Last year, while on vacation in the Philippines. Me and 4 (3 guys, 1 girl) other friends were drinking beer, talking about how (and why) men cheat on their partners, after having dinner, at our place.

Me: Nagwo-worry na sila (my family) na wala pa akong boyfriend.
GuyFriend: Tumigil ka dito (sa Pilipinas), wala pang isang taon may bofriend ka sigurado, kung gusto nila pede din na magka-baby ka na. Malilibog mga tao dito eh.

Other girl friend and I already laughing out loud.

GuyFriend: Hindi nga, totoo. Kami nga nagpro-proteksyon lang kasi ayaw ko pa magpa-kasal at magka-baby eh.

Male Cousin/Friend: Tang*nang 'to! (to Guy Friend)

Most times, I feel like my guy friends forget I'm actually a(n) (innocent) girl.

Labels: Crazy world, Famiglia, Friends, Mabuhay Pilipinas, Silly Me, Silly You

After some days that the Wife vs. Mistress video went viral, I think "The mistress-beater", E.R.T., finally came to a point where she regrets what she did, or at least, filming and posting what she did on the internet.

As of last night the husband's, the other woman's, and her Facebook profile have been deactivated.

Sometimes, I can't help but think na baka may balak mag-artista mga 'to! I mean, di ba, sinong nanunugod (sp?) na ready ang video camera? :-/

Labels: Buhay ng may Buhay, Crazy world, doing it the soap-opera way, Mabuhay Pilipinas

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. I tell you, this saying is so true.

Last night, a video of a mistress who was beaten up by the wife in a mall, started showing up on my Facebook feed. I watched the video and it was crazy. Seriously. I was scared for the girl and her friends.

I knew that sooner or later the video will either be removed, blocked, or something else, but I was sure it will disappear. And yes, I have a copy of that video saved on my computer, in case you are wondering, hehehe.




As much as I understand the wife, I totally disapprove what she did. I mean, c'mon! Why stoop down to her level? And why in public?! If I were the wife, and if I were to beat the hell out of someone, it would have been my husband. Because, with all honesty, I wouldn't care if the mistress is single, married, or whatever. I wouldn't care who the hell she is, just like she wouldn't care who the hell I am, unless of course, we personally know each other, because otherwise, we are just strangers sharing a man. (Hahaha.)

The truth is, I would never do anything like that. And definitely not in public. And I'm madamot when it comes to romantic relationships, bawal may kahati. Unless we know each other, you can do whatever the hell you want to do. Agawin mo lahat ng gusto mong agawin, and I wouldn't care. Ang pro-problemahin (aawayin? hehehe) ko eh yung nagpa-agaw. If I were in the wife's shoes, I would have acted differently. Ayaw ko ng mga agaw-eksena, at mala-telenovela na drama. If I were her, I would just throw him out of the house. No drama, no pulling of hair, and no cursing, and everything will definitely happen in private. No videos or photos to share on the internet. :-P

Oh well.

Labels: Buhay ng may Buhay, Crazy world, doing it the soap-opera way, Mabuhay Pilipinas

My dose of sports for this year ends today, the day Italia got eliminated from the World Cup 2010. Azzurri's first 2 games were disappointing, yes. Both ended in a tie. Though, I still think that most of the players from other teams played dirty, nothing compares to what I feel, and think of Slovakia's players. At least, yung ibang teams hindi sobrang pa-tama sa oras, at hindi nangho-hostage ng bola! Ugh!

I'm honest naman, I don't think Gli Azzurri played well, I know they could have done so much better. But still, I feel that they did what they had to do. (Oo na, biased na kung biased.)

Someone's tweet on Twitter (Syempre, san pa kaya?):
"non mi vergogno di essere italiano\a, mica tifo italia solo perchè vince. forza azzurri per SEMPRE."

Yep, that's right! Forza Azzurri per SEMPRE!!! Viva l'Italia! :-)





It's a good thing the Lakers won the NBA finals. Or else, my yearly dose of sports would have been ruined. So, let's not even talk about Il Rossonero. Hehehe. :-P

Let's go Lakers!!!

Labels: Crazy world, Halo-Halo Special, I love Milano, Lights Camera Action, Mundong Ibabaw, Sport, Viva Italia

Most times I have a weird sense of humour that only a few people (mostly those who are close to me, or those who like me have a weird sense of humour) get and understand. There are times when I can find humour in the most normal, unhumorous things.

I don't like talking to people who do not have a sense of humour. Life would be too boring and too dragging, if you take everything too seriously and cannot laugh at yourself, every once in a while. I stopped following people on Twitter, unfriend some people on Facebook, and stopped reading some blogs, because I don't get their sense of humour, or lack of it. I'm not saying I have the best and greatest sense of humour in the whole wide world, but you know, last time I checked this is a free world. :-)

Twitter is one of my sources for funny things. A lot of people there are just plain hilarious. Smartmatic PCOS machine (@PCOSmachine) has a Twitter account, it's hilarious! Hahaha! You should follow it (I'm not following it, it tweets too much, but I do visit its page to read its tweet). And I got this one off Twitter too. If you are too sensitive, and do not understand humour, leave now.

Cheers Pilipinas, the new Springfield!


[Image via http://twitpic.com/1mvd2w]

Labels: Crazy world, Mabuhay Pilipinas, Silly Me, Silly You

I honestly have no idea who Urbanation was. The first time I heard of them was when a friend told me one story about the band, which was not, in anyway, related to music, and did not in anyway impress me or made me curious about them, or the music they play. Hey, they can be one of the best bands there is in the Philippines, and I would not have a clue.

I love South Border (aka SB), and since SB's main man's brother was a member of K24/7, I knew K24/7 existed. Then some years ago someone (one of my closest friends now) "approached" me online, and told me to check out K24/7, as in to actually listen to them play, and watch them on videos, and befriend the band's drummer on Multiply. So I did, because I'm masunurin like that. Since then I became a fan.

A couple of days ago, news about K24/7's nomination to be one of the nominees (no pun intended) as R&B artist of the year at the Philippine Hip-Hop Awards, (both K24/7 and Urbanation are nominated), showed up on Facebook. I clicked the link, voted, and saw that Urbanation was on lead, so I posted a link, both on Facebook and Twitter, to where people could vote for K24/7. Yes, I'm rooting for K24/7, if you haven't figure that out yet, hehehe. Before going to bed, I went back to the site just to check on the stats, I found out I can vote again, so I voted again and voilà, K24/7 was on lead. :-)

The next day I saw another link to where to vote, you know how Facebook wants you to be always updated with what your Facebook friends are up to, so I reposted it on my Facebook wall, clicked the link, voted and what do you know, Urbanation's back on top! I thought to myself, “This Urbanation must be really good!”, and curiosity got the best of me... I decided to search for them on Facebook, not a good idea... People were being all "hyper" (I can't think of any other term) about the voting thing... Some were being verbally violent about it already... I don't like it when things get violent, and since, as to what I understand all top 5 will get nominated anyway, and K24/7's ranking 2nd, I decided to just stop voting, promoting, and just forget about the whole hip-hop thing until all nominations were finalised.

Yesterday morning, while I was waiting in line and suffering from boredom, I decided to check on Facebook... And yes, I gave in, I clicked on Urbanation's page again, seriously bad move talaga, and there it was again, only worst, parang I felt that some people were (directly) offending other people they (most) probably don't even know... The verbal diarrhea was just... Wow! Okei, truth be told, on K24/7's fan page, some did insinuate that there's probably some thing going on... They had doubts, so they acted doubtful, and said it “out loud”... How normal is that? They did insinuate, but that's just about it. Since we are not all geniuses, some people actually need other people to clarify things and explain how this percentage thing works, in a nice way, without being offensive.

Yes, I'm eating my own words, so people please vote for K24/7!!! You can vote every hour. I want them to get nominated with the most vote possible.

Yes, there are these rare times when I can be THIS childish. And yes, I want this to happen just to annoy the hell out those who are being just as childish, overly competitive (as in ang OA na ha), and acting oh-so smart.

A little competition is (almost) fine, just as long as you don't start trash talking, offending other people you haven't even met, and take things too seriously. I mean, come on, this online voting... It's not even for the TITLE yet.. Buti na lang the voting process for the actual title doesn't include public voting, or online voting for that matter.

P.S.
This whole nomination thing will end in more than 30 days, so yeah, I'll probably get tired of wanting K24/7 have the most vote, and will start acting mature again before this whole thing ends. :-P

P.P.S.
Don't ask why because I don't know why things that have nothing to do with me affect me this much. Just like with the prices of the concert tickets for John Mayer's concert in the Philippines, sobrang affected ako, eh I'm not even in the Philippines! :-))

Labels: Crazy world, K24/7, Silly Me, South Border

On August 12, 2009, Rev, my almost 9-year-old cousin, and I decided to spend the afternoon at Fnac. While my cousin spent 2 hours at the video games section, I was a floor higher where the books are.

And this is what I found:


The whole 2 hours I was there, the guy kept on sleeping without moving a muscle.
Unbelievable.

Labels: Buhay ng may Buhay, Crazy world, I love Milano, Lights Camera Action, Silly Me, Silly You

Finally, [the EB. Hehehe.] got the chance to meet Ate Racky, and her lovely, lovely family (minus 1).

They arrived on the night of July 20, and left Friday morning.








Tapos we ended the day with this:





Next time it'll be even better, 'cause by then I'll know how to get around better, and probably know more shortcuts aside from the one going straight to where I live, hehehe. Who wants to spin on the bull's balls next? =))

Labels: Crazy world, Familia sa Mundo ng Blog, I love Milano, Lights Camera Action, Viva Italia

Let me just say that this Mr. Guillermo Vargas Habacuc is a GAGO.

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In 2007 the 'artist' Guillermo Vargas Habacuc, took a dog from the street, tied him to a rope in an art gallery, and starved him to death.

Labels: Crazy world, Lights Camera Action, Mundong Ibabaw, Silly You

her: 'Bat gising ka pa? Alas-cinco na dyan ah?

me: Ewan ko. Mag-one week na, na I'd suddenly wake up in the middle of the night, for no reason.

her: And 5 AM is the middle of the night?

me: Yes. 3, 4, 5. Yung mga oras na dapat tulog ako, middle of the night yon.

her: Someone's probably thinking of you.

me: Huh?

her: Sabi ni mommy, pag daw hindi ka makatulog or bigla ka nagigising ng hindi mo alam kung bakit, ibig sabihin may nag-iisip sa'yo.

me: Then that someone should be the one who's not sleeping, not me. Right? I mean, since that person's the one who's thinking, and I'm not. Di ba? Di ba?

her: Ewan ko, hindi naman ako ang gumawa ng kasabihan eh. Yun sabi sa'kin ni mommy eh.

me: Tsaka, hello?? Sino namang matinong tao na sa dinami-daming oras para mag-isip eh alas-3, alas-4 at alas-5 pa mag-iisip, imbes na matulog??

her: Nag-salita ang matino? Tsaka hindi naman pag alas-3 dyan eh alas-3 din sa buong mundo noh? Anyway, sabi ni kuya, curse that person para makatulog ka na daw.

me: Teka, hindi ba para sa balis yun? Para 'wag ka daw mabalis?

her: Hindi ko alam. Pero i-try mo na din, malay mo mag-work.

me: Eh sino mumurahin ko? Hindi ko nga alam kung sinong hindi nagpapatulog sa'kin eh.. Pano yon, "To whom it may concern..."?

her: Oo nga noh.

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But just in case...

To whom it may concern,

Please lang, patulugin mo na ako. Stop thinking na and go to sleep. Or please tell me who you are, so that I can curse you. That way you can continue thinking and I can continue sleeping. Thankyouverymuch.

Labels: Crazy world, Friends, Mabuhay Pilipinas, Silly Me, Silly You

Read: "The DJ Montano scandal".

I've been reading it for 2 days already. And I don't even know them.
Nakakaloka na nakakatakot din, at the same time.

I think I'll stop reading it now.

Labels: Buhay ng may Buhay, Crazy world, Mabuhay Pilipinas, Silly You

Most of my titas who live in the Philippines are still a little paranoid about meeting people online, and I have a cousin who is was so paranoid about chatting online that when I told her I chatted with an old friend from grade school, she asked me, "sigurado ka na sya 'yon?".

I don't have problems meeting people online. I mean, ano ba talaga ang pinagka-iba meeting and exchanging numbers with someone you meet in a bar, bus stop or online? The first and last time I entered (tama ba yung term na 'yon, entered?) a chat room, MTV Asia's chat room to be exact, was 2002, and I am glad to say that after all these years I am still in contact and friends with people I met there. Some new friends I met via blogging and some via being a fanatic, haha. I know the full name, mobile number and home address of more than half of those people and they also know mine (if we don't live in an apartment house, hindi ko alam kung ibinigay ko ang home address ko, living on the 2nd floor of an old but nice building can give you that feeling of being safe kasi eh). And yes, I've met some of them in person, and have not met others only because we never had the chance to.

Now, what I'm paranoid about are text mates, and a stalker I had back in high school has nothing to do with the paranoia. Yesterday, I received a text message that reads "gandang gabi" or something like that. I checked on who the message was from, I was not surprised when I saw a couple of numbers instead of a name. Kasi hindi naman lahat ng kilala ko na alam na yung Globe number ko, naka-save na sa akin yung number nila. When I asked who the sender was, the texter replied na na wrong send daw sya. Bigla ako napa-isip, ako na-wro-wrong send lang with people na naka-save na sa phone book ko. I mean, come on. If it was a voice call via an analog phone, maiintindihan ko pa, but a text message... Hmmm.

Someone I know (more like, someone my mum knows) is getting married before May ends. She's a single 40+ year old and he's a couple of years older (if I'm not mistaken), a father, and a widower. Nothing extraordinary. Except that they live in 2 different continents and well, they have never been together, as in they've never seen each other in person pa. They used to be text mates, and ayun, after a year, more or less, of exchanging text messages and phone calls every now and then, they fell in love and they decided to tie the knot. They're both going back to the Philippines next week, to finish and check how the wedding preparations are going, and well, to see each other for the first time. I must admit, there's something romantic about first times, but... some things I just don't get.

I have no problem with people who fall in love with their text mates, someone they met online, in a bar or at a bus stop. Seriously, I personally know people who met their partner online and one of my cousins met his ex-girlfriend online. And that's my point, meeting and having a (romantic) relationship are two different things. Being friends, falling in love, even starting a relationship, with someone you haven't touch or had an eye-to-eye moment with (and do not know how he/she smells! Heheh!), I can understand, PERO to marry or move-in with someone you haven't touch or had an eye-to-eye moment with (and, again, do not know how he/she smells!) is something my young mind can not understand. But then again, maybe my friend's right, maybe I'm just being too distrustful and still too young to understand things like this.

Too early in the morning, I didn't have the power and didn't really want to contradict my friend, so still half asleep, I just agreed on what she had to say. Taking a break from talking about her ex-boyfriend, she started to talk about, well, love.. On how she understand why people do things that others cannot and probably will never understand, things that are totally irrational. And how everything will eventually turn out well. And, according to her, how all these things are possible thanks to the power of love.

But honestly, can love really be that powerful?


P.S.
Sorry, I tend to over-analyse everything whenever I'm in this state.

Labels: Buhay ng may Buhay, Crazy world, Friends, Silly You, That's Amore

And again, for tomorrow, February 15: Happy Singles Awareness Day! ;-)

Labels: Crazy world, Halo-Halo Special, That's Amore

The date's set. Another wedding marked on my calendar. It's confirmed, the test's positive. Another due date to look forward to. For the first time in my life, I feel old, hahaha! But, seriously, I suddenly feel old. It seems like 2008 is the year everyone decided they want to get married and/or have babies. I know the feeling will soon pass, I'm the 2nd youngest person in my class and I'm the youngest child, so go figure.

It's just that, when all of your friends are either happily married, about to get married or in a long term relationship, and you happen to be single, and it doesn't matter if you are happily okei with being single, it feels awkward when you all go out together. Sometimes, I can't help but feel that I'm being "la terza incomoda" (can't find the english or tagalog translation, help.. anyone?), especially when you feel that everyone you're not with thinks you're kawawa. And if you're in a bad mood, you end up feeling kawawa and confused, because you're not so sure, if you feel wretched because you're single, or you simply hate those people who think they know, and have, everything, and think they can judge you just like that.


Anyway, Feb. 14 is just around the corner, slowly, streets are turning red and hearts, in different sizes and kinds, are all over the place. Not to mention the lovers (exagerately making out in public -read: parks) flooding the city. Any time soon, some smart aleck will ask me the question I always get asked, since I turned 18, when Valentine's day is nearing, "Who's your date for Valentine's Day?", mag-sawa naman kayo sa kakatanong, same question every year na lang eh, oh and by the way, Feb. 14 is NOT a holiday, so it's not like I have time to waste, hehehe. =p


Years ago, Pà and I agreed (more like he made me promise.) that I'll settle down when I'm 26 or 27,

the negotiation:
Pà: 24.
me: 30.
Pà: 21!
me: 28.
Pà: 25?
me: 27.
Pà: 26?
me: 27.
Pà: 26.
me: 27.
Pà: 26.
me: OR 27.
*shake hands.*

Promise, we really did shook hands. =)

and since I prefer an end of the year wedding, that means I need to get married in 2010 or 2011. And that's just TOO soon. The "negotiation" took place when I was 17, and I was thinking, "Hey, I have 10 years. And 10 years from now is a LONG time. I have all the time I need.", well, I guess I was wrong, eh? I know, most people say, "Promises are made to broken", but not the ones I make. Kasi if I have even the slightest feeling that I won't be able to live up to my promises, I don't make them. Now, the problem is, actually, there are more than 1 problem, but the biggest and most significant is, the fact that I am single. =)

When you are 23 and your cousins, nephews, and nieces, who are younger than you, have boyfriends and girlfriends, you will often get asked (to the point na even your niece and nephews's baby sitter thinks she should hook you up with someone and seems to forget that you're on a 2 weeks only vacation with them) to when YOU plan to tie the knot. Madalas, I just playfully ask them if they know where I can find and buy a boyfriend or husband. But, seriously, any ideas? Hehehe. I'm not really desperately looking for him, yet. But if he comes, of course, I won't shoo him away. Tsaka, I was told not to be passive about it. Chos!

Six years after that "agreement", I still haven't found the best-friend material who I wanna grow old with.

Please, do not think that Papà "forced" me into this agreement, he didn't. Okei, he probably emotionally/mentally blackmailed me into saying yes, but I can assure you he meant no harm, he was just worried. He knew (and approved) kasi that I prefer living together with my partner before signing anything, and that the ideal age for me to have my first child, if ever, is when I'm 27 or 28, and not older. Plus, there were times when he thought I was becoming too independent to marry. He thought he's one of the major reasons behind my being too independent,

• he taught and made me change tires (our ride back then was a VW - Sharan), twice in a row, on a trafficated street and it was autumn, when I was 17;
• he taught me how to change the broken light tube/bulb, also when I was 17;
• he taught me how to "repair" (not really repair-repair, just make it last long until a professional can come and take care of it) our heater and some electric cords here and there;
• I first assembled an IKEA furniture and our mini Hi Fi system by myself when I was 18;
  
• we (me and him, alone) painted our apartment house when I was 18;
• I was sent to the US to spend my summer vacation with my eldest sister and her family by myself, when I was 20. (not really a big deal, but it was for me, since as far as I could remember that was the 2nd time I was seeing her and her family.)

you know, things like that.. I think he only failed teaching me, (1) how to cook well. I know how to do the "cook to survive so I won't die starving" cooking, and I do experiment a lot in the kitchen, but that's just that.. and (2) kill bugs by myself. If you show me a picture of a cockroach, for example, I'll start having goosebumps and feel sick. Oh and yes, I'm good with maps too.

By the way, just to make things clear, while growing up in the Philippines, I attended private catholic schools with matching private car who brought and picked me and my cousins to and from school and everywhere else we needed to go until we were in junior high, dahil nakakahiya naman na graduating na kami eh, hatid-sundo pa din kami kaya hatid na lang, hahaha. (and until now, hindi pa ako nakaka-sakay ng public jeep or public bus by myself sa Pinas at wala pa akong balak) We were THAT protected. We also had people carrying those almost-heavy-but-not-really-heavy things for us, buying things sa palengke (marketplace) for us, things like that; I think it's only fair to say that we were (are) a little too pampered. And I grew up where it was my Lolo who cooked for my Lola, my titos who cook for my titas and cousins, and lived with a tito who doesn't want anybody in the kitchen when he's cooking. I grew up where most of the things are done by the "male person".


And to do things differently this year, ako naman muna ang mag-tatanong,


=p

Labels: Crazy world, Halo-Halo Special, Si Dindin, Silly Me

Makes sense to me... And to you?

comic strip from: goodbyefoom.stereotypist.com

Labels: Crazy world, Si Dindin

Friend: Guess what? My friend saw you daw!

Me: Oh? Where? When? HOW?

Friend: Napadaan daw sya sa FaceBook, nakita ka nya dun.

Me: Ahh.. I don't have a FaceBook account eh.

Labels: Crazy world, Friends, Silly Me, Silly You

Here's the frivolous post I was talking about.

I believe boredom triggers creativity. After all this creativity I found about last year, here's a new creation, The Toy. Something for those who love to send SMS and ladies who love to receive them! X-box, PS (I myself enjoy playing this), Nintendo Wii (I will have this, soon!), sports car and guns are considered (expensive) toys for big boys, now, here's a not so expensive, only £140.00, toy for big girls! This is "the" toy of the moment... You play it with a partner and it's supposed to be fun (since I have no idea) and it comes in different colours! Let's just hope it won't make as much noise as those big boys' toys do. Haha! ;-p

Connected to a mobile phone with Bluetooth it becomes an intimate, silent connection between two lovers, regardless of distance. Custom designed for your pleasure, it is intelligent, sophisticated and invented for bliss. The Toy is worn internally, linked to a mobile phone and controlled by sms text messages sent to the phone. Once read, the message is transported automatically to The Toy, which turns it into vibrations - with a huge range of movements, depending on what you have written. Just say what you feel, The Toy will do the rest.

Source: The Register.

I think people are bored. Deadpan bored.


For more info visit The Toy Website.

Labels: Crazy world, Donne, Silly Me

I'm usually cool, happy and amazed by it. I find it unique and glad to know that some things are still better in "real" life and that great things do not only happen in fairy tales. But when things like this happens... It just makes me vomit and wish that it's just a fantasy of twisted mind at work. -_-'


p.s.
I'm still waiting for summer vacation to go on full-time blog hopping... Thank you to everyone who still visits me at this blog. I still write here every now and then but if you need anything urgent you can find me at MySpace or Friendster or better yet, just send me an e-mail.


Once again, Thank you! And Happy weekend, everyone!
Always be safe. xoxo <3

Labels: Crazy world, Familia sa Mundo ng Blog, Pouting, Si Dindin, Viva Italia