Saturday, December 31, 2005

The Gambler

On a warm summer’s evenin’ on a train bound for nowhere,
I met up with the gambler; we were both too tired to sleep.
So we took turns a starin’ out the window at the darkness
’til boredom overtook us, and he began to speak.

He said, son, I’ve made a life out of readin’ people’s faces,
And knowin’ what their cards were by the way they held their eyes.
So if you don’t mind my sayin’, I can see you’re out of aces.
For a taste of your whiskey I’ll give you some advice.

So I handed him my bottle and he drank down my last swallow.
Then he bummed a cigarette and asked me for a light.
And the night got deathly quiet, and his face lost all expression.
Said, if you’re gonna play the game, boy, ya gotta learn to play it right.

You got to know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em,
Know when to walk away and know when to run.
You never count your money when you’re sittin’ at the table.
There’ll be time enough for countin’ when the dealin’s done.

Now ev’ry gambler knows that the secret to survivin’
Is knowin’ what to throw away and knowing what to keep.
’cause ev’ry hand’s a winner and ev’ry hand’s a loser,
And the best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep.

So when he’d finished speakin’, he turned back towards the window,
Crushed out his cigarette and faded off to sleep.
And somewhere in the darkness the gambler, he broke even.
But in his final words I found an ace that I could keep.

You got to know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em,
Know when to walk away and know when to run.
You never count your money when you’re sittin’ at the table.
There’ll be time enough for countin’ when the dealin’s done.

You got to know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em,
Know when to walk away and know when to run.
You never count you r money when you’re sittin’ at the table.
There’ll be time enough for countin’ when the dealin’s done.

Friday, December 16, 2005

What would you do?

1. You're at the BB with AJ. An early position player raises. A middle position player calls the raise and the cut-off seat re-raises.

2. You're at the button with AK. Three players limp, you raise, the blinds fold but the the three limpers call. Flop is at J87 rainbow. The first player bets and the next two players fold.

3. You raise at the button with Ad Ah (red aces). Two players call your raise. The flop is 789 all clubs. A player bets and another player calls.

Thursday, December 08, 2005

11/31 BBQ


..i wonder why Eug was looking at Chua when the photo was taken. maybe its because of the tongs. Photo not doctored =b (http://dongs.multiply.com)

Wednesday, December 07, 2005

Dare you to move

It's 1am and I'm listening to this switchfoot song. It's from A Walk to Remember and it's titled "Dare you to move". I've always liked this song. I understand and I appreciate the message of this song and I just thought I'd share it here.

Welcome to the planet
Welcome to existence
Everyone's here
Everyone's here
Everybody's watching you now
Everybody waits for you now
What happens next
What happens next

I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
Today never happened before

Well, I think it's saying that life is shit. Sometimes, as optimistic as you want to be, there is just no other truth to it. Sometimes, life is just shit.

And I think that's alright. Because what matters is what you do about it. Yes, life is shit, you're going to fail, it's just bound to happen. If not for fate, it's bound to happen by statistic. No one is just going to breeze through life, it just doesn't work that way.

The point is, failing is inevitable. You're going to flunk an exam. You're going to get dumped. You're going to get fired. You're going to lose over and over and over again. Life is going to kick you so bad that you're going to want to stay down. It's going to take people from you. It's going to make you wish you've never been born. It's going to make you wish that you could just end your existence.

So fine, life is shit. Now what are you gonna do about it? That's the point of it all. What happens next? That, is the question. Just because life is fucked up, doesn't mean we all have to be fucked up.

So I dare you to move. I dare us all to get off our asses and do something about it. I dare us to do something great. I dare us to be a part of history. I dare us all to etch our names along with names that we look up to. I dare us to make a mark. I dare us to look within ourselves and look into the world with renewed vigor. I dare us to attack the world like today, our failings, never happened.

Everyone's graduating soon. For some reason, it's a different kind of atmosphere. You can taste the fear in the air. The uncertainty and the hesitation is ever-present. I remember when we were graduating from high school. We felt like we were going to take over the world. That's because deep down inside, we knew that we didn't have to yet. In those terms, our bravado was nothing more than a lie. But now, it's time to prove ourselves and I can feel everyone's reservations. We all know about the stories. We all know about the wasted potential. We all know of the people who were kings in high school or college. They were prodigies who looked like they were going to make millions and live happy and contented lives. You know these people. They are your friends. They are even your family. But like everyone, life dragged them down. It's a sick and sad world out there where dog eats dog.

So fine, life is shit. So I dare you to move. I dare me to move. I dare us to lift ourselves off the floor and be someone. If you want to be a leader, then be the best damn leader there ever was. If you want to be a businessman, then give it all you've got. If you want to find your true love, then never give up. If you want to live a happy life, then you've got to get up everytime you get dealt a bad hand.

It's time to be great, gentlemen.

So now, what happens next?

Tuesday, December 06, 2005

Away With Tears

Averse, not, Noble,
But, Oh, not, A, word,
Otherwise,
Pray, thee, hear,

My, mellow, sensitive, confessionals,
Angst, convoluted, frustrations,
On, Sabbath,


Then, Catharsis.

It is gone now – eveything is clear.
Averse not Noble.

kabaduyan ko pag nababagot lol (warning: sappy!)

Once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived; Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all the others, including Love.

One day it was announced to all of the feelings that the island was going to sink to the bottom of the ocean. So all the feelings prepared their boats to leave. Love was the only one that stayed. She wanted to preserve the island paradise until the last possible moment.

When the island was almost totally under, Love decided it was time to leave. She began looking for someone to ask for help. Just then Richness was passing by in a grand boat. Love asked:

"Richness, can I come with you on your boat?"

Richness answered: "I'm sorry, but there's a lot of silver and gold in my boat and there would be no room for you anywhere."

Then Love decided to ask Vanity for help, who was passing in a beautiful vessel. Love cried out: "Vanity, help me please."

"I can’t help you." Vanity said. "You are all wet and will damage my beautiful boat."

Next, Love saw Sadness passing by. Love said: "Sadness, please let me go with you".

Sadness answered "Love, I’m sorry, but I just need to be alone now."

Then, Love saw Happiness. Love cried out: "Happiness, please take me with you!" but Happiness was so overjoyed that he didn’t hear Love calling to him.

Love began to cry.

Then, she heard a voice say, "Come Love, I will take you with me". It was an elder.

Love felt so blessed and overjoyed that she forgot to ask the elder his name. When they arrived on land, the elder went on his way. Love realized how much she owed the elder. Love then found Knowledge and asked, "Who was it that helped me?"

"It was Time," Knowledge answered.

"but why did Time help me when no one else would?" Love asked.

Knowledge smiled and with deep wisdom and sincerity, answered "Because only Time is capable of understanding how great Love is."

xxx

crap =b

Today, I again attempted to cup the passing Air between my hands.
The feeling was enigmatic, inexplicable, indescribable.
Again I failed.

Striking. Like Roquelaure’s macabre.
Surreal. Like Gaiman’s reveries.
Eternal. Like Neruda’s eloquence.

Tonight, the Air again wisped between my fingers.

I am still attempting.

I know I can’t,
But still I try.

Monday, December 05, 2005

Untitled

How do you catch the Air?
With your hands?
With your whispers?

No.

Don't try because you can’t.




She catches you.

Saturday, December 03, 2005

Interview

The coolest actor in hollywood. Period.

http://www.oyemag.com/Danny.html

Monday, November 21, 2005

( )

1.
Numb.
Dissociated.
Feeling my warm dripping blood.
Holding my wrist.
I hate myself.

2.
I hate myself because I am inhibited.
I hate myself because I am not trying.
I hate myself because I am afraid to try.
I hate myself because I am afraid to try to appreciate ( ).

3.
I cannot fathom nor comprehend ( ), but what I understand and more than anything, appreciate - is

what cannot be seen. ( ) Kindness, ( ) Wit, ( ) Depth, ( ) Sarcasm, ( ) Naivete, despite the

facade of vivid morbidity. ( ) Denial, ( ) Piety. And most of all, ( ) Uninhibited personality.

4.
I am at awe.

5.
IT -
"It" isnt blind;
You are just not perceiving.
You only perceive what they SEE.
What you WANT to SEE.

6.
Hear it. My angst. ( ) Concern.
Taste it. My saline wounds. ( ) Baked cake.
Feel it. My warm blood. ( ) Empathy.
Smell it. My death. ( ) Soapy hands.
But dont see it. You don't need to.

7.
I am different. Yet I am not.
I am inhibited, afraid to appreciate.
I am not raising ( ) into a pedestal.
I am lowering myself.


8.
I do not deserve this.

I am frustrated.
Leave me be.

( ).

Thursday, November 10, 2005

NBA season winner predictions

MVP : Kobe Bryant
Rookie of the Year : Chris Paul
East Champions : Indiana Pacers
West Champions : San Antonio Spurs
Nba Champions : San Antonio Spurs
Sixth Man of the Year : Ben Gordon

NBA first team
C : Yao Ming
PF: Kevin Garnett or Tim Duncan
SF: Lebron James
SG: Kobe Bryant
PG: Steve Nash

Surprise team that will enter the playoffs:
L.A. Clippers

Gateway and Glorietta vs. Starmall

For the nth time, I've been denied entrance by security personnel at Starmall Edsa. Apparently, I violated their dress code (Note : No wearing of sandals).

Funny how I get into Glorietta and Gateway everytime using my same pair of sandals.

Poker night results

An awesome night of poker ended with Jubilee boys dusting off Eugene's boys. It was a cash game with blinds to 5-10 pesos in real money with the minimum buy-in at 100 pesos (most players bought in at 200, a more standard stack for the blinds). At the end of the night, here were the results:

Jim: +500
Jeco: +300
Popoy: Even
Eug: Even

Out of all of Eugene's boys, which were about 8 of them, only one came out with a profit at +100. The others all came away with a loss. At the end of the night, Marvin Sioco made an appearance and walked away with +250 busting one player in the process.

Jeco had an excellend night winning key pots with big hands. In one nice play, Jeco pushed all in at the turn with aces up and another player called with just AQ. Eug, on the other hand, started out slow as he only bought in with 100 and he was getting blinded off but after a long while, he finally doubled up when his JJ stood up against AQ. Popoy was the slowest to get going. He was severely depleted before going on a small tear. To regain his chips, he made an excellent play with his QJ paired against my AKs.

As for myself, I doubled up in just the fifth hand in an awesome hand I'll get to in a while. I played super tight the first hour just content on watching everyone play and picking up tells. Out of the whole night, the best hands I picked up was AKs (where I lost a big pot to Poy), 22 (where I lost a huge pot to Eug's friend who quickly cashed out after) and KQ, which everyone folded to pre-flop. The pots I won were only with suited connectors and I also got lucky with live cards (27o beating K9o!!!). Overall, I busted out 4 players.

Here's the awesome hand, the fifth hand of the night.

I checked the big blind with Q9 suited of diamonds.

The flop was Td Jd 6d (all diamonds) meaning I flopped the flush and an open-ended straight flush draw. I checked and a chubby newbie bet and I called.

The turn was the 9 of spades. I checked, the newbie bet again and I called.

The river was the 8 of diamonds giving me a queen high straight flush! I hoped that the fish had the ace of diamonds or at least a high flush so I checked. He bet again, I raised him all-in with the nuts and he quickly called revealing... QJ! He only had a straight that he made at the river. He called an all-in bet with no diamond to a four diamond board. Needless to say, I took all his chips.

So anyway, that was the night. Eugene's boys were relatively inexperienced. While some of them made a few nice plays at some points, they just weren't used to cash games. Well, I hope they come back soon. Glenn, dude, you missed out!

Wednesday, November 09, 2005

4 kinds of man

He who knows not and knows not that he knows not,

He is a fool, shun him;

He who knows not and knows that he knows not,

He is simple, teach him;

He who knows and knows not that he knows,

He is asleep, wake him;

He who knows and knows that he knows,

He is wise, follow him.

Wednesday, October 19, 2005

Weird dream

(Contributor's note: This is not a form of gay literature)

How would you react if you dreamt that an accident will happen to a friend of yours, and it actually happened?

It happened to me. Read on boys and girls.

One night when I was still a little Grade-5 toddler, I dreamt about my uncircumcised friend, Pierre that he was going to Shangri-la mall along Shaw Boulevard with his family. Pierre was pushing the steel bar attached to the frame of the glass door in the entrance when the entire door fell on him, leaving his feet injured.

The next day, I was surprised to see Pierre walking with arm-crutches, with his foot (forgot which one it was) bound with a cast.

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Monday, October 17, 2005

Saturday, October 15, 2005

The World of Absinthe

http://www.alandia.de/

This site is so cool and it's awesome that there's that much absinthe in the world.

I got this site off our local search engine, longhorn after a little mini-debate with Tahnee.

Anyway, check it out. The 89.9 stuff I bring home everytime? It's the hardest Absinthe in the world, purity-wise lol.

Poy, pag nag eurotrip tayo, icocollect ko lahat ng bote na yan lol

Saturday, September 10, 2005

the Dante's inferto test

The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to the Eigth Level of Hell - the Malebolge!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:
LevelScore
Purgatory (Repenting Believers)Very Low
Level 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers)Very Low
Level 2 (Lustful)High
Level 3 (Gluttonous)High
Level 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious)High
Level 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy)Extreme
Level 6 - The City of Dis (Heretics)Very High
Level 7 (Violent)High
Level 8- the Malebolge (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers)Extreme
Level 9 - Cocytus (Treacherous)Moderate

Take the Dante's Divine Comedy Inferno Test

Monday, September 05, 2005

Poker lingo for our everyday lives

Yeah, that's right. We're that addicted.

This started out as a wouldnt-it-be-cool-if.. idea with Stip. And now, it turned into a full-fledged vocabulary. I guess if you're going to do something, even if it's really stupid, then go all-out.

Poker talk

Basic Talk

Measurement for readiness: Hey, dude, are you ready? "yeah, shuffle up and deal." (It is usually announced in the beginning of the tournament to signify that it has begun)

When one has done or said something good: "Dude, nh." (It means nice hand and is said to a player who won with a nice hand)

When one has accomplished something: "Good job, man. That's a bracelet." (A bracelet is the
prize given at a world series of poker event when one wins a tournament)

When one has failed at something he is supposed to excell at: "Dude, I took a bad beat." (A bad beat occurs when one loses even though he has the best hand coming into the board)

Saying goodbye: "Sige dudes, I'm cashing out." (Cashing out means leaving the table)


Women

Kinds of women
Tight (players who only play premium hands) = Conservative girl
Aggressive (players who run over the table) = Aggressive girl
Loose (players who call bets without a hand) = Easy girl
Tight-aggressive (players who wait for a hand then run over the table) = Lady on the street, but a freak in the bed
Maniac (players who raise any bet at any time) = psycho chick

Rankings
AA = Perfect girl. Looks, personality, she's got it all. The situation is right and she's looks like the one. (AA is the best hand pre-flop in holdem)
KK = Perfect girl, but a crappy situation. Ex: perfect girl with strict parents. (KK is the second best hand. Only four cards in the deck, the aces, can beat this hand pre-flop)
AK = Unbelievably gorgeous girl but crappy personality. (Also called the Anna Kournikova hand. Looks good, but barely wins)
QQ = MILF.
AQ = A really cool girl, with a lot of potential, but she's not in the others' league yet. (AQ is a strong hand, but a terrible underdog to the fore-mentioned hands)
JJ = A really cool girl with a nice rack.
AJ = Your standard hot chick. Eye-catching, definitely.
KQ = Not that hot, but she's the girlfriend type and eventually, the wife type. (KQ is also called newlyweds)
KJ = Hot foreign/exotic chick.
QJ = Milf. but not that hot.
AT = Hottest chick in a group of cute girls.
KT = second hottest chick in same group.
QT = most mature, personable chick in the same group.
JT = cute girl who thinks she's hotter than what she really is.
TT = Guy's girl. They type who hangs with guys and gets treated as one of them.
99 = sporty hot chick.
88 = Bookish type with glasses hot chick.
77 = tomboy-ish chick who turns out to be hot.
66 = province/country chick.

low pocket pair (55, 44, 22) = deceivably hot who sports a clique (goth, raver, etc)

on the other end of the spectrum...
27o = ugliest girl you've seen pretty much ever.
37o = second ugliest girl you've seen ever.
38o = she's still pretty ugly

xx (any two number cards, 23, 86, 47) = ugly chick.
Ax (A2, A4, A7) = ugly chick with a nice rack or a nice body.
Kx (K3, K7) = ugly chick with a nice personality.
Qx (Q5, Q9) = ugly chick that's really smart.
Jx (J2, J3) = ugly chick who thinks she's all that.

Suited unders (92s, 86s) = chick who MIGHT look good with a makeover.
Suited connectors (89s, 78s, T9s) = hot chicks who have definite potential or girls who might look pretty in a couple of years.


Dating

When one successfully hits on a girl or has lied to one: "Dude, I made a huge bluff last night"

When one gets shot down: "yeah, she called my bluff"

When one gets historically shot down: "duuuude, I got busted out with a bluff"

When one is on a great date: "It's definitely a live table."

When one is on a crappy date: "I'm on a suicide table! Oh no, nothing. I was just telling my friend something over the phone. What were you talking about? Oh yeah, when you have your monthly period. Oh the soup's good, I just... lost my appetite all of a sudden."