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this is what i wish for the most.  i hate plantza-plantza, huhuhu.

Philadelphia Phillies Ben Francisco reacts after being hit in the head with a pitch by Cincinnati Reds Logan Ondrusek during the sixth inning in Game 2 of the MLB National League Division Series baseball playoffs in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 8, 2010. (REUTERS/Tim Shaffer)


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People walk through the doors of a cardboard car during a street party on Serrano street in Madrid September 25, 2010. Serrano street was closed off to vehicle traffic Saturday to celebrate the ending of construction work done to make the upscale shopping street more pedestrian friendly. (REUTERS/Susana Vera)

Nine day old female Rothschild Giraffe Hera (front) walks past two day old male Hermes in their enclosure at the Knies Kinderzoo in Rapperswil May 7, 2009. (REUTERS/Christian Hartmann)

A radio-controlled Superman plane, flown by designer Otto Dieffenbach, passes the moon during a test flight in San Diego, California June 27, 2013. Otto and business partner Ed Hanley are a small start-up company that creates flying radio-controlled planes, designed in the form of people, characters and objects, for commercial and promotional uses. (REUTERS/Mike Blake)

Street artists perform in downtown Rome August 30, 2013. (REUTERS/Max Rossi)

Visitors are seen in a reflection as they pose on Argentine artist Leonardo Erlich's optical illusion installation "Dalston House" in east London June 26, 2013. The artwork, commissioned by the Barbican Gallery, uses mirrors to create the impression of a house on which people can play and pose for visual effect. (REUTERS/Luke MacGregor)

Visitors look at each other in an Ames room at a private exhibition of optical Illusions in St.Petersburg, September 24, 2013. An Ames room is constructed with a distorted perspective to confuse observers' sense of scale. (REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk)

A man holds the hand of an idol of the Hindu elephant god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, during idol immersion ceremony in the Hussain Sagar lake during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad September 17, 2013. Ganesh idols are taken through the streets in a procession accompanied by dancing and singing and later immersed in a river or the sea symbolising a ritual seeing-off of his journey towards his abode, taking away with him the misfortunes of all mankind. (REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder)

France's Mathieu Valbuena (R) is challenged by Belgium's Marouane Fellaini (L) and Vincent Kompany (C) during their international friendly soccer match at the King Baudouin stadium in Brussels August 14, 2013. (REUTERS/Yves Herman)

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mathieu valbuena (second from right) is not THAT small

A partially submerged billboard on a tramstop is seen on the flooded embankments of the Danube River in Budapest June 10, 2013. (REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh)

Bop the Pointer (show name Hookwood Northern Lights) looks over the shoulder of Juliette Linge from Haverford in west Wales during the Crufts Dog Show at the NEC Birmingham March 11, 1999. Crufts is the largest dog show in the world attracting around 26,000 dogs. © (Reuters)

The rear end (L) and head and shoulders of Eurasier dogs Tinu and Uno (R) are seen from behind a tree as their handler (not pictured) holds onto their leads during the launch of the Crufts dog show in Green Park, central London, February 24, 2004. (REUTERS/Natasha-Marie Brown)

The full moon rises through the Olympic Rings hanging beneath Tower Bridge during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 3, 2012. (REUTERS/Luke MacGregor)

A visitor looks at a monumental sculpture by artist Robert Therrien in the newly opened Metropolitan Arts Centre in Belfast April 23, 2012. (REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton)

Members of a family pose for a photograph in front of a 3D painting at the 2012 Magic Art Special Exhibition in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province July 7, 2012. (REUTERS/Carlos Barria)

Snow is piled up near the landmark Fernsehturm television tower on a sunny winter day in Berlin, February 3, 2011. (REUTERS/Thomas Peter)

Pakistan's Shahid Afridi unsuccessfully appeals for West Indies' Ramnaresh Sarwan as he stands behind West Indies' Shivnarine Chanderpaul during their Cricket World Cup 2011 quarter-final match in Dhaka March 23, 2011. (REUTERS/Adnan Abidi)

Spectators and soldiers, from behind a cut-out of Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan, watch the third day's play in the first test cricket match between Sri Lanka and India from the top of a fort overlooking the grounds, in Galle July 20, 2010. (REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds)

A man jumps into the cool water of the Dnipro river in Kiev, June 11, 2010 where temperatures reached  33 degrees Celsius (91.4 degrees Fahrenheit).  (REUTERS/Konstantin Chernichkin)

A woman poses for a photograph in front of a 3D painting at an exhibition in Guiyang, Guizhou province April 14, 2013. (REUTERS)

Legoland Parks' Project Coordinator Stefan Bentivoglio of Germany makes fine adjustments to a lego model of Singapore's Fullerton hotel and Merlion during a media preview of Legoland Malaysia at Nusajaya, in the southern state of Johor, September 14, 2012. (REUTERS/Edgar Su)

A woman (reflected in the mirror) and a man stand at a washstand at a camp, The Territory of the Initiative Youth "Biryusa", on the banks of the Yenisei river in the Siberian Taiga, some 37 miles south of Russian city of Krasnoyarsk, July 28, 2012. (REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin)

Cleveland Cavaliers Tristan Thompson (13) hangs on the rim after a dunk during the first half of the NBA BBVA Rising Star Challenge basketball game in Houston, Texas, February 15, 2013. (REUTERS/Bob Donnan)

Actors pose with gym equipment on what the Guinness World Records billed as the world's largest 3D painting, at Canary Wharf in London November 17, 2011. British artist Joe Hill's creation measures in excess of 12,000 square feet, breaking records for the longest and largest surface area 3D painting, according to Guinness. (REUTERS/Paul Hackett)

Artist Liu Bolin demonstrates an art installation by blending in with vegetables displayed on the shelves at a supermarket in Beijing November 10, 2011. Liu, also known as the 'Vanishing Artist', started practising being "invisible" by means of optical illusions more than six years ago. Picture taken November 10, 2011. (REUTERS/China Daily)

German street artist Johan Lorbeer performing "Tarzan, Standing Leg Still Life Performance," at the Alhondiga Center on the first day of a nine-day fiesta, in Bilbao, Spain August 20, 2011. Lorbeer draws crowds fascinated by his gravity defying suspension in mid-air while resting his hand against a wall. (REUTERS/Vincent West)

Simon Ammann of Switzerland and Austria's Martin Koch (R) walk down the stairs for their practice jump on the Large Hill HS134 at the Nordic Ski World Championships in Oslo, March 1, 2011. (REUTERS/Petr Josek)

A security guard jokingly inspects the back of a self-portrait entitled "Mask II" by Australian sculptor Ron Mueck at the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh, Scotland July 31, 2006. (REUTERS/David Moir)

Small Steps Count



When it comes to reducing your risk of developing cancer, your everyday decisions count. There’s no way to eliminate your risk completely, but making positive lifestyle choices can improve your likelihood of having a healthy future. Small precautionsâ€"such as wearing sunscreen, maintaining a healthy weight, and not smokingâ€"make a difference. Take these basic steps to help minimize the risk of cancer, and protect yourself and your family both now and in the future.


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Watch Out For Wild Claims



It seems there’s a new claim every week for a food, supplement, or treatment that can help prevent cancer. Some may be legitimate but have not been fully studied for a long period of time. Some claims are bogus and should not be given any credibility. The American Cancer Society recommends that, when it comes to claims about cancer prevention, you should only trust reputable sources and find out how the method was tested scientifically. Use common sense and look at trusted sources before changing your behavior or trying the latest fad.

Quit Smoking



Though it may seem obvious, avoiding tobacco can help you avoid cancer. According to the Mayo Clinic, smoking is linked with a number of types of cancer, including lung, kidney, bladder, and cervical cancer. If you smoke cigarettes or cigars, or use chewing tobacco, it’s important to quit. Even if you’re not a smoker, be sure to make an effort to avoid secondhand smoke, which can increase your risk of lung cancer.

Avoid Risky Behaviors



Certain behaviors can lead to infections that might increase your cancer risk. Behaviors that are considered “risky,” such as sharing needles and unsafe sexual practices, should be avoided. To practice safe sex, use a condom and limit your number of sexual partners.

Stay Active



Regular exercise and physical activity can help you maintain a healthy weight, which in turn may play a role in lowering your cancer risk. The Mayo Clinic reports that physical activity may lower your risk for both breast cancer and colon cancer. Weight maintenance could also lower the risk of breast, prostate, colon, lung, and kidney cancers. You don’t need to be a champion athlete. Aim to incorporate 30 minutes of exercise into your daily routine, at least five days a week.

Eat a Balanced Diet



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Get Screenings and Immunizations



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Simple Steps to Lower Risk



Cancer is the second-leading cause of death in America, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). You can take some simple steps to avoid the leading causes of certain cancers. Small modifications in your daily life can add up over time and make a big difference. It’s not easy to change, but it’s very worthwhile. Some common sense precautions include the following:

kakapoy ba aning bisag asa nga thread moliko aning nagpinahitay uy.  mauwaw baya ta sa mga bag-o dinhi.  abi pa lang, mga way buot ang tb senior citizens.

that's a great name for a chess tournament, lorenz.  it's more appropriate and modest to name an endeavor in memory of someone who's already gone from earthly life.

how do we order these products, rey, in case i opt to have some?  i just want to be a buyer, not a member of mlm because i'm zero at selling.

my understanding of food supplements is that they help in prevention.  medicines are for treatment of diseases that are already there.   

Philippines

The only Asian country to bag the "Big Four," the Philippines is the third and the most recent country to join the ranks of Brazil and Venezuela. Thanks to Megan Young who won the Miss World 2013, the Philippines has completed the four major beauty pageants with two Miss Universe crowns (1969, 1972), four Miss International crowns (1964, 1970, 1979, 2005) and one Miss Earth crown (2008).


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Brazil

Known for its exotic beauty, grace and elegance; Brazil is the first country to win all four pageants, the latest is when they won Miss Earth in 2004. The largest country in both South America and Latin America; Brazil has won two Miss Universe crowns (1963, 1968), one Miss World crown (1971), two Miss Earth crowns (2004, 2009) and one Miss International crown (1968).

Venezuela

Venezuela is a veteran when it comes to the "Big Four." The most successful country who managed to bag a total of 19 victories; 6 Miss Universe crowns (1979-2009), 6 Miss World crowns (1955-2011), 6 Miss International crowns (1985-2010) and one Miss Earth crown (2005).

The pageant that is not based on looks alone, Miss International winners are expected to serve as "Ambassadors of Peace and Beauty." The ultimate goal of Miss International is to promote world peace, goodwill and understanding.

Known as a non-profit organization, Miss Earth Foundation aims to increase the level of awareness on current environmental issues. Miss Earth is organized annually by Manila-based Carousel Productions and the only major global pageant that promotes the care and preservation for the planet's environment and ecology.

Known  as the Big Four International beauty pageant, these four contests are considered to be the most coveted titles by all beauty titlists, with Miss Universe and Miss World, the two pageants that most countries considered to be the most important. So here are the countries who successfully won the big four as of September 2013.

Philippines, Brazil And Venezuela: Three Countries To Win The Big Four International Beauty Pageants

By Riza Ornos
September 30, 2013

There are hundreds of beauty pageants held every year around the globe but out of these pageants there are only 4 that are considered the most prestigious; Miss World (1951), Miss Universe (1952), Miss International (1960) and Miss Earth (2001).


Miss World 2013

Run by Miss Universe Organization, Miss Universe was founded in 1952 by Pacific Mills, a clothing company based in California. Before it was acquired by Donald Trump, the pageant is part of Kayser-Roth and then Gulf+Western Industries.

Miss World is a London-based pageant created by Eric Morley in 1951, making it the oldest surving international beauty contest in the world. Since Eric Morley's death in 2000, his wife Julia Morley is now the chairman of Miss World Organisation.

Jennifer Cortes, Binibining Pilipinas-Universe 1978, said: “Seems the Philippines has become a powerhouse (in the pageant scene). Lots of people are getting envious. Sad about the personal attacks, but we are a country of beautiful people.”

Miriam Quiambao, Miss Universe first runnerup 1999, quipped: “I have nothing to say (to those critics). Let Megan show the world how great she is as a Filipino woman. Meanwhile, let’s all do our best to uplift our country by giving nobility to our jobs…wherever we are. This is a call for everyone to step up and show the world that we are kind, God-fearing people.”

Fashion model and Miss Visayas-RP 1976 Bessie Badilla quipped: “They are just sore losers. We shouldn’t waste our time on them. Let us enjoy Megan’s victory and ignore those who do not wish to celebrate with us.”


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Filipino beauty queens have come to Young’s defense against the Facebook hater and other bashers.

Gemma Cruz-Araneta, Miss International 1964, asked pointedly: “What’s wrong with being a maid? Is that a crime?”

Melanie Marquez, Miss International 1979, told the Inquirer: “To all her detractors, bless your hearts. That’s all I can say. I am proud of and grateful for Megan’s simplicity and golden heart.”

The post has since been taken down from the social networking site. Inquirer tried to reach that Facebook user, who is alleged to be based in Singapore and studied at Manchester University, for comment but has not received a reply at press time.

Soon after the racial slur went online, a hate page attacking the Facebook user was put up on Tuesday, gaining 11,068 “likes” in a matter of hours.

Scriptwriter-actress Bibeth Orteza asked on Facebook: “But is DeDiva even her real name? Is that a surname typical from that part of the world…a cowardly pseudonym…or a play on ‘diva?’”

Beauties take up cudgels for Megan Young

October 2, 2013


MEGAN Young

MANILA, Philippinesâ€"Don’t mess with a beauty queen from the Philippines.

Former beauty titlists and Miss World Philippines officials are rushing to the defense of Megan Young, the Filipino Miss World 2013 title winner who has come under attack from online haters.

On Sunday, a certain Facebook user (Devina DeDiva) criticized Young’s Miss World victory, dismissing the Philippines as a country of maids.

The Facebook user said: “Miss Philippines is Miss World? What a joke? I didn’t know those maids have anything else in them. Hahaha.”

da, da, da.  the bluff has been called.  congrats, lorenz.

another joke of miss racist divine is from one of her friends---

Abdullah Mohamed:  What a shame.  You should have contested, sure she wouldn't have won.  Just saw her pic, she is ugly compared to you.



a miss world sure winner?  we're not talking of miss martian racist here, right?

thought she's studying at manchester in london (came across that in her old facebook account).  but there are more things about this aberration---

Philippine Star describes her as “a graduate from an American university”. No additional information about the woman’s nationality, education background or work was given.

The Philippine Daily Inquirer withheld her name and described Devina as a “Singapore-based woman”.

ABS-CBN News said “DeDiva used to attend Manchester University”.

The woman’s LinkedIn account indeed shows she’s based in Singapore and currently working as a “Lab Analyst” at Intertek Testing, a Singapore-based company that provides laboratory testing, outsourcing, consulting, cargo inspection and certification services for global clients.

Her Facebook account says nothing about her ‘basic information’. [UPDATE: Devina's Facebook account has been deactivated as of 5:57 in the morning, Oct. 2, Manila time].

Her Wayn.com account states: “Hi, my name is Devina DeDiva. I’m 26 year-old Singaporean female, currently in Singapore, Singapore. I have 33 friends around the world.”

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a rose by any other name... would be these various slurs against indians:

A-rab, Aladdin, Apu, Bangla, Camel Jockey, Carpet Pilot, Coolie, Covenient Store Man, Curry, Dothead, Elephant Jockey, Genie Lover,     Habib, Hadji, Injins, Lascars, Osama, Monhé, Paki, Portuguese Negro, Cachorro, Raghead, Sand Nigger, Terrorist, Wog


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however highly you regard yourself and lowly you think of filipinos like me, it will not change the fact that you are an immigrant in england whose own skin color will never change no matter how you pretend to take on the english stiff upper lip.  you will remain a presence that will be continually stereotyped along racial lines and subjected to slurs as well.  why you never learned empathy from your own experiences smacks of arrogance, unfounded and wholly thoughtless. 

Exactly they r mostly filthy maids & will be only of that status.  End of story - DEVINA DEDIVA

think what you may in keeping with your ignorance.  we may be filthy maids who "will be only of that status", but then most of us who may stand beside an indian like you will definitely look cleaner, with our cleaner-looking skin, more proper grooming, and personal habits that keep us from smelling like stale onions, a smell that you may be too familiar with as you're too familiar with the smell of filthy toilets.

it is not the end of the story, devina divine.  your nightmare had just begun.   

hello, tom.  welcome, welcome! 

Those of u who wrote negatively of my comment I got 1 question- who r u to stop my words when the world is democratic in freedom of speech!!!! - DEVINA DEDIVA

one answer: the world is not "democratic in freedom of speech", however comically you phrase it.  you should be kicked out of that manchester learning institution you claim to attend for not understanding what democracy and freedom of speech mean.  otherwise, you are a shame to the institution, never mind the shame you have bestowed on your family (what poor upbringing you're showing) and your race.

oh, how's this for your kind of freedom of speech?  in case you didn't know, here's a slur for a fellow indian like you, the newly-crowned miss america, nina davuluri:

“It's called Miss America. Get outta here New York you look like a terrorist.” (@emi_adkins) 

happy that your kind is taken for a terrorist?

Raj- ya since maybe they r 'cheap' in terms of labour & character ha ha ha - DEVINA DEDIVA

i hate to tell you this, but since you've never really been around, indian labor is generally cheaper in the middle east compared to filipino labor.  as for character, too bad your own does not even have a price because it's for london's gutters.

Quote from: balong on October 01, 2013, 06:16:26 PM
ahong pakjawon ang mangkukulam
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bujagjag, simbako palajo.  ajaw tawon mi kulama kay daghan na tang mapareha unja ug nawong.

Maids r not to be looked upon - DEVINA DEDIVA

right, though in keeping with your poor english, you got the whole sense mixed up.  maids are not to be looked upon; maids are not to be looked down on, maids are to be looked up to.  that's being humanistic.  and educated.  a far cry from what you are.

They r less privileged everywhere! M surprised one can win. What a joke those people cleaning our toilets won miss world - DEVINA DEDIVA

may i remind you that our country does not have untouchables, unlike your country of origin.  incidentally, you look like a dalit yourself. 

if ever we seem to be less privileged everywhere (as if you've been everywhere, phew!), it's only because of attitudes such as yours that seem to have been taken from a page of the middle ages.  do you realize that we're now in a civilized world?  where are you from, really?  the sewers of london?  you seem to have this fetish for toilets, that's why.  you must have been born in one.

Quote from: Lorenzo on October 01, 2013, 05:33:34 PM
bwahahahaha! LOL! when you say cat with the golden gun, the golden eye theme song comes to mind.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOgFS6AYoVc#

jawohl!  that's my cat, the female version of pierce brosnan!  (her claws pierce, huhuhu.)

Quote from: Lollapalooza on October 01, 2013, 05:42:06 PM
before she deleted it...

those 18 likes must be toilet bowls!

They r poor, smelly from cleaning toilets & uneducated - DEVINA DEDIVA

fine, if you think you're rich, aherm.  you must have a manor for a residence in england.  but smelly?  ouch.  you go around smelling filipino maids and they remind you of your toilet?  time to clean your own toilet then so you can wash your pretty, er, petrified face on the toilet bowl.  as for education, your comments simply show what a half-literate and ignoramus you are. 

Quote from: Lorenzo on October 01, 2013, 05:26:32 PM
ps. who knows, maybe the cat has 1 silver bullet for you? to play ra ba....bwahahahaha!:

jowk! jowk! jowk!

sorry, but she's a cat with the golden gun.

git!  my internet connection is so slow now and this cat wants to sit on my lap, oh-oh... all i want is to finish my demolition job on this fatuous character who goes by the name of DEVINA DEDIVA...

Quote from: Lorenzo on October 01, 2013, 05:11:43 PM
She be drinkin too much haterade, yo. byatch needs to chillax. shoo..

she be hatin' cuz she ain't gettin any. shieeeeet...

Quote from: Lorenzo on October 01, 2013, 05:12:27 PMSo much hate i started bustin out ebonics, yo.

wahahahaha!  i'm bursting, lorenz.  christmas is coming too early, really, wahahahaha!

Miss Philippines is Miss World? What a joke! I did not know those maids have anything else in them Ha Ha Ha - DEVINA DEDIVA

now you know, and the joke's on you.

if you haven't been to the philippines, you certainly are not in the position to judge the country.  come here for a taste of civilization and great smiles.  who knows, you may just see how some indians make a living as shylocks.  (read up on shakespeare so you'll know who shylock is.) 

but unlike you, the indians here are a great people.  they make great friends.  it's strange how you can pretend to be on a perch looking down when you yourself must be suffering racial slurs where you are.  passing it on to make yourself feel better?  cheap.

yes, there are indians who stood up for filipinos and spoke against her.

take note that this is not about a whole nation or a whole ethnic race, far from what this particular her royal highness wretch who made brash generalizations about filipinos.  this is about only one person, just this person in whom education is apparently wasted.

let me tell DEVINA DEDIVA what maids are.  they fulfill jobs that some people don't like to do or have no time to do.  it requires patience and selflessness. 

in my country, it is required that maids get all the privileges of any other form of employment, with membership in life, health and housing insurances and the expected pensions.  is this the same in your own country, whichever country you claim as yours now?

being a maid is an honorable calling.  if this is beyond DEVINA DEDIVA, judging from her stated disbelief that something more could come from maids, then she doesn't know what the word "honorable" means.  but watch out, DEVINA divine, there are filipino maids in britain with college degrees under their belt whose english grammar is better than yours, mind.

eh, nausab man ang spelling, nahimo mang devina dediva, sa ubos dapit. 

kulam na lang kay barato-barato, hehe.

oh, before i forget, you bashed an elegant model and actress whose size will make you drool.



and she comes from a nation of maids, you say?

you bashed her with a racial slur without sparing the nation that she represented to boot.



no comment.

and this is you, again?



um, you're too thick, especially in the middle.  you can never even make the first step on a modeling ramp without causing a sinkhole that can swallow you whole.  and please, do something with your hair before they hire you as elvira in a cheap vampire movie.

this is you, DEVINA DEDIVA, right?



what a pose; trying too hard to look charming when you only end up reminding viewers of a cow who can no longer produce milk, with tortured tits to boot.  and what ghostly eyes you've got!  are those really eyes  or are they mere sepulchral remains of what used to be eyes that didn't see beyond the horizon of your nose?  

kudos too to pikoy and reyceniza and some others here who are currently in the middle east!  behave there, you, okay?

Quote from: Lorenzo on October 01, 2013, 03:11:55 PMwith 3500 riyals a month, my father was able to send all 6 of his siblings to school and pay off our family house in tagbilaran. he had to take over the responsibility of 'man of the house' after his father passed away when dad was only 21.

so, saudi arabia, was a blessing for dad. and my paternal side.

a choice made by one so young, whew.  kudos to your dad.  the loneliness he must have suffered must have been well worth it. 

Quote from: Lorenzo on October 01, 2013, 03:06:20 PM
they also give super bonuses for pinoys who convert to islam. dad said that his boss, almost everyday, would put a quran on his desk and say, "mohandis, we will give you a raise if you convert. please think it over."  (mohandis is the arab term for engineer).

anyways, dad used to have religious talks with them and reiterate christ's importance.

sabi ni dad his boss said to him, "if you were a muslim, you could be an imam." haha. buanga.

dad had a friend, from cebu city, who converted. he was given a substantial raise. from 4500 riyals a month to 6000 riyals a month.

pero muslim ra saudi, when this friend went back to cebu, na catholic na pod.

cool.  cool cebuano, hehe.  adjustable.  your dad's boss must have been a dyed-in-wool muslim, he saw the world only in terms of one religion, his own.  sounds like the exception rather than the rule... 

i wish i caught her facebook before these particular entries of hers were deleted.  (but then, i'm not much for facebook to begin with.)  but for purposes of discussion, let me take her on in this forum and hope this finds her way to her ghostly eyes.  allow me to open another thread for her... devina dediva, here i come!

Quote from: Lorenzo on October 01, 2013, 02:51:23 PM


tinuod bitaw. 'paki' is a racist term the white brits call south asians there. its a super insult daw.

without prejudice to the real good indians... some are great and truly nice.  for expressing her views with prejudice and slurring a whole nation, this devina dediva is just an aberration, a raw ulcer on an otherwise smooth skin.

Quote from: Lorenzo on October 01, 2013, 02:50:42 PMa white engineer they'll pay around 5,000 to 6,000 riyals
a filipino engineer they'll pay around 3,000 to 4,000 riyals
an indian engineer they'll pay around 2,500 to 3,000 riyals

it's the same until now, though my understanding is not so much the race or the color of skin but the qualification, experience, and the level of position in a firm.  the british (almost always, most are british or europeans) just happen to be more qualified and more experienced.  (the arabs can afford to get the best and the brightest from the west, so to speak, while the professional filipinos who go there are almost always young and just starting, in their twenties like your father.  the older and more experienced filipinos tend to leave and go to the west, again like your father.)

paki (short for pakistani who are ehtnically the same as indians) was used by prince harry earlier, for which he was upbraided.

paki?  oh, lorenz... hihihi.

i just saw a cow that looks like one of them!

devina dediva and megan young

no comment.

too bad her racial slur comes on the heels of nina davuluri, an indian-american who is this year's miss america and who herself has been subjected to racial slurs.  imagine how indians reacted to that.  does devina dediva, this indian who slurred the philippines' miss world, ever read?

i was curious, loll.  so i checked.  too bad i can't see her photo.  i went to facebook and got an idea of how she looks.  she can't hold a candle beside megan young, obviously.  that's why she's barking at a shining moon. 

my understanding is she's indian.  and she's supposed to be attending manchester u.  so she must be based in england then.

first things first; indians experience worse racist slurs in england.  what better way for her to cope than to express her self-pity through an ignorant pecking order?  for her, if indians are less than the brits, well, filipinos are less than indians. 

she's supposed to be matriculating at manchester u?  she's one great sign of the gross failure of education.  never mind her grammar, which i found in great need of polishing.         

balik na, taga tigs.  way lami ang bagyo kun wa ka.  nag-aginod tawon ang mga mo-pinch hit for you sa weather reports.  please come back now and let's do our best to put things back to how they were even if we get angry now and then.  you belong here, just the same.

i see.  moderation then is still the way to go.  sorry, i don't know peptobismal and tums.  they seem like names of circus clowns, hihihi.

welcome, rey!  nice of you to get into this right there at the ksa.  i wish you well in this mlm endeavor.  interesting products.  i'll read up more on this and visit your website.

are these really their faces now?  i don't know charice much, but i remember leaving the country with the memory of a cute and precocious little girl who sang yoyoy villame's "butchikik" with, hold your breath, cory aquino.

how fast time flies (circa late 1980s early 1990s, i think):


little girl aiza

bitaw, bugs.  visit tb more often aron alegre na pod ta. 

ako pa nimo, mag-thread ka dinhi bahin lang sa imong products.  ipadayag.  products have to be known.  the rest of us can help tsuwawap for you.  unsaon pod pag-contact nimo nga wa na man diay ko mogamit ug cell phone? 

Quote from: Lorenzo on October 01, 2013, 01:03:26 PM
tita,

inom og gatas. da hyperalkalinity of gatas will cancel out the hyperacidity.

thanks, lorenz.  drat, we don't have milk at the moment.  i've avoided dairy products since my sister's big C.  i read somewhere, more than once, that cancer cells feed on dairy products.  (time was when i can't imagine not having any cheese, even if it smells of worns socks.)  what do you think of this?

lanzones.  a gift.  i overate.  stomach's churning with acid.

1974 Miss Universe

Semi-Finalist (Top 12), Guadalupe Sanchez


1974 Miss International

Semi-Finalist (Top 15), Jaye Murphy

1976 Miss International

Semi-Finalist (Top 15), Maria Dolores Ascalon

great sight.  more duckling than duck baya siya.