Gerald Anderson

Every October of each year, Cosmopolitan Philippines brings us 69 hot bachelors and 10 jaw-dropping sexy centerfolds. And every year, I find myself buying this magazine simply to adore the pictures for a day or two. Since I’m not really fond of long queues, I’ve never been to one of those Cosmo events all ladies go gaga over. But I always check Vince Lopez Photography and other sites the next day to see a glimpse of what Cosmopolitan has put up this time to make the Cosmo Bachelor Bash a night to remember.

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How tragic

Locally known as Typhoon Ondoy, the catastrophe caused by Ketsana was simply devastating. Never did I imagine that a torrent so huge could ravage our area, regardless of the fact that a creek runs just behind our residence. Imagine that water above, it grew four more feet higher during the night and almost reached the second floor. I was standing for almost an hour as I watched the water rises against the ceiling. Outside, the water wildly wiped out important properties some people worked for hardly to achieve. It was such an awakening experience—one that made me realized how badly the environment has been treated. I hope nothing like this gets repeated.

Jeff Surio

Philippines’ representative to last year’s Mister International, Jeffrey Miguel Surio, is the newest bonbon of Simply Manila. According to The Beauty Mania, “Jeff Surio is a Filipino model and teacher who has joined many local and international male pageants including Cool Waves Bikini Open 2006, Kourus Male Model Search, Eat Bulaga’s Macho Man, Promising Filipino Model 2008 and many others.” According to hot men blog authority, UPH, Jeff landed a spot in the 2008 Mister International’s Top 10, but the title went ultimately to Mister Vietnam. Not that it really matters, but here’s Jeff Surio in his sexiest shots… (The title is based on the 1963 comedy film The Nutty Professor, starring Jerry Lewis.)

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Should I chase time?

Did you ever feel like you’re running out of time in life? Did you ever feel like your job is wasting too much of your time? That you are improperly compensated? That you are no longer happy with what you are doing? I feel so afraid about confronting these questions right now, because I think it might create a negative vision in my head and might detrimentally affect my job performance. I’ve made impulsive decisions in the past and I have been working on fighting this kind of attitude so I won’t end up lamenting my own decisions. Exactly four months ago, I got promoted as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) and was given the privilege of handling a team for over two months. I had to work with 12 call center agents (one of them I instantly terminated for not showing up for over two weeks). Two months later, before the transition to the next Team Leader happened, only 9 agents were left—one got promoted as a Real-Time Analyst and another got terminated for call avoidance. Several people in the office detested my decision to terminate that agent, particularly those who can tolerate dishonesty and those who can easily sacrifice their integrity and name over mere friendship. But besides the fact that I was the reason for some people’s aversion, everything else that I did as a leader went well. I was happy and satisfied when I was handling a team, now I felt like slacking. Although I was told by my Group Manager that I will be promoted to a Team Leader post (and was asked to keep my fingers crossed which tells me it’s only a B plan or still needs approval from the upper management), I am still unsure as to what I really wanted to do at the moment. To be honest, I just wanted to have plenty of time so I could focus on my one (or two) true love: scriptwriting (or simply writing) and photography. But since I need to earn to be able to live and afford my level of comfort, I guess what I really need to sacrifice are these dreams of mine. Or, if I can do both, chase time and live a double life. Life is so short of time.

Man murdered for not knowing ‘Nobody’

Some urban legends in Manila are simply too weird to be true. For instance, the song My Way has long been popular and believed to be the cause of numerous incidents of violence and homicides among drunkards where arguments over performances degenerated into hostility. This behavior has been tackled even in popular TV series (e.g. Michelle Bayle played the role of a serial murderess in the old primetime show Basta’t Kasama Kita who slays men who likes singing this Frank Sinatra song). And just recently, there is another song that could add up to all this Filipino nuttiness: Wonder Girls’ Nobody. If ‘My Way’ victims were murdered due to their fondness over that song, the first ‘Nobody’ victim (I hope it will be the last), as indicated in that tabloid news above, has been brutally murdered due to his lack of knowledge over this sensational Korean hit song. See the video after the jump to save your life…

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