kwento ng 3 pulis

The local late night news was about 3 policemen who were injured, one seriously, by a knife-wielding man. The attacker was shot in the leg and eventually caught, most probably by their backup. What I found interesting was that these policemen tried to defend themselves with their batons, I think none of them were carrying guns at that time. Most policemen here do not carry guns, and it was just recently that some units started being issued a sidearm. Ang town patrols dito, you see one or 2 police on bicycles! Sa Manila naman ang pulis patrol, nakasakay sa kotse, kita mo yung shotgun sa loob, deterrent talaga pero, gaano ka-efficient sila sa crime prevention?

Imagine, pulis na walang baril! I think sa UK ganito pa rin sila pero dahil sa terrorist attacks dun eh they had to arm themselves, well I heard not all of them carry guns, still. Pero sa Pilipinas, kahit hindi pulis, nag pupulis-pulisan o kaya feeling cowboy/girl sila.

limbo rock

Muni-muni ko lang. I should read more on the matter.

quick and painless

I started my day to work with this on the front page.
This bullet train hit a man on the tracks, apparently it was a suicide. The options to end your life here in Japan... gun, naah what if it jams, hard to get a gun in the first place! poison, umm what if I survive? drugs, same as posion. Co2 poisoning? same..., jump off building, what if I change my mind on the way down? group suicide pact, too controversial, someone in the group might just blow it. aha! SHINKANSEN! something this huge coming at you at 262km/h or 164mph would not give you a chance to chicken out.

time capsule

Interesting project Yahoo has got going on, a time capsule in cyberspace. I posted one under HOPE , but it took a long time to upload my picture so I quit and did it again. As it turned out, the first one actually came through so I ended up with 2 posts. Luckily they were 2 different photos of this magical moment I experienced last fall. I hope that I get to experience that one again this year, walking on a thick carpet of freshly fallen gingko leaves!

There's also this gem of a blog called Nostalgia Manila.
It has this list of my favorite robot anime, like Voltes V, Daimos, UFO Grendaizer; all of which you can view on You Tube! Nostalgia overdrive ito, ang galing!

who cut the cheese?

Film Festival

I might get a chance to watch Kubrador at the Tokyo International Film Festival on the 24th, during my lunch break. Sayang talaga hindi naipalabas yung Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros noon sa TILGFF!

Nasobrahan...

Been moonlighting as a southpaw for a couple of weeks now and the keyboard is just driving me nuts! RSI! By the way, I did the splinting/bandaging by myself. That's the fun part.
ok, my left hand feels like sayonara now.