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asa tuod ni?  this is very beautiful.

Quote from: TUBAGBOHOL.com on February 28, 2012, 02:23:18 PM
Ug walay hopia, pwede pud binangkal para maglagumo ang agi.

oh, no... kun kas-ahon ug lamoy ang binangkal, wa gyod hinooy glamor, hehe.  aw, mora sad uroy ug glamorous ning nag-utitod ang baba ug hopia... ang binangkal lang makatintal nga ilabay sa hingtungdan.  hagtok gyod, hahaha!

Quote from: chicogon on February 28, 2012, 02:14:41 PM
Thanks for the tip. Mao nay akong buhaton deri kay naa poy pipila nga di kahibaw motak-om ug baba... kas pod nig hopia kalakia da  hahahaha

hahaha!  naa man hinooy hopia nga barato-barato, kanang fake nga mongo ang sulod unya arang kapughak sa gawas, morag kugang pod kagahia.  kun lain ang molamoy, siguroa lang nga expired kay mas barato.  bantay lang kay tingalig ila nang lubot ang sabaan...  

warnings are better served first.  mora man hinoon nig sabunotan ug duha ka babayeng harvatan...

by the way, court stenographers in cebu cite a certain republic act in asking for 500 pesos (and this was 6 years ago; pila na kaha karon) from litigants before a hearing.  my understanding was nothing will happen to one's case if one didn't pay upfront, kay kinsa man intawoy mo-record sa proceedings. 

pissed off kaayo ko ani.  suweldado na god na sila sa government.  unya kana diay intawong uban nga galugos nga makagunit ug 500, way mahinabo kun naay kaso.  justice proves expensive hereabouts.  mag-unsa na lang ko kun uroy magsugod na kog pangiha ug animal cruelty.  does this republic act on payment for stenographers by court clients really exist?  anybody out there who knows the answer?

kun non-existent ni nga strange republic act, karong march, balikan nako tong mga babayhana sa cebu ug akong nawngon.  honest.

p.s. my lawyer's advice at the time was to pay or nothing will happen.   

wa ko mosiyagit baya... nihilak lang ko sa tago. 

naa gani koy iring mohilak, pahiran gyod nako dayon ang mga mata kay dali ra kaayong mahimong muta ang ilang luha.  the same holds true with dogs.  yes, they cry, they wail.  they also smile and laugh.  it's just that humans can't see these for what they're worth because they're not crocodiles.

Quote from: TUBAGBOHOL.com on February 28, 2012, 01:40:12 PM
islander, maayo pay natulog nalang ka ug imo o di ba kaha nagtan-aw ug movie. naa gani uban sa kalsada na matulog tungod sa kahubog.

sound advice.  difficult to follow though.  the intimate truth is that if i slept before him, pukawon gyod tawon ko sa kanahan, maglabad lang akong ulo morag ako na hinooy nag-hangover.  kun di pa pod si lover boy makauli, di sad ko makatulog kay mahadlok kog nakatulog na sa kalsada, gadug ug basurahan kay nasaypan niyag ako.  pagka way dungog.  kinsa bay asawa nga ganahang masaypan nga basurahan...

nagsige kog kanta ug "touch by touch" aron ma-memorize ang lyrics.  (gi-post ni nako lately sa free download music nga thread dinhi sa tb.  ambot nganong free.)  strangely, usa ni sa akong madunggan nga kantahon often sa videoke.  the song made me curious; it's likeable even if the videoke singers are not.  pero por santo, arang kabati diay sa lyrics.  but i like the music.   

woke up and kusmod dayon.  nangluod ni banana republic kay, you know, nanobrag limogmog gabii.  nagbarong tuod ug jusi kay formal official function, pero nisarasay.  i hate that. 

the night was capped by no boxing bouts, thank goodness.  aron wa koy masulti, gipuno na lang nako akong baba ug hopia.  suwayi god ninyo... way gyoy malitok bisan unsa nga balikas kun ang baba puno ug hopia.  nakatulog na lang ko gabii nga naglingkod atubangan sa tubagbohol tungod sa kapungot. 

aw, nagbabayay man hinoon mi ganinang buntag.  pero lamia patiran uy.  makahiubos kay kahibawo baya na siya nga mag-palpitate dayon my poor heart kun di na siya buotan tungod sa sugo sa bad spirit of the wine... inom, fine, sukdon lang unta ang makaya, di ba?

- isles emoting

nag-shot na kog apple cider vinegar.  feeling nako afterwards mora man kog nag hypoglycemia, hahaha!  i read that this vinegar is also good for diabetics, so i kind of related the effect.  since i am after lowering my cholesterol, i opted for the 1 tablespoon mixed with a glass of water.  a little may not result in hypoglycemia aron di haw-ang ug di ko malipong. 

gorya:  isulod sa garapon unya i-display sa sari-sari store.  corn crackers kini nga ang brand name chikinini.  diha pod toy kornik, pero mas halin ang chikinini. 

(an innocent question deserves an innocent answer. ) 

lisod ni da... akong balihon kuno if the logic would still work...

naa koy diploma.  kay daginoton ug utok, nangempleyo ko sa una kay di man gyod kapanag-iyag kompaniya.  karon, dugay na kong niundang ug pangempleyo.  layo ra kaayo akong diploma sa akong gibuhat usahay karon---maghimo ug tocino, corned beef, ug ham.  kay maayo man nakong pagkasimang, has my diploma become a tool of the angel?  

Quote from: chicogon on February 27, 2012, 11:22:13 PM

Morag ako man siguro tong niaso... sa kalagot atong panahona!!! 

enter the dragon in the taxi diay to.

Quote from: chicogon on February 27, 2012, 11:18:16 PM
Opposite man kaau mga intsik sa Bohol hehehe 

  friend nako sa una nga intsik (wa na man mi magkita sukad ato kay i heard she's already out of the country; prominent ni sila, duol ra sa inyo sa cogon) niprangka gyod nako nga tambag sa ilang parents maghinay kuno ug pinoy (aka bol-anon, the locals) kay kini kunong pinoy makakuwartag gamay, waldas dayon. 

if she were to go by, mao diay nay tinan-awan ug filipino-chinese brought up culturally as chinese sa ato.  feeling nila tingali, the locals might be out to take advantage of them.  (no offense meant here to the filipino-chinese among us.  i'm just passing on a supposed fact from my friend and her ilk's point of view.)

ang kanang ulo maoy di si rachel.  gi-photoshop lang na kay ang original nga nawong kang daniel craig.

the same song, another version, which you may not find sad at all...

                                    Up On The Roof by The Drifters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doDDuIXz6Js#

This adorable otter appeared to be praying as he played with a stone
at Whipsnade Zoo in Dunstable, Bedfordshire (Picture: Caters)

Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/

Round up of the best words in the Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue:


The mistresses of brothels were known as Abesses (Photo: Alamy)

ABBESS: Mistress of a brothel.

BABES IN THE WOOD: Criminals in stocks or pillory.

BLIND CUPID: Backside.

BOB TAIL: Lewd woman. Also an impotent man or a eunuch.

BREAD AND BUTTER FASHION: One upon the other. "John and his maid were caught lying bread and butter fashion."
   
CAT: Common prostitute.


Prostitutes such as portrayed by Romla Garai in The Crimson Petal and The White were known as cats

COLD PIG: Punishment inflicted on "sluggards" who lie too long in bed â€" pulling off all the bedclothes and throwing cold water on them.

COW-HEARTED: Fearful.

DOCK: Lie with a woman.

DUGS: Woman's breasts.

ELBOW SHAKER: A dice player.

FLASH THE HASH: Vomit.

GLAZIER: Someone who breaks windows to steal goods for sale.

GOSPEL SHOP: Church.

HEMPEN WIDOW: One whose husband was hanged.

HOYDON: Romping girl.

INEXPRESSIBLES: Breeches.


Breeches were known as inexpressibles

JOLLY: The head.

KING'S PICTURES: Coin, money.

LEFT-HANDED WIFE: Concubine. Based on an ancient German custom where, when a man married his concubine, or a woman greatly his inferior, he gave her his left hand.

NOISY DOG RACKET: Stealing brass knockers from doors.

OVEN: Great mouth.

PIECE: Wench. A girl who is more or less active and skilful in the amorous congress.

POISONED: Big with child.

QUEER PLUNGERS: Cheats who throw themselves into the water in order that they may be taken up by their accomplices, who carry them to one of the houses appointed by the Humane Society for the recovery of drowned persons, where they are rewarded by the society with a guinea.

RESURRECTION MEN: Persons employed by the students in anatomy to steal dead bodies out of churchyards.


Body snatchers like Burke and Hare were known as Resurrection Men

RUM DOXY: Fine wench.

SHOOT THE CAT: Vomit from excess of liquor.

SHY COCK: One who keeps within doors for fear of bailiffs.

SNOOZING KEN: Brothel.

STRIP ME NAKED: Gin.

TIT: Horse or smart little girl.

TWIDDLE-DIDDLES: Testicles.

TWIDDLE POOP: Effeminate-looking fellow.

UNLICKED CUB: Rude, uncouth young fellow.

VAMPER: Stockings.


Stockings were known as vampers

WINDOW PEEPER: Collector of window tax.

XANTIPPE: Socrates's wife, a shrew or scolding wife.

YELLOW BOYS: Guineas.

ZEDLAND: Great part of the West Country where the letter Z is substituted for S.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue from 1811 becomes online hit

It was a runaway success when published in 1811 by soldier Francis Grose, but now the Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue is getting tongues wagging again after being published online.



It was first available when Britain was under threat from Napoleon but it has now been re-published for free at the Project Gutenberg online digital library.

The book includes gems suchs as 'ace of spades' for a widow, 'all-a-mort' to be struck dumb, and 'angling for farthings', which means to beg out of a prison window with a cap or box.

The dictionary has already become an online hit.

Explaining the book in the preface at the time, the author writes "The merit of Captain Grose's Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue has been long and universally acknowledged."

But its circulation was confined almost exclusively to the lower orders of society: he was not aware, at the time of its compilation, that our young men of fashion would at no very distant period be as distinguished for the vulgarity of their jargon as the inhabitants of Newgate.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

Quote from: chriswise on February 27, 2012, 01:01:46 AM
taga damimeow,,og taga bawingsya,,naa na cebu pojo,,he,he,

lisod ni da... ang usa sa cebu tuod nagpuyo, pero tua magpirme sa tsina.  ang usa, lab jamo ang balingsya, pero tua na nidako pag-ayo, arang dakoa na gyod, sa u.s.  naa poy taga-dimeow, pero wa may labot sa balingsya.  arang baya... morag pareha man tingali mo ni bugsay, bai chris, nga si justin bieber and idol.

Quote from: bugsay on February 27, 2012, 07:24:18 PM
usa ra'y kina-iya sa insik nga wa ko kauyon.....kana'ng makig-ilog nga mao gyuy mobayad sa restaurant...ambot ani nila uy....

ha?  ikaw diay ang nailad ani?

kun tinuod man ni, then the opposite should also hold sway.  there is a woman behind every man's downfall.

only in the event that there are no-show worms and no-show birds that nothing is eaten.  and that means there's no event at all.

there are late worms for late birds.

Quote from: bugsay on February 27, 2012, 01:25:45 PM
kay dako'g ikahatag?

mas katuhoan nga dakog itlog. 

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

hahahahaha!  ambot na lang... di unta tagling ug tingog si bai hubs.

Quote from: hubag bohol on February 27, 2012, 02:21:18 PM
Klarong Insik, ay. Wa ka ba masayod nga ang Binisaya maoy pinulongan sa langit? It's not too late for you to learn it properly, my Heathen Chinee...

ow, no question nga pinulongan sa langit, nyor botoy, pero maimburnal man sad ta anang presyoha sa bisaya magazine.  magazine atong gihisgotan, di ang pinulongan.  unsa may ipasabot ana, di ipakab-ot ang langit kay para lang na sa mga ikogan ug sungayan?  

take your pick...

Asterix and Obelix

biggest turn-off gyod sa tourist kanang kada liso bayad.

Quote from: hubag bohol on February 27, 2012, 02:54:08 PM
Di kaha nimo ihatag sa way kusmod?

wa gyoy kusmod nga ihatag nako dayon ang ginamos sa among silingan.

Quote from: hubag bohol on February 27, 2012, 02:50:49 PM
Aw, di man kaha parehas og buhok...

ang agtang ra...

Quote from: hubag bohol on February 27, 2012, 02:40:09 PM
Calling, Bugsay! Lamdagi kami!

tua pa... nangita pa tong bol-anona ug insik nga mailad.

Quote from: Mike Ortega Ligalig on February 27, 2012, 01:36:22 PM
Dre, nakonsensya ba ang driver sa taxi nga imong gipasumbingayan?

sa dagan sa estorya, sureness gyod ko.  tiaw bay benditahan ug kalit unya moaso...

Quote from: hubag bohol on February 27, 2012, 12:58:24 PM
Hmm, maayo na lang diay nga di matangtang ang putos sa ginamos kon maohon...

kun si hubag pa tong thief, ginamos mismo ang matangtang.

Quote from: hubag bohol on February 27, 2012, 12:54:30 PM
Hmm, willing na kang magpailad ginagmay kay total nakailad na kag wholesale?

correction!  di ko politician.

Quote from: hubag bohol on February 27, 2012, 12:56:22 PM
Mao ba? Angay tiradoron, o kaha hapakon og bugsay...

naa na ba diay fraternity ron ang tricycle drivers?

Quote from: hubag bohol on February 27, 2012, 02:44:46 PM
Correction! You mean, Empress Dowager Cixi?

mao zedong na lang uy.  pareha mig cultural revolution...

ang ako lang, kun naay sobrang ikahatag, mohatag.  ayaw lang gyod kog sitari ug presyo nga di mao kay panilngon gyod nako bisag 25 sentabos nga sinselyo.  pero kun maayohon ang drayber, wow, ikalipay kong mopakapin ug doble.  sometimes, money doesn't matter when courtesy is involved.

Quote from: chicogon on February 27, 2012, 02:30:48 PM
I still believe Tagbilaran drivers are not the worst...

i believe so, too.  naay mangingilad nga drayber bisag asa, naa say mangingilad nga pasahero bisag asa.

naa bitaw koy amiga sa cebu nga arang kahanggaw... sakay ug taxi ala una sa kaadlawon; kini laging apil-apil ug prayer meeting ug lisod kaayo nga grupo, tua nabuntagan.  nahadlok man siya kay gainusara, nagpa-white lady-white lady siya, pinakurog ang tingog ug siga ang mata, sa taliwa pa sa dalan nipara.  sirit kuno ang taxi driver ug way lingi-lingi ug wa modawat sa plete.  bangog sad tingali tong draybera kay nganong patuo lang dayon.  take note; cebuano tong amigaha, di bol-anon.  (dugong statesville, hehe.  jawk.)

Quote from: chicogon on February 27, 2012, 12:29:36 PM
..." And then began revealing to both drivers "Unya karon pari pa jod inyong giilad!!!" 

Believe it or not, puros na guilty ang duha morag naigog kilat. They even tried to help me find my way (kay wa na tawon ko katuod sa balay nga akong gipangita after so many years of not visiting), nagpasinguwan intawon tong usag pangutana kada eskina nga among pangutan-an. But in the end, I paid them what we have agreed (P500) maski niingon ang driver "Ikaw na lay bahala, dre!"

hahaha!  da, mahadlok man diay ug gaba.  mao nay pampatagam.  nauwawan pa to kay gitagaan man sa ilang gustong di mao, hahaha!  sayang i cannot do the same.  magpamadre-madre ko, ingnon lang unya kog 'hilom dinha, sister.  mas motuo pa kong si queen elizabeth ka.'

Quote from: Mike Ortega Ligalig on February 27, 2012, 10:49:15 AM
islander, you want to download all the data Wikileaks has in its disposal? it's 29 gigabytes. I can send you the link.

i can't fathom the extent of gigabytes, but i feel my poor laptop isn't up to it.  thanks anyway, mol.  it's a good enough indication of the limits of what i should read.  i'll settle for the summaries in the news.  i'm more inclined to read everything in tb from the beginning, for which i hardly have the time nor the good eyesight. 

morag nangapo na man tingali si maria flor de luna... ug ang kabayo ni diego salvador dugay rang ni-retire (hehe, naa ba to siyay kabayo?  mora man god kay naa man toy tigidig nga sound madunggan nako sa among silingan...)  apila tuod sa imong collection ang compilation sa mga gimmicks ni teban ug golyat, malingaw ka pa.  

hehe, gahagawhaw lang ang tingog.  dugay nipatuo si banana republic nako ani nga laki ang soloist, di baye.  hinoon, karon, maglisod sad kog tuo nga laki na si justin bieber.

na, ka-thrilling ba ani... i can hardly wait.  it's the damage control i'm after, not the leaks.  malingaw kog unsaon paglihay-lihay sa mga hingtungdan nga mangabisto.

Quote from: bugsay on February 27, 2012, 09:54:21 AM
gawas lang kon si Hubag ang driver....ang sexy libre, pangit doble...nyahahahha

ang sexy ni hubag kay kinahanglan bungoton pod...

Quote from: Mike Ortega Ligalig on February 27, 2012, 10:25:21 AM
From Alturas to Dampas, tricycle drivers would now demand P50. Lupig pay taxi sa Manila. I hope the city councilors in Tagbilaran City would act on these round-the-clock abuses done to our commuters.

eeekkk!  daylight robbery.  maayo pa diay tong mga nieces nako sa elementary pa sila.  nanakay, kahibawo nga way ipamelete kay gihurot ug palit ug ice cream ilang money, mao nga pag-abot dapit sa ilaha, ning-karatil ug panagan.  way nahimo ang pedicab driver.  bawos-bawos lang...

Quote from: Mike Ortega Ligalig on February 27, 2012, 10:18:05 AM
In Tagbilaran, it's not about fair fare. Ang ilang question sa dili pa ka mosakay: "Pilay imong hatag?" If you pay the minimum P8, mosutoy ug sibat.

Something must be done with these abusive tricycle drivers in Tagbilaran City.

i'm hopeful that something will be done, one day soon.  who would believe that manila airport taxis will be what they are now; fair, organized, and duly accredited.  it's no longer scary to go down an airplane in manila.  as for the rest of the metropolis, well, we still hear the very same profound question fielded by tagbilaran's pedicab drivers... "magkano ang ibibigay mo?  ma-traffic, e."  bakit, kasalanan ko ba ang traffic?     

imagine, nag-night trip ko sa una padung sa tagbilaran, pagmata nako wa na koy pitaka.  kini laging di ta kamata kun mahinayak ug hinanok...

wa pa may mobile phone sa una... wa gani koy coins nga itawag ug public phone aron kuhaon na lang ko sa pantalan.  solution: pago destino.  padung ko sa cogon dapit, sakay ug pedicab.  lupig pay taxi sa cebu pier padung sa talisay ang charge.  gikasab-an pa ko sa akong maguwang nga nangayo kog plete.  asa man diay ko mangayo?  sa gobernador?  gipahimungtan na lang nako ang pedicab driver.  mora man sad ug aircon imong pedicab, noy, ingon ko.

Quote from: bugsay on February 27, 2012, 09:56:10 AM
mangingilad?....suwaye mga port sa Butuan...

mga bol-anon pod ang tua didto?

hinoon, naa koy cebuanang amiga nga first time nga nakaadtog bohol sa una.  giilad dayon sa pantalan.  reklamo siya nako... kagwing ba ani, wa ko mailad sa cebu, didto hinoon sa inyo sa bohol.  kaingon nakog ikaw ray tang-an nga bol-anon.  mga cebuano nang mangingilad nga namalhin sa bohol uy, tubag ko.  gisunod ka lang kay abi ta pa isog lang ka sa inyo.

never gyod ko mosugot nga panamastamasan ang bol-anon.  i will fight to the death, bisan naunay na pod kog ilad sa atua.

Quote from: chriswise on February 26, 2012, 11:26:20 PM
bili ko aning hubag,,masahan jod,he,he,,

ikaw na lay magbotoy... nana pay imo.

carlos santana, circa 1969


carlos santana, 2009

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

how apt.  batch of louis oppus?

Quote from: hubag bohol on January 30, 2012, 09:31:56 AM
Kon mao ni imong sakyan, maparehas ka ni Bay Chris nga

"Like a dream he flies away, no more to be found"...

asa ka... "Don't go food shopping when you're hungry" pod uy.  

(kapila na ko kasuway nga hungry nga nag-food shopping.  makapurdoy kay hasta food cart lami kaonon.  wa na hinoon koy ikapalit ug sapatos nga naay ligid.  nakasuway pod kog shopping nga busog kaayo, wa sad koy napalit gawas sa cat food...)

mao ba nang armasa ang gitawag ug paltik sa danao sa cebu?  magpasalipod pa kunog lubi ang motira ani.

balik na please.  kuwang dinhi sa atong payag kun wa ka.  wa nay kaatbang si hubag sa iyang mga kulba-hinam nga mga balita.  wa na pod koy sundon-sundon.  see you very soon!

Quote from: chriswise on February 26, 2012, 11:39:55 PM
ilang lang gi rewind ang kanhing kabatan on,he,he,he,,

klaro diay nga nay ikakapyot sa sanga, nga wa nay ikabitay?

Quote from: hubag bohol on February 25, 2012, 11:57:32 AM
Whoever confuseth the two pairs shall by Madame Islander be exeunted forthwith...

Is this a dagger which I see before me,
The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee.
I have thee not, and yet I see thee still.
Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible
To feeling as to sight? Or art thou but
A dagger of the mind, a false creation,
Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain?

- guillermo kurogbangkaw

at least, kahibawo ni sila unsay past, present, ug future tense.

Quote from: hubag bohol on February 25, 2012, 11:54:59 AM
Medyo Europhile baya pud ko, pero mas familiar man ko ni Asterix kay ni Tintin. Ah, generational divide...

uuuyyy, bisag si obelix gyod na iyang mas kaila kay pareha sila...

Quote from: hubag bohol on February 25, 2012, 12:00:43 PM
Kon naay ihid nga mag-apil-apil mahimong Hubugsaylander...

hahaha!  bantay ka.  gihimo nimong ihidoro ang mga tblanders?!

Quote from: hubag bohol on February 25, 2012, 11:58:30 AM
Hmm, veritas ra? Way pakapin nga gravitas?

pagbigyan... caritas.

THE best of the paintings shows a war-torn streetscape -- a lamppost leaning away from a shrapnel-nicked brick building.  The background reveals the facade of a gutted church, its purpose burned away.  There is no one on the street; life has been chased, bombed, swept from this Belgian village where the soldier-artist found such devastation.  The artist was good enough to make his living at this for some years.  But he realized he was not going to make his mark as a painter.  He changed careers and became far more successful in another line of work.  His name was Adolf Hitler.



from Half a century later, the paintings of Adolf Hitler are still a federal case, The Art of Evil, by Marc Fisher
The Washington Post
read more: http://www.fpp.co.uk/Hitler/artist/Price/WashingtonPost210402a.html

hehe, now pa ko nga motorcycle mismo ang mo-back ride.

it takes all kinds; sa maatlan lang.  way kalainan sa ubang mga taxi drivers sa manila ug cebu.  mga bisaya pa ra ba kuno ang kusog mangilad sa manila.  hinaot unta nga di bol-anon.   

x-rated man diay ni dinhi...

pangihi lang mo early morning uy.  don't you ever mistake a girl (or for that matter, a fellow inmate) for a toilet bowl in your grogginess.  just go to the restroom and wake up.

Quote from: islander on February 26, 2012, 02:48:15 PM
Even an impeachment is more fun in the Philippines.  What other prosecution team would fantasize about “a small lady” at a time when a real live “little lady” is most likely the ultimate target of the whole exercise?

hahaha!  how this writer can make light of a very serious situation.  hello, ate glo!

lingaw gyod kaayo ko ani nga article, nawala ug ahat akong sleepiness.  what wit, oh what fun the restorang... please note, for emphasis:

Quote from: islander on February 26, 2012, 02:44:43 PM
Sorry, fellas, I’ve been to all of these but none of them can compare with the breathtaking scenery and sheer variety of nature’s bounties that are found in Palawan or Bohol.

take note, the boracay in your mind may just be in pangangan or in your tugkaran.

Case rested.  Let others find themselves submerged in health-challenging, dog-eat-dog material pursuits.  They will all, sooner or later, need to restore their equilibrium and revitalize their spirits.  And we will welcome them with open arms in our fun paradise for that purpose.  That’s our nature.  So let’s go with the flow.  There are, at any point in time these days, about 500,000 Korean tourists in the Philippines.  That’s only about 1 percent of the South Korean population.  Apply that percentage to the Chinese population and there is a virtual tsunami of 13.4 million potential tourists to deal with.

This is not farfetched.  Japan’s tourism program started to rise in the late 1960s when its economic strength was just beginning and its total population was only 100 million.  It didn’t take long before swarms of Japanese tourists following little flags became commonplace worldwide.  Chinese economic strength is on the rise and a similar tourism phenomenon is both imminent and inevitable in far greater numbers.

So “It’s more fun in the Philippines” as the fighting theme?  You bet!  You have it spot-on, Secretary Ramon Jimenez.  Go for it.  Your Philippine tourism strategy deserves the support of everyone.


Roberto F. de Ocampo is a former finance secretary and was Finance Minister of the Year in 1995, 1996 and 1997.

Article 3.  We are by nature friendly, hospitable and charmingly self-deprecating.  It’s part of our DNA.  What other adults or even senior citizens on the planet would unabashedly introduce themselves with nicknames like Babyboy, or Bimbo, or Dong, not to mention Dingdong, Bongbong or Tingting?  What do we care?  A rose by any name will be as sweet.  Even an impeachment is more fun in the Philippines.  What other prosecution team would fantasize about “a small lady” at a time when a real live “little lady” is most likely the ultimate target of the whole exercise?  Where else would you find a head of state going hammer and tongs after the corrupt while simultaneously gracefully (pun intended) engaging in a pursuit of the latest apple of his eye with roses and perfume?  Such remarkable multitasking is worthy of adulation, admiration and perhaps even emulation, as contrasted with the multitasking of Bill Clinton at the height of his cigar prowess or Berlusconi’s in your face (pun also intended) peccadilloes.

Article 2.  The Philippines’ amenities/customs are hard to beat.  For one thing, what country on earth starts Christmas in September and carries it on until close to Valentine’s Day?  Where else in the region can one carry on a conversation, official or otherwise, without interpreters that can make the exchange at least twice as long?  Furthermore, it’s a fact stated frequently by our Japanese and Korean friends, among others, that it’s cheaper (and more fun) to fly to the Philippines to play golf than to do so in their own countries.  A typical golfer in Japan (say in Tokyo) would probably have to get up at 3 a.m. to take a train trip of more than an hour standing up in a crowded coach, to get to a golf course and wait for at least another three hours to be able to tee off for a game that would cost the equivalent of at least $300, without a caddy.  Such suffering is unheard of here.

Article 1.  Many places in the Philippines are world-class.  I’ve been to Blue Grotto on the Isle of Capri, but with all due respect to romantic Capri, it’s not quite the Underground River of Palawan.  That’s probably why the latter, not the former, is now recognized as a “world wonder.”  Also, many countries in the region focus on the development of an island as a centerpiece of their tourism strategyâ€"i.e., Bali in Indonesia, Langkawi in Malaysia, Jeju in Korea, Phuket in Thailand, Hainan in China, Goa in India, etc.  Sorry, fellas, I’ve been to all of these but none of them can compare with the breathtaking scenery and sheer variety of nature’s bounties that are found in Palawan or Bohol.  As for beaches, don’t get me started!  If you can find one in the region as good as Boracay, it’s probably also in the Philippines.

Business Matters

Fun, fun, fun!

By: Roberto F. de Ocampo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Friday, February 24th, 2012


“Incredible India,” “Remarkable Indonesia,” “Malaysia Truly Asia.”

These are among the catchy tourism slogans that bombard our sensibilities as we watch CNN.  Like many of you, I watch with growing impatience about when we would come up with our own such catchphrase, knowing well (bias notwithstanding) that the Philippines can more than be able to compete on even terms with any country in the tourism arena.  We did have “WOW Philippines,” which was okay, but perhaps just thatâ€"okay, but not compelling.  And, of course, “Pilipinas Kay Ganda” was stillborn for good reason.

Now along comes “It’s More Fun in the Philippines.”  Can that be pulled off, the alleged copycatting from the Swiss notwithstanding?  I honestly think so, even if obviously not by itself.  I could suggest “improvements” like “Funtastic Philippines,” or “It’s More Fun in the Filiffines,” although the latter may not sit well with my dear friends from Famfanga.  But “It’s more fun in the Philippines” is more than just typical chest-beating to be expected of any country.  It just happens to be a simple statement of fact and I don’t need eight articles of unimpeachable proof to rest the case.  Three will sufficeâ€"Places, Amenities/Customs and People.

i already have apple cider vinegar, yeheee!  ugma na lang ko mo-shot kay nanukad pa ko ani; mustering enough courage to dare to take in apple cider vinegar tomorrow morning, post-breakfast.   

motuo ko ani bisag wa pa ko kasuway; i spent some time today poring over its pros and cons.  the pros outweigh the cons.  besides, the latter is controllable.  thanks, fr chic!

(ipalabon na lang nako ang bahalina ninyong duha ni bugsay, bai hubs.  natuslob na nako anang bahalinaa ang akong left foot, hahaha!  to your health!  salud!)

ayaw na lag palit ana, guaps.  not worth it.  gawas pa nga nipis na ug banga na kaayo sukad nga ang nakapanag-iya sa manila bulletin publishing corporation insik na, lima ra ang gatrabaho anang magasina, luoy pa gyod kaayog sweldo.  labor of love gyod tawon ilang gibuhat.  ang insik ray nagsigeg kadato.  di mobayad ug writers ug tarong, pero mo-donate ug building for the press club.  balikwaot ug values.  di angay mahalinan.

malingaw ka pag mga cebuano-visayan poetry books, which are still collector's items at the moment kay di pa unsa ka-common.  suggestion lang ni ha?  hehehe...

are ballet dancers part of this study?  i just want to know if dancer here refers only to exotic dancers... 

Quote from: hubag bohol on February 25, 2012, 10:09:34 PM
Naa pa, Bay Guaps, pero nipis na lang ron. Weekly gihapon, something like US$224.00 ang subscription for one year kon gawas sa Pinas.

whaaattt?  grabe kamahal.  unsay pagtoo sa manila bulletin publishing corporation, maprenda ang ilang bisaya magazine?  ang time magazine annual subscription rate in ireland is â,¬44.99 per year, or US$60.50.  ang bisaya multiplied by 4 ang rate?  whatchamatta.  di kaha ni nadoble lang nimog tuplok ang number nga 2, bai hubs? 

dear botoy,

naghinam akong mama nga makig-ila-ila nimo.  okay akong mama; sayon estoryahan, sayon pakatulgon.  siguroa lang nga sa adlaw nga moari ka na sa amo aron isuroy si mama, pagdala lang ug kaugalingong diaper kay, matod pa, there's no such thing as a free lunch.  naturally, there's also no such thing as a free diaper.

sincerely yours,

burdened no more

Quote from: hubag bohol on February 25, 2012, 11:42:05 AM
No prob for TB. As recent threads would show, Fr. Chic can easily handle both...

aw, kumpisal ug paghinulsol karong holy week gyod, aron di ka tuboan ug ikog sa ulo ug sungay sa lubot.

Quote from: hubag bohol on February 25, 2012, 11:40:19 AM
Uups, ayaw pangogat, basen naay mahetabu nga "soft evacuation", har har...

A short journey inside Islander's gut: utut-etut-egut-eget! He he, free variation of a free spirit's fabulous phonemes, eh?

naunsa ka?  suffering from constipation? good luck, tubul buhug.

Quote from: TUBAGBOHOL.com on February 25, 2012, 11:39:47 AM
islander, now you can call him "hubog bohol"

hehe, malibog ko ana kun asay pahumokon o pagahion... sakit baya pod tuod sa simod kun moingon na lang kog simple nga 'hubug buhul'...

Quote from: hubag bohol on February 25, 2012, 12:07:04 PM
Tuo na ko ani kay giapilan pag pungsoy...

ako pod, tuo pod ko.  pungsoy na god na.  mao nga ang unlan nga di na lamurok himoon na lang ug punching bag.  puwera lang sa mga bana nga ang tinan-awan sa asawa morag unlan...     

Quote from: hubag bohol on February 25, 2012, 08:08:26 AM
If I remember right, ingon si Dr. Wolff nga sigon sa iyang research, 3 ra ka vowel sounds and gigamit sa atong pinulongan. That he chose "u" for the sound for which we variously use "u" or "o" was obviously a decision dictated by the usage of the Latin alphabet in his native tongue.

Parehas sa "e" ug "i". What is "igit" for me is "eget" for Islander. Of course, hers can only be expected to sound feminine.

two things...

una, wa man tingali mo-research si dr wolff ug 'igit' ug 'eget';

ikaduha, kumusta man imong 'utut', hobag?

(eeekkks.  getting more scatological here, mis amores.  ayaw lang unta iliko sa  eschatological kay mauwaw ta.) 

by the way, nganong 'uy' man akong spelling unya ang imo 'oy'?  mas humok kag ilung?

The crowd that gathered along EDSA stood their ground.  Brig. Gen. Alfredo Lim, commander of the Northern Police District, defied an order from Marcos to disperse the crowd.  Instead, he and his men defected to the Enrile-Ramos camps.

On the second day of the uprising, Sin continued his call for people power over “Radyo Bandido” with the help of broadcaster June Keithley.

On the second day, Ramos invited Enrile to join him at Camp Crame nearby.  Enrile and the RAM boys joined Ramos at the PC headquarters that afternoon.

That morning, military rebels attacked the government TV station Channel 4 which was guarded by soldiers loyal to Marcos.  The rebel soldiers overran the TV station after a brief gunfight.

I proceeded to Camp Crame where I saw the multitude gathered on EDSA.

A column of armored Landing Tank Vehicles (LTV) and Armored Personnel Carriers (APC) from the Philippine Marines, backed by other military vehicles under Brig. Gen. Artemio Tadiar arrived near the vicinity of Ortigas Avenue along EDSA.

The tanks threatened to mow people down under its massive metallic weight unless the crowd cleared the path leading to Camp Crame.  But the crowd stood their ground. Steadfast in their faith, the people kneeled in the middle of EDSA, raised their rosaries, brandished their crucifixes, and lifted their voices in prayers that drowned the rumble of the idling armored vehicles.

Tadiar gave the order to withdraw to Fort Bonifacio.  Another case of divine intervention?  Prayers and faith averted what could have been a bloody battle.

On the second day of the uprising, more soldiers defected to the Enrile-Ramos camp, and on the third day, February 24, an unexpected turn of events: The 15th Strike Wing of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) led by Col. Antonio Sotelo joined the rebels.

Many of the crowd cried tears of joy thanking God and through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the patron saint of the Philippines, for answering their prayers at the time the country needed most.

On Day 3, two Sikorsky helicopter gunships fired rockets at Malacanang.

On February 25, the First Scout Ranger Brigade of Brig. Gen. Felix Brawner defected to the rebels.  It was the last major fighting force of the Marcos regime.

http://www.mb.com.ph/

Ramos had earlier promised Enrile that he and the entire Philippine Constabulary would back up the defense minister.

Ramos prepared to join Enrile who was in Camp Aguinaldo.  He instructed his driver, M/Sgt. Abel Modequillo to take a circuitous route as a security measure.  His convoy arrived at 6 p.m. in Camp Aguinaldo.

At a hastily called press conference at the Social Hall of the Ministry of National Defense, Enrile and Ramos jointly declared their breakaway from Marcos.

“Enough is enough, Mr. President,” Enrile said.

Ramos declared he was casting his lot with Enrile.  “The reason for my being here is because the Armed Forces of the Philippines has ceased to be the real Armed Forces which is supposed to be the defender of public safety and enforcer of the law.  What has developed under Marcos and Ver is an elite armed forces within the AFP that no longer represents the ranks and the officers’ corps of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.”

By this time, Cardinal Sin had aired his appeal.

Butz Aquino, brother of slain Sen. Benigno S. Aquino Jr. arrived at Aguinaldo with his supporters in ATOM (August Twenty One Movement).  He declared they were ready to protect Enrile and Ramos and the rest of the rebel soldiers “with our bodies.”

At 9 o’clock that evening, Ramos transferred from Aguinaldo to the Constabulary headquarters in Camp Crame to consolidate his defensive position.

Just before midnight of February 22, Marcos appeared on TV, accusing Enrile of plotting a coup.  Marcos warned Enrile and Ramos that he could annihilate them, together with the rebel forces and called on them to surrender to end “this stupidity.”

Cut off for the first time from Ramos whom I have covered for many years, I relied on other sources for my news dispatches.  I learned from one such source that the forces of Enrile and Ramos had prepared a contingency plan for any such attack.

They would defend Camp Aguinaldo and Camp Crame for a while after which they would disperse into small groups and launch a guerrilla warfare.

Enrile To Ramos: Are You With Me?

By BEN CAL*
February 24, 2012, 7:17pm
Manila Bulletin

(Editor’s note: The writer has covered the defense beat since 1974)

MANILA, Philippines â€" “Eddie, the time has come.  Are you with me?”

That question, put by Juan Ponce Enrile to Fidel Ramos on the phone, sealed the alliance that would challenge the armies of President Ferdinand Marcos in February 1986.

I was the night editor of the Philippines News Agency (PNA), the stateowned news agency, when the EDSA uprising broke out. Monitoring the events on television I was anticipating a bloodbath.

The breakaway military group of Enrile, the defense minister, and Ramos, the AFP Vice Chief of Staff, was entrenched in Camp Crame, ringed by the army of President Ferdinand Marcos.  It was a terrible mismatch.

The battle lines were drawn along EDSA, but the no-man’s land between the two forces was soon engulfed by a sea of humanity.  People Power was born.

Many attribute the “miracle” on EDSA to divine intervention.  They could be right, if you consider Manila Archbishop Jaime Cardinal Sin’s radio appeal for people to rush to EDSA to protect Enrile and Ramos’ ragtag band from the thousands of troops and column of tanks that Marcos had sent to crush the uprising.

Several thousands rallied to Sin’s call in the early evening of February 22.  The crowd would balloon to two million in the next four days.

Flashback to the afternoon of February 22, when Col. Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan, Col. Eduardo Kapunan and Maj. Noe Wong arrived at Defense Minister Enrile’s residence in Makati City.  They informed Enrile of their impending arrest.

Enrile called Ramos to ask his support.

At his house in Alabang, Ramos had just received the news that Enrile was about to be arrested. Soon after, the phone rang.  It was Enrile calling.

“Eddie (Ramos’ nickname), the time has come.  Are you with me?” Enrile said.


*(my note: if memory serves me right, ben cal is from tagbilaran city.)

Quote from: bugsay on February 24, 2012, 09:49:16 PM
hehehe....siomai nga gituslo sa salted tofu?

ang baho mura sab ug bilahan.....

Quote from: hubag bohol on February 25, 2012, 08:14:04 AM
He he, medyo angtod...

Quote from: bugsay on February 25, 2012, 08:17:36 AM
dili malupigan ang morena nga beauty!....bisag kinsa pa'ng chinese ancestry diha..

klaroha ninyo na bi... ang bilahan ug tsaynis o bilahan ug morena?  lisod ning patapsing-tapsing lang, pa-imply-imply, kay bilahan unyag elepante ang inyong ipasabot... na, madaot atong secupao. 

hubugsay is tirintintintin...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj53iyFok8g#

Tintin and Rin Tin Tin are not to be confused with Hubag and Bugsay, the two most honest-to-goodness pitots of TB.  others out there may hold their own secrets, but these two should be admired for their sheer veritas.

Quote from: TUBAGBOHOL.com on February 25, 2012, 09:38:40 AM
ang mga bata nga bisaya nasaypan ang movie nga "the advertures of _ten" kay tin-tin man ang tawag sa organ kung bata pa.

i'm about to go there...

Quote from: TUBAGBOHOL.com on February 25, 2012, 09:37:13 AM
oh yes, islander. i read somewhere else that producer-director steven spielberg spent around $300 million dollars to make this movie, an unfortunate movie.

like you, yes, i'm sick and tired of hollywood movies. let's all go back to books.

aaahhh, yes, books, the smell of books, the rustle of their precious pages... i wonder how i would have survived this life if it were not for books.  movies?  fine, some can entertain.  but i'm also way past that, especially nowadays when other moviegoers inside theaters are so thoughtless as to use their mobile phones whose lights sting one's eyes... 

Additional Notes (of necessity for the curious-as-a-cat like islander)

Tintin is not to be confused with Rin Tin Tin.

Rin Tin Tin (often billed as Rin-Tin-Tin in the 1920s and 1930s) was the name given to a dog adopted from a WWI battlefield that went on to star in twenty-three Hollywood films.  The name was subsequently given to several related German Shepherd dogs featured in fictional stories on film, radio and television.


1928 movie ad

Origins

The first of the line (c. September 10, 1918 â€" August 10, 1932) was one of a litter of shell-shocked pups found by American serviceman Lee Duncan in a bombed-out dog kennel in Lorraine, France, less than two months before the end of World War I.  When Duncan found him on September 15, he was still blind and nursing.

The two pups from the litter that Duncan kept were named for woollen dolls called Rintintin and Nénette that French children gave to the American soldiers as good luck charms.  Duncan returned to the USA with them at war's end.  Rin Tin Tin settled at his home in Los Angeles, California, though Nénette had earlier died.  Rin Tin Tin was a dark sable color and had very dark eyes.

Nicknamed Rinty by his owner, the dog learned tricks and could leap great heights.  He was filmed making an 11-foot leap at a dog show by Duncan's acquaintance Charles Jones, who had just developed a slow-motion camera.  Seeing his dog being filmed, Duncan became convinced Rin Tin Tin could become the next Strongheart.  He later wrote, "I was so excited over the motion-picture idea that I found myself thinking of it night and day."

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Quote from: TUBAGBOHOL.com on February 25, 2012, 09:23:26 AM
I find the movie boring. Too many too-good-to-be-true scenes. And it seemed that the director had difficulty on how to finally end the movie. Unya naa pa diay part 2. Definitely, I won't watch a part 2 of this movie.

Tintin is too unfeeling.

tired of hollywood standard fare of special effects and what-have-you?  as for me, i didn't know there was this movie until i read it here in tb.

The Background

The Adventures of Tintin (French: Les Aventures de Tintin) is a series of comic albums created by Belgian artist Georges Remi (1907â€"1983), who wrote under the pen name of Hergé.  The series is one of the most popular European comics of the 20th century, with translations published in more than 50 languages and more than 200 million copies of the books sold to date.

Set during a largely realistic 20th century, the hero of the series is Tintin, a young Belgian reporter.  He is aided in his adventures by his faithful fox terrier dog Snowy (Milou in French).  Later, popular additions to the cast included the brash and cynical Captain Haddock, the highly intelligent but hearing-impaired Professor Calculus (Professeur Tournesol) and other supporting characters such as the incompetent detectives Thomson and Thompson (Dupont et Dupond).  Hergé himself features in several of the comics as a background character, as do his assistants in some instances.

Publisher    Casterman
                 Le Lombard
                 Egmont Publishing

Formats    Original material for the series has been published as a strip in the 
                comics anthology(s) Le Petit Vingtième, Le Soir and Tintin and a set of
                graphic novels.

Original language     French

Genre     Action/adventure

Publication date       1929 â€" 1976

Main character(s)     Tintin
                               Snowy
                               Captain Haddock
                               Professor Calculus
                               Thomson and Thompson

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The Adventures of Tintin

The Movie


(2011)

PG  107 min  -  Animation | Action | Adventure   -  30 November 2011 (Philippines)

Intrepid reporter Tintin and Captain Haddock set off on a treasure hunt for a sunken ship commanded by Haddock's ancestor.

Director: Steven Spielberg
Writers: Steven Moffat (screenplay), Edgar Wright (screenplay), and 2 more credits »
Stars: Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis and Daniel Craig

http://www.imdb.com/

taym sa ha?  wa pa ko kapamahaw unya mao dayon niy akong maokab.  maoy gidangat...

Quote from: chicogon on February 25, 2012, 12:05:04 AM
Hehehe... daan pako applicable kaau 

maayo pa tuod sa vatican kay ngilngig ug secupao designer, si michelangelo, kay gawas nga pila na ka centuries nagpabilin gihapon iyang design, di pa gyod mahitaboan nga mongisi ug ingon ana ang epok sa iyang great secupao work of art.