Araw ng mga Bayani

Araw na damang dama ng bawat isa, di para magbigay pugay sa magigiting na bayani kundi dahil legal holiday at double pay. Mga sundalong may formation sa mga kampo, mga taga Malacañang na nasa Quirino Granstand, at mga taong taga linis ng rebulto ng mga bayani ang mga tanging nagdidiwang sa araw na ito. Ano ang kahalagahan sa iyo, sa kanila, sa mga batang nasa computer shop at naglalaro ng dota, at sa mga taong tuwang tuwa gumala sa Mall of Asia. Kawawang mga bayani, inulan at inaraw nalang ang kanilang mga monumento, iisang araw na nga lang di pa napagbigyan ng mga tao. Mga tunay na bayani na dahilan ng ating istado, pero hanggang alamat na nga lang ba sila? Nasaan na ang mga taong nagbabalik ng wallet at cellphone na napulot at naiwan sa kanto? ubos na ba ang mga nagpapaupo sa mga babae at matatanda sa jip, bus at lrt? wala na ba talagang pupulot ng basurang nakita sa daan at ilagay sa tamang lagayan? di na ba mababawasan ang mga taong mahilig sa suhol at lagay? dagsa na ba ang mga batang laki sa layaw at kulang na sa respeto? o maniniwala nalang ba tayo na ang bagong bayani ng bayan ay katulad lang ni Manny Pacquiao, Charice Pempengco o ang mga nagdala ng gold na Philippine Dragon Boat Team. Kung araw-araw nating ipagpapatuloy ang kabayanihan ng mga tunay nating bayani, daig pa nito ang magbigay pugay ng isang araw, isang linggo o isang taon. Maliit na bagay ng kabutihan laban sa kasikatan, kayamanan at kapangyarihan. Mga gawaing di lumalabag sa kautusang pantao at pang Diyos. Salamat sa mga tunay na bayaning namuhunan ng puso't kaluluwa upang makamtan ang tunay na kayamanan. Maging bayani sa magulang, sa kaibigan, sa kapwa at huwag ilibing ang likas na kabayanihan at ibenta kapalit ang pansamantalang makamundong kahilingan.

Maligayang araw kay Bayani Agbayani at Bayani Fernando! = 

BAYANI Agbayani

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BAYANI Fernando

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 -iamn0thing (feeling bayani)

Your worst may be my best shot.

11th of August 2011 | E-SESSION | Randy & Princess

Gun was prepared but the gunman still don't know how to shoot

trying to use an old same technique but I failed

Raindrops keep falling and sunset is missing

the plan is changing but we still keep on holding.

First time to attend battle, in the field or arts

knowing that I can win this with no guts

they still believe in me that's why I continue

guide my index finger and follow through.

Thank him for he gave me a golden eye

who will give those people around me a big smile

Even It seems your worst may be my best shot

There's no such word can explain how beautiful GOD's art.

~iamn0thing photography

August 2011 | Palace in the Sky - Tagaytay

The return of the comeback, ONDOY!

Kapoteng laging basa
botang di kinaya ang baha.
payong na sa hangin ay nasira
at di maipintang mukha.

Mga bahay na pinasok ng baha
sasakyan na nag kakandasira sira
kuryenteng nagkakandawala wala
yan ang handog ng bagyo at baha.


Eskwelahan na nagmistulang bakasyunan
mga estudyanteng tuwang tuwa naman
relief goods na pinag aagawan
nasaan ang mga nagtatagong mayayaman?


Sandatang pang ulan ay nakahanda
pagasang ulan ay titila
mga maling balita sa PAGASA
at pangako ng gobyernong puro paasa.

Si Ondoy na nagpakitang gilas
ramdam ng mga pobreng daing ay minalas
dalangin ng lahat ay wag maulit
ngunit kalikasan di maiwasan magalit.

Falcon na dumaan hila ang hanging habagat
nagmistulang Ondoy na nagiwan ng lamat
buhos ng ulan na ayaw magpaawat
dasal ng lahat bagyo'y sumibat.

Sa susunod na taon ano ang dapat asahan
sa panahon ng tagulan ganito na naman
Anong bagyo ang ingangalan
sa bagyong bubura sa lupang sinilangan.

Basurang itinapon ay babalik sayo
yan ang dapat pakatandaan at itanim sa utak nyo.
kaylanman di matatapos ang delubyo
hanggat ang lahat ay di natututo at di nagbabago.

Salamat Panginoon sa araw na ito
kami'y di nawawalan ng pag asa't paniniwala sa iyo
Bago burahin ang lupaing ito
Sana'y kaming lahat ay patawarin nyo.

Happy Birthday Pepe

Bakit PEPE? pede namang Rizalsky.

kung buhay si Pepe ngayon.. galit rin kaya sya kay gloria?

Bakit ang haba ng pangalan nya? ganun ba pag bayani? eh bakit si manny?

kung nakulong si Rizal sa bilibid.. Sputnik ba sya o Bahala na Gang?

Bakit sa lahat ng babaero sya lang ang hindi nagkaroon ng maraming anak?

kung buhay pa si Rizal at Andres.. magkumpare kaya ito?

Bakit sa piso nilagay si Rizal at hindi sa Isang libo?

kung magkikita kayo ngayon ni Pepe sa Mall.. magpapa-picture ka ba?

Bakit sa Ateneo siya nag aral at hindi sa UST?

kung mahilig sya magsulat.. blogger kaya sya sa ngayon?

Bakit may sumasamba kay Rizal, kay Andres wala.

kung sumali sa sa MASON.. nang gugulpi kaya sa sa mga bagong recruit?

Bakit di nalang palitan ni Pacman si Rizal? one sided din naman buhok nya.

kung hindi si Rizal ang pambansang bayani.. sino? ikaw?

Bakit ang dami ng bumaril sa kanya pede naman isa nalang sayang sa bala.

kung di siya pinatay.. ilang taon kaya siya mamamatay.

Bakit kaya andaming tanong tungkol kay Rizal.

kung Ikaw Rizal.. sino si Pepe?

Maligayang kaarawan Jose Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonzo Realonda. (June 19, 1861)

Kalayaan 2011

Isang araw na ginugunita ng mga taong maka gobyerno, mga taong nagsasaya dahil holiday at walang pasok, mga taong umaasang double pay ang sahod at ng mga taong walang pakialam sa mundo.

Kalayaan... mag post sa wall sa facebook account ng mga walang kwentang bagay, mag tweet sa twitter ng mga tsismis, mag post ng nakakaumay na blog sa tumblr at patuloy na pag gawa ng testimonials sa friendster ng mga walang facebook, twitter at tumblr.

Maico Buncio, his talent, success and destiny. And some little things about him most people may not know.

I have never written a long one for quite a while now; the last time is when I wrote my girlfriend a really long article. Looks like is the right time to pen my thoughts about my friend Maico.

The crash which saw Maico Buncio, has stirred up so much controversy, sorrow and loss in the face of the sport. Tragedy has struck the motorcycle racing community in May 15, 2011 when 22 year old 4x Champion National Superbike racer Maico Buncio succumbed to internal injuries sustained in a crash during the Qualifying practice in the Clark International Race Circuit.

It is clear that the Factory Yoshimura-spec 2011 Suzuki GSX-R 600 is a fickle beast, responding only as and when it sees being powerful, just as seen in his race in Sepang, Malaysia. But it also appears that the intricate tweaking and precision set-up that have been made last weekend on the bike may mean that the beast has had its toll, in the end, the bike bites the owner’s hand and may have gone to devouring its owner whole

The crash happened on a fast sweeping corner. Maico lost traction while pushing hard, falling into a 100-metre runoff colliding into a concrete wall with rusty steel protrusions. No one could have avoided the wall but it was a lottery pick for Maico’s abdomen to have stricken the steel protrusion.

The Clark racetrack is a relatively new facility that is supposed to comply with international safety standards such as FIA/FIM rules that accommodates all sorts of professional road racing. Though still under construction, Clark is fun and challenging with several overtaking points, it has been regarded as the “Laguna Seca” of Asia because of the undulating terrain consisting a corkscrew-esque section — albeit a longer high speed stretch than its predecessor in Batangas.

Even with its current application in complying international standards, and to which, has currently been accredited at some level. Clark is obviously unfinished; the track’s facilities are rather, rudimentary; permanent paddock areas are not yet existent, toilets are of far distance and the most important of all, safety barriers are not taken into serious thought.

Though every beginning of the race, all riders sign a waiver with a fine print that states "...motorcycle racing is a very dangerous sport, the organizers shall not be liable, etc..." Even with these, there will always be many speculations that the track owners cannot dodge.

There has been much bemoaning of late Maico Buncio and his family that the whole safety commission has been full of talk and not much precaution. There have been plenty of complaints about the dangerous run-offs of certain corners, and there was not much evidence to back the accusations up with. Well, that situation certainly changed last weekend. The tragedy is now a cause for a crying call for safer racetracks.

Maico was currently leading in the championship standings in National Superbike, having almost straight consecutive wins and titles since he joined the sport. Since then, he had been a consistent force in motorcycle racing throughout all classes, 115GP, 130GP, Superbike and even automatic 180cc, always challenging at the front. Maico first rode two wheels when he was a little toddler riding motocross bikes under his dad Yoyong’s guidance and passion. He is backed up by his entire family, a very excellent Filipino trait. He has climbed up gradually and was able to dominate and raise the bar of the sport. He has definitely proved that Filipinos can do it, unarguably the best we have.

In 2008, he also has joined the AMA Formula Supersport series in the US competing with Eric Bostrom, Hayden brothers and Chaz Davies; he alsocompeted in various races in Japan and India. And in 2010, he was competing in another international series called the Asian Road Race Championship riding a Yoshimura-spec 2011 Suzuki GSX-R 600 under team Suzuki Pilipinas’ management.

Maico and I had been very close to each other when it comes to talks about MotoGP and Valentino Rossi. Contrary to popular belief, Maico is not at all a fan of Jorge Lorenzo or Casey Stoner, but many thanks though to his helmet/apparrel sponsor Motoworld for his current flashy Lorenzo and Stoner replicas by X-Lite/Nolan for making his cranium safe. He is the brand ambassador also of RS Taichi race suits; he was even in the official international catalog cover of the Japanese suit manufacturer.

Anyway, back to GP talk, Maico is a die-hard Valentino Rossi fan, a 9-time MotoGP world champion and considered as the best racer in history. Not surprisingly, Maico is also regarded as the Rossi of the Philippines. Maico can speak fluent English, but to those who have seen his recent interview video in YouTube, he talks funny, it is because he has the Italian Valentino Rossi speaking in his mind.

When I first met Buncio in 2007, we talked about Faster, the MotoGP movie. I am very impressed that he memorized all of Rossi’s lines as much as I did, he wanted to be like Rossi so bad, or even better. He always mentioned that he wanted to meet Rossi at the races soon; though it never happened, I get to meet Rossi personally every year, my brother and I are somehow in acquaintances with Valentino and we are also good friends with his mechanic, Alex Briggs. We told them about Maico’s story and we made sure that Maico is known by his hero.

Buncio is also a fan of multiple Superbike champion Ben Spies, the American, now riding for factory Yamaha in MotoGP. It is obvious in his “elbowz” style of superbike riding, elbows out, planted on the ground, dragging into the corner! And yes, Maico has that kind of riding style; he learned that from motocross and AMA racing in the US. Maico is also known for the moniker “PACMAN”, a logo that can be seen in his 129 sticker, he devours his leading opponents one by one just like the Pacman game, and also, to many, he is considered the undefeatable Pacquiao of racing.

I visit him in his own YRS race store in the Caloocan branch about once a month, he drives to work on a Nissan Navarra pick-up truck with a special alphanumeric plate number of YRS... And yes, you have guessed the next three numbers. But in an ordinary day he rides to work on a very modest stock underbone bike, the tip of the rear mudguard is heavily scraped off resulting from his regular high wheelie stunts. His stock road tyres are also knackered, ripped of to the edge resulting to high speed cornering, and stock rear-sets are scuffed, this boy is also a hooligan on the streets I reckon.

He is such a nice guy, every time I visit him, I make sure I learned something from the guru. Never did I hesitate to ask a few sacred racing skills from the master, may be mechanical or riding techniques. Well, humble that he is, he did bestowed me loads of racing secrets; weirdly enough his method of teaching is very unorthodox.

He never taught me much about racing lines and overtaking maneuvers, but rather, he kept on teaching me about mindset, training, kung-fu mentality, state of altered consciousness, determination, attitude and endurance. He taught me that everything is in the mind. Nobody teaches Maico how to ride.

Very polite boy indeed he supports me at my SK and Yamaha GP races; me — a regular mid pack club racer, being visited by the champ. He is very respectful to fellow bikers and calls me "kuya Darwin" all the time. He is very religuous in his training antics, running, bicycle training, boxing and more cardio. I have been with him in occasional birthday parties and he never liked too much drinking, let alone smoking.

To some who do not know yet, Maico is a very good graphic designer, he has the talent in vector arts using Illustrator and Core,l as well as skills in Photoshop, After Effects, Adobe Premiere, C++, CSS and Java, i have seen some of his works and he is passionate about it. In fact he designs all of his logos and the entire YRS print materials, including the website. Plus, he has also appeared on several TV shows and commercials.

Maico is also an established stock broker. He is indeed a very well versed businessman at the age of 22. He tells me about expanding his YRS business, building a graphic arts firm and become a business tycoon by the time his racing career ends.

However it seems like Maico really belongs to motorcycle racing. Like Rossi, Maico has several rituals on a race-day, he sits in this fold-able armchair with an oxygen re-breather on his nose. He puts himself into an altered state of consciousness so that deep focus can be achieved that he may always ride in the zone.

His parents are pretty strict in his sporting environment, but of course he is always thankful for that. It is also said that no girlfriends are allowed during racedays to prevent mood changes they may cause distraction. Though sometimes I have seen his long-time love Sulgi during some races, she seems to support the man with so much enthusiasm.

Since his loss, I would try to think of any other modern Filipino boy that a proper modern Filipina woman would deserve to keep. I cannot think of anyone but Maico. He is fully loaded, he works extremely hard, he is athletic, he is gwapo, he is very humble and accommodating, he respects women, he is Godly, and he has dreams. Other men lack most of these qualities while Maico had it all. He has fulfilled his destiny, he has written motorcycle history, he has shown what Filipinos are capable of, and he has utterly embraced his dreams. He is definitely a hero who will never be forgotten in the decades to come.

Then there is controversy - and there was plenty of it, and this time, it was real, not artificially stirred up by the media -- it engages us more to talk about the race. For there was a lot of interesting data that got buried under the drama, which may prove key for the rest of the racing season. Let us never stop racing, banning of the sport is pure cruelty. Let us justify his death, keep on racing, chasing the dream and raise the bar of riding safety, let the tracks be safer to kids who want to be future Maicos.

There are lessons learned from this tragic incident, but we should understand that all the talk about this weekend is about how he lived his life to the fullest. There will be a bit of tiny 129's in every racer and everyone involved in the sport. All we can think about Maico Greg Buncio now is purely admiration.

End
by Darwin McDeezy Zialcita

Maico Buncio has changed the face of the sport. He has written history in Philippine motorcycle racing. You will be missed.

Do not race if you don't aim for the first position.

Rider : ME a.k.a. sailorboy 

Race bike : sailor (Suzuki Raider R150 - 2007 model)

Race Track : Carmona Race Track, Carmona

Race Event : Club R150 Cup, Club R150 Trackday

*2010 Rookie Award 

*2010 4th Placer (Anniversary Race - Boomland Race Track) 

*2010 4th Placer Club Race (Sonicboom - Carmona Race Track)

*2011 2nd Placer Club Race (Repsol Road Race Championship - Boomland)