Little Big Things in Life…

If you’re thinking that I’m going back to Pinas, sad to say but no, at least not yet I’m just moving to a new blog site (seryoso na ‘to). Well, I just thought that it’s a good idea to create a blogsite which is dedicated only for blogging. In other words, not associated with any other networking sites. So, to all my fans out there, they was, the ones whose…you know… You may visit my new and official blogsite at kapuroyako.blogspot.com. Thanks.

Mabuhay tayong lahat! See you there

-Ka Puroy

Sagutin ang mga sumusunod na katanungan ayon sa iyong pagkaka-intindi. Do you feel any pressure right now?

= No, I’m not feeling any pressure right now. =

1. Mayaman ka ba, katamtaman o mahirap?
- Whaaat? Is that to be questioning? I’m belong to the richness clans of Payatas state-side noh. Ever herd of that, ever!

2. San ka nagaaral/nagtratrabaho?
| So cheapipay the schools here ever noh, of course I’m went to the feastigious Harvar University of Kalentong. That’s only for sosi people. After graduated, I’m go to Portland. You know, the construction fern? Portland Cement.

3. ano klase bahay nyo? Squatter?
Apartment? Mansyon?
| Eeewww! What is the meaning of those? We living the French Squatters. As a mother of pack, we have our own Frenchters networkhood nga noh.

4. Ano trabaho ng magulang mo?
| Honesty speaking, my pa, short for pader kung di nyo knows, is a chopper. He working the shop. It’s chinese eh. Jang ata. Yah, yah it’s Jang shop. Of corrs, my mader is a household doing the choir.

5. San ka gumigimik?
| Oh, I gimik only in sosi places like galeria, malaria, salmonella, etc. I also love hiking, we always went to the mountains. You know, Smokey Mountains like wise.

6. San ka na nakapunta na bansa?
| I’m travel the whole world na nga eh. Impact, I been the outerspace na ata. Yah, once time, we go to Mercury ata yun. So scary nga ‘coz they selling drugs. Di ba prohabited yun?

7. Mayayaman ba kaibigan mo?
| Of corrs!  Di pwede joining the poors sa circle of Frenchters namin. Only the richness lang likes the Gates: Raymundo Gate, Ya Gate, Mandara Gate, etc., and the Trumps: Super Trump, Little Trump, Tan Trump, etc.   

8. Nagcocomute ka ba?
| Eeewwww! Ever. Mahina ako sa math eh kaya nagamit na lang me ng calculater para magcommute.

9. Nakasakay ka na ba ng Jeep, Tric at
Bus?
| Whaaaat? Ever herd na namn ha, ever herd. I having own chufer noh. I sometimes punas pa nga his perspiring in the neck with the ‘Good morning’ towels.

10. Kumakain ka ba ng Pagkaing Kanto?
| Of corrs no! ever ako eating pagkaengkanto. Baka manuno pa ko jan. I having to go to Mr. Ambo (our finess wack doctor) to take away the bad spirits.

11. E yung nilalako sa mga daan pag
nasa sasakyan ka?
| Who are you talking about? I knows our vehicle is so laki but we never let go any lako-lako inside. Ever. My mader tells me their dirty. Baka magka-UPI or tyroid me, it so many na nga in Calamba.

12. May sarili ka bang computer o
nagrerenta ka lang sa internet shop?
| Syempre naman, of corrs! Buy the way, what is internet shop? Ever herd the turn. Is that where fixing computer is? I has pamtop, laptop and desstop all at once. All having 100 Gigahurt speed, 100 Gigabye RUN at gazillion memory.

13. Ano tatak ng cellphone mo?
| Well, I’m very brand conscience eh. I only using Bokia from divi.

14. sasakyan na minamaneho mo?
| I don’t maneho nga eh. So kulet! I having my own chufer. Please stop asking the question!

15. Sosyal ka ba o koboy?
| Eeeewwww! What the mother is koboy? I’m a certify sosi! Never to mention very rich sosi.

16. Ano mga tatak na ginagamit mo?
| As I told you, I only using sosi brands likes Bokia, TagHirap, Giabano, La-ost, Rebook, etc. 

17. Nakikipag away ka ba sa kanto?
| Nooow! So yuckee in the kanto. I challeging them in the arenola, you know, the big dom? We fight like Packy-, Paqcute-, Pac-, Pacman na nga lang.

18. Englisero ka ba?
| Whaaat? Me? Your talking me? I’m good in my english conversion skill noh. No one can do it, I can do it only. Very state-side.

19. Naniniwala ka ba na lahat ng mga
intsik e mayayaman?
| I think so, ‘coz they doing ‘pung suy’ in the bees nest. Also budda is so taba, like many money to buying fud, di ba?

20. Mahilig ka ba mamintas ng kapwa mo?
| Of corrs no! I don’t like kapwa eh, whatever what is. I only pitas fruits from the trees likes mango, rambutan, etc. You know.

21. Maldita ka ba o basagulero?
| Nooooow! Ever! I crush-headed (basag-ulo).

22. San ka mall namimili ng mga
gamit mo?
| It depens, I go to Pestibal or Ayali Mall all the time. You know, ever ending shopping. Window shopping and shop lifting. So heavy nga the windows eh.

23. Tingin mo magiging masaya ka ba pag
mayaman ka?
| Wahehe, wahehe, wahehe! So hapi! Wahehe, wahehe!

24. e pag mahirap?
| Huhuhu, huhuhu, huhuhu! So hungry! Huhuhu, huhuhu…

25. Maniniwala ka ba na mahirap lang
ang magnanakaw kadalasan?
| If I believing this, them, I believing the politicians. It so obviously you noh.

26. Anong masasabi mo sa mga nasa
gobyerno na maliit lang sweldo pero
magagara ang mga kotse at bahay nila?
madiskarte or kurakot?
| Wais maybe. Sometime it keeping the change you know. Just moderate the grid.

27. Sa tingin mo ba pag maayos ang
bansa natin e walang maghihirap?
| I don’t think so. No, no, no, no way! Ever. You see, it’s just logistic. Maybe, if our country is rich then no poors.

28.Pag meron ka malaking pera san mo
ito gagamitin?
| Well, it depens of how big is the money is. Maybe I’m use the big money to covering the roof ‘coz its tulo during the raining season or use it as ding-ding to our house.

29. Naniniwala ka ba na pag may tyaga
may nilaga?
| I’m like to believing this but I have a big tyaga and I only getting peklat from my tyaga.

30.pag ang taong mahal moh ay dinaya ka
anong gagawin mo?
| I put a hand in his necking. I’m struggle him, I’m stuggle him until he collage in the floor! Them, I’m mouth to mouth him with bad words!

-Bb. Sosyalera

(Ka Puroy)

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   

(Sorry for the long delay. I know you’ve been waiting for this. I still gathered more reliable "chikka" evidences from the surroundings to spice up our "melodratic-turned-to-tragic" novel.)

Chapter 2. The Penetration

The project "Glow" as the name depicts was established to help encourage the ever poor residents of the Everever Solo District to shine and flourish using their own lights. The project assesses every citizen’s status if they are eligible for the most important piece of paper called "stub." This stub entitles the holder to perform duties and receive goodies. What can I say? When typhoon Jessing hit the district, an awful darkness like a full solar eclipse covered every citizen, men, women, and men-alike. One of the district’s greatest switching philosopher Enrico Escrub (don’t forget the R!) once warned every citizen to always be alert and be conscious with their grammar. For instances, the "effort" is a place where the "efflain" lands, and a "cattle" is where the "plince" and "plincess" live. The people in the entire district literally lost their heads when they learned that all their "efforts" were used by typhoon Jessing’s landing to conquer the district. During those times, the most terrorsome athlete Ms. Jontis Boy (MJB) had a recent break-down with the civil man who somehow manage to create a baby from semen’t, I mean cement. (Gosh! My grammar too.) "I want to tear his’ appart, I mean his house!" said Ms. Boy who is also a civil woman. Anyway, to make the long story short, they broke each other’s (his house and her water-bag). Come to think of it, the signs of revelation are very evident, bad grammar and break-downs coupled with a supertyphoon! It was indeed a disastrous moment. 

The summer "hot-like-hell" thing was about to end and the rainy "teardrops" season was about to start. Obviously the ES district’s people were clueless of what’s going to happen during the implementation of the project Glow. A lot of good movies in the theaters had passed as well as some important occassions but still there was no budget for anybody. "We can’t afford to watch any movie. It’s ridiculous!" said Mr. Norah Baday who apparently was the best buddy of the greatest political philosopher Mr. Escrub (don’t forget the R!). He (Norah) seemed to be particularly fond with grammar too which might be the reason why they dive/jive each other. It was very mind-boggling, heart-puzzling, organ-clanging thing that the most precious little stubs that permit the citizens to claim relief goods were not arriving in the district. Bloody hell! The people, almost half-death due to starvation patiently awaits for the stubs but only to know they had flown away due to typhoon Jessing’s clash with "The Vid." To be continued…

"KaPuroy"

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TSISMAKS (Tsismis, Makinig Kayo!)

Wait for all the other exciting characters to come!

Also, please entertain yourselves for the upcoming blogs!

"Horny Farter and the Political Philosopher’s Stone"

"Horny Farter and the Charing with Secrets" 

"Horny Farter and the Prisoner of Escrobar"

It’s been almost two years up to now since the most devastating typhoon, tornado, tsunami, hurricane or whatever (combined into one) named "Jesing" first hit the very beautiful, almost paradise land of Everever Solo District (ESD) in Yufielbi. (Never heard of that place?) Read carefully as I refresh your memories about the most cruel some and fearsome tragedies happened on those days. Very very bad…

Chapter 1. In the beginning…

Summer of 2005, the residents of the Everever Solo District (ESD) were carefully watching on the turn of tides and the unpredictable incoming (non)political calamity that was feared to strike the district. "It seemed to be very peaceful and quiet throughout the whole district. We never thought that the super typhoon "Jesing" would hit us directly like a bowling ball." said Phil. Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Hubble American Station Administration (PAGAHASA) astronomer Joe P. Tinakot (Jupot). "It was like we’re at the center of his eye staring on every move we make and every step we take." commented "TsisMAK’s" (Tsismis, Makinig Kayo!) journalist KaPuroy. "He seemed to be harmless when he entered our area of responsibility. In fact, he’s like a whisper with wings in the sky." added Berting Libress, product manager and CEO of "Libress with wings."

During those days, the changes in the weather patterns are becoming slightly normal. It was when the forces of nature are starting to shift from the "AKDA" cycle to the "ELYA" cycle or from A to E (A,E,I,O and U). During the "AKDA" cycle several severe damages on the trusses of many institutions and faculty buildings in Yufielbi were brought about which became quite irreversible. However, the "AKDA" cycle never lost its powers because it was backed-up by the natural vindication which is also referred to as "The VID."  ("The VID" was also reported to be close with super typhoon "Jesing.")

It was summer and it really felt like it was hell on the entire district. There were hot rumors that the evaluations of the project "Glow" were tampered. "Glow" is an institution in Yufielbi that were mandated to gather evaluations of the current low ranking, poor citizens in ESD. Fortunately, the rumor spread out and was found out to be true but the consequences are fatal… (to be continued)

KaPuroy

"TsisMAK’s"

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Mabuhey!

Howdy!

Ola!

Konichiwa!

Ni hao mah!

Aloha!

Bon jour!

Bon jovi! Bondat! Bontis! Boni! An-an! Alipunga! etc.

It’s been another beautiful day, yah know? It’s the birth of the most awaited, highly anticipated and eagerly procrastinated Filipino graduate student association of all time worldwide and beyond, yah know? It has earned the highest seal of approval from the Universal League of Alien Movers (ULAM) and the Sovereign Alliance for Better Acronyms Worldwide (SABAW), yah know? Presenting…

-the result of the integration of the subnuclear particles creating a massive convolution of a series of inter-twined multi-disciplinary and diversed cultural networks residing on most inhabitable geospatial locations of the world-

The Philippine Intergalactic Graduate Students Association (PIGSA)! Whoop!
Motto: "Mas matigas, mas malaki, gentle but heavy-duty!"

Of course, you will be needing some supplementary information of our universal motto again. I bet you do! So here goes…

"Mas matigas" stands for stronger, tougher, and more violent hard-headed revolutionary graduate students all over the world who aim to top it all. Scratch mo baby and they will be as hard as an eggplant. I know its not that hard but it’s delicious, yah know? When the white comes out, you lick it! That’s how to eat oreo cookies. (What were you thinking?) Anyway, an interview with Professor Xerex from the University of Pennisylvania attests that most of the Pinoy students that he already handled were really hard-headed. As a matter of fact, they use their heads occassionally to open coconuts. "What a headache?" he says. 

"Mas malaki" obviously our family is fastly growing, yah know? We’re intergalctic now, what do you expect? Even the non-pinoy graduate students wanted to join PIGSA just for popularity. Those guys! Anyway, the Filipino graduate students in Hardvard had conducted a research together with Okinana University on "makahiya" plant. They tested it as a replacement for VIAGRA and it really works! You’ll have a very hard and big, you know, that could last forever except when somebody touch it (it will fold back just like "makahiya").

"Gentle but heavy duty" it doesn’t matter to PIGSA members how many rounds you want (most heavy Pinays will argue that round is a shape), as long as you can keep your energy as high as possible everytime you do the rounds. If this sentence seems very ambiguous to you, please consult your psychiatrist and let her imagine what it should suppose to mean. Me myself cannot argue myself, yah know. Where are we? Gentle, right! PIGSA could also stand for Phil. Gentle Students Assoc. where gentlemen and ladies meet. Most Pinoy grad studs all over the world are gentlemen in all manners to women (specially sexy women) and most Pinays wish this is true.

It’s really sad but every story has an end, but PIGSA will be here forlife. I hope to meet you all soon in a vast variety of shapes, sizes and colors. ‘Till then, I still have to contact the other forms of life through an intergalactic space communication device or mental telepathy. Good luck!

Alien!

Sincerely,

KaPuroy

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Attention! Howdy!

For all Filipino graduate students here in the US, I am very pleased to announce the grand opening of the most awaited, most extravagant, most mouth-watering, most ravishing, most entertaining and most exaggerated graduate students association ever created in the history of civilization.  The Philippine Graduate Students Association or "PHIGSA" is now here and ready to serve you! Yeah you! Oo ikaw nga! With our motto: "Masakit-sakit, makirot-kirot, makati-kati, masarap kamutin pero hindi pwede!"

Let us first scrutinize the meaning of our motto.

"Masakit-sakit" stands for all the hardships (and softdrinks) that all Filipino graduate students are undergoing, most specially in the academics. "Hindi biro ang mag-aral sa States!" says Annie Stonemetal, who is a working student in the Univerity of Pennyslvania. In the morning, she’s a despatcher, in the evening "bonggang-bongga." It’s true! when I came here, my nose is bleeding! says Ka Puroy from kiTAMO (short for Kilabot ng Texas A&M Oniversidad). But the good thing is, their ears are bleeding too!

"Makirot-kirot" signifies the love life of every Filipino graduate student. Graduate students are also human, that’s why they also have this sense of love and affection with other forms of human being. They also fall in love but most of the time they just fall. "Not all the time you’re lucky, that’s why I was used to sharing" says Peter Dapa from the University of Poorida. For Pinays, it is easy for them to hook-up with white guys ‘coz they are really exotic, but for pinoys height does matter. That is where the "kirot" factor comes in.

"Makati-kati" hmmm…don’t tell me you don’t have any idea of what "makati" stands for? There are a bunch of "hunk-aliscious" and "booty-liscious" men and women here specially by the beach. I’ll just leave this one for your wildest imaginations.

"Masarap…pero ‘di pwede!" It’s really fun to stay here in the US, but all good things should come to an end. Specially now that the immigration law is becomming tougher. TNT could be an option (as many people are doing that, not only pinoys). You cannot be a legal citizen unless "kamutin mo!"

Next time we’ll going to talk about the constitutions of PHIGSA for this is a very important matter. Anywho, you can start filing your membership online at http://www.friendster.com/group/tabmain.php?gid=152727. Hope to see you on our next convention to be held outside the US! Cheers!

Sincerely,

Ka Puroy

Hay, nakakapagod. Pero ganyan talaga, wala kang mapapala kung hindi ka kikilos. Bali wala din naman ang lahat ng bagay na nakukuha mo kung hindi mo rin naman pinagpaguran. Marami sa atin ang hindi talaga nakaka-alam kung ano ang dapat nating gawin sa ating buhay. Kung anu-anong hinihintay. Kung anu-anong inaasahan. Hindi naman masamang mag-antay, hindi rin naman masamang umasa. Natural lang naman ang umasa sa iba, tulad sa iyong magulang, kung hindi mo pa kaya mag-isa. Natural din namang mag-antay kung kinakailangan talaga. Ngunit sa kabila ng mahabang pag-aantay, isang bagay lang naman ang hindi dapat mawala, pag-asa. Ito kasi ang bagay nagbibigay sa’yo ng direksyon at determinasyon upang ipagpatuloy ang buhay. Maiksi ang buhay. Hindi mo alam kung saan ka ipapadpad. Ngunit kung ano ang kalagayan mo ngayon ay idinidikta ng kung hanggang saan kaya mong ibahagi ang iyong pag-asa sa iba. Ang pagpapakita ng iyong pag-kagalak sa iyong estado ng pamumuhay sa ngayon ay ngpapatunay na hindi ka nawawalan ng pag-asa. Maraming bagay ang maaring hindi makapagpa-alaala sa iyo kung nasaan ka na at kung ano na ang narating mo. Mahirap, masalumuot, matagal. Minsan nakaka-inip, minsan nakakasuka. Mabilis, nakakahilo…Pahalagahan mo ang mga bagay na pinag-kakaloob sa iyo at huwag mong iisipin na ang mga bagay na meron ka ngayon ay permanente. Lumilipas ang lahat…