Things ENI 9

Every Mondays, mag-discuss ang mga lalaki ug asa ang nawong ni Larry Alcala sa iyang Spice Of Life cartoon strip wherein he draws typical scenes of the Pinoy life in a humorous manner and secretly includes his face in that scene for his fans to look for..

It was December already and during our class, we heard the "White Christmas" carol played from a passing vehicle.  The girls played cute and one wished for snow to happen also in the Philippines.  Ma'am Ariola curtly corrected the girls, "Don't wish for snow to happen in our country coz it's not fit for our environment.  Mangahugno ang atong mga balay sa kabug-at sa snow labi na nga kadaghanan mga nipa lang ang atop.  Ang wala lang nila ipakita is that when the snow melts, magsugod ang mga baha unya magyutik ang mga  yuta."  There, hangtod kanta na lang.

I was always fascinated by that sweet scent that I occasionally smell in the campus or in the parks during evenings.  When I discussed the matter with my barkada, their faces turned serious and told me that it was the smell of burned "maryjane" and that some boys are having a session nearby.  It was good that one of us girls was taught by her brod to spot "users", so we went around checking who among the boys were coughing or having red eyes. It seemed though that the "session" was far from us and that the scent was just carried by the breeze.

Love hurts, Love scars, Love wounds, Almost any heart...

Hello, hello-an tikaw ron...

I remember in our High School when the notebook covers featured our favorite artists. My classmates had different artist per cover but for me, I stuck to my fave.  What struck me once was when I saw this guy under the Santol tree (with surrounding bench), in full concentration,  looking eye-to-eye with the actress in the cover of his notebook.  I pretended not to notice him but I know he was in deep imagination.

Igsihanay na ug likay kung naay mupagawas ug panyo, kaptan ang duha ka tumoy unya pasimpleng lambuyog kay ang sunod nga himuon ana mao ang ipalabtik ang usa ka tumoy sa panit sa iyang target nga amigo. Pwerteng sakita ug maigo ka labi na ug maayo kaayo ang pagkalabtik. Gyera de labtikanay ang sunod.

I lived with my uncle's family during high school and I got curious on the 'rubber tubes' that my uncle always left to air-dry.  Then I learned from my classmates that it was for 'family planning'.  One friend mischievously suggested to me to secretly tear the tip.  One time, when my uncle gave a severe toungue-lashing for unfair reason, I decided to get even by pricking with a needle the tip of the rubbers.  The rest is history...

Nakafahifinufumdufum pafa bafa kafamofo afadtofong sifinultifiafan safa mafangafa bafayofot? Pwefertifi kafaayofo afakofo afadtofong musufultifi kafay sifigifi kafamifing ufubafan ufug wafarafag kaufubafan nifilifa.  Afang mafangafa bafayofot pufud difiafay, sifigifi mifing iufubafan kafay ifilafa difiafay kafamifing iifilufot safa mafangafa lafalakifi.

Do you remember that arm-raising-guessing trick? I asked unsuspecting friends to raise one of their hands while I turned my self from them. After raising their hand, I can correctly guess which one they raised and then looked amusingly at their puzzled faces.  The trick really is to choose a 'victim' who has varicose veins in his hand.  After raising his hand, lesser blood would flow into his hand that causes the varicose veins to disappear.  Once he lowers his hand, it would take several seconds to bulge again, giving me the clue which hand was raised.  Still, there were others who tried to turn the table on me by raising both hands but were more puzzled why I guessed correctly that they raised both hands.  My friends and I enjoyed playing that "magic".

To be "in" that time was to listen to Casey Kasem with his list of American Top 40 every Sunday afternoon (Y101?).  And then we discuss it on Mondays.  Other FM stations: DYLS, DYRT and DYBU.

One of favorite soap operas then was DALLAS.  Us girls would find time in the library to discuss the conflicts, poise and mannerisms of the rich families.  One time, one of the boys was in the same table and asked us about DALLAS but pronounced it as DAL-YAS.  When we corrected him, his alibi was that he had to pronounce it that way because he has a small amount of Spanish blood..

I was a fan of Rick Springfield then when all of a sudden, this guy named Bruce Springsteen soared into the Top 40.  Initially, I didn't like it because he had "Spring" in his surname just like Rick. A poor copycat, I supposed.  But hey, Born In The USA was really rocking good, so I got to like The Boss also.

I saw in the Grammy Awards, someone hid half of his necktie in his shirt and it looked great but it did not catch fire then.  What caught fancy then were big safety pins on jeans coupled with a few small stainless chains. Punks ruled then.

In one of those mental torture/psycho tests to measure our determination in joining the SCO, I was blindfolded at the grandstand, turned around many times to dis-orient me and was led a hundred meters away until we entered into a room.  Under intense shouting and threatening commands, I was led to climb a stair, still blindfolded and subjected to intense questioning.  Then they commanded me to jump.  I jumped and landed on the same level where I stood.  I knew it was a trick.  I climbed a high level and jumping from that blindfolded could injure me severely and the CAT trainors wouldn't risk that trouble.  Perhaps dismayed of not eliciting any feeling of sign of fear from me, they commanded me to recite the "Panatang Makabayan" in a loud manner.  When I was finished, there was silence and after a minute, I removed my blindfold and there I was, totally alone.

Di pa uso ang Nike kaniadto, kinamahalan kaniadto was a pair of Adidas Grand Prix.   ///

"Grass" was the "in" thing then.  No "stones" yet...  Kadtong tig-alayo ug relo sa may eskina sa tyangge, kabalo siya kinsay kusog tig-gamit kay sigeng pangayo o palit ug cleaning paper niya...

Kusog pang balasahon kaniadto ang magazine nga "Bisaya"

Naay pasiaw ang mga lalaki sa una labi na ug makita nga busy kaayo sa yawitanay ang nagtapok nga mga babaye.  Una, maglalis ang duha ka lalaki, maghapakanay dayon paingon-ingon nga napiangan ang usa sa iyang tudlo.  Magpakiluoy dayon ang lalaki nga muduol sa mga babayi para ipabitad ang napiang nga tudlo.  Mao na ni ron kay kung bitaron na sa baye ang tudlo, "makautot" man ang lalaki sa kasakit!  Kamalas pa gyud ug baho ang utot!  Pero bisag dili baho, pugsaw na ang mga babaye sa ilang yawitanay.  Dayon magbulong na pud ang mga lalaki ug laing grupo ug mga babaye nga gayawitanay.

The library walls then was filled with portal pictures of past students so we were able to view the pictures of our parents and old relatives when they were still young.

Si Lolo Rizal, wala gyud kapuyi pagtinindog, bisag nabuslot ang likod niyang karsones.  Saksi siya sa mga panghitabo labi na ug maabtan mi ug kadlawon.

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