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Quote from: hubag bohol on September 14, 2010, 11:52:40 AM
The ilad expert speaketh... 

Quote from: taga tigbao on September 14, 2010, 11:59:09 AM
And the newbie learneth...

ang mga krokongho, nagdueth.

"o captain, my captain
give me five centavos."

family lore says this was how my older sister earned her keep as a 4-year-old.  she used to recite this to the chief of police, a captain, who would then readily give her five centavos.

Quote from: hubag bohol on September 14, 2010, 11:45:02 AM
Naas opisina pero nag-TB... 

trabaho pod baya na.

angay suweldohan, ni mike.

Quote from: bugsay on September 14, 2010, 11:32:55 AM
trabaho dayon, mura'g buotan...

aw, pasumangil lang gud.

kun makailad, no problem.

Quote from: hubag bohol on September 14, 2010, 05:16:56 AM
Sakaysakayan na lang nato.

Hinaot mohugot ang tornilyo.

ha ha ha ha!

inyong tornilyo ang moluag!

Quote from: hubag bohol on September 14, 2010, 11:34:42 AM
Thank you for asking, Ms. Isle. Nag-doldrums ko lately. Wa gani koy mahunahunaan nga love kuot, este, quote of the day... 

mao nga pagbinuotan na sukad karon, ha?  stop being a kuoter or kuotist ba kaha, depending on your level of expertise.  pag-practice na lang nga ma-manicurist ka.

Quote from: Lorenzo on September 14, 2010, 11:00:22 AM
Colombian blend man gud ni siya, Isles, with a touch of French vanilla cream.
let me pour you a cup as well.

wow, thanks.  no sugar, please.  i'd settle for columbian coffee hands down rather than that rare and supposedly tasty civet cat coffee.  my pandesal, bitte.  it isn't microscopic in size, right?

udtohan ba tong tag-iya ug funeral parlor?

Quote from: philippines on September 10, 2010, 08:31:50 AM
Last week, Senator Zubiri filed Senate Bill No. 2383 seeking to revive death penalty as it would help deter the commission of heinous crimes in the country.

“Let us restore the death penalty for heinous crimes. I always say, if you do the crime, you do the time. Now I say, if you do a heinous crime, then you can say goodbye to your time," the lawmaker said.

uh, would that the lawmaker retain his braggadocio should it happen (heaven forbid!) that it's his own son who commits a heinous crime.

i am against capital punishment.  yes, it's biblical in the sense that it existed biblically and historically.   but must we also quote the bible in defense of polygamy or of slavery, because these are biblical?


may i share this excerpt on the death penalty from somewhere:

Albert Pierrepoint, the British hangman who resigned in 1956, said in his biography that he functioned on behalf of the State for what he thought “…was the most humane and the most dignified method of meting out death to a delinquent--- however justified or unjustified the allotment of death may be--- and on behalf of humanity I trained other nations to adopt the British system of execution.”  

His experience, he said, left him a bitter aftertaste.  He concluded thus, "…that I do not now believe that any one of the hundreds of executions I carried out has in any way acted as a deterrent against future murder.  Capital punishment, in my view, achieved nothing except revenge."

All legal systems are not too perfect as to be airtight and beyond loopholes.  Where there is capital punishment, so can there be a possible miscarriage of justice with appalling results since death is irreversible.  Another result is far from death penalty’s desired deterrent effect--- it creates martyrs as public sympathy may arise, as in the case of political prosecutions.  But nothing is more compelling against the death penalty as the possibility that the person executed has committed no crime.  


going back to the bible (with apologies, as i'm no expert here), jesus christ himself was meted with the capital punishment at the time, which we all know as the crucifixion.  was it justified?

Quote from: hubag bohol on September 14, 2010, 10:02:06 AM
Botoy sorrowful...

cheer up, botoy.  at least imong hinapay hapsay, morag gipomadahan.  and you seem quiet too.  trying to philosophize about your life?

hello, gat.  welcome, welcome.  step into our parlor... enjoy.

(wow, lamia sa coffee and pandesal ni lorenz uy.  gai ko bi.)

Quote from: Lorenzo on September 13, 2010, 10:20:31 PM
ajaw lang pag ambak, kai luuy pood lagi. ma mingaw intawn ang mga schmokoy nimo, ug imong mga daghang nga tokoy.


agoy,

maghuwat na lang ko sa imong iitsa nga salbabida aron naa koy makumbabitan.  meantime, this reina del schmokoys will say, "guten nacht" senor bran lorenzo.  even queens need to sleep .  it's 12 midnight here and, as they say, i have to watch out for when the clock strikes 12.  sanitary napkins might turn into pumpkins.  asows!

goodnight, tb. 

OT:  a quote befits this thread, but inspired by cujo's excerpt from edna st. vincent millay's "Passer Mortuus Est", may i share one of my all-time favorite love poems in its complete form.


The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter

                           Ezra Pound
                          (After Li Po)


While my hair was still cut straight across my forehead
I played about the front gate, pulling flowers.
You came by on bamboo stilts, playing horse,
You walked about my seat, playing with blue plums.   
And we went on living in the village of Chōkan:
Two small people, without dislike or suspicion.   
At fourteen I married My Lord you.
I never laughed, being bashful.
Lowering my head, I looked at the wall.
Called to, a thousand times, I never looked back.

At fifteen I stopped scowling,
I desired my dust to be mingled with yours
Forever and forever, and forever.
Why should I climb the look out?

At sixteen you departed
You went into far Ku-tō-en, by the river of swirling eddies,
And you have been gone five months.
The monkeys make sorrowful noise overhead.

You dragged your feet when you went out.
By the gate now, the moss is grown, the different mosses,
Too deep to clear them away!
The leaves fall early this autumn, in wind.
The paired butterflies are already yellow with August
Over the grass in the West garden;
They hurt me.
I grow older.
If you are coming down through the narrows of the river Kiang,
Please let me know beforehand,
And I will come out to meet you
As far as Chō-fū-Sa.

Quote from: hubag bohol on September 13, 2010, 09:16:56 PM
Bwahaha! Di na masabtan ang sinultihan, dili pa jud mao ang gikaestorya! 

mao na ron.  mangluod gani na siya, mingawon gyod ka, hala.

Quote from: Lorenzo on September 13, 2010, 02:47:06 AM

puahahahahaha! hoy babahe nga nahimo na lalake , wag ka pag aambak sa pier, luoy pood intawn ang mga isda, err luoy pood ikaw!


love naman gid ka ni toto-o

o diba, to'?

hahaha!  dia, gikulinitan nag mga butete akong mga konggo kay nahinayak naman kog tampisaw.

Quote from: Lorenzo on September 13, 2010, 09:47:10 PM
Mi Senora RDS,


Si siempre!

Usted es reina de muchas palabras, muchas caras, pero sobretodo, usted es la reina del ingenio. Yo venido adorar su ingenio, y respeto su cariño lindo para los perros.


Cariñosamente los suyos,
babycake anonimo

draga babycake anonima,

cuvinte si fetele scapa-ma cind vine vorba de un cavaler in armura stralucitoare cum ar fi tu.
fie ca se poate, ma bucur ca ati mai place la nebunie animalele de companie, ca niste ciini.
nu continua cu ti "biblia" impartirea. acesta este citit, asa cum poate cunoasteti.

regina de schmokoys

Quote from: Lollapalooza on September 13, 2010, 11:03:59 AM
Mam Graziey and Bran thank you so much. he was laid to rest last Saturday morning...

may he rest in peace.  my condolence.

Quote from: hubag bohol on September 13, 2010, 08:58:26 PM
He he, ang problema kon imbis mabitin, mabitok, o kaha makigwa... 

ayaw kalimti ang mawati, bai hubs.

dear unknown baby cakes,

may i share with you this nugget of wisdom that i've overheard---

jaycees   :  one a jaycee, always a jaycee.
lions club :  once a lion, always a lion.
k of c     :  once a night is enough.

moral lesson:  always, always choose a knight of columbus.

schon,

islander I
reina del schmokoys

duol na ang pasko.

makauli na pod ka.

pugong lang usa, bugs.

cute gyod tuod baya.  gi-crossbreed and puppy sa piggy ug kwaknit.  gai kog naay liwat, bi.  kanang liwat nimo ba.    

wow!  dumadaog ning akong entry da.  asa kag bungot nga nanggawas sa ilong, hahaha!  thanks, scarbzy.  ikaw na lay dawat sa akong premyo ha?  (nga gikan ra pod nimo, tehehe.)  one-tenth ang bahin ni hubag bohol, one-tenth pod kang kerstin kay nibalik na, yuhoooo!

(haaay, salamat.  na na gyod tb diri.  wa ko ka-access tibuok adlaw kay nag-tantrums na pod ang connection tingali.)

bottle
throttle
bend
end.

Quote from: BolBuhol on September 11, 2010, 12:56:15 AM
mahal kong nene,

sapol gid ka man budlay gid karon mga panahon, ikaw na lang gid mag intinde na indi ako magkadto subong, kay masaku gid ning bag-o gina obra  daw anluwagi, tuhoy sang akon na pilak ayaw lang man pag sohol sang manunukot sang 5-6 kay way gid pa akong sueldo sang akong gina obra kag pigado subong. 

imo matuorong bana,

toto-o

dear toto-o,

asows!  why man ako imong ginabisto?  indi na kita lab inggas da.  indi mo sarang ginabisto nganhi nga thread na ako subong unknown woman indi unknown man.  ako nahoya, to.  pigado maantuson ako, hoya indi.  ginahimo mo ako lalakwe.  magaambak na lang ko sang pier pares sang mermaids.  indi na ako makita hanggas pamahaw, huhuhu. 

breaking up is hard to do,

la paz batchoy

dear inday,

tambag gikan ni lola nga nakaagi nag no retreat, no surrender: likayi kutob sa mahimo kining mga lalaking has ug itlog ang hisgotan.  dakog puruhan nga wa na sila aning duha.  himoon lang unya kang tigtagay sa ilang inom, krusmayhart.

concerned,

ali masag 

Quote from: bol-anon quo nyur! on September 12, 2010, 05:39:07 AM
Lady, i'm your night & shinning armor &....

& i'll come to your rescue.

OR

(& i love you... ingon ni kenny rogers, ajeje.)

Quote from: kan-ogong on September 10, 2010, 10:56:52 PM
ako pod Cabahug akoa bana Ilok  apelido

congrats.  maayoha nimo mopilig bana no?  hinaot unta nga wa na siyay karibal nga nag-apelyidog tiil ug bugan.

an email from a friend, quoted in toto:


"Guys,

Time to say ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!  Let's start by deporting all the illegal Chinese in Quiapo, Divisoria, Ongpin and wherever else in the Philippines.  Those that claim to be Filipinos and protected by the police but cannot speak Tagalog.

Whoever wrote this, thank you, very well said...

You hate the Filipino people for the hostage fiasco, that unfortunate incident that went out of control at the end. This was a hostage situation that was under control and which netted 7 Chinese tourists to be released upon the efforts of our policemen.

You appear and sound sanctimonious and have even stepped upon our sovereignty.  You have demanded apology, the moon and the heavens.  You hate the Filipino people as if we wanted this unfortunate incident to happen.  First and foremost, we offer our condolences to the families of the 8 that were killed in this incident.  Secondly, we are sorry for the bungled handling of this hostage taking. It was unfortunate, it was an accident, we never planned it that way.  Is it fair to blame a whole nation for a situation that was never planned?

Let me ask you this question, should we hate you also for the lead poisoning caused by the paint you used in your baby furniture and toys for the children of the world?  Should we hate you also for the use of cardboard in the "siopao" that you sell to tourists?  Should we hate you also for the  melamine contamination wherein not 8, but hundreds, maybe even thousands have suffered and some even died?

Or, let us talk of Filipino casualties.  A few years ago, 3 Filipino tourists, all surnamed Madrigal, a family of 5 were walking on Tienemen Square and Beijing.  One Chinese stabbed the father and two of his children, killing all three.  Were you even sorry for what this one Chinese did?  Did the Filipino people even demand that China apologized for this unfortunate incident. This was PRE-MEDITATED MURDER.
Just as the use of lead, cardboard, melamine was pre-meditated - used because they were cheaper materials, in order to generate PROFITS for the Chinese businessman.  Did you pay damages the same way you are demanding damages from the Filipino nation and people.

Where was the anger of the Chinese and Hongkong people?  Did you even apologize to the world?  My God in the case of melanine, you even kept this information from the world, until you were exposed for what you are!!!

Enough!  We sympathize but don't blame the Filipino people.

So you want to send our OFWs home that take care of your children? They play an important part in your lives.  Both spouses are able to work, earn money because of the tender loving care being heaped on your children by Filipino maids and yayas/amahs.  While you pay our OFWs for the work they do, you earn more for the love and care they bestow on your children. Go ahead, send our OFWs home. Let us see how that will affect your family incomes.

Enough!"

real bad and sad.  no woman should ever be subjected to this kind of humiliation.

i'm curious though about the headline (or this thread's title).  i thought such descriptions as the color of skin, nationality, and religion are no longer politically correct because of their divisive implications.  so why the adjective 'muslim'?  is this the original heading of the bbc news?  the excerpt posted here doesn't mention any religion of the rapists.

if the rapists were christians, would the headline have been 'christian rapists filmed rape on mobile phone'? 

Quote from: Lorenzo on September 12, 2010, 12:54:48 AM
Tsk, wa ko ka kita sa kadtong movie sa gabii.

gabii kadtong movie mahimong kita buntag,
argh, buntag na diri, wee hours of the morning,
got to go!

Quote from: bol-anon quo nyur! on September 12, 2010, 12:32:48 AM

omunik nako gamai, pero 10 lbs ang gibug aton hahahahaha! morning diha nimo!

nimo morning pod!  pang-congressman diay nang imong omunik, tsk, tsk.

nag-insomnia ko.

na, kay indi makaintindi sa ginahambal, indi sang makatulon sa omunik.

Quote from: Chongki on September 08, 2010, 09:41:50 AM
pakialamero ang u.s. of a

yes!

Quote from: hubag bohol on September 08, 2010, 05:02:48 PM
Mabasa sa military history nga kining nasora dili lang pakialamero, abusado pa jud...

balangiga's infamous "howling wilderness"?!

Quote from: cujo on September 11, 2010, 07:13:22 AM
That's right Gen. Jacob H. Smith,U.S. Army officer,a civil war soldier,who ordered the massacre of Filipino civilians during The Phil.-American war.It happened long time ago.The U.S. military nowadays are not that barbaric.

true, cuj.  in fact, soldiers then as now are supposed to be trained and steeped in professionalism.  it is on hindsight, in the judgment of history, when their acts in and especially during decisive moments in battle are deemed heroic or barbaric.

more currently, history's judgment already veers on the negative on the 1968 my lai massacre in south vietnam.

"The My Lai Massacre was the mass murder conducted by a unit of the U.S. Army on March 16, 1968 of 347â€"504 unarmed citizens in South Vietnam, all of whom were civilians and a majority of whom were women, children (including babies) and elderly people.

Many of the victims were sexually abused, beaten, tortured, and some of the bodies were found mutilated.  The massacre took place in the hamlets of Mỹ Lai and My Khe of SÆ¡n Mỹ village during the Vietnam War.  While 26 U.S. soldiers were initially charged with criminal offenses for their actions at My Lai, only William Calley was convicted. He served only three years of an original life sentence, while on house arrest.

When the incident became public knowledge in 1969, it prompted widespread outrage around the world. The massacre also increased domestic opposition to the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. Three U.S. servicemen who made an effort to halt the massacre and protect the wounded were denounced by U.S. Congressmen, received hate mail and death threats and found mutilated animals on their doorsteps.  Only 30 years after the event were their efforts honored." (from wikipedia)

then there's the guantanamo and abu ghraib torture and abuse of prisoners.

sometimes, barbarism is not so ancient after all.

Quote from: Lorenzo on September 08, 2010, 02:18:09 AM
The topic of this board is to discuss and debate the historical military operations, theaters of war, and all that it entails.

Join me, and let us talk about Military History. Members will ask questions about anything related to military history and will be given answers or opinions of said subject matter.

Note: Please keep this thread strictly subject matter related. Thank You.

1)  we surely can give personal opinions on military operations as can be gleaned from our readings and history lessons, but discuss and debate?  boy, would i be glad to know that there are military strategists among us here at tb! 

2)  who will the members ask?

   

miga scarbzy nay mo-supply sa bungot ani nga nose kites or tabanog de ilonges ha?

Quote from: hubag bohol on September 09, 2010, 04:44:15 PM
Sa akong paminaw, after all these years naa na baya pud tay ginagmayng improvements...

super.  for one thing (the simplest but the hardest thing to do about a generation ago), kamao na ta molinya.  sa india ug china, morag lisod-lisod pa kay makigsinikhanay pa sila didto.  ang atong mga malls naghinay-hinay na pod ug kamao maninsiyo ug sakto, di pareha sa una nga mangaway pa ko kay nganong kuwangan kanunay ang ilang ihatag nga sinsiyo.  slowly but surely...   

Quote from: hubag bohol on September 10, 2010, 03:44:15 PM
Boy scout jud ta permi...

hasta mi, girl scout pod kanunay.

Quote from: hubag bohol on September 10, 2010, 04:17:52 PM
Matarantar jud basta mabuko mao nga pasamtan na lang para dili klaro. 

klaro ang tanan, sihag pa sa half-slip nga naguhayguhay.

Quote from: BolBuhol on September 10, 2010, 03:45:56 PM
.. agoy

mirising sila tanang, bols, huh? 

Quote from: sab_sad on September 09, 2010, 04:27:00 PM
bwahahah...church me away jud intwn! aheheh 

sakita koh tijan og kinatawa wui  miandar akng pagkasungogan jud..grabeh dha nako na feel ang love sa mga bata sa lahang iring..pastilan liman kag bata pa d i ni nila gialima..unya basta-bsta nlng nko giingnan nga gilabay sa akng landlady ang laha iring sa balay kay nagbahak-bahak..ahehehhe pun-an pag akong giingnan atoa nlng to adtoon pra atong ilubong og klaro..hahhaha 

bilib gyod tuod ko aning tiyaha ni, .  morag porma nig mabawsan da... makabana tingali nig gawas nga balhiboon kaayo, sugsugan pa gyong labaw.

Quote from: Raquelproud boholana on September 09, 2010, 12:03:47 PM
Ms, Isle I almost have similar story few months ago. Kay sa countryside man lagi mi so akong mga anak ug ako always enjoy walking unya sindang pangadye ug rosaryo . The children always beg to visit our water hole they call it Our little Lake. It's actually a drainage ditch. Day before perting kusuga sa ulan. Then sa hapit na mi maabot sa drainage ditch I hear a faint meow sounds. Akong gisubay ug asa dapit ang sounds and it lead me to the ditch. Perting looya sa kitty half submerge sa tubig mao akong gipunit ug gidali dali ug putos sa jacket kay spring man diay to tugnaw pa. Happy kaayo ang mga bata nako. We even name the cat prince Nicolai. I always love to hear my children call the cat Nicolai naay something special sa pag pronounce nila sa name. One week later my son insist nga invite daw namo neighbor kid kay magdula sila diri sa farm. We drive the golf cart to their place with our black dog following us. Na kay naa may duha ka iro pud to among silingan kabalo ka unsay nahitabo sunod gabugno ag mga iro perting ulawa to nako. Tuod man diri tong among neighbor kid. When he sees the cat  ing declare gyud siya nga ilaha tong iring nga na missing ilang gipangita. R2D2 ang ngalan daw. Dali pud ko ing ingon nga yeah inyo ni kay didto ni nako dapit sa inyoha gi rescue. I felt so bad after kay gidala man gyud pag uli sa neigbor kid ang new pet sa akong mga anak. Sakit akong dughan nagtan aw nanghilak intawon ang tulo kay ila daw to nga cat. Samot na nga for the whole week sukad pag uli ni R2D2 everyday moingon ang mga bata ug I miss Nicolai. Ingon pud akong bana nga mas maayo pa unta daw ug diri nalang to namo ang iring kay murag wala may atiman nila daghan kaayo ug flea. Giuli namo to siya wala nay flea kay hilig baya ko manghinguto ug iring unya giligo pa to namo ug gibutangan ug flea collar. At least karon naa napud new kitten akong mga anak. Si Bootsie medyo upset pero she will get this over soon.

kalooy sa imong 3 kids.  i hope the owners of nicolai a.k.a. r2d2 are worthy of him.  that kitten could have caught deadly feline pneumonia if you were not there to fetch him from that cold ditch!  that's why i always have my kittens and cats vaccinated annually for feline pneumonia, rabies, and distemper.

one thing with kids, they recover fast.    

kanang long arm akong pilion, hands down.  na, hala, kamong mga hanggaw dinhi--- hubag, vhinz, bugsay, etc., linya na mo.  tuwad.  tagsa-tagsaon ta mo ron ug bat, yahahaha! 

hubris.

Quote from: Scarb on September 10, 2010, 07:14:27 AM
batzi nako tulog na

hasta la kasla awooh

agoizt, i just awoke.

di diay ta mag-abot.

Quote from: hubag bohol on September 10, 2010, 07:00:22 AM
Basin bungoton ang buli? 

mora diay ug lubi?

rest assured i will convey the good news to my banana republic.  in the meantime, you must know that you have just made me your worst enemy!   may a million fleas and ticks crawl between your toes and your armpits.   yodel-leheho!

Quote from: hubag bohol on September 08, 2010, 08:32:20 PM
Hmm, if the special feature's receptacle contains deposits as intended, I'm afraid not... 

it just might, because the kind of gold deposit the receptacle contains would be missed by the metal detector.

nia pa si bugsay ug si hubag, birahan gyod ka nila, bai vhinz.

morag biktima pod ning mga mananapa ug delayed development.  karon pa na-teenagers.

sakit gihapon nag ibunal.

even young grass is proving to be unhealthy for old carabaos.

Quote from: Lorenzo on September 08, 2010, 08:32:47 PM
hehe dag damgo ko kai guapo man gud. Gusto ko ani. Dream car.

As for the latter, sure am sure there are. In terms of friendliness, cuteness, and small size:

the color scheme looks nice, it matches you, me-thinks.

2010 Ford Fiesta.

real cute.  even the shade of this particular red is something i could take.  i wish they added whiskers to the design, in deference to cats, and a wagging tail, in honor of puppies.

Quote from: hubag bohol on September 08, 2010, 08:37:56 PM
Dakong buhi tawon. Tan-awa, puwa-puwa pa ang hasang... 

tingalig napuwa ra na tungod sa pagtuwad, morag tulingan sa merkado nga ibitay ug pabali aron mapuwa ang hasang kay adto ang dugo tanan, aron ingnon nga presko gihapon?  patay na baya ang tulingan ana.

(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIM-43_Redeye)

will i ever be able to fire this surface to air missile in my lifetime?  ambot sa tiki.  

ang ipasabot tingali aning pusila nga inig-fire nimo, gabas imong iwilik.

wow!  a real scholar, lorenzo is.

buhi pa ba kaha tawon nang usang gahay-ad?

   x-face

Quote from: Chongki on September 06, 2010, 11:58:16 PM
sa pinas asian cars ang mas maayo ....

how true.  for one thing, ang spare parts barato kaayo ug sayon pangitaon, mapalit god kuno sa bakery, matod pa sa joke.  all because of their availability.

Quote from: Lorenzo on September 05, 2010, 09:14:09 AM
LOL, becareful ha, ning syaget ka 'mama mia' sigoro mo anhi na pood ang tokoy ni Isles. Bwahahahahahaha!
Iya ra ba nang ngan kono.

mao lagi no mahal kaayo. sus. mag damgo na lang ko. 

present!  isles here, not the tokoy mamma mia.  we lost her, huhuhu.  and found her again.  oh, happy heart.

nagdamgo kag porsche cayenne turbo, ako nag-nightmare over a lost and found puppy.  will there ever be an american car that's designed like a puppy?  

Quote from: islander on September 04, 2010, 12:11:36 AM

MAMMA MIA: The Custody Battle Royale

who wants a stray beadle, a puppy of unknown breed?  ("mixed breed" i believe is the metaphor for "street dogs".)  everybody, it seems.

jeremy tells me that he's stuck in the middle.  he saw me grieve, he said, but his grandfather has been shouting to the neighborhood to have everything done for him to have mamma mia.  

i work in a resort hotel and mamma mia can have all the food he wants, i'll have her registered, vaccinated and spayed, there's only my grandfather and me and he is alone when i report for work and he really wants the puppy, all the works.  jeremy said it all.  

the banana republic pipes in to say that i haven't figured out what would happen if by chance mamma mia's original owner came to claim her.  now that's a real dose of cold water.

mamma mia is yours and your grandfather's, i finally said, scared of the thought of the original owner whom i do not know coming to our place to claim her, in case.  jeremy's place, i figured, would be the last place the original owner would consider if ever he looks for his lost puppy.  

i'll be looking for a home for her eventually, anyway.  what else could i ask for now that she has a permanent home where she could be very well cared for?  but as long as i am here, i want visiting rights, i mean, mamma mia visits with us at least two days a week, i said.  if i have to, i can fetch her on those days and return her on schedule.

the other conditions i gave were that mamma mia should always be on a leash when she goes out, she sleeps inside the house, bones as food are no-no, and puppy food should be part of her diet, which i'm willing to provide.  

i slept well that night, happy that mamma mia is all right and that i will see her again.  but then i thought of that little boy and felt some pangs somewhere.  

Quote from: islander on September 04, 2010, 12:11:36 AM

MAMMA MIA:  The Lost and Found Puppy was Lost Again, and Found Again

evening of september 7.  an unexpected knock at the door brought good news.  and bad news.

mamma mia was found in a house some blocks away from where we lost her.  an 8-year-old boy was playing with her and had taken her as his own.  as told, he ran inside their house with mamma mia when he realized that the "owner" was there to claim her.  a talk with his parents did the trick, with profuse tears from the little boy.  i played the sorrow of the little boy in my mind.  the scene must be heartbreaking.  what i would give to have the puppy if i were the parent of that little boy.

there was more.  the leader of the mamma mia search team, his name's jeremy, has a wheelchair-bound grandfather who demanded that the puppy remain with him.  we know how unreasonable aging and ailing people can become.  we could get sick just giving in to their desires and caprices.  (we need not wait for our turn to be in their place; it could come sooner than we think.  sigh.)
       

Quote from: islander on September 04, 2010, 12:11:36 AM


   

MAMMA MIA:  The Lost and Found Puppy was Lost Again

i thought i will never open this thread again.

september 4, i posted mamma mia's pictures on this thread (reply #144).  by september 6, we lost her.

she was brought by our household help on her day off so she could play outdoors.  then she was gone.  i cannot explain the profound sense of loss i felt when the news hit me.  i cried the whole afternoon.

it took 2 days for 3 people to look for her, fanning out in the neighborhood, asking anyone of any possible sighting.  reports varied.  a car had stopped and a driver picked up something, though they could not say if it was a puppy that was picked up.  streets were checked for telltale signs of an accident.  none was found.  i was ready to place an ad in the local paper with mamma mia's picture and a plea to return her to me.

we lose what does not really belong to us, i thought.  and what about the original owner?  still, i wanted to know what really happened to this shy puppy.  i can try to be brave and move on after some sense of closure, i assured myself.
   

Quote from: hubag bohol on September 08, 2010, 11:52:39 AM
Kulirez! Dyung gyan dyugo, miss!

ajeje.  dyunggan napula naputi sa byerdeg dyugo?

Quote from: Lorenzo on September 08, 2010, 11:14:00 AM
Ate Lee,

If you like this color, then I surmise you must love Loboc River & its cruise.

nice of you to think of loboc river with tb's greenness, lorenz.  that is one beautiful river with its pristine greenness.  i hope it will remain as such.

(the "blue danube" is a disappointment.  it's far from blue.  it's not even green.  it's more muddy brown with a tinge of gray and a very little hint of green, the kind that one would do well to just imagine because such greenness is almost not there anyway.)

i'll take loboc river hands down.

Quote from: hubag bohol on September 08, 2010, 12:00:27 PM
Here...

dakoa sad nimog ngaag uy, mora mag nakatulon ug banig.

Quote from: hubag bohol on September 08, 2010, 09:19:56 AM
Sure ka nga nakaila kag banig, Ms, Isle? Unsa man kuno ni, banig ni?

mounsa kaha ka no kun moingon ko nga tighimo kog banig?

nakahilak ko.

Quote from: hubag bohol on September 08, 2010, 08:52:53 AM
He he, mongiaow? Kongtot ka man, Ms. Isle, abi kay kodep kwa... 

agoizt.  byerde kag dyugo, sir!

Quote from: BolBuhol on September 07, 2010, 09:33:53 PM
hao gang apil apil ng sang bagong membro namo sig madam isles

gang fraternity ninyong hubag exclusive, bol?  gang ngalan kappa kappa lamba lamba?  gansiringay na man kita duruha sa una, ganaapil pa bai bugsay.  indi lang ko ganglahutay ag si bugsay upod tua gapauli ginapusta na iyang purol sa buwangan.

Quote from: hubag bohol on September 05, 2010, 09:13:47 PM
Salamat nga final end na. Dili na quarter-final end or semi-final end...  

it would have been surprising if it didn't end.

hehe, ngano tuod nga qualified pa man ang end ani nga title sa thread?  naa ba diay laing klase nga end?  temporary end, fake end, series of ends, or endless end ba kaha?   o morag purgatoryo ba kaha nga agian una moadto sa langit o sa impiyerno?  how about a half-virgin?  naa ba na?  

Quote from: hubag bohol on September 07, 2010, 07:23:31 PM
Verde que te quiero verde!

(na, gakinatsila na gyod ang alang-alang ilonggo.  anus-a kaha ni siya mo-ngiaow.)

yes!  it's back to green, in a different shade.  but boy, do i like it.  it's easy on the eyes; it doesn't distract and, strangely, it looks sophisticated.

do i like to sleep on a banig?  opkors, basta kadiyot ra kay di na baya ta bata.  pamaolan na man tingali akong kabukogan ani, maningog unya morag crispy pata.  best is with me on the banig is our puppy mamma mia ang some of our cats. 

Quote from: BolBuhol on September 07, 2010, 06:38:59 PM
gag silipsilip pog pagtagsatagsa aring bosrot bosrot kag banig lang sang pinigitang unrang doldol garatikratik ring gag dikit kit gag laway

aw, kung bosrot na man lang siringon sa banig, kang shur na shur nga doldol pinigitan indi tawo, laway gag dikit sa kamatuoranang.  indi mo kalimtang ang sip-on dikit upod, neh?  kanang ginatawag ug kugmo de kagumgom.

Quote from: hubag bohol on September 07, 2010, 06:51:34 PM
Gapakaidlot ang siling mo gali, Madam Islander, gapamolong kami sang lunsay Binisaya man, ang bayok sang atong tawarik kag ang lintunganay sang atong tamislon. Kota raya kami, dayang-dayang!

ang bayok ganapakaon ug dayok, dayon dokdok gan simod.  ganang tamislom imong ginasiring, ganang gaaslom.    

ligidligid sa kanal sa kahubog gid. puslan mang way oyab.

Quote from: Raquelproud boholana on September 04, 2010, 10:21:32 AM
Lami pud mong duha paminawon aw basahon kay nagkasinabot. Ma imagine nako ang tono ninyo kay once in my life akong mga kauban sa boarding house sa Davao mga ilonggo. Nakaabot pud baya ko ug Iloilo unya nagsakay mi adto ug jeep among kauban ing ingon Ibangga Noy,naniga jud intawon ang mga mata namong bol anon adto heheheh.liman ibangga.

hehe, lingaw-lingaw lang usa tag binasa ani nila, raqz.  klaro man ning duha nga sinimpangkong ang ilang ilonggo.  sa street language pa, trying hard.  sagolan nila usahay ug waray ug bikolano, usahay cebuano nga salot morag taga-oslob (oslob, cebu; dili oslo, norway) , usahay morag martian, usahay mangimbento pa gyod ug ilaha rang mga pulong. 

hinoon, basta magkasinabot, tira 'to! 

puro ni sila cebuano/boholano ang pinulongan (ako nang gi-review ang history sa ilang posts; mirisi kong iringa ko, nihapdos hinoon akong mata) but they chose to communicate in another language nga wa pa ilhi sa tibuok kalibotan.

tan-awon kuno nato, beh, kun kinsay unang mo-surrender ani nila, hahaha!

(on the other hand, what if because of these two krokonghos a new language is born through tb?)

ako ra ni ha?  puwede? 

guwapo baya tong green sa una, that particular shade.  ang itom dagtom, and kini karon nga very light blue background morag way umoy.  no character, suwaw pa gyod. 

gimingaw ko sa previous green kay identifiable na to nga tb, morag banner ug magazine o newspaper nga kahibawo tag unsa dayon at a glance.   

Quote from: hubag bohol on September 06, 2010, 11:46:56 PM
bisan hilaw
sigi tilaw
lumos sabaw

dear unknown,

kay lagi gahidlaw-hidlaw
tugpa hinoon sa uhaw-uhaw
dugangan pag sayaw-sayaw
morag kabaw galakaw-lakaw.

Quote from: hubag bohol on September 06, 2010, 10:29:48 AM
He he, those are nuts of vanquished enemies... 

Mao ni akong fighting costume...

fighting god tatot.  costume man nig mauwaw mailhan kay nahadlok nga naghuwat sa turno sa doctor kay padung tulion.

black may be beautiful, but it made the screen look heavy and some titles and numbers disappeared, i thought for a while that something went wrong with my computer.  this gray background now is easier on the eyes.

Quote from: hubag bohol on September 05, 2010, 08:32:00 PM
Pila may imong pildi... 

hinaot untang wa ipusta,

ticket pabalik sa china.

aw, may puruhan diay ni nga self-portrait.

Quote from: hubag bohol on September 05, 2010, 11:02:13 PM
Actually, destroyed problems are the products while created solutions are the side effects. 

so.  at least i know now the side effects of a one-night stand.  shoot first, and trouble will follow.

great portrait, bai hubs.  unsa man na imong gigunitan, walnut?  in a tropical setting?  must have been donated by dutch boy.  nuts!

Quote from: hubag bohol on September 06, 2010, 08:44:39 AM
He he, dia ra, human na ang kanta...

uy, si bugsay ni sa iyang current 3-day vacation sa bohol?

(the proof of the pudding is in the avatar.)

ka-cute!  lupig man ang minyong kidhatiro nga nagpa-ulitawo-ulitawo...

Quote from: hubag bohol on September 05, 2010, 10:39:35 PM
He he, shooting is a problem only if instead of solving troubles, it creates them... 

aaahhh, you create solutions by having trouble shooting.  what a problem!

Quote from: hubag bohol on September 05, 2010, 10:36:39 PM
Oops, he he. Mao ba? Didn't know... 

to borrow from the unabridged dictionary of bugsay, pagoryogoryo ay.

Quote from: hubag bohol on September 05, 2010, 10:00:41 PM
Problema, oi. Pero, mao man ni ahong trabaho, trouble-shooting and problem-solving...   

you mean, you solve troubles by making problems with shooting?

Quote from: hubag bohol on September 05, 2010, 09:40:33 AM
Good or bad? Or indifferent? 

but isn't this josef fritzl who imprisoned his own daughter for 24 years, fathering 7 children with her?!

old evil men never die, they just rot away. 

discriminating, eh? 

so who, or which, are greater now?

sa una, sa wa pay computer, kun full moon, kaming young humans magduwa ug buwan-buwan o tubig-tubig (patintero).  palingkuron ra baya ko sa akong sis sa daplin, maghuwat niya nga hawod manakop.

hinaot unta nga magbuwan-buwan sad ang mga owl monkeys puslan man nga ang mga bata karon mas moatubang man sa computer kay sa mohangad sa buwan.

Quote from: hubag bohol on September 05, 2010, 07:16:40 AM
Laina paminawon na nga word, oi. Devirginizer... 

lain paminawon, pero way problema buhaton?

and still another...

Quote from: vhinz08 on September 04, 2010, 04:27:03 PM
Bitaw nagduda ko ani murag dili ni suwat sa usa ka foreigner, nag duda ko nga isa ra pod ka pilipino ang nagsulat ani, gadugang lag duot sa atong kaliwat. 

kun pilipino man galing ni siya, bai vhinz, angay diay ni siyang kilawon.

Quote from: insurectus on September 04, 2010, 11:35:43 AM
Tinuod ba pod kaha ni nga Dutch ang nagsuwat?
Dali ra jud tawn maghimo2 og storya karon

whether he's a real dutch or a martian, 'tus, i'll take him at his word.

Quote from: ben on September 04, 2010, 09:45:38 AM
I suppose it depends upon your level of cynicism, but if you look back at the history of the major religions you see many crimes against humanity, so there is precedent.  I am suspicious because the Church has had so much political power here for so long, so they must take some of the responsibility for the current state of affairs.

thanks for pointing out “cynicism” (it does get the better of me at times, i must admit).  the undeniable crimes against humanity in the history of many religions may be attributed to birth pangs at its kindest and, at its cruelest, to the equally undeniable human factor of greed at a time when there was no separation between church and state.  we know how european monarchies and aristocracies used religion to gain political ascendancy.  (with characters like the borgias, for one.)
 
it is equally undeniable that the church at the time also exercised political powers without regard but for its own survival and protection of its own powers.  but the major religions continue to stand despite the flaws of their people.

in our day and age, in this our country, the church may be perceived as having too much political power.  but i believe it is given more credit than it deserves in terms of influence.  yet it is a sector that has to be represented, and it happens to be a sector that likewise represents the majority. 

the church, in this case the catholic church, is just one among many sectors, as you may know.  there is even our homegrown iglesia ni cristo that’s noisier and more forceful in its attempts at political influence despite the fact that its adherents constitute a very small percentage of the population.  but sectors are here to stay, including cooking gas retailers and security guards whose representatives ran for congress.  the more, the merrier (i hope).

as for taking responsibility for the current state of affairs, every one of us will have to take that burden just as we all have to take credit when things get better.

meanwhile, all these negative stories about our country (dutch boy’s, for instance) make me wonder why we got high marks as a happy nation on the planet.  last i heard (which was 2 years ago), in a study of 50 countries our country was no. 12 followed by 13th placer the u.s.  in another study of 178 countries, the philippines came out the 17th happiest while the u.s., the world’s top economic power, came out 150th.

material wealth, after all, is subjective when it comes to happiness.  could it be because we take our religion seriously?

OT:  as for dutch boy, how poor can the non-whites of south africa be, even after apartheid, the legacy of the boers, they of dutch descent?