Don Miguel in Mexico (November 2006)

Les Fleurs de Huizingen (Bruxelles)

The Fauna at Huizingen Park

A Day in the Life (Brussels)

Picnic at Huizingen Park (Brussels)

The Roma at Brussels Grand Place

My Session with the Guidance Counsellor

back in College in De La Salle U, part of the requirement for shifting majors was to have a session with College Guidance Counsellor.  In our case, in the College of Business Economics, it was a lady named Ampy something whom I have never met before.

here's how it went:

I enter the Office of the CBE Guidance Counsellor.  She was seated behind her desk  and I sat on the chair  in front of her rather messy desk.   There was some violin music playing in the background, in poor cracking quality, which reminded me of Count Dracula.   Her face was a tad bit too light with probably too much face power, and exaggerated and heavily-drawn eyebrows.  She had something by her lower lip that looked to me like some cold sore.  

Me:  Goodmorning Ms. ________. 

Guidance Counsellor:  Sit down.  What can I do for you today? (One heavy eyebrow raised at me)

Me:  Ummm, I was asked to come here as a requirement.  I'm shifting.

Guidance Counsellor:  Oh ok. So, you think your decision is for the best?

Me:  Yes, Ms. 

Guidance Counsellor:  (Two eyebrows raised this time, the violin music in the background hits a high note in a crescendo)  Yes, Ms? that's all you can tell me?

Me:  I'm just answering your question, Ms.

Guidance Counsellor:  (leans on her desk and stares at me). So why do you hate your current major, hmmm?

Me:  I don't I just decided that I want to shift because I want to go to law school after college.

Guidance Counsellor:  And you think this will be better for you?  

Me:   Yes.

Guidance Counsellor:  What?

Me:  Yes Ms.

Guidance Counsellor:  Ok, I'll sign this.  But think about it.  You may go.

I was out of there in no time.  WTF??? I still say WTF to this day.  that still gives me the creeps.

Tough day!

. . . and you live to tell the tale . . .

Formal Feline eats with a Fork

No hay que . . .

 . . . agoviarse, las cosas dejaran sueltas dentro de poco.

(repeat to self 1 gazillion times) 

Don Miguel for President!!!!!!! Yes, for President 2008!!!!!!!!

A STORY OF BETRAYAL AND RECOMPENSE

THEN AGAIN ANOTHER EMAIL FORWARD BY BFF PAM, SHE SAYS NOT TO FORGET TO LOOK AT THE PICTURE OF THE CULPRIT SISTER AT THE END (hint:  look between the legs too!)

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Dear Luningning, 
I'm writing you this letter to tell you that I'm leaving you for good. I've been a good man to you for seven years and I have nothing to show for It. 
  
These last two weeks have been hell.
Mr. Lopez called to tell me that you had quit your job today and that was the last straw. 
Last week, you came home and didn't even notice that I had gotten a new hair cut, cooked your favorite meal and even wore a brand new pair of silk boxers.
You came home and ate in two minutes, and went straight to sleep after watching all of your soaps. You don't tell me you love me anymore, 
you don't want sex anymore or anything. 
Either you're cheating on me or you don't love me anymore. Whatever the case is, I'm gone. 
Your EX-Husband,
Papi Willie 

P.S. Don't try to find me. Your SISTER and I are moving away to Toronto together this summer ! Have a great life!
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Dear Ex-Husband,

Nothing has made my day more than receiving your letter. It's true that you and I have been married for seven years, although a good man is 
a far cry from what you've been. 
  
I watch my soaps so much because they 
drown out your constant whining and gripping. 
Too bad that doesn't work. 
I did notice when you got a hair cut last week, the first thing that came to mind was " You look just like Michael Jackson ! " but my mother raised me not to say anything if you can't say anything nice. 

And when you cooked my favorite meal, you must have gotten me  confused with my SISTER, because I stopped eating pork seven years ago.. 
I turned away from you when you had those new silk boxers on because the price tag was still on them. I prayed that it was a coincidence that my
SISTER had just borrowed fifty dollars from me that morning .... and your silk boxers were $49.99 !   

After all of this, I still loved you and felt that we could work it out, so when I discovered that I had hit the lotto for sixty-nine million dollars, I quit my job and bought us two first class tickets to Manila , 
but when I got home you were gone. Everything happens for a reason I guess. I hope you have the fulfilling life you always wanted. 
My lawyer said with your letter that you wrote, you won't get a dime from me. 
So take care. 

Signed,
Rich , Freeeee & Available ,..... Luningning . 
P.S. I don't know if I ever told you this but MARIA , my SISTER, was born MARIO . I hope you don't have a problem with your hemorrhoids. 

do I or do I not?

... do the laundry now? i've got mounds of laundry and running out of things to wear for work 

hehe i guess i don't have a choice. tsk tsk

unless i buy some clothes for the next week hahaha

lazy ass!

There's a friggin Fly . . .

in my freakin' room!!!!!!!!!

AAAAAaaarggggghhhh. And it's desperately buzzing about trying to find some way to get out, just when I was about to doze off to lala land.

12:02 am Monday!

- oops it just haplessly passed my mac's screen. am in Killing mode now!!!!!

Mysteries of the Olympics 1

Actually, these aren't really mysteries.  Some events in the Olympics puzzle me and leave me perplexed really.  

They have this thing called Group Rhythmic Gymnastics, where they have five girls carrying hoops and batons, or strings and they do all sorts of moves, and throws and catches of these things in a frenzy of choreographed moves, that just leave me more puzzled.

I dunno have they manage to catch those things in the middle of a pirouette or a tumble or a somersault really, oh well. wathever .  .  .

Bravo bravo to the gold winners of this perplexing event!!!

here's the wiki on the event for a semblance of description in case i have puzzled you, my readers even more.

Rhythmic gymnastics is an art in which single competitors or pairs, trios or even more (generally five) manipulate one or two apparati: rope, hoop, ball, clubsand ribbon. Rhythmic Gymnastics is a sport that combines elements of ballet,gymnastics, theatrical dance, and apparatus manipulation. The victor is the participant who earns the most points, as awarded by a panel of judges, for leaps, balances, pivots, flexibility, apparatus handling, and artistic effect.

The sport's governing body, the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), changed the Code of Points in 2001, 2003 and 2005 to emphasize technical elements and reduce the subjectivity of judging. Before 2001, judging was on a scale of 10 like that of Artistic Gymnastics. It was changed to a 30-point scale in 2003 and in 2005 was changed to 20. There are three values adding up to be the final points—technical, artistic and execution.

International competitions are split between Juniors, under sixteen by their year of birth; and Seniors, for girls 16 and over again by their year of birth. Gymnasts typically start training at a very young age and those at their peak are typically in their late teens or early twenties. The largest events in the sport are theOlympic Games, World Championships, and Grand-Prix Tournaments.

Guess What's crackin' me up all weekend

WEEEDS!!!!!!   hahaha

all season 3 and 4 of em!!!! 

Little Boxes

Little boxes on the hillside, Little boxes made of tickytacky
Little boxes on the hillside, little boxes all the same
There's a green one and a pink one and a blue one and a yellow one
And they're all made out of ticky tacky and they all look just the same.

And the people in the houses all went to the university
Where they were put in boxes and they came out all the same,
And there's doctors and there's lawyers, and business executives
And they're all made out of ticky tacky and they all look just the same.

And they all play on the golf course and drink their martinis dry,
And they all have pretty children and the children go to school
And the children go to summer camp and then to the university
Where they are put in boxes and they come out all the same.

And the boys go into business and marry and raise a family
In boxes made of ticky tacky and they all look just the same.

hahahahaha HAHAHAHA

GOTTA take a break and do some groceries else i starve the rest of this long weekend, hell yeah hahahahaha

My nephew Paolo Villanueva makes it to Top 4th in the Recent Medicine Boards!!!! Whopeeee

4.  Paolo Potato Villanueva, University of Santo Tomas — 87.17%  ===>  Hey that's my first cousin's son, Paolo!

Proud moment for the family indeed. 

A couple of years back, his sister Irene, also made it to Top 5 of the Medical Boards.   

Whopeeeeeeeee!!!!!

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Top 10 (Topnotchers) for Medical (Physicians) Board Examinations August 2008

1. Marlon Diaz Garcia, Far Eastern University-Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation — 88.75%

2. Dave Anthony Pasetes Diomampo, Saint Louis University — 88.17%

3. Gentry George Teng King, University of Santo Tomas — 87.42%
Janice Jill Keng Lao, University of the Philippines-Manila — 87.42%

4. Nemencio Jr Reyes Ronquillo, University of the Philippines-Manila — 87.17%
Paolo Potato Villanueva, University of Santo Tomas — 87.17%

5. Allan Louie Espino Cruz, University of Santo Tomas — 86.92%

6. Philip Blanco Antiporta, University of Santo Tomas — 86.58%

7. Ma Cristina Dela Cruz Briones, University of Santo Tomas — 86.42%

8. Lemuel Benedict Robleza Non, University of the Philippines- Manila — 86.17%
Sheila Jane Tan Zanoria, Cebu Institute of Medicine — 86.17%

9. Angela Sacayan Apostol, University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Mem. Medical Ctr.– 86.08%
Karel Ann Alipasa Espejo, University of the Philippines- Manila — 86.08%

10. Grace Ann Mariano Nicolas, University of Santo Tomas — 86.00%

The Philippines Gets a Gold in the Olympics (Non-Medal Sport but who Cares?)

As is always the case, when we do get Golds in the Olympics, they are always non-medal sports (Meaning they don't get counted officially as medals in the Olympic Medal tally) 

But this make us proud nonetheless.  

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RP’s Wang claims gold in wushu

(source:   www.philstar.com )

Saturday, August 23, 2008

BEIJING – Willy Wang gave the Philippines a good measure of pride last night when he won the gold medal in the combined nanquan/nangun event of the Beijing 2008 Wushu tournament here.

Wang, a gold medalist in last year’s World Championships, also in Beijing, won the gold with 19.44 points.Taipei’s Pe Wei Thuan took the silver with 19.39 points while Malaysia’s Pei Fu Zhun settled for the bronze with 19.34 points.

Medals won in wushu will not reflect in the overall standings of the ongoing Olympics.

“Still, we are all very excited here,” said Philippine Wushu Federation honorary lifetime president Francis Chan in an overseas call to Manila.

First Gentleman Mike Arroyo witnessed the victory, and was so excited, too, according to Chan. Arroyo supported the RP wushu team that competed here along with San Miguel Corporation.

“The First Gentleman was very happy that our National Anthem was played. We couldn’t get any medal in the other sports. We were not fortunate enough. At least we won the gold in wushu,” said Chan.

“We lost in every other event here. We at wushu never said so much but we won the gold. This is the result of our athletes’ eight months of training here in China,” he added.

Marian Mariano also assured herself of a bronze by reaching the semifinals of the sanshou or combat event where she will next face an Iranian.

Benjie Rivera and Mary Jane Estimar will see action Saturday morning, hoping to follow Wang’s footsteps, and win the gold.

Fly High Superman (Men's Gymnastics Soaring High)

Risking the Family Jewels (Men's Gymnastics)

And for our Olympics Ouch Moment . . .

Roma Women then and Now (Gyspsies)

A Roma Woman in Spain in the 1900s

Skin Problems? Here's a quick fix

Link: http://users.telenet.be/leukelinks/flash/acne.htm

Ewwwwww!

Latest Development: Brian Gorrell Blog Closed?

When you type in http://delfindjmontano.blogspot.com - This message comes up.   THIS BLOG IS OPEN TO INVITED READERS ONLY, it doesn't seem like you have been invited to view this blog.

Finally, a Gucci Gang Triumph? perhaps?   or maybe not

Maybe a similar case in India has got something to do with this, the Brian Gorrell blog may already have been used as evidence against blogger

here's the newsclip from:

http://news.techwhack.com/8286-gremach-google-blogger

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Google sued in India for its service

Online privacy seems to be taking a hit in India asGoogle has now been sued by an Indian company to reveal the name of a blogger who they claim is defaming them.

Gremach Infrastructure Equipments & Projects has filed the lawsuit asking the courts to order Googleto reveal the name of the blogger.

The blog is being run by a pseudo writer named Toxic Writer on the Google’s Blogger.com service which enables anyone to have a blog without revealing his/her identity.

Wall Street Journal reported about this case: “At the present stage, there is merit in the contention … that the article put up by the defendant on the blog site is defamatory.”

This is nothing new. Google’s Orkut social networking service has asked to reveal identities of people who ran groups against the politicians in India. These people were then jailed for their actions.

There you have it my dear friend… Privacy in India has become a joke.

Flower Carpet at the Grand Place (Brussels not Brazil)

Day Trip to Luxembourg (and back)

Today . . .

is lazy ass day really.

i dont think i've moved more than a 100 meters today.  

The Feat of the Assumption (Today) is a Holiday in Belgium.   Monday is a Holiday for the Filipinos, ergo a 4 day weekend for us.  And since I've done a whole lotta travelling when the folks and a couple of friends came to visit . . . I'm staying put this weekend, long or not. 

lazy day . . . 

am going to sleep now . . .

arrivderci bed!

On my plate lately

dinner last night:   Inihaw na Bangus (Roast Milkfish) stuffed with Onions, Tomatoes and Ginger Bits!!!!

lunch today:     Inihaw na Tilapia (Roast Talapia) stuffed with Onions, Tomatoes and Ginger bits

yummmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!

(burp)

don't laugh, this is not common fare here in Brussels, where I live.  

Poverty in Spain

The picture below, taken in Madrid, was sent to show the misery and poverty
there is in the world, even in a "rich" country like Spain.

It breaks my heart to see this poor woman with torn clothes and a plastic
bag in her hand.

Please don't be indifferent.  Send this to others so that cases such as
these are never forgotten.

Say TaTaTa too many times and you might just get it

Weightlifting 101

Estaba pensando

sobre este dia, 

desde que tenia 12 anos . . .

. . . pero yo no soy el antagonista

quedare esperando

hasta la proxima . . . 

- Dare Devil

Abuse of Press Freedom

. . . ONE OF THE GREATEST DOWNFALLS OF PHILIPPINE DEMOCRACY

Brussels Sprouts

Street Scenes (again)

Sepia & Sundry

I miss . . .

1) plopping down a comfortable couch at coffee bean and tea leaf and surfing with the laptop

2)     hangin' out with mah closest friends at Eastwood's Xocolat till the wee hours of the next    

        day

3)     driving around the metro when it rains, boom box in full blast

4)     malling in my shorts when it's too boring to do something else

5)     eating filipino food - cheap and delicious

 . . . among a whole lot in a very long list . . . 

Watching DogTown now

at National Geographic Channel.  Poor abandoned dogs . . . it's a good thing they're being cared for and reared back to sanity.  

There's this black terrier that looks like monica, except that he's black.  He's become such a fierce wild animal after being abandoned for ages . . .

I'm leaving for some impromptu shoot in a bit and then for mass . . . 

Happy Sunday night guys.  2 more hours in Manila and you're on Monday already!

Don Miguel

- posted Sunday, 10 August 2008 4:14pm Brussels

Myself, regressing into illiteracy

When I was a kid, not too many years ago, I used to be a voracious reader.  When our playmates, the Acevedos, would go away for the summer and we stayed -- I and my kid sister, six years my junior, would be left to our own little worlds.    She with her dolls and broadways musicals and I with my lego blocks I made into entire cities and then there were the books.  

My mom built up quite a library, i should say . . . from the complete Dr. Seuss Books (The Bear Family, Cat in the Hat, Are you my Mother) of my pre-school and primary years to the  great works of Homer to Bacon to Shakespeare to Chaucer  . . .(nope, not all, I only read selectively of the former)    

I actually remember reading some article by Condi Rice in a World Heritage Yearbook Volume, back when she was a professor at some Ivy League University . . . 

Then there were three kinds of encyclopedia, Young People's Science Encyclopedia, Some other Encyclopedia and the 42 Volume Encyclopedia Americana --  I think I read/browsed through all the volumes as a kid.   During the summers when we didn't go on trips . . . the pages of those books brought me to places like Georgia, USSR to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

But now, since after college actually, not too far back really,  my reading started to wane to nothingness.   I rarely read anything anymore (except for Harry Potter and the Lord of the Rings, recently)  

That, my dear folks, is the reason why I can't write anything decent.  Or when I do manage to end up with something like these pathetic excuses for blog entries, they're all trash.   I've turned into this illiterate, internet-addicted, tv-gawking person.   That and sheer lack of talent.

But I know you still love me enough to put up with my sh*t . . . hehehe

I am "Godlier, Maniacal Chief"

I bumped into this site that anagrams your entire name into words and phrases that seemingly mean something . . . 

I got this . . . 

"GODLIER, MANIACAL CHIEF"

Here is the actual screenshot of the resulting anagram when I type my name.

And so.  I am  a    Godlier, Maniacal Chief.   I am holier than thou, your boss, but a bit Maniacal at times. hehehe. 

Yeah, why not?

hehehehehehehehhehehehehehhee

bwahahahahahahahahahahahhahaha

it's true after all, don't you think so?

Watching Sandra Bullock's The Net - (12:08am Brussels)

It's actually now a Sandra Bullock classic I think.  The pixels in the computer screens in the movie look waaaaay too big, and the mobile phones too.

I have this wierd difficulty watching movies I've seen before.   I know I've seen The Net before, but now that I'm watching it again, I can't seem to remember a thing, I don't remember what's the next scene.  Hehehe.  My brain has its way of discarding useless info really, I think.  

Oh well . . . 

The movie's ended, I gotta sleep now.  My mom will catch me online again. heheh.  Good thing it's saturday tomorrow

Cheerio!

Prime Roxas City Property for Sale

Mongpong Property - Upload a Document to Scribd

Read this document on Scribd: Mongpong Property

Fine Examples of the Filipino Wit

(source: forwarded email, the second list, forwarded by my BFFL Pam)


1. The sign in a flower shop in Diliman called Petal Attraction.
2. Anita Bakery
3. A 24-hour restaurant called Doris Day & Night
4. Barber shop called Felix the Cut;
5. A coffee shop named Brews Almighty
6. Fast-food place selling 'maruya' (banana fritters) called Maruya Carey.
7. Then, there are Christopher Plumbing
8. A boutique called The Way We Wear
9. A video rental shop called Leon King Video Rental
10. A restaurant in Cainta district of Rizal called Caintacky Fried Chicken
11.. A local burger restaurant called Mang Donald's
12. A doughnut shop called MacDonuts
13. A shop selling ‘lumpia’ (egg roll) in Makati called Wrap and Roll
14. And two butcher shops called Meating Place and Meatropolis.

Update Update:

My BFFL Pam, http://pbalcantara.multiply.com sent me this long list of more shops in the pinas, showing fine exemplaires of the filipino humor.

1. Parlor in San Juan is named "Cut & Face".
2. Wholesaler of balut in Sto.Tomas, Batangas: "Starduck".
3. Fast food eatery in Nueva Ecija: "Violybee"
4. Internet cafe opened among squatters named "Cafe Pindot".
5. In Manila , there's a laundry named, "Summa Cum Laundry".
6. Petshop in Ortigas: "Pussies and Bitches".
7. A pet shop in Kamuning: "Pakita Mo Pet Mo".
8. Bakery: "Bread Pit".
9. Bank in Alabang: "Alabank".
10. Restaurant in Pampanga named, "Mekeni Rogers".
11. Restaurant in Pasig : "Johnny's Fried Chicken: The Fried' of Marikina ".
12. A boxing gym: "Blow Jab".
13. A tombstone maker in Antipolo: "Lito Lapida".
14. A copy center in Sikatuna Village called "Pakopya ni Edgar".
15. A beerhouse in Cavite called, "Chickpoint" .
16. Laundromat in Sikatuna: " Star Wash : Attack of the Clothes".
17. Internet cafe in Taguig named, "n@kopi@".
18. Name of a kambingan, "Sa Goat Kita".
19. A salon somewhere, "Curl Up And Dye".
20. A lugawan in Sta. Maria, Bulacan: "Gee Congee".
21. A water refilling station in Dapitan named "Wa-Thirst".
22. A store selling feeds for chickens: "Robocock".
23. Shoe repair in Marikina : "Dr. Shoe-Bago".
24. Shoe repair store along Commonwealth, "SHOEPERMAN: we will HEEL you, save your SOLE, and even DYE for you".
25. Petshop: "Petness First"
26. Flower shop: "Susan's Roses".
27. Taxicab: "Income Taxi".
28. A 2nd hand watch store: "2nd Time Around".
29. A squid stall in a wet market: "Pusit to the Limit".
30. A shrimp store: "Hipon Coming Back".
31. A gay lawyer's extension office: " Nota Republic ".
32. A ceiling installer: " Kisame Street ".
33. A car repair shop: "Bangga ka 'day?"
34. An aquatic pet store in Malolos: "Fish Be With You".
35. A fishball cart named, "Poke Poke".
36. A beauty salon: "Saudia Hairlines".
37. A bakery: "Anak Ng Tinapay".
38. A resto along Mayon road in Manila : "May Lisa Eatery".
39. Laundry shop: "Wash Your Problem".
40. This mobile massage business name isn't funny, but
their slogan is: "Asian Mobile Massage Service: Massage only, God is watching".
41. Ice cream parlor: "Dila Lang Ang Katapat".
42. Chicharon store: "Chicha Hut".
43. Neighborhood pizza store: "Pizza Hot".
44. A fishball cart near UST: "Eat My Balls".
45. A barbershop in Cagayan de Oro: "Pinoy Big Barber".
46. A Resto: "The Last Supper".
47. A goto resto: "Goto Ko Pa!"
48. A peanut vendor's cart with a funny name: Mani ni Papa".
49. A gym in Malolos: " Gaymann Fitness Center ".
50. My brother's party needs business: "Balloon-Balloonan" .
51. A Chinese restaurant in Pasig : "Lah-Fang".
52. A store selling fresh chicken, owned by woman named Dina: "Dina Fresh
Chicken".
53. An actual bait and tackle shop in U.S. : "The Master Baiter".
54. Panaderia: "Trimonay Bakeshop".
55. Salon: "Hair Dot Comb"

now isn't that a WHOLE LOTTA WIT!!!!!

Myself at one and a half

Still Life Schmill Life

of Virgins and Otherwise

Fauna Mania

Structural Juxtapositions

Hangin' out at my Pad

The Mess I Make

Richard Quest is BAck on Air!!!

Remember Richard Quest of CNN and his weird moment, with that notorious perverted kick involving drugs and some sex toy and getting busted for it?

Well he's back on-air on CNN.  Reporting on E.S.T.A.  -- The US' new online travel authorization system for visa-waiver countries (those who don't need to apply for visas, that doesn't include us).

These CNN guys have a heart. AAAAAWWWWwww.

http://www.dstv.com/main.aspx?ID=13424&ParentId=296&s=http://edition.cnn.com/CNNI/Programs/business.traveller/

For those of you wondering what ever happened to him after that one happy episode here's the newsfeed  ( http://www.wikio.com/entertainment/actors_and_actresses/andrew_stevens )

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Quest Back From Rehab

CNN International correspondent Richard Quest returned from rehab approximately two months after he entered in April.

Quest is the host of CNN Business Traveller on CNNI, and the monthly program continued in his absence. Andrew Stevens filled in in May and Adrian Finighan hosted in June and July (which debuts on Saturday).

We hear Quest returned to the London bureau in late June, and has spent the majority of his time working on the August edition of the program. He has contributed other travel reports for the network as well.

CNN Observations has found Quest's first report

My Personal Billions

Yep, I am a secret Billionaire . . . I started this investing venture last week with a little less than $20 million.  But now I am almost $2 Billion richer.     Anyone want donations?   hehehe  or better yet, make your own, join  Be a Tycoon on Facebook.  (yet another shameless plug) bwahahahaha.  one gold bullion two gold bullion three gold bullion  . . . 50,000 gold bullions bwahahahahaha.