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Silent Hill Nurses

Hey… do you guys think I can carry this kind of nurse costume even though I’m, like, 50 pounds overweight? XD

I’ve been thinking what character I should cosplay… since Halloween is coming up in a month and Cosplay season is about to begin. XD

Unfortunately, I’m still kind of chubby, hence not that many cosplay costumes actually fit me… much else look good on me. Plus, my sister has a nurse uniform already (or I can buy one at ukay-ukay shops XD), so this kind of cosplay is pretty easy to do. The only hard part is the face mask. XD

Oh and the weight. ~_~

Argh! I really need to shed some pounds… ~_~

Rev UP your engines!

Just yesterday, I went with my other PNSer.com buddies to the University of the Philippines Diliman to watch their “Rev UP!” event, where they showcased different cars from their student bodies, and I came to a realization that if you want art, you might as well get it done to your car rather than to your body, so you don’t have to worry about tattoo removal.

I swear, these cars are AWESOME! I’m not much of a driver, but I do appreciate beauty. And these cars are works of art, right down to the engines. Although, I am not much of a fan of the insanely large and loud speakers… I already lost my voice that day. I couldn’t afford shouting with my throat’ condition because of my fear of damaging my larynx further. XD

Anyway, I’m renting at computer shop right now but when our internet is back to normal, I’ll make sure to post photos. XD

Chuck Norris Facts (Jokes)

THE TOP TEN CHUCK NORRIS FACTS:

Chuck Norris’ tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried.

Chuck Norris counted to infinity – twice.

Chuck Norris does not hunt because the word hunting infers the probability of failure. Chuck Norris goes killing.

If you can see Chuck Norris, he can see you. If you can’t see Chuck Norris you may be only seconds away from death.

Chuck Norris sold his soul to the devil for his rugged good looks and unparalleled martial arts ability. Shortly after the transaction was finalized, Chuck roundhouse kicked the devil in the face and took his soul back. The devil, who appreciates irony, couldn’t stay mad and admitted he should have seen it coming. They now play poker every second Wednesday of the month.

When the Boogeyman goes to sleep every night he checks his closet for Chuck Norris.

Chuck Norris built a time machine and went back in time to stop the JFK assassination. As Oswald shot, Chuck Norris met all three bullets with his beard, deflecting them. JFK’s head exploded out of sheer amazement.

Chuck Norris has already been to Mars; that’s why there are no signs of life there.

They once made a Chuck Norris toilet paper, but it wouldn’t take shit from anybody.

A blind man once stepped on Chuck Norris’ shoe. Chuck replied, “Don’t you know who I am? I’m Chuck Norris!” The mere mention of his name cured this man blindness. Sadly the first, last, and only thing this man ever saw, was a fatal roundhouse delivered by Chuck Norris.

from: http://thechucknorrisfacts.com/

Tales from the Isle of Marinduque III: Part IV

At 9 am on Thursday, my mom threw a pillow at me (>_<) to wake me up, saying that we were late for our supposed Round Marinduque trip. Our Uncle Bert (who was our designated driver) was already waiting for us since 7 am in the morning. Sheeesh! So the 7 of us (my brother, his wife, my relative and my brother’s three friends) hurriedly got ready. We left my grandma’s house by 10 am (so late ~_~).

We first headed south to Gasan, where we visited my aunt’s grave (she died just a couple of years ago), passed by the Marinduque Hot Spring, and saw the add about the Easter Sunday celebration of Gasan-Gasan. My relative and I were greatly intrigued about it, and we both promised to watch the festival on Sunday.

We continued on down to Buenavista, where my uncle brought us to another religious location, the Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto. It’s actually just an uphill (or rather up-mountain XD) hike, that’s over 500 meters long. For a chubby person like myself, it was total torture. Harharhar. I was actually kind of envious my brother’s friend, Jenny, who was all nice and fit, because she barely broke a sweat. While I, being the fluffy person that I am, had to stop every few minutes to get a breather. Hahaha!

*note the blurry, pained expression*

We continued on up, and after much panting, sweating and drinking water, we made it! The top was actually well worth the climb, because you can see the view of Buenavista’s mountains, and there is a 15 foot-statue of the Lady of Lourdes.

We headed back down after a few picture-taking moments (which is a lot easier, believe me XD), and headed towards Torrijos where we ate lunch at a local canteen, and passed by Poctoy Beach. We weren’t ablt to go swimming though, since we didn’t bring any clothes. Then we passed by Sta. Cruz, where we saw some of our relatives (we have relatives all over Marinduque, except for in Buenavista). However, during the drive, I learned that my boyfriend lost his father that moment. The happiness inside me got snuffed, because I wanted to be with him. I thought of wanting to pass by the Sta. Cruz Church, which is the next oldest church in the island, but due to the shortage of time, we weren’t able to go. So I sent a simple prayer for him.

The drive through Mogpog was relatively short, and soon we were back in Boac. As we stopped by the town again, we found out that the 2nd Battle of the Morions was ongoing. We headed to the Boac Stadium only to find out that the contest was finished, and that my cousin’s group, the Morion Legion of Boac was only second place. We found my cousin in a fit of rage, shouting at the judges, because he said that the contest was unfair. The winner, he said, didn’t even have proper masks (which were made of paper instead of the traditional wooden ones) and that they only won because one of the judges hated their group. ~_~

We decided to have a bit of fun at the stadium, so we went around and took silly pictures of ourselves on the Senakulo stage, beside the Boac river.

We headed back home by 5 pm, and after a brief rest and dinner, we headed back inside the houseto sleep, since we were so tired, and still had to participate in the Via Crusis the next morning.

*Oh and in case you haven’t noticed the “relative” I was talking about was my sister Lelai, who suffered from sore eyes, and decided to spend her red-eyed rest days with us in Marinduque.

*to be continued*

Tales from the Isle of Marinduque III: Part III

At Wednesday, my mother suggested that we don’t do anything hectic or tiring, since we’ll be walking on a “prusisyon” (or saint’s procession) that afternoon, which lasts an hour through some of the winding streets of the Boac town proper, and makes me sweat much more than any CLA medication.

So instead we went down to the Marinduque Expo, which is located that the Boac Riverside Stadium. The Expo happens every year during the Holy Week in Marinduque, and offers several native products such as Arrowroot cookies (yum!), bags, souvenirs, etc., as well as other products from different places such as Zamboanga and Albay. The Expo also had food stalls, where we ate for lunch… and had the chance to chat with Senatorial Candidate Bongbong Marcos, and Marinduque’s own Bong Carrion (sorry no pictures about that XD).

At around 4pm, we headed down (or rather up, since it was located at a hill) to the Boac Cathedral, which is the oldest church in the island. It’s been around since the American period, but it still stood strong. We were also able to take a picture of a Morion (a Roman Soldier) whose mask is fashioned to look like Dave Batista (the WWE wrestler XD), before going up the hill.

Beside the Cathedral is the Shrine of Biglang Awa (Sudden or Quick Mercy).

The statue of the Biglang Awa (which is originally, a statue of the Lady of Guadalupe) is housed in a small chapel, which has a window that faces the Cathedral, and another behind it, facing the Boac river. Legend has it that once, the Boac river overflowed during a large storm, flooding the the whole Boac in water. The townspeople asked for help from the statue, turning it towards the river so that it could see the damage. It was said that the statue took pity on the townspeople, and caused the river to calm and its waters to recede. Since then, the Biglang Awa was regarded similarly as St. Jude Thaddeus. People flock her shrine every Holy Week to ask for mercy concerning their pleas. A lot of people (like me) make a panata (or promise) to visit her shrine every year during Holy Week, in return for her mercy in granting their wish. My wish was to pass the Licensure Board exam, which I did, with her help, so now I have to visit her. It was also said that should you make a panata, and you don’t stay true to it, bad luck will happen…

Anyway, after taking some time to pray to the Lady of Biglang Awa, we took our positions behind the statue of Mater Dolorosa, or the Mother of Sorrows. I took a picture of her, which ended up kind of… creepy because it looked like she was pleading and crying AT me. Spooky…

After that, the procession started. Although I have been doing the procession ever since I was 10, it still pretty much kicked my butt. At the end of the procession, my mother (who is diabetic and has knee problems) couldn’t climb up the hill anymore on the return to the Cathedral. So we stopped by the foot of the hill and rested by a nearby restaurant.

We ate burgers and hotdogs, and had some drinks as well, since we were accompanying 3 children. However, once we headed back outside, we encountered a funny sign:

For those not familiar, the Marinduque word “baya” means “I told you”, and is most often added when someone is very upset. The sign struck me funny, because who ever made the sign must’ve gotten sick of people entering even if the sign was there, so he added the “baya“. XD

When we got home, my brother announced during dinner that we would take a round-Marinduque trip with my uncle. With a horrible feeling that my bum is going to take a beating tomorrow,I went straight to bed and went to sleep.

*To be continued*

Tales From The Isle of Marinduque III: Part II

The next day (Tuesday), I woke up to find my Lola’s house was empty and quiet. I looked around the house, as well as my tita’s house next door. Nobody was around, and my still-sleepy brain thought that everyone has deserted me (WAAAAHHH!!!). But when I got to my Lola’s store by the highway, I learned that all of my companions headed for the beach on a small resort by Brgy. Ihatub in Gasan. Luckily, my sort-of uncle said that he was going to bring food for them, and I decided to come.

When I got there, my 2 cousins, nephew and my mom have already gotten in the water. My brother, his wife and 3 friends were around the table playing tong-its again while discussing stuff like their love lives or their individual job search and livelihoods, While it was a bit fun listening to them, I got bored so I decided to catch up on my reading again. I swear, The Lord of the Rings is the greatest book ever written, good thing I was able to borrow the One Volume edition from my library. My brother’s friend, Kuya Jaypee, was able to go out for a bit, and when he did, he brought back a huge plastic bag of of mangoes. Since I wasn’t able to eat breakfast, I ate some without hesitation. XD

*Me… biting on a green mango, with my nephew in the background XD*

Soon afterwards, my mom and I served lunch, with included rice, Pancit Miki, grilled porkchops and fish, and of course, green mangoes. The kids who were with us (my nephew and 2 cousins) got so dark, because they swam for hours. Wahahaha!

After eating and resting a bit, i got a text from a relative saying that she’s on her way to Marinduque and she was at the port of Quezon. I told her I’d pick her up in a few hours, since she will be riding the Ro-ro, which is a large vessel to carry people and cars across the  sea (I believe the correct English term is ferry). I thought it was a good thing that I wasn’t swimming, because that would mean I can just go directly to the place where I was going to pick her up. But as I shifted, I heard a tale-telling rip, and feeling my jogging pants, I realized that 2 nails got caught in the fabric, giving me 2 one-peso-sized holes in my pants. Darn it…

A few hours later, being so full and having the cool sea breeze around me, I fell asleep. But I was suddenly awakened by my sister-in-law asked me for a pin. As it turns out, Kuya Jaypee went out swimming for a bit, and stepped on a sea urchin. Unfortunately, the urchin’s spikes were a bit soft, and it pierced into his skin that it’s hard to remove via tweezers. Luckily the old man who owned the resort suggested a grilled kalamansi might help dissolve the spikes and lessen the pain.

*Ouch… that looks like it hurts ~_~*

After a few minutes, after Kuya Jaypee rested a bit (apparently the urchin’s spikes pack quite a punch), Kuya Jay went into the water as well. But a minute later, he came back yelping, because he got stung by the same sea urchin XD. Though he had considerably lesser spikes on his foot than Kuya Jaypee (Jay had 3 spikes, while Jaypee had 19!), he still said that it hurt like heck, and in the fear that the kids (or my brother) might be next, we packed up and went home… to scrub more Kalamansi on their feet.

By three in the afternoon, after changing my Holy Pink Jogging Pants (get it? holy = holey XD), I picked up my relative at Boac’s local market, where we ate some sandwiches. It was wicked warm in the restaurant, so we headed home early.

After dinner, some laughs at Jay and Jaypee’s misfortune, and a few sticks of cigarette later, being tired from picking up my relative, and going to the beach with the others, I lay down on the bed and waited for sleep to come.

The last thought I had before the Sandman spread his dust on me was that it’s going to be a long day tomorrow…

*To be continued…*

The Philippine Kalesa

Being here in Marinduque, sometimes I can’t help but be reminded about how life was like during the pre-Spanish period of our country, mainly because there are still some old houses here, and recently, I saw a “Kalesa”, or a horse-drawn carriage.

I wonder if Kalesas are allowed to get the cheapest car insurance available. I mean, technically, they are considered modes of transportation… though they don’t exactly run on machines. XD

We’ve never ridden in a Kalesa before, but I imagine it’s going to be a weird experience, since we’ll be riding in a horse drawn carriage, while everyone else is going to be speeding by us in their Jeepneys, Pajeros and other motor vehicles. XD

Heading Down to Marinduque

Yep, this bilog (or round, in Tagalog XD) blogger is heading on down to her province of Marinduque, also known as the Heart of the Philippines, where Roman soldiers roam the streets during Holy Week, a statue of the Lady of Guatemala can cause the river to calm, and where auto insurance quotes should be offered to those who live beside the highway… such as our relatives. XD

Anyway, during my days as a Friendster blogger, I had this tradition of writing about my (mis)adventures in the province. And so, I shall be doing it again! This time with my handy-dandy camera phone! Harhar! I can use my dad’s camera too, but let’s face it, my dad probably doesn’t want me to take pictures of all the crazy stuff we’ll  be doing. )

So just stay tuned to… whatever stupid thing I get into during my trip. Harhar!

A Great e-Mail from the Manager (A Joke XD)

TO: All Employees
RE: Swearing at work

It has been brought to management’s attention that some individuals
throughout the company have been using foul language during the course
of normal conversation with their co-workers.

Due to complaints received from some employees who may be easily
offended, this type of language will no longer be tolerated.

We do, however, realize the critical importance of being able to
accurately express your feelings when communicating with co-workers.

Therefore, a list of 18 New and Innovative “TRY SAYING” phrases have
been provided so that proper exchange of ideas and information can
continue in an effective manner.

1) TRY SAYING: I think you could use more training.
INSTEAD OF: You don’t know what the f___ you’re doing.

2) TRY SAYING: She’s an aggressive go-getter.
INSTEAD OF: She’s a f___ing bit__.

3) TRY SAYING: Perhaps I can work late.
INSTEAD OF: And when the f___ do you expect me to do this?

4) TRY SAYING: I’m certain that isn’t feasible.
INSTEAD OF: No f___ing way.

5) TRY SAYING: Really?
INSTEAD OF: You’ve got to be sh___ing me!

6) TRY SAYING: Perhaps you should check with…
INSTEAD OF: Tell someone who gives a sh__.

7) TRY SAYING: I wasn’t involved in the project.
INSTEAD OF: It’s not my f___ing problem.

TRY SAYING: That’s interesting.
INSTEAD OF: What the f___?

9) TRY SAYING: I’m not sure this can be implemented.
INSTEAD OF: This sh__ won’t work.

10) TRY SAYING: I’ll try to schedule that.
INSTEAD OF: Why the f___ didn’t you tell me sooner?

11) TRY SAYING: He’s not familiar with the issues.
INSTEAD OF: He’s got his head up his a__.

12) TRY SAYING: Excuse me, sir?
INSTEAD OF: Eat sh__ and die.

13) TRY SAYING: So you weren’t happy with it?
INSTEAD OF: Kiss my a__.

14) TRY SAYING: I’m a bit overloaded at the moment.
INSTEAD OF: F__ it, I’m on salary.

15) TRY SAYING: I don’t think you understand.
INSTEAD OF: Shove it up your a__.

16) TRY SAYING: I love a challenge.
INSTEAD OF: This f___ing job sucks.

17) TRY SAYING: You want me to take care of that?
INSTEAD OF: Who the f___ died and made you boss?

18) TRY SAYING: He’s somewhat insensitive.
INSTEAD OF: He’s a pr_ck.

2004 Shutter Still Scares Me

Oh crap, I’m gonna need tons of wrinkle cream and eyebag medicines for my eyes after this.

I haven’t been able to sleep properly the last few days again, after seeing the 2004 Thai movie, Shutter, a few days ago.

I first saw the movie with my cousin and sister a long time ago in our boarding house back when I was in college. I was so freaked that I got scared silly at the thought of peeking through a camera lens, afraid that the moment I take the shot, something would appear in the frickin’ picture.

But now I saw it again, and even after 5 years, it still scares the crap out of me!

They remade this movie to an American version  last 2008, similar to The Grudge and The Ring, but I still have to say that the original versions of these movies are still WAAAAAYYYYY more scary than the US ones.

Maybe Hollywood should stop remaking these Asian horror/suspense movies. It’s really not that scary anymore when they remake them, maybe it’s because they cut out the scarier scenes in the remakes.

Sheesh, I really need to sleep soon, but I’m afraid that something might pull down my blanket as I sleep…

AAARRRGGHHH! Now ‘m just scaring myself! ~_~