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Monday, March 16

Spell it!

Conversation between myself and our Nepalese office boy:

Me: Can you give me the chassis number of this vehicle?

Office boy: It’s 1-JEE-KEY-DEE-…

Me: Wait, is that 1 G as in George?

Office boy: Yes

Me: Ok can you repeat the chassis number?

Office boy: 1 G as in George, K as in Kuncheria, T as in Antony…

Me: What? T as in Antony??

Office boy: Yes, because his name is T. Francis Antony right?

Me: oookkaayy….


Note: George, Kuncheria and Antony are the names of our staff at the office

Wednesday, October 8

kwentong Ismail

Si Ismail ay isa sa mga tsuper namin sa office. May mga kwento na rin ako dati sa kanya na pinost ko dito at dito.

itong kuwento na ito ay nangyari kaninang tanghali sa opisina...

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Boss: "Does Ismail know where is Villagio? I want him to buy me something from McDonalds".

Me: "Yeah I think he knows. But you know Ismail…"

Boss: gives a knowing smile

Officemate: "Ok I'll tell him to go to McDonalds and that he should call you once he's there so you can inform the counter staff what you want to buy."

A few minutes later

Ismail: "Sir, I'm already here at McDonald's. Can you talk to this guy?"

Boss: Ok

(boss talks to McDonald's counter staff)

Boss: "Hi, I want a Big Mac and a large Pepsi"

Person on the other line: "Sir, this is Hardee's."

Friday, February 22

a lot of BS?




What Maria Christina Pascual Means



You are confident, self assured, and capable. You are not easily intimidated.

You master any and all skills easily. You don't have to work hard for what you want.

You make your life out to be exactly how you want it. And you'll knock down anyone who gets in your way!



You are usually the best at everything ... you strive for perfection.

You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive.

You have the classic "Type A" personality.



You are wild, crazy, and a huge rebel. You're always up to something.

You have a ton of energy, and most people can't handle you. You're very intense.

You definitely are a handful, and you're likely to get in trouble. But your kind of trouble is a lot of fun.



You tend to be pretty tightly wound. It's easy to get you excited... which can be a good or bad thing.

You have a lot of enthusiasm, but it fades rather quickly. You don't stick with any one thing for very long.

You have the drive to accomplish a lot in a short amount of time. Your biggest problem is making sure you finish the projects you start.



You are very open. You communicate well, and you connect with other people easily.

You are a naturally creative person. Ideas just flow from your mind.

A true chameleon, you are many things at different points in your life. You are very adaptable.



You are truly an original person. You have amazing ideas, and the power to carry them out.

Success comes rather easily for you... especially in business and academia.

Some people find you to be selfish and a bit overbearing. You're a strong person.



You are the total package - suave, sexy, smart, and strong.

You have the whole world under your spell, and you can influence almost everyone you know.

You don't always resist your urges to crush the weak. Just remember, they don't have as much going for them as you do.



You are a seeker. You often find yourself restless - and you have a lot of questions about life.

You tend to travel often, to fairly random locations. You're most comfortable when you're far away from home.

You are quite passionate and easily tempted. Your impulses sometimes get you into trouble.



You are very intuitive and wise. You understand the world better than most people.

You also have a very active imagination. You often get carried away with your thoughts.

You are prone to a little paranoia and jealousy. You sometimes go overboard in interpreting signals.



You are influential and persuasive. You tend to have a lot of power over people.

Generally, you use your powers for good. You excel at solving other people's problems.

Occasionally, you do get a little selfish and persuade people to do things that are only in your interest.



You are a very lucky person. Things just always seem to go your way.

And because you're so lucky, you don't really have a lot of worries. You just hope for the best in life.

You're sometimes a little guilty of being greedy. Spread your luck around a little to people who need it.



You are relaxed, chill, and very likely to go with the flow.

You are light hearted and accepting. You don't get worked up easily.

Well adjusted and incredibly happy, many people wonder what your secret to life is.

Tuesday, February 12

paano na lovelife ni otep?

Saudi Arabia bans all things red ahead of Valentine's Day

CNN) -- Saudi Arabia has asked florists and gift shops to remove all red items until after Valentine's Day, calling the celebration of such a holiday a sin, local media reported Monday.

"As Muslims we shouldn't celebrate a non-Muslim celebration, especially this one that encourages immoral relations between unmarried men and women, " Sheikh Khaled Al-Dossari, a scholar in Islamic studies, told the Saudi Gazette, an English-language newspaper.

Every year, officials with the conservative Muslim kingdom's Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice clamp down on shops a few days before February 14, instructing them to remove red roses, red wrapping paper, gift boxes and teddy bears. On the eve of the holiday, they raid stores and seize symbols of love.

The virtue and vice squad is a police force of several thousand charged with, among other things, enforcing dress codes and segregating the sexes. Saudi Arabia, which follows a strict interpretation of Islam called Wahhabism, punishes unrelated women and men who mingle in public.

Ahmed Al-Omran, a university student in Riyadh, told CNN that the government decision will give the international media another reason to make fun of the Saudis "but I think that we got used to that by now."

"I think what they are doing is ridiculous," said Al-Omran, who maintains the blog 'Saudi Jeans.' "What the conservatives in this country need to learn is something called 'tolerance.' If they don't see the permissibility of celebrating such an occasion, then fine -- they should not celebrate it. But they have to know they have no right to impose their point of view on others."

Because of the ban on red roses, a black market has flowered ahead of Valentine's Day. Roses that normally go for five Saudi riyal ($1.30) fetch up to 30 riyal ($8) on February 14, the Saudi Gazette said.

"Sometimes we deliver the bouquets in the middle of the night or early morning, to avoid suspicion," one florist told the paper.

Saudi Arabia has often come under criticism for its treatment of women, most recently in a United Nations report that blasted the kingdom for widespread discrimination. Under Saudi law, women are subject to numerous restrictions, including a prohibition against driving and a requirement that they get a man's permission to travel or have surgery.

A businesswoman told the Times of London this month that she was detained and strip-searched by the religious police for holding a meeting in a coffee shop with male colleagues.

Two years ago, a teenager was raped by seven men who found her alone with a man unrelated to her. The government sentenced the 19-year-old woman to 200 lashes and six months in prison for being in the company of a man who wasn't a family member or her husband. She was later pardoned. The seven rapists were sentenced to two to nine years in prison.

Monday, February 11

signs that you're living in the province

1. the local SM mall closes at 8:00 pm

2. wala ng jeep palabas ng town at 9:00 pm

3. you'll hear your lola say "itapon mo na yung basura - baka kalkalin pa ng kambing!"

Saturday, January 26

Iska

via Paolo

UP slambook

1. Student number?
91-04166

2. College?
College of Social Sciences and Philosophy (CSSP)

3. Course?
BA Political Science

4. Did you shift or get kicked out?
Neither

5. Where'd you take the UPCAT?
UP IS building

6. Favorite GE subject?

Humanidades I - nakakaaliw yung teacher

7. Favorite PE?
Swimming. Kasi after ng swimming lunch and then NatSci II. Hayun, tulog sa NatSci II buong sem hehehe

8. Where'd you do guy/girl watching?
Never did any guy watching <
9. Favorite professor(s)
Yung Hum I prof - forgot his name though.

10. Most hated GE courses?
Math 11

11. Did you take Wednesday or Saturday courses?
Of course not!

12. Did you go on field trips?
Yup. One was for Hum II - we went around Batangas. One was for KasII - tour of churches in Bulacan and the last one was Spanish III - Laguna area naman.

13. Did you ever become College Scholar or University Scholar?
yeah right

14. What were your organisations/fraternities/sororities?
UP Sapul!

15. Where did you hang out?
Sapul Tambayan

16. Dorm, boarding house, or staying at home?
stayed at home - good girl ako eh

17. If there was no UPCAT and you were free to choose your course, what would it be (given your mental state during high school)?
Pscychology

18. Who was the first student you met in UP?
Karen and Russel

19. First play that you saw in UP?
Kamatayan sa Hugis ng Rosas. First play i saw with homosexual kissing scenes and frontal nudity.

20. What were the 5 most coño orgs.
Econ and BA orgs.

21. What were the coolest organisations/fraternities/sororities?
Sapul? :-)

22. Was there a fraternity/sorority that recruited you?
None.

23. Where'd you have lunch usually?
Beach House, Green House, ISMED, Cherry Yum Yum, Cherry Yak-Yak

24. Were you happy in UP?
Of course! Totally different from my cloistered life in GS and HS.

25. Were you ever part of a rally?
Yes. Most memorable was the anti-US bases rally at the Philippine Senate

26. How many times did you vote during the student council elections?
I don't remember

27. Name at least 5 leftist groups in UP.
Isa na lang ang sasabihin ko - LFS.

28. Did you ever wish for laude status when you were a freshman?
No.

29. Who did you have the hots for?
I only had one crush during my whole college life - Si Senor Ramos

30. If you failed the UPCAT what was Plan B?
Before I got the UPCAT results, I was already accepted by Ateneo and La Salle. So yun ang Plans B and C ko. Never took the exams in UST na kasi tanggap na ako sa UP.

Thursday, December 20

Christmas Carols for the Disturbed

1. Schizophrenia --- Do You Hear What I Hear?

2. Multiple Personality Disorder --- We Three Kings Disoriented Are

3. Dementia --- I Think I'll be Home for Christmas

4. Narcissistic --- Hark the Herald Angels Sing About Me

5. Manic --- Deck the Halls and Walls and House and Lawn and Streets and Stores and Office and Town and Cars and Buses and Trucks and Trees and....

6. Paranoid --- Santa Claus is Coming to Town to Get Me

7. Borderline Personality Disorder --- Thoughts of Roasting on an Open Fire

8. Personality Disorder --- You Better Watch Out, I'm Gonna Cry, I'm Gonna Pout, Maybe I'll Tell You Why

9. Attention Deficit Disorder --- Silent night, Holy oooh look at the Froggy - can I have a chocolate, why is France so far away?

10. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - - - Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle,Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells

Merry Christmas!

Tuesday, November 13

Best before....

My boyfriend Emps celebrated his birthday last week. His dad suddenly asked him how old I was and when are we planning to settle down.

Another friend whom I haven't spoken to in a while asked me how I was. The next thing I knew he was asking me when am i going to get married.

I greeted an old friend who celebrated his birthday a few days ago. His reply to my birthday greeting was "Salamat! Kailan kasal mo?"

And last but not the least, a friend who is based on the US who also celebrated her birthday two days ago "informed" me that she wants to attend my wedding.

Ang feeling ko tuloy may expiry date ako..."Best before (insert date here)"

Ano daw?

Bus mate: "Bakit may dala ka na boxes?"

Ako: "Kasi magpapa-cargo ako sa pinas. Dito ko lalagay yung mga small stuff before ilagay sa malaking box para hindi mahalo yung food stuff and toiletries."

Bus mate: "Naku ibalot mo na lang sa towels yan. Space saver pa yan eh!"


Ako: biglang napaisip...(ah, ibig niya sabihin nag-take up pa ng space ang kahon ko!)

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Ako: kasalukuyang nakikinig ng "Weekend in New England" ni Barry Manilow ng biglang tinanong ng housemate

Housemate: "Di ba Menudo kumanta niyan?"

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Friend who is taking up English Classes: "I like my classes, they teach us words and meanings that you use for work, asking for appointment..."

Me:
"So they teach you the practical stuff - things that you can use everyday?"

Friend: "Yes! They teaching us optical stuff"

Me: "No...optical is for the eyes"

Tuesday, November 6

Eyeball

This actually happened...

A colleague of my boyfriend decided to finally meet up with her male textmate. Since the girl lives in Cavite, she told the guy to meet her in SM Bacooor.

The big day came and the guy was one hour late. Naturally the girl sent him an SMS asking him where he was.

Girl: Nasaan ka na?

Guy: Nandito na ako. May SM ba sa Bacolor?

Ang labo! Ang siste pa, sinisi nung guy yung girl na malabo daw yung instructions na binigay sa kanya.

Needless to say, hindi na sila textmates ngayon.

Moral of the story: Tigilan na ang pakikipag-text lalo na kung tatanga-tanga ang textmate niyo.

Tuesday, October 23

Google it

Sex, Nazi, burrito and Viagra: Who Googles what?
Wed Oct 17, 2007 10:17am EDT
Reuters

BERLIN, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Internet users in Egypt, India and Turkey are the world's most frequent searchers for Web sites using the keyword "sex" on Google search engines, according to statistics provided by Google Inc.

Germany, Mexico and Austria were world's top three searchers of the word "Hitler" while "Nazi" scored the most hits in Chile, Australia and the United Kingdom, data from 2004 to the present retrievable on the "Google Trends" Web site showed.

Chile also came in first place searching for the word "gay", followed by Mexico and Colombia.

The top searchers for other keywords were as follows (in order from first to third place):

"Jihad" - Morocco, Indonesia, Pakistan

"Terrorism" - Pakistan, Philippines, Australia

"Hangover" - Ireland, United Kingdom, United States

"Burrito" - United States, Argentina, Canada

"Iraq" - United States, Australia, Canada

"Taliban" - Pakistan, Australia, Canada

"Tom Cruise" - Canada, United States, Australia

"Britney Spears" - Mexico, Venezuela, Canada

"Homosexual" - Philippines, Chile, Venezuela

"Love" - Philippines, Australia, United States

"Botox" - Australia, United States, United Kingdom

"Viagra" - Italy, United Kingdom, Germany

"David Beckham" - Venezuela, United Kingdom, Mexico

"Kate Moss" - Ireland, United Kingdom, Sweden

"Dolly Buster" - Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia

"Car bomb" - Australia, United States, Canada

"Marijuana" - Canada, United States, Australia

"IAEA" - Austria, Pakistan, Iran

Wednesday, August 1

Why the CPDC inmates danced to Thriller...

This is the story behind the Philippine Thriller video posted on CNN...

What's your 238th?

"Psychologists at the University of Texas at Austin have assembled and categorized a total of 237 reasons to have sex."

You can view the list here.

If you don't want to add a 238th reason, maybe you can tell the world the reason(s) why you don't want to have sex .

Thursday, May 31

The Sesame Street Personality Quiz

You Are Bert

Extremely serious and a little eccentric, people find you loveable - even if you don't love them!

You are usually feeling: Logical - you rarely let your emotions rule you

You are famous for: Being smart, a total neat freak, and maybe just a little evil

How you life your life: With passion, even if your odd passions (like bottle caps and pigeons) are baffling to others

Tuesday, May 15

i'm back!


my month-long vacation is over. aaarggghh! kainis, bitin ang vacation. oh well, it was nice to spend time (however brief), with my friends and family. di bale, there's always next year.

anyway, here's a pic of emps and myself at balai taal. one of the few pics that we have. pareho kaming camera shy eh! hahahaha!

Friday, February 9

Good News, Bad News

Since I have been too lazy to email my friends and I’ve been too busy (or sleepy) to chat with them, I’ll just post this piece to update you guys on my so-called life:

Good News – I got promoted after 11 months on the job! I also got a new assignment which I hope will not be as boring as the one I have now. My sweetie Empoy got offered a job in a UNDP-sponsored project. We both got the news on the same day. Isn’t that great?
Bad News – New job assignment – same boss.

Good News – I lost some weight (at least that’s what I’ve been told)
Bad News - I have this cough for more than a month now. Yesterday my boss told me to see a doctor...again.

Good News – We finally found a house for my mom.
Bad News – The house is in San Fernando, Pampanga. It will also put a considerable dent on my wallet hehehe.

Good News – I’m going home for a vacation in April!
Bad News – I’ll only be in Manila for a month. Shopping for pasalubongs is a very challenging exercise.

Good News – HP7 will be out in July.
Bad News – There’s only one English bookstore in Doha. I hope they ordered enough copies for all HP fans here in Qatar.

Good News – I just discovered Mitch Hedberg (thanks to Chriselle)
Bad News – the guy’s dead