Back!

Hello my friends.

The long wait for revival of my blog is finally at hand! Despite this blog being against work - it is unfortunate that despite my disgust of the working world, I was consumed by it thereby taking up all my time and updates.

But the time to rejoice is at hand - for I have news that is worthy of this website!

I QUIT!

DONE!

That's right folks I have resigned from my job here in the Philippines. I am no longer bound to 12 hour work days 5 days a week, talking to clients as if I were a slave. It's over. And I am so happy. This decision was not an abrupt one - it was long planned before I submitted my resignation letter. This had allowed me to save money solely for the purpose of "survival" for a few months.

What have I been doing for the past month or so? Absolutely NOTHING - and it feels great to do and say. I do think that after slaving in hell's pits for the past 3 years has earned me the right to not feel guilty of doing nothing.

I have been spending my time playing video games, watching TV and Movies, "internetting" (not a word - but it basically sums up what I do on the internet), sleeping (ALOT), and eating. I have been catching up on a lot of TV shows that have passed me by such as "The Big Bang Theory", "Modern Family", "Star Trek - TNG" (OK this past me by almost 20 years ago now - but fuck it - I love this show). When I am not watching, I am playing games, when I am not playing games I am probably sleeping - and the cycle repeats. It feels good to at least do this for a little while before making my final decision.

What is that decision you may ask? Well it is probably the biggest decision that I need to make for this year. Do I go back to Canada or stay here?

This question has been haunting me for the past while as I am very unsure of what to do. I miss my friends and colleagues in Canada and really want to see them. I need to get a lot of documentation redone to fix expired Driver's Licences, Bank Accounts, Credit Cards, etc. I need to start earning dollars again to save up. And most importantly I need to start getting my wife's paperwork in order to try to make her a citizen to live with me.

On the other hand - I AM SO COMFORTABLE where I am now I don't want to leave. This country has a certain relaxation that even if I AM working - makes it bearable at the end of the day. I feel I can do whatever I like over here and not to mention VERY cheaply. To go out with friends and have an "Inuman" session (drinking fest for my Canadian friends) costs me at most 40 bucks and we are passed out for the night. Everything that I like to do comes very cheap and I will definitely miss that.

On top of those reasons - the biggest fear about going back to Canada I have is getting a job. I don't know if I will be able to get back on my feet in a timely manner and do what I have experience in. This concerns me the most as to help bring my wife over I will need a job to "prove" to the Government that I can support and sponsor her.

So that is what has been going on in my head for the past few months and I am still trying to make a decision.

This is the first of many posts that will come in the near future since as I said - I am not doing anything and have lots of time to write. I will be uploading a lot of pics and vids in the days to come with some commentary.

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OMFG!

I guess the title of my post is blasphemous to the material I want to show you. Check it out:

Exhibit A - When Religion fucks with your mind...ZAP!:

Now, I would say they were on drugs...however wouldn't that be hypocrisy?
I guess this is what happens when you get an overdose of faith.

It is, however, pretty damn catchy....shit...it's stuck in my head now....

Good...Fucking...Lord!
Enjoy.

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Addiction at it's worst...

I am going to state right now at the very beginning that the reason why I have not updated this blog site is because I have an addiction...and that addiction is WoW.

It seems whenever I start back up with this nasty habit of hours of gaming I neglect a ton of other things in life that should not be...one such thing is this blog.

Anyways, I think I am on another round of ditching the habit although I won't kid myself and say I quit forever, I expect to be back on next month when the expansion is released. Anyways, enough of that and lets see what I can talk about.

Since the last update a bunch of stuff has happened...lets see there was my birthday which marked another year away from Canada - not that I'm complaining about it. I had a slew of food and drink and a small family gathering at my condo that was fun. I ate (alot), drank (alot) and played a Halo 2 marathon with my buddy which lasted well over 12 hours. Fun times of course. Another thing to note is my WoW toon dinged 70 on my birthday too which is kinda cool in it's own geeky way. Anyways, 24 now...still feel and act like a kid...go figure.

Birthday done...next up...1st Wedding Anniversary. My wife and I have now been officially married for 1 year as of October 13. I can hardly believe a year has passed already of being married but it has. If you are all going to ask how it feels etc. etc. The answer I give to you is - it's great. Married life has it's ups and downs of course - but it is in no way similar to the "horror" stories you see in movies or hear from your friends. Life continues and feels great knowing you have someone to share your moments with. When I look back a couple of years ago - I was the fat kid - who drank alone (every day) and spent every day/night playing video games...I would like to think that I have evolved...oh wait a minute I still do that...(jokes).

So, two major milestones (and some mini ones) completed within this last month...what's next? I have no idea...I am going to be going on a much deserved vacation next week to a place called Pagudpod. It's actually the same place I went on my honeymoon and it was awesome. I will be sure to post up some pics once I have them.

With all of the celebrating over the last month I have neglected my diet...so of course I have gained a few pounds back that I have worked so hard to lose. Well, the saying is..."two steps forward, one step back...". That's how I will look at it this time - I spent a few months losing about 30 lbs...and I only gained back about 8 so it's not so bad. Just time to get back on the bandwagon to start it up again. The important thing is not to let it get out of control again.

That's all from me for now...I PROMISE I will update again very soon - maybe a good old fashioned movie review. With me quitting WoW for the time being I will have some extra time.

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Back!

Hey Loyal Readers (LOL!) Sorry I have been gone for so long - basically this is what happened...

About a month and a half ago I was making an ub3r-sick, pimp-tight blog about how shitty The Incredible Hulk was when I saw it. I spent a good amount of time thinking of all the curses and amount of abuse I could describe the movie with...when I was about done something happened (I have no idea what) but my whole blog disappeared...then 2 seconds later the blogger thing "autosaved" the blank area. Fuck! So there went all my work and basically discouraged me from posting for awhile.

But here I am with some updates and shit.

Well my quest to lose some weight is in fact succeeding. I started this plan June 1 at 22olbs and I am currently weighing in at 194lbs. so good drop. Especially with all the temptations and my super sedentary lifestyle here (aka. LAZYNESS) I haven't been going to the gym EVERYDAY but I have been watching what I eat and I try to go to the gym when it's not storming outside.

Speaking of that - it's "Rainy Season" here in the Philippines. Basically the Philippines has only 2 seasons. 1) Summer (where it gets too fucking hot) and 2) Rainy Season (Where we get blasted by typhoons and a number of consecutive days of raining). Here are some cool pics I took from my condo window. The pics were taken at 9AM (Should be very sunny).

Hmm...what else? Nothing much. I laid off of Warcraft for a bit - too expensive to pay in Pesos for 1. I bought an XBOX 360...played and beat GTA IV, Lego Star Wars and Call of Duty 4 so far. I am getting back into the console scene. I am finding it really fun again to just chill on the couch and play.

Well, I will cut it here and hope the blog doesn't delete itself again. I will be updating again since I have made peace with my innerself! HAHA!

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Indiana Jones

It's been like 2 or 3 weeks since the release of: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. I didn't have time to watch it when it came out but oh well the review comes better late than never.

So it's been almost 20 years since the last release of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade the final movie in the original Trilogy. So I figured before I saw the latest Jones movie I should refresh my memories and watch the originals. So I did.

Raiders of the Lost Ark is a classic movie - hands down. For me it was very nostalgic and brought me back to the days I watched it with my dad when I was only 2 or 3 years old.

Temple of Doom still good - especially for a sequel but there were some corny moments in it. This was a much darker movie than the first one. A lot of Devil worship, blood drinking and beating of children. Still a classic in the Trilogy.

Last Crusade - after recently seeing this one I noticed it was a bit more comedic than the other Jones movies but of course still decent quality - but a little over the top in some of the scenes. I mean - Indy dressed up as a Nazi gets an autograph from Hitler in the Grail Diary his army is trying to kill him for?? WTF!

All in all - the Trilogy is a classic. I can't think of a bigger Trilogy known in Movie history (other than Star Wars) that gets all the hype and fame.

So going back to the Review of The Crystal Skull. Well like all my reviews I am not going to waste both of our times with a structured and organized writing of the movie. I'll be blunt.

This was a good movie. Not the best - and not the worst. I didn't walk into the theatre with huge expectations as I know Harrison Ford is first of all pushing into his 70's. The only thing I could think of was how he was going to pull this role off. But he didn't disappoint - he was the same old Indiana Jones from before.

The movie - like the older ones - packed a lot of usual Indie action scenes and humor which was good to see.

The funny thing I noticed was that the first 3 movies were all in some way related to an artifact of god ... the Ark of the Covenant, the Holy Grail, and some stone from one of the many Indian gods (i forgot). Naturally, I thought this was going to be similar - but NO! This movie went the extra distance this time and suggested that Aliens were our gods and the artifact (the crystal skull) was an ALIENS! WTF! Anyway - I guess it's fitting since we are in 2008 now with all these other mainstream religions like Scientology and shit popping up...

Anyways - the movie was GOOD. GO SEE IT! I think that if you go in with an open mind you will enjoy the movie regardless if you haven't seen the original three. In fact - if you haven't seen the original trilogy - this movie would probably be better. It had it's moments of cornyness but no where near as much as The Last Crusade or The Temple of Doom.

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Holy Jebus!

Imagine waking up to this son of a bitch....

Welcome to my home! In Philippines...spider kill You!

Anyways - It's been awhile since I have updated anything as my most avid reader has reminded me. I have been busy these last few weeks - mostly with work. However, I will not speak of this blasphemous "work" as it would be a sin against the religion of this blog. So - we will keep it at busy!

I have taken a taste of my own advice and got my ass back to the gym and eating a lot healthier. I would like to thank the simple comments of my bestest blogger buddies because those simple comments meant a lot to me - especially now. Anyways, back to the gym - but starting off slow. Slow is better than nothing tho - and I have been doing about 1 hour on the treadmill on 15 Incline everyday for the past week. The machine tells me 'm burning about 650 calories per session and I'm doing a total of KM. Once I get used to this again - I will start incorporating the weights and HIIT training I used to do when I was back in Canada. But like I said...baby steps... On an even further positive note - I quit drinking again - and both my Wife and I are eating the same healthy diet. It really helps a lot when there is someone who is eating properly with you.

I have also decided to split this blog off into different sections in an effort to be "creative". I will start segregating posts by the following:

1) Life: What the hell I am doing.
2) Reviews: Reviews of anything from Movies to Restaurants to Video Games.
3) Weight Loss/Training: Self Explanatory (but it will help me personally)

and finally -

4) A Day in the life of a WoW Addict

This will be something different as I try to embody my WoW character (from the beginning) and rant/rave and review anything and everything that I love and hate about the Video Game that has owned and eaten my soul for almost 4 years now. Stay Tuned!

Anyways - more posts to follow shortly. Take it easy!

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4 out of 7

Well I personally believe that in the past week alone I have committed (at least) 4 out of the 7 deadly sins. Allow me to elaborate:

I'll start with Gluttony first. This weekend alone I managed to eat an entire 18" pizza by myself. That already makes me a glutton - but that's not all folks ... I think in this past week I have also downed approximately 25 bottles of beer (not in one sitting) but everyday I have gone down to the bar with co-workers and friends to pound back a few. Instead of being contented with a bottle or two - I usually end up hammering 10-12 bottles per sitting. On top of the drinking - each session usually includes eating some really greasy pork dish. Filipino's are really fond of pork so it is often the "pulutan" (beermate) of choice. Needless to say after this week's drinking/eating binge my body feels like shit. I also have a pain in my side that's not going away...I think I broke my liver.

Next on the chain of sins we have Lust. I am not going to elaborate on this one - but it goes hand in hand with the drinking. The more beers I have the more sex I want. And without getting into the intricate details...I've sinned a few to many times this week ...

Sloth. Well this sin has actually gone on for about 6 months or so. To sum up a long paragraph: I am a lazy bastard. Firstly, I have not gone to the gym since last year - which has screwed my entire physique that I once had before coming to the Philippines. Secondly, I live across the street from work and even then am too lazy to go in on time everyday. When I have to do things like go down to the convenience store (right in the lobby of our condo) or pay the bills (bank is like a 5 min walk from my condo) I find myself not wanting to go and have even ended up not paying a bill once or twice. I have pretty much isolated myself and my wife in our condo - we don't even go out really anymore...

Lastly - is Greed. I make a decent amount here in the Philippines but instead of using the money I make wisely (like to pay off bills etc.) it ends up buying my excessive amounts of booze and food. Again without giving too much boring details - I am wasting my money on selfish things.

So that's all - the other 3 sins I don't think I have committed yet (maybe someone can let me know). But I think the point of me realizing all this as well as blogging it will kind of let myself know that I need to do something about it. Hopefully in a future post I can write about how I feel proud that I know I am doing things right. I guess the change starts today - we'll see how it goes.

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