New York State of Mind

Last night I dreamt of New York again, no not the New York in the USA but New York St., Cubao, Quezon City Philippines. This is where I grew up and some of the streets are named after famous US cities like, Seattle St., Denver St., New York St. and so on and so forth.

I grew up poor but lucky enough to have relatives who gave me the support to finish college, my father is a womanizer and left my Mom when I was only 7 yrs. old. I remember when I was young, this kid was eating a big custard pie on a nearby bakery and the pie fell down on the ground while he's eating it. He didn't bother to pick it up to discard it onto the trash can but instead left hastily. When I saw that the pie was not that dirty I picked it up and ran home, gave most of it to my younger brother who did not waste any time to devour the whole thing. This is just one of the episodes of my life that I kept dreaming about.

A lot has happened to the Philippines but one thing remains, corruption in government is still rampant, there is so much money in Philippine government that even the most honest person will accept bribes and favors. Just like they say money is the root of all evil.

No limit Holdem Poker is gaining popularity in the Philippines, it used to be I could not find any poker room but now its everywhere. MetroCard Club is the only logical option or tournament poker, and for high stakes cash games, Hyatt Casino Manila is the only place to go.

One thing that pains me is that Limit Hold em is non-existent in the Philippines but I'm taking it like a man, like a real man Chuck Norris, my main man, he's such a bad azz that when he plays poker he brings in his card protector and its a human skull baby.

Well that's it for now, I will put more poker related stuff on my next blog, I like to give a shoutout to all my homies at http://www.pokermanila.com/, thanks to Mr.chokol8ce, Mr.Throw and other peeps for shipping me money on my stars account. You know what if my blog made you smile then send me some dinero, cents or dollars is appreciated, it's good for you and me, my Pokerstars id is "kobenator", thanks.