From the monthly archives:

November 2009

Sick puppy

by reynz on November 29, 2009

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Sidelined ako ngayon mga kabisyo! Hindi talaga na ako masanay sa ating lupang hinirang. Napaka-init! Pero sabi nila dito, malamig na raw to! Leche! Anong magiging itsura ko pag summer dito? It’s always been like this pag ako nasa Barrio Pasig. Triple ingat na ako sa tubig, nadale pa rin ako, but this time, [...]

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Dear Ate Charing: Letters from Readers

by Mel on November 28, 2009

Here in Barrio Siete, we come across different kinds of readers from all walks of life. Contributing articles through email is one aspect where readers can share their stories about their respective lives or experiences. Pero dapat matuto ka rin makipag-social climb noh kasi hindi naman lahat ng nagsa-submit ng mga articles eh napipili ng [...]

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Matutuwa si koya

by reynz on November 27, 2009

Nagpanting ang tenga nang Chuva Chienes nung nalaman nya ang gagawin ko. As usual, litanyang bulyaw ang inabot nang lola.
Chuva: Baliw ka ba talaga?! Ba’t mo gagawin ang gagawin mo?
Ako: At ano ang mali sa gagawin ko eh I like change? Drastic change?
Chuva: ~kablag!~
Kaya pag-uwi ko nang Bicol, matutuwa ang koya. Nagbago na ako. Eto [...]

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Barrio Siete's OFFICIAL STATEMENT on the Maguindanao Massacre

by reynz on November 25, 2009

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Barrio Siete Collective Blog was conceived with a common goal of responsible freedom of expression, radical tracing of one’s provincial roots and the upholding of democracy via the written form of communication despite of various differences [...]

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Eklat’s Open Letter to Sec. Jesus Dureza

by Mel on November 25, 2009

Dear Uncle Jessie,
How are you my dear uncle? Don’t tell me you are okay because I know you’re not.
It’s been a while since we last saw and spoke to each other noh? Well, you know naman uncle that I’m a little popular than you now and I’ve been very busy with my newfound social life. [...]

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Who will protect us from our protectors?

November 24, 2009

Statement by Inday Espina-Varona, former chair of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines

The abduction and murder of around 45 persons, including around a dozen journalists, in Ampatuan town, Maguindanao is a spear thrust in the heart of our fragile democracy.
Let us grieve not just for our media colleagues — though theirs is an [...]

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Gruesome Maguindanao massacre claims at least 36 lives

November 23, 2009

“They belonged to the rival Mangudadatu clan, but since they were women accompanied by a media delegation, they believed they were safe, protected by the Koranic prescription to spare women. No one could have predicted the ruthlessness that met them. At least 36 people, mostly identified with Buluan, Maguindanao vice mayor Datu Ismail “Toto” Mangudadatu [...]

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Why Noynoy Aquino won't be on Nov 29 "Isang Tanong Isang Sagot"

November 23, 2009

There is this big chika going viral about Noynoy’s absence on the 2nd round of the Isang Tanong Presidential Forum, which I believed started in MoTwister’s blog. The anti-Noynoy camp are feasting on a flurry of negative explanation. Here’s what Motwister wrote on his blog:
“Chismis time: …. And here is a bit on information [...]

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Random Chika from your Resident Bruha, Part Deux

November 23, 2009

Hello mga kapatid! I missed you all. Charing!
Well, pasensya na at medyo delayed telecast ulet ang inyong lingkod sa pagbibigay ng aking natatanging opinion tungkol sa mga bagay-bagay na nangyayari dito sa ating bansa at pati sa buong universe na rin. Alam niyo naman, tumatanggap na ako ng labada ngayon kasi kelangan kumayod para [...]

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Brazilian lovelet

November 23, 2009
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My jet-setter friend went up the hill and fetch a lot of water in Brazil. Nag-lamierda in Sao Paolo and Rio de Janeiro. Eto ang lukaret.

Pariwara sya sa Brazil. Kung sino sinong 1st love ang hinarbat at dinekwat. Buti di sya nahuli nang kidnapping.

Eto na… nung umuwi… hindi na magka-ugaga… excited… mistulang nobela ang kwento [...]

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Isang Tanong: Presidential Forum

November 23, 2009

Another great job by GMA News for having this Presidential Forum. Many many thanks also to TheBlockerOnline for uploading the videos para saming mga tiga-abroad and United States. Malaking tulong to para samen.

Isang Tanong: Presidential Forum

Noynoy Aquino:

Joseph Estrada:

JC De Los Reyes:

Bayani Fernando:

Teodoro Gilberto:

Eddie Villanueva:

Manny Villar:

Nicanor Perlas:

Final Question: from Efren Penaflorida
Paano ba maging bayani?
In this video: [...]

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Efren Peñaflorida has been awarded by CNN as “2009 Hero of the Year”

November 22, 2009
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One of our B7 writer, Mahalia, interviewed Efren last October. His interview is on this entry in Barrio Siete: An Extraordinary Life: Exclusive Interview with Efren Peñaflorida.
He would then be awarded the 2009 CNN Hero of the Year at gala show attended by Hollywood stars like actress Nicole Kidman and featured performances by Grammy Award-winning [...]

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Efren Peñaflorida has been awarded by CNN as "2009 Hero of the Year"

November 22, 2009

Barrio Siete had the privilege of interviewing Efren Peñaflorida. Here’s Mahalia’s interview: An Extraordinary Life: Exclusive Interview with Efren Peñaflorida

Efren Peñaflorida was named the 2009 CNN Hero of the Year at gala show attended by Hollywood stars like actress Nicole Kidman and featured performances by Grammy Award-winning artist Carrie Underwood, R&B crooner Maxwell and British [...]

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The sinking boat and the national fruit

November 22, 2009

Truly! the boat is sinking!
Everyone is jumping at iisa ang pinupuntahan, the LP Party of Noynoy and Mar. Mamya nito we won’t be able to distinguish which one is which. Iisa na ang kulay nila. And the funny thing is that each olympic jumper have their own rabid err valid reasons na lumipat. La! [...]

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Levi Johnston Playgirl Pictures

November 22, 2009

They are out! Oh yeah. The wait is over. The much-anticipated Levi Johnston Playgirl shoot arrived. I wonder what Sarah Palin is gonna do! Paddle to Russia?! Hahaha! Here’s the cutie!

I’m not a Playgirl.com member, I’m just a playgirl, so i don’t have access to even more beefcake oh la la shots of former Alaskan [...]

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How not to start a blog: hate blogs by BongV and Benign0

November 22, 2009

Ok. So…. Wer wer we?!
Hate blogs started to sprout against Barrio Siete and Reyna Elena. These are brought to you by no other than BongV, our pseudo-intellectual resident of Barrio Siete, the most talkative of all the charlatans, the most intelligent of all human kind, teaching us the theory of the morons, decided to partner [...]

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How to handle negative comments

November 21, 2009
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Here’s a very nice entry by Rob Angeles of Social Media Philippines that he posted in Barrio Siete.

You know how there are people who just can’t say anything nice? You try to explain your point and they so rudely throw in an incoherent comment that throws people off of the subject you’re talking about? [...]

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Osmeña himself said he was going—but not yet

November 21, 2009

Ano ba koya?! Aalis ka ba or what?!
Backup.
Lumipat nga si Ralph Recto and Vilma Santos sa LP. And that was the problem. Nang-galaiti ang Sergio Osmenta. Well, to many, wa problem ki Vilma Santos. Many are saying that she’s clean. And me problema daw is Recto. Don’t ask me hahaha magbasa kayo sa Ellenville, [...]

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Kristie Kenney and the first African-American envoy to RP: Harry Thomas Jr.

November 21, 2009

In this picture, you’ll see Kristie Kenney distributes relief supplies from the USAID (US Agency for International Development) to residents affected by the recent typhoon and the continuing flooding of areas along Laguna Lake on Tuesday Oct. 6, 2009 at Binan township, Laguna province, south of Manila, Philippines. Unlike some wives of mayors or congressman [...]

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Theory of the morons

November 20, 2009
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Photo Credits: Here
In a comment in this entry, BongV said:

Using the same sampling base, considering that he went from 60% approval in October (SWS) to 44% approval in October (Pulse Asia) – that’s a 16% reduction in 2 months. With 6 months to go, as the campaign becomes more issues-oriented – under the worst case [...]

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Meet the Emperor of the World

November 20, 2009

Meet the person who wants to become the “Emperor of the World.” He is Rigoberto Madera Jr., a 61-year-old. He said he is a “six-star general”. Officially the 1st to file his certificate of candidacy at the Comelec on Friday at 8:40 a.m.
He said, he is winning the latest survey at pati ang Dyos pinagtrabaho [...]

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Is he really autistic, just asking daw

November 20, 2009

Photo Credits: Ewan
Are you enjoying this election campaign?! Grabeng awayan! Personalan na sya! Hahaha! Sometimes nga, I have no more clue what to blog because I would then follow kung ano ang rebuttal nang other side. Mas maganda sya to follow instead of the 2012.
By the book di ba dapat journalists are supposed to [...]

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The theory of the morons

November 20, 2009

In a comment in this entry, BongV said:

Using the same sampling base, considering that he went from 60% approval in October (SWS) to 44% approval in October (Pulse Asia) – that’s a 16% reduction in 2 months. With 6 months to go, as the campaign becomes more issues-oriented – under the worst case scenario (decrease [...]

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Danton Remoto, Gay rights activist eyes Senate seat in 2010 polls

November 20, 2009

From the Facebook of Raul Ibanez:
In its motion for reconsideration filed with the Comelec Wednesday, the group said that there are no evidence on record that establish their alleged immorality. “Just as the judicial entity may not suffer moral damages apart from its incorporator, director, officer or any one member, Ladlad may not be deemed [...]

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Noynoy the Inevitable?

November 19, 2009

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We are now 6 months away from that magic month of May. Yeap. I hope there ain’t gonna be any Comelec magic for survey after survey, Noynoy has been leading all the way. So, just like what JB Baylon said, is the Noynoy Presidency inevitable?
The phenomenon that is Noynoy is [...]

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Hiwalay

November 19, 2009
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Walang nangyari sa bar. Kwentuhan na lang kami nang friendship. Nagtanong:
Joey: Pwede bang rentahan ang place mo sa Manila?
Ako: Oo bakit?
Joey: Sister ko rerenta. Naghiwalay na sila nung husband nya.
Ako: Sorry to hear that. Pwede sya dun. Let me know.
Joey: Sige, kayong dalwa na lang mag-usap.
So, ayun. Naghintay ako nang tawag. Weekend passed. Wala na [...]

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Mayon Volcano: Up close and personal

November 18, 2009

It all started when I wrote this blog entry: My Legazpi City. I would ran across the multiply blog of this Bicolano blogger. His photos were just unbelievable. Since then, I’ve been a fan. Have a look.

You could almost make saing or kaya mag-barbeque.

The rest of the pictures are over at reyna elena dot [...]

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Why Noynoy Aquino is still a bachelor at 49

November 18, 2009

From the blog of Raissa Robles:

It was an ambush interview and therefore the question – “Why are you still a bachelor?” – understandably caught him by surprise.

The Philippines has had only one wifeless president – Elpidio Quirino – but he was a widower grieving over his wife Alicia and three of his five children who [...]

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Question & answer at the bar

November 18, 2009
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Nasa bar kami ni Joey. Chumi-chika nang whoever na mapad-pad sa kural namen. Mixed crowd. Di namen alam kung sino ang baliw err, I mean, kung sino ang deretso at kung sino ang lilihis. So, I told him, simple lang yan ‘pare. Interview questions lang nayan yan eh! Sabi ko.
Me naupo sa tabi ni Joey. [...]

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Manny Pacquiao, Krista Ranillo, Jinkee Pacquiao and the lynching of Coconuter

November 18, 2009

Did you hear the latest buzz?
Well, it’s about a trilogy.
Ok, maybe not.
Allegedly, it’s about Manny Pacquiao, Krista Ranillo, Jinkee Pacquiao and a blogger called Coconuter. Gosh he’s cute! I wanna buy him a sellphone! Grrr! Ok. Sumesemplang ako sa topic.
Well, according to the grapevine, si Manny daw and Krista…
ahh…
Honestly?!
Wala akong pakialam kung ano man [...]

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The flips and the confused

November 18, 2009

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“William Jefferson Clinton joins the Republican Party because he just could not take Nancy Pelosi’s hairstyle.” Blares the Washington misPost.”
Can you imagine that happening in America?
Not.
Well, ok. Close.
But in my turd world kawntri called the Flippines, most of our policitians must have had severe internship at makodonorado flipping burdyers that they flip in [...]

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Sen Benigno Aquino III is autistic?! Here's the proof

November 17, 2009

Yeap. Senator Benigno Aquino III is autistic. Raissa Robles, mon FB ami, offers some “proof”.
The evidence that Sen. Noynoy is abnormal – and therefore should not be voted president – seemed all there.
And Business Mirror columnist Butch del Castillo recounted it in excruciating detail using unnamed sources who had seen Noynoy acting “autistic.”
Butch wrote:

This must [...]

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Mayon Volcano: Up close and personal

November 17, 2009
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It all started when I wrote this blog entry: My Legazpi City. I would ran across the multiply blog of this Bicolano blogger. His photos were just unbelievable. Since then, I’ve been a fan. Have a look.

Courtesy of: Dacel of MiCreations

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Oh la la! Obama in diplomatic brouhaha!

November 17, 2009

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Yan si Koya. Koya Obama who bowed way too low to shake hands sa lolo nyo, si Japanese Emperor Akihito habang siguro tuliro ang Empress Michiko kung anong klaseng ipis ang nasa sahig. Ano ba koya?!
Nag-init ang butse nang mga critics dito sa America, ayan sila sa CNN, nag-nga-nga-ngawa, when they saw [...]

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Freddie Roach threatened to quit over Manny Pacquiao's meeting with Manny Villar

November 17, 2009

As a private citizen, Manny Pacquiao has the same free will, just like anybody, to endorse whoever he likes in the coming elections. Same thing with politicians – they have the free will to ask anyone to endorse them. And given that Manny has already said several times that he wants to be in politics, [...]

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Latest Pulse Asia survey:Noynoy maintains big lead

November 16, 2009

Just got this latest Pulse Asia Survey from Ellen Tordesillas updates on FB.
1.) Noynoy Aquino 44%
2.) Manny Villar 19%
3.) Chiz Escudero at 13%
4.) Joseph Estrada 11%
5.) Gilbert Teodoro 2%
Here’s the survey: Ellen Tordesillas

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Liberal Party National Slate

November 16, 2009

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I received this news from forwarded emails. I believe it’s on the Inquirer but I don’t know the link. (Oops! Eto na pala!)
Senators Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III and Manuel “Mar” Roxas II were formally nominated as presidential and vice-presidential candidates, respectively, of the Liberal Party (LP) during its national directorate meeting Monday in [...]

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It's Manny Villar-Loren Legarda

November 16, 2009

Villar will personally make the announcement on Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. at the Laurel House on Shaw Blvd., Mandaluyong
In explaining her decision to coalesce with Villar, Legarda spoke out on charges that Villar’s real estate empire benefited from the C-5 road extension project
Reminded that she once criticized Villar’s decision not to participate in the ethics [...]

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Ralph Recto & Vilma Santos from Lakas-Kampi CMD to Liberal Party

November 16, 2009

Ralph Recto & Vilma Santos leaves Lakas-Kampi-CMD and joins LP

Former Socio-economic Planning Secretary Ralph Recto and Batangas Governor Vilma Santos are a “big loss” to the administration, stalwarts of the Lakas-Kampi-Christian Muslim Democrats admit.

“They are a big loss,” party vice president for accreditation Prospero Pichay said on Monday, of Recto and Santos’s decision to join [...]

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Put Your Own Caption: Manny Pacquiao

November 16, 2009

“I just think I’m an ordinary fighter,” Pacquiao said. “When I fight a good fighter, sometimes I can beat him. “  And as many fighters like to proclaim themselves as the best, Manny continues to give props to the business, his opponents, his trainers, his family, his country, God, and his fans.  
He is hailed as the pound-for-pound [...]

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Future Legazpi City Harbour

November 16, 2009
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Just excited to see these pictures from the Legazpi City Facebook. I’m happy to see these improvements going on in Legazpi City.

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Pusong sawi

November 16, 2009
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Me bago akong pinagkaka-abalahan. Lonely hearts club band. Translation: Pusong Sawi sa FB.
Kaya lang, me pagkabastos. Hindi ko alam kung ex ko ba tong kausap ko dito? Eh kasi, alala ko pa… tinawagan ko sya several weeks ago…
Tinaktak ko muna selfon ko, hinulugan nang venchingko, then I dialed his number.

Ako: Hello?! Hoy! [...]

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13th State of the Barrio Address (SOBA): Sayonara anonymous commenters

November 16, 2009

First, let me thank all of you for your continued support of Barrio Siete. Our unbelievable meteoric rise in the Philippine blogging community is brought to you not by prakter & gambul but ewan ko, maganda lang talaga kami siguro.
Almost 6 months in the blogging world, we in Barrio Siete are just very happy to [...]

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Comelec says gay party ‘immoral’

November 16, 2009
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Swak pa rin ang entry ko today. Comedy sya. Laughable talaga. Ang Comelec, morality na sya.
Oo. Comelec has just disqualified LADLAD Party as immoral. Which to me, gulo ako when Comelec became the moral knight, saviour of the world, defender of equality, of all human kind. Meron ata silang code of morals na di pa [...]

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Manny Pacquiao: 12th round TKO of Cotto, Mayweather next?

November 15, 2009

Congratulations to Manny!

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