Visita Iglesia online

Dear insansapinas,

Quiapo
Visita Iglesia was already a tradition among my friends and I during Holy Weel when I was still in the Philippines . 

 Manila Cathedral


Here in the United States where there are not so many Catholic Churches in a city or county, it is difficult to visit churches during Holy Week.

Baclaran
Even in the Philippnes, you need a car to visit at least seven churches or if you are a group, you can take the public utility.

Binondo
The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines is making visita iglesia easier and convenient. They are offering Visita Iglesia online

San Sebastian
Pinaysaamerika

Super Squirrel

Dear insansapinas,


I see them everyday running around the ground, climbing the trees, munching little acorns and hiding behind the trunks of trees when you get by. Sometimes there are two of them ogling at you as if they are making "tsismis" if you're buying your clothes in second hand stores, in Walmart or in Macy's. Salbaheng.


This one is different. It wants to be an action star.



Pinaysaamerika

CENSUS 2010 AND SCAM

Dear insansapinas,

photocredit:MSNBC

It's census year here in the US of A. First we received a letter about the census indicating that forms would be sent shortly which come  with translations to different languages except Filipino. Thank you. That saved Uncle Sam some millions for the forms alone.


A week after, we received the form.  It is more simple than the census ten years ago where I also participated by sending back the form as soon as  finished it. The following week a postcard type of reminder was mailed to the respondents.


So what's the problen? The biggest problem is that there are so many co-artists who take advantage of the census.

For con artists and swindlers the 2010 Census is a golden opportunity for mischief. With forms going out to every household in the country, the pool of potential victims is huge.

Ito kung paano kayo maloloko.

1. Fraudulent e-mail

The Census Bureau will not send out any electronic correspondence dealing with the 2010 census. Any e-mail claiming to be related to the current census is bogus, most likely a phishing scam designed to steal personal financial information

Send kaagad sa spam o idelete agad.

2. Fake survey forms 

If you receive something in the mail supposedly from the Census Bureau and it asks you questions such as financial information, passwords, Social Security numbers, anything like that — it is not legitimate,”

May sarili rin silang survey forms. Nakakaloka talaga. Baka tanungin  kayo kung ano ang bangko ninyo, magkano ang pera ninyo at pakibigay na rin ang PIN. bwahaha

.

Impostor census takers

   Census workers will not make home visits until May 1. And then they will only go to homes where the census form has not been returned.

May kumatok na sa amin noon 10 years ago. Kumakain ako. May nakapangal na chicken sa aking bibig.

Me: Yes?
Census: We're here to...
Me: Oh I mhailled alllreeeedy the folm. 
Census: What?
Me: (thought balloon) Darating kasi pag kumakain ka eh. Ngayon hindi ako maintindihan. I mailed already the form.Intiendes?
 Census: But we have additional questions.

Me: Sorry, I am eating and I am in a hurry.
 Census: it will take only a few minutes.
Me: I already answered all questions. Good day. Blam.


Biglang balik ng drumstick sa bunganga. 


Pinaysaamerika

EARTH HOUR

 Dear insansapinas,


Today is Saturday, March 27. I am participating in the Earth hour. 


According to pareng Wiki:

Earth Hour is a global event organized by WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature, also known as World Wildlife Fund) and is held on the last Saturday of March annually, asking households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and other electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change.

 I am not cooking today.  OOps nasa slow cooker na pala. I am not using the light in the hallway. Kahit na ako magkabunggo-bunggo. I am planning to use a candle while tpying tihs bolg but I can not see the key pad.s Whew.


So I turned off the TV. Yeheeey. anyway it is weekend and there are no marathon reruns of  NCIS and  Law and Order. Sa weekdays naman. 

who turned off the lights? 

 Pinaysaamerika

Whisperers

Dear insansapinas,

One of my favorite TV series is GHOST WHISPERER. The ghosts are the whisperers to the supposed  psychic, Jennifer Love Hewitt.


But there are also other whisperers.


Like the horse whisperer. There was a movie where a horse whispered to the young lady that she is going to win the race.
and they loved happily ever after. 

photocreditL MSNBC

There is also a show called dog whisperer. I have not watched it yet.
Magagalit ang pusa ko. 



 photocredit: MSNBC

And there is also a picture  where people whisper. I do not know why.

photocredit: INQUIRER

Pag inuutusan ako ng mader ko noon habang nanood ako ng TV, bubulong-bulong din akong sumusunod.

Pagtanong ng aking mader kong ano ang ibinubulong ko, sa isip ko kaya nga bumubulong para hindi marinig. Sabay simangot. Salbaheng bata--ako.  





Pinaysaamerika

BAR EXAMINATION 2009 RESULTS RELEASED NA

 Dear insansapinas,


Lumabas na ang resulta ng BAR Examination na ibinigay noong September. Tapos na kaiisip yong mga nagtake ng BAR. Lahat sila ay umiiyak,  1,451 sa katuwaan at ang natitira sa 5,093 na kumuha ay umiiyak. Better luck next time. Here is the complete list of successful examinees .

Alam kong mahirap pumasa sa BAR. (tanungin ninyo si BIYAY, attorney po siya) . Palagay ko ako di papasa kasi hindi ako umiinom. ULKkkk. Kahit nga sa hurdle BAR, hindi ako makataas. nyuk nyuk nyuk

Pero balita ko binabaan na nga nila ang minimum passing percentage. From 75, ginawa nilang 71 kasi raw kukunti talaga ang papasa. 

Pero huwag mong isnabin ang topnotcher. WAPU siya at matalino. ahahay, maraming magiging kliyente. Kagaya noong anak ng kaibigan ko. Guwapo na, mabait pa at mabait sa nanay niya. Dati-dati binabatuk-batukan ko lang pag kinakain ang tsokolate ko sa kotse. Ito ang mga topnotchers.

Two students from San Beda College topped this year’s Bar exams, the results of which were released Friday night.Reinier Paul R. Yebra obtained a grade of 84.80% to place No. 1 among the top ten Bar passers, followed by Charlene Mae C. Tapic, also of San Beda, with a grade of 84.60%.
A total of 1,451 out of 5,903 passed the Bar exams.
The rest of the top 10 are:
3rd Place
Lim, John Paul T.
Ateneo de Manila University
84.50%
4th Place
Lagos, Caroline P.
University of the Philippines
84.40%
5th Place
Tan, Eric David C.
Ateneo de Manila University
84.05%
6th Place
Gonzalez, Yves-Randolph P.
Ateneo de Manila University
83.90%
7th Place
To, Joan Mae S.
Ateneo de Manila University
83.65%
8th Place
Bagro III, Herminio C.
University of the Philippines
83.40%
9th Place
Lumauig, Timothy Joseph N.
Ateneo de Manila University
83.20%
10th Place
Bainto, Naealla Rose M.
Go, Sheila Abigail O.
Ateneo de Manila University
Ateneo de Manila University
83.10%

Pinaysaamerika 

Shoes Ku Po

Dear insansapinas,

Some people say that I have a heart of stone. Yong bang parang panghilod. mwhehehe.

I do not easily fall in love and when I do, I am not demonstrative but I walk like I were in the cloud.


I did fall in love. (note the verb did) especially when I do windowshopping or people watching. Confusing? Eh ano ba ang akala ninyo.


I am talking about shoes. May pagka Imelda rin ako kasi noon. I did fall in love with high heeled shoes especially when I was several pounds lighter. I like something that would enhance my height. Yon bang mga 3 feet pa, so I can ask people, how's the weather down there? Ngayon hindi na.


I am 5' 2 " so add three more inches and that would be 5'5" . At the time, high heeled shoes were like my walking and running shoes. Meron pa noon talagang mataas na sabi ng mga estudyante ko kung hindi raw ako natatapilok. May balak pa yata ang salbahe.


It was only when I moved to San Francisco that I started wearing low-heeled or flat soft Italian leather shoes. Pag lumakad ka dito ng nakahigh heels at matigas na sapatos, pag-uwi mo, hindi ka na makatayo sa sakit ng kalyo at ng muscle sa paa.


I did not know that high-heeled shoes were also popular in the 15th and 18th century.


Nakita ninyo yong sapatos sa itaas? Cork lang pala yon. That time, ubos ang supply ng cork para sa sapatos ng mga babae. (I cannot put the link, wala na iyong article and I was not able to bookmark it before I logged off).


Eto medyo familiar. May nakita akong ganitong sapatos sa boss kong babae. Ang tawag ko Buwaya. Pag natusok ka, baka parang baloon na puputok. Mga 18th century yata ito.





Ito paano kaya sila nakakalakad nito. Sabagay, nagtiis nga ang mga babaeng magsuot ng corsets for centuries para magmukhang sexy, ito pang sapatos na palagay ko natatakpan ng kanilang mahahabang skirt.

Kung Fu Shoes pa rin?


Pinaysaamerika

MY UNFORGETTABLE SUMMER

 Dear insansapinas,

This is my unforgettable summer eons ago.
I could not take anymore. We were wading/walking in a shallow rivulet somewhere in a coastal area in Luzon.
My stomach was rumbling as if Manny Pacquiao was defending his championship against Clottey.
It must be the oyster. I finished a few blanched-with-hot-water-and-squeezed-with lemon-newly-gathered oysters from the farm. Oyster farm, that is according to the karinderia where we had our lunch on our way to the barrio where we would have our immersion in culture of indigenous people and at the same time reforest the denuded mountains in that province.
  
Kung baga forest make-over.

My classmates had already crossed the stream. I was still in the middle where water was at the waist level of a vertically challenged person like me.

They were shouting what I was doing daw? Can you guess? I said "Go ahead. I think there are some small crabs that tried to hitch in my pants. I LIED. You should have seen the dilation of my eyelids, the tremor in my lips and the raising of my brows by a fraction of an inch.

That experience taught me to bring imodium (diatabs for some)  all the time and never eat seafood when you're not sure where they came from.

We were eight in the group and there were four students who came from the elite school.
We were disappointed to know that we were not staying in the barrio; instead we were housed in a forester's house cum seed storage.
Well, it is a  two- storey structure with two big rooms at the second floor and a balcony where most of the cashew seeds for planting were stocked .
Downstairs, there was a kitchen, a dining room and a store room where farm implements were kept for ready use. The forester never stayed there. So there was no power, no water and no electric fan. Whoa.
We did the cooking outside using firewood. Muntik nang maubos yong isang puno sa forest para panggatong. Kaialangan talaga ang reforestration.
The project had funding and the youth leaders took advantage of our immersion ek-ek project before we  graduated. Two birds with one stone. The stone was as big as a basketball. toinkkk  Yon pala all expenses paid kami pati pagkain at pamasahe as long as we met the required hours. We were supposed to be staying in families in the lowlands.( That was how they called the barrio).  But we were quartered  in that God forsaken place because a member of the group accidentally heard that the male and female members of the other group were not there to plant seeds but to solve an unwanted pregnancy problem. O dava, intriga at kahindik-hindik.
On our arrival to the site, we were welcomed by a long yellow snaaaaake which we found wrapped around a huge  timber that served as a bridge. I almost summon my superhero power to grow a pair wings so I can go back to the civilization. Ngiiii.


The forester came to our rescue. He assured us that it was not the kind of snake that was poisonous. Mahilig lang pumulupot. Ngiii ulit.
The mayor sent us the groceries and  dry fish for our consumption until next marketing day.Every day, the forester would bring us fresh fish and vegetables. We ordered emergency kit too with aspirin, imodium, itch cream and bandages.Kulang na lang, ipadala namin yong pharmacist.


Early morning, with hats and  walking sticks made from tiny branches of a tree, we went to the place assigned to us to plant the seeds. The walking stick helped in making hawi of the talahib, make palo of snake and other forest animals that came to our way. It also served as cane to negotiate the high places where I was tempted to sing the The Sound of Music  upon seeing the beauty below. I forgot my phobia--fear of heights.
The straw hats did not only protect us fro the heat of the sun, We also used them in gathering wild fruits , like mango (wild fruits daw oh) black berries and guava. 


We added more imodium to our requests for medicines and emergency kits.

Read more here.

Pinaysaamerika

Party List

Dear insansapinas,

Tatakbo raw si Mikey Arroyo as party list member ng ang Galing something, something representing the marginalized security guards. 'Nak ng tupa naman.


Anong masasabi mo?

 ha ha ha ha ha


Tatakbo rin raw si Manny Calayan as party list rep ng Alyansa ng Media at Showbiz.

Anong masasabi mo?

Ano naman ang kinalaman niya sa media? Alisin na lang niya itong batik-batik ko.Ginamitan yata ako ng clorox, namuti.Mamaya tumakbo rin si Belo para sa Alyansa ng mga Babaeng Cougar. (read mas matatandang babae kaysa sa boyfriends). Ang dami niyan sa Showbiz.


Wala bang tatakbo para sa Alyansa ng mga Plastic?

Hindi yong party ng Tupperware kung hindi party ng mga nagpaplastic surgery o kaya mga plastic na tao. Any nominee? 


Pinaysaamerika

Time for Break and Reaction Part 2

Dear insansapinas,
My tsikiting gubats are blaming me for their being workaholic. When they were growing up, they can see that I worked without let-up to meet so many deadlines. Pero may time pa ako noong sitahin sila pag dumarating ng gabi, pag bumababa ang grades sa school at pag naliligo bago pumasok.


Now, I can still observe that when I start working on something, I do not stop. The other day, I felt pain in my chest. It came to my mind that it was too much thinking;  self-induced stress working on my pc and reading a lot of books to look for the simplest way by which I can present the concepts in the book more palatable to non-accounting students.


So I stopped momentarily. I can not smell the flowers. Barado ang aking ilong. Babahin ako sa allergy. But I watched the rain falling like they were long strands of white fine hair. Hindi ba yong patak patak. Pagkatapos umulan, sumikat at parang diamonds ang mga raindrops sa branches ng puno sa harap namin.
Beautiful.


Reaction Part 2
Tapos pinanood ko yong ikalawang video ng HARAPAN debate ng vice-presidentiables.




Kung ang reaction ko ay eto, ito namang bata ay mas masaya. Panoorin ninyo habang hawak ko na naman ang calculator. One week to go to beat the deadline for my book project.




Pinaysaamerika

Di va?

Dear insansapinas,


Kahit siguro tao pag kinamot ang likod lalo pag may bungang-araw ( ang kaisa-isang bunga na hindi makain) ay mapapakanta ng ahhhh aahaaa ahhhh (parang diva).


Pakinggan ang pusang ito.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/awesomer/trololololo-cat


Kaya nga ba may kasabihang I will scratch your back when you scratch mine.


Ngayon ay ang daming nagkakamot ng likod ng mga pulitiko sa pamamagitan ng pagbigay sa kanila ng pera.


Pagkatapos ng halalan, sila naman ang magpapakamot ng likod lalo sa mga nanalo.


PWEH.


Pinaysaamerika

Reaction

Dear insansapinas,


Ito reaction ko sa mga sumusunod:



1.Ang panganganak ng octopus at pagkamatay nito pagkatapos manganak.Biruin mo ba namang hipan niya ang mga itlog na may bilang na 100,000 para lumabas yong mga anak niya. Mauubusan nga  ng hangin yon.

2. Napanood kong mga buwaya, nakapuwesto sa may waterfall, nakabuka ang bunganga at hinihintay ang mga isdang natatangay ng agos. Swak na swak. Tapos yum yum sila. Para bang yong mga hagad noon sa Pinas at meron din sa California na naghihintay ng mga traffic violators. Huli ka.


3. Napanood kong pagkain ng lizard ng praying mantis habang nililinis nito ang kaniyang mga parang chainsaw na paa pagkatapos din niyang kumain. Kainan lang yan. Tapos huhulihin naman yong lizard para kainin ni Zimmern.


4. Napanood ko rin ang pagtayo ng dam ng beaver. Ang mga ngipin nito ay nakakapagpatumba ng mga punong malalaki. Tapos pag nanganak na ang beaver, ang kaniyang malaking anak ay kailangang umalis na sa kanilang tirahan. Isang anak lang ang pwede nilang kupkupin. Hindi kagaya sa Pinas, ang lalaki na, may mga asawa na nakasaksak pa rin sa mga magulang. Pati ang mga katulong, katulong din nila.


5. Ang makapigil hiningang paghinto ng avalanche mga ilang hakbang lang sa tent ng isang lalaking kinunan pa ng video ang kaniyang mukha, at sinabing this is the face of someone who is awaiting death.


6. ang pagtakas ng isang Van sa isang twister. Noong maabutan na ay biglang humina ang nasabing tornado.


7. Debate ng Vice-Presidential candidates .

Pagkatapos may kasabay yong DUH.

Pinaysaamerika 

Facebook, Forum and Friends

Dear insansapinas,
Beterana na ako. Sa giyera. Sa giyera sa mga forum noong bagong-bago palang ang AOL. Pag wala ka noon ng AOL, caveman ka. bwahaha.

Pero noon ang away, wala kang makikitang mga retrato at iba pang mga information sa mga participants. Ngayon ang action ay sa Facebook.  Ang tindi ng batuhan ng mga putik.

Ayaw ko ng facebook. Mahiyan ako eh. BLAGGGG. Sino namang nambato?


Sabi ko sa kaibigan ko na bago palang nagfi-Facebook, ingat siya. Maraming impostor diyan. Maraming sasali lang diyan para mabasa ang mga sinusulat mo at yong mga personal mong information.


At ngayon ay marami na ring HEF BEE EYE diyan. Nagulat ba ako? Hindi.Kaya itong balita na Your Facebook friend may be an FBI  hindi man lang natinag ang balahibo ko. 


Noon kasing  active ako sa forum, may nakipagkilala sa akin. Nagtataka naman ako bakit buong araw at gabi ay nasa internet. Oras magbukas ako, nandiyan kaagad at naghaHI. Noong inimbetigahan ko, trabaho daw niya yon. Ang alin? Ang magbantay sa internet. Buti na lang at wala akong narcissistic personality disorder na aakalain ko lahat na lang bumati sa akin ay aking tagahanga dahil popular ako. 

DILIM. sino na naman ang napatay ng ilaw? 


Sabi niya secret daw. Nakikipagkaibigan daw siya sa mga hinala niya mga pedophile. Anong kala niya sa akin Pedophile. Mahanap nga yong aking karayom at matusok-tusok.


Hindi naman daw ako dahil nababasa niya ang aking mga sinusulat noon sa forum Ang cheap ko pa noon, may patula-tula pa ako. hehehe at kung makibakbakan ako noon sa Pulitika, talagang tumataas ang aking presyon. Naniniwala ako na may mga bayaran nga noon na poster kasi talagang pinagtatanggol nila noon si Erap. Loko noong nag EDSA 2, nawala sila lahat.


Ang di ko makakalimutan (Ate Charo) ay yong kalaban (hindi naman talaga kalaban) adversary , pareho rin, na isang babaeng mayabang. Later on, napansin ko at ng aking mga internet friends, OO BIRHINYA, ang dami ko noong kaibigan, may grupo rin kaming nag-eemailan, na medyo may sayad yong babae.


Minsan nawala siya. Nang bumalik ay medyo mellowed na siya. Nabasa ko between the lines na nagnervous 
breakdown yata. Naawa tuloy ako. Pinangako ko sa sarili ko na hindi ko na siya bubuwisitin. Nabanggit niya kasi may mga iniinom siyang gamot na alam ko sa mga magulo ang utak. Tapos nagpopost siya na meron na siyang boyfriend na mayaman. Hinayaan ko na lang siya sa fantasy niya. As long as hindi naman siya dangerous kagaya naman noong naging stalker ko na talagang masidhi. 


Hindi na sibat na ang ginamit ko sa manika, kutsilyo na. hehehe


Pinaysaamerika

Sambong Tea and Veranda

 Dear insansapinas,

I am running out of sambong tea and my brother in SF could not find any in the Filipino store. My relative in the Philippines told me that should I need more, I just e-mail them and they would send me some.


After reading this news about a Filipina tourist in Australia who was reported to have been nabbed for  bringing in illegal drugs, I decided to forego my plan of asking for the tea in the Philippines.

A Filipina tourist detained for allegedly smuggling illegal drugs in Australia has been released from jail after she was found innocent of the crime, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Saturday.

Filipina Maria Cecilia Silva was freed by Australian Police on Thursday—after five days of detention—after packets of iced tea recovered from her at the Melbourne Airport tested negative for drugs, an article on the DFA website reported.

According to the DFA, Silva was arrested and detained last Saturday upon her arrival at the airport on suspicion that iced tea packets she was carrying contained the illegal drug methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu.

Australian Customs officials and the federal police expressed regret over the incident.

The Philippine Embassy in Canberra, who assisted Silva during the incident, urged Australian authorities to implement measures to ensure that similar mistakes do not happen again, the DFA reported.

Silva received a compensation of 5,000 Australian dollars (around P209,000) for the harrowing incident, according to the DFA

 Baka mapagkamalan ngang drugs yong tea sachets sa mail pag iniscan.

We cannot blame the authorities in Australia for being strict when it comes to illegal drugs. The bad guys make use of so many ways by which drugs can be brought to a country. Here in the US, many airport authorities are already aware of these herbal supplements in the form of tea brought by balikbayans. Eh sa Australia?


I commend the embassy for helping the Filipina and the Australian government for prompt rectification of the error and compensating  the falsely accused tourist. Sa ibang country, baka mabulok kahihintay masolve ang kaso.


So if you are bringing some tea, be sure you do not remove them from the  original pack which descibes the product and its uses. Ang galing kong mag-advise eh ako inilagay ko sa Ziploc para makatipid ng space pero niretained ko yong box. Tinupi ko lang. It was only later during the trip when I realized that they might open my checked in luggage and find the tea. Magpapainit pa ako ng tubig para ipatikim sa kanila ang mapait na sambong tea. Baka sabihin nila, pweh.

Verandah

photocredit:


I am afraid of heights. I never go to near the steel  railings of our verandah.  I found it very simple compared to balustrade that are used in the Philippines' balcony or partio which are wide enough to put decorative plants. Some residents, especially the male sit or lean in the railings while smoking. 


There were a few celebrities who died because of falling from condo thru the verandah. 


One of such victim was the youngest son of Toni Rose Gayda-Lim who is the daughter of the movie icon, Rosa Rosal

Namatay kaninang umaga, 6:30 a.m., sa Cardinal Santos Memorial Hospital ang bunsong anak ni Toni bunga ng pagkakahulog  mula sa 4th floor ng kanilang condo unit sa Wack Wack, Mandaluyong City. He was 26 years old.

News about the father is that he claimed, he designed and built that condo. News about the mother was that she asked her son to smoke outside the room.

Gossips circulating in the internet were that it was not an accident but a suicide and people were of the opinion that it was only later when the death of the young man sunk in to the family because they were not very demostrative in dealing with grief. People can be nasty.


Pinaysaamerika

Income Tax Returns, Formula , Octomom and Sandra Bullock

Dear insansapinas,

I postponed going to the tax preparer. Yes VIRGINIA, I am a licensed tax specialist but I ask someone to prepare the IS for me. TAMAD KASI. Besides di ba ang carpenter ang may butas ang mga bubong etcetera etcetera.


I just thought I have to double my effort in finishing the book because  the reference materials  that I borrowed are going to be due next week.  I am not sure if the library is going to allow me to renew the books. Arghhh.


From 60 pages, I now have 76 pages. poor, poor me. Then I am challenged by the drawings I have to make. There are no problems with charts, flowcharts and organizational charts. They are available in the toolbar. The tables are redy for insertion and can be adjusted as to its rows and columns. The problem is the writing of the long formula like the time adjusted value of money and the short formula of EOQ. toinkkk.

And I read  that he house of Octomom is going to be foreclosed. SO?


And I hate James. Oops, not James Yap nor my ex-husband James Bond but Jesse James, the husband of my favorite Sandra Bullock.
The low profile and entrepreneurial Oscar award winning actress who first captivated me in SPEED with Keanu Reeves, then in While you were  sleeping with Bill Pullman and the two Miss Congeniality movies. Oh and I forgot Love Potion # 9.
'
Ang traidor na asawa niya na hindi naman guwapo. Tseh.

Pinaysaamerika

Sikat naman talaga si KRIS AQUINO

 Dear insansapinas,

Kris Aquino said that she is not leaving the show The Buzz because according to her ABS CBN needs her for the ratings.


Which I believe is TRUE.


However, how would Boy Abunda feel for being ignored as part of the highly rated talk show? (Naah, don't worry about him) he will agree with Kris no matter what. He is a true friend kahit na pinamukha ni Kris na kumikita ng malaki si Boy Abunda dahil sa kaniya. He is a business partner too.


Which I believe is TRUE again.


How would ABS CBN feel about a star who flaunted that she is the one making the program rate?


Multiple Choice


1. Accept that it is true?


2. Lumalaki na ang ulo ni Kris?


3. Pagbigyan because of the political debt to the family?


4. Wala Lang. Pana-panahon lang yan. Gamitan lang yan.

Make hay while the sun shines. Pag laos na ba si Kris Aquino, pansinin pa ba siya ng TV network?

For Kris, there is no such thing as humility.  


Ito ang balita.

LAOAG CITY, Philippines—No, controversial TV host Kris Aquino is not leaving her Sunday gossip show "The Buzz" on ABS-CBN, saying the network needs her for the ratings.
Aquino made the statement in an interview with some reporters here on Thursday.
"No. No, no," she said when asked if she would leave the program after she complained last week that she was being used to attack her brother, Senator Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III.
"Actually, if you review carefully what I said, sinabi ko sinabihan ako ng sisters ko na walang quitter sa pamilya. So klaro naman ‘yon. So I will be there on Sunday," she said.
Asked if she would take a leave from her other television shows aside from her late night show "SNN" also on ABS-CBN, Kris answered in the negative.
"Alam mo masyado ka namang excited na mawala ako. Kawawa naman ang ABS-CBN, kailangan pa rin naman ako for the ratings," she said.
But she said she agreed to help the campaign her brother on a Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday and on other important days that her presence in the campaign might be needed.
And to her critics,, Kris said she would just ignore them since she could not get them on her side anyway.
Asked why she thought she was the easy target by the senator's rivals in politics, Kris said, "Kasi sikat ako... Aminin na natin. ‘Yan naman ang totoo."
"Kung wala akong pangalan, wala akong naipundar, hindi nila ako papansanin. E engot na ako kung papansinin ko pa sila. So ang papansinin ko na lang ‘yong nagmamahal sa akin...," she said.
Kris also denied critics claim Noynoy was in a panic mode because his ratings in the surveys were dwindling and he was using her to improve his standing in surveys.
She said it was always part of the strategy that she would only join the campaign this March.
"But I don't think it’s a sign of panic. It's a sign of strength," she said.
"Kasi bakit hindi naman gagamitin ni Noy na isama n’ya ako considering na mayron nang ready audience d’yan na medyo mayrong nagdadalawang-isip dahil di s’ya masyadong kilala.

Pinaysaamerika

Good News, Bad News at si Nora Aunor

Dear insansapinas,

Good news, nabalanse ko na ang balance sheet. Kaya lahat ng schedules na pripare ko ay ayos na. Nagkurus ako ng nagkurus. Hindi yong nagmake sign of the cross, Silly. Yon ang tinatawag na T accounts, para siyang krus kasi kung saan may debit at credit at makikita mo kung saan di magbabalanse. Huwag ninyong ipaesplain sa akin, lalo kayong malilito.


Noong nasa auditing firm kami, literally kami nagdidipa at pinupukpok ang ulo sa dingding pag ganitong mga buwan hanggang Abril kasi ang income tax season ay hanggang April 15 pag hindi namin nababalanse ang balance sheet. Buti nga ngayon, mayroon ng Excel at accounting software na isa lang press ng key, mayroon ka ng financial statements. Ang filing ng income tax returns dito ay computerized din kaya ilalagay mo lang ang mga figures, Ziiiiiing, nandoon na ang mga amounts. Isa pang press ng key, naipadala na sa IRS. Bayad na ang income tax at ang refund ay makukuha na. 

Sabi nga sa commercial, Even a caveman can do it. Eh yong caveman na  smart phone pa. mwehehe.

Bad news. Nakalimutan ko ang aking gamot. Kaya pala masama ang pakiramdam ko. Mabigat ang aking dibdib at medyo namimitig ang aking kamay. Alas onse ng gabi, tinanong ko kapatid ko kung anong araw ngayon, Huwebes na pala. Hindi ko nainom yong aking gamot para sa morning at evening. Waah.


Kasi (magrereason out pa eh) papunta na  ako sa kitchen para kumuha ng tubig na maiinom. Biglang may kumatok. Alam ko darating ang technician. Checkin ang aming smoke alarm at papalitan ang filter ng aircon. Spring na kasi kahit bumabaha pa sa New England, Pensylvania, New York at part ng Virginia noong isang Linggo.


Nang makaalis siya, inisip ko kung ano yong aking ginagawa at may hawak akong mug. Yon kasi ang iniinuman ko. at hindi ang baso.  Ah kailangan kong magtimpla ng sambong tea. Pero yong isandamakmak na pills nakalimutan ko. Tapos, tuloy na ako sa aking computer at calculator at mga libro. 


Nang mabalanse ko antok na antok na ako sa pagod kaiisip. 

Nora Aunor

Good news: Binigyan siya ng isa pang chance para makabalik sa showbiz.


Bad news: Ang balita hindi siya nagguest sa isang teleserye sa isang TV network dahil may concert siya sa Canada. Pagdating sa Canada, hindi siya kumanta dahil wala raw siyang boses o kung ano man ang excuses niya. Promise na lang na babalik. Photo-op na lang siya sa mga "nagkamaling"  bumili ng ticket.


Ito ang balita:

Although local artists including the popular Dynamix Band gave outstanding performances, Nora’s fans started getting edgy after several announcements that she was coming in “10 mins” were made and there was no Nora. Aunor finally appeared on stage after 2 ½ hours. Ugly cat calls were already reverberating in the theatre when Nora showed up. In a dramatic way, she told her fans that she was not ready to perform and that she will be back in April with her children to entertain them. Nora obliged to pose with some of her fans for a few minutes until the theatre management reminded them that they all had to leave, because their time was up.
“Bakit naman ganyan?” complained an 85-year-old fan who came all the way from Bellingham. “Kung wala siya sa condition, dapat sinabi na agad. May boses naman siya, nakapagsalita nga ng matagal..palagay ko hindi iyan darating sa April. Kahit na dumating pa siya, hindi na ako manood. Mukhang has been na siya. I’ll just cherish my memories of what she used to be.”
Nora Aunor arrived with her entourage at 1:30 pm on March 4 at the Vancouver International Airport from California with an entourage of 8 people including long time companion John Rendez. Reports immediately spread that she was fidgetty upon arrival and seemed “high” on something.

Sayang ang mga inabsent noong aking katrabaho sa iskuwela noong nag-aaral pa siya para lang makasunod kay Nora Aunor. Binibitin siya ng tatay niya pag matagal siyang nawawala at nakatambay siya sa bahay ni La Aunor.


Yong housekeeper naman noong boss ko ay sinisisi kay Nora ang hindi niya pagkatapos ng iskuwela. Masyado raw niyaing inidolo kaya naglayas siya kanila at kasama ng mga Noranians, ay sumasama-sama sila sa mga shooting at programa nito. Madalas nga raw na parang bangag.

Ang mga anak niya ay mga matatanda na rin at may mga pamilya na. Hiwalay na nga. Anong pag peperform ang gagawin nila? Sus. 


Sayang.


Pinaysaamerika

Superstitions

Dear insansapinas,


May mga superstitions ang mader at lola ko na ngayon ay lumalabas na may scientific basis. Kagaya ng pagsave sa parte ng umbilical cord para pagkunan ng panggamot pagnagkasakit ang bata. OO BIRHINYA, sabi ni mader yan. Kaya noon marami kang makikitang nakasabit na maliit na  balot sa aming ceiling. Yong kinuha sa pusod namin.


Ngayon lang narerealize ng Western medicine yan.

In the past, when a baby was born, the umbilical cord was thrown away. But today, blood from the umbilical cord can be collected after your baby's birth and donated to a public cord blood bank to help someone with a life-threatening disease.

Pero pinakamaraming superstitions si mader especially sa pag-aaral namin para raw kami maging matalino. bwahaha.  Obsessed siyang maging honor students kami lahat. Tatalab kaya ito kung talagang mababa ang IQ ng isang tao?


1. unang pagtaob ng bata - ang payo ni mother, ang ilagay sa likod ay libro. Kaya sinunod ng aking kapatid.
Nang ipinanganak ang anak niya, excited siya. Sa excitement niya, hindi libro ang nahablot niya kung hindi yong YEARBOOK ng kapatid ko sa Philippines Science High School.

Yearbook Philippine Science High School


Eh alam ba ninyo kung gaano kabigat yon? More than five pounds. Parang dinaganan yong baby ng five pounds na bigas.


Paano ko nalaman? Kasi nang umuwi ako, dinala ko ang yearbook  pagbalik ko dito sa US.
Tinimbang ko kasi iniisip ko yong maximum weight limit sa checked-in luggage. Ang bigat. Eh binitbit ko na lang sa carry on ko kasi ang takot ko baka mawala ang checked in luggage ko, mawala yon. Ang damit puwedeng palitan pero ang yearbook hindi lalo yong mga nagpirma doon. Ako wala na ang aking yearbook. Noong nag-asawa ako ng maaga, frustrated ang mother kong makatapos ako ng College at galit siya kaya sinunog niya ang mga damit ko at libro. Tindi noh?


Sa pagtaob pa rin. May pinsan kami na nang tumaob daw ang anak niya, sa kaniyang katarantahan, nailagay niya sa likod ay can opener. Kumustahin mo ang anak niya. Lasinggero. Hawak palagi can opener para sa beer at sa alak. mwehehehe Kung akala ninyo nagbibiro ako. Tama kayo. Punta kayo kay Willie Revillame and claim the prize. bwahahaa


2. Pagkain ng peanuts (brain food). Noong kumuha ako ng entrance exam sa UP, pinakain ako ng maraming peanuts ni mader. Pag may mga periodic tests kami, bili siya ng maraming mani. Minsan yong mga kapatid ko, daming kinain, nag LBM tuloy, hindi rin nakakuha ng exam. Buti na lang binigyan siya ng make-up. Hindi ko alam kong Avon o Clinique. mwehehe


3. Gawing unan ang libro pagtulog pag examination period. Siguro iniisip ng mader ko, maabsorb ng brain yong mga nakasulat sa libro habang tulog.


Kagabi ginawa ko. Ang alin? Yong pagtulog na katabi ang libro. Hindi ko kasi mabalanse ang ginagawa kong balance sheet sa problem na ginawa ko. Tanong noong kaibigan kong nakausap ko rin pagkatapos ng tatlong tawag, bakit daw di ko mabalanse eh ako naman ang gumawa ng problem. Ganito yon, pag gumagawa ka ng examination, may mga revision para maging mahirap ang solution. Sa karerevise ko, kahit ako di ko maalala ang mga binago kong figures. Bago mag-alas dos ng madaling araw, nakuha ko ang mali.


Observation: mas nakakapag-isip pala ako pagnakahiga kaysa yong nakaupo. toinkkk


Ako rin may superstition. Huwag magpaputol ng buhok bago mag-examination. Paniniwala ko kasi nababawasan ang aking utak. Marahil nasa dulo ng buhok ko ang aking IQ.


Hindi rin ako nagpapahawak sa aking ulo o buhok sa aking mga kaklase, makuha pa nila ang nireview ko.tseh

Pag naglalakad ako at ako ay iyong tinawag sa likuran, dahan dahan ang aking paglingon sa likod. Para bang slow motion. Ang paniniwala ko kasi baka matagtag at magulo yong ninreview ko. hahahaha

Pinaysaamerika

Decision, decision, decision

Dear insansapinas,
Three of my friends were wondering why I don't return calls. I can't. I am at the point where I have to make a decision whether I will continue the book project or not.


One friend asked me  if I am   doing it for the money. Hindi ako plastic pero hindi na. (Kapanipaniwala ba? Who doesn't need money? ) 

The stress that I get in pushing myself to write;  reading reference materials and solving problems and cases I have prepared for illustrations and assignments can not be compensated by the streams of revenue expected since I am not publishing and marketing it myself like what I did in my previous instructional materials.Mahina lang ang kita. Prestige na lang ang habol. mwehehe


Some do not even believe about the book project. Sabi nila excuse ko lang daw para sabihing bisi-bisihan ako.


Like what I had written before, I borrowed materials from the library and bought books for the latest edition about the topic-- Financial Management. Ayan nakakalat sila sa carpet, kasi hindi kasya sa aking desk.

This is the calculator that I bought. AC/DC siya pero hindi ko ginagamitan ng battery. Apat na maliliit, sandali lang yon maubos.

Ito naman ang tinatype ko sa computer.


Dahil tuldok system ako,  umuusok sa katagalan ang keyboard, toinkkk. Huwag kayong matakot sa mga numbers; almusal, tanghalian, hapunan at midnight snack ko yan noon. Kung hindi nga lang ako busy, lelecturan ko yong nagblog tungkol sa Finance na mali-mali naman ang concept. Haaay ang mga bloggers talaga, makapagpaimpress lang, parang nagkukunwaring expert, eh hindi naman.  

Ibato ko na lang kaya itong mga libro sa kaniya.



E-mail nga yong nagcommission sa aking gumawa ng libro," how am I doing". Sabi ko okay lang. Kailangan niya at least 500 pages. Nakagawa na ako ng 60 pages. bwahahaha


Pero feel ko meron akong nagagawang something productive. May fulfiiment baga. Iba feeling. Kaya lang sacrifice ang mga novels na binabasa ko.






Pinaysaamerika

Dancing with the Babies

Dear insansapinas,


A study conducted on 120 babies aged five months to two years old showed that infants respond to the rhythm and tempo of music naturally.


Remember the video of the dancing baby girl?


The mothers were provided with head phones so that they would not be able to hear the music. They were also instructed not to move while the babies are on their laps.

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

Pinaysaamerika

PETER GRAVES of Mission Impossible

Dear insansapinas,

One TV series that was not missed by the family, young and old alike (so what if we can not understand the plot of the story and so what if the actors did not talk much) was the original Mission Impossible. The sound track alone would make you run in front of the tv so as not to miss Peter Graves, the original Mr. Phelps before John Voight and Tom Cruise, getting the assignment for the IMF team (not the International Monetary Fund, silly) via self destructing tape or whatever. I can not  understand that time, why  suddenly the tape would blow up or turn into smoke.


Usually at the end of each episode the bad guys realized that they have been conned or have been outdone by the  skillful planning of the I.M.F team.
Peter Graves can no longer accept impossible mission. He will be reporting to the Chief of all Chiefs Up there.He died at the age 83. Today.

Other cast of Mission Impossible were:

1. Greg Morris -the electronics expert. He died in 1996. His son replaced him in the revived Mission Impossible.

2. Peter Lupus, the strong man. He rarely had a talking scene but he was well loved by the women. He posed in the Playgirl mag in 1974, nude.

3. Martin Landau- the disguise expert. He lives in California. He was married to Barbara Bain, also a Mission Impossible actress.They were divorced in 1995.

4 . Barbara Bain- The femme fatale of the mission. She lives in California. Her daughter with Martin Landau is also an actress. She is Juliet Landau, the Drusila in the Buffy, the Vampire Slayer.

Should IM force be caught, the Secretary will disavow...


Ting ting ting ting.(sound track yan).

Pinaysaamerika

Plastikan Galore Part 2 KRIS AQUINO VS RUFFA GUTIERREZ

Dear insansapinas,


The plastikan at the The Buzz never happened as Ruffa Gutierrez did not come back to bid farewell to the viewers on her impending transfer to TV5. Instead, a recorded interview was sent to the program. Luhaan blues na naman. Was there really forgiveness? DUH


And to soften the impact of the "drama" of Ruffa, Kris had to share tears again. Double DUH.


Grabeh talaga gagawin nina Boy Abunda para magrate.


Ito pang Famas errm Famas award ni Kris Aquino. Notice that she did not wear any eye make-up. Baka kasi magmukha siyang zombie pag patuloy ang iyak niya at pahid ng mata.


I am so fed up with her mentioning her sisters advice. Sabi ni...Wala na ba siyang sariling disposition? She could have listened to their advice when she was having illicit relationships with married men.



As a profiler would say,the emotional outburst is not real. The eyebrows never changed, the movement and the eyelids were calculated. Pinipilit pumatak ang luha. 


And please those who fought and died (the students, the laborers and the farmers)during the Marcos regime are the real heroes. Some of the ladies were raped and imprisoned.


So please huwag niyong sabihin ang mga bayani. Nag-iinit ang ulo ko.

What love for the country is she talking about? She wanted to stay in Boston when her dad told them that he was going back to the Philippines.



And please huminto na kayong dalawa pagpapalabas na pareho kayong biktima. 

Grow up girls. you have kids of your own. Matuto naman kayong magmanage ng buhay ninyo. 

Si Juday, iniwanan din ng tatay, pero she never gave an excuse that she is looking for father image and never badmouth anyone.

Halata bang makaJuday. ahehehe 


Pinaysaamerika

Calculator and Cell Phone

Dear insansapinas,
I could not believe that I missed one day blogging. Last Saturday, I went to Staples to buy a calculator. I thought it is already an obsolete gadget, what with the computer and a customized spreadsheet to do the long, tedious computation for me. But then, I have to switch or minimize  windows to use online calc and or process the formula with excel. ( ang bigat pa naman ng bintana namin)  I bought the cheaper model with a 5 dollar price off. I found out from the cashier that I can get the rebate by mailing the receipt and something, something. Ahhhhhhhhh.


I chose the A/C DC. My brother asked me how long can I consume the batteries? Trust me, it would not last long. It is also the type which has a paper tape to print the numbers in case I need to keep a record. Force of habit of being an Accountant. Arghhhhh.


My other reason for choosing a bigger model is because I am used to working with the remote and phone by my side. Sometimes when the phone rings, I PICKED UP THE REMOTE AND SAY HELLAW. (slap forehead, tseh ang tumawa). Then while I was watching my favorite series one late night, I  remembered that it was the final episode of another favorite TV series so I reached for the remote and wondered why the channel is not changing but I can hear the titutitutitu (a sound when you dial the phone). LINTEK, TELEPONO PALA YONG HAWAK KO.


Eh kung idagdag ko pa ang calculator?


CELL  PHONE


When I went home to the Philippines, I planned to bring my disposable prepaid cell phone, only to find out that it won't work back home. There's no worry. Philippines is the land of cell phones where a household has more than one cell phone, from the father to the 4 year old baby and the helps, I can easily borrow one.


Having watched spy series where cell phones can be used as detonator for bombs, am I surprised of this forward mail  by bayi? Naaah.

He wrote: 

Cell phone guns have arrived.  And they are real.
Beneath the digital phone face is a .22 caliber handgun capable of firing four rounds in rapid succession using the standard telephone keypad. European law enforcement officials are stunned by the discovery of these deadly decoys. They say phone guns are changing the rules of engagement in Europe .

Only when you have one in your hand do you realize that they are heavier than a regular cell phone.

When I was working in the cell phone company, we were using the cell phone/two way radio type. They were small but oh boy, they were heavy that I found them very useful as paper weights.

But nothing can beat the first model of cell phones that only people with "money" can afford to buy back in the early 90's. For me, it is also a weapon of destruction. It is bulky and came with a heavier charger. 

Pag binato ka noon tiyak kang  I-see-you in ICU. 

Pinaysaamerika