Musings of the Uninspired

I’m shifting to Multiply. Not that I hate Friendster, but it’s blog is surely not that great compared to it’s counterparts. The features here are not that customizeable, and if it is, you’d have to spend for it. Not that I can’t afford it… but I just can’t see why I’d pay for something that I could find free somewhere. Kunat, noh?
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Besides, the topics here reflect who I was when I was a bit… well, like they say, stupid. I’ve learned so much over the past months that reading and re-reading my posts here had been becoming time wasted. I’d love to go back to some of them, but to most of them, I’d love to just leave behind and move on. Moving on- funny how I could say it now so easily compared before. It’s time to throw away those things unworthy of my attention and focus on new interesting ones.
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I’ve met just a few new people this year and most of them are very hard to forget, but must be forgotten simply because they’ve caused me nothing but harm, deep inside and maybe otherwise. They’re all the same, actually- from a former friend who acknowledges no worth from a person but her own to that awful policeman who would take money in exchange to accusing me for a mistake I’m not even guilty of. With them are the memories I’d love to just erase from my mind if only I could- all things involving them- like everything never happened. This is how I heal, and if it is much of a deal for them, touche. I won’t be surprised as this is how disrespect works. Anyway, I think I had been already successful on doing so in some aspects. A slow process, but the pain does go away after some time.
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On the other hand, a few of the new people I met this year (and in the past years), of course, have come and go, but will always be close to my heart. They’re just around, and we’re still in touch if we’d want to. And if only my hectic schedule would permit me, I’d do my best to spend some time with them, catch up, perhaps share some laughs or listen to their stories like we used to. There’s only one, though, who I can’t reach anymore but had always been close to my heart. She’s up there and watching over me for sure. I’ll try to smile everytime I look up to her, just to tell her, "I’m fine, thank you."
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The new blog, hopefully, won’t include a post similar to this. It will be about me and my wife, my family, true friends and people, life in the house that I built, and everything else that evolves with it.  Life as it appears outside my own dark Matrix. It’s where I’ll continue, perhaps until I feel grow (or feel) old. There will be occasional musings, but none anymore of those usual regrets.
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To those who had loved reading my posts here, thank you. I know you’ve gone either excited or annoyed whenever you see "Adelino has posted a new Friendster blog" message in your email inboxes, and I really appreciate it whenever I hear comments, amusing reactions and anything about my posts. My messages here had been either appreciated or misused, but one thing’s for sure: people are still like to read what I write, though I’m not really sure if I could. Hehe…
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If you want to continue checking on what I will be up to in the coming days (and what I see through my simple phonecam), just go to my Multiply site. Goodluck to all of us in 2008… Cheers!

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Party. We had 3 consecutive weeks of fun in the office. This is why I
like December next to October- everyone seems to be in a festive mood.
There are quite a number of reasons behind it. I’ll cite two: Xmas
Bonus and it is divine time to celebrate the birth of our Savior.
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Car
accident. For the 2nd time this year, Camille got caught in a road
mishap. Again, her right fender was severely damaged and the right
signal light has to go. Though this time, it’s a bit not of a problem
since I can cover the finance, it’s still a pain to see something
precious to you in a state like that. Lesson learned among many things
that day, safety is never 100% guaranteed on the road even if you are
the safest driver around. There’ll always be one idiot driver who’d
cause an accident for you (and the police to take advantage of it).
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New
friendships. Though much of this year has been shrouded by regrets and
unwilling loss, I have become very thankful for the coming of new
inspiration to go to work these days. One yosi break, a friend told me
that it is about time to open my eyes for there are people around
waiting for it- people waiting for me to come to my senses. And I did.
As I try to forget all the misdoings and misadventures that either I am
guilty of or was thrown to me as this year started, I found open arms
to welcome me as a friend as it ends. With it came opportunity to show
everyone that I am not someone to disregard and disrespect. I love them
all, I enjoyed every time I spend with them. I can’t wait to spend
another year with these wonderful people.
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Promotion. New tasks,
new daily routines, new life. This new job in the same office, with the
same people around has never become dull since the first day. It’s
strenuous, but always in a good way. Good stress, they say. I’m still
liking it.
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A new PC and DSL – I have a new machine now, thanks
to my beloved wifey who gave the initiative to get one. It got specs
that are not so much on the high end (Intel Dual Core, 160 Gigs, a
DVD-RW drive, a sound booster and a kickass video card that is still
yet to come), but it will do. We immediately hooked it up to a fast
internet connection so that we can enjoy much of whatever things not
offered on local TV. What comes after is addiction to Heroes,
Smallville, Grey’s Anatomy, Naruto and other mangas, Youtube,
Friendster, Limewire, torrents for movies that we missed in past years,
blogging, etc. There’s so much to do with this thing in the confines of
a bedroom. I fear my DVD player’s getting lonely there in the sala.
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New
list. I come up with resolutions that I have to carry out every year. I
am now preparing what things to accomplish for next year, 2008. Early
today, I was thinking if I could even ever come up with one since I’m
already all thankful to what I currently have- a beautiful family, good
friends. With material things, I have pulled off pretty much everything
on the list- a new PC with considerable specs, a nicely maintained car,
a flat screen TV in the sala, and finally a PSP this month. But as I
woke up today (which basically means tonight), something came up. Ethel
and Luke were watching “Going Bulilit goes to Hong Kong Disneyland”.
Then I remembered- I still have some childhood dreams that are not far
from reach now. Yup! First on my resolution list for 2008- take my
family to the Magical Kingdom. 
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"Is this a habit of yours? Falling out off stuff?" Giselle says.
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Robert answers, "Only when you’re around to catch me."

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Today, Ethel and I officially declares Christmas in the pink house! And what better way to spend the first Christmas weekend but to watch ENCHANTED. Just as I expected, both Ethel and I loved it. Ethel, of course, loves Patrick Dempsey more than any other characters in the story, and I could feel her "kilig" everytime her crush appears on the big screen, most specially in that scene where Giselle and Robert were dancing in the ball.
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I, on the other hand, have always been a Disney flick fan eversince The Little Mermaid. I don’t know. There’s something about happily ever after that makes the kid prince in me long for my damsel-in-distress, or my lovely princess. And there’s something about New York that makes me whisper to myself "Oh someday, I’m going there. I swear."
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It’s interesting how the Magical Kingdom makes such a sort-of parody of how it made a long trend of fairy tales since the 1940s (?) and draws out of it a story that would appeal to adults whose dreams far from reality have started to fade away as they grow up. If only I would have a daughter, she’d definitely learn the fair ways of a princess, even for a while before she gets brainwashed by harsh reality. It’s quite sad that nowadays, fairy tale and bedtime story books have quite lost it’s appeal. I remember we still have in our small library a complete line of bedtime story books. When we were kids, we spent some time, at least looking at the pictures, and would be amazed on the story that unfolds from it as our parents read to us how it all led to happily ever after. I first knew Cinderella, The Three Little Pigs, Sleeping Beauty, Little Red Riding Hood and Aladdin and the desert thieves long before they came out as cartoon heroes and heroines.
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Happily ever after is never really just a dream. When we were kids, it could be as real as anything else. It may have faded, but never completely. Somehow, it should have given us hope to move forward whenever we tripped on the sidewalk, see our childhood crushes while we stare from one side of the classroom, or got bullied by someone bigger than we are. Somehow, we should have learned how to dream just by reading the story or listening to the prince and princess as they sail away to the bright moonlight in the lagoon. Of course, not anyone could fulfill our dreams of having a glistening dance in a ball, a ride on a galloping horse in Meadows of Enchantment, or a wonderful duet by the grand piano the memory of which that lasts a lifetime, but from a kid’s dream grows a person who can always see the brighter side of life- a hearty smile in the rain, an impromptu song that could light up a sad day, McDreamy eyes on a star-filled backdrop, perhaps, for warmth in times when you feel cold, or just simply someone who believes a wish after blowing a candle on a birthday cake could come true.
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Great leaders rule throughout history and the most romantic of lovers are known in great novels because they are dreamers. They have great stories to tell with it. As long as they kept their dreams alive, there were no stopping them from conquering the hearts of many, though many creatures in this world who would try to rob them of this gift.
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A lesson from the movie: Happily ever after does exist, if only we’d learn to be contented to what reality can offer.
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ALAN MENKEN, along with Jerry Goldsmith, Danny Elfman and John Williams, are some of my musical heroes. To my delight, eight-time Oscar winner MR. MENKEN did the soundtrack for Enchanted. This composer is very much well-known for songs that came from Beauty and the Beast, Hercules and The Little Mermaid, my three all-time favorite animated featured film from Disney. I can’t imagine these stories if not accompanied by his great music. Finally, after so long, I’ve got another batch of LSS’s that I won’t regret having.
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Anyway, for those who haven’t seen the movie and
are looking for a film that
could be both for the family or just a feel-good one, this is the
perfect choice. It has the classic Disney magic combined with… well,
New York! Watch out for that scenes where Pip the chipmunk, who is always
mistaken as a rat in New York, desperately tries to save the princess. Always remember to laugh- it makes watching the movie even nicer.
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