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I still can't edit my posts.. crap. when will I ever be able to delete or edit my posts to refrain from double posting?!?! Is there a certain post amount that I have to reach to be able to edit my posts? or are the MODS busy stalking the Massage Parlor threads? crap.

To our Lean and Mean Online Dictionaries, I apologize for failing to spell and grammar check, forgive me please. As a way to resolve this, I've reviewed my previous post and here is the correct version of it.

Happy New Year! 5 days since the start of this year, I got another set of not so good FIlipino common practices..

(continuation of http://manilatonight...c=21890&st=1557)

17. " The Title Retards " - Filipinos always refer to local talents as Whitney Houston ng Tondo, Elvis Presley ng Cubao, Bob Marley ng Diliman and all that crap. Why do they have to label people other names if those talents got their respective names?!?! The thing is, these talents want to be acknowledge to who they are and what they can do. So, if these people just want to be labeled as Queen Elizabeth ng Pasay or Steven Spielberg ng Makati, then they should just dress like them and stop wasting resources on showcasing their respective talents.

18. " Bed $hit P100.00... last price P20.00 " - All of us want to save money so many of us even consider bargaining for our desired stuff. But a typical Filipino problem in bargaining is that, the sellers deceitfully set a price for their stuff - which is 5x more expensive than the usual price, and they will tell you the actual price of it. A shirt on display will be labeled as P150 a piece and if a buyer bargains for it, the attendant will tell "last price po P100." - then why the F*ck tell everyone that it costs P150 if you will still accept P100 for it?!?! No business will accept loss in their investments, so I believe that the "Last Price" is the real price of what they are selling because they will still sell it even if it doesn't match the displayed price! And I also believe that included in this questionable "Last Price" is the owner's mark up making roughly 15%-25% of the price the owner's gain.

It makes sense because the stores will never go below this "Last Price" meaning that they will encounter losses if they accept payments below the "Last Price", but they're not really alarmed if you pay the amount of the "Last Price".

Why don't they just put on the real price to save people's asses - specially the buyers, from wasting their times negotiating and fooling themselves that they got skills in manipulating item prices.

19. " Candy Change " - Money is the greatest development in goods trading. Without it, we would still be paying pots for sugar and salt. But the problem for most Filipino retail stores is that whenever a customer gets a less than P5.00 change, the store will give candies instead of the monetary equivalent of the candies he/she is giving.

"Wala po kaming barya, kendi na lang po yung sukli nyo" - a typical alibi of stupid retail stores. What the hell?! if I buy a bottle of Coke from their store, will they ever accept 7 pieces of Mentos? These stupid store owners just prove how deceitful they are, and how unfair they are. We have DTI for this matter, but I think that this Department of Trade and Industry is just a name. I've reported numerous incidents regarding this matter but nothing happened. Then I guess this leaves everything to our own preferences on how to deal with such matter.

20. " 10 minus 8 is 1 " - During coding days, I commute - take a cab or take bus and jeepney.. whichever I prefer. What I've noticed with Philippine jeepney drivers is the way they subtract. The last time I checked the minimum PUJ fare, I positively identified P8.00 (eight fu*kin' pesos) as the fare for the first 4 kilometers of the trip. So, what happens is whenever I pay P10.00 (ten fu*kin' pesos) only a 1-peso coin comes back to my coin purse... WHAT KIND OF MAGIC IS THIS?!?! IS THERE A NEW MATHEMATICAL CONCEPT THAT MAKES 10-8=1?!?!

I am really confused, did my algebra, trigonometry, calculus, differential equations, advanced mathematics, integral calculus and differential calculus professor teach me wrong?

Is the monetary value of a 1-peso coin now is 2 pesos?

I don't really know.

What I am sure of is that if a fu*kin' jeepney driver gives less money to his passenger, it's ok since "para piso lang. piso lang naman yun. hayaan mo na." . But when a passenger is short for P0.50 of his/her fare, then he/she will never be permitted to board the public vehicle no matter how near or far his/her destination will be. Also add the insult the passenger will receive from the fu*kin' stupid crappy jeepney driver.

PUJ Drivers, all of you are retards because of what you do everyday, Puro Utak Jak0l.. stop jerking off or fluffing yourselves and start studying basic math you idiots!

Have a great year ahead of you readers! Peace!

Happy New Year! 5 days since the start of this year, I got another set of not so good FIlipino common practices..

(continuation of http://manilatonight...c=21890&st=1557)

17. " The Title Retards " - Filipinos always refer to local talents as Whitney Houston ng Tondo, Elvis Presley ng Cubao, Bob Marley ng Diliman and all that crap. Why do they have to label people other names if those talents got their respective names?!?! The thing is, these talents want to be acknowledge to who they are and what they can do. So, if these people just want to be labeled as Queen Elizabeth ng Pasay or Steven Spielberg ng Makati, then they should just dress like them and stop wasting resources on showcasing their respective talents.

18. " Bed $hit P100.00... last price P20.00 " - All of us want to save money so many of us even consider bargaining for our desired stuff. But a typical Filipino problem in bargaining is that, the sellers deceitfully set a price for their stuff - which is 5x more expensive than the usual price, and they will tell you the actual price of it. A shirt on display will be labeled as P150 a piece and if a buyer bargains for it, the attendant will tell "last price po P100." - then why the F*ck tell everyone that it costs P150 if you will still accept P100 for it?!?! No business will accept loss in their investments, so I believe that the "Last Price" is the real price of what they are selling because they will still sell it even if it doesn't match the displayed price! And I also believe that included in this questionable "Last Price" is the owner's mark up making roughly 15%-25% of the price the owner's gain.

It makes sense because the stores will never go below this "Last Price" meaning that they will encounter losses if they accept payments below the "Last Price", but they're not really alarmed if you pay the amount of the "Last Price".

Why don't they just put on the real price to save people's asses - specially the buyers, from wasting their times negotiating and fooling themselves that they got skills in manipulating item prices.

19. " Candy Change " - Money is the greatest development in goods trading. Without it, we would still be paying pots for sugar and salt. But the problem for most Filipino retail stores is that whenever a customer gets a less than P5.00 change, the store will give candies instead of the monetary equivalent of the candies he/she is giving.

"Wala po kaming barya, kendi na lang po yung sukli nyo" - a typical alibi of stupid retail stores. What the hell?! if I buy a bottle of Coke from their store, will they ever accept 7 pieces of Mentos? These stupid store owner's just prove how deceitful they are, and how unfair they are. We have DTI for this matter, but I think that this Department of Trade and Industry is just a name. I've reported numerous incidents regarding this matter but nothing happened. Then I guess this leaves everything to our own preferences on how to deal with such matter.

20. " 10 minus 8 is 1 " - During coding days, I commute - take a cab or take bus and jeepney.. whichever I prefer. What I've noticed with Philippine jeepney drivers is the way they subtract. The last time I checked the minimum PUJ fare, I positively identified P8.00 (eight fu*kin' pesos) as the fare for the first 4 kilometers of the trip. So, what happens is whenever I pay P10.00 (ten fu*kin' pesos) only a 1-peso coin comes back to my coin purse... WHAT IS KIND OF MAGIC IS THIS?!?! IS THERE A NEW MATHEMATICAL CONCEPT THAT MAKES 10-8=1?!?!

I am really confused, did my algebra, trigonometry, calculus, differential equations, advanced mathematics, integral calculus and differential calculus professor teach me wrong?

Is the monetary value of a 1-peso coin now is 2 pesos?

I don't really know.

What I am sure of is that if a fu*kin' jeepney driver gives less money to his passenger, it's ok since "para piso lang. piso lang naman yun. hayaan mo na." . But when a passenger is short for P0.50 of his/her fare, then the passenger doesn't have the right to board the public vehicle no matter how near or far his/her destination will be. Also add the insult the passenger will receive from the fu*kin' stupid crappy jeepney driver.

PUJ Drivers, all of you are retards because of what you do everyday, Puro Utak Jak0l.. stop jerking off or fluffing yourselves and start studying basic math you idiots!

Have a great year ahead of you readers! Peace!

hey, here's another set of Filipino traits I don't like:

(continuation of http://manilatonight...c=21890&st=1553)

13. " Stealth Assassin " - I know this happens worldwide, but as I've observed, Filipinos are really hospitable even if they don't like their guests. Which brings them to becoming a backstabber. I hate backstabbers (and so as you - I know you also hate 'em). Why is it so hard for Filipinos to tell their true feelings in front of the involved person? They always say "nakakahiya kasi sa kanya, baka sabihin nya masama ugali ko" but the thing is, magiging masama ang ugali mo kung sasabihin mo yung ayaw mo in an assh*le-ish way. You can always express your frustrations in a very calm and educated way!

14. " Hey boss! I love my job! - bigtime. " - Filipinos in Philippine offices are willing to die for their jobs that they always present or volunteer on doing things that they eventually pass to their subordinates. Not to sound bitter, but this happened to me in all of my previous employment - even in my current field!. Those geniuses always present themselves to the bosses (in my case, they always act "bibo" in front of the company owner) that they volunteer to do the task even if everybody knows that those geniuses cannot even lift their sorry fat asses from their respective office chairs.

Ending will always be, you get your hands dirty - your superior gets the credit... sweet...

15. " The Jeepney Sleepers " - Whenever I take a jeepney ride somewhere in Bonifacio going to Ayala, there is always an "Ale" (this Ale varies everytime I take a jeepney during coding days) that dresses in a very matrona fashion - with lots of fake gold rings and necklace. The thing with these Ale's is that they will sit 2-3 person away from the driver and they will never give a $hit on getting the fare of others seated far from the driver, and worse is that they'll pretend that they are sleeping.

As Filipinos, we all know that part of the Filipino culture is the Jeepney. And we all know that to pay for our fares, we pass along our moneys to our co-commuter so that it will reach our ever-traffic-violating-smoking-while-driving jeepney drivers. And that is a part of our lifestyle. And what these "Ale's" do? They pretend to sleep so that they will not hand over your money to the driver, some even tell "Ay ang dumi-dumi ng pera tapos ipapa-pasa-pasa nyo sakin. Puro bacteria yang mga pera nyo." - oh dumb f*ck!! If you judge them based on their looks, my (or your) ass looks a million times more clean than their faces. And besides, if they're so concerned with their health, why take a public transport?!

16. " Outfit Profiling " - yeah I hate that! I am an engineer. I am a freaking field engineer!! The thing is that, my job requires me to wear college-fashioned clothes so that it won't be bothersome if I go on rough terrains. What happens is that, whenever I pass through mall security with that outfit, it's as if they want to strip off my clothes, rip my backpack and scan me for air-borne virus. The same goes when I fall in queue in some fast-foods - no service with a smile, no speedy food preparation and they even ask if I got exact amounts. And what pisses me off is that whenever I eat at Italiani's or Chili's with that outfit, it's as if they think that I cannot afford a meal from their menu!!

But whenever I wear long sleeves with tie, slacks, coat, leather shoes and laptop bag, all those people mentioned above treat me as if I'm the reigning king of England! No security harassment, they offer me the best seat of the shoppe, their smiles reach their foreheads - even the fast-food manager or supervisor delivers my food at my table and so on..

The thing is, I think we all know how to determine a taong grasa from a normal citizen. So why sacrifice efficient service just by looking at an individual's outfit.

I'll tell you a great instance, my friend owns a tailoring shop that caters the whole AFP and PMA uniforms. Meaning his shop earns a minimum of 2.5 million pesos a month, whenever we feel like eating, we just go to a nearby mall wearing slippers. There comes a time that he wanted to purchase a BMW. Since it's an out-of-no-where activity, we're from jay-jay's timog and we're only wearing our home clothes (which I believe is presentable). We went to a BMW showroom over at pasong tamo extension, we're using an isuzu d-max as our vehicle that time, and when we were parking at the showroom, the guard won't allow us to park since it's for customers only.

After telling him what our purpose is, there comes the showroom employees - no one entertained us (my friend, rather). I raised my inquiries at a lady sales rep about the BMW 3 series, and she answered "Ay mahal yan eh..." My friend was insulted, asked for the manager, and to cut things short, we left the showroom pissed off. My friend and I drove to a bank next day and withdrew cash, we went to the same showroom same time - wearing our worst faded clothes and bought a BMW 3 sedan - CASH fully paid. (if you think this is bull$hit, I don't care. Malaki ka na.)

moral? Don't judge a book if you're just a f*cking employee.

I'll be back for more! Keep 'em coming people!

p.s.

thanks mahabangpasensya, I don't know if my posts are really to be considered articles.. I call them street observations.

hey people! another set of not so good Filipino characteristic and traits:

(continuation of http://manilatonight...c=21890&st=1545)

9. " The Lean and Mean Online Dictionary " - Filipinos hate reading. I can attest to that. How? Look for a No Jaywalking sign and count how many Filipinos will experience the "near death experience" of their lives, see for yourself dude! As the title say, Lean and Mean Online Dictionary, in most forum sites, most Filipinos laugh at those wrong spellings and wrong grammar construction of some fellow forum members. Worse is that they even bash the poor poster and call him/her names (this may be a variation of item #5 of my list).

In my point of view, I actually laugh at those who bash the poor guy (seriously, I enjoy reading their comments). These Lean and Mean Online Dictionaries (LMOD), didn't even think of the things that might have occurred on why the poor guy posted his comments in a possibly wrong grammar or spelling.

I guess these LMODs are the gods of the online world... so from now on, if you know there is a Filipino in a forum site, better check your grammar and spelling! spellcheck my butt!

10. " Ang Hari ng Kalsada " - even before I was born, they already called Jeepney drivers as " Hari ng Kalsada ". And since the only permanent thing in this planet is change, that term is also now used by all PUV drivers. Yes, these bastards own the road. It's theirs. It's their paradise. It's their battlefield. And for some, this is also the reason they die.

Filipino PUV drivers feel that they always have the right of way to almost all driveway in the archipelago. They hold a professional driving license - and they all feel that, since they got that title, they can drive like Michael Schumacher. These so-called professional drivers love cutting private vehicles and also their own kind (making them cannibals). They also love hitting on the brakes whenever the light goes green, and when it turns red, they'll press on the accelerator (great brains indeed!).

Another Hari ng Kalsada skill are the gutter moves, counter flow racing, and precision illegal parking. They also got this passive skill called "I hate anybody who overtakes at me". What I think is that, these idiots were bred by the same people who created that Hari ng Kalsada crap. Because of that title, these road idiots feel that they are the most prioritized at major Philippine roads - which I strongly disagree, given that whenever I don't drive, I commute.

And as of year 2010, the term Hari ng Kalsada adopted those cry babies on motorcycles.

11. " Nasa EDSA na ko. " - Filipinos are never punctual. Ask a friend whom you'll have to meet for lunch where he is, and he'll reply "nasa EDSA na ko pare. hintay ka lang ng konti." - the F man!!EDSA runs 23.8km and stretches from Pasay to Quezon City - encapsulating 6 metro manila cities!

Being late is part of the Filipino negative traits. It's like they love getting all the attention when they arrive even if they look like crap. The only event that you'll see Filipinos come ahead of time is when they know that at the (other) end of the line waiting will be Willie Revillame giving away 500 bucks for the first 50 people on queue.

12. " Poorty Animals " - go shawty, it's yo birthday! we gonna party like it's yo birthday! Filipinos celebrate almost any event that may or may not occur - birthday, wedding, baptismal, first communion, confirmation, anniversary, valentine's, (again) birthday of <insert name here>, graduation, being kicked-out of school, etc etc etc.

In relation to #11 - Filipinos love being the center of attention, they'll tend to have the best ever possible party that they could sponsor. Sounds nice if you are the competitive type of person. But the major problem is that, most Filipinos that hold street parties are the people under class C or D of the society. They hold parties even if they can't even afford to buy their child a new pair of shoes.

What amazes me is that, even if they're jobless, they can still push through on their parties! That leaves me asking myself - could it be that they got the "infinite money" wallet? It's not really my business to check on or bash their parties - because it's their day, not mine, so I have no right to stop them. But the thing I hated most is that these parties always have their VideOke set-up along the street with the Macho Manongs drinking non-stop and singing even if the speakers of the KaraOke is giving up. And they do this hell-ish stuff for several hours - if you're unlucky enough, they'll have an encore the following day or days.

Lastly about the Poorty Animal neighbors, they always leave the streets full of crap after their successful stupid event. And yes, the crap I am referring to includes those jologs frat boys or Macho Manongs that engaged into fights with their rival frats or among themselves - total idiots.

it's late again.. i'll be back with more of my list. haaaaay, i love philippines!! <3

p.s.

hey Sashimi Boy, thanks for appreciating my list. i actually list down things i notice everyday that involves filipino's negative attitude.

Mango Man, so are you "Proud to be Pinoy!!!" because of someone? haha!

to continue with my observations, here's another set of Filipino's not really wanted traits.

(continuation of http://manilatonight...c=21890&st=1543)

5. " Never insult a Filipino! " - Filipinos love calling people names. We call Indians " Bumbay " or " 5-6 ", we call Arabs " Shawarma ", for the Chinese - " Chekwa " or " Instik " and call the Japanese as " Sakang ". Yes, Filipinos are fun loving, we laugh a lot and have good times a lot! But we fail to notice that we are degrading other people. Filipinos find it funny whenever they call other races names that collectively describe what they usually see to such individual.

But what happens when other countries make jokes about Filipinos? Yeah, Filipinos cry of harassment, demand for public apologies, threaten that they will tell UN such issues and they also want the guy who delivered the joke crucified. And in my mind, they will not stop bashing the joke-source unless a cash bag full of dollars is slammed in each and everyone's faces and every single Filipino becomes a green card holder.

6. " My life is a drama! huhuhu " - television as of these days is not child friendly. I grew up watching Sesame street, Batibot, Tom and Jerry, He-Man, Scooby Doo and Yogi Bear. But seeing today's television program listing is horrible! All things in Philippine media now are nothing but drama and telenovela. Worst is that parents - specially the Mothers, allow their children to watch stupid Philippine drama series that shows only the same, exact, identical, copied, cloned (yes, i really made them redundant), and worthless trash plots - the protagonist is poor, the antagonist is wealthy, the rich people bullies the poor guys, the poor guys wanted REVENGE since they feel that no one pities them, then they realize that they were the righteous ones and become rich and the antagonists turned poor, then the switcheroo happens, then they k*ll each other's clan and poof they became Koko Crunch!

Since all of Philippine TV stations show crap like those, the mindset of every Filipino would be " I can relate to what happened to her family.... that's the same feelings I want to express now! " Thus making more Filipinos ignorant and forget what is real and what is not. They fail to do what they have to because they are hoping that someday, someone will save them from the $hit they're in. The Filipino attitude toward this matter - the mindset of life is a fairy tale.

7. " Sucking Machine " - were you raised in a peaceful and beautiful Philippine province, and suddenly your parents decided that you should live in Metro Manila. After studying or working hard in Manila. you decided to pay a visit to your hometown. Here goes another Filipino "ugali", all of your provincial friends, kapitbahay and relatives expects you to bring them something - they'd really love cash! If you don't give 'em something, then they'll spread news that you've changed, you suddenly turned into a selfish mother-fu*ker, that you are now a "mayabang assh*le" and whatever bad things they can think of.

Variation of this instance would be the relatives of most OFWs. During the time of the OFW's struggle to secure a job abroad, his/her relatives don't give a $hit about him/her. But by the time he gets the spot, his aloof relatives will then be his bestfriends and will always stay beside the OFW's 1st degree family - all of 'em expecting to get some " balato " - which if not given to them will result into a family dispute.

As far as I know, an OFW ventures a foreign land to provide for his 1st degree family and not to act as Santa Claus for the whole clan.

8. " Oh mhy Ghadz, nakakatamad na here sa Bora! " - social climbers piss the hell out of me. First thing, Boracay should never be called as " Bora " because you will never see " Bora Island " on the Philippine map, another thing, when we were welcomed by the hotel attendants, they did not say " Good morning Sir! Welcome to Bora! " thus making Bora Island imaginary. Second, if you call Boracay as " Bora ", then I suppose that it is your first time going there, and you are just showing off to those who can't afford to go there. Third, how hard is it to say a three-letter word to make a proper noun complete? Fourth, we do not call Manila as " Mani ". Fifth, your parents sent you to school to learn how to properly read and write - don't frustrate them. Sixth, "BORA" - IT DOESN'T EXIST!!!!

Filipinos love status symbols and that includes inventing stupid names for anything. I think it was embedded to most Filipinos that to become respected, you need to have high-end stuff. In some cases that is needed, but do you think that we will be respected if we only go for show? Social climbers, they got iPhones - I have the nokia flashlight phone. Our difference, they send lots of SMS while I drain my phone battery making calls.

It's getting late, need to report for work tomorrow.. I'll continue my list the next time I log-in. Thanks again to this thread! Peace and God knows there is no Bora!!!!!

1. " Ay! Nanjan ka na? " - our househelp, when i was still at my primary school, ask this whenever i arrive from school.

2. " Brad, papasok ka mamaya? " - a question during my college years that makes me think twice of the reason i left home and went to intramuros.

3. " Tiga-san ka? " - makes me uncomfortable when asked by a girl, i really want to answer " hawakan mo para malaman mo. " but when said as " taga saan ka? ", it's all good.

4. " Matagal ka pa ba? " - whatever.

5. " Am I fat? " - either answer you give will result to an all-nighter fight.

6. " Masarap ba? " - i don't treat women like meals. they're different. meals make me gain weight, girls make me lose weight.

since i cannot delete nor edit my previous post (which i posted accidentally) i have to double post.

this is a VERY VERY VERY interesting topic!!

1. The "Proud to be Pinoy!" crap these days - every-time we see a Filipino's success internationally almost 80% of the population say "I am so proud to be a Filipino!" the thing is, he/she did it not because he's/she's Filipino, he did it because he wanted to - that is his/her pasion, and most specially he did it not because he wanted to raise the Philippine flag and make you (yes you and that NEVER ever include me) proud of him/her.

Have you ever seen a Canadian saying "Oh My God! Justin Bieber is Canadian!! I am so proud to be a Canadian! " - though i understand that no-one is proud of him aside from his family?

2. " OK na yan! " - people always blame the government for their poverty and mishaps, yes the government failed us in some ways, but it is in our own hands on how we will make ourselves prosper and get a life that we want. Most Filipinos are poor not because they have to but because they want to! they always settle with " pwede na yan.. " or " ok na yan! ". most of them don't have any drive for excellence. that is a typical Filipino - Juan Tamad. No wonder Philippines use Juan De La Cruz as an official Filipino icon.

3. " Ay ang pogi/ganda! " - yeah, appreciating beauty is normal, good and reasonable. but making those God gifted people do things that they are not meant to do is so effin' wrong! with this " Ay ang pogi/ganda! " attitude of most FIlipinos, we are deteriorating any remaining value of what things are supposed to be.

take this as an example, (i am fond of football/soccer, i root for Arsenals..) these Younghusba** brothers are very very popular right? it's as if whenever you say football in Philippines, everybody will incorporate their names. but the thing is the "Chieffy" guy is also good - i can tell because i watch Barclays and i can see the "chieffy" guy's moves and style similar to most Barclays players.

going back to our eye candies, they were worshipped as football gods in the Philippines, but heck, they weren't even drafted to be in the main roster of Chelsea F.C. ask a Filipina this line " why do you suddenly watched football?" and expect a reply such as " ang gwapo kasi ni Phil!! aaaaaay! kinikilig ako! "

another example to make things fair, one of the top Television company in the Philippines is GM* 7. found in this network is a hot chick actress named Marian River*.. yeah admit it, she's a chick. but the question is who do we call actors? - answer is somebody who can act. then for this case, can this chick act? i believe it is a plain NO. she got the looks, she got the B's guys will die for (Boobs, Butt, Body, Beauty and No Brains - apparently, the last one is not a characteristic a guy will die for).

ask a Filipino manyak " why is she the main star of that drama series? " and probably the guy will answer " kasi sexy sya eh " - since when did the industry of arts incorporate drama with lust?

i don't know if she can dance, but since her asset is her physical looks, why don't we just put her in the modeling industry. i bet she'll look fantastic modeling for an earing - wearing ONLY the earing and nothing more.

4. The " Half Blood $hit " - Filipinos are everywhere. be it a poor or wealthy country as long as the country sells rice, Filipinos will be present. since some of our "kababayans" got lucky and migrated to other countries, their offspring were labeled as " Half Pinoy - Half XXXXXX ".

the thing with these half pinoys is that, whenever they failed getting a career from their countries of birth, they tend to race going to Philippines and shout proudly these words (and believe me, ALL of 'em told these lines)

" Como-esta keh-yo me-nga keb-be-be-yen koh?! Meh-hel koh ke-yong le-het! I am so proud to be here with you guys.... ( wait for it.... wait for it..... just a few seconds more.....) I AM SO PROUD TO BE A FILIPINO!

- and that my friend is the ultimate script told by every aspiring actors, singers and performers born in other countries but failed getting a career.

to relate with the topic, Filipinos got this mentality that if a person is Half Pinoy - Half Whatever, our subject will be able to do EVERYTHING and ANYTHING! for Christ's sake! i want to swear a lot everytime i see half-halves in my TV!

put it this way, the half pinoy half alien can't do a $hit but gets a God knows how long years contract to a TV network. which is backed up by Filipino fans with the mentality of my entry #1 and entry #3. and surprisingly, our Godlike individual will even get a movie contract, recording contract, dancing contract, modeling contract and a most probable marriage contract with Kris Aquino.

I got lots in my list but i think this post is so effin' long that i have to stop as of this moment. I'd love this thread to keep moving so i'll post here regularly my Filipino ugali observartions.

this is a VERY VERY VERY interesting topic!!

1. The "Proud to be Pinoy!" crap these days - every-time we see a Filipino's success internationally almost 80% of the population say "I am so proud to be a Filipino!" the thing is, he/she did it not because he's/she's Filipino, he did it because he wanted to - that is his/her pasion, and most specially he did it not because he wanted to raise the Philippine flag and make you (yes you and that NEVER ever include me) proud of him/her.

Have you ever seen a Canadian saying "Oh My God! Justin Bieber is Canadian!! I am so proud to be a Canadian! " - though i understand that no-one is proud of him aside from his family

i had 3 brands of headphones, pioneer, skull candy and audio technica.

got my pioneer in manila for 2000 PHP (about 3 years ago) - sound quality is great.

got the skullcandy hesh in singapore for 350 SGD (2 years ago) - as i use it, i think it's better than pioneer. thus making it better than great.

my latest is audio technica ath-sj33 bought from power mac center for 2500 PHP - much much better than skull candy. it's so good that i can use it as an alternative to my laptop's speaker

i am planning on getting an audio technica ath-pro700. and i am thinking that i'll stick to audio technica since i love it performance-wise, also it's very stylish.

i collect the RL colored bottles. #4 na lang kulang. i'm wearing #1.

used to wear lacoste and diesel.

scent-wise:

i wear lacoste if i am wearing long sleeves, suit and slacks. lacoste got this smooth scent - not too strong, not too mild, and it stays for about 5 hours for me.

i wear diesel if i'm strolling or just by buying stuff at the nearest mall. the scent is quite strong at the beginning but it gets acceptable after a few minutes. the scent gets dominating if you sweat.. literally, i notice the scent of the perfume if i feel that i sweated enough. my ex noticed it also. the scent-sweat thingy might be disgusting but i think you people know what i mean.

i wear the RL scents everytime i report for work. there's nothing really special about it, i'd prefer lacoste still. but hey, i collect the bottles! that's a good reason for me to wear it.

cigarette addiction is all in your mind. i smoke, but not regularly.. during my last year in college until board exam review i used to smoke 1 pack (20 sticks) a day of marlboro black. when i got my first job, it was reduced to 5-10 sticks a day. after i quit my first job i went back to 20 sticks a day. when i got my girlfriend, i completely stopped for 2 years. then we broke up, still did not smoke. and when i got my third job, i think i smoked 4 sticks a month.

in short, i can control my cig intake. i did not ever encounter cig cravings or "paglalaway" stuff. giving me the idea that it's all in your head.

to quit, set your mind to not smoking. that's it. don't think of the pro's and the cons - that's a waste of time. just move on with your life and do things you normally do WITHOUT cigs in between your fingers. ayt?

Mandarin's lunch buffet is quite cheap/affordable. it costs around 1.5k-2k per head runs from 1030am to 1pm. 2k is cheap considering their menu. it's as if you can eat almost all of the planet's cuisine excluding exotic foods ofcourse.

i usually start with japanese food, next is indian food, then thai food since it got rice lastly burgers. no desserts for me. that may sound impossible but the thing is, i can really eat a lot.

jap food: i always get maki and ebi in my japanese meals.

indian: nan and curry for indian foods are always present in my platter.

thai: any kinds as long as there is rice.

american/european: burger and fries or fish and chips.

about 3 weeks ago, i tried shang's buffet. it's also good, but the difference is that they got lots, and i mean LOTS of seafoods.

LRT 1:

during college days, naiinis talaga ako sa services nila kasi mahilig huminto hinto yung train sa gitna ng riles - from edsa station to central station is 30-45 minutes. samantalang kapag may sasakyan eh kaya ko ng 15 minutes yun. tapos kadalasan, around 7-8am yung mga train eh tumatakbo ng halos 5kph lang. kaya nga RUSH HOUR kasi nagmamadali ang LAHAT ng pasahero pero opposite ata yung definition ng "RUSH" ng admin ng LRT. may chances pa na kapag nasa edsa station going to monumento ka eh lalagpasan ka ng train para i-accomodate yung nasa northern stations.

solution ko: laging 1pm onwards na lang ang schedule ng classes ko. as in 1st year 2nd term (we got 4 terms.. hindi kami semestral or trimestral.. quarterm kami) ang pinakamaaga kong class ay 130pm.

a possible national solution:

1. add more coaches

2. set a standard minimum and maximum speed for trains

3. put a time limit for each train operators (most train operators nagpapacute pa sa mga nasa women's coach)

MRT:

sobrang liit ng coaches nila. dapat mas malaki yung coaches nila, napansin ko kasi yung width ng train eh 3 dipa ko lang - though design nya yun para ma-accomodate ng EDSA ang MRT tracks at the same time ma-maintain yung 5 or 6 or something lanes for 4-wheeled vehicles.

may mga instances din na humihinto hinto ang trains dahil sa kawalan ng standard minimum and maximum speed, standard estimated time of arrival at kung ano-ano pang s@%t. isama mo pa yung mga nai-snatch-an sa bandang quezon ave station or cubao stations. kapag may nagreklamong na snatch-an sya, cause of delay pa.

a possible national solution:

1. add more coaches

2. set a standard minimum and maximum speed for trains

3. put a time limit for each train operators (most train operators nagpapacute pa sa mga nasa women's coach)

LRT 2:

wala akong reklamo dito kasi bihira ako sumakay at tuwing sumasakay ako eh satisfied naman ako. ito na ang railway project na masasabi kong PINAKAMALAPIT sa mrt ng singapore dahil sa nagbibigay sila ng ETA ng next train, malaki ang stations nila, maraming hagdan at escalators ang stations for accessibility, walang mga jologs sa loob ng station, may vending machines para sa nagmamadali at kung ano-ano pa.

actually malayong malayo talaga ito sa SMRT, pero atleast yung concept ng matinong transport service ay nasa LRT 2.. yung nga lang technically speaking, parang hindi safe yung structure ng rail tracks nya, may mga portion kasi ng tracks na malakas mag vibrate yung train eh.

a possible national solution:

1. nothing much but there still are rooms for improvements

^{1. the DJ's playlist (no to pop, yes to house)}

^{2. great emcee (less greetings and more fist pumpings)}

^{3. a great bacardi-coke mix (so far, Encore and 7th High passed my requirements)}

^{4. less assholes (k*ll 'em all)}

^{5. organized entrance system (whether guest listed or not, the entrance queue should be organized well..}

^{*** Amber ultra lounge's entrance suck but hey they got good crowd!)}

Pwede b 3persons s town and country? Ffm? Thanks

you have to pay additional P150 or 250, i think..

i actually forgot how much, but it is less than 500 bucks.