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Malls, Fully Booked, Netflix and Chill

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       The nearest mall from our house is SM San Lazaro. No, I think it’s Lucky Chinatown in Divisoria. Okay, it’s probably a tie, but we frequent SM San Lazaro more. But whenever I was planning of thinking of buying a book, I had to go to a different, farther mall because there’s no Fully Booked in SM San Lazaro (Or Lucky Chinatown Mall for that matter, as National Bookstore has ceased to a be a real bookstore). Not anymore, because there’s now a Fully Booked store in SM San Lazaro. I was in the mall last Saturday and was surprised to see the store. It wasn’t there the last time I went to the mall, which was just around two weeks, I think.      Coincidentally, I just watched a Facebook reel by comedian Anthony Jeselnik, who’s known for his really dark humor, and I screenshotted some of the books he reviewed. I was thinking of buying a book or two from the review as a Christmas gift for myself, so I went inside Fully Booked, and showed one of the sto...
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The Restaurant Manager

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       It’s like you were assigned as a manager of a fast-food restaurant and was given the authority to pick all the members of the crew, from the cook to the waiters and to dishwasher and the cashier and whatnots. But many months had passed, and the restaurant was yet to operate, and when asked why, you said that “the cook I chose hasn’t reported for work, and also the waiters I personally picked, and the cashier, no one has talked to me since I hired them.”      “Why is that?” the dishwasher asked, who had just finished washing the dishes the two of them ate from.       “I have no idea,” you said.     “Have you tried communicating with them? Like chatting on them on Messenger, asking them for updates, encouraging them to work.”      “No, I haven’t,” you answered. “I’m still waiting for them to message me first.”      “Maybe they’re sick or are now busy working for other restaurant...
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The Fruit

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       I don’t follow the page, Cosmopolitan Philippines, but one of their posts appeared on my News Feed a few days ago, one that tackled the taste of something. And this morning, it appeared on my News Feed again. I looked at the picture, and yeah, I nodded gently, I’ve eaten lots of it. Its taste? It’s oftentimes sweet, sometimes a bit tangy and sour. Google says its taste is a cross between apple and grapefruit with hints of tangerine, and I tend to agree.       It’s a bit acidic but it’s certainly delicious, especially after you’ve washed it and cleaned it, and moreso when it’s juicy, like when its juice is dripping down your tongue and lips and fingers as you lick it and eat it—wait, oh, the thread, it’s not really talking about the fruit in the photo, it’s not talking about pomelo, it’s talking about… darn, about women’s most private and precious part. I kinda got confused there.      Well, I don’t wanna comment on that bec...
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Songs Inspired by True Stories

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       Like movies and TV shows, many songs are based on or inspired by true, often tragic, stories. Here are some of my favorite songs that were inspired by true events:      Pearl Jam’s “Jeremy”: In 1991, a fifteen-year-old boy named Jeremy shot himself in front of his classmates.      “Jeremy spoke in class today…”     Fastball’s “The Way”: In June 1997, an elderly couple rode their car and left their home to attend a festival, two weeks after, they were found dead at the bottom of a ravine.     “You can see their shadows wandering off somewhere, they won’t make it home, but they really don’t care…”     Pink Floyd’s “Comfortably Numb:” Pink Floyd’s bassist and singer Roger Waters, feeling ill before a 1977 concert, was injected with tranquilizers so the show could go on.    “Can you stand up? I do believe it’s working, good, that’ll keep you going through the show, come on, it’s time...
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December

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  December promise you gave unto me December whispers of treachery December clouds are now covering me December songs no longer I sing…        Today is December 1, so Christmas Day is just twenty-four days away. Famous celebrities whom I am a fan of who were born on December include Larry Bird (7th), Manny Pacquiao (17 th ), Jake Gyllenhaal (19 th ) Samuel Jackson (21 st ) Eddie Vedder (23 rd ) and Denzel Washington (28 th ).      Nostradamus was born on December 14.      On December 19, 1843, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens was published. Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. John Lennon was shot dead on December 8, 1980.      I had an uncle born on December 8, a nephew born on December 10, my favorite former colleague was born on December 26. Coincidentally, on December 26, two of my siblings and a brother-in-law would travel to Europe and would stay there for a week to be with a nie...
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Learning New Words

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       So, courtesy of current US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr, I learned a new word, and it is, as netizens label it, horrifying. Lol. The word is “felching,” a sex act that is so disgusting it will scar you mentally for life once you learn it. Lol. So don't ask Google or your favorite chatbot. Allegedly, Mr. Kennedy Jr had an affair with a female journalist, and that act was part of their sexual routine.      I don’t know, but if you watch any interview of Mr. Kennedy Jr and see him speak and articulate an idea concerning health concerns, you’d instantly come to the conclusion that he isn’t fit to lead any government agency that deals with health. The man surely doesn’t sound and look healthy. And he once admitted that his brain was once infected by a parasitic worm, which literally ate a part of his brain, causing him to suffer from cognitive difficulties and memory loss. So, anyone who’d appoint him as health secre...
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Elvis' Suspicious Mind

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  "We’re caught in a trap I can’t walk out Because I love you too much, baby Why can’t you see What you’re doing to me When you don’t believe a word I say?"        It was only last night that I learned that my favorite Elvis Presley song, “Suspicious Minds,” is just a cover. The original was sung by Mark James, who also wrote the song. He released it in 1968 while Elvis released his cover in 1969, which quickly went to number one, with critics hailing it as one of Elvis’ best works. Rolling Stone ranked it 91 st in their 2003 list of best songs of all time. Needless to say, Elvis’ version is miles better than Mark’s.      Elvis performed “Suspicious Minds” in his 1969 Las Vegas concert, showing him still in top form, and I probably have watched that video 1,485 times on You Tube. It's perfection: Elvis, the drums, the bassline, and the background singers.      Here are other famous covers that are considered bett...
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