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"Gastric" Changes

My sister saw this video in YouTube about a lady in the US who lost 155 lbs. in 48 weeks. We talked about it last night and with her perfect choice of words, she got my 80% convinced to have it.

GASTRIC PYPASS, people...

Help me decide.

Here's the YouTube Video. Tell me whatcha think.

Either post a comment or better yet, send me an email at eboy@ebzster.com.

Thanks.

Trying to Close the eGap

For the longest time, I've been looking for an internet service where I can automatically update all of my online profiles without needing to go into each of them. Even if I do have the time and memory to do them all, even with cut-and-paste, what are the chances I still make a mistake, right?

I have two solutions for you:
1. Ping.fm: It's a site that updates vitually every social networking site. Friendster, Multiply, MySpace, Facebook. It even has MSN Messenger (now, Windows Live), YM, AIM...
2. Multiply now has a way of cross-posting. Luckily, I post all of my blogs in Blogger.

Hehehehehe...

Enjoy

Wishlist... Revisited

I took a look at my posts and found out that my Wishlist needs to be updated.

1. An Apple Airport Extreme. (para maging Wireless hotspot bahay ko... pang Wii, PSP, at Laptops ni Jay at ni Chez)
2. An Apple iPod Classic, 160GB
3. Midi to USB Cable (uy.. mura lang ito)
4. An XBOX 360 Elite Edition Console
5. A second (3rd or even 4th) Samsung Syncmaster 225BW LCD Monitor
6. A wireless mighty mouse (if it's compatible with Windows)

So here it is:

1. An Apple Airport Extreme. (para maging Wireless hotspot bahay ko... pang Wii, PSP, at Laptops ni Jay at ni Chez)
NEW 2. An Apple iPod Classic, 120GB (turns out they faced out the 160GB)
3. Midi to USB Cable (uy.. mura lang ito) <- I already have it!!!!!!
4. An XBOX 360 Elite Edition Console
5. A second (3rd or even 4th) Samsung Syncmaster 225BW LCD Monitor
6. A wireless mighty mouse (if it's compatible with Windows) <- I'm happy with my mouse now.
NEW 6. A Canon EOS 450D (Or Rebel XSi).

Again, calling out those who have secret crushes on me. Sana maprioritize yung number 6.

Pothograpi

For some weird reason, I suddenly became interested in Photography (not the friendster type, but the sorta, kinda, pro type). Because of that, I started to look around and for most of my friends who are SOOOOOOOOOOOOO into it. They all say get a Canon EOS.

When Jay, Chezka's fiance, started, he got himself the 350D or the 400D. I forgot however, it was still an EOS and it took nothing but great photos.

Doi of The Doisterboy Experience started with an EOS (I think) and is now using a 35D? (I'm not sure, though). Turns out that the naming scheme of Canon is, the lesser the numbers, the "pro-er" it becomes. SO the hierarchy goes like this: XXXD>XXD>XD. Basta, gets nyo?

Anyway, everyday, I keep on going online to see when I can get the best deals possible. Jay says, the best place to buy a camera here is in Hidalgo. (A street in Manila known for it's camera "stuff") But before I decide to steal money off a bank and head off to Hidalgo, I decided to look onlin for possibly better deals and this is what I got.

Canon EOS 450D EF-S 18-55IS Kit (EUR$469.99 - Php29,448.81)
Canon EOS 450D 18-55mm IS + 55-250mm IS Twin Kit (EUR£649.99 - Php 40,727.32)
Canon EOS 450D (Camera Only) (HK$5,680.00 - Php 34,508.32)
Canon EOS 450D EF-S 18-55IS Kit (HK$6,480.00 - Php 39,368.65)
Canon EOS 450D EF-S 18-55IS Kit (US$799.99 - Php 37,680.28)

Bang for buck, the best place to get my dream camera is by getting it in the UK. Luckily I have a cousin who lives in London. I just wonder how much shipping is. Or how much additional luggage is if they are coming to Chezka's wedding. Same as the HJ and US prices.

Hmmmmmm....

Guys. Try http://www.ping.fm. Update your status in ALL of your social networks from one site. (ie. friendster, multiply, blogger, myspace, facebook, etc.)

Ping.fm is so cool...

Paksyet!!

Last June 15, 2006, I started an excel file where I put in all my earnings and expenses so that I can easily track and budget my money. Now, every sweldo, I open the file, input how much I earned and it auto-computes my expenses, tithes, etc. I can't live without it.

I was just finished paying my last bills before declaring broke until next day when I checked my expense chart.
2006 - approx. 220,000.00 (mid year)
2007 - approx. 380,000.00
running 2008 - approx. 230,000.00

and where is it now? Gone!!!! By buying small trinkets, car accessories, little things that are gone now.

I'm such a loser. Imagine how much I could have now if I saved P1000 per payday. O sige, kahit P500 per payday. Syet.

I'm depressed.

Wishlist...

Unless someone with a ginormous heart decides to give me these things. I bet I'll be able to get them slowly from my own pocket.. demet!

1. An Apple Airport Extreme. (para maging Wireless hotspot bahay ko... pang Wii, PSP, at Laptops ni Jay at ni Chez)
2. An Apple iPod Classic, 160GB
3. Midi to USB Cable (uy.. mura lang ito)
4. An XBOX 360 Elite Edition Console
5. A second (3rd or even 4th) Samsung Syncmaster 225BW LCD Monitor
6. A wireless mighty mouse (if it's compatible with Windows)

A guy can dream right? I need more money...

Girlfriend din kaya? Hmmmm... matatagalan yata ito ng konti...

5:15AM...

There I was, sitting on my bed... could not sleep. Thinking of my dad...

I wonder how he's doing now... what's he thinking kaya?

I sure miss him...

Success... the sweetest revenge

After work, I decided to visit my friends from my old company. I texted and IM'ed most of them announcing of my visit so as to know if it'll be worth visiting or not. Alot of them said they'd be there and they were there (mabuti naman).

On the trip going to Quezon Ave., my colleague (who hitched a ride with me going there) asked me why I left if I was raving more than I was ranting about it and even mentioning considering coming back if offered.

I thought to myself, "yeah, why did I leave?" then, the memory of what happened last February haunted back reminding me why I left in the first place; the fear of losing friendship over work.

When I got there, I saw a friend with his friend who I haven't spoken in a while nor does she text back. To my surprise, she hugged me trying to pretend that we're close. (I have a very shallow personality -- if we don't text, we're not close, we can't be friends) I mean, she stopped communicating and she treated me as if we were really close? hnlabo meyn.

Then when I was talking to some of my friends who are now managers, it kinda sunk back thinking of how betrayed I felt back then and it even gave me the shivers thinking of it destroying the friendship over a promotion.

Which got me to thinking; am I really visiting to see friends? or to show to them how successful I am making them regret letting me go? Most of them commented on how much I lost weight or how nice my new car is. I felt proud with a little of, "huh... malas kayo"

I'm not sure, vengeance by success or bitterness?

Women's Fashion

I was just browsing my friendster profile and started looking at the summer pics most of my lady friends took and I admire the way they are confident of their bodies (even if they don't look it. hehehehehehe... who gives a f*ck, right?) and among the gazillion things that make me wonder about women, here are some things I would like to discuss for this blog.

1. Women's clothes especially skirts - I mean if a guy wore a pair of pants with a hole right in the middle, you know that a guy could not sit down properly without having to try and cover that hole up, right? Well, imagine that but with a bigger hole. How do you girls walk around with that big of a hole?
2. Women's shoes especially high heels and strap-ons (shoes, alright?) - if a guy walked around in the mall with slippers, you know for sure that the feet would end up dusted and dirty, right?? How can girls walk around in those scrawny footwear and expect to remove 'em with perfectly clean feet??? It baffles me so much.

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaayy.. Oh well, back to work.

The New Lifestyle

After my dad died, my sister, my mom, and I decided to take our health seriously. Not that we want to cheat death but more on eventually make our lives lighter and when the time comes that we will follow dad, it would not be difficult for those who will be tasked to take care of us until we "kick thebucket".

So we started consulting on a herbalist (well, she would rather call herself an western doctor with the influence of eastern medicine). Whenever she opens her mouth, you hear nothing but positive responses; hope, ika nga. Dra. Edna Lao is the best!!

We were doing well until Chezka introduced us to a Nutritional Doctor, Dr. Richard Arceo (a Baguio based doctor who holds his Manila clinic every Sunday and Monday in Xavierville, QC.

No, he is not a nutritionist but a Nutritional Doctor. This is his philosophy: The body naturally produces nutrients to keep itslef "running". What better way to treat an illness than by giving it substances that it naturally produces. Ergo, easier consumption. Makes complete sense.

This is how the medical heriarchy of medicine should be:
Nutritional Medicine --> Botanical (Herbal) Medicine --> Chemical (Traditional) Medicine

The risk of traditional medicine, ex. Antibiotics, is that it does not only attack the bad cells, but the good cells too. Otherwise they'd be known as Anti-evil-biotics, right? Now, herbal medicine works by giving your body a stronger immune system so that traditional medicine can take its time and not affect the rest of the body. Makes sense so far, right?

Now, nutritional medicine. Its task is to make sure that your body can heal on its own so that you will not need to go through herbal medicine to help traditional medicine. With Nutritional medicine, you cannot OD on that. (well, with the meds I'm taking so far, you can't OD on them.)

For the past 3-4 weeks in it, I've lost a significant amount of weight.Well, no numerical value yet but I am now starting to wear the pants I wore a year ago. So that must say something, right?

Generally, every ailment you have (though traditional doctors say it's irreversible, herbal doctors say it is by helping traditional medicine, nutritional doctors say that your body should naturally heal itself given the right nutrition.) My sister, for the longest time, has skin asthma and she's been treating it with creams and "make up" to cover it. Then Dr. Arceo says it can be healed and it is only caused by a hormone imbalance. Whapak! What does that make you say, huh?

My mom was diagnosed with diabetes is now a week or so close to being classified as having a normal sugar level.

I was classified as a borderline diabetic but now have a blood sugar count of 100.

Nutritional Medicine is the way to go. Try it. No risk. Everything to gain.

After 3/11

109 days after my dad went to heaven, I can say we are pretty much "awesome". The family is slowly picking up the pieces and pretty much picking up where we left off.

I, for one, have a better appreciation for money. My job ain't paying well so I learned to budget and scrimp out the unwanted expenses.

I don't know. I might leave for better pay.

Bahala na...

Oh well, videoke na!!

This is it!!

By 12 midnight later, I'll be starting my new job at NuComm International in Ortigas...

Haaaaaaaaayyy!!!

Finding the Perfect Mate

Never really thought I'd be thinking much about this. After all that has been happening the past weeks.

Then again, I realized that I need someone. I'm not sure if it's for the right reasons, though. he women I get attracted to are ok but am I liking them because of their personality really? or something skin deep?

Wowoo agrees. You get into a relationship with someone because this person is fun to be with and not "fun" to be with.

This sucks... A cold beer is looking pretty tempting now a days.

Dieting??

Never thought I'd talk about how I should eat. Aside from the obvious fact that I should lose weight, it just dawned on me that the reason why my dad died was caused by an eating lifestyle that he has grown accustomed to and pretty much difficult for him to come out of.

So I've decided to write this blog to constantly remind myself that I should start eating right.

A few months back I decided to remove RICE into the dietary vocabulary. Turns out that I did successfully remove rice into my system but equally replaced it with more other food.

If 1+1=2, Then 2-1 should equal to 1 and not 2-1 equals 2 still.

Simple but really difficult to grasp. Think about it.

November 22, 1938 - March 11, 2008

At 6:50PM, Francisco "Toto" Bautista went to prepare the biggest Golf Tournament in Heaven, Jesus Cup.

I'll miss you, dad... Say "HI" to Jesus for me...

1938-2008, His Legacy

November 22, 1938 was the date Marciano Bautista and Amelia Alejo Bautista bore their first of 5 children. Francisco "Paquito" Bautista II was the oldest among 5 other siblings. Tito Junior, Tito Manuel, Tita Menchit, and Tito Butch.

When Tito Butch was little, he could not pronounce kuya Paquito's name, with countless efforts, they resorted to just calling him TOTO; a name that caused a stir in the golfing history.

Francisco "Toto" Bautista was known today as the Tiger Woods of his era. Back in the 50's, 60's, 70's and even the 80's, Toto Bautsta won countless awards and numerous recognitions for his love of the game, GOLF. The rest of the family followed suit and became masters of the game (in their own right, of course) but no one could beet Toto.

Back in the 90's 3 Filipino golfers were the first 3 Filipinos to be certified USGA (United States Golf Association) Golf Trainers. Believe it or not, he was the one who trained the other 2.

Golf was his passion. The Golfer's Rule Book was his bible. Every waking moment would be spent reading magazines, books, watching matches.ALL in the name of Golf.

I'm writing this blog to let you all know that he is dying soon. Unless God performs yet another miracle and gives him his life back.

Almost 6 years ago, he was diagnozed with Multiple Myloma; Cancer of the Bone Marrow. He was sent home from the States to literally die because he was given 3 months to live. That was then. God gave my dad back to us and extended his life for 5-6 more years. With that, we can never be thankful enough that God extended his life to give us the best experience we will never forget.

For the last 3 days, I've seen people walk in and out of the hospital telling us and acknowledging how our dad has touched their lives in one way or another. This remarkable man, with his temper, rudeness, and often weird sense of humor could still touch so many lives the way only Toto Bautista can.

As of this writing, we are just waiting for him to go home to our Lord. The doctors say that he has barely 24 hours to live.

Go home, dad... we'll be fine... Wait for us in heaven... We'll follow soon.

I love you.

What's This??

I decided to let go of my corporate home and start new. Drop all of my friends, keep all those close to me, and make new ones. That was the plan.

I successflly let go of my corporate home and keep my close friends then something happened.

A week after my so called "leave", I met someone. Oddly enoough she was your typical person. Pretty, witty, and normally someone I'd know for a short time since I was leaving and all, but this person caught my attention so much.

I asked one of the trainers to send me her number so that I could get to know her better. She was responsive and accommodating and was generally friendly. Then shestopped.

I figured either she lost her phone at a party (she partys a lot) so I didn't bother texting her again.

Then we had an opportunity to talk (not too deep but enough to pick up a few things).

Then I resigned.

I was planning on moving on but then, she happened. She rarely texts anyway, let it go...

regroup, Eboy... she won't buy in to you. You're... "unique" (an alternative to FAT) hahahaha...

Need to lose weight... Need to go back and get your body back. GYM, GYM, GYM, GYM, GYM... distract, eboy... distract...

Settling down? Nah... but then again...

gardemet.. makes you think a lot. I wrote a song because of her. The last time that happened was with Penny but she's moved on and so have I...

Why did I write a song??? The plot thickens...