Random, Spontaneous, Pointless Thoughts

 

     If not for these corrupt and greedy politicians, Philippines would probably be a first world country by now, at par with Japan or Singapore or some European countries, like Italy or France.

      I have an unfinished novel on Wattpad, and this morning, I woke up thinking that I should finish it, that it’s my obligation, heck, that it’s my duty to finish it for my six followers. Alas, I have forgotten my password to the site and I couldn’t log in. As I wrote this, I was still looking for my password…

     I’ve been wanting to grow a full beard, I mean, one that runs from ear to another ear, wholly covering my jaw but alas, I can only have a mustache and a goatee.

     A few weeks ago, I made a vow that I’d only send another message to this person if I’d see a “seen” message on my last message. It’s clear that they don’t want any kind of communication with me and won’t ever make the mistake of reading any of my messages openly, but I still made that vow just for the sake of making a vow. Lol.

     I’ve finally watched the movie Mulholland Drive (2001), I remember buying a (pirated) DVD of it many years ago because I read a review praising it for its brilliance and ingenuity, but before I could watch it, I saw another review attacking it, with the reviewer ending up confused and perplexed—he didn’t understand the film, so I postponed watching it. But every now and then, I would see a “greatest movies of all time” list, and Mulholland Drive would always be in there, so I finally gathered some courage to watch it—and yes, I didn’t understand it. Lol.

     The first Pink Floyd song I heard was “Hey You,” and I remembered being blown away by it, I had goosebumps, and I thought I would cry, best song I’ve heard in years, so I started looking for their albums. Unfortunately, their albums, at that time, weren’t available locally, so I had to scour all the underground record bars in Metro Manila. I only found bootleg copies with only Xerox copy of the original covers, still I bought it. Most of these stores sold pirated items, so they were always wary of new customers, so at first, some wouldn’t sell to me. Luckily, I was young, looked innocent and really good-looking (lol) so I couldn’t be a police informant.  Anyway, the sound of these records/cassette tapes was always shitty but still, I enjoyed them immensely. Later, I found record bars that sold original PF CDs, and I bought all of their albums. And for many years, I would only listen to their songs, and two centuries later, I still enjoy their music.

    One of my favorite Tagalog songs ever is “Himig ng Pag-ibig” by Asin. I don’t get tired listening to this song, the melody, lyrics, vocals and the vocal harmonies, they’re just perfect, it’s undoubtedly one of the best Tagalog songs. Other classic Tagalog songs I don’t get tired listening to, off the top of my head, are “Manila” (Hotdog), “Ngayon at Kailanman” (Basil Valdez) and “Kung Sakali” (Pabs Dadivas).

     Sometimes, I’d sing these songs on videoke and the videoke would always admonish me to try a lot better.