sa mga baklang nasa hong kong sa may 20

OAV

last saturday, i voted. this is the second time as an overseas absentee voter and a voting-age person of the philippines.

ever since i reached 18, i never registered for the elections. i never wanted to vote thinking the whole elections is a farce, a big lie. well, it still is.

until i became a migrant worker and realized how much we can use from that arena in advancing the over-all interests of people like myself. i don't have the illusions of course that it is the sole answer. voting is but one thing, it doesn't solve the whole question of maintaining and preserving democracy in the philippines.

anyone who believes that simply casting your vote and waiting silently and aimlessly for things to happen should get some serious spanking from my dear master-but-never-sadist friend.

this morning, i received an email from a fellow OFW. it was about the situation of OAV in the US. i couldn't help but laugh and feel sad at the same time. this excerpt below simply explains why we overseas absentee voters (OAV) will forever be disenfranchised:

For the most part, out of the 10 voting-by-mail instructions, only one instruction seems to be clear to most voters, that is: accomlish (sic) your ballot.

All the other instructions are confusing and therefore were not followed to the letter, i.e. 1) Detach the coupon, 2) Place detached coupon in the 'outer' evelope, 3)Place the ballot in the 'inner' envelope, 4) Seal the 'inner' envelope with the 'paper' seal for that purpose, 5) Place the 'inner' envelope inside the 'outer' envelope. 6) Seal the 'outer' envelope with the 'paper' seal for that purpose, 7) Sign whatever, and mail to the consulate or foreign service establishment. You get the driff (sic)?

Imagine this conversation for those who tried to call the Consulate to ask or clarify the Comelec's Voting by mail instructions. (Hmm..but have you ever tried talking over the phone to aural-challenged people like me?)

Consul: Hello, Good morning, can I help you?
Senior Citizen absentee-voter (SCAV): Hello,hello (pasigaw), magtatanong lang po, saan ko po ba makikita yung 'coupon' sa ballota? Ano po ba ibig sabihin ng 'detach' yung coupon from the ballot?
Consul: Pilasin nyo po yung 'stub' sa ballota, yun po ang 'coupon'.
SCAV: Ha? Eh di pag pinilas ko, mapupunit yung ballota ko? Lintek kang bata ka, ayaw mo yatang mabilang ang boto ko?
Consul: Hindi po sa ganun. Yung coupon po ay talagang pinipilas, at ilalagay sa malaking envelope. Yung ballota naman po, ilalagay sa maliit na envelope. Pagkatapos, yun pong maliit na envelope, ilalagay sa malaking envelope.
SCAV: Paki-ulit mo nga? (10x na inulit ni Consul bago naintindihan ni lolo)
SCAV: Bakit ipinapunit mo pa yung stub eh ilalagay din pala at ime-mail din sa inyo, pinahirapan mo pa ako. Akala ko pa naman yung 'coupon' eh magagamit ko na pang-grocery na parang food stamp.

Cutting the story short, if the Comelec personnel in San Francisco, (and I bet in some other places too), will follow to the letter their own rules, chances are, they may be invalidating a lot of received ballots because of not following the Comelec's CONFUSING instructions.

Another source that will confuse the COMELEC personnel in consulates and embassies are the COMELEC's pronouncements themselves. Accordingly, the SF consulate have not yet received any official ruling/communique from COMELEC HQ that Kuya Ted nor ?Cayetano, for example, have been disqualified or still in running. Kuya Ted is not in the official ballot, but Chairman Abalos said that he is still officially running, and Pesteng Cayetano is already disqualified but his name is still in the ballot. Paano ba yan bayan?

sm baguio

makikita mula sa oh my gulay tindahan ni kidlat tahimik, kung saan matatagpuan din sa same building ang la fondue at ilan pang mga suking tindahan ng mga taga-baguio at dati nang pumupunta sa baguio, ang marahil pinakapangit na bahagi ng nasabing syudad - ang sm baguio.

ninakaw di umano ang architectural design mula sa isang nagthesis na UP Diliman student, kilala ko pa man din ang estudyante, isa syang eye sore. tila stripped off whatever indigeneity and cultural heritage ang naturang lugar sa sobrang pagkapangit-pangit na gusaling ito. sabi nga ng kaibigan kong mataba (see picture of stomach below), ang unang makikita sa google earth pag hinanap ang baguio ay ang white top ng hayup na establishment na ito ni henry sy.

ang moda ng hitad na department store ay mala-victoria peak ng hong kong kung saan me mga teleskopyong magagamit sa halagang 5 pesos. syempre mas mura kesa sa hong kong. nga lamang, pag tag-ulan, haha, cascading waterfalls hanggang sa basement kung saan chugi ang lahat ng mga escalators dahil naratrat at shinort circuit ni abang manunubig mula sa langit. hmph, buti na lang. malugi sana kayo.



pag natanggal ang lahat ng sm sa pilipinas, ay tyak na liligaya ako. magpapaconvert pa. sino naman kasing nagsasabing hindi mabubuhay ang pilipinas kung wala si henry sy no? linya na yan ni li ka shing dito sa hk. pag inalis daw ba nya ang welcome at park n shop na nagbibigay ng maraming trabaho sa mga hongkees, mawawalan ng kabuhayan at babagsak ang ekonomiya ng teritoryong ibinalik na ngayon sa tsina.

babagsak ang ekonomiya my pwet. tyan nyo lang naman ang lumalaki. tyan ng mga bata lumalaki sa matinding malnutrition, mga peste.

Pinoy Gay Bloggers Unite!

sounds like pinoy big brother pero bakla.

sa lahat ng mga pinoy gay bloggers, this is your time to shine, shine with others and shine like a constellation of stars (kasi walang patalbugang mala-beauty pageant. dapat lahat kumikinang. may super nova, may white dwarf, me black hole, chareng!)

nakita ko to sa blogsite ng LTE at manay, nainluv na aku. nakakatuwang may network na inumpisahan para sa lahat ng mga baklang nagsusulat sa internet at nagbabasa ng mga isinusulat sa internet.

parang national union of journalists of the philippines ang dating. ang galing!

o pano nga sumali, check this out:

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3) Leave a comment here so we can review your blog.

o diba ang dali? hindi ko mapigilang ngumiti kasi parang ang dami-dami pala nating mga baklang nagba-blog. kaya sa mga nang-ookray sa mga bakla, ito ang bagay sa inyo:

(with a swift but sophisticated way of slapping the backpalm in a downward throw)
BLOG!

(maraming salamat sa lte sa pichur. ninakaw ko na muna kasi wa na tym magphotoshop. besides, yan na ang pinakaperfect na logo for this entry.)

losing things

for the past two months now, bad things have been happening as precious things are either misplaced, stolen or broken out of sheer stupidity or mere carelessness.

last march, i lost a samsung digital camera on my first day in vietnam. it was not mine and i felt really stupid and worried as to the owner's reaction to the loss.

last week, i misplaced my wallet containing a few hundred hong kong dollars (which was of course still big) and several identification cards (which of course were all important) - my hong kong id, my fitness card, my library card, my octopus card and several airmiles cards. stupid. stupid. stupid.

this morning, i broke my cellphone. as i was about to call to the philippines and slid open my nokia 5300, it slipped off my left hand, flew and landed thud! on the floor. i was on the mezzanine of our office and it fell on the ground floor.

tonight, i just realized how concerned my not-so-close friend was on me when he phoned last night. he knew about my engagement with a common friend, who turned out to be kiss-&-tell. from the bean-spilling, he learned we did unrubbered sex and was he expressively worried. i wasn't worried that time until now.

people have varied reactions to loss. people who are poor, underprivileged fear the loss of things as what little they have are the most precious to them. for a few who have so much, they fear the loss of more than what they already have and probably what they haven't. others who stand up, fight for their rights and confront any kind of attack continue to come to terms with the possibility of losing their life.

losing things is nerve-wracking enough. but possibly losing precious life unnecessarily to carelessness is far worse.

whatever value i hold of myself and my life i have to hold strongly and consciously on as there are more valuable things in life that i have committed to hold strongly and consciously on - like the lives of others.

mula sa mundo ng mga palengkerang bading, palabok, pamhin at pamhintang durog, durian, suman, santan at iba pang masarap na kainin, pagkain man o tao

PILIPINAS!!!

sa binyagan ng isang kaibigan aking natikman ang pinakamasarap na kare-kare na may kasabayan pang sing-sarap na bagoong. the bagoong was well-cooked, walang sangsang at nakaka-afraid na pink-colored bagoong na makikita sa palengke. malambot ang twalya, ang lamang nakabalot sa mga buto-buto, ang pechay at iba pang gulay na crispy pa rin kahit naluto na, ang peanut sauce na tila walang peanut butter pero napaka-rich!

hindi nagpatalo ang pamilya ng aking kaibigang bikolana at nagluto ng laing at dinuguan. zebra ang sarap ng luto dahil sa tila napakaraming gata. buong-buo ang gulay sa laing na syang itinuro pa ni fadear kung paano talaga lulutuin (kailangang ilugay ang gulay isa-isa at hayaan lang mababad sa kumukulong gata). hindi pa nga raw masarap ang mga ito kasi hindi sila ang nagpiga.

haaay, ang standards nga naman ng mga taong marunong at mahusay magluto! makapagpaluto nga ng santan (latik ng bikol) habang naghahanap ako ng malalatikan dito sa baguio.

zhang vinningest zhumment za filmezang 300

nakuha ko to sa isang friend kong bakla na nakuha nya sa isang blog na possibly pag-aari din ng isang bakla na nagpost nitong napakabaklang review sa pambaklang filmezang 300. go read, mga bakla!

Di kinaya ng powers ko ang kahotness ng movieness na itetch! It's raining men! (haleluya)! like go go go mga churva at ang mga mudra mega taray ang haba ng hair production number clothing designer eklavu powerness! kaboom!

It's like go papa spartans! go delisyus fighting karnè! I get so weak on the knees i can't hardly breath go go go! S-papa- rtans make bugbog the evil persians! Make warla the queen xerxes.

At antaray naman ng lolaaaaaa xerxes mooooooo! Nagmamaasim ang fingerlets ng hinawakan si spapartan head papa! Ang entrance, pang vilma with matching solid gold dancers itetch! With diamente ala maricel! Wiiinnneeeeeer! ang eye brows ha! Mega shoot to the stratosphere sa katarayan!

Ang warlahan ditetch daig pa ang modess sa dami ng vlood! At ang nacut neck na cutie spartan...nag crayola aketch! di kinaya ng emoticons ko ang death by churva-pugot ng cutie spartan. huhuhu.

I'm sure proud si mother ricky reyes dahil ang ganduuuuuuuuh talaga ng movie na itetch. Like super mega star walang halong churva!

PERO LIAR SILA! binilang ko ang mga papa...di umabot ng 300. 127 lang ang mga spapartans! chos!

astig maging youth!

nag-pm sa akin ang kasama ko sa office, sabi: ang husay ng kabataan youth party-list! napaka-youthful, napaka-vibrant ng mga images na ginagamit, colorful pero sharp ang mga propagandang ikinakalat (Propang Ganda talaga!) bukod pa sa mga artistang nag-endorse sa kanila - from angel locsion to dennis trillo to marvin agustin to ciara sotto.

habang hinihintay ko ang pagdownload ng ilang mga infomercial sa kanilang website (www.kabataanparty.com), chat uli si ineng (turns out he's gay but younger than i am): ang winner ng kanilang flag dance. bakla ang nasa unahan. peste, ang tagal magdownload kahit nasa hong kong na ako't milyones ang bandwidth ditrez.

hmmm, kung hindi lang gabriela ang iboboto ko for party-list this election, ieendorso ko ang kabataan. kefe-fres!

favorite line: “In this time of corrupt governance and political unrest/instability, the nation needs young, vibrant and innovative minds that will restore integrity and morality in governance and lead the nation to genuine progress and social change.”

dress in style this summer

according to askmen.com, these are the hottest trends this spring. i think they are all fine. it's just that nobody gets to have a lot of money these days to even purchase a pair of good socks.

pad thai

i just love pad thai. ever since a friend of mine made me taste one straight from the big wok of a thai pad thai vendor along the high way of rangsit near the thammasat university, i got hooked to it.

i tasted one in amsterdam - not good. i got loads in hong kong - from good to not good (the one in admiralty, not good. the one near austin road, good... the one near jordan, uhm, no. in kowloon tong, just fine.)

in thailand, one has to traverse the great length of sukhumvit and the whole BTS line to be convinced where the best one is.

and i just have to say it is in thong lo. i was literally standing up and clapping my hands. ANG SARAP! AROY MA! DELICIOUS!

kung bakit oragon ang mga bikolanong bakla

kinailangan ko pang makita sa isang gay yahoogroup ang sagot kung bakit sadyang hindi kayang mapahinahon ang matinding libog ng mga hitad na bayot mula sa malaki at naghuhumindig na rehiyon ng BIKOOOOL!

ang mahiwagang wagawaga sa shangrila malaysia

kapag ikaw ay malungkot at nag-iisa, walang makasama, nangangailangan ng kalinga, pumunta sa pinang malaysia, duun sa shangrila rasa sayang, kung saan sasalubungin ka ng isang front deskman na bungal (with a greeting, WELCOME HOME!) at makikita sa may lobby area, malapit sa swimming pool ata or somewhere, ang mahiwagang wagawaga wands.

mamili ka.

the man who would be my 300th

siguro simplistic lang talaga akong mag-isip. i have always thought relationships to be easy and simple. you just have to work your way through many crevices, patch up those holes, sew up those snitches and learn to crouch when basically the whole thing has gotten small.

i don't know if i could say this to gerard. but he may be one very interesting conversational piece.

wearing the diaper

dami kong gustong ikwento pagdating ko mula sa bangkok: mga kinain ko, pinuntahan ko (sayang di ko nakunan ang babylon), nakausap kong tao, sinakyang mga sasakyan (at tao), atbp.

kaso, naiwanan si mister pc for 5 days after akong atakihin ng seizure (first time) last friday. i was rushed to the hospital, injected with valium, made to stay in bed for 5 days straight, examined by more than 14 doctors, went through ctscan and eeg, attempted a lumbar puncture but failed, endured several injections on skin (not a virgin anymore), experienced a diaper on at my age, slept, ate and waited for hours on end until i was eventually kicked out this afternoon.

i am happy to be out. but i must say, i am still dizzy from the hallucinating feeling of freedom.