Owner: I Love-Hate America URL:http://www.ilovehateamerica.com/ Join Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:50:43 -0500 Rating:0 Site Description: An immigrant's love-hate relationship with all things American. Views and comments on the American life as seen through the eyes of a foreigner. Site statistics:Click here
WHY DO YOU POUR SOUP OVER YOUR RICE? 2008-08-07 08:44:33 One thing I hate about the most in America---is ironically, the food. I'd rather starve than eat pizza or burgers or hotdogs for a meal. Neither something that tastes too tomato-ey. I'm Asian. I was fed with rice, nourished with rice and partly kept alive with rice. Rice three times...
AMAZING PARKS 2008-08-05 11:41:15 Some of the most wonderful things I enjoy in this so-called land-o'-plenty are the parks. Whether it's a city park, a town park, a state park or an amusement park. Unlike in my home-country, the parks seem to be despised by the populace. Most of the parks there look sad,...
IF YOU MUST CURSE, USE YOUR OWN NAME 2008-08-01 18:07:52 I came across this site GodSpeaks which aims to spread campaigns around the USA about God's messages and teachings. They erect billboards on towns and cities all over the US encouraging citizens to find sponsors and advertisers willing to construct the signs. The billboard messages are cited from Biblical verses... Read more:CURSE
PROJECT RUNWAY AND HEIDI'S ROLLING OF THE "R" 2008-07-30 18:17:47 Today is Wednesday. I will be watching the 3rd episode of Project Runway 5. Without a doubt, I follow and watch PR without fail as an avid fan could get. I had watched all Project Runway seasons from 1 to 4, and now the 5th season is more fun to...
IN THE U.S.A., WE'RE PROTEANS 2008-07-29 21:00:31 When people asked me what race I belong to, my response is somewhat visceral and sometimes plainly smug, “I’m Asian.” In my entire life, I think I was Asian because that’s what we were being told in school that we are. Our country, the Philippines, obviously, although standing inconspicuously and...
GOING COMMANDO 2008-07-28 16:56:17 I've never heard of this term, "Going Commando" until I came to this land. I wasn't even sure about it but I was not interested nor curious about it anyway. Shrugging it off, I thought it was some sort of an expression for American girls to use when they immerse...
OVER THE CALENDAR AND MISSING THE TRAIN 2008-07-26 20:53:35 Like all women in the universe, American women are also beset with the the frustrating "chasing after the wind" dilemma of finding the right man to marry or being found by the right man to get married with. Especially the 30-somethings, they are being driven by themselves like crazy to...
STUPID FILIPINO NAMES 2008-07-25 07:25:14 One time my aunt who is based here in the US, came home to the Philippines for a much-needed vacation with her family. She introduced her 6 year old son, Ralph (my youngest 1st degree cousin, now 17 and who was born in the Philippines , raised in the US...
RECAPTURING AN 11-YEAR OLD'S CREATIVITY 2008-07-24 11:54:35 The moment I "discovered" my painting from heaps of cluttered, buried trove of web-enmeshed, dust-covered, roach-pooed mementoes, I leapt for uncontrollable joy. I had never seen this painting for eons. It's an oil painting done in canvas when I was 11 years old, trying to depict the love and adoration...
LIKE SUPERMAN BACK IN KRYPTON 2008-07-23 08:00:05 I admit I am not a looker . The striking good looks I dream and most men crave are not what I am blessed with. Thus I’m not a looker--- a looker enough to catch second glances and draw “ohs and ahs” from men. Nor women would find me a...
USING NEGATIVE CAN BE POSITIVE 2008-08-26 15:36:47 A few of my readers asked me why I used negative words in my posts and in my titles. A good pal (who authors a totally awesome blog) in BlogCatalog, Mel expressed in concern that I am attracting readers, but might attract the wrong kind. A blogger friend of mine, Bay Martin told me that "hate" is such an intense word for a blog, knowing that I'm a Christian. But when I explained it to hi
IT'S ONLY A MONTH BUT I WANNA KICK ASS (& A BLOG REVIEW) 2008-08-25 06:56:39 Yesterday was the 1st month I’ve been blogging publicly. I registered last July 22, 2008 without a knowledge about “trackbacks, SEO, meta tags, etc.” During the past days since then, I was constantly glued to my Mac for hours and hours. Yes, even before blogging, I was a mouse potato but blogging has kept me stuck online forever. Although I had only posted 18 entries (this post is the 19th),
WHY BITCHES DON'T RULE 2008-08-21 20:20:51 (After my previous post about the nice bitches in America, I thought about writing this entry) "The good man (woman) out of the good treasure of his (her) heart brings forth that which is good, and the evil man (woman) out of the evil treasure of his (her) heart brings forth that which is evil, for out of the abundance of the heart, his (her) mouth speaks." Luke 6:45. You see it. You hea
MARRIED TO THE MUSE 2008-08-20 04:00:00 Marriage is envisioned by most singles as state of eternal bliss. To others, it is the consummation of perfect love. To many, it is that next chapter after the “and they live happily ever after” ending. But to me, it's the one big reason why I love America. Although, I am not here to disillusion-ize single people, I must admit and testify that marriage is a constant “work in progress."
THE DISAPPEARING ACT OF THE MIDDLE NAME 2008-08-18 22:02:37 A few months ago, my cousin Lanie gave birth to her child, a beautiful baby girl. I was so excited to hear the good news that I called her while she was on the hospital. “Oh what did you name her?” I asked. Lanie said, “Antonette.” Waiting for another name to hear, I asked again, “Antonette, what else?” Lanie replied, “That’s it. Antonette. Nickname is Onette.” “ Why only Anton
WHAT D'YA SAY, YOU HAVE NICE BITCHES TOO? 2008-08-17 21:31:03 The first few months I came to this country, especially in the city of New York where I first settled, I was constantly caught in a daze. Better yet, sometimes I was perplexed. Sometimes mortified and at times, petrified. With all the new things I saw and the new things I heard, it's pretty much overwhelming. Learning to master the art of subway commuting was difficult, or getting used to eating c
GPS --IT'S FREE, COME AND GET IT 2008-08-15 17:42:48 It is so amazing to travel around America. I love the huge land that America has because it offers a vast variety of sights to see and things to do. Every town is unique and refreshing to see. Some of them are breathtaking, some are captivating. Although I love to travel, I don't like to drive more than 2 hrs. of driving. I suffer from motion-sickness. In fact, I had encountered an accident a year Read more:GPS
U.S. DRIVING LAWS: A PAIN IN THE ASS OR A PAIN IN THE NECK? 2008-09-18 17:41:09 I never learned how to drive until I came here to America. But it was only after 6 years that I learned how to drive a car. I never wanted to drive because I thought it is a very frightful experience to navigate a vehicle across high-speed highways and lanes. I don’t even know how to ride a bike. With much hesitation, I obliged to take driving lessons. It was just borne out of necessity. Moving
TO WWW.GOD.COM 2008-09-16 06:13:27 An online buddy, John, at Multiply shared this little prayer with me. I intend to express this prayer by posting it here. Although the prayer is referring to online friends through email, I dedicate this prayer to all my friends, buddies, fellow bloggers and loyal readers I met here online through my blogsite and at Blog Catalog, MyBlogLog, Pijoo and Spicypage. Also my friends and readers from Fri
TO BAG OR NOT TO BUG ( WHAT D'YA SAY PART 2) 2008-09-14 21:03:50 I speak 4 languages fluently and speak a little Spanish (at least I know how to conjugate Spanish verbs and I am skilled with its pronouns and nouns). One of the languages I'm absolutely competent at is English. Reading, writing and speaking it very, very well. But when I set foot on US mainland, I later realized my knowledge needs a little tweaking. In a previous post about how I learned there we
8 THINGS ABOUT ME --TAGGED AGAIN 2008-09-12 11:09:17 Lori tagged me with this "8 Random Things About Me." I think it's kind of exciting to know your online buddies and fellow bloggers much better. As I get to know Lisa, I think it's fun being tagged to let others reveal some wacka-doodoos or idiosyncracies about ourselves. So here are the 8 random things about me; 1) I used to live in a grass hut with my parents and 2 brothers. The roof wa
OVERLOOKING FROM THE 29TH FLOOR (THE 9/11 TRAGEDY) 2008-09-10 18:42:54 That morning of that fatal Tuesday, I felt nauseous. For years, I had been suffering from migraines. I felt queasy sensing it was kind of more eerie to feel something I didn't understand. Something just did not feel right. I did not know what or why. It was about 8:30 a.m. The kids had gone to school so I ate breakfast. Soon, my employer would come out of her room to take her morning joe. I alread
SAYING NO TO BREAST ENHANCEMENT 2008-09-09 09:45:49 (IMPORTANT NOTE: This post is for the mature-minded) I have to admit I am a little bit vain. Not so much ....just a little. Probably because I love fashion. But maybe you may think that stops there. But when I entered college, the people I hung around with who loved fashion as much as I did were also fascinated with make-up and skincare. It became more of a lifestyle when right after graduation, I
PARDON ME ...I'M SORE 2008-10-06 08:40:02 When I started this blog, I promised myself I would write at least 3 posts a week. But lately, all I could manage is to write 2. Please pardon me that I haven't posted since last week because of the IVF process I have to undergo. Last Saturday, I went in to the fertility center for the retrieval process of the eggs and fertilization in the laboratory. More needles were punctured throughout my body
SMILEY CANNOT SMILE 2008-10-02 14:31:23 For the past week, I feel like I am a pin cushion being pricked with needles every so often. Each day I inject myself with 4 shots of my fertility medications. And every 3rd day, it totals 6 injections a day counting the blood and egg monitoring tests in the hospital. I am physically bruised, struck and scarred all over. These are the needles I use every day. This is the right side of my belly. Sm
I SEE STUPID PEOPLE EVERYWHERE (A WAY TO BEAT ARROGANCE) 2008-09-29 18:14:18 (Warning: In case you misinterpret it, I do not feel angry while writing this. In truth, I am empathizing with those people who were hurt and embittered by others who don’t really matter. I wrote this because once in my past, I struggled with this dilemma. Now, I want to tell others how to change their mindset and to get through it.)Lately I’d been reading a lot of posts about how other people
PREOCCUPIED WITH MAKING A BABY 2008-09-25 10:20:07 Pardon me if I haven't done any visiting and commenting your blogs for a few days now. I'm not harried nor hurried because I stay at home most of the time. But what occupies me most since last week is the administration of my IVF (In Vitro Fertilization) treatments and medications. You see, I'm trying to conceive a child. I married late --at age 36. My husband and I tried to conceive for about 3 1
ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE FRIGHTFUL WEATHER? 2008-09-22 21:13:02 Today is the first official day of autumn. Which literally means, “Goodbye summer.” However, the onset of autumn comes with a catch---a very disappointing one. Autumn is characterized by the nippiness of the air and the freezing clime that becomes a passage to winter. And winter means really, really cold weather. Have you heard of that line, “Oh the weather outside is frightful…, from the
WARNING: EXPOSURE TO HIM MAY PREVENT BURNING 2008-10-26 20:35:58 I found this " list of reminders" from a webpage that I forgot to take note of. I just copied it and shared it with a limited number of friends in Multiply. Now, I am posting this again but this time here to be shared, hopefully, to more people than ever. 1. Give God what's right, not what's left.2. Man's way leads to hopeless end, Gods way leads to an endless hope.3. A lot of kneeling w
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