tsamot-tsari
Monday, March 30th, 2009saturday is m/v doulos day!
yesiree kasehodang tanghaling tapat at mega sa init, sumugod kami ni baby boy sa m/v doulos. buti na lang at hindi pa masyadong mahaba ang pila nung dumating kami kaya nagkaron pa ng time para makapag-picture ever. ten pesoses ang entrance at ako lang ang may bayad kasi ang baby boy ay free. muntik pang nawala ang excitement ko when i saw the stairs on our way up kasi hindi sya yung typical na hagdan, yung mga steps nya parang humps nyarr na-afraid ang beauty ko kaya mega kapit ako sa stair handle habang umaakyat at wala akong paki kasehodang nagrereklamo na ang mga nasa likod ko dahil i’m so slow ever.
ang init sa loob ng doulos hay hay. sa entrance pa lang ng bookstore, feel mo na ang heat ever tapos ang daming tao, kaloka. nag-ikot kami sa bookstore and we bought some non fiction books, manga messiah, story book na illustrated, a book on the story of doulos, doulos key chain (25 pesos), doulos white bag (50 pesos), doulos notebook (100 pesos) at doulos postcards (50 pesos). ang bill, one thousand plus plus. ayayay!
karamihan sa mga books na tinda nila ay Christian books, I even saw some books of John Maxwell and other Christian authors. Marami din silang books on Bible stories na illustrated pa kaya swak na swak sa mga kids. may mga coloring books, game books at sticker books ng sesame street, dora the explorer at sponge bob. maloloka ka sa dami ng gusto mong bilhin.
well, hindi rin ganun kamura ang mga books nila. may mga books doon na 500 or 400 ang presyo pero sa PCBS eh mga 250 or 300 lang. pero syempre iba din kasing experience na makabili ka ng book sa m/v doulos kaya dedma na lang sa presyo. hanggang march 31 na lang ang floating bookstore na itesh sa Philippines and I heard from a crew na ang susunod nilang pupuntahan ay ang Taiwan.
Von voyage Doulos! hanggang sa muling pagbisita!
ang earth hour…bow!
after the doulos trip, pumunta naman kami sa shangri-la plaza para mag-dinner with ate etzhel. the baby boy was craving for max’s fried chicken at palabok. doon na rin kami naabutan ng 8:30 pm, ang earth hour. ang max’s shangri-la, nagpatay ng ilang ilaw at naglagay ng tea lights sa mga tables, in fairness, ganda ng effect, romantic ever. hooray sa mga Trotas at sa BM ng shang branch. he he he.
pero ang ibang stores sa food court grrrr dedma sa earth hour as in. ang McDonald’s na katabi lang ng Max’s di man lang pinatay kahit yung ilaw ng signage nila. buti pa ang jollibee, chowking at greenwich kasi patay ang ilaw ng kanilang mga signages. klap klap klap.
on our way out, paglabas namin ng elevator, maliwanag ang paligid at dedma ang mga branded stores ng shangri-la sa earth hour. hay hay hay. syempre madilim sa labas kasi patay ang ilaw ng star mall at megamall. hooray for henry sy at manny villar. pag daan namin sa robinson’s galleria, madilim din, patay ang ilaw ng signages at ilaw sa mga tarps, hooray for the gokongweis. and of coz, pagdating sa araneta center, madilim din, off ang mga lights sa trees, ang big dome ang dilim, klap klap for the aranetas.
sabi sa website ng earth hour, marami naman ang sumuporta sa activity. all around the world, marami ang nag-respond sa panawagang ito. they voted for earth ika nga. follow earth hour sa kanilang twitter account by clicking this link.
chip tsao nakichao-chao
syempre hot na hot ngayon ang sinulat na article ng hk journalist at columnist na si chip tsao sa isang online magazine. ang article ay reaction nya sa pag-claim ng Pilipinas sa spratly islands na syempre ay kine-claim din ng china. ang worst, he called the Philippines a “nation of servants”.
heto ang article ng lolo:
of course kabi-kabila na ang mga nega at super galit na reaction sa article na itesh. in fact pati ang aking paboritong senator na si Sen. Pia Cayetano ay nagpalabas na ng press release slamming chip tsao at ang HK magazine dahil sa kanilang racist na article. sabi ng magaling at beautiful na senator:
“Instead of contributing to intelligent discussions on ways to resolve the Spratlys dispute, Tsao only succeeded in eliciting hatred and sowing more confusion not only among Filipinos but maybe even among his fellow Chinese who are not aware of the intricacies of the issue.”
o deva ang taray! syempre she’s demanding a public apology from chip tsao.
dahil hindi ko kilala ang chip tsao na itesh, may-i-google ang lola nyo ng name nya. sabi ng wikipedia, kilala daw si chip tsao sa kanyang “wry sense of humor at sarcasm”. at since yun nga ang kanyang writing style marami na rin syang kontrobersya na hinarap. ayon sa asia news daily, isang article nitong si chip na may title na “have hongkong girls stopped looking for mr white?” ang umani din ng batikos dahil sinabi nya na ang mga western men daw na nakatira sa hongkong after ng handover ay normally nakatira sa dorms sa lamma island or sa mga stone houses sa Sai Kung where people used to keep pigs in. ang isa pang statement nitong si chip na kinagalit syempre ng mga hot white men ay:
“….men clad in T-shirts, thongs and flip-flops” bought beer from the 7-Eleven to get free gifts and were “muscular but did not last long” in bed.
o diva! ininsulto ang kanilang performance…grabe!
pero dedma si chip sa mga nagreact sa kanyang sinulat. in fact buong tapang pa nyang sinabi na he’s always been provocative at tanga daw ang mga white men na itesh dahil hindi nag-read between the lines. kaloka!
at eto pa ang isang article ni chip na tinira na naman ang mga Filipina. this is about importing filipina wet nurses. opps teka i’m not referring to that sexual “wet” ek ek ha. heto ang article:
Politically Incorrect with Chip Tsao - The Vintage Year
October 3rd, 2008
Inspired by the poisoned milk powder scandal, a friend of mine is planning to import a wet nurse from the Philippines. His wife has just given birth to a baby, and he is, most justifiably, extremely worried about anything made in China.
My friend used to be a supporter of Donald Tsang, who often appealed to local couples to have at least three children shortly after he became the Chief Executive two years ago. Now like any patriot, he regrets it a bit, because nobody, including Tsang, could have foreseen a possible baby famine as a result of the global milk-powder scare.
But why from the Philippines? Why not recruit a wet nurse from China? I asked my friend who until recently had whole-heartedly loved his motherland. “No,” he explained, “How can you be sure that a Chinese wet nurse is not going to be fake, with something like a Bangkok ladyboy-style plastic bag filled with artificial milk made from poisoned powder?”
My friend has every reason to be skeptical. You must have read news reports of white puppies purchased in pet shops in Shenzhen that had turned black after Hong Kong consumers put them in a flea bath and accidentally washed away the white paint, discovering the animal’s true color. A friend of mine was a victim of this recently. He took the dog back the next day, but his demand for a refund was denied by the poker-faced pet shop owner, even after he insisted on the absurdity of the situation by pointing out that he named his originally white puppy “John McCain.” “But John McCain will lose,” the pet shop owner said. “I also saw the presidential debate on TV. What’s the difference between the two anyway?”
So allowing Hong Kong families to import Filipina wet nurses would be an innovation. And not only for babies. What else would be as impressive as a status symbol than when you are visiting a billionaire for lunch and you and dozens of other refined guests are offered a glass of fresh milk to toast everybody’s health, instead of a glass of Chateau Rotschild Lafitte? You would be told that the troop of in-house wet nurses all hail from remote villages in Luzon or Mindanao, instead of the polluted city of Manila, transported to Hong Kong only minutes after they gave birth to their babies, jetfresh, to guarantee the best vintage. So, loosen whatever restrictions and bring them in, Sir Donald—just a thought for your policy speech as I look forward to the milk-tasting party hosted by my friend, whom I warned it would be better for legal reasons, if his wife, the madam—instead of himself, the sir—supervises the job on the spot.
talagang nakaka high blood ang lolong ito! i don’t think sarcasm pa ang tawag dyan eh obviously pambabastos na talaga. grrr grr grrr
pero if we look at the other angle, there’s a grain of truth into his writings. maraming DH na Pinay sa HK ay mga professionals at graduate ng 4 year courses pero they choose to work as DH dahil sa kahirapan ng buhay. marami rin ang walang makuhang trabaho sa Pilipinas kaya kahit DH pinasukan na.
okish granted na ito nga ang realidad sa ngayon pero hindi yan sapat na dahilan para insultuhin at yurakan nya ang dangal nating mga Pilipino. he has gone too far sa kanyang mga writings. sa totoo lang ang spratlys issue ay isang sensitibong usapin at nagtataka ako kung ano naman ang kinalaman ng maid ni chip tsao doon? kaloka. at sabi nya tiningnan nila ang mapa ng mundo habang naglelecture sya sa kanyang Filipina maid, siguro naman eh nakita nya na ang spratlys ay mas malapit sa Pilipinas kesa sa China or baka naman ibang mapa ang nakita nya. and lastly, mr. cheap este chip pinagtatrabaho mo pala ang iyong Filipina maid ng 16 hours a day lagot ka kasi ang normal working hours ng mga maid sa HK ay dapat 12 hours lang di ba? huli ka!
ano kaya ang gagawin ng Philippine government sa isyung itesh? i-declare kaya nila na “persona non grata” si chip tsao? mag-demand din kaya sila ng public apology? or dedma lang dahil mas importante ngayon ang eleksyon sa 2010 (yan ay kung may eleksyon ngang magaganap!) ABANGAN!
