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for designers, whose imagination can reach the stars if not pluto, please take note.  cats and humans can and will always live with each other. so...


a recycled shell of an old tv?

mao tingali niy gitawag nga heart transplant.

Quote from: bugsay on June 30, 2012, 08:16:35 AM
liwat sa amahan

Quote from: TUBAGBOHOL.com on June 30, 2012, 09:46:44 AM
kinsa man diay amahan anang bataa?

obyus nga ang golden boy nga nakalampas na sa 50k sound barrier.

Quote from: hubag bohol on June 30, 2012, 02:38:45 PM
Oi, hala, wa dayon ko kamatikod. Bwahaha! Imbis Top 10, gihimo jud nga Top 11 aron maapil ang halangdong katagilungsod...

tulo tawon ming nanimahong ginamos dinhi kun top 11 ang hisgotan--- lorenz, bugsay ug islander nga mga taga sa balingsya, take note.  

BFFF best frog friends forever

cats have pride too.

hihihi, way mosukol sa tinagalog nga verse ni fr chic.  sukol mo, mga makata dito.  ipagawas nang inyong gikaban nga mga salitang ugat.

makaingon gyod tingali si bai hubag ug 'palihug, tawga na lang kog puso, the saging!'

kun magkalisod, mohangyo pa gyod siyag sensilyo nga 'bisag bolinao, the ginamos na lang!'  anything but gorilla, please, please, huhuhu.

ang kuyaw ani kun makahunahuna si webmaster nga ang title sa 50k plus posts di na secret agent, the legend.  mahimo nang king kong, the gorilla.

diin gikan nang bag-ong postmark sa imong avatar, bai hubs?  unsay zip code ana?

curious as a cat---
(for correction by webmaster mol, hehe.)

Top 10 Tubag Bohol.com Posters
(as of May 29, 2011, http://tubagbohol.mikeligalig.com/index.php?topic=41123.msg464411#msg464411 )

Name                 Number of Posts        Number of Posts          Top 11
                           29 May 2011             30 June 2012
                                                             10:00AM

1. hubag bohol            34071                     50000               50,000   1
2. Lorenzo                  32950                      41592              41,592    2
3. ms da binsi             24685                      24703              24,703    3
4. grazie7y                 19771                      19774              19,774    4
5. Mike Ortega Ligalig  15236                      17154             17,154     5
       islander                                              14240             14,240     6
       tubagbohol.com                                  12223             12,223     7
6. glacier_71                9907                        9909               9,909     8
7. Happy                      9536                        9536               9,536     9
8. Vito Andoline            9498                        9532               9,532    10
       bugsay                                                 9028               9,028    11
9. Scarb                       8888                        8888
10. kiamoy                   8786                        8803


nag-ung-ong, mahimo pod nga top 12: chicogon - 8,698

Quote from: chicogon on June 29, 2012, 05:55:07 AM
Kung itataas, mahimong bandera? 

at half-mast?

mooning aside (i can do better than that )---

patapti ug stickers ang imong nawong, pasar ka na.

hehe, sure hinoon ko nga di ka chickboy, man ya kis dear.

hep-hep---

akoy gi-thrillingan kay si bai hubag hapit na moabot ug 50 thousand ang posts! 

hubag, abta ning magic number karon!  ayaw palabig pa-thrilling diha.

nanaad ko nga mag-celebrate ani nga pag-break sa sound barrier ni hubag--- tb's first--- mao nga andam na kong maghubog-hubog.  (you're all invited; kandaiya ra god ta kay we're around the globe man, lain-laing eskina natarok.) 

hubag, golden girl na man ka hapit uy.

makadaog ba kaha kun ang atong nawong morag nangaslom bisag nagngisi tuod?  mora man nig paguwapohay/paguwapahay contest.  daginoton pa gyod ang premyo.  angay ani modugang ug donate ug premyo si sir balong da.

don't tell me... naka-realize nga gusto diay niyang mababaye?

mokaon usa ko uy.  kalimot man ko sa oras...

yeheeeey!  padung na gyod, hapit na gyod mahalin.  dad-ag dali palihug sa tagbilaran, erwin june, before ma-erwin july.  unsa kaha ug imo na lang sad kargahan ug usa ka sakong bugas ug usa ka bulig nga saging?  just asking...  

i can hardly wait to drink coffee called hot tea.

kusog tingali na siya magpatanto, mao nga gituboan ug shark tail kay puslan man nga loan shark.  sa kauwaw, naglangoy-langoy na lang pagbaha.

na, kenny rogers na ang bangka ani kun si fr chic ang mounay ug palit.  apil ko beh.  sabaan bitaw ko dinhi...

mahinumdom man lang ko ani sa akong male officemate sa una (ang kanahan, dakong tawo na ron kay regional director na) nga nakadungog nga nakiggpustahanay ko sa akong best friend nga officemate pod kun madayon ba ang kasal sa among katingalahan nga other officemate. 

ang pusta kay free lunch, pero moapil siya bahalag kinsay daog.  ako ang nidaog nga nipusta nga di madayon ang kasal.  butirik kog kinaon, hasta tong apil-apilon butirik pod.  panahon na nako nga mag-apil-apil pod ug free kenny rogers, hehe.  


oh, no.  ang hiniktan nahimo nang battered chicken.   

OT: mas dakog "damage" tong batch nila fr boy rara man tingali. 

i wish him well.  with those great seminaries in ireland, he could very well be a good layman professor of theology.  i hope he has found his true calling.

unsa kahay kayo sa bonefire sa?

how poetic!  what great delight!

pareha ra ni sa atong ubang artista.  when their careers stall or their stars dim, they either run for public office or mahibalik sa news kay naay sob story; si polana adopted diay ug naghilak-hilak na kay kinahanglan iyang makit-an iyang biological parents, si polano namunit ug basura aron lang makakaon while growing up, etc.  too many gimmicks going around, although nothing beats the shock value of this unknown chinese performance artist.   

Quote from: islander on June 29, 2012, 11:07:26 AM
The realistic looking pictures are of a controversial Chinese Artist from Shanghai named Zhu Yu.  According to the Taipei Times newspaper, he has an artistic performance titled "Infatuation on Injuries."  A part of the presentation is a scene he calls "Man-Eater" during which he appears to be eating from a cooked human fetus.  In his interview with the Taipei Times, he admitted that it is a real fetus that was stolen from a medical school and that he cooked himself.

kulang sa attention (ksa) kaayo ning tawhana.  anything to be noticed, pa-artist-artist pa kunohay. 

just like gossip, even news items from bonafide mainstream newspapers and other media outlets need some kind of suspension of belief.  how much more for the purported truths in the internet highway where it's a free-for-all and netizens aren't obligated to stand by what they share?  we need to look from afar, use our sense of fairness, check and counter check, and wait for the truth to come out.

for those in the know, it comes naturally to bear in mind that even our local newspapers and media outlets in bohol twist presentations of items according to the outlets' biases.

i do not think well of china because it is fast acting like an 800-pound gorilla in the neighborhood.  and some chinese eat cats and dogs (and so do some filipinos, come on).  but human fetuses?  talking dog...

eRumor: Aborted Babies are Being Sold For Food in Taiwan and China-Fiction!
   


Summary of the eRumor:     

There are several versions of this eRumor.  Some are regarding China.  Others are regarding Taiwan.  They all claim that aborted fetuses are being purchased for cooking and eating.  Many of the eRumor emails include pictures of an Asian man who appears to be eating a barbecued baby.

The Truth:   

These eRumors about babies being a delicacy in Taiwan or China are a hoax.  The realistic looking pictures are of a controversial Chinese Artist from Shanghai named Zhu Yu.  According to the Taipei Times newspaper, he has an artistic performance titled "Infatuation on Injuries."  A part of the presentation is a scene he calls "Man-Eater" during which he appears to be eating from a cooked human fetus.  In his interview with the Taipei Times, he admitted that it is a real fetus that was stolen from a medical school and that he cooked himself. 

A Malaysian tabloid paper titled Perdana published pictures of Zhu Yu's performance but claimed they were from a Taiwanese restaurant that served the fetuses to customers.  The article infuriated Taiwan, which does not condone eating human flesh, and the government demanded the paper print a retraction.

It should be pointed out that even though this story about fetuses being menu items and sold for food is not true, there are cultures, including Asian ones, that believe in magical powers of ingesting various unusual biological substances such as placentas, umbilical cords and stillborn or aborted fetuses.

http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/e/eatingbabies.htm

Quote from: fdaray on June 29, 2012, 08:47:07 AM
Dili crazy, tinuod gyod.

wa ba diay tinuod nga crazy?  bitaw, kun tinuod pa ni, grabe na ang protests from all over the world.  some countries would already have broken their diplomatic ties with china.  so no, this is just a sick joke.

salamat kay way sinumbagay ug divorce sa plano. 

mas faet ang pari nga maminyo.  way makatupong sa tagam, hahaha!

Quote from: hubag bohol on June 27, 2012, 06:01:39 PM


How about this? What is the name of this dish? 

Quote from: Lorenzo on June 27, 2012, 11:59:58 PM
aww, kuan ni, china.

this is my missing cat feeder and waterer.

Quote from: hubag bohol on June 27, 2012, 05:59:57 PM


Kini pud, what is the name of this dish? 

Quote from: Lorenzo on June 27, 2012, 11:59:58 PM
kuan ni, cable dish.

sa amo kay ang tawag ani kay "alien_tracer.com".

Quote from: statesville on June 28, 2012, 12:59:39 AM
Kalami sa shoe polish aw guso diay......
Thanks Ms Isles sa info   

most welcome, states.  now pa sad bitaw ko kahibawo nga lami diay ning shoe polish.

next moadto ka sa restroom, bai hubs, panamin.

aslom pod, kuno.  pero sa tinuoray mao niy gitawag ug constipated look.

in the end, he chose to urinate from his perch.

gusto diay nimong huroton ang tibuok barangay?  wa intawoy ipakaon ang police station ana.  mao nga angay nga ang mga obyus ra nga drug pushers.

giing-ana pa lang unta ko, kahibawo na unta ko molangoy karon, tsk, tsk.  sayang.

goes without saying... naa ba goy sundalo nga morag nawong ni hulk.  wa na lang ta ni thor, captain america, loki, etc.  si black widow, kun naa man sa military, temporary ra, morag akyat barko girl.  amaw man diay sila.

sureness ba kaha ni nga tininuod ug di lang photo ops ug usa ka turista...

on sekand tots, morag tinuod tungod kay komportable siya sa iyang hood nga plastic.  pagka-cute gyod intawong piktyura.

kuwang ning listaha.  atong dungagan...

RELIGIOUS VOCATION --- marriage

Quote from: Erwin June on June 29, 2012, 09:15:10 AM
Mao ka huna-huna ko post ani Tubagbohol, na kaniad2 dugay naman d i ko member ani...karon pako kahinumdom..

you've missed a lot, i must say.  mao nga bisita-bisita na lang gyod now and then aning atong tugkaran.  pilay pad sa unggoy sa sunod mahalinan na pod kag hiniktan.

pahibaw-a mi ha kun mahalin na ang imong mini-van? 

Quote from: Erwin June on June 29, 2012, 09:15:10 AM
Daghan man kaau unta interested buyer, unsaon ang problema lang kay taga Manila man sila oi..Did2 nako gi post sa Sulit.com.ph..Naa pa gani usa nga taga mindoro siya, ask pila magas2 isakay Roro, hunahuna pud nako dako jud siya magasto kay layo man d i ng mindoro..

makasabot gyod ko aning daghang interesado kay this kind of mini-van is not available elsewhere.  ang cebu nagtangag na karon ug tag nga "multicab country".  naa koy mga kaila nga nangutanag makatabang ba kog palit nila.  mabuang ko, kay mga taga-luzon man. 

aw, kun mosukol silag drive gikan cebu ngadto sa luzon, ingon ko, fine by me.  pero kun bag-o, daghan pag palyar; maka-repair ba kaha sila in the middle of maharlika highway (what i know is sigehan ug liso ang mga tornilyo until ma-perfect; mao nga maayo baya nga second-hand ang paliton, like yours, kay tried and tested na).

Quote from: Erwin June on June 29, 2012, 09:15:10 AM
K, thanks jamo chicogon..og mopalit imo ig agaw librehon jud ka nako og Magnum Ice Cream.hehehehe

aherm.  salamat kay giklaro nga ice cream.  kuyaw ug .44 magnum or magnum opus.

Quote from: chicogon on June 29, 2012, 05:22:40 AM
Director of Priests Formation or Vocation Director?

It's good to hear that... abi nako mga product lang sa Ateneo or UST ang mga brilliant hehehe... perception lang, of course 

perception lang gyod, and more often wrong at that.  i realized that sometimes we mistake confidence for brilliance.

QuoteWe were hoping he'd become a bishop by now pero nakasumpaki man sa Cardinal when he was still the rector of San Carlos Mabolo.

i heard about this; one reason why he was changed as rector with someone more malleable.  

QuoteCartagenas was my klasmeyt at IHMS. He's a member of the theological forum (mga tang-an theologians sa kalibutan). But unfortunately, last year, he decided to leave the priesthood. Oo he's the first cousin of Rene Relampagos. Last news from him, he's based in Ireland.

oh, my.  what a great loss to priesthood.  hinoon, kun di na gyod madala, why live a lie?  pero arang sayanga, tsk, tsk. 

wa ani kahibawo akong sister, who happens to be his friend.  he's so thoughtful.  when our father died years ago, nikalit lang ni siyag tungha sa bohol, unexpectedly, to co-celebrate the requiem mass.  gikan sa barko, diretso sa simbahan; pagkahuman, sakay pod dayon sa barko ug balik.  it was truly nice of him and we were grateful kay nisamot kabug-at ug ka-meaningful ang mass with his presence.   

when he was seminary rector, maninuod gyod tawon ni siyag kuha sa akong sister to teach parttime there, to help in the area of homiletics.  mao diay tingali nga niundang pod akong sis aning buhata.  either niunong o wa na gyoy oras sa tininuod.

this development about father aloy saddens me, but so be it.  priesthood is a lonely vocation and the expectations of the flock make it worse.

Reuters
Close-up of Pope Benedict's pallium (note the pins on the crosses)

For his formal inauguration Pope Benedict XVI adopted an earlier form of the pallium, from a period when it and the omophor were virtually identical.  It is wider than the modern pallium although not as wide as the modern omophor (the vesture worn by eparchs and bishops in the Oriental churches, similar to what is worn by Irenaeus and Innocent in the illustrations), made of wool with black silk ends, and decorated with five red crosses, three of which are pierced with pins, symbolic of Christ's five wounds and the three nails.  Only the Papal pallium was to take this distinctive form. -http://archbishopterry.blogspot.com/2010/06/st-irenaeus-of-lyons-martyr-pallium.html

Pope John Paul II vested in the pallium.
Agência Brasil/José Cruz/Abr


Pope Benedict XVI in his distinctive papal pallium
Alberto Luccaroni

The use of the pallium is reserved to the pope and archbishops, but the latter may not use it until, on petition they have received the permission of the Holy See.

Bishops sometimes receive the pallium as a mark of special favour, but it does not increase their powers or jurisdiction nor give them precedence.  The pope may use the pallium at any time.  Others, even archbishops, may use it only in their respective dioceses, and there only on the days and occasions designated in the "Pontificale" (Christmas, the Circumcision, and other specified great feasts; during the conferring of Holy orders, the consecration of abbots, etc.), unless its use is extended by a special privilege. -Catholic Encyclopedia, http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11427a.htm


The pallium in the time of Innocent III


New form of the pallium, with red crosses, worn by Pope Benedict XVI since 2008

what is a pallium?  i got curious, so...

Form and use of the modern pallium

The modern pallium is a circular band about two inches wide, worn about the neck, breast, and shoulders, and having two pendants, one hanging down in front and one behind. The pendants are about two inches wide and twelve inches long, and are weighted with small pieces of lead covered with black silk.

The remainder of the pallium is made of white wool, part of which is supplied by two lambs presented annually as a tax by the Lateran Canons Regular to the Chapter of St. John on the feast of St. Agnes, solemnly blessed on the high altar of that church after the pontifical Mass, and then offered to the pope.

The ornamentation of the pallium consists of six small black crosses â€" one each on the breast and back, one on each shoulder, and one on each pendant. The crosses on the breast, back, and left shoulder are provided with a loop for the reception of a gold pin set with a precious stone. The pallium is worn over the chasuble. -Catholic Encyclopedia, http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11427a.htm

fr john du was in cebu (i can't exactly recall the exact term of his function, but it had something to do with formation and vocation) before his palo assignment.  i understand he's one of the more brilliant priests in the archdiocese, with some managerial skills to boot.

cebu also has another brilliant priest, a boholano, loon priest father aloysius cartagenas, a first cousin, if i'm not mistaken, of congressman rene relampagos.

Quote from: Lorenzo on June 27, 2012, 11:56:12 PM
isles, where is the picture of bluey?

give me one more day, lorenz.  sorry i failed to fulfill my promise.  the banana republic left his usb at the office and i can't find mine, so he still cannot transfer the picture of bluey from the other laptop to this one that i'm using.  we happen not to be techies, hehe. 

thanks for the clarification, erwin june.  as an owner of a similar mini-van myself (even the color is almost the same as yours!), i fully understand what you mean.  pilay pad, ang makapalit ang negosyo manok diay.  so okay lang nga nagliko-liko ni nga thread.  it keeps your thread alive.   

The remaining obelisk at Luxor Temple Pylon
Photo personnelle de Gérard Ducher

detail of the pedestal
Photo taken by Remi Jouan

a zoomed out version of fr chic's photo
Eric Pouhier, December 2005

Two 3,300-year-old twin obelisks once marked the entrance to the Luxor Temple.  Muhammad Ali Pasha, the Wāli and self-proclaimed Khedive of Egypt, offered the two obelisks to France as a gift in 1829.

In August 1832, the French paddle ship Sphinx sailed to Alexandria to rendezvous there with the barge Louqsor, which was to load the Luxor Obelisk and bring it to Paris.  Sphinx then towed Louqsor back to France.  The ships departed on 1 April 1833 and reached Toulon on 10 May.  The ships arrived at Cherbourg on 12 August 1833.

The first obelisk arrived in Paris on December 21, 1833.  Three years later, on October 25, 1836, King Louis-Philippe of France had it placed in the center of Place de la Concorde.

The other obelisk remained on location in Egypt.  In the 1990s, President François Mitterrand, as a symbolic gesture, officially renounced any French claim to the second obelisk. (wikipedia)

Quote from: chicogon on June 28, 2012, 01:01:18 PM

Luxor Obelisk

The Luxor Obelisk (French: Obélisque de Louxor) is a 23 metres (75 ft) high Egyptian obelisk standing at the center of the Place de la Concorde in Paris, France.  It was originally located at the entrance to Luxor Temple, in Egypt. (wikipedia)

Quote from: chicogon on June 28, 2012, 01:01:02 PM

namunit ko dinhi ug mga natagak nga acorns.

Quote from: chicogon on June 28, 2012, 12:58:33 PM


Place Ste. Genevieve

kana gyod.  sigurohon ang kaluha sa kaugalingong parish.

you also went to the church of st. madeleine, fr chic?  just as impressive and massive, but a bit discouraging because... medyo angso ang usa ka dapit sa outer kilid.  naa pod diay mangihi sa paris bisan asa, hehe.  kaparat kay immigrants kuno o tourists ang culprits.

hahaha!  lingawa.  luoya sa masscom.

i hope this is just one of those crazy photoshopped pictures.

mahadlok gyod ani ang china kun mao niy moatubang nila sa scarborough shoal.

unsa man ning hitaboa?  gitabangan ang sharks sa thousands of bolinao?  mora man hinoon ni siyag painting ni van gogh...

ka-cute!  unsaon, di ko kahimo ana kay duha ra man akong tiil.  wa pa gyod koy ikog nga motabang ug balanse.

mahirap itong sundin... hindi sa lahat nang panahon mangyayari yung gusto mo.  minsan, pagbaba ng panty, flying kick ang makuha mo.  pero tiyak na mas pipiliin mo ang flying kick kay sa pagbaba ng panty, matso rin pala ang kaharap mo.    

mushy!   to be honest, this reminds me of an elephant. 

katulo na man ko ma-"gateway timeout" inig-click nako dinhi.  time to get up and go buy some cat food and bread.  gigutom na man diay tuod ko.  bye-bye una for now, strange bedfellows.

daghana nakog plantsahonon nga barong uy.  tanan na lang klase sa plantsa gipalit ni banana republic, apil pa kanang pasirit lang ug tubig, pareha sa gigamit sa department stores nga morag hair dryer.  makalimot lang gihapon kog pamalantsa. 

Quote from: hubag bohol on June 19, 2012, 06:05:49 AM
Hmm, sa ato pa, restrooms or no restrooms, you are at home where makapagawas ka sa imong gibati, as in when "it happens"...

the truth is, it will "happen" when i see you.

Quote from: Lorenzo on June 19, 2012, 03:15:17 AM
on the road diay ka kalingaw, isles?

mas inside the house baya ko, lain-lain lang nga lugar.

Quote from: mawjood on June 27, 2012, 01:28:19 PM
wa ko makatog ug ayo gabi-i kay wala mi magtingog sa akong  uban, unsay hinungdan? gikapoy na mi ug libot-libot sa dakong supermarket ug pangita ug pasas para sa himoong embutido wa gyud mi kakita. nakapalit ra gyud mi sa ikatulong supermarket na. by that time exhausted na siya ug gisapot dayon. gisapot pod ko kay ngano siya ra bay gikapoy? ang nigawas pareho mi way tug hinuon 

hehe, ingna imong kauban, maw, nga sa sunod, di na ka mangita ug pasas.  manakop na lang kag langaw.  mao-mao ra na.  flying pasas lang ang langaw.

i wish you had a price list in your website as well.  there's none.

do you also fabricate candle making small machinery, ferotex?

we all die.

weird.  can't a man change his mind?  or postpone his decision?  the fact is they were still legally married, at least on paper.  and courts are so concerned with documents.

why?  does this still need a court hearing?  can't a notary simply notarize a mutual agreement the same way he notarizes a sale?

was this a written consent?  this is rather difficult because a sin is no sin only because someone agreed to it.  but then i have to admit that legal laws may have variants from church laws.  be that as it may (naks, mora na man kog sinultihan ug lawyer), it's rather awkward to say to one's spouse, "okay, let's sin together, jointly and severally". 

unsay punishment kun wa kabayad ug real estate tax in the last ten years or so?

hehe, it looks like when we eat this seaweed as a salad, it pays to remember that we're also eating a potential shoe polish and toothpaste.

Food and other domestic uses

Desserts, ice cream, cream, milkshakes, sweetened condensed milks, and sauces: gel to increase viscosity

Beer: clarifier to remove haze-causing proteins

Pâtés and processed meats (ham, e.g.): substitute for fat, increase water retention and increase volume, or improve sliceability

Toothpaste: stabilizer to prevent constituents separating

Fruit Gushers: ingredient in the encapsulated gel

Fire fighting foam: thickener to cause foam to become sticky

Shampoo and cosmetic creams: thickener

Air freshener gels

Marbling: the ancient art of paper and fabric marbling uses a carrageenan mixture on which to float paints or inks; the paper or fabric is then laid on it, absorbing the colours

Shoe polish: gel to increase viscosity

Biotechnology: gel to immobilize cells/enzymes

Pharmaceuticals: used as an inactive excipient in pills/tablets

Soy milk: used to thicken, in an attempt to emulate the consistency of whole milk

Diet sodas: to enhance texture and suspend flavours

Pet food

Personal lubricants

/wikipedia

seaweed farming in the philippines:

The largest producer of industrial carrageenan currently is the Philippines, where cultivated seaweed produces about 80% of the world supply.  The most commonly used sources are E. cottonii (Kappaphycus alvarezii, K.striatum) and E. spinosum (Eucheuma denticulatum), which together provide about three-quarters of the world production.  These grow from the sea surface to a depth of about 2 metres.  The seaweed is normally grown on nylon lines strung between bamboo floats, and it is harvested after three months or so, when each plant weighs approximately 1 kg. (wikipedia)

carageenan raw material

Carrageenans or carrageenins are a family of linear sulfated polysaccharides that are extracted from red seaweeds. There are several varieties of carrageen used in cooking and baking. Kappa-carrageenan is used mostly in breading and batter due to its gelling nature. Lambda carrageenan is a non-gelling variety that assists in binding, retaining moisture, and in contributing to viscosity in sweet doughs. Iota carrageenan is used primarily in fruit applications and requires calcium ions to develop a heat-reversible and flexible gel. (wikipedia)

not only is this a dish, this is also the raw material for gelatin and the coating of medicinal capsules and pills, especially the red variety.

Quote from: bugsay on June 27, 2012, 01:45:42 PM
layo layo na gyud nig naabtan......mini van nahimong hiniktan?

ni-apologize bitaw ko, hehe.  mao niy gitawag ug evolution.  ang itlog bitaw, mahimo mang hiniktan.  sumala ba pod kun unsay nahitabo sa imong unlan.

no question, it's a lot easier to let go of a mini-van than a live chicken. 

come on, potential buyers of this mini-van.  believe me, a mini-van such as this is reliable for city driving, like getting kids to and from school.  it can even go where angels fear to tread.  driving it is like raising the middle finger to all those gas-guzzling suvs, which are due for repossession by banks anyway because loans for their acquisition went unpaid.    

what else was there to do but to let go?

former male officemates who used to come only to look at my fighting cocks came as a group, in a truck.  it was needed to transport the chicken coops as well.  if i must give away my pets, everything might as well go, including their cages, medicines, feeders, everything.  just don't slaughter them, please, i said through tears.

on that day, i promised never to raise chickens again, ever.

the day came when i had to leave everything behind.  i can take along the dogs, but the fighting cocks were out of the question.  by then, they numbered about 25 fully grown fighting cocks and some female chickens.  it was a terrible feeling.  i didn't want to leave such wonderful live things. 

my older sister came to talk me out of my doldrums.  just imagine if you keep on having those chickens; one day this whole province will be filled with them, she said.

a nun of my alma mater sent in a different tack.  let go, learn to let go.