This Bing hoopla has got me curious so I visited the site and did a vanity search. Presenting Maria Jose on Maxim... I is hot and sexeh, yes? Unfortunately, that's not me. LOL! Obviously! I'm hotter and sexier than that. Ang pumalag pangit. :P There's too many Maria Jose's in the world and I'm glad at least two of us are hawt. On the other hand, 9 out of the top 10 search results for "Ria Jose" yielded links to me, my blogs, or my social networking profiles. YEY TO ME! How's your Bing vanity search going?
Year: 2009
Ria and Kevin Part 2
Night 1. Ria seated beside a guy friend. Kevin: (Pointing to guy friend.) Who? Boyfriend?! Ria: No. Friend. Night 2. Ria seated beside another guy friend. Kevin: (Pointing to guy friend again.) Who? New boyfriend?! Ria: No. Friend again. Kevin: Why you different boyfriend every night? Ria: Kunyyang!* Kevin: You no different boyfriend every night. Ria: Weh?** Kevin: Me selos. Me your boyfriend! ANOOO DAW?! Kala ko ba pangit ako?!!! *Kunyang = Just because. Nothing. Wala lang. **Weh? = Why?
Being Here
Most of my life, I have been told to act a certain way, do certain things, be someplace I am not sure I want to be in. But I am finally where I want to be, writing. Writing has always been my passion. True, I am a science geek and I love Math more than the average person, but it has always been writing that I have been passionate about. It is the thing that I have always wanted to do. As a kid, I realized that writing my thoughts can affect people, can change things. Yes, I had a messianic complex thing going on. Feeling ko magbabago ang world pag naging manunulat ako. (I felt like the world was gonna change if I become a writer.) But being who I was and wanting to please, I took a different path, one that was well within my skills and capabilities, but obviously one that I wasn't really very much passionate about. But things happened. A complex web of stories of because of this and because of that, from being a webmaster wannabe to professional blogger to gamer to poker enthusiast. All these things contributed to my finally being a writer,…
Miss Statement
Dahil ako na... ang mahilig mag-emote and mag-drama with my boys, boylets, exes, and other eklavu. At dahil gusto kong talbugan sina Catherine, Scarlet, Isadora, at ang bonggang-bonggang sina Madam Claudia Buenavista at Amor Powers, here are some of the lines I have uttered IN REAL LIFE in the recent past... Boy: I'm sorry, I can't take this kind of drama. Ria: I hope you won't regret letting me go. Ria: What do you want? Do you want me turn back time so you'd meet me first? Because I would if I could. Boy: I'm really sorry. Ria: Madali lang naman akong kausap. You don't want me enough? I'll move on the next guy. Boy: Good night! Ria: Is it presumptuous to think you like me? Coz I know you do. Boy:... Boy: I'm turned off by aggressive girls. Ria: Sorry naman. Pinanganak akong ganito. I can't let things happen to me, I make them happen. Ria: I know you like me. Break up with your girlfriend and I'll instantly be your girlfriend. Boy: I'm sorry I can't let her go. Ria: You want to continue dating her? Ok. You can have her, but I'll also have my other boys.…
Ria and Kevin Part 1
Kevin is a Korean guy who regularly plays at the poker room. One night... Kevin: Introduce me to Filipina girlfriend. Ria: If introduce to Filipina girlfriend, you introduce me to Korean boyfriend? Kevin: YES! Ria introduces Kevin to all the single dealers, chip runners, and receptionists in the room. Ria: Who you like? Kevin: Nobody. Everybody pangit! Ikaw PANGIT! (annoyed) RAWRRR!
Moving Forward
A lot has been said and a lot has happened since. This is really it, yes? We're moving on. And I'm taking it easy. There will be better days than today, that I am quite sure. I'm finding it hard to smile and laugh and be ok. But I will be happy. I have done everything possible to make it work. And that is enough to make me happy. I will be happy. (I'll keep saying that til it becomes true. LOL!) At the very least, I have learned a lot from this. For one, I know I can love... sincerely. It's the being loved in return I have to learn or earn. There is still a part of me that's insecure with who I am, what my value is, and what I deserve. That I am learning. As we went through the motions of what happened, I kept questioning, as I still do, if I deserve to be happy or to be sad. Do I deserve to be hurt? Am I good enough? Am I enough? But I realize, I didn't work hard to be where I am, to be who I am, to be this goddamn hot and…