The second anniversary of AWBHoldings.com (today) is turning up to be… interesting, to say it nicely, though it does not involve this site at all.

For every major event that involves the Philippine blogosphere (or part of it), controversy always follows. Do you still remember the controversies immediately following the 2007 Philippine Blog Awards?

Now, two weeks (exactly) after announcing the Ten Emerging Influential Blogs of 2007, another controversy raged (yes, past tense, hopefully it’s over). Called the Kid Blogger Affair (superbly chronicled by Eugene), the issue has divided a part of the blogosphere (yes, I will always emphasize on that), and hopefully it was already resolved (am I kidding myself or what).

Days into the Kid Blogger Affair, another controversy has erupted and is currently raging. It’s too early how this will end, and how a part of the Philippine blogosphere will react.

Interesting indeed.

RELATED READINGS:

Bloggers, MISrepresent!
My Comments and Suggestions for Janette Toral’s IMMAP Presentation Slides
Who’s MISrepresenting who?
‘Misrepresents,’ my foot
Dealing with hurting people (that hurt people)
Do I have to worry about a mafia in the Philippine blogosphere?
Poignant
Criticism and criticism
A Month of Blog Scandals and Wars
SUN-TU-KAN! SUN-TU-KAN!!
THE PHILIPPINE BLOGOSPHERE CONTROVERSY
(Will update this list when I get to find new posts.)

Geesh, another night of weird dreams. This time it was creepy.

In my first dream, we had this plot of land where cremated remains were interred. I saw a cousin who was about to deposit the remains of her husband. It was placed in a travel bag (which in hindsight is funny). The dream was creepy because the husband is alive and kicking as we speak.

This dream must have been inspired by my experience almost two years ago. I had the remains of a maternal uncle exhumed, cremated, and interred at a more permanent place (the lease for the previous niche was expiring at that time). I am reposting the LiveJournal entry:

This is with regards to the transfer of my maternal uncle’s remains. We had it cremated and transferred to a small place. So here are the pics.

The caretakers opening the tomb.

The opened tomb.

The coffin and what’s inside.

The caretakers transferring the bones in a box. Note that they were doing so using bare hands.

My uncle’s mortal remains after 25 years.

Preparing for the cremation.

The remains after cremation.

They have to grind the charred bones.

Transferring the ashes to the urn.

This is the place where we interred the ashes.

In his niche.

Sealed forever in peace.

Anyway, the other dream was about seeing two churches in one place. The first one was huge, the other one was smaller. And the mass in the smaller church was unusual, using corn chips as hosts, and the altar was a folding bed. This dream must have been inspired by a twin church in Germany that I saw in KBS World.

And oh, I had not taken any medicine last night, just to preempt Joyfulchicken’s usual retort he he he.

I must admit I am befuddled about the concept of MU (short for mutual understanding). As far as I understand it, it is a sort of a limbo or a purgatory, a midpoint from being friends to being lovers. Two people who knows they love each other, but hasn’t arrived at an agreement, to be explicitly exclusive to each other, that they are committed to each other. They just know that they are in love.

I always wonder why can’t they just admit it to each other and come to an agreement. There are so many ambiguities involved in an MU situation. Like: is any of the two entitled to get jealous? Is any of the two allowed to flirt? What if someone courts the other? Are these ambiguities even worth the effort of being in an MU situation?

Or maybe people are enamored to the “flexible” arrangement of MU. Afterall, in an MU situation, there is no commitment. That means any of the party can bail out without the necessary mess. Any of the party can go seek out what’s there. They get to keep their options open. In short, getting the benefits of being in a relationship but without the responsibilities.

My advice to those under MU: go talk to each other, solidify your status, and commit. Being in MU is just like fooling with each other with no strings attached.

Actually, it was two dreams in one night, but the other one was fuzzy. So I will relate one that is clearer.

In that dream last night, I was a member of a counter-terrorist organization, and I was in complete battle gear. I was carrying what appears to be M16 on first inspection, but is actually heavily modified. In a certain mission, there were three of us, and we were to infiltrate a room. The two will barge in while I provide cover.

They forced the door open, and several people emerged, I’m not sure if they are armed or not. Then I shoot all of them, and to my horror I saw minors among the dead. Apparently there was another minor who was still inside. I feel guilty, and to atone for the crime, I took the child and raised him.

Well, the next dream was fuzzy, but what I can remember is that I was trying to take a picture of the Araneta Coliseum, only that it has changed its name, can’t remember what it is. The rest I cannot remember at all.