Voice Lost

Sa isang iglap, isang henrasyon ang nawalan ng boses.

Peace.

Filipino English: Anonymous

Commentator: Any Manny Pack-yaw sneaks a stinging left on Dela Hoya's forehead...

TV Audience: Yan! Yan! Sige pa! Pabagsakin mo na yan baka matalo ka pa ng anonymous decision...

Yari tayo dyan, Manny wins by secret ballot.

Congrats Manny!

Kiwis Vs. Pinoys (sa text)

I seriously doubt it.

Marunong b silang mg txt ng 2 kmay, SBAY?

Kya ba nilang mg multi-task, mg concntrate sa meeting hbang ng-txt ilalm ng mesa(no luk!).
Hgit sa lhat, Mg txt revolusyun?

Or mag-compare na lang tayo ng mga kamay, tignan natin kung sinong lahi ang me "adapted" thumb (flat sa isang side kaka-text).

Mazqi anu gawn nyo, la pa rn tatalo sa Pnoy! (sa text... at ke Pacquiao)!

Photo not mine.

Nevergonna-give(nevergonna-give!)...

Walang makakatalo sa pinakaka-abangang Eraserheads reunion concert sa August 30 kundi...

Ang paghaharap ni Rick Astley at ginoong Roderick Paulate nung isang lingo!

Isa lang ang masasabi ko: Dick, asan ang turtle neck??? (~~We've know each other.. fr so long..~~ Oh-ahh, stock knowledge lang yan! Salamat kay Robot Girl at Tiny sa tip).

Do you really want to hurt me...

.. do you really want to make me cry...



Wala lang, na-alala ko lang si Boy George (born George Alan O'Dowd). Ang ganda ni gaga, pati ako naloko nung grade one ako na babae sya. Remember nung magkaroon ng Boy George contest sa Eat Bulaga?

Balita ko eh Hari Krishna na raw sya ngayon, at nakulong kasi nambugbog ng boypren.

Terrorists in M'nao Now Have No Chance

T3: Sa Wakas

Dyuske, kay tagal kang hinintay, nakakahiya na.

Naku excited na siguro ang mga friends ko sa LTP (me office kayo dun? Miss ko na kayo, lalo na ang aking beloved football team, wahhh!!).

The Search for Weng Weng

Photo from Andrew Leavold's blog, by Nina

Oh my GULAY! Nobody told me that WENG-WENG IS DEADDDDDDDDDD!!!! And his name it Ernesto Dela Cruz. How un-Agent 00!?!

What's next, hindi totoo si Santa???).



Incredible what-ifs: Kung Fu match between Nino Muhlach vs. Weng Weng? Personally I think with Agent 00's superb martial arts technique and stunt training, he'll send Bruce Liit running back to his mommy crying.

For Y'ur Height Only, The Impossible Kid, D'Wild Wild Weng... Who would have thought he's been dead since 1992? I thought nag ala-Yoda sya't nagtago sa Dagobah with Palito, waiting for the right time to release the sequel of James Bones.

I guess he's what you call being Bigger Than Life (ta-daaa.. ). Salamat Andrew for bringing him back to our consciousness).

Dear Ate Beth

Dear Ate Beth, ano na ba ang nangyayari sa PBA?





Isa lang ang magpapabuhay sa PBA... Ibalik si JAWO! (at si Gido Babilonia, hehehe)

Sunday Morning

The Inquirer: Ready for the polls.

The Herald: Iraqis killing each other 1.3kms from me.

A good excuse for U2.

Love hurts

This is Tony Veitch, popular NZ Sportcaster and now the talk of the town for all the wrong reasons.

Binugbog nya girlfriend (2nd in the photo) nya two years ago, bad enough to land her in the hospital. He paid her to shut up. All smooth sailing till someone talked, and now he's all over the papers. He's suspended from his TV and radio gigs, and from the looks of it, his career is as good as dead.

Imagine pag sikat ka't ginawa mo yan sa Pilipinas...

... which is not very hard to do.

Malamang showbiz balita lang bagsak nyan, at magkakaroon ka pa ng sarili mong game show (oh diba). Btw., check this out: The Top 10 Most Shocking Philippine Celebrity Breakups (Homygosh! Break na pala si Lotlot & Monching! ).

[insert vomiting sound effects here]

The Face of the Day

Talo All Blacks (30-28), ang sakit.

Naalala ko tuloy pag natatalo ang Ginebra, parang dinudurog ang puso ko (The agony!). Buti na lang hindi palaging talo.



Hayy, those were the days, when every woman's dream was to be The Eskinol Face of The Day.

That, by the way, is DJ Alvaro rapping, Ultra Man (~~Look at them players running like hell sa porma nila talo ang chippendale...WTF???).

Tuny.V2 (buhay pa ako't maraming update!)

Buhay pa po! Medyo busy lang, at ang dami-dami kong update...



Welcome to our new fishbowl. Maliit man at masikip, eto't ang saya-saya padin. Ika nga ni L.V.

A room is a still a room, even when there's nothin' there but gloom. But a room is not a house and a house is not a home. When the two of us are far apart. And one of us has a broken heart...~~

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Ang tagallllll-tagal ko itong inasam-asam. And after endless googling, and sleepless nights waiting, nahaplos na rin ng aking mainit na pisngi ang aking pinakamimithi...

Woo-hooo! Pixelmesilly's back, bebeh. Sample shots with my new models.

Sa zoo... hahaha nakapikit...

Tamaki drive papunta Mission Bay.

Auckland Domain.

Old Ferry Building.

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Makinis na pala ako't matagal nang walang bulutong. Surprisingly halos wala rin akong marka (salamat kay Dra. Judy).

Pero naknamputsanamannnnn...

Nung isang lingo, habang papunta kami sa simbahan, me sumalubong bigla sakin't sabay matching making-a-cross-symbol with his fingers "Ton!! Kamusta na-naku-baka-mahawa-ako-sa-bulutong-mo-ha!!!" Someone I've never seen for over a year (Buong pinoy community ba ng Auckland alam na ba na nagka-bulutong ako??).

At kanina me pumunta dito building, at naglulundag sa takot nang makita ako. Abah, feeling ko ako ang mamang kumakain ng manok sa circus.

Sa inyo:
#1 basahin ito. I'm not disease, but your ignorance is.
#2 Salamat sa bulutong [deleted].
#3 Sa inyong [deleted].

Inhale... Exhale... Ika nga, write an angry blog entry and throw it away in cyberspace (Get over it and move on).

Legendary

I had a boss in a previous job in Manila that I absolutely hated working with. It wasn't just me: The GM hated him, the VPs hated him, security hated him, even maintenance and housekeeping hated him. And with his reputation preceededing him, technically EVERYONE in the company hated him.

But he didn't give a damn. He just did his job everyday, and kept on annoying everyone up to this day. He even claims that he sleeps like a baby at night.

Despite this, he's also one of the very few people I admire as a mentor, only because of a thread of wisdom he shared that I still hold dearly to this day.

"Whatever happens, whoever happens, even if the whole world connives or discriminates against you, or says `you're wrong' or `you suck', be comforted that from now on you will always, always have someone to take your side of the fight-- Your wife and family. Congratulations!"

He told me this during my wedding day. Best gift ever (and to think I almost didn't invite him ;)).
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It's been over a week since naglabasan ang aking mga pesteng bulutong sa wang-kata, at halos magkabali-baligtad ang plano ko last few days. Yung kasama ko sanang susundo kila Pam sa airport eh hindi mangyayari, mahirap na kasing makahawa at me baby sya or maka-cause ng problema.

Naku po, disedido na nga akong mag airport bus at sugurin ang lamig, basta ang importante eh masundo sila at mauwi ng maayos. Bahala na ang bulutong, at bahala nang halos magdiliryo ako sa lagnat at sa sakit ng katawan. Bahala na ring pagtignan ako ng mga tao sa kalsada na parang me ketong (naku po, Lord sorry sa mga iwas-tingin kong kilos sa mga me ketong na nakakasalubong ko dati, eto pala ang nararamdaman nila).

Friday, a day before padating sila Pam, nakasalubong ko si Aloha. Si Aloha eh Pinay na asawa ng landlord namin, na paminsan-minsan ko lang makausap tuwing nagbabayad ng rent. Tinanong ako kung may susundo na raw sa magina ko (nag-aalok din kasi sya dati, at since hindi kami close, nahiya ako't sinabi kong meron na). Nagsinungaling ulit ako at sinabi kong Oo. Aba naman, nagpilit na kung pwedeng sumama daw sya. Kinulit ako ng kinulit, till nasabi ko tuloy ang totoong sitwasyon.

Aba, hindi pumayag na ako lang ang susundo sa mag-ina ko. Dadating daw sya bukas ng umaga dala ang kotse nya, may carseat, at sasamahan ako sa airport, bulutong or no bulutong.

My gulay, Aloha, nakaka-touch! Meron pa palang mga taong busilak ang puso, na susugurin ang kapahamakan at ibubuwis ang kanilang makinis na kutis para lang makatulong ng ibang tao.

Ika nga ng mga Kiwi, you're a legend!

The sad irony of it all...

... is dadating si Pam & Julia bukas, pero ni hindi ko man lang sila mayayakap or mahahagkan. Ni indi ko mararamdaman ang init na papawi sa lamig na bumabalot sa Auckland (na ang forecast sa Sunday is 3 degrees--aguuu!).

Oh baket.... Bakettt........

BAKET AKO NAGKABULUTONG KUNG KELAN SILA DADATINGGGG....

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Ready na pala lahat (I think) para sa pagdating nila bukas. Medyo maliit lang ang temporary home namin. Correction: maliit talaga sya. Ni hindi ko alam kung san ilalagay ng mga gamit na dadating by freight.

Pero OK lang kasi mura sya at $220 a week(thanks Aloha), including water and electricity, fully furnished, and the view is to die for.

Para kaming nakatira sa Makati (yey).

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Niregaluhan ako ni Pam ng gift voucher para spa treatment, and since ang sakitt-sakittt nga katawan ko, nagdecide ako mag-pamasahe (Before ko ito nalaman na me tom-boluts ako, kawawa naman si Paula the masseuse. Sinasabi nya siguro ngayon "Nilalagnat akowww (in english of course)" and after 3 days "Who the f$%k! Am covered with spots!". Inde muna ako dadaan sa Newmarket ng isang buwan, hehe.

First time ko magpa-masahe sa mga Kiwi, at feeling ko alta-de-syudad ako kasi puti ang nagmamasahe. Ang treatment ko is Aromastone massage. Bato lang na panghilod na mainit, pero syet, ang sarapppp....

At inde lang yan, first time ko ring humarap sa tao na ang tanging suot ko lang eh isang disposable t-back.

Syet, buti na lang me natirang blue(lahat ng nasa box kasi eh pink na). Nakaka-ilang pala, para kang fino-floss ka sa pwet, hehehe.

Tuny and Zhang Ziyi are in a Relationship...

Well, more like a one-way relationship. To celebrate my last week as a "bachelor" (dadating na kasi sila Pam this coming Saturday, woo-hoo!!), nag karaoke kami kila Lenny. Syempre, bitbit namin ang projector ni Karl. Grabe ang laki-laki nyaaaa, hehehehe.

Baket ba kasi kelangan me score-score pa, hmp!

Syempre ang finale, Bituing Walang Ningning group performance ala Lavinia, Dorinia and Rosa Mia.

Sunday Fun with The Buena Familia

Hayy. Weekend nanaman. This is the life.

Pakape-kape. Relax. Napakain na kaya ang mga kabayo ko sa kuwadra?

Nakahanap na pala ako ng bahay, at ang laki ng yard (as in). Ano bang balita ngayon (Hmm... Kamusta na kaya ang mga stocks ko?).

Hehehe. The Little Red House in K-Road is Lenny, Armie & Marjen's. Tinulungan lang namin sila magtapon ng sofa.



The Buena Familia living the moderately good life. Ok Karl, cut! Me dumadaang sasakyan, nakakahiya, hehehe.

Updated: St. Paddy's Day in CBD

I love the Irish. The green, leprechauns, and the cool Gaelic accent and slang:

- Top O' The Mornin' (Good Morning!)
- Begosh and Begorrah (Used like "By GOD!")
- How-ar-yah!? (How are you?)
- Shiver-me-timbers...

Errr.. not exactly the lasy one, but they do talk like pirates to my ears.

March 1 was St. Patrick's Day, patron saint of the Ireland. Took some photos of the parade in Queen St. That's just one of the benefits of city living, just walk out of your appartment, and you're right in the middle of the action.

The gray building on the far right (with a tower) is The Mighty Civic where I work part time. If you want to see it from inside, watch King Kong tonight (it's the theatre where Kong was presented and escaped from after he was caught).

To be a good belly dancers must mean having a lot of belly. Ang lalakas ng loob (Mga girls sa Pinas, rejoice! Pagdating nyo dito payat na kayo, hehehe).



I dunno what the Japanese and Chinese have in common with St. Patrick or the Irish that they were in the parade, but they did look pretty. Oh! The clock tower on the background is the Auckland Town Hall, where I also work part time. Go here if you want to see the APO or the NZSO (pronounced N-zed-S-o).

Bag pipers!
Cute Irish girls in traditional dancing garb. The curly hair is actually part of the costume.

Not part of the parade, but saw this Japanese busker doing some serious music. He's really impressive, sounding like a whole orchestra (Hanep!).

Same with this stringed duo doing The Corrs. Kaingit noh, papasa kaya ang banda-rito-banda-doon talents ko dito? Makabuo nga ng sarili kong band (Me kilala ka bang expert sa garapitik and tyan-bol)?

Naalala ko tuloy yung mga tugtugan namin sa Sampaloc 10 years ago nung member pa ako ng Knights Choir sa San Roque Parish Church (We looked shockingly the same like etong mga tambay below. Hay, the life we left behind, ka-miss noh?).

Ang sarap sanang maging bida
Sa sariling kong pelikula
Ninja, kumakain ng bala
Magaling sumayaw parang john travolta
Ka-love team ko ang lahat
Nang magaganda at seksing artista
Kissing scene kay aubrey miles o
Angel locsin

Libre lang mangarap
Walang hanggan na pag-hiling
Libre lang mangarap
Managinip ka

Time Travel & IC Mendoza

YouTube is scary...

Audrey & Lexi inuuto ng mga yaya. Taken a couple of weeks ago.

And check what I found online (A parallel universe Audrey & Lexi??? Exactly the same names).

Or maybe visions of the future? I don't think so. Pam, ikulong ang dalawang yan until they're 32, hehehe.

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Are you following American Idol Season 7?

Finalist Danny Noriega

IC Mendoza.

They have another thing in common aside from the looks (they're both pretty, nyarharhar....).

I am so Confident.. Uhm...

Babala sa mga manonood: HUWAG nyo itong panooring kung me job interview within the next 24 hours:

Nyahahaha... Naku po, gusto ko man eh inde ko makayanang i-play uli ito(sabi ni Gene "Patayan mo yan! Nakakahawa yan!").

Nakakahiya. Well I must say pag andyan na ang pressure at tensyon na parang avalanche, eh kung ano-ano rin ang masasabi mo. Like nung napilitan akong sumali sa Mr. AB:

Judge: If you were asked asked to choose to lose one of your senses, which one would it be....

Tuny: [Naku po, ano ba 'to, parang question ng tino-torture?? Sight? Inde na ka makakanood ng TV... Taste kaya? Ulol, pano ka makakain ng maayos... Baka pwedeng World Peace na lang...].

Judge: ...and why?

Tuny: I personally believe... That I would rather lose my hearing... Because... [Mumbles incoherently]... You know... Uhm... (look sa sky... Ah!) YOU CAN HEAR WITH YOUR HEART!! I thank you (bow).

Mga classmates, gago kayo, hehehe, thank you at pinahamak nyo ako ha (syet). 5 days akong pag napapapikit na para matulog eh, napadilat bigla't naalala ang kahindik-hindik na karanasang ito (parang war shock!).

Pero mabalik kay Janina San Miguel, eh naku ineng, wag ka magalala. Despite the criticisms, wag ka matakot itayo ang bandera ng Pilipinas (Represent!). We believe in you at maganda ka naman eh, wag ka na lang mag-English (my honest and sincere suggestion). Magko-contribute na lang kami na lagyan ang interpreter mo sa Q&A para gumanda sagot mo. Idaan mo na lang sa kendeng, quarter turn at marcha (ilang percent lang naman ang intellect sa criteria). Look at Manny Pacquiao, inde naman sya natatalo sa boxing maski bali-bali english (sabagay, tapos na ang boxing pag ininterview na sya.).

At guys, wag nyo sya i-compare kay Melanie naman, baka magalit yun at sumagot ng "Oh flease, I'm better-rerrr than her, duhh!!"

Kung inde pa kayo sawa. eto naman si Miss South Carolina '07! At least magaling sya mag-english.

Joke lang yun noh, natural magaling sya mag-english (magaling din parents nya eh, hahaha!).
What if she made a 911 phone call?

Filipino English: Da Pimpol

Yesterday, while waiting for my shift at the Town Hall to start, Danielle, an Indian-Kiwi showed up looking a bit tired.

On her left cheek was a big, red...

Tuny: Oyyyy, hey Danielle, you're In-Love ey, hehehe!!

Danielle: What do you mean?

Tuny: .... [Awkward moment]

Tuny: .... [crickets chirping]

Tuny: Err, never mind.

Sa Pinas nga lang pala me-connect-ment ang pimple at pagiging in-love. Naalala ko tuloy bigla si Vincent Dafalong (~~Nunal sa ulo - Mautak daw... Nunal sa bibig - Chismosa daw!~~) hehehe.


Ahhhhhh! Check this outtttt...

Snip-snip...

Matakot ang mga supot, the Americans are coming.

At the Inquirer, while browsing during lunch break.

Hintuturo, Coffee Everyday & Toto

Kuwento lang sakin ni Lenny, at meron nang konting imbento (konti lang):

Sa isang pinoy gathering, nagkatuwaan at ti-nest nila ang Filipino language ni Bianca, anak ni Lee na lumaki na dito sa NZ.

Lenny: Ano sa English ang... Kasaysayan?

Bianca: History!

Lenny: Galeng... eh... Lambat!

Bianca: Net!

Mariz: Galeng talaga ah... Ako naman. Eh ano sa English ang Hintuturo?

Bianca: Ah!! Hintuturo??? I know that! I know that! Hintuturo... Oh!
Stop Teaching!!

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My sister, Jenian, umoorder sa Starbucks:

"Uh, one coffee-everyday-please!" (one coffee of the day please!)

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Naku, inde na pala pwede magdownload ng MP3 sa Multiply. San ko na ngayon ido-download ang hit songs ng Toto like Hold The Line, Rossana, Africa at Georgy Porgy ...

Yes mga kapatid, tratrabahuin ko ang Toto this Sunday. Inde tribute band ha, yung orig mismo, straight from the retirement home, hehehe (nakuuu.. sana sa loob ako ilagay).

Ang Boyfriend Kong Baduy

Crocs Men's Crete Sandals: NZ$49.99

5-year old Old Navy Cargo shorts: NZ$25

Eye-2-Eye Aviator Shades bought at SM Manila: NZ$10

A T-shirt with a photo of Nora Aunor and
Christopher Deleon "In Love":

Priceless

I'm a sucker for all things Baduy, and to all those asking where I get these, they're from The T-Shirt Project. I bought a bunch for myself and as pasalubong last December at Trinoma.

Everything except Mang Tomas is from The T-Shirt Project.

So if you love me (or owe me money), you'll know what to get for my Birthday. Ano ba, mura lang toh no, P200-300++. Gusto ko yung Kuyug, Trust Condom and the Rico J shirt, just in case pwede magrequest.