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The Phenomenal Failure

When I was introduced to the school system, I thought I was introduced to these things:

  1. That life is a race (maybe)
  2. Everything I learned in between bell rings are most important in equipping yourself for life
  3. You will always be measured
  4. Deadlines are inescapable
  5. Endings are inevitable

I remember waking up everyday to AM radio, Paeng Yabut’s voice would fill up the chill air and intro the Rufina Patis (fish sauce) commercial.  We lived near enough the railway to hear the first trip of the old train, 6 a.m.  This means we should be, at least, halfway ready to go.  We should be on our way as the next train whistles in (6:30 a.m.)  since the school bell rings at a strict 6:45 a.m.  Life is a race, as it is reinforced throughout.  That’s part of the reason why the late comers cannot go and join their designated line during the 15 minute flag ceremony program.  They had to be counted, listed, and hopefully humiliated not to do it again.  It is a disagreeable method in instilling supposed discipline when all you want to do is just draw a line that expresses respect for time.

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Iron Will

If I could cheat life and have more time then I’ll be fine.  I’ve been wearing vest over a buttoned shirt for work and I realized then that if I ironed only the sleeves, I’d be saving minutes enough to play an extra song a day on my guitar.  Ha!  I pride myself with coming up with practical and creative solutions, I get occasional free meals off it.

Driving to work, I used to scamper for parallel streets and undiscovered road detours just to keep that sense of movement.  It’s as if traffic build-up causes a rash reaction that needs to be avoided.  I also used  to pride myself of knowing multiple ways to get to work, my wife finds it unbelievable now when I submit to a line of cars running at 20kph and resist to look for other ways.  Whatever happened to “practical and creative solutions”?

Did my will break?

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24

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The marketers stretched the value of Christmas day’s showdown of the Warriors and Cavs since the Warriors broke into the opening gates with a mean winning streak.  The Warrior schedule looked promising since beating the Lakers for win #16. With a winning differential of some 14 points, Steph Curry scoring 40 at will, without playing in the fourth Q, the road to win #33 can’t seem to get fast enough. For some faux incentive, someone at marketing seem to have blurted out “Hey, Steph beating the LeBron can be for record game 33-0 if you add the dubs’ last 4 games of the 2014-2015 season!” and somebody concurred “Jason, you’re a genius! Hype up the gullible trolls of social media and let them feast on this meaningless debate”

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Ad-Lib

  

 I discovered the library when I was in 1st grade after the school asked us to contribute books to bulk up their shelves in a make-shift room.  You’ll kind of have this inkling that this space is a temporary refuge for the titles because of the rough finish of the floors and the unpainted walls.  The librarian tried to enliven things up with  letter cut-outs from cardboard and colored paper, but you can’t help but feel that the 5 tier shelves were swallowed by all this grayness.

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On The Mic 2

Dan Aubrey Aguilar, host
“Hey, look at me now!”
This is a continuation from On The Mic 1

The PAGCOR gig is the second best job in the world. The best one is the one you dreamed of. Card Dealing, at best, affords you the things that a dream job can provide. I’m speaking not necessarily in terms of financial security but it buys you time. Time you can spend freely without the stress lurking at the back of your head thinking about deadlines or any of the dread from a typical nine-to-fiver.

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Offense Will Win It This Year

Dan Aguilar, playoffs 2015
This must be the west finals.

Steph Curry is the favorite for the MVP race, mainly on the basis that his performance translated into wins, most than any other team in the NBA this year. More importantly he has improved his performance from last year’s numbers, particularly the TurnOvers department resulting to where GSW landed on the road to the playoffs. Harden is able to showcase the peak of his individual talent, almost Kobe-esque. But those type of numbers no longer translate to championships and some voters are persuaded by the individual’s fighting chance to lead his team to the finals.

This is where LeBron comes in, whose consistency is as boring as the Spurs

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Trust

Dan Aguilar, Trust
state of trust…

I walk the stretch of Edsa extension from the corner Roxas Boulevard to MRT Taft at 10p.m. whenever I opt to leave my car and take the train instead. The sidewalk depicts the threat of decay Pasay City seems to suffer from within, similar to a shiny teeth enamel that is rotten from the inside.

It is not a secure walk and I’m pretty sure the city will use that fact that I, along with the daily mob who traverse this dirty street, walk there unharmed. The whole stretch is commercially developed but

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Teaching Cinderella and Spider-Man

Dan Aguilar, Spidey and Cindy
photo courtesy of reddit.com

Perhaps the most difficult role a parent has to do is to create an elaborate tent of myth to sustain the growth of your children’s imagination. Sure, I’d want to tell my kids the truth and teach them the value of being true and sincere with whatever and whoever they choose to be. But handling the truth about Santa, princesses, and heroes require, you know, kids’ gloves. Are they gonna be better off if we let them crash into the ground until they learn the concept of balance or are they gonna learn better with training wheels? The answer is much much more complex and if it’s gonna be aided only by odds (something like 80% of kids without training wheels perform better…) and not by something absolute, then it means you’d have to find things out for yourself and hope that the result followed the trend.

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