Little Big Things in Life…

Social Climbing Logo Contest by Reyna Elena

Napilit lamang po ako ng aking mabuting kaibigan na bumoto sa Logo Contest na ito. Dahil siya ay aking kaibigan, pinasinayanan ko ang kanyang panghihimok sa akin. Ngunit bilang ganti ay padadalhan nya ako ng "Shingaling" dahil nawala sa loob nya na ako’y padalhan ng "dried mangoes" noong nakaraang taon. Sa makatuwid, lubhang dumarami na ang kanyang utang na loob sa akin at hinding-hindi ko ito makakalimutan! Grrr….

(Smile ulit.) Ang tema sa taong ito ay "World Peace."

Eto na po ang aking mga boto:

1. Entry # 3.) Pinoy Ambisyoso

2) Entry # 4.) Kotseng Kuba

3) Entry # 2.) Chuvaness/Malen

4) Entry # 5.) 100% Batangueno

5) Entry # 1.) Chuvaness/Malen

Good luck sa lahat ng mga kalahok at nawa’y pagpalain kayo ng Poong may Kapal sa inyong mga pinaggagagawang kabutihan sa mundo!

Salamat po.

-KaPuroy

Announcer:

"Eto na naman po ang isang kanapa-panabik na bahagi ng ating palatuntunan: Ang "Words of Wisdom" o WoW! na ihahatid sa atin ng walang iba, kung ‘di ang pinakamagaling na mang-bobola sa buong daigdig: Madam Bubula!" Madam, pasok!

Madam Bubula:

"Magandang gabi pu sa enyong lahat. Dili na ko magpalegoy-legoy pa. Sasabehen ko na sa enyo ng diritsu ang lahat ng enyong dapat malaman sa enyong bohay-bohay na malamang ay alam na nenyo. Hende na ako magpatompek-tompek pa. Derek sandale lang, pwedi ba mag-tik tu na ko? Pasinsya na mga mahal kong taga-pakeneg. Nininirbyus lang pu. Pers taym ko diha. Anyway, as I was saying. Dili na nga ako magpatompek-tompek, kaya hitu na ang onang WoW!

- Ang malekot matulog, sa saheg mamaloktot.

Hende na pu nanganga-elangan ng palewanag eyan mga kaebegan. Malenaw na malenaw pu. Walang tadyakan, walang tolakan lalo na kong male-et ang kama dahel sa saheg ka talaga popolotin lalo na kung ang katabi mu ay esang dambuhala, tyak yun! Nixt,

- Kapag may komislut, tyak may malalagot!

Seguradung malalagot ka sa asawa mo. Lalo na kong mahoholi kayo ne Enday dahel sumesegaw sya ng "Koya ‘wag pu!" Seguraduhen mo den na eso-ot ng tama ang salawal bago bomalek kay meses, dahel balektad den ang mukha mo (kasasampal), tyak yun! Susunud,

- Ang lomalakad ng matolen, henahabol ng badeng!

Seno ba naman ang ‘de matatakut sa malakeng mama na maskulado na, may beguti pa ngonit nakasuut ng palda. Pag-enabotan ka ng mamang ito, seguradong ala ka den kawala obus pa ang lakas mo (dahel sa katatakbo, kaw talaga), tyak yun! Nixt,

- Ang saket ng kalengkengan, dala ng katandaan.

Anu ba naman mga lulu’t lula? Dili nyu pa ba alam yan? Ang tatanda nyu na para pa rin kayung ulyanin. Ang mga saket-saket ay senyalis ng pagka-gurang. Maboting tapalan nenyo na lang ng "salumpas," tanggal na ang saket, tanggal pa ang amuy (lopa), tyak yun! Susunud,   

- Kapag may malakeng henaharap may mabegat na dinadala.

Agin, dili na tu penapalewanag mga day at dung. Silp-iksplinaturi! Sa unang keta palang malolowa na ang mga mata mo este maluluha pala sa kanilang mga kwintu. Sare-sareng kamay na ang kanelang penagdaanan, kong sinu-sinu na ang humawak sa kanela kaya’t malalake ang henaharap nela (future baga), kaw talaga, sanay na sela sa herap e. Seguradung hende na kakaposin sa palad nela, subra pa, tyak yun!

At dyan na muna pu natatapus ang ateng WoW! sa araw na etu. Magketa-keta pu ulit tayu sa mga susunud na isyu. Etu pu muli ang enyong lengkud, madam mam-bubula na nagsasabing:

Ang susut ay sa aso,

Ang para ay sa tao,

Ang katok ay sa pinto,

Ang buhok ay sa ulo,

Ang peke ay ‘di totoo,

Ang huli ay buko,

Ang tulog ay ‘di gising,

Ang pulitiko ay sinungaling.

Bow. Tapus na pu."

-KaPuroy

At last, after more than a year of not blogging, I have another reason to write. I don’t know how I can make this a hilarious entry but I’ll try for the sake of my old time fans (hehehe…meron ba?).

If you are wondering about the title, these were the current highs and lows (degrees F) at College Station, TX and Iselin, NJ, respectively on my first day here at New Jersey. Grabe, it was really a very tiresome 1,635 mi (about 1 day and 1 hr land trip) trip from TX to NJ. Please bear with me as I share another memorable experience I had yesterday (Feb 21st, 2008). It started on the night before my flight when I had my "last supper" with some friends at College Station. Well, nothing very notable happened here I just want to have a starting point or you could consider the nilagang baka with pork and Ramiele Malubay being regarded as one of the best singers in the AI7 according to Simon. Lakers won by the way against Phoenix with Shaq to blame, hmmm... Anyway, because I don’t want to be left out by the plane for the n-th time, I decided to take a bath before I went to sleep. I woke up at 5:00 in the morning, made some final "inspections," ate a light breakfast and went to the airport to check-in around 7AM (my flight is at 8AM!). I have two 50-lb luggage, a backpack and a body-bag large enough to contain my laptop. I checked-in my luggage and the attendant handed me my 4 boarding passes (one for CLL, one for IAH, one for ATL, and one for EWR). I immediately went to the inspection/boarding area thinking I was already late. With my laptop taken out of the bag and my shoes and belt off, the inspection officer told me that they were not accommodating any passenger from my flight yet. Huh? What the pack? My packs were all laid out. I said, OK, I can’t do anything about that. So I took all my carry-ons and started packing myself again I sat in the waiting area and placed my laptop on my lap (of course). Then suddenly, I heard an attendant calling for "ishkmal prenayempayti" and she was looking at me? She repeated the name, looked in my direction and cried "are you ishkmal?" I don’t know what to do then an Indian girl stood right behind me and approached the counter. I told myself, what a relief. Then another announcement came in telling that all passengers from flight 1952 (my flight) to come forward because the flight has been CANCELED! A lot of people went into the counter immediately and I also stood up immediately. Guess what? My laptop fell on the tiled floor immediately (of course). When I reached the counter, they told me that there is still one available seat in the "ground shuttle" going to Houston and I might still be able to catch up with my flight there. I called the shuttle service but to no avail. I went into the counter again and they told me to wait and they’ll try to book me into another flight. "Click, click…let me see…hmmm…click, click, hmmm…Sir, what I can do is I can put you into the 11:15am flight going to IAH and from there you will, click, click…hmmm…you will transfer in a flight going straight to NJ." Then I said, "DO IT!" (just kidding), "sure, that’s GREAT!" Oh, thank goodness.

I can’t make the long story short because I waited in the airport for 4 long hours doing nothing only to discover that the wi-fi is free on the last hour! At last we reached IAH (terminal A) at 12:30pm but my next flight going to NJ is at 1pm (boarding is 12:15) in terminal E. The bus took us in each terminal, A first then B then C,D and E. I literally sprinted inside the airport to reach terminal E-17 which is located at the very end (it’s weird ‘coz E-25 even came first). Luckily, I reached E-17 at 1:05pm and was able to get in the plane because the flight was also delayed. But I think delay really loves me because inside the plane we still waited for almost an hour before we took off due to some delays. At last, we finally took off passed 2pm and I was so hungry. Fortunately, they served real food during the flight (cheese burger and salad). They even have a movie feature presentation "Dan in Real Life" starring one of my favorite comedian Steve Carell. It is a good movie, watch it Anyways, we arrived at Newark, NJ around 6:00pm. I immediately went to the baggage claim area to claim my baggage (of course). I waited and waited but my baggage never showed up. I waited until 7:30pm but I didn’t find my bags. I went in to the baggage claim office to report my missing bags but they told me to go back to the carousel because the bags from Houston were still coming out. So I went back and waited. I waited until the last bags from the 2nd flight from Houston came out. I still didn’t find my bags and it was almost 9pm. I just filed a report that my bags were missing then I called the shuttle that I reserved to pick me up at the airport. It wasn’t that cold outside at that time but the driver told me that there will be a lot of snow on the following day. I paid $60 (including gratuity) for the trip that only took 25 mins carrying nothing. When I reached the guest house/apartment where I suppose to stay, it was already 9:30pm and luckily there was still someone awake. When I went inside there was nothing, no chairs or tables. And the guy showed me a room were I can sleep for the night, which of course have nothing and I also have nothing with me because my baggage were missing. I was so hungry during that time but the guy told me that I can get any food inside the ref and this time it has something. Guess what? Because the guys living the apartment were mostly Indians, the food are only Indian foods (of course). No meat nor chicken nor hot-dogs nor bacon. All Indian, all vegetarian! So, I fried their eggs instead, not Indian eggs (of course). After my not-so-satisfying meal, I prepared my invisible bed. I vacuumed the carpet (surprisingly there’s a vacuum) and lay there using my coat as my blanket. Fortunately, I have with me my tiny Batman pillow and my small (still wet) towel that I used to aide in my sleep. I didn’t sleep well (of course), it was very cold. Freezing cold! At around 9:00 in the morning the following day, my phone rang. It was my baggage at last. I went immediately outside to see that the place was covered all over with snow. It was very beautiful for someone who only witnessed it for the first time. I was mesmerized. Come on, Texas = no snow. When I came back to my senses, the driver was still looking for the apartment. Well, our apartment is actually located behind the apartments facing the road so it was difficult to spot. So, I went to the front to claim my bags. The driver just unloaded my bags and left me behind. I realized that it was so hard to walk in the snow (around 1.5 feet deep) carrying two 50-lb luggage. Right now, I’m confused if I’m still going to love snow anymore. On the other hand, our training was postponed for a week because of the bad weather. I thank you…bow!

- Ka Puroy