Lalaki na ako! a.k.a. The Happity Bertdity post

     Yesterday was the 21st death anniversary of the farmers who were killed in Mendiola . 21 years ago, Budd Dwyer shot himself during a press conference. January 22nd 2008, Heath Ledger, a talented young actor dies of overdose.

    Uh-huh! My birthday is filled with famous deaths. Some people might find it tragic. Mama would joke me that my birth caused the Mendiola hubaloo. I say that this is a sign that I am destined to...um, I'm not really sure... save the world by saving the cheerleader?

    Okay, I have no idea. But I find it really amusing that there are many significant events that occured on January 22.


    Now that I am 21, according to Philippine constitution, I could get married without the consent of my parents next year, which I have no plans of doing so in the near future. Eisa, the best secret lover ever, pointed out that I could now gamble legally in Las Vegas. If I go to the US, I could legally buy liquor.

    Yep, I am 21. Bente uno. Tengo veinte uno años. Do I feel old? No. I am still having a hard time making people believe that I am of legal age and I can watch R-18 movies whenever I want. Sheesh.


    This year, I want to take more risks. I want to be more spontaneous. I want to be more agressive with what I want in life. Yeah, that's what I'm going to do.


    Salamat sa mga bumati sa akin. At sa mga hindi bumati sa akin. Hehehe. Alam kong naalala niyo na kaarawan ko. Nyak! ang kapal ng mukha. :-)

    Salamat din kay Manong na kinalimutan niya na birthday ko for the 3rd year in a row. last year, akala niya sa 21 yung birthday ko. Two years ago, he thought my birthday was on the 23rd. My gulay Manong!!! We have been siblings for more than 20 years. You were Wolverine, I was storm. Kung kelan na tayo tumatanda, saka mo nakakalimutan?? Kaya huwag ka nang magtaka kung bakit mas marami akong na aalalang kahihiyan mo nuong kabataan natin. Bwahaha.


    Best birthday gift so far was from Pol who gave me a Mario doll.

Re-enactment: Pol gives the Mario doll
    Me: Wow! A Mario doll!!! I'm gonna name him...
    Pol: (Gives me the weird face) What? Steve!? What else are you suppose to call a Mario  doll??
    Me: I don't know...

    On our way home, I decided to call him Abu because he looks like a Shiek (sp?). Pol now calls him Steve the Mario doll who doesn't look Italian.

    Everyone, meet Abu a.k.a. Steve the Mario doll

Sabi ni Pol wag ko daw tanggalin yung tag para malaman ng mga tao na orig.
Ahahaha!

    Does he look like a Mario to you?

Words

Last night, I had a hard time sleeping because of the smell of our newly painted ceiling (I had to sleep with all the windows AND door open) and my body clock is still wonky from the very irregular sleeping schedule I had during the sembreak.

I decided to make a list of words I enjoy saying outloud because they sound interesting. May English, Tagalog at Español. Hahaha.

Here goes:

1. Spontaneity
2. Redundancy (Your redundancy is very redundant.)
3. Awesome
4. Sovereignty
5. Kamuning (Kamuning! Kamuning!)
6. Tiririt (Gusto ko pumunta sa Tiririt Pub sa Cubao. hahahaha)
7. Innovative (Try this: inNOvative)
8. Benq (benq! benq! warf! warf!)
9. Poke! (English ito ha!)
10. Chicos (Oi! Hay muchos chicos!!)
11. ChicHas
12. Mujer
13. Ole!
14. Nakakapagpabagabag! (Sabihin mo ng mabilis at paulit-ulit)
15. O' Brien
16. Gua gua (Tunog ng aso sa Espanñol)
17. Blagag! (Pagkatapos ng isang Hug Attack!)
18. Emparedado (sandwich)
19. Astig

Madadagdagan ang listahang ito sa pagdating ng panahon.

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Hindi ako magaling tumula. Pero noon nakakagawa ako ng tula na matino naman pakinggan.

Ngayon hindi na.

Hindi na ako marunong tumula.

Nakalimutan ko na kung paano magtugma.

Hindi ko na magawang magsulat na parang maharlika.


Yun lang. Kaya kapag bored na ako sa klase, kung ano-ano na lang ang ginuguhit ko. Wala naman sense.
 

Paco Arespacochaga

Sa taxi, tumutugtog ang kantang "If I only had a line to heaven I swear, I'll call you there".

Siya: Sino nga ba kumanta niyan?
Ako: Introvoys. Yan yung kinompose ni Paco Arespacochaga para sa nanay at tatay niya na namatay sa car accident tapos ginawan ng episode ng Maalaala Mo kaya.
Siya: Wow, naaalala mo pa yun.
Ako: Hahaha. Oo. Grade two yata ako nung pinalabas yun. O grade 4. Hindi, grade two kasi kinanta pa nga yun nung teacher ko class.

Hanggang sa napag-usapan namin si Geneva Cruz at KC Montero at kung gaano na ba talaga sila katanda.

Ang sarap sabihin ng pangalan ni Paco Arespacochaga. Parang ang paulit-ulit na di mawari yung tunog.

Subukan mong sabihin yun ng tatlong beses. Pabilis ng pabilis.

Paco Arespacochaga. Paco Arespacochaga. Paco Arespacochaga.



Tapos, nalaman ko na buhaya pa pala ang bandang yun. May website pa nga sila e.
INTRoVOYS
- dali puntahan mo!!

The Name Game

    I have always been proud of my name. I would even correct people who would mispronounce Antoinette (it should be an-twa-net, not an-toy-net). I also enjoy sharing the story of how I was named (Antoinette -derived from my father's Antonio that why Carl got Anthony, Isabelle -from the actress Isabelle Adjani whom my father read about her accident on the day my birth).

    Out of boredom and curiosity, I googled the meaning of my two names. Here are results:

• Isabelle
• Origin: French
  
• Meaning: Consecrated to God

• Antoinette
• Origin: French
• Meaning: praiseworthy, flourishing, beyond praise (usually associated with French queen Marie Antoinette)

    Then I found out that Isabelle "is also a is a popular generic theorem proving environment developed at Cambridge University and TU Munich". Click here to know more about it.

    It turns out I share the same names with a Brazilian princess of the Bragança Dynasty and  a  member of  the Netherlands  nobility.


    Talaga nga naman! Praiseworthy daw at consecrated to God. Of royalty and nobility pa.Ang galing talaga ni Papa gumawa ng pangalan.