lowering my cyber-presence

since i'm decluttering my life (i.e. cleaning up my room, my e-mail, my life in general), i decided to track down all my cyberspace accounts and delete all those that i'm no longer using. besides, baka isang araw, sumikat ako at makalimutan kong may account pala ko in whatever site at may magamit cla dun na pics or notes or whatever that they can use against me. (haha. as if) pero seriously, ang hirap kasi, masyadong madaming username and password.

so below are all the accounts that i've set up on different sites. ung mga naka-strikethrough are the ones that i've already deleted. the others are accounts that i will either be keeping, deleting soon, unable to delete because of some reason, or those that i haven't made up my mind about yet.

these are just the ones i remember or have notifications of in my e-mail accounts (which, by the way, i have 4 of. 2 from yahoo, 1 from gmail, and 1 from UP.) matatawa ka na lang siguro dahil para kong adik na sign up ng sign up sa kung anuano or maiintindihan mo ko at marerealize mo na may point ang ginagawa ko or may iba ka pang reaksyon na hindi ko na iisipin pa kung ano. :D

hi-5 
onti lang ang friends ko na gumagamit nito. not fun. deleted as of 08/29/2009.

myspace
hindi ako nag-enjoy dito. basta. naguguluhan ako sa layout ng profile ng mga tao. nakakahilo dahil halos fully customizable ang lahat ng makikita mo sa pages.. ang daming gumagalaw na icons, words, ang daming effects sa pictures, comments at kung anuano pa. nakakasakit sa ulo. i kept this for more than 5 years 'cause i know that this is the social networking site with the most users. (pero baka nalampasan na cya ng facebook) plus sikat cya sa US. eh baka sumikat din dito someday so i kept it. or baka naman sikat na cya sa pinas, di lang sa friends ko. well, mukhang di na cya sisikat sa friends ko. masyado na nilang mahal ang facebook. deleted as of 08/29/2009.

tagged
dahil sa dami ng nagsesend ng invite through email. eh nakulitan na ko so i set up an account. onti din lang naman friends ko dito. i rediscovered it lately dahil may friend ako na kinulit akong magmafia wars sa tagged para lumaki ang mafia nya. naadik ako sa mafia wars. pero dahil may mafia wars din sa facebook at mas madami akong friends dun na nagmamafia wars, kinalimutan ko na ang tagged account ko. wala na cyang use ngaun. deleted as of 08/28/2009.

windows live spaces
i don't even remember why and when i made this.. according to my profile, it was created december 2003 pa. but it's empty and i haven't even updated anything on the profile. deleted as of 08/29/2009.

photobucket
ginamit ko lang to nung time na nagxxanga ako to store the files that i'm using for that site. after nun, wala na kong ibang inupload. nung naging busy ako at nawalan na ng oras magblog natigil na din ang paggamit ko ng photobucket. inassume ko lang na wala na ung account ko dito. kasi i found the email from photobucket regarding my registration while i was cleaning up my email. pero nung nagtry ako maglog-in wala daw account with that user name. can anyone confirm if photobucket automatically deletes inactive accounts? years ko na hindi nabuksan ang account ko. ;p

hipstir
isa lang ang friend ko dito. bakit nga ba ko nagsign up? kausuhan ata to ng social networking sites. mga 2004. pero dominated pa ng friendster and social networking nun. again, no friends = no fun. deleted as of 08/28/2009

scribd
i used this around last year. i've been looking for books kasi that were not in stock sa mga bookstores here in the philippines. eh halos mga wala din naman sa scribd. will be deleting this soon. i have no use for it anymore. (if only i can remember my username and password)

facebook
no plans of deleting this anytime soon. enjoy ang games, lots of my friends are using it actively, and it's  user-friendly.

plurk
enjoy ako dito ngaun. kahit konti lang ang friends ko. at hindi pa sila lahat, kilala ko. im not much of a chatter (which is parang chat ang nangyayari sa plurk) but i do log in every few hours to update my account with what i'm doing/thinking. and i have my plurk updates automatically posted to my facebook account and twitter and it's on this blog. i love the interface. plus naaaliw ako sa concept ng karma. kaya ikaw na nagbabasa ng blog ko (kung meron mang nagbabasa nito since i never told anyone na i'm blogging again.), kung may plurk account ka, iadd mo ko. click mo lang ung plurk ko sa ilalim ng header ng blog na to. :D

xanga
my first 2 blogs were on this site. i'm still thinking if i'm gonna delete them 'cause i feel sentimental about the blog posts.. that was during my late teens so nakakatawa pag nagbabackread ako.)

youtube
bakit nga ba ko nagregister ng account dito? eh pwede naman akong manood ng videos kahit wala akong youtube acount. icclose ko na to.. (as soon as maalala ko ang username at password. argh.)

blogspot
dahil wala akong ginagawa lately, namamaintain ko ang blog na to. sana lang mamaintain ko pa din pag nagtrabaho na ko ulet.

imeem
wala din tong kwenta for me. lahat naman ng gusto kong songs eh nasa hard drive ko. i usually burn cds or download songs so like the youtube account, i'll be deleting this na. (and like youtube, di ko din maalala ang username at password.)

multiply
ito ang naging photo storage site ko. nung time na lumabas to, it was the easiest photo-sharing site na social networking na din.. i enjoyed it for a few years.. hanggang sa dumating ang facebook. kung video killed the radio star, facebook killed the social networking stars.. at hindi ko gusto ang bagong multiply. naguguluhan ako. basta. magulo. wag ka nang magtry pa na iexplain sa kin kung bakit nila pinagulo ang dating simpleng multiply. gusto ko na din tong idelete. sayang lang dahil ang dami kong pics na nakaupload dito.

friendster
honestly, friendster scares me na. there's a lot of friend requests of people i don't know, daming spam testimonials with the girl inviting people to video chat with them, messages are all about applications, it's starting to get boring, and most of my friends transferred to facebook. still thinking about deleting my account but some of my friends in here who i don't see anymore don't have facebook. so i guess i'm keeping it in the meantime.

twitter
i've had it for a few weeks. kanina lang ako nagpost ng status message. (hindi pa pala. i just arranged for my plurks to be posted on twitter) maganda lang cyang pang-stalk ng celebrities. pero i can view celebrities' accounts naman kahit na wala akong twitter so i'm thinking about deleting this.. on the other hand, i have all my plurks automatically posted to facebook and twitter so di naman hassle i-keep ung account.

livejournal
i only have this because of a handful fan-fictions on this site that i like. i will probably delete the account once all chapters of those fan fics have been uploaded. hmm.. or not. seriously, there are a lot of great writers on live journal kaya i'm still thinking if i'm gonna delete this account.

*end note* mas madami pa ung natira kesa sa nadelete ko. sana maalala ko na ung mga username at password na nakalimutan ko. naalala ko lang, ,may account din pala ko sa neopets! may neopets pa ba ngaun? mai-check nga para maclose ko na din. :D

ETA:
neopets
deleted as of 08/29/2009.

logic says if one has a driver's license then surely, one knows how to drive

think so?

well, not always..

i traded in my student permit yesterday and applied for a non-professional driver's license.. i haven't driven any car, haven't even touched a car key and btw, i know next to nada about driving.

so... is the above-stated logic wrong..?

hmmm. not necessarily.. 

you see, it's not about what you know.. it's about WHO you know and HOW MUCH you give them ..

and i'm not really sure if i feel happy or irritated about the whole thing..

Dad: "nakakainis yung sa cashier, ang dami daming isinisingit.. kaya ang tagal bago ako natapos.."

Me: *ouch* "isa na 'ko dun.."

Dad: ...  

well, dad, it's not really my fault. it's just that mom knows someone who can help .. she would have helped you too, you know.. but since you're there to apply for a student permit (yes, my 55 year old dad is still applying for his student permit), someone can't. someone can only let you skip some of the steps if you're applying for a non-prof or prof license..

so.. some of the steps i skipped were taking the exam and payment to the cashier. and most of the long lines.. all i did was go straight to the office upon arrival, get my medical exam done (which was the only thing i did the conventional way).. get back to the office and give my payment (plus additional money to "thank" someone..), get my picture taken, and i was asked to go back at 3pm the following day and go straight to the office to get my license from someone..

so there, this afternoon i went there and got my license. so i guess i should be thankful that i didn't have to go through the long process. but then again, this greatly concerns me as a citizen of our country. i've always said that people wanting to work for government institutions should have a heap of integrity. cause even if a person goes to work without any intentions of being corrupt, it doesn't guarantee that they wouldn't be. ang dami daming kusang nagbibigay ng pera. and they can be subtle at times.. and during difficult times, that would be hard to say no to..



i do not wish for world peace. i just wish that everyone would learn the virtue of integrity..

header : the evolution

the one on the top of the page? the sunset on the sea?

yes, i took that photo. and no, i'm usually not that good a photographer.

it was originally from this pic. 'twas taken during our trip back to manila (to be specific, on the ferry from balanacan to dalahican) from marinduque.

don't you just love the sunrays peeping through the clouds..?

anyway.. i love sunsets. there's something dramatic and eerie and beautiful and haunting about it. something so compelling and amazing and all sorts of <insert word here>+ing. :D for me, it's the thought of the sunset being the meeting point of two different things. where day and night coexist. where it is no longer the sun's time but not yet the moon's. well, the sunrise is pretty much the same but i'm rarely up by that time. plus, sunrise is all hopeful and happy whereas the sunset is more moody and sad.. so being the emotional crap-tastic person that i am, (guess what!) i am more drawn to sunsets..


so i cropped the pic above and added the word authenticraps (which is my blog title, duh.) so that i could use it as my blog's header. i wasn't really in the mood to photoshop the pic properly.. so this was the resulting pic..

 authenticraps v1.1

and yeah, i know. it's still boring so i decided to add some oomph to the photo but i'm too lazy to do proper effects so i just smudged the edges a bit and voila. here is the final (as of now) version of my header.

(which i proudly call) authenticraps v1.2

well, the smudged edges kinda took away the sunrays (which i sooo love) but i think it sort of highlighted the sun..i still think authenticraps v1.1's photo looks better but the edges were a bit too plain for me.. so i guess i'm just gonna settle with authenticraps v1.2 at the moment..

bored out of my wits end

so i've had nothing to do the whole day yesterday and decided to go with my mom when she told me that she was gonna check out the pigs that we were breeding.. (plus, i need the exercise as i have gained a considerable amount of weight for being a bum for almost 3 months..) the piggery was located near my lola's old house which was a good 15-minute walk from the main road.. (my lola has recently relocated to a place by the main road.) well, what initially was a trip to see the pigs became sort-of a trip down memory lane for me.
the first picture shows my mom walking through the path between the fields.. i used to hate walking through this path as it was a very long one for a kid about 7 years old.. so when i learned how to ride the bike, i always used the bike to get to lola's place. the road may look smooth in the picture but what you don't see are the stones of different sizes scattered across the pathway. once, i was riding my bike and right across my lola's house, the bike hit a rock which caused the bike's handle to turn a bit to the right, sending me downwards, straight to a creek. i remember, the only thing that was on my mind was that i should turn the bike's handle to the right to avoid the creek (which was actually just about 1-2 feet deep). so i turned the handle and YAY! i missed the creek! but guess what i hit instead: the HUGE mango tree that was right beside the creek.. DUMB, DUMB move. haha. i wasn't hurt though.. but since this all happened across lola's house, all my aunts and uncles and cousins saw what happened. i could hear some of them screaming during the incident (which in my mind happened in slow-motion but in reality was probably just a split second.) but i became the butt of their jokes after they all found out i was okay.
pic#2 -----------------------> shows a lot of trees.. (and i'm not even gonna pretend that i know what kind of trees they are) but when i was younger, instead of all those trees and galvanized iron sheet-walls, was my favorite tree. it was a mango tree whose growth, instead of straight upwards was in a 20degree angle. giving an impression that it is nakadapa or lying face down: thus we called the tree manggang dapa. because of its structure, the tree was easy to climb and we had lots and lots of picnics in the area and played around the tree. as far as i can remember, that tree was my dad's possession until he sold it around 10 years ago and it was turned into a shooting range of sorts. the new owner put so many trees around that it's quite impossible to figure out what's going on behind these trees..
well, i could go on and on and post more pics but its gonna make this blog way longer than it already is so i guess i'll just have to leave it as it is.. 'twas nice to walk through the fields once more. i've gotten so used to polluted and saturated manila. it's such a breather to walk through the places of my youth, and to reminisce the innocence and carefree ways that wears off as we get older.