That pretty thing they put on top of my drink is really extra special.
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Saturday, January 28, 2006
Friday, January 27, 2006
PYRO
"The stillness of the night air can bring many to sleep, but it also gives imagination and creativity to others. "
There were nights when we just stay outside my friends Bonjings gate and tell tall tales of our misfortunes and misadventures. The story lengthens to the topic of what we want to happen in the future. And as if the topic aint broad enough, we often landed on our "hate list", which is really long!
Bonjings house is the second to the last house on a dead end street. There is a lot, opposite to his place which is full of tall grass that we sometimes turn into our personal playground. At night we use to sit outside the gate with Elvin, Ruel and Sonny to talk about stuff. This is the most condusive place to chit-chat, because the place is dark and the narrow street is clean enough to sit on. Nobody, except his family passes by so there is total privacy. I learned to smoke in that place.
One time I brought a toy soldier, a couple of baby rockets, a match and a lighter fluid to his place. I figured that the burning soldier stunt would create a nice cinematic effect on our evening session.
First we strapped two baby rockets on the toy soldier to see if it would fly. We lit the rockets and... boom! It's too heavy! (we all laughed in synchrony: bwahahahahaha!)
We put two more on his back to try and make it slide down the pavement. But the rockets exploded the moment it lit up. (more laughter...but this time with a more sinister tone.)
Failure is not an option. Seeing the toy soldier be destroyed in to pieces is the most fun we had in days. So I put the toy soldier neer the edge of the canal...poured lighter fluid and torched it! Taa-daaaaaa!!! And then we kicked it down the canal just as soon as it melted.(we all appluaded for the cool grand finale!)
But the grand finale of all is when Bonjing made a hexagram on their neighbors back gate using the lighter fluid. It burned like the one we saw in the movie! But then we heard a noise from the other side of the gate, and we started to run for it!
The next day, there was a charred hexagram on the neighbors gate. (Applause!)
That was maybe more than 10years ago. Now we are all mature (huh?) and respectable (huuuhhhh???) citizens. Bonjing is now living in Japan with his long time girlfriend Letlet. I wonder if there would be another when we can burn something up again. Ahhh! I forgot that we were singing a song when we did that, "Seek and Destroy" by Metallica. Pero sana next time barbeque na lang! =>
Thursday, January 26, 2006
SOPAS
I washed my mouth before posting this entry. Kasi nga nag-comment ako sa blog ni Janner's at napalaban ako sa Englisan. As a result, napalaban din ako sa mga makabagong expression of feelings. Check her blog out para makita nyo ang comment ko. Nakakainit kasi ng ulo ang mga ganoong topic.
After midnight, our favorite hang-out when we're hungry (especially kapag lashing na sa inuman) is the place called "Galvez". Originally a Pandesal Bakery, they transformed the place into a small karinderia that serves champorado, lugaw, monggo soup, sopas, fried egg, hotdogs (all kinds...kaya mo ba to?), tuyo, tinapa (?) and occassionaly fried rice.
My favorite is the Sopas made of macaroni, chicken and left over hotdogs (ito kaya ko). Put a lot of black pepper and a side order of hot pandesal and it sends me right away to bed. Ahhhh... It's a bit far from our place and we have to walk several blocks to get there but the food is worth it. But even if the food is good, I don't eat there alone. Wala kasi akong tattoo sa pwet na satellite.
After midnight, our favorite hang-out when we're hungry (especially kapag lashing na sa inuman) is the place called "Galvez". Originally a Pandesal Bakery, they transformed the place into a small karinderia that serves champorado, lugaw, monggo soup, sopas, fried egg, hotdogs (all kinds...kaya mo ba to?), tuyo, tinapa (?) and occassionaly fried rice.
My favorite is the Sopas made of macaroni, chicken and left over hotdogs (ito kaya ko). Put a lot of black pepper and a side order of hot pandesal and it sends me right away to bed. Ahhhh... It's a bit far from our place and we have to walk several blocks to get there but the food is worth it. But even if the food is good, I don't eat there alone. Wala kasi akong tattoo sa pwet na satellite.
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
CREATURES OF THE NIGHT
CREATURES OF THE NIGHT
Being an insomniac is fun. (Insomniac in teenage lingo is to stay up late in the night and sleep the whole day.) I got to see how peaceful a normally very noisy neighborhood during the day. Since Navotas main income is from the fish market (that sells fish wholesale during the night), there are restaurants and turo-turo that are open until sunrise. (That goes to the beer gardens too.) The agenda of every teen at that time is to make phone calls. We would stay at Elvin’s house, which is notorious for out of school friends to hang out and line up to use their phone. My friends would hog the phone to annoy unknown residents in the middle of the night and fish for a phone-pal. As a result, everybody stays up until morning until they got to talk to their girl. Everybody has one, except for me. I was the shy type back then, and I never liked the idea of introducing my self to just anyone. I don’t even know what they look like! Anyways, there was a time when Nanay Belle bought a speaker phone, and there was one girl who SOP-ied with all the boys in the room! Jackpot! You can bet that all of us were present the next night for a repeat. Unfortunately, it was a one time only opportunity.
Being an insomniac is fun. (Insomniac in teenage lingo is to stay up late in the night and sleep the whole day.) I got to see how peaceful a normally very noisy neighborhood during the day. Since Navotas main income is from the fish market (that sells fish wholesale during the night), there are restaurants and turo-turo that are open until sunrise. (That goes to the beer gardens too.) The agenda of every teen at that time is to make phone calls. We would stay at Elvin’s house, which is notorious for out of school friends to hang out and line up to use their phone. My friends would hog the phone to annoy unknown residents in the middle of the night and fish for a phone-pal. As a result, everybody stays up until morning until they got to talk to their girl. Everybody has one, except for me. I was the shy type back then, and I never liked the idea of introducing my self to just anyone. I don’t even know what they look like! Anyways, there was a time when Nanay Belle bought a speaker phone, and there was one girl who SOP-ied with all the boys in the room! Jackpot! You can bet that all of us were present the next night for a repeat. Unfortunately, it was a one time only opportunity.
INSOMNIAC
INSOMNIAC
There was a time in my life when sleep was less of a priority, especially during high school. My friends would brag about watching the “Head-bangers Ball” on MTV a little before 2am on a regular basis. As an avid fan of heavy metal music, and wanting to be in the “in crowd” I needed to be awake rather than sleep after 9pm. At first, I was the worst wannabe-insomniac you can ever meet. From my bedtime of 9pm, I can only stay up until 12 midnight. There were times when I managed to stay up until 1:30am and fall asleep just before my favorite show starts. (sanababits!!!) Or there were occasions when I made it through 3am (yahoo!!!) and forget that the show was not going to air because it’s a Sunday.
During college, less sleep is required to keep up with my studies. (yes, I studied…) Having a 7am to 7pm schedule kept me occupied most of those years. And when I got to internship I literally have to stay awake during night shifts at the hospital. It continued until I started to work in the hospital for 5 years.
After going abroad and having a permanent A.M. shift, I forgot all about staying up late at night. Even the habit of staying awake when I had problems became non-existent. I learned to sleep through it, which was a blessing (I know it’s unnatural.) Now I have to re-learn the whole thing because of Diego. There coffee I know, but sometimes it’s really hard. Sometimes I wanted to do the Ibong Adarna technique but it’s too painful. (When you feel sleepy slice your forearm with a sharp blade and squeeze kalamansi on it. That would make anyone wide awake!) Now we’re up to the challenge to find the holy grail of parenting…to give our baby a long relaxing sleep.
Zzzzzzzzzzz…….
There was a time in my life when sleep was less of a priority, especially during high school. My friends would brag about watching the “Head-bangers Ball” on MTV a little before 2am on a regular basis. As an avid fan of heavy metal music, and wanting to be in the “in crowd” I needed to be awake rather than sleep after 9pm. At first, I was the worst wannabe-insomniac you can ever meet. From my bedtime of 9pm, I can only stay up until 12 midnight. There were times when I managed to stay up until 1:30am and fall asleep just before my favorite show starts. (sanababits!!!) Or there were occasions when I made it through 3am (yahoo!!!) and forget that the show was not going to air because it’s a Sunday.
During college, less sleep is required to keep up with my studies. (yes, I studied…) Having a 7am to 7pm schedule kept me occupied most of those years. And when I got to internship I literally have to stay awake during night shifts at the hospital. It continued until I started to work in the hospital for 5 years.
After going abroad and having a permanent A.M. shift, I forgot all about staying up late at night. Even the habit of staying awake when I had problems became non-existent. I learned to sleep through it, which was a blessing (I know it’s unnatural.) Now I have to re-learn the whole thing because of Diego. There coffee I know, but sometimes it’s really hard. Sometimes I wanted to do the Ibong Adarna technique but it’s too painful. (When you feel sleepy slice your forearm with a sharp blade and squeeze kalamansi on it. That would make anyone wide awake!) Now we’re up to the challenge to find the holy grail of parenting…to give our baby a long relaxing sleep.
Zzzzzzzzzzz…….
Saturday, January 21, 2006
SLEEP
If there is one luxury that you can't buy is a perfectly relaxing sleep. Our days of sleeping for 12 hours or more is now over. It's been more than a month since we had a long one. Having a baby brought its heavy duties along with it. Now I know why my parents had permanent eyebugs. Who knows the number of Dr. Vicki Bello (oo crush ko to!) or Dr. Calayan (wala lang)?
MAGDALO
Last weeks news on www.inq7.net is about a mutineer who escaped from Camp Aguinaldo. He claimed that even after being a fugitive, he can go in and out of any government facility in the Philippines. He showed that he can do it by putting up a website with pictures and downloadable video clips to the theme of "civil disobedience".
I salute him for being so courageous to prove his point. I can feel the spirit of love of his country through his words of nationalism. How many of us feels this way after the Peso has lost its value throughout the years, or after one politician fucked up the justice system for his own good one term after the other?
Special request lang po: How about taking a shit in front of your enemies house, and take a picture of it?
I salute him for being so courageous to prove his point. I can feel the spirit of love of his country through his words of nationalism. How many of us feels this way after the Peso has lost its value throughout the years, or after one politician fucked up the justice system for his own good one term after the other?
Special request lang po: How about taking a shit in front of your enemies house, and take a picture of it?
Sunday, January 15, 2006
DEATH = HOLIDAY
In the last year GCC world leaders have been dying of poor health and old age. There was the death of the King of UAE, King of Saudi, Prime Minister of UAE, son of the King of Bahrain, and just this morning we received a news of the death of the King of Kuwait! All these guys had been given a 3 day non-working holiday, except for the UAE Prime and the Kings son. We already had a very long holiday starting from "Hajj". And now we have to take 3 more days of for the recent death. The
Now I'm sitting here at the lab waiting for the doctor to get done with his procedure so that I can go home. I can't wait to go home and lay down in our new orthopedic bed. Ahhhh…the bed…..
But what can I do but wait. Check the picture of the lady who won 3 gold medals. Doesn't she look so much like actress Joyce Jimenez?
Friday, January 13, 2006
WHATS UP?
We get a lot of "What's up?" greetings now a days. Probably because we haven't been too visible, or because I haven't been updating this blog after my son was born. We are glad to say that even if we haven't had the luxury of a long relaxing sleep, we are happy to have Diego (the other man in my wife's life).
Soon I will be launching my very own blogsite. Why? I don't really know. I just felt that there are topics that doesn't suit "the honeyspot". I will be coming up with a theme like, being a husband or a father etc. Kinda like my own version of the "vagina monologue". I was also thinking of calling it " the penis monologue".
Fafa Ed is back in town, and we're glad to see him! I got the chance to have a little chat with him this afternoon to hear a few things about our cabron's in the UK and how their life has changed after Bahrain. Yeah, their life changed. We just hope that they won't change. Peoples behavior and character most of the time changes with the environment.
We finished season 5 of CSI Vegas!!! Awesome!!! Quentin Tarantino rules! Those 7 bloody DVD's are enough to keep us glued to the screen. This week we'll watch season 4. Sarah said it doesn't have much difference if we watch 5 ahead of 4. Not much has happened with regards to their personal lives. Hmmmm.... I will tell you when we finish season 4.
Yesterday the King's son died from a car accident. It's so ironic! His car slammed on a lamp post with his fathers picture on it, in a place where they built the F1 race course. If I was a fictional writer I could have written a novel about it. But I'm only a blogger and I can only write about myself.
Soon I will be launching my very own blogsite. Why? I don't really know. I just felt that there are topics that doesn't suit "the honeyspot". I will be coming up with a theme like, being a husband or a father etc. Kinda like my own version of the "vagina monologue". I was also thinking of calling it " the penis monologue".
Fafa Ed is back in town, and we're glad to see him! I got the chance to have a little chat with him this afternoon to hear a few things about our cabron's in the UK and how their life has changed after Bahrain. Yeah, their life changed. We just hope that they won't change. Peoples behavior and character most of the time changes with the environment.
We finished season 5 of CSI Vegas!!! Awesome!!! Quentin Tarantino rules! Those 7 bloody DVD's are enough to keep us glued to the screen. This week we'll watch season 4. Sarah said it doesn't have much difference if we watch 5 ahead of 4. Not much has happened with regards to their personal lives. Hmmmm.... I will tell you when we finish season 4.
Yesterday the King's son died from a car accident. It's so ironic! His car slammed on a lamp post with his fathers picture on it, in a place where they built the F1 race course. If I was a fictional writer I could have written a novel about it. But I'm only a blogger and I can only write about myself.
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
Saturday, January 07, 2006
Friday, January 06, 2006
INSPIRATION IN 2006
Lately, I haven't found the perfect topic to blog in the year 2006. I use to go to my favorite blogsite's to find inspiration, but the more I read them, the more tempting it gets to steal their ideas and incorporate it in my blog! Hehehe! But I can't do that. I don't have the guts to piss my blog-idols, right? Instead, I decided to write a list of the funniest and the coolest domain names that I know. Here it goes...
- http://www.kwentongtambay.nicanordavid.com
- http://www.deardiarya.blogspot.com
- http://eatingthesun.blogspot.com/
- http://garapata.blogspot.com/
- http://www.harvardstreetcubao.blogspot.com/
- http://lefthandedmouse.blogspot.com/
- http://badinggerzie.blogspot.com/
- kulotology.blogspot.com
- idiotboard.blogspot.com
- villageidiotsavant.blogspot.com
- logbet.blogspot.com
Thats about it. Check it out and tell me if its any good. I honestly haven't read all of them, I just find their names funny.
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