BDO and Tags

 

I wrote a long, boring rant about getting some money my mom sent me from abroad but even I don’t want to read it. Everything can be summed up like this: Banco De Oro has a flyer that says “Ang remittance mo, madali mo nang makukuha sa BDO!”

 

And my response to that I must also say in Tagalog:

 

Madali?

 

MADALI???

 

Mukha niyo madali!!!

 

MUKHA NIYO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

*takes a deep breath*

 

 

Anyway, I owe some people tags and here they are:

 

 TOGETHER AGAIN

Tagged by moon_faerie.

This one I enjoyed so much. Although many of the songs in my mp3 player are embarrassingly, well,  embarrassing, I laughed out loud many times while doing this, much to my officemates’ annoyance.

 

Instructions:
Put your player on shuffle and hit the ‘Next’ button to get your answer to every question. You must indicate the title and artist, no matter how far-fetched it sounds. Tag people who might be interested in doing this same thing. No cheating.

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Melt With You—Jason Mraz

( Moving forward using all my breath, making love to you was never second best…)

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE’S PURPOSE?
Knocks Me Off My Feet–Stevie Wonder

(I’m all about luuuurve….)

 
WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
Sk8er Boi—Avril Lavigne

(Uhm, don’t judge a book by it’s cover?)

 
WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Karma—Alicia Keys

 

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
Stay With You–Goo Goo Dolls

(I’ll stay with you, the walls will fall before we do…)

 
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?

Far Away–Nickelback

(Too long, too late, who was I to make you wait?)

 
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Water Runs Dry—Boyz II Men

(Tuyot na ako..ehe..kakatrabaho)

 
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
Thank You—Dido
 

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Runaway—The Corrs

(I laughed so hard at this, because I did run away from home when I was 17 and have lived on my own since. )

 
WHAT SONG WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
One Last Cry—Brian McKnight

(Uhm, hope not)

 

 
WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
I Wanna Be With You—Mandy Moore
 

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
Beautiful Girls–Jojo

(I’m way to cool for yah boy, that’s why it will never work. I’ll have you suicidal, suicidal when I say it’s over.)

 

 
WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
Could It Be Any Harder—The Calling

(You were always invincible in my eyes
the only thing against us now is time… )

 

 
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
I’ll Make Love To You–Boyz II Men

(Errr…..)

 

 
WHAT’S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
Bad Day–Daniel Powter

(How fitting!)

 

 
HOW WILL YOU DIE?
I’ll Be–Edwin McCain

(I’ll be love’s suicide…well since my life’s purpose is love…)

 

 
WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
Kiss the Girl–Ashley Tishdale

(Maybe I can make this Kiss the Boy? “And you don’t know why but you’re dying to try you wanna kiss the boy….”)

 
WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
Hips Don’t Lie—Shakira

 
WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
My Stupid Mouth—-John Mayer

(Really, seriously, this is correct.)

 

 

WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
All My Life—KC and Jojo

 

IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
Nobody’s Home—Avril Lavigne

(Hmmmm, I have this song in my player because it reflects how I felt when I was in my teens. )

 

WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
Ever the Same—Rob Thomas

 

(WHat hurts right now is what always hurts….)
WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
Together Again–Janet Jackson

 

 

THE SMILE STONE AWARD

Tagged by cutiemax25

 

Ten Things that Make Me Smile:

1. Blogs and the wonderful people behind them.

2. The mere mention of his name.

3. When he sends me a text message first.

4. Lolcats.

5. Hearing a really old song that I like.

6. Ron-Hermione fan art. (Seriously…)

7. When my student finally understands a tough lesson.

8. When the boss commends me.

9. When I see a scantily-clad girl walking on the street and then observe how all the men around are gawking at her. It amuses me so much!

10. Seeing an old couple walking hand in hand.

 

 CANDID CAMERA

Tagged by potpot and virex…

 

Instructions:

1) Take a picture of yourself right NOW!.

2) DON’T change your clothes, DON’T fix your hair… Just take a picture.

3) Post that picture with NO editing.

4) Post these instructions with your picture.

And since there’s no rule against stepping out of the light so your golf ball-sized eyebags won’t be so visible, here goes my picture:

  

Awards given by potpot….

 

 

 

 

 

 

 And I’m tagging no one.

 

Name Tag

Was tagged by Potpot.

Rule: List all the names you were called by and the people who call you that. Tag at least 5 members of your contacts and give a comment on their site for them to know they’ve been tagged.

 

Gipie– (pronounced Ji-pai) This is my nickname at home, because when I was brought home from the hospital there was a present labelled “For Baby Gift” that my grandma misread “For Baby Gipie”. This name later evolved to Gie.

 

Si Gipie....

Kukay—Embarrassingly so, my brothers call me this up to this day. It’s a name derived from the Zenki character Apo Jukai.

 

Ana—Eveyone who knew me in grade school called me by my first name.

 

Anakat—Ana and Katrina put together, invented by my T.H.E. teacher Mrs. Mendoza. The name stuck, and all of my classmates and teachers in high school called me that.

 

Si Anakat

Katrinang Basa–My Filipino teacher Bb.Lina called me this, for no apparent reason.

 

Assassin—My tropa code name, the Letter A in the acronym D’ Tracels. I gave this name to myself and my friends only call me this in writing, mostly in the class Freedom Chart. (It was a chart where you can write anything you want and bash off anybody.)

 

Jughead–It started when I wrote a skit for class where the main character was “Archie” and I played his girl bestfriend. Some guy classmates started calling me Jughead because of that, and also because they said I have a big head, literally. And I do—all store-bought head bands always feel tight. I always retaliated by saying that was because I was smart.

 

Juggernaut–My sophomore class (II-Anthurium) had an X-Men parody. One of us was called Professor Triple X because she was green-minded and a friend Julie was Julibee. Since I was already Jughead, it wasn’t too hard to think of an X-Men name for me.

 

Anakin–only my high school best friend Gail called me this. Star Wars then was a hit, and the Anakat became Anakin.

 

Mind—my first boyfriend called me this. I called him Mine because that was the “in” term of endearment then, but he called me Mind because he said I was smart, and it was totally unromantic.

 

 

Kat—My name Anakat was later on shortened to Kat in high school senior year.

 

Katkat–Closest friends in high school call me this.

 

Bes–Dexter, my college best friend called me this. It’s short for best friend, of course.

 

Katpusa–My The Perpetualite pals called me this, to avoid confusion since there were two other Kats in AB MassCom

 

Si Katpusa

ANNA–with double, N, yes. I was called ANNA in both Jollibee branches I worked in. Also in countless stores where I’m asked to give my name, I always say ANNA because if I say Kat, ninety percent of the time, the service crew would ask me what was my name again. And that’s not even an unusual name.

Mahal–by Ferdie. I used to call him Hampaslupa, while I was Kamahalan to him.One day he asked me thru text: “Kumain ka na, Kamahalan?” I replied, “Pwede mo nang tanggalin yung Ka at An sa kamahalan.”

Teacher Kat–I became Teacher Kat to all of my students since July 2006 to present. I love this name.

Kat-Teacher–Some of the younger ones still call me this, because in Korean they say the name first and then the title (Kat-sonsaengnim) and they still aren’t used to the correct way.

Teacher Kat-Katrina–my youngest student Da Hyeon calls me this. She’s like, the cutest!

 

 

You’re next: prinsesa000, prinsesamusang, alveel kaith, ifoundme and anakngpiso.

Photo-Inspire Me Tag

 I was tagged by Potpot

“pictures speak a thousand words, but for me, only one word can describe this picture…”

 

Here’s the rule:

 

Write a poem or an inspiring line based on a photo of your choice. This photo can be your own, or someone else’s. (If the picture is not yours, please ask permission from the owner when you post it, or better yet, provide only the link to the picture that inspired you, without posting it.)

Your poem or inspiring line may be of any length, and any genre. It can be humorous, sentimental, heart-warming, whatever. You may write in Ilokano, English or Filipino.

Post your inspiring line in your blog and in the comment section of this page (or just a link to your post so we could go and check it there). For poetry submissions, please indicate if you wish your piece to be posted in Bilingual Pen as an article submission.

The goal of this game is to get us to write, and express our thoughts and emotions

 

 

 

 

The Beach

and the grains of sand scrub away

the callouses of doubt

and the scorching hot sun melts down

the the icy tower of pride

and the salt in the air gently cleanses

the eyes that used to see nothing

and sound of the waves comforts the

childlish, fluttering, playful heart

and the warmth of you sitting next to me

is enough to make me forget

that I am me, and you are you

and we are here

for there is only

the beach

 

 

 

Now I’m tagging prinsesamusang.

 

The Erotica Tag

Was tagged by prinsesamusang.

 

Rules:

Create a short erotica of not more than 200 words, with the following words that can only be used once in the story:

1. sleepover
2. whip
3. handcuffs
4. leather
5. sexy
6. threesome
7. hairy
8. shotgun
9. squeeze
10. explosion

 

Now, this one’s very mellow, with 186 words:

 

Determined to break the unlikely threesome of me, the goddess in the leather pants, and the hairy man who kept trying to feel her up, I grabbed her hand and gave it a slight squeeze. In return she twisted her body towards me, her wet hair hitting my face like a whip. From the middle of the dance floor she pushed me towards a corner, her hands clasped on my wrists like handcuffs. With the sexy music, she moved her hips in a maddening way, going down, down, down. She was kneeling on the floor, and with the precision of shotgun crosshairs unzipped my pants with her teeth. I stood motionless, almost forgetting the hundred or so people dancing all around us. Just as her hand started creeping up where I wanted it to be, an explosion of colors distracted her when the lights went on and the DJ spoke to the crowd. Quickly, she stood, purposely rubbing the softness of her chest on my rigid body. With a low, breathy voice, she said “Fancy a sleepover?”

But I doubt there will be any sleeping that night.

 

 

Okay, I’m not exactly good at this kind of genre.

Now I’m tagging….

rimewire

gmacomics

potsquared

colegiala girl

and I’m adding a new rule…pwede tagalog!So you can use mabuhok, pisil, and pagsabog, if you want to.
 

 

 

 

Tagtagan Tayo!

Yay! Finally, someone tagged me…gmacomics….
Here’s the rule…

Click copy/paste, type in your answers and tag four people in your list! Don’t forget to change my answers to the questions with that of yours.

1. Four places I go over and over:

IECC Office (Valero, Makati)

Staff House (Montojo, Makati)

Ferdie-House (Pamplona, Las Pinas)

Jollibee (anywhere)

 
2. Four people who e-mail me regularly

sadly,they’re not people:

ebay

pathways to higher education group

voice of the youth network group

lina at jobstreet.com

(how boring, my life is)

 
3. Four of my favorite places to eat?

jollibee

poochini’s

homerun hotdogs(hungarian heartstopper forever!)

wendy’s (bacon mushroom melt!yum!)

 

4. Four places you’d rather be?

now i’d like to be shopping in SM Makati

or reading a book at Bona Coffee

or reading a book at the park behind our building

or reading a book at Powerbooks Greenbelt

 
5. Four TV shows I could watch over and over.

CSI

F.R.I.E.N.D.S

The Practice

Dawson’s Creek (Because I’m Joey)

 

6. Four people I think (and hope) will respond.

hmmmmm…..
shengka
jacq
prinsesamusang
prinsesa000