NEED FOR SPEED

Wala lang... I'm so addicted to this game na gumawa pa ako ng sarili ko ng background.

PRECIOUS MOMENTS AT AL BANDER RESORT

JACK AND COKE

SHRIMPS ANYONE?

I love shrimps! I bet that anyone can’t have enough of them except maybe if they are allergic to it.

I saw a picture of my old friends at friendster and I saw the girl that they called a shrimp. We asked why did you call her a shrimp? A friend replied, “When you eat a shrimp you take the head off and eat the body. She’s like that. She’s got a beautiful body with an ugly face.” We all laughed for a while, but we pity the girl for being ridiculed by a jerk. But the shrimp thing was never forgotten. From then on I always think of her when I eat shrimps.

DIEGO AT MARINA

OMG

I have heard the words “Oh my God” so much in the past 4 weeks, and it’s terrible. I think I die a little each time I hear that nasty tone when it’s uttered. Were talking about work here if you’re asking. Nothing seems to be going in the right direction, even if I ask for the right path. Numerous times I have mixed religion and science together as my secret recipe for success. But it doesn’t seem to work nowadays.

Through this tiring months I learned something important. It is that, too much work can sharpen you like a sword…and more work can dull you like an overused kitchen knife. This statement is not far from what Jack said in Stephen King’s movie THE SHINING.

“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.”
“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.”
“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.”
“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.”
“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy…..”
(He typed this a couple of hundred times during the movie.)

So did overworking made Dennis a dull boy? Most certainly! It’s a relief when Ed brought Jack Daniels and Captain Morgan over for a couple of days. A break from the norms was needed to break the pressure of the job that broke me.

But as someone told me a long time ago, (I freakin forgot who you were man!) “We can’t runaway from our problems.” So I faced the problem head on and looked it dead in the eye.

The problem at work is still unresolved. Jack is still a dull boy…and so am I.

PAPI ONE

Ces, Ed aka Papi, Diego and Ralph at our place.

EASTER EGG

"Human Oocyte"

Happy Easter to everyone!

NOSTALGIA

Diego and my mom sometime in January.

MAMA

PRAKTIS

Just testing my Canon 400D limited edition...plugging lang baka may magbigay ng libreng lens!

KING AND QUEEN

It was certainly a beautiful day at Sonya's Garden (gee! i hope i spelled it right.). King Kong & King Kang enjoyed the mini-jungle...unfortunately they didn't greet us with "Welcome to the Jungle" song by GnR.

SKYCHURCH

Diego and Harold at the Church of Transformation, Batangas City. Can this church also be called "The Makeover Church"?

EXOTIC

Some exotic flora grows at Sonya's Garden Tagaytay.

BATA BATUTA

Photo-op: "AGE OF INNOCENCE"

HELLO! HOW ARE YOU?

Have I felt embarassment in my entire life? Hell yes!!! But recently, I thought I had a friend for life. Through the years I thought I was recieving junk mail because that someone still wants to connect with me somehow. Do I like junk mail? Hell nooo!!! And each one of you who will send me one later will have to take a print out of their forwarded junk mail up their...

So I found this someone, somewhere, at sometime...(don't get confused. Though I'm trying to confuse you.) Then I came up to greet this person with glee. Told that person that I'm happy to have finally seen you for so many f* years. And then that person just smiled as if a green alien from outer space just appeared in front, and ask: "Who are you?"

I should have slapped that person silly as if I'm a green alien from outer space! After that I have to reintroduce myself, and where I came from. I should have told him that, "before when you guys are still interns you use to kiss our ass, and investigate our personal lives. And now you ask me who I am???"

Next time, if I see a familiar face I will just slap him across the face. For sure next time they'll remember me.

LIWANAG

Sparkles at the 2007 Pyrolympics! The Philippines put up a good show in the sky.

CHICKEN JOY

One day while I was driving to Fairview I passed by a peculiar sight. The highway is full of white feathers! If it was leaves then I would understand, but feathers?! I could only think of the following:

1. A vehicular accident involving reckless driving chickens.
2. There was a clash between two rival chicken gangsters. (Andok’s VS Baliwag)
3. There was an ultimate gay pillow fight that took place. (mga maldita nagkalat pa!)
4. There was a Burlesque Queen Day parade that I missed. (Dear Lord I hope that’s not it!)
5. It’s raining chicken! Hallelujah! It’s raining chicken. Amen! (to the tune of its raining men)

ANWAR AND NOOR

Congratulations to the newly weds Ed and Jan! It was a beautiful wedding, and we're glad that we witnessed it. So whats next? Time to make a playmate for our son!

DIEGO AND DIANA

Diego and my sister Diane have the same birthday. Last December 18, 2006 we celebrated it with a simple dinner at Kamayan resto at West Avenue Quezon City. We had a good time, but we missed those who wasn't there. My Dad had the whooping cough and Lany's Dad is in Bahrain working. But nevertheless, my boy is now 1 year old. He lived with us for a whole year...and as the days pile up, so does our love for him.

BAPTISM

They said that men are baptized atleast 3x in their whole lifetime...Our son Diego has gone through one. Although my mom doesn't like the idea of my son being a Catholic, I think that this is the right way to go. Sorry mom! Maybe in the future I'll understand what you wanted me to become. Thank you for your understanding and concern.

HAPPY BDAY DIEGO!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DIEGO!!!!

At last! We got on a plane to nasPi last December 14. I escaped the horror of the resignation process. Success! Now I'm undemployed. Rats!

We celebrated our sons birthday with a simple dinner with our close family at a resto in West Ave QC. No time to plan a big one...wala daw kasi yung Barney mascot.

Blog later!

Keep reading www.pinoyatbpa.com!!!

Merry Xmas!!!

MINUTE MAN

12 days before the big day and not my resignation papers are still not out of that freaking head quarters! I thought that military personnel are supposed to be disciplined and prompt with everything especially their jobs. It turns out that they are like the military in Pinas. But at least there you can find somebody that you can lubricate with cash, and they can fix your problems in a flash. Now, if I only knew of a greedy scumbag fixer that can get the job done if half the time then my problems are fixed.

There had been several of my friends who underwent the resignation procedure, but I have never heard of any of them being summoned to the HQ. It is very peculiar why they would ask for me. Could they have mistaken me for somebody else? But for whatever reason I want to get that appointment from Amal and get this over with. The guy at the unemployment line wants me to join them for a beer later on.

Sadly, I am not the only one affected by this paper chase. My wife could not sleep to the fact that she might travel with my 11 month old son alone. Babies can be a pain especially when it comes to traveling. They have more energy than a junkie smoking crack cocaine.

APIR!

I heard that Karel Marquez is the covergirl of this months FHM Philippines.

Now thats another reason to come home too! Bwahahahahaha!

NEED FOR SPEED 2

I'm soo into NEED FOR SPEED 2!!! This is by far the bestest game that I played. I got to costumize my Honda Civic into a mean machine with unique rims, unique carbon fiber spoiler, carbon fiber hood, cf mirror, cf roof scoop, xenon headlights, pearlescent black base paint, red thermal painted brakes, red thermal painted exhaust tips, level 2 engine, level 2 transmission, level 2 ECU, level 2 suspension, level 2 brakes, level 2 tires, level 2 turbo, and professional level 2 wet NOS. Top speed 200+kph!


And then I also have 29K money in the bank and currently signed up with my 3rd racing sponsor. cool!!!

PINOYATBPA.COM

There is a website coming up this December called www.pinoyatbpa.com, and they invited me to be one of the writers. Now how cool is that?! Watch out for our launching next month.
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Lately I haven't been writing here because I'm soo sucked up with my resignation. My boss is telling me that they will approve it but there is no proper action being done to process my papers. They keep promising that it can be processed in a matter of days...which is a total bull! I don't know of anyone who's papers were processed in 10 days. Double bull! Now I can completely say that I understand what Janjan wen't through a year ago. Ain't that right Janers?!

As for the people asking me where I'm going after Bahrain, all I can say is...let's wait until next year. I don't know where I'm going either. Probably just waiting behind the unemployment line. Or! Me and my navy seal friend Ed can build our own farm and breed war freak street fighting roosters. We love our cocks!

I just wish that we could go home and rest for a while. But most importatly we want to go home to witness Jan and Ed tie the noose...I mean tie the knot. We can't wait to hear them say their wedding vows. I don't know whether I'll cry or pee laughing. Maybe I'll do both, but that I don't want to steal the show. We'll see...

But before they do something stupid like I love you, I want Ed to have a proper stag party. The thing that I did't have before I was married. I'll ask my wife to close Chico's Gay Bar to have a proper party for Jan too. Or if they want we can interchange the venue. It will be the Kulasisi Strip Joint for the girls, and the Adonis Gay Bar for us, which ever they prefer.

PARTY! PARTY! PARTY!

posted by TAKUSA

BIG

I recently tendered my resignation to my boss. Now I’m looking forward to stand at the unemployment line and get my much needed break. All these changes that’s going on at work seems to take its toll on me. The sound of being a bum terrifies me. Now I’m wondering what’s ahead for my career and family life. Kamote planting is not attractive for me. Perhaps its time to follow up my career in showbiz. Big Brother here I come!!!

DIE BASTARD! DIE!

Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!

About a month ago I wrote to the letters section of the Gulf Daily News regarding the traffic rules of this kingdom. It was nice of the editor to publish my inquiry, and I think it was a cool thing that I can get an answer for the questionable speeding ticket that I received for my birthday. But surprisingly after a week somebody answered me in a foul reply insulting my intelligence, as well as my driving skills. So I wen't back to my letter (chanting "Die bastard! Die!) hoping to find a mistake before I go ahead and kick this guys ass. I didn't find anything wrong with it. But I probably should have worked on it more before I decided to hit the submit button. I just can't help it, I'm a trigger happy person.

So what's wrong with this story? I'll tell you what? The editor of the newspaper is watching too much of the "Jerry Springer Show". How could he let the readers to be insulted in public? I felt like crap after a while, and then I decided that I am not going to write another comment on that silly newspaper. Instead, I would guest on the Jerry Springer Show and slug it out with the cheap-shot-low-life.

Thank God I didn't have telekinetic powers at that time.

BLOG POWER

A few months ago there was this kid nicknamed Pyro was showcased by Kwentong Tambay. This kid has some cancer or leukemia or something, and his wish is to see Batista the wrestler. It just so happened that he was on his way to the Philippines for a wrestling match. The word spread through the blogging community and his wish was granted. You can read it thru this link.

RETROSPECT: "A FOUR OF FISH AND FINGER PIES"

I have been struck over and over by the Beatlemania eversince my uncle introduced them to me. If I may recall most of these introductions are by 8-track tapes. Sometimes it seems that their songs will live forever. But what I like about them the most is how they relate their songs to real life experience. Take Pennylane for example. The song takes you to a journey to a place where they grew up. And everytime I listen to it the more it reminds me of my own place in Navotas. Lets slice the song one piece at a time and I'll show you how I relate to it:

PENNY LANE
by The Beatles

In Penny Lane there is a barber showing photographs
Of every head he's had the pleasure to know.
And all the people that come and goStop and say hello.
On the corner is a banker with a motorcar,
The little children laugh at him behind his back.
And the banker never wears a mackIn the pouring rain,
very strange.
(In Navotas I had a barber showing his sons photo's. His son has just graduated to become a police. One of the quickest way to get power and money. Every afternoon he sits on his chair and raises his snakeskin cowboy boots on the table while he enjoys his cold beer. One afternoon, the barber next to him noticed that his dentures fell on the floor. They all laughed at him, and when they checked he wasn't breathing anymore.)

Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes.
There beneath the blue suburban skiesI sit,
and mean while back

In penny Lane there is a fireman with an hourglass
And in his pocket is a portrait of the Queen.
He likes to keep his fire engine clean,
It's a clean machine.
(In Navotas we had a neighbor who was a fireman...he didn't have an hourglass but he always carry a glass of Ginebra San Miguel Gin. No wonder why they were always late for a fire.)

Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes.
A four of fish and finger piesI
n summer, meanwhile back
(for this one you have to click the link and read about it in the facts and figures section. But one thing is true...we do have a lot of fish in Navotas.)

Behind the shelter in the middle of a roundabout
The pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray
And tho' she feels as if she's in a playShe is anyway.
In Penny Lane the barber shaves another customer,
We see the banker sitting waiting for a trim.
And then the fireman rushes inFrom the pouring rain,
very strange.

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BTW read the Dear Diarya. He'll be featuring the cover of the book that I made for him...he mentioned me on his blog also. cool!

RETROSPECT: "MELTS YOUR MOUTH NOT YOUR HANDS"

A friend of mine once asked me why retrospects are better than the actual event that happened. I told her that it's because retrospects play back at twice the speed or even faster, and only the good details are filtered and saved in our memories. So let me give you some of my retrospective views. These topics will be in random and will not be in order…that’s why they call it random! Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha!

I stumbled into the song TEENAGE DIRTBAG by Wheatus while I was playing my mp3 collection at work. And I immediately remembered the pretty little girl with dazzling dreamy eyes MENA SUVARI. She is a total hottie like my wife (playing safe). The MTV was a mix of scenes with the band and clips from the movie LOSER. I definitely liked the part when Mena started singing "I GOT TWO TICKETS TO IRON MAIDEN BABY. COME WITH ME FRIDAY DON'T SAY MAYBE. IM JUST A TEENAGE DIRTBAG BABY LIKE YOU."while she walks towards Jason Biggs. Imagine that a hottie like that would walk up to you in slow-mo actually say that, would you melt? I would.

FALLING DICK AND THE MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE

Flash report!

Somebody stole my cars emblem last night!

I hope your dick falls off buddy!!!

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My friend Sarah just got back from the US and had an exciting experience finding a message in a bottle. No kidding! She never told me which kind of bottle the message was in. It could be very valuable clue to know that person. Say for example it’s an empty bottle of soy sauce then it could mean that the person is a Japanese. Or if its in a bottle of Budweiser it could mean that he is a red neck. A bottle of baby oil could mean that he has a baby or he is gay. There are a million possibilities!

Anyways, she found out that it came from a middle aged lady or Pakistani origin who wants to share her loss and her dreams…but mostly about her lost love. So if you guys know a Tony Khan (could it be the decendant of Genghis Khan or Odette Khan? Who cares!) from Dubai, let him know that he abandoned a woman who looks like Pamela Anderson.

The most interesting part about it is that Sarah picked up this bottle what could she be thinking? Could she be hoping for a Genie? You watch too much of those Walt Disney cartoons my friend. Haha! Peace! But what the heck, these things don’t happen everyday. Cool huh?

And then, when she saw the date and the time this Paki-lady has cast-away this message in a bottle she found out that it was just a couple of hours. So boys and girls, the moral of the lesson here today is that when you get trapped in a deserted island like our good friend Tom Hanks don’t bring an empty bottle. Coz even if you throw it will only be washed out within that beach area. It is better to bring a pair of ice skates like Tom. You can use it to knock your tooth out or open coconuts with it if it's sharp enough. And uh-uh! Bring a football just in case you get lonely!

NIRVANA

Me and Peer were having a conversation regarding friends and how being an expat changed our lives. It really does. And then we touched the topic about India and how things are done there. Then I told her about my little cousin who is in Mumbai. She was taken there by her father eversince my Aunt Edith died about 4 years ago. He suggested that I call her. I told her I don’t know what to expect. Years ago when I last spoke to her she was just laughing and giggling like she doesn't know what I'm talking about. I miss her so much, and this prompted me to call her. Since Peer is here, he will help me to talk with them. It's not so easy to understand their English heavily tinted with Hindi.

I was so surprised when she spoke to me. She see to be very bright and outspoken. Her English is very good! She has been trained well in school and she's well mannered. A trait that lacks some Pinoy kids her age. I'm just glad to know that she still remembers me and the rest of my family. The sad part about it is that she didn’t receive any of the letters that I sent her. I don’t want her to forget me or my family. She means a lot to us because she is my favorite aunt's daughter.

The phone call still lingers in my ears. I promised to see her one day. But for now I have to be contented by writing her a letter to let her know what's happening to me.

Its amazing what a phone call can do.

WIN A CALENDAR

Wow! I just received a ton of email asking for a copy of "The Honeyspot 2007 Calendar"! But like I said, this is a unique item that I am going to giveaway to the lucky winner who is going to email me. So if you want this great calendar with this one of a kind picture don’t waste time and send me an email at sinneddc@yahoo.com and I'll be happy to send you the 2007 calendar. I might also give a copy of the Kwentong Tambay book…if I have the money. So send me an email now! This promo is good up to October 30.

SECOND ANNIVERSARY

I made my first blog entry on October 10, 2004. I can't believe that it's been two years? wow! I have never kept anything for this long except for a cheap pair of briefs. But I sure do intend to keep this blog for as long as I can. Nowadays, its just impossible to write anything with my schedule.

How do you guys feel if I tell you that I'am going to have a raffle? The winner will win a one of a kind The Honeyspot jologs calendar! I'm not kidding! So if you want to join you got to send me an email at sinneddc@yahoo.com and tell me that you want to win this one of a kind calendar. We'll be picking up the winner by the end of October.

KWENTONG TAMBAY

The book is finally out! It's no surprise that Nicanor David's blog would someday be compiled in a book. And why not? This is probably one of the funniest pinoy blogsite I've ever visited. For me Batjay is probably the new male Jessica Zafra. I can't wait to get a copy and read it this December. By January I can use the pages to wrap my favorite Tinapa. => Now go out and get a copy!

Batjay, magkakaron ba ng "Kwentong Tambay" the movie?

I wonder if "My Dear Diarya" would someday be a book? Ok yun Mr_D! Print the pages on toilet paper para pagkatapos basahin puede ng gamitin at i-flush! Hahaha!

BIRTHDAY BLUES

Every year before my birthday I always feel down. There's an eerie feeling like loneliness that I can't explain. When I was in my 20's I could pinpoint my blues to aging and a feeling lack of accomplishment. I loathed reaching the age of 30 because those numbers sound old and all the younger women would think that I am geriatric. But after crossing the 30 something line I don’t bother about it that much. Well who cares anyway?

When I was about 4 years old (I think) my grandfather used to tell me that I'm exempted to take a bath on my birthday, and I can do anything I want. The usual thing would be a trip to Luneta Park, and then I'll have to eat fried chicken. Fried chicken is not my favorite. It's just the fashionable thing to eat at that time.

I will play to my hearts content. Not even school can stop me climbing the pungent giant shoe slide/porta-john in Luneta. Why is it called Luneta anyways? Does it have anything to do with the moon? I'll wiki it later.

If its not the park I would prefer the Zoo. I love animals! Got lots of friends like you reading my stuff right now. Hee-hee! There is the old elephant near the entrance, the crocodile that doesn't move, the snakes that is good in hiding (or probably the cage is empty. That’s very Manila-zooish.), and the lions. My personal favorite is Peter the Orangutan. There is a sign outside his cage warning everyone to be cautions upon approaching the cage because the monkey spits…and throws monkey shit on people. He is so hilarious! Throwing shit! Hahahaha! Which reminds me of my boss. Maybe I should call him Peter?

After my field trip we usually go back to Navotas and my father will bring me to our relatives. My uncles will roll up the big bucks for me. Sorry I don't take coins. After giving the money they'll say this money is for your milk. But after I we go home all the money goes to mommy. Later on that cash will vanish without a trace. If my mom was an accountant for a corrupt government official, we would have been rich.

Nowadays I want to have a small party with my family and friends. It always break the blues. My friend Dondie already pledged a bandehado of his special Pancit. Now who wants to pledge for Vodka? Hehehe! But to keep it sweet and simple I only want a kiss from my wife and my baby boy when I wake up.

CENSORSHIP

FREEDOM!!!

That is the cry of Mel Gibson in the movie "Braveheart". Now it seems that I too have to shout it out to the computer department. Over censorship crap! Why do they have to block the good websites including http://www.wikipedia.org/? What is the point of having an internet at work if you can't access the best of the best of cyberspace. Now I keep checking my site if they have blocked it. Don't you dare computer guy! It's not worth it. They will not promote you to senior computer guy anyway.

RELATIVITY

I forgot to tell you why me and my sister call my grandmother "Lola Dagat", well here it is. When I was young I'm confused when my parents ask me to go to my Lola. And I always ask them which one? (And believe it or not they still confuse me up to now.) If memory serves, I think it was my father who coined the name "Lola Dagat", because they live near the sea. Guess who she's married to? If you guessed "Lolo Dagat" then you must be a genius! You deserve a Nobel Prize! My grandfather's real name is Felix. The most handsome grand-daddy in the world!

LOLA DAGAT

ANGELINA BONZON DELA CRUZ - "Lola Dagat" (Lola = Grandmother / Dagat = Sea) as me and my sister fondly call her, has left us yesterday August 17, 2006 at 8pm Manila time, and is now in the arms of our Lord God. May you rest in peace Lola! We love you very much.

GREEN

I admit that I am green in envy of my friends and relatives in America. This country has been engraved in my mind by my culture as the equivalent of paradise. A place where you can get everything. A place where the opportunities may it be big or small is endless. A place where even hobo's look good in Oakley shades, and they can speak English too! Not unlike their Filipino counterparts. I can only imagine at this time, that everyone in my family will be so happy to live there and enjoy the American way of living.

TV and movies has taken me there maybe a thousand times. The land is huge and overflowing with natural resources. The beaches are clean and full of beautiful women in their bikini, like the one's on Baywatch. And in terms of technology, I don't think that America is far behind on anything.

Recently, I have spoken to my long time friend in the US and she said that her life is a disaster. I asked myself "how could it be?" Even if something bad happens to you there you could easily bounce back, like those action heroes in movies. Or you’re  tragedy can be turned into comedy like in Scrubs. Have I been misinformed? I guess I won't know until I get there.

MURDER 101

Everytime I open my yahoo account I always get this notice that this particular guy has updated his blog. Not just one time in a day, but sometimes several times! Crazy @ss. (Oh, no not you Janers. I love reading your blog.) It's just so irritating! I don't even read his blog. Does anybody know how I can get him out of my list?

AQUA COOL

Dear Janers and Edster,

Diego loves the water! Could this be a product of our weekly swimming party? Could be. Anyways, we dropped by Edsters flat in Juffair before we went home. We surely miss the happy times when you guys were here. BTW, I saw your male nurse friend at Carl's birthday party last weekend and the Nickelback song played in my head over and over again. Oh, I forgot to tell you that there is a DVD version of the music video that I gave you. Now everything is synchronised. I'll give it to you in December. See you!

Dennis, Lany & Diego

AQUA BOY

We wanted to go swimming, but we have to make sure that our son will not be scared of the water. After sitting in the tub for a few minutes he was making big splashes (look at the drops of water on the left side). And why won't he love the water? His dad is from Navotas.

MOSHI MOSHI!

Thanks to the availability of ingredients here we were able to make our own sushi.

BIRTHDAY

Belated Happy Birthday to Janers and Edster! We didn't send any text messages to you since we know that you can't use your mobile phone in Japan. We miss you very much! Is there any chance you can send me some sushi?=)

I have never seen a more exciting picture like this since grade school. My fascination for strapping a poor creature to something that will explode or burst into flames makes me giggle like a school girl. Me and my friends tried this once with a bull frog and a Lolo Thunder. After the explosion the frog disappeared! If that is not exciting enough we tried something different. Lolo Thunder + Dog Shit! We formed a circle and held each others hands. The first one to chicken out will buy food. The winner was "the big pile of dog shit"!!! Ta-daaa! We went home covered with gun powder scented dog shit.

The end.

BLOGLESS

It is so refreshing to read your friends blog entries when you find yourself blogless. I don’t have any exciting things that will interest anyone of you. There are a few things but I don’t want to brag about it. The only interesting thing that happened to me this week is that my car airconditioning broke down. Its so expensive to replace the compressor! Now my car is in Kuya Edward's Garage. Thanks to Dondi for the ride to Isa Town.

On the lighter side of our life, we have been itching to invite friends over at our place. We haven’t entertained any guests in quite a while and we miss all our close friends. To top it all I wanted to show them the new entertainment system that we got. The sound is amazing! Singing with the videoke will never be the same!

UNITED COLORS

Game na?

XXX

He likes the water...he loves to shower.

CONFESSIONS OF A BARNEY FAN

"The Barney Effect" - He loves watching that purple dinosaur so much.

WAKE UP CALL

It's one o' clock and I'm so lazy to finish all work. Diego woke up several times last night. First he was cold, he tried to roll his tiny body near me to get some warmth but I put a pillow between us before I went to sleep and he couldn’t come near me so naturally he cried. I removed the pillow and pulled him close to me and gave him milk. It worked, thank God and we went back to sleep. After an hour he woke up again because he felt cold. He moves so much that he got out of the comforter. I put him in my arms and gave him some more milk. We slept for about half an hour and then he woke me up again. This time he doesn’t want milk. He wants to play! He jumped on me and started to giggle. At 5am in the morning, no matter how adorable he is, I just couldn't see him as cute. So I took him to the living room and popped in the Barney DVD. He slouched in his walker as he watched his favorite dinosaur. Meanwhile, I tried to sleep through the noise that dinosaur is doing until the nanny came in. What kind of dinosaur is he again? Definitely not from Jurrasic Park.

Thanks Sarah for visiting our new home and this blog. I cancelled my appointment with Nate Berkus right after I read your comment. Was our place really nice? I know you like the sofa. Want to swap? ; } hee-hee!

403 FORBIDDEN

I don't have internet at home so I do most of my email at work...after duty! Promise after duty! => But I was surprised when our computer administrator (and thats you mr. nice guy! i know you're reading this!) blocked all the useful websites that I go to. You can't do email too! And I think thats the worst that they can do. Internet is so expensive here in Bahrain! (and i bet that mr. nice-guy-network-administrator knows about this. because he used to hook my home pc to his internet shop in my old neighborhood!) Maybe because there is only one service provider in this Kingdom. They dominated the market and raised the price to make it unaffordable to users like me...those who's salary bracket is so low that you can do a limbo-rock dance underneath it.

The internet is for everyone. Ofcourse there are abusive net users, but cutting off our privilege to send emails to transact buisness and send love messages to our love ones abroad is a cheap shot below the belt. For your information Mr.nice-guy-network-administrator-person, THIS INTERNET IS THE ONLY BENEFIT THAT WE, "THE EXPATRIATES" GET FROM THIS COMPANY. And I bet you know this because your an expat too.

And there's no need to ban my site...this ain't PORN!

From the person who use to pay 5BD per month for illegal internet provided by mr.nice-guy-network-administrator-who-has-an-internet-shop-in-our-old-neighborhood,

Dennis (network connection #12)

SUBURBIA

I'm taking a ride and running with the dogs tonight in suburbia.

We recently moved to a new apartment in one of the Riffa suburbs. It is a complete change of environment compared to our previous niche in the busy city. I love the fact that its really quiet and relaxing. Finding a suitable place to park is now a history. The water supply is not salty at all. But we miss our neighborhood... Everything is soo near! Now you need to travel a block to buy a Pepsi.

Anyhow, the only problem we have is the internet...we dont have a connection yet. ADSL is so expensive here. Moreover, we haven't installed our satellite dish yet so no TV for a week now.

Special Thanks goes to the people who helped us move: Kuya Conrad (for the accomodation), Carl, Jhun, Cesar, Carlo, Indian Guy with a pick-up truck, Ate Weng (for baby sitting), Trisha, Mayeth, Boy Hito (for entertaining Diego). Triple thanks to Jhun, Carl and Cesar for everything. I couldnt do it without you guys. For sure you'll be invited for a drink after we put everything in order.

SOUTH PARK

I have always wanted to know what I'll look like if I was a South Park cartoon. Well here it is! My wife made it for me. Is there any resemblance at all?

I heard from a source that the video that I did was a success! I'm so happy about it! I felt like I won an Oscar. My friend said the bride watched the video about 10 times. Not the best record in my book though. Janners might have watched her video more than that! Right?!

THE HONEYSPOT VIDEO PRODUCTION

I made 2 music video's for a client this week. To be honest I didn't think that I can pull it off because I was doing the second video with an Arabic theme. There were obstacles that left me dumbstruck for a day or two, like the time when I had to use huge high quality movie clip file. My computer crashed everytime that I had to edit it. Its a good thing that I can compress it to a DivX format or else I would have been toast. I have to upgrade my computer before I could even touch it...and I used two computers...yes! two computers to get the job done.

But thank God that my client was pleased with the final product. Deep inside I'm so happy...and so proud of myself! Now I was informed that I have two weddings booked this month. Yeah baby! Two! So wish me luck.

Special thanks to my friend Sarah for spreading the word...My son Diego for sleeping when I needed to work...and my wife Lany for all the support.


For inquiries you can email me at sinneddc@yahoo.com

1...2...3...

Naalala nyo ba nung bata tayo tuwang-tuwa tayo kapag kinakanta natin yung 1 2 3 asawa ni Marie? Lately, kinanta ko sya para sa anak ko for no reason. And then naisip ko na kung bakit walang panty ang asawa ni Marie...kasi lalaki sya! He wears briefs!

"One, Two, Three! Asawa ni Marie! Araw gabi, walang panty!"

RELIGIOUS

Sabi ng nanay ko na kapag daw ikaw ay naaapi kailangan daw daanin sa dasal. Minsan ginawa ko na ito pero di ko pa nakikita ang effect...Pero isang araw ng nag-announce na ang mga bago kong amo ng kanilang titolo bilang diyos para akong binuhusan ng malamig na asido at nagkaroon ng isang religious encounter... Para silang Holy Trinity! Whoa!

Si Father - Para nga siyang tatay. Kasi utos sya ng utos, reklamo ng reklamo pero di marunong makinig.

Son - Oo, kalahati lang sya ng laki ni Father at para silang mag-ama kapag magkasama. (lalo siguro kung kakandong sya.)

At si Holy Ghost - Hindi dahil divine sya, pero dahil madalas di mo sya makita dahil late sya laging pumasok. Pero kapag naramdaman mo na sya at the end of the day daig pa ang habagat. Kaya naman nagiging exorcist ako everytime na magkikita kami. Hayyy...I'm so lucky.

Amen,

SINNED

BOY BAKUNA

On his tummy since 4 months and 6 days.

FISH REPORT

Dear Kuya Conrad, Ate Weng & Cute na Trisha,

Before anything else I am proud to tell you that your apartment is still there after you left you entrusted me with your key! => Everything is doing great with regards to the watering of your house plants. Infact, and probably when you return, all of them will still have the same number of leaves. I taped the brown ones that had fallen and colored them to get that natural effect. I did a great job with the leaves that some of them looks like Malunggay leaves.

With regards to the fish...I fed them more that 2 times in a week. The look very hungry, especially the black one which I fondly call "Boy Hito" or "Nog-Nog".

On my second visit at your apartment, I was surprised to see one of your fish doing the backstroke. I thought it was funny but when I looked closer it was missing its tail! Sanabagun!!! I think there is foul play in your aquarium. None of the other fish will admit who ate the little, so I decided to cut the oxygen and the water filter until they talk. Joke! I didn't cut the oxygen and the water filter! Hehehehe! But I was serious about the dead fish. Sorry! I'll make sure to get a replacement when we go to Geant.

I hope my sad news didn't spoil your vacation.

Love,

Dennis

MASTERMIND

A few days ago I recieved a text message from my friend entitled "News Flash", regarding our former boss appearing on the Filipino daily news program. I felt like I was struck by lightning when I read it. Then after reading it, I have to scroll back and re-read it again. How can a rich bastard become a criminal? Not just a criminal who killed a person by impulse, but a person who plans his crimes well.

It was about 6 years ago when I met him. He was young, handsome and thought to be one of the coolest boss in the hospital for his ability to get along with his staff. There was even a time when I was called to his office to explain why I forgot to punch in my time card. I told him that it was a mistake that I forgot punch in. He told me that I dont need to explain much further, and that I should never do it again. The meeting ended with a handshake and a full respect from the new HRD boss.

The next day after the text message, I saw the news for myself. His picture flashed briefly on the tube, I knew it was him but Im still in disbelief. The man that I once worked with is the mastermind of the "Valleverde Gang". And again I asked myself "What the hell is wrong with them? Isn't being born rich a good reason to live decent life?"

FATHER AND SON

Baron de Grimm

"We are obsessed by the idea of regulation, and our Masters of Requests refuse to understand that there is an infinity of things in a great state with which a government should not concern itself." - Baron de Grimm

EVE OF WW3

It is a very disturbing news when I read the news from a certain website that the UN announced that we may be in the eve of World War 3. Apparently, Iran, Syria and Hamas is cooking something evil. You guys suck!

My personal battle (NO! IM NO CLOSET QUEEN!) with the forces of Bureaucracy has not yielded any fruit since I started it. You guys suck!

Peace!

THE HONEYSPOT PRODUCTIONS

A few weeks ago I decided to go pro on my so called craft. I have produced several music videos (slideshow type) and one full length tribute video (Janers Farewell Video). So far everybody is happy with this backyard projects of mine, right?

This week I launched my premiere video of Ali and Sarah...a sort of gift of mine to my good buddy Sarah to her cousin who is getting married. It has recieved a good review from the people who viewed it. And according to Sarah's mom I already had a booking with one of the cousins....oh how I wish!

Some people asked me if I can do moving videos instead of a slideshow. I told them that there is a certain advantage of doing a slideshow especially if they are realtime candid pictures. One is that not everyone can be good actors. With pictures you can cheat that by just posing for a few seconds. Most of us cant really act for more than a minute, we always break into laughter. Good pictures can be brought to life by a good storyline and an effective but meaningful background music.

So to those who want to avail of my services you can contact me at my email

sinneddc@yahoo.com.

Just leave your number and I'll call you back asap.

WALA LANG

testing.....there is something wrong with my blog....

ARAD FORT

ARAD FORT, Muharraq Kingdom of Bahrain