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U r Fantastic Jul 8, 2009 1:54 pm 747 Views Oui, T'es fantastique! without sounding o.e. Glad to have your company. You make me happy as Larry. Who is Larry by the way? It's amazing how complete strangers who comes and goes leaving good words and advice. Your comments animates this place. If I've got on your nerves, sending my sincerest apologies. Will refrain from doing it again. Don't wanna be bitchy. Simply know I didn't mean ...it in a bad way. If I've offended you in any way and you want to take it further. Try suing me, but honestly you'll get very little money. Only earn enough for our basic family needs. Can only offer you loving kindness and good things in return. Just don't propose anything else. Sorry, no thanks to creepy guys. Intentionally picked those with pictures, so I can see them clearly. Thanks for your visit(s) , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , .... Do you miss anyone? 25 Comments

"Sinakal na ako" Jul 8, 2009 11:30 am 447 Views This is a comment from an elementary school friend whom I still chat with today. If she's available and close by I might even see her this year again. I used to help a little when nanay was also a canteen manager; we made burgers, bbq sticks, sweet spaghetti etc together. Ma joker friend out of our group of friends is a cute female version of Bugs Bunny with her 2 front teeth. Her lola supplied food for the school canteen. One of her aunties is Teach V and she's one of my fave school teachers. She's a friend whose aunties and uncles are teachers like ma mom in the same elementary school that we attended. Our friends were the same and were all interlinked with each other. Until now she's the one who is still connected with many of our classmates and friends with some people from our school. She has been to some of our former classmates' weddings, parties and christenings. When looking at friendship network sites, the trend is that many former school mates and friends we knew from elementary in PH to High school here (in another part of the world) are now married or with children or both. Can't believe it when they're close to my age. Only hope that they weren't rushed to get married young and have a family. After noticing whom she knew and the weddings that she's been I asked her "Ano, kinasal ka na ba rin?" She is no exception. She's also now married and with a child too. Or as she put it, "Sinakal na rin" siya . Anytime I chat to her, she puts a smile on my silly face. Whilst on the subject of marriage, I'm looking forward to watching the simply beautiful in many ways Robin Penn Wright in her new movie role The Private Lives of Pippa Lee. I admire her as an actress she always puts a terrific performance and she takes marriage and motherhood in her own stride as she's on and off married to her 2nd husband the award winning actor Sean Penn. As Pippa Lee, Robin identifies with this line, "We could be married to any of the men in the room. It's not love that makes a marriage. You have to will it." Picture of bff's wedding. 2 Comments

Funny Engwish Jul 5, 2009 7:47 am 995 Views How can we forget those who can't even read nor write? There are a small percentage people in our world including adults who can't do either. How about those who were either born blind or became blind and deaf? Doesn't each person have different learning and mental abilities? Some learn quicker and others take longer to learn anything. Disabled adults appear to be younger than their real age. They've adult needs and child-like behaviour. When you examine English closely, you'll become familiar with how words link with each other, in doing so you'll be astounded to find out more about the word's origin and how fun it can be to know which words sounds the same and which words are spelt same, but have different meanings. Examples Spot the tongue twisters 1. The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse. 2. He could lead the team to victory if he would get the lead out. 3. The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert. 4. Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present to his mother. 5. When the shot came near, the dove dove into the bushes. 6. The medical insurance was invalid for the invalid. 7. The buck does funny things when the does are present. 8. The wind was too strong for us to wind the sail in. 9. I had to subject the subject to a series of tests. Changes from American to British English (Repost) •Buns- You're probably sitting on them now i.e. your bum. In the U.K., a person that is referred to as a bum or acting as a bum means they’re a tramp. Over here buns are either bread or cake rolls. Asking for a couple of sticky buns in a bakery here will mean Mr. Crusty the baker will give you two cake buns with icing (frosting) on the top. madaboutcakes. •Fags to Brit are cigarettes. This not a fundamentalist Christian's statement that all homos will burn for eternity in hell, but saying that 'if you always have a match to light your cigarette...' •Pants are called trousers here. Pants are the things that go underneath or ‘knickers’ for females to wear or ‘boxers or y-fronts’ for men. •Fanny- In Britain, the fanny pack is known as a bum bug because fanny is not your bottom. Here, fanny is located in the neither mid region and private part of the body. •Pissed- In America, it's quite legal to be pissed in a car in a traffic jam. In fact, in large cities sometimes you cannot help it. Here, it means that you have been over doing it 'down the boozer' (pub) or bar as it is known there and a kindly policeman will shortly flag you down and arrest you. •Shag means a dance to some. Here it means seksual congress. In other words, you may have to summon up the courage to shag someone, before you might have a shag with them later on. Also a sea bird similar to a cormorant and a type of rough tobacco. •A_s is a quadruped of the horse family or a stupid person. 'Arse' is more commonly used here. Arse or bums, take your pick to squeeze. You might even hear me say to someone “you’re an arse biscuit”….have a guess. •Football- A classic example of culture gap. Football is called soccer elsewhere perhaps to avoid confusion. A Filipina New Yorker friend once compared American football to European footie saying EU footie progresses slower. Americans want to see more action and gain points quicker. •Knackered- Some might give puzzled looks if you use it. Knackered means you are tired and people would joke you’re tired specifically from a seksual activity. It comes from the fact that horses are often tired when they have testes removed (their knackers) when they are castrated. •Spunk in the US is perfectly acceptable for a boss to ask whether you are feeling full of spunk of a morning (i.e. full of get up and go.) This situation in the UK may only arise when a director is quizzing a male actor in the adult entertainment business. I laughed when my friend at work talked about how she used to clean such things in the hospital when she was younger but not knowing what it was. •Woody in the UK is an acceptable description of a wine that has taken on the flavour of the barrels it has matured in. In the US *never* go a wine tasting and claim that this wonderful Californian Chardonnay has an excellent 'woody' flavour, unless you are the female co-star of the aforementioned male actor and you are in the process of filming an 'arty' movie. •Willie is the male organ. I’m not surprise when Will Smith was poked fun of in the media with his album entitled ‘Big Willie Style’. Who knows some guys might happily claim to have big egos too? •Mug have many meanings for e.g. a big vessel to contain your 'cuppa' (cup of tea). Another meaning for mug in certain parts of the U.K. meaning someone’s face like it would make sense to have a ‘mug shot’. In the UK, a mug is a fool or an idiot or many other insults and to mug up is to learn. In the US, a mug is a thug or a hoodlum (a shortened version of mugger I suppose). •Batter doesn't always mean the kind of batter you mix flour with which is used for frying foods. Batter means also beating someone violently. •Randy is a perfectly reasonable first name. Here if you said you're hot and you're called Randy well...you're •Chips are known to Americans as French fries. Chips in Brit are called crisps. The bf was hugely disappointed when he received his order after his initial excitement to hear in an American cafe that he could get chips with salt and vinegar. Priceless. It was too late to remind him that it wasn't chips with salt and vinegar. It was crisps. Apart from regional differences in pronounciations of English words-dialects and accents between different parts of England, Scotland Wales and NI that makes up the whole British Isles; there are also many varieties of local slangs. Slangs itself can mean differently depending in where you are. 1. Baps in N.I are referred to in England as bam cakes. 2. Toilets are also known as bogs or the crapper if you're referring to action no. 2. 3. Manky means unclean, foul and gross. 4. Culchie is a term sometimes used to describe a person from rural areas of Ire. It usually has the pejorative sense of "country bumpkin", but is also reclaimed by those who are proud of their rural origin, and may be used by either side in banter between town and country people. 5. There is the noun word slag which means a promiscuous or contemptible person or U Hur A. Whilst the word 'slagging someone off' means to verbally put down someone or thing. e.g. "If you are going to persistently slag off your friends you soon won't have any left to upset." Noooo don't even want to get into the merge of several accents. Mind baffling isn't it? If your head isn't fried then then it might be now? 41 Comments

Watch TV? Jul 5, 2009 6:20 am 560 Views DS9 was my fave if this means anything to anyone. The nerdy science fiction fans have certainly moved on from the 'Star Trek' series to Battlestar Gallactica. Waiting for the hype to die down before I can watch the rest of this series. Anyho, the problem with many TV series is that they are aired on TV for too long. What was an innovative, fresh, new and funny series tends to become stale over a long period of time. The novelty of the programme wears away from the formulaic jokes and stories that are reused over and over again such as what you can see in Friends. Shorter TV series works better in general such as what it's being made in the U.K television; it’s easier to end it on a high note rather than waiting to see the same show going on for so long with many predictable, unbelievable twist and impossible turns such as the thriller TV series '24', yet still ends on a flat note. Unfortunately I don't have the stamina to watch long TV series, unlike when reading a series of books. Another thing about television programmes is that producers tend to borrow ideas and similar TV formats showing in other parts of the world for example the likes of 'Big Brother' which originates from Netherlands in 1999. Some TV adaptations cater for the TV viewer's taste and culture in each country. Big Brother was a programme that I found interesting enough to watch in its first series as a study of the people's characters which are quickly and gradually unravelled through the show. The more series was produced the more I found it cringe worthy because with each series the TV producers keep trying to top the previous series by choosing even louder, more flamboyant, more brasher and weirder mix of individuals to reside with each other for a given period of time. On top of this, the house-mates are assigned sillier tasks and new ways of living in the house for every new series. Through such programmes they can make some unknown and ordinary viewer to become "famous", for a short time. Whilst they are on the limelight they make the most of it. Like many things that are presented in front of camera and presented in the media, this programme would've been edited and cut in a way that would catch the viewers' attention. Does it ring bell? When you watch British TV and people in real life you’ll also notice that they tend to swear quite often. Swearing has become part of the norm that it is not often viewed in a hostile way sometimes. This depends though on the user and the receiver of cursing words. Swearing for some is like adding seasoning of salt and pepper into their use of language. Swearing can also be funny when used by certain characters and person who are intentionally trying to be funny or those who are naturally funny. It has always been more acceptable for men to use swearing more than women. Women who come out with bad words are viewed as unladylike. There are obviously still people who frown upon any kind of swearing and those who swear very rarely unless they’re provoked and there are people too who likes to hurl insults in a sexist, racist and generally aggressive manner. From another TV series I enjoy- Helen Daria, the easiest thing in the world for you is being honest about what you observe. Daria And... Helen What's hard for you is being honest about your wishes. About the way you think things should be, not the way they are. You gloss over it with a cynical joke and nobody finds out what you really believe in. Daria Aha! So my evil plan is working. 15 Comments

Emotions and self Jul 5, 2009 5:19 am 483 Views Be cool and be kind to thyself Graft a strong sense of self Master any emotions from jealousy, anger, fear to grief Relax, relax some more ...and chillax Don't freak until it happens Tune into others You aren't suffering alone You might think you are You may forget that not everyone says what bothers them Being receptive to other people's ideas and being agreeable doesn't mean that you've to be easily swayed Need to clarify what means to you more Refine and redefine your values which makes it easier to accept or reject .....influences that do or don't fit into your sense of identity and purpose Place little significance on setbacks View them as glitches rather than see them as a sign to quit Slowly draw away from self-doubts If you can't trust the person, don't be with them Thanks Psych! 7 Comments

Teamwork Jul 3, 2009 10:41 am 546 Views What are you doing this weekend? I'm not as pale nor burnt as I used to be. Healthily glowing today because there were plenty of sunshiny days. Summer Craze Exercising outdoors rather than indoors. Friends wants to play tennis. Finally people to play with even though hardly any of us can keep the ball bouncing off the court. Will just have to keep running across the field over the fence. Andy Murray was beaten by no. 1 U.S. tennis player Roddick in Wimbledon. Lots of cyclists out. Cycling marathons. Had a new bike that was borrowed by someone who never returned it. Last time I cycled I struggled to peddle up a steep hill that I felt sick and was about to throw up. I rummaged through my bag that I was carrying for water to hydrate myself, but forgot to bring it. Was dying from thirst. Thankfully made it to my destination feeling tired and sick. Kayaking and going on a boat along the river nearby. A co-worker offered 2 kayaks for us to borrow, which was nice of him. Collecting collectibles. If you strike it lucky then you'll earn an unexpected amount of extra money. On Wednesday this week, people at work went berserk to look for 20p coins. Royal mint estimated 50,000 and 200,000 of unlimited number of 20p coins in circulation in the U.K. These 20p coins are unlimited because the coin producers Royal mint forgot to put dates on these 20p coins. This mistake hasn't happened in over 300 years. This happened during the process of redesigning the 20p coins in 2008 which moved the date from the reverse to the obverse (Queen's head side). Royal mint had offered to pay people £50 if they return these 20p coins to the bank in the hope of selling these to collectors for a higher price. Gosh I almost thought I'd 2. I had the right coin, but unfortunately it had a date on it. Should've known I'm not that lucky with money that's why I don't gamble much and don't like gambling. On Ebay people are bidding for at least several hundreds of pounds to buy it. My relationship with Ebay in the past was mostly problematic that's why I've got more sensible and visit less there. Other things to collect that are worth more money are comics, antiques (only way to get hold of this is through grandma, but I'm not an inheritor), rare books and dvds etc. War Hammer stuff that a friend paints and plays with. £££££££ Kids are off school. Need to get them out more to keep them occupied. Need to wear lighter clothes. Time to visit the summer sale. 18 Comments

Leather clad biker chix Jul 1, 2009 5:06 pm 486 Views Oil meh Choose a shady spot Make sure I'm bare Rinse meh first Lather meh up a sponge of warm soapy water wash along the curves under the layers and mah sides Spray off excess soap after shampooing the top Wipe every nook and crannie Clean mah insides and rinse meh thoroughly .....everywhere Rinse off completely any soapy parts Hose off excess dirt Take a towel and dry by setting the towel flat against the surface dragging it along the surface to pick up any water spots Start with the top and work your way down to the bottom Sincerely, Car What's next on the agenda of things to learn how to do? Gardening? ------------- Would you have even seen the grinning Cheshire cat look splashed across the face? True to his word my matey's dad (same mate with a lovely outspoken mom) took us out for a spin on his motorbike. First ride. It was a speedy cruisin' mode over 120 mph around 3 towns. Days before this I thought dad was kidding. And we got on this 3D stimulator virtual "ride" on moving chairs a fortnight ago, was ready and rearing to go on roller-coasters, says someone who is afraid of heights and suffers from slight vertigo. Bf was glad to hear him offer a ride too. He waited in anticipation for dad to offer. He didn't want me to get jealous because he got to go. Hold on tight back there. Dad handed a smaller leather female jacket which we both knew would drown me anyway. It isn't as tight-fitting as his. Gloves on and helmet then glasses on. Whilst cruising comfortably with my light weight, dad forgot momentarily I was behind him. Hairs flew everywhere but the helmet kept stray hairs in one place. Now I know it's very easy to overtake other vehicles. It isn't even a challenge and you wouldn't even really notice. That is if you enjoy a thrill-seeking ride. Back home in one piece. 12 Comments

Girls just want to have fun Jun 30, 2009 9:00 am 469 Views Are you less of a woman if you ____ ...Left your body hairy all over? ...Approach men first instead of them courting you? ...Eat, sit and guzzling beer like a caveman? ...Your Hair was always very short like many men? ...Don't even put on a lick of "war paint"--make-up on your face? ...Are far more dominant than a man? ...Earn a higher salary than men? ...Are Towering as an Amazonian woman over men? ...Don't own more than 2 handfuls of bags and shoes? ...Don't get obsessed with shopping? ...Don't know every shade of colour? ...Enjoy seks more than or as much as the opposite sekz that you find you can't be faithful to a guy? ...Are just as visually stimulated and care about a man's appearance as men admire other women? ...Don't like children that much and can't reproduce? ...Don't want to get settled or married? ...Aren't a domestic goddess, can't cook, won't cook etc? ...Don't talk that much and have very little vocabulary of descriptive and emotive words? ...Are less affectionate, less compassionate and less romantic than a man? ...Are more into culture than nature? ...If men discovers that you don't always smell of nicely scented flowers all over and you aren't that delicate? Girls ever fart song Sing it to the tune as Cynid Lauper's song Lesson 1: If ya gotta go, you gotta go! Your bf Took you on a date Mexican food At first you thought it was great But you forgot that beans make you flatulate And girls don't ever fart No girls, they don't ever parp Lesson 2: Hurts more keeping it in than letting it out. You're at work and wouldn't you know in the elevator you didn't take the beano Can't wait much longer or your o-ring will blow Fart, Girls don't ever parp, girls don't ever toot But when you're home aloooone That's when you let gooooo Nobody else has to know 13 Comments

Twittering Jun 29, 2009 8:31 am 464 Views Watchers Can't recall any funny stories about being stalked by someone. Any incident that occurred was horrifyingly real. Before this I assumed it was only famous people who got stalked. During the years I was a full-time uni student travelling, studying and after working late at night, most of the time walked by myself, which invited weirdos and drunks to approach me. Anytime this happened it seemed unreal and couldn't understand why men would bother doing it. Were they that desperate? They thought I must have been easy and really dumb enough to let them get that close. You know I was very relieved to see that I'm not alone in experiencing this kind of ordeal. This became a minor part of the list of concerns I had in a few free counselling sessions at uni with a professional. She was a great help. There was a women's rights campaign March last year here to claim the streets safe for women to walk the whole day through the night without fear of getting harrassed. Hard to say how much impact it made, if any at all. It's important that women should walk in groups and not to walk around by ourselves in the city, especially in the campus area where there were incidents of r*pe. One of the worst things that women could do is get drunk without any kind of a dr*g test kit to see if your drink had been spiked. Won't have to worry about it much because pubs are off my list of places to visit regularly. I'd ask for company when I'm out most of the time. Other than this, would you classify keeping an eye on your friends and family and people whom you knew many years ago curious to see what they're doing as stalking? I'm not much into networking on friendship sites or other websites. When I'm not signed up, the most I would do is follow what they've been doing so far in life. It's pretty fun to come across people I knew by accident on the internet just like I wrote before about a 2nd cousin's pic of us when we were kids in a Utube video. If I were to twitter, I'd probably like to say based on an event 2 years ago. 16:15pm @ a film fest. Found Korean dir Park Chan-Wook in the cine with his translator. Chanced our legs... Kodak moment with him. Wanna head over 2 see him too? Get autographs. 17:10 Had a bite to eat @ KFC chicken lickin' good in d bowling place near d cine. Twittering amongst ourselves. Digesting our snacks....euhhh 17:45 Evacuated n d loo. Water loo...CR..toilet...whatever you wanna call it. 16 Comments

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