Silencing The Ranting Dentist

Yes, I’ll be silent on April 30. But will probably be for the rest of the week, too. It’s annual convention time and I’m off to Manila. Just when the thrill of rising stats is giving me impetus to write more and better (hopefully), I have to drop it. I am not sure if it’s [...]

I’m Turning Pink

“Circle, circle, dot, dot, now you have a cootie shot!”
A couple of lady friends literally dragged me into buying them each a pair of rubber thongs – cheap imitation of Havaianas. I couldn’t complain. A pair costs only P37.50 and because the request came from two trendy, label-conscious people who profess to shopping as a [...]

The Big Brother Swap

I see an upsurge coming, of European men queueing at the tanning salons. And Pinays (and some Pinoys, actually) – BEWARE. There’s going to be competition. Over Bruce Quebral, that is. Filipino hunk and house mate at the second season of the Pinoy Big Brother reality series, Bruce was sent to Slovenia in exchange for [...]

Madame Malaprop

The stark ridiculousness of the sign above (found at Nakanampucha!) reminded me of Melanie Marquez’s malapropisms. I was prompted to scour for her unforgettable bloopers, and here are what I found online.
Here are my top five:
5. “Ang tatay ko ang only living legend na buhay!”
4. “I don’t eat meat. I’m not a carnival.”
3. [...]

Adam and Eve

Man: Lord, why did you make woman so beautiful?
God: For you to love her.
Man: But why does she have to be so dumb?
God: For her to love you.
This is an old joke I got through text, and in Tagalog, but I was ‘inspired’ to post it here after reading another one like it at Marizen’s. [...]

The Three Worst Chinese Tortures

Once there was a guy wandering through the desert. He was starved and very thirsty so he was very excited when he saw this huge house out of nowhere. He walked up and rang the doorbell. After a couple of rings an old Chinese guy answered. The starved man begged him for a meal and [...]

On Bikini Babes, Belchers, and Bees

As if the harsh heat isn’t enough to get everyone thinking about global warming, we Filipinos have come up with a more attention-grabbing, nay, distracting way to get people interested. Enter the Miss Earth beauty pageant. Homegrown, along with the Ms. Philippines-Earth search for the Filipina representative, it is now considered to be among [...]

Spider-Man Swings This Way, Too!

The local movie house, Colossus Cineplex, is showing it simultaneously with Manila theaters on May 1st, three days ahead of its commercial release in the U.S. I’m keeping my fingers crossed and hoping it gets shown as announced, unlike what happened with 300. The Sparta flick is still on extended run here, by the [...]

New Beginnings

It gets me panicky when a dear friend leaves, it seems they all do. Either to go back home, leave for work elsewhere, to get married, or like a few others, drift apart perhaps deciding to be seen less. Life can be bittersweet. But then we carry on to new beginnings, looking forward to even [...]

Kids Say the Darnedest Things

At four, my nephew Nathanne is a sponge. We have to be constantly on guard over anything we say, or do, lest we get caught off guard hearing him use these in the most inappropriate time and place. He can read and write his alphabet and has now taken an interest in reading, and asked [...]