Ninong Jun

(picture ni Ninong Jun galing sa ANSHS Official Website)

Joaquin B. Portera, yan pala ang buung pangalan ni Mang Junior. Ninong sa kumpil ng karamihan sa mga boys ng Batch12. Mang Junior kung siya ay tawagin. Man of few words itung tau na itu. Tanda ku pa, naka bike lang siya pag papasuk. Tapus, igagarahe niya yung bike niya sa likud ng training center de kaya sa likud ng two-storey building, minsan naman kila ka Willy. Siya ay palangiti at lahat ng estudyante ng Ansci ay kabatian niya. Mabait itung tau na itu. Wala siyang kaaway sa campus. Siya din ay sobrang sipag. Minsan makikita mu siya na nagdadamu. Pag sawa na siyang magdamu, magbabatu naman siya. De siya adik ha. Damu at batu lang ang alam ku na kagalit niya sa Science High nuung panahun natin. Kasalukuyang pinapaganda ang Science High nuun ay kaya tambak lagi ang graba, iyun ang maghapun niyang pinapala. Pag malagu naman na ang mga damu, gagamasin naman niya. Gan-un siya kasipag. Maliban sa paminsan minsang pakikipag-usap sa kanya tungkul sa mga damu, batu at sa bike niya, wala na kaming ibang pinagsamahan ni Mang Junior. Peru saludu aku sa tau na itu. Isa siyang ehemplo na dapat nating tularan. Isa siyang bayani ng Ansci. De ku alam kung sinu ang agent ni Mang Junior, basta na lang siya sumulput sa Science High nuun ay, kaya nadagdagan ang "miscellaneous fee" natin, nagkaruun na ng "janitor's fee", peru ok lang, deserving naman siya ay. Hanggang ngayun, siya pa rin ang dakilang utility ng ANSHS. De ku lang alam kung may mga benefits na siya o may insurance,SSS, GSIS, Pag-ibig, Philhealth Card at Red Cross card, o kung siya ay permanent na. Sana medun na, matagal na rin siya sa serbisyo ay. Mabuhay ka Mang Junior!

Saturn Return, Ang Huling El Bimbo

After paying our overdue balance and while waiting for our Smart Bro connection to be reconnected once again after almost two months (and finally realizing that the 24 hour waiting and monitoring period that the customer care representatives, all 5 of them, has told me is actually a 3 day period, based on experience, they’re in a different time zone, believe me), I accidentally found this one on Smart Bro Portal. The link is here,for tickets and other info.

emomodemuna.

On March 7, 2009, we (I hope I can come) will witness the Ultimate Gig of the Carol Kings not on fruitcake heights though, at the Mall of Asia Concert Grounds instead. Fruitcakes will be served. Styrosnow and mono virus will fill the air. Franie Wei, Shadow, Bobo the Wiseman,the Fabulous Bakerboy, the Gatekeeper, the Lord of the Rhum, Toyang, Jay, Shirley, Aling Nena, Buloy will rise from his Poorman’s Grave, even Peter North , Morlock and Narda will be there.

These guys certainly hate happy endings. If there is a proof that love can make the world go round, then here it is. Hard to believe or not, I think it is love and a little bit of smile that brings them all together (after 10+ years?) so that we could all have (one last) fine time once again. No comic books. No ugly looks. No flaming trees. And yes man because you need some more, here they are again, on their Final Set. And hopefully no early exit this time.

For one last time (I hope not), as the concert title suggests, we will go back to those fairy good tales, forget the real world awhile, become a part of history and witness once again Ely, Markus, Buddy and Raymond, the legend we call ERASERHEADS, play those songs that rocked our world back in our high school days, for one last occasion…

After this one, we don’t really know if we can get it along with a little prayer and a song, because honestly, we are hoping that we could spend more time together, a few hours maybe, is better than never... and only if we could make it longer, a whole day would be fine... a whole week would be fine... a whole month would be fine... a whole year would be fine... a decade would be fine... a century would be fine… and yes, forever would be fine..

Para sa mga masang gustong pumunta sa alapaap, minsan na lang to pare ko.. huwag kang matakot..isantabi mo muna ang mga maling akala..torpedo ka man, kaliwete o kananete, sama sama tayong magharana, iwan mo muna ang tindahan ni aling nena, itago mo muna ang magasin sa ilalim ng kama supra, at kasabay ng pagsayaw ng huling el bimbo, tunghayan natin ang unti-unting pagkawala ng maselang bahaghari…

Wawawawakarimasem.

Belated Happy EDSA Anniv!!

larawan mula sa facebook ni dong abay

Isang Makairitang pagbati para sa anibersaryo ng EDSA..habang tumatagal ang panahon, nakakatuwang isipin na nag-eevolve din pala hindi lang ang sistemang pulitika ditu sa pinas kundi maging ang logo na ginagamit ng pangulo..At sa nakalipas na ilang buwan, halos kasabay sa delubyo ng krisis ng pang ekonomiya, libo libong manggagawang na retrench sa kani-kanilang trabaho..sumikat na naman tayo..una, dahil sa neo classical at mala-ekspertong pananalita sa davos, Switzerland.pangalawa, ang kawala walang reaksyon ng gubyerno sa WorldBank Report tungkol sa kurapsyon dito sa atin..

isa na lng ang solusyon jan: hindi rebolusyon ha..overrated na yun...MAGINUM na lng Tayu habang nanditu si sol..

meet BOURDAIN....

Hierarchy of Pork
By Anthony Bourdain on February 16, 2009 6:55 PM

I'm very nervous about tonight's Philippines show.

I'm all too aware of the fact that the country is made up of over seven THOUSAND islands and that I visited exactly two of them. The food is intensely regional ... I mean, even the difference between the food in Manila and Pampanga -- only a couple of hours away --is striking. So I missed ... a lot.

I'm very aware of how many Filipino fans we have -- and how enthusiastic they are about us (finally) covering their country. I wanted very badly to do a good job on this one. But I fear there's no way we got it "right."

Not that I didn't have a great time. I did.

For one thing, I settled a karmic debt of sorts: Augusto Elefano, who'd argued so fervently for his country of ancestry on the previous season's FAN-atic special had been sent home short of the prize after a brutal interrogation at my hands. Impressed by his zeal and feeling guilty about smashing his hopes and dreams I felt that Cebu would be good to see through his eyes. So we packed him, his wife and baby daughter onto a plane -- and sent them off into TV Land.

What we did get right, I'm quite sure, was making sure that the amazing, porky delights of "sisig" got plenty of camera time. If you've never had this divine mosaic of pig parts, chopped and served sizzling and crisp on one side on a screaming hot platter, then you've yet to have one of the world's best beer drinking dishes. And speaking of pig? It can now be said that of all the whole roasted pigs I've had all over the world, the slow roasted lechon I had on Cebu was the best. This puts the standings in the Hierarchy of Pork as follows:

#1. Philippines

#2. Bali

#3. Puerto Rico

If nothing else, I hope that homesick Filipinos living abroad get a glimpse of some of the food and scenery they've no doubt been missing. And for viewers who weren't previously familiar with the wide and tasty spectrum of flavors available over there, I hope the sight of me shoving a lot of very tasty stuff into my maw provides -- if nothing else -- inspiration to look further.

Closer to home, I have a problem: My obsession with the HBO series "The Wire" is taking an unhealthy turn. I recently bought the DVD boxed set -- all 60 hours of the show -- as well as "The Corner" the previous six part mini-series by the same writer/producers. I'm rewatching them all from beginning to end and just can't stop. It's like if I watch them closely, I'll somehow figure out how writing can be so good -- how an ensemble of mostly little known actors and a mammoth, wildly ambitious progression of story arcs can make a whole city come vividly, tragically alive. It's funny, exciting, excrutiatingly sad and always, always feels real. I can't tear myself away.

Gotta go. Omar and Brother Monzon are making their move on Stringer Bell ... I love this part.

command center

finally!!! sorry for the delay..this command center planned to unveil last december..pero di umabot ay..nhirapan kasi aku sa pagkuha ng building permit..saka hirap aku sa specs..nalimutan ku kasi na may mga engineer tayu ditu..anu nga ENGR. ando? peru ok na sya ngayun... actually, minimalist ang disenyo at saka zen inspired kasu hirap aku iexplain sa karpintero kaya yan na lng...wifi ready na din yan saka may sub woofer na sa loob...da, isang inum muna parang binyag kumbaga..

idol

medyu senti lang...pero kakaiba ang batang to...his name is brenden foster...i heard this news last november peru ngayun ku lang naisipan ipost....naawa ako peru bilib din...kaya nga idol ay...

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kakaiba!!

photos from multiply
bka gustu nyu bumili ng sapatus? mura lng yan..lalu na yung sa dulung taas at highly perishable ay..ay de pala, mahal naman ung sa baba imaginin nyu naman, overall na yan..libre na ang pantalon..pasencya na at na pirata ng facebook ang nga utaw ditu ay, sabi nga ni gnet maka-addict daw..sa tingin ku nga...saka napansin ku, napapainglis aku ng wala sa oras pag sa facebook..what are you doing? pede kaya sya sagutin ng nag-_ _ _ _ slog aku ? joke lng...lam ku namn na may censorship dun ay..pasencya na kayu ha..medyu windang lang ngayun ay...cge, hanggang sa muli...nga pla, magsasara na daw bistro...lungkot anu? buti na lng nakahabul tayu nung pasku..