Gay for a day

[Post originally created April 12, 2006]

Tomorrow Pam goes back to work after her 1 month maternity leave. Why just one month? Well, it is supposed to be 3, but she just had 3 months off last year (with Julia) and she's a bit guilty that she's taking long a leave again.

For all those not in the loop, a little over a year after Julia was born last March, we had our second AND a third daughters. That means three kids in two years(syet, world record?!?)-- I know, someone should cut off my testacles, but what can I do (kalabit kasi ng kalabit eh, buwahahahahaha!).

Anyway, before she goes back to work, she said she had to be "beautiful" and needed her hair relaxed and feet pedicured ("baka sabihin nila na-losyang na ako!").

"Do you want your feet done as well?- Pam

Hmmm.. interesting. I've never had a pedicure before. Despite being an avid runner and a mountaineer, I've always had nice feet although they do sometimes smell(yummy) and my big toes are bigger than normal(They have excess thick skin on the insides-- a mutant adaptation after years of climbing). The other defect is the right pinky, where the cuticle has almost grown over the actual nail (enjoying your dinner so far? Hehehe).

"Won't I look gay or DOM?" I suddenly see images of me with manicured nails and matching gold rings and necklaces.

"Has that been a problem? Just don't have them put acetone."- Pam

Good point. Below are pictures of my first ever pedicure.



Honestly it's scary with all that tinkering with the small knives. Fortunately Edel my pedicurist(who looked like Sexbomb dancer Rachel Panganiban), is very good. It felt pleasureable, just like having your feet scratched or your pimples popped.

Tadaa.



Don't they look great with my Haviologs?

More of Guy Goma...

Transcript of the interview of Guy Goma at BBC

Karen Bowerman: Guy Kewney is editor of the technology website Newswireless.

Goma: [Face of horror, click the pic]

KB: Hello, good morning to you.

Goma: Good morning.

KB: Were you surprised by this verdict today?

Goma: I am very surprised to see... this verdict to come on me because I was not expecting that. When I came they told me something else and I am coming(Mismo!hehehe). You got an interview that's all. So a big surprise anyway(Rightttt...).

KB: A big surprise, yeah, yes.

Goma: Exactly.

KB: With regards to the costs involved do you think now more people will be downloading online? (Sige tanong lang ng tanong...)

Goma: Actually, if you can walk everywhere you are going to see a lot of people downloading the internet and the website and everything they want. But I think...eh...it is much better for development and...eh...to inform people what they want and to get the easy way and so faster if they are looking for. (Good answer!)

KB: It does really seem the way the music industry's progressing now that people want to go onto the website and download music.

Goma: Exactly you can go everywhere on the cyber cafe and you can take, you can go easy. It is going to be an easy way for everyone to get something to the Internet.(You da man, Goma!)

KB: Thank you. Thanks very much indeed.
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NOTE: Galing nya ah, pwede syang maging politiko dito sa Pinas! Hehehe.

Goma Interviewed at BBC

Here's an interesting story that I lifted from the BBC Website, which happened a week ago.
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BBC News 'wrong Guy' is revealed

The true identity of a man who was mistakenly interviewed on BBC News 24 has been revealed. Guy Goma(Not Richard "Goma" Gomez ha), a graduate from the Congo, appeared on the news channel in place of an IT expert after a mix-up.

But Mr Goma, who was wrongly identified in the press as a taxi driver, was really at the BBC for a job interview. Mr Goma said his appearance was "very stressful" and wondered why the questions were not related to the data support cleanser job he applied for.

The mix-up occurred when a producer went to collect the expert from the wrong reception in BBC Television Centre in West London.

The producer asked for Guy Kewney, editor of Newswireless.net, who was due to be interviewed about the Apple vs Apple court case.

After being pointed in Mr Goma's direction by a receptionist, the producer - who had seen a photo of the real expert - checked: "Are you Guy Kewney?"

The economics and business studies graduate answered in the affirmative and was whisked up to the studio.

Business presenter Karen Bowerman, who was to interview the expert, managed to get a message to the editor that the guest seemed "very breathless and nervous".

Mr Goma was eventually asked three questions live on air, assuming this was an interview situation.

It was only later that it was discovered that Mr Kewney was still waiting in reception - prompting producers to wonder who their wrong man was.

Mr Goma said his interview was "very short", but he was prepared to return to the airwaves and was "happy to speak about any situation".

He added that next time he would insist upon "preparing myself".

A BBC spokeswoman said: "This has turned out to be a genuine misunderstanding.

"We've looked carefully at our guest procedures and will take every measure to ensure this doesn't happen again."
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See it in live action, Guy Goma's supposed BBC job interview at YouTube.

The real Guy (Guy Kweney, the IT Expert). Poor Guy's stock value must have plummeted to oceanic levels...



... while the better Guy (Guy Goma, the data support cleanser) has become an overnight sensation. He even has his own fansite.

Cool baby

Photo of Julia I took last Saturday.



Ain't she cool? :)

Bagay ba sakin ang kulot...

... Bagay ba sakin ang kulot... Bagay ba sakin ang kulottttt~~~

Nak ng tupa, sino bang gumawa ng kantang ito?

Pero...

Come to think of it, after hearing it at the jeep this morning over and over again , it's starting to grow on me.

So...

~~Bagay ba sakin ang kulot... Bagay ba sakin ang kulottttt~~~

Did you know...

Did you know that Tenzing Norgay, who partnered with Edmund Hillary to be the first to summit Everest, had a daughter who married a Filipino and lived in the Philippines? Her name is Nima and she married artist Noli Galang.

I first read this in Ambeth Ocampo's column at Inq7.

As Mr. Ocampo said, too bad GMA7 and ABS-CBN didn't pick this up, or they could have had a coup by having Nima greet our first Filipino Everest summiteers (It would have been better than a greeting from Manny Pacquao or Gloria Arroyo-blah!)

Hurrah for 1-2-3 Everest feat!

I know my reaction is delayed, but after seeing the Everest 2D movie at SM Mall of Asia's iMAX, I couldn't help but get wowed by what they did. I'm a mountaineer and have seen my fair share of dangers and scary moments...

- trecking alone for 3 hours up Mt.Banahaw after being dropped by the lead group and being too far ahead of the sweepers (it was only my second climb)
- almost falling off a coconut tree bridge into a ravine, also in Mt.Banahaw
- almost getting hit by a bowling ball-size rock going up to Tarak
- getting stepped on the face by Carol and made into a human foot hold while climbing the "wall" at Mt. Makiling.
- crashing my bike going down Sta. Rosa (not hiking, but scary still)

... but what these guys did was nothing short of heroic(and crazy!). Remember it wasn't only just climbing the highest mountain on earth, but they also climbed on ice, crevaces and into thin air (at 26,000 feet, the air is too thin that your body slowly eats itself up, thus called The Death Zone). Note: The Sherpas say if you fall into a crevace deep enough, you end up in America!

So congratulations to Leo Oracion, Pastor Emata, Romy Garduce, and yes, Dale Abenojar(If he did summit) for climbing Mt.Everest! Come back home safe!

My Havaianas...

My Havaianas [Ah-Vha-ya-nas]...



... NOT! Call it Tuny's Haviologs [Ah-Vha-yo-logs]. Bought these for P85 at Landmark, aren't they cool? Below's the real one.



Jeez, they look the same. People buy Havianas for P800++. That's plain crazy if you ask me. They look exactly like the Spartan sandals I wore in gradeschool, only a bit metrosexual.

Goodbye Judy

Goodbye Judy.



Hello Julia's extreme all-terrain, all condition tandem roadster(Hala, may wang-wang yan mind you).



I've accepted the bitter truth that I'm not riding my mountainbike anytime soon, except buying softdrinks at our neighbor's. With the babies taking most of our remaining free time, it's difficult, nay, impossible to squeeze in my weekend bike trips.

I'm crying as I type right now. I love my bike. My bike's cool. It has an all-Shimano LX groupset. It's fork is a Judy Rockshox. It's shiny. It's red. It has a good plush seat anatomically designed to keep my fertility intact (no doubt that's true).

But as a firm believer of the saying "If you love me, let me go", I've decided to sell it. Mountainbikes are ment to spin up mountains and crash down ravines, not as a trophy in a dark corner.

If anybody out there wants to bid on my bike, you can see more photos at my garage.

Summer na!

I just saw ABS-CBN's TV summer plug, and it reminded me of this photo.



Last January 3, while walking back to our room from Cocomangas, me and Pam chanced upon these group of local kids playing on the beach, ala-John Cena of WWE shouting "You can't see me!" while waving their hands over their face. I asked if they want a photo (of course they obliged!).

Sigh.. Next year when the kids are 2 and 1 years, Bora here we come!