Holiday Chat
My tropa and I chatted from New York, Dubai and the Philippines last Christmas Day 2008.
The usual discussion was how I uglified big time. Joy told me ,”Orlee ang panget-panget mo na,” maybe it was because of my growing facial hair. The Philippines (Boo, Rommel and Arlyn) all laughed.
I then told them, “‘Di ba kailangan magpapanget sa Dubai? Imagine 3 months ang kinailangan para talagang ma-achieve ko ‘tong ganitong itsura.”
Arlyn immediately replied, “Hindi, Orlee, wala ka naman masyadong pinagbago eh. Minimal lang. Actually ‘yan na talaga ang itsura mo nuon pa man.”
I then told New York, “Kailangan ba in character kayo d’yan,? Joy? Rein? Kaninang umaga ‘di naman kayo naka-jacket! Porket ba kayo ang nasa Amerika, dapat kunyari giniginaw kayo? Kailangan ba naka-turban din ako?”
I immediately got my scarf and wrapped it around my face, “Ayan! Middle East!”
I also told Rommel, “Rommey, sunod ka na dito! Bagay ka dito (sa Dubai)!”
“Walang hiya ka, Orlee!” Rommel replied.
They all laughed.
Sleep Talkin’ 4: Updates
1. Agent (Mumblings)!
2. Wala nang Lobster?!
3. Abandon! Abandon!
4. What’s your name? Saffiya? My name is Orlee! I’m sleepy now…
5. Andaya naman oh! Tsk! Andaya! (silence) Andaya!
Christmas Pan
I told Boo, “Boo regalo ko ke Zinnia frying pan. Para matuto na s’yang magluto. Kasi hangang ngayon ang kaya n’ya lang iluto Corned Beef, Hotdog saka Meat Loaf. Nauna pa akong matutong magluto ng Pininyahang Manok saka Beefsteak.”
She replied, “Boo! Ano ba ‘yan! Eh pampirito nga ang frying pan eh!”
Christmas Memo
This memo came from Admin Dept yesterday morning:
Dear All
As we do this every year please may I request all to wear something RED tomorrow (24 Dec 2008) to celebrate the festive season. I shall reiterate that wear something that can been seen without you making an effort to show it !! hence undergarments, socks and vest and not counted for.
Let’s all be a good sport. There will be photo sessions as well so you can bring your cameras. I am trying to arrange some goodies, if I succeed then we will meet in the pantry at 9.30am and enjoy the same, else we will have to be satisfied with our red clothes and load of laughs.
Luv
Meena
****
Why point out?
Perpetual Smile
I was inspired to create this post because of the latest Chico and Delamar Morning Top 10 posted in Chico’s Blog today. The Top 10 was about the Rules to Follow On the Social Networking Sites.
At number 9, Prettygeek says: Ang daming pics, iba-iba ang dates, iba-iba ang mga kasama, iba-iba ang location, pero bakit ang angle ng posing ng mukha e, pare-pareho?
Wait! I know a guy like that!
At Wafi City Mall
At Dubai Festival City
Desert Safari with Jules and Gab
And on during his Boracay trip:
Airport pa lang!
Boracay Regency
With his wife, Jona
Oh! Nakadapa na ‘yan ah!
If you still can’t get enough of Better’s Posing, check his Friendster account.
Cracking Gab
My Dubai gang decided to go to Madinat Jumeirah last Friday Night. It’s like Trinoma but near the beach. It’s like Ayala Alabang but with more diverse culture. It’s like Bonifacio High, less the jologs outsiders.
So anyway, we decided to play the (actually, I initiated it) HOY PARE KAMUSTA Game. It’s just a stupid game that I used to play back in my days in the Philippines. The basic rule of the game is to pretend as if you just saw your friends in a long time and needed catching up:
Orlee: Hoy! Pare! Kamusta?
Julius: Hoy! Orlee! Kamusta? Sino kasama mo?
Orlee: Ako lang. Kanina ka pa dito? Kakadating ko lang eh. What a small world! Ano bibilhin mo?
Julius: Walang lang magawa sa bahay eh. Kamusta tropa?
So that’s how you play it. You really have to have a straight face on playing it and the first one who cracks up is the loser.
So anyway, Gab, can’t handle the pretentions so everytime I approach them as if seeing them for the first time, he immediately cracks up, “Pare, ‘di ko kaya para kayong mga gago. Natatawa ako.”
Everytime we see each other as if on the first time, Gab would always walk away from us, move to the corner and laugh his ass off.
There was this one time that Gab departed from the group and when he came back before I could say anything he said, “Ayoko! Ayoko pare, natatawa ako.”
I asked him, “Pare, wala pa akong sinasabi… Defensive ka na!”
My Pininyahang Manok
I’ve always been very honest about other people’s cooking: “Kulang sa alat. Sobra sa paminta. Walang lasa.”
Since the resident cook went to the Philippines for a month, there was a rotation on who’ll cook and inevitably the point person on bad dishes. So when it was my turn to cook Pininyahang Manok, I’ve decided that I should do the best that I could do so that no one will have to say my usual lines. I searched online. I asked Tem. I even asked Dad (Rommel) to assist me while cooking.
Tem told me to put coconut mik and green bell pepper to spunk up the taste. Badly, I didn’t know that I was not supposed to put the pineapple syrup in the mixture (just the pineapple!). Hence, it was too sweet and very pineappley.
Some of the people in the flat exclaimed, “Wow! Ginataang Pinya na may Manok!” They knew I’ll be overly sensitive so some said, “Charap.” A few said the word ’sarap’ but with the surname ‘naman’.
Superwoman: The Youtube Battle
I found a cool video of a singer named Paulini from Australia. She has her own version of Superwoman on one of the (I think) morning shows in Aussie. Click here. What a talent!
So anyway, at the side bar of that youtube page, I saw another version of the song this time renderred by the singer named Sokun Nisa (of Cambodia). The video was so cheesy and the translation was really bad. The lyrics doesn’t rhyme! Click here.
The Lol Pose
I would like to claim the discovery the new pose, the LOL Pose (pronounced lol). It’s first appearance was sighted at Boracay Island last year, December 23, 2007, during the High School Tropa Trip.
It’s simply posing as if you’re laughing: But you are not. Simple things to keep in mind when doing the lol pose is that you have to open your mouth, close your eyes and look up. My friends liked the idea and from then on, the laugh carried on…
And I brought it to Dubai…
…and has been my Headline Banner in my Blog for the past 4 months…
Two things to remember on doing the use of the lol pose: Watch out for other people laughing (not with you but) at you! And of course practice and practice. It takes time to learn the perfect lol pose.
Now go ahead! Strike the Lol Pose!
Envious Jane
Jane was envious of Susan’s and my picture of Burj Dubai, the tallest building in the world.
So she wants one too. Good thing we’ve found a solution lying on the table.
Dubai Winter
Because we were so late, Aileen, Jane and I stood outside St. Mary’s Church for the 9am morning mass today. Since it is early December, the cold winter started to kick in. Yes! There’s winter in Dubai and it gets really cold. Aileen wore her thick jacket while I wore my long sleeved-shirt.
Aileen then asked me, “Parang ‘di kayo giniginaw?”
Since we were in the middle of a mass, I whisphered to her, “Ano ka ba? Antigas na nga ng utong ko eh.”
Aileen then laughed her ass off, “Akala ko naman kung ano na tumitigas…”
I then told her, “Hindi tumitigas ’yun ‘pag maginaw, umuurong ‘yun!”
