PHILIPPINE BLOG AWARDS

I so surprised to see "The Honeyspot" on list of the Philippine Blog Awards website. I never thought that they would consider this entry, because it has been months since I last sent them my nomination....Uhu! you heard it right. I nominated this site. Me! And why not? This spot has been here since October 2004 and it's still here. Our visitors has reached almost 3,000, so why not be nominated? I am not trying to be number 1. I just wanted to see if I can make the cut. Ofcourse the PBA must have some criteria to be a nominee right? I'm just happy to see The Honeyspot on the list of great bloggers. Happy na ko!

Before we were even nominated I have been trying hard to put some add ons on this site, like a new banner. I just couldn't figure out how to put it. I need help! Help!!!

DEAR JANJAN

Dear Janjan,

Hi my friend! How are you doing? I read your blog from my laptop (oie! sosi!)(www.jandbabe.blogs.friendster.com/my_blog). Because everytime I try and access your friendster blog from our lab computer I always get the message "access denied". Pak-syet! I hate this message! It reminds me of your ordeal with your superiors. Samababitz! If I had an Iraqi friend I would have asked him to blow himself up for you. I have Pana-dol friends, but the only thing they blow up are their armpits. Thats why everytime I arrive home from duty I'm always dizzy (sabog!).

We are glad that you update your blog more often. The blog of fafa Ed remains the same. One hit wonder nga lang ba? => Joke lang po!

I hope that friendster blogs have tweak's, so that you can have a counter for your visitors. It's nice to keep track of bloghoppers. By the way, I hope you don't mind that I linked your blog to our blogsite. I want our readers kasi to have the experience of reading your blog. Your hengeelish is very fluenter! You have all the "K" to pass the IELT's. (tama ba? "R" yata kasi wala namang word na "karapatan" sa IELT's. hmmm...)Tips naman para kay Honey ko!

Anyways, I wrote you an open message here because I know that you will be visiting this site soon. You are one of our avid readers kasi (korek?). Memorize mo na nga di va? (POP-QUIZ!: What is my favorite food at LOLITA's?) Basta always remember, If you have a problem just call us (kasi wala kaming load pantawag! hehehe!). We'll be here for you and fafa Ed too. Keep your chin up! Ambon lang yan! Always remember that, Honey Lany, Bebe Diego and fafa Ed labs you...(ok tama na mamumura mo nanaman ako nyan! hehehe!)

Keeping my hairy chin up,

Dennis a.k.a. Vin Diesel (Mumtaz)

TO ALL MY FRIENDS

Did you know that those who appear to be very strong in heart, are real weak and most susceptible?

Did you know that those who spend their time protecting others are the ones that really need someone to protect them?

Did you know that the three most difficult things to say are:I love you, Sorry and help me Did you know that those who dress in red are more confident in themselves?

Did you know that those who dress in yellow are those that enjoy their beauty?

Did you know that those who dress in black, are those who want to be unnoticed and need your help and understanding?

Did you know that when you help someone, the help is returned in two folds?

Did you know that it's easier to say what you feel in writing than saying it to someone in the face? But did you know that it has more value when you say it to their face?

Did you know that if you ask for something in faith, your wishes are granted? Did you know that you can make your dreams come true, like falling in love, becoming rich, staying healthy, if you ask for it by faith, and if you really knew, you'd be surprised by what you could do.

But don't believe everything I tell you, until you try it for yourself, if you know someone that is in need of something that I mentioned, and you know that you can help, you'll see that it will be returned in two-fold. Today, the ball of FRIENDSHIP is in your court, send this to those who truly are your friends (including me if I am one).

Also, do not feel bad if no one sends this back to you in the end, you'll find out that you'll get to keep the ball for other people want more .. Ok, this is what you have to do...: Send to ALL your FRIENDS! But you have to DO THIS within an hour after you open this mail!

Now..... MAKE 1 WISH!!!!!!

Make it now, It's you last chance!!

I hope you did make a wish, Now send the mail to:
1 person~ your wish will come true in a year
3 persons~6 months
5 persons~ 3 months
6 persons~ 1 month
7 persons~ 2 weeks
8 persons ~ 1 week
9 persons~ 5 days
10 persons~ 3 days
12 persons~ 2 days
15 persons~ 1 day
20 persons~ 3 hours
*** If you delete after reading ... you'll spend a year of ill luck! But . if you send it to (at least) two friends ... you'll have 3 years of good luck!!! ***

Ito yung pinadala sa akin ng friend ko sa Texas na matagal ko ng di nakikita...kaya naman gusto kong i-share sa inyo! => You can copy this message and send it as many times as you can to all your paking prends! Ang pinaka-favorite ko dito na parte ay yung bandang huli. Kaya naman hindi na ko naglakas ng loob na burahin. Gusto ko nga ng swerte e! Sana next time personal message naman ang ipadala nya. Nakaka-urat na kasi makarecieve ng mga chain-email-messages e! Kaya yung mga me balak ka magpadala sa akin ng ganito baka gawin kitang palaman sa tinapay (SPAM).

(To Mama Ellen, please don't be pikon ok..labs pa rin kita man!)

posted by: Dennis

BOKAL PART II

I have always wanted to shave my head and free myself from hair gel. But there is a deeper reason for it. I've been experiencing a chain of bad luck in the past weeks. My grandma gave me several solutions for this.

• Throw a bottle of gin while giving a big curse. She said that its effective. Sure broke the curse during the time when my relatives started die almost every month. But they are old! So maybe I wont waste the bottle at all. I can curse when the hang over comes.
• Put a certain amout of cash under your pillow at night after saying your evening prayers. The next day give it to the poor and needy. If you can't find any, then buy bread and feed it to the birds. That might work...but I havent tried. The bread ends up toasted, with butter.
• Knocking on wood. Its simple. Check yan! No cash needed, so double check! Two thumbs up pa!
• Putting a coin inside your shoes. Son of a bitz! The last time I did this I got chased by dog! After all the running I got the biggest kalyo of my life!

So I guess that all these are worthless pieces of advice from grandmama. Kaya one day, I decided to go to my barber and looked straight into his eyes and said..."Shave my Fu@^*+ head!"

And if my bad luck still continues I would probably went to extremes like shaving the hair from my armpit, one for each bad luck. Good thing that it stopped!

Bald and handsome,

Dennis

BOKAL

I have done it! I finally got the courage to tell my barber to give me a semi-kal-shaolin-monk look. (the rock really inspired me to do it) It took roughly ten minutes to do it. And now I feel liberated from years of hair gel abuse. Bath time is cut into half thanks to the low maintenance look. And in more ways than one, I feel so rugged after all these years. "60% of the time, it works all the time!"

Happy Birthday to Trisha and Ate Weng. Both mother and daughter will be celebrating their birthday this month. Im definitely looking forward to the food at the dinner tonight! I hope that I could taste Kuya Conrads cooking. =>

COMFORT ZONE

I learned from a tv documentary about one's comfort zone. It is defined asyour personal territory in the bounderies of your mind that no one should invade. In the movie "Meet the Parents", they call it the circle of trust. Wherein honesty is the ultimate key for a sound relationship. The zone is a sphere in which we are incased in. If anyone crosses that boundery without our consent, they better prepare for WAR!

Men have gone so far to look for comfort. It has lead our fathers to distant lands. For some of us it's the simple things that makes us safe and happy, like ice cream when we're down. A soft clean blanket to shelter us through the cold night. Our life partners that keeps us company on our journey called life.

On daily basis we secure our dreams and ambitions by all means. We struggle to work 5 days a week, and spend countless hours pushing pencils, losing immeasurable sweat under the sun just to get it. But what if one day something wrong happened to that security blanket?

Last sunday everyone at work was stunned by a circular from our administration that our boss was going to be replaced. Time stood still for a while, and my future plans lay frozen indefinitely. My ex-boss might not be the ideal deparment head, but for the past several months she made sure that our family's will have food on the table, and a little extra something in our pockets each month. She may not be a good listener, but we benefited from her decisions.

I feel violated. Foreign invasion is going on inside our secure area, and our comfort zone is breached. Its time to weave another security blanket and move on to another episode of my life. As for my dreams, thawing is not such a bad idea.

NIGHT JOGGING WITH ED

Ed (US Navy Seal): ...parking his car...
Dennis (Lab Rat): ...how long can I run???...
Ed (US Navy Seal): ...warming up...
Dennis (Lab Rat): ...can i even reach the overpass???...
Ed (US Navy Seal): ..."Game!!!"
Dennis (Lab Rat): ...hahh...hahh..hahh..

after the overpass>>>>

Ed (US Navy Seal): ...run...run...run...
Dennis (Lab Rat): ...hahh...urgh...kahhhh...

after the first billboard>>>>

Ed (US Navy Seal): ...huff...huff...huff...
Dennis (Lab Rat): ...heeehhhhh....heeehhhh...

before the 2nd billboard>>>>

Ed (US Navy Seal): ...huff...huff...
Dennis (Lab Rat): ...slowing down...heeehhhhh...heeehhh..."ang hirap pala ng walang praktis noh?!"...

(voice over...)
"Tune in next year for the next episode of NIGHT JOGGING WITH ED!"

The End

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY

Thanks for dropping bye bloghoppers! We hope that you liked our site.

A week ago I have been humbled by a small event in my life. And in a flash, a few of my unforgettable memories during college played in my mind. College was the best time of my life as a teen. Because it was probably the first time that my parents gave me the responsibility to steer my own life. I have partial responsibilities of course, I didn't pay for my education, lodging etc. But I have general control over my career. In spite of all the good luck and grand wishes that everyone in the family gave me I did not see that failure is just lurking around the corners waiting for me. I learned then that life has its turns…some good and some are just terribly bad. And even the most careful person in the world can make a mistake. It might not even be my fault anyways, but it'll still be counted as mine. Here are some things do when you're down:

--Learn to admit your own fault. Specially the ones that you can't change. There is a passage in the Bible about that, I forgot. Remember that there are things that your powers can't undo.

--Prepare for a major disaster just incase you crash and burn. (This involves lots of vodka! It fuels the pain, but after burning you feel like a Phoenix being reborn in your own ashes.)

--Never hit the wall with your bare hands. It hurts!!!

--When you're down and troubled and you need a helping hand. And nothing is going right…You've got a friend. No matter where you are, even in the shittiest places, your friends are there for you. In a click of a mouse, a phone call, a knock on the door…a ring on your bell… a tap on your window too!

--Never vent too hard on your friends especially when you look like the hulk. Too scary!

--Reflect on these quotes:
"When the going gets tough, the tough gets going."
"Try and try until you succeed."
"Always give yourself another chance. You're the best friend you have."
"Reflective thinking turns experience into insight."
"Change brings freshness."
"Anger is the most impotent of passions. It affects nothing it touches and hurts the one who is possessed by it more than the one against whom it is directed."
"It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it."

--Listen to Parokya Ni Edgar's "Buloy"…you might pick up a thing or two.

--Correct your mistakes. I don't believe that it's never too late to do that. There is always a second chance.

If it doesn't work, go back to the part where I wrote vodka and start all over again. Its difficult having a bad week.

Cheers!

posted by Dennis

Slipknot audition rejects a.k.a. "SLIPPEDSNOTS" (sa tagalog mga dumulas na kulangot...yuck!)

Sombrero buddies.

Some animals are big enough to be fashioned as a hat...but were not sure about the crab though.

Bed scene from "Kingkong the Movie" starring Ben David and Nora Aunor

Janners in her new version of the Lazy Boy Chair..."Lazy Girl Chair". It vibrates! =O

Once upon a time in a far far away castle a long long time ago...oops! Japeyks pala tong libro!

May bagong winner ng "Tag Price Queen". Hulaan nyo na lang. hmmm...

BILOG NA BILOG NANAMAN ANG BUWAN

Hi to the all the new visitors for dropping by. You are always welcome to share the blog experience with us.

In modern psychology it is said that there is a direct relationship between the moon and our state of mind. In fact the moon directly influences the rise and fall of the tides. Full moon = high tide, and vice versa. The human body is mainly consist of water, hence the moon also affects us. On a full moon it is said that there is a strong disturbance in nut cases like us. Hence the word LUNATIC was coined.

I don't know if there was a full moon last night, but we certainly felt a different kind of craziness. Me, Lany, Jan-jan and Ed went to Marina Mall last night to window shop. Being in a small island can be boring at times, so with our pockets empty of cash (except for lint) we drifted to the local mall. Enter the sales lady's nightmares!

I can't describe how fun things got that night...but I'm pretty sure that the sudden attack of madness, and a long feeling of euphoria that we found at the mall has nothing to do with the full moon, but thru the company of good friends. Honey... Were in good company!

(Photo-blog time! Scroll up. )

BABALA! Mga batang manininghot ng rugby sumalakay sa Bahrain F1 Circuit. (left to right: Denciong Dapa, Laning Pilay, Jan-payuki at Edong Taga)

"Happy Birthday Ed!!!" July 16, 2005 Juffair, Bahrain.

IT'S A BOY!!!

I can't contain my feelings any longer! It's my wifes day at the doctors office, and the baby's gender was predetermined by ultrasound...at first, the doctor was keeping it a surprise. Little did she know that I can read those white dots on the screen. Ladies and gentlemen, our baby has a penis!!! Hooorahhh!!! It's a boy! It has a dick!!! Thats why the baby is so active. We saw it scratching its baby ears and little baby chin. Its sooo cute! In this case I'm planning to name it "Diego". Just because it sounds nice when you say in English...and very musculine too! Now I think I'm ready to prepare for the baby's coming. We are definitely going to watch those cool violent anime cartoons. This is also a good chance to buy a new playstation when he grows up. I have so much to teach him (Not to mention my Julio-Valiente-Leon-Guerrero con Lapid moves that I learned during childhood.). I'm so happy that not only did I have a son, but I also have a life long playmate and friend. Here's to the good times! May the Lord keep it rolling!

the honeyspot

BLOGGERS BLOCK (writers block)

Hi everyone!
It's been several days since my last blog.
And I honestly can't think of anything to write anymore.
In the past few days I have visited a few blog sites to see whats up in the blogging world.
Perhaps, this way I might gain some insight on what to write...
Movies...not my style. We haven't been to a movie theater in a long while.
Intellectual stuff...I envy my friends on friendster blog that can still write this kind of thing. It probably means that they are constantly thinking about their lives and how events in their lives mean to them. Too Heavy!
Religion...I only know one guy who writes this stuff. And after reading a sentence I went back to the Inquirer website entertainment section. Not my style.
Food...who can go wrong with food? There is not a minute that I don't think of this. This is number 2 on my list. Sex is still number 1! hehehe!
Travelling...Bahrain is only 665 sq Km. About 4 times the size of Washington. It's pretty small compared to Pinas. I was teasing my friend Sarah about this place. I told her that its so small that you can smell your ass if you turn 360. We don't go out much, because there is nowhere else to go!
Funny stuff...I am so entertained by www.deardiarya.blogspot.com and www.kwentongtambay.nicanordavid.com. Some of their stories are shallow but very funny and full of wit. How do you pull this kind of thing??? But I'm shallow. And I love reading their blogs. Life should be like that. You should be able to inject humor in you daily life so that you won't get bored. But are they really that funny in real life? I would like to invite them for a beer one day and find out.

Amen.

posted by Dennis

ULTRASOUND BLUES

We are very happy of the last time that we saw the baby via ultrasound. A week before that we have already concluded that our baby is moving. We swear that sometimes we can feel its strong heart beat. But this week was different experience. During the ultrasound the baby's arms moved! Probably because it didn't like the feeling that someone is pocking it with the scanner! It even turned and rolled around like a swimmer doing a kick. It took as a while to finish the scan because we are trying to know its gender. I guess it is shy to show its bleep! Bleep! => As the days roll by we only got excited to see the fruit of our love in person. Now, I am counting the days for our baby's birthday...the same day that I'll be shaving my goatee. Or else my wife won't let me kiss our small caboodle.

Dennis

DEAR DIARYA

I found a new blogsite that made me laugh. The sites owner and I probably share the same humor. If you guys have the time, please read his blog. Two thumbs up! FDA approved! www.deardiarya.blogspot.com

posted by: Dennis

WHATS A CHICKEN WITHOUT FEATHERS?

A couple of weeks ago I feel lazy to go to work because I feel bad. My back and my joints are a pain when I move. I also had a slight fever. But it never was a habit of mine to be absent at work so I depended on 2 tablets of paracetamol to relieve the fever before I start my day. On the third day, I was lying in bed with my wife ready to nap when it occured to me that I might have a viral infection. What is it, I dont realy now. And then I felt a something hot bump on my face. It could just be a pimple. And then my side started to itch. It felt hot and itchy too. And then it occured to me that I have the chicken pox! I have been waiting for this disease all my life and now its here! I figured that at some point I am going to catch this. Throughout my college days I researched about this chicken to find the most effective cure. But when I came to my doctor (They were arabs) to my dismay my worst enemy was written on my sick leave form as "Checkin Pox". I figured that after recovering from this, they would call it as "Check-out Pox". =>