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nagpalaban na lang intawon si botoyitot sa iyang amahan nga si hubag, dayon dagan ngadto sa iyang uncle nga si bugsay.

si atan?  nidulhog paingon sa poblacion, dili aron mangita ug mawos nga ginamos kundi mangita sa nihanaw niyang asawa.  kun magkalisod, matod pa ni atan, gamiton niya ang mawos nga ginamos kun makatabang kini sa pagtultol sa nahimutangan sa iyang kapikas sa kinabuhi, kapikas sa iyang kasingkasing, kapikas sa iyang atay, tinai, batikong; basta kapikas.

tingali baya ug magkinahanglan pod ug jack kun manahi ug kurtina.

heh?  magkinahanglan ug hearing aid kun maglimpyog awto?

gikasubo ni botoyitot nga di gyod siya makatabang ni atan.  bisan unsaon niyag ngiyaw, mag-inenglis na lang siyag meow ug uban pang kalainlain nga languages kay multilingual lagi ni si botoyitot mao nga birada siyag miao, miav, miauw, miau, miaou, miyau, o nyaa nyaa ba kaha, apil pa ang ininsik nga ngan sa scarborough shoal, wa gyod gihapon intawon sila magkasinabot ni atan.

Quote from: Raquelproud boholana on April 26, 2012, 01:53:38 AMAng gipangayo aning kitty Toy is tugutan ba siya nimong makigdate ni Botoyitot. Unsa naman tuoy mga kalambuan ni Botoyitot?

hadlok ra pod palandungon simbakog manganak si buringgit ug liwat sa amahan.

Quote from: Raquelproud boholana on April 26, 2012, 01:51:47 AM
basin naay eye infection si buringgit.  ayaw mo ug saba si Bootsie jud bitaw na ang iring sa pinakalast hehehe model man ning iringa gipinahan ko niya di ko magsaba.

hehehe.  klarong liwat sa tag-iya.  siya ang naay klarong facial expression...

seriously, di gyod ko kasabot unsa nang stocks buying.  kutob ra gyod sa bonds ang akong understanding.  ang stocks, morag mahjong para nako.  bisan unsaon ug tuwad-tuwad, di gyod ko makasabot.

unsa may difference sa trading from investing?  don't we invest something when we trade?   

sir gyod.  lisod kaayo kun ma'am.

nigimaw man akong tuhod nga nagtan-aw aning mga pictures.  pictures pa lang na, unsa na kahag tinuod.  mahagbong na lang tingali ko sa kalipong.  adto na lang ko mag-contemplate by the riverside kun outdoor ug sa blessed sacrament kun indoor.

i argued with experience.  how stupid of me, i was dragged down and beaten. 

cat toys:




homemade socks cat toy:

they're too precious to be traded, mind.  they're not commodities, it goes without saying. 

Willoughby and his team tested the cardiovascular systems of 30 young adults one hour before and one hour after consuming one 250ml can of sugar-free Red Bull.

The results showed “normal people develop symptoms normally associated with cardiovascular disease” after consuming the drink, created in the 1980s by Austrian entrepreneur Dietrich Mateschitz based on a similar Thai energy drink.

Red Bull is banned in Norway, Uruguay and Denmark because of health risks listed on its cans, but the company last year sold 3.5 billion cans in 143 countries. One can contains 80 mg of caffeine, around the same as a normal cup of brewed coffee.

The Austria-based company, whose marketing says “Red Bull gives you wings,” sponsors Formula 1 race cars and extreme sport events around the world, but warns consumers not to drink more than two cans a day.
Rychter said Red Bull could only have such global sales because health authorities across the world had concluded the drink was safe to consume.

But Willoughby said Red Bull could be deadly when combined with stress or high blood pressure, impairing proper blood vessel function and possibly lifting the risk of blood clotting.

“If you have any predisposition to cardiovascular disease, I’d think twice about drinking it,” he said.

http://www.observer.ug/

for starters...

Red Bull bad for your health, says new study

Health& Living
Wednesday, 20 August 2008
Written by Rob Taylor

CANBERRA - Just one can of the popular stimulant energy drink Red Bull can increase the risk of heart attack or stroke, even in young people, Australian medical researchers said on Friday.

The caffeine-loaded beverage, popular with university students and adrenaline sport fans to give them “wings,” caused the blood to become sticky, a pre-cursor to cardiovascular problems such as stroke.

“One hour after they drank Red Bull, (their blood systems) were no longer normal. They were abnormal like we would expect in a patient with cardiovascular disease,” Scott Willoughby, lead researcher from the Cardiovascular Research Centre at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, told the Australian newspaper.

Red Bull Australia spokeswoman Linda Rychter said the report would be assessed by the company’s head office in Austria.

“The study does not show effects which would go beyond that of drinking a cup of coffee. Therefore, the reported results were to be expected and lie within the normal physiological range,” Rychter told Reuters.

how much is too much of these vitamins and minerals?  it would be great to look further into this.

tuna flakes lang god, sir balong, ajaw lang nang salmon.

hahaha!  okay, kasabot ko.  naa ra bay ubang nakakita ning akong collection nahibung intawon nganong nangolekta kog mga batig nawong kuno nga dolls.  (purya sad nang barbie uy di pod ko.  bland character man ning barbie, di parehag troll nga klarong bright.) 

hinaot nga moabot ang adlaw nga imong ma-train imong mga tawo unsaon pag-appraise ug collectibles.  pilay pad kun maapil sa appraisal ang distance traveled ani nga troll dolls kay lain-lain man nga nasod ni nako na-acquire.

there was a time long ago when buses in bohol have pictures of inday potenciana near the drivers (placed where rosaries and other pictures of saints were).  unsa tuod ang estorya ani niya?  incorruptibility of a corpse alone wouldn't a saint make, but what are the stories surrounding her?

more p.s.: wa ko kabiyahe nga wa koy dala nga iring, hihihi.  airplane or boat, i have a cat and the required papers.  kapoy gyod hinoon ang preparation, but it's worth it.   

Quote from: taga tigbao on April 25, 2012, 06:14:03 PM
Sapwangon! HAhahahahaha. Unja magtimbakwas timbakwas intawon kay dili ganahan si Buringgit ug biyahe, then makakamras na raman ug ahat ug laing pasahero! Hahahahahah

ajaw tawon kay kausa ra makabuhi, wa na.  maajog iro kay matawag.  ang iring di gyod.  a tip: dogs need a home, cats need a staff.  dawaton na lang nato ang kamatuoran nga ang mga iring mga CEO, and they've hired us, hahaha!

Quote from: taga tigbao on April 25, 2012, 05:55:55 PM
Hahahahahaha. I got an advice Te Islex nga paimnon ra kono ug pills (kay baje man si Buringgit), then dili na kono na dug-on ug manguwag.

naa ni pero as far as i know it's hardly practiced.  mag-ihap ka pa kun kanus-a manguwag kay kinahanglan before nimo patumaron.  unsaon god tawon pag-istorya ug iring bisag inenglison mauwaw pod intawon na motubag kun when siya manguwag...

QuoteP.S. Ikaw na gajuy maninay Te Islex.

salamat.  tudloi unya siya ug amen sa kamot ha?

p.s. nagkatawa ko diri kay nakadungog kog paghot ug iro.  in a building where pets are not allowed, naa gyoy mang-smuggle ug pets intawon.  known na ko diri nga di mahimog way iring.  kahibawo sila nga silay maawayan kun did-an ko.  dia tawon si leo, maayong pagkatulog.  pinunitan pod tawon ni, pero, wow, way motuo tungod sa kadako ug kalimpyo. 

Quote from: taga tigbao on April 25, 2012, 05:55:55 PM
Hahahahahaha. I got an advice Te Islex nga paimnon ra kono ug pills (kay baje man si Buringgit), then dili na kono na dug-on ug manguwag.

P.S. Ikaw na gajuy maninay Te Islex.

aruy, saba ra ba gyod ning iring baye nga manguwag, spayed or not.  wa na silay kalainan sa tawo nga laki.  andam na lang, and look for divine inspiration when the noise comes.  it comes monthly and could last for a week. 

it is more urgent nga imo gyong ipa-spay kay baye diay si buringgit.  di lalim magdispatsar ug cute nga kittens when the time comes simbako.  they may end up run over by vehicles, killed by misguided people, or mamatay sa uhaw ug gutom. 

also, daghan unyang mga laki nga iring mag-alirong sa inyo, manggibugno kay mag-ilog ni buringgit.  i tell you, wa lagiy kalainan sa tawo nga laki.

kinahanglanon pod ni nimo.  mag-unsa na lang kun wa ni unya imo siyang dad-on sa vet o sa imong biyahe:

by the way, whether buringgit is male or female, kinahanglan gyod nga imong ipa-neuter or spay.  piyungi lang ang gasto kay kausa ra bitaw.  dako kag problema kun manganak.  rh bill ang iyang gikinahanglan, morpa.

kaguwapo sa iyang ngan.  buringgit, hahaha!  ako ang iyang maninay sukad karon ha?

cat food

a professional advice i got lately is to vary cat food.  canned, dry cat food interspersed with human food (without bones, please) would be better for cats.  i lost two cats to urinary tract problems because i limited their diet to dry cat food. 

constant access to fresh drinking water is a must.


simple does it; one side for food, the other for water

sing a happy song, bai tigs.  from now on you're a happy friend of the following happy cats (on their litter box or on their way):



bootsie?

simple cat litter boxes and scoops (available in pet stores):





in small spaces, these may be placed in the rest room or, in the case of boarders, one's private room.  rest assured, your place won't smell if you use the following as cat litter (the sand):



my favorite cat litter brand: catsan.  it's japanese, and very efficient.


kun naa ka ani nga first line of defense, you can be sure your kitty won't mess your place.  motuod gyod tawon ni sila sa ilang rest room (cat litter box).  just clean it effortlessly every day by scooping out only the solids.  (as if you need telling, sorry.)  i would presume that you need to raise your cat indoors 100% if you're living in manila, unless your place has a safe enclosure of a fence or it's a farm like racquel's.

last resort: if you're in manila, pm me your mobile number, and if we're near enough, 'll help you make arrangements for that kitty, including providing you with tips on keeping an indoor cat (feeders, diet, cat litter box, etc.)  meantime, i'll post in this thread these things, if you don't mind.

please bear in mind that a healthy pet means a healthy human. 

i beg you not to let that kitty go.  if you must, please go to the website of the philippine animal welfare society and ask how you can have the cat adopted in a good home.  i believe though that the kitty is already home with you.

kun makalugar ka unta, bai tigs, dad-a sa vet nang one and only mingming for the proper vaccinations, i.e. feline pneumonia, rabies ug distemper, apil na deworming.  you can even go to the nearest barangay health center, though their services are more often limited to anti-rabies vaccination.

meantime, sigeha lang ug trapo ang mata ug moistened cloth or soft tissue, and see to it that the kitty has constant access to fresh drinking water. 

kun motaon kanunay ang iring, labi na ang mga kittens, gapasabot na nga naa silay colds.  untreated, the colds can develop into fatal feline pneumonia.  kadaghanan iring ug kittens nga layaw exposed to the elements, labi na karon nga arang inita sa ato, unya wa pa gyoy nutrition ug clean source of water.

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13 Pets Who Are Plotting To Take Over The World

I, for one, welcome our new animal overlords. Happy Earth Day!

by Freddie Campion
http://www.buzzfeed.com/

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nihangyo intawon nga di siya patiran, huhuhu.

i guess the weakness of my knees is due to years of abuse; constant high heels, running often (as an ambitious but failed 100-meter sprinter), followed by catatonia as a stay-at-home mom, hahaha!  one gets one's just desserts for not settling for moderation.

p.s. that's why i can't be too religious because fr chic might recommend me for beatification.

by the way, balong.  nakadungog ko nga maayo kuno ning inyong palawan pawnshop.  dako kunog bayad ug prenda, hehehe.  naa ra ba koy massive collection of troll dolls... by massive, i mean more than 300 plus, from the biggest (pareha kadak-a ug newborn baby) to the smallest (thumb size).  diay example ug troll dolls:



they're made to last.  some 20 years ago, ang average size ani (usa ka dangaw) tag-450 pesos sa ato.  one day, lupig pa aniy jewelry ang worth.  that's my portfolio.

ahat.  but thanks anyway.  makalusot pa diay ko sa langit.  ang sinultihan ra ba kuno ni san pedro, bol-anon.

this is one religious gesture of reverence that i so love to do and won't let go (just like our cultural and traditional kissing of the hand as a gesture of respect for elders).  sadly, i can't do it anymore without making a scene.  something weak with my knees makes it necessary either for someone else to help me get up or, barring that, i use both hands, flat on the floor, to get up.  thus i have to be content with simply bowing my head.

grabeh!  hurot akong oras ug kinatawa ani, ambot na lang.  from the performers, to the judges and audience, eccentric gyod ning mga british uy.  mao bitaw nga apson gyod nako kutob sa mahimo ning british humor.  dugangi pa nag irish humor.  my day is made.  thanks, tb.com!

kun ako pay nidaog, paabton sad tawon nakog 4 months tingali...

Quote from: bugsay on April 24, 2012, 05:26:10 PM
pagkalaay gayod ni'ng kinabuhing wala'y itlog..

unsa may labot sa itlog aning computer chair? kun barber's chair pa ni, may puruhan pa tingali.  uy, kulas, pamahaw usa dinha...

hehe, those were military guns.  we have no guns in the house, which i want to maintain as a "gunless society".  

had tried practice shooting twice, once with .38 caliber guns (poor shot; i couldn't tell where the bullets went) and the other with an M16, and i promised NEVER to do it again, ever.  the kick of the M16 was painful on the shoulder.  i hate guns.

kay klaro man nga di ka pa-reply diha sa silingan nga thread (aron way samok, matod mo, kay anyway nagpagawas man lang ka sa imong gibati), naghimo na lang ko aning laing thread aron daghan na tang makapagawas lang sa atong gibati.

makalipay nga nagpadayon ka sa imong tinguha nga makatabang kang virgilio bucia.

hinaot unta nga moundang na kag balik-balik in different threads sa imong kahiubos ni hubag kay nagpahungaw ra baya pod tingali to siya sa iyang gibati.  tan-awa, di puro na mo nakahungaw.  sakto na, di ba? 

you do what you believe is right; as long as you believe it is right, then why the heck should it matter what others think and say?

zang ziyi a threat to lorenzene existence?

kadto pod tawong bag-ong nipanaw namong iro nga si rex kusog kaayo to magdamgo ug daman.  kausa nakagawas mi tanan alas dos sa kaadlawon ug nangadto sa iyang doghouse kay grabe ang daman, dugay nakamata nga among gipukaw kay mora na gyod intawog gibangungot.   

ganahan ko sa AK47 or M16 ba kaha na.

Amen.

picture of demo bungee jump kuno bi...

usa gyod ni ka klase nga artist nga di gyod ma-nominate as national artist nato.

bisag kapoy, kontento gihapon ang hitsura.  way mahayay.

Cat's Dream

Pablo Neruda

How neatly a cat sleeps,
sleeps with its paws and its posture,
sleeps with its wicked claws,
and with its unfeeling blood,
sleeps with all the rings--
a series of burnt circles--
which have formed the odd geology
of its sand-colored tail.

I should like to sleep like a cat,
with all the fur of time,
with a tongue rough as flint,
with the dry sex of fire;
and after speaking to no one,
stretch myself over the world,
over roofs and landscapes,
with a passionate desire
to hunt the rats in my dreams.

I have seen how the cat asleep
would undulate, how the night
flowed through it like dark water;
and at times, it was going to fall
or possibly plunge into
the bare deserted snowdrifts.
Sometimes it grew so much in sleep
like a tiger's great-grandfather,
and would leap in the darkness over
rooftops, clouds and volcanoes.

Sleep, sleep cat of the night,
with episcopal ceremony
and your stone-carved moustache.
Take care of all our dreams;
control the obscurity
of our slumbering prowess
with your relentless heart
and the great ruff of your tail.

Translated by Alastair Reid

kaguwapo gyod ni hamlet uy.  lupig tblanders...

bahala ba uroy.  sure ko magsuka ko ani kun akoy mo-drive.  aw, bisan pasahero lang ko, suka gihapon.

Quote from: balong on April 24, 2012, 03:17:00 PM
maajo pay mag lana ka ug potot HUBAG. maka sapi pa ka

mahal ni jamo.  kini ra ba kunong maglana ug potot kay iapil ang putot nga tawo, hahaha!

sleepwalking cat

But what do our pets dream about? Researchers believe they know the answer. Older studies, done decades ago in cats, involved temporarily releasing the suppression of motor activity that happens during REM sleep so they'd act out their dreams.

What researchers witnessed is sleepwalking cats doing things they'd normally do while awake â€" walking, swatting their forepaws, even pouncing on imaginary prey.

Similar research showed the same held true for dogs.

"Pointers point at dream birds, and Dobermans growl at dream burglers," Coren said.

Those experiments were not a demonstration of actual dreaming, said MIT's Wilson, but do suggest that in REM sleep the brain is functioning the same way it behaves during normal wakefulness. As early as 2001, he decided to find out if animals did in fact dream by eavesdropping on the sleeping brain.


more at:  http://www.usatoday.com/life/lifestyle/pets/2010-06-29-dogs-cats-dream_N.htm

REM occurs approximately every 90 minutes in people, and every 25 minutes in cats.

In dogs, research shows the frequency and length of dreams is linked to their physical size, said psychologist Stanley Coren, author of several books, including "How Dogs Think: Understanding the Canine Mind."

For example, he said, mastiffs and Great Danes might dream every 45 minutes for about five minutes, compared to their smaller canine cousins that enter a dream state every 10 minutes with episodes lasting less than 60 seconds.

Owners can tell if their dozing dog or feline is dreaming by looking for these clues: whisker twitching, paw tremors, irregular breathing and â€" in dogs â€" occasional high-pitched yips.

"If you compared a hippocampus in a rat to a dog; in a cat to a human, they contain all of the same pieces," said Wilson, an associate professor of brain and cognitive sciences.

Like people, pets go through multiple stages of sleep, from periods of slow wave sleep to REM (rapid eye movement), where most dreaming occurs.

"From the minute your head hits the pillow and you're out, the dreaming process begins," he said.

Non-REM dreams consist of quick snapshots of things usually done that day. During the deeper sleep state of REM, dreams last much longer and tap into a vast pool of past experiences drawn from weeks, months, even years in the past.

Do dogs and cats really dream?

By Maryann Mott, HealthDay
6/29/2010

How many pet owners have gotten a chuckle out of watching their dog sleep while its paws race frenetically in place?

Many figured that Rover was romping somewhere in dreamland, and scientists say they were right: Pets do dream while sleeping.

As dogs and cats doze, images of past events replay in their minds much the same way humans recall experiences while dreaming, said Matthew Wilson of MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory in Cambridge, Mass. That's because the hippocampus, a part of the brain involved in memory, is basically wired the same way in virtually all vertebrates and mammals, he said.

"If you compared a hippocampus in a rat to a dog; in a cat to a human, they contain all of the same pieces," said Wilson, an associate professor of brain and cognitive sciences.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzgpeLFf4z4#

Quote from: TUBAGBOHOL.com on April 24, 2012, 02:09:38 PM
issue in today's tabloid in reply to national artist proposal:
"Pare-pareho raw walang K maging National Artist"
Dolphy: maraming inanakan
Nora: sangkot sa drugs sa USA at kahihiyan pa ng Pinas (in a relationship with a lesbian)
Vilma: sabit sa Betamax Scandal

tua na lagi.  di unta mautingkay ang mga baho kun wa na lang ni sila angina.  sa pag-declare bitaw nga national artist si lucrecia urtula (ever heard of her?), wa gyoy nireklamo. 

personally, mohapa ko ni urtula.  if there's anyone to be credited for interpreting the singkil into what it is now, it is her.  (the basis for singkil is said to be a 3-day wedding ceremony of our muslim kin in mindanao.  urtula knew and was sensitive to arts and culture enough to interpret it into a 6-minute dance.  she attended the whole 3-day affair to take it all in.  that's artist for you.  whew!) 

we knew each other, honest pa (through her daughter and the folk arts theater).  super sa ka maldits siya, may she rest in peace.  iya kong gibiay-biayan kausa when she saw me in sinulog costume.  arang ka-fake kuno.  sows, toytoy ra god ko, way ikasukol except to say that "hey, i didn't design this costume!"  ugh.

Quote from: TUBAGBOHOL.com on April 24, 2012, 02:07:44 PM
fake tong butt ni kim kardashian. it was revealed by her ex-husband.

hehe, that troll of an ex-husband who lost even the fake butt.

Quote from: hubag bohol on April 24, 2012, 01:11:24 PM
Hmm, si Dely Atay-atayan ug si Chichay man to sa akong panahon...

diay?  a simple test... aber, asa man kuno ani nila si which one?

2. Start a cult

Earn lots of dough by convincing people that giving you money gets them into heaven! Hey, it worked for L. Ron Hubbard!

this tops them all.  it's also working for the manalos and ecleos here.  some members may even die or kill for you.

Quote from: Mike Ortega Ligalig on April 23, 2012, 10:08:41 PM
3. Sell Indulgences
    Sure, the Catholics supposedly got rid of this practice almost 500 years ago, but not everyone knows that!

Murag wala pa kahibalo ang kadaghanan sa Filipino ani. Sa ahong nahibaw-an naay special nga mesa sa kalag ni Talpulano, mahalon ni siya, ug naa poy ordinaryo nga mesa (barato lang), name lang walay apelyido murag ikuredas. I don't know ug mao pa ba gihapon ni. That's what I know when I was still in high school.

hehe, sa motuo lang ni.  sure ko nga wa na ni.  way simbahan nga mohatag ug presyo ug donation. 

Quote from: hubag bohol on April 23, 2012, 08:37:50 PM
Sorry, but aren't you also being ridiculous with this argument?

eh?  in what way?  you sound like someone with dysmenorrhea.  

but goodness gracious!  our legislators are discussing about awards for local actors?  i don't get it.  aiming for media mileage again?  (they're getting it, obviously.)  this is crazier than the proposal of one congressman of ours to change the name of EDSA. 

let's think u.s. for a moment here, uh-huh... imagine nancy pelosi proposing in a bill to give an award to jennifer lopez because, by jove, she's a cultural icon and her butt is a brand.  think butt, and jennifer lopez comes to mind; never mind contenders like beyonce and kim kardashian...

ex.:  ara mina: no other actress with such boobs dared to fight for her reputation by filing a case against her half-sister and fellow artist cristine reyes.

kris aquino: in the annals of philippine cinema, she's the unbeatable drama queen, with a real love life that can beat her reel love life to smithereens; besides, is there any other actress who can be dubbed as "the presidential sister"? 

tua na lagi... sukad karon, kada tuig, naa nay lalis kun kinsay national artist sa mga artista.  kay ngano laging apil-apilon pa man ning mga artista ani.  moabot ang panahon, si kris aquino mahimong national artist.  sundan dayon ni ara mina, annabelle rama, ruffa gutierrez, etc.  with a little imagination in their defense, mahimo ni silang greats tanan baya.

maghusa ani si hubag (noranian) ug bugsay (vilmanian).   si islander magmantinir na lang ni bb gandanghari...

balik ko kadali bahin ug pag-umangkon...

naa sad bitaw koy pag-umangkon nga baye, tihikon gyod hinoon daan, pero makahiubos kay siya baya ang puhong nako sa gatubo pa kay kinaunhan lagi nga pag-umangkon.  all i wish for is a little thoughtfulness karong mga guwang na mi.  pila ra goy token kun pasko, just a little sign nga nahinumdoman pa ko.  zero.  aw, butangan bitaw nako. 

maayo pa sa gapuyo pa mog balay ug kalapati kay thoughtful ka pa, ingon ko.  namuypoy tawon nga iyang mangtas nga iyaan nibirada.  nalooy lang pod ko.  ingon tawon siya, unsa pa man tawoy angay niyang ihatag nako?  tubag ko, kay unsa ba diay ning pasko, pang-charity ra?  drowingi kog christmas card diha, o tagai ba kog tanom because it's the thought that counts, right?

di ra diay ikaw ang sensitive, balongski.  hihihi.      

as for your pag-umangkon nga nausab, duda ko nga nagtoo na siya nga milyonaryo na pod ka, mao nga mauwaw na siya mohatag ug $500.

hoy, longlong tabilong.  ajaw diha pag-horror flick kay di ka si freddy kruger.  si balongski ka.  usa ka opinion motiklop ka na?  hey, nabuhi ka ug ni-succeed more than you could imagine after you jumped ship, karon nga pasikat ra kunohay ang accusation sirhan na nimo imong payong?

kahibawo na man tingali ka nga dinhi sa tubagbohol walang sinasanto.  that is what makes this forum a real exciting forum; no ego massaging, no ego massage is necessary or called for (that's for facebook, hehe).  ajaw tawon himoang collateral damage ani si virgilio bucia. 

goodbyes are for fools.

meanwhile, one can say goodbye so one can say hello again.

hinaot nga mopadayon lang unta ka sa imong tinguha, longlong tabilong.  different strokes for different folks ra man ta ani.  kun mao toy opinion ni hubag, puwes, it should not be enough to stop you or get you stung, right? 

we're all honest people here with simple desires, and definitely with varying egos.  so we make do with what we can do, regardless.     

Quote from: TUBAGBOHOL.com on April 24, 2012, 08:29:08 AMThe lady Villar, who owns Vista Land, the biggest homebuilder in the Philippines today, bluntly answered the question on political dynasty saying that she wants to be elected on her competence and performance and not to be under the shadow of her popular husband.

oh, please...

one can get tired of politicians with bleeding hearts for the poor while they get themselves elected to protect their interests and increase their wealth some more. 

i believe it was during her congressional days as chairman of the education committee that many schools with exotic names came up, allegedly owned by her family and other fellow congressmen, which she made easy by supposedly lowering the requirements.   down went the nation's educational standard as well.  if i got it right, it was one of the reasons the then education secretary butch abad (now the budget and management secretary) resigned from his post. 

try meeting this woman in another setting, when she doesn't feel the need to be charming to potential voters, and you will see arrogance at its most blatant.

as for her claim that her husband is popular, come on, cesar montano is popular, but manny villar?  uh-huh.  i'd rather believe credible and popular economist and columnist solita monsod.

mike the webmaster is the executive producer of this production while you're the director.  send through mike if you wish.  as sure as i'm sitting here, your help will reach virgilio bucia. 

on the other hand, it is best to wait a while for word from mike meantime.  we still don't know the latest of virgilio.  for all we know, he had already graduated with honors.  or he's already married and holding a good job.  or he has won the lotto.  so please let's wait a while.

(i cannot directly give the name of the person who facilitated my help middle of last year because asking her again would be an imposition on my part.  i hope for your understanding.) 

di modayon ug lansar for congressman si dan lim ani!?

great.  go, go, go!

Maritime researcher Carl Thayer, Emeritus Professor of Politics of the University of New South Wales, said that Chinese scholars using historical heritage to explain its claim of sovereignty shows the lack of legal foundation under the international law for the claim.

Caitlyn Antrim, Executive Director, Rule of Law Committee for the Oceans of the USA, commented that "The U-shaped line has no ground under the international law because [the] historical basis is very weak". She added "I don’t understand what China claims for in that U-shaped line. If they claim sovereignty over islands inside that line, the question is whether they are able to prove their sovereignty over these islands. If China claimed sovereignty over these islands 500 years ago and then they did not perform their sovereignty, their claim of sovereignty becomes very weak. For uninhabited islands, they can only claim territorial seas, not exclusive economic zones (EEZ) from the islands”.

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At the Conference on Maritime Study organized by the US-based Center for Strategic and International Study (CSIS) in June 2011, Dr. Su Hao from the China Foreign Affairs University in Beijing delivered a speech on China’s sovereignty and policy in the South China Sea using history as the main argument. However, Dr. Termsak Chalermpalanupap, Assistant Director for Program Coordination and External Relations of the ASEAN Secretariat, said: “I don’t think that the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) recognizes history as the basis to make sovereignty claims”.

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According to the Kyodo News, in March 2010 PRC officials told US officials that they consider the South China Sea a "core interest" on par with Taiwan, Tibet and Xinjiang. 

In July 2010 the Communist Party-controlled Global Times stated that "China will never waive its right to protect its core interest with military means" and a Ministry of Defense spokesman said that "China has indisputable sovereignty of the South Sea and China has sufficient historical and legal backing" to underpin its claims.

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While China has never used the 9-dotted line as an inviolable border to its sovereignty, this strategy together with the fact that China's authority has never officially explained the meaning of the 9-dotted line have led many researchers to try to derive the exact meanings of the 9-dotted line map in the Chinese strategy in the South China Sea.

Some scholars believe that this line cannot be considered as a maritime boundary line because it violates international law which states that a national boundary line must be a stable and defined one. The 9-dotted line is not stable because it has been reduced from 11 to 9 dashes in the Gulf of Tonkin as endorsed by Zhou Enlai without any reasons given. It is also not a defined line because it does not have any specific geographic coordinates and does not tell how it can be connected if it was a continuous line.

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Ongoing disputes

According to President Aquino of the Philippines, "China’s 9-dash line territorial claim over the entire South China Sea is against international laws, particularly the United National Convention of the Laws of the Sea (UNCLOS)". 

Vietnam also rejected the 9-dotted line claim, citing that it is baseless and against the UNCLOS.  In 2010, at a regional conference in Hanoi, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced that "The United States has a national interest in freedom of navigation, open access to Asia's maritime commons, and respect for international law in the South China Sea".

The United States has also called for unfettered access to the area that China claims as its own, and accused Beijing of adopting an increasingly aggressive stance on the high seas.

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The dotted line has been used by China as the maximum extent of its claim.  However, the dotted lines do not show how the lines would be joined if it was continuous and the extent of area claimed by China.  The 9-dotted-line has been officially protested by the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia. 

Immediately after China submitted to the UN a map including the 9-dotted lines territorial claim in the South China Sea on May 7, 2009, the Philippines lodged a diplomatic protest against China for claiming the whole of South China Sea illegally. Vietnam and Malaysia filed their joint protest a day after China submitted its 9-dash line map to the UN. Indonesia also registered its protest, even though it did not have a claim on the South China Sea.

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The Nine-dotted line was originally an "eleven-dotted-line" first indicated by the then Kuomintang government of the Republic of China in 1947 for its claims to the South China Sea.  After the Communist Party of China took over mainland China and formed the People's Republic of China in 1949, the line was adopted and revised to nine as endorsed by Zhou Enlai.  No country, including Southeast Asian countries or their past rulers, protested or challenged the validity of the 9-dash line from 1947 to 1970s.

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the overlapping claims.  (note the philippine claim that are within the country's EEZ line.):

the controversial 9-dash line, made in china:

China's 9-Dash Line territorial claim

[The 9-dash Line] refers to the demarcation line used by the government of the People's Republic of China for its claim in the South China Sea, an area including the Paracel Islands (occupied by China but claimed by Vietnam and Taiwan) and Spratly Islands disputed by the Philippines, China, Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan and Vietnam, who each either claim all or part of the Spratlys, which are believed to sit on vast mineral resources, including oil.

According to Chinese sources the line first appeared in February 1948 as an eleven-dotted U-shape line in a map appearing in a private publication in the Republic of China.

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