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Quote from: hofelina on March 16, 2011, 06:40:38 PM
Wow, kujawa nimo oy! kugi man jud, I would like to try but I don´t have time to do that and candles here are so cheap. Please post your work of art, share it with us and thanks in advance.

i will, with the hope that i never run out of materials (imported from divisoria; ay, ambot, mag-unsa na lang ko kun mahutdan na kog raw materials).  ana gyod tang mga baje no?  ganahan magkurikuri.

Quote from: Mike Ortega Ligalig on March 16, 2011, 12:42:41 AM
Hello Islander, e-adjust lang ang light sa imong PC or laptop. I am still testing new color variations. More colors to come.

thanks, mol.  (now, why haven't i thought of that?)  tb looks younger and more playful now.   

one wheel moves my heart up my throat, sa kahadlok.

Quote from: hofelina on March 16, 2011, 03:25:13 PM
There are high quality paraffins to make your candle in better quality, I mean if you make a deco candles. Kon sa Pinas kini dili magdugay ang imong kandila angin sa sobrang init.

thanks for the tips.  what i'm doing now is mixing 75% candle paraffin and 25% beeswax, mix in a dash of hardener, luster crystals, oil-based coloring and oil-based scents, put in the ref for 30 minutes, and voila, i have a candle that won't melt in any weather (thanks to the hardening additive), except of course when the wick is lighted. 

i will continue to experiment so i could eventually come up with what i may like best.  so far, there are designs that i won't bother about again, like the big one that uses ice cubes in the mold.  it's weak and cumbersome.     

padaplin na ko dinhi kay naghibat na ning duha... gikan galing gainom ay, morag mga hubog na...

Quote from: Vistabel on March 16, 2011, 02:30:18 PM
pakonsensya lang na'ng mohilak sila bai Hubs...hahaha.. 

ikaw bai hubs wa kakasulay ug drama-dramahan imong mga Gf sa una aron lang maka hom ka. 

sureness ko nga kadaghan ni siya maka-home run, flying segs.  human ug drama, run to the home dayon kay nagtulo ang sip-on ug ningkulo ang tiyan, hahaha!

Quote from: hubag bohol on March 16, 2011, 01:22:35 PM
He he, bantog rang diri na lang sa TB nimo gipagawas ang imong frustrations... 

batot!  abi na lang kay moapil ko dinhi, frustrated diay koh?  so what does that make of you nga daghan kaayog posts?  on the verge of whatchamacallit?  na, kujaw pod diay si bai lorenz...

surprise!  here are candles molded in a 1-liter milk tetrapack and a disposable food container.  they happen to have the colors of fr chic's favorite football team.  



morag tagalog pastry nga gitawag ug sapin-sapin.  the bigger candle had molten paraffin poured over ice cubes to achieve an antique effect.  result:  morag swiss cheese tungod sa buslot-buslot.

carrots in a basket design (thanks to the mold).  i don't intend to have more of this except for one more try just to find out if i could do it better.  i wouldn't want to light this kind of candle and see it melt.



napungil ang basket sa ubos kay wa koy alamag nga apil diay sa design mao nga wa nako maapil ug bubo.

my floating candles.  they're a beauty and easier to make (because of the ready-made molds).  pouring is my only problem here because they're so delicate.  practice, islander, practice.



designs:  hibiscus, lotus, daisy, butterfly (the heart and star are molded from an ice cube tray)

christmas ball candles (the mold here is rubbery, the specific term of which i forgot).  the toppings are still uneven.  i hope to perfect these in the coming days.  

samples of recycled votive candle containers, an aluminum sausage can, and a jam bottle (covered to maximize the scent) .  i can use these over and over.  (note the uneven toppings of the votive candles.  i still have to practice pouring and proper timing.)

a sample of a candle decorated with little "wickless" candles molded from ice cube trays.  it's a palm tree and the sun, red on red (muted, so to speak).  i figured it would be too garish to have too many colors in one candle, especially if the candle is not massive.

those small things without wicks were molded from ice cube trays.  they serve as candle decors.

the results:



p.s. they smell sweet because i mix in oil-based scents much more than what is mixed in commercial scented candles.

the molds:



making do with what are in the kitchen, i.e. empty bottles, ice cube trays, empty sausage cans as long as these are made of aluminum, and recycled votive candle containers.

well, since i went sleepless for almost 24 hours after that sudden evacuation over the tsunami alert, i got to spend time between tb and candle making.  i'm still in the learning stage of candle making, experimenting much and making mistakes along the way.  as long as i don't burn myself, i must say it is a worthwhile hobby.

the "cooking" implements:



feeling chemist kunohay ko, ajeje.

Quote from: hubag bohol on March 16, 2011, 11:34:44 AM
He he, ako ray di pa incontinent diri sa akong gipuy-an nga Home for the Aged...

duda hinoon ko nga ang imo rang tapad kanunay maoy imong pasumanginlan kun naa nay basa.

mahimo pod ning beautiful lips sa ubos, morag almoranas.

truly a beautiful song as it evokes primeval longings of hearth and home.  this was sung to me as a lullaby by my valencianhon mom.  she's long gone.  she was such a mommycake.

step into the tb parlor, ms/mr silent water runs deep.  nuestra casa es su casa.

Quote from: Lorenzo on March 16, 2011, 10:48:58 AM
dako jyud kang imaginasyon an? ning tanaw ka'g alice in wonderland sa starz la?

wa man ko kasabot unsa nang starz... kaila lang ko sa chesire cat, labi na kanang nag-surgical mask nga kamukha ni johnny depp...

mas bilib ko kun ang reserba nga ligid porma ug legs ug kenyan marathoner nga mas kasaligan pa kaysa ligid.

Quote from: Lorenzo on March 16, 2011, 10:38:54 AM
bwahahaha ikaw ang mad hatter sa tubag bohol, isles.

our beautiful and witty, and much loved hatter.

opkors nut, indi gid ako kamukha ni johnny depp, ikaw gid kun may bungot pa lang siya untah...

Quote from: Lorenzo on March 16, 2011, 09:56:46 AM
murag, innate kondisyon naman na para nija. mo gawas ra ang symptom ug naay dibati.

joke ra ni ha, nong hubs.

besides, madness is found in everyone. tan-awa si isles, mad poster ni sija.

jawa-jawa an?  bikog ba... mahinumdom man sad ta ani nga mad hatter ka to my alice in wonderland.

real madness, hof.  i cannot imagine such events are happening in the name of the united nations whose stamp seems to legitimize crazy ideas.  it would be helpful to know who is behind this in terms of logistics.  i sense the unseen hand of big pharmaceuticals again and again.

educate children about masturbation, oral sex and orgasm?  do we educate them, formally in school, about how to poo, like what force we must use according to the volume and hardness or softness of the poo?

Quote from: Lorenzo on March 16, 2011, 09:50:13 AM
koreksyon, isles. dli by, murag for.

joke.

you patented the madness for him?

Quote from: Lorenzo on March 16, 2011, 09:49:05 AM
ug naay pikchyur sa bolinaw , okey pood. bwahaha.

oh, no, hasta ang bolinaw bunga ug corn trees sa valencia?  truly, my mom's hometown is unique!

Quote from: hubag bohol on March 16, 2011, 09:40:26 AM
I'm not too sure about the method, but the madness is patent...

the method is patented by you.

Quote from: Lorenzo on March 16, 2011, 09:43:52 AM
jun, you still have yet to address my query. where are the pictures? you mean to tell me that you saw the festivities and didn't take pictures? palihug, bai.

naghagit gyod kag makakita ug hulagway ug ginamos nga hinimo gikan sa corn nga bunga sa trees.  payr awey, junjun! 

Quote from: Lorenzo on March 16, 2011, 09:42:28 AM
indeed, the projection is quite obvious...

...especially from someone with a surgical mask.

when kaha ang summit ning organisasyon ilusad sa bohol?  kun human na ang panglao airport?

tumoong pahak.  suwayig hilak akong banana republic kay dutlan ba.  ang hinagiban sa mga baje, tinuod gyong hinagiban, sama sa granada, kampilan, martilyo, ug uban pa (best reference:  kanta ni yoyoy villame).

Quote from: hubag bohol on March 14, 2011, 02:17:22 PM
Hmm, apparently it was the left shoe on the right foot that was lost. But which left shoe, the one bought or the one taken? Buy-one-take-one man kaha...

the one taken gyod kay left shoe god nga tua sa right foot.  dali pa gyod mahuso kay mas mubo ang takong, mao bitaw nga gi-bargain, hahaha! 

nanobra nig atubang ug computer monitor da... - (islander eskinadog rayban)

Quote from: BolBuhol on March 16, 2011, 12:21:46 AM
bingitim hing tiktik sing hingsiy

hingsiy insi bi ini... nangaunsa na man tawon mong duha mora man mog nanganta ug "si felimon" (3rd version "si felimin") kay nagduka na sa training/seminar. 

Quote from: Lorenzo on March 16, 2011, 05:51:57 AM
hehe, they say that even small / petite women have very large mouths.

does the opposite hold true, like, say, big men have very small balls?

Quote from: Lorenzo on March 14, 2011, 01:00:10 AM
kini si islander, Terra felinicus rex...

hahaha!  this really is great, honest.  but i believe fr chic actually comes from saturn.  he couldn't have come from the moon if terra felinicus rex can swallow that heavenly body whence he came. 

Quote from: BolBuhol on March 16, 2011, 12:22:27 AM
laway ray kapital naho

apil ba ani hukaw?

amon sororiti kag alpa kappa angso kontra sang alpa lamba anghit.

Quote from: Mike Ortega Ligalig on March 16, 2011, 12:42:41 AM
Hello Islander, e-adjust lang ang light sa imong PC or laptop. I am still testing new color variations. More colors to come.

thanks,mol!  gimingaw lang ko sa daan, hehe.  but yes, it looks like many others like this new one.  morag ako ray nibalikwaot gamay.

mas bilib ko unta kun basa-basa ang bangag sa ilong.

Quote from: chicogon on March 16, 2011, 12:35:29 AM
Morag bag-ong nagpa facial kung na babaye pa; namalbas kung na lalaki pa. Unya nagpatina ug buhok, with highlight 

paskang... hahahahaha!  nangambisyon na hinoon ko aning magpabali, like, say, magpabungot ba kaha...

Quote from: Mike Ortega Ligalig on March 16, 2011, 12:22:02 AM
Hi Bedo,

Thanks. I think Atty Delgado might also be interested to join us.
I think we should start a new thread for this EB purpose lang.

Cheers,
Mike

yeheeeey!  post unya mog pictures sa inyong eb ha?  enjoy!

Quote from: chicogon on March 05, 2011, 07:59:49 AM
Tsk tsk tsk nagduda bitaw ko sa una pa nga mao ni ang mga gebuhat o panghitabo sa sulod sa media or newsroom, meet the deadline and come up with just about anything thingy, pero wala may pamatuod sa akong suspicion. Maayo ra jod nitug-an kas tinuod Ms Isles. At least nawala gamay among pagka "naive" aning kamatuoran; tinuod jud diay hehehehe   

ang makalingkawas ra ani kanang national broadsheets kay daghan ang staff, some of whom occupy five floors of a building.  ang community newspapers nga inato lang para sa tag-iya nga di pa gyod makasweldo ug daghang empleyado, aw, kita na lay mosabot kintahay... 

Quote from: hubag bohol on March 05, 2011, 07:35:48 AM
Hmm, mao ba? Di ba twice a week ra man mogawas ang papers? They have all the time to edit... 

kana kun full complement ang staff, which is hardly the case with community newspapers of limited circulation.  kadaghanan dinaginot god ang staff mao nga way professional writers or editors nga magdugay, gawas sa mga tag-iya who we should expect think of themselves as professional writers and editors.

bisan ang freeman newspaper sa cebu nga ubay-ubay ang staff, prangka puwera saway (gawas kun natarong na karon); tihik manuweldo ang tag-iya, na, nagkayurang.  naa pa gyoy layout artist sa una nga sa iyang kalagot tuyoon niya pagsayop ang captions sa pictures, hahaha!  bitaw, tingali bayag natarong na ron kay niangkla na man ang freeman sa philippine star.  (dugay na hinoon kong wa makakita ug freeman kay wa na man gyod ko mainteresado.)
   

Quote from: aquarius on March 15, 2011, 11:42:23 PM
hahahaha... simbako ka ms. isle... avid reader lang ko ni papa joe sa superbalita-cebu..hehe ..malingaw lang pod kog basa bisan atik-atik lang siguro ng uban nga gapadala'g sulat...

na hala, tuo ko nimo.  hinoon, wa lang baya pod ta kahibawo nga naa diay kay abilidad nga nagpanghipi unya maka-sideline kag ala-papa joe nga column, puno ug imagination, sama pananglit sa 'tambagi ko, tatay aqung, kun unsay akong buhaton nganong matag gabii ang buwan molili sa among bintana ug mopahiyom...'

Quote from: hubag bohol on March 15, 2011, 09:32:16 AM
Mosamot og ihi-ihi kon maohon...

unsay brand sa imong adult diapers, bai hubs?

Quote from: hubag bohol on March 15, 2011, 09:30:07 AM
Nice euphemism for magkalibanga...

uy nyor, ang magkalibanga ug tsa kadto rang moinom atong tsa nga pa-reduce kunohay.  mo-reduce gyod kay ma-dehydrated man sa kalibanga, intiende?  mao nga undang nag inom diha...  

Quote from: chicogon on March 13, 2011, 12:39:24 PM
I will...

Here's something to calm down your fears or what-have-you...

http://www.artgarfunkel.com/lyrics/another.html

Close your eyes my pretty child,
Though the night is dark and the wind is wild,
I will stand beside your bed,
Tonight there is nothing you need fear or dread.

You can sleep now, go to sleep,
The rain falls and the windows weep,
I'm standing by to sing a lullaby.

(Continued)

great, fr chic.  thanks kaayo.  type pa gyod nako si simon and garfunkel bisag kang garfunkel ra ni. 

kinsa kahay nanundog nila?

Quote from: junjun on March 15, 2011, 06:48:33 PM
arang taasa najud ang giabtan aning MAIS NGA KAHOY ba kay ming-apil nagud si ginamos.hahahahahahaha...baliksa original topic....tanang tawo naay moral responsibilities sa uban labi na ug elected officials ka di ba!

mao nay nakapiskay ani nga forum, jun.  anything goes.  there is method in the madness of the flow of the members' imagination.  karong taodtaod, pilay pad sa unggoy ug moliko ni nga thread ngadto sa bunga sa corn trees nga gihimong ginamos diay kay maoy negosyo sa asawa sa elected official.

Quote from: aquarius on March 15, 2011, 08:31:20 PM
basin unod ang gibaligya kay kung bukog..wa may mamalit  basin namaligya'g sud-an pag-abot sa balay kapoy na....

hehehe, basig ikaw si papa joe, aqs?

hahaha!  mo-split ba ni siya kun molusot sa traffic, hubs?  kay kun mao, reserbahe koh!

Quote from: hubag bohol on March 15, 2011, 06:38:00 AM
The way I see it, the new color scheme does away with the rather somber tone of the old one. It now suggests more gaiety and freshness, palpable yet subdued enough for comfort. Very nice.

suwaw lang ang bag-ong colors.  either it takes time to get used to them or i'll reach out for dark glasses.  but the new logo is great. 

it was easier to visually differentiate the quotes from the posts in the old face.  i miss the old face, to be honest.  it seems like a close confidante of mine has suddenly become a stranger.

are the new colors of this forum for real now, or is it just my computer?  what was wrong with the previous color, may i know?  thanks.

more:

Attempts to enact legislation promoting anti-family programs receive huge financial assistance and provide alluring incentives to persuade our politicians to commit themselves to their advocacy.  Foreign-funded lobby groups have been operating for more than a decade to openly advocate for the enactment of population control laws, as well as abortion-friendly laws in pursuit of the UN Cairo Conference objective of universal abortion rights.  It makes one wonder why countries with below replacement fertility rates, desperate for babies and spending huge sums of money to encourage their own citizens to bear more children, contradict themselves by spending huge sums of money to suppress our population growth.

All these are consistent with Henry Kissinger’s 1974 National Security Study Memorandum 200 entitled “Implications of Worldwide Population Growth for US Security and Overseas Interest” which identified the increase in world population as inimical to the interest of the West.   This document has been coming out in recent public debates on reproductive health policies, and is available on the internet.  Do not reproductive health advocates bow down to their impositions?  Is it not more correct to say that they are the ones imposing their policies on our country?

more excerpts from the pastoral letter:

12.  What are some experiences in other countries in relation to reproductive health and related to family and life issues?

Family and Life workers and families in the Philippines, to whom this Catechism is primarily directed, could easily and clearly see the probable goals of reproductive health and rights advocates in the country, by looking at what is happening abroad.  In some countries, school clinics are required to inform parents if their child has been treated for a minor scratch; on the other hand, the same school clinics are PROHIBITED from informing parents if their child seeks treatment for abdominal pains caused by a recent abortion.  In other places, children are required to obtain parental consent for a tattoo, but not for an abortion.

A high-ranking official of a foreign country massively funding reproductive health services in the Philippines categorically stated last April that, “We happen to think that family planning is an important part of women’s health, and reproductive health includes access to abortion.”  A local columnist wrote in November 2008 that “In Mexico City… the long struggle for reproductive health and rights culminated in the recent passage of a law lifting all restrictions on abortion.”  Many countries all over the world and the United Nations agencies work for reproductive health and rights until they have fully facilitated access to abortion.

Underlying this concept of reproductive or sexual health and rights is a view that radically separates sexuality, procreation and the complementariness between men and women.  It is a view that identifies pleasure as the ultimate goal of sexuality and reduces procreation as a function of the health care systems.  It also implies that men and women relate in temporary and modifiable unions that are a far cry from the beauty of conjugal love that is fully human, total, faithful, exclusive and open to life.

Men and women are persons before all else, and for this reason sexual behavior cannot be used only for pleasure.  Otherwise it would mean using a person simply as an object.

Re: Let's Read the Reproductive Health (RH) Bill
« Reply #11 on: October 09, 2010, 09:22:08 PM »

at this point, i'll cease and desist (!) first from posting the body parts (ugh!) of House Bill 96 to face the posts of www.tubagbohol.com re proposed Reproductive Health and Population Development Act of 2008, otherwise known as House Bill 5043, whose previous incarnation is House Bill 4110.  (both failed passage in congress.)

these are excerpts of the pastoral letter entitled A Catechism on Family and Life for the 2010 Elections (Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines, Episcopal Commission on Family and Life, December 27, 2009 â€" Feast of the Holy Family), which also covered House Bill 5043 of 2008:

11.  What is reproductive health?

The UN defines reproductive health as the state of physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity in all matters relating to the reproductive system and to its functions and processes. It states that people have the right to a “satisfying and safe sex life.”  The conjugal union is natural and proper in marriage, but in contrast, reproductive health disposes all people, including children and adolescents, to the sexual act and the freedom to decide if, when and how often to reproduce, provided that these are not against the law. (UN Cairo Conference, Program of Action).

Following this definition, if having a satisfying sex life results in an unwanted pregnancy, the mental anguish this causes will negatively affect the person’s mental and social well-being unless one has access to contraception and abortion.  This is the convoluted reasoning behind UN agencies’ insistence that reproductive health necessarily presupposes access to contraception and abortion.

Furthermore, the Reproductive Health bill (House Bill 5043), which carries the same definition of reproductive health, will penalize with one to six months imprisonment, and/or 10-50 thousand pesos fine, parents who for example prevent their grade school and high school children from using contraceptives, or from having satisfying and safe sex.  This item, along with the fact that certain contraceptives actually cause the abortion of 5-day old babies, is often ignored in supposedly unbiased and scientific surveys on the acceptability of the Reproductive Health bill.

All these are in the name of reproductive health and rights.  What about the rights of parents? And the rights of the unborn?

there are previous threads in this forum that have tackled the many sides of the rh bill.  tackling your valid points would mean a repeat of the pro and con arguments in those threads.  some of those, anyway:

Tubag Bohol Appetizer > Philippine Daily News | National News >
Re: Catholic church warns civil disobedience vs. RH bill...Unsa imo opinion ani?
« Reply #22 on: October 02, 2010, 06:58:17 PM »

my thoughts, scarbzy migs...

it looks like it's difficult to distinguish between what is practical and what choice means for the two sides.  we know that both are agreed on family planning, it is in the means that the two sides diverge.  natural as against artificial, as we all know.

the church is well aware that there are artificial contraceptives that are abortifacients (these kill the fertilized ovum).  it is also aware that millions are allegedly involved in the lobby for the passage of the rh bill. 

those big pharmaceuticals are the very sector that stands to profit most once hundreds of thousands of contraceptives are distributed for free.  these contraceptives are not donated by big pharmaceuticals.  often as not, these are paid for by our government with aid money from western countries and which we will have to pay for.  (there's no such thing as a free 'aid'.  it's always a loan in the guise of an aid, and usually the 'donor' that calls the shots includes a stipulation on population control, with specific time-bounded targets that practicality ensures can only be met by artificial means, with contraceptives bought by us from their own big pharmaceuticals.  the more our government follows this stipulation, the more will the donor release subsequent aids.  well, geopolitics equals multinational big businesses.) 

some of us with some background on big-time project proposals for funding must be aware that sometimes aid that's entered as 'cash' on paper is actually the cost of the items that are 'donated'.  heaven help us if we have to pay, because it's a loan, for contraceptives worth millions, because the donor country had already bought them for us from their own pharmaceuticals.

these are just some of the things that have to be cleared out by the two sides, i suppose, to erase the mistrust.   

lest we forget, wasn't it third world women who unwittingly became laboratory rats when the first contraceptive pills went on trial?  these were reportedly distributed first in third world countries, as aids, before these were made available in the countries that manufactured them.  all because the population of third world countries is the whipping boy of the west when it comes to poverty.  tell that to the homeless in new york.   

Quote from: BolBuhol on March 11, 2011, 04:15:25 PM
bagito gid hang gosto mo haw na bongotom or daw Hagrid or Domboldori

hari poterim na lang kaha kay nagkatiguwam na man...

Quote from: Lorenzo on March 09, 2011, 11:41:17 AM
simbako! 

sige lang god.  don't be biased... hehehe.

Quote from: Lorenzo on March 09, 2011, 11:48:22 AM
thanks for sharing the article tho. a bit biased and one sided tho, imho.

most welcome.  the mentioned article, i suppose, is a research-based bias, just as your own stand is a biased one, hopefully research-based as well though you didn't mention it.

kabayo ra ba diay ang kahibawo moadto sa panganod... up and away yours, horsy!

Quote from: hubag bohol on March 13, 2011, 10:01:01 PM
Naa pa ni hangtod karon, Bay Vist?

dugay na gyod tingali ni kay nanabsab pa god silang flying segbin ug sagbot samtang nagbantay sa kabaw...
hinoon, mas motoo ko nga hangtod karon di gihapon sila magpurol.

Quote from: hubag bohol on March 13, 2011, 01:24:45 PM
Hayan ang alien makaingon nga the feeling is mutual...  

hello, e.t. hubag!

theme song sa mga aliens:

one, little two, little three, little aliens
four, little five, little six, little aliens
seven, little eight, little nine, little aliens
one little alien boy   - hubag

other aliens:  islander, raqz, cujo (from venus, aahhh), tigs and lorenz (mercury), bolbs (shooting star), fr chic (moon), vistabel (black hole), hubag and bugsay (pluto ang planetang bag-ong nawad-an ug civil service eligibility).  sample ra ni...

Quote from: hubag bohol on March 12, 2011, 06:45:10 PM
Mas OK ang kwanggol (kuwang sang kaguol) kaysa ugok (uga ang utok)... 

ang buringog, unsa man?  di pod tingali burikat nga naay bungog?

left.  puro man kuno left ang sapatos ni cinderella mao nga nahuso ang usa pagdagan niya kay di man eksakto ang sukod.  buy-one-take-one man god to nga bargain.  buy one left shoe, take one left shoe...

Quote from: hubag bohol on March 13, 2011, 08:42:14 PM
Kusog jamong modagan kay nabijaan na man diay sa ijang mga kauban...

nabijaan nija ang ijang kapikas sa kinabuhi.

just a thought... maybe the philippines should stop calling the sea 'south china sea' for starters.  naming the whole area after one country is encouraging for that country to claim everything in it as its own.  

in the middle east, there's a disputed island named kish that's being claimed by both the united arab emirates and iran.  naturally, it remains unsettled until now.  the thing is what used to be the 'persian gulf' surrounded by most of these middle east countries (and where kish is) is now called the 'arabian gulf'.  there really was no sense naming the gulf after only one country such as iran (persia).  

why a sea surrounded by many countries including the philippines be named only after china challenges one's imagination.

morag way problemag gasolina ning patot ni bolbs.  paihian lag iro payts na.

this is great, hubs.  morag tawo ang mga baboy.  sayang wa silay kawo.

why couldn't the state be part of the first line of defense so we can have an institutional triumvirate instead?  if the state acts as the last line of defense, if it shows itself as the last line of defense, it may just manage to make it easy to go through the first line because there's a last line anyway.

p.s.  how terrible can it be for a mother when her 8-year-old boy asks what a condom is because its emblazoned on big billboards dotting manila's thoroughfares.

 

Quote from: chicogon on March 13, 2011, 11:38:06 AM
Wala pa ka matug sukad gabii, Ms. Isle? 

wa pa, huhuhu.  si banana republic naguol na god.  padung na hinoon ko matug, anytime now kay morag nadoble na akong tinan-awan.  di na mao ang oras, ambot ba ani.  hinoon, enjoy ko gabii ug hinimog candles in-between tb reading and posting.  new hobby, whew!  great.  (ang kinalisoran nga design ang carrots-in-a-basket.  napungil ang resulta sa basket.)  dungan sa pagluto ang akong paghimo ug candles.  ingon tawon si banana republic nga basin ug iyang mahigop ang melting paraffin...

ot:  i-regards ko dinha ni fr boy rara ug fr orimaco kun magkita mo.  arang gyod hinoon ninyong lagyoa sa ig-kasi.

Quote from: ericson on March 13, 2011, 04:39:57 AM
Kinahanglan protektahan ang atong kababehan sa mga kada-ot nga dala sa sayo nga pagkabuntis, sobra-an kadaghan ug pagkasunod sa mga pagbuntis, ug sa HIV/AIDS, apil napud ani ang kalalakehan.

Support the RH Bill!

angay mahibaw-an sa kababaihan ug kalalakihan nga naay gitawag nga pugong aron di madaot sa sayong pagkabuntis ug pagsunod-sunod nga pagbuntis.  tawo ta, di ta iro o iring nga magpataka lang. 

no to the rh bill as government funds could be put to better use in improving our educational system and basic services and facilities in some forgotten areas; no to the rh bill whose advocacy has been tainted with western and big pharmaceuticals lobbying.  no to the rh bill as it may encourage promiscuity!

Quote from: chicogon on March 13, 2011, 11:10:02 AM
If my guess is right (and I'm usually wrong sa unang guess), kanang ika-2 nga kanta is a Zydeco music, a.k.a. Cajun music... mostly upbeat and danceable pero dili disco but polka-type dance ahihihi 

Sam-POLKA nga Cajun music...


Louisiana Zydeco Live 14

bantog ra ganahan among fafa, polka man diay, hihihi.  (bilib gyod hinoon ko sa beat bisan di ko kahibawo mosayaw ug polka.)

indi gid ka manogkorog, bolbs, kay ang matuli ang ganatindog sa atubang sa bolo kay managhuso ug managlagpot man sang bolo gikan sang iyang handle...

motoo ko.  sa kadako sa universe, siyaro ug kita ray nia.  motoo ko pero di ko ganahan makakita o makaila.  sakto na para nako ang mga nagkalainlaing katingalahan dinhi sa tb nga may puruhan nga ang ubang tig-post alien diay.

e.t., phone home...

Quote from: chicogon on March 13, 2011, 03:00:43 AM


Kini ra joy kinaduolan sa biko... pero day before sa bday ni. Pag actual day kape ra jud ug bread pudding.
Then bahaw2x na lang paniudto ug panihapon, kay luoy na jamo ang kidney. 

wowie, labor of love man gyud ni nga cake.  kun akoy gahimo ani naparat unta ang icing tungod sa tulo sa akong singot.  they even took care of your team's colors.  how nice of them.

(at least naman one day ra ang kidney nahidaplin...)

tinuig gyod diay?  my goodness and badness... no wonder new orleans is popular.  more than its music, hardy people man diay ang naa dinha.

my own misty water-colored memory of two songs that mention your place's name:  'house of the rising sun' (there is a house in new orleans/ they call the rising sun...); 'niki hoeki' (way down louisiana/ down in pidgin land/ folks got somethin'/ don't do somethin' like niki hoeki patusi).  wa gyod hinoon ko kasabot aning ikaduhang kanta fr chic.  all i'm sure of is that my father loved its beat because it's danceable.

   

kun wa lay mata, ilong ug baba aning ritratoha, angay baya nang apinga nga sul-oban ug bra.

di ko uy.  bahalag di cute basta di lang ingon ani ka-cute.  kapuliki man sad ta anig tabon morag sud-an nga mahadlok tang sungkabon.

on the other hand, it seems like only yesterday when the japanese were predicted to take over the u.s. in terms of economic and technological might.  some predictions just don't come to pass.

in the case of china, well, one never knows how long the powers-that-be or the ideology that gives them power can stay.  realpolitik rides on the wings of change and a people get restless for some change.  who would have thought that hosni mubarak can go that way...

i can only hope that it doesn't bully its smaller neighbors.  my only concern as a filipino is its insistence on claiming all of the spratlys, saying that such claim is historically based, while our claim is only part of the island chain, within the existing UN Convention on the Law of the Sea that stipulates that a country owns the sea and the resources thereof, including the seabed and rocks or islets, within 200 miles of its territory, which is the location of the kalayaan islands (the particular islands that our country claims; not the whole spratlys chain). 

should china bully its way through and prevail in its claim of all of the spratlys, what would keep it from claiming the philippines as well, using the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea if it serves its interests, because if all of the spratlys go to china it would mean that the philippines is within 200 miles of chinese territory?     

i shudder to think of a malevolent superpower.  i'd rather have the u.s., hands down.  you know, like they say, we'd rather have a bastard that we know than a bastard that we don't know.

Quote from: chicogon on March 13, 2011, 04:43:41 AM
According to Google it's a fake rabbit, bwahahaha 

whew!  thank goodness.  kun paspas lang unta ko mo-computer or kun paspas lang unta ang internet connection diri, mo-research na unta ko why, why, why that golden tabby is torturing a great rabbit.  ('watership down' by richard adams is one of my all-time favorite books.)

maayo gani kay di fake ang photographer.

***

postscript:  i'm in no mood to unpack  my emergency pack any time soon.  my biorhythm has drastically changed for the worse.  the kitten that we brought along is naughtier.

lesson:  always have a packed and ready emergency bag or survival bag or whatever it is called.  i thought only of cash and jewelry and our cats when i packed.  i missed passports and official documents and a change of clothes.  now i have all this in one bag.

i have to admit that i couldn't shoo away my fears overnight.  i just have to heal slowly and patiently wait for my system to take its course and go back to what it was, whatever it was.

we prayed together on the road.  how i hated the sound of those regular sirens.  we called the kids back home to assure them that we're fine.  they were already praying the rosary.

three hours later, after the estimated tsunami hit and by heaven's grace nothing happened, we felt it was already safe to go home despite the advice of a 24-hour wait.  we felt our hosts needed to rest and we may have gotten in the way as they took pains to entertain us.

the stories after the fact came out this morning. 

story 1:  stores and restaurants were closed by 6pm.  only gasoline stations were opened.  and only filipino and bangladeshi staff were left behind to carry on.  it was as if my stomach was hit by pacquiao when i saw this gasoline boy from cotabato who happens to be my friend going about his usual routine.

story 2:  there was a boat ready for the american embassy staff and american citizens, who reportedly sought safety at their embassy, which is located on high ground.  their number is manageable, being only around 600.  filipinos are around 4,000.  we had to trust our own resources.   

story 3:  the church, the sacred heart church run by jesuits, was filled with filipinos.  the filipino choir members were all there as well, with their 15-year-old organist (a personal favorite boy of mine) who had sardonically declared:  we practice one more time before we die.   

story 4:  iglesia ni cristo people stayed in their own church as well, which is right beside the sea.  it is said that they chose to wait for the sea to disappear (the first sign of a tsunami) and take it as a tip to bail out and run for their lives.

'God is in his heaven and all’s right with the world.'

Quote from: chicogon on March 13, 2011, 04:24:23 AM


Meooow... don't worry we'll take care of ourselves til your return. Just promise us mommy and say, "I shall return" 



Make sure you leave some cans opened... and the green tsanami pod! 

hala, 'dre, please assure me that nothing happened to that rabbit.  (naa koy ing-ana nga rabbit sa una, named andrew.)

hehe, di canned food ang akong gibilin.  dry cat food lang kay mahal ang canned food kun daghan nag cats.  mohatag lang kog canned food para sa kittens ug kun naay mag-birthday sa mga dagko, mor pa.

Quote from: Lorenzo on March 13, 2011, 04:09:31 AM
Ampo ta tanan kanunay.

nisamot na gyod ko karon ug ampo, after experiencing firsthand how helpless we can be against nature's fury.   

Quote from: TUBAGBOHOL.com on March 13, 2011, 04:09:32 AM
Ms Islander, you made the right decision because "tsunami can travel as fast as jet plane," according to this news report.

thanks, tubagbohol.com.  it was a decision we didn't regret despite having been borne out of an undeniable tightening and churning of my stomach.

Quote from: Lorenzo on March 13, 2011, 03:36:33 AM
Isles, pray for the best. I hope that all will be safe for you and all our kababayans in our beloved Philippines. I was very worried for my relatives in Southern Leyte when I saw that the tsunami path was headed towards Leyte. Having recently visited Southern Leyte , met the people and saw the places, i was scared. Hearing the news that the alarm has receded, was a blessing. Please know that I am keeping you all in my prayers.

Pray, always pray..

Be safe.

Lorenz

Quote from: cujo on March 13, 2011, 03:47:35 AM
Ms. Isles we all be praying for all your safety...I am fixing to pick up wolfpack823 to go to church for an afternoon mass.

thanks, lorenz and cujo.  it's true, beyond what we humans are capable of, prayer remains our best recourse.  many thanks for your prayers.  say hi to wolfie for me, cuj.

we weren't alarmed initially, until i saw the nearby hospital evacuate its patients.  with the sound of frequent sirens on a starless and moonless night, my mood was ripe for fear.  this is serious and we mustn't take chances, i said to the banana republic as i packed our valuables.  he, too, did his own packing.  i told our household help to do the same. 

i was saddened by the thought that we couldn't take all our cats along.  more so those 11 homeless ones who were already at the balcony, waiting for feeding time.  close to tears, i decided to take along only the smallest and sickliest one so i didn't have to go through the grisly process of selecting favorites.  i had to fortify myself to be able to function. 

let me come back and find you here, i told our cats as i put off the lights.
   
forty-five minutes before the estimated tsunami time, we were ready to go to high ground, which meant going to a fellow filipino's residence that's located on higher ground inland, just a 10-minute drive away barring traffic.

never had i been so focused while driving; i actually hate night driving as don't trust my night vision, but last night was different.  traffic was unusually heavy.  strangely, i was also unusually daring.  luckily, i managed to get only one honk from an irate driver when i cut through. 

there's something in the air about an impending disaster as there's something about us as we cope with it.  we can but hope for the best and expect the worst.     

Quote from: chicogon on March 13, 2011, 03:07:52 AM
You should be able to relax now... the high level TSUNAMI alert has been downgraded mag-TSANAMI (green ones prefered) full cup enjoyment! Stay safe though! 

thanks, fr chic.  coffee drinker ko morag merkana kay ambot nganong mokulo akong tijan kun moinom kog tsanami.  hinoon, nabalig samot akong sleeping time tungod atong tsunami alert.  3 to 11pm na hinoon ko matulog, mao nga gasiga pa akong mata karon, hahaha.  kinahanglan ra ba gyod mi manimba ugma at 9am mao nga di na lang tingali ko matulog ron.

 

presently i'm in a place that the creator has placed like a jewel in the pacific rim.

japan had that current tragedy of a tremblor and, like some parts of the philippines and other countries in the pacific rim, this here was placed on full tsunami alert.  

we were unaware of it but for a german friend we met at the grocery store after my visit to the cat shelter.  then we got home and saw our landlady preparing to go to higher ground.  she, too, told us about the tsunami alert.  

we happen to live in a house where i can see mangroves and the sea from the kitchen sink window, the sea being just some twenty meters away.

Quote from: chicogon on March 11, 2011, 02:54:11 PM
Salamat Ms. Isle... moangay ko maminaw sa imong sugid. They don't call you Ms. Isle for nothing... ang hara sa mga iring nga serena ug kaislahan sa Talibon! 

meowww!  (way sapayan, matod ni mingkay nga serenang himbison.)  bitaw, 'dre, naatlan lang nga nakaadto kog kapila sa usa sa mga dako-dako nga isla sa talibon direct from cebu, nag-pumpboat padung sa jao.  it was for a funding project (water system ug health and education intawon) sa una.  from that vantage, naa koy idea gamay sa sitwasyon sa mga islets: a total of 26 as covered by that project, including some islets that are part of leyte.  some of those kids sent to school by that project are already professionals now.  luckily, pari ang nagdumala, mao nga natunong ang funding, yeheeey.

fast forward, nakaadto kog dubai ug nakakita ko sa palm islands.  fine, it's a technological marvel given impetus by petrodollars and big time investors.  unluckily for them, they have to spend billions for something nga naay daghan sa ato, natural pa ug dili man-made.

ot:  naa bay biko sa imong birthday party?

   

thanks for the thorough research, bai tigs!

Quote from: hubag bohol on February 12, 2011, 12:50:12 PM
The CBCP issued a pastoral letter against the bill last January 31, where they stated that they are against the non-consideration of moral principles; anti-life, anti-natal and contraceptive mentality reflected in media and some proposed legislation; efforts to railroad the RH bill; the trajectory of the bill toward population control; and the use of public funds for contraceptives, sterilization and compulsory sex education.

can anything be worse than these points?  i personally hate the sight of those big billboards advertising condoms in manila.  we may be losing a big part of what we are as a nation.  how sad.

belated, fr chic!  may you have many more songs to come!

Quote from: hubag bohol on March 11, 2011, 10:28:42 AM
Ini, kadumdom pud gid ko ani gid:

In naytin iti tu
Ay had nating to du
So ay gat da sisor
En kat may bolbol
Tu mik it byutipol

gidugangan uroy ug kuwarenta ka tuig ay...

ang imong version ani kay "in nayntin porti tu" man.

Quote from: cujo on March 11, 2011, 10:26:53 AM
Here's another one.Leron Leron Sinta.

leron leron sinta
umakyat sa papaya
daladala'y buslo
sisidlan ng sinta
pagdating sa dulo
nabali ang sanga
kapos kapalaran
humanap ng iba.

grade 1 song, hahaha!  ambot lag sakto ba ni nga lyrics kay magjamajama pa baya tag sundog aning edara.  way kalainan sa batang mokanta sa american national anthem ug:  oh, jose / can you see...

Quote from: aquamarineblue on March 11, 2011, 09:45:51 AM
Good Morning...

That's why to all husbands out there...don't make your wife cry...not all cry makes ur wife stronger..sometimes cry will make ur wife down and sometimes make it happens that wife will turn u off..beware...it's not easy to cry....mora jud ug bulkan nga mobotohay ang ijang paga bation kon imo sijang pahilakon... salamat

thanks, aqua, for understanding.  kun butohay lag bulkan ang hisgotan, nibuto na kog kapila morag vesuvius, krakatoa, ug pinatubo.  maayo gani kay nakabana kog gipanganak nga kublan sa bulkan.

dia pa:

singkamay mitsay mitsay
amay amay, amay ang palaro
amay ang nag-ukay
datsing datsing iday.

sound of music do-re-mi version:

do, ti do
banang binyang...

sayang wa gyod nako ni ma-memorize sukad, tsk, tsk.  lupig god ani ang original lyrics.