Pranskter Pranked

Kahapon after namin mag-snack ni Momon, bigla na lang s'yang di gumagalaw at di nagsasalita. Napatingin s'ya sa right leg n'ya... at alam ko nang nakatulog ang binti n'ya.

E ako naman, pilya, sadista at sadyang loka loka! Hahaha! Opportunity na 'to!
Tinusok-tusok ko! Kinurot-kurot! Sinampal sampal! Lahat na!

Di na maipinta ang mukha ni Momon! Kung naka-experience na kayong makatulog ang binti n'yo, alam n'yo na kung anong ibig kong sabihin. Para kang sabay na kinikiliti at sinaksaktan. Si Momon, nakangiti na nakasimangot, nagpipigil ng emosyon, walang masabi, di rin makasigaw or makapag-protesta. Tapos, biglang tumawa!

Yun pala...
yung left leg naman n'ya yung tulog.

Weekend Getaway

It's early morning and I just got home. Oh, what a restful day, a day for spoiled Mymies!

Painful massage for his strained calf muscle.
Napping like we haven't slept in days.
Drinking Basi wine using champagne glasses.
Cooking lumpiang gulay, camaron rebusado, calamares. Eating them, of course!
Watching HTVS, especially the credit roll.
Just the two of us, talking for hours on the porch.
Being together, relaxing, recharging.

Suddenly, it's cold. How I wish you were my pillow and my blanket.

Paintball!!!

It was such a rush! 66 bullets is not enough.

Super protected.

Mga super gagad! Green Team panalo! Ubos ang bala!

Black team, panay pasa. Yak!!! Arouch!

Pasko na, Pasko na!

May mga parol nang nakasindi,
May mga parol nang nakasindi...

At ang lamig, ay lubhang matindi...

HUH?!

Naginternet ako sa isang place near Astoria.
Aba! Korean ba naman ang characters sa buong screen.

Ros: "Pwede ang ilipat n'yo ko sa alpha numeric characters?"
Attendant: "Wala pong ganon e. Pero pag punta n'yo naman po sa site, english na."
Ros: "Ha?! E pano kung may ise-save ako, etc."
Attendant: "E wala pong ganon e."
Ros: "This is ridiculous, nasa Pilipinas tayo!"

DUH?! KOREA BA 'TO?

Nakikinig ako sa radio...

Reporter: Kakasagap lang namin ng balita na isang barko ang natumba at tuluyan nang lumulubog ngayon. Ito'y isang MV Brian na namula sa Puerto Galera at patunggo mismo sa Batangas Pier. BLAH BLAH BLAH... Sa katunayan, may mga pasahero daw itong ilang foreigners at... BLAH BLAH.

Pinoy, wala? Not worth mentioning?

Missing Blog Moments

Once again, nawawalan na nang saysay ang aking blog.
Di naman sa wala kong adventures na maiku-kwento...
Tinatamad lang talaga.

Romantic Comedies

I just saw two romantic comedies in one day. Akala mo walang magawa.

First, "The Break-Up" starring Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn.
Nakakatuwa naman... guys should watch this. Bittersweet ending.

Second, "Failure to Launch" starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew McConaughey.
Walang kwenta! Why does this guy keep on getting stuck with stories about him meeting a girl out of a bet or a job?

Starting Today

Too strong for too long (and I can't be without you baby)
And I'll be waiting up until you get home (cause I can't sleep without you baby)
Anybody who's ever loved, you know just what I feel
Too hard to fake it, nothing can replace it
Call the radio if you just can't be without your baby

-Be Without You
Mary J. Blige

IOM 2006

Last September, I participated as a staff member of the Imaging Our Mekong 2006 Technical Workshop. It's a fellowship program for journalist of the different countries in the Mekong region. We spent the whole month devoted to our new friends from Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.

I wanted to write a full-blown entry on this but all my efforts of chronicling this event has been poured over the 80-page written documentation I prepared. Pictures at konting kwento na lang ang kaya ko.

Here's the IOM staff, from left to right:
Tita Nancy who takes care of administration and finance, Ate Yas (6mos pregnant) is the head of everything, Kara, Ate Rin and I

Here I am with the Filipino facilitators--Kuya Jay, Jing and Agay. We hosted a dinner in our suite one night and we had an impromptu traditional/wacko dance.

Here we are at Casa Manila in Intramuros.

Below is the team from Thailand: Pinay facilitator Riza, fellows Bo and Nu, and translator Pat. They made a story about Filipino cockfighters. Incidentally, Pat had his Masters in UP CMC Broad Dept, kaya tawag namin sa isa't isa ay schoolmate.

The ouster of Takshin also happened while they were here in the Philippines. They taught us how to say "Takshin, Get Out!" in Thai. It's "Takshin, OOK PAI!!!" Kaya pag may magjo-joke ng corny o kaya pag nag-aasaran, sasabihin lang "Ook Pai!"

Syempre aside from the lectures and the production schedules, we also had a lot of recreational activities. Here we are at Enchanted Kingdom. From left to right there's Lao translator Tou, partly hidden is Burmese fellow Ah Doi, me, Tita Nancy and another Burmese fellow Ko Ko Gyi.

We also played a lot of badminton, here in Manila and in Davao. Here I am with Lao fellow Lay. Kunwari mga champion! hiniram lang namin sa cabinet ng isang place na nilaruan namin sa Davao. Hehe.

We also had many dinners, one of which was a concert in Matina Town Square in Davao featuring Popong Landero. It was a Wednesday night kaya onti lang ang tao, parang private party tuloy. Popong invited the fellows to dance on stage.

Marami pang kwento! It's fascinating to meet so many people with so many cultures. I especially enjoyed the dinners I spent in their rooms, eating their "oh-so-spicy" noodles and fish, talking about their families and their work. I was in another region for one month. Now, we're all back to our countries, back to our jobs and our own realities. But for the one month we were trapped in the IOM World, I was pretty sure nobody wanted to leave.

CPA Momon!

Congrats Mymie!
Also to the 2006 batch, 100%! Go UP!