I received an email from a yahoogroups, concerning Bayo's copying of a young Japanese artist's work, without her express permission to use them.
Here's the Japanese artist's site. I've read in some blogs that one of the main reasons Bayo *stole* her work is that she cannot speak straight English daw. Hmmm...
Some other blog posts regarding this controversy:
gpherman
moonsilk
You can also do a search in Google: bayo philippines emma.
Here's BAYO's site, however, it seems to be not working. A few of the blog posts regarding this issue have mentioned that the link to Bayo Kids has been removed. Hmmm....
Please, browse the sites above and see for yourself. And please go to Bayo and check out Bayo Kids, too. I might do so later to see for myself.
If indeed this is true, nakakahiya naman for Bayo. Tsk tsk.
Montemar-velous!
Click on the images for more pictures!
Beer on the Bus
At last, our company's outing was again held during the summer season. (Two years ago, it was during the Christmas season, and last year it was in September.)
Of course, beer bottles were opened on the way to Montemar! I didn't drink yet, 'coz I knew I had to preserve my energy (I was feeling a bit run down that week).
Extreme SportZ Beach Games
The last leg of games of our long-running sportsfest (we've been at it for 6 months na ata) were held during the outing. It was going to be White Team's last effort to be a consistent second place-er hahahah ^_^
Sand Trap
There's kayak-ing, swimming and aquabiking for 4 team members.
Our team got to do it first, and we got the second best time.
Bisyo Karera
The game for the smokers, drinkers and gluttons.
Our team sadly lost during the finals, meaning, we got second place, again!
HydroWar
Basaan lang 'to... heheheh.
First team to destroy the paper *bases* wins.
Sadly, we were eliminated during the prelims. Tsk tsk. Di na kami consistent ah.
X on the Beach
After the games, it was on to the party!!!
But first, awarding for the Extreme SportZ. Predictably, we got second place over all, and I got two awards. Hahaha. "Hihintayin Kita sa Langit Award" for the slowest speed climb during the wall climbing event, and "Regular Bowler Sana Award" for garnering the most number of pins during the extreme bowling event (wherein you had to score as low as you can hehehe).
On to the wild part of the party hehehe.
Tequila for the Newbies
A drinking race wherein two teams of newbies have to consume a bottle of El Hombre tequila in record time.
No salt and no chaser. And did I say already it was El Hombre tequila?
Tsk, tsk, good thing we didn't have to do this last year :P
Battle for the Sexes
*Randomly* picked guys and girls had to do crazy stunts for 5K and a date(?) with the mystery girl and guy searcher.
This game was an eye-opener.
As Toto said, his moral foundations were *shattered*. Hahahahah! ^_^
Beach Party!
As if we didn't party enough during dinner, we headed straight to the beach for dancing and more drinking.
As the band played for an hour and half, sweaty gyrating bodies grooved to the tunes of "Happy", "Footloose" and "Let Me Blow Ya Mind", to name a few. As more time was spent dancing, less effort was needed to pair up our favorite *couples* hehehe.
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After all that, all I could do was to walk back to my room, wash up and change my clothes. Most of them went to the room next to ours for a round of drinking games. Good thing I slept early, as they finished up around 5 AM already.
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Yes, I had a great time! Obvious ba? ^_^
It was the absolute best way to end Summer 2005 ;)
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Pictures taken by Drei, Abi, BongR, Chale, Zsa Zsa, Reena, Tonton and Sherry. Thanks you guys for sharing your pics ^_^
Beer on the BusAt last, our company's outing was again held during the summer season. (Two years ago, it was during the Christmas season, and last year it was in September.)
Of course, beer bottles were opened on the way to Montemar! I didn't drink yet, 'coz I knew I had to preserve my energy (I was feeling a bit run down that week).
Extreme SportZ Beach Games
The last leg of games of our long-running sportsfest (we've been at it for 6 months na ata) were held during the outing. It was going to be White Team's last effort to be a consistent second place-er hahahah ^_^
Sand Trap
There's kayak-ing, swimming and aquabiking for 4 team members.
Our team got to do it first, and we got the second best time.
Bisyo Karera
The game for the smokers, drinkers and gluttons.
Our team sadly lost during the finals, meaning, we got second place, again!
HydroWar
Basaan lang 'to... heheheh.
First team to destroy the paper *bases* wins.
Sadly, we were eliminated during the prelims. Tsk tsk. Di na kami consistent ah.
X on the Beach
After the games, it was on to the party!!!
But first, awarding for the Extreme SportZ. Predictably, we got second place over all, and I got two awards. Hahaha. "Hihintayin Kita sa Langit Award" for the slowest speed climb during the wall climbing event, and "Regular Bowler Sana Award" for garnering the most number of pins during the extreme bowling event (wherein you had to score as low as you can hehehe).
On to the wild part of the party hehehe.
Tequila for the Newbies
A drinking race wherein two teams of newbies have to consume a bottle of El Hombre tequila in record time.
No salt and no chaser. And did I say already it was El Hombre tequila?
Tsk, tsk, good thing we didn't have to do this last year :P
Battle for the Sexes
*Randomly* picked guys and girls had to do crazy stunts for 5K and a date(?) with the mystery girl and guy searcher.
This game was an eye-opener.
As Toto said, his moral foundations were *shattered*. Hahahahah! ^_^
Beach Party!
As if we didn't party enough during dinner, we headed straight to the beach for dancing and more drinking.
As the band played for an hour and half, sweaty gyrating bodies grooved to the tunes of "Happy", "Footloose" and "Let Me Blow Ya Mind", to name a few. As more time was spent dancing, less effort was needed to pair up our favorite *couples* hehehe.
---
After all that, all I could do was to walk back to my room, wash up and change my clothes. Most of them went to the room next to ours for a round of drinking games. Good thing I slept early, as they finished up around 5 AM already.
---
Yes, I had a great time! Obvious ba? ^_^
It was the absolute best way to end Summer 2005 ;)
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Pictures taken by Drei, Abi, BongR, Chale, Zsa Zsa, Reena, Tonton and Sherry. Thanks you guys for sharing your pics ^_^
On Masturbatory Writing
An article by apocalypse in Peyups have this to say about bloggers:
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Blogging is masturbatory. It aims to please the author, as the author can write what he wants, may it be his political opinions, his social concerns, his leanings toward certain movies, or his daily experiences while he commutes. We cannot impose how to do it, and why he has to do it. The author has his own style, his own thoughts, and his own reasons.
As the article said, most Philippine blog authors are masturbatory writers. This is because we've only taken a few baby steps into the blogosphere. Some people really have to start out as masturbatory writers for self-exploration as the most important thing for them are their own daily experiences. These experiences are what makes their world go round and that is what they will write about. We cannot argue with that.
But, as with masturbation, self-gratification is never enough. What then follows after masturbatory writing? Why, intellectual intercourse, that's what!
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Take my blog, for instance. I made this blog way back in May 2003 to rant, rave and ramble. Well, if you read my first few posts, there's a lot more rants in there. I needed to rant, and I found my own private space to do it. It was pure masturbatory writing, as I aimed only to please myself.
A few months after I started my blog, I knew I had to be more creative, more reflective, as my posts were so uncoherent and so rant-y. I then resolved for a *central theme* for my blog: as an outlet for my stories as a mom, a student (then), a sister, a daughter, a pseudo-wife, and most importantly, as a woman. [see my side bar, pagpapakilala]
And that was when my writing evolved (I hoped it did): rants, raves and rambles are few and far in between. This is because after a really heartfelt experience, I don't write about it immediately. I take time to digest what it really has done to me: are my initial reactions logical, do i have to feel guilty about it, what possible life-long impact has it made on my life? Questions like that reach deep inside of me, and turns my soul inside out. And what you get are articles like these, which bares my heart and soul to the world (wide web).
It was then that I realized that I have to write for an audience, not only for me. Writing for an audience made me more conscious of what was more important to write about, so that they too can learn from what I have experienced, from what I have learned, and from what I already know. It was then that I embraced the fact that blogging is all about sharing information, a mutualistic relationship, an intellectual intercourse.
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It is impossible to ask all bloggers to write more effectively, more coherently, more relevantly, as soon as we start a blog. We have to take baby steps, try to see where we fit in the blogging community, and find out what we really want to write about. It really is like masturbating, as starting a blog is, I repeat, basically self-exploration, and self-gratification. But, as the cliche goes, no man is an island, and no one can go by masturbation alone for the rest of his/her life. There will always be a need for interaction between humans. We will then be more aware of our daily experiences with others, more reflective of our day-to-day life in our communites, more observant of the goings-on around us. It is then we will write what we think is important for the world to find out.
And it will not just be all about me, the blogger.
It can be about us women, us men, us gays. It can be about us Filipinos. It can be about us employees: us underemployed, overemployed, unemployed. It can be about us mothers, us fathers, us sisters, us brothers. It can be about us betrayed, us loved, us heartbroken, us elated, us lonely, us angry, us happy.
It will all eventually be about us: me, the blogger, and you, dear reader.
But it is long evolutionary process, and it may take a long time.
We just have to be patient.
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Disclaimer: I am not saying I'm not a masturbatory writer anymore. There really are times I have to spend quality time pleasuring myself. That is through writing, of course, you dirty minds! :P
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I started writing this first week of April, but then paputol-putol yung pagsusulat ko. So I decided to have it published on the 2nd anniversary of this blog.
Happy Two Years, Blog! ^_^
As I see it, all these self-glorifications and me-I-centric musings are nothing but pure masturbation and ego-massage. Such bloggers are then reduced to just another senseless writer – anonymous and voiceless.
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Blogging is masturbatory. It aims to please the author, as the author can write what he wants, may it be his political opinions, his social concerns, his leanings toward certain movies, or his daily experiences while he commutes. We cannot impose how to do it, and why he has to do it. The author has his own style, his own thoughts, and his own reasons.
As the article said, most Philippine blog authors are masturbatory writers. This is because we've only taken a few baby steps into the blogosphere. Some people really have to start out as masturbatory writers for self-exploration as the most important thing for them are their own daily experiences. These experiences are what makes their world go round and that is what they will write about. We cannot argue with that.
But, as with masturbation, self-gratification is never enough. What then follows after masturbatory writing? Why, intellectual intercourse, that's what!
---
Take my blog, for instance. I made this blog way back in May 2003 to rant, rave and ramble. Well, if you read my first few posts, there's a lot more rants in there. I needed to rant, and I found my own private space to do it. It was pure masturbatory writing, as I aimed only to please myself.
A few months after I started my blog, I knew I had to be more creative, more reflective, as my posts were so uncoherent and so rant-y. I then resolved for a *central theme* for my blog: as an outlet for my stories as a mom, a student (then), a sister, a daughter, a pseudo-wife, and most importantly, as a woman. [see my side bar, pagpapakilala]
And that was when my writing evolved (I hoped it did): rants, raves and rambles are few and far in between. This is because after a really heartfelt experience, I don't write about it immediately. I take time to digest what it really has done to me: are my initial reactions logical, do i have to feel guilty about it, what possible life-long impact has it made on my life? Questions like that reach deep inside of me, and turns my soul inside out. And what you get are articles like these, which bares my heart and soul to the world (wide web).
It was then that I realized that I have to write for an audience, not only for me. Writing for an audience made me more conscious of what was more important to write about, so that they too can learn from what I have experienced, from what I have learned, and from what I already know. It was then that I embraced the fact that blogging is all about sharing information, a mutualistic relationship, an intellectual intercourse.
---
It is impossible to ask all bloggers to write more effectively, more coherently, more relevantly, as soon as we start a blog. We have to take baby steps, try to see where we fit in the blogging community, and find out what we really want to write about. It really is like masturbating, as starting a blog is, I repeat, basically self-exploration, and self-gratification. But, as the cliche goes, no man is an island, and no one can go by masturbation alone for the rest of his/her life. There will always be a need for interaction between humans. We will then be more aware of our daily experiences with others, more reflective of our day-to-day life in our communites, more observant of the goings-on around us. It is then we will write what we think is important for the world to find out.
And it will not just be all about me, the blogger.
It can be about us women, us men, us gays. It can be about us Filipinos. It can be about us employees: us underemployed, overemployed, unemployed. It can be about us mothers, us fathers, us sisters, us brothers. It can be about us betrayed, us loved, us heartbroken, us elated, us lonely, us angry, us happy.
It will all eventually be about us: me, the blogger, and you, dear reader.
But it is long evolutionary process, and it may take a long time.
We just have to be patient.
---
Disclaimer: I am not saying I'm not a masturbatory writer anymore. There really are times I have to spend quality time pleasuring myself. That is through writing, of course, you dirty minds! :P
---
I started writing this first week of April, but then paputol-putol yung pagsusulat ko. So I decided to have it published on the 2nd anniversary of this blog.
Happy Two Years, Blog! ^_^
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