My recent near death experience -- Yeah I almost died biches!!!

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This should have been posted last Friday if only I didn't fall asleep on my station in the office... Late night reports... Enough of that! =..=

As the title suggests, I'm supposed to rant about almost dying the other day. Specifically last Friday. So let me start...

Like any other day, I usually take the MRT to and from work. And riding the train on a daily basis can sometimes be both enjoyable or disgusting depending on the circumstances.

So this last one I'd just had to share because it was full of FAIL in EPIC proportions.

The day started out normally. With me waking up to my phone's alarm and crawling down and off the bed from where I stay at in Marikina. I usually wake up around 5:30 AM on my phone's watch but I for a fact know that the time's been set 30 minutes in advance... And so the normal morning routines follow... Let's leave my morning routines alone because the thought of it is just not pleasant.

So going out I usually take a trike ride from inside the subdivision all the way to the highway where I can grab a jeep or an FX cab. Unfortunately, that day, it was a bit drizzly because of a previous storm forecast. (But the storm wasn't as bad as we expected. =..=) And thanks to Murphy's Law... There was just no trike waiting in line that time so I had to walk from where I was all the way to the highway. And the length of the walk would be 300 to 400 meters. I didn't mind the showers but I just so happened to bring a not-so-thick jacket with be from home (Batangas) during the start of the week so it wasn't enough to keep me dry. =..=

So from the highway, I luckily caught an FX cab and got off at the Cubao MRT station. The time then was a quarter past six so there weren't that many people on the platform. (Or so I expected. =..=) Thanks to the forecast, there were more than the usual number of people who also have this habit of going to where they're bound either earlier than usual or cramming on the last minute. Most of them follow the latter habit. And it took a couple of crowded trains before I got on one. The first two trains that I didn't got on were actually a little less crowded compared to the one I got on. All thanks to the mob that was blocking the doors and pushing people inside the train respectively.

So inside the train I stood. Amidst the crowd I mind my own listening to the loud blast of my MP3 player. Then just as soon as the train doors were about to close at the Santolan/Annapolis Station, the EPIC occurred... A policeman's side arm, (I assume it was a .45 just from the look of it) went off just a few inches from where I stood. I tried to check if my leg was shot or something, checked if I was hit anywhere but luckily I wasn't. =P

However, it did hit the said officer on his right leg where his side arm was rested resulting to him grunting and mumbling about the pain and about the crowd not giving way. Oh, and yeah, his right leg was already bleeding as he was ranting at the bystanders. Because of the commotion I had to take off my headphones for a while and with that I heard the officer saying... "Sabi naman kasing makikiraan eh..." Which translates to "I've been asking to make way..." And I didn't have the enthusiasm to listen to the rest of his rant so I've put my headphones back on.

The officer and 2 other policemen (whom I didn't notice were standing behind me) got off at the next station. So that ends my EPIC near death experience.

Now I start my rant.

First, as a police officer, it probably is standard operating procedure that your service firearms should always have its safety on at all times unless in compromising situations. Any means of public transport can indeed have these compromising situations but NOT ALWAYS.

Second, I can't say I don't care what happened to you, but I can't really pity you for the accident. I was standing inches away from you. How the fuck do you think I would've felt if I was the one who got shot? Much worse, if I got killed because you didn't have your gun's safety on?! Jezuz!

Third, blaming the crowd is not really a valid excuse. Given the fact that the trains are relatively crowded during rush hours, you not getting off at the exact station you wanted to is nothing more than a consolation to what the transport group claims as fair service. Although I can still commend you for keeping your poise because I know how excruciating you might have felt after actually getting shot in the leg. I may not have an idea of how it exactly felt, but your facial expressions were enough to say "It fucking hurts!"

Honestly, you were really man enough to endure the pain. And I know for a fact that the training you took to get where you are is no walk in the park. So I still have enough respect for you as a law abiding citizen.

Anyway, this is getting quite long so might as well end it. Although I remember this isn't the first time I've almost got canned so to speak. I wonder if I can still recollect those memories of my near death experiences. Hopefully. But in another entry.

I still get to keep my life to enjoy so I'm good with that.

Interruption -- Another messed up chat log

Now Playing: Pastime Paradise (Live) - Stevie Wonder

I was supposed to post an account of last weekend's events but suddenly... Another messed up IM. ''O|¯|_

I unsuspectingly added this user to my Y!M list thinking it was a guildmate. Since there was a thread in our forums where we can leave our messengers so we can all add each other up for timely conference chats or what nots. And there were several others already who've added me already because of that thread.

Anyway, so I did add this one up. And to my surprise, it wasn't someone I know. =..=

Logs:



The offer was quite tempting and I think I can actually get away with the cash after I drag the guy to one of the strip joints my relatives run. But recently, news about a certain international actor who died in a hotel somewhere in Southeast Asia crossed my mind.

It was suspected that the so called death of the actor was not accidental but was some what a murder case involving prostitutes... Well you can assume the guy has some weird sexual fetishes to be ganked the way he got pwnt.

And another thing that crossed my mind would be the possibility of this guy just fishing for an unsuspecting victim to what ever fetishes he fancies. Scary shit. And I don't fucking dig those kind of shit to begin with. =..=

Other than that, there have been people who suddenly track my messenger IDs for no apparent reason and start bugging me about cases somewhat related to my line of work. Which to me is annoying to some point because they seem to assume that doing so actually helps them resolve their cases. It actually doesn't. And it doesn't have anything to do with adding me or what so ever.

And apparently, no one ever admits how they got hold of my messenger IDs! WTF right?! Now I think I know how it feels to be stalked. (If this was anything close to it.)

So if you happen to be that guy in the log and you happen to come across this entry, good luck looking for a sucker for your bait! LOL!

I ain't that dumb to fall for this shit. I should be doing this shit to begin with! ROFL!

So in the end, I make a note to myself... Never add people up unless you verify them to belong in your group of friends or within the online community you're participating in.

What a FAIL. ''O|¯|_

Injustice -- Three things that make a good find not worth it

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This is going to be an untimely rant post but who cares right?

Entertainment. Its what keeps us entertained. I'm a genius I know. Sue me. =..=

Anyway, I get my fill through the interweb more than any local media available.

Besides the fact that I spend around 15 hours a day in front of a PC connected to high speed internet because of my nature of work, entertainment for people like me is just a few clicks or keyboard strokes away. (That's another way of spelling YouTube by the way)

There are also those rare occasions when I get to sit down in front of the old tube at home and just watch whatever is available on screen. And sure enough, one time or another, both medium will reach a median. (Okay that was kind of redundant =..=)

My point is, there are things that you find first on the interweb that hasn't reached the local entertainment scene yet. And to you, those are good fresh finds. But thanks to our local entertainment media, those good fresh finds suddenly turn into "not worth" the watch or listen to entertainment minutes.

An example would be what local variety shows put up as part of talent production numbers for artists such as dance numbers or stage song performances. And last weekend, I had a huge ass bowl serving of injustice for what to me are good finds on the internet.

Well mainly, my gripe is sparked after seeing several local weekend variety shows spend production and air time for performers dancing or singing to a specific Korean Pop group song which I so got lucky to find sometime late March this year. You can click here for details to know which specific Korean Pop group and song I'm talking about. And yes, it has a date to reference when I came across the single.

I don't have anything against the local variety shows' segment production team and producers, but having one too many renditions of a song sometimes disgusts the hell out of some audience. Like me. (And I'm not saying all the audience as well because some just like watching things over and over again. =..=)

And props to the artists who actually danced to the tune of something they don't entirely understand for uhm... A good performance... I guess...

This rant is getting long already. So without further ado, here are the three things that for me, makes good find not worth it.

When you hear the song being repeatedly played on almost all radio stations. Of course they'll be played on the radio stations! I actually don't mind hearing them. But hearing them over and over again is a different issue. I can tolerate repeatedly playing a song if it were on an MP3 player. I just find it wrong that the songs plays once, then cue in commercial, then the song plays again after because of a request. WTF right?! Thank god for mp3 players.

When you hear people around you singing along or lines from the song. Singing the song is actually nice. I could say its a talent for who ever will be doing so. But if they make an awful rendition of the song like mispronouncing the lyrics or going off tune... Its just painful. Not to mention if they're not eye candy. I'd prefer looking at someone really cute messing up on the song than something else less flattering.

When local TV shows start having segments of artists or individuals performing to or the song. Of course this tops the list! Its just too much and far too many. And worse, when talent searches out of these songs start appearing. =..=

Honestly, I'm all for variety. I listen to music from anywhere in the globe as long as I can get my hands on them. How I get them, I'm sure you know. LOL!

And yes, I'm biased to the interweb. I can live with out any TV or cable for the rest of my life but not without internet.

I'd like to extend the list but I just ran out of juice for it because of the disgust and disappointment...

Lastly, my message to who ever would read this that might get offended. Don't be offended. You're giving me too much credit if you do. I'm just posting what I think. And I think, this is just messed up. Ya dig? =..=