onli in da pilipeens [nakaw from lorenz]

Who wouldn’t love the Philippines?
It is the only place on earth where...

1. Every street has a basketball court.

2. Even doctors, lawyers and engineers are unemployed.

3. Doctors study to become nurses for employment abroad.

4. Students pay more money than they will earn afterwards.

5. School is considered the second home and the mall considered the third.


6. Call-center employees earn more money than teachers and nurses.

7. Everyone has his personal ghost story and superstition.

8. Mountains like Makiling and Banahaw are considered holy places.

9. Everything can be forged.

10. All kinds of animals are edible.

11. Starbucks coffee is more expensive than gas.

12. Driving 4 kms can take as much as four hours.

13. Flyovers bring you from the freeway to the side streets.

14. Crossing the street involves running for your dear life.

15. The personal computer is mainly used for games and Friendster.

16. Where colonial mentality is dishonestly denied!

17. Where 4 a.m. is not even considered bedtime yet.

18. People can pay to defy the law.

19. Everything and everyone is spoofed.

20. Where even the poverty-stricken get to wear Ralph Lauren and Tommy
Hilfiger (peke)!

21. The honking of car horns is a way of life.

22. Being called a bum is never offensive.

23. Floodwaters take up more than 90 percent of the streets during the
rainy season.

24. Where everyone has a relative abroad who keeps them alive.

25. Where wearing your national colors make you baduy.

26. Where even the poverty-stricken have the latest cell phones.
(GSM-galing sa magnanakaw)

27. Where insurance does not work.

28. Where water can only be classified as tap and dirty. -- haha.funny

29. Clean water is for sale (35 pesos per gallon).

30. Where the government makes the people pray for miracles. (Amen to
that!)

MASAMA NA UNG LIMANG SUSUNOD

31. Where University of the Philippines is where all the weird people go. [i have friends in UP and they're definitely not wierd. except that they're my friends. pro un lng ung wierd sknla. promise.]

32. Ateneo is where all the nerds go. [and i'm not a nerd]

33. La Salle is where all the Chinese go. [i'm Chinese, a pure one at that, and I'm not in La Salle]

34. College of Saint Benilde is where all the stupid Chinese go

35. University of Asia and the Pacific is where all the irrelevantly rich people go

36. Fast food is a diet meal.

37. Traffic signs are merely suggestions, not regulations.

38. Where being mugged is normal and it happens to everyone.

39. Rodents are normal house pets.

40. The definition of traffic is the 'non-movement' of vehicles.

41. Where the fighter planes of the 1940s are used for military engagements
and;

42. The new fighter planes are displayed in museums.

43. Where alcohol and cigarettes are a necessity; and where the lottery is
a commodity.

44. Where soap operas tell the realities of life and where the news
provides the drama.

45. Where actors make the rules and where politicians provide the
entertainment.

46. People can get away with stealing trillions of pesos but not a
thousand.

47. Where being an hour late is still considered punctual (Grabe talaga
'to!)

48. Where the squatters have more to complain (even if they do not pay
their tax)

- than those employed and have their tax automatically deducted from their
salaries.

49. And where everyone wants to leave the country!


FILIPINO SIGNS OF WIT:

1. The sign in a flower shop in Diliman called "Petal Attraction".

3. A 24-hour restaurant called "Doris Day & Night"

4. Barber shop called "Felix The Cut";

5. A bakery named "Bread Pitt"

6. Fast-food place selling 'maruya' (banana fritters) called "Maruya
Carey".

7. Then, there is "Christopher Plumbing"

8. A boutique called "The Way We Wear"

9. A video rental shop called "Leon King Video Rental"

10. A restaurant in Cainta district of Rizal called "Caintacky Fried
Chicken"

11. A local burger restaurant called "Mang Donald's" (San Fdo, La Union )

12. A doughnut shop called "MacDonuts"

13. A shop selling 'lumpia' (egg roll) in Makati called "Wrap and Roll"

14. And two butcher shops called " Meating Place and Meatropolis".

Smart travelers can decipher what may look like baffling signs to
unaccustomed foreigners by simply sounding out the 'Taglish'
(The Philippine version of English words spelled and pronounced with a
heavy Filipino such as:

15. At a restaurant menu in Cebu :

We hab sopdrink in can an in batol? [Translation: We have soft drinks in
can and in bottle].

16. Then, there is a sewing accessories shop called Bids And Pises -
[translation: Beads and Pieces --or-- Bits and Pieces]

There are also many signs with either badly chosen or misspelled words but
they are usually so entertaining that it would be a mistake to 'correct'
them like.......

17. In a restaurant in Baguio City , the 'summer capital' of the
Philippines :

Wanted: Boy Waitress

18. on a highway in Pampanga:

We Make Modern Antique Furniture

19. On the window of a photography shop in Cabanatuan :

We Shoot You While You Wait

20. And on the glass front of a cafe in Panay Avenue in Manila :

Wanted: Waiter, Cashier, Washier

Some of the notices can even give a wrong impression such as:

21. A shoe store in Pangasinan which has a sign saying:

We Sell Imported Robber Shoes? (These could be the 'sneakiest' sneakers);

22. A rental property sign in Jaro reads:

House for Rent, Fully Furnaced (It must really be hot inside)!

23. Occasionally, one could come across signs that are truly unique - if
not altogether odd.

City in southern Philippines which said: Adults: 1 peso; Child: 50
centavos; Cadavers: fare subject to negotiation.

24. European tourists may also be intrigued to discover two competing
shops selling hopia (a Chinese pastry) called Holland Hopia and Poland
Hopia - which are owned and operated by two local Chinese entrepreneurs,
Mr. Ho and Mr. Po respectively - (believe it or not)!

25. Some folks also 'creatively' redesign English to be more efficient. The
creative confusion between language and culture leads to more than just
simple unintentional errors in syntax, but in the adoption of new words,
says reader Robert Goodfellow who came across a sign.....
House Fersallarend' (house for sale or rent). Why use five words when two
will do?

26. According to Manila businessman, Tonyboy Ongsiako, there is so much wit
in the Philippines . Why? Because we are in a country where a good sense of
humor is needed to survive. We have a 24-hour comedy show here called the
government and a huge reserve of comedians made up mostly of politicians
and bad actors.

Now I ask you where else in the world would one want to live?

buhay Atenista (nakaw from i[van]torres)

Every New Semester (comment:eager beaver pa!):

After First Week(comment:whew):

After Second Week:

Before the Mid-Term Test(pffft):

During the Mid-Term Test:

After the Mid-Term Test(sabaw):

Before the Final Exams:

Once You Get to Know the Final Exam Schedule (nagtatanong tanong na lang):

7 Days Before the Final Exam:

6 Days Before the Final Exam:

5 Days Before the Final Exam:

4 Days Before the Final Exam:

3 Days Before the Final Exam:

2 Days Before the Final Exam:

1 Day Before the Final Exam (master crammer ako):

The Night Before the Final Exam:

1 Hour Before the Final Exam:

During the Final Exam:

Once Walk Out From the Examination Hall (specifically post-philo orals):

After the Final Exam, During the Holiday:

cold turkey

my dad's going cold turkey.

yuuuup, he's quitting smoking. the doctor forced him to quit. ayaw na kasi matanggal ng ubo niya. tapos sabi ng doctor dahil daw un sa smoking.

i know i should have sympathy and all. after all, quitting an addiction is probably one of the hardest things to do in the world.

but i've been telling him for years and he wouldn't listen. kelangan pa ng doctor e.

bakit, magiging doctor rin naman ako a?

weh. ang labo lng.

If all the raindrops were lemon drops and gumdrops..

If all the raindrops were lemon drops and gumdrops, oh what a life I would lead. Standing outside with my mouth open wide. Eh eh eh eh eh eh eh eh eh eh eh If all the raindrops were lemon drops and gumdrops, oh what a life I would lead. If all the snowflakes were candy bars and milk shakes, oh what a life I would lead. Standing outside with my mouth open wide. Eh eh eh eh eh eh eh eh eh eh eh If all the snowflakes were candy bars and milkshakes, oh what I life I would lead. If all the sun beams were bubble gum and ice cream, oh what a life I would lead. Standing outside with my mouth open wide. Eh eh eh eh eh eh eh eh eh eh eh If all the sun beams were bubble gum and ice cream, oh what a life I would lead.

*****

My 1st day of practicum was super fun!:)
I got to assist in a hand-writing and a REDA class.
plus,  I got to score a psychological test made for annulment (MMCI-III ata)
tapos naaliw ako kasi ung psychologist dun, kilala niya si ma'am melgar and c ma'am macapagal
sya pa nga nagtanong kung naging prof ko sila. :P bwaha.
anyway, i'm looking forward to tomorrow. :)

WHEEEEEEEE!:)

*regcom people, my camera's cable isn't working at the moment so i can't post pics. 
ehe. :S promise to post as soon as i figure out how.
or as soon as i buy a new cable.


*****

Do you ears hang low? 
Do they wobble to and fro?
Can you tie them in a knot? 
Can you tie them in a bow?
Do you throw them over you shoulder? 
Like a continental soldier
Do your ears hang low? 

update

prang sobrang tagal ko atang d nagbukas ng multiply. ang dami nang post ng mga tao, exagg. anyway..

tapos na ang RegCom for this summer! :) YEEEEY! pro prng nabitin ako sa work days. haha.

no more waking up at 5am.
no more running across SOM mall to get to ctc102 on time.
no more going home late.
no more super cold rooms.
no more aching feet!! :)

kaya lang..
no more regcom people.. :( magkita kita nlng tyo sa batbench yada, chichi, heidi, reg at sass. :)

WHEEEEEE!

practicum naaaaaaaa!!!

low low low low low low

dahil hindi ako marunong mgupload ng video na galing sa youtube, oo na, loser, dito nlng sya sa blog. :P

LOW TAGALOG VERSION

ayos no? hahaha.

from inside my head

For the past few days, mako and i have been going out (not romantically - just to make it clear) and just hanging out in places.. where people go to hang out - mainly the starbucks in abs (that's where car works part-time). we have been searching and longing for a different kind of company. he.

i love spending my time with my friends. i love my friends. but when you're in a crowd with the same preferences as you.. it's refreshing! this is not coming from someone who has a hidden agenda, there are just times that i crave for those crowds. the ambiance is different, the way the crowd moves is different. the understanding, the belongingness.

it wasn't a success though, our hanging out. we ended up drinking coffee and hot chocolates - with a 20% discount, mind you - while trying to turn my gaydar on. apparently, i have none. that was how uneventful our hanging out was.

blah.

*nagkita pla kami ni jeds sa shang, unexpectedly. hahaha. super chance meeting, serendipity moment. haha.