I have a terrible history of car accidents.  I have never been in a major vehicular accident, you know.  Nothing that would require a Tacoma car accident lawyer for sure, but man I get into a lot of minor bumps.  Sometimes I don’t know if I am just a terrible driver, or just plain unlucky on the road.

I guess it isn’t so bad.  I’ve never been hurt, or really hurt anybody, so I can’t complain.  It’s just that it gets so damn tiresome always having to have the car repainted or repaired, or filing a police report.  Half the time, it’s not even my fault!  Actually, more than half the time!  I just don’t get it.  I don’t drink, don’t speed, I follow traffic and safety regulations, but these cars on the road just seem like they are gunning for me!

This year alone, I’ve had TWO car accidents.  Let’s hope next year we can reduce that number.. by two.

Apparently, the esteemed Commander in Chief is a Taylor Swift fan.  After Kanye West’s extremely rude interruption of Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech at the VMAs, President Obama had a few choice words for the hiphop and fashion icon.

“He’s a jackass.”

The comment was supposed to be off the record, although John Hardwood of CNBC says he failed to recognize that.  Really, John?  The president of the United States of America really wants to go on record calling people jackasses?  Really?  How stupid do you think we are?

Anyway, I seriously doubt Kanye West is going to take offense to that.  I mean, the guy is a huge supporter of Obama, and I’m sure he respects the fact that he DID act like a jackass.  It’s still going to hurt, but whatever, I don’t think Kanye’s really capable of hurting for too long.  The guy’s too self-centered to give a damn!  He’s just going to get into his LVs, and start making hits!

I predict that Kanye will come out with a song that will incorporate all of these things in the near future!  You heard it here first!

One thing I have never had to worry about in my life is acne.   I don’t know.  I just never had it.  I mean, I was a grimy teenager.  I was lazy about washing my face, and I scoffed at facial wash and all like products.  It’s just that I never had to really use them.

A lot of my friends were really in sore need of help, though.  And even more, a lot of my ex-girlfriends had skin hang-ups.  They would go to dermatologists and have acne treatment and have all this stuff to smear on their faces at night.. It was all honestly so alien to me.  As I’ve grown older though, I’ve realized that I’m one of the lucky ones.  I can afford to be lazy about facial care because I have naturally clean and clear skin.  And I’ve come to appreciate that, and learned not to take it for granted.

So now, I’m using facial wash a couple of times a week, around every other day, besides the usual soap.  I figure we’ve got to take care of the blessings we get, lest they one day abandon us.  I know it sounds so mundane and banal, but I really don’t want to wake up one day with acne and pimples all over my face.  Just sharing.

So I haven’t really been losing weight so much as I have been losing fat.  Let me put it this way, my shirts are tighter, but my pants are looser.  Which is always a good thing.  Still, I know there would probably be a hell of a lot more fat and weight loss if I weren’t eating so much all the time.  It’s just that I love to eat, and given a choice, I’d always pick food over abs.

I have been looking at ways to curb my eating habits, and some friends suggested I look into appetite suppressant reviews and see if there’s anything I find interesting.  I’ve got to admit, the reviews do sound promising, but I’m not sure I want to go down that path.  If I do, I might just end up depending on that stuff and ballooning when I stop taking them.  I’ll try it the old fashioned way first, with willpower!  Although what I really need right now is “won’t” power, like, I won’t stuff my face every chance I can get.

In any case, my pants are looser, and I lost an inch off my waist.  It’s an auspicious start, although probably short lived, as I just ate two kinds of fast food for breakfast.  Curse you, Ronald McDonald!

I want a beemer.  There are a lot of cars out there.  Faster.  Sleeker.  More expensive.  But all I want is a BMW 5-series.  I’ve never been much of a car person.  If it runs and gets me from point A to point B, I’m happy.  But I want a BMW.  An Audi would be nice.  So would a Lexus.  But nothing is going to get my wheels spinning like a BMW.

And I’m going to treat it like my baby.  I’m going to get that car some new rims, a banging sound system, some comprehensive auto insurance , and a weekly trip to the car wash.  I mean, you’ve got to treat your baby right, right?  You’ve got to make it look good (the rims), sound good (the stereo system), make sure it gets the security it deserves (the auto insurance), and you’ve got to keep it clean!  There will be no eating in my BMW.  No way.  I’m going to really spend on ONE car, and then I’m going to hand that car down to one of my kids (with the other kids getting equal financial compensation, of course).

Of course, I’m a long way off from there.  I’m starting with the Toyota Vios and working my way up!

In these days, an MBA is extremely invaluable if you want to succeed in business.  It’s not a must, but it would definitely help.  Knowing the latest in business and management techniques can only benefit you and your business.  Warren Buffet?  Donald Trump?  They all went to get their MBAs, notably at Wharton business school at University of Penn.  How do I know this?  Because I dream that one day I’ll be taking my MBA there.

Of course, there’s a lot of stuff to go through before that happens.  One, I’ll have to find a way to finance it.  And more immediate, I’ve got to get in first.  I assume they will probably be using the Graduate Management Admission Test, so I’ll do a little GMAT prep besides sprucing up my resume and work experience.  Got to make sure I do well, right?  I mean, these schools are going to heavily consider my GMAT scores as a basis for whether I’ve got what it takes, so I’m going to pull out all the stops.

Anyway, two years work experience’s gotta come first, so let’s get that out of the way for now.  I’ll see about Wharton in a year or two.  Or knowing me, four.

This past week, Michael Jordan has been inducted into the basketball Hall of Fame along with David Robinson and John Stockton.  Contrary to what other people believe, I don’t think Michael Jordan enters the Hall of Fame as the greatest ever.  Personally, I believe that honor belongs to Larry Bird.  But since this is MJ’s class, let’s talk about him.

Michael Jordan changed the game.  He took it into the air at a time when there were enough cameras and ESPN to capture it and broadcast it live.  His dunking wasn’t anything new.  I stick to my guns that Julius Erving is the best dunker of all time.  But Erving didn’t have ESPN.  Erving didn’t have the media connectivity Jordan enjoyed.  But that’s not taking away the fact that Jordan was GOOD.  He was athletic, he was driven, and he delivered.  You’ve got to respect that.  Also, the guy was competitive as hell.

Did you catch Jordan’s speech at the HOF induction ceremony?  He’s singling out people whom he thinks slighted him, some 10 odd years ago.  Now THAT’s competitive.  He flew in the guy who took his roster spot in highschool just to shove it in his face.  He basically told everyone that he’s the best.  And you know what, they all bought it.  I think that’s the most amazing thing about Jordan.  The confidence, the frame of mind.. it just overpowers you, and you start to believe.

..Of course, Larry Bird’s Celtics still kicked his ass.

Did you guys see what happened?  World no. 2 cursed out the line judge during her semifinals match with Kim Clijsters, which she ended up losing.  And that’s not the only thing she might lose.  The Grand Slam committee has the right to not only take away Serena Williams’ $350,000 purse for the tournament, but to ban her from all future Grand Slam events.  For a pro athlete, that’s the worst punishment you can impose.

Being an athlete myself, I understand where she’s coming from.  How competitive you are usually translates to how good you are, and being world no. 2, she must be pretty competitive.  Still, she didn’t have to curse out the line judge.  He’s going to call it like he sees it.  Cursing him isn’t going to help any.  Serena Williams should’ve just totally dominated Clijsters and not given the line judge a chance to screw things up for her.  When I ball, I never complain to the refs.  They can’t affect whether my shot’s going in or not, anyway.

Anyway, it’s going to be a nervous few days for Serena Williams.  Let’s see what the committee has to say.

I wonder how Ninoy and Cory Aquino feel about this.  I think Cory would probably put being a mother first over her country.  After all, she DID help win his senatorial seat.  And she did it knowing that Noynoy will have no positive effects on the country whatsoever.  That’s just Cory Aquino being a mother.

Ninoy would probably be proud, and yet disappointed.  On one hand, he might take it as an act of kismet, that his son was going to be president.   I mean, that makes two presidents in his family.  And who knows what Kris’ plans for the future are.  That would be unprecedented (pardon the pun)!  Then again, he can’t deny that his son is a little retarded, and that’s got to hurt for any parent.  Don’t worry about it, is what I say.  If the US can have its retarded president (I mean Bush.  Obama would just be acting the fool), so can we!

Mar Roxas giving way was a brilliant political move.  He didn’t really stand a chance to win against Manny Villar, so he slides down to VP, and runs again next election as a sure-winner.  Amazing.  I never would’ve thought that he had the patience and foresight to do something as brilliant as that.  Being Noynoy’s VP is actually sort of like being the President yourself!  I mean, Mar Roxas has Noynoy Aquino under his thumb!All in all, it’s been an interesting few months for Philippine politics.  And the battle continues!

This is by far the best purchase I have made in a long, long time.  It’s worth every penny I paid for it (and a pretty penny I paid, too).  I’m using it all day everyday, dusk til dawn.  I’m texting, taking photos (the iPhone’s 2.0 MP camera is surprisingly very clear), and most of all, I’m SURFING THE NET WITH IT.Although I’m not using the 3G service (which is way too expensive), I love the fact that I’m connected via WiFi in a lot of places!  From malls to hotels to restaurants.. hell, the whole of SM is a WiFi hotspot.Also, it doesn’t hurt that I download movies into this baby right here.  Awesome, awesome device.  I’ll probably keep it for two-three years, or until the next awesome thing Apple comes out with.  You’ve got to love Steve Jobs and that screwy brain of his.  He always gets these things right.  Peace.