Written Contusions

Oh no! When I woke up today, the glitch was still there.

Thank God the glitch is now ok. No more comments from me now. Just a sigh of relief.

I don't really know why there is a difference between http://www.talesofthewaywardtraveler.blogspot.com and http://talesofthewaywardtraveler.blogspot.com but if you click on these 2 links, you will find out something as I have just recently found out. This kinda alleviated one of my biggest nightmares w/c is to start over on a different site because I like blogger. It's so convenient. Oh well.

So OK, pls just update your urls back to this blog. Thanks!

Reinvention means to recreate one thing from a pre-existing object; not entirely the same, not radically different; as always, should be better than the latest.

Rchrdlee is all about reinventing his weblog but has tired of making different ones whenever he got to doing a new blog skin. He has about 10 blogs but most of them died already because part of Chad also died long ago. Practically, this blog is all about blogskins but essentially, this is to help in evolving not only as a web developer but also as a person.

A dear friend, Rob, gasped when he heard of the creation of a new blog yet again. The fear of change should not be welcomed, nor criticism that could hurt. This is to welcome change and to embrace it head on. This is also an attempt to hold on to old memories; some were already lost in the hustle and bustle of remembering usernames, passwords and email addresses for password retrieval.

It's just a shame that to gain some, we lose some.

This is also a facet of the ever-changing Richard. A lighter one; less guarded; less dark and heavy; but to some extent, this is also an anti-septic version (for lack of a better word). Less philosophical than who Rchrd really is.

Nevertheless, there is always change, just hope it's for the better.

its been so long since I last burbled here in my stream of thoughts. I am still wallowing in my own thoughts. drowning in confusion.

I've been monitoring my site for the last 12hrs and I still can't see my posts. I'm getting aggravated.　Ｉ　ｄｏｎｔ　ｋｎｏｗ　ｗｈａｔ　ｔｏ　ｄｏ　ａｎｙｍｏｒｅ．

There is something terribly wrong with my blog. I am not able to see my latest posts!

I saw the Exorcism of Emily Rose tonight. It gives me the creeps with all the hair on my back standing on end. It made me think a lot about the dark side again. Nothing much to tell about it though.

On a heavier note, I saw Discovery's Inside and it featured the Tennessee State Penitentiary for women. There's a part there that made me say, " Damn! Talk about a double edge blade! " This is the toughest catch 21 I've ever encountered.

The show featured a mother-and-daughter in-mate. The mom was going free earlier than her daughter. The problem is, the mom is sick and might just die before her daughter is set free.

Then, there's this woman who broke a parole duty. In her defense, she said she had to attend to her mom in Texas who had an injury: the elevator the mom was riding fell 4 floors. Since she rushed to her mom's side, she failed to inform her parole officer. That's why she went in again. Catch? She just found out 3 days ago, she is pregnant.

Here's the thing that will take the whole cake. Freedom is about choices. Here, an inmate was sentenced to death but the state of Tennessee banned electrocution. Good thing? You spoke too soon. Now, she has to decide if she wants to be executed using lethal injection or still go through the electric chair shebang!

So here I am contemplating about the sadness that we call the human condition.

Indeed, hell is here on earth. It's the devil's playground. And I am left with my mouth gaping open.

Today I learned that I can do speech recognition on my computer. This is so fun but I feel like I'm an idiot. This entire entry has been written using speech recognition. Dictating to the computer needs a lot of getting used to. It's kinda hard but then enjoying.

This pendant is due for a major cleaning.

My officemate JC asked me if I could scan this so he can have a design made for him to get this tattooed on his skin. My wiccan friends also compliment me whenever they see this around my neck.

I find that this pendant was really meant to be mine. There is actually a story behind this pendant.

One morning, as I was off to work, I felt a sudden attack of melancholy. I was sad all day, unresponsive. I didn't even pay close attention to what I was doing at work. I got easily irritated. Then, I was working as a recruitment associate for a big call center in Makati. I had to interview aspiring customer service agents and assess their communicatio skills and also check if they had enough smarts to talk to customers. I never thought that the simples question, "Can you tell me about yourself?" could actually spark so much disdain in me, depending on the answer. Hahaha!

Anyway, the point is all day, I was so messed up. When we got off from work, my friend Reva asked me how I planned to get home. I said I don't know and she asked if I could walk with her to Glorietta where she is meeting a friend. I said yes.

As we were walking in the mall, I saw this pendant and said I had to buy that. I didn't have much cash with me at that time so I decided against it. Reva's friend texted her and we went to meet her friend and we parted ways. Then, this mania came over me to go to all my bank's atms and withdrew all my money. The ending is, I bought the pendant anyway and it made my day.

It changed my mood from then on. So anytime I felt sad, I just hold my pendant between my fingers and remind myself how it changed my mood then.

created Tuesday, ‎January ‎01, ‎2008, ‏‎7:54:20 AM
taken using my Nokia 6131 phone with 1.3 MP resolution

The light of the moon is sometimes a burden that reminds me, Light is always heavier than darkness. Darkness always subsides whenever Light impresses its presence. Could it be that the new moon is affecting me? I am feeling a mean streak coming over me.

Two days ago, I got little stones stuck inside my shoe. It was uncomfortable. Every step, the pebbles stabbed at my soles and I felt the sharpness. The next day, going to work, of course I had to put on the same pair of shoes and I deliberately left the pebbles in my right shoe.

I had this notion that it will be my constant reminder that life is hard but we must keep moving on. With the same discomfort and pain, I went to work, finished my 10 hour shift and even went out to brunch with my office friends. Still each step was a tad painful but after a while, the little stones got crushed under my weight. By the time I got home, there was practically no trace of the pebbles that got stuck in my shoe.

Lessons in life can always be found in the simplest of things.

Monday, I felt like I am being dragged into another work week with my new sched (w/c is totally shit from my point of view). Imagine going to work on Monday, 9pm and going home at 8am. I was rushing for the day to be over and done with. Good thing I will have one rest day after my Monday shift.

Tuesday, I met with my friend Vanni and we went to Festival Mall. By the way, Tuesday is payday. I was in a mall with a lot of money and I was only able to buy 1 shirt. Talk about being stingy.

Wednesday, This day was a godsend. Globe Broadband came to install my internet connection. I am so glad that I am now connected.

Thursday, My family friend Akira wanted to surf on the web using his laptop in my house so he put in a wi-fi setup here. Its crazy. After just a day, I got wi-fi here. It's really crazy. Hahah

Friday, If I was anxious about Monday, I am more anxious to get this day over and done with. I mean my shift. But before that, when I arrived home I found 3 computers lying around my room. I can't sleep in my room today.

That is all. Hehehe

Life has been hard for me. My life this year has been a flurry of feet scuffling, typewriter keys tapping a cacophony, a million "Thank you for calling... 's," and a lot of contracts signed.

I have been working hard to earn my keep. To earn my family's bread and butter. Hahaha! That is correct. Bread and butter. Well enough of the chitchat. I'll just sleep a bit.