memory fragment

I remember back in high school that i bought an audio CD even before i had a CD player. i knew back then that the audio CD would replace cassette tapes. so even if i had no CD player to play the audio CD, i knew that i will eventually have one. so it wasn't a waste to buy the audio CD. back then, i felt like i was making a fearless forecast, that CDs would replace cassette tapes. well, cassette tapes are still around but CDs dominate now.

I also remember back in high school that i felt that the mini-disc would not replace the audio CD. and well, it appears to be another correct prediction, the mini-disc didnt gain the same popularity as CDs have. and my reason for that was, the mini-disc was just too expensive.

then came the flash disk or flash drive. back in college, i thought the flash disk wont work, for the same reasons, too expensive. seems like this time i was wrong. even if it was expensive (although it isnt as expensive as before, the price isnt that affordable...yet), the fact remains that it really isnt costly. its a convenient file storage device that isnt a waste of money.

so would the flash drive replace audio CDs as portable music storage devices? or better yet, as media file storage devices? what i mean is, replace the different forms of discs (from audio CDs to DVDs)? that all you need is the flash drive, and plug it to your car stereo, or DVD player, or simply your stereo player. that's possible now of course, but the question is, will it replace all of these forms of storage devices and be a household item?

spilling over

it seems bits and pieces of me keep spilling over. well, bits and pieces of my mind. there are times i feel like the real world and the "dream world" are in a confused mix. not that i dont know whether im awake or asleep, but there are times like portions of the real world seems to be part of a "dream world". it is as if its here but not quite supposed to be. or there's something wrong with it. i dont know, just a strange feeling. its like those movies which combines animation and real stuff, like the roger rabbit movie or space jam. im not saying im seeing cartoon characters, but imagine being in such movies, and try to capture the feeling you would get from it if it were really happening. just weird

memory fragment

well, not really a memory fragment but a thing of the past.

does the word "time first" mean anything? i recall using it when i was a kid, whenever we were playing games on the street and we want the "it"or some other kid to wait for a while. its like a "time out". but why "time first"? so, i would shout "TIME FIRST!" as if saying, "hold on a minute, i want some clarifications" or "wait, postpone the game for a little while, there some urgent matter we need to discuss". anyway, just noting that this two word phrase remain a mystery to me on how it came to be.

theme song...last year

cant believe its been a year already. or almost a year. this was my theme song, well, not really, but still this song was just so...anyway, here's the song that i played on my van whenever i was driving to school...i think it was a year ago, maybe last week of january 2006 or first few weeks of february. so approximately a year ago. also, i cant believe that this became a theme song of mine! i hate myself.

Buwan
Itchyworms

Ilang huwebes na ang dumaan
Di pa rin nasasakyan
Na wala ka na

Iniwanan na ng panahon
Di pa rin makaahon
Swimming sa luha

Ginagawa kahit ano
Matapos lang gabing ito
Bakit ang bagal ng relo

Naninikip ang tiyan
Nakatingin sa buwan
Malayo pa wala ng magawa

Hawak ang 'yong kamay
Wala kong kaakbay
Nasa'n ka na kaya

Parang kahapon lang
Tayo ay magkayakap
Sa ilalim ng buwan

Ilang beses kung aking tingnan
Maganda mong larawan
Bago humiga

Umaasa sa panaginip
Kahit na isang idlip
Na makita ka

Hindi pa rin mapakali
Di maamoy ang 'yong pisngi
Kahit na konting sandali

Pag nagiisa
Iniisip kita
Babalik ka ba
Nasa'n ka kaya

Huwag maluluha
Huwag magalala
Dito lang ako
Hihintay sa'yo

Sa ilalim ng buwan
Ilalim ng buwan, aahhh

Another memory fragment

back in highschool, i remember the school's guidance counselor telling me that my IQ was 139, and that it was just a point short from 140. when i shared this to my classmates, they laughed at me. why? because they thought, when i said i was a point short of 140, i meant i was only one point short in the IQ exam to reach the level of 140. when they finally understood that the 1 point referred to 139 plus 1 equals to 140, they laughed saying that getting to 140 isnt just 1 point in the exam, its equivalent to a corresponding number of points before i upgrade to 140. anyway, after that, i didnt feel like a 139.

memory fragment

another memory fragment related to the previous post. the first jollibee outlet, as far as i can remember, that i ate in, was the jollibee branch in farmers, cubao. Until now, i still dont know why the place is called farmers. maybe because the place is a market selling farmer's products? but still, that is just common sense, which does not necessarily mean its really the truth. at least there is certainty that ali mall was named after boxing legend muhammad ali (did i spell the name right?), because there's a plaque near the mall entrance saying so. back to jollibee. i also remember getting this jollibee fork and spoon. it was an orange kiddie spoon and fork with a picture of jollibee on it. anyway, after some time, that picture was erased because the spoon and fork was placed in a container of boiling water (the handle was made of plastic and not stainless steel).

memory fragment numero uno

I remember when i was just a young boy livin' in the Up City Eastside Compton, G. Back in the days when Ice Cube and Eazy had every nigga talkin' 'bout, "Boy, you can't fuck with me". Remember Ice-T had the power (Ooh, wee). Hearin' gunshot lickin' by the hour. When Too $hort bumpin' every supersport and taught us all how to ride for the West Coast.

Well, thats not really what i remembered. The other night, i remembered when i was just a kid, me and my parents always go to SM Cubao. And whenever we would eat there, i would always order pansit bihon. what made that memory significant was, it was a time when i had no idea Jollibee existed! it was a time before i knew what fastfood was. It was a time when my feet didnt touch the ground when i sat on the bench or stool. and pansit bihon was my favorite food and really thought it was the best food in the world! and then, i tasted fastfood and pansit bihon just became a memory. although i still eat it, i no longer consider it the best food ever created.