Please Help Me Win This "Like" Campaign for My Sister

We are seven in the family, and my sis is the youngest.  Ako po ang eldest.  One of the things that I'm proud of my sister is that her fiance is her first and only boyfriend, and she's getting married to him.  They've been on since their college days.  

Eto biruan namin ng sis ko after her boyfriend proposed to her:

Me:  E di maghahanap ka na ng mga suppliers para sa wedding?
Sis:  Di na kailangang maghanap.  Tatawagan ko na lang sila, sasabihin ko tuloy na.  Ganito magiging dialogue namin ng suppliers ko.

Sis:  Hello, Supplier. Go na yung orders ko.
Supplier:  Ma'm, ano po igo-go natin?  Yung order niyo nung 2006, 2007, 2008, or 2009?

They are getting married next year.  I am asking for your support for them to win this online contest.  Please go to Wedding Expo Philippines and follow the instructions.  Your liking it will be greatly appreciated.  And please post this on your Facebook wall and ask friends to support.  I will appreciate your help.  Thank you. - Rence

Wear Your Helmet When Riding - Always

Let Us Help This Couple in Distress

As I was surfing the internet last night, I chanced upon the blog of a couple.  They are seeking help so that their ordeal of almost two years may end.  Someone is trying to extort money from them.  Please take time to read their blog and the least that we can do to help is to post their blog in our Facebook accounts or other social networking sites until their case reaches the proper authorities. 

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Comments on Published Article: Kasambahay, Katulong, o Alila: Sino ang Kasama Mo sa Bahay?

I wrote the article "Kasambahay, Katulong, o Alila: Sino ang Kasama Mo sa Bahay?" and submitted it to Definitely Filipino.  I was touched when I read the comments to my article.  Some of the comments came from OFW's.  I was thinking about the local domestic helpers when I wrote the article, so it was a surprise when some of the comments came from them.  I am posting some of the comments here.

• in our home, they rule! i've kept them for over 25 years - lasts longer than my marriage.
• kung pwede lang i-level mo ung sarili mo sa kanila para sa pakikisama mo sa kasambahay dahil kung may pera sila di sila mamasukan ng ganun kababa ang tingin sa kanila.....kaya dapat tapatan ng pakikisama ng maayos at itrato ng tama 
• d2 sa hk mas may pinag aralan,mas marunong.masipag.maasahan at higit sa lahat mapagkatiwalaan ang mga pinay kasambahay. 
• NOTA.she's a family for us;-)
• ako, tawag ko dati sa kasama sa bahay, isa siyang Ambisyosang Palaka.  Ginagaya yung porma ko.  Inaakit yung jowa ko, tinorture anak ko, itsinismis ako.  Sobra! Kulang na lang itulak ko sa hagdan. Joke lang!  Kaya mabuti pa minsan, bumili ka na lang ng high tech appliances and kayo na lang ng family mo magtulungan na gumawa ng gawaing bahay.  Walang sakit ng ulo, wala ka pang pakikisamahan.
• whatever you address them, kasambahay, katulong or alila, relationship between both sides will depend on how they treat each other.
• kasambahay, pero kung minsan depende rin yan sa amo na napasukan mo even you want to treat them well kung sila naman di ka nila treat na maayos di mo rin ma-blame ang isang katulong, relationship between them depends on both sides
• ako, alila na talaga ako...haaay
• pambihira yung kasambahay.  Karamihan, katulong siguro
• right now, after poison ivy, i'd rather alone do the household chores
• lahat ng tao ay isang alila...kapag ikaw ay may amo alila ka..alila ka rin ng iyong mga pangarap..di ba gusto mo tuparin mga yun kaya nagsusumikap ka..lahat tayo alila,iba iba nga lang na environment o aspeto..
• whatever u call it, maids are treated like a family in our home with respect.
• parehas lang iyon.. the terms doesn't matter.. it's how you treat a person (your help) do you treat them like a slave or would you mind to treat them like your close family member tending your needs? you should treat your alila.. katulong.. aide helper.. kasambahay .. atsay.. labandera..nanny.. fairly.. and w/ respect.. you must direct them 'coz they don't know everything or what ur thinking.. :) 007
• Sa hirap ng buhay kaya siguro pinasok nya kasambahay,katulong,o alila para lang mabuhay ang mahal nya sa buhay at sa pamilya nya. Mabuhay kayo mga kasambahay saludo ako sa inyo...
• Marangal na trabaho ang katulong,alila o ksambahay.....kya saludo po ako!
• isa po akong nanny masabi ko po marangal ang trabaho ko nakapagtapos man ako hindi ako pumili ng trabahong gusto ko dahil sa kagustuhan ko maibigay yung nararapat sa pamilya ko tiis at sakripisyo ang ginawa ko.
• Ganun din ako layie khit me natapos marangal dn nmn ang trabaho natin dito..katulong di aq dito sa dubai kahit pangit ang ugali ng amo natin tinitiis lng pra sa ating milya..
• mabuhay ang mga helpers sa buong mundo! You are the Number 1 contributor of any kind. . .If this world need the rich? Those rich people need us too.:-)
• Para sa akin kahit ano pa ang at natapos basta marangal tayong kumikita para sa kinabukasan natin at pamilya!!! Isa rin ako sa mga kasambahay dito london... Hindi po biro ang sakripisyong makisama sa ibang pamilya habang tayo ay malayo sa ating mga mahal na buhay...saludo ako sa mga kasambahay na gaya ko!!!
• Im nanny too but minsan medyo mhirap din ipaalam na katulong ka kc may mga taong sa una they talk to u then asking what your job and u tell them the truth the nextime u meet them they ignore you!!!kapwa mo din pinoy kc mha nurse daw kc sila.
• katulong lng din ako d2 sa Italy...dhil sa work na to umaangat nman kabuhayan ng pamilya ko. Nakakatulong din kmi sa mga ibat ibang community ng bayan nmin...
• Hats off ako sa mga masisipag at mapagmahal na tulad ninyo. Be proud of what you do because it is a skill and a vocation as well. GOD bless.
• marami dn d2 sa italy ang ganyan ang ugali. D nga cla kasambahay pero tulad ko dn na taga linis....yung iba kc ayaw nila e level ang sarili sa tulad nming mga katulong sa bahay...
• In demands talaga ang mga pinoys all over dahil sa galing magtrabaho at masipag.
• pra sa akin kahit ano pa work natin d2 sa ibang bansa consider prin tyo as domestic helper mapa doctor,murse,engeener،o ano pa man skilled workers wlng pinag iba tyo d2 kasi tyong lahat ay pumuunta d2 pra mag trabajo proud to be skilled workers but much more proud all who sacrifice them self kahit hirap at mababa ang kinikita basta marangal lng na trabajo walng pinag iba sa mga skilled workers halos compara sa kita sila ay kasambahay ang tinatangap nila sahod walng bawas dahil libre na lahat eh tyo kung may accomodation man eh ang pagkain at personal na gastos halos pareparehas lng dn,ang dami nga mga umunlad na housemaids o kya nanny walang kaalamalam mansion na ang bahay sa pinas at malaking negosyo,aanhin man natin sa malaking sahod halos pantay lng ang gagastusin, wla rin maiipon db? Kaya para sa atin lahat na nand2 sa ibat ibag bansa ng mundo mabuhay tyong lahat at dakilang manggagawang Pilipino! GODBLESS US!
• Its a Blessings talaga n magkaroon ng Amo n mabait at tinuturing ka na pamilya.. Mahirap man ang trabaho, balewala dahil sa pamilya na umaasa sa pinas.. Kya Mabuhay po ang lahat ng Kasambahay/Nanny lalo n dito sa London.. (isa po ako sa libu-libong pinay nanny dito sa London) God Bless Us All..:)
• ito po ay isang marangal maayus malinis na trabaho..at sa lahat ang isang kasambahay na nag tra-trabaho sa ibang bansa ay malaki ang naitutulong sa ekonomiya ng bansa natin..
• Katulong ako noon sa Singapore. Then, I met my husband which is an American! We are happily married for 15 yrs. now, and finishing my college in a Lasalle University in the States major in History. To all my fellow "atsay" be proud! God use us as an instrument to bring Jesus to the secular society. Our personality, our joy, our humility speaks louder than words. God bless you. Never stop praying.
• I'm so proud as a nanny dito sa canada..dahil natupad ko ang mga pangarap ko sa buhay na makaahon sa kahirapan...I love my job..
• i mis hvng a helper, but true they wr there when my parents wr away working.mabuhay po ang mga manggwa s lahat ng panig s mundo.
• Katulong din ako sa HONGKONG.What bring me in NEW ZEALAND is ability as machinist(curtain maker)Hindi ko alam ang trade ko kung interior designer ako that I use to work in the bank(DBP Makati).I don't got any idea when I started this extra income I am still in Hongkong that time 1986 before handover.Very fortunate I had client who is Zealander.They are not my employer but they take me here that leads my success.Am very pleased that I got the weapon(my diploma) You how hard to stay in here.Settled here in my own.Brought my daughter for her education now she graduated in Auckland University.as BS Com Accounting thats my number one success secondly I have my own business as a interior design very successful to support my living and now undergoing to complete my house.so my dear NENITA we are the same but the difference I did this in my own but you very fortunate.I am very happy living in a small community I am very well known and some fellow Filipino told me I will run fro a mayor. I am very proud. Sa lahat na katulad ko don't let yourself down being "atsay"simply "IF IT'S TO BE, IT'S UP TO ME" and DON'T QUIT BEFORE THE MIRACLE HAPPENS!My the almighty Bless us at all times.Last, remeber to say Thank you what you recieve to GOD
• be pr0ud of who and what we really are,e2ng trabaho ntng e2 ang bumuhay s pmilya ntn.we all have the same purp0se s buhay ntn,to give a better life to our family.God is with us.He kn0ws our sacrifices.
• I hate ppl when they see and treat others different..only bcuz they do everything for u doesn't mean they don't need respect or be treated the same..
• walang masama sa pagiging katulong at kahit na anong klasing trabaho bastat matino at responsable ka, maging proud ka at dapat neririspito.dahil pare pareho lang tyong tao.                       
  Aq tawag q dati,kasama sa bahay.Isa syang Ambisyosang palaka!ginagaya yung porma q,inaakit jowa q,tinorture anak q,itsinismis aq,..Sobra!Kulang na lng itulak q sa hagdan,joke lng!Kaya mas maganda pa minsan,bumili ka na lng ng mga high tech appliances and kayo na lng ng family mo mgtulungan na gumawa ng mga gawaing bahay…walang sakit ng ulo,wala ka png pakikisamahan.
  Aq tawag q dati,kasama sa bahay.Isa syang Ambisyosang palaka!ginagaya yung porma q,inaakit jowa q,tinorture anak q,itsinismis aq,..Sobra!Kulang na lng itulak q sa hagdan,joke lng!Kaya mas maganda pa minsan,bumili ka na lng ng mga high tech appliances and kayo na lng ng family mo mgtulungan na gumawa ng mga gawaing bahay…walang sakit ng ulo,wala ka png pakikisamahan.
  Aq tawag q dati,kasama sa bahay.Isa syang Ambisyosang palaka!ginagaya yung porma q,inaakit jowa q,tinorture anak q,itsinismis aq,..Sobra!Kulang na lng itulak q sa hagdan,joke lng!Kaya mas maganda pa minsan,bumili ka na lng ng mga high tech appliances and kayo na lng ng family mo mgtulungan na gumawa ng mga gawaing bahay…walang sakit ng ulo,wala ka png pakikisamahan.
  Aq tawag q dati,kasama sa bahay.Isa syang Ambisyosang palaka!ginagaya yung porma q,inaakit jowa q,tinorture anak q,itsinismis aq,..Sobra!Kulang na lng itulak q sa hagdan,joke lng!Kaya mas maganda pa minsan,bumili ka na lng ng mga high tech appliances and kayo na lng ng family mo mgtulungan na gumawa ng mga gawaing bahay…walang sakit ng ulo,wala ka png pakikisamahan.
  Aq tawag q dati,kasama sa bahay.Isa syang Ambisyosang palaka!ginagaya yung porma q,inaakit jowa q,tinorture anak q,itsinismis aq,..Sobra!Kulang na lng itulak q sa hagdan,joke lng!Kaya mas maganda pa minsan,bumili ka na lng ng mga high tech appliances and kayo na lng ng family mo mgtulungan na gumawa ng mga gawaing bahay…walang sakit ng ulo,wala ka png pakikisamahan.
  Aq tawag q dati,kasama sa bahay.Isa syang Ambisyosang palaka!ginagaya yung porma q,inaakit jowa q,tinorture anak q,itsinismis aq,..Sobra!Kulang na lng itulak q sa hagdan,joke lng!Kaya mas maganda pa minsan,bumili ka na lng ng mga high tech appliances and kayo na lng ng family mo mgtulungan na gumawa ng mga gawaing bahay…walang sakit ng ulo,wala ka png pakikisamahan.

Patay-Gutom

Patay-gutom
Definition: timawa, palaging gutom, matakaw (from Morpolohiya - Wikipedia)

Hindi lahat ng mahirap ay patay-gutom.  Meron din namang mayaman at sagana sa buhay pero patay-gutom.  Ang pagiging patay-gutom ay isang state of mind.  Iyon ay ang pagkakaroon ng poverty mentality.  Maaari din nating sabihin na ang isang patay-gutom ay gahaman, sakim, at oportunista.  May kilala ka bang ganito?

Miriam to Enrile: Masturbation Is not Murder

by Ayee Macaraig

Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago shot down the statement of Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile that life begins when a man produces a sperm and a woman produces an egg.

During the resumption of the debate on Senate bill 2865 or the reproductive health bill, Enrile said, "There is life already [in the sperm and the egg] but not yet a human life because a woman cannot produce a human being without the sperm of a man, and a man cannot produce a human being without the egg of the woman so these elements on their own have life."

Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago rebuts the statement of Senate Pres. Juan Ponce Enrile that a sperm has life.

Santiago urged the Senate President to reconsider his stand. "If it is the position of Sen. Enrile that a sperm has life, of course, if a sperm has life, then that life should be protected. Therefore, in logic, when a person masturbates and releases all those sperms for nothing, he commits murder? Let's think about that."

Santiago and RH bill co-author Sen. Pia Cayetano fielded questions from Enrile and Sen. Sergio "Serge" Osmeña III on the definition of conception.

The two female legislators cited reports saying that there is no consensus in the scientific community on when life begins. Because of differences in meaning, some critics of the RH bill argue that contraceptives are abortifacients, but supporters of the measure deny this.

To resolve the debate, Santiago said she and Cayetano are open to adopting a working definition of conception only for the purposes of the RH bill, and not as a medically prescribed definition.

Cayetano pointed out that even members of the 1987 Constitutional

Commission failed to reach an agreement on the meaning of conception.

Ping vs. 'morning-after pill'

Sen. Panfilo Lacson, meanwhile, expressed opposition to allowing the use of so-called morning-after pills. Even he is a co-author of the bill, Lacson said he will withdraw his support for the measure if it includes the pills in the family planning devices couples can choose from.

"Because to me, if there's possibility of life, I don't want any contraceptive to interfere. Because no one will know after sexual intercourse if there's life. The man and the woman who engage in the sexual act will not know," he said.

Cayetano sought to address Lacson's concern. "This is a non-issue because the morning-after pill is not a registered contraceptive."

Sen. Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III, who is against the RH bill, also said he will raise questions in the upcoming sessions about the use of intrauterine device or IUD.

The Senate is debating the RH bill, which has yet to hurdle second reading. The bill so far has an equal number of supporters and critics in the chamber, with many senators still silent about their stand on the issue.
The interpellations will continue on September 26, Monday.

Source:  Move.PH

Bakit Bawal?

Kung nakakasugat ang makunan ng litrato, gutay-gutay na yung guard. Hahaha!!!

Here is my previous reblog:
Repost: Bawal Daw Mag-Kodakan sa Monumento ni Rizal - HALLER!!! 

This one is from MgaEpal:

Bakit Bawal Dito?

Takbo, Gloria, Takbo!!!

I found some pictures making fun of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in braces.  Gustung-gusto ko i-post dito yung pics dahil nakakatawa talaga.  Masarap pagtawanan kasi nakakainis siya.  Pero naisip ko, matanda na siya at may sakit.  Naisip ko tao din siya.  May damdamin din siya.  Kahit walanghiya.  Hindi ko na iisipin ang pagkatao niya dahil baka magbago ang isip ko at i-post ko mga litrato niya dito.  Iisipin ko na lang matanda na siya.  Yung hustisya, bahala humabol sa kanya.  Tumakbo na lang siya ng tumakbo.  Hanggang hukay na pagtakbo.

Dahil nga hindi na ako magpo-post ng pictures niya, tingnan niyo na lang yung post ng ibang bloggers. 

EXCLUSIVE:  Gloria Arroyo's Mug Shots

Pinoy Henyo

Arroyo Episodes

Watchlist Henyo

Dito man lang makaganti tayo.

My Childhood Games

Kung inabutan mo yung panahon na wala pang computers and video games, malamang ay nalaro mo ang mga games na ito (malamang din na ang age mo ngayon ay nasa late 30's and above):

Bugtungan
Taguan Pung

Tumbang Preso

Luksong Tinik

Sumpit

Tirador

Saranggola

Master Mind

Word Master Mind

Water Gun

Patintero

Siyato

Tantsing

Tex

Pitikan or Shooting Stars

Pitik Bulag

Touching Ball

Snakes and Ladders

Millionaire's Game

Chinese Garter

Jolens

Sungka

Games of the Generals

Sipa

Tic Tac Toe

Dr. Quack Quack

Bahay-bahayan

Luto-lutuan

Jackstone

Bean Bags

Luksong Baka
Simon Says

Mga tanong:
Alin sa mga larong ito ang mga nilalaro ng mga bata ngayon?
Ang ibang laro ba na nabanggit ay parte ng kulturang Pinoy?  Kung oo, baka mabaon na sa limot kung hindi matututunan ng mga kabataan ngayon dahil sa gadgets.
Nilalaro ba ng mga anak mo ang ilan man sa mga larong iyan?
Kung bibigyan ka ng pagkakataon, sa edad mo ngayon, alin ang gusto mong laruin?

Madadagdagan pa ito pag naalala ko yung iba.  Suggest naman kayo ng games na wala pa dito.  Kung hindi ninyo alam yung mechanics ng game na nabanggit, ask na lang sa comments and I'll explain them.

Baby Boomers and Generation X-ers, Too

I totally identify with this statement, but I was born two decades earlier.

Reblog: POST NG INA MO TALAGA!!! (Reloaded)

Di ko mapigilan i-repost e.  Basahin niyo na lang.

Eto yung link:

BLINKING CURSOR.

Reblog: Catholic Church Makes a Fortune in the German Porn Business

Perhaps if we give them the sole distribution of condoms and other contraceptives, and sex education literature, the RH Bill will gain their approval faster than you can say "fuck." - Rence

Go to the link to read the article

Worldcrunch - All News Is Global

Feature Blogs

Do visit my cousin's blogs, too.  If you like to cook, she has some great recipes here.  I have tasted her cookies, and they're just awesome.  Can't wait to get hold of what she sent me.  Sa Sunday ko pa matatanggap, e.  Please link her blogs.

Etchetera Etchetera

Things I have done, I am thinking about or things I want to share

Two Ladies and a Spoon 

Two Ladies brought together by their day jobs, bonded by their passion for food.

How Less Is More

I can identify with the first part of this video.  I have travelled with boxes that are filled with stuff that I have already forgotten about.  It's time to edit ruthlessly. 

Reblog: It’s Final: No State Burial for Marcos-- Our Kababayans’ Comments

 What is your opinion regarding this issue?

Click the link below to read the article by Gel Santos Relos

It’s Final: No State Burial for Marcos-- Our Kababayans’ Comments

The Real Picture of Success

Reblog: Hand Of Hope

I'm reblogging this article.  It's funny.  No, it's awesome.  No, it's funny.  But it's awesome.  But it's funny.  Awesome.  Funny....

 
"Hand Of Hope"

This Is One Good Advice

This Is Your Life

Top 5 Reasons Why “The Customer Is Always Right” Is Wrong

 If you think that the customer is always right, think again.  I wrote "We Apologize for Your Stupidity" in my other blog, which was published in Definitely Filipino.

Click here to read the article "Top 5 Reasons Why 'The Customer Is Always Right' Is Wrong"