PARENTHESES

Tagged by Bambit:

The writer will create a blog with “6 weird things/habits about yourself.”

People who get tagged will have to post a blog of their own telling 6 weird things/habits about themselves.

At the end of your 6 weird/things/habits, you need to choose 6 people that you would like to be tagged and list their names.

Don’t forget to leave a comment that says “You are Tagged!” in their comments and tell them to read yours for instructions on how to proceed!

Here goes some of my habits that others may find weird…

1) I always blow air into the mouth of a beer bottle before taking a gulp.

2) I never ask light for my cigarette from an elderly person.

3) I never light my cigarette from a candle flame.

4) I spit everytime I take a leak.

5) I don’t leave the house when the time is not at full, quarter or half the hour.

6) I don’t take the first taxi that comes my way.

I now tag the following people:

1. Major Tom
2. Denver
3. Rene
4. Babypink
5. Caterpillar
6. and anyone else who reads this!

I have already seen this Maritess vs. Superfriends comedy flick way back in 2002. Thanks to Youtube, now I can post and run it here on my blog.

Here’s the flick’s introduction from its producer’s website:

Did you ever wonder why whenever you’d watch “The Superfriends” on a Saturday morning way back in the day, that the Hall of Justice was kept so nice and clean? Well, it was because of their Filipina maid who you never saw.

We’ve all heard about the plight of all the Overseas Filipino Workers leaving the Philippines in the thousands just to find jobs good enough to send money back to their families in the islands. Many of them still suffer disgraceful working and living conditions beyond our comprehension, oftentimes silently.

Even our own Superfriends can treat these domestic laborers very much in the same manner and this is one of their stories…

PS: If you want to know how a hamster is packed, click here.

Hinatid ko si Bambit sa airport kaninang umaga para sa biyahe nya for Singapore. Nang makapasok na siya sa loob to check in, nagpalipas pa muna ako ng ilang minuto na nakatambay sa labas habang inuubos ko yosi ko. Bigla na lang may kumalabit sa balikat ko na isang babaeng hindi ko kilala.

Banggit nya, “Puwede pong pagamit ng celphone nyo? may tatawagan lang po akong kasama ko”

Nagulat ako sa bigla nyang pagkalabit sa akin pero mas lalo akong nagulat sa request nya. Sa pagkagulat ko pinaulit ko pa sya, “ano kamo?”

…at tama nga ang narinig ko…

“Puwede pong pagamit ng celphone nyo? may tatawagan lang po akong kasama ko”, ulit nya sabay turo sa nakabukol sa tagiliran ko.

Bwakanangenang babae to, sa isip ko lang anong akala nya sa akin “Public Phone Booth?”.

Sagot ko sa kanya, “Sorry miss, hindi celphone to, baril to”. Pero hirit-kulit pa rin siya, “sige na ho, imposible naman hong may baril kayo pero wala kayong celphone, saglit lang naman tawag ko eh mga 1 minute lang”.

Lumingon lingon ako sa paligid baka kako set-up ito nang “Bitoy’s Funniest Video” o nang “Wow Mali” pero wala namang signs na may kumukuhang Camera sa amin. Hindi rin naman siya mukhang Ativan Queen at bakit nya naman ako dedengoyen e mas mukha pa akong sindikato kesa sa katabi kong kalbo!

Ang huling asar-hirit ko na lang sa kanya, “Hija, nakita mo yang Hapon na yan, (Sabay turo sa isang Hapon na bagong dating at mukhang wala pang hilamos), sa kanya ka na lang makitawag baka ibigay nya pa pati celphone nya sa yo”.

Laking gulat ko ulit nang bigla na lang siyang humalakhak, “Ay, siya ho ang kasama kong tatawagan ko sana, sige po” sabay sibat.

Tsk, mga eksena nga naman sa airport oo.

I’ve already heard about email scams for quite sometime now but this is the first time that I actually got one:

From: dr.kumalo007@latinmail.com
To: samuel.bilibit@gmail.com
Date: Apr 16, 2006 5:29 PM
Subject: Money Transfer Information from account# 1978248331000

Plot 142 road,
Trans-Amadi,
Port Harcourt

Sir/Madam,

I am Dr. Brian Kumalo from Africa.I am 44 years old and happily married with three lovely children.A banker by profession and also a christian by religion.

I dont know you,but I got your email contact from my web directories and was moved to contact you in due time for your permission and kind help before proceeding.My aim of writing to you this business letteris based on the fact that I want to invest what i recently discovered in my bank
in your country which involves a lot of money($10.7 million United States dollars cash) which belonged to late Mr Andrew Philips an American with account number 1978248331000 and this is why I have contacted you as a stranger so as to be sure this money leaves the shores of my country in Africa for good.As an assistant,I propose 20% to you.

It is not really my policy to discuss the nature of my business online on
the first day till you show interest in this deal.Please feel free to get
back to me for further details as I await your reply in earnest.

Regards,
Dr Brian Kumalo

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Of course I didn’t reply to this email. But If I did, here’s how it’s going to be:

Dear Dr. Ku(pal)malo,

Ilara ta tits, butete kang dako!
By the way, are you related to James Bond?

Sam

May you have a fool-filling day today.

Thanks to Mec for directing me to this site for the Einstein photo.

Took this Superhero personality test, and voila,

You are Green Lantern

Green Lantern 70% Superman 70% The Flash 65% Iron Man 55% Supergirl 50% Robin 45% Hulk 45% Spider-Man 40% Catwoman 40% Wonder Woman 35% Batman 20%

Hot-headed. You have strong will power and a good imagination.

Which Superhero are you? Click here to take the Superhero Personality Quiz

If you’re sick and tired on how our country is being run, why not create your own and run it the way you want it to be. This is what I just did. I created a country named The Democratic States of Mandanawi (after the ancient name of Mindanaw).

Over lunch my teenage stepson X and I were discussing about some recent sickening events in our country. Out of the blue he suddenly asked me if I wanted to create a country of my own and run it. A bit confused I just dismissed it as one of his usual banters and told him, “Well, if we are a billion richer than Bill Gates, we can surely buy a country of our own”. But X was not joking. He told me about an internet site where one can virtually create a country and run it. It caught my interest and immediately after lunch he led me to that internet site where I eventually created a country of my own.

Go and visit the Jennifer Government:Nation-State site and create your own utopian paradise. Here you can create a country, establish your own system, have your own motto and flag, have diplomatic relations with other countries and become part of a Regional formation and the United Nations, etc.. Once a day, you’ll be faced with an issue, and need to make a decision as to what to do about it. This determines how your nation evolves.

It’s just a game and it’s fun. It takes you to a trip to a virtual world where the madness of real contemporary politics exists. Try it and see how your country evolves and progress.