running sub cult

[I WAS GOING TO WRITE ABOUT THE PHENOMENON THAT'S SWEEPING THE COUNTRY... A FEVER OF EPIC PROPORTIONS JUST LIKE THE SHAWARMA, BADMINTON AND ZAGU CRAZE. RUNNING!!!! BUT NAAAH, I THINK I'LL WRITE ABOUT THIS INSTEAD...]


Why I probably won't survive a zombie invasion...




From the hit movie ZOMBIELAND...

"The first rule of Zombieland: Cardio.
When the zombie outbreak first hit,
the first to go, for obvious reasons...
were the fatties." - Columbus

texas hold em poker sub cult

PASS
muna ako sa pagsusulat tungkol dito. Unsubcultured eh. 100 pesos buy in lang gusto ko. At trip ko lang mag arrange ng chips by color. Poker face? Pag diko trip baraha ko, kitang kita ang simangot. Hindi ako marunong mag-bluff. At hindi naman ako nag me-metrowalk. At lalong hindi ako nagshe-shades. At lalo pang hindi ko pinag-aaralan ang mukha, baraha at galaw ng mga kalaban ko.

diving sub cult

TRIED IT.
PANICKED.
DIDN'T LIKE IT.

PLUS WHAT DO YOU ABOUT THAT TUMMY THAT STICKS OUT WHEN YOU WEAR THE WETSUIT?

PLUS YOU REALLY HAVE TO DO A LOT OF STUFF BEFORE YOU HIT THE WATER.

foodie blog sub cult

I am not savvy when it comes to describing food.... like how the taste of juicy steak hits your taste buds from different angles and all that shit. I've never been to Antonio's and Sonia's Garden and Apartment 1b and all those Foodie blogged gourmet restos.

Here's what I know...

FAVORITE SIOMAI: CAUSEWAY [if i can eat this everyday, I fucking will]

FAVORITE FRIED CHICKEN: Key ef cee!

MY "WHAT IF YOUR SENTENCED TO DIE BY ELECTRIC CHAIR AND THIS IS YOUR LAST MEAL" MEAL: MACARONI SOUP. FRIED CHICKEN. CAULIFLOWER. KANIN. DIET COKE.

FAVORITE GINILING: YUNG LUTO NI SARGE, OFFICEMATE KO.

FAVORITE CHEAP STEAK SO FAR: HOUSE OF MINIS

FAVORITE PINOY STYLE SPAGHETTI: YUNG SA MGA CHILDREN'S PARTY

FAVORITE TAMBAY SA HARAP NG TV JUNKFOOD: CHEETOS

FAVORITE TAPSILOG: KAHIT SAAN

FAVORITE JAPANESE RESTO: T-BOY

FAVORITE TANDANG SORA KAINAN [MULA SA BAHAY HANGGANG SA KANTO NG MINDANAO AVENUE]: LORD OF TAPA beats Jollibee by a point

FAVORITE KAINAN SA OFFICE COMPOUND: CAF

FAVORITE KAINAN SA ELYU: HACIENDA

FAVORITE KAINAN SA BALER: ROLLING STORE

FAVORITE HOTDOG: SCHUBLIG

FAVORITE BBQ: KAHIT SAAN

FAVORITE PULUTAN: ASSORTED SAUSAGES SA GRILLA, FRENCH FRIES SA KAHIT NA ANONG BAR

ALL TIME FAVORITE FRENCH FRIES: OLD SCHOOL BAGUIO COUNTRY CLUB [70S TO 80S... GUESS THEY DON'T MAKE EM LIKE THEY USED TO]

action figure sub cult

My childhood playmates. Saw repros in Pinoy toy stores a few years back. Glad to be reunited with them on the world wide web where there are lots of collectors' pics, fan sites, web sites, etc .

rat race sub cult

“No one on their deathbed ever says they wish they had spent more time at the office”

retro pop music sub cult

Dating BADUY. Ngayon, KOOL.

revenge + hollywood + roman style entertainment sub cult

One of my favorite movie scenes [from Gladiator]


Commodus: Rise. Rise.
[Maximus stands up, clenching an arrow head in his right hand]
Commodus: Your fame is well deserved, Spaniard. I don't think there's ever been a gladiator to match you. As for this young man, he insists you are Hector reborn. Or was it Hercules? Why doesn't the hero reveal himself and tell us all your real name? You do have a name.
Maximus: My name is Gladiator.[turns away from Commodus]
Commodus: How dare you show your back to me! Slave, you will remove your helmet and tell me your name.


Maximus: [removes helmet and turns around to face Commodus]
My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius,
commander of the Armies of the North,
General of the Felix Legions,
loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius.
Father to a murdered son,
husband to a murdered wife.
And I will have my vengeance,
in this life or the next. [Commodus trembles in disbelief]

bold star sub cult

2 [non] encounters with 2 Viva Hot Babes.

Every man/boy dreamts of bagging a "VHB." I have come face to face with two of them and here's how I fared...


Encounter #1: ASIA AGCAOILI
I work in a TV station. So sometimes we have the chance to go to studios and watch tapings of shows. I was in one such taping where the Viva Hot Babes happened were guests. Long story short, lumapit sa akin si Asia Agcaoili para sabihin... "Sir, bukas po ang zipper niyo."

Encounter # 2: KATYA SANTOS
It was my friend's birthday party. Katya Santos was there because she was the girlfriend of my friend's brother. All night I longed just to meet her. Long story short, I went to get something in my car. When I got back, I just found out Katya dropped by our table and hat a photo op with my friends. Missed my chance. Ganda ng timing diba?!

fhm sub cult

Years ago, I entered a magazine shop I NEVER VISITED BEFORE. I approached the saleslady in the counter. But before opening my mouth, she stopped me dead on my tracks. Sabi niya, "Boss, wala pang FHM.” HUWAW, paano niya nalaman I wanted FHM? Was she psychic? Or do I look like the stereotypical manyak FHM buyer?

stoner movie sub cult

[Taken from my random memories blog on multiply]


Bata pa ako. Amerikano ba ang boss sa John Hay. Pero puwede ka manood ng movies sa loob ng base. My brother smoked a joint and then brought me to watch "Cheech and Chong Up In Smoke." Putek, tawa siya ng tawa sa sine. Ako naman, dehin maintindihan kung bakit ang tindi ng laugh trip niya.
Fast forward to years later. Ewanko kung high school o college. Rented a tape of the same movie, lit some funny sigs, then watched the movie.

Naintindihan ko na finally... at ako naman ang nag laugh trip.

lonely planet sub cult

THIS UNSUBCULTURED VULTURE WILL
BE TRIPPING ON THE BALI SUB CULT
AS A TOURIST AND A PSEUDO WAVE
RIDER. I WILL BE BACK SOON. SEE YA.

saguijo sub cult

Twice pa lang ako nakakapunta dito sa buong buhay ko.

Ganyan ang buhay UNSUBCULTURED.

wonderland sub cult

I like dogs better than cats. Save for a few felines [like my friends Sandy and Ida's cat Diego], I think they're evil. Anyway here's one more four pawed, furry creature I like. I think he's the koolest of all the kool kats.



P.s. I think the makers of the movie Alice in Wonderland are on LSD or some sort of shit like that.

quiapo + metrowalk + makati cinema square dvd sub cult

Some of my favorite flicks in random unorderliness...

01. Dazed and Confused
Because the real star of this movie is "Mary Jane"

02. Clerks
Silent Bob is just that, silent... but he stole the show

03. Stand By Me
A real road trip movie without the road [and without the wheels]

04. The Shawshank Redemption
If you can "crawl through a river of shit and come out
clean on the other side," then you da man

05. High Fidelity
"What came first, the music or the misery?
"Did I listen to pop music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to pop music?"

P.s. Nauna ito sa 500 Days of Summer [The boy, Tom Hansen of Margate, New Jersey, grew up believing that he'd never truly be happy until the day he met the one. This belief stemmed from early exposure to sad British pop music]

06. A Knight's Tale
This middle age "sports" story truly rocks

07. Amelie
Dysfunctional comedy, le French style

08. Four Weddings and a Funeral
I love Andie Mcdowell

09. The Princess Bride
With a killa line like this, how can you go wrong:
"My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die"

10. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Even if you try to have your memory erased, this awesome film is hard to forget

11. Sideways
It's basically about "WHINE"

12. The Truman Show
Jim Carrey at his best - and he didn't even have to make funny faces

13. Jerry Maguire
Cuba Gooding and his over-acting "co-star" Tom Cruise score a touchdown!

14. Zoolander
For best laugh trip results, watch it when you're "under da influence"

15. 500 Days of Summer
I can watch this 500 times [so far, 6 times pa lang]

16. Garden State
If you love exploring the infinite abyss

17. Lucky Number Slevin
All you want in an awesome movie - gangsters, hot asian chick, revenge, plot twists, killer script, and more

18. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
Sort of a kiddie High Fidelity but it's also good

19. Planet Terror
Why does everything Robert Rodriguez directs turn out to be so cool?

heavy metal sub cult

Not the loud rocking music of bands like Ledzep, but this...



This was my Manga when I was younger. You get different stories from different writers and artists ranging from the weird to the fantastic.

But I liked it because it had sexy chicks, blood and violence.

Then I graduated [or regressed] to porn and b-movies. But that's another unsubcultured entry.

catholicism sub cult

This book was my "Catcher in the Rye." Read Catcher too but I liked this one better. In fact it was one of the books I can read over and over again.



Found it at a small bookstore in Session Road Baguio sometime in the 80s.

Here's the amazon.com info:

John Powers' classic comic novel of the 1960s Catholic subculture stars Eddie Ryan, a Chicago boy who learns about the important questions in life in his years at an all-boys Catholic school on Chicago's South Side. He views it all through the prism of his Catholic mentality, which often deepens the mystery but sometimes clarifies it.

So yes, naka-relate ako.

Sadly, I lost my copy and I tried ordering thru the Amazon sub cult but it just doesn't work.

Anyway, googling it, glad to know that they made it into a musical. Hope they make it into an indie movie too.

showbiz sub cult

Nagtratrabaho ako sa isang malaking broadcast network.

Kaya nasa sentro ako ng entertainment and chismis universe.

Akala ng mga tao, alam ko ang lahat ng inside stories,

scoops at kung anu-ano pang chismis na napapanood nila sa TV,

nababasa sa newspaper at naririnig sa bibig ng kung sinu-sino.

Pero isa lang ang alam ko... WALA AKONG ALAM.

illegal drugs sub cult

[taken from my multiply blog – random memory #43]

Kung bakit hindi ako sumubok mag-shabs.

90s. Nagleave ako sa trabaho dahil sinamahan ko barkada ko sa hometown niya. Fiesta daw.

Papunta dun, siya at ang kanyang kaibigan [na hindi ko kaibigan] ay huminto sa side ng road. Babatak daw sila at kung gusto ko daw subukan.

Tanong ko... anong mangyayari? Sagot nila... mawawalan daw ng gana kumain at papawisan ng matindi.

Ano? Hindi ako fufudtrip eh fiesta pupuntahan namin. At lalong di ko trip mapawisan ng matindi.

Buti nalang matakaw ako kundi baka adik nako ngayon.

sabong sub cult

Wala akong masusulat tungkol sa pagsasabong kasi...



... aaminin ko na. Tangina, TAKOT AKO SA MANOK! Tignan mo nga, poster ng sabong ang nilagay at hindi kodak ng dalawang nok-mang nagtutukaan. Actually, hindi lang sa manok. Sa lahat ng feathered animals, buhay o patay basta may feather. Kung dead stuffed feathered animal ka, tangena takot pa rin ako sayo. Ito lang ang mga hindi ko kinakatakutan na animal: feather duster, fried chicken, hainanese chicken, chicken adobo, nilagang manok, sinampalukang manok, ginataang manok, lechon manok, chicken inasal, tinola, at lahat ng puwede mo gawin sa patay na manok o fowl na walang feathers!

Ewan ko ba... bata palang ako takot nako. Alam ito ng mga sampits ko kaya lalo nila akong pinagtri-tripan. Sabi pa nila... paano daw kung naimbita ako sa sabong pag tanda ko. So shemps, natakot ako. Pero nung tumanda ako, naisip ko... EH BAKIT NAMAN AKO PUPUNTANG SABONG?!

Ehemplo ng pagkaduwag: isang araw sa Caliraya, kumakain kami sa isang picnic hut sabay tumakbo sa amin ng mabilis ang isang grupo ng mga chicks [hindi yung mga may boobs ha]. Quick cut to biglang nakatayo na ako sa upuan at pinagtatawan ng mga kaibigan.

Sabi pa nga ng mga kaibigan ko... baka magkaroon ng world peace kapag makayanan kong hawakan ang isang kalapati at pakawalan. Ay, huwag na lang. Ok na sa akin ang ganitong mundo.

Akala ko weirdo nako. Pero sumaya ako nung malaman ko na hindi lang pala ako ang ganito. May mga 3 akong kilala akong takot din sa mga feathered shit. At normal lang siguro to kasi ginoogle ko kung anung phobia eto so eto lumabas... Ornithophobia or the fear of birds. Alektorophobia or fear of chicken [shit]. Ayan. May naimbentong word kaya ibig sabihin madaming tao ang katulad ko.

So ok lang magkaroon ng phobia diba?! Lahat naman may kinakatakutan eh. May takot sa multo... takot sa spiders... sa butiki... daga... cockroach... bakla... biyenan... asawa.

Anyway, theory ng dati kong boss --- baka daw mala Braveheart type of warrior ako sa past life at nung malapit nako mamatay sa field of battle, chinibog ako ng mga vulture. Parang ayoko maniwala kasi duwag ako. Kung may gera, magtatago nalang ako. Teka, chicken ang tawag dun diba?

glamrakenrol sub cult

Nakikinig ako sa glam rock kapag [1] nagro-roadtrip at [2] nagda-drive pauwi habang lasheng. Sobrang cheesy kasi ng kanta kaya nagigising ako. At bagay siya habang yumo-yosi. So eto ang glamrakenrol playlist ko sa Ipod...

angel eyes by steel heart
until you suffer some by poison
i saw red by warrant
life goes on by poison
love of a lifetime by firehouse
heaven by warrant
when i look into your house - warrant
something to believe in - poison
i remember you - skid row
every rose has its thorn - poison
til death do us part - white lion
always - bon jovi
don't cry - guns n roses
dream - firehouse
here i go again - whitesnake
patience - guns n roses
never say goodbye - bon jovi
i'll be there for you - bon jovi
i won't forget you- poison
when the children cry - white lion
is this love - whitesnake
wait - white lion
november rain - guns n roses
bed of roses - bon jovi

Unsubcultured ako ng mas bata ako kasi dati akala ko, eto na yung tinatawag na heavy metal. The only thing glam rock is heavy on is cheese.

old fart sub cult

You know you're getting old when...

[01] you find TV commercial models who play mommies cute
[02] cute young girls call you "sir" or address you with a "po"
[03] you go home at 5 am and then you're awake by 9 am
[04] you begin to sleep in bars
[05] everyone... I mean EVERYONE is faster than you when playing sports
[06] tinatagayan ka na ng anak ng kaibigan mo
[07] you party like a folk singer [as opposed to partying like a rockstar]

surfing sub cult

The unsubcultured guide to becoming a surf poser.

Score the latest, hottest, trendiest rashguards and boardshorts.

Buy lots of surf brand stickers and put them everywhere on your S.U.V.

Even if you're just starting or haven't tried surfing yet, buy a shortboard and not a longboard.

Learn this hand sign and do it every time you pose for a picture.


Hang out on the beach with your board, and have your picture taken.
It helps if you use that surfer hand signal. Just like this duuude...



Carry your board around the beach... just bring it anywhere you go.

When drinking on the shoreline, bring a music player and play booming reggae music.




Enhance your vocab by incorporating these phrases:
"the swell is coming in Thursday..."
or "I think the wave is closing out..."
or "Did you see me barrel?"
You don't have to know the meaning... just say it.

Now, you're on way to way to becoming a full pledged poser, brah.
Remember, you heard it first from a full-pledged "unsurfer" like me.

toy dog sub cult

Meet Moochie... dawgs ng gf ng anak ng kapatid ko.



Nakatambay siya sa bahay ng utol ko so lagi ako may pinapag-tripan...
[o baka ako ang pinag-tri-tripan niya?]

Camera shy ang walanghiya.
Sobrang kulit pero
nagtatago nung nilabas ko ang cam.


Baka katulad ng ibang mga tribal peeps,
naniniwala siya na ang camera
steals a piece of their soul.

Pero naisahan ko din siya so sorry nalang Moochie.



By da way, hindi ko alam kung anung breed niya.
Unsubcultured ako eh.

lomography sub cult

This is my Fisheye 2...



These are some of my pics.



And this is Brad, my lomobro.



O ha, pareho ang camera ni Brad Pitt sa camera ni Gab.

pinoy trippy sounds sub cult

More proof of UNSUBCULTUREDness.



Been listening to UpDharmaDown since their first album...

But I've only seen them perform live at
"the place formerly known as Embassy"
a few weeks ago. [oks pala ang lugar na yun
kung walang tao, walang saksakan, walang
barilan, at walang social climbing party people].



Beer in one hand.
Yosi on the other.
Downdharmaups in front.
Tangena hayop.

d.o.m. + indie movie sub cult

Isa pang astig na linya from the film DAZED & CONFUSED





"That's what I love about these high school girls, man. I get older, they stay the same age."

-Wooderson ["sleazingly" well played by Matthew McConaughey]

science fiction + fantasy sub cult

A book [which was actually a mini-series before it was a novel] which is literally about a subculture that is flourishing below London.




Proof that I am UNSUBCULTURED. I'm just reading it now. And it's the first Gaiman thing I've ever read.


P.S. Those originally from London above but now live in London below are those "who fell through the cracks." Madami din ganun dito sa Pinas.

b-movie style indie film sub cult

Ang pinaka-trip kong linya sa lahat ng pelikulang napanood ko ay galing sa Pulp Fiction ni Q Tarant...



Jules: I want you to go in that bag, and find my wallet.
Pumpkin: Which one is it?
Jules: It's the one that says badmotherfucker.

blue eagle + travel & tourism sub cult

Meet the ATENISTANG BOATMAN



May ganyan ba sa DLSU, UP, UST, AMA, PUP, TUP, FEATI at kung saan-saan pa?

ultimate frisbee sub cult

[was supposed to send this years ago to the PUA board guys for the website, but didn't]

The Ultimate History of Pinoy Disc
[“Unofficially” seen through my eyes… and if I can still remember anything… hic.]

As of this writing, I am now the longest playing active member of Philippine Ultimate.

I first learned of Ultimate when I was still a young old fart [read: 32]. I was then a wannabe slash trying-hard Flag Football player who in more than a year of playing never scored a touchdown even during pick up games. Little did I know that my so-called athletic career would take off in a different, much cooler sport.

BACK IN THE DAY...
It was a century ago… September, 26 1999 to be exact when I first played the game I love the most. I heard that some people turned throwing and catching a Frisbee into a sport… and they played Sunday afternoons at the Urdaneta Park. I was curious… so I dropped by and was warmly welcomed by around 8-10 players, most of them expats. In those days, Ultimate was as alien to Pinoys as [for lack of a better example] Cricket and Aussie Rules Rugby.

We played 5-6 aside with just one sub… and during that time THAT WAS THE ENTIRE PHILIPPINE DISC COMMUNITY. O.K., maybe I’m exaggerating. Anyway, on my first pick up game, I scored 2 points and even assisted on 1 score. Wow… an equal opportunity sport for non-athletes, weekend warriors, athletes, alcoholics, smokers, and people who just wanted to have fun. The gods of Flag Football and Basketball weren’t this good to me. So I was hooked on Ultimate. Probably for life.

Just to raise the level of competition, our small community of disc addicts had hat tournaments once in a while. We played at Sanlo, Ateneo, the British School and at the Ascom field at the Fort. There were always 3 or 4 teams that were formed and we would hold our parties at the home of an expat who was generous enough to let a bunch of rabid party animals ruin the furniture.

Our first ever league had teams named after colors – Yellow Fever [first league champs], Red Pirates, the Blackheads [my team] and the pink team called themselves… [to all you youngsters out there, here’s a piece of trivia you should never forget – the Breakfast Club is the only surviving team from the first league… only goes to show you beer drinkers never die, they just mutate into alcoholics.]

POPULATION EXPLOSION
Then the inevitable happened. Players started inviting friends, acquaintances, relatives, classmates, strangers, bums, people they met in bars, even their FBs. The number of players swelled before my very eyes. And as the community grew, so did the level of competition. Leaving me to utter the words “I miss playing not so competitive pick up.”

LIKE THE ENERGIZER BUNNY, WE’RE STILL GOING
From Sunken Garden to Sanlo Park, Alabang to Davao, Espana to Cuenca, Urdaneta to Iloilo, Bora to Isabela. the disc just keeps on flying. Now, we have expats, bankers, mountaineers, ex-college athletes, lawyers, tri-athletes, basketball players, single moms, students, bums and more playing the game.

And that’s what I love about Ultimate – you may come from different backgrounds and teams, but you’re just part of a big, round, spinning universe.

emo + ilonggo sub cult

social networking sub cult

The "sometimes-I-surprise-myself" list of my favorite Fbook status messages

• My feet are in dencios... my hand is on a beer... my head is in space... my heart is on the beach...

• O.M.G im a G.O.M.

• papasok pa lang pero gusto na umuwi

• Dances w/ wolves + the last samurai + the matrix + pocahontas + robocop + lord of the rings = avatar

• you're so vain, you probably think this twit is about you

• my diet is Cafe By the Ruined

• You know its trapik when you can log on to facebook on your cel while driving and make a really long status message like this shit

• thinks he's drunk, unless his alcohol content says otherwise

• Now I know why I'm not married. Enough people are nagging me everyday.

• succumbed to beer pressure

• Kakulay ng shirt ko yung toilet duck liquid sa cr. hassels

• Too many packing volunteers is a good thing.

• Naalala mo yung pa-cool na tshirt na binili mo samidnight madness? O yung masikip na shorts na nakuha mo sa kris kringle last year? O yung baduy na long sleeves na pasalubong sayo ng DOM na tito mo? O yung lonta na ineregalo sayo ng dati mong gf o bf? Wag na hintayin mabulok sa cabinet mo ang mga yan! Those clothes ...can warm a flood survivor's day. Donate to ABS-CBN SAGIP KAPAMILYA Sct Bayoran beside Alex III, QC

• anignat 24 okan

• Drunk, moderately

  

• To paraphrase Katy Perry: "i saw a girl kiss a girl... And i liked it...
  

• Definition of a hangover: when the alcohol molecules are having too much fun partying in your system and they don't want to leave

• the only thing i like about harry potter is the first syllable on his family name.

  

• Imaginary Heavenly conversation: Francism: welcome to the great hood in the sky my soul brotha... MJ: But you're not black... you're brown. Francism: Hey, you ain't black too... you're white

• says give Michael Phelps a break. He may be a swimmer but maybe he really wants to fly.

• "wala pa nung FHM, wala pa nung MAXIM. Wala pa nung UNO or MANUAL, mero nang TIKTIK"

  

zombie movie sub cult

Can't fit all the zombie movies that blow my mind here. So here are my dead-on top 5...

In this movie, zombies are getting smarter. They're not just mindless human eating creatures, they're mindless human eating creatures with a plan.

Oldies rule! Woody Harrelson as theTwinkie-loving loner and Bill Murray, tragically as himself.

Serious undead shit. And it could really happen.

The scene where the humans mimic a horde of zombies to escape is insane.

Definition of a perfect woman: zombie killa with a machine-gun leg.