books im currently reading..

KIKO MACHINE 3 by MANIX ABRERA

• failed to surpass book 1's hilarious hirits. i dint had the kind of rolling-on-the-floor, laughing-out-loud satisfaction from book 1's kulangot and baha episodes. still a good read though. provides you with a feeling that hey, UP culture so damn rocks.

an excerpt:

<..> tas naalala ko din dati, kawawa sa'min yung teacher 'pag birthday niya..

...yari talaga siya sa delaying tactics namin, dehins talaga sya makakasimula ng lesson, as in! hehe...

ok class ilabas na yung assign...

<1> ser!teka!tantarantantan...

happy birthday to you...!!!

<..> at pagkatapos ng hataw-sa-habang kantahan e me' mga pahabol pa syemps...

wow! salamat!hehe..ok, mabalik tayo sa...

ser!teka!me mga dedication oa kami lahat for you... isa-isa.. game! **e-ehem..**

GIRL TROUBLE by ALAN NAVARA

• some bisaya guy's take on pop lit. infuses music (through a playlist he provides on each chapter), visual art (through b&w photographs & some goth graphics) and blog-style writing on the girls that he so proudly "fucks." the F word is all over the book, more than any exclamation point. this is not the kind of gigolo you'd read, he's much of a loser in a good-natured way. his chapters on women he'd had sex with ends with a pathetic note: she's married now.

• for readers used to bob ong or manix abrera, dont read navara's. this is konyo stuff. there's no social awareness shit on this, just plain libog. Peque Gallaga says,"No matter what he writes about, the Bitch Goddess of Fornication is there. Constantly offering a quick & easy fuck."

Some excerpts from this book (well, of course i took out the closest to being a little less pervert):

I cant marry a rich girl because she only cleans up because she has issues.

I cant marry a poor girl. She doesnt need to clean because she dont got stuff; I'll have to buy it for her.

I cant love a military rebel girl because they either grow old killing a lot of people or die young fighting a war she doesnt understand.

I cant love a free spirit, because she'll leave.

Cant marry a homebody because she'll never leave.

Cant love a health buff because she wont stop buffing.

Cant marry the fat one because she'll never stop eating.

Cant love the artist because she loves her art.

Cant marry the university girl because she wants a university boy.

Cant get down with the butcher because she stinks.

Cant be with an achiever because she's too square to try anything new.

The overachiever doesnt have the time.

The underachiever just doesnt.

The failure gets left behind.

The loyal one is a bore.

The honest ones are stone cold bitches.