Mukhang Bading

Currently listening to Tuesday Vargas’ Babae Po Ako..

Gurla-loo.. Gurla-loo. Gurla-Gurla-Gurla-looo (with sipol effect)

Babae Po Ako…

Wish ko lang sana wala nang paliwanagan..

Babae po ako.. (Sure na Sure ako)

Natatawa ako everytime na naririnig ito.  Usually kasi napapagkamalan akong tomboy…
Astig daw kasi… lumakad parang maton.  Hehehe
Minsan nakakapikon na rin… makes you look at the mirror and ask yourself why they’re having such notion…

But this song makes me feel lighter about it.. hehehe 

Aba’y hindi na baleng mapagkamalang lesbian kesa naman bading… Hehehehehe

Ibang usapan na yon… baka talaga maabot cia ng sidekick ko hahahaha

Cheers and Prayers

The coming 15^th Doha Asian Games this coming December 1 – 15, 2006 is different from the usual Asian Games I used to watch.  It’s a lot more memorable actually… actually I’ve wanted to be there, too in Qatar, but work prohibits me to be there.  But I’m still positive that a sudden change in my schedule will bring me there too, at once.

Nonetheless, my prayers are with them and will continue to monitor them once in a while.

TEAM PHILIPPINES, I know will deliver well in the competition.  I have high hopes that the karate team headed by Gretchen Malalad will give a best fight!  Let’s all pray for them that they may not just bring home gold… but they, too will be free from any harm and injury… May Gege’s right-knee-injury will soon be okay and fit!

That’s why it’s different…. This time, I won’t just cheer for an idol… I will cheer and pray for a friend. Hai!

The Best Kick… Karate Chick!

Akyat-Bahay na Timang

May isa pang kwento:

Past 12am na nang makarating ako ng Amadeo.  Masama loob ko noon kasi sakto na lang pera ko at hindi ako nakabili ng Coke Float at French Fries sa McDonalds.  Sa sobrang kaantukan, dali-dali kong binuksan ang gate… Nagtaka ako.. ang hirap buksan… Mejo gumugol ako ng ilang minuto para  mabuksan.  Inakyat ko na lang ang bakod…  dala dala ang napakabigat kong bag.

Gotcha! Nakapasok ako.

Pakatok na ako sa pintuan nang magulat ako… hindi pala namin bahay yun..

Sa kapitbahay pala…. Hanuba… Pagkakatanga… Hahaha

Akyat-Bahay?!?  Pwede!!!! Hahahaha

Monster Inc.

At times when my mind is pre-occupied with something, my mind couldn’t just switched to the normal scene… sometimes I get stuck with what’s in my brainy caboodles.

Here are some instances:

1. My officemate asked me to buy her an ice cream since I’m going out.  I didn’t forget that.  On my way back, I passed by a group of people chatting… I went back to my room and went straight to my desk.  My officemate asked me where the ice cream was.  Oh my God!  I ate it on my way back… whehehe and I enjoyed eating it!   *Toooooiiiinnkkk!

1. I go home every weekend in Cavite.  I opened the refrigerator and found 2 slices of cake inside.  I got myself a juice and started eating the cake.  When a guest came in… my lola welcomed her and entertained her for a while.  I heard the guest saying…. “Ay kukunin ko na po ang inihabilin kong cake.”  

   Upon hearing that, gusto kong maging missile… at sumirit ng putok pataas… and make a a bonggang explosion sa langit… sabay sabing “Churi Churi… sabay smile” 

   Bakit kasi pati pagkain kailangang ihabilin… hehehe Para silang naghabilin sa monster.

1. One time, I’m with a friend… we were inside the bus… she asked me to hold a bottle of C2 Apple… I was reading something… I sipped a little… Sipped again… sipped till it’s half-filled.  My friend said…. “ang sabi ko pahawak ng C2… di ko sinabing laklakin mo…”  Nyaks… kala ko saken eh.

That’s why before eating anything… I always ask this question:

“Pede na ba itong kainin?” 

At pag nagpabili sken… itinatatak ko sa utak ko na hindi akin at baka makain ko pa…

Monster talaga…

Hilig

Last Friday night, my brother fetched me up in Quezon City, for a night of foodtrip.  We toured around Tomas Morato and Timog Avenue for a restaurant that offers cheaper but good!

We parked at Napoli’s Pizza.  Just before we enter, I said to him…

And my brother said…

“Ako din… Italian food din ang favorite ko… I always want to try out different kinds of Italian Pasta… I hate Japanese and Korean… all the raw!”

And I laughed… “Magkapatid nga tayo… parehong pareho tayo ng kinakain… hindi ka rin kumakain ng gulay.  Hoy, dati, paborito mo ang dinuguan… ako super-hate ko un.”

Hahaha eh kasi dati nung bata pa tayo… kung ano ang kinakain mo, un din ang kinakain ko.  Kung ano ang itinuturo mong kanta at sayaw sa akin, ako naman itong sumusunod sayo.

Pero nung lumaki tayo, magkaibang-magkaiba naman… ikaw itong astig… ako ang refined.

Ikaw ang malakas uminom, ako ang hindi.

Ikaw ang umaakyat sa bahay, ako audience lang.

Eversince ikaw ang malakas ang loob.  Ako ang natatakot sa mga ginagawa mo.

Ano pa nga ba ang pinagkapareho natin?

I said.. mahilig tayo sa donut! 

Hahahaha!  Just one of the relaxing bonding moments I had with my soon-to-be Atty Bro.!

Siblings

A long drive to our hometown, Amadeo, Cavite is one of my favorite trips in life.  Because my brother and I could talk about anything.  And most of the serious conversations in life happened in the four-wheeled old car.

The last time we went home… my brother shared to me…

“Ate, on weekdays, I’ll try to work hard and earn more so that when weekend comes, I’ll get to gather my children and my wife in a lunch out or dinner.  I’ll make sure that Sundays will be a Family Day, from the time they are young until they get old so they will learn to value it and do the same thing when they, too, get a family of their own.”

“How about you, Ate?”

“Mine is simple.  I just want to have a house of my own… that if ever I grow old alone, I have something I can call my own.  A house that I could freely decorate and have the interiors at my own concept.  I’m also dreaming to get a family before… but… right now… it’s no longer my priority at all… not on my list actually.  My days and desire to put up a family is over and gone.”

“When I get rich… you’ll be rich, too.  We’re only two.  I won’t keep the riches to myself alone.  I’ll share it to you.”

I smiled secretly.

“Just be a good husband and a good father.  Manage to be a good lawyer somehow.” 

The best gift that we could ever give to our parents and to our grandparents is to be responsible parents to our future family.  Their long struggle to give us the things we need in life for us to make whole and better persons is one good reason to repay and give value to the good intentions that they had.

My brother is 25 and I am turning 28… I thank my parents and grandparents for leading us the way.  We may not be the perfect children but we struggle not to be bad at all.  We managed to be of greater use by the society.

And I thank them, first and foremost, for inculcating in us, the fear and respect… that in our attempt to do bad… we think of them… I always see the mad face of my Lola shouting at me…

;-)

The Old Wisdom

When the author can no longer twist the characters of the story to make a happy ending, he makes sure that the readers tend to derive a rewarding lesson out of it… so it won’t just be too heavy.

Try to convince ourselves not to get bitter at events like these but be positive that when one door closes, another window opens up for you.  It won’t happen in a snap… you might even have to have a slap on your face, a pat on your shoulder, a strong punch at your chest…. Only the learning process is the most rewarding part of the journey and getting the realizations make you no longer the old person that you are … but a new person with a new learning.

That’s why I respect the wisdom of older people more than the young ones.  For in the young one’s are too shallow and too objective… It’s the passing of time and the summation of experiences that bring glory to that kind of old wisdom.  Not that these people never committed any mistakes, but it’s through their mistakes that they learned. I may be sharing advice to a lot of people, preach at times in some religious talks, but friends… even good adviser at times cannot apply to themselves what they are preaching.  It is for them a reward to help other people learn from their mistakes and not to allow people to experience the same hit and throws while you’re in there.

Better to grow old with grace… than to be treated as someone …. Who gets old but never learned anything at all.

Agot Isidro at 40

I have come to admire Agot Isidro the very moment that she stood on the stage… 12 years ago…  
Simplicity and elegance, frankness and intelligence, her sense of style… and of course, who can resist the beauty. 

Now that she's 40…. there was one-liner statement that made me admire her more..

That’s what I want—to grow old with grace.”

Grab a copy of Sense and Style Magazine November 2006 issue and get to know more of Agot as she gets old.  The article is worth-reading!