20 random facts

1. i stole L. Bautista's Dekada '70 from up baguio's library. no sweat.

2. i love vinegar!and mayonaise!great for any ulam.

3. i have two black dogs. they're both disabled in some way. pucca cant move her hind legs because of an accident some 3 years ago.zig lost his left eye due to some infection.i love them both. =)

4. i have a short attention span.i yawn when im bored.even right into some boring jerk's face.cant help it meyn. i remember my sociology prof once approached me, asking if something was wrong because she always saw me yawning at class.watdapak!i dint had the heart to tell her she was hopelessly boring.dah.

5. iv been collecting shells since i went to tawi-tawi. my humble collection include shells from bongao, bora from rache and mindoro from josh.

6. some remarks i made at national conferences while presenting papers:
"nagpapatanga-tanga po sila." -- when asked what were farmers doing during their idle time

"they fed their pigs more than themselves." -- when explaining why the farmer's family spent more on feeds than for their own food

7. i was suprema for my sorority in college.i sucked.

8. i love the mine & shine milk tea that you can buy at 7-11.

9. when i was in grade 4 i picked up a fight with a girl who belonged to a lower section just because. it got so ugly that even our brothers and moms got involved.haha. buti na lang bespren ni mama yung prinsipal.abswelto.

10. i hate washing my clothes.in midsayap, i paid 300 a month for the labandera, here in ecija its 6 per piece.when i run out of clothes to wear, id go panic buying at malls.haha.

11. i love sleep.

12. when i was a kid, i did not have the usual pets -- i had a goat. and this is how we love each other:

its more of a hostage drama to some, but i call it love.really.

13. the room i share with rache at the staff dorm is #13. yeah yeah.love it.not the number but the room.hehehe.

14. i love traveling but i hate long drives. my ass overheats faster than any engine in the world.

15. i am UP-centric when it comes to romance.

16. im a drama queen.i practically cried my heart out during my first week in college because i missed my mom dearly. in class, in my room, in restrooms, even in jeepneys on the way to school.yay.

17. i hate admin work.i hate processing paper works.birth certificates, TORs, receipts, travel reports.pak! some things i should have gotten had i submitted some documents:
** plane ticket reimbursement
** travel expenses
** 2 possible training opportunities in the netherlands

id rather miss out on those than burden myself with submitting documents.

18. i love bob ong.and manix abrera.and pol medina. they all rock.

19. im a sucker for real life pocketbook romance.

20. im not a morning person.ever.

you are a pinoy if...

1. You point with your lips.
2. You eat using hands and you have it down to a technique.
3. Your other piece of luggage is a balikbayan box.
4. You nod upwards to greet someone.
5. You put your foot up on your chair and rest your elbow on your knee while eating.
6. You think that half-hatched duck eggs are a delicacy.
7. You have to kiss your relative on the cheek as soon as you enter the room.
8. You're standing next eight big boxes at the airport.
9. You collect items from hotels or restaurants "for souvenir."
10. You smile for no reason.
11. You flirt by having a foolish grin in your face while raising your eyebrows repeatedly.
12. You go to a department store and try to bargain the prices.
13. You use an umbrella for shade on hot summer days.
14. You scratch your head when you don't know the answer.
15. You never eat the last morsel of food on the table.
16. You like bowling.
17. You know how to play pusoy and mah-jong.
18. You find dried up morsels of rice stuck on your shirt.
19. You prefer to sit in the shade instead of basking in the sun.
20. You add an unwarranted "H" to your name, i.e. "Jhun," Bhoy," "Rhon."
21. You put hands together in front of you as if to make a path and say "excuse, excuse" when you pass in between people or in front of the TV.
22. Your middle name is your mothers maiden name.
23. You like everything imported or "state-side."
24. You check the labels on clothes to see where it was made before buying.
25. You hang your clothes out to dry.
26. You are perfectly comfortable in a squatting position with your elbows resting on your knees.
27. You consistently arrive 30 minutes late for all events.
28. You always offer food to all your visitors.
29. You say "comfort room" instead of "bathroom."
30. You say "for take out" instead of "to go"
31. You say "open" or "close" the light.
32. You ask for a "pentel-pen" or a "ball-pen" instead of just "pen."
33. You asked for "Colgate" instead of "toothpaste."
34. You refer to the refrigerator as the "ref" or "pridyider."
35. You say "kodakan" instead of take a picture.
36. You order a McDonald's instead of "hamburger" (pronounced ham-boor-jer)
37. You say "Ha" instead of "What."
38. You say "Hoy" get someone attention.
39. You answer when someone yells "Hoy."
40. You turn around when someone says "Psst"
41. You say "Cutex" instead of "nail polish."
42. You say "he" when you mean "she" and vice versa.
43. You say "array" instead of "ouch."
44. Your sneeze sounds like "ahh-ching" instead of "ahh-choo."
45. You prefer to make acronyms for phrases such as "OA: for over acting or "TNT" for, well, you know.
46. You say "air con" instead of "a/c" or air conditioner.
47. You say "brown-out" instead of "black-out."
48. You use a "walis ting-ting" or "walis tambo" as opposed to a conventional broom.
49. You use a "Weapons of Moroland" shield hanging in the living room wall.
50. You have a portrait of "The Last Supper" hanging in your dining room.
51. You own a karaoke system.
52. You own a piano that no one ever plays.
53. You have a tabo in the bathroom.
54. Your house has too many burloloys.
55. You have two to three pairs of tsinelas at your doorstep.
56. Your house has an ornate wrought iron gate in front of it.
57. You have a rose garden.
58. You have a shrine of the "Santo Niño" in your living room.
59. You have a "barrel man" (you pull up the barrel and you see something that looks familiar. Schwing...)
60. You cover the living room furniture with bedsheets.
61. Your lamp shades still have the plastic cover on them.
62. You have plastic runners to cover the carpets in your house.
63. You refer to your VCR as a "beytamax."
64. You have a rice dispenser.
65. You own a turbo boiler.
66. You own one of those fiber optic flower lamps.
67. You own a lamp with oil that drips down the strings.
68. You have a giant wooden fork and spoon hanging somewhere in the dining room.
69. You have a giant wooden tinikling dancer on the wall.
70. You have capiz shells chandeliers, lamps, or placemats.
71. You have a Mercedes Benz and you call it "chedeng."
72. You own a huge van conversion.
73. Your car chirps like a bird or plays a tune when it is in reverse.
74. Your car horn can make 2 or 3 different sounds.
75. Your car has curb feelers or curb detectors.
76. Your car has too many "burloloys" like a Jeepneys back in P.I.
77. You hang a rosary on your car's rear view mirror.
78. You have an air freshener in your car.
79. You have aunts and uncles named "Baby," "Girlie," or "Boy."
80. You were raised to believe that every Filipino is a aunt, uncle or cousin.
81. Your Dad was in the Navy.
82. Your mom or sister or wife is a nurse.
83. You have a family member or relative that works in the Post Office.
84. Your parents call each other "Mommy" and "Daddy" or "ma" and "pa."
85. You have family member that has a nickname that repeats itself, i.e."Deng-Deng," Ling-Ling" or "Bing-Bing"
86. You put hot dogs in your spaghetti.
87. You consider dilis the Filipino equivalent to French fries.
88. You think that eating chocolate rice pudding and dried fish is a great morning meal.
89. You order thing like tapsilog, tocsilog, or longsilog at restaurants.
90. You instinctively grab a toothpick after each meal.
91. You order a "soft drink" instead of a "soda."
92. You dip bread in your morning coffee.
93. You refer to seasonings and all other forms of monosodium glutamate as "Ajinomoto."
94. Your cupboards are full of Spam, Vienna Sausage, Ligo, and Corned Beef, which you refer to as Karne Norte.
95. Goldilocks means more to you than just a character in a fairy tale.
96. You appreciate a fresh pot of rice.
97. You bring your "baon" most of the time to work.
98. Your "baon" is usually something over rice.
99. Your neighbors complain about the smell of tuyo on Sunday mornings.
100. You eat rice for breakfast.
101. You use your fingers to measure the water when cooking rice.

fun with names!

summer's just around the corner and am sure a lot of us will spend time traveling.i came across this info on the net with funny names on streets, restaurants and stuff.check it out:


10/Q (a convenience store on Shaw Boulevard);
Ali Baka (a shawarma chain);
Aristoback (really a restaurant behind Aristocrat)
Star-Backs (a Quezon City coffeeshop near ABS-CBN and GMA Networks)
Tapsi Turbi (a tapsilog stand);
Beery Good (a real bar);
Goodah, Goto Heaven (in Baguio where they have a dish called Goto Hell)
25 Hours (watch store),
Anita Bakery, Bali Gulp (drinking place behind Valley Golf in Antipolo),
Beads and Pieces (naturally, a bead shop),
Beefer 150 (a meat shop),
Caintacky Fried Chicken (chicken specialty restaurant in Cainta that has yet to get into Doreen Fernandez's list),
Common Cents (sari-sari store),
Crispy per minute (a crispy pata store),
Curl Up and Dye (beauty salon),
Doctor Sebago (shoe repair shop),
Doris Day and Night (24-hour eatery),
Elizabeth Tailoring, which reminded me about an unconfirmed shop called Pierre Carding
Farmacia with Love (drugstore),
Felix the Cut (barber shop)
Funeraria Mabuhay
Income Taxi, Goldilooks (a Fairview barber shop)
Goldirocks (gravel and sand)
Juice Co. (fresh fruit juice stand),
Labo Optical
L.B.M. Restaurant
Mane Attraction (beauty parlor)
Nacho Fast (nacho restaurant)
a beer garden called O' Beer Time
Passers Buy convenience store
Saudia Hairlines (established perhaps with hard-earned dollars from Saudi?)
Scissors Palace and Sylvestre's Salon
Washup Doc (laundry in Alabang),
Wash and Carry (laundromat),
To Home It May Concern (furniture shop),
The Way We Wear (boutique),
The Last Resort (a resort that went bankrupt in Minalin, Pampanga)
Babalik Carinderia (in Sto. Tomas, Batangas)
Blue Marilyn (sing-along bar on Sucat), City Cleaners which is a San Juan janitorial service whose slogan is "Talk dirty to me!",
Launderland (a laundromat in Legaspi Village, Makati, reportedly run by a woman named Alice)
Cooking ng Ina Mo (a carinderia on Boni Avenue) and its competitor Cooking ng Ina Mo Rin.
In London, the Kadiri Indian Restaurant
Hospital Patay in Paris,
and of course in Hong Kong the Fu Kee Seafood Restaurant.