Bumblebee!!!

My fave autobot

During the time of Barbie dolls, Cabbage Patch Kids and Care Bears, I was also engrossed with Transformers. Being the youngest and only girl in the family, I have no choice but to engage in whatever my brothers want to play with. I had toy guns, trains.. I basically had my share of "toys for the boys". They have no choice but to give me one of their prized toy possession which is Bumblebee, the smallest autobot who constantly proves himself to his commander Optimus Prime (who else but my kuya haha).

That's why no one can stop me from watching the movie. No spoilers please. I heard a lot of good reviews and I can't wait to watch it. All I can remember is that my Bumblebee turns into a Volkswagen Beetle but I heard that in this movie, Bumblebee is a 1970s Chevrolet Camaro but will later be modified into the 2008 preproduction version of the car. Hmmmmm....

I checked their site and the soundtrack is cool. If the movie will pass my critique, I'll buy the original DVD format. ;-)

My Name Is

Aside from the inability to choose our parents, it's also impossible for us to choose our names. You just wake up one day with the full understanding of what your name is and you compare it with others. You think it's ok to be named Hercules when you were in pre-school but then realized it sounded funny when you reached high school because you look so thin.

These are compiled entries from a PinoyExchange thread, no offense meant...just wanna show you that names like these are existing:

1. kaklase ko nung 2nd yr college...anthony supsupin

2. Ah...ito totoong tao: Dante Pante!

3. yung isa perpy - after ng sem sinabi nya na perpilily real name nya. tapos yung isa is yuka or euca hmmm surname lang kasi sulat nya lagi eh... pero name nya eh eucalyptus...

4. My Grade 6 science teacher's name: LIWLIWA ACOSTA...I have a classmate with the same first and last name: MON ROY B. MONROY


5. Actual girl's names which I have encountered...Edcel May Bayag, May Regla, Regina May Manas


6. babynette!

7. an officemate's name....and i am truly serious....Gina Jaculo

8. MarLon Binalimbing

Lucresia Tabayoyong (author ng Book)

Purgaminda La Vatiba (read in the newspaper)

Pura Ruth

Maria Bukengkeng Pinasukan (totoo to grabe.. name daw ng classmate ng dati naming maid..)

yun lang...

9. sa isang inter brgy bball league yung apelyido sa uniform ng isang player-TARABUSAO from the same team, -CABADDU ang surname, tawag ng announcer sa kanya pag nakakashoot- "no fear" cabaddu



PALPAL-LATOC -a retired PAF general

from a brgy hall in sagada,benguet- UT-UTAN ang surname ng brgy capt. nila

10. may schoolmate ako dati name nya with middle initial is PHILIP P. INES pero isa pa "JULIE" M. FACTO


11. Schoolmate ko dati...Creamy Flower

12. one of my patients na twins, chinese sila maria lourdes and maria luisa, nick name nila Lulu and Malou, surname is ANG, Lulu Ang and Malu Ang

13. My high school friend dad's name SILVERBERIE

14. My galing pa sa school namin, sobrang kilala sya dahil sa name nya VITA B. MINA...Classmate ko pa nung high school THUNDERSON L. GARCIA

15. Inodoro Casillas Jr. ...It's the Jr. that throws me.

16. Manmeet

17. may kilala ako his name is:Dennis Fenis...

18. I met someone who's last name is "GODKNOWS". he's a foreigner. his first name is foreign but also stands for "god knows" in english. So that's GODKNOWS GODKNOWS. another i read in our file: MIAMI FLORIDA. pinoy po ito.

19. Craigshonda

20. my nklala kmi ng frend ko real name nya "Bulbulito Bayagbag"

21. Kitchen and Garage (I've heard about this in the news. It happened in Australia. This couple have to fight for it in court in order to name their babies Kitchen and Garage - after the places where they were concieved.)

22. Ito: mukhang idol na idol talaga si fpj at pinilit ipangalan sa anak nila.. Fernando Pon Jr.

23. Salce Salcedo

Mydaughter Mendoza ------> kakaiba! nakita ko name niya sa list ng jollibee crew members sa cagayan valley

24. Skizzo Pereña


25. Firopsy -----> pero pronounced as "fay-ro-say"

26. Isang manager sa toyota...Gonggurbo

27. ung friend ko may relative xa,. first name EVA then last name niya MANINI...imagine nung graduation niya..MANINI, EVA...

28. I have a friend whose 1st name is F. His brothers & sisters were named A, B, C, D, & E. Si F yung youngest!

29. may distant cousin ako pangalan nila magkapatid e ..NITROGEN AND OXYGEN...

30. MABOOHBEH KAINDALIRI - classmate ko last year... 22ong name din yan

31. actually, mga names ito ng mga teachers ko dati sa [high] school...
Zamorita
Simberguencito

mga apelyido ng mga kaklase ko dati:

Tecla
Kapukihan [sorry, pero meron talaga]


ang pinakamalala sa lahat:

Pakangkang [honestly]

32. I have an office mate who's name is Tim Ang

33. Star Boy ampoocha!!

34. alam ko may star boy talaga. coz before when i was still playing for my college football team, i trained with the men's team's goalkeepers. isa dun si star boy. kasi his first name is starmarkindle yata.

35. Meron akong kilala sa dati kong school magkakapatid sila kakaiba mga names
Real Name: Magtanggol Diala

Nickname: "DJ" short for Defender of Justice
Real Name: Sagisag Diala

Nickname: "SJ" short for Symbol of Justice

36. I was watching VH1's Awesomely Wacky Baby Names the other day and Jason Lee's son's name is Pilot Inspektor


37. Shannyn Sossamon's son is named Audio Science

38. Frank Zappa's 2 eldest children were named Dweezil and Moon Unit. Moon Unit is married to Matchbox 20's Paul Doucette and they named their daughter Mathilda Plum.

39. may aplikante kami dati: LIGAYA D. GALIT

40. yung anak ni ely buendia is Eon Dracula yung name then yung anak ni raymund marasigan is Atari.

41. Student ng friend ko sa Ateneo: Jean Claude Andam

42. professional tennis player before: Vitas Gerulitis ...even the guy himself admitted that his name sounded like a venereal disease or something.

43. Totoo to guys,,Lucky T. Tinio

44. I met this Filipino applicant in this company in LA. Her name is HONEYGIRL PULOT-PUKYUTAN

45. Ima Pig (patient's name)

46. My cousin's high school classmate was named : LUCILLE MAMON. Now a successful lawyer, she goes by the name ATTY. LUCILLE MAMON-CACANINDIN.

47. direk laurenti dyogi

48. yung computer science professor ko nun pangalan ng anak nya na lalaki, Linux.. hehehe..

49. Loveme (pronounced Love Me) Kissme (pronounced Kiss Me) And get this... they're both guys... brothers, to be exact.

50. Zecy Sese



To enlighten everyone else who kinda share the dilemma of the above-mentioned names, we have a law that will allow you to change your name:

Republic Act No. 9048 dated March 22, 2001 provides the grounds for change of first name or nickname, to wit:

The petitioner finds the first name or nickname to be ridiculous, tainted with dishonor or merely difficult to write or pronounce;

The new first name or nickname has been habitually and continuously used by the petitioner and he has been publicly known by that first name or nickname in the community or;

The change will avoid confusion.


I'm not sure though if it's possible to change the last name. Hehe. Unless you get married of course. Ayala or Zobel? You choose. ;-)

Malansang Isda

Marami sa atin ang lumaki na marunong mag-English, may ilan na mali-mali mag-English, may nagta-taglish (ako yun), may mga officemates akong nag-iilocano, meron dyan na kinakausap mo sa Tagalog pero English pa rin kung sumagot. It all boils down to one thing, kung hindi ka kumportable mag-English, wag mong pilitin. Kung may naririnig ka na nagta-try mag-English to express himself sa isang Amerikano, wag mong pagtawanan. Or wag mong gawing katawa-tawa. Kung OA na, meaning pinoy din naman ang kausap, sige pagtawanan mo. Maraming mga asyano, like mga Chinese na iba talaga pag nagtranslate or nagsalita sa English kasi word-for-word sila kung mag-translate kaya iba tuloy ang lumalabas.

Naalala ko tuloy yung stationery na binili ko nung bata pa ako, ang ganda kasi ng design kaya binili ko, nakalagay dun "Le'ts be friends. I am the stars, you are the moon. Together we sun." O san ka pa? nakakatawa di ba? Pero pag-iisipin mo, tayo nga hindi marunong mag Intsik, wala tayong karapatang pagtawanan yun.

Eto pa. May binili akong body scrub sa dati kong officemate. Basta effective daw kaya hindi ko na tinanong yung brand. Ginamit ko, effective nga sya. Kinabukasan ko na lang napansin na may kakaiba sa scrub na yun. May design syang baka na kulay brown ang spots sa harapan tapos sinasabi nung baka eto -- > "Clean out Horniness Whitening".


Tapos sa baba, nakalagay "for all body" (ilan ba ang katawan ko?)

Tapos sa baba pa nun, "One Minutes Dispel Horniness".


Napaisip tuloy ako, pinakaramdaman ko ang sarili ko. Horniness? Wala naman akong naramdaman.


Simple lang yan. We should respect each other's culture. Yun lang yun. At ipagtanggol ang ating wika sa kahit anumang paraan. (MAKIBAKA! WAG MATAKOT!) hehehe...

Sa August pa nga pala ang Linggo ng Wika. Sorry naman. Pwede na rin tong blog ko kasi Independence Day na naman eh.



Read through this excerpt from Bob Ong's "Bakit Baliktad Magbasa ng Libro ang mga Pilipino?"

Isang totoong pangyayari ang naikwento sa dyaryo tungkol sa 70-taong gulang na lolo na nagmula pa sa isang probinsya. Lumuwas ng Maynila ang matanda para sa kanyang visa interview sa US Embassy, at dahil wala syang anumang alam na salitang Ingles, isinama nya ang apo bilang translator.

Inutusan ng consul ang apo na tanungin ang lolo nya kung bakit gusto nitong pumunta sa Amerika.

"Bakit daw ho ba gusto ninyong pumunta sa Amerika?" tanong ng apo.

"Sabihin mong gusto kong makita ang mga anak ko doon," sagot ng lolo.

Muling ipinatanong ng consul sa apo kung bakit kailangan pang pumunta ng matanda sa Amerika, at hindi na lang papuntahin dito ang mga anak nya. Matapos tagalugin ng bata ang tanong, sumagot ang matanda.

"Sabihin mo, dito kasi ipinanganak ang mga anak ko. Nakita na nila ang Pilipinas. Gusto ko naman makita ang Amerika bago ako mamatay."

Dahil naasiwa sa katotohanang hindi man lang makapagsalita ng kahit kaunting Ingles ang matanda, ni-reject ng consul ang application nito. Sinabi ng apo sa kanyang lolo ang naging desisyon ng consul at ipinaliwanag ang dahilan.

"Hindi raw kasi kayo marunong mag-Ingles."

Hindi ito ikinatuwa ng matanda kaya inutusan ang apo.

"Sabihin mo ito sa kanya at huwag mong papalitan ang sasabihin ko. Putang ina niya, bakit sya nandidito eh hindi naman sya marunong mag-Tagalog."

Sinunod ng bata ang utos at sinabi ito sa consul.

He said: "You son of a bitch, how come you are here... you do not know how to speak Tagalog."

Sa pagkakagulat na may halong tawa, napilitang magbago ng isip ang consul at mabilis na inaprubahan ang visa application ng matanda.

the Girl with the Curl

I have been a bonafide non-conformist since the day that I landed here on Earth.

Fashion-wise, music-wise..I tend to veer away from what's hot or what's in. Not that I do it intentionally. I just recently noticed that I have a tendency not to go with the flow. Just recently. About 37 seconds ago.

But of course there are instances when I follow what normal people do (harharhar) because if I won't, I guess I wouldn't be wearing my undies, I woudn't wash my face or perhaps brush my teeth. Basic stuff, that I do go with the flow.

A non-conformist. That I am. Maybe 85% of me.

Everybody's wearing skinny jeans. I don't.
Everybody watched Spiderman 3, Shrek 3 etc. I didn't.
Everybody listens to the hottest bands. I don't.

It takes a while or a bit of a time with constant prodding before I give in.

Like wearing skinny jeans. I MIGHT wear one. But I won't be too excited about it.


Everybody straightens/rebonds their hair. I don't.

Coz I don't have to.

I've worn my hair straight eversince (and again since the day I landed here on Earth). Straight and boring. That's my hair. There were times when I tweaked it, had it colored and shortened it. Way, way too short. That was the time when I was still a Baguio resident. The weather is killing my long hair so I had it cut. Super short. That I looked like a PMAer. HAHA.

Then it has grown. Long again. Thanks to gravity and my hair follicles.

Out of curiosity, I wondered how will I look if I was curly.

YEAH. I want to get a perm.


Next thing I know, I was the victim of my gay friend and he slash she was the one who did it. I was happy with the results. =)

BUT. A big BUT. It went back and straightened itself again. I think my hair has their own little brains and they just decided to "rebond" themselves.

Since I have the BIGGER brain, I had a perm again. From a salon just awhile ago. I now have curly ends. Again, I'm happy with the results. I HOPE and I PRAY that it will stay curly for the rest of the month. BONUS if it can last for three more months. OR ELSE, I'll just chop my hair on my own.


Lesson:

Don't talk when your mouth is full.

Relevance? Nothing.

This is my blog. This is my hair.


Related Topic:

Try reading through this article I got from Peyups. Written by sternoclavicular.

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