Finally, just one of my credit cards has its outstanding balance arrived of 55 fils.
Tumambling parin ako kasi bakit may natira pang ganoong amount.
Kelangang bayaran dahil outstanding parin iyan, baka magbayad lang ako ng late payment charges of AED 150.00.
Pero hindi parin tapos ang kalbaryo ko sa linsyuk na credit cards na eto.
Meron pang natitira.
Mahabang panahon pa akong magbabanat ng buto para mabayaran etech.
Ang kailangan lang ngayon ay huwag paaapekto sa mga buy 1 take 1, sales up to 70%.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Against All Odds
Tama nga ba na ang pag-ibig ay "against all odds?"
Tama kayong lahat.
Ang pag-ibig ay walang silbi, walang kwenta at walang kabuhay-buhay kung walang drama.
Ang pag-ibig ay laging labag sa kalooban ng ibang tao lalo na at madrama.
Nagiging makulay ang buhay kung mayroong drama, lalo na pighati, kalungkutan at sakitan.
Sa palagay niyo na walang away ang mag jowang singtamis ng strawberry ang lablayf sa mata ng tao?
Baka nga mas malala pa kung mag-away sila.
Infairness sa lablayf ko, madrama talaga, at ito'y bukas na libro sa nakararami, hindi lang parang bukas na libro kundi bukas na siya, nawawala pa ang cover, pati ibang pahina, pinunit narin para hindi na maibalik ang kwentong di kaaya-aya.
Pero kahit punit na at hindi na makita, nabasa na ng ibang tao, naitatak na sa kanilang mga isipan ang aking lab estori.
Parang Romeo & Juliet, Samson & Delilah, Ennis del mar & Jack Twist.
Ang pag-ibig ay hindi dapat idikta ng ibang tao.
At mas lalong hindi naididikta ng dalawang taong nagmamahalan.
Kung anuman ang dumating, dahil iyon ang dumating.
Kahit anong panlalait o panlilibak ng iba tungkol sa pag-ibig ng dalawang taong nagmamahalan, hanggang doon lang sila.
Hindi nila kailangang sabihin kung ano ang sa tingin nila ang tama.
"Hiwalayan mo na iyan, layasan mo na..."
Kahit gustuhin ng isa na makipaghiwalay kung ayaw naman ng isa.
Iyon nga lang, ang tingin ng ibang tao, masyado lang madrama.
Ang kaibigan ay nandiyan para gabayan at bigyan ng payo...huwag naman iyong nilait na nga, pinabayaan pa... at tingin sa iyo isang basahan na di dapat linisin dahil nakakasira sa kanilang dangal.
Hindi ko hinangad na kaawaan nila, at mas lalong hindi ko inisip na magpakumbaba.
Gawin man nila akong laman sa kuwentuhan, kung doon sila masaya, ok fine.
Eto pa ang matindi, bakit ang mga kaibigan, mas alam pa nila ang nangyayari kesa sa dalawang nagsasama?
Sana lang, sa muling pagbabago, magbago na rin ang kanilang pananaw.
Kumbaga, walang iwanan.
Kumbaga, "a friend in need is a friend indeed".
Huwag mabuweset sa mga nangyayari, bagkus ipakita parin ang iyong suporta kahit abot hanggang sukdulan na ang kabuwesetan sa iyong kaibigan.
Dahil, ang pag-ibig na "against all odds" ay hindi lamang nangyayari sa isang kaibigan, kundi tayong lahat makakaranas ng ganyan.
Malay niyo, mas malala pa pala ang nararanasan niyo, magaling lang kayong magtago.
Tama kayong lahat.
Ang pag-ibig ay walang silbi, walang kwenta at walang kabuhay-buhay kung walang drama.
Ang pag-ibig ay laging labag sa kalooban ng ibang tao lalo na at madrama.
Nagiging makulay ang buhay kung mayroong drama, lalo na pighati, kalungkutan at sakitan.
Sa palagay niyo na walang away ang mag jowang singtamis ng strawberry ang lablayf sa mata ng tao?
Baka nga mas malala pa kung mag-away sila.
Infairness sa lablayf ko, madrama talaga, at ito'y bukas na libro sa nakararami, hindi lang parang bukas na libro kundi bukas na siya, nawawala pa ang cover, pati ibang pahina, pinunit narin para hindi na maibalik ang kwentong di kaaya-aya.
Pero kahit punit na at hindi na makita, nabasa na ng ibang tao, naitatak na sa kanilang mga isipan ang aking lab estori.
Parang Romeo & Juliet, Samson & Delilah, Ennis del mar & Jack Twist.
Ang pag-ibig ay hindi dapat idikta ng ibang tao.
At mas lalong hindi naididikta ng dalawang taong nagmamahalan.
Kung anuman ang dumating, dahil iyon ang dumating.
Kahit anong panlalait o panlilibak ng iba tungkol sa pag-ibig ng dalawang taong nagmamahalan, hanggang doon lang sila.
Hindi nila kailangang sabihin kung ano ang sa tingin nila ang tama.
"Hiwalayan mo na iyan, layasan mo na..."
Kahit gustuhin ng isa na makipaghiwalay kung ayaw naman ng isa.
Iyon nga lang, ang tingin ng ibang tao, masyado lang madrama.
Ang kaibigan ay nandiyan para gabayan at bigyan ng payo...huwag naman iyong nilait na nga, pinabayaan pa... at tingin sa iyo isang basahan na di dapat linisin dahil nakakasira sa kanilang dangal.
Hindi ko hinangad na kaawaan nila, at mas lalong hindi ko inisip na magpakumbaba.
Gawin man nila akong laman sa kuwentuhan, kung doon sila masaya, ok fine.
Eto pa ang matindi, bakit ang mga kaibigan, mas alam pa nila ang nangyayari kesa sa dalawang nagsasama?
Sana lang, sa muling pagbabago, magbago na rin ang kanilang pananaw.
Kumbaga, walang iwanan.
Kumbaga, "a friend in need is a friend indeed".
Huwag mabuweset sa mga nangyayari, bagkus ipakita parin ang iyong suporta kahit abot hanggang sukdulan na ang kabuwesetan sa iyong kaibigan.
Dahil, ang pag-ibig na "against all odds" ay hindi lamang nangyayari sa isang kaibigan, kundi tayong lahat makakaranas ng ganyan.
Malay niyo, mas malala pa pala ang nararanasan niyo, magaling lang kayong magtago.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Aasa pa ba ako?
Remember Jay?
Nagkita ulit kami sa kaarawan ni Princess Urduja.
My friend T’boli picked us up, and of course kasama si Kabit and by 7:00 PM we reached the vicinity of a party.
From gate down to the aisle, bongga ang presentations, may mga sulo, at marami naring visitors na hindi ko kilala.
When I introduced to them, taga Dubai daw sila, mga kabarangay ni Urduja sa Mindanao.
I recognized some of them like Baby rose and Poloy.
But what I care about that night was Jay.
Alam ng lahat na merong namamagitan sa aming dalawa at alam ko ring nararamdaman iyon ni Kabit. But pardon me, wala pang nangyayari sa amin.
In the corner of my eyes, I was staring at Jay. Nakasunod sa akin si kabit kahit saan ako magpunta.
Gusto ko sanang kausapin man lang o batiin pero umiwas narin ako dahil iba ang mangyayari kapag ginawa ko iyon.
Maraming pagkain, bumaha ang alak, pero binagyo sa dami ng mga lalaki.
Nababanaag ko ang tuwang nadarama ni Garampingat, marami na naman siyang mabibiktima.
Para siyang bampira na walang sasantuhin kung sinu man ang gustong kagatin.
Sa gabing iyon, hindi masaya ang ‘man of his life’, patungan ba naman ang lalaki kahit nasa harap iyong lalaki niya.
Well, balik sa akin, I find Jay even gorgeous sa suot niyang green shirt, at clean cut niyang hair. I love green ya know.
Pero wala akong magawa kundi pagmasdan nalang ang kanyang alindog. Meron ba siyang ganun?
Sa tuwing iniaabot niya sa akin ang tagay ko, (oo tagay ito, parang mga tambay sa kanto na nakikipag inuman sa mga sunog-baga), dumadapmi ang kanyang mga daliri sa aking mga kamay.
Hindi ko alam kung pagkakataon lang o sadyang dinadampi niya ito, at sa tuwing dampi, sinasabing…”musta kana mahal ko?” o kaya’y, “ang ganda mo ngayon, mahal ko.”
Pero wala akong naririnig na ganun, o baka masyadong mataas lang ang ilusyon ko sa kanya kaya pati mga titig niya ay binibigyan ko ng kahulugan…ng masamang kahulugan, parang sinasabing..”Bakit kasama mo iyang kabit mong iyan?” “gusto mo bang upakan ko na iyan.”
Pero binibigyan ko lang siya ng masarap kong ngiti na parang sinasabing…”Hayaan mo na mahal ko.”
Lumipas ang mga oras na walang pag-uusap ang nangyari. Titig at dampi lang, ewan ko rin ba kung nakatitig ba sa akin e madalim sa mga oras na iyon.
Grabe talaga ako mag-ilusyon.
O baka naman, ayaw na talaga sa akin dahil sa ako’y may kabit?
Sinabi ko na sa kanya noon na ayoko muna ng gulo, kaya pinangatawanan niyang huwag gumawa ng gulo.
Habang nagkakasiyahan kami, inuman, videoke, napansin ko, nawawala siya.
Naisip ko baka nasa toilet, jumijinggle or worse tumatae.
Ngunit ang nagpakabog ng dibdib ko ay hindi ko rin makita si Princess Urduja.
Napag-alaman ko noon kay Garampingat na gusto rin yata ni Urduja si Jay.
Dumaan ang ilang minuto, hindi ko parin nakikita.
Pinipilit kong maging masaya, para hindi naman mahalata ni kabit na nanginginig ako sa sobrang selos.
Bakit nga pala ako magseselos? E hindi naman kami, diba?
Pero ako, umaasa akong sa pagkawala ni kabit, magiging kami ni Jay.
Ilang minuto ulit ang lumipas, nakita ko narin siya sa wakas.
Lumabas galing sa kwarto ni Urduja.
Nagpapaalam na sila dahil maaga ang pasok kinabukasan.
Ang ikinatulala ko, lumabas din mula sa kuwarto si Urduja.
Ilang minuto ko ring minatyagan kung meron pang lalabas na tao, pero wala na.
Kaya pala kanina.
Naisip ko, baka isang special gift lang ang ibinigay ni Jay sa kaarawan ni Urduja.
Nagkita ulit kami sa kaarawan ni Princess Urduja.
My friend T’boli picked us up, and of course kasama si Kabit and by 7:00 PM we reached the vicinity of a party.
From gate down to the aisle, bongga ang presentations, may mga sulo, at marami naring visitors na hindi ko kilala.
When I introduced to them, taga Dubai daw sila, mga kabarangay ni Urduja sa Mindanao.
I recognized some of them like Baby rose and Poloy.
But what I care about that night was Jay.
Alam ng lahat na merong namamagitan sa aming dalawa at alam ko ring nararamdaman iyon ni Kabit. But pardon me, wala pang nangyayari sa amin.
In the corner of my eyes, I was staring at Jay. Nakasunod sa akin si kabit kahit saan ako magpunta.
Gusto ko sanang kausapin man lang o batiin pero umiwas narin ako dahil iba ang mangyayari kapag ginawa ko iyon.
Maraming pagkain, bumaha ang alak, pero binagyo sa dami ng mga lalaki.
Nababanaag ko ang tuwang nadarama ni Garampingat, marami na naman siyang mabibiktima.
Para siyang bampira na walang sasantuhin kung sinu man ang gustong kagatin.
Sa gabing iyon, hindi masaya ang ‘man of his life’, patungan ba naman ang lalaki kahit nasa harap iyong lalaki niya.
Well, balik sa akin, I find Jay even gorgeous sa suot niyang green shirt, at clean cut niyang hair. I love green ya know.
Pero wala akong magawa kundi pagmasdan nalang ang kanyang alindog. Meron ba siyang ganun?
Sa tuwing iniaabot niya sa akin ang tagay ko, (oo tagay ito, parang mga tambay sa kanto na nakikipag inuman sa mga sunog-baga), dumadapmi ang kanyang mga daliri sa aking mga kamay.
Hindi ko alam kung pagkakataon lang o sadyang dinadampi niya ito, at sa tuwing dampi, sinasabing…”musta kana mahal ko?” o kaya’y, “ang ganda mo ngayon, mahal ko.”
Pero wala akong naririnig na ganun, o baka masyadong mataas lang ang ilusyon ko sa kanya kaya pati mga titig niya ay binibigyan ko ng kahulugan…ng masamang kahulugan, parang sinasabing..”Bakit kasama mo iyang kabit mong iyan?” “gusto mo bang upakan ko na iyan.”
Pero binibigyan ko lang siya ng masarap kong ngiti na parang sinasabing…”Hayaan mo na mahal ko.”
Lumipas ang mga oras na walang pag-uusap ang nangyari. Titig at dampi lang, ewan ko rin ba kung nakatitig ba sa akin e madalim sa mga oras na iyon.
Grabe talaga ako mag-ilusyon.
O baka naman, ayaw na talaga sa akin dahil sa ako’y may kabit?
Sinabi ko na sa kanya noon na ayoko muna ng gulo, kaya pinangatawanan niyang huwag gumawa ng gulo.
Habang nagkakasiyahan kami, inuman, videoke, napansin ko, nawawala siya.
Naisip ko baka nasa toilet, jumijinggle or worse tumatae.
Ngunit ang nagpakabog ng dibdib ko ay hindi ko rin makita si Princess Urduja.
Napag-alaman ko noon kay Garampingat na gusto rin yata ni Urduja si Jay.
Dumaan ang ilang minuto, hindi ko parin nakikita.
Pinipilit kong maging masaya, para hindi naman mahalata ni kabit na nanginginig ako sa sobrang selos.
Bakit nga pala ako magseselos? E hindi naman kami, diba?
Pero ako, umaasa akong sa pagkawala ni kabit, magiging kami ni Jay.
Ilang minuto ulit ang lumipas, nakita ko narin siya sa wakas.
Lumabas galing sa kwarto ni Urduja.
Nagpapaalam na sila dahil maaga ang pasok kinabukasan.
Ang ikinatulala ko, lumabas din mula sa kuwarto si Urduja.
Ilang minuto ko ring minatyagan kung meron pang lalabas na tao, pero wala na.
Kaya pala kanina.
Naisip ko, baka isang special gift lang ang ibinigay ni Jay sa kaarawan ni Urduja.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Retokada
Bakit kailangan pang magparetoke ang magagandang artista?
Maraming mga taga industriya ng pelikula ang dumaan sa kamay ni doctor para mas lalong maganda, mas lalong kaaya-aya.
Huwag na nating isali yaong mga boldstar kasi hanggang doon nalang sila.
Maniniwala ba kayong si GMA ay hindi pinalampas ang breast augmentation?
Ayon lang din ito sa aking mga kaibigan na walang ginawa kundi pakialaman ang buhay ng iba.
Ako rin nakikialam, pakialamero din ako sa madaling sabi.
Maraming dapat na magparetoke sa mga artista pero di ko mawari na sila pang nabiyayaan ng kagandahan ay gustong baguhin o sa madaling sabi gusto nilang sirain ang maganda na nilang mukha.
Sinu-sino ba ang may karapatang magparetoke?
Mahal, Joy Viado, Beverly Salviejo, isama narin natin ang mga reyna ng kwela na sina Ai-ai delas Alas at Eugene Domingo, at marami pang iba.
Huwag kalimutan si Chocolate, Philip Lazaro, Allan K, Enday Garutay, Roderick Paulate, at isama narin natin is Mike Enriquez.
Ngunit hindi nila nagawang baguhin ang kanilang mga mukha dahil iyon ang nagbibigay ng pera sa kanila.
Pero sa makikita niyo ngayon, kailangan pa ba nilang magdagdag-bawas ng mukha or kung ano man ang dumaan sa kamay ni doc?
Gretchen Barreto:
What, in her face has been removed, enhanced? She is one of the most beautiful faces in Philippine cinema. Hindi ko rin alam kung saan sa mukha ang naretoke.
Meron pa bang kailangang baguhin? O baka naman marami lang siyang pera at di niya alam kung saan ilalaan.
Tinaguriang Satan’s Mistress. Kabit ng isang bilyonaryong negosyante ng Pilipinas.
Laging laman ng kontrobersiyal. Isa na doon ang pakikipaghalikan niya kay John Estrada na isa ring artista.
Katulad ko, hindi halata na may nabago sa mukha ko, parang natural lang.
Pops Fernandez:
Obvious naman na merong nabago sa mukha niya, I mean sa bibig niya.
Tinaguriang Angelina Jolie, ang bibig lang.
Kasi sa pagkakaalam ko ako ang original na Angelina Jolie ng Pilipinas.
Dahil sa braces ko kaya nagmumukha akong si America Ferrera ng Ugly Betty, pero maganda parin naman.
Ang hindi ko lang din mawari hanggang ngayon, tinawag siyang Concert Queen.
Sa totoo lang wala akong matandaang awitin ni Pops, dahil sa hindi ko rin gusto ang boses niya.
Eva Eugenio:
Pati ba naman siya, nakisama narin?
Tinaguriang Karen Capenters. Gusto ko rin naman si Eva, lalo na iyong mga musika niyang magandang pakinggan pag nasa bukid ka, kasama ang mga kalabaw, kambing, manok at mga kulisap.
Kung meron mang nabago sa mukha niya, kailangan siguro para sa international album niya na ewan ko kung natuloy ng irelease.
Parang ako, tinaguriang Hayok ng Videoke.
Bakit ganun ang titulong ibinigay? Hindi Queen of songs? Or Princess of Videoke?
Marami lang kasing mga naiinggit sa boses ko kasi kaya kung bumirit… bumirit pababa.
Nora Aunor:
Nakakagulat, nakakawendang, nakaka OMG ang ginawang rebelasyon ni Ate Guy.
E, bakit ba kasi Guy ang tawag kay Nora Aunor e hindi naman siya lalaki?
La Aunor used to sell cold water by the railroad tracks of Iriga City before becoming the grand champion of Tawag ng Tanghalan (Hagdanan sa Kabituunan in Bicol, meaning, Stairs to Stardom) then the most popular national amateur singing contest in the Philippines in 1967.
She is the only movie actress to receive the Centennial Honor for the Arts awarded by the Cultural Center of the Philippines in 1999, thus naming her Actress of the Century.
She is the first Filipino actress to win an International acting award in a MAJOR Film Festival (Cairo 1995 for the movie "The Flor Contemplacion Story") and the most number of best actress wins and nominations in a Major International awards (Cairo 1995, East Asia 1997, Brussels 2004), and nominations (Berlin 1983, Singapore 1997, Cairo 1999, Singapore 1999). She is the first and only Filipino actress to receive Certificate of Honors (Cannes 1981 and Berlin 1983.
Pero sa paglipas ng panahon, lumilipas din ang kasikatan, pero hindi kay La aunor.
Sa lahat ng mga nabanggit, si La Aunor lang ang may karapatan, hindi ko naman sinasabing panget siya.
Ang pagpaparetoke ay hindi nangangahulugan ng kalausan kundi hanggang sa ngayon mayroon paring naniniwala sa kanyang kakayahan, mayroon paring nagtitiwala.
Katulad ko, sa paglipas ng panahon, nakatatak na sa puso ng bawat kakilala ko ang tunay na ako, retokado man ako o hindi, pero hindi mareretoke ang akong pagkatao.
Maniniwala ba kayong pati si Evangeline Pascual ang dating Miss World First Runner Up 1973, para daw laging mukhang galit.
Si Nancy Castigleone, naging kamukha narin ni MJ, at inamin niyang pina enhance niya ang kanyang ilong.
Si Madame Auring, hindi na kagimbal-gimbal iyon, nauna pa yata siyang nagparetoke sa kanilang lahat.
Maraming mga taga industriya ng pelikula ang dumaan sa kamay ni doctor para mas lalong maganda, mas lalong kaaya-aya.
Huwag na nating isali yaong mga boldstar kasi hanggang doon nalang sila.
Maniniwala ba kayong si GMA ay hindi pinalampas ang breast augmentation?
Ayon lang din ito sa aking mga kaibigan na walang ginawa kundi pakialaman ang buhay ng iba.
Ako rin nakikialam, pakialamero din ako sa madaling sabi.
Maraming dapat na magparetoke sa mga artista pero di ko mawari na sila pang nabiyayaan ng kagandahan ay gustong baguhin o sa madaling sabi gusto nilang sirain ang maganda na nilang mukha.
Sinu-sino ba ang may karapatang magparetoke?
Mahal, Joy Viado, Beverly Salviejo, isama narin natin ang mga reyna ng kwela na sina Ai-ai delas Alas at Eugene Domingo, at marami pang iba.
Huwag kalimutan si Chocolate, Philip Lazaro, Allan K, Enday Garutay, Roderick Paulate, at isama narin natin is Mike Enriquez.
Ngunit hindi nila nagawang baguhin ang kanilang mga mukha dahil iyon ang nagbibigay ng pera sa kanila.
Pero sa makikita niyo ngayon, kailangan pa ba nilang magdagdag-bawas ng mukha or kung ano man ang dumaan sa kamay ni doc?
Gretchen Barreto:
What, in her face has been removed, enhanced? She is one of the most beautiful faces in Philippine cinema. Hindi ko rin alam kung saan sa mukha ang naretoke.
Meron pa bang kailangang baguhin? O baka naman marami lang siyang pera at di niya alam kung saan ilalaan.
Tinaguriang Satan’s Mistress. Kabit ng isang bilyonaryong negosyante ng Pilipinas.
Laging laman ng kontrobersiyal. Isa na doon ang pakikipaghalikan niya kay John Estrada na isa ring artista.
Katulad ko, hindi halata na may nabago sa mukha ko, parang natural lang.
Pops Fernandez:
Obvious naman na merong nabago sa mukha niya, I mean sa bibig niya.
Tinaguriang Angelina Jolie, ang bibig lang.
Kasi sa pagkakaalam ko ako ang original na Angelina Jolie ng Pilipinas.
Dahil sa braces ko kaya nagmumukha akong si America Ferrera ng Ugly Betty, pero maganda parin naman.
Ang hindi ko lang din mawari hanggang ngayon, tinawag siyang Concert Queen.
Sa totoo lang wala akong matandaang awitin ni Pops, dahil sa hindi ko rin gusto ang boses niya.
Eva Eugenio:
Pati ba naman siya, nakisama narin?
Tinaguriang Karen Capenters. Gusto ko rin naman si Eva, lalo na iyong mga musika niyang magandang pakinggan pag nasa bukid ka, kasama ang mga kalabaw, kambing, manok at mga kulisap.
Kung meron mang nabago sa mukha niya, kailangan siguro para sa international album niya na ewan ko kung natuloy ng irelease.
Parang ako, tinaguriang Hayok ng Videoke.
Bakit ganun ang titulong ibinigay? Hindi Queen of songs? Or Princess of Videoke?
Marami lang kasing mga naiinggit sa boses ko kasi kaya kung bumirit… bumirit pababa.
Nora Aunor:
Nakakagulat, nakakawendang, nakaka OMG ang ginawang rebelasyon ni Ate Guy.
E, bakit ba kasi Guy ang tawag kay Nora Aunor e hindi naman siya lalaki?
La Aunor used to sell cold water by the railroad tracks of Iriga City before becoming the grand champion of Tawag ng Tanghalan (Hagdanan sa Kabituunan in Bicol, meaning, Stairs to Stardom) then the most popular national amateur singing contest in the Philippines in 1967.
She is the only movie actress to receive the Centennial Honor for the Arts awarded by the Cultural Center of the Philippines in 1999, thus naming her Actress of the Century.
She is the first Filipino actress to win an International acting award in a MAJOR Film Festival (Cairo 1995 for the movie "The Flor Contemplacion Story") and the most number of best actress wins and nominations in a Major International awards (Cairo 1995, East Asia 1997, Brussels 2004), and nominations (Berlin 1983, Singapore 1997, Cairo 1999, Singapore 1999). She is the first and only Filipino actress to receive Certificate of Honors (Cannes 1981 and Berlin 1983.
Pero sa paglipas ng panahon, lumilipas din ang kasikatan, pero hindi kay La aunor.
Sa lahat ng mga nabanggit, si La Aunor lang ang may karapatan, hindi ko naman sinasabing panget siya.
Ang pagpaparetoke ay hindi nangangahulugan ng kalausan kundi hanggang sa ngayon mayroon paring naniniwala sa kanyang kakayahan, mayroon paring nagtitiwala.
Katulad ko, sa paglipas ng panahon, nakatatak na sa puso ng bawat kakilala ko ang tunay na ako, retokado man ako o hindi, pero hindi mareretoke ang akong pagkatao.
Maniniwala ba kayong pati si Evangeline Pascual ang dating Miss World First Runner Up 1973, para daw laging mukhang galit.
Si Nancy Castigleone, naging kamukha narin ni MJ, at inamin niyang pina enhance niya ang kanyang ilong.
Si Madame Auring, hindi na kagimbal-gimbal iyon, nauna pa yata siyang nagparetoke sa kanilang lahat.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
One Dies, 13 Seriously Hurt In RAK Accident
RAS AL KHAIMAH — A 40-year-old Pakistani worker, Abdul Salam, died on the spot and 13 others sustained serious to moderate injuries when a heavy truck rammed their bus on the Al Luwaei Street on Saturday as they were heading for work.
A source from the Traffic and Licensing Department in Ras Al Khaimah said the 25-year-old Asian driver of the bus did not stop for the coming traffic as he joined the main road.
The bus, which was transporting labourers of different Asian nationalities to their workplace, then collided with the heavy truck.
Five labourers sustained severe injuries and eight sustained both minor to moderate injuries. All the labourers in the bus are employees of a Construction Company in Ras Al Khaimah.
The Police and ambulances rushed to the scene after receiving the information and carried all the victims including the bus driver to the hospital for treatment. The truck driver was unhurt in the mishap.
A source from the Traffic and Licensing Department in Ras Al Khaimah said the 25-year-old Asian driver of the bus did not stop for the coming traffic as he joined the main road.
The bus, which was transporting labourers of different Asian nationalities to their workplace, then collided with the heavy truck.
Five labourers sustained severe injuries and eight sustained both minor to moderate injuries. All the labourers in the bus are employees of a Construction Company in Ras Al Khaimah.
The Police and ambulances rushed to the scene after receiving the information and carried all the victims including the bus driver to the hospital for treatment. The truck driver was unhurt in the mishap.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Kawawa nga ba?
Kawawa ba talaga ang mga bakla?
Para sa akin depende siguro kung saan ipinanganak ang bakla.
Kung sa probinsiya ng mga relihiyoso at araw-araw may 3:00 oclock habit at novena pagdating ng alas-sais, kelangan present ka sa pagsimba tuwing linggo, ang tingin sayo, kelangan mo ng meditation, prayer rally at malaking himala.
Kapag ang batang paslit ay kinakitaan ng pagiging bakla, pinagagalitan, binibigyan ng mga laruang panlalaki, at higit sa lahat laging may suot na rosaryo.
Kawawa diba?
Kapag may mga activities sa school tulad ng folk dance, interpretative dance, monologue, at stage play, hindi nawawala ang mga batang bakla.
Madali silang matuto, at nagiging kaaya-aya ang palabas.
Kawawa ba sila?
May kilala akong batang bakla noon sa probinsiya namin, laging kasali sa sayawan sa school, minsan kumakanta rin dahil may angking ganda ang boses. Laging kasali sa honor roll.
Natutuwa ang mga magulang dahil sikat ang anak nila sa school at sa kalsada.
Kawawa ba siya?
Ngunit ng umalis sa lugar namin at sa pagbalik niya, isa na siyang dalagang pilipina. Mahaba ang buhok, may kulay ang mukha, mataas ang takong ng sapatos.
Gulat at panlilibak ang makikita sa mga mukha ng mga tao. Pati ang paring bagito sa lugar namin, kinausap ang bakla na bawal siyang pumasok sa simbahan ng nakablouse at palda.
Kawawa diba?
Kapag naglalakad sa daan, sumisigaw ang mga bata…”bakla….bakla…bakla…”
At magtatawanan ang mga matatanda.
Kawawa ba?
Dati ROTC ang tawag sa kolehiyo, kapag bakla ka, gagawin kang katatawanan ng mga kadete.
Dahil sa bakla ka at malamya, gagawin kang medic o tagabuhat ng mga hinihimatay, taga-abot ng tubig sa mga officers, at tagabili narin ng pagkain nila.
Kawawa diba?
Magagaling din ang mga bakla sa larangan ng akademiya, laging nangununa sa dean’s lists, honor lists at president’s lists.
Kapag may Miss Gay sa siyudad, pinapalakpakan, hinahangaan, nirerespito.
Kawawa ba?
Ang probinsiyanang bakla, hindi kailan man ipapakilala ng boyfriend niya sa mga kaibigan kahit ituring na lang na kaibigan.
At mas lalong ayaw na makita sila ng ibang tao na magkasama.
Kawawa ba siya?
Kapag walang iniabot na pera ang probinsiyanang bakla, asahan mo kinabukasan, wala na siyang jowa.
Kawawa diba?
E kung ang batang paslit na bakla ipinanganak sa Maynila?
Magiging kawawa ba siya?
Palagay ko, kawawa rin naman.
Dumiritso na tayo sa baklang matanda na.
Kapag ang trabaho niya ay parlorista, maraming maaakit sa kanyang ganda, sa suot na damit, sa bango ng kanyang pabango, sa kulay ng buhok, at hugis ng kanyang kilay.
Pero mas kaakit-akit ang bango at ganda ng iyong pera, kahit batang ligaw mapapabighani sa iyong kariktan.
Hindi mo mararanasan ang tunay na pagmamahal.
Kawawa diba?
Ngunit iba na ang uso ngayon, kung gusto mo ng may magmamahal sa iyo na walang kapalit, kahit blackberry, magpakalalaki ka.
Nauso na ngayon ang salitang “pamenta”.
Kapag hindi ka mukhang lalaki, walang magkakagusto sayo, na isang ring nag-aastang lalaki.
Diba kawawa sila?
Kahit anong anggulo, kahit saang aspeto, laging kawawa ang mga bakla.
Ang ibang bakla, kung ituring ng mga lalaki ay isang diyosa, pero kapalit naman ang magarbong pamumuhay.
May sustento mula nanay at tatay ng lalaki, hanggang sa mga pinsan, pamangkin at kahit kakilala lang.
Meron din namang minamahal ng mga lalaki, pero sa araw na nakahanap ng babae, pipiliin ka pa ba?
Pero ang mas masaklap, kahit alam mong may babae na o baka buntis na o di kaya’y may anak na, lumalapit parin saiyo at sasabihing “mahal parin kita.”
Ang alin ang mahal? Ang bigas? Ang gatas?
Kaya naman kawawa nga ang mga bakla.
Para sa akin depende siguro kung saan ipinanganak ang bakla.
Kung sa probinsiya ng mga relihiyoso at araw-araw may 3:00 oclock habit at novena pagdating ng alas-sais, kelangan present ka sa pagsimba tuwing linggo, ang tingin sayo, kelangan mo ng meditation, prayer rally at malaking himala.
Kapag ang batang paslit ay kinakitaan ng pagiging bakla, pinagagalitan, binibigyan ng mga laruang panlalaki, at higit sa lahat laging may suot na rosaryo.
Kawawa diba?
Kapag may mga activities sa school tulad ng folk dance, interpretative dance, monologue, at stage play, hindi nawawala ang mga batang bakla.
Madali silang matuto, at nagiging kaaya-aya ang palabas.
Kawawa ba sila?
May kilala akong batang bakla noon sa probinsiya namin, laging kasali sa sayawan sa school, minsan kumakanta rin dahil may angking ganda ang boses. Laging kasali sa honor roll.
Natutuwa ang mga magulang dahil sikat ang anak nila sa school at sa kalsada.
Kawawa ba siya?
Ngunit ng umalis sa lugar namin at sa pagbalik niya, isa na siyang dalagang pilipina. Mahaba ang buhok, may kulay ang mukha, mataas ang takong ng sapatos.
Gulat at panlilibak ang makikita sa mga mukha ng mga tao. Pati ang paring bagito sa lugar namin, kinausap ang bakla na bawal siyang pumasok sa simbahan ng nakablouse at palda.
Kawawa diba?
Kapag naglalakad sa daan, sumisigaw ang mga bata…”bakla….bakla…bakla…”
At magtatawanan ang mga matatanda.
Kawawa ba?
Dati ROTC ang tawag sa kolehiyo, kapag bakla ka, gagawin kang katatawanan ng mga kadete.
Dahil sa bakla ka at malamya, gagawin kang medic o tagabuhat ng mga hinihimatay, taga-abot ng tubig sa mga officers, at tagabili narin ng pagkain nila.
Kawawa diba?
Magagaling din ang mga bakla sa larangan ng akademiya, laging nangununa sa dean’s lists, honor lists at president’s lists.
Kapag may Miss Gay sa siyudad, pinapalakpakan, hinahangaan, nirerespito.
Kawawa ba?
Ang probinsiyanang bakla, hindi kailan man ipapakilala ng boyfriend niya sa mga kaibigan kahit ituring na lang na kaibigan.
At mas lalong ayaw na makita sila ng ibang tao na magkasama.
Kawawa ba siya?
Kapag walang iniabot na pera ang probinsiyanang bakla, asahan mo kinabukasan, wala na siyang jowa.
Kawawa diba?
E kung ang batang paslit na bakla ipinanganak sa Maynila?
Magiging kawawa ba siya?
Palagay ko, kawawa rin naman.
Dumiritso na tayo sa baklang matanda na.
Kapag ang trabaho niya ay parlorista, maraming maaakit sa kanyang ganda, sa suot na damit, sa bango ng kanyang pabango, sa kulay ng buhok, at hugis ng kanyang kilay.
Pero mas kaakit-akit ang bango at ganda ng iyong pera, kahit batang ligaw mapapabighani sa iyong kariktan.
Hindi mo mararanasan ang tunay na pagmamahal.
Kawawa diba?
Ngunit iba na ang uso ngayon, kung gusto mo ng may magmamahal sa iyo na walang kapalit, kahit blackberry, magpakalalaki ka.
Nauso na ngayon ang salitang “pamenta”.
Kapag hindi ka mukhang lalaki, walang magkakagusto sayo, na isang ring nag-aastang lalaki.
Diba kawawa sila?
Kahit anong anggulo, kahit saang aspeto, laging kawawa ang mga bakla.
Ang ibang bakla, kung ituring ng mga lalaki ay isang diyosa, pero kapalit naman ang magarbong pamumuhay.
May sustento mula nanay at tatay ng lalaki, hanggang sa mga pinsan, pamangkin at kahit kakilala lang.
Meron din namang minamahal ng mga lalaki, pero sa araw na nakahanap ng babae, pipiliin ka pa ba?
Pero ang mas masaklap, kahit alam mong may babae na o baka buntis na o di kaya’y may anak na, lumalapit parin saiyo at sasabihing “mahal parin kita.”
Ang alin ang mahal? Ang bigas? Ang gatas?
Kaya naman kawawa nga ang mga bakla.
Pacquiao’s toughest fight is in the political ring
His latest victory over Joshua Clottey now in the books, the 31-year-old Filipino Manny Pacquiao faces a much tougher fight in the political ring.
Pacquiao dominated Clottey on Saturday is hoping to make the transition from boxer to politician when he begins campaigning next month for a congressional seat in the Philippine national election.
If elected on May 10, he would preside over a poverty-stricken province of Saranggani on the southern island of Mindanao.
Pacquiao is considered the greatest pound-for-pound boxer in the world but he has his work cut out for him in the political theatre. He ran for Congress in 2007 but failed to get elected.
“I am going to take a one week rest and go back to the Philippines and start campaigning for my political career,” Pacquiao said Saturday after beating Clottey by a unanimous 12-round decision at Cowboys Stadium. “I want to help the people especially in my place.”
Ask when he would fight again, Pacquiao said, “I don’t know. I am going to decide that after the elections.”
I am sorry
“Sorry seems to be the hardest word” but for him it’s so easy to say I’m sorry.
If someone confronted you, your shield is denials, kapag nasukol ka, walang ibang gawin kundi aminin ang kasalanan at mag-sorry.
Ganun lang ba kadali ang magsabi ng sorry?
Pero paano mo maibabalik ang tiwala ng isang tao kung paulit-ulit mo ng ginagawa ito sa kanya?
Hindi ko akalain na magagawa pala ito sa akin.
Nakakahiya para sa kaibigan ko ang ginawa niya.
Nong una, hindi sa binalewala ko, but I asked him to begged her and say sorry for what he did to her. She is my friend.
Second, kelan ko lang nalaman, siguro sa guilt narin ng isa ko pang friend, kaya sinabi na niya ang ginawa sa kanya.
I was shocked, but never felt jealous nor mad to my friend.
She told me exactly what he said to her, and to make me believed, pinakita sa akin ang mga text niya sa kanya.
That was valentines day this year. Sariwa pa.
Umuwi akong hindi nagpapahalata. Kumain, nanood ng tv at natulog ng hindi ko siya kino-confront.
Pero kinabukasan, di ko na napigilan ang sarili ko.
Sinabi ko na ang lahat ng nalaman ko, noong una, he denied everything.
Pero pag alam niyang mali siya at nasusukol na siya, hindi na siya umiimik.
Nagpaliwanag siya, sinisisi pa ako kung bakit niya nagawa iyon.
Pero huli na, sinira na niya ang tiwala ko sa kanya, nawala na ng tuluyan ang kakarampot kong naramdaman.
I told him its getting over between us.
Pero hindi madali sa kanya na basta nalang mangyari ang gusto kong mangyari.
Hindi ko alam kung ano pa ang kayang niyang gawin.
Basta ako, ayoko na.
Kahit mahirap sabihin, kahit mahirap bigkasin… I said, ‘SORRY’ nalang.
Monday, March 15, 2010
Kapag Inlove Ka
In love ang ate ko.
Bihira lang kaming magkita at magkasama, at paminsan-minsan lang kaming nag-uusap sa phone or chat.
Last Saturday night, I invited him for a dinner in my new place.
Abot-tanaw lang ang pinapasukan niya sa gusaling tinitirhan ko.
I prepared pritong galunggong, at paksiw na mackerel na nilagyan ko ng talong.
Ilang linggo narin akong hindi nakakakain ng isda, laging de-lata at noodles.
Habang kumakain kami, kinukwento niya ang kanyang lovelife.
In love na naman ang ate, sa taong minsan lang niyang nakilala at nakausap.
Pero ayon sa kanya, mabait at maalalahanin. He believes in "love at first sight".
Minsan ko rin lang nakita ang lalaking iyon.
Masaya ang ate habang nagkukuwento, may kilig pa at minsan napapahagikhik kapag naaalala ang mga gabing naglunoy sila sa sarap at tuwa.
Ang payo ko lang sa kanya, huwag magpakalunod sa pag-ibig, unahin parin ang sarili, at huwag magli-live in.
Marami akong gustong ikwento tungkol sa buhay niya pero hindi pa lumalabas ang pagiging nobelista ko.
Basta ang masasabi ko lang, kahit bihira lang kaming magkita, bihira lang kaming mag-usap, maganda naman ang pakikitungo niya sa akin, magaling naman siyang makihalubilo sa karamihan.
Iyon nga lang, takaw-pansin ang ganda niya, dahil siya ay naiib, mestiza chinita. Pero ako walang halong inggit.
Tawagin nalang natin siya sa pangalang Doktora Ligaya.
Go girl, para sa iyong kaligayahan, suportahan taka.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
complicated
I've been inlove so many times, but this time, its complicated.
I loved him... I love him no more.
He loved me... and he love me still.
I loved him... I love him no more.
He loved me... and he love me still.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
False Alarm
Bigla akong nanlanta, parang lalagnatin, nawalan ng imik, at gusto ko na lang maglaho sa mga oras na iyon.
I felt very bad about the truth that he will be staying with me for another 99 days, but i dont know when to start.
Akala ko, matitiis ko na hanggang katapusan ng buwang ito.
It can never be a companionship nor love.
Everything is fading away. I dont feel any love at all, kahit gigil man lang.
Can't he felt that I dont see him as lovely anymore?
Bigla akong nawalan ng ganang sumama sa kanya sa Kuwaiti road para puntahan ang isang bagay na dapat niyang puntahan.
Nakabihis na ako pero nakahilata lang ako sa kama, nakapikit, mariin.
I wished I could turn back the time. I wished I could start again from scratch. I wished it could be September 4, 2007.
I felt very bad about the truth that he will be staying with me for another 99 days, but i dont know when to start.
Akala ko, matitiis ko na hanggang katapusan ng buwang ito.
It can never be a companionship nor love.
Everything is fading away. I dont feel any love at all, kahit gigil man lang.
Can't he felt that I dont see him as lovely anymore?
Bigla akong nawalan ng ganang sumama sa kanya sa Kuwaiti road para puntahan ang isang bagay na dapat niyang puntahan.
Nakabihis na ako pero nakahilata lang ako sa kama, nakapikit, mariin.
I wished I could turn back the time. I wished I could start again from scratch. I wished it could be September 4, 2007.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Sine irita
Wala akong magawa sa office kahapon kaya umuwi muna ako sa bahay.
Bigla kong naisip na tingnan sa internet kung ano ang showing na movies.
Available parin ang "Percy Jackson, The Lightning Thieft", next shows will start at around 2:40 pm, and t'was 2:25 pm.
Tinawagan ko si Garampingat if he likes to watch the movie, pero walang sagot, I dont know if he was in his work or sa bahay at me lalaki na naman, or ganun talaga iyon pag feel niyang hindi sagutin ang tawag.
I striked my phone keypad to inform kabit, at nalaman ko lang ang reply niya after ng palabas.
Ulan: " Nood ako ng movie kasi last day ng lightning thief, 2:40 ang simula, wala ng panggabi na sked."
Kabit: "No problem kahit hindi kana lumabas jan. Paglabas mo lipat ka pa sa ibang palabas, no problem. Enjoy hanggat meron pa."
Nagpanting ang tenga ko, namula ang pisngi ko, kumulo ang dugo ko, nag-init ang pakiramdam ko.
Hindi ko gusto ang sagot ni kabit.
Ulan: "Kung gusto mo di nalang ako uuwi hanggat nandito ka, doon nalang muna ako sa loob. Ok ba iyong boy ungas?"
Kabit: "Hay naku, kaawaan ka ng diyos."
Mag-aalas singko palang kaya dumiritso na muna ako sa office, naisip ko, bukas pa ang ilaw ang PC ko dun.
Dahil narin sa imbyerna ko kay kabit. nagbasa na muna ako ng facebook, ng blogs ko na hanggang ngayon ako lang ang si garampingat ang masugid na tagasunod.
Ilang beses siyang tumawag pero di ko sinasagot, sa mobile ko at pati sa landline ng office ko.
Siguro nawari niya galit na nman si waray.
Dalawang oras din ako sa office bago umuwi ng bahay, its a walking distance lang, 1 minute kung tatakbo-lakad, 3 minutes kung normal walk. 5 minutes kung may kasamang emote at fashion show...
Nakabantay na pala sa baba si kabit.
Hindi makuhang magalit dahil nakita niyang nakalamukos ang mukha ko, at wala siyang karapatang magalit.
Bigla kong naisip na tingnan sa internet kung ano ang showing na movies.
Available parin ang "Percy Jackson, The Lightning Thieft", next shows will start at around 2:40 pm, and t'was 2:25 pm.
Tinawagan ko si Garampingat if he likes to watch the movie, pero walang sagot, I dont know if he was in his work or sa bahay at me lalaki na naman, or ganun talaga iyon pag feel niyang hindi sagutin ang tawag.
I striked my phone keypad to inform kabit, at nalaman ko lang ang reply niya after ng palabas.
Ulan: " Nood ako ng movie kasi last day ng lightning thief, 2:40 ang simula, wala ng panggabi na sked."
Kabit: "No problem kahit hindi kana lumabas jan. Paglabas mo lipat ka pa sa ibang palabas, no problem. Enjoy hanggat meron pa."
Nagpanting ang tenga ko, namula ang pisngi ko, kumulo ang dugo ko, nag-init ang pakiramdam ko.
Hindi ko gusto ang sagot ni kabit.
Ulan: "Kung gusto mo di nalang ako uuwi hanggat nandito ka, doon nalang muna ako sa loob. Ok ba iyong boy ungas?"
Kabit: "Hay naku, kaawaan ka ng diyos."
Mag-aalas singko palang kaya dumiritso na muna ako sa office, naisip ko, bukas pa ang ilaw ang PC ko dun.
Dahil narin sa imbyerna ko kay kabit. nagbasa na muna ako ng facebook, ng blogs ko na hanggang ngayon ako lang ang si garampingat ang masugid na tagasunod.
Ilang beses siyang tumawag pero di ko sinasagot, sa mobile ko at pati sa landline ng office ko.
Siguro nawari niya galit na nman si waray.
Dalawang oras din ako sa office bago umuwi ng bahay, its a walking distance lang, 1 minute kung tatakbo-lakad, 3 minutes kung normal walk. 5 minutes kung may kasamang emote at fashion show...
Nakabantay na pala sa baba si kabit.
Hindi makuhang magalit dahil nakita niyang nakalamukos ang mukha ko, at wala siyang karapatang magalit.
Youngster Dies as Speeding Car Flips in RAK
RAS AL KHAIMAH — A 23-year-old Emirati man died on the spot after his car flipped several times on Shukah Road in Manaie area in the southern Ras Al Khaimah on Monday evening.
A senior officer at the Traffic and Licensing Department in Ras Al Khaimah said the youngster, identified as Khalifah Abdullah, lost control over the car due to speeding. The vehicle rolled several times before landing in the middle of the road, killing him on the spot.
The Police and Civil Defence personnel rushed to the scene and removed the body after cutting open the badly damaged car using hydraulic cutters.
The body was taken to Saqr Hospital.
The accident caused heavy traffic jam on the road which was already full with motorists returning home after work.
The police urged the motorists, especially youths, to always drive carefully and stop speeding to reduce road accidents.
A senior officer at the Traffic and Licensing Department in Ras Al Khaimah said the youngster, identified as Khalifah Abdullah, lost control over the car due to speeding. The vehicle rolled several times before landing in the middle of the road, killing him on the spot.
The Police and Civil Defence personnel rushed to the scene and removed the body after cutting open the badly damaged car using hydraulic cutters.
The body was taken to Saqr Hospital.
The accident caused heavy traffic jam on the road which was already full with motorists returning home after work.
The police urged the motorists, especially youths, to always drive carefully and stop speeding to reduce road accidents.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Avatar
I hate war movies.
I love fantasy, horror or comedy.
Kaya hindi ako masaya na hindi nanalo ang Avatar ni James in Best director, at Best Pictures.
Napanood ko ang The Hurt Lockers. Mukhang boring...
I love fantasy, horror or comedy.
Kaya hindi ako masaya na hindi nanalo ang Avatar ni James in Best director, at Best Pictures.
Napanood ko ang The Hurt Lockers. Mukhang boring...
Monday, March 8, 2010
Gasul sa RAK
RAS AL KHAIMAH — The Department of Economic Development in Ras Al Khaimah (DED) on Sunday issued the price list of cooking gas cylinders for the month of March, maintaining the price of a standard 22kg gas cylinder at Dh90.
The price of an 11kg gas cylinder remained fixed at Dh45, while the 44kg cylinder will be sold for Dh180.
Ahmed Ali Al Buroush, who heads the Consumer Protection Department at DED, said the prices of cooking gas cylinders have been decided after the department held their monthly meeting with representatives of gas companies and distributors in the emirate.
He noted that despite receiving several complaints from some consumers about the high prices of cooking gas, the department has made no alterations in this month’s gas prices as the international prices of gas are still high and the department has got no control over this, since gas prices are determined by free markets.
Al Buroush has however noted that department will continue to monitor gas prices to ensure stability in prices of gas cylinders and to make sure that no further hikes are made as they are keen on protecting the consumers’ interests.
There has been no increase in the prices of cooking gas cylinders since the beginning of this year but scores of residents have been complaining that the current prices are very high and unaffordable for many of them.
(adapted from Khaleej times)
The price of an 11kg gas cylinder remained fixed at Dh45, while the 44kg cylinder will be sold for Dh180.
Ahmed Ali Al Buroush, who heads the Consumer Protection Department at DED, said the prices of cooking gas cylinders have been decided after the department held their monthly meeting with representatives of gas companies and distributors in the emirate.
He noted that despite receiving several complaints from some consumers about the high prices of cooking gas, the department has made no alterations in this month’s gas prices as the international prices of gas are still high and the department has got no control over this, since gas prices are determined by free markets.
Al Buroush has however noted that department will continue to monitor gas prices to ensure stability in prices of gas cylinders and to make sure that no further hikes are made as they are keen on protecting the consumers’ interests.
There has been no increase in the prices of cooking gas cylinders since the beginning of this year but scores of residents have been complaining that the current prices are very high and unaffordable for many of them.
(adapted from Khaleej times)
Oscar Awards Night
3.30am (UAE time)
James Cameron’s wife Suzy Amis wore a blue dress designed by a school she sponsors, while Cameron himself sported a blue silk pocket square in his suit in apparent tribute to the Na’Avi, the blue race of aliens he created in Avatar.
The director, whose film is up for nine Academy Awards, including best picture, said he had nothing to lose. We’ve been nominated with nine, I look at it as a celebration of what we do as movie makers.
“When people see a movie once it’s a tribute to the marketing campaign. When they see it twice it means they’ve been moved and as a director that’s what matters. There’s nothing to lose. “
3.45am
Mo’Nique, in a crisscross, drape blue dress, declined to show her legs on the red carpet this year, but said she was just enjoying her time in the limelight. The comedienne is up for best supporting actress for her role as an abusive mother in Precious.
“I just want to remember the moment,” she said. She’ll soon be touring the US.
“It is the Mo’Nique spread the love tour. All we wanna do it bring the love.”
4.05am
Sandra Bullock stood out from a sea of maroon in a silver-grey shimmering re-embroidered lace, cap sleeve dress.
“I was trying to find the calming element today,” she said. “I’ve met so many people. We’re all in this crazy business. Most of them are so down to earth. I’ve had such a sweet time.”
Nominated for best actress, the people’s favourite said she was relaxed on the night. Perhaps collecting her Razzie for worst actress on Saturday had calmed her nerves.
“I’m relaxed now. What can go wrong,? Well, lots but there’s nothing you can do about it. There’s no competition, you have to release how lucky we are.”
4.30am
In a tight silver-grey dress, best-director nominee Kathryn Bigelow, up for Iraq-War drama The Hurt Locker, wished her fellow nominees the best – including her ex-husband, James Cameron.
“I wish him well. I’m so excited to be here.”
Like the star of her film Jeremy Renner, she had a shout out for US troops. “I’d like people to think about the troops and not forget about them. Come home safe!”
4.55am (UAE time)
Best actress nominee Gabourey Sidibe, for Precious, in a navy dress was like an excited teenager. “Am I the belle of the ball? Yay me! Yes I do look hot.”
“I’m really excited. I’m looking at it like it’s the prom. It’s pretty awesome!”
5.30am
The show began with the best actress and actor nominees on the stage, with Gabourey Sidibe posing heavily, before Neil Patrick Harris’ opening musical number. “I know – you’re all wondering what I’m doing here,” said the Emmys host, before breaking into a traditional song-and-dance style number, “Nobody Wants to Do It Alone.”
Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin have descended from the ceiling and introduced each other to the audience.
“Everyone wants an Oscar and they are very hard to get.”
“6,000 members of the Academy vote, they all get tabulated and counted by Pricewaterhouse coopers. And then Meryl Streep gets nominated.”
5.45am (UAE time)
Christophe Waltz has won his first Academy award, as best supporting actor for his role as Col Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds.
6.15am
The award for best original screenplay has gone to Mark Boal for The Hurt Locker, the first award for the film which is nominated for 8 other awards, including best picture.
“You honour me and humble me more than you know. I was a reporter back from Iraq with a story about these men on the front lines of an unpopular war.”
He dedicated his award to “one extraorginary visionary, Kathryn Bigelow”, and to troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
6.45am (UAE time)
Ben Stiller – as he had been rumoured to do – poked fun at Avatar, with a Na’avi costume, including blue face, braid and a long tail, which he said he wanted to plug into James Cameron’s “dragon”. Cameron grinned good naturedly. Stiller was presenting the award for best make up, although Avatar itself was not nominated. The award went to Star Trek, accepted by Barney Berman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow. They thanked the over 40 make up artists who worked on the film.
7.00am
Mo'Nique - the favourite - has won the best supporting actress Oscar for her role as the abusive mother in Precious, one of the night’s big awards.
“First, I would like to thank the Academy for showing it can be about the performance and not the politics. I want to thank Miss Hattie McDaniel [the first African-American to win an Oscar] for enduring. Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry, because you touched it the world saw it. Thank you for showing me that sometimes you have to forgo what’s popular for what’s right.”
7.05am
First Oscar for Avatar. Sigourney Weaver recalled her earlier film with Avatar director James Cameron – Aliens – and how the stunning sets were subsequently destroyed by the rampaging extraterrestrials. So it was with no small amount of joy that she presented the award for Outstanding Art Direction to Avatar – the first award for the film, which is nominated for eight others.
7.30am
Second and third award for The Hurt Locker – this time for Best Sound Editing and Sound Mixing to Paul N. J. Ottoson.
7.35am
Second win for Avatar, this time in Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography – as predicted, they are picking up the technical awards.
That’s three to The Hurt Locker, two to the rival Avatar.
7.50am (UAE time)
So, who’s leading the field? So far, it’s a three-man field between Precious, Avatar and its main rival, The Hurt Locker.
The Hurt Locker has three awards: Sound editing, sound mixing, and best original screenplay for Mark Boal - who is currently being sued over the story.
Avatar has two: Art direction and cinematography.
Precious has two: Best supporting actress for Mo’Nique and Adapted Screenplay.
8.00am
Though there was some very stiff competition from the likes of District 9 and Star Trek, there was really only one winner for the visual effects award: Avatar.
Avatar is now neck and neck with Hurt Locker – can it pull ahead?
8.35am
Jeff Bridges has won the award for best performance by an actor in a leading role.
Bridges, receiving his first Oscar for his role as country singer in Crazy Heart, held it to the sky and said, “mum and dad, look! My dad and my mum they loved showbiz so much. This is honouring them as much as it is me.“ The audience gave him a standing ovation – and he gave yet another shout-out to the film’s songwriter T-Bone Burnett.
8.50am
Sandra Bullock has won for best actress for The Blind Side. She’s looking very emotional as she collects her first Oscar. “Did I just wear you all down?” She described the last month as “an incredible ride” and shared her award with her fellow nominees and the people who “showed me kindness was it wasn’t fashionable. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, I know.” She also paid tearful tribute to her mother, Helga – and yet still managed to end on a comical note – thanking “my lover, Meryl Streep”.
9.00am
The Hurt Locker has won best picture at the Academy Awards, taking the film’s total haul to six awards, including best director for Kathryn Bigelow.
In depth: Oscars 2010
In an unusual turn of events, presenter Tom Hanks read out the name of the winner without reading the nominees, before Bigelow had even had time to leave the stage with her best director award. She returned, visibly shocked, to the stage, and again thanked men and women in uniform – including firemen.
9.15am (UAE time)
The 2010 Academy Awards are over! Here is a list of the winners:
Best Film: The Hurt Locker
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Best Actor: Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
Best Actress: Sandra Bullock, Blind Side
Best Foreign Language Film: The Secret In their Eyes, Argentina
Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Animated Feature Film: Up
Original Song: The Weary Kind (Theme From Crazy Heart) from Crazy Heart, Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett
Best original score: Michael Giacchino, Up
Original Screenplay: Mark Boal, The Hurt Locker
Best Film Editing: The Hurt Locker
Animated Short Film: Logorama
Best Documentary Feature: The Cove
Documentary (short subject): Music by Prudence
Live Action Short Film: The New Tenants
Makeup: Star Trek
Adapted Screenplay: Geoffrey Fletcher, Precious; Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Supporting Actress: Mo'Nique, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Art Direction: Avatar
Costume: The Young Victoria
Sound Editing: The Hurt Locker
Sound Mixing: The Hurt Locker
Cinematography: Avatar
Best Visual Effects: Avatar
(adapted from gulfnews)
James Cameron’s wife Suzy Amis wore a blue dress designed by a school she sponsors, while Cameron himself sported a blue silk pocket square in his suit in apparent tribute to the Na’Avi, the blue race of aliens he created in Avatar.
The director, whose film is up for nine Academy Awards, including best picture, said he had nothing to lose. We’ve been nominated with nine, I look at it as a celebration of what we do as movie makers.
“When people see a movie once it’s a tribute to the marketing campaign. When they see it twice it means they’ve been moved and as a director that’s what matters. There’s nothing to lose. “
3.45am
Mo’Nique, in a crisscross, drape blue dress, declined to show her legs on the red carpet this year, but said she was just enjoying her time in the limelight. The comedienne is up for best supporting actress for her role as an abusive mother in Precious.
“I just want to remember the moment,” she said. She’ll soon be touring the US.
“It is the Mo’Nique spread the love tour. All we wanna do it bring the love.”
4.05am
Sandra Bullock stood out from a sea of maroon in a silver-grey shimmering re-embroidered lace, cap sleeve dress.
“I was trying to find the calming element today,” she said. “I’ve met so many people. We’re all in this crazy business. Most of them are so down to earth. I’ve had such a sweet time.”
Nominated for best actress, the people’s favourite said she was relaxed on the night. Perhaps collecting her Razzie for worst actress on Saturday had calmed her nerves.
“I’m relaxed now. What can go wrong,? Well, lots but there’s nothing you can do about it. There’s no competition, you have to release how lucky we are.”
4.30am
In a tight silver-grey dress, best-director nominee Kathryn Bigelow, up for Iraq-War drama The Hurt Locker, wished her fellow nominees the best – including her ex-husband, James Cameron.
“I wish him well. I’m so excited to be here.”
Like the star of her film Jeremy Renner, she had a shout out for US troops. “I’d like people to think about the troops and not forget about them. Come home safe!”
4.55am (UAE time)
Best actress nominee Gabourey Sidibe, for Precious, in a navy dress was like an excited teenager. “Am I the belle of the ball? Yay me! Yes I do look hot.”
“I’m really excited. I’m looking at it like it’s the prom. It’s pretty awesome!”
5.30am
The show began with the best actress and actor nominees on the stage, with Gabourey Sidibe posing heavily, before Neil Patrick Harris’ opening musical number. “I know – you’re all wondering what I’m doing here,” said the Emmys host, before breaking into a traditional song-and-dance style number, “Nobody Wants to Do It Alone.”
Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin have descended from the ceiling and introduced each other to the audience.
“Everyone wants an Oscar and they are very hard to get.”
“6,000 members of the Academy vote, they all get tabulated and counted by Pricewaterhouse coopers. And then Meryl Streep gets nominated.”
5.45am (UAE time)
Christophe Waltz has won his first Academy award, as best supporting actor for his role as Col Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds.
6.15am
The award for best original screenplay has gone to Mark Boal for The Hurt Locker, the first award for the film which is nominated for 8 other awards, including best picture.
“You honour me and humble me more than you know. I was a reporter back from Iraq with a story about these men on the front lines of an unpopular war.”
He dedicated his award to “one extraorginary visionary, Kathryn Bigelow”, and to troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
6.45am (UAE time)
Ben Stiller – as he had been rumoured to do – poked fun at Avatar, with a Na’avi costume, including blue face, braid and a long tail, which he said he wanted to plug into James Cameron’s “dragon”. Cameron grinned good naturedly. Stiller was presenting the award for best make up, although Avatar itself was not nominated. The award went to Star Trek, accepted by Barney Berman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow. They thanked the over 40 make up artists who worked on the film.
7.00am
Mo'Nique - the favourite - has won the best supporting actress Oscar for her role as the abusive mother in Precious, one of the night’s big awards.
“First, I would like to thank the Academy for showing it can be about the performance and not the politics. I want to thank Miss Hattie McDaniel [the first African-American to win an Oscar] for enduring. Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry, because you touched it the world saw it. Thank you for showing me that sometimes you have to forgo what’s popular for what’s right.”
7.05am
First Oscar for Avatar. Sigourney Weaver recalled her earlier film with Avatar director James Cameron – Aliens – and how the stunning sets were subsequently destroyed by the rampaging extraterrestrials. So it was with no small amount of joy that she presented the award for Outstanding Art Direction to Avatar – the first award for the film, which is nominated for eight others.
7.30am
Second and third award for The Hurt Locker – this time for Best Sound Editing and Sound Mixing to Paul N. J. Ottoson.
7.35am
Second win for Avatar, this time in Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography – as predicted, they are picking up the technical awards.
That’s three to The Hurt Locker, two to the rival Avatar.
7.50am (UAE time)
So, who’s leading the field? So far, it’s a three-man field between Precious, Avatar and its main rival, The Hurt Locker.
The Hurt Locker has three awards: Sound editing, sound mixing, and best original screenplay for Mark Boal - who is currently being sued over the story.
Avatar has two: Art direction and cinematography.
Precious has two: Best supporting actress for Mo’Nique and Adapted Screenplay.
8.00am
Though there was some very stiff competition from the likes of District 9 and Star Trek, there was really only one winner for the visual effects award: Avatar.
Avatar is now neck and neck with Hurt Locker – can it pull ahead?
8.35am
Jeff Bridges has won the award for best performance by an actor in a leading role.
Bridges, receiving his first Oscar for his role as country singer in Crazy Heart, held it to the sky and said, “mum and dad, look! My dad and my mum they loved showbiz so much. This is honouring them as much as it is me.“ The audience gave him a standing ovation – and he gave yet another shout-out to the film’s songwriter T-Bone Burnett.
8.50am
Sandra Bullock has won for best actress for The Blind Side. She’s looking very emotional as she collects her first Oscar. “Did I just wear you all down?” She described the last month as “an incredible ride” and shared her award with her fellow nominees and the people who “showed me kindness was it wasn’t fashionable. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, I know.” She also paid tearful tribute to her mother, Helga – and yet still managed to end on a comical note – thanking “my lover, Meryl Streep”.
9.00am
The Hurt Locker has won best picture at the Academy Awards, taking the film’s total haul to six awards, including best director for Kathryn Bigelow.
In depth: Oscars 2010
In an unusual turn of events, presenter Tom Hanks read out the name of the winner without reading the nominees, before Bigelow had even had time to leave the stage with her best director award. She returned, visibly shocked, to the stage, and again thanked men and women in uniform – including firemen.
9.15am (UAE time)
The 2010 Academy Awards are over! Here is a list of the winners:
Best Film: The Hurt Locker
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Best Actor: Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
Best Actress: Sandra Bullock, Blind Side
Best Foreign Language Film: The Secret In their Eyes, Argentina
Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Animated Feature Film: Up
Original Song: The Weary Kind (Theme From Crazy Heart) from Crazy Heart, Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett
Best original score: Michael Giacchino, Up
Original Screenplay: Mark Boal, The Hurt Locker
Best Film Editing: The Hurt Locker
Animated Short Film: Logorama
Best Documentary Feature: The Cove
Documentary (short subject): Music by Prudence
Live Action Short Film: The New Tenants
Makeup: Star Trek
Adapted Screenplay: Geoffrey Fletcher, Precious; Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Supporting Actress: Mo'Nique, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Art Direction: Avatar
Costume: The Young Victoria
Sound Editing: The Hurt Locker
Sound Mixing: The Hurt Locker
Cinematography: Avatar
Best Visual Effects: Avatar
(adapted from gulfnews)
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Fish Prices Shoot Up
RAS AL KHAIMAH — The prices of fish have gone up here due to the shortage in supply as the bad weather conditions continue to prevent fishermen from venturing into the sea.
The customers who visited the fish market in Ras Al Khaimah in the past few days said the traders were selling hamour at Dh45 per 1kg instead of Dh30 they charged last month.
Ahmed Abdul Karim, an Emirati customer, said the price of 1kg of sherry has risen from Dh15 to Dh25 and that of biyah from Dh25 to Dh30-35.
Ali Sajeed, a fish trader, said the prices of other species of fish, including safi, have also increased by more than 30 per cent due to the huge shortage in supply.
Since Saturday, many fishermen have reduced their trips to the sea due to the rains and the strong winds which also made the sea unstable. “A few fishermen who still go to the sea come up with smaller catches but demand higher prices,” said Sajeed.
Mohammed Majid, a fisherman in Ma’aridh area, said those who still venture into the sea for fishing in these weather conditions are risking their lives.
“I have docked my fishing boat on the beach and I have not moved out since Sunday. The sea is very unstable. There are strong winds and the conditions are rough especially at night which is the best time for trapping fish,” said Majid.
Regular fish customers are not impressed by the reasons behind the increase in the prices. They believe the traders and fishermen are fleecing customers in the name of bad weather.
Ahmed Al Baroushi, an official from the Consumer Protection Unit at the Department of Economic Development here, said though there is a shortage of fish, the fishermen are not supposed to increase the prices without approval from the department.
He promised that the officials would intervene to stabilise fish prices in the markets.
(from khaleej times)
The customers who visited the fish market in Ras Al Khaimah in the past few days said the traders were selling hamour at Dh45 per 1kg instead of Dh30 they charged last month.
Ahmed Abdul Karim, an Emirati customer, said the price of 1kg of sherry has risen from Dh15 to Dh25 and that of biyah from Dh25 to Dh30-35.
Ali Sajeed, a fish trader, said the prices of other species of fish, including safi, have also increased by more than 30 per cent due to the huge shortage in supply.
Since Saturday, many fishermen have reduced their trips to the sea due to the rains and the strong winds which also made the sea unstable. “A few fishermen who still go to the sea come up with smaller catches but demand higher prices,” said Sajeed.
Mohammed Majid, a fisherman in Ma’aridh area, said those who still venture into the sea for fishing in these weather conditions are risking their lives.
“I have docked my fishing boat on the beach and I have not moved out since Sunday. The sea is very unstable. There are strong winds and the conditions are rough especially at night which is the best time for trapping fish,” said Majid.
Regular fish customers are not impressed by the reasons behind the increase in the prices. They believe the traders and fishermen are fleecing customers in the name of bad weather.
Ahmed Al Baroushi, an official from the Consumer Protection Unit at the Department of Economic Development here, said though there is a shortage of fish, the fishermen are not supposed to increase the prices without approval from the department.
He promised that the officials would intervene to stabilise fish prices in the markets.
(from khaleej times)
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Torn Between Two Lovers
Last night , March 5, 2010, was a big night for my friend M or should I call him, Garampingat.
Its his 37th birthday. Sounds old but looks (not so) young.
Gaganapin ang selebrasyon sa kaharian ni Jing or should I Call him, Princess Urduja.
Tanghali palang sinundo na ako sa bahay nina Garampingat at Noel, or should I call him as Welga.
We had a little chitchat when M's 'man of his life' arrived with Jay.
Ako ang unang pumansin kay Jay, siguro pinangatawanan niya na hindi na niya ako kakausapin or tatawagan after that incident happened between us.
Mahirap naman kasi ang gusto niyang mangyari.
I am with Kabit right now, and he wants me to let go Kabit.
Mabuti sana kung ganun lang kadali kay Kabit ang umalis sa buhay ko.
Ayokong makuryente habang natutulog no. electrician kaya iyon.
At ito pa ang isang dahilan kung bakit ayaw na akong pansinin ni Jay.
When Princess Urduja asked me to go with him in Dubai, Jay asked me to stay.
But I already said yes to Princess.
And he said, if I wont stay, I can't see him anymore or he will not talk to me anymore.
Fine, I can live with that.
But yesterday. When i saw him again, there was a strange feeling in me towards him.
With a new hair cut, seems body is leaning and getting masculine???
I have to admit... I'm just a pretty lady who always fall inlove in every first time.
Pero sa utak ko, naghuhumiyaw ang damdaming huwag ko ng ipilit ang mali.
Mali dahil nasa piling ko parin si Kabit.
Kinagabihan, dumating si Kabit, nagkita sila ni Jay, pero walang imikan, alam kong nagpapakiramdaman.
Pero kakaiba ang nararamdaman ko, huwag naman sana akong tuksuhin ng mga baklang malalandi.
Pilit ang paghinga ko, ayokong tumingin kay Jay, baka sa pagbaling ko kay Kabit, makita niyang nakatingin ako kay Jay.
Kaya naman si Jowel, 'man of life' ni Garampingat, sa tuwing nakikipag-usap sa akin, pinandidilatan ko ng husto kasi alam kong sa bawat katagang lumalabas sa kanyang bibig, ay may ibig sabihin.
Magaling naman ang Jowel, tumitigil pag alam niyang hindi ako kumukurap...
Ang hirap ng kalagayan ko, ang hirap tikisin ng nararamdaman.
Kung pwede lang sanang mahalin ko sila ng sabay.
I can love as many as I can, at one time.
But I can't keep them, at one time... It's always complicated.
Its his 37th birthday. Sounds old but looks (not so) young.
Gaganapin ang selebrasyon sa kaharian ni Jing or should I Call him, Princess Urduja.
Tanghali palang sinundo na ako sa bahay nina Garampingat at Noel, or should I call him as Welga.
We had a little chitchat when M's 'man of his life' arrived with Jay.
Ako ang unang pumansin kay Jay, siguro pinangatawanan niya na hindi na niya ako kakausapin or tatawagan after that incident happened between us.
Mahirap naman kasi ang gusto niyang mangyari.
I am with Kabit right now, and he wants me to let go Kabit.
Mabuti sana kung ganun lang kadali kay Kabit ang umalis sa buhay ko.
Ayokong makuryente habang natutulog no. electrician kaya iyon.
At ito pa ang isang dahilan kung bakit ayaw na akong pansinin ni Jay.
When Princess Urduja asked me to go with him in Dubai, Jay asked me to stay.
But I already said yes to Princess.
And he said, if I wont stay, I can't see him anymore or he will not talk to me anymore.
Fine, I can live with that.
But yesterday. When i saw him again, there was a strange feeling in me towards him.
With a new hair cut, seems body is leaning and getting masculine???
I have to admit... I'm just a pretty lady who always fall inlove in every first time.
Pero sa utak ko, naghuhumiyaw ang damdaming huwag ko ng ipilit ang mali.
Mali dahil nasa piling ko parin si Kabit.
Kinagabihan, dumating si Kabit, nagkita sila ni Jay, pero walang imikan, alam kong nagpapakiramdaman.
Pero kakaiba ang nararamdaman ko, huwag naman sana akong tuksuhin ng mga baklang malalandi.
Pilit ang paghinga ko, ayokong tumingin kay Jay, baka sa pagbaling ko kay Kabit, makita niyang nakatingin ako kay Jay.
Kaya naman si Jowel, 'man of life' ni Garampingat, sa tuwing nakikipag-usap sa akin, pinandidilatan ko ng husto kasi alam kong sa bawat katagang lumalabas sa kanyang bibig, ay may ibig sabihin.
Magaling naman ang Jowel, tumitigil pag alam niyang hindi ako kumukurap...
Ang hirap ng kalagayan ko, ang hirap tikisin ng nararamdaman.
Kung pwede lang sanang mahalin ko sila ng sabay.
I can love as many as I can, at one time.
But I can't keep them, at one time... It's always complicated.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Philippine Election
The countdown continuous for Philippines Presidential election in May 10, 2010.
And the countdown is 68 days away from general elections starting today, march 4, 2010.
The Philippines will choose for its 16th President & vice president in the making when full independence had been given to the people to choose or elect their supremes.
Likewise, this election shall also be the first time that the Commission of Elections will implement full automation of elections, meaning votes of filipinos will be counted my machines and not in manual manner, like what we did before.
Yes, I was once become a poll watcher in our community last 2004 election.
And it turned out to be scary. I was paid for Php 500.00 in equivalent for my precious life, to watch over counting of ballots, and delivering to municipality hall.
Counting had begun, in the middle of the night, electricity of the entire building turned down.
There was a screaming, yelling, and shouting.
The door slammed heavily, and I dont know where to go.
I dont know what happened next, it was really dark inside our room.
Only one thing came to my mind, that was part of election, as long as you wont fight back to the intruders, you wont be harmed.
And suddenly, lights came back, tally sheets had been scattered. I just didnt notice if plus or minus had been done in it.
They said, 15th President of the Philippines won by cheating.
I dont argue for that.
Hopefully, in the forthcoming election, as they said, that all kind of security level on protecting automated elections will be successful.
And the president and vice president to be declared are those who really voted and choosed by all filipinos which they may think deserve to be in Malacanan.
And who would you choose?
And the countdown is 68 days away from general elections starting today, march 4, 2010.
The Philippines will choose for its 16th President & vice president in the making when full independence had been given to the people to choose or elect their supremes.
Likewise, this election shall also be the first time that the Commission of Elections will implement full automation of elections, meaning votes of filipinos will be counted my machines and not in manual manner, like what we did before.
Yes, I was once become a poll watcher in our community last 2004 election.
And it turned out to be scary. I was paid for Php 500.00 in equivalent for my precious life, to watch over counting of ballots, and delivering to municipality hall.
Counting had begun, in the middle of the night, electricity of the entire building turned down.
There was a screaming, yelling, and shouting.
The door slammed heavily, and I dont know where to go.
I dont know what happened next, it was really dark inside our room.
Only one thing came to my mind, that was part of election, as long as you wont fight back to the intruders, you wont be harmed.
And suddenly, lights came back, tally sheets had been scattered. I just didnt notice if plus or minus had been done in it.
They said, 15th President of the Philippines won by cheating.
I dont argue for that.
Hopefully, in the forthcoming election, as they said, that all kind of security level on protecting automated elections will be successful.
And the president and vice president to be declared are those who really voted and choosed by all filipinos which they may think deserve to be in Malacanan.
And who would you choose?
RAK Farmers Hit Badly by Heavy Rains
RAS AL KHAIMAH — The bad weather conditions including heavy rains and strong winds affected many farms in Ras Al Khaimah especially those near the valleys causing huge losses to
the farmers.
More than 200 trees including palms, mangoes and other tress in the agricultural areas of Sha’am- in the northern parts of Ras Al Khaimah were uprooted during the rains that lashed the emirate on Tuesday. Soil erosion was also experienced in the farms near the mountains areas as the running water washed away the top soil and some plants.
Saeed Al Zhori, a resident of Sha’am said the poor weather conditions caused extensive damages to his farm and to the farms of other people in his area.
“Many palm trees and other crops on my farm were uprooted by the strong winds during the rains that lashed most parts of Ras Al Khaimah on Tuesday morning. Although we need the rains for our date farms, this year’s rain has been destructive and I have suffered huge losses,” said Al Zhori.
Another farmer Musa Kayed said the rainwater flooded some farms in his area and affected many plantations.
“The running water from the mountains washed away the top soils in some farms. Weaker plants were also uprooted and washed away by the water,” he added. Kayed noted that many farmers suffered great losses during these rains and called on the authorities to help compensate them for the damages.
The rains were also reported to have caused environmental damages in the remote areas of the emirate and some natural trees were damaged and others uprooted. The rains also caused some damages to the public facilities in the emirate including roads and the Department of Public works in Ras Al Khaimah has been working round the clock to fix many of the affected facilities.
On Saturday night, the floods washed away a large section of the road leading to Wadi Al Baih which forced the authorities to close the road. Abdullah Yusuf, general supervisor at the Department of Public Works and Services in RAK said since Sunday, a large number of water tankers have been used to pump out water from the streets and near people’s homes in the various areas of the emirate and also in the wadis.
(copied from Khaleej times)
More than 200 trees including palms, mangoes and other tress in the agricultural areas of Sha’am- in the northern parts of Ras Al Khaimah were uprooted during the rains that lashed the emirate on Tuesday. Soil erosion was also experienced in the farms near the mountains areas as the running water washed away the top soil and some plants.
Saeed Al Zhori, a resident of Sha’am said the poor weather conditions caused extensive damages to his farm and to the farms of other people in his area.
“Many palm trees and other crops on my farm were uprooted by the strong winds during the rains that lashed most parts of Ras Al Khaimah on Tuesday morning. Although we need the rains for our date farms, this year’s rain has been destructive and I have suffered huge losses,” said Al Zhori.
Another farmer Musa Kayed said the rainwater flooded some farms in his area and affected many plantations.
“The running water from the mountains washed away the top soils in some farms. Weaker plants were also uprooted and washed away by the water,” he added. Kayed noted that many farmers suffered great losses during these rains and called on the authorities to help compensate them for the damages.
The rains were also reported to have caused environmental damages in the remote areas of the emirate and some natural trees were damaged and others uprooted. The rains also caused some damages to the public facilities in the emirate including roads and the Department of Public works in Ras Al Khaimah has been working round the clock to fix many of the affected facilities.
On Saturday night, the floods washed away a large section of the road leading to Wadi Al Baih which forced the authorities to close the road. Abdullah Yusuf, general supervisor at the Department of Public Works and Services in RAK said since Sunday, a large number of water tankers have been used to pump out water from the streets and near people’s homes in the various areas of the emirate and also in the wadis.
(copied from Khaleej times)
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
List of e-mails
The first time i was introduced with my bestfriend into surfing, chatting, emailing, I got a lot of e-mail accounts from different networks like yahoo, hotmail, & google.
Twas started in 1999 when my father asked me again to continue my degree in commerce after 3 years of wandering in the wild.
No, not basically wandering, when I learnt that I can't continue my studies, I was then in the province, I moved to Cavite and worked in a different company within a period of 3 years.
Well then, in no particular order and no particular date applied, here's my list of e-mails, active and idle.
1. reynan_yadao@eudoramail.com (idle)
2. reynan_yadao@yahoo.com (idle)
3. mailfornash@yahoo.com (idle)
4. calendar_affaire@yahoo.com ((idle)
5. keif_alik@yahoo.com (idle)
6. nash_united@yahoo.com (idle)
7. argeewai@yahoo.com (idle)
8. rak_reynan@yahoo.com (active)
9. garay_republic@yahoo.com (active)
10. sexy_maldito@yahoo.com (active)
11. ulan_man@yahoo.com (idle)
12. argeewai@live.com (active)
13. reynan_yadao@hotmail.com (idle)
15. uarreynan@gmail.com (idle)
And I still have 3 more accounts that I really forgot.
And even for bloggings, I haven't a permanent url, hope this will be the last.
Twas started in 1999 when my father asked me again to continue my degree in commerce after 3 years of wandering in the wild.
No, not basically wandering, when I learnt that I can't continue my studies, I was then in the province, I moved to Cavite and worked in a different company within a period of 3 years.
Well then, in no particular order and no particular date applied, here's my list of e-mails, active and idle.
1. reynan_yadao@eudoramail.com (idle)
2. reynan_yadao@yahoo.com (idle)
3. mailfornash@yahoo.com (idle)
4. calendar_affaire@yahoo.com ((idle)
5. keif_alik@yahoo.com (idle)
6. nash_united@yahoo.com (idle)
7. argeewai@yahoo.com (idle)
8. rak_reynan@yahoo.com (active)
9. garay_republic@yahoo.com (active)
10. sexy_maldito@yahoo.com (active)
11. ulan_man@yahoo.com (idle)
12. argeewai@live.com (active)
13. reynan_yadao@hotmail.com (idle)
15. uarreynan@gmail.com (idle)
And I still have 3 more accounts that I really forgot.
And even for bloggings, I haven't a permanent url, hope this will be the last.
Kumander Bawang
Allium sativum commonly known as garlic, is a species in the onion family ALLIACEAE.
Garlic has been used throughout history for both culinary and medicinal purposes.
In test tube studies, garlic has been found to have antibacterial, antirival, antifungal activity. Garlic is also claimed to help prevent heart disease, including high cholesterol, high blood pressure and cancer.
Another study showed that supplementation with garlic extract inhibited vascular calcification in human patients with high blood cholesterol.
Garlic may help fight cancer, new research suggests.
The research is all about body processes associated with nitrogen-containing compounds. These processes include nitrosation, or the conversion of some substances found in foods or contaminated water into carcinogens.
About 20% of nitrates that are consumed convert into nitrites. A cascade of events can convert these compounds into what are called nitrosamines, and many, but not all, nitrosamines are linked to cancer.
In my case, why does my tastebuds do not like the taste of garlic?
I love to cook with spices & herbs like garlic, but seems doesn't feel to swallow garlic.
When it used to, I feel vomiting, I feel irritated. I dont even like the smell of it.
Kaya siguro mahina ang immune system ko, madaling akong magkasakit, madali akong kapitan ng common illnesses, and i feel like I am suffering from high blood pressure.
Garlic or bawang also, as commonly known in Philippines, ay pangontra sa mga aswang, manananggal at kung anu-ano pang masasamang ispiritu.
Dahil ba sa amoy ng bawang kaya ayaw ng mga aswang? At dahil ba sa panlaban sa mga sakit-sakit kaya takot ang mga aswang?
Im pretty sure, hindi ako aswang.
Hindi lang ako mahilig kumain ng bawang.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Rain Gently Falls
Rain on Tuesday caused flooding in some key roads and caused traffic delays in parts of Dubai and Sharjah.
There is flooding on most routes and all major arterial roads are moving slowly.
The atmospheric system responsible for the weather has been bringing in moisture-laden clouds from over Ethiopia and the Red Sea via Yemen and Saudi Arabia and resulted in the heavy rain that hit the country since Saturday.
"This kind of weather is not unusual in this month," said a weatherman, noting that the rain has been rather delayed this year. February is normally the year's wettest month and witnesses thunderstorms, rain and gusty winds all over the country.
Monday, March 1, 2010
Welcome
Here comes the new blogs that only came to my mind which will tackle point of views, politics, current events, and perhaps a magnificent SEXual desires and experiences.
In this date, 01.03.10, the new idea arises but never know when will end.
In this date, 01.03.10, the new idea arises but never know when will end.
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