Intense and emotionally perceptive. I pick up on unspoken words and speak the language of gesture. Deep, mysterious, and magnetically attractive. I yearn for emotional intimacy. If hurt, I really sting -- and I don't forgive easily
Sa Aking Pag-iisa
April 9, 2008
Kung minsan, kapag nag-iisa ako, ang dami-daming mga bagay-bagay na bigla nalang talagang pumapasok sa isip ko. Lalo na kapag jume-jebs. Marahil narin sa kawalang magawa kundi ang umupo sa inidoro. Ano ba sa Tagalog? Bakit ang toothbrush kapag tinagalog sepilyo, eh pano naman kaya ang toothpaste? Ang Typewriter makinilya sa tagalog, ah ano naman kaya sa calculator? Ang bicycle, bisekleta. Eh ang tricycle? Sa mga pampublikong sasakyan: Ang mga pampasaherong jeep. Halimbawa nalang ang biyaheng mula Pasay Rotoda hanggang Alabang ang ruta, aba eh nagka-cutting trip! Pasaway na mga driver. Minsan nakakainis pa yung mga pasaherong deadma sa pag-abot ng bawad. Kon-todo kunwari hindi narinig, pakiramdaman pa sila kung sino ang mag-aabot. Kulang nalang sumigaw ka ng makiki-abot po ng bayad ko. Pero kapag sila yung magpapa-abot ng bayad di pa marunong magpasalamat. Sa bus naman, may upuan na tatluhan diba? Malamang dun ka uupo sa may pwesto pa. Ganito naman ang gawain ng mga nakakainis na pasahero. Sa tatluhang upuan, kapag isa palang ang nakaupo malamang duon ka uupo. Iisipin mo na uurong ang pasahero. Eh pano kung hindi umurong? Tumayo at hinayaan kang umupo sa tabi ng bintana. No choice uupo ka. Sa mga Fastfood chain: Badtrip ang mga costumer na pagdating palang sa counter saka palang mag-iisip ng oorderin. Tumatagal tuloy ang pila. Sa haba ng pila at sa bagal ng mga crew eh pwede ka nang mag-isip ng oorderin mo bakit ba naman kung kelan nasa counter na saka palang mag-iisip. Pasaway na kostumer! Sabi ni Vilma Santos: Ang babae, kapag namatayan ng asawa, ang tawag sa kanila "biyuda" o "balo". Ang lalaki, kapag namatayan ng asawa, ang tawag sa kanila "biyudo". Ang anak, kapag namatayan ng mga magulang ang tawag sa kanila "ulila". Eha ang magulang kaya? ano ang tawag sa kanila kapag namatayan ng anak. Ang walang kamatayang "Okay lang": Saan ba nangaling ang sagot na "okay lang" kapag nagtatanong ka. Halimbawa, ang mataba at sobrang taba mong kaibigan ang nagtanong sa’yo. "Mataba ba ako?" Ang isasagot mo, "Okay lang." Eh "Oo" o "hindi" lang naman ang sagot. Ang baduy kung manamit mong kaibigan ang nagtanong sayo, "Bagay ba? Hindi ba baduy?". Ang isasagot mo uli "Okay lang!". Hay… Oo o hindi lang! Ang mga Pilipino talaga!!! Pasaway!!!
Formula 17
The movie was directed by 23-year-old Yin-jung Chen (AKA DJ Chen), FORMULA 17 puts a lighthearted, humorous spin on gay life in Taiwan, painting an idealized portrait that contains no mention of the difficulties associated with the gay community. Ponderous topics like AIDS, societal pressures, or coming-out issues are absent, and there are no women or straight people–only beautiful young men with hearts more or less made of gold. This candy-coated depiction comes off as a refreshing celebration of the simple joy of being young, gay, and in love.

Tien is a 17-year-old country boy who has just arrived in Taipei to meet an internet friend he has been corresponding with. It soon becomes clear, however, that the prospective man of Tien’s dreams–whose online handle is "Beast Man"–is only out for one thing, so Tien flees to a nightclub where his childhood friend, the flamboyant Yu, slings drinks with enthusiasm. Yu takes his naïve friend under his wing, scoffing at Tien’s dogged insistence on waiting for love before he loses his virginity, and attempting to educate him in the ways of urban existence. Tien persists in his virtue, resisting the advances of a hunky plumber hired by Yu and his crew of queens for the purposes of deflowering the boy. Meanwhile, it seems Tien has caught the eye of the local playboy, Bai, whose reputation for loving and leaving is well-established. Tien is likewise drawn to Bai but is justly wary of his past, and the two enact a halting courtship fraught with misunderstanding that stems from Bai’s fear of intimacy. The entirety of the film takes on the structure of a Greek comedy, complete with a chorus–Yu and his friends, who provide humorous commentary on the action–and a deux ex machina that pretty much saves the day. There is never any real doubt as to how this love story will end, but the pleasure of the story lies in the telling.








