What? Rain?

Hurricane Gustav threatens he Southern part of Louisiana, especially the Katrina-stricken city of New Orleans. They’re on alert for evacuation over the weekend since Gustav is expected to landfall early Tuesday next week.

Now, my sister and her husband are driving from Florida to spend Labor Day with me..and you guessed it. We’re booked at a hotel in New Orleans this weekend! We’re supposed to spend Saturday night there and go back here to Baton Rouge (where it’s safer) on Sunday afternoon. We talked so much about doing Bourbon St. and French Quarter like crazy!

Having grew up in the Philippines and witnessed so many typhoon tragedy, I feel like going to New Orleans this weekend is pretty safe since it’s not expected to come this Saturday. But people who knows we’re heading to New Orleans thinks we’re mad!

I’m not bothered about the rain and the wind..hey, I grew up in an island that’s being hit by typhoon all year round! I’m fine with rains..what’s not fine though is the authorities in New Orleans would probably be evacuating the locals there so my guess is: roads leading there would most likely be closed..and I would hate that!

But my sister is already on her way here as of this time so heck, Gustav or no Gustav, we’ll head South! (stop us if you can..hehe)

Watch Out For Tomorrow’s Headlines!

After reading a friend’s blog, I thought it might be fun to look for some odd stuff to post..so here’s some from a great blog I just recently found!

And how will he do that??

Too bad Jolie’s face was cut off from this picture..LOL

Come again?

My highschool journalism teacher will flunk the guy who wrote this

Obviously

 

*Read the the print inside the yellow circle* 

Yeah, never do that

I wondered if this guy was ever caught!

And who says TV promotes childhood violence??

 

Politically, grammatically, semantically incorrect!

 Did you ever wonder why??

Withdrawal Syndrome

At last..! After a trip to Smart Wireless Center, several phone calls to their customer service and a lot of begging and nagging…my internet connection is finally restored!

I think I already developed an internet addiction. 3 days of no blogging, emails and chat and I was already having a withdrawal syndrome! You know–nail biting, turning on the computer despite knowing I’ll get a dead connection and nights spent blogging in my mind (kidding! But not quite).

Ohh..it’s so good to be back (cyber)home!

I should, I wish, I love

Stolen from someone called Lisa.

My ex… is someone from the past.

Maybe I should… get more sleep, hit the pillows earlier.

I love… my husband, my family, planning trips and going to new places, to read, to write (when the mood strikes), photography and I basically like learning something new.

People would say… I’m a snob (but I’m not, I assure you)

I don’t understand… math, people who upload tons of solo pictures on Friendster, havaianas and call center agents (and other night owl) finding Starbucks (and Starbucks only) a must!

When I wake up in the morning… I usually hit the snooze button.

I lost… my mom’s earring. She still didn’t know I was the one who lost it

Life is full of… ironies.

My past is… something I’d rather forget. Except childhood and “teen-hood”.

I get annoyed when… someone/something makes me wait.

Parties are… not my thing anymore.

I wish… someone would just hand me $10,000 before the month end..:D and for an Uncle to wake up and realize greediness and envy would get him nowhere.  

Dogs… are loyal.

Cats… are annoying!

Tomorrow… I will endure another boring training.

I have low tolerance… selfish people.

If I had a million dollars… I’d pay ________ $$$$ ASAP, hire a lawyer and sue __________ so fast he didn’t notice a demand letter already landed on his feet.

I’m totally terrified of… rats!

The Real Deal About Pinoy Text Lingo

I watched the news last night (which, if you know me, would give you an idea how bored I already am!). Apparently, some lawmakers are pushing for a bill to remove text or SMS charges altogether.

Now, the consumer in me says this is good news. And also, the teacher in me says this is GREAT news! This could mean, the typical Pinoy might finally, hopefully stop abbreviating words into irritating text lingo to save text spaces (and of coursesave money for the prepaid load)! The “d2 na me san na u?” text messages (Im already here, where are you?) are just becoming absolutely annoying to read (and yes…to hear!).

Some cases in point: 

Case #1  D me alm (Or di ko alam/I don’t know)

The you-me problem that puzzles me most. Im sure people texts “d2 na me san na u” only and only to sound cute! ME and KO are both 2-letter words. Saying “d2 na me” doesn’t save you more precious space than when you say “d2 na ko”–both are 8 characters long, spaces included! If you really have to abbreviate..at least do it the right way! Say “ko” instead of “ako”.  And worse, I hear people use that ME word in SPOKEN sentences! As in…”O sige pupunta na lang me dyan..okay?” Come on people..if you’re trying to be diabetically cute..texting YOU-ME to replace KA-KO is definitely not the way to do it! Gimme a break!

 Case #2  Eow poh pwde q b knw name mo poh? (Or ”hello po pwede ko ba malaman name mo?/hello can I have your name?”)

Okay. I understand the Pinoy need to abbreviate text messages. But to actually ADD an unnecessary letter (such as H) in an otherwise short word is beyond my thinking! Why do you add H in po and make it poh? And what is “eow??!” If hello is too long for you, why can’t you just type “HI” instead??  If these people speaks the same way they type text messages..I would really think I’ve been transported to the world of Teletubbies! The very reason I seldom visit ”posh” cafes such as Starbucks is because of the crowd that usually go there–The Conyos. The Annoying Conyos. The Annoying I’m-Flaunting-My-Cellphone-In-Your-Face Conyos. The Annoying Look-I’m-Too-Posh-With-A-Hundred-Peso-Coffee-In-My-Hand-That’s-Why-I’ll-Sit-Here-Beside-The-Window-Where-Everybody-Can-See-Me Conyos! The..okay, never mind. Sorry, I got carried away. Anyway, the point is, don’t add H after every vowel!

 Case #3  Pnta q bhay kua m (Or pupunta ako sa bahay ng kuya mo/ I’ll go to your brother’s house)

The Q problem. Q and KO does not sound the same..OKAY? So that’s not abbreviating. That’s murdering the Filipino (and English!) language! And what is KUA? Kuya? Kuha? Kula? Kuba? Make it clear, people! There’s so many letters to go between those two vowels (it was later explained to me that KUA actually means KUYA…but I still don’t get it).

Case #4 Uu nga eh…ahihihi..aztig xa! (Or Oo nga eh..hehe..astig siya!/ You’re right..haha..he’s/she’s cool!)

Alright! If this rant is a mountain, then Case #4 is the highest level! Combination of O/U Problem, Diabetically Pa-cute Syndrome, S/Z Problem and the X-factor. Come on, if you’re Pinoy, try saying this aloud..”oo”. Now, try saying “uu”. Don’t you feel like strangling yourself with irritation for saying “uu nga?” instead of “oo nga?” Does it make you cuter if you say, “Uu, pupunta siya”? And what’s with ”ahihihi..”? hehe is shorter, right? Or even Do you laugh out loud like that? Ahihihi?! Come on!??

Now, let’s see Z/S. I suppose they find the hard S-sounding letter way too cool than the simple S. Aztig. Zuper. Lavz…give it to The Text Generation to invent a “cool lingo”..it’ll give you flu! And the X? I’m sorry about this, I’m pretty eloquent in using polite words but there’s no way to say this..anyone who uses XA to abbreviate SIYA or SYA is a moron! I’m not an English savvy but a grade 1 knows that in English spelling, XA is read as /KSA/ as in eXAct..eXAggerate..and so on. So if you type in ”d2 n xa”, that’s actually read as “dito na ksa” HUH..right???   

Abbreviation is used to shorten long words and save spaces..NOT give your reader a headache! Sometimes, I would meet a really glam girl or fab guy then they would text me “Eow..muzta n u?” Aaarggh! Instant turn off! I would somehow get an idea of what a person is like by way of seeing how he/she texts.

Come on people…I’m practically begging you! I’m on my knees…don’t even do it for the sake of English or Filipino literacy. Do it for your own sake! At least try to sound like a sensible person even in text messages!