December 24, 2010

A not so happy Chirstmas ='(

photo by: Pearl Arroyo / Vilches Beach Resort

I hate that feeling. The feeling when you’re sad but you have no idea why. You just are. And in your mind, you’re thinking of all the bad things in your life and apply it to your emotions, making you even more sad. Then people ask you what’s wrong and you have nothing to say. You end up sitting there, "QUITE", while it seems as if everyone, but you, is happy...

December 5, 2010

Night at Siraan

Your silence bites into my heart deeper than a knife. I wish i could tell you my pain and let you know my strife. You told me that you loved me once-upon-a-time, but you left me in a heartbeat and i knew you'd never be mine....


Thank you for wrapping my body with your "Saarong" last night!

November 5, 2010

Damgo sang Ilongga

Sa office...

Someone told me this... "QR ka na sa typing..forever ka na da"...and i cant believe to myself that i was happy for that news...goodness, indi ko da ya...hello...? gabaha kwarta sa searching noh? haha

Kag amu ni ang pinaka high light sang damgo ko hu...

so, ga enjoy gid ko ka type kay sa typing na ko kuno...& then nag bukas ang door...damu tawo nag sulod...gin pakilala cla sang boss kuno namon..."meet our new trainees"....i was shocked!! as in shocked kay may isa ka babahe nga na recognized ko. as in siya gid ya hambal ko sa self ko...(pero wala man chura actually...hehe)...so medyo nag panic c manenay... tense... palamalhas gid...

& then ang office mate ko nag hutik sa akon...."why should you??haha..got you!"...hambal ko man cya..."nga-a ari na di xa ya, pasayloha nyo na xa bi project! indi lang na di xa ya...hala Lord!!!"


basta amu na na kuno...nag aplly work ang girl upod ya ang 3 ya ka best friends sa company nga gina ubrahan ko... wala ko mahimu kay ma agi gid cla sa amun project before cla kuno abe mag level up...haha


after few hours...naka balikid ko sa ila...kag nakita ko gid nga ga tulok gid sila nga 4 sa akon...grrrr...as in daw sa mean girls gid nga pangwaon bala...hahaha


tapos amu ni ang pinak baskog sa tanan...MAY NAG-ABOT NGA LALAKI...ini ya na recognized ko ya kung cnu xa. (indi ko lang di pag e mention ang name...huya ko)....pag sulod ya kuno sa door, sapakon ko pa xa tani galeng daw BAD ASS ang dating...suplado...ga pangakig...kag daw ma super saiyan na gid ya..ahhh grabe..hahaha.

Tapos, ang ini nga lalaki nag derechu sa babahe, kag daw gin akigan ya??? hinay ila hambalanay, sila lang ga bati-anay...asta nga daw nag taas ang tingog ni lalaki...

"Ohhhh....anu ni" - hambal sang mga tawo sa office


Gin sabat ko sila tanan nga "NOBYA YA NA ANG BABAHI!!! LQ-LQ lang...galeng daw indi normal nga LQ" (kita mu lang gid..baw!)


Dason gin singgitan sang lalaki ang babahi nga "SAKA SA ROOFTOP!! DIDTO TA MA STORYAHANAY!!!" Nag una ang lalaki saka...tapos indi ang babahi...pero gin pilit xa sang 3 ya ka best friends, kay kahuluya na gid kuno...so nagsaka nalang xa! HAHA


Tapos ako ya kuno...NAG SELOS!??? (Ay abaw!!!) Ang sa utok ko na daan ang scene sa "HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER" nga ara si Ted & Robin sa rooftop doing a romantic thing...hehehe. So nag selos ko basi ma amu man to sila parehos kay Ted & Robin...(HAHAHAHAHA...maan!!!)


After 4 hours, nanaog na sila sa rooftop...pero ang lalaki nalang ang nakita ko...akig2x xa kuno japon! Nalipay ko ya kuno...hahaha

Tapos gin sugod xa sang maestra ko sang high school...gin kigan xa...nga-a kuno gin amu ya to iya girlfriend in front of many people..."Ur so ungentleman!!!"amu na hambal ni mam, amugid na...hahahaha


Gin sabat ya man ang maestra ko nga "That girl is immature and Im tired of her"...pero ako ya iya gina tudlo???


"Oh anu sala ko ya cmu!!!!???ga pahimunong ko di ya bala ha...!!!!" - hambal ko cya.. tapos gina tulok yalang ko...daw ma tunaw ko e...scarry sa iya! Dugay2x gid ya tulok niya sakon...tapos hambal ya.."Ay cenxa!"


So i was like "huh?"

Tapos, tawa2x ko ya e...hHAHHAHAHA...!!! "Lihog lang da ah...wala lang hilabtanay..."


amu lang na!! sadya ko ya kuno daun...hahaha..


ay ambot nalang nga damgo...

nag bugtaw ko daun...3:29 AM gid ya sa cp ko...tapos nag alarm cp ko pag 3:30AM...


suli noh??? UNA KO YA BUGTAW TAPOS NAG ALARM CP KO...hahaha

ironic gid ah! hehehe

October 21, 2010

Me Again

I am not a " girly-girl " nor am I " tomboy " I play video games. I don’t like bugs. I like to look cute & pretty. Soft spoken but I don’t use a high pitched voice when I talk to guys. Pink is not my favorite color. I can play sports. Dirt is not an enemy. I don’t flirt with every guy out there. Sparkly stuff doesn’t grab my attention. I like to shop, but I don’t like spending too much. I don’t wear heels. I eat what I want, when I want. I am me.....

October 7, 2010

I am who I am

I am not a " girly-girl " nor am I " tomboy " I play video games. I don’t like bugs. I like to look cute & pretty. Soft spoken but I don’t use a high pitched voice when I talk to guys. Pink is not my favorite color. I can play sports. Dirt is not an enemy. I don’t flirt with every guy out there. Sparkly stuff doesn’t grab my attention. I like to shop, but I don’t like spending too much. I don’t wear heels. I eat what I want, when I want. I am me.....

Yooow Mt. Baloy

Five more days to go...and I'll kiss Mt. Baloy... =) God Bless CPUMS

July 27, 2010

Anu ba ang point mo????

May mga tao talaga na mahirap intindihin....nakakaasar...Anu ba ang point mu!

June 3, 2010

Pinoy GLEE?

Rachel Ann Go as Queena Flores (Glee's Quinn Fabray)

Sarah Geronimo as Rachel Borromeo (Glee's Rachel Berry)


Glee getting a Pinoy franchise? Sue Sylvester does not approve! hahaha...

Remember when news broke out that Rayver Cruz and Shaina Magdayao were going to be the Edward and Bella of the Philippines? Fans were outraged and even petitioned against it. Turns out it was a hoax.

It's happening all over again—this time with our new favorite TV series, Glee! If you were to cast your own Rachel Berry or Quinn Fabray, who would you pick?

In my opinion....Oh my god! NOOOOOOO! I am outraged. Dont do it!!!! You will make Glee look bad... ugh I hate it when they have to copy American shows or movies! They should be more original and make their own. Kasi naman all they make are dramas which targets only the middle aged people. They should create shows that are for teenager. And by that, I mean they should CREATE not COPY!!!!

Israel orders families of diplomats in Turkey

Enjoy these great articles Israel Turkey news and other information Israel Turkey. Come back every day for more update on the latest Israel Turkey! Israel Turkey last updated titles for Israel and Turkey: Israel controls families of diplomats in Turkey The Israeli media said the Foreign Ministry has ordered the families of its diplomats in Turkey to leave this country because of the rumor deadly raid into Israel on a flotilla of navy related aid Gaza.

Gaza raid exposes flaws in the attitude of Turkey towards Israel Turkey is an outpost of the West to the East or a Muslim country with European aspirations? Unloved in most of the EU, Ankara has been doing anything awkward balancing act in his neighborhood, preaching western values in Muslim countries while cultivating close ties with Israel. Learn more about Times Online
Turkey maintains push for sanctions Israel Turkey kept the pressure on the United Nations to sanction Israel for an attack on the Turkish-flagged ship, part of a flotilla of support in trying to reach the Gaza Strip. Turkey called the raid a massacre, but Israel has insisted it was within his rights to defend themselves.

Oil Spills in Florida

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Florida4Less announce that the Villas in Florida with Tourism Stand Strong Showing defiance against the spill MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM – (Marketwire – 06 / 02/10) – It has been widely theorized that the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and has a devastating effect on the tourism industry in Florida, but Florida villas and vacation specialists Florida4Less, part The Co-operative Group Travel, disagreed. Reports of the devastation caused by the oil spill is having, both for wildlife and the economy … Learn more about Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance br />
Florida Fishing Town on the edge of Gulf oil No oil has yet been found on the beaches of Florida. But huge tide in the Gulf of Mexico takes its toll on tourism and seafood business concerns are rising in Apalachicola, a fishing village on the Florida peninsula, as the holiday season of summer begins. About Georgia Public Broadcasting
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The Gulf of Mexico oil slick into closed Wednesday on the coast of Florida, the deep sea underwater robotic sawing a pipe encountered a new obstacle in the latest offer from BP to contain the spill. Learn more about AFP via Yahoo!

May 9, 2010

Nikki Teodoro with son Jaime, ride a chopper piloted by Gilbert Teodoro, after casting his vote in Tarlac.



Nikki Teodoro with son Jaime, ride a chopper piloted by Gilbert Teodoro, after casting his vote in Tarlac.

Bongga diba! HAHA

Election 2010 (PH) Results

by: GMANews TV

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will release the uniform resource locator (URL) of the website where election results will be directly posted on late Monday, a poll body official said.

Comelec Commissioner Gregorio Larrazabal said they decided to "delay" the release of the URL to lessen the possible incidents of hacking. The poll body had earlier said it will release the website address a day before the elections.

Larrazabal clarified, however, that problems with putting up the site were not the reason for the delay.

Smartmatic Asia president Cesar Flores said the website would supposedly be similar to that used by Venezuela in 2008.

Voting officially closes at 6 p.m. on Monday. The poll body said it expects to get about 70 percent of the results later in the day, which are expected to be posted on the website whose address has yet to be disclosed.

On the other hand, Larrazabal asked the public to be patient with the poll body's main website which has been encountering problems because of the traffic it has been receiving.

The website has an option where voters can search for their specific precincts.

For now, he said that voters can call the Comelec at the following numbers 527-0841, 527-2773, 527-2772, 527-0822, 526-7769, and 526-7770 to inquire about their precincts. — RSJ/LBG, GMANews.TV

May 6, 2010

Plataporma ni Gibo



KAMING WALANG KIBO AY PARA KAY GIBO!" That's the add I saw in the papers. But to them, I call out and say, "PANAHON NANG MAGPAHAYAG NG TUNAY NA DAMDAMIN. IPAGMALAKI NATIN ANG MAGALING AT MATALINONG KANDIDATO NA KARAPAT-DAPAT NA MAGING PRESIDENTE NG ATING BAYANG MINAMAHAL! LAKASAN ANG MALAYANG PAG-SIGAW UPANG MADAMDAM ...NG BAWA'T KAPWA NATING PILIPINO ANG ATING PANININDIGAN! DAPAT G1BO!!! SULONG G1BO!!!

March 19, 2010

Toni Rose's son dies in accident


MANILA, Philippines - Edward James Gayda Lim (photo), son of Toni Rose Gayda and grandson of Rosa Rosal, died in a freak accident at dawn yesterday. He was 25. According to initial report, the boy woke up at 4 o’clock in the morning and was smoking at the terrace of his room at the fourth floor of the Pinnacle Condo in Mandaluyong City when he fell to the ground at around 4:30. It was an occupant of a second-floor unit who alerted the guard when the occupant heard a loud thud. He lived with his mom and his grandma. The wake will be held at the Santuario de San Jose in Greenhills, San Juan City, tonight at 9 until tomorrow only.

March 17, 2010

Presidential Candidates for Philippine Election 2010

  1. Acosta, Vetellano Seinez - KBL
  2. Aquino, Benigno Simeon III Cojuangco - LP
  3. De Los Reyes, John Carlos Gordon - AKP
  4. Estrada Ejercito, Joseph Marcelo - PMP
  5. Gordon, Richard Juico - VNP
  6. Madrigal, Jamby - IND
  7. Perlas, Jesus Nicanor Pineda - IND
  8. Teodoro, Gilberto Jr. Cojuangco - LK-CMD
  9. Villanueva, Eduardo Cruz - BP
  10. Villar, Manuel Jr Bamba - NP

Official List of 8 Vice President Candidates for Election 2010

  1. Mar Roxas (Liberal Party)
  2. Jejomar Binay (UNO-PMP)
  3. Bayani Fernando (Bagumbayan)
  4. Loren Legarda (Nacionalista Party)
  5. Edu Manzano (Lakas-Kampi-CMD)
  6. Jay Sonza (KBL)
  7. Perfecto Yasay (Bangon Pilipinas)
  8. Dominador Chipeco Jr. (Ang Kapatiran)

Official List of Senatorial Candidates for Philippine 2010.

Here are the names of senatorial candidates approved by Comelec:
  1. Nereus Acosta Jr. – LP
  2. Sharuff Ibrahim Albani – KBL
  3. Zafrullah Alonto – Bangon Pilipinas
  4. Ana Theresia Baraquel – LP
  5. JV Larion Bautista – PMP
  6. Martin Bautista – LP
  7. Silvestre Bello III – Lakas-Kampi-CMD
  8. Rozzano Rufino Biazon – LP
  9. Bong Revilla – Lakas-Kampi-CMD
  10. Henry Caunan – PDP-Laban
  11. Pia Cayetano – NP
  12. Rizalito David – Ang Kapatiran
  13. Joey De Venecia – PMP
  14. Miriam Defensor Santiago – People’s Reform Party
  15. Franklin Drilon – LP
  16. Juan Ponce Enrile – PMP
  17. Jinggoy Estrada – PMP
  18. Ramon Guico – Lakas-Kampi-CMD
  19. Teofisto Guingona III – LP
  20. Jo Aurea Imbong – Ang Kapatiran
  21. Kata Inocencio – Bangon Pilipinas
  22. Alexander Lacson – LP
  23. Raul Lambino – Lakas-Kampi-CMD
  24. Rey Langit – Lakas-Kampi-CMD
  25. Yasmin Lao – LP
  26. Lito Lapid – Lakas-Kampi-CMD
  27. Alma Lood – KBL
  28. Apolinario Lozada – PMP
  29. Regalado Maambong – KBL
  30. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr – NP
  31. Liza Maza – Independent
  32. Ma Judea Millora – KBL
  33. Ramon Mitra – NP
  34. Ramoncito Ocampo – Bangon Pilipinas
  35. Satur Ocampo – Bayan Muna Party
  36. Susan Ople – NP
  37. Sergio Osme̱a III РIndependent
  38. Jovito Palparan Jr. – Independent
  39. Imelda Papin – KBL
  40. Zosimo Paredes – Ang Kapatiran
  41. Gwendolyn Pimentel – PDP Laban
  42. Rodolfo Plaza – NPC
  43. Reynaldo Princesa – Bangon Pilipinas
  44. Ariel Querubin – NP
  45. Ralph Recto – LP
  46. Gilbert Remulla – NP
  47. Ma. Gracia Ri̱oza-Plazo РAng Kapatiran
  48. Sonia Roco – LP
  49. Adrian Sison – Ang Kapatiran
  50. Vicente Sotto III – NPC
  51. Adel Tamano – NP
  52. Reginald Tamayo – Ang Kapatiran
  53. Hector Tarrazona – Ang Kapatiran
  54. Francisco Tatad – Grand Alliance For Democracy/Gabaybayan
  55. Alexander Tinsay – Bangon Pilipinas
  56. Manuel Valdehuesa Jr. – Ang Kapatiran
  57. Hector Villanueva – KBL
  58. Israel Virgines – Bangon Pilipinas

March 9, 2010

Ang Regalo ng Taon Ibon ni Dee Tianhua

“Oy, Totoy,” sita ni Tatay sa pilyong titirador sana sa maya. Nabulabog tuloy ang ibong inaasinta. Lumipad ito malayo sa kawad ng kuryenteng pinagdapuan.
Nagtaka ang bata. Sino ba ‘tong mamang sumira sa diskarte niya? Lumingon siya kay Tatay. Hindi nagsalita si Tatay pero nakakunot ang kaniyang noo. Ayaw niyang sinasalbahe ang mga kalahi niya.
Nahulaan na ng bata kung bakit siya tinawag. Itinago agad nito sa bulsa ang tangang tirador at saka kumaripas ng takbo.
Iiling-iling si Tatay. “Kawawang bata,” sabi ni Nanay. “Buti nga sa kanya,” sabi naman ng bunso naming si Ami.
Kahit bagong lipat kami, kilala na si Tatay dito sa baryo. Trabaho niya kasing magturo sa mga tao. Di ko lang maintindihan kung ba’t kelangan pang magturo si Tatay ditto. Hindi naman talaga siya titser. Ang layo layo na tuloy naming sa Fiesta Carnival, sa Luneta, sa Manila Zoo at saka sa mga dati naming kalaro.
Kapag nagtuturo si Tatay, ganito ang mga madalas kong marinig sa kaniya: Dapat i-recycle ang basurang pwede pang i-recycle. Hindi dapat itong itapon sa ilog. Dapat alagaan ang ilog. Dapat magtanim ng mga puno. Hindi dapat basta-basta pinuputol ang mga puno.
Kahit sa bahay, maraming mga dapat at hindi dapat si Tatay. Dapat gawin ang mga assignment. Hindi dapat lumabas hanggang hindi ito natatapos. Dapat matulog nang maaga. Hindi dapat magpuyat sa TV. Dapat tumulong sa gawaing bahay. Hindi dapat umiskapo, umiwas o manggulang. Ang daming mga dapat at hindi dapat. Kung minsan nga, tingin ko, paulit-ulit lang si Tatay. Tingin ko lang naman ‘yon.
Bukod do’n, kilalang-kilala rin si Tatay sa pagiging matipid. Hindi lang mag puno sa gubat ang gusto niyang tipirin. Pati panggupit sana naming sa barbero natitipid. Siya na kasi’ng nagkukusang gumupit sa buhok naming. Kaso, iisang gupit lang ang alam gawin sa akin ni Tatay. Gupit army. Kaya madalas akong biruin sa eskuwelahan. Madalas akong sinasaluduhan.
Pero kahit gano’n si Tatay, Tatay ko pa rin ‘yon. Ang dami ko na yatang natutunan do’n.
Bukod kasi sa pagtuturo, trabaho rin ni Tatay ang mag-aral. Pinag-aaralan niya ang paglipad ng mga lawin, ang pangingitlog ng mga loro, ang pag-aasawahan ng mga kuwago, mga kalaw, mga kalapating bundok at kung anu-ano pang mga ibong sa larawan ko lang nakikita. Hindi lang binabasa ni Tatay ang mga ito sa libro. Pinupuntahan pa niya sa kanilang mga tirahan ang mga ibon at kinukumusta ang kanilang kalagayan. Pag-uwi ni Tatay, lagi siyang may dalang litrato ng mga ibon at lagi rin siyang may kwento tungkol sa mga ito.
Sabi ni Tatay, nanganganib daw na mawal ang mga ibong ito. Nakakalbo na kasi’ng mga gubat at nalalason na’ng mga ilog. Baka bukas sa litrato na lang naming sila makikita.
Si Tatay din nanganganib nang mawala. Unti-unti na rin naming siyang hindi nakikita. Katunayan, nababawasan na’ng mga dapat at hindi dapat sa bahay. Nakakadalaw na rin kami sa barberya ’pag humuhaba na’ng buhok namin. Masaya sana ‘yon.
Pero nung grumadweyt sa kinder si Amihan, wala si Tatay. Nasa Tawi-tawi siya kasama ang mga salagunting. Sayang dahil may Best in Science pa no’ng natanggap si Ami.
Pero pag-uwi ni Tatay, dala niya ang litrato ng mga salagunting. Sa litrato pa lang, nahulaan ko na kung ba’t ito tinawag nang gano’n. Mukha kasing nakabukang gunting ang mga katawan nila ‘pag lumilipad.
Sabi ni Tatay, nakita daw nila ang mga ito habang sumusunod sa sinasakyan nilang barko. Nakakatuwa raw panoorin ang mga ito habang hinahabol ang iba pang mga ibong-dagat at nakikiagaw sa mga huli nitong pagkain. Great Frigatebird ang tawag daw sa kanila sa Ingles.
“Fregata mino,” pag-uulit naman ni Ami sa scientific name. Akala kasi niya, matalino ang batang nakakatanda ng scientific name.
Ako naman ang tagatanda ng mga pangalan sa Filipino Madala, walang pangalang Filipino ang mga ibon kahit sa Pilipinas sila nakikita. Di ko alam kung ba’t gano’n. Konti lang tuloy ang dapat kong tandaan.
Si Nanay naman anf tagatabi ng litrato ng mga ibon sa album. “Para kung sakaling sa litrao na lang talaga natin sila makikita, mayroon na tayong album nila,” sabi ni Nanay. Nagbibiro lang siguro si Nanay. Pero nagunot agad ang noo ni Tatay.
No’ng manalo ang team namin sa basketball, wala uli si Tatay. Nasa Palawan siya kasama ng mga tandikan. Pwede naming hindi manood ng laro ang mga tatay. Pero sayang din dahil hindi niya nakita kung gaano ako kahusay mag-dribble at mag-shoot.
Pero pag-uwi ni Tatay, dala naman niya ang litrato ng isang mag-asawang tandikan. Mas mahaba ang palong at buntot ng lalaking tandikan. Kulay asul at berde ang balahibo nito. May parang mga matang nakahilera pa sa ng buntot.
Tatlong araw daw nilang hinanap ang mga ito sa loob ng gubat. Napakailap at napakatinik daw kasing tumakas. Wala pang iniiwan kahit anong bakas. Peacock-Pheasant ang tawag sa kanila sa Ingles, sabi ni Tatay.
“Polyplectron emphanum,” nabubulol na sabi ni Amihan.
“Laging kasama ng mga ibon si Tatay n’yo,” biglang hirit naman ni Nanay, “kaya isasama ko na rin ang picture niya dito sa album.
“Taong-ibon si Tatay?” tanong ni Ami.
Taong-ibon nga si Tatay. Kung san-saang lugar nakakalipad. Minsan, nando’n. Minsan, biglang nandito. No’ng Araw ng mga Tatay naman, wala uli siya. Akala ko pa naman ipapasyal niya kami sa Maynila. Pero nasa Palawan uli siya kasama ng mga kalangay. Si Nanay na lang ang nagpasyal sa amin sa Maynila. Sa Fiesta Carnival, halos lahat ng mga bata kasama ang kanilang mga tatay.
Pag-uwi ni Tatay, dala niya ang litrato ng mga kalangay. Pero hindi na ako sabik na marinig ang kwento ng kalangay o makita ang litrato nito. Ayaw na rin ni Amihang tandaan ang scientific name nito. Kaya tahimik na lang na itinabi ni Nanay sa album ang litrato ng ibon.
No’ng bertday ko, wala uli si Tatay. Pero alam naman ni Tatay ang gusto ko sa bertdey ko. Baka pag-uwi niya, dala na niya’ng Voltes V na totoong nakakalas sa lima at nagagawang mga sasakyan.
Kahit wala si Tatay, di ako nalungkot. Naghanda yata ng paborito kong pansit Malabon at pritong manok si Nanay.
Nakaupo na kami sa harap ng mesa. Naro’n na ni Nanay at Amihan. Naro’n na rin pati si Lolo at Lola na dumadalaw no’n. Pero parang may hinihintay pa rin kami sa mesa.
“Nasa’n ang asawa mo, Eden?” tanong ni Lola kay Nanay.
“Naku, baka bukas pa uuwi si Greg,” sagot ni Nanay.
Nasa Davao kasi si Tatay kasama ang Haring Ibon.
Kinabukasan, hapon na nang nakauwi si Tatay. Pagod na pagod siya sa biyahe. Kaya hinayaan namin siyang matulog ng matulog. Walang nag-iingay sa bahay. Ni hindi kami nagbukas ng radyo o TV.
“Baka bukas pa magigising si Tatay,” bulong ni Nanay.
“E di bukas na niya mababati ng hapi bertdey si Kuya,” dugtong ni Amihan. Ang totoo, hindi ko naman talaga masyadong iniisip ‘yon.
Kinabukasan, maagang-maaga akong ginising ni Tatay.
“Atom, may sorpresa ako sa’yo,” sabi niya. Tuluyan na ‘kong napabangon nang marinig kong may sorpresa.
Sumunod ako kay Tatay sa sa sala. Naro’n na sila Nanay at Amihan. Pupungas-pungas pa ng mata si Ami. Ginising din pala sila ni Tatay para sa sorpresa.
Tumingin ako sa orasan. Ala-singko palangpala ng madaling-araw. “Ang dilim-dilim pa, Greg,” sabi ni Nanay. “Bakit ginising mo pa ang mga bata?”
Hindi sumagot si Tatay. Pero sabik niya kaming inakay sa labas ng bahay. Kinukuro-kurot ko pa ang sarili ko. Baka kasi nananaginip lang ako.
Basang-basa pa ng hamog ang aming nilalakaran. Mukhang sa katabing burol kami pupunta. Bakit kaya kami pupunta roon?
Pag-akyat namin sa burol, bahagya nang sumisilip ang araw. Pero nasa langit pa rin naman ang buwan na parang may pahid pa ng putting icing ang mukha. Sa malayo’t malapit, may mga tandang na bumabati sa bagong araw.Mas malamig ang hangin ditto sa itaas. May hinihintay kami pero hindi namin alam kung ano. Nang napansin kong may dala palang largabista si Tatay.
Maya-maya may itinuro sa langit si Tatay. Kinarga pa niya si Amihan para lalong iyong Makita. Nakatingala kaming apat. Tahimik. Kahit ang maiingay na mga tandang, sandali rin nagsitahimik.
“Nasaan? Nassan?” tanong ni Nanay. Inabot sa kaniya ang largabista. “Ayun, o.”
“Ayun nga! Sa malayo, natanaw ko ang isang maliit na tatsulok na lumulutang sa mga ulap. Para itong isang layag ng bangkang lumalapit sa amin. Maya-maya’t alam ko ng kung ano’ng bumubuo sa layag na iyon. Isang langkay ng mga tagak. Isa, dalawa, tatlo… siguro limpmpu o mas marami pa.
Si Ami naman ang sumilip sa largabista. Sumunod si Tatay. Sumonud ako.
Sabay-sabay ang kumpay ng kanilang mga nakaarkong pakpak. Parang sayaw na sumusunod sa iisang kumpas. At parang isan mag-anak ng mga sirkero, sama-sama nilang binubuo sa ulap ang higanteng V. “Victory!” sigaw ni Ami.
Sa ilalim ng kanilang mga pakpak, tahimik na dagat ang mga ulap. Umilalim ang ibang mga ibon at nagging parang isang higanteng laso naman ang kanilang V. Isang kawan ng mga regaling lumilipad!
Sandaling huminto ang kanilang mga pagkampay. Pinanatili nila ang pagkakadipa ng kanilang mgapakpak. Kaya nilang manatili sa hangin sa gano’ng posisyon. Talo si Voltes V ditto.
Pagkampay uli nila, lalo nilang tinaasan ang lipad. Ang mga ulap naman ngayo’y parang bundok nilang inaakyat-bundok ng maglalabay ng mga puno sa panaginip ni Tatay. Binuo uli nila ang higanteng V.
Saan kaya sila papunta? Baka uuwi na sila. Baka sa China o sa Europe o mas malayo pa. Saan ‘yon? Humilig ang higanteng V. Parang sinasagot nila ang tanong ko. A, doon sila papunta. Doon sa itinuturo ng kanilang V. Doon sa gawing sinisikatan ng araw.
“Egreta alba,” turo ni Tatay kay Ami. Inulit ito ni Ami habang hinahaplos-haplos ang mukha ni Tatay. Paano kayang nahulaan ni Tatay na ditto magdaraan ang mga ibon?
Nakalayo na ang kawan ng mga tagak. Humalo na puting kulay nila sa mga ulap na pinapapula ng araw, hindi ko pa rin masagot kung pa’no nahulaan ni Tatay ang lahat.
Ibinaba na ni Tatay si Ami. Agad sumama si Ami kay Nanay at nauna sila sa pagbaba sa burol.
Nilapitan ako ni Tatay. “Anak, hapi bertdey,” bati niya habang ginugulo ang buhok ko. “Sa susunod na Makita mo uli ‘yong nakita mong ‘yon, baka binata ka na,” sabi pa niya. Nang napansin niya na humahaba na pala uli ang aking buhok.


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March 7, 2010

Alice in Wonderland Quotes

At first, Alice in Wonderland quotes sound quite mundane. However, if you search them carefully for inner-meaning, you will find these quotes rich in truisms and life's great philosophies. Find your philosophical statement in these Alice in Wonderland quotes.

Alice
What is the use of a book, without pictures or conversations?

Rabbit
Oh my ears and whiskers, how late it's getting!

Alice
Curiouser and curiouser!

Alice
I wonder if I've been changed in the night? Let me think. Was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. But if I'm not the same, the next question is 'Who in the world am I?' Ah, that's the great puzzle!

Eaglet
Speak English! I don't know the meaning of half those long words, and I don't believe you do either!

Alice
I can't explain myself, I'm afraid, Sir, because I'm not myself you see.

The Duchess
If everybody minded their own business, the world would go around a great deal faster than it does.

Alice
If it had grown up, it would have made a dreadfully ugly child; but it makes rather a handsome pig, I think.

The Cat
We're all mad here.

The Hatter
Why is a raven like a writing desk?

The Hatter
Twinkle, twinkle, little bat! How I wonder what you're at.

The Queen
Off with her head!

The Duchess
Tut, tut, child! Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it.

The Duchess
Take care of the sense, and the sounds will take care of themselves.
The Mock Turtle
We called him Tortoise because he taught us.

The Mock Turtle
Reeling and Writhing, of course, to begin with, and then the different branches of arithmetic -- Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision.

The Mock Turtle
Well, I never heard it before, but it sounds uncommon nonsense.

The King
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.

Alice
I don't believe there's an atom of meaning in it.

The Queen
Sentence first -- verdict afterwards.

Alice
You're nothing but a pack of cards!

Alice
But then, shall I never get any older than I am now? That'll be a comfort, one way -- never to be an old woman -- but then -- always to have lessons to learn!

Alice
A cat may look at a king. I've read that in some book, but I don't remember where.

Alice
I think I should understand that better, if I had it written down: but I can't quite follow it as you say it.

The Duchess
That's nothing to what I could say if I chose.

The Queen
Now, I give you fair warning, either you or your head must be off, and that in about half no time! Take your choice!

Alice
If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn't be. And what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?

Alice
It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.

Doorknob
Read the directions and directly you will be directed in the right direction.
Mad Hatter
No wonder you're late. Why, this watch is exactly two days slow.

Alice
Let me see: four times five is twelve, and four times six is thirteen, and four times seven is -- oh dear! I shall never get to twenty at that rate!

Alice
It was much pleasanter at home, when one wasn't always growing larger and smaller, and being ordered about by mice and rabbits.

Alice
Well! I've often seen a cat without a grin; but a grin without a cat! It's the most curious thing I ever say in my life!

The Duchess
There's a large mustard-mine near here. And the moral of that is -- The more there is of mine, the less there is of yours.

The Mock Turtle
What is the use of repeating all that stuff, if you don't explain it as you go on? It's by far the most confusing thing I ever heard!

The Mock Turtle
Ah! Then yours wasn't a really good school. Now at ours they had at the end of the bill. French, music, and washing -- extra.

Alice
Oh, how I wish I could shut up like a telescope! I think I could, if I only knew how to begin.

February 14, 2010

Gibo surges in survey by poll firm owned by Arroyo allies

By Raissa Robles, Vera Files

Close allies of First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo are behind the new polling firm StratPOLLS Inc., which recently showed administration candidate Gilberto Teodoro surging dramatically in its recent survey of presidential candidates.

Aware of the power of surveys to sway voters come election day, Congress enacted the Fair Election Act in 2001 to require polling firms to be more transparent. Last week, however, the Commission on Elections issued new rules that appear to weaken and in effect amend that section of the Fair Election Act on surveys.

Under the law, anyone can set up shop to conduct political surveys, which was what happened on July 29, 2009 when five incorporators formed StratPOLLS Inc. with a paid-up capital of P1 million. They include Dominga Rufina Chua, who owns the biggest share at 40 percent, and Benjamin Ramos and Feorelio Bote, who own 5 percent each.

Chua is a daughter of Ambassador Antonio Cabangon Chua who, together with Bote and Arroyo, formed The First Gentleman Foundation Inc. on May 28, 2002 to raise money for Arroyo's charity work. Ambassador Chua’s key aide, Benjamin Ramos, is a foundation officer but not an incorporator.

Ambassador Chua, the First Gentleman and President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo are widely known in the business community to be very close. For instance, before the 2004 presidential polls, the First Gentleman visited then Jaime Cardinal Sin to donate P1 million to the Archdiocese of Manila. An article in the Archdiocese of Manila website at that time said Arroyo was accompanied by Chua, then newly appointed ambassador to Laos, and “Chua's executive assistant Benjie Ramos.” The Website also quotes Sin advising them, “Tell Gloria to run” for president.

In August 2005, President Arroyo led the groundbreaking for Filipiniana Tagaytay Properties Inc., a multibillion-peso resort complex developed by the elder Chua, who also owns BusinessMirror newspaper, where Ramos sits as president.

Despite its owner’s close ties to the First Couple, the paper runs stories critical of the Arroyos. “We have editorial independence,” editor-in-chief Lourdes Molina Fernandez told VERA Files. “The ambassador doesn’t meddle. The publisher is his son, Anton,” she said, adding that the ambassador has friends of various political stripes.

Fernandez confirmed that StratPOLLS is a sister company but “we just get the results during the press conference like everybody else.” Another Chua-owned publication, Graphic magazine, obtains them first, she said.

StratPOLLS owners’ links to the Arroyo couple should not necessarily render its survey results suspect, said Dr. Elena Pernia, former dean of the University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication and a communications research expert not connected to any poll firm. But she cast doubt on some of StratPOLLS’ recent findings and conclusions.

“It’s misleading,” she said.

StratPOLLS surveyed 2,400 respondents from “30 key cities.” Twenty of these cities are in Luzon, including four in Metro Manila, and five each in the Visayas and non-Muslim Mindanao. The polling took place from Jan. 16 to 22, and the results and findings entitled, “Opinion poll on criteria used by Filipino voters in the selection of the next President of the Philippines: Preference for President.”

The findings, prepared by its executive director Alfredo Sureta Jr., concluded that “Teodoro is the biggest gainer” because his numbers rose in their maiden survey in September from 5 percent to 11 percent last month. Sen. Manuel Villar also edged closer to frontrunner Sen. Benigno Aquino III.

Sureta, who teaches political science at the University of the East, drew up a table where he added up StratPOLLS’ results to those of three other polling firms—Social Weather Stations, Pulse Asia and a new opinion firm called The Center. He then divided the sum by four and noted the “average” which resulted in 38.5 percent for Aquino, 27 percent for Villar, 16.5 percent for ex-President Joseph Estrada, 7.5 percent for Teodoro and 4 percent for Sen. Richard Gordon.

Sureta explained he was copying “the practice in the United States, where poll results are printed side by side...with the hope that Philippine media would adopt the practice for the ‘maturation of Philippine democracy’ and a level playing field for candidates and voters alike.”

To prove his point, Sureta provided a table showing poll results of 10 American media outfits and universities on the question of whether respondents opposed or supported sending more troops to Afghanistan.

But Pernia, who holds a post-doctorate degree from Johns Hopkins University Center of Communication in Baltimore, said the American polls answerable by “yes” or “no” was far different from the Philippine polls, which asked respondents to name candidates.

She also said that adding up the poll results of each presidential candidate obtained by four different polling firms and then jotting down the average “is misrepresenting the data” and “misleading” the public. The averaging drives down the numbers of Aquino and Villar and raises that of Teodoro.

She said it misleads voters into thinking that the four polls were all alike when in fact their sampling procedures and assumptions were different.

Pernia said, “What StratPOLLS really wanted to show was the rise of Gibo (Teodoro).”

Sureta disagreed and said he had no intention of favoring any candidate or misleading voters. He said he averaged the results of four opinion firms because “from our perspective we only want to show different results of different firms. Beyond that, it’s up to the reader to assume but if you’re assuming those are different, well that’s a whole different view.”

He also said he made it clear their respondents came from 30 key cities nationwide. Told that SWS and Pulse Asia surveys included rural respondents, which Pulse Asia president Ronaldo Homes said comprised 51 percent of the voting population, Sureta said, “That’s for Pulse Asia to consider their own assumptions. We have our own sampling techniques.”

Sureta then clarified “we did include rural areas” but their interviewers used 30 cities as “anchor points.”

Sureta is not new in the polling business. He and a group of fellow academics from the University of Santo Tomas put up Proberz Inc., which conducted a nationwide exit poll during the 2004 presidential elections that showed actor Fernando Poe Jr. winning by 39 percent over Arroyo’s 35.

SWS’s exit poll had Arroyo winning by 45 percent over Poe’s 34. In that race, SWS was suspected of being pro-Poe because its founder Mahar Mangahas was his first cousin and its first survey showed Poe leading Arroyo 36 to 27 percent. But later surveys reversed this trend dramatically.

In this year’s polls, it is Pulse Asia’s turn to come under suspicion of bias since one of its incorporators, Rafa Lopa, is related to presidential frontrunner Aquino. Holmes said he replaced Lopa as company president in 2008 and their results were open to public scrutiny.

Unlike Pulse Asia and SWS, StratPOLLS soon intends to venture into the untested methods of polling using the Internet and mobile text messaging.

It declares its corporate mission to be to “function as an independent, non-partisan and academically committed source of primary survey data...relating to commercial products/services, mass media and social, political and economic issues.”

Sureta said, “I think the idea behind StratPOLLS is that Ambassador Chua wants an alternative source of public polling other than SWS.” He vouched for the firm’s impartiality, “even if some of the incorporators are allegedly close to the First Gentleman.”

January 8, 2010

Bilog Na Hugis Itlog - an instructional video for Philippine Election 2010

As GMA7's continuous commitment to serve the Filipino people this coming automated election 2010, one of its greatest talents Sexbomb dancers is releasing an election instruction video on how to vote.

The music video below in which the song title is Bilog na hugis Itlog (Circle with an egg shape) was made to assist voters on how to vote using the automated system.

Aside for the instruction, the Sexbomb dancers also gave emphasis why our vote is very important and that we should vote wisely.

The song was written by Jobart Bartolome while the music was created by Jonathan Ong, which will be expected to be viewed regularly soon at GMA7 and QTV11.

On the other hand, COMELEC officials were happy and even danced with it.

By: Angel Cuala

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January 7, 2010

January 4, 2010

20 Most Beautiful People of the Last Decade

In a decade when it has become daily ritual to witness our most famous, talented, and beautiful people in their gym sweats and flip flops at Starbucks, unaware of the long-lensed sniper in the bushes capturing them in exactly the angle of light and time of day that is maximally unflattering, we thought it'd be fitting to end the '00s with a glorious, glamorous look back at the 20 most beautiful people that have graced the pages of our magazine in the past 10 years. Sure, in an ideal world beauty would be nakedly apparent. But it doesn't hurt to have makeup, hair, wardrobe, and a talented, sympathetic photographer. And, in the tradition of this magazine, we encouraged them to speak freely—because the beautiful and famous are just dying to tell you something you didn't know about them.

1. ZACH EFRON

2. ASHLEY GREENE

3. COLIN FARRELL

4. NATALIE PORTMAN

5. CHASE CRAWFORD

6. ALICIA KEYS

7. ASHTON KUTCHER

8. SCARLET JOHANNSSON

9. ROBERT PATTINSON

10. SIENNA MILLER

11. TOM BRADY

12. KATE MOSS

13. RYAN PHILIPPE

14. EVA MENDEZ

15. PHARRELL WILLIAMS

16. JESSICA ALBA

17. MILLA JOVOVICH

18. JAKE GYLLENHAAL

19. DITA VON TEESE

20. JAVIER BARDEM