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Classic Hotdog Commercial

It’s retro time! Here’s a classic commercial from the early ’90s. It’s reminiscent of the good old days where online blogs don’t exist and you don’t post your current status for everyone to see. It was the time where diaries are private and usually are the key in solving the conflict on old Filipino teledramas.

Here’s Tender Juicy’s classic commercial featuring Chantal Umali on a TVC that could virtually take you back in time and reminisce about the days where Bleach can only refer to a chemical whitener, and ninjas don’t wear bright orange jackets.

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The Traditional “Welcome to my Site” Post

I have nothing to do anyway so why don’t we get on with the customary tradition of making the first post as the “Welcome to my Site” post.  I’m not so sure how this so called tradition came about, but I’m guessing it started during the internet boom in the 90’s when everybody who has an internet connection back then wanted to create their own website. I’m sure most of you remember how the old websites look back then.  Just think about Geocities, Tripod and Angelfire. These were the early website hosting providers capable of hosting a few MBs of disk space. I don’t know if there was a consensus on designing webpages on this era, but the colorful repeating backgrounds with animated GIFs scattered around the whole page are common features of a homepage. Big neon-colored headers that almost fill the 800×600 resolution of monitors back then. And don’t forget the classic “Sign my Guestbook” links.  Leaderboard banners of advertisements loading on the top of the page were the trademark of free web hosting.  Static HTML pages were the only way to go, no free server-side scripting was available. And of course, web browsing wouldn’t be complete without Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator.

Come to think of it, every time I visit a personal homepage, the main page would almost always include a variation of the phrase “Welcome to my homepage!”  When I start to ponder, most of the people who make “homepages” back then just make them for the sake of it.  They just create their personal web space just because it was the fad.  Even if they don’t have anything to share the world, they still dedicate a page to show something about themselves.

But after nearly two decades, much has changed.  Blogs and social networking sites allows us to do the same purpose but without the eye-murdering web design.  New concepts has evolved due to the necessity that the web brings us.  Although a lot has been constantly changing, the “Welcome to my Site” pages still won’t fade that easily especially to those, like me, who are literary-challenged and have nothing to special to share the world.

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Chapter 6: Memories… Part 2

…mother?!…

….but this time it was, somewhat…

…different.

It’s a whole new wide universe where everyone is happy… …but i’m happy…  …i think i am…

…millions of the same species as yours…     ….swimming and playing….           …it’s as if the whole eternity is within their grasp…     …worries…        ….they do not have them….        ….smiling faces…            …you see them everywhere….           …..everything you can see is blue…  …but their faces aren’t….         …they’re yellow…    …….yes……     …..yellow, happiness fill their faces….               …..one thing that never landed on any part of your face while inside the crowded can….

….what is happiness?….

…isn’t it happiness when everyone’s smiling?….           …maybe…           ….everyone inside the can with you smile when you smile at them….         ….but something is really weird about it…..    …you don’t know….           ….it seems that they’re smiling….            …but….          …their eyes tell something different…..          ….freaky…..     …it’s like they’re smiling just because….          …you smiled at them….        …is that what they really want?….             …do they really want to smile?….    …or are they really capable of smiling whole-heartedly?…..     …mysteries fill your mind once again…..           ….but wait….    ….what about that dream?…            …was it for real?…

..it seemed so……           …but how can it be so…..      …but the place looks and feels familiar….       ….and mother….      ….a real….          …mother….   …wait….          ….father is also there….      …….then………….

gasp…       ….you saw a thin rope emerging beneath the sea bed….     …it’s a net….       …a net?…      ….it’s directly below you….           ….you fell for the trap…..              …. it’s approaching you from below…..     …everyone you see…..          …is in total panic….          ….petrified by the scene….            ….you stood there motionless…..           ….eyes widely opened…..    ….heart pounding very quickly….   ….then…..

….someone pushed you away from the net….             …it was….              ….father……     …yes, it was father…..           …..he said something as he was being taken away by the net…..

“please, take care of yourself and your mother for me….”

“i love you both…..”

….mother rushed towards you….     …embracing you….     …while weeping…..     ….with her eyes without tears…..          ….she held you much more tighter….          …..it’s as if her heart is being crushed….          …very, very slowly….          ….for she cannot bear to watch your father being taken away to the surface….           ….away from the sea…..            ….away from her side…..

….you hugged her back….        ….for you understand the pain that she suffers….        ….because her flesh and your flesh….            ….was once….           …one….

…..minutes passed…..

….you still hold her….        …she still holds you…..        …she’s still crying…..        …she’s still sad….     ….and agonized……        ….everything seemed very slow….        ….every moment……            ….you seemed to feel….           …..loneliness……       ….for the very first time……             …..you saw your parents…….            …..apart…..             ….then….           …something……            ….is falling…..           ….from the surface…..            ….you can’t see it clearly…..           ….it seemed blurred…….               ….then it landed on the sea bed……            …..you swam closer….  …and closer…..           …..curiousity controls you…..         …..when suddenly…..         ….your mother rushed towards you…..            …..held you tightly……        ….covered your eyes…..      ….as she faced back at the foreign object that stimulated your senses…..

….you start to wonder…..          ….why?….                ….it seems that she’s dragging you away from that…..        ….thing…..                 ….then she whispered…..

“your father and i really love you….”

“please don’t look anymore…”

“….i want you to *gasp* trust me….”

“please…….”

“….never forget us…..”

“….we’ll be watching you from now on…..”

BOOOM!!!!

….suddenly, everything went dark, as well as bright…..         ….you can’t remember very much, but you seem blinded by the events happening…..           ….the only thing that you remember is….       ….the feeling….             ….as your mother holds you very tight…..               ….it seems her affection for you is overflowing….         …..she seems….          ….smiling….     …(?)….   ….you asked yourself…..          ….why?….            ….even though the worst is happening…..

…..and now, you can’t even remember the next thing that happens…..       ….then you woke up inside the can….           …empty-minded…..             ….you have no memory of anything…..        ….so you kept on smiling…….                    …..ever since……

“please…….”

“….never forget us…..”

“….we’ll be watching you from now on…..”

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cencia na senyo… medyo malungkot ang blog ko ngayon, pero kahit ganun, masaya pa rin ako dahil katabi ko ngayon ang aking one and only (one and only nga ba naman?) !!! medyo ordinaryo lang ang mga nangyari sa akin simula ng last akong magpost dito.  kaya medyo ala akong masasabi ngayon. ewan natin, malay nyo?  pero mahaba na ang naisulat ko, hehe…  ei, kung may comment naman kau dito sa blog ko, i-post nyo naman, kahit na lait-laitin nyo ok lang.  ayos lang yon.  humanda nga lang kayo, dahil lalaiitin ko din ang blogs nyo!!!! bwahahaha!!!!   eniwei, ala na talaga akong mapiga sa utak ko, naibuhos ko na dun sa sardinas na sinulat ko jan s taas. next time na lang ulit.

( >___< ) wahehe….. tandaan nyo na lang na, ayos lang mag-marijuana, wag lang sasabayan ng alak!!!! cia nga pala hindi ako adik, hanggang inom lang, alang marijuana, medyo asa katinuan pa naman ako noh?!

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i’m sorry to everyone…by blog is a bit sad, but even so, i’m still happy since i’m sitting next with my one and only (is it really one and only?)!!! things were a little ordinary these days since i last posted. that’s why i have nothing else to say. i don’t know. but what i’ve written is already long, hehe… ei, if you have any comments regarding my blog, just post it, even if you pick on it, it’s ok. it’s fine. just prepare yourselves, because i’ll procrastinate your blogs in return!!! bwahahaha!!!! anyway, there’s really nothing i can come up with, i emptied it all up on the sardines that i’ve written above. ’til next time.
(>____<) wahehe… just remember this, it’s ok to smoke marijuana, as long as don’t couple it with liquor!!!! FYI, i’m no addict, i just drink, no marijuana, so i’m still sane, right?!