Goodbye, Amaya

I've already stopped watching Amaya since two weeks ago. I couldn't bear to stomach the dragging episodes every night (I don't really watch it on TV so I didn't lose much sleep). I thought I'd be able to bear the horrible Marian Rivera acting and the seemingly Mara Clara-ish snail's pace scenes, but I finally said to hell with it. For all its hype and pomp, the so-called epicserye dragged forever before Marian could ever don that warrior's costume & chop the balls off the other cast members.

But as I hear it, Rajah Mangubat was FINALLY killed (took him forever to drop dead, I swear), and the stupid tagna was fulfilled. But not until after all the yakking and tear-jerking whatevers from gag-inducing Marian.

Sorry, I thought this show had promise with Ms. Suzette Doctolero at the writing helm. I was wrong. The show dragged longer than the epic Hinilawod and I was already choking with the sappiness of it all. I've had enough.

I'm just gonna bide my time and wait for Merlin Season 4 or Game of Thrones Season 2. That or I can just finish off my book backlog. Time well spent.

The things about language that piss me off online

I'm almost always online everyday, and there are times when I encounter annoying people who bastardize both the English and Filipino languages. It's bad enough some people think they're "bilingual" when they can't even spell or punctuate the words even if they died trying, but all these variations to save on character space is just abhorrent. I would always grit my teeth and control the urge to punch someone who types/posts in these lines:

• Nanaman / nalang. It's na naman / na lang. Get it right.
• Super *insert adjective here* (e.g.: super thankful, super sorry, super galing)
• Using the word "epic" to denote something awesome, great, amazing

• Spelling "ako" as "aq" (or any form of jejespeak for that matter)
• Wait lang (pwede namang sabihing "sandali lang")

What even drives me to commit homicide is the fact that some people have the gall to abbreviate words when they've got a perfectly functioning keyboard at their disposal. Sadly, I encounter a lot of this at work. 

Disclaimer: I do not proclaim myself as ultimately without flaw in grammar and syntax. It doesn't mean that even if the other person can understand the bastardized language you're posting online, doesn't mean you should go ahead and mangle the damned thing.

On blogging

I'm really disappointed with myself. It seems that I can't blog regularly unlike years before when microblogging was unheard of. I have a lot of blog entries in mind, but little time to write them all down. I guess with Plurk & Facebook, I get instant replies to my posts, unlike the conventional blog writing where I have to slave a lot of hours to write & place eye-catching pictures to make an entry interesting.

What's a girl supposed to do?

I got home from my friend's event (Saleng: Bonfires for Peace MANILA) about an hour ago, mostly because my mom has been texting me to no end to already get my ass home. It kinda sucks because I was really enjoying the evening and the performances along with my friends who I rarely get to see.

I really cannot understand why my parents have issues with me going out once in a while to unwind from work. Am I not entitled to take a break from the usual office-home routine that I've been doing since the dawn of time? Am I not entitled to socialize once in a while? Jeez, I'm already what...28 years old...and I can't enjoy a simple evening with friends. The funny thing is, I only live, like, 10 minutes away from the venue. Sheesh.

I was more than embarrassed to tell my friend that I had to leave. I feel like I'm such a kill joy ruining the evening and a major loser for living such a sheltered no-socializing-until-you're-40-BS.

Talk about Middle Ages in the 21st century. =_=