April 30, 2010

With A Fur, With A Furrr

That Holy Week at Quezon slash behind the scenes of You're Mongolian? Part II: Return Of the Yadda Yadda

Pretty? Toby and half of A's leg. Toby will always look for a precious space in this blog. He pushed me to publish this photo; Bit my foot and won't let go of it until the photo pops out of the screen..

Tsk. S-p-o-i-l-e-d, a-t-t-e-n-t-i-o-n c-r-a-v-e-r and s-e-m-i c-r-u-e-l, I know! He is slowly learning to read so I need to use this hyphen technique to confuse him.

Plus, he wants this blog's url to be changed to iammightytoby.blogspot.com since he feels that most of my posts are 'Toby-centric.'


Some sort of pseudo doggy threesome with Hazy Beige (friend of mother's dog), Fuzzy Toby and Wooly Puppy (cousin's dog). Toby kept on sniffing Puppy's butt but Puppy was too wise for Toby so she just sat on the floor all day. All day.


Lily, 50% disaster!, 40% Australian kangaroo and 10% lotus feet, stayed either inside a box or sleeping on my grandfather's soft white chair the whole Holy Week. Once you put her out of her jailhouse, she will be hopping everywhere and will be wreaking havoc 24/7.

On the upper right part of the photo is Toby meticulously planning a tactic on how he can sniff Puppy's butt. His body is hidden from Puppy's view but his head is all out showing sign of his presence. F-A-I-L


Day 1 and this tripod greeted me.
'Para san yan?'
*..never gonna dance again..guilty feet have got no rhythm.. *

Cousin set this up beside his bed and it stood there untouched and totally unused. 'Eh bat may red bandana ditooooo!?'


My 2nd favorite spot every morning. Could have been first if there was internet connection. And maybe burgers, gold bars and..you. Heh. Baduy.


Mater Dolorosa (Mother of Sorrows) outside her doll house/box.

Holds history - from great great (times 173621563) grandparents passed on to my grandparents and then passed on to my mother (parents). So she is left with two you're-doomed! choices in the future..ME OR MY BROTHER. *insert The Day The Earth Stood Still BG music*

Part of the responsibility is to get 2 or 3 people to change Mater Dolorosa's clothes to a sleek black-purple one. The heavy clothes are kept under her doll house/box but it's a serious task since it involves nails, hammers and a lot of muscle-flexing. And then there's also food preparation for 70+ people, checking and changing of light bulbs, etc.

So every Holy Week (esp Holy Friday), the only possible statuses are - busy/dnd/afk/..invisible to everyone (if you're due two more movies to watch).

After the procession, there's usually a lot of people inside the house so we [cousins and dogs] lock ourselves inside our grandparent's room to watch dvds and eat pancit and cupcakes. It has been pancit and cupcakes every dinner of Holy Friday since 1611.


Dusty out-of-tune upright pedal piano!

When there were still no laptop/dvds/burger machine, I kill time by playing my grandparent's piano pieces. I can even play 'Apple bottom jeans jeans boots with a fur, with a fur' before. lol. My favorite piece was 'Blue Moon' because I can have a trio with my mother and my uncles/aunt. Now, the only two pieces that I can play right off the top of my head are 'Snake Dance' and 'Happy Birthday.' Very Pre-Kindergarten.

Right above the piano is a scenic collage (hehe) of my relatives' college graduation photos. My mother (lower left) finished Commerce and Business Administration. At the bottom is their youngest brother, my uncle who is a generous priest. And fyi, one of my grandmother's sisters is a nun. THAT'S WHY! I grew up so pious, faithful and lies-free. :)


This terrace is quite filthy now and steels were placed to avoid crooks and stray cats. But still spacious that it can hold 20+ people for partaaays! It's also a perfect spot to do some clearing-of-clouded-mind shit or to find a signal for your Globe phone.


I tend to hide under this staircase and surprise/scare people who go down by grabbing their legs/feet. I also shout 'WAH!!!' really loud to add a more terrifying emotion. I think it's quite effective..and really mature.


FREAKY.

One afternoon while my grandfather, mother and cousin were sleeping in their own room and everyone else were out of the house, I decided to release my burning creativity and lame-blurry talent in photography. Click here, click there..

Going upstairs, I accidentally clicked the shutter button and got this photo.
Me: FUDGE. *shivers*

Shivers? Haha. Kid. This is me with my Invisibitlity power. Semi-True Story.

April 9, 2010

You're Mongolian? Part II: Return Of The Yadda Yadda

I was able to horse around with A, mah Mongolian friend, and my cousin last week when we went to the province for Holy Week. A's Tagalog vocab is getting better and he now speaks more Mongolian language to confuse us.

'Prick! No fai-..ay! HINDI PATAAAAS! BAWAL!!...UMIMIK NG MONGOLIAN! RAAAAA!!! *transforms to Captain Planet*'

We bond over DVDs, food and much more food because we all have the same taste when it comes to food - everything.

Photo from cousin!

Concealed Brother, Hidden Iron Man and Disguised A while waiting for the procession to start.
No hint of familiarity whatsoever.

SHOUT OUT: HAPPY BIRTHDAY BROTHER! I wish..I could read that Diary of a Wimpy Kid which was given to you by your officemate. Hehe All the best :)

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We were waiting for the procession when I saw a kid with an awesome scooter..
Me: Ooohh, astig!
A: Aha astig! What does astig means?
Me: Uhmmm..hmmm..it's an expression when you're creeped out. Like 'Oh my. It is so dark that I can actually sense ghosts or evil spirits around. Asteeeeg!'...it really means cool or dope.

12:30am. Ancestral house. We were in the middle of watching Friday the 13th when suddenly..
*brownout*
Me: *top of the world my lungs* I SEE DEAD PEOPLE!!!! HAHAHAH-
Me: ???
[silence]
Me: React Asians! I'm scared!

A: You're half Chinese right?
Me: No.
A: Quarter?
Me: No. Where did you get that? I'm Superman. Full. Take it or you'll fly back to Mongolia..and please keep it a secret!

Aunt: Call Kuya J. Tell him to go down and eat lunch.
*5 minutes*
A: He is..tulog..patay?
Everyone: !?!?
A: He's dead sleep..

His digits.
A: ..isa(1)..wala(0)..ostso(8)..osto is six?..

In the middle of She's Out Of My League.
Me: She's a perfect 10. A hard 10. And you're (cousin) just..a..3.
Me and A: Hahaha
A: And me?
Me: Barely 2. lol Don't worry, I'm 3.5.
A: No, no, I'm a 9 plus one because girls like guys with small eyes, you know.

My uncle, who is a priest, gave me a graduation gift in a form of cash..
Me: Ka-ching! *flashes money* We'll buy beer! Yeaaaahh!
[A's eyes turn huge. I look at my back and saw my priest uncle passing by]
Me: ..for the THIRSTY. And then food, for the hungry. Cloth the naked..and all that stuff.

Toby and his tricks.
Me: Toby, sit. Sit.
Toby: ....
Me: Sit, Toby. Sit.
Toby: *sits*
Me: Good! Good boy. Now, play dead. Toby, play dead.
Toby: ...
Me: Lie down, canine!
Toby: ....
A: #)$#%()!%!$^)$!^)!)@#$($ [Mongolian language]
Me and Toby: @_@

On My Sassy Girl, Serious Betting and Saving My Last Piece of Tops (mini cheap brownies/cake)
Cousin: Hindi. Meron talagang UFO sa part na 'yan. Nabasa ko rin sa forum yun eh
Me: Ngek. Sure ka? Parang joke naman yun
A: What UFO?
Cousin: Konti lang nakakapansin nito. Eto oh..
*goes back to the tree scene*
Me: There's none!
A: Yeah, nothing
Cousin: Wait, nandito yun eh..
*retrograde more*
Cousin: Meron talaga. Ano, bet? Tops?
Me: This is my last Tops so I'm not betting.
A: I don't have tops anymore so I'll bet your Tops.
Me: LOL This is my Tops. Bet something that belongs to you..your laptop.
A: No, I'm betting your Tops.
Me: This is my last piece! Bet your house!
A: No, I'm betting your Tops. DEAL!
Cousin: DEAL!
Me: No Fair!!! Bet my used boxers then!
Cousin: Oh, eto na, eto..panoorin niyo..
*a mini ufo appears at the back of the girl and then disappears in the sky*
Me: Nope, there's none. Didn't see it.
A: Saw nothing too.
Cousin: Wait. Ulitin ko..
*replays*
Cousin: Ayan, ayan oh *points at the mini UFO*
Me: HUH? Hindi naman UFO yan eh! Butterfly yan, dude! Butterfly!
A: Yeah, it's a butterfly!
Cousin: Hindi! UFO yun!
Me: No! WAIT. let's just vote..who votes for butterfly?
Me and A: *raises hands*

PS: My cousin and A are huge people so when we walk in the streets to buy merienda, I am usually mistaken as a pogo stick. True story.

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Being a fresh graduate, all the conversations that I usually encounter [with family, friends, neighbors, dogs] has something to do with work or career.

But my relatives have a plan for someone who just graduated with a degree in Communication. They want me to try applying for..

Turkish Language Analyst. Hmmm. Okay, not that one. But they want me to try my luck on being a Flight Attendant/Steward.

'Ahhh..hindi po ako Tourism eh, not even close to HRM po.' Translation: 'Woosh! What? Why? Where did that come from?'

My invisible other college choices were Advertising and Psychology. It's all non-directing to Tourism. So guess the shock in my face the first time this topic was brought up. My HUH?-Face was pixelated.

This planned future was laid out when I was an incoming junior and my mother's cousin's girlfriend/second-degree uncle's girlfriend, who finished the same course in the same university, got a job as a flight attendant and was receiving fat paychecks and wide array of work benefits.

'Think about it.'

'Heh Okay po..'

End.

But not for long. This career talk popped out again when my aunt came back from Cebu(?) and told me that the flight attendant in the plane was a dead ringer for me.

'Kamukha mo yung steward dun sa plane na sinakyan ko..magtry ka kaya mag-flight attendant after college?'

'Ahh, hehe'

I took half of it as a compliment since flight attendants are usually neat and have some sort of standards (i.e. tall, good posture, well-groomed, etc) and half of it instantly came out of my left ear.

Then weeks before graduation, I had an appointment with my dentist and we were talking about my schedule.

Patient: ..practice na lang po for graduation.
Dentist: After that work ka na?
Patient: Hopefully po.
Dentist: Saan ka maga-aapply? Bagay sa'yo maging flight attendant. Matangkad ka naman..kelangan lang natin alisin braces mo kasi bawal naka-braces dun..
PatientX: Huh? Uhmm..with this height po, I think I'd just better be a model. Right? Right. And you know po, I also have height..down there. If you know what I'm saying *winks
[No, I didn't. Unless I want those silver wires drilled on my teeth forever]
Patient: Ahhhh, hehe

See the enthusiasm in all my replies? I wasn't putting much thought with all 3 conversations until I arrived home from that dentist appointment and decided to talk to my Mom about it - the whole misguided career.

Son: Sabi ni doktora, magflight attendant daw ako. Diba yun din yung sabi nina Tita (N) tsaka ni Tito (B) at Ate (P)?
Mother: Ah, oo, okay si Ate (P) dun ngayon. Malaki sweldo tapos maraming benefits.
Son: Ahhh..
Mother: May libreng plane rides pa ata para sa mommy niya..
Son: Eh?
Mother: Tsaka kelangan dun hindi suplado, friendly ka dapat..matangkad ka naman tsaka marunong magswimming kasi pag nag-crash yung plane sa dagat..
SonX: *jumps off the couch* GREAT! Okay, done and done! I'll apply for one! I am so thrilled that I can finally use the skills that I learn in my PE1! And I will have a heroic and action-packed career saving lives and fighting Piranhas! I am so happy, Ma!!! I finally have a clear future out there..I mean, UP THERE!!!