Tuesday, November 29, 2005

Ang tamportal. Bow.

Kami ay makulay
At higit na mahusay
At syempre paminsan minsan mahalay

Magaling sa programming
Mas lalo pa sa singing
At 'wag na wag kakalimutan ang dancing

Mayroong dalawang bibo
At ilang maloloko
Mataba, payat, malaki ang noo

Mayroong isang kakaiba mga damit
Mayroong rin minsan tampuhin o galit
At lahat sigurado'y sa team meeting makulit

Marami pa kaming katangiang mapupukaw
Pero higit sa lahat kami ay matatakaw
Pati pagkain ng iba'y aming inaagaw
Kami ay pataygutom pa nga daw
Okay lang, di naman kami mukhang bakulaw

Ang tamportal
Bow

Parang Little Miss Philippines gone bad. Walastik na second stanza yan. I wanted to upload a pic with everyone in it kaya lang wala ata akong Photoshop (in other words hindi ako marunong mag-collage). Pero marunong ako mag-resize and upload hehehe :) Grabe! Miss ko na team!

this coffee break @ 2:51 PM
2 sugarcubes | add sugar

This post is about what's on TV

Nowadays I find myself with a lot of time on my hands so I waste it wisely by surfing the net, reading, or watching TV. All that on top of laundry, dinner, and baby of course. I pretty much read all the child rearing books I managed to borrow from a friend and they really really helped me understand how I can raise a brighter and happier child. I've read and noted (literally) a lot of interesting tips, pointers, and how-to's that I think other new parents out there would find useful as well. More on this later... You see, this post is about what's on TV.


Yes, cable TV has become this housewife's friend. In fact, we are so close that I am more than familiar with the schedules already -- Friends will be on from 5-7pm at channel 40! It has become one of my favorite shows and I do tune in religiously to watch it. I understand I have A LOT of catching up to do as I've never really bothered to watch the show 'til recently. Four months back I wouldn't have thought I'd be asking Santa for the complete series this Christmas!



I have other favorites most of which run on the Food Network but there is this other show on an obscure channel that I find very useful especially now that I am in charge of what checks out at the grocery, hardware, and department stores. It is hosted by two women who review and compare basically any commodity that you could think of under the sun. And it is, I think, most appropriately called The Shopping Bags. So far they have helped me pick out my plastic wrap, bacon, pancake, and stain remover and I know I'll find their car alarm tips useful when I eventually buy my first set of wheels here. Did you know you can get a 30% discount if you install a $200 immobilizer on your car?

There is this one thing that bothers me and, I must admit, kinda surprised me about cable TV here and that is what some channels show late at night. When you stay up late enough and if you have a habit of flipping through the channels using that up-down button on the remote, then you are bound to come across a handful of shows that air, what I think, could only normally be seen when you type in "porn" on Google. It's kinda frustrating to think that poeple's values out here are way too different so much so that they are willing to air such things at night. Anway, last time I came across such shows on TV was at the Marriott Bloor in Toronto and I was naive enough to think that that "feature" came only with hotel cable.

So I'm gonna rephrase what I said earlier. Cable TV is my friend so long as we part ways right around the time my momma would ask me to go to bed when I was fourteen. In short, 10pm. After that, one is better off playing Guild Wars to level up that Mo/R7 to a Mo/R8.

this coffee break @ 1:30 PM
4 sugarcubes | add sugar