From the monthly archives:

March 2009

Signs

by reynz on March 31, 2009

My site was in an overheated mode the past few days, you know that, at kahit na ilang shower gawin ko would not calm me away, kaya I decided to wander around the net and saw this video and instantly, I was reminded of a friend. A very close friend. Very close. Really, really close. [...]

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Project runaway: Manuel L. Quezon III

by reynz on March 30, 2009

Freak statement
I’m pissed at MLQ3’s twisted statement. Di ako maka-move on, wala naman kaming relasyon. Litsi! Nasaktan ang feelings ko, pati na kasu-kasuan ko. Let me repeat, “his twisted statement”. Kiver what he is, real or enchanted kingdom. But generally, moi? Me no likey likey pretentious mothers, doctoris, bloggers and rockers alike. It’s one thing [...]

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That xenophobic and barbaric Chinese remarks

by reynz on March 29, 2009

Admiration for China

Who would not have an admiration for China? With their ancient civilization that continues to awe everyone of us to their meteoric rise as one global economic power capable of dictating our food on the table. One thing I like from them is how effective their anti-corruption is. They hang them. Sure it’s [...]

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BB Gandangreyna is Miss April 2009

by reynz on March 29, 2009

BB Gandangreyna on the covers
Sana di ako ma-April Fools dahil kinakabahan ako na this could be another tinapa cover! Leche! Waaa! But it’s a big sikweet! This April 1st? BB Gandangreyna becomes Miss April 2009. Sinagpang ko ang feature award. Di nakahinga ang nag-offer. Na-trauma sya. Eh kasi this was the closest thing to winning [...]

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I’m headed to Paris. For a weekend.

by reynz on March 28, 2009

Stress level: Off the roof
This is truly one very, very difficult work assignment I have ever had in my life. My stress level is off the roof right now. Pag ako inabot nang six months dito, kalbo ang itsura ko. Waaaa!!!

(Taken from one of my manager’s offices)

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Boyet Fajardo & Ricky Rivera tandem: How to ruin your label and do damage control

March 27, 2009

Lessons to be learned
There are two (2) marketing/business ethics and social climbing lessons that business students and all of us can learn from this Boyet Fajardo “Kilala mo ba ako episode” and Ricky Rivera’s “Creative Outbursts” fiasco.

How to ruin your label.
How to hire a spokesman and do damage control.

How to ruin your label.
There is not [...]

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Bakit nya tinulak si Marvin?! The Boyet Fajardo “di mo ba ako kilala episode”

March 26, 2009

Check this out. Kutz, one avid Reyna reader, pointed this one out. See these pictures. The first one, makikita mo ang kamay nung gurl tinuturo ata kung saan luluhod ang Marvin.:

Then notice how slanted this gurl sa lakas nang tulak nya ki Marvin. Tipong mas galet pa ata ang gurl kesa ki Boyet.

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Falling leaves

March 26, 2009

Waa!!! Waaaa!!!

~Singhot~ *hikbi* kaninang umaga ko lang napansin! hu! hu! hu! Anong nangyari?! Pinagsindihan ba ako nang kandila nang mga taong inokray okray ko dun sa kabilang entry?! Waaaa!!!

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Boycott Boyet Fajardo: Ricky Rivera no-logic explanation on Duty-Free Scandal

March 25, 2009

Boyet Fajardo:
“Mga leche kayo! Hindi niyo ako kilala? Ako si Boyet Fajardo! At itong putang ina na babaeng ito (pointing to a lady supervisor) at ang baklang ito (pointing to the cashier) ay walang kwentang mga tao! I want them fired!!!”

Pangandaman reincarnation
I could not imagine Monique Lhuiller, who I have a lot of respect, doing [...]

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The Philippines is a newly industrialized country

March 24, 2009

Huh?! Really?!
~*kamu-ulo*~ (naiwanan ata ako nang balita!) ~*bewildered to the max*~
Hindi na tayo turd world?! First class na tayo?! Paki-lecture nga ako kung anetch ang Newly Industrialized Country? Kasi ung Singapore nung naging NIC, hindi ganetch ang itsura sa Flippines! Ang knowing ko matiwasay ang pamumuhay nang mga people nila. I know swanky ang Global [...]

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Becoming debt-free

March 23, 2009

Coming to America
Many, many years ago, bagong salta ako sa Amerika, Kaliwa-kanan ang advice that I was getting from Pinoy Americans who’ve lived here. Of course, I wanted to get comfortable and assimilate easily and fast, sa American culture and way of life, kaya bawat dikta, noted ko sya.

Build your credit
One of the most common [...]

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BB Gandangreyna

March 22, 2009

No relation to BB Gandanghari
I noticed a lot of Pinoy Bloggers blogged about this event by BB Gandanghari. Pati kamo ang blogger who said na nanipsip ako nang lakas nang iba, the homophobic blogger himself. At issue? Ano ang national issue? Bwahahaha! There are those who blog events who I see as justified really to [...]

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Lighting a candle in front of a gasolina, it will explode talaga!

March 22, 2009

Sunog!
Kausap ko ang ceremonial girlfriend ko kagabi. Berde lang naman ako sa inggit sa Hongkong trip nang bruhita. Pero, taka ako. Nag-nga-nga-ngaw ngaw. Habang humahalakhak. Muntik na daw masunog ang balay nila. Me sunog daw kasi sa lugar nila sa Valenzuela.

(Malen and Ruthie in Hongkong)

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Breaking up is hard to do!

March 22, 2009

Tough to let go
Lahat naman tayo went through some difficult times, di ba? Well, kahit ako. Pasensya na. Emo uli ang entry na to. I just wanted to let this out. I’m pretty sure you’ve read all of my heartaches sa blog ko. We’ve been together actually, for over a decade now, siguro since late [...]

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I’m looking for Eduardo Jamora: the son who never saw his father, where are you?

March 21, 2009

Personal
My entry today is a bit personal. I mean, really. (like i don’t blog personal stuff! hahaha!) I’ve been meaning to blog about this for a very long time. What held me off was my being anonymous then. Dahil nga bukong buko na ako, I guess this is now the right time para isambulat to.
Iloilo [...]

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Someone on Filipino Voices is testing the waters to sabotage me by impersonating me

March 20, 2009

Why am I bloody angry?!
I became very angry when my friend alerted me, to my shocked surprise, that she found my real name as a commenter written by the same person I know who is a homophobic. You know what’s interesting? There was no link. You know what’s even more interesting? The commenter was not [...]

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Travelling

March 18, 2009

Bonjour tout le monde! Je suis en voyage aujourd’hui! And this is the State Capitol of Louisiana in Baton Rouge.

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Si Nicole? gora nang Amerika?! Nicole recants, clears Daniel Smith

March 17, 2009

Did you hear?
Ang hitad at lumipad nang Amerika! Of all places! Ano yon? Nasarapan? Maghahanap nang ibang Danyel sa Amerika? Ba’t di na lang kaya sa Lebanon? O kaya sa Afghanistan? Ba’t Amerika? Di ko getz? Gaya nang tanong nang isang avid reader ko which pretty much sums up my thoughts:
Nabalitaan mo na ba [...]

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Disaster cooking by reyna elena

March 17, 2009

One saberdey, can you imagine I cooked?! I must be nuts! Eh kasi, I never cook. Wait, I don’t know how to cook! Leche! Pero, eto nga, awang-awa na ako sa pridyidir ko. Feel ko, buti kaya ipa-landscape na to. I guess, tutubo sa loob ang kamatis. Lagyan ko nang maliit na fish pond. Hmpt!

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Ihanda ang mga pana at tirador! Hmpt!

March 16, 2009

China flexing its muscles against the Philippines
Mga kunichiwa! Gising! Ihanda ang mga pana at tirador! Hmpt! Couple of funny things going on in our turd world islands brought to you by obnoxiously magnanakaw morons sa gobyerness. Buksan nyo lang ang Inquirer today and you will know what I’m talking about. Kahit wala akong vagina, nireregla [...]

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Bryanboy in hot blogseat: Was he Chikatime?!

March 16, 2009

What’s the buzz?
That Bryanboy was Chikatime.

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reyna elena dot com is now three (3) years old!

March 15, 2009

3 years of non-stop chorva
Hey! Can you imagine?! reyna elena dot com is now three (3) years old at dahil siguro otsenta anyos na ako, nakalimutan ko ang burdey ko. I’ve been blogging like crazy! Even along the turnpikes, freeways and superhighways in the East Coast to Southern USA and I have completely forgotten that [...]

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Jim Cramer vs. Jon Stewart: Was CNBC serving the needs of traders?

March 15, 2009

What’s the financial buzz?
My entry today is about Cramer vs. Stewart and what transpired on the Daily Show. It’s been the current rage and water cooler talk in America brought about in part by Madoff’s story that hugged the headlines the past few days.

Who is Jim Cramer? He is the person on Cramer’s Mad Money [...]

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Bernard Maddoff and the Philippines very long list of scam and corruption investigations

March 14, 2009

Long… very, very long.
The list is getting very, very long. Pero, wala pang kinu-kulong. Puro lang sya investigations chorva. Mga pa eklavu, sigaw dito sigaw dun, then another kurapsyon. “Days of our Stolen lives” mapapanood sa TV. Trauma na mga Pinoys. Hallucinations don’t work no more. After the show? Wait ka naman nang panibagong nakawan. [...]

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Tuliro sa trabaho si Illuminada

March 13, 2009

Occasionally, I get letters from readers. Alam nyo na yun. Wisik wisik ko sya wid my own language para itago ang engkanto nyang katauhan. Why they look at me as Dear Ate Charo, is beyond me. But as usual, pani-nindigan ko sya ever. Mas maganda ata ako ki Charo! Hmpt!

Eto ang sulat nya.

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Gays in the military does not solve the problem

March 12, 2009

First, let me be clear and I know I’ll be Somalia stoned for namedrops again. Not only do I have two (2) very close friends who were graduates of PMA but I also have two (2) nephews who were PMA graduates. I don’t want to be misunderstood as against the military, obviously, baka upakan ako [...]

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Internet gambling and sweepstakes

March 12, 2009

What’s in the news?
A lawmaker Alliance for Rural Concerns party-list Representative Narciso Santiago has proposed that gambling on the Internet be made illegal for people running a gambling operation to use the Internet or any other interactive computer service to place, receive, or otherwise make a bet or wager; or send, receive, or invite information [...]

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SEC Commissioner Jesus Martinez on accepting house and lot and P1.4 million Ford Expedition

March 11, 2009

Kung mainit ang ulo ko today, it’s because, nakal-kal sa utak ko that day na nadale ang sister ko nang lecheng College Chorva Nakaw Preneed Plans which was reserved for my pangkins education. And to think na kasale ang mga impaktong pre-need na to sa hayop na stimulus chorva nang gobyerno. At ano ang kinalaman [...]

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Kagandahang hanggang pantalan la’ang

March 10, 2009

So, I was out on a mission this Sunday to meet Filipino seamen working for the Norwegian Spirit docked in New Orleans . Of course para na rin bayaran ang mga naharbat kong paninda ni Aling Ely. Eto ang dinatnan ko. An sasaya nila. Nainggit ako. Hmpt!

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The real fuzz about the University of the Philippines summa cum laude alumna and Maala-ala mo kaya “Blusa” episode of Angel Locsin

March 8, 2009

What’s the buzz?
A good number of UP graduates were fuming mad about a Maala-ala mo kaya episode on ABS-CBN about a summa cum laude graduate from UP Los Banos who cannot find a job and ended up as a night club dancer. In the end, she became the village idiot. They all wanted a public [...]

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Palista ho!

March 8, 2009

So, today (yesterday pala!) being saberdey, my goal was to find a Filipino Store in New Orleans. I took out my bolang kristal, nakita ko, Ely’s Philippine Imports along Andrew Higgins in downtown New Orleans. Gora ang lola. As usual, kawala-wala ako ano? Eh, eto nga kasing lecheng navigator ko, me topak. Ang alam lang [...]

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Royal Blog Santacruzan WE 03/07/09

March 7, 2009

Our royal blog parade continues! Sorry! Naabala because of my 1,000+ miles drive na ginawa from the East Coast to Southern USA. But, I love my blog roundup this week, por que? Because I love to travel and if I can’t? I enjoy blogs that take me to places where I wanted to go [...]

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Purita

March 7, 2009

So, nag-sweldo ang lola ngayon, right? Officially employed na talaga ako. I worked for 2 weeks na. Kaso, siempre ang sweldo nang lola is only for 1 week. Pwede ko nang sabihing, I am a good US Citizen for contributing taxes to the gobyerness para pambayad sa punyetang gyera sa Iraq, sa Afghanistan, US Aid [...]

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Chip-in chip-in

March 6, 2009

Yesterday dumaan ako sa Burdyer King. Buy nang croissant avec eggs ug cheese. Taz me sinunug na patatas. Nilamon ko yong burdyer. Hours passed, meetings, visit nang developments, balik sa opis around noon and more meetings then alas tres na. Eto ang naging lunch ko. Buti kamo me natirang six maliliit na pieces of burned [...]

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If Manila roads are full of undisciplined drivers, who do you expect to be at the parking lot?

March 5, 2009

True, accidents happen. But the death of the 10-year old 4th Grader Amiel Alcantara should have never happened. At all! And at the Ateneo grounds? Nunca ever. Why? Ateneo is supposed to be one of the crème de le crème of the schools in the Flippines. A school where you would expect that discipline would [...]

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Growing up in the USA

March 4, 2009

(Millineum Park, Chicago)
Irritateousness ang drama ko today and I’ll tell you why. For all the years that I’ve lived, worked and played in the United States, I’d say that I have pretty much covered much of the country sa kakahada. It was my employment with the broadcast investment group in Philadelphia that gave me the [...]

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Arnel Pineda and the Journey in Manila

March 4, 2009

Did you hear? Arnel Pineda and the Journey are in town! They have a concert on March 14 at the SM Mall of Asia open-air concert grounds. I just thought I’d plugged them of course, who would not be proud of this guy? I have his CD in my car which I played all throughout [...]

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My Pasig River, Your Pasig River, Our Pasig River

March 3, 2009

I don’t want to be misinterpreted by making comparison between the US and the Philippines in terms of people’s mentality on environment. What I know is that, kung nagagawa here, why not everywhere? I’m talking about waters and pollution. Here, protected karamihan ang environment. Matindi ang makakalaban mo kung pariwara ka. At least, that’s the [...]

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A day in the life of Reynz in New Orleans

March 2, 2009

Sunday March 1st, 2009
Finally! The sun came out! Malapit lang ako sa city proper mga 2 0r 3 miles. An liit pala nang New Orleans. Ilang days ko din hinintay for the sun to come out. So, I decided to drive and roam around wherever. Napunta ako sa dulo nang Esplanade Avenue which was the [...]

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So, I checked out the New Orleans Museum of Arts

March 1, 2009

Saberdey routines
Every saberdeys kasi sa Philadelphia is typically my errand days. Alam mo yon? Magpapalaba. Buy nang dyaryo at check yong summary nang weekly kurakot sa city. Kung saang neigborhood ang nag-bangagan, pasabugan nang ulo and everything. Well, dito, wa pa gyud me routine. Eh leche naman ano? Etong mga friends kong seniorettes eh walang [...]

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