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I went back to GenSan over the weekend, then over to the nearby city of Koronadal to take something I registered for, a month before that fateful job that ultimately landed me my current job. Three months from now I should know if I passed the Philippine Civil Service Commission Professional-Level Examination, a requisite of sorts if one plans to work for the (Philippine) government. As I recently found out, both my parents are CSExam passers too (the Old Man has a Sub-Professional certification from having taken the test as a college undergrad, while Mom has both Sub and full on Professional certifications). I think of it now as sort of a contingency plan; if something screws up and I lose my job too soon (heaven forbid), I can just move to the public sector where my mom has been most of her life.
And that's that. Back to the salt mines for me.
When you go out to eat, how do you pick where to go?
Submitted by Kristine.
Randomly, sort of. Usually if there's a bunch of eating places in one area (say a mall), I tend to rotate - choosing a different place from what I visited last, for variety.
But I eat the same foods I usually pick from each place.
Do you buy products made locally? Is there anything made in your area that you love?
Duh. Proudly Philippine-made and junk.
Something I overheard, and agree with:
"If my life ever had its own omniscient narrator, I would want it to be Nobuyuki Hiyama."
What was the one toy you wanted as a kid that your parents never bought you?
Submitted by Princess of Darkness.
Who taught you how to ride a bike?
I was self-taught, but that was back in First Grade (1989). By now I must be rusty to the point of corrosion.
Have you ever been cheated on? Ever cheated?
Submitted by Joe.
Never been cheated on so far, but yes I HAVE cheated others. Nobody's perfect and junk.
Ever get away with saying somebody else did it?
I think I have, but it's been so long I can't remember when or what it was about. Most likely family matter.
Couldn't get into here yesterday, I so wanted to cross-post this on all my blogs the day after the fact. Well, better late than never, I suppose.
Goddamnit, one thing those terrorist people do best is waiting, WAITING, until their potential victims finally lax and let their guard down. Then they hit HARD.
Last night at around 6PM Philippine time, another homemade bomb exploded near the public market, close to a major city intersection. The explosion wrecked a lotto office, a jeep, and a popcorn cart. About 15 people were wounded, and six* killed (three in the hospital, and the other three in little bitty pieces on the scene).
My mother was headed home at that time and her PU Tricyle was close enough fo her to SEE the blast and FEEL the (thankfully weak) shockwave, similar to my own past experience with planted bombs. She had old man pick me up from the Uni after classes, as a precaution. We made a detour to the rotunda and passed St. Elizabeth Hospital, now crowded with people as the DOA's and wounded were taken there. When we reached the rotunda it has already been cordonned off, but I managed to make out the property damage from my seat. Then we headed home. The flooded streets suddenly seemed less of a problem now.
Hours later, at 8 and 10 PM respectively, two other bombs exploded in the cities of Cotabato and Kidapawan up north. Just as big, but lucky them, no casualties whatsoever IIRC.
Definitely a terrorist attack, according to the police, what with the ASEAN Summit at Cebu this week. Asshole terrorists.
*Actually seven now. Another wounded had succumbed.
The police really do agree on the terror angle. Since the terrorists apparently couldn't risk striking at Cebu and the ASEAN Summit itself, they've began launching these "diversionary ops" to stretch the military thin. Speaking of which, the AFP's on "Critical Alert", for all the good it could do. The bomb was rigged with another celphone detonator. Such as scary innovation.
Seriously, last night and today was the worst flooding the area near my home ever experienced, IMHO. Getting back to the house after school the previous evening was a near nightmare; the (motorized transport) tricyle I was riding back to the subdivision was bogged down by a veritable torrent of water overflowing from the barren field/wetland next to the road. It stalled in the middle of the flood at almost knee-deep water were I standing on the submerged road itself. Fortunately at least there were a bunch of kids (local residents) who were eager to help use and other stranded vehicles get across the steady stream - for a tiny price, natch. Took us nearly half an hour to get past the flooding and drive on home.
This morning was not so bad since I go to the Uni on my old man's pickup truck, but it was still slow going. Navigating the waters were made difficult by a new batch of stalled rides right in the middle of the street, which pops had to drive around of. It's times like these when I fault the land developers' idea of building a subdivision next to an agricultural area.
But at least it wasn't so bad as other parts of the city; I hear on the radio some housed were actually demolished by floodwater. And we didn't even have a storm here, just over a week of rain. Weird...
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