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Victoria, Vince

Beth, gihaguan siguro si Ashton tan aw kay taas2x man ang video unya towards the end naman tong gipakita ang water falls sa Balilihan pero yes, buking jud!

Gem, naa gani Nigeria nah!  hehhehe

I am glad naay ning view taga Hungary.  I am still searching for my Hungarian friend na hangtud karon di nko gakakita.  I lost the card she sent me years ago.

Bitaw Ashton!  Klaro jud wa ka ning view sa video kay naa bya'y water falls diha as part sa route naa dapit Balilihan. 

Oi, ingna Kyle I like that song too, I raised you up by Josh Groban.

Gem, pasado ala una na pod mi na human storya sa akong sister sa Davao.  Gi badlong na gud sya sa iyang anak na "ipatulog na si Tita Ging kay kadlawon na sa ila".

I'd go for protein diet because the animal is eating vege anyway so I got to eat the vege nutrients. (ngek!)

Would rather be a pilot or an astronaut?

Teebee, Tulumie, Tetchie, Tommy, Tracy, Tweetee

Sofronio, Sr.
Sofronio, Jr.
Sofronio, III.
Sofronio, IV.

Gem, it doesn't matter diay where we are kay pareho ra ta'g kanta.  Nice song bitaw jud ni oi!

M...


Marilyn
Marigrace
Marites
Maricar
Maricel
Marichu
Maricheryl
Mari Teressee

(my parents' daughters' names except for Lumine.  Dad was not fast enough to give Lumine a name that starts with Mari na unhan sa akong Lola ug hatag sa name sa midwife!)

Ngek! Nah, rest na dear so you'll be sober when you wake up.

Proverbs on pride and humility:

When pride comes, then comes disgrace,
       but with humility comes wisdom.

Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant
       than pretend to be somebody and have no food.

One man pretends to be rich, yet has nothing;
       another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.

Pride only breeds quarrels,
       but wisdom is found in those who take advice.

The LORD tears down the proud man's house
       but he keeps the widow's boundaries intact.

The LORD detests all the proud of heart.
       Be sure of this: They will not go unpunished.

Pride goes before destruction,
       a haughty spirit before a fall.

Before his downfall a man's heart is proud,
       but humility comes before honor.

It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxuryâ€"
       how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!

Who can say, "I have kept my heart pure;
       I am clean and without sin"?

Haughty eyes and a proud heart,
       the lamp of the wicked, are sin!

The proud and arrogant man-"Mocker" is his name;
       he behaves with overweening pride.

Humility and the fear of the LORD
       bring wealth and honor and life.

Let another praise you, and not your own mouth;
       someone else, and not your own lips.

A man's pride brings him low,
       but a man of lowly spirit gains honor.

Flower, na intriga jud ko ani na farm.  Usa ni sa mga places na akong adtuan pohon2x makapauli sa ato!

God bless you too, Dong!

Dong, I didn't know there was video of Mother Theresa in your first post because I thought the only post was the one with the lyrics!  God, I felt like she was talking to me it brings tears to my eyes!

Strange and amazing! I was humming this song because we were singing this at church earlier and here you are posting this! Thanks, Dong! 

Maring, available pa man ang video!  Check it out again!  Beautiful!

Maribojoc is just across Manga port.  We used to go to Punta Cruz using Manoy Pael's baroto!

GEC, how are you and your family doing?  I miss the old geeky, jolly and fun-loving GEC that you were!  Medyo ning seryos man gud ka'g kadali. hehehehe  Bitaw, I hope you are ok.

Dong, would you mind doing the honor in choosing the proverbs?  I will browse too the proverbs I will share here.  Thanks, Dong!

I'd rather be a plain housewife because then I got to be a working wife too! hinlo sa kasilyas, tanum kamatis, laba, lampaso, that makes me a working wife!

Wou you rather be eating desserts or humba?

Jedah, Jessephine

Dong, I keep on reading and re-reading this and I am still trying to understand this chapter.  I particularly like this excerpt:

Receive my instruction in preference to silver;
and knowledge rather than choice of gold.
For wisdom is better than corals, and no choice possession can compare with her.


If we follow the will and teachings of God as written in the Bible, we have in us more than any material things one can possibly have.  As a believer of God, we should not compromise God over wordly possesions. 

We heard about priests particularly in the rebel-infested area of Mindanao being killed while spreading the words of us.  They knew already that their lives are in danger and yet they still follow the callings of God to serve Him.  They risk their lives so that people can know more of God.  That to me is exemplary!

Elijah, Everest

Lawyer!!! I never wished to be a doctor kay hadlok ko mag injection!

Would you rather be in Norway or in Sweden? (aha!!!)

I'd rather be a fisherman kay mahadlok man ko'g alimatok and worms.

Would you rather drink a soda or water?

Quote from: Lorenzo on February 10, 2008, 03:20:11 PM
Kinilaw, definitely.

Would you rather go sledding or skiing?

I'd rather go skiing than sledding because I don't know how to do sledding yet.

Would you rather be a cow or an eagle?

I would rather eat sinugbang baboy because there's no fresh fish for kinilaw.

Would you rather be a cow or an eagle?

Dong Bran, from the bottom of my heart, thank you so much for your card with your consoling words.  I received it this morning.

Men, thank you too for being there for our family.  I knew it was hard on you especially with Baby Matt being sickly but you went home anyway. 

Dong, thanks for sharing your spiritual experiences with me.  I was so moved to tears by your story and your honesty of how you felt about going to church with your family when you were younger.  Blessed are you who believed in Him and accepted Him in your heart.

Dong, question.  After you were re-born in that day at the Ford Chapel, did you ever felt empty since then?  You know, the feeling that when you wanted to talk to Him and you couldn't feel His presence.  Back then in the Philippines when I was so busy at work, I had my work as my life.  Going to church every Sunday (at the last mass of the day )was just a force of habit.  There was one day I felt so tired and exhausted and alone.  Yes, very alone. Overwhelmingly alone.  I called for Him but I didn't feel His presence.  I always believe that God resides in our heart so I sort of knocked my heart to no avail.  I panicked.  I cried my heart out.  I fell asleep.  The next morning, I felt light and there I felt again God presence in my being. 

Beth and Mike, sinangag na mais bya ang among kape sa una.  Kadumdum jud ko adto mag sangag si mommy sa mais sa ijang buak na kun tapos halos baga ra jud tong gapa init sa kun sa may dapog.  Mao dayon to galingon sa among all-purpose galingan.  Mao na dayon to gamiton sahay mag himo'g tinunghong kong way sud-an.  Life was so simple then.  Someday pohon, mag buhat ko'g fancy cafe with mais na kape as one choice in the menu.

All US presidents are magnet of assasinations so it's not a guarantee that if Obama only becomes a VP, there will be no attempt on his life.  I'd go for Obama as the President and Hillary as VP.  If Hillary becomes the President, there will be two presidents:  it's gonna be Mr. and Mrs. Presidents Clinton!

Go Obama!  Bitaw, whoever wins as president is just fine but it would be nice to have Obama otherwise, I'd settle for him as VP.

Thanks, Beth!  I am a fan of John Grisham's books.  I can't even tell which one is my most favorite but you know, after I read his books, I just let go of them unlike the books of Coelho where I really kept them, except of course for those books that i borrowed from the library.  Anyway, of all Grisham's books, I think the book, A Painted House is quite a non-Grisham book!  Lacking was the court settings and all.

Mao bitaw naa na koy's nadungo'g na not-so-funny joke sa amo na "ajaw intawon sa kamatay kay di ta ka afford pa"!  Kadtong sa haya sa akong uncle didto sa among balay, no less than 4 thousand mahurot everyday for snacks and meals alone unya 10 days to ang haya.

Quote from: Angie Gulle on February 10, 2008, 03:10:09 AM
Bitaw noh...nakahihumdum ko sa akong parents..ingon jud akong Nanay ayaw jud ninyo pasakiti inyong mga bana or asawa kay wla jud kono nakapasakit among tatay sa among nanay..bisan tumoy sa buhok na lng..tama baba lng jud...mga ginagmay nga butang lng jud..wla jud ko ka undan og nag away sila og maayo...


Well...ako awayon mi kaau sa akong bana...kay kini lagi akong pagkalu-uran akong gusto matuman..labi na tong bag o pa ko abot dri..ang kamingaw og kasakit nga akong gibati pagkamatay sa akong nanay...mag sinukli-ay pod mi og mga words..unya inig ka human mokatawa dayon akong bana mangayo og sorry....

Diha pod mi dako nga away nga iya ko gihanaan...ingon pod ko.. cge..kay tulo ra ka numbers ang dag-anan nimo..(911)...hadlok lagi sya...

Kana bitaw mga minyo na mag abuse sa ilang mga asawa ug bana, wa jud nay ka adtoan tarong.  Naa koy manghud na minyo and before sila na minyo i told my sister's husband na if after your marriage, you don't like my sister, just return her to us safe and whole and we will gladly accept her rather than pasakitan - emotional of physical.  Nah, ako siguro naay magpasakit sa akong mga manghud, mag hurumintado jud ko!  Same with my brothers.  Kon naa sa ila magpasakit sa ilang asawa, ma wingig jud sila nako!

Quote from: Bambi on February 10, 2008, 02:54:39 AM
As far I remembered in my childhood ....our neighbor couple childless kusog manugal (hantak man to uso sa una pa) sus....kay inig tawag sa asawa kay di man gjod mouli, na apason unja latigohon  sa asawa ug sinilas anha sa kalsada lagi.....ahong pangutana, nganong magpalatigo man siya sa atubangan sa publiko man? And these shows happened almost everyday. - I heard it before as what the others said: Nga under the saya kuno to siya!

Nah, kon si Daddy ang latigohon ni mother, maayo'g di ma wingig -to borrow c2's word!

Thank you for the update on Zachery's case and also of Pie and their baby. 

I'd rather live in a small town and just go to the big City once in a great while rather than be in the big City with all the noise and pollution and all the hustle and bustle.

Would rather be a doctor or an accountant?

Quote from: C2H4 on February 09, 2008, 10:12:50 PM
I love, love, love that show.

Which one, Thyl?  Will and Grace of Friends?

Quote from: C2H4 on February 09, 2008, 10:34:10 PM
Nganong naabot man intawon ug 110,000 pesos ang total funeral bills oi? Ka barato ra anang formalin, unya naa man lungon nga plain and simple less than 10k pesos. Nagpahimulos pud ning punerarya, abi kay foreigner man.

Thyl, my Uncle's funeral expenses was 17,500 pesos for 10 days  with the cheapest lungon sa Funeraria Gomez.  So considering na 64 days, murag posible mo abot jud but then again, coop funeral home ra man kaha pod so dapat mas cheaper pa compared sa Funeraria Gomez. 

Jun, Fiel posted a day or so ago a thread info for TBTK's events on the week of July 26 with contact people.  That's where I saw the name of Lik-lik Gallares Schroeder whom I always see and I gather an active person when it comes to Bol-anon events.  We live in the same city but I don't think she knew me though she knew my aunt.

I'd rather be a fan and can disappear in the middle of a crowd rather than a celebrity and be chased by paparazzi anywhere I go.

Would you rather be in a writer or a reader?

Oh, that's so sweet, Dong! 

Maring Bella, same here; I am just a phone call or a ym away from you.  Or, a plane ride away from you.   Just take it easy, my dear friend!  Hey, I have an update for you regarding my "talk to you later, friend in NY!"  You got to hear this jud!  Please call me whenever you can tomorrow kay mahadlok ko mag call unya mapukaw unja nko si Mike.

Salamat, Dong for your kind words!  Bitaw Dong, here's what I believe.  As I said earlier, I see the Lord's face in these needy people.  But on the other hand, by us helping the needy in whatever way we can, we are allowing others to see Jesus in us too.  Confusing ba?  God manifests to us every day through the people.  I had lots of encounter which I thought was with God.  One day, a couple was denied entry to the public bus because they didn't have enough money for fare.  I didn't help right away but I knew they really were in need so I did.  I gave them bus tickets and a little money for their lunch.  I only had a little money but I gave them 5 dollars.  I asked the lady if that was enough for their lunch, and with eyes of disbelief and in tears, she told me, "this is more than enough!"  Then she looked straight to my eyes, then looked up to the sky and said, "Thank you, Lord!"  You see, at that time, I still thought those needy people were God who manifested to me.  I just had a very comforting feeling that I saw Him in the face of those people.   

I knew I am blessed, Dong.  God was there ready to whip me, so to speak if I am out of the path already.  One day, I was still in Manila, there was a heavy down pour that caused flooding in Metro Manila.  I was living in Ortigas area so I was safe but of course, tv coverage was bad and only showed the worst part of Manila.  My bestfriend in Cagayan de Oro called long distance, which she never did before.  She was so worried about me upon seeing how bad the flooding was.  Oh, I was so haughty!  I told my bestfriend, I was in the best place of Manila and besides, even if there was flooding, I was living in the 4th floor of the Condominium and I was sure that by the time the flooding gets to my floor, Noah's ark is already ready by then.  See, how boastful I can get?    That was a Friday.  Saturday morning, I just got my laundy and put it on my bed because I was gonna re-arrange my closet. I went to the kitchen to get ready a sandwich for lunch then I heard this weird sound.  I didn't know where it was coming.  I thought it was in the elevator just outside of the kitchen door.  It wasn't.  When I checked my bedroom, the sprinkler went off and so dirty, stale and stained water was all over!  My bedroom was FLOODED! I was told that was the first time ever in that 11-year old building that the sprinkler went off and there was not even a smoke or anything to trigger it.  Then I remembered, didn’t I say to my bestfriend the day before that there was no way I could ever be flooded because I was in the 4th floor?  The wife of my boss offered me a place to stay in their house that night but I kindly refused.  I stayed in the coach that night and spoke to the Lord. 

I found myself smiling and felt God’s presence. I could see Him in the dark, with both hands in His hips and a challenging smile on His lips, and said, “What can you say, my child?” I replied with a question. God, how could you love me this much to wake me up before I could go deeper to my sleep? And how could you come down so fast? Wasn’t it just a day ago that I mocked my bestfriend for worrying about flooding? 

I watched the video at the Senate hearing and that guy Lozada seems credible to me.  I had no other basis though except what i saw and read in the newspaper. 

Daw beh, Mike, nag ingon ba na mag notify sila nimo if ma disapprove?

Dili man tanan, Swaks.  Naay mga tawo na mahitungnan jud ug maka is-on or maka kali unya di diay pwede kay way napalit pa or ibutang ta nagpa bugnaw lang na sa mall.  Ibutang unta pod nila, bawal magpa bugnaw kon way paliton.   Kana diay mamalitay, di diay na sila manghugaw-hugaw kay maka afford mamalit sa BQ?  Basta, tsinolokoy jud ning style sa BQ.

I didn't think either that constant use of mobile phone can cause brain cancer. 

Muot ra mo, Anj ug Amy!  Ing ana pod among kinamaguwangan. makabalo na lang mi gisapot kay ga budlot na simod sayo pa sa buntag.  No reason jud basta lang mag bunlot na lang na ijang simod pagka mata nya.

True!  Right now I am enjoying the NBA game between Utah Jazz and Sacramento Kings while during commercial, I switch to Emeril Live with the cast of "No reservation" movie.

The next person to post will be TB dokdoking most of the night.

Quote from: jtabaco on February 09, 2008, 11:17:12 AM
grazie...with Romney out and little chance of Huckabee catching up, looks like McCain's got it wrapped up. While Latinos voted for Hillary 2 to 1, Asian Americans voted for Hillary 3 to 1. If we could break out Fil Ams from that last stat, it probably would be more like 4 to 1 on super duper Tues...joey

I was caught by surprise of Romney's withdrawing from the race when he seemed to be do or die.  I think by now, Republican's already got their candidate while Democrats are still up for grabbing by either Hillary or Obama.

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OT:  Sgt. Joey, you mentioned that your father was from Taloto.  Do you happen to know Graping Tabaco? g

Quote from: ms da binsi on February 09, 2008, 08:57:20 AM





Bayat, ako ni ipa priso si Tiya kay cruel to Mocha!

Bitaw naa sad mala palasyo si Mocha sa car port...

Tawon ning tagbo gyud dajun sija pag abot namo sa ilaha...

Ning hilak baja ko gahapon kay gi hampak n hinay ra gud ni tsolokoy ang lubot ni Mocha kay ning saka na pod sa truck.  ning dagan intawon sa kalsado unya sa tunga2x ning lingkod. ako jud gikuha bisan ma allergic ko pero ning dagan.  pag tabok nya sa other side of the street, natarantar pod so ning balik sa iyang balay2x.  Wala pa bya na sukad until yesterday nakatabok sa kalsada.

Busa galabad imong ulo kay alas dos naman diay pod intawon! Guten nacht, Frau Bambi!

Ms. Bambi, maayo kay di ka allergic sa cat's hair noh?  Ako, super allergic that's we had Mocha's house in our carport.

When ms da binsi and I went to SF and we went to Jollibee, their restroom/CR was locked and there was a note posted in the door to inform the cashiers if we wanna use the room.  It further said the restroom is only for customers.  hmmm, not much difference with BQ.

Paying or non-paying customers if they want to mess up their bathrooms, that can still happen.  Restroom is one basic facility these stores should provide to their customers or to anybody who wishes to use.  They just have to offset lang ba kay naa man pod mga customers na dili jud mogamit sa restroom sa mga stores.

Beth, Mocha is a he.  He is so sweet a cat! He guards his turf like a hawk but if our neighbor's dog goes wayward and cross to our property, Mocha runs like crazy!  Mocha tries to catch birds as if he has a chance.  He's a big show off!  When he catches a mice, he would make sure that we can see it, thus he gets reward from my husband.  My husband said Mocha didn't know that he's a cat.  

Our dearest Mocha...

Quote from: ms da binsi on February 09, 2008, 06:22:24 AM
Wa agi ko kakita ani nga thread...

kaila naman mo aning akong mga tsikiting diri pero ako lang i post para sa wa kakita...

tuod, amigo na sila pero nag esnabanay japon...





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Hala, nakalimot ko ni Teebee dah I thought one and the same ni sila ni jerjer.  Paracheet man ni si Teebee, Maring ba?

Quote from: B:) on February 09, 2008, 06:12:33 AM
You all have beautiful pets. I enjoyed watching them.
I love dogs, I grew up with them.
If only I don't have to walk with them during winter season, I would've love to have one.

Here's mine. Her name is Ponyang, she's 16 years old. Pretty much like the baby in our house and we spoil her, why not!
inside her little house

Ponyang is so pretty!  She looks so comfortable and loved!

Quote from: Ginger on February 08, 2008, 05:15:16 PM
I used to have a pet dog in the phils but na RIP pud kay na to-ok sa iyang hukot.

But in Denmark, I had the chance to cuddle our neighbors dog.


    Sting and Fanny

Oh, I love these doggies, Haze!  Are are yorkies, aren't they?

Quote from: Lorenzo on February 08, 2008, 11:53:20 AM
Here are some photos of our one and only Kaiser Wilhelm Salvo Lucino
(And yes, according to my father, he is part of the family)  
Our lovable and protective German Shepperd


The Protector surveying his territory

ganahan ko ani na picture ni Kaiser, Dong!

speaking of pets being part of the family, yes that's true!  smiffy calls our cat, Mocha Ngatia! 

Quote from: svetlana on February 08, 2008, 01:39:30 PM
I don't have a pet, it's not that I dislike animals, but it just so happen nga di ko kugihan mag-amuma! 

my niece has a cat named Cassie for a pet, pero R.I.P na kay naligsan  

Stoic kaayo na cat daw pang model!

Quote from: BlueAngel on February 09, 2008, 07:02:30 AM


my daughter's turtle name "Nanny"

our gift during her 6th Bday but awful to informed you all- Nanny died 2006

What a beautiful girl, Blaue!  Is this Kim?

Speaking of turtle, I used to have miniature turtles in a bowl.  Akong gihatag sa anak sa akong ka trabaho sa una kay di mo undang hilak ug di ihatag.

Magkadungan diay inyong TB grand EB ug ang TBTK kay mao man pod na ang date sa ilang celebration sa Bohol pohon.

Quote from: B:) on February 09, 2008, 05:10:48 AM
Grace, some stores in NYC actually. I'll look for that article where I read it from so I can post it here also.

Hello, Beth!  Thanks for the link.  I guess there's nothing wrong with this ha but when a foreigners/tourists from other countries (like Philippine pesos, for example) take their own currencies to these stores and they don't honor them, that's when this racial discrimination comes in.  Oh well.

Aguy, ms bambi, pagkalami anang mul-mul ug nokus oi1  di laman ko anang bangus kay daghan bukog.  ay pwede ra kon sa tiyan lang akong kan on!

False!  I wish though but not so appetizing heheheh

The next to post is happy that it's weekend once again!

I am too much of a people pleaser.  I can be proud too but not really that bad.

Ay na, Swaks, kay kanta kana!

Quote from: lyds35 on February 08, 2008, 07:47:00 PM
hello balong... dia pod ko sa america, asa man ka dapita? basin kon dool ra ta.. nindot na naa taga bohol ba makitakita , naa pod dri daghan taga bohol ..

Welcome, lyds35!  Asa man ka dre sa America? 

Intawon pod, ikaw na la'y mo swallow sa imong bana's pride Swaks aron madali?

True!!!  I love to swim pero mo tiglum man ko.

The next one to post is already thinking of what to eat for dinner at this time.

It's actually a soy bean that is picked at a certain time of maturity.  It really looks like snap peas but more plump ang beans.  It's good.  You can always order Edamame in Japanese restaurant.  Last week, smiffy found it at the Sam's Club.  Oh, just great!  It was organic and pre-cook na.  I still warm it up though in the microwave because I like it warm when I pop each seed one by one from the pod.  Yum!

Do you like nuts in your blueberry cake, Dong?  It's just actually a little crust of nuts.  When is your birthday diay Dong?

No one can ever go wrong if they allow the Holy Spirit to work on us just like how He manifested in you by seeing the meaning in His Words!  I can humbly say, I learn a lot from your interpretation.

Mothers should be treated the same respect we offered to Mama Mary.  For my mother alone, she bore us 13 children into this world, nurtured us and dealth with us with all our pabadlong!  She was there the moment we tried to assert our independence by starting to walk and not wanting her to hold us.  Oh yeah, we stumbled and fall and there she was ready to pick us up. 

Dong, whenever I see destitute people, I see God in them.  How could we not help if there's anything we can help?  There's always something we can do.  A comforting word, a smile, an ear to listen to, there's a lot and then there's a HUG...

Oh yeah, Dong!  Try listening that song in the middle of a cold night in a dark room, di ba ka maghilaka!

You could say I'm a wine lady.  I use different kinds of wine for my cakes.  Champagne in lieu of water for an otherwise plane tasting white cake.  Dry Sherry to my Poppy Seed Cake and Blueberry Wine for my, well, Blueberry cake!  I also use wines in cooking dishes.  The rule of thumb I practice:  Wine that you drink is the same wine that is good for cooking!

For drinking, I like a little of red or white wine, doesn't matter for as long as there's stinky cheese but my all-time fave is Bailey's.  I make Kahlua but most times I put it in my Chocolate Cake.

Ano ba yan, Dong, that's what I am craving to eat too!  I will rummage my little pantry and see if I still have one left.  If I don't have, I will just stick to my sagbot salad with snap peas chips. I am eating Edamame right now while dokdoking.

Diha bitaw ko nanundong nimo Blaue anang kuris2x unya daw paris pod sya sa wiris2x!

Dong, I had fried plantain this morning. Ummm, a little FDC sin I need to confess:  I sprinkled brown sugar when the plantain was about to get done and so my plantain is crusted all over with the yummy sugary flavor. Yum!

It is lagi daw, Dong!  They got gold in the Federal Association of Inventors recently held in Thailand.  Me, I still don't like the smell of beer.

Quote from: Lorenzo on February 08, 2008, 04:41:38 PM

Mike I thought about you when I read this in bible studies tonight,
"But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness;
and all these things shall be added unto you."
Matthew 6:33

God Bless you, pare. Always.

Dong, I still have on my screen the thread you posted with the video music of Seek Ye First...  It's so soothing to the mind.  That's one of my favorite church songs.  I hum it all the time.  It's my first and last song syndrome for the past days since you posted that in the other thread. Thanks, Dong!

Oi children, this is Vitamin beer daw! hmmm, isn't that too good to be true?

Mao ba, Flower?  Isn't that strange?  Myth lang ba na na maayo kon magpapaak ug bee?  Pastikan, kon naay bee, managan man gani nah aron di mapaakan!  Her kind of farming is quite interesting.

Thanks, Fiel!

Lik-lik Gallare Schroeder is very active here in TBTK or TANOCAL gatherings.

 


A beer that takes some of the guilt out of drinking won the top prize at the International Federation of Inventors' Association in Bangkok, Thailand.

While many of the inventions are highly technical efforts, possibly breakthroughs in the fields of medicine, agriculture and environment, crowds at the convention center in the Thai capital were rather drawn to displays such as the fail-safe hammock and Vitamin Beer.

"If you are looking for an excuse to take a swig, this is it," said Billy L. Lalang, who concocted a beer mixed with Vitamin B, to replace this essential vitamin lost when excessive amounts of alcohol are consumed.

Although yet to be marketed, this "prophylactic for drinkers" as the Philippine inventor calls it, has won a gold medal at the European Union-sponsored Genius-Europe competition.

Lalang, president of the Manila Innovation Development Society, says he has 42 inventions to his name, including a one-a-day lollipop, packed with vitamins and other essentials for undernourished children.

Other popular creations from inventors all over the globe on display include a system to stop would-be car bombers, an even a better mousetrap, a new jam spreader from Taiwan or a "cat averter garbage bag" thought up by an Iranian.

"Every time you give inventors an opportunity to have their ideas seen, that's what starts their blood flowing," said Deb Hess, executive director of the Minnesota Inventors Congress.

More than 150 of their brainchildren were unveiled at this conference of the International Federation of Inventors' Association, a Hungary-based group celebrating its 40th anniversary this year.

Husein Hujic, secretary-general of the Inventors' Association of Bosnia-Herzegovina, extolled the virtues of a hammock so adaptable to the body's shape that "there is no risk to fall down off the hammock, even if the user is asleep and unconsciously moving."

Hujic, whose inventions include a patented calendar running from Jan. 1, of the Christian era to 4619, spoke so convincingly of the swinging bed.

From Niger came a pest trap with "automatic rearmament," while the Iranian booth displayed a garbage bag infused with unnamed vegetal and chemical ingredients that are not harmful to humans or the environment but ward off cats, thus reducing urban litter.

Among the American inventions was an "invisible gym," an armchair that converts in 30 seconds into an exercise machine for the arms, upper body, legs and thighs. It comes in his and hers configurations.

Next to photographs of buildings devastated by terrorist bombs, Taiwan's Chih-Hong Huang pointed to diagrams explaining his "anti-terror defending facility against car-crash attack" a pressure sensor that instantly throws up a steel barrier when a vehicle of a certain weight rolls over it.

The three-day conference, held under the motto of "without inventor no invention, without innovation no development," also features discussions on improving the international system of patents and global sustainability.

source: goodnewspilipinas.com

Vicky Wallace

An advocate of organic farming and a self-confessed insect-lover, 44-year old Vicky Wallace has become the most sought after figure in Bohol. Buying a 4.8-hectare property to pursue her love for farming and successfully establishing the Bohol Bee Farm to continue promoting things that are organically grown, she could proudly say that farming is so far the best thing that has happened in her life.

A foremost supporter of companion planting that allows the growth of different kinds of indigenous materials near the vegetable gardens, Wallace urges that having insects which most farmers regard as pests is not at all an alarming issue. In fact she tolerates having these shelters and nesting places for insects near her plots of plants, saying that it is lovely to live harmoniously on the farm with other creatures.


source:  goodnewspilipinas.com
(excerpt of the article: Spa resorts and farms to boost tourism)

heheheh  banat pod diha Yet!

All I can say is, thank you, Mike, and yes, Glory be to God, as what you keep on telling me whenever I express my appreciation to you for your selfless effort to bridge us TB members to know each other by providing us this forum.  May God's blessing be more than the millions you could have had gotten had you charged us membership fee.

Thank you too for your FRIENDship!

An award for Congressman Chatto is an award for Bohol! 

OT:  Isn't he the one who helped that British-American guy who died and was kept hostaged in the funeral home due to the payables?

hahahhaha di jud pabadlong aron di ma dispatsar!

Mike, salamat jud!  When I saw the thread, I thought you decided to charge us 12 dollars for membership fee! 

You know, I registered to a forum that has the same look as TB.  It's actually for the cake decorators.  It said there, free-membership but when my account was finally accepted, I couldn't click to any boards or threads kay para lang daw to sa paying members.  Ngek!

Mr. Enad will have an interesting case kay first, pwede nya i insist na cultural thing ni sya.  Pareho gud nang ubang mga Muslim ladies who refused to take off their purong when taking pictures for their Driver's License kay lagi that's an intrusion to their religious beliefs.  Mao na dayon, they insisted of the racial discrimination thingie pero wala jud sila na grant ani na case.  For Mr. Enad, ang problema lang gud kay he has to have a permit to do this kay ga involve man gud ug food and they are so strict here when it comes to food and sanitation.  Naa man Pinoy dre na ga lechon sa ilang neighborhood but they are doing this for business so presumably naa ni silay permit to do so.

 "Give strong drink to one who is perishing,
and wine to the sorely depressed;
When they drink, they will forget their misery,
and think no more of their burdens"


Reading and re-reading this excerpt, one thing came to mind is that we should be sympathetic and compassionate to the less fortunate and downtrodden and whoever needs comforting.  By doing so, we are taking a part of their problems thus making things bearable for them.

When my Uncle died two weeks ago, things became bearable for my family back home because of the support of the community.   

I am thinking about what Beth said that "some businessmen accept Euro cash in New York City..."  Are these businessmen into exchanging currencies?  Since US Dollar is the official currency here, it is but right to use the official currency in this country.  I remember one time, a Mexican pizza man in California decided to accept Mexican pesos as tender for his goods.  It generated bad reaction from the people.  I don't really know if this is a violation to any law though.

True, I am always in love.

The next to post wants to upgrade her cellular phone.

Pagkamakalu-luoy intawon oi!  May Mr. Dawson rest in peace now and I hope this young lady, Ms. Piquero can find peace and start anew her life now that her would-have-been-husband is gone.  Life is tough indeed.

Lahi jud sa ato ba?  We can't be accepted in the hospital no matter how sick we are if we don't have money.  Hospital policy, that's what they keep on telling me when my Mom was hostaged herself kay wala pa mi ikadugang sa deposit.  If you read bya the hospital's mission and vision statement, layo ra jud sa ilang binuhatan.  Wala jud gi ingon didto na dili dapatan ug serbisyo ang pasyente kon walay money.

Unya kon mamatay, dapat ilubong na dayon kay ila na pod i "hostage" and dead body if dili ka bayad.  Two weeks ago during the wake of my Uncle, I was told by my mother na we need to pay Funeraria Gomez kay di jud malubong kon di kabayad sa 17,500 pesos charge.  I knew ma istorya ra to si Nong Ben Udtohan but then again, maybe not.  Basin policy jud nila na di malubong unless ma settle ang financial obligation.

Beth, who are these businessmen? In the stores/malls?

Dong, let's try to share our thoughts in these verse like a bible study of sort.


Reding this verse, my literal interpretation is that drinking was never good for anybody because the person's judgement becomes jaded when he or she is drunk.

Kalingaw kaayo ninyo Mikey! 

Quote from: Bambi on February 08, 2008, 07:26:26 AM
The best is to give her also not only "Lampoon but Tampon Award" 

hahahhaha Witty, Ms. Bambi!