From the monthly archives:

July 2009

A Letter from An Unhappy Reader

by Mel on July 31, 2009

This is an e-mail from our PO Box galing sa isa nating reader na dinala ng none other than Darna herself! Thank you Darna. Huwag kang mag-alala, papanuorin kita sa kahit sa pilot episode lang dahil Kapamilya ako. Hahaha! photo hinarbat mula dito Anyway, this reader  happens to have an opinion about Barrio Siete. Not everyone here love us you [...]

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ABS-CBN News got it right on the yellow ribbon fever!

by reynz on July 31, 2009

Daz right mga kabarrio! Wag nang mag-tune in sa GMA News TV na mali mali ang news at ayaw ikorek! (Pwera yung video sa sidebar! Hahaha!) Itapon ang mga TV, bumili nang bago, tune in sa ABS-CBN! Now na! Hahaha! Maraming salamat sa Barrio Siete reporter na si Monique who alerted la Kapitana. At maraming [...]

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Gloria flies to Washington DC

by reynz on July 30, 2009

Photo Harbat: Inquirer Gloria flies to Washington DC kasama ang pamilya nya pati na isang batalyon nang langaw. At ang sabi nung junakees nya, “It’s an honor to the country!” Huh?! What country?! Pampanga?! Washington DC is about 2.5 hours away from my Barrio Siete, Philadelphia. At kung andun ako sa Philly, I would have [...]

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Chiz Escudero: Social climbing in the dark?!

by reynz on July 30, 2009

Gulantang ako kanina before I headed to work. There was this email I received about Chiz Escudero. It said: Reynz, ang pers lab mong si Chiz is social climbing in the dark! HUH?! Social climbing in the dark?! Ano yon?! Latest version nang social climbing?! So, I called up the the person who emailed me [...]

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Little Miss Beauty Queen

by Mel on July 30, 2009

Let’s take a break from SONA mania mga kabarrio because this is one very, very important commercial break. The 2009 Miss Universe is fast approaching. It will be on the 23rd of August, live from Nassau, Bahamas. photo source: missuniverse.com It’s always been a dream of mine since I was a little girl in Barrio [...]

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51% of Gloria's SONA 2009 were buladas!

July 29, 2009

Yes, 51% of what Gloria’s SONA 2009 were buladas! As the nation and us Overseas Filipinos as well as Overseas Filipino Workers listened to the State of the Nation Address ni Gloria, what in the world was she trying to tell us nga ba? Typically, when the head of a state delivers a State of [...]

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SONA 2009 Reaction Paper

July 29, 2009

If you’re a regular at reyna elena dot com, you must have noticed that I love to dissect SONA and do my analintek review. Over the years, ga-wait sya nang mga students. Para kopyahin. Ang mga leche, pati ako ako napasubo sa isang titser nang isang universidad sa Manila. Pero, kiver! Typically after I digest [...]

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2009 SONA Summary

July 28, 2009

In my SONA 2009 Summary, I offer no comments, unless napapahagikhik lang talaga ako. What I was doing was trying to understand kung ano ang sinasabi saken nang spikir. Are these all rhetorics? Spins? Chorva? Me chenalyn ever ba ang mga to o puro chika lang? And so, I must understand the speaker kung ano [...]

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SONA 2009 Summary

July 28, 2009

I know you’ve been waiting for the SONA 2009 Summary from me. Here it is: More taxes? Good for the country! The strong, bitter and unpopular revenue measures of the past few years have spared our country the worst of the global financial shocks. They gave us the resources to stimulate the economy. Nabigyan nila [...]

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State of the Nation Address 2009 Full Transcript

July 27, 2009

Note: Mga ka-barrio! Eto na ang totoong SONA! Salamat kay Mel Beckham na kinalabet kaming dalawa ni Silver dahil dun sa naunang post namen na SONA na 2008 pala! Leche! Hindi na pala SONA yun, kungdi, CHONA! Without any further delay whatsoever, heto na ang totoong SONA 2009 full transcript. Pwede nyo pa ring magamit [...]

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SONA 2008 Full Text

July 27, 2009

ERRATUM: Our apologies. The SONA that you are seeing here in this post is the copy of the 2008 SONA. Our apologies for the inconvenience and confusion. We will update the succeeding post with the real deal 2009 SONA transcript. Thank you. P.S. Thanks to Mel Beckham for the heads up. As has been typical [...]

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State of the Nation Address 2009 Full Transcript

July 27, 2009

O eto na ang tunay na SONA. Ang unang naihabla e hindi SONA, kungdi, CHONA! Hahahah. You can make a comparison between the previous 2008 SONA with this 2009 SONA. Tingnan natin kung ano ang nabago at napako. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. Before I begin my report to the nation, please join [...]

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SONA 2009: Live streaming

July 27, 2009

SONA 2009 will be a few hours from now, July 27, 2009. At para sa mga kagaya kong mga Overseas Pinoys at Overseas Filipino Workers, pati na rin sa mga ka-sangga naten dyan na ang Barrio Siete eh kung saan-saang lupalop nang mundo dahil nga pare-parehas lang tayong nag-lilinis nang onidoro para me mga lecheng [...]

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SONA 2009: What to expect sa Oscar nang mga politicians!

July 26, 2009

And so Gloria is back to report to the people her accomplices. Yes, it’s SONA 2009, the most awaited extravaganza to some trapolitas and trapolitos to show off. So, what can we expect from this show? Oskar dela rentahan gowns Didn’t you noticed? SONA has now become a spectacle of who’s got the priciest and [...]

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SONA 2009: Party time sa Batasan

July 26, 2009

Sanggol pa lang ako, mahilig na talaga ako sa SONA. Isa sa pinaka-swak na SONANG napuntahan ko ay ang Thermos Day at Thermos Night sa Amsterdam in Holland. Hehehe! Kaya nung nalaman kong meron den palang SONA si Gloria, nakahiligan ko nang bigyan nang analintek review ang bawat SONA nya. Lahat yun sinulat ko sa [...]

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GMA News TV story on yellow ribbon fever is wrong!

July 26, 2009

La Kapitana believes that the GMA News TV story on yellow ribbon fever is wrong if not misleading! Dismayado La Kapitana sa news that I read on GMA News TV, a link that was sent to me by Chuva Chienes. Kaya, I am so galit and bitter right now that I just finished drinking dalwang [...]

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Before you try drugs, think about the kids

July 25, 2009

I was running… catching a picture of the older brother, carrying his younger brother… it was a sight to behold… I asked them to wait for me… as I snapped this picture. I pray that they will be safe and have this place as their playground because I was told by one resident who I [...]

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A case of mistaken identity

July 25, 2009

Nag-text si Joey, there was an employee at my former job who was shot and is fighting for his life after a shooting. It appears to be a case of mistaken identity. I know the guy although I’m not close to him. According to the story, he was going to his truck just before 2:00 [...]

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Mike

July 24, 2009

This is a true story of how I ran across the best boss in the world. Haddonfield, New Jersey I used to work in Haddonfield, New Jersey. My boss? Nasty bitch, foul mouthed and hated white people. Working as Controller, I had a staff. Napakatamad, bastos at maldita. I can’t do much. Ka-chika nang impaktita [...]

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Touch a blogger: Tie a yellow ribbon for Cory Aquino!

July 23, 2009

My fellow bloggers, I invite you to Touch a blogger: Tie a yellow ribbon for Cory Aquino! Very simply: Create an entry entitled: “Touch a blogger: Tie a yellow ribbon for Cory Aquino!“. A link to this original entry will be appreciated, but is not required. Post a yellow ribbon in your blog for President [...]

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Mahirap Pala Sumulat Sa Wikang Pinoy

July 23, 2009

Photo Credits: (La Kapitana’s own, very very own camera at a mall in New Orleans last Sunday.) Noong nakilala ko si Inay Reyna, para ba akong mababaliw kakatawa sa bawat entry nya sa kanyang blog. Aliw na aliw talaga ako, kaya naman noong nabalitaan ko na may tambayan siyang pinamumunuan, nakibisita naman ako kaagad. Ito [...]

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Going Green

July 23, 2009

It’s been a while since my last entry here in Barrio Siete. Not that I am busy with a lot of stuff but because I don’t have something helpful or interesting that I can share with you, loyal readers of this barrio. After kasi nung ambush ay madalang na rin umandar ang aking utak. Baka [...]

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Touch a blogger! Tie a yellow ribbon for Cory Aquino!

July 22, 2009

If I was truly one engkantada with some magical powers, I would have used my magic wand and ask for a miracle. And if I could do one, I’d do it right now and make Cory Aquino feel better and recover. I wish it happens. Now na. But this is all that I can do, [...]

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2010 Election Automation: Laway connection, arkila election!

July 22, 2009

This 2010 Election Automation has now made a very interesting turn. It’s laway connection and the whole thing was an arkila election. Confused with what I have just said? That was not the intent. I was confused. And reading the series of the entries on Ellenville, one commenter who was notorious at Reyna Elena was [...]

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John F. Kennedy, Jr: Remembering on the 10th

July 21, 2009

I love JFK, Jr. 10 years later, I still love him. Photo Credits: Yahoo Share on Facebook Digg Stumble Upon Del.icio.us Buzz

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A day in the life of La Kapitana in New Orleans

July 20, 2009

Ang Barrio Siete ko na New Orleans is called The Big Easy. Don’t ask me why. It’s not easy to make hada nang lalaki at babae dito. Kaya, I decided na bumaba nang bundok ng me araw pa. Pourquoi? Dahil hindi ko pa nasisilayan ang barrio (sa looban) na to ever since I came noong [...]

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Jenny, Filipina OFW: tortured by a Kuwaiti Family

July 20, 2009

Ugali ko nang mag-basa nang Ellen Tordesillas pag-gizing ko. And as is usual, nag-kakape sa Barrio Siete, nag-babasa. Pero this time, na-tapon pati pagka-babae ko at na-ngilabot ako nung nabasa ko ang isang link na iniwan nang isang reader. It’s about an OFW. Another malreatment. Another heart-wrenching story. Na inaabot nang ating mga kapwa Pinoy. [...]

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Conspiracy of Fools

July 20, 2009

Friday, me drama nga. Tulirong-tuliro si madam. Kalma lang ang lola. Dapat ganun ang drama. “Don’t worry about it, i’ll fix it in the morning. Before noon, you’ll have it.” Natulog ako sa pagod. I have never been so shit stressed at work in my life, ever. Not even sa accounting firm na pinag-trabahuan ko, [...]

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Bounce Sweden

July 19, 2009

Dance. Probably the number one art form in my list that I love. Do you love to watch dancing? I do. And I love to dance. Nung malakas pa ang tuhod ko. But I found this YouTube site that I can’t get enough of. Here’s one sample, which I actually really like: Do you want [...]

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Men will become obsolete

July 19, 2009

Lalaki. Ano daw ang composition nang isang lalaki. Oo mga kabisyo. Pag-usapan muna naten ang mga lalaki. Kumplikadong tanong. Pero pagdating sa genetics, na kung saan wala ako ni katiting na pagkadalubhasa, eh nami-miligro daw na mawala. Oo. Nababasa nyo nang maliwanag ang sinulat ko. Ang “Y” chromosome daw is in trouble. Leche! Stop the [...]

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2010 Philippine Presidential Candidate: Fr. Ed Panlilio

July 19, 2009

(Photo Credits: Wikipedia) Nang-galaiti ang mga prelates ki Panlilio. Yan ang headline kani-kanina nung binuksan ko online papers. Nag-ngi-ngit-ngit sila nung pinahayag ni Fr. Ed Panlilio ang plano nya to run for President. At ano ang ikinakagalet nang mga kasamahan ni Fr. Panlilio sa simbahan? Ang bottom line kasi nito is the separation of Church [...]

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nag-away kami

July 19, 2009

eto ang problema kung hindi ikaw ang pumili nang taong tutulong seyo at mag-rereport seyo ang sentimiento nya wala seyo kundi dun sa taong bumitbit sa kanya duda ko yan ang puno’t dulo baket tipong walang respeto ang bagong dating na to sa lola nyong gulong gulog at tulirong tuliro maliwanag ang role nya sa [...]

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Driving Miss Crazy sa Metropolitan Manila

July 18, 2009

Akala mo ba? Kahit na de-kotse ka sa Manila eh you already have peace, quiet and divine serenity?! Hindi!! At sa lahat nang pinaka-bwisit bwisitan ko mag-drive sa Manila are the following at isa na ang driving habits nang mga ibang mokong na mga pinoys dyan coz they are completely different. Wala silang sinusunod na [...]

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Mrs. Wright and Mrs. Rhawn

July 18, 2009

Once you work sa pier, tiga-salansan nang mga barko Shit happens. At parang lighting speed na alam sa pabrika. Alam mo yon, di ba?! Andaming chizmozaaaaa!!! Minsan, babaklasin mo ang barko. Para buuin uli. And when you’re done Merong emergency Nakalimutan ang pako Nakakalukring di ba? Leche! Ang hirap maging corporate alipin! Share on Facebook [...]

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Ang kaso ni Mrs. Wright na wrong

July 18, 2009

Kagigizing ko lang. Saberdey ngayon Typically, ganitong araw sa Philadelphia Kung hindi umuulan at dahil medyo summer Takbo ang lola sa dalampasigan Magtatampisaw Magpapalipas nang init na ulo Dala nang mga impakto sa trabaho. Pero ngayon, babalik ako sa pier. Oo, leche. Trabaho. Hmpt! Share on Facebook Digg Stumble Upon Del.icio.us Buzz

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Galet samen ang media

July 17, 2009

Taka ako! Masyadong maingay sa labas! Duda ko, andito na naman sila. Oo. Mga nag-rarally. Hate nang media ang opisina namen. Konting mali namen, reklamo sila sa media. Hindi samen. Kaya naman ang putang media, bitbit mga nag-rarally, lusob sa opisina namen. Leche! Dati akong nag-work sa media. Hindi ganito sa New Jersey. Dito sa [...]

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Confessions of an Economic Hit Man: John Perkins

July 16, 2009

I was in my last year sa business school when I was given a book by my classmate. “Confessions of an Economic Hit Man“. Taka ako! Meron bang ganun? Ninam-nam ko sya over the weekend although dahil otsenta anyos na ako, di ko na maremember yong iba. Talo pa nito ang mga KGB stories I [...]

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Ang dating meyor sa bayan namen

July 16, 2009

Corruption is evil. Trapos are evil. Ang mga nakaupo na me mga porsyento sa kontrata nang gobyerno are evil. One of the most blatant corruption shit I have ever experienced in my life in the barrio which to this day na-trauma talaga ako was during one mayoral election sa bayan namen nung panahon nang hapon. [...]

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kelangan daw mag-hire

July 16, 2009

so eto nga, binu-buo ko ang futbol team sa unit nang pabrika kung saan ako nag-sa-salansan nang mga barko. sampung pirasong ulo kelangan ko. mahirap talaga trabaho ko dream ko kasi “challenging” punyeta! ba’t ganito binigay saken?! grrr! so, yon nga. me nakuha sila. malaking istorya minsan, pikit mata sinusunod ko sila pero… saka na… [...]

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Amnesty sa Abu Sayyaf?!

July 15, 2009

Maligaya of course ang pag-papalaya ki Eugenio Vagni na dinekwat nang mga extremistang muslim na Abu Sayyaf. Eh bayaran ba naman nang singkonta mil. Kaya an lakas na cottage industry to nang mga Abu Sayyaf na hanggang ngayon walang katapusan. Pero, alam ba naten na singkonta mil lang ang binayad? Maligaya lahat. Si Gordon. Si [...]

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Andaming langaw sa Arroyo trip to see Obama

July 15, 2009

LITSI!!! “No less than 100 congressmen—or nearly 40 percent of the total membership of the House of Representatives—are jostling for slots in President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s entourage in her July 30 meeting with US President Barack Obama in Washington.”Source Yan ang bandillo sa baryo mga kabaryo. Sandaang mga langaw. Karamihan daw sa kanila eh nag-sign up [...]

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nasaktan ako

July 15, 2009

oo nasaktan ako pero kinimkim ko lang ang galet ko mabaet naman tong babaeng to, ok naman kasama sa pabrika pero di ko naintindihan ba’t sume-semplang ata ang responsibilidad nya nagsimula to nong matanggap ako sa pabrika parehas lang ang aming posisyon sa makinarya, pantay baga kaso ang por hora, mas mataas sya, mataas na [...]

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6th State of the Barrio Address (SOBA)

July 15, 2009

Tunggeros y tunggeras. Members of the drum and bugle corps, mga tambay, ladies and gentlemen, tigil muna ang habulan nang dos por dos, TAGAY!!! I address you today at a crucial moment in our Barrio Siete History. Officially, 2 months old na ang Barrio Siete. Oo mga ka-barrio, officially, we are 2 months old. Can [...]

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An apology by Roni

July 14, 2009

“Akala ko okey na ako. Marami pa palang kulang sa akin. Sa mga taong na-offend ko, pasensya na kayo sa bugso ng init ng ulo ko. Tutuong mainit sa lugar na kinaroroonan ko, but that’s not an excuse. Sa mga comment kong one-liners, dahil tamad ako mag-explain at dahil hindi naintindihan, pasensya na. Sa pagbibitiw [...]

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tinanggal ko muna entry ko

July 14, 2009

sinulatan ako nang isang ka-barrio baka daw ako eh malegwak sa pabrika ~ ~ ~ kaya sinunog ko entry ko Share on Facebook Digg Stumble Upon Del.icio.us Buzz

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Prelude to the State of the Nation Address ni Gloria: SONA 2009

July 13, 2009

Duda pa rin ba kayo kung gano ka-impluwensyal nang Barrio Siete? Pwes, bakit pina-plano ni Gloria Arroyo na mag-karon nang SONA sa Hulyo barrio-siete este bente-siete?! Ba’t nya kelangang gayahin ang aming State of the Barrio Address? Walang originality talaga oo! Hmpt! I don’t know if you are noticing something, but pour moi? Oo. Maraming [...]

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Lazy Sunday

July 13, 2009

Yeah, I have to wait for 5:00pm in New Orleans because it was hot. Ang init kanina feel ko parang nasa Pasig ako. And so, eto ako, binibilang ang bagsak nung fountain sa gitna nang lake. I have tons of things to do. Tinatamad ako. Share on Facebook Digg Stumble Upon Del.icio.us Buzz

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Reyna Elena’s traffic is being re-routed?! Where?!

July 12, 2009

Reyna Elena’s traffic is being re-routed?! Where?! And who’s getting my traffic??? Why? These are what caused my blood boiling today! Leche! I am Reyna Elena, therefore I know how many chickens and pigs I have in my backyard, read: traffic. And I know fully well that this site has a pretty respectable traffic. But [...]

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Have we just experienced discrimination?!

July 12, 2009

I know, I sound like one bloody broken record, but it’s unbelievable kung gano ako ka-busy sa pabrika and its almost unimaginable na walang sumasabog na problema dun dahil, it’s crazy, it’s almost daily. I tell you, pwede akong magsulat nang komiks sa mga nangyayari sa loob. One afternoon, after fixing one disaster – binalandra [...]

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Week in review: 07-12-09

July 12, 2009

2nd week! Nawili ata ako gumawa nang ganito! Kaya namnamen habang nag-eenjoy ako. Masarap magbasa nang news. As usual, para akong ulol na aso, natatawa ako. Eto, I prepared 10 for you. Balitang na-antig ako. Guapo, pero leche tsismoso! Ang guwapo nya di ba?! Gusto ko talaga syang bastusin. Sino sya? Sya ang dating pyansa [...]

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Another YouTube Pinay Singing Talent: Thia Megia

July 11, 2009

I was watching her and she was with a Filipina-looking mother and at first I could not tell by the name. But I was suspecting that she was Filipina, although the Yahoo news did not say. For some youtube link, go here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YdhCyl8sQQ Share on Facebook Digg Stumble Upon Del.icio.us Buzz

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President Barack Obama in Ghana: A snub to Kenya?

July 11, 2009

(Photo Credits: MSNBC) President Barack Obama is Kenya’s most famous son. This was his father’s birthplace. This is where his relatives live. This is Kenya. His other country and according to how the media puts it, he “snubbed” Kenya for not being the first country that he visited in the Sub-Saharan Africa. Instead, Obama went [...]

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Walking Las Vegas

July 11, 2009

Las Vegas is by far, the most popular destination of most Barrio Siete folks, especially those who work inside Batasan, you know what I mean? They came in droves to watch Manny fight, remembah? I was in Las Vegas several months ago to meet Reesie , make chika-chika at mambastos nang Chippendale Dancers sa Rio [...]

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