That’s faith.

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Archive for October 25th, 2007

Honor Among Thieves

Posted by Jae on October 25, 2007

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Tangna nyo. May utang kayo sa amin.

Too angry for words tonight.

(picture is from www.elaput.com)

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Bondat Peninsula No More

Posted by Jae on October 25, 2007

Nung nasa Dumaguete ako, nakabili ako ng jeans sa mall. Dahil tamad ako to go to the fitting room (brownout kasi), I grabbed yung isang size 26 at tumakbo patungong counter. Size 26 naman ako forever. As soon as I got to the hotel, sinukat ko agad sa banyo. Inannounce ko pa kay Karl  na I have a new pair of jeans. But no. Ni hindi man sya umabot sa waist. Sabi ni Karl patingin daw ng jeans on me. Dali-dali ko tinanggal at kunwari wala ako nadinig. Major bummer. Crisis of (self) confidence itoh.

But now…..announcement please…. ahem, friends and comrades, fi-nit ko na ulit ang Dumaguete jeans, and what do you know — kasya na sya. Of course medyo too snug pa sya to be really comfortable, but hey progress pa din yun. Yahoo!!! Good riddance, suman thighs and jiggling bilbil!!!! Me and my body are destined for glory!!! :D (hehe, labo, mehn).

And of course this is really thanks to my bonggang-bongga fitness regimen. Yes, people, serious talaga ako. I am throwing my heart and soul into eradicating my nasty bilbil (di ko kasi pala kaya ang rural poverty..hehehe).  Medyo nasira lang last week because I had to go to Iloilo for work and syempre super sarap ng lahat ng bagay dun. At dami ko tinirang oysters, scallops, fish, litson. Nung Saturday naman, wedding ni Nina, e sino ba ang tatanggi sa buffet spread ng Manila Pen?

Happy din ako sa pg-gygym. Tinatry ko na araw-arawin. Except on yoga days, of course. I’m starting to get the hang of it. Ok pa yung instructor. Madami may gusto dun sa isang instructor na pogi, pero ako favorite ko si Leo. Kasi ayoko talaga ng feeling gwapo. Ang nakakatawa lang dito kay Leo may political insights sya habang tinotorture nya ang aking katawan sa abdomenal crunches. Pakiwari ko it started nung nakita nya ako naka-Akbayan shirt.  Tipong, “ok, fifteen more counts, left elbow to right knee, palagay ko si gloria talaga may kagagawan ng glorietta bombing…” At habang binabatak-batak niya ako para magstretch, pinaguusapan namin ang laganap na katiwalian sa pamahalaaan.

Yesh, hindi po totoo that gym instructors are man-ditzes.

But I digress. This is about me and my road to fitness and sexiness. I can feel it, I’m getting there. Kaunti nalang talaga. I’ve also stopped drinking beer. Well, except for Friday night in Iloilo and nung uminom kami ni Emman two days ago ata yun sa My Brother’s Moustache. Sa Iloilo kasi, nilibre lang ako nung taga FDC-Iloilo. At nung sa My Bro naman, no choice, beer lang ang mura. If I can help it, pinipilit ko na sa Analog ang inuman. Kasi at least may brandy dun, one shot, okay na ako. Social drinking lang. Eh minsan, gusto nila sa Taby’s.  Kahapon nga, nagpunta ako sa 70’s Bistro with some Bondoc Pen peeps, dalandan soda ang tinira ko the whole night. Mamaya, magyayaya sa Analog si Arnold. Pineapple juice oorderin ko. Haaay. Such self-control. If only I can make it apply to other areas of my life as well. Wahahaha.

So dedma na sa lahat ng tao na pinagtatawanan ako sa pag-gygym. Sa pakain-kain ng salad. Sa aerobics lessons. Yari kayo lahat sa akin. Sa akin at sa aking washboard abs. Move over, Jackielou Blanco.

:D

 Hahaha. Talagang binasa nyo hanggang sa dulo. Isa nanamang walang kwentang blog entry. Nawantutri ko na naman kayo. Bwahahaha.

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