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University of the Philippines' EXes 2008-03-08 20:59:53 Attention: All ex-University
of the Philippines
studentsI received an e-mail and an sms with pratically the same message.To all UP Graduates, If you would like to be included in the UP Centennial Book, go to any KAMERAWORLD outlet and have your picture taken. Your must wear a collared dress/shirt, pay P140 and fill out a form. Ben just told me the information. It is supposed to be announced by class reps. Deadline is March 15. So go now!!! Please tell others this announcement. The question is: What about current students of UP, the undergraduates, are they included?So, ex-UP students, go powder your noses and have your photo taken at Kamerawold (free commercial !)Remember, no plunging necklines for girls and no muscle shirts for guys.
Massage Message 2008-03-08 20:14:49 This massage chair we saw at ATC is 380,000 Php. That's 10,857 massages at 350 Php per massage. It will take you 208 years of weekly sessions to use up. Make it a bi-weekly session and you save a century of your time.There is a proliferation of (legitimate-no hankypanky) massage parlors or what we commonly know now as health spas or saunas (?) I remember when the only (quite) legitimate massage center then was in Quezon Ave. Then again, the establishment could have been offering illicit sexual services under the guise of therapeutic massage. That I do not know and I will not be sued for libel since I did not mention the name of the massage parlor. Can be I sued for insuniating?Anyway, now we have the spas. Just what is a spa? Here are the most relevant meanings:* A resort providing therape Read more:Massage
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Tagged Again 2008-03-08 09:34:16 Links around the world tag (update as of Mar. 8, 2008)1 - Momhood Moments 2 - Business Mars 3 - Pinay Mommy Online 4 - OnlineBiz and Resources 5 - A Simple life 6 - moms….. check nyo 7 - Mommy’s Little Corner 8- Princezz 9 - Princess 10 - Random Thoughts 11 - Paradigm 12 - See Me For What You Will 13 - Pamp's Blog Corner 14 - Pampered 15 - HappyHeart 16 - Qtcotzkie and Baby 17 - A Sorta Fairytale 18 -tragicseven 19 - Listen to the Beat! 20 Just Saying 21 Tipsy Tips 22 Different Angles 23 Delicious Corner 24 I Care 25 Blog Blag Blog 26 Daily List 27 Life's Journey 28- D' Cooking Mudra 29 Clark & Butchay's Blog 30 Manna from Heaven 31. And Life Goes On 32 YOUNow I'm tagging Life is Mysterious, Dancing in Midlife The Mommy Zone Charge it to Experience EmoteraOkay. You know the drill Read more:Tagged
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Godless Oscars? 2008-03-08 05:20:05 Last night I watched a re-run of the 80th Academy Awards. The event was hosted by Jon Stewart. This is his second time to host the Oscars
but I found his hosting quite stiff. I’ve never been really a fan of his, actually. Has Conan O’Brian hosted the Academy Awards yet?Anyway, the red carpet is an important aspect of the Academy awards. This is where superstars, mediocre stars and wannabe stars strut for the press. This is the event where designers fall all over nominees to wear their creations. I love Helen Miren’s gown best.There was a flashback of all the films that won the best picture award. Out of the 79 films that won I saw about 35. From these awardees, my favorites are: Gone with the Wind (1939, no! I wasn’t alive back then), West Side Story (1961), My Fair Lady (1964), T Read more:Godless
Kitchen Buff, err Bluff! 2008-03-08 05:19:32 The only dish that I know how to cook prior to my being married was, umm…..nothing! My mama is a great cook but I was never interested in the cooking part: only in the eating part. My in-laws had this terrible notion that I was a superb cook. Blame the misconception on my cousin Minerva. Now, Minerva she was the cook, baker, gourmand in the Taytay side clan. Having tasted Minerva’s dishes, my in-laws thought the cooking gene was in me. Wrong-O!I was first submitted to the test one rainy-lazy-Sunday afternoon. I was asked to cook champorado or chocolate porridge. My in-laws, (father-mother-sisters-brothers-nephews-transient relatives) were all on the living room watching television.Let’s have a taste of Lena’s champorado. I bet that would taste terrific” father-in-law said. Crap! Read more:Kitchen
Snitching Events 2008-03-08 05:19:07 "r u coming home tonight?" That was the messave I sent my son at 10:00am, Friday.Strange, he should have answered right away." oi! is your dad going to fetch you later?" 2:30 pm, and still no answer. I decided to call him. Umm... "cannot be reached".At 4:00 pm I decided to text his friend instead."Can you please tell my son to text me back? I tried to call him but I think his phone is off"After 10 minutes, a text message!"Yeah mom, I'm going home later.""Where the heck is your phone? Has it been stolen again?""Can you call me now?"So I did and the story goes something like this. I was almost 2:00 am when my son went to bed that Thursday night or rather Friday morning. He said he stayed up late to finish his assignment since his class on Fridays start at 11:30 am. At 5:30 am he was awakened
Typing Truths 2008-03-08 05:18:37 Don't you find it hard editing your own blog? Sometimes I seem to have dyslexia. No I read fine. It’s just that sometimes (well, okay, frequently) I invert the typing of the word I want to put down. Sometimes, the spacing is also erroneous. I am typionf now eithout correxcutn the missed words. Let's see. The quick bronw fox jumped over the laxe dit. Again. Peter peere pipcled a pecj of picleke pepper. LOL. I do onot have dyslexia \! I just odnlt know have the ability to type!Back in high school, we were not taught how to type. I know that there were schools offering tying as an elective subject. I learned to type by pounding on the trusty Underwood typewriter we owned. That typewriter was so heavy, I cannot lift it alone. It's so heavy that if you choose to throw it (if you can) at someo Read more:Typing
Fit for Fat 2008-03-08 05:15:31 At first I was in a state of denial but when I tried on an old-formal-slacks and found that it was 2 inches short for its ends to meet no matter how much i pull, I finally conceded. I am fat!Where did all the excess fat, weight, poundage, come from? When? Five years of no exercise, tons of junk food, 912.5 kilos of rice ( that's half a kilo a day for 5 years ) added milligram per milligram, that progressed to gram, then to kilogram per kilogram to my body mass. ( Yes, I use metric, for the English system has been replaced since the 70's )I used to maintain a weight of 98-105 lbs. (Hahaha. I use pounds here for it's easier to visualize lbs than kilos. I could have used metric and it would have read like this: I used to weigh 44.4545 -47.7272 kilos... no impact). My daily physical activities
Moses Most 'High' 2008-03-08 05:14:45 I read in a newspaper article yesterday a study that indicates that Moses and the Biblical Israelites were in a constant state of altered lucidness (narcotic induced!) during the Mt.Sinai miracles and events.please continue HERE:
Time To Toss 2008-03-08 05:14:13 You discard bad food and change the oil of your car. You buy new shoes when your pair is scruffy. You buy new pans when the Teflon coat is peeling. Basically you know when to buy new stuff to replace the old ones. Here are some more guidelines on when to throw out your stuff and buy replacements.Toothbrush: You know it’s time to replace it when the bristles are worn-out. Even if you brush your teeth for 15 minutes (which is highly unlikely), an impaired toothbrush is useless. A toothbrush’s life span can be from one month to 3 months depending on usage.Hairbrush: Wash your hair brushes! Do no let loose hair accumulate on the brush. If you take care of your hair brush its lifespan can reach up to ten years.Mousse: As long as it does not smell more like alcohol and is not runny or hard a
"TOP FIVE HOTTEST BLOG MEME" 2008-03-05 21:39:18 This tag was sent by Juliana. The tag she sent might ruffle some feathers. Please. Do not be offended. My opinion is worthless.RULES:1. Simply choose five blogs you want to be included in your "top five list".2.Give a short line or explanation why you put them on your list.One explanation for eachof every blog.3.Now tag as many blogs as you want.You can also tag those blogs you've listedin your TOP FIVE....you can also put your own blog in your list if you want4.[for those who've been tagged]you can also vote for a blog that was been nominated already(besides,this is what this meme is intended for,to know how many bloggers will nominate your blog)5.Submit your TOP FIVE HOTTEST BLOG ENTRY here . Submitted blogs will be the only one to be included in the tally6.Remember:Submissions of entrie
A Plethora of Awards 2008-03-05 05:11:01 I was tagged with about 5-6 awards by PinoyMommyOnline with the option to get whatever award you feel like receving, not necessarily deserving. I opted for these three awards. Why? Blame it on wishful thinking. Yes I am! I certainly HOPE so Ultimate Wishful Thinking Now I pass these awards to : Nora,My Two Cents Worth, Analyn,Julianne, Tetle, AveeWell, that's it. Go girls! Read more:Awards
Re-Vamp-ed Lindsay 2008-03-05 02:52:32 Lindsay Lohancourtesy of virginmedia Remember Lindsay Lohan as the cute-dual-role-pretty-sweet-little-girl in the remake of Parent Trap in 1998? Lindsay was 11 years old then. She is 21 and look at her now.Click HERE and you will be taken to a totally new and daring Lindsay Lohan pictures. Gorgeous pictures I should say. Read more:Lindsay
Last Weekend... 2008-03-03 22:01:54 Friday: Ethan and I gate-crashed an overnight activity of an exclusive school in Las Pinas. The activity was all about the moon and the stars. Yes! It was moon-stars viewing through powerful and expensive ( at least 500,000 Php each ) telescopes.The activity was made possible by AstroCamp. The group brought in 15 powerful telescopes to view the moon, saturn, mars, orion, and jupiter. Cool!Saturday: We had dinner at Italianni's. Freaking Expensive. At right, me eating Sicilian salad. Yummy! It's garden fresh salad with mango, grape, almond nuts and grilled chicken.note :Ethan's hand reaching for my fork!Sunday:AC Chorale had its 20th anniversary concert at PCI Bank Auditorium. We watched as alumnae sang Bridges and Handog with the current group.It was a touching moment when former members c Read more:Weekend
The Prom 2008-03-03 22:00:53 Promenade. If it’s used as a verb, it means to walk, stroll: used as a noun it means a walkway or path. Corollary, a JS Promenade is a Junior-Senior Walk or Strut (if I may say so). The better meaning is: a march of guests into a ballroom constituting the opening of a formal ball. Where did this yearly-highly-anticipated-costly tradition originated? What is the rationale behind?The tradition all started sometime in late 19th century. The term JS Prom is derived from promenade ball which stemmed from the academic year-end graduation ball observed in North America and England. The British counterpart of the prom is Valedictory Ball, Leavers' Ball, or Leavers' Dinner. In the U.S., a separate ball is sometimes held for the juniors who are finishing 11th grade and for the seniors who are fini
Online Buddies 2008-03-03 18:57:39 Thanks Yvette for the friendship ball Let me pass the friendship ball to Elda, Sheng, Cha Read more:Buddies
Eight Facts You Don't Know About Me! 2008-03-03 18:43:35 For a change, I am starting The TAG. The Tag is Eight
Facts YouDon't Know about Me.In the 8 facts about yourself, you share 8 things that your readers don't know about you. Then at the end you tag at least 8 other bloggers to keep the fun going. Here are the rules.* Each blogger must post these rules first.* Each blogger starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.* Bloggers that are tagged need to write on their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.* At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.* Don't forget to leave them a comment telling them they're tagged, and to read your blog.1. I am an only girl.2. I took up music major in piano before taking up architecture.3. I studied ballet for 13 years.4. I am a ballr
UP's Kalayaan Hall 2008-03-03 18:23:43 It was in 1973 when I entered the University of the Philippines. It was Martial Law. Makibaka, huwag matakot was the chant of many students, UP included. Me? Oh, I was happy enough playing billiards and duckpins at the then new Alumni Center. In my first year, I lived at Ilang-Ilang Hall. All freshmen girls were jailed, i mean, put up there.In 1974, a new dorm was constructed. This dorm was supposed to have two wings: boys' wing and girls' wing with a common reception hall and mess hall. I never got to live in that dorm for it was and still is reserved for freshmen. Yes. It is the Kalayaan Hall. For those who were once installed there, hey! it has been renovated in time for the UP Centennial Celebration. I was invited by my son to visit Kalay's (that's the way they call it now) open house.
The Tagging Game 2008-03-03 18:07:56 taTagged again and again. I have seen nothing like this before:the tagging, being tagged, getting awards and issuing out awards. I can truly say only in the Philippines or only the Filipinos can think of this tagging game. I received three tags today. The 3rd tag has some issues since the blog names have no links. The two other tags are basically the same.I'll just combine the two lists to simplify matters.Peachy Thea Childstar Mike My Scrappy Side Abie Aggie Alpha Apple Apols Andrea Jacqui Jane Jody Joy Kelly Mich Peachy Geo Lis LisLo LisaTexas BabeLisa Lowrey apple joey allinkorea umsik idealpinkroserickarickavieves weblink cheersgerlgentomsgingmunchkingenevericKavinMarsJK youuuuuuuuuu Lena:desperatebloggerTo all those being tagged, bear with it. This tagging will add to your technorati Read more:Tagging
Changes 2008-03-03 18:07:27 The house is silent. Ethan is watching TV. No one else is here except for the maids and I. It's 3:35 pm and I have nothing else to do.I have no errands to finish.I have no one to fetch or take to school.I am not googling any topic to help out my kids on their research paper.I am not typing any term paper.I am not on my way to the bookstore to buy illustration board, glitters, and poster-color for their art project.am not going to Divisoria to buy textile for their costumes.I don't have a Parent-Teacher Conference looming in the next few weeks.I am not on my way to a swimming, golf, cheerdance or a volleyball competition.My Saturdays are free of ballet classes.I no longer have to bribe one of my daughters to take piano lessons.I no longer look forward to trips abroad for the girls' chorus t
Token 2008-03-03 18:06:52 Thank you Juliana. Juliana is my eldest daughter's math teacher when she was in grade 4.Being new to blogging, I was browsing other blogger sites leaving short messages for me to build up my network. I said "hi" to Juliana and left it that.Juliana dropped by my site and left a message too. Read: Lena? I am Ms. Saporne Luanne's grade Math teacher. I recognized her picture in your blog. That was 16-17 years ago!Small world, indeed!
I've Been Tagged! 2008-03-03 18:05:30 I have no idea what being tagged is. I had to ask around. Easy. All I have to do is copy/paste my tagger's thingy then tag 5 other people after. So here goes.Thanks Butchay for sharing me this award. Rule: Copy the entire list and add your name at the bottom. And tag at least 5 friends. (But you can tag as many as you like)Rule: Copy the entire list and add your name at the bottom. And tag at least 5 friends. (But you can tag as many as you like)Thea Childstar My Scrappy Side Abie Aggie Alpha Apple Apols Jacqui Jane Jody Joy MikeKelly Mich Peachy Dorxie Butchay LenaNow I would like to share this award to Sheng, Rukee, Anna , Juliana, and Nanay Read more:Tagged
Puntông Tehtày 2008-03-03 18:05:03 literally: hey! go ahead with the "push"It’s Taytay, actually. The Tehtày is how most older generation of Taytay, Rizal folks will pronounce it. Taytay Accent.There are always two sides to a coin as to how and why my kids speak and sound the way they do now.Bacoor accent tends to end on a high note just like the tenor when asking a question. This tendency applies to all types of sentences: statement, question, exclamation, and command. Taytay accent is predisposed to end on a lower timbre with the end syllable heavily accented. The people of Taytay have the tendency to add g to a word ending in n or to delete g from a word ending in ng. An example is kain where it is changed to kaing while karsadang baku-bako would be karsadan baku-bako. The accent is highly distinctive and well, funn
Eeespeak Eeengliss 2008-03-03 18:04:32 Back in the early 80’s we were living with my in-laws. Their residence was at the second floor of their machine shop. It was a large household: my parents–in-law, three sisters-in-law, two brothers-in-law, five maids, two houseboys, my husband and I, my three girls and numerous transient relatives living together in one big roof. There was always a cacophony of sounds amid us: the noise of buses and jeeps traversing by the main road, the monotonous clanking of the numerous apparatus of the family’s bread and butter and the almost-always-angry like-shouting style of my husband’s kin and their more than fifty employees when speaking.Their inflection, my in-laws’, my husband’s, the transient relatives’ and the whole community’s, was the pure unadulterated Cavite intonation. T
One Greenbelt Afternoon 2008-03-03 18:03:14 Makati has changed.. a lot. If you were a child at the age of aquarius, then you can relate to the time when the only cinema found in the Makati area was Rizal Theatre. The ony eating place found there was Pancake House. This area is now, I think, occupied by Landmark and Shangrila Hotel.The area that is now Greenbelt used to be a great big parking space for South Supermarket. Max's was also located there and an aviary too.Now, it is occupied by a commercial complex (whose design is fitting for a tropical country) known as Greenbelt. The last time I was there, there were only 3 Greenbelt Complexes. Now, a fourth has come up linking the whole complex to Landmark at the other side of Makati Ave. by a series of covered-spacious overpasses. A fifth Greenbelt is nearing completion.Here are some Read more:Afternoon
Of Botted Water and Organ Harvest 2008-03-12 07:17:56 I received an e-mail today. The header says: Bottled Water Causes Cancer.The note further said that bottled left in the car causes cancer as attested by Sheryl Crow at the Ellen Degeneres show. This has been identified as the most common cause of the high levels in breast cancer, especially in Australia, the e-mail said.A doctor (don't know who) said that the heat and the plastic of the bottle have certain chemicals that can lead to breast cancer. The heat causes toxins from the plastic to leak into the water and they have found these toxins in breast tissue. The e-mail further encouraged to use a stainless steel canteen or a glass bottle when you can.I do not know if this has a scientific basis or what. But those living in the Philippines need not worry about this. Why? Who the heck will Read more:Harvest
My Papa 2008-03-12 06:22:50 MY father was big great throb in my neck when I was growing up. He was dreadfully strict disciplinarian who whacks my butt with his leather belt every time I do things contrary to his likes. That was often! He firmly believed in the Biblical saying “spare the rod and spoil the child.”My father’s usual mantra was “Have you studied your lesson?” To which I would reply “But its summer vacation.” (I would just like the readers to note that back in the late 60’s there were no summer academic programs for kids. Once you “do” summer, that means you failed your subject.) “I don’t care! Read books! There’s a whole set of Britannica on the bookshelves” my father will counter.Who the heck reads encyclopedia. So what I do was go to Ka Seto, the local Tagalog comics vendor,
Birthday Communicate 2008-03-12 06:18:39 Today is my birthday.I have no plans to celebrate with a party.I am past that.It does not matter if anyone remembers or not.I am past that.I do not care if I receive gifts or not.I am past that.I really do not feel like treating myself to a spa or parlor.I am past that, besides, it's expensive!I do not feel like calling my friends to have a girls' night out.I am past that and I don't feel like getting all dressed-up and made-up.I do not plan on cooking something special for dinner tonight.There'll be no one to sample my cooking anyway.If someone bothers to ask me how old I am...I will not answer.I am past that.As of this time: 9:15 am 03/11/08, I've received 23 SMS messages greeting me "happy" on my natal day.The weirdest one came from my network provider. It said: Warmest wishes to you fr Read more:Birthday
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Post Birthday Blues 2008-03-11 19:25:51 My birthday had passed.Do I feel older?Nah!Do I feel wiser?Nah!So what do I feel?I feel bloated and heavy.I had lunch with Ruby (my friend) yesterday. She treated me at Las Paellas where we had salad, pork chops and pasta. After lunch we crossed the street and had tea, coffee and oatmeal cookies at Starbucks. I then picked up Ethan, drove through Jollibee (where I lost my temper because the car in front of me took 10 minutes to order because she was trying to decide what toy to get with her Jolly meal) and bought french fries and orange juice for Ethan.I nicked a couple of fries from Ethan. I then picked up my 2nd daughter from school, proceeded home and at 6:30 pm left the house with 3 of my kids, hubby and Ethan.Yesterday was my father-in-law's 7th death anniversary. Yes, he died on my b Read more:Birthday
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New CEO ? 2008-03-10 07:19:41 I got this e-mail with the header: Bill Gates recruits a new CEO for Microsoft Europe. I thought wow, Microsoft is still expanding. I wonder what the rest of the e-mail says. Copy/Paste.> Subject: Fwd: Bill Gates recruits a new CEO for> Microsoft Europe>> Bill Gates organized an enormous session to recruit a> new CEO> for Microsoft Europe.>> Exactly 5,000 candidates assembled in a large room.> One candidate is> MARIO DIMACULANGAN.>> Bill Gates: Thank you for coming. Those who do not> know JAVA may leave.>> 2,000 people leave the room.>> MARIO says to himself, 'I do not know JAVA but I> have nothing to lose if I stay. I'll give it a try'>> Bill Gates: Candidates who never had experience in> managing more> than 500 people may leave.>> 2,000 people leave the room.>> Mario says to himself ' I
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