From the monthly archives:

November 2009

Presidential demolition job on a high gear

November 12, 2009

Photo Credits: Here Marcos? Istatue?! It looks like it. Although I’m pretty sure, Gloria Arroyo must be smiling because she could now say to Noynoy – “now you taste it!” It’s more of the same or worse of the same. But these ones are even nasty. Why? Would it be fair to say that some [...]

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The Hacienda Luisita blame

November 12, 2009

And so Noynoy wants out of Hacienda Luisita. You can read the entire article here: Noynoy wants out of Hacienda Luisita. Hacienda Luisita is being used by the anti-Noynoy camp to demolish his presidential aspirations. As a matter of fact, I was in part, also swayed and/or had initial belief that all along they were [...]

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Ang damit. Sa closet.

November 12, 2009
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Photo Credits: Here Hiyang hiya ako atennnggg! Huh? Bakit?! Anong nangyari? Sya si JunChie. Mabait yan dati. Parati akong sinisilbihan nang pagkain. Lately, muntik na akong lasunin. Gumanda pa kasi ako nang todo. Ang madir kasi ni JunChie, nag-visit from Manila. Kaya tumino ang JunChie. Nag-aaral kung pano maging tao during the time na andito [...]

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Eklat in the Barrio

November 12, 2009
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Eklat started off with a big bang in the barrio, racking up over a hundred comments with her 1st letter to B7 writers. She was introduced to the barrio by her agent, Mel Beckham. First of all let me introduce myself, my name is Elaine Katherine Lourdes Anna Theresa , but my friends call me [...]

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Eklat and the Noynoy video Brouhaha

November 11, 2009

Sa mga umaabang sa next appearance ni Eklat, lalo na sa kanyang anim na fans, eto ulet ang isang sulat mula sa kanya. Basa na mga bruha. Hello patriots! Yes it’s me again, Eklat at your service. You know I just arrived from a week of rehab, I mean, vacation in LA and the news [...]

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fruitcake

November 11, 2009
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“Oh! You should go to Brazil! Its such a beautiful place. The weather is nice! The people are nice and beautiful too! Its better than America. I hate winter! When we have 6 inches of snow on the ground? I’d like to divorce my wife and fly to Brazil!” ~lagok beer~ Nag-iinuman kami nung mga [...]

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Mino Vs. H1N1

November 11, 2009

Seems as though every livestock we eat can get us sick. First the bird flu. Then madcow. And now, swine flu! What’s next? Rover Fever?

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"the true sense of democracy is your ability to defend the rights especially of your enemy and not just your friends"

November 11, 2009

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Worst employer

November 11, 2009
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I feel horrible! Matapos kong tanggalin lahat nang pintuan sa karenderia ko, kinulong ko ang pobreng waitress ko para di ako takasan baka manood to nang Wowowee eh! Habulin kaya ako nang DSW? Department of Labor?! Share on Facebook Digg Stumble Upon Del.icio.us Buzz

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Who's to blame by all these black propaganda?

November 11, 2009

It’s truly election time in the Philippines. This is where the lowest form of the lowest form of any kind comes out. Forget about balimbings switching allegiances in seconds. Filipinos in terms of politics could be very nasty, to say the least, brutally low. I knew from the beginning that Hacienda Luisita will be Noynoy’s [...]

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Tagilid na Kawali

November 11, 2009
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“Tagilid na Kawali”, in English… ahhh! Can you help me out?! Yeap, that’s my new restaurant’s name. I woke up this morning to discover that everything I cooked last night went stale! Oh mon dieu! C’est terrible! Flies all over the place, nasty stove! Buzz rating is almost zero, my customers were getting annoyed. Wow, [...]

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Cafe World at Reyna Elena

November 10, 2009
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I started playing Cafe World yesterday. Why? I don’t know. I’ve never played online games. Yeah, if you’ve read some of my paid posts about stupid online games? I lied. No worries, I deleted those entries and have already asked forgiveness from the gods between my keyboards. The game is simple. You cook, wait until [...]

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One FB blogger compared “Noynoy’s Campaign Ad” to a Nazi propaganda

November 10, 2009
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Bluepanjeet wrote one very powerful blog entry that elicited some very heated and fiery reactions both on Facebook and in Barrio Siete. In fact, (another) one FB blogger compared “Noynoy’s Campaign Ad” to a nazi propaganda. Do we really have to go this low by espousing hatred and bringing in the Nazis? Election certainly divides [...]

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Burdyer King

November 10, 2009

Cross post to mga kabaryo mula sa reyna elena. Masyadong mainit yung video ni Noynoy kaya burdyer muna kayo. Dun sa Reyna Elena McDo sya. Dito Burdyer King. Image by ilmungo via Flickr Umandar ang stomach nang lola. Di ako makatiis for today’s calling. Makodoronado Burdyer King pala. Litsi oo! Me opium ba sila dahil [...]

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Presidential or Parliamentary: Which one will solve the economic and political crisis in the Philippines?

November 9, 2009

And so Tyrone threw me a Richard Gutierrez for Senator question: “Hi Reynz, in your opinion, which systems is more applicable given the Philippine setting of politics – is it the presidential or parliamentary form of government?” Man, I’m telling you. This is such one heated topic. Parliamentary. Presidential. Which system fits the Philippines? In [...]

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Understanding Philippine politics

November 9, 2009
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(This entry is also posted in Barrio Siete.) Having lived in the United States for many, many years, I have come to lived with the two-party political system they have here. For the last hundred or so years, there have only been two major political parties here. The Republicans and the Democrats. To give you [...]

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Taylor Swift Does Saturday Night Live and Kanye West was not there

November 9, 2009
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Photo Credits: Yahoo It was fun watching Taylor Swift last night on Saturday Night Live. I had no clue she was the guest last night. I was expecting some drama centered on Kanye West, but there was nothing. Instead, she did a music monologue. Even a swipe at that famous Jonas boy who broke up [...]

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as your girl or any thing better

November 9, 2009
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Me natanggap akong sulat. An sabi: “Hello My Dear, Lets Build A Favorable Good Relationship For Each Other“ Hello My Dear one! It was very great to me when i found your profile at in my searching for a responsible and reliable person to have a good relationship with and I fond a great spark [...]

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My Legazpi City

November 8, 2009
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I took that picture aboard the plane going home to Legazpi City one time. “Originally posted in the barrio…” Today, I searched the net and will sorta introduce L.A. (Legazpi, Albay) to ya’all. Para naman sa next lamierda ninyo, stop by in this great city, social climb kayo sa mga uragon, besides, we are the [...]

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I’m yours

November 8, 2009
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You’ve heard this song already. It continues to be one of my favorites. Well you done done me and you bet I felt it I tried to be chill but you’re so hot that I melted I fell right through the cracks Now I’m trying to get back Before the cool done run out I’ll [...]

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Understanding Philippine politics

November 8, 2009

Having lived in the United States for many, many years, I have come to lived with the two-party political system they have here. For the last hundred or so years, there have only been two major political parties here. The Republicans and the Democrats. To give you a fast-track American political history, it’s pretty easy [...]

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How to start a tutoring center

November 8, 2009
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(Photo Credits: Here) With 10.2% unemployment rate in America, signs of times. Effects of recession continues to linger. I’m sure I’m not the only one who is affected by all these. Out of the blue, I received an email from an OFW wanting to go home and is asking me for some advice on how [...]

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Noynoy Aquino’s ad campaign

November 8, 2009
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I liked the ad. I thought it was very interesting. To me, it evoked a lot of things. A longing for something to change once and for all. A wanting by all Filipinos for not just a better life but good governance. However, I do not believe that non-Noynoy supporters wanted a crazy and insane [...]

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Ave Maria by Beyonce

November 8, 2009
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(Photo Credits: Here) Aminin. You guys cringe sa musikang Ave Maria dahil nga pam-patay nga sya di ba? Kunyari pa kayo. Hehehe! But my friends dito sa Philly knew na gustong gusto ko ang kantang to. Ang pinoy lang kasi, pahamak. Gawin bang national anthem nang mga patay. Kaya everytime you play this song sa [...]

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Christmas Gift Ideas: Best Laptop, Desktop and Tablet PCs Under $500

November 7, 2009
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Great finds from Digital Trends! Besides, it’s Christmas Season and given the worst recession we’re in, if you’re in the mood of giving some great gifts this Christmas – here’s some great ideas. I mean, with FB saturating our everyday lives, get a wifi connection or a cable, but of course, you’ll need one of [...]

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Heater

November 7, 2009
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Ang ginaw samen. I just checked the temperature. Captured from Yahoo. Mali pa ata. 36 degrees F = taz walang numerong kadikit sa degrees C. So meaning zero sya. Anak nang freezer oo! Nakabitin pa naman fallopian tubes ko! Na-alala ko last year. Uwi ako galing work… Siempre me heater ako. Kelangan mo talaga sya. [...]

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Waiting tables

November 7, 2009
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(Photo Credits: Here) Ever been to a restaurant taz sinaksak ka dun sa pinakadulo nang mundo as if to hide you from the world at baka mabangkrap sila if the customers coming in will see you? Well… ganito ang other story na nangyari aside from how’s the food? nung pinag-dinner kami ni Joey nang breakfast. [...]

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U.S. jobless rate passed 10% mark

November 7, 2009
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Another truly sad day in America. An sama na nga nang balita from Fort Hood, Texas tapos eto pa. It seemed like, for one bit of good news, buburahin sya nang nakaka-shock na reality. Just where are the jobs? Where are they hiring? True, recession might be ending because the last quarter of this year [...]

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Bad blogging habits

November 7, 2009
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Photo Credits If you think I have already perfected blogging for all these typing years, wrong. I have some bad habits that I can’t seem to shake, rattle and roll hehehe! I feel like I need to join a support group! So, here are my annoying blogging habits. 1.) Photo Credits – I am abnormally [...]

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U.S. jobless rate passed 10% mark

November 7, 2009

Another truly sad day in America. True, recession might be ending because the last quarter of this year will probably show another growth. If that happens, that would be 2 successive quarters of positive growth officially ending the recession. The bad news? Employers are just reluctant to hire. And the meager recovery for the last [...]

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Fall Season

November 7, 2009
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Photo Credits: IS Virginia Nadekwat ko na lang ang litraks na yan from that site. Kainis. That’s how fall season looks like in Philadelphia. Especially dito lang sa may New Hope area which is very close home, around 30 minutes. Kaso mo, ang lecheng weather was abno. Berdeng berde pa ang mga dahon, biglang nag-freeze. [...]

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On financial mentors: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen & former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra

November 6, 2009

You familiar with that guy? That’s the former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Buti pa sya. He was hired by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen as his financial mentor. O! Laban kayo? Result? Nag-solian sila nang mga kandila. Ni-recall nang Thailand ang ambassador nila. Ni-recall naman nang Cambodia ang ambassador nila. Who knows baka ang [...]

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Korean taxi drivers and their TV’s

November 6, 2009
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Yan ang drama nang litraks na yan. Isang taxi driver, nano-no-od nang Days of our Lives habang nag-da-drive nang kanyang taxi in Seoul. In fact, inakusa sila and one South Korean court has rejected an attempt to prosecute Seoul taxi drivers for one of their scariest habits — watching television while driving. Di ko magetz [...]

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Now, it's the Chinese drywall

November 6, 2009

Before, it was the formalin in white rabbit. Then, the lead paints on toys. Then you have the tainted milk.Now? It’s the Chinese drywall. Makes you wonder if what you eat at the Chinese restaurant are real. I’m just curious if the Chinese and the American trade officials are fighting again. But if this is [...]

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iPhone sucks!

November 6, 2009
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Did you hear?! iPhone sucks! There. So all of you who doesn’t own one of these can now relax, just like me. Our ngit-ngit hatred for this thing is actually true kahit na di naman naten na-experience hehe! Im fak, I know iPhone is popular. It’s so popular, my phone looked not jurassic, but egyptian. [...]

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Plastic flowers

November 6, 2009
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Image by nofrills via Flickr Yosi ako sa labas nang bahay. Me narinig akong multo. Sya: What’s going on? Neighbor ko pala. Ako: Oh! Not much! How’s it going? Sya: He’s crazy! Eto na naman kami! Sa isip ko. Tong neighbor kasi namen na injure sa work kaya komokolekta lang ang mokong. Dito lang sya. [...]

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Major Nidal Hasan and the Fort Hood, Texas shootings

November 6, 2009

What a tragic day today in Fort Hood, Texas. I was glued on CNN this afternoon watching the events unfold. A Muslim army officer about to be deployed to Iraq went on a shooting rampage at the sprawling Texas military base, killing 13 people and wounding 31 others before being gunned down – although the [...]

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Roasted blogging

November 6, 2009
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Not only do I have the longest categories in the blogging world, I also have the longest bloglines subscription ever. I kept my subscriptions to a lot of blogs since I started blogging, except for a few that I blocked, deleted and erased to oblivion. Over in Barrio Siete dot com, it’s very noticeable the [...]

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Rihanna and Chris Brown on domestic violence

November 6, 2009

First, a lookback at what happened: (Source: MTV) Rihanna breaks her silence in an interview with Dianne Sawyer. You’d laugh at me, but I love Chris Brown’s music that at one point, Diwa was shouting at me to get back to my senses and instead listen to Matt Monroe’s music. Grrr! But I’m sure, a [...]

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iPhone sucks

November 5, 2009

Did you hear?! iPhone sucks! There. So all of you who doesn’t own one of these can now relax, just like me. Our ngit-ngit hatred for this thing is actually true kahit na di naman naten na-experience hehe! Im fak, I know iPhone is popular. It’s so popular, my phone looked not jurassic, but egyptian. [...]

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Wedding chapel on wheels

November 5, 2009
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$200 lang sya plus $2 per mileage roundtrip. Nawindang ako when I saw it. For busy people na walang panahon. Uubra kaya to sa Manila? Bakit hindi di ba? You can now open another one of this. Kung di mo kaya mag-spend nang wedding ala-Korina, you can have one of this. Wedding chapel on wheels [...]

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How’s the food?

November 5, 2009
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So anyway, balik tayo dun sa “A day after the Halloween…” story. Which was funny dahil hindi siguro to nabasa nung waitress: 50 Things Restaurant Staffers Should Never Do “8. Do not interrupt a conversation. For any reason. Especially not to recite specials. Wait for the right moment.” So, ayun, we were making chika to [...]

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The navigator

November 5, 2009
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That’s what I have. I used to have the Magellan nung unang labas. I bought it for about $1,300. Pohtah! Mahal! But this new one? Cheapangga na sya. Less than $300 na lang. And without the navigator, I would not be able to drive in and around New York or DC. Im fak, salamat sa [...]

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Pasta primavera

November 4, 2009
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Tumawag ang Joey. Joey: Oi tikbalang, daan ako sa lugar mo. Me pupuntahan ako. Kain tau after. Ako: Ah, ok. Saan tayo magkita? Joey: Sa may Nifty Fifties. Andito na ako eh. Ako: Ok. Andyan na ako. Ala una y medya na nang hapon yun. So gora nga ako. Nifty Fifties. Full pack ang lugar [...]

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Pilit kong ibabalik ang dati

November 4, 2009
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If you noticed, I am putting back the longest categories ever by one blogger in the world. Yes. Watch how long that category on the sidebar will go. It’s going to circle the world. You see, after all the hacking and the troubles my website endured, parati syang nawawala. And so everytime we put it [...]

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A day after halloween

November 4, 2009
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“O! kumusta ang party ninyo?!” Tanong namen ki Chuva. Kasama ko si Joey nung isang araw. Binisita namen si Chuva. Read: maki-ki-kain nang libre. Kaya lang ang leche, nung umalis kami papuntang point point (turo-turo), sadyang iniwan ang wallet nang lukaret. “A ewan! Tapos na ako! tapos na talaga ako!” Taon taon kasi, we always [...]

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A look at Legazpi City

November 4, 2009

Galit ako senyong lahat! Kung makapag-lamierda kayo, naubos nyo na bulalakaw sa Pilipinas but none of you have been to Legazpi! Grrr! Yong iba dyan goes on a weekend in Hongkong or mag wander in Palawan or mag sagwan in CDO or mag soroy soroy sa Cebu or pag uminit ang ulo, hahada sa Sao [...]

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McDo

November 4, 2009
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Image by ilmungo via Flickr Umandar ang stomach nang lola. Di ako makatiis for today’s calling. Makodoronado. Litsi oo! Me opium ba sila dahil di ko mapigil na di sumiba nang french fries? So, I was at the drive-thru. Nag-iintay nang aking turning wheel. Sumaksak sa isip ko. Ano nga kaya kung ako ang andun [...]

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The Eklat Update and the Women in Noy and Mar’s life

November 3, 2009

Mga bruhang fans ni Eklat, may sulat na naman po siya para sa atin kaya hindi ko na kayo bibitinin. Sabay-sabay nating basahin. Gooooo! Hello my dear minions! I know that you’re glad to see my name pop up in Barrio Siete again. Well forgive moi to keep you waiting because I’ve been so much [...]

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Ang nakaraan

November 3, 2009
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Me assignment nga ako. Lose 20 lbs. Pohtah! I gained 5 lbs instead! Linti! Hindi na ako nagtimbang. Kinikilabutan ako. Feel ko na mukhang ma-sa-shock na naman ako. So I went to the gym again today. Pohtah! 10 minutes akala mo matitigbak na ako! Grrr! Ano na bang nangyari sa mga apparatus ko?! Ang hirap [...]

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Modes of transport sa Barrio Siete

November 3, 2009

I fell in love nga sa Ozamis City when I saw some pictures yesterday. Kaya tuloy when I was googling and oggling for pictures of Ozamis City me mga iba pa akong nakita. Naging curious lang ako. While browsing the net, I happen to saw these pictures. Like this one – an tawag pala nito [...]

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Katakot Ako Eh

November 3, 2009

Mino Saves Little Miss Nonsense I’m not a saint.  I don’t have a soul.  I’m not dead—yet.  [Lightning flashes] Halloween was a pagan tradition that originated from the Celts 2,000 years ago.  November 1st was considered the end harvest season and the beginning of the winter chill and darkness, the time of the year that [...]

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Facebook. Hilarious in Filipino.

November 3, 2009

Image via Wikipedia Pissbuk in Filipino. Enjoy sya. And if you’re from Pissbuk, please hehehe wag nyo po akong i-blak, nakalimutan ko lang uminom nang prozac. And I am truly having fun sa bagong Pissbuk. Pati sya, pinatulan ko na. What with their Filipino Language. Eh, alam naman nateng ang ating wikang salumpwet eh talagang [...]

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