From the monthly archives:

May 2009

Political mergers. To create a new and higher standards of political leadership.

by reynz on May 31, 2009

Camarines Sur Representative Luis Villafuerte has resigned from the Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino (Kampi) party. He was the party president. La Kapitana del Barrio Siete is not part of this merger.

Anyway, his party – Kampi Party was supposed to merge with the ruling administration party Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats. Who presided the merger? Gloria Arroyo.
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Chi, on scientifically proven herbal medicines

by reynz on May 30, 2009

Our Dayong Baryo writer for today is from England who’s visiting Barrio Siete who’s gonna be talking about scientifically proven herbal medicines. She started writing when she was still in High School. That time, she wrote a novel in a notebook, she just didn’t know if it’s now being sold at the Amazon hehe! She [...]

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My Barrio Siete folks! Wake up and smell the coffee!

by reynz on May 30, 2009

My Barrio Siete folks! Wake up and smell the coffee! Ang gaganda naten! Hahaha!
I woke up this morning with a really good morning delight. Why? Umabot nang 3,521,247 and ranking nang Barrio Siete sa Alexa. Sa aking tuwa, I emailed all the Barrio Councilors sa current performance nang Barrio Siete. Habang ginigiling ko ang kape [...]

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Pano ko i-justify sa boss ko and Aeronautical Engineering sa Accounting?

by reynz on May 30, 2009

And so, I am reviewing a lot of application letters, pati na mga resume, at kung ano anong pahambalang na employment applications for the job opening we have. Puro Managerial, except sa isang kelangan na medyo staff level. Of course, nakasaad sa advertisement namen and sukat nang mga kelangan namen kung siete pulgadas ba or [...]

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Meet the writers: Mark

by reynz on May 30, 2009

Anonymark was born in the dirty roads of Pangasinan many years ago. He spent his infancy in Tarlac, Tarlac until when he was about three years old. His family moved to Metro Manila and was raised in a not so slum area of Quezon City.
He ended up studying in a school almost in front of [...]

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Ano ba talaga ang tamang pag-greet nang isang kebigan or kakilala?

May 29, 2009

When my madir was still dancing and prancing, one time, kwentuhan kami and we touched the topic kung pano sya niligawan ni fadir. Hindi raw sya niligawan. Ang lokong fadir, biglang tinuklaw nang halik ang madir, ayun, hinabol nang lolo ko ang aking fadir, pinabarangay at pinakasal sa madir dahil noong panahon, equivalent daw sya [...]

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So gusto mong bumili nang franchise? Makinig ka sa sasabihin ko.

May 28, 2009

Patuloy po ang ating libreng Barrio Siete Seminar on “Lecture on 5/6″ or entrepreneurship and starting a business. Ngayong oras na to, tatalakayin naten ang issue nang pagbili nang isang franchise. Sa totoo lang noh! Ilang mga OFW na ang sumulat ki Reyna at nag-tatanong kung pwede nang i-franchise ang Barrio Siete! Hehehe! Haller! Not [...]

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So you want to buy a business?

May 28, 2009

I know! I know! Karamihan sa atin sa Barrio Siete eh talagang gustong mag-run nang small business. Kaso mo, nawawalan na nang gana once na pinag-usapan na ang mga business plans, makikipag usap na sa mga investors, pati na mga legal issues na kasama nang pagbubukas nang isang start-up company. Kaya yong mga mahihina ang [...]

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Brown-out sa Barrio Siete!

May 28, 2009

Yeap! Nasira ata ang kuntador! Kahit ako di makapasok! Leche oo! Hmpt! We’re checking right now, baka nilipat ang Barrio Siete sa Indonesia! Hahaha!

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Enrile on vanishing "e-loads", me tama sya!

May 27, 2009

“e-loads”, like one totpik business enterprise feature all along da riles nang tren and along the lansangans in Metro-Manila. But there’s one thing annoying with “e-loads”! Hinaharbat nang lecheng telecommunications company or kung sino mang engkanto ang loads if you don’t use them at a certain time.
I know, I know… you can relate. Right?
We’ll, we’re [...]

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Pinay PhD student sa Oxford University: nag-bulakbol sa Portugal

May 27, 2009

Si Lalaine S. (26) na kasalukuyang nahuhumaling sa Barrio Siete ay mula sa barrio ng Matagbac sa Alfonso, Cavite. Sya ay kasalukuyang nagsusunog ng kilay sa Oxford University sa Inglatera. Sya ay nagtapos ng BA-Philosophy, magna cum laude sa UP-Diliman at MA-Applied Ethics sa Linkoping University sa Sweden at Utrecht University sa Netherlands. Sya ay [...]

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Dahil OFW ka, gusto mo nang mag-negosyo para makauwi na. Di ba?

May 27, 2009

Kaya lang, ready ka na ba?
Kaya bumisita parati sa Barrio Siete dahil, here, libre and entrepreneurship lessons namen. Haha!
Unang tanong: Ang pagiging negosyante ba eh para sayo? Alam nyo mga anak, sa negosyo, walang guarantees. At wala rin talagang paraan para maalis mo ang mga risks na kasama pag nagsimula kang mag-negosyo. Pero – pwede [...]

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Meet the writers: Reyna Elena

May 26, 2009

The Movie of my Life
Sino ba ako?

(With Malen and Bluepanjeet in Lucena City)
Sino ba sya eh vaklush lang naman yan?! ” Sino daw ba itong reyna elena sa barrio siete sabi nung isang commenter. Ganetch ang buhay nang lola nyo sa Pinoy Blogosphere, binabato nang binabato. Pinaluluhod parati sa asin. Pero dahil ako’y isang Uragon, [...]

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Meet the writers: Jepoy

May 26, 2009

Jepoy is the co-founder of GameOPS, one of the oldest websites and the first website dedicated to video games in the Philippines. He was born in the early 80’s at a hospital in Tondo, Manila. A hospital where babies are normally born on the floors, luckily, he was one of the fortunate ones to be [...]

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Cora Dolorosa: Tiga-tugis nang mga terorista!

May 25, 2009

Ako po si Cora Dolorosa, babaeng tunay, andito po ako sa Jakarta, Indonesia. Ang trabaho ko po, kung di nag-aabang ng TSUNAMI, tumutugis ng Terrorista. At pag hindi busy, GURO. Laking Barrio Siete po ako, isang Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) at nagtapos sa isang AGRICULTURAL school ng High School.
I’ve been reading Reynz blog for about [...]

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2nd State of the Barrio Address (SOBA)

May 25, 2009

Maganda ang everything around the Barrio mga kunichiwa! If I was grinning in my 1st SOBA, then I’m dancing like Simba here because of what I’m going to tell ya’all. I’m telling you, masaya talaga sa Barrio! You know the basics of what we are:
Our mission: Keep social climbing alive!
Our vision: World peace! (Wala kaming [...]

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The Sculpture Garden of the New Orleans Museum of Art

May 24, 2009

Oui! Je suis barriotic! And I never really understood noon ba’t kaya me mga museum, kung saan naka-display mga tigok nang tao o dili kaya mga kubyertos nung sina-unang panahon. Malay ko ba! I was busy kahig food when I was still in the barrio. I see them in books, but I was never really [...]

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Note to God

May 23, 2009

A year after her historic appearance on Oprah, Charice was back to sing her first single written by the legendary Dianne Warren and another music legend, David Foster. Put Oprah in the picture and you have just one perfect winning formula. That’s Oprah on the background, overwhelmed by the performance.

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Meet the writers: Bluepanjeet

May 23, 2009

Blue and I would smack the heck out of each other on gay issues. I like it. He doesn’t like it. But like The Cat, Bluep is one tough to find blogger and he and I maintain that respect when it comes to differences of opinions just to show you peeps that not all bloggers/writers [...]

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X-Games

May 23, 2009

Noong weekend ay umuwi ako sa aming bahay.
Nakita kong naglalaro ang aking mga pamangkin sa kanilang mga laruang robot, barbie, transformers action figures, mga electronic toys na hindi ko ma-identify, at marami pang iba.
Ang suwerte naman nila, sabi ko, lahat ng gusto nilang laruan ay naibibigay ng aking dalawang ate. Yung sala namin pag nakita [...]

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Barrio Siete is flying!

May 22, 2009

Parang kahapon la’ang! Like May 17, 2009? Like, not even a week? When we launched Barrio Siete! Our Alexa rankings at that time was zerowena. Our Barrio Siete was not in the mapa, feel bang hinarbat ang pondo naten nang mga kurap, for us to be on Wikimapia. Barrio talaga. But knowing how we Barrio [...]

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My One Barrio Siete Lifestyle

May 22, 2009

Mahilig talaga ako magsulat. That’s why I blog. Before? Dose-dosenang Letters to the Editor ang pinapadala ko. Ang mga hayup na yan, ni isa, walang pinublisa. Sa kakabasa ko nang blog ni Bryan, I am now determined as ever to be as famously notorious ever gaya nila. I want to be a Lifestyle Writer. I [...]

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And here are the initial results!

May 22, 2009

I’m still here mga kabisyo! Andun lang ako sa Barrio! Hahaha! I have this nasty habit na when I am working on something, matindi kong tinu-tu-tukan to make sure it’s working as planned. Kahit na when I was in Business School, once me project, kiver, walang tulugan kung walang tulugan. Ganun naman tayo di ba? [...]

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Meet the writers: Yami

May 21, 2009

Yami was born in Bayanan, Muntinlupa (in April 30, 1970). Raised solely by her mother since they were left by her father even before she was born. Her grandmother and maternal uncle were the ones who helped her mother raised her. She had a half-sister, but she never considered her as a half-sister, rather a [...]

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Meet the writers: Gloria D. Gamat

May 20, 2009

Gloria is the original Daragang Magayon (http://daragang-magayon.com) in the Pinoy Blogosphere. She grew up in a small barrio in Sorsogon where everyone originated from one family with 12 kids. If she married somebody in the same barrio, that would be incest. But she didn’t. She is not even married to this date, despite the fact [...]

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How to be a Barrio Siete writer

May 20, 2009

Contributors
Everyone with a story to share and to tell, is welcome sa Barrio Siete. Kahit na yong mga nag-resign sa Kavilang Varrio, we have a category reserved for you. Kung wala, gagawan ka namen. Our requirements are very easy, tell us about your credentials, experience, accomplishments and do send us your Kodak. You must be [...]

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Meet the writers: Buraot

May 19, 2009

He is a proud Mangyan who hails from Oriental Mindoro. Born a menopause baby, he is the youngest among the twelve. His exact birthplace? A place called pugadbaboy in the outskirts of the Naujan Lake. And that ain’t fiction.
His parents were “peryantes” and therefore he was raised in an environment where constant hustling is the [...]

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1st State of the Barrio Address (SOBA)

May 19, 2009

Barangay Council, Barangay Councilors, Barangay Tanod, Kagawad nang Palarong Barangay, Ladies and Gentlemen… ~twirl~ *bow*…

Maganda tayong lahat sa umaga mga kabaryo! At ako ay nagdadala nang magandang balita! This is Reynz, ang Kapitana del Barrio with my 1st SOBA and that’s the State of the Barrio Address. Tandaan, SOBA at kahit ako eh tiga-Pasig, [...]

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Please welcome, BARRIO SIETE.

May 18, 2009

Our reason for being
What is “Barrio Siete”? This is an alternative collective blog by a group of bloggers who talk the talk, and walk the walk of its target audience — the socio-economic group who do not use pretentious and intellectual language that can not be grasped by ordinary human beings. Sa blog na ito, [...]

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Error 500

May 18, 2009

Can you imagine how many errors I am having?! Thing is, I have no clue. You see, Reyna Elena is one laptop-reboot-challenged klingon and I have no clue why I am getting 500 errors and not 300 men. It pissed me off last night because I was crafting a prize winning literary reyna entry pa [...]

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Welcome to Barrio Siete

May 17, 2009

(Photo Credits: Nadekwat ko ki Annalyn.)
Our reason for being
What is “Barrio Siete”? This is an alternative collective blog by a group of bloggers who talk the talk, and walk the walk of its target audience — the socio-economic group who do not use pretentious and intellectual language that can not be grasped by ordinary human [...]

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Podcasting Reynz now here!

May 17, 2009

Pangkin POHW nang lola. Bata pa lang POHW, tinuturuan ko na. Passing on the key of responsibility, you know.

In the meantime, listen to my podcast. Many thanks to Kotsengkuba! Who’s in my podcast? My TOUGH Ten choices on the emerging influential bloggers, including The Cat.
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Boylets at work: reyna elena dot com will soon evolve

May 16, 2009

I’m happy to announce that reyna elena dot com is now prepared to embark on another journey and has gladly at ga-tapang ko accept ever a challenge thrown at me by one respectable blogger. So, while boylets are busy working, I am now taking reyna elena dot com to another level. Like 2nd floor? Hahaha! [...]

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FV’s dysfunctional blogging at its finest

May 15, 2009

After all the bloody jakol, masterbeyshun and ajaxkoleyshun entries on FV, now here comes one very trying hard entry on economic chorvalais hehehe! Birds of the same feathers sila mga kunichiwa! This is FV’s dysfunctional blogging at it’s finest! It’s a safe assumption na ubos na ang pretentious topic na ma-iblog nang mga to. Worse, [...]

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11th Podcasting Reynz: Secret revealed!

May 15, 2009

Ganito ako mag-pahinga sa Rest Areas on long driving sa Amerika. Nakabitin. Hahaha! I remember someone called me a moonbat! Eto na yon! Hahaha! Listen to my 11th Podcasting Reynz!

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Meet the fackers!

May 14, 2009

Thrashy blogger
Once upon a time, ang mga putang fake intellectual wannabe political bloggers, called me one thrashy blogger because of all my punyetang leche ever ever! These people have no clue about badingerzie language! Im fack, they have a word for it – rough edges.
Credentials
Remember when these bloggers challenged my credentials and I challenged them [...]

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Si Doreen, sinundan ako!

May 14, 2009

Mag-aral ka uli!
I’m in the City. Sa isang swanking Hotel. Tini-train pa rin ako hanggang biernes to. Hindi nila makuha ang right formula kung pano ako ma-train. Hindi kasi ako maka-relate pag walang Chippendale Dancers. Kasalanan mo to Reesie!!! B.S. Midwifery meron na ako, me mga abakada pa sa dulo nang pangalan ko, wala pa [...]

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Take 2: Reyna’s Top 10 Choices: Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs for 2009

May 13, 2009

I made a big mistake! I did not researched enough. I thought I did. Pumalpak na naman ako. I apologize to the two bloggers that I am dropping and for any troubles this will cause them. Let me explain.
I adore An2nette. Because I know her story. Kaso, she would not allow me to chika the [...]

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Reyna’s Top 10 Choices: Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs for 2009

May 10, 2009

I was asked by Janette to join her Top Ten Emerging Influential Blogs for 2009. I decided to accept the assignment, for two reasons:

I believe in the idea of nurturing future Filipino bloggers. “Ang kabataan ang pag-asa nang bayan” or “Ang kabataan ang mga leche nang bayan“, basta, one of these is tama hahaha! Given [...]

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Cooking nang Reyna – Vietnamese edition

May 10, 2009

Look! Marunong na akong mag-luto! Hahaha!

Simple lang pala! Turuan ko kayo? U like?

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Happy ba ang mother mo sayo? Listen to the 10th Podcasting Reynz!

May 9, 2009

10th Podcasting Reynz is live!
I see her everyday.
Alone by the building entrance, to the bayou she stare…
It pains me to watch her..
Because for all 8 weeks that I was here,
Not a single soul has visited her here.

Stop the world, show the love! Call and thank your Mom!
Happy Mother’s Day to you all!
Read: Wag makapal [...]

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Slick political ad campaigns?

May 8, 2009

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
Napapansin ko lang mga kunichiwa na marami talagang mapan-linlang sa internet ngayon. Tipo bang naulanan ang mga impaktong namamahala nang mga emails galing Nigeria at nag-transform sya sa anyo nang mga bloggers at mga blog dyan with [...]

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9th Podcasting Reynz – Solusyon sa problema ni Rodrigo

May 7, 2009

Rodrigo’s gurpren broke up with him. Listen how excellent my solution to Rodrigo’s problem.

Here’s the link: 9th Podcasting Reynz – Solusyon sa problema ni Rodrigo

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Manny Pacquiao forms own political party

May 6, 2009

Kahit ako? Idol ko si Manny. Pero, it stops at the ring. Saan ka pa? Me balls den ang gurlash na to. At kayang makipag-bugbugan sa umaalipusta sa akin with his emperor story! Ang supot na yon! In high heels pa! Bagsak na naman siguro ang readership nang blog na yon, kaya may I calling [...]

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Martin Nievera sings Lupang Hinirang

May 5, 2009

What’s the buzz on U-toob?
Don’t get me wrong! First love ko si Martin noon kaso inagaw nga ni Pops saken! Hehehe! But, this is the current buzz on U-toob mga kunichiwa! Hahaha! Play and listen!

What’s the buzz on Reynz Podcast?
Give up po ang Reyna! Winner ang Chuva Chienes. Listen to my 8th Podcasting Reynz: I’m [...]

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