Rough World Series #1: At the Philippine Tiangge

aaron: [holding up a pair of boxers] magkano

tindera (sales lady): 200

aaron: hay nako grabe! mahal mashadow. 100

my dad: [holding one up] walang butas

tindera: unisex boxers, mam-sir

aaron: ayokow. I need MALAKING hole [with matching hand measurement of 3 feet]

Racial Discrimination

me: I heard they saw Usher taking Jeeps around Manila

aaron: I bet it was just some black guy. People see foreigners and they think of celebrities

me: but it's not just us.. those black guys you worked with used to call you Harry Potter and Spiderman

me: RJ kinda looks like Toby McGuire

aaron: no, RJ can't be Toby McGuire because he's not white.

aaron: RJ can be Jet Li.

aaron: and Choob can be Jackie Chan.

aaron: and K can be Jackie Chan.

Naaalimpungatan

7:30am. 7 Aug 2010

aaron: Gusto ko ng... bedpan

me: how about starting the day with "good morning"

aaron: Good morning, gusto ko ng... bedpan

to my mad hatters...

i just saw Alice in Wonderland (i know, i'm late) and a quote reminded me of you guys:

The Mad Hatter: Have I gone mad?
[Alice checks Hatter's temperature]
Alice Kingsley: I'm afraid so. You're entirely bonkers. But I'll tell you a secret. All the best people are.

stay mad peeps!
:)

just a minor kwento.

got home sunday night from a weekend beach trip. pretty tired from the journey but i went straight to the Church to catch one of the last few evening masses. first time it ever happened to me:

I Fell Asleep!

While Standing!

True story. I swear. Quite an experience. I was off balance for a second but good thing i was able to hold on to one of the pews and thus prevent complete and utter humiliation!

Maybe this is the reason why i can't find my passport. :D

mid western yoga (y'all)

usual yoga teacher: open your chest, lift your arms to the sky.. exhale.. roll down vertebrae by vertebrae.. send the top of your head towards the earth.. inhale.. relax your heart center...

substitute yoga teacher with twang: beind over.. lit chur head haing, lahk a shanny lil weight on uh feeshin' powl.. [hiccup]

My Brush with Pet-loving America

TOASTMASTERS INTERVIEW:

Toastmaster: tell us something about yourself that few people know

me: umm. I like rabbit

Toastmaster: awww (with a sparkle of innocence in his eyes) you like bunny rabbits?

me: no, i like to eat rabbit.

[no response. perhaps I should elaborate]

me: I guess they're dual-purpose that way

[perhaps I should have stopped at "rabbit"]

me in a desperate attempt to redeem myself: BUT I don't eat them if they're named, domesticated or vaccinated

[STILL no reaction from the crowd]

I told Aaron as soon as I got home (sumbong) -- FINALLY got some laughter out of this (God bless supportive spouses or at least ones with a similarly twisted sense of humor).