First, let me apologize. Nag-ka-leche leche ang travel ko mga kunichiwa. Yong korona ko kasi, ayokong iwan. Nagkasira-sira yong alarm nang airport sa Philadelphia dahil nag-nga-nga-ngaw-ngaw nung idinaan sa makina. Naipit pa yung kapa ko. Eto nahati. Tinatahi ko ngayon. Punyemas ever! When things go wrong! They will go wrong! Yan ang sabi ni Tito Murphy.
I am still in the US mga kabisyo. I had such a bad day this morning. Ewan ko, sana wala akong Ebola. Pero me health care workers around naman. Covered ang bases. Bad trip na bad trip po ako habang naliligo, bad trip nung nag-da-drive, bad trip na bad trip that when I arrived at the airport, one thing led to another and before I knew it, I missed the flight leaving Detroit bound for Japan. Purnada ang pagiging Japayuki ko. Where was I? At the Northwest ticket counter re-booking the ticket, looking for my luggage full of toys (battery included) because it had to be pulled out of the plane. Eh, nag-i-i-ngay din daw po yong mga toys eh. Lessons learned. I have several “will not do it again”. It was all my fault. I should have done that, did this, stick to that, dot dot dot. I hope you all forgive me. I promise to make it up to all of you who emailed me from as far as Pampanga, Cavite, Batangas and Lucena. Shit happens. Unfortunately, shit happened today. Nahihiya po talaga ako senyo. Kahit po kumain ako nang bubog, lumunok nang buhay na ahas, kahit ano, basta mapatawad nyo lang ako. I don’t have Joy’s number. I would not say I’m cancelling it because Joy might still want the EB @ Greenbelt pushed through. Pero di ko po alam.
Mahilig ako mga kabisyo sa “Things happen for a reason” chuva. Kung ano man ang reasons nang nangyari today, let’s see what happens next. Basta we will still have an EB. We’ll make the announcement pag nasa Manila na po ako. Again, sorry po talaga sa mga tiga-probinsya na nag-balak talagang pumunta. I will text you and email you separately.
Katatapos lang nang tax season, pati na yearly at quartely SEC chuvalais, konting Federal compliance ek-ek na lang, chuva na kami, heaven ever, ready na naman sa panibagong Sarbanes blah-blah-blah! Sa totoo lang naloloka na ako anoh?! Kaya piktapos nang work nung isang one day, nagyaya ang ulo nang aming division na kami eh mag-tunggaan. Nag-lagukan kami nang syoktong sa isang hindi swanking bar sa Philly. Katabi ko indyan pana kakana-kana. Habang nag-iinuman, nag-yayabangan, nag-tutugisan nang mga kabobohan, meron namang mga drama sa ilalim nang mesang nangyayari. Natapik ko yong kamay nung indyan pana kakanakana. Ambilis nang pangyayari. Biglang hinawakan nya ang kamay ko. Pinisil nya nang mahigpit. Shock ako! Kabog! Kabog! Kabog! Signal yun! Signal yun! Signal number four agad! Kala ko aatakehen ako sa puso! Bakit? Eh ang gwapo nang batang to! Hahaha! Tumayo ako. Punta ako nang men’s room. Di ko alam sinundan pala ako dahil biglang andun sya sa likod ko. Me sinabi sya. Di ko na sasabihin senyo! Hehehe! Basta yung nakakakiliting nakakahiyang immoral talaga! Hehehe! Bigla nya kong hinalikan. Eh di tinuklaw ko rin sya! Uragon ata to!
C’est mon vie mes amis! This is my life! And according to my life, if I don’t get scammed, then I don’t have love and happiness. Yon ang theory. And so, willing ever na pawn ako sa mga scam na to. What is it? Eh ano pa nga ba, kundi ang mga boylets kong walang ginawa kundi i-iskam ako buwan buwan! So, here’s my story about my boylets. The very people who scammed me.
At alam nyo naman, the more they scam me? The more na na-pe-pers lab ako ever sa kanila. Some of them? Itago na lang po naten sa mga Tierra Maria UK scam hoax names, Ate Charo:
Sorry, I did not know about this one mga kabisyo, especially if you are in North America. My friend Joey alerted me to watch NBC’s Deal or No Deal. I don’t normally watch the show but on tonight’s episode, I was pleasantly surprised to see the host Howie Mandell and contestants from the United States playing the game according to the rules of the Philippine version of Deal or No Deal. The best part? Howie was in the Philippines! Now, since I am in the east coast, and if you are reading this Buraot? You can still catch Deal or No Deal in the West Coast tonight! Daliii!!! Hahaha
I learned later that, NBC was attempting to come up with new ideas to drum up the show and decided to visit and play on foreign-based production sets, starting off with the Philippines!
Yeap! Got tickets, will travel! And I am always excited ever ever to go home. It’s the one place I will always call home although Philadelphia is also a sweet, sweet home but Manila is sweeter kahit na polluted air pa man ang langhapin ko. Those traysikel, busina nang jeepney, sigaw nang balut penoy are all music to my ears. Keri, di ba?
Yan po ang Anak ni Kulapo na tiga Venice, California. Matagal tagal na rin akong di nakabalik sa Venice. Maganda ang Venice Beach mga kabisyo. Me mga nag-ro-roller blade, nag-ba-barass na magagandang lalaki, mga gurls in bikinini at mga namamalimos. Marami silang mga ka-dramahan sa kahabaan nang sidewok sa beach. Me mga nagtitinda nang mga kung ano anong labada. Me nag-tu-tug-tug nang musikang tambor de motor. Kaya duda ko, andyan si Buraot nagbibilad din nang kanyang mga paninda. Hehehe! Pag ka di ka nagbigay nang anda sa mga nakikita mong nag-dadrama sa kahabaan nang Venice Beach? Hahabulin ka’t aawayin ka. Kaya kung ayaw mong mag charity at habulin ka, deadma at kunyari di mo sila pansin.
Pero eto ang isang tiga-Venice na kelangang pansinin ever! Mga kabisyo, suporta ever sa kapatid nating anak ni Kulapo. Di ko lang maintindihan ba’t kaya bumalik sa blogspot ang bahay nya? Hehehe! Hoy! Buraot! Sinabi ko na sayo, yong pambayad nang renta, wag mong ibabayad sa dancing gurls! Hahahaa!
Congratulations ever to our Blog of the Week, our uber Social Climber of the Week winning the biggest prize ever para pambili nang kilo-kilong NFA Rice. Now remember, sundin ang direktiva nang departamento de importado porque no hay seeds no more to planta planta rice evah evah!!! Hahahaa~! Warning: tingi tingi lang po ang subo nang kanin!
Saudi religious police arrest Filipina nurse, male colleague.
That’s what the headline was saying. Of course read ko naman agad. I figured, I wonder if they were caught doing la-di-da eating some enchilada in some positions that you’ll yell purbida!
Saudi Arabia’s religious police have arrested a Filipina nurse for sitting in a restaurant with a male colleague, a Philippine diplomat said.
Wow! That was a really bad dream huh? I’m really very thankful for the wonderful words left by my very kind readers and commenters. You know, you have no idea, I do appreciate those words a lot. I am also very thankful to the rest of you who decided to either be neutral or stayed away, but not too far i guess, because some of you bombarded me with a lot of emails, I could not even follow them no more :-). I promise, I will respond to them. Now, I won’t name you guys, but I am really very appreciative of the telephone calls I received from Canada (M), Arizona (K), California (P), Virginia (C), New York (C), two from Manila (J & G) and the UK (J). Thank you all for the YM’s, especially from Lucena (B), Eastwood (M) and New Jersey (B).
I do owe a lot of gratitude to somebody near Washington, DC and these two (2) amazingly nice people who stucked with me and him. Yong hindi tamad sa Lucena at yong naka-takong na tiga-Valenzuela.
Your apologies are accepted. Emphasis on “YOUR“. I’m sorry if my ferocity in defending myself and the harshness of my words hurt you. C’est moi. I’m sure anyone can relate. Unfortunately, I am just in the lowest shit of my life. I will bounce back. Pasensya na. Isang boteng syoktong lang to. Kelangan ko lang talagang mag-emote.
One announcement: my friend who is based in Majuro, the Marshall Islands will be at the Asian Institute of Management interviewing lawyer applicants this week. For more information, please visit this link: Employment Opportunity: Collection/In-House Attorney.
For WORLD PEACE, sorry nga pala, I know I cancelled the EB meeting abruptly. Umusok tenga ko eh. Pasensya na. But I had a very long conversation with Joy in UK, this morning. She’s flying to Manila this week and I am also flying to Manila the following week. Anyone of you who is interested to meet me (not to gang-up on me) and Joy, we plan to have an EB in Greenbelt Makati, and we are inviting you to join us for some merienda and chika chika. Send me an email at ofwcenter@gmail.com and I’ll respond back with some details.
Here’s an email message I received from Janet Toral just to give you guys a heads up on what some of their club members (http://www.e-commercephilippines.com) are up to and other activities as well.
1. Chikka (http://www.chikka.com), a Pinoy innovation just released its all-new Chikka platform. You guys can try it. She can send a fact sheet if you guys need more info. Her chikka id is 639209508696 and you can add her as a contact. Its free text messages that can be tapped everyday.
2. Her top 10 emerging influential blogs 2008 project is now on. You may now submit entries and help promote new blogs. Details are posted at http://www.influentialblogger.net
3. Lastly, there’s a Social Networking and eBusiness Conference Philippines 2008 happening this May 20 and 21. Details about it can be found at http://socialnetworkphilippines.blogspot.com
That’s Legazpi City, Albay, ladies and gentlemen. Isn’t Mayon Volcano beautiful? You see, my niece who was born and raised in San Diego, just recently passed the NCLEX. She went to school in California of course. Bago daw sya mag-work, she wanted to see Barrio Siete. I said, huh?! You sure?! So, she is flying to the Philippines with my brother for the first time to see for herself just how lucky they were compared with our Barrio Siete life. And they’re headed to Sorsogon and Tiwi, Albay as well as of course in Legazpi City where most our village people lives. So, congratulations Jacqui and I am sure you will have a blast in the Philippines!
I’m also greeting my other niece/sister in sorority Karen, who was a professional student at the University of the Philippines then moved to Pamantasan nang Lungsod nang Maynila (nyetang haba naman nang pangalan na yan oo!) and finally graduated after being a forever school bum terrorizing everybody at PLM! Hahaha! I’m honestly happy that she’s finally graduating kasi I’ve been hearing she’s graduating mula pa noong panahon pa ni Gat Bonifacio!!!
Blatant ad mga kunichiwa! I just want to greet dahil nag-tatampo! O ayan! Binati ko na kayo! Grrrr!
(P.S. These pictures were copied all over the internet over time so I don’t remember now where I got them from.)
My entry today is about mon ami Joey. Kakatuwa tong friend ko. He just arrived from the Philippines yesterday. Umagang umaga eh kinakalog ang phone ko! He’s a graduate of the University of the Philippines. From there, he went on a scholarship at Syracuse University in New York and additional studies at the Royal Horticultural Society in Wisley, UK. He never met the Queen in London, so he decided to go back to the United States. Andito lang pala ang Queen sa Philadelphia, all along. Ayun, dahil mapera at matalino ang Joey at pwede ko syang gamitin, nilagay ko sya sa speed dial number 1.
I talk about him a lot, as well as Markus, our Indonesian friend who received his PhD at the University of Connecticut; Gene who is a double masters and former Math and Computer Science professor at De La Salle University; Junsy who’s got computer eng’g (I guess from the University of Santo Tomas). All of these wonderful people were the ones responsible for helping me get a great GMAT score to make it at Temple University’s Fox School. Otherwise, siguro bumalik ako sa Mababang mataas na paaralan nang Barrio Siete.
I had a great time with Joey last December 2006 in Manila where we went directly to Remedios from the airport. The following morning, accompanied by my boylet, we drove to San Pablo City, kung saan nanga-wala-wala kami sa Mt. Banahaw dahil Joey had no more idea how to get to San Pablo City. Ako naman, basta me manibela, me gas at me kalsada? Drive!!! Wid matching boylet of course!!!
That’s where I met his parents - real nice and warm family. As a matter of fact, inutangan ko pa nang peso because we were driving all along and we don’t have any anda in our pitaka whatsoevah! When we arrived, napatanga ako, dahil I still remember when Joey was almost yelling at the gate na papasukin sya, but the father was just staring at him as if saying “Wala akong baklang anak!!! Wala~!!!!” hahahaha!!! In any case, soon as the father recognized Joey, he opened the door and even guided me to park the car inside their driveway.
This blog is a trying hard humor and a personal blog written and edited by an overseas pekeng merkanong tunay na pinoy at uragon na bikolano. Born in Sorsogon, Philippines, I went to school in Legazpi for my undegrad and the United States for my graduate studies. I am now based in Philadelphia and still considers Legazpi City and Pasig City as home. Comments posted are solely of those readers and are sometimes not edited by me and I am not responsible for what they have written, funny or nasty. In case you cannot live without Reyna Elena and are in need of serious counseling, please email me at ofwcenter@gmail.com or leave a comment and I will help you in any way I can. Payment in kinds are accepted.
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