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Ahhhh, November!

It’s almost over: the month, the year. The beginning of the end, so to say. The beginning of the “ber” months. “Ber” as in, “September, October, November and of course December”.

With it comes the promise of the beginning of the new season, “autumn”, the start of the holiday seasons – that ends with Christmas holidays.

But it’s not only that, November is also for me, memorable since I know not just one, but several people close to me who are celebrating their birthday on this month… the loving ones, the cuddly, the sensitive and creative. They are artistic and very much successful in whatever they aspire to do.

Pero ang laki na ng pinagbago sa mga panahon ngayon. Dati-rati, kung may birthday, handaan lang. Kumbidado lahat sa isang malaking pagsasalu-salo. May mga batang kakanta at sasayaw. Tapos okay na ang program. Kainan at inuman na agad magdamag.

Tapos na uso ang sing-along, Sa bawat handaan, hindi pwedeng walang kantahan. Minus one man o laser disc basta may micropono at speakers, okay na. Ngawa-an, inuman at kainan na– pamorningan pa. Ang nakaka aliw nowadays, kung may birthday-han, hindi na pwedeng mawalan ng Cotillon. Ang sa pagkaka alam ko kasi, ang sayaw na Cotillon ay para sa debutante lang. Lam mo na, 18 years old birthday. Introducing a young lady  into the society.  Siyempre, kumpleto lahat, aside from the 3 or 4 layered cake, the first dance with the father of the celebrant, the cotillon dance, 18 candles and 18 roses.

Pero hanep na ngayon… it doesn’t matter anymore what age they are celebrating, sa bata, 7, 8 or 10 years old… sa matatanda, din ganun din. Kadalasan naman round birthdays, 30, 40 or 50 years old. Importante, ang celebration, ang program ay parang ganun din sa debutant. Hindi na importante ang edad basta may pera, may venue at gustong mag pa bongga—go na. Nakaka aliw, kasi hindi na mga bata ang nag sasayaw sa program. Matatanda na din. Iba-ibang lahi at edad, basta sayawan… bira na agad. May modern, may hawaian at siyempre walang kamatayang cultural dance. Tinikling, pandanggo sa ilaw, at iba pa. Hindi rin nawawala ang oldies but goodies na ballroom dances: Cha-cha, Salsa, Bacchiata, Foxtrott, Rumba. Dahil dito, kasama ang lola niyong naiimbitahan sa mga handaan. Isang grupo ng  mga young at heart na ladies na may komun na kagustohan. Ang mag sayaw. Pwedeng cultural/folk dance, pwede din modern at kung gusto niyo ay sasabak din sa Boogie, Salsa, Samba at Cha-cha na naka stilletto pa. Hayaan niyo na ang wanka-ta ng mga Loley– medyo papasa pa naman diba? 🙂

 

 

 

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Out with the old…

There are days when I could already smell the sweet air of Christmas. The feel of Snow. Hear the Christmas songs in the airwaves and at the Malls. It just means, year-end is also just around the corner. But before we slide into the new year, we end the current year with a Bang!!!

We fuss about Christmas! With the season always comes gatherings, dinner invites and and corporate parties. Meaning, we all get stuffed with sweets, alcohol and cholesterol. Its all good things but in excess could turn out bad for us. Oh well, as the old, rusty excuse goes: It’s Christmas anyway!

And of course, with all the invites, one also worries about what to wear to each event… hehehe, oh yes! *wink* go ahead, admit it. I sometimes pretend I don’t really care what I wear to these invites, but deep inside, yes I admittedly do.  😆

Since the beginning of November, I have been like out almost every weekend…  my weekends anyway (my days off). I fear that I may not have enough cool outfits to wear. As of the moment, I have like already 3 invites in a row starting this weekend…until end of the month. And I am already fidgeting. I don’t have a wide variety of choices. What hangs in my closet are either retro or sooo retro! They probably won’t fit me anymore, anyway. But I dug in my old chest. Perhaps, there is still an outfit or two that I haven’t worn for a while now.

So, I’m now in the “out with the old” motto. Meaning, I would probably start going “out” in my “old” outfits that I have not worn for a long time. No worries, with a little creativity and fun, I should be able to mix and match whatever I got stuck in the deeper part of the chest. Or maybe, (i will still hop and look-shop) — it never hurts to go drop by at the mall again and have a look-see, 😉 !

Happy Holidays Y’all!!!

03. Santa Baby

himig ng pasko

 

 

 

 

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The need to…

The “need” to be with friends and families is like a magnet. There are times when one just simply wants to disappear from the face of the world. For whatever reason, one needs to be disconnected to others and needs time off. But no matter how hard one tries to get away and hide from people or from a community, at some point or another, one still breaks down and eventually gets back in circulation. After some time, one needs to come back to the real world and face whatever it was that forced the person to run, hide or disappear.

This strong urge gets to me as well every now and then. It comes like a thief in the night (or day) depends on when I get hit by it. The urge to be disconnected and then again the need to be back with my family, relations and friends.

Very similar to my relationship with this blogsite, actually 😉 !

Normally, I am just a silent person. I just stay on the sidelines… watching, lurking, stalking. I am with friends, but I only watch and listen to what’s going on around/within the community. But sometimes, it comes to me like an “itch”. Then I open my mouth…. and whaammmmm!!!!I say the darndest, most s****d thing — then I fall silent again for a long time, hahahaha!

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Sweets for my sweets

Muffins.

Brownies.

Doughnuts.

Cookies.

Twix.

Snickers.

M & M’s.

And…..

…… A makeover!

Thanks to the Shiseido lady… she made it just as how i like it… looking simple, natural but covering the blemishes and pimples “muk up”!

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Book Marathon

One of the advantages of not having any kids, I can lay down and read the whole day. So when i got my Fifty trilogy, I went on hiatus with blogging, FBooking and cleaning. Yap, we dont have kasambahay here not like in the Philippines, so I do all the household chores myself-except pressing the clothes which hubby does every now and then. But not when I get lost in a good book. Not even hubby could make me get out of the rut where I got myself glued!

Hot. Shocking. Steamy. Passionate. Funny.

Fifty ShadesTrilogy.

Just finished the three books.

A fast read… and honestly, I am still out of breath from the experience.

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How my journey with Sam started

I held it the very first time June 1st this year…finally after waiting patiently for 6 months. Well, it was almost a difficult delivery. It was supposed to be due end of May, but came out a couple of days later, hehehe.

I could barely wait to unpack my SGS3. I was on the way to the airport to catch my flight for Finland when I got the call that my order was ready for pick up. I could have waited until I get back from my vacation in Vakaati…but no. I didn’t want to wait longer. In the plane, I tried to disregard the white box…but I couldn’t. An hour after take off, I finally gave in. I opened the box hoping that I could already tinker with it. Can you imagine the shock I got, when I realized that I couldn’t even insert my sim card in the sim card slot. It uses a micro sim card. Hurray! Typical me, I didn’t even bother to check it out in the first place. But heck, no trouble. There are two ways to get my sim-card easily converted into a micro simcard. Either go to the service provider (or order online from the service provider) for a micro simcard and pay 15€ (E-Plus) for it. Second option is to re-size the sim card by cutting it from all sides to make it fitting into the micro sim card slot. Just make sure that the chip (that golden yellow thingy in the middle of the sim card) does not get cut or even scrapped. Both ways work of course.

Lucky me, I have two extra sim cards. I just cut one first, to see if it would work. And it did! I could already tinker with my phone while I was on vacation. I downloaded all the apps I could get my hands on… at least what was necessary for me came down first. By the time I came back to Germany, my phone was half ready for me to use as my all around buddy. Locked and secured… I started my journey with Sam.

The thing is, hubby is also a gadget freak… so every time I came home from work, he would ask me for Sam and then would install stuff in it as well that hubby thinks I would be needing one day. Good thing too, so I don’t have to worry about it if the need arises. Yes, I am spoiled by him on this matter. He thinks of what else I would be need in terms of apps. Books, movies, music, navigation maps… anything!

Then, suddenly, one day… I couldn’t go online with Sam. I was so irritated that I had to go to other places just to make sure if it was Sam which is the problem or if it was just an overload of online users. Sometimes it really happens in the town where I live. We would loose connection and when we report it to the provider, they would come with an excuse “that the line is at the moment overloaded…” oh well!

I think it was like for almost four days, I didn’t have internet connection with Sam. Irritating! Annoying! Frustrating! YES… I’m sure most of you know how that feels. But after some days, it started working again, at places where I seldom go, but not at the place where I am almost 9 hours a day. Somehow it is blocked there.

We tried calling the hotline number of our service provider, but the person on the other end of the line also couldn’t explain to us what is wrong. Solution: We changed internet service provider for Sam. Now I have whats app, viber, chikka, ym and skype connection all the time for the small amount of 260 Php per month. There goes the big cut on extra expenses like high phone call bill and prepaid load for my Globe roaming. Advantage: I’m reachable anytime, all the time. One can text me through Whats App, or Chikka messenger or call me also through Viber, Skype. Email, YM FB-chat no problem….of course, that’s if I my battery does not die on me when I am on the road or if I don’t forget to turn on my Mobile data connection,… *wink*.

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Pilipina sa puso…

Mahigit isang dekada na rin akong naninirahan dito sa Oyropa. Pakiramdam ko, parang buong buhay ko na. Pero kahit pa, madalas ko pa rin nami miss ang Pilipinas. Masyadong excited pa din ako makabalik doon tuwing bakasyon. Excited pa rin akong makita ang mga lugar na pinapasyalan ko nung teenager pa ako. Ang mga kaibigan kong ka-share ko sa hirap at ginhawa habang nag aaral pa ako. Excited pa din akong baybayin ang buong EDSA, Roxas Boulevard, Malate, Mabini at Quezon Avenue areas. Ang pagsakay ng jeepney, bus at FX ay kinagigiliwan ko pa rin. At kung sumasakay ako sa MRT at LRT, lalo akong humahanga sa pagbabagong nagaganap sa ating Bayan.

OO, mabaw lang ako. Sa mga ganitong bagay natutuwa na ako. Tumataba na ang dibdib ko pag andun ako sa ating Bayan. Pero humigit pa sa pakiramdam ko, tuwing may nakikita akong mga dayuhan na gustong bumisita sa ating Bayang Pilipinas. At, sa Paliparang Frankfurt kung saan ako nagta trabaho napapansin ko, medyo madami na ang bilang ng mga dayuhan na nagiging interesado sa Bayan natin. At hindi ko tinutukoy ang mga dayuhan na may asawang Pilipino na dumadalaw sa atin. Ang tinutukoy ko ay ang mga kabataang gustong makita ang ibang dako ng mundo. Mga kabataang gustong buksan ang kanilang mga mata at pang unawa para sa ibang Bayan, ibang Kultura at Nasyon. Naaaliw ako sa kanila. At sa mga pagkakataong lalapit sila sa akin para mag tanong patungkol sa aking Bayang pinanggalingan, taas noo kong sinisigaw (OA!) sinasambit ang pangalan ng ating bayan: PHILIPPINEN – Philippines – Pilipinas. Siyempre, depende din sa lahi ng nagtatanong ;).

Subalit, sa di maiwasang kadahilan, kinailangan kong mag palit ng Estado o Nasyonalidad. Medyo matagal na rin akong nagpalit ng kulay ng pasaporte ko, pero sa isip, sa puso sa kulay at kultura, Pilipino pa rin ako. Kumakain pa rin ng tuyo, bagoong, taho (kung meron). Naghahanap ng Monay at pandesal sa mga asian shop. Gumagamit ng patis, toyo o kaya magic sarap sa pagluluto. Nagkakamay habang kumakain, kung may pagkakataon. Nakiki tsismis, naghahanap ng mga sale sa tinadahan, pumupunta sa divisoria at baclaran o kaya katapat nila dito sa Alemanya mga tindahan ng mga Turko, Pakistani, Indian, etc., kung saan nakaka mura. At oo, nakikipag tawaran pa din ako sa presyo ng binibili ko. Siyempre kung pwede lang din naman. Nasa pakikipag usapa naman yan at sa tono ng kanta ng tao…hehehe. At sa maniwala kayo o hindi… madalas nakaka hingi nga ako ng diskuwentro sa binibili ko, kahit pa dito sa Oyropa.

Nakikisuyo pa din ako sa mga kakilala ko na dalhan ako ng Boy Bawang, butong pakwan, polboron, neosep, alaxan, efficascent oil o kaya omega pain killer at kung ano ano pang bagay na nakasanayan ko sa ating bayan. Nanonood pa din ako ng mga pelikulang Pilipino, teleserye, telenobela at konsiyerto ng mga Pilipinong artista kung may pagkakataon. Sa makatuwid, nagpalit man ako ng kulay ng pasaporte ko, sa kulay ng balat ko (at hindi po ako nagpa Belo…hehehe), sa puso at sa diwa, isa pa rin akong Pilipina.

Kung naitatanong niyo po kung bakit ko ito naisulat dito, may isang Pilipina kasi akong nakasalubong sa shopping area dito sa malapit sa lugar ko. Binati ko siya ng ngiti at sabay nagtanong ako kung Pilipina siya. Nag Aleman po ng sagot, at Aleman daw siya. Di daw siya Pilipina. Pero sa pananalita niya, ang kanyang punto ay Pilipinang-Pilipina. Sa kulay ng balat, sa hugis ng ilong (ayoko kasi sanang sabaihhing PANGO siya), sa pagdadala ng kanyang kasuotan – kahit pa naka branded jeans and bags siya, masasabing Pilipina talaga siya. At eto pa, ang pagkakatang ko sa kanya: “Hello po ‘te. Pilipina ka?” Sagot niya: “Nein! Ich habe deutsche Pass.” (as in mismo mga kataga niya.)(Translation: “Hindi. Aleman ang pasaporte ko.”)– AHEMMMM!

Napahiya ako sa mga naka paligid sa amin. At nahiya din ako para sa kanya. Humingi nalang ako ng dispensa at hindi na ako nag usisa pa. Sa pagkaka intindi ko, hindi na siya Pilipina. German na siya. as in… but you know what, Teh? Kailangan ba talagang ipangalandakan kung Aleman ka na? Kailangan ba talagang ipamukha sa iba na pwede ka nang bomoto sa halalan nila dito? Naiintindihan mo ba kaya ang plataporma ng mga kandidata? Naiintindihan mo ba kaya ang pulitiko nila? Bakit di ka nalang magpaka totoo. OO, may pasaporte ka na ng Alemanya. May “digital personalausweiss ka na….WHO CARES?! Ate, huwag mo namang kalimutan sa kulay ng balat mo (pwera nalang kung nag meta ka), sa hugis ng ilong mo (pwera nalang kung nagpa Belo ka) at sa punto ng pananalita mo palang… perfekto ka man (o hindi) magsalita ng lenguahe dito… Pilipina ka pa din. Malamang sa bahay mo, meron ka ding nakatabing larawan ng Mayon Volcano, pamaypay na malaki na nakasabit sa dingding mo at last super na may katugmang malalaking kutsara at tinidor na nakasabit sa kusina mo… at higit sa lahat, magic sing along sa kabinet mo. Asus!

Pahabol lang:

Marami naman tayong nagpalit na ng pasaporte natin. Pero, ang punto ko lang naman dito, pasaporte lang naman natin ang pinalitan hindi po ba? Sa palagay ko naman po ay ang pagiging Pilipino ay hindi mapapalitan dahil sa ugali, isip pananalita mo ay bahagyang lumalabas ito. Ah, basta ako bisdak…(Bisayang Dako)!

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It’s more fun in the Philippines


Summer is finally here! Well, officially it’s still Spring time, but the weather temperature has gone up during the last few days, one would think it is already summer. Mister Sun has been showing up a lot lately as well… one would wonder why, eh?

Well, actually, in a month we would have summer officially. Spring here in Germany starts in March till May. Then summer follows from June till August. Summer season is always the busiest. People start going out to parties till the wee hours of the morning. Grill at their gardens or at the park is a very popular leisure activity. Then of course there are the various sports activities: volleyball, basketball league and of course football season. People tend to over-enjoy the sun and the warm weather since we don’t have this the whole year.

In the Philippines, it is totally different. First of all, we have only two seasons to experience: Rainy/Wet season and Sunny/Dry season. Rainy season starts late in May till October. This is the time where most typhoons hit the country as well. Sometimes typhoon would still hit the country till late November. But from December on, the weather would start to be calmer but the temperature would still be lower than 30 degrees. Come January, the heat would slowly seep through again. I love the December till January weather since it is not too hot yet then. By March, the weather would hit up to 38 or 40 degrees Celsius and that’s when it can be really dangerous. Heatwave, sunburn and dehydration are common problems during this times.

So, what do most people do in these times? They go to the beach or to their favorite aqua resorts. Luckily, there are lots of these in the Philippines. First since it is basically an archipelago, surrounded by bodies of water. Second it is very rich in natural resources with its abundant lakes, rivers and waterfalls. Third, by demand, swimming pool resorts are so often visited that it became a popular business venture since way back in the late 80’s early 90’s. I assume until now.

Visit for instance, the Island of Camiguin where you can enjoy the nice beach, diving, snorkeling, or lazing around in one of their several lakes, hot and cold spring pools and enjoy the waterfalls as well. If you want adventure, try trekking up the Hibuk-hibok volacano too. A variety of activities to choose from all in one small island.

To name some nice places to visit in the Philippines:
Some of the beaches that I actually visited. It’s not much but I still plan to add more to this list.

Bohol – Balicasag Island, Alona Beach in Panglao
Boracay
Camiguin
Coron, Palawan
Dakak, Dapitan
Dos Palmas, Palawan
Kalibu
Nasugbu, Batangas
Subic
Underground River, Palawan
Hundred Islands, Pangasinan

Places like:

Caramoan Islands in Camarines
Paradise resort in Davao
Pearl farm in Davao
El Nido Palawan
Rafting in Pangasinan
The pristine white sand beaches in Cebu

… are places that I still want to visit. Given the time and resources, someday, I will explore them all…It’s really more fun in the Philippines!

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Happy Mother’s Day

Mother in different languages:
Afirkaans – Moeder, Ma
Albanian – Mënë, Mëmë
Arabic – Ahm
Belarusian – Matka
Bolognese – Mèder
Bosnian/ Bulgarian – Majka
Brazilian/Portuguese – Mãe
Chechen – Nana
Croatian – Mati, Majka
Czech – Abatyse
Danish – Mor
Dutch – Moeder, Moer
English – Mother, Mama, Mom
Finnish – Äiti
French – Mère, Maman
German – Mutter
Greek – Màna
Hawaiian – Makuahine
Hindi – Ma, Maji
Hungarian – Anya, Fu
Icelandic – Móðir
Indonesian – Induk, Ibu, Biang, Nyokap
Irish – Máthair
Italian – Madre, Mamma
Japanese – Okaasan, Haha
Judeo/Spanish – Madre
Latin – Mater
Macedonian – Majka
Marathi – Aayi
Mongolian – eh
Norwegian – Madre
Persian – Madr, Maman
Tagalog – Ina, Nanay, Inay, Mama
Polish – Matka, Mama
Portuguese – Mãe
Punjabi – Mai, Mataji, Pabbo
Romanian – Mama, Maica
Russian – Mat’
Serbian – Majka
Slovak – Mama, Matka
Spanish – Madre, Mamá, Mami
Swedish – Mamma, Mor, Morsa
Swiss/German – Mueter
Turkish – Anne, Ana, Valide
Ukrainian – Mati
Urdu – Ammee
Welsh – Mam
Yiddish – Muter
Zeneize – Moæ

Moms may be called differently in ways, but one thing is common: their LOVE for their kids/children is unconditional and their role as mother is never ending. And I do believe that being a mother is the hardest job in the whole world. So, to all Mother’s: I salute and admire you all!

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Skin whitening options

Glutha, Metha at ngayon naman BB cream from Korea. Kaloka! I can’t seem to keep up with all these whitening products. Kaliwa’t-kanan ang labasan ng mga adverts nila. Alin nga kaya ang effective sa kanila?

Ano ba? Totoo ba ang himala? Pag gumamit daw nito isang isang tao ay magiging “fair” ang comlexion nito? Pampaputi daw o baka naman mamumutla ka sa mahal?

Simula nung bumalik ako galing Pilipinas, sabi ng mga kakilala ko dito sa Alemanya ay pumuti daw ako. Ano daw ang ginawa ko? At kung nag gu-Gluta nga daw ba ako?

Gluta? Ahh. yung sinabi sa akin ng Tita ko na actually ay supplementary tabs/caps for the liver at iba pang internal organs… at ang side effect daw nito kapag tini take ng matagal ay nagiging fair ang complexion ng tao. Pampakinis din daw ito ng balat.

Huh??? Eh, (kakapalan ko na ang mukha ko ha), matagal na pong makinis ang balat ko! Hahaha… joke lang po. Actually, hindi ako nagte take ng caps or tabs nito. But I do use the Gluta-Milk soap na nabili ko nga sa Pinas. Nung andun kasi ako, masyado naman akong nawili magbilad sa araw, kaya nangitim na naman ang Lolé. Natakot akong tawagin na naman akong “Baluga” nung isang kaibigan namin na Aleman kaya naghanap ako ng makakatulong sa akin na sabon na hindi naman kamahalan. Hindi ko naman po afford ang Bello Essentials at lalong hindi ko afford magpa inject ng ilang beses ng Glutathione or Metathione.. or kung ano pa man yang mga “…ione” na yan.

Mukhang effective naman ang mumurahin kong sabon kasi nabati naman ako ng ibang kaibigan dito sa Alemanya na pumuti nga daw ang kyutis ko lalo na sa mukha. Minsan, tinanong ako kung ano daw ang powder na gamit ko… sabi ko wala po, kasi late na ako nagising at wala na akong time na mag polbo man lang ng mukha. Talaga bare ang mukha ko nung araw na iyon. Ayun nga, kuminis nga daw ang fés ni Lola. Kuminis nga po talaga ang fés ko… pero sa palagay ko ang kailangan ko talagang pag-ipunan ay ang pampa face lift ko. Kasi pansin ko, medyo halos naginging papaya na ata ang mga pisngi ko… o baka naman tumaba na ulit ako…in which case kailangan ko din mag ipon pampa lipo!…(hahaha!)

Vanity—is this a virtue or a sin? Either way, it could make a deep hole in my pocket.

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Teleserye fever

Well, life… i guess wherever we are in this world, no matter in which time zone we happen to live, grow up, study, work or simply exist, our roots never leaves us. People who are uprooted from wherever they came from, separated with their family and loved ones for whatever reasons, tend to adjust in their host country.

Of course, “what to do?”– ika nga ng isang Pinoy na kakilala ko na matagal nang naninirahan dito sa Alemanya. Andito siya “para matustosan ang mga pamilya niya sa Pilipinas. Ang kanyang mag iina at mga magulang at kapatid na rin”. Oh, diva bongga? Ang pinaka gasgas na “linya” o “dialog” nating mga Filipino overseas. Pero, okay lang, kasi kahit papaano nakaka survive naman tayo, kahit san tayo mapunta. Dahil sa pagmamahal natin sa aking mga kaanak. Dahil sa motibasyon at ambisyon. Dahil na rin sa hangad ng magandang buhay sa ating bayan, kung sakali mang kakayanin ng umuwi at doon na nga manirahan ulit sa ating Inang Bayan sa ating pag tanda. OO, maraming mga tao na pre pareho pinag dadaanan sa buhay. Pare-pareho din ang hangad na ambisyon, pero magkaka iba lang ang antas ng hirap at sakit na nag udyok sa kanila na makarating sa kanilang kinaroroonan ngayon.

At saan man nga tayong mga Pinoy mapadpad, salamat sa teknolohiya, may mga Pilipino teleserye na napapanood natin online o naman kaya ay sa pamamagitan ng TFC (The Filipin Channel) subscription na pampalipas ng lungkot at pangungulila.

Dito po ako nanonood ng mga Pelikulang Pilipino online: Sine Pinoy

At sa kasalukoyan, ito naman po ang isa sa kinagiliwan ko at sinusubaybayang teleserye…

Nakaka aliw manood nito. Alam mo na, halo-halong emotion ang nadarama ko kapagnanonood ako nito. Anjan ang kilig, saya, (bumabalik na alala ng aking kabataan), excitement, pagka inis sa mga kontrabida at awa sa naaping bida. Naiinis din ako sa dulo ng bawat episode, dahil ibig sabihin mabibitin na naman ako. Pero excited na ulit na mapanood na naman ang susunod na kabanata nito.

Nakaka loka, pero sa toto lang, ito ang theraphy ko kapag tinatamaan ako ng pagka homesick. Ito at ang iba pang palabas sa telebisyon na napapanood na nga via online streaming.

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Samsung Galaxy S3 fever

It’s out and hopefully by the end of the month it’s already in the market… the Samsung Galaxy S III. I’ve been waiting for this phone since early this year. I lost my smartphone when I was on vacation in the Philippines. So when I got back here in Germany, I had to make do with an antique one.

It’s difficult, coz, i was already very dependent on my smartphone. Calendar schedules, contacts, memos and notes, Navi and of course internet on the go. I must admit, these last few months have been somewhat strange for me going around without my smartphone. I felt like somehow incomplete.

But now, the wait is almost over. My new buddy is already pre-ordered online.

Read more about the specs of the new Samsung Galaxy SIII here.

Watch the event here.

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Kaarawan dapat ka nga bang ipagdiwang?

Sa themang kaarawan, nalalapit na ang ika apat na dekada na anibersaryo ng aking kapanganakan. Sa totoo lang, hanggang ngayon di ko pa rin alam kung mag hahanda ba ako. Bakit kaya ganun? Hindi ba, dapat aligaga ang tao sa paghahanda para sa kaarawan nito? Hindi ba, dapat masaya at maligalig ang tao sa pag iimbita ng bisita nito para sa kaarawan niya?

Nag aalinlangan ako kung maghahanda nga ako. Sabagay kasi hindi ko pa alam kung saan ko dapat idaos ang party. Minsan naiisip ko, gawin ko German style. Mag order ng mga cold cuts na nakapatong sa kahalating tinapay, mga iba’t-ibang klase ng keso, at mga Olives at paprika. Tapos maglagay din ng konting salad, ayos na. Mag imbita ng ilang tao sa isang restaurant for like 3 hours na kainan…tapos uwian na.

Pero, ang aking pagiging Pilipina ay kumokontra sa ideya na ito. Masaya naman kasi maghanda ng open end na party diba? Masa masarap din siyempre ang handang Pilipino. Ang walang kamatayang Pansit, Eskabche, Kaldereta, Humba o kaya Lechon. Isa pang problema, komo autumn baby ako, medyo malamig na sa buwan ng kaarawan ko. Hmmmm….. ano kaya maganda pakulo sa Oktubre?

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A Tulip for May

Last weekend, hubby and I were invited the 60th birthday of hubby’s cousin. They live like 300 kms away from us but it didn’t matter. Anyway, It was a good time to travel since the weather has warmed up a bit.

Also, I thought I should try to abuse my new cam… hehehe. Thing is, I read it somewhere, unless I am invited as the official camera man (woman) for the party, I should not bring my camera to parties. I did anyway, but decided not to take so much photos from the party.

As a photogapher wanna-be, the best place to practice? Where else but at mother-in-law’s garden. I decided to to take advantage the early morning light las Sunday. I like these best.

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