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paskang maoy magdaghan nga paramedics.

  only if the husband is an idiot. 

ka-cute.  what could be the background story here?

27.  that makes you as old (or as young) as our resident doctor lorenz here.

wow!  great of you to get interested in feeding homeless cats.  please do so where you are.  we never run out of homeless cats who are everywhere, that's why.  they get sad and fearful, as you may know. 

p.s. spare them from leftover crabs, shrimps and squid so they won't develop skin diseases that would make them more abhorrent to some people.

nag-imagine ug milk ug baka, hahaha!

the philippines' own lone gymnast delegate

Quote from: hubag bohol on August 11, 2012, 04:58:05 PM

hahaha!  patas-anay ug ihi category?  sa tb na lang nga gene pool, we will already prevail!

Quote from: TUBAGBOHOL.com on August 11, 2012, 04:43:59 PM


bahalag maak-ak ang dili angay nga maak-ak

Quote from: hubag bohol on August 11, 2012, 04:49:20 PM
Doble ang pahiyom ni Inday...

not so fast... karong panahona, posibleng ondoy na.

Quote from: hubag bohol on August 11, 2012, 04:42:46 PM
Synchronized farting man ni...

aw, kun kamong duha ni ni bugsay, champion team gyod, hands down.

mature minds know how to handle the immature ones.

Quote from: hubag bohol on August 11, 2012, 04:22:52 PM
Pwede ni si Islander (kay siya man jud ni) sa Greasy Pole competition (kapila kaha tawon ni siya mo-slide unya nadakdak)...

aaahhh, you hit it right, hombre.  i would have been an olympian...

unsaon god tawon pagkadakdak nga nakaabot na man gani sa taas despite the mantika sa pole.  ni-slide na unta ko kun di pa spiderman ang abilidad sa akong mga kamot.

pole vault

weightlifting

skateboarding (once accepted as an olympics sport in 2016)

wrestling

...but were never given the chance.


gymnasts

Quote from: chicogon on August 11, 2012, 01:22:03 AM
I've been reading all your posts via android pero di lang ko ka reply... kapoy type sa cel. Yesterday geputlan kog internet when I updated my cable service. Nabuang mana sila... wa daw silay technician nga available gahapon. Huhuhu...

bantog rang strangely absent ka.  bantog rang wa kay tubag-tubag sa akong mga requests (please see Free Music, Music Videos, Online MP3 Songs).  nagsugod na unta kog ihap ug mga gutlo hangtod moabli kog post nga panawagan.  salamat nga wa iabot.

Quote from: chicogon on August 11, 2012, 01:22:03 AM
I've been reading all your posts via android pero di lang ko ka reply... kapoy type sa cel. Yesterday geputlan kog internet when I updated my cable service. Nabuang mana sila... wa daw silay technician nga available gahapon. Huhuhu...

welcome back, fr chic!  mora diay kag wa mobiya sa pinas.  pila ka adlaw kong naghuwat sa una sa cebu hangtod naay internet technician.  hinoon, di ko kabasol kay tuyoon ra kaayo ang amoa sa cebu nga tua sa pongkay sa siyudad.

Quote from: chicogon on August 11, 2012, 01:31:31 AM
I regretfully hate to be a party pooper: wait til you get to the half century mark, mausab jud inyong perspective on age. Doctor's appointments are no jokes... joint pains are unpleasant... memory loss is embarrasing hehehe. So, don' t get old... and stay healthy!

all in a day, fr chic.  there are teenagers who go to doctors often because they have chronic diseases, probably praying that they be given the chance to reach the half-century mark.  lucky you.  memory loss?  interesting.  let it be selective memory loss.

what was it that i forgot?

wa koy utang nimo uy, naunsa ka.  never ko nga nangutang...

kinsa to kang anak?  anak diay ka ni kikay?  kinsa to na si kikay?  kikay man god ang ngan atong hilabtanon sa una... hehe.   

daghan na man ang way batasan nga statesmen karong panahona uy.  mora nag mga iro nga mangihi for territorial claims.

i suggest you try posting sample pictures here.  i'm no techie myself, but i learned how to post pictures eventually.  there are seamen and former seamen in this forum too.  interesado nga ako na hindi ako seaman, sila pa kaya?

great job, great hobby, great patience.  yes, i'm interested.  how do i contact you?  i want a viking ship.  it would look good in our study room.  rather, it would make our study room look good.  please pm me.

Quote from: hubag bohol on August 11, 2012, 08:45:53 AM
Bwahaha!

may dalawang tblander na hindi nagpaiwan right at the beginning.

makatarantar, this idea of our own insignificance in terms of size, whew!  there's always something humbling about reality.

Perry Como version (live)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mci1xkJWIu4#

I'm Always Chasing Rainbows

At the end of the rainbow there's happiness
And to find it how often I've tried
But my life is a race, just a wild goose chase
And my dreams have all been denied

Why have I always been a failure?
What can the reason be?
I wonder if the world's to blame?
I wonder if it could be me?

I'm always chasing rainbows
Watching clouds drifting by
My schemes are just like all of my dreams
Ending in the sky

Some fellows look and find the sunshine
I always look and find the rain
Some fellows make a winning sometime
I never even make a gain
Believe me

I'm always chasing rainbows
Waiting to find a little blue bird in vain

I'm Always Chasing Rainbows

I'm always chasing rainbows
Watching clouds drifting by
My schemes are just like all my dreams
Ending in the sky

Some fellows look and find the sunshine
I always look and find the rain
Some fellows make a winning sometime
I never even make a gain, believe me

I'm always chasing rainbows
Waiting to find a little bluebird in vain

as sung by JUDY GARLAND, 1941

Quote from: TUBAGBOHOL.com on August 10, 2012, 05:13:56 PM
Is kindness now a rarity in Manila?

i don't think so.  i don't want to believe so.  what is rare is that someone else notices it.  and acknowledges it.

What makes the episode under the Edsa-Timog flyover even more special is that it seemed like one of those quiet acts of kindnessâ€"unrehearsed, unplanned, spontaneous and real, a moment solely between the woman and the child she was helpingâ€"to which we the officious public are at best a cheering squad and at worst kibitzers. I hope all the public attention wouldn’t spoil the beauty of what that woman did, and I pray that the kindness she showed that morning would be returned to her a hundredfold.

http://opinion.inquirer.net/

What the miracle woman teaches us is that if we wish to live out our transformative mission in the here and now, we can do it ourselves in the course of our daily work. No need to wait for the next Edsa 1. Find your own Edsa 1 under every flyover, under every bridge. We should stop thinking that the civic self appears only during big historical moments or, worse, during ceremonies and at monuments. John F. Kennedy said it with flourish: “Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.” Except that on Edsa, you must see your country in the eyes of the naked, needy child.

The miracle woman on Edsa showed us, in the words of a Facebook post, that “there are still good and kind people out there.” By her example, she taught us that we can make a difference in simple ways, and that we needn’t wait for some big historical moment or some dramatic political issue to lend a helping hand. She also reminds us that doing good calls for actual sacrifice. She gave up a coat; her act of kindness did cost her something. She gave up a rain jacket during a typhoon; she risked getting wet and sick and she would’ve had to worry whether the typhoon would still bring rainfall on her way home.

The “miracle woman” under the Edsa-Timog flyover reconciles the tension between the two faces of Edsa. One face belongs to the civic-spirited citizen in the public plaza, committed to the public good, capable of transcending the ego and committing the self to an abstract “nation.” The other face is that of the practical man in a rush to get ahead of everyone else on the road, attuned to the needs of the moment, fixated on short-term advantage and oblivious to fixing problems so that they don’t happen again.

Philosophers have said that we need to maintain the fiction of the civic-spirited citizen to leave us free to live the reality of the practical man. But that philosophy is stumped by Edsa because, at Edsa 1, the civic spirit wasn’t fiction. It was for real. The problem is that we have divorced the two worlds, as it were, the public and the private, and relegated public duty to ritual and delegated it to government. In that context, helping others is the job of others.

Edsa is one such place. It is indeed difficult to be a Good Samaritan on Edsa. In fact Edsa embodies the Filipino in his atomized worst, the Darwinian Pinoy who thrives in a dog-eat-dog world and makes a virtue out of merely being a survivor. If you want to picture what a “harsh and cruel world” looks like, imagine the life of those who live under the flyovers of Edsa. When Hobbes spoke of a world where raged a “war of all against all,” he could very well have been thinking of driving through Edsa.

But therein lies the irony. Edsa also epitomizes the proudest, most glorious moment of recent Philippine history, the triumph of the anti-Marcos uprising that restored our democracy. The 1986 Edsa Revolution is the emblem of the Filipino’s capacity to risk his life for the glorious cause of freedom, the courage of unarmed civilians willing to block advancing tanks with their own bodies.

Let’s hear it from Lyndon Santos himself: “I was so touched by what I witnessed yesterday morning …. The woman’s good deed ended with a wave of goodbye and a quick run for cover. Meron pa palang ganitong klaseng tao! Kung sino ka man, Mabuhay ka, madam!” (I didn’t know that there were still people like her in the world. Whoever you are, madam, long live!)

Lyndon’s post has since provoked soul-searching in other Filipinos. Some have asked: Would I have done the same thing in that same situation? And one was frank enough to say for himself: “Stuck in rainy traffic … hopelessly late for my next workshop or [meeting] or something… Napahiya ako sa sagot ko sa sarili ko.” (I was embarrassed by my answer.) I appreciate his candor and his embarrassment because it captures the dilemma of every Filipino of conscience and, conversely, the magic of meeting kindness in the most unexpected places.

Passion For Reason

That video of a Good Samaritan on Edsa

By: Raul C. Pangalangan
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Thursday, August 2nd, 2012

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

(Editor’s note: INQUIRER.net has been given permission by Lyndon Santos, who took the video which is the subject of Dean Raul Pangalangan’s column today, to post this on our site. We saw it fit to post it alongside Dean Pangalangan’s column)

The other day, I saw a short video that was making the rounds via Facebook. It was taken by motorist Lyndon Santos while he was caught in traffic under the Edsa-Timog flyover in Quezon City last Monday. The video showed a young woman giving her coat to a young girl, perhaps five or six years old, apparently naked until then. There was more than just a drizzle. Typhoon “Gener” was raging, after all, and the other pedestrians were seen running past with their umbrellas.

The young woman had stopped to take the hooded coat off her back, and had knelt down to button or zip it up neatly around the child. After giving the child a gentle pat, the young woman rushed offâ€"I imagine, to start her working day. The video clip lasted all of 35 seconds but it was moving, and I hope her fine example (and Lyndon’s initiative to post it for all to see) would be repeated countless times in quiet acts of charity that affirm our innate humanity and bring out the noble self that inheres in each one of us.

ang uban pod maghilak kay di na makabayad sa iyang mga utang nga gigamit pagpabilib sa iyang girlfriend nga high-maintenance.  gibuwagan pa gyod siya, da, tagam.

Quote from: bugsay on August 10, 2012, 04:06:19 PM
himongaan nga duha ra tawon ang itlog.....

nganong 'tawon' man?  unsa may imo, kanang daghan ug itlog nga gawas nga matangtang, himoon pa gyod nga hard-boiled ug scrambled?

Quote from: Lollapalooza on August 10, 2012, 04:03:37 PM
Ma'am Isles and Bran, daghan kaayong salamat sa mga tambag. Dako na kaayo ni nga tabang para sa ako, sa mga desisyon nga akong himuon sa umaabot nga panahon. Focus sa ko sa work ug sa akong kaugalingon karon, I am happy being single. Set aside sa nako ng relationship

attagirl!  sometimes our weary hearts could use some rest.

this lapdog of china should have been diplomat enough to keep his mouth shut over his opinion out of respect for his host country.


Cambodian Ambassador to the Philippines Hos Sereythonh

The body failed to issue a joint communique following the talks because of disagreements on the West Philippine Sea issue.

Saying he was sick, Hos never heeded DFA’s note verbale seeking an explanation for his remarks.

In a separate interview, Foreign Affairs Secretary Del Rosario said that the ambassador was scheduled to leave on August 17.

Asked how this was going to affect the relations between Cambodia and the Philippines, Del Rosario said, “I don’t think it affects the bilateral relations at all and I’d like to think we’re looking forward to healthy bilateral relations with Cambodia.”

http://globalnation.inquirer.net/

Cambodian envoy sent home over West Philippine Sea comments

By Fatima Reyes, Tarra Quismundo
INQUIRER.net, Philippine Daily Inquirer
Friday, August 10th, 2012

MANILA, Philippines â€" Cambodian Ambassador to Manila Hos Sereythonh has been recalled by Phnom Penh following his remarks charging the Philippines and Vietnam of “dirty politics” in purportedly pressuring the Asean to adopt a united stand on the West Philippine Sea dispute.

DFA spokesperson Assistant Secretary Raul Hernandez said Friday morning that the Cambodian Foreign Ministry and the Cambodian Embassy in Manila separately informed DFA of the envoy’s recall.

The Philippines summoned Hos last week over his published remarks lashing out at Manila and Hanoi for being “inflexible” in July’s Asean ministers’ meeting in Phnom Penh.

Quote from: hubag bohol on August 10, 2012, 12:15:56 PM
Ang itlog diay...

they're supposed to be sinkers and not floaters.

Quote from: hubag bohol on August 10, 2012, 12:38:01 PM
Hmm, "encouraging"? What an understatement...

i cannot say that it's being done at the point of a gun...

Quote from: Lorenzo on August 10, 2012, 12:29:25 PM
isles, who is encouraging the squatters in tagbilaran?

allegedly a local politician who courts their votes and is successful in his suit.

high-maintenance gyod hinoon.

Quote from: Lollapalooza on August 10, 2012, 12:03:37 PM

Bitaw, I'm scared I might end up with a wrong guy.. Mahal ang annulment. 6-year relationship with a guy ended last month.. Saon man sige man pamakak, nasakpan na deny lang gihapon. And now, he's trying to win me back.. I don't know, I'm not ready to forgive him.. who knows!

those six years were not wasted, as you may admit deep within you.  but take your time... to forgive, if he's worth it in your estimation.  whatever, see to it that you remain kind to yourself.  what i also mean is to never make the mistake of having him as an emotional crutch because of your fears.  chances are the crutch might end up as a baseball bat and you are the ball.

oh, yes, lorenz is right; once a liar, always a liar.  but we also have to believe that human nature prevails.  every person is redeemable.  take your pick.

so sorry for sounding like an advice column writer (noy kulas?! ).  i can't help but empathize, that's why.  i've been through hell and back myself, long ago and far away.  if i could find a way to help others avoid the pitfalls, i would.   

Quote from: hubag bohol on August 10, 2012, 01:23:43 PM
Kay si Bugsay sakto ra sa pagka spring chicken?

unsay imong ipasabot?  si bugsay himongaan?

where men go...


after 3 beers                            after 6 beers



after 12 beers



after 24 beers

backhoe wedding car?  bag-ong negosyo ba ni sa maguindanao? 

i've met poet doctors and sportsmen doctors.  hehe, i wouldn't mind a belly dancing doctor, you know.

Quote from: Lollapalooza on August 10, 2012, 11:49:02 AM
It's anime or Japanese animation.. kasagaran mga youth kaila ani.. well, i used to watch this also at GMA 7 (sometimes I read this on manga (comics) sites.) Ang mga cartoons nga kasagaran atong nailhan were Disney characters, Bugs Bunny, Tom and Jerry ug uban pa.. Karon, Japanese anime na sometimes they make Cosplay (Costume Play)...

hahaha!  thanks, lolla.  i'm really beyond youth culture now, a great factor of which i have sworn never to have tv in the house.  glad to know now what cosplay means, though.  i've always wondered about that...

there's a filipino cartoon that i've appreciated all these years, though.  it's witty, current, and so local---pugad baboy by pol medina. 

my favorite western cartoon meanwhile is calvin and hobbes by bill watterson.  too bad its production had ended and what comes out now are repeats.  sad.

well, there are other great ones out there to suit my taste.  'the far side' is really something.  anyways, i can't imagine following anime, hehe. 

and probably... mahimong ginamos de balingsya.

Quote from: Lollapalooza on August 10, 2012, 08:55:14 AM
Yes, Bran.. Nahunahunaan na pod na nako while I'm soul-searching. I can't believe I am going 33 and still single hahahaha..

glad you're laughing over it.  really, that's nothing to get anxious about.  we know of married ones who are dying to get out of their marriage.  besides, single blessedness is a choice.  been there.  only the teases and being paired with just about any available guy are the irritants.  but these too shall pass.  what is constant is you will always be your own person.    

Quote from: Lorenzo on August 10, 2012, 11:43:39 AM
And by the way, 33 is still young pa man. I guess we are in the same age group, Jenneth. In that late 20's, early 30's grouping. he he he!

we're all in the same age grouping... kids from 1 to 92!

aherm.

malumos lang.

ang molutaw ang buhi lang tingali sa lalaki kun maohon. 

Quote from: Lollapalooza on August 10, 2012, 10:47:06 AM
I think he meant this





Welcome to TB Jannus

and what is this, lolla?

grabeh!  artistry to the max.  kahilakon koh in appreciation.  who would believe that there's such a thing as mayhem, after all?

"one piece" is a band or what?  no, i'm not really working in pasay.  but since you know what "one piece" is and i don't, then you must be young enough to be my grandchild. 

i hope though that you're not one of those noisy kids at the third floor of this building, if we happen to be in the same building by some stroke of serendipity.  because if you are, then i'm going to ask you to help me feed those homeless cats there.

hello, jannus!  welcome!  i'm in pasay too right now.  i see that you're still in "One piece after 2 years"... of flooding?  hope you're now high and dry, in pasay.    

Quote from: Lollapalooza on August 10, 2012, 08:55:14 AM
Yes, Bran.. Nahunahunaan na pod na nako while I'm soul-searching. I can't believe I am going 33 and still single hahahaha.. Whenever I see my niece growing up, I always tell her, "Baby, you're making your "Tata" (dili kalitok ug Tita) old.

you're young, lolla.  nowadays, 50 is the new 30.  that makes you a toddler.  besides, anyone who is younger than bugsay is truly young.

i cannot believe that i can no longer negotiate a 100-meter dash run when i used to be a good runner enough to be a contestant in this field, nor play bowling (doctor's advice for my bad back), or even climb six flights of stairs without stopping midway to catch my breath.  how fast time flies, but it seems i have flown faster in age.  there, there, now i'm telling myself not to regret anything...

hi!  i'm great for your ipad.

ogtas ang UN funding agency ani.  gigamit na ang condom aron di manganak ang cellphones ug cameras.

“Hindi lang pangpamilya, pang gadgets paâ€"not only for family planning but also for gadget protection,” said Fred Biloy, a volunteer from Saragi.

“Using condoms is the cheapest way to make small gadgets like phones and cameras waterproof,” he said.

“It can hold water,” he added. “I’m not sure when we started doing this. [But it] had passed on to others because it worked.”

On Taft Avenue, pedicab drivers and commuters used pieces of old billboards to protect themselves from the rain. Large plastic bags became raincoats for others.

more at http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/246049/condoms-and-other-survival-tools-filipino-style

Cell phones in condoms

“We can’t expect every household to have response equipment,” he added.

Rescuers from the Philippine National Police Maritime Group used condoms to keep their gadgets dry.

“Do you have one more condom?” one rescuer asked a colleague before boarding a truck to Barangay (village) Sienna in Quezon City, where floodwaters had reached up to roof level.

He was one of dozens of rescuers from the Maritime Group and from the Air Force-trained group Search and Rescue Auxiliary Group Inc. (Saragi) who were proud to pioneer the use of condoms in protecting cell phones and cameras from getting wet in the rain.

Anything that floats

Those who could walk to safety used anything that floatsâ€"pails, plastic tubs, driftwood, banana trunks, discarded Styrofoam blocksâ€"to survive the floods.

“This is Filipino ingenuity. When it comes to this kind of situation, we should use all available means,” Diciano said.

On Wednesday, rescuers who waded into the floods used their bodies and household items to ferry people in flooded communities.

Lieutenant Jayson Diciano of the Philippine Coast Guard said he and his team used Styrofoam, slippers, nets and bamboo sticks to build a stretcher. The team used it to carry a 19-year-old resident of Malabon who was injured.

Diciano said he and his team also carried people on their backs.

Condoms and other survival tools, Filipino style

By Kristine L. Alave, Niña Calleja
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Thursday, August 9th, 2012

In times of distress, Filipino ingenuity rises to the occasion.

In operations to help people in distress, rescuers are using ordinary household items and even rubbish to get people to safety.

And they have found a use for condoms that Catholic bishops would surely approveâ€" keeping their gadgets dry.

mora?  he is!  pareha pag kalimutaw sa nutella baby.  

Quote from: islander on August 10, 2012, 09:20:57 AM
He blamed the phenomenon on poor enforcement of regulations banning building along creeks and floodways, with local politicians often wanting to keep squatters in their communities to secure their votes at election time.

this, more or less, explains it all.  a dire warning for tagbilaran.  someone is said to be encouraging those squatters there.

Squatters, attracted by economic opportunities in the city, often build shanties on river banks, storm drains and canals, dumping garbage and impeding the flow of waterways.

The plan would have affected one in five Manila residents and taken 10 years and P130 billion ($3.11 billion) to implement.

But squatter communities in danger zones have in fact grown since 2009.

“With the increasing number of people occupying danger zones, it is inevitable there are a lot people who are endangered when these things happen,” Einseidel said.

He blamed the phenomenon on poor enforcement of regulations banning building along creeks and floodways, with local politicians often wanting to keep squatters in their communities to secure their votes at election time.

more at http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/246867/philippine-floods-a-man-made-disaster-experts

Eighty percent of Manila was this week covered in waters that in some parts were nearly two meters (six feet and six inches) deep, after more than a normal August’s worth of rain was dumped on the city in 48 hours.

Twenty people have died and two million others have been affected, according to the government.

The deluge was similar to one in 2009, a disaster that claimed more than 460 lives and prompted pledges from government leaders to make the city more resistant to floods.

A government report released then called for 2.7 million people in shantytowns to be moved from “danger zones” alongside riverbanks, lakes and sewers.

Damaged watersheds, massive squatter colonies living in danger zones and the neglect of drainage systems are some of the factors that have made the chaotic city of 15 million people much more vulnerable to enormous floods.

Urban planner Nathaniel Einseidel said the Philippines had enough technical know-how and could find the necessary financing to solve the problem, but there was no vision or political will.

“It’s a lack of appreciation for the benefits of long-term plans. It’s a vicious cycle when the planning, the policies and enforcement are not very well synchronized,” said Einseidel, who was Manila’s planning chief in1979-89.

“I haven’t heard of a local government, a town or city that has a comprehensive drainage masterplan.”

Philippine floods a man-made disasterâ€"experts

By Mynardo Macaraig
Agence France-Presse
Thursday, August 9th, 2012

MANILA, Philippinesâ€"Deadly floods that have swamped nearly all of the Philippine capital are less a natural disaster and more the result of poor planning, lax enforcement and political self-interest, experts say.


Shanties built along the bank of the river are submerged under flood
water as a river overflows in suburban Cainta City, east of Manila, Philippines,
Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. A government report released in 2009
called for 2.7 million people in shantytowns to be moved from “danger zones”
alongside riverbanks, lakes and sewers. But squatter communities
in danger zones have in fact grown since 2009. AP /PAT ROQUE

Tony Azevedo, Olympic Water Polo Player
Tony Azevedo, captain of the US Water Polo National Team, is leading his team to victory in Group B of the preliminary stage of the Olympics competition. Though he's a fierce competitor, he has a soft spot for his pets.

pictures and text from http://www.petside.com/

Carrie Johnson, Olympic Kayaker
Competing in her third Olympic Games, Carrie Johnson will prove a vital team member when she takes to the water in women's sprint kayaking.

Missy Franklin, Olympic Gold Medalist Swimmer

Meet Olympic Athletes and Their Pets
by Ryan Karpusiewicz

Medals may be won and lost, but pet ownership is a bond for life. That certainly rings true for these Olympians, who aside from being incredibly gifted athletes, are also proud to call themselves pet parents.


Ryan Bailey, Olympic Water Polo Player
Ryan Bailey is helping lead the charge for the U.S. National Water Polo team alongside teammate and captain Tony Azevedo. A fierce competitor, Bailey also has a fierce love for his dog, an adorable Chihuahua.

At height of habagat downpour, an 'extraordinary wedding'


As the water rose in Manila on Wednesday, Hernelie Ruazol and Ram Ocampo didn't realize that their vow "for better or worse" would be tested so early. They were married inside a church but exited to a deluge. "I only wished to have a simple wedding but we had an extraordinary one!" said Hernelie, an elementary school teacher. Hernelie Ruazol

http://www.gmanetwork.com/

Quote from: TUBAGBOHOL.com on August 10, 2012, 06:09:53 AM
bantog ra nga niburot ang tiyan.

usa ka bulig diay tingali ang "last banana".

Quote from: bugsay on August 09, 2012, 09:53:39 PM
"Ako to'ng Namuso"

aha, mas dako nig silot.  mahimo kang... bakiiii!

In case “it’s not nosebleed in UP, it’s bloodshed”, what is your blood type? And medical history?

Bakit sa kahit anong angle, ang gwapo mo? Use the SAS ASA SSS Postulates in Geometry to answer this question.

Kung totoong may alien, bakit palaging galing sa Earth ang nananalo sa Miss Universe?

Does the moonlight shine on Paris after the sun goes down?

Only Belo touches my skin, who touches yours?

If you are daring, how dare you?

Kung ang nakatusok na baboy ay barbeque, ang nakatusok na saging ay bananacue, bakit ang kabayo, carousel?

Gamit ang inyong Monggol 2 pencil, iguhit ang 50 shades of grey. No erasures.

more fun at http://smsnch.tumblr.com/post/28710397178/upcat2012

Kaano-ano ni Dora the Explorer si Internet Explorer?

What is the world’s Number 2 shampoo?

Saan napupunta ang tinatapon mong computer files sa recycle bin?

Who wants to be a millionaire?

Kapatid ba ni Swiper the Fox si Megan Fox? Give a list of your sources.

Pinsan ba ni Megan Fox si Mozilla Firefox?

http://smsnch.tumblr.com/

Kung bilog ang mundo, bakit meron silang tinatawag na apat na sulok nito?

Why does it melt in your mouth and not in your hand?

Kung si Venus Raj ay magdo-double degree, ano kaya ang kanyang major major? Explain explain!

Kung nag evolve tayo from unggoy to tao, at what point ka nagpaiwan?

Bakit walang side mirror ang eroplano?

http://smsnch.tumblr.com/

Number one trending topic

While applicants may have been thrown for a loop, the questions became the topic of conversation on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, prompting netizens to come up with their own ideas for essay questions. (http://www.gmanetwork.com/)

some essay question suggestions as compiled by sam sanchez (unfortunately falling under the #RejectedUPCATEssayQuestions category):

Kung walang kamay ang mga ibon, then why do birds suddenly APIR? Ipaliwanag.

What is Victoria’s Secret? Enumerate.

NOSI, NOSI BALASI, Sino ba sila?

Why are the birds angry? Explain your answer briefly.

Is it more fun in the Philippines? If yes, explain in 10 sentences. If no, mag-migrate ka na.

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the University of the Philippines College Admission Test (UPCAT) for the first time had an essay portion, which elicited different reactions from examinees who were given 15 minutes to write the answer to each question.  the topics:

"Narrate the conversation when you encounter an alien."

"If your crush says that he/she loves you, will you say you love him/her, too?"

"What is your favorite study tool?"

"Tell a lie about yourself and prove it."

hehe, such imagination you have, bai hubs.  what is inside is a t-square.  now you can suspend your disbelief.

Quote from: statesville on August 07, 2012, 10:24:29 AM
Morag gipalab-ana man niya ug  report, 4 ka kwentas, 5 singsing plus wedding ring 6 tanan...earrings?

sa upat ka kwentas, usa ray liog.  sige na lang kay mahimo mang isul-ob ang upat ug dungan.  makatental gyod hinoon ug snatcher.

sa lima ka singsing, sige na lang, kay napulo man ang tudlo.

sa unom ka earrings, arang gajod, duha ra man intawoy dunggan.

si pinurol nga pagkasulti, walking pawnshop siya.  kana bitaw nga tigpatanto unya ang garantiya alahas?  wa siyay gastog abang ug lugar kay siya man mismo ang mosulong sa clients.  kugihan gyod hinoon.  ang risgo kay nahibaw-an.  mao nga natiktikan intawon.  luoy pod kay small business, di man unta siya palawan pawnshop pareha sa kang sir balong, pero giinitan pa gyod.

Quote from: islander on August 09, 2012, 06:24:14 PM

hala, mora lagig si veep binay si bo xilao.

On 26 July 2012, Gu Kailai was formally charged with murdering Heywood, based on what the prosecutor claimed was "irrefutable and substantial" evidence. (wikipedia)



on 09 august, 2012, gu kailai and a household staff member did not contest the guilty verdict in their court trial.

Following the Wang Lijun incident and Bo's removal from key Communist Party posts, Gu was placed under investigation for homicide in Heywood's death.  On 10 April 2012, Gu was detained and "transferred to the judicial authorities" as part of the investigation.  In an unusual move, state media appended her husband's surname in front of her own (rendering her name as Bo Gu Kailai) in an official press release regarding the Heywood case, contrary to the convention for married women in PRC.  The appending of Bo's surname implied that Gu had acquired Singaporean residency, or citizenship of another foreign country, and that as a result "Bo Gu Kailai" appeared on her official documents.  Others suggest that this is because authorities wanted to emphasize that Gu's alleged crimes were linked to misconduct by her husband. (wikipedia)

In March 2012, Gu became embroiled in a national scandal after her husband's deputy, Wang Lijun, apparently sought refuge at the U.S. consulate in Chengdu. It was rumored that Wang presented evidence of a corruption scandal, whereby Bo sought to impede a corruption investigation against Gu.  Specifically, Wang stated that Gu had been involved in a business dispute with British businessman Neil Heywood, who died in Chongqing under disputed circumstances; Wang alleged he had been poisoned. The Wall Street Journal reported that Wang may have fallen out of favor with Bo for discussing the Heywood case. (wikipedia)

From left: Gu Kailai, her husband Bo Xilai, and British businessman Neil Heywood. Internet photo

Gu Kailai gained her degree in law and then a masters in international politics from Peking University.

She went on to become an accomplished lawyer founding the Kailai law firm in Beijing.  In the course of her career, she was involved in several high-profile cases, and is suggested to have been the first Chinese lawyer to win a civil suit in the United States, where she represented several Dalian-area companies involved in a dispute in Mobile, Alabama.  She is also the author of several books. (wikipedia)

Gu is the youngest of five daughters of General Gu Jingsheng, a prominent revolutionary in the years before the Chinese Communist Party took power.  General Gu held various government positions during early Communist rule but was imprisoned during the Cultural Revolution.  Gu Kailai herself was also punished, being forced to work in a butcher's and a textile factory.

Gu met Bo Xilai in 1984 while on a field trip looking into environmental art in Jin County, Liaoning, where he was the communist party secretary.  The couple have one son, Bo Guagua, who studied at Harrow School and Balliol College, Oxford.  Guagua went on to study at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. (wikipedia)

who is gu kailai?

Gu Kailai (born 15 November 1958) is a Chinese lawyer and businesswoman. She is the second wife of former Chinese Politburo member Bo Xilai, one of China's most influential politicians until he was stripped of his offices in 2012. Gu has been charged with the murder of a British businessman, Neil Heywood.  She has one son, Bo Guagua. (wikipedia)