JULZBOY

       6:56 am August 13, 2006 (or July 44… whatever suits you)… Wala pa akong tulog and it’s SUNDAY am na hehehe. It’s a good thing i went back and studied at the library kanina/kahapon. May natutunan pa ako kahit konti I don’t know why I’ve been having difficulty sleeping lately
       

Kentucky Fried Chiken!

        When it comes to "fastfood", I’ve always rather had a quite discerning taste (ironic for real food lovers, i know… but they are not my target audience as my intellectual(?) slash, limited readers are going to find out in a while). I suppose I could have just said "I’m picky with food". But I wouldn’t have been totally honest. And so I’m stuck with "discerning"… and hope to God my 10-yr-old Thesaurus is up-to-date.

     Anyway, my English teacher in Highschool probably got it right when she said, "Julius, you just have to have a way with words no?" I didn’t understand it then. But I’m starting to realize what she was hinting at. Verbosity aside, I may have to admit that it is with (written) words that I am most comfortable with expressing (and hiding) myself.

          And so with words, I embark on a tell-all tale with my quest to find (actually, acquaint myself to) the best fastfood place in my Universe (the "benevolence of the Universe" comment still makes me smile/laugh out loud when i think about it, Rebus).
         I’ve always looked to see what’s best for me. My taste buds and in LARGE part, my tummy (hehe), can vouch for that. But as to why I’ve never had the opportunity to settle on one joint as being my pinaka-favorite-est, my cousins/brother/friends/amuyongs (tama ba yung tagalog term ko) have come up with interesting but not entirely accurate reasons for this:
   
    1)    I’ve been said to have commitment-issues
    2)     The thought of merely "settling" for one, is enough to unnerve me
    3)    It’s just been there all along, but for some reason, I’ve been blind (ie. prevented) from seeing and knowing its tremendous attractive appeal ("repetitive-redundancy" be damned haha)
    4)     I’ve never really had the courage to step up and admit it.
    5)    It’s premature (ie. too soon) to speculate on such matters.

        So why KFC all of a sudden?
        It started as a passing fancy. Literally. I see it almost everyday. I pass by it in the major thoroughfares that i traverse to and from (not in) school.I suppose that in a way, I took it for granted that it’s just going to be there forever. Something to admire, but never really something to engage active interest in (busy sa sariling buhay tapos wala pang "subtle way" diba?-diba-diba-diBADING) ( Back in college kasi, hindi ako mahilig sa fried chicken since I was so much into Chinese cuisine before). Again, I digress (parang recit sa PIL kay Prof. Roque noon pag wala talagang nabasa. Pambihira. hehehhe)
    
      My friends casually asked one time why KFC couldn’t be the object of my passion for food. Nandyan naman daw (accessible roads), maganda (both inside and outside the building), available (very affordable prices ng meals), malinis (obviously) and mabango (really? smells like chicken to me) haha. Of course, i jokingly answered that  one of them (Big J), already had a stake in it since KFC had been his favorite place for the past 3 years. (haha ngayon estopped na sha kasi may bago na shang favorite restaurant).

       Enter julzboy.
        And so about a month ago, I came across it again while i was on one of my pakalat-kalat-sa-"katipunan" drive-a-thons. It was newly renovated (or so it seemed to me). At that point in time, it seemed that I was seeing it for the first time… again (Can you believe my sentence construction? But since you’re reading this… waive mo na yun haha). When I really got down and thought about it, KFC had the best-looking (read: MOST BEAUTIFUL (far second lang yung BarbieQhan sa other side ng katips)) facade in the whole of katipunan; bar none (hmm, my all-time favorite chocolate… which was phased out! dam-namit). I was struck for a second… (actually 5 whole minutes akong nakapark sa tapat). It was the "model" franchise, as far as I was (am) concerned.

     Ok, so i can be superficial sometimes (fine, more than a few sometimes haha). What I’m proud of is the fact that I tried to re-acquaint myself with that establishment. I immersed (still immersing) myself in its culture and I’ve been trying different (good faith) strategies to be able to absorb the real KFC ambience. IBA talaga ang KFC… pero di nila alam yun e. Generally (colonel pala.. get it? nagiging "British" na humor ko) nice ang staff nito. They have the most accomodating (something to do with nego haha) sMiles. Plus, I’ve heard from many people who’ve acquainted themselves to the KFC phenomona that "Colonel Sanders" is a genuinely good person. As in super daw. With that given, napaisip tuloy ako kung bakit sa akin lang ata mataray staff nila. Crushed ego and pride underfoot, I have since waived both.
         Why?
        Ika nga ni Shei Tizon (ms. 100% sa Remlaw quiz), MAPANGIT kasi ako. hahahahaha unfortunately, nakasulat na tlga sa logbook un and I’m forever immortalized sa logbook Cra Reports (SECTION C Reports Annotated and ibig sabihin ng CRA) namin.

Naliligaw (hindi nanliligaw a) nanaman ako. Back to the chicken topic…

      Let’s get to the gravy (bonus na lang).
            1) They religiously maintain their status as the best (chickenhouse)
            2) Galing mag english ng mga models sa commercial dialogues
            3) Matalino yung nag-isip ng finger-lickin good concept.
            4) Sobrang Maganda mga commercial models nila.
            5) Ang humble ng approach to every customer.

     Seriously, one has to try and get the KFC experience. Hmm, on second thought, I’m selfish pala with food. For all the talk about Jolli-Bee happy, Max, McDonalds and Burger King, no single corporation can compare to KFC.
      With all the talk about KFC, it’s apparent that I will go to great lengths to promote its mass-appeal (maka-masa talaga ako hehe). 

      If only I’d been born a Corporation. Everyone would have called me Mister Donut

       It’s best we get that out of the way.

       It’s now 11:44pm, July 33 (almost 34). Ok, so my good friend refuses to recognize the month of "August", and I humor him just the same. Itago na lang natin sha sa pangalang "Remir". err.. oops? haha Ish k dude, i don’t think Kurafu’s aware that I blog (or whatever this tamad-writing that I do) =) Ganda ng girlfriend mo! (baka kasi basahin niya)  hahahaha Hindi ka puwede umangal. Waive mo na yun.

        It’s been 12 days since my birthday; 11 since my PARTY. And really, i had to put that in CAPS because it was that… what’s the word… umm, obnoxious (ok, ok, it wasn’t really that horrible haha).  But really, it shocked my sensibilities right down to my very conservative core (did i just say that without batting an eyelash?)
       
        MAGDALA BA NAMAN YUNG MGA (Girl!!!) BLOCKMATES KO NG "SEXY" DANCERS SA PARTY? They weren’t content to make them dance on stage or something. They made them dance next to, with and even ON me. Pambihira! For a second there, I thought my mom was going to have a heart attack. Sobrang kinerby ako nun…  Later on, she told me.. and i quote verbatim:
         
        "Ang close niyo pala ng mga blockmates mo"
       
         I stifled my urge to laugh and just let it go at that. Come on guys… you brought the girls, you bear with the consequences. Tingnan natin kung makatingin kayo ng diretcho kay mama hahahhaa  Oh, and word has gotten to me that some sophomores were able to get pictures and videos of the "dance number(S)". Let me put it this way. It’s simple really, pag may kumalat sa mga yan and hindi ako nakapag-Bar next year because of that, I’ll know where to find you, and you guys are dead hahaha I’m just kidding… I think.

        Last Saturday, July 30, I went to watch the Freshman night . I really went there for three reasons
        1) I had a very taxing tax exam scheduled from 2 to 5 (actually, it was Banking and Finance, pero mas cute sana kung tax talaga no?) and I thought that I might as well stick around and watch.
        2) Remir was hosting (along with Jayfan (?) and Oggs (?)). Now, I couldn’t miss that now, can i?
        3) =) (oo, gusto ko lang ngumiti hehe)

        Catwoman was awesome. Muka talagang babae. "Ahluver" hehe. i’m not sure why HE didn’t win Ms. Freshman though. I think it had something to do with the ticket voting. As for the presentations, i was really surprised at how well those guys/girls danced. As in seriously.

      For us seniors, we’re lucky if we could get 5 (willing and capable) boys to dance from our whole batch! With the freshies, they had their whole blocks perform. One class even had the complete Backstreet Boys ensemble (from AJ, to Nick, Howie D to that tall dude who never seems to sing anyway). The other class had Nsync down pat. They did this puppet-dance and the audience just went wild. But the show that topped all of em was the Barbie Doll presentation. Man, watzz her name? haha She probably has the second-most beautiful face in the whole of law sch. Pambihira.

       Oh, which reminds me. I have to thank Jon (criminal mind), Christian (boy sulyap) and Remir (ah luv er)for my hair and make up. i wonder kelan next night-ops? let’s invite more people to join our inuman (isang beer lang kaya ko).

        PLUG: Christian has his own inuman/karaoke joint called Altis sa may National Bookstore, near Q. Ave. It’s a great place to unwind and sing your shit away after exhausting and freaking terrible exams (eh di ba we all have those??). Parang mini-hooters sha. It’s clean, we’ve brought most of our female blockmates there already (although medyo sira na creds nila after what they did to me hehehe). Drop me a message/comment (text or otherwise), if you’re interested

Overheard JUNIOR Student 1: "Pare, bakit parang gumaganda mga blockmates natin? nung pagpasok natin from college, parang wala naman mashadong maganda a"
                   JUNIOR Student 2: "Pare, U.P. ka na nga! Bumaba na rin standards mo"

        i don’t happen to agree with this.. but it made me laugh nonetheless hahaha… actually, d ko sure if junior or senior (status) sila. But i know who they are.. and il take that one to the grave… lest they bring me there themselves hehe just kidding.
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RANT: Why do people have to say bad things about me? (YOU/they should know who you/they are). If you have something bad to say about me, say it to my face. I DON’T have a girlfriend/MU/"somebody close"/"binakuran". I normally don’t let things like these get to me. But if it borders on being malicious already, I have to put my foot down. Respeto naman. i mean, come on. Be mature about it… back off.
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        Anyway, I don’t want to end my entry on such a sour note. Ang layo sa personality ko… which is.. uhh… somewhere between X’s and Papi chulo’s.  haha Relax!.. Pambihira.

Someday i will find you.
            And when i do…
You’ll be worth all the heartaches I’d have gone through.
      —–oo—-oo—–                         
                                            relax! –>this is wat passing notes in Rem Law does to my head.

SIGH.. i really have to do something about these words/phrases namely:

kerby, pambihira, relax, ahluver, waive mo na yun, di-naman-eh, ma’l mo?, barbs, admonish, bakla, bigas, tocino and porkchop (ok fine, i just made up the last three.. those are words i have to incorporate in my next recitation. Otherwise, ako taya sa next "Latasia" lunch. Pambihira. AARGHHH. dam-namit, i’m stubborn.

Maybe i’ll have to write a new blog on "Purging Words from your limited vocabulary".

I’m just scared i’ll run out of things to say.