A Political Apparition

I was traveling from Mantrade to PRC when suddenly, an apparition struck me.


The headlights of the car behind the jeep I was riding shone a bright ray to this very interesting trash can.

The driver must be a big fan! :)

Another Confusing Sign: Back to Original?

I don't know why....

Something just came upon me and made me click that button on my camera phone...

Just to take this picture of a confusing sign posted on the door of this tailor shop along San Andres St...




Perhaps I am hoping that one day, I would be able to understand what that sign is trying to tell me... Especially the phrase---BACK TO ORIGINAL. :)

Thank You Doctor, Can I Smoke Now?

As I was enjoying drinking tea with my bestfriend tonight, he showed me this uber-duper cool cigarette case. You may think that this is just an ordinary cigarette case that you usually see in Greenhills.... BUT NO! It is actually a giveaway from Bangkok Hospital so its patients can moderate their number of cigarette sticks per day.

Doctor: Congratulations! You're cured! Here's a cool cigarette case for you! Remember, just smoke 10 sticks a day!

Patient: I promise doctor! Thank you soooo much!

:)

The Joiner

I just can't help but laugh whenever I look at this photo:



Hahahahahahhahahahahahahhaha!


My day's complete! :)

Shameless English!

Ever since elementary, I have been encouraged to speak in English. During grade school, whenever one is caught speaking in Tagalog, she has to wear the huge nametag which says: NOT SPEAKING IN ENGLISH. (Class officers then seem to take joy in other people's despair)

During college, right at the gate of our school was a huge sign which says: THIS IS AN ENGLISH SPEAKING CAMPUS. (They really tried to convince themselves that it was)

Perhaps we could give the credit to these efforts of our school authorities why Filipinos are good in speaking English, which makes us a really cool Asian country for tourists. Some of us could even speak with twang (Yeah! Ah yeah! Yeah yeah yeah!). But perhaps this is also the reason why most Filipinos find it hard to speak in pure Filipino when conversing with others. such as:

"Pare, go lang ako sa CR"
"Join ako, Pare"
"Hihihi... ok."

I guess asking students to speak in English is already a part of our culture, of our education system. And in a school somewhere in Pangasinan, a friend of mine took a photo of this very interesting sign to encourage students to speak in English.

Fearless! Guiltless! Shameless! :)

The letter "Q"

Queue - pronounced as "kyu"
- one of the most asked words to be spelled in spelling competitions.
- defined as waiting line

I seldom use the word queue in conversations or articles. In the Philippines, you could always say "Please fall in line" and everybody will understand you. However, in Singapore, they found a way to use queue in a simple, extremely easy to spell way:

Then I realized that Filipinos also use the letter Q in a variety of interesting ways, such as, Banana-Q, Bar-B-Q, and Wer na u? And2 na q!

There's something strange in your neighborhood

We were having coffee at The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, Robinson's Place Manila, when I took this interesting photo of my bestfriend:

There's definitely something strange in the skies...

...I just can't put my finger on it. :)

Hu..Hu..

While cleaning our office area, we unearthed this greeting card which changed our lives.

It strengthened our friendship through this inside joke which, I think, would last forever. There are amazing realities which can be derived from this card (1) Someone made the card and composed its fantastic copy (2) It was approved by the boss of the greeting card company (3) It was mass produced and (4) someone from our company bought it.

Amazing! :)

A Secret Alien Machine?

I saw this Suspended Particulates Sampler "thing" along EDSA in Quezon City, which is supposed to help improve the quality of air in Metro Manila. Wow, Deep! So I asked myself, is this "thing" (a) a hanging trash can, (b) a secret alien machine, or (c) a secret alien machine.

Many perhaps guessed choice "a". However, this thing, apparently, is supposed to collect air particulates for research on how polluted the air is.

And if you judge the quality of EDSA air based on its contents, I would conclude that the air in that part of EDSA is severely polluted by candy wrappers and empty bottles. :)

Many are cold...

I love the province of Camiguin; it is definitely a destination which I need to explore more. During my last visit, it rained the whole day, and according to the townsfolk of Camiguin, it rains every year on the Feast of the Candles (February 2). And after dreaming about going to Camiguin for more than 10 years, unfortunately, my travel date was February 2.

When I go back to Camiguin, here's a list of the places that I need to go to:

- White Island
- Soda Water Pool
- Cafe 1914



...so I may know if I am.... the FROZEN ONE. :)