The Beat – June 3, 2009

Because it’s always a rollercoaster ride out there.

Its Wednesday today which means that I am currently traveling on a road named midweek crisis (an acute, not so serious version of the infamous midlife crisis). And to everybody who doesn’t know how it feels to be on that road, it’s like seeing a big “sorry for the inconvenience” sign posted on a door of a convenience store – you just don’t know what to expect.

That sign was posted with candy colored fonts, mind you.

Anyhow, since I decided that from here onwards, I’m going to post something like this every Wednesday,  I should at least warn you that whenever I publish something right in the middle of the week, my brain is on a different coaster.You can ride at your own risk.

You might want to ask by now what this’ll be all about? Nothing really, I just want to share something once in a while – may it be something good or something really really good (although I could consider tragic stuff from time to time). If you think its bad however, at least you know that we’re not of the same type. But it doesn’t matter now, does it?

Here goes nothing.

The Rev-Up (that is, making the engine rant)

Like I never really thought about this until now (but I just did, really!), don’t you all think that we should start moving on from the Hayden Kho-slash-Katrina Halili-slash-Bong Revilla (because apparently, he loves riding this bandwagon) epic? I mean seriously, I loved watching the evening news programs until this turnaround of events spoiled my after dinner couch moments.

Oh well, they love talking about that scandal and it seems like they won’t stop. If I were them, I’d just be content with watching it (because I really do! Snickers. Except the ones with Katrina in it).

And for everybody who’s thinking that all the talk doesn’t produce a so called “net detriment” to the society, would they listen if I tell them that (and this is serious, I’ll bet my hot neighbor’s humps on this one): my friend David now wants to go to med school because he thinks he’s destined to be the next Hayden Kho? OK, economics for a pre-med doesn’t sound so bad, but trust me David, you really wouldn’t want to see yourself dancing 99% naked. We had enough when we saw you flunk that strip poker match on purpose. I never really saw a guy who was so fond with losing when his clothes were on the line.

Now I wonder how many people are thinking of the same thing. As for me, well, I’d rather be a senator – the type that meddles with stuff like these. I’d earn more that way.

The Drop

OK I really didn’t mean to sound nifty on this one. The drop is after all, meant for everything that’s not so good. I believe this one is just one of those times when you wanted to curb that smile for a while for something sorry.

What’s left of the Air France Flight 447 (at least some of it) have been found in the mid-Atlantic Ocean hours ago. The twists of fate never fail to upset us once in a while to the point that we just don’t know what to expect anymore. My deepest condolences go to all the families who lost somebody in the midst of the disaster.

Your crush in front of you (as in something to look forward to)  

This year’s version of the NBA Finals will be so good that I’m starting to wish they’d move the start of classes a week later so I can watch the games to my heart’s content. My bet? Nah, I have none. To me, it doesn’t matter who wins; what matters most is how it’s going to be played and how it’s going to unfold.

To be honest, if it was Cleveland who’s going to face the Lakers in the series, I’d be all for the Lakers. But Orlando played so good to my liking that now, I wouldn’t really mind if they take the crown from the LA guys. This one is going to be so magically, uhm… angelic. There, I just couldn’t find something good out of “Los Angeles”, much less from “Lakers” (whatever that means) that sounds well with magically. 

And before I forget, look out for the world ten-ball championship as well. Not that I’m a diehard fan of pool (not yet), but this girl Yu Ram Cha is somebody all Pinoys would surely love (I think I already do). Anyway, she’s a South Korean so there won’t be much of an adjustment left to do – except to realize that she’s a billiard star, not a Koreanovella idol.

Can you hear me singing a song ala Stevie Wonder now? Isn’t she lovely lalala… Isn’t she wonderful. 

The Black Pearl (as in the pearl of wisdom, only black)

This week’s version of the black pearl is, quite unfortunately, brown. Anyway, I just learned that in order for you to burn all the calories you get from munching on an “Au Bon Pain Chocolate Chip Brownie” that gives you 380 calories worth of chocolate loving, you have to spend 129 minutes of Hatha style yoga. For everybody’s sake of knowing, the Hatha style is the slow-paced  and gentle type of the basic yoga. How convenient! But it surely won’t beat an hour going to Calculus class. Then again, who would want to study Calculus when all they need is to emulate Dhalsim and his videogame antics?

Yoga Fire! See you next week amigos.