May 5, 2010

Back to the Philippines, Back to my Portal

MISSING
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Hey there! Your all MISSED. Dang!, 4 months of hiatus. My longest and lamest since this freaking site first saw the light of day two years ago. I'm back anyway, and would return again in your respective portals in a day or two (promise).
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Surely, there are LOTS of restoring and storytelling to do. Don’t worry guys, I'll be making my close-to-rotten entries SHORT this time – so are 3 pages for each sufficient enough?..how about 5?... hehe
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STRIPPED .
Speaking of comeback, well, I just, free myself (at last) from the infamous modern hero title upon bidding my immortal 'Maa-salam (or goodbye) to my Dirham-paying job a day before 2010. Suffice to say, I was, for the last quarter, have joined the minion of jobless turned penniless ex-expat living in the country.
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No more OFW perks and burdens, i.e., credit cards, fine dining, accommodation & global recreation, cargo boxes to fill, remittances to send home, among expensive others. So there. After barely a decade of tough encounter with U.A.E.'s notorious smell, sights, sun, and sands, I decided to pack my aging suitcases and fly. There was no weepy farewell though when I left Dubai's sinking paradise, and when I casted myself back to the el-nino cum la nina prone land of ours. I'm here FOR GOOD and FOR REAL this time (I think). I used to have nothing however, when I first set foot there, except perhaps of my many dreams - that seemed to remain a dream when my contract expired.
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BUSY
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And so beside being pre-occupied with myriads of carnal opportunities available in this election-hit Island, my eyes – were busy as well peeping-out for veteran pickpockets preying on their potential victims; my ears – on loud burping of overweight policemen, of screaming hawkers & illegal peddlers; -my skin - on the touch of sightless beggars, of showerless streetchildren and the more showerless vagrant psychotics (taong grasa); my nose - on the stinking ten peso per pee restroom, etc. I was, beside contemplating of how my poorer life would eventually become, was quite busy too experimenting on how my new blog header for a new theme should look like.
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SORRY

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Not only for resurrecting my sleeping portal in a usual dismal & acerbic manner, but also for hibernating this long with nary, a notice. But hey, I labored much on how to wrestle & win over my inner demon on the so-called writer's block attack. Had my geeky thoughts re-organized, 'be back dancing again the tune just like the good o'l days..
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THANKFUL .
To my loyal online buddies who have given me final warning to get out of my box & blog again (or else my name
will be finally broom away).. thanks thanks :). On that note, my page 3 rank in google remain solid and standing as ever reminding me of the overstaying trapo's in our circus-inspired government. Ah, Writing will always be my love, my blogsite a home, my fellow a family. GLAD I'M BACK! .
(photocredit: my ala-david the coconutter photos were taken yesterday in our rooftop by a nephew)


28 comments:

Ruby said...

an honor to be the first commenter in ur come back!

Ruby said...

hey hey! welcome back to the blogosphere! I guess I saw you somewhere in Manila while I was riding a bus going to Makati last January 2010...are you there..just not sure because we where sitted at the very end part where I can't scream..lol! kakahiya eh..musta na..hope ur doing great out there! mizyah kaibigan!

Al de Cruz said...

got to learn lesson for a 3rd ranker hehe ako e lagi ata nasa 3rd page.

Redlan said...

welcome back AJ! Since december pa nawala ka. i thought busy lang, pero bumalik ka na pala dito sa pinas. Welcome back home both in real and virtual! Looking forward to read more of your stories.

Everlito (ever) Villacruz said...

whooosh! yahoo yahoooo! sarap ng baksyon natin pards.. bakit sinusungkit mo pa yung mangga abot mo naman..he he he.

welcome back pards!

the donG said...

ayos nakabalik na pala. kaya pala iba na ang title ng blog.

I am Xprosaic said...

Naks! thats nice to hear... ur back for good... saka ayos din ah kasi paradigm shift ka pala ngayon... at dami naimprove sa blog ah... naks! hehehehehehehehe

seph said...

@ ruby: salamat for always being around.. talaga, umuwi ka from UK? sana pala tinawag mo ko sa bus.. pero teka, parang di ako yon, kase di pako ulit nagbubus eh..nagtetrain ako, hehe..RGDS.

@al de cruz: txs bro. kaya mo rin yan..just press on!

seph said...

@red: thanks bro. good to hear from u again too. .dami na pondo - sana nga maisulat ko lahat. hintay mo ha.

@pareng ever: naover holiday na, lol - iyong mangga malayo yan, mataas ung bubong namin a takot ako mahulog :)

RJ said...

Pang-Cosmo mag ba 'to, bro?

Good luck sa 'yo. Hulaan ko, nag-aapply ka sa Canada, ano? Susunod sa mga sisters mo.

seph said...

@ idol dong: txs sa dalaw. punta rin ako sayo..

@ xp: kaw talga, namis ko kakulitan mo.. di ko pa actually alam ang major changes sa layout ko. any suggestion?

@ sir RJ: parang ganon, hehe. salamat. your too close. i almost get there..but di pa sa ngayon..matagal pa siguro.

honey said...

Welcome back Joseph.. heheh! miss your spontaneously good writing skills.. miss the witter too of course!

mr.nightcrawler said...

hey.. i don't know if you remember me but i am so glad you are back, both in the country and in the blogging world. akala ko hindi ka na babalik, ang tagal ng walang nagpapadugo ng ilong at brain cells ko. hehe. it's time to fulfill another dream i guess, right parekoy? congrats sa iyong pagbabalik :P

Gorgeous MUM said...

Oh my . . . the great AJ is finally back! SO no more AJ? Well, you'll still be the great ARABIAN JOSH for me!

You're back in our lovely 3rd world home and I can't wait to read your stories.

Wishing you a colorful life back home!

Ingat lagi!

vinceleste said...

ang pagbabalik! it's nice to hear from you again through this blog :)

Jag said...

Napasarap ata sa pagbabakasyon? hehehe...

Welcome back buddy!

Anonymous said...

the desert dude is in manila. 0916 281 6982

bugITs said...

welcome back to blogosphere and welcome back to Pinas..

how are you my friend?

http://euts.wordpress.com/2010/06/09/fun-starts-at-school-my-idea-of-fun/

ardee sean said...

welcome back!!! nice post :)

jaypee | enjayneer.com said...

uy. welcome back! :D

Abou said...

at bakit walang bago?


:-)

AnaVar said...

Welcome back! I check your blog once in a while and always find interesting reading and I really missed your posts.

Marco said...

hello wazaap

Yellow Bells said...

hi, lagi akong nosebleed when I am at Arabian Josh, pano yan add pa nman sana kita sa link page ko under UAE, your still the AJ i know. see you around.

Will said...

Wazz up dude!

dream said...

waaw thes a Very beautiful

nice

:)

mr.nightcrawler said...

kumusta ka na parekoy? sana ayos ka lang. tagal mo nang walang updates ha? ingat. bumalik ka na sa blogosphere!

AJ said...

IM BACK (again)..SALAMATS SA INYO!