Woah, so the cute and fab layout is gone… for a while. I’m reconstructing my website after I’ve transferred to HawkHost, my web host for the next 12 months. Although my previous web host provided me a month to prepare for this drastic change, I was not able to manage this enough time to at least have a smooth exodus. I was also cramming to complete the pending projects of the work.

I hope the following tasks would be done before Independence Day.

• Upload the backup files!
• Design a new theme for the new jonas.ph. Use Illacrimo theme for the mean time.
• Manage the categories and tags. That’s a lot!
• Don’t forget to take good care of the Tokikot Ambigrams site.
• Segregate the posts into new Orasid blogs.
• Learn SEO and practice niche blogging

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Stressed. Occupied. Worried.
That’s how I describe the longest week of the year so far.

I’m bit flaky on the title of this post. I’m choosing either… ‘A Practice In Living The Life Of A True Bachelor’ since it is likely coming that I’ll the last one left out among my cliques when recently, two more additions to a growing list of my engaged friends. Or ‘A Week With No Mother Around Before Mother’s Day’. Self-explanatory.

Since Thursday, Mama is not around to have a ‘vacation’ with Papa in Nueva Ecija. For almost two years, Papa is staying (he decided without quorom) in the province to look after our ricefields and is only visiting Bulacan twice a month. I tasted what’s like to live (almost) independently like a usual bachelor that we all know.

With the exception of my lunch and dinner for the whole week,which were already been prepared ready-to-eat microwave-reheatables, I became independent in preparing breakfast and midnight snack, feeding Lobo of early morning breakfast, disposing the garbage, cleaning some parts of the house and most importantly waking myself early without 5 minutes delaying tactics excuse.

Maybe, this stress is too evident for May to comment that I’m quite living a toxic life (and that I look thinner again. Boo!)

This is why I rather not live in metro alone and away home. I know I can live independently if I just try too hard. Yet, I will definitely crave for this privilege of being taken good care of. Sigh. Maybe I just need a break or a wife perhaps.

Happy Mother’s Day, Ma.

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Another news item that has spun off from Manny Pacquiao-Ricky Hatton boxing fight is the recommendation of Department of Health and Malacanan to delay Pacman’s homecoming and for the whole team to self-quarantine due to possible A(H1N1) flu human-to-human transmission.

This was also picked up by some spotlight-stealer congressmen and senators to impose self-quarantine of officials that flew to Las Vegas to catch the Battle of the East and the West live. Self-quarantine will last for at least 5 consecutive days.

*Achoo* Ang O.A. Ok. It is given that they are possibly the next carriers of the flu virus. But then again, like the clean water of La Mesa watershed flowing to Manila downstreams and channels, it becomes contaminated at the end. What I mean is that even when they come clean out of their quarantine boxes, from that place to NAIA, how many people Manny Pacquiao and his team would be allowed to come close to the world’s greatest boxer? There would be a lot of interactions and possible human-to-human transmission. Pacquiao may not have it but the fans may carry the flu virus.

Everyone’s being thermal scanned. Even President Arroyo’s temperature was captured recently. So what makes the other passengers boarding to Manila exempted from self-quarantine and their thermal scan results simply suffice? If Team Manny Pacquiao fails and rings the alarm, then postpone Lito Atienza’s and General Santos’ salubong. Want another OA option? Close NAIA.

While the fight took only less than 7 minutes, others is continuing the second round with more rounds of brawls and actions in the form of noisy (less of a sound) issues and controversies. And I’m guessing the network that will exclusively cover the next fight, presidentiables convincing Manny as running mate, and Manny’s tax are coming as the next rounds.

Pauwiin na si Manny! Spread balato minus the virus.

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Martin Nievera’s public apology for his different and untraditional rendition of Lupang Hinirang during the recently concluded and much celebrated Manny Pacquiao – Ricky Hatton boxing fight is not necessary. Or at least, I don’t oblige the Concert King to say sorry to me about his performance.

After ABS-CBN 2 announced that Pacman knocked down Hitman just before the second round ended, I was eager to catch GMA 7 delayed broadcast as I anticipated Martin singing our national anthem believing the premier singer would not screw up. (Of course, WWE superstar Batista escorting Pacquiao also excited me.) Blame the poor streaming of television signals that it appears he’s singing out of sync with the tempo. I was only unease at his latter part of the song where the usual singers belt it to high notes. The next day, it was like that I’m wrong to pre-assume that Martin wouldn’t end up controversial like the past Philippine anthem singers Manny Pacquiao had personally chosen and requested.

We can play Simon Cowell, Ryan Cayabyab and Jose Javier Reyes role in bashing this idol with the singer’s flat notes. However to place legal moves against Martin Nievera is hitting him under the belt. It’s like accusing him that he stood up in front of the whole world and just played (as in laro) the national anthem. He didn’t ask for it. He was humbled that Manny selected him. He actually wanted Filipinos to be proud Pinoys through his song. I didn’t felt like Lupang Hinirang was disgraced. The worse that I wouldn’t take is when someone let’s say a telenovela superstar who only sings novelty songs is chosen to sing Lupang Hinirang.

By the way, I saw at the end credits that the grumpy National Historical Institute approved something in the segment. Is it for the rendition or for the several appearances of Philippine Airlines?

As my final verse, please stop this kind of (c)rap. It was like every Manny’s fight that uncontented spectators jab singers. Don’t let the time happens that no single Pinoy singer is even courageous and courteous enough to sing Lupang Hinirang because no matter how hard and good they try, in th end of the song, it doesn’t even matter. Ano kayang ligaya ng mga nang-aapi? Ang mawalan ng singers ng dahil sa inyo.

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