From the monthly archives:

April 2008

L.A.

by reyna22 on April 30, 2008

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 [...]

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My friend, Joey

by reyna22 on April 29, 2008

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 [...]

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Five keys to increasing your salary

by reyna22 on April 29, 2008

Annoyed that your salary has been stagnant for many months? years by now? Yahoo just came up with ways to increase your salary.
It could be that managers and workers have a different take on what it means to be a top performer, and so they disagree on who should get the corporate spoils. Most [...]

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Pledge of loyalty

by reyna22 on April 28, 2008

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If you work for a man,
in heaven’s name,
work for him,
speak well of him,
and stand by the institution
that he represents.
Remember,
an ounce of loyalty
is worth a pound of cleverness.
If you must grawl,
condemn and eternally find fault,
why resign your position?
And when you are in the outside,
damn to your heart’s contents!
But as long as you are a part [...]

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Do you feel like you are not able to get a good paying job because you don’t have a bachelor’s degree or a master’s perhaps? Do you feel like you have a second rate job? Well, you know, there’s a lot of ways to earn certificates and associate degrees today. In fact, you can change [...]

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Winner of the $5 NFA Rice this week?

April 27, 2008

And our winner of the $5 NFA Rice? is!!!!

Join Reyna’s Blog of the Week, a.k.a. Social Climber of the Week! The winner gets $5 pambili nang NFA Rice! In ferness ilang kilo den yan noh?!
And our rice buyers lining up this week are the following (Vote on the sidebar please!):

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Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway

April 27, 2008

You are looking at the new Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway people! When I am home in Manila, I drive all over the place. Kung pwede lang nga i-drive yong Batangas to Mindoro eh, I’d probably do it. I am just scared to drive from Manila to Baguio. Scared ang lola, baka me makasalubong akong gwapo sa bundok, [...]

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Tierra Maria UK Scam Hoax

April 26, 2008

INTRODUCTION
If you search the term “tierra maria estates scam“, “Tierra Maria UK scam” and “hospitals scam philippines“, you will find out that this old man from the UK has blanketed the Internet with his hoax stories and accusing Tierra Maria Estates, hospitals scam Philippines, the Filipinos and the Philippines as scammers, in general. His story [...]

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Hillary wins Pennsylvania!

April 25, 2008

Even with a win over Barack Obama in Pennsylvania today mga kabisyo, the clock is already winding down on Hillary Clinton’s shot at getting the Democratic presidential nomination. But whoever wins in this nomination, dahil nga Democrat ang lola, I will still be voting Democrat and I predict Obama is going to win the nomination [...]

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Do you know what’s an XBRL?

April 25, 2008

Remember Y2k? That event created a lot of jobs for computer programmers. As a matter of fact, there were a lot of Filipino computer professionals who were lucky to have landed some prestigious jobs in some of the Fortune 500 Corporations because of the Y2k opportunity. Will XBRL bring new opportunity for Filipino computer programmers? [...]

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Where to get business loans

April 25, 2008

If you are just starting your own business, it is essential to you maintain your working capital at least at a minimum level. How do you determine your working capital? You can maintain at least three to six months worth your fixed expense operations. Now, what happens if your business maintains a lot of [...]

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Was there a scam? – The motive

April 24, 2008

Morally bankrupt
One cannot claim to be morally right when he is a willing partner of an immoral act.

There was no question that Tim was an unfaithful husband. A loving husband does not frequent dating sites, period. Even if we assume that Tim was a morally right person, I am positively sure that he’s not looking [...]

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Was there a scam? – Part 2

April 23, 2008

THE CONCLUSION
Background
This is a story of Tim. A man who fell madly in love with a Filipina named, Mayen. Tim claimed that his search for genuine love and relationship in the Philippines was ruined by a real estate business who was engaged in an organized crime of extortion together with the hospital and real estate [...]

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Was there a scam? – Part 1

April 22, 2008

Mayen, A Good Filipina Image?

If you played the video, what you have just seen is a video posted on You Tube for the public to see. I was led here by the links provided here. Now, if you are subscriber of You Tube, you have the choice to set your videos to private or public. [...]

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Moral righteousness: Filipina Image, Part 2

April 21, 2008

Preface

Ladies and gentlemen, occasionally, I touch topics that are of serious nature because they just have to be talked about because it concerns everybody. I am only asking one thing: only serious comments please on these series of articles.

This is the continuation of the entry I made on April 16, 2008 entitled Moral righteousness: Filipina [...]

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Social Climber of the Week (continues)

April 21, 2008

Good morning mga kunichiwa! Our Blog of the Week is back because indi na-agaw ang korona ko by that blogger! So, first, we need to congratulate our winner from last century and that would be: Kotsengkuba! He wins our ever ever na kinu-kutya kutyang $5 prize! Sige lang! Hehehe! Kutya-kutyain ninyo! Knows nyo naman divanetch? [...]

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Sosyal ang mga magulang ko

April 20, 2008

as par as i rimembir, inglis speeking kami noon…op kors, sosyal ang mga magulang ko..dalawa kaming mag kapatid at pareho kaming nakatapos sa kolihiyo, enjineer si brother at bellas artes naman ako… dapat lang!! sosyal ang mga magulang ko eh! makulay ,masaya ang naging takbo ng buhay ko, although may mga drama sa likod ng [...]

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Treasured entries that gained me popularity and notoriety

April 19, 2008

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: This is a repost. I am currently reading a lot of articles and is hoping to finish them over the weekend. I declined Morisse invite to do some bar hopping tonight just so I could finish my project. You will find out what I have been doing later. In the meantime, please [...]

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Bended truth.

April 18, 2008

There are times that when certain languages from the original statement is deleted, the whole thing changes. Sometimes, people do it and use them to fit whatever their intent is. To set the records straight in so far as the alleged apology is concerned, I am posting the complete email that I received from her. [...]

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Hagikhik findings

April 16, 2008

Sa kaka-blog hop ko, kung saan saan napunta ang lola. I thought I’d share them to you all.
BLOODY CEREMONY
Mabaliw-baliw na naman ako sa entry ni Mandaya Moore-Orlis. The construction of their bakeshop started. Kahit samen in Barrio Siete mga kabisyo, me mga kung ano anong pamahiin that you have to follow to make sure that [...]

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Moral righteousness: Filipina Image, Part 1

April 16, 2008

If you noticed, I had no entry yesterday and I was late today. I was busy mga kabisyo. This time, not boylets. Pramis. I was reading some avocado blogs, sex stories, comments and watching some Youtube interviews. Considering that we are in the “hypocrisy issue week”, I thought this item that I was reading was [...]

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Look who’s talking!

April 14, 2008

Maganda talaga si Reyna mga kabisyo! Kaliwa kanan ang mga atakeng inaabot ko galing sa isang blogistang pilit na ina-agaw ang korona ko. Mahiwaga talaga ang koronang gawa sa kinakalawang na latang darigold. Postponed na muna ang Blog of the Week. Yong 2 other resumes na aayusin ko (Leo of UST and Tom of UPLB) [...]

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Mabait si Batman

April 13, 2008

Mahal ang bayad ko sa cable systems sa bahay. Umaabot sya nang $100 a month including cable TV and internet connections. Hindi kasali porno. Me CNN kami. Me Bloomberg pa. Feeling Wall Street. Wala namang nanonood. Miss USA at kung ano anong figure skating lang naman ang pinapanood nang James sa TV na yan. Balak [...]

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Wanted: Single White Female

April 12, 2008

Kinulang ang sustento ko sa mga boylets ko. Napilitan akong tumanggap nang boarder. Nag post ako nang ad: Wanted: SWF (Single White Female). Nag-apply ang guapong lalaking graduate nang De la salle. Single white female daw sya. Guapo, matalino, mahilig sa avocado. Computer programming ang trabaho. Dahil walang ibang nag-apply at sayang ang pera, tinanggap [...]

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My laparascopic surgery

April 11, 2008

As some of you know, I lived in Manila for about 11 months in 2005. I had a blast and a great time over in Manila. Unfortunately, three (3) days after I arrived in Philadelphia from Manila, I was at the emergency room of the Jefferson University Hospital. A laparoscopic appendectomy has to be done [...]

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How much are you making at your current job?

April 11, 2008

In my previous employment mga kabisyo, I have always been involved in the hiring process. Even now. What I noticed now is that, just for one (1) position that we advertise, we get tons of resumes. Looks like something is telling us that something is wrong, isn’t it? Because we get dozens of resume, I [...]

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Boxers or Briefs?

April 11, 2008

I’m back
Back from some brief hayatusis
Brief
I don’t like brief.
It’s… ewwwww~!
I prefer boxers
Boxer
Yeah
Butangerang shukla in heels
BOXERS or BRIEFS or KURITAS?

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Color coded articles: Bloggers are poisoning the internet

April 10, 2008

Fjordsen is my classmate in business school. He’s from Norway. Right after business school he went from being a director to a senior vice-president. I went from a Barrio Siete bum to nothing to an amateur blogger and still nothing, who went into business that went kaput that looked like tutung na kalachuchi and now, [...]

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Blog Gangsters

April 9, 2008

I’m neither rich nor successful mga kabisyo, but don’t pity me because at least I’ve moved on with my Barrio Siete life and I hope I could continue to sustain it this way. But, have I? Maybe, maybe not. But should I decide to and time at anda permits, I can fly to Tampere, Finland; [...]

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My insurance stories

April 8, 2008

While we’re at this scare tactics to force you people to save and stash away millions of 1 centavos into your Swiss Accounts in Rosario, Pasig, it’s also very important to think about insurance. O? Shockies ka ba? Me insurance ka ba?
Car Insurance
Here in Philadelphia, daghan kaayo kani-ang mga unggok na drivers who don’t [...]

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Read my lips: How prepared are you if you lose your job?

April 7, 2008

It?s the Economy! Stupid!
That?s one great campaign line that propelled Bill Clinton back to the White House. I still remember that line. Very smart. Very intelligent. Very catchy! Indeed, its our US economy stupid that has not been performing very well for the past couple of years, that it is now slowly beginning to hit [...]

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I’m just happy today!

April 6, 2008

I don’t know why! Hehehe! Basta! Masaya ang lola! And I did not even sniff some talcum powder! Do you get this feeling sometimes? Yun gang para kang nahipan nang pumupugak-pugak na mapaklang hangin! Hehehe! Eto nga, looking at my desk, I have bills to pay. My credit cards are late, patong patong na late [...]

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Winner for Week Ending April 6, 2008 and our current nominations!

April 6, 2008

ANNOUNCEMENT AND RULES TO JOIN
Good morning mga kunichiwa!!! Thank you all for coming! Today, we will be announcing the winner of our weekly chorva for the week ending April 6, 2008 (pretend di nyo pa alam! hehehe).
But before we proceed with the coronation of our 1st Weekly Winner, we have two very, very important announcement [...]

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I am in pain mga kabisyo!!!

April 5, 2008

I am in pain mga kabisyo! Masakit talaga! Eto ang because:
Bumagsak po ang rankings nang lola dito. Round 2: Philippine?s 10 Best Humor Blogs [As of March 2, 2008]. Balandrahan ka ba naman nang piktyurakang to, wala po akong laban! Wala talaga kabisyo!:

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In our turd world kawntri, there’s a high society? How high?

April 4, 2008

Growing up in Barrio Siete, I have always wondered why people have a lot of money. Truckshit of money. Shitloads of money. And we don’t have any. Well, we do, piktapos ko magbenta nang isang latang kamoteng kahoy sa lata nang biskwit. Gurl, let me tell you sumtin’, I have to work my ass just [...]

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Arnel Pineda: His life is the real Journey

April 4, 2008

I love Pinoy Success Stories and Arnel Pineda’s life is really kinda magical given that his life has a lot of touches of a Barrio Siete life. I’m sure he was not expecting that his life would make a 360 degree turn and be on the uber top of his career. I was enamored by [...]

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Uglify

April 4, 2008

Our word of the day is Uglify. No, no. Not the church.
Alam nyo naman saten mga kabisyo di ba? Pag ginagawa ang kalsada, me billboard na this is a project by the Governess, the Senatress, the Congressness or the Mayordomas. It never says that this project eh project ni Reyna! Hahaha! Feel nila pera nila [...]

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It’s corruption not education

April 3, 2008

Before I tell you something about my headline mga kabisyo, you have to commend Australians for doing something about the environment. I hope they could help us clean the Pasig River, especially behind SM City in Sta. Mesa! If you happen to pass by that area, can you take a picture and send it to [...]

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Women are smarter than men

April 2, 2008

Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus, Gays are from Philadelphia. I might not win any men with this entry, hehehe! But! Here’s the true and nothing but the trulala ever ever! Women are smarter and are more intelligent than men. That’s why I had a sex change. You want proof?
Proof that women are [...]

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The true signs of times that the 7.3% GDP can’t explain

April 2, 2008

Mukhang naduling ang European Union kasi na-misread ata nila yung 7.4% as the GDP growth rate of the Philippines Hehehe! Improveyshus daw detichewa ang economee. April fools!!!! Hahaha! 7.4% was actually the current unemployment rate! 7.3% naman ang say sa Pasig na GDP growth rate. Aw ewan! am telling you, wez ko knowing if those [...]

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Just the right time to open Condom Nation

April 1, 2008

There used to be three priests in our family. The 4th is Bluepanjeet. The 5th is . The 6th is Kotsengkuba. The 7th is Pusa and the 8th is Chuvaness. Anyway, two got married. The one left is assigned at Sto. Domingo and Lyceum of the Philippines. Hehehe! Of course, I won’t tell you! Sikweet!!! [...]

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