Pixel Me Silly (The Blog)

Barry-serious

2006-11-09T10:17:00.000+08:00

I refuse to comment, fearing anything I say may be taken against me by my visa officer ;) .

New Zealand city to tap Manilow vs rowdy youth

Eye-love the hair!

Julia at the museum

2006-11-04T10:15:00.000+08:00

Julia at the museum
Originally uploaded by Pixel Me Silly.

So cool. Closest thing I'll get to seeing my work on a museum.

I'm back!

2006-11-04T10:14:00.000+08:00

Sorry for the long hiatus (is that spelled correctly?). I've been busy. OK, not that busy that I can't fool around the office. It's just that I've been busy with something else aside from blogging.

With what? Well, like taking photos.

The last one was ment to be a joke. Doesn't her face make you feel say, "WADDAHECK IS WRONG WITH YOU TODAY?!?!??)

You like my photos? Hire me as your wedding photographer (I dare you, you lilly-liver-chicken...)

Who that a Chulkist?

2006-09-22T09:12:00.000+08:00

Who that a Chulkist?
Originally uploaded by Pixel Me Silly.

3 reasons why you should not buy a pirated DVD.

1. It might not run on your DVD player
2. You might get caught on cam in a "Isumbong mo kay Tulfo" raid
3. And lastly....

...Bad subtitles (It's actually "What are the charges?")

Click the pic for more at Pixel Me Silly

I'm a professional...

2006-09-21T09:10:00.000+08:00

.. voyeur.

I started a new photo blog where I can shamelessly show-off my photography skill sets, which are a far cry from those I idolize, such as my friends John Chua and Ben Chan of Adphoto (Don't get excited, not Ben Chan of Bench, but Ben Chan of... Bacolod?) .

Forgive me, I'm self-taught(well I had a few units of photojournalism at UST, and still don't know my ISO from my aperture and shutter speeds). Maybe when I finally con the office in paying for a photography 101 class I'll get better.

And maybe, I can even become.. gasp... a wedding photographer (love birds, beware, MUWAHAHHAHAHAHA).

A sample.

More at Pixel Me Silly!

Steve "The Crocodile Hunter" Irwin (1962-2006)

2006-09-06T09:10:00.000+08:00

If I were asked who was my idea of a man's man was, it would be Steve "The Crocodile Hunter" Irwin.

He was invincible. He shouts "Crickey!" with an alligator pinned under his chin or a tarantula on his hair. He swims in front of perenties (bayawaks) and handles poisonous snakes as if it were a harmless parrot.

He's funny without trying, and wears his trademark khaki shorts and boots everywhere, even during a dinner with George W. Bush. He made Sir David Attenborough's job of being a conservationist cool, and crocodiles cuddly.

He died yesterday, stabbed by a stingray right in the heart while filming a series aptly titled "Ocean's Deadliest". The news broke the hearts of a million kids who watch him everyday at the Animal Planet, including mine.

He must be giving demonstrations now on how to grab a devil by the tail up there in Heaven's Zoo.

Crocs Rule!

AP News
The Official Crocodile Hunter Site

I love Blambot

2006-08-27T09:09:00.000+08:00

Check out Blambot.com and get free comic fonts like this.

You can also download the free balloon dialogues and the prefabricated sound effects (cool). I used some in the twins baptismal invitation.

Scenes that make you uhmmm...

2006-08-26T09:07:00.000+08:00

Fooling around with my camera phone and our company-issued Canon 350D. The title says it all.

What's wrong with this photo? Nothing like getting a big fat cheque under your door (or is it an ordinary cheque and a miniature room)

Lagot ka MMDA...

I can actually see batman at the balcony.

I dropped by my elementary school last month, and they gave me my kindergarten graduation certificate in mint condition.

Fanny's Angels

2006-07-27T09:07:00.000+08:00

I'll kill you with my clothes hanger! (Hieee-yah!!)

Ey, check out this dude whom I saw on my way to public commute.

Kulang na lang isuot nya ang underwear nya sa ibabaw ng maong nya (Batman!). Sorry for the rant, I just feel a bit, uhm, Carson-ish...

But if you want style, check her out.

That's Lexi.. and quoting a former boss "wow, glamorosa maski tulog!"

Fab five does mang jeepeney driver; New radical weight-loss diet

2006-07-27T09:06:00.000+08:00

Currently the biggest news to hit the newspapers in July is not GMA's SONA, but the arrival of the Fab Five.

No, not the Beatles stupid(There's only four of them, and one of them is dead). It's the excessively queer Ted, Kyan, Carson, Jai and Thom, or otherwise known as the stars of the hit show "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy".

If you are wondering why I'm writing about this, the answer is no, I'm not gay (true! ask Pam ... errr, OK, according to Channel 4's gay-o-meter I am 50% gay--and proud of it!). However once in a while when I catch the show while channel surfing, I do stay on a few minutes, and finish the episode if its really good (or when there's no Ultimate Fighting Championship on Solar Sports-- oh-ah!).

Who wouldn't want free clothes, a makeover (maybe even a free pedicure), and having your house entirely made up?

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While they were here, I wonder if they had the chance to make over a Filipino?

If I was their local casting director, for maximum effect I'd get someone who has dirty fingernails, eats with his feet on the bench, wears sando to work, picks his pimples and facial hair with two 25-centavo coins, and picks his nose with reckless abandon. In other words, I'd nominate the next jeepney driver I ride with.

Regarding living quarters, I wonder what they'll say about the typical Filipino giant spoon and fork decorations in the kitchen? Or the last supper painting? OR the wall carpet with dogs playing billiards?

Hmmm, I wonder if Pam has already attempted to contact them.
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Since we're on this Queer-Eye mode, I'd like to share a radical weight-loss regimen that I recently discovered: No-salt diet!

After two weeks of sodium chloride starvation, I went from 164lbs. to an unbelievable 152lbs! The first time I weighed after starting the diet, I thought the scale was broken.

Be forewarn though: eating without salt is more difficult than you think(It's like eating paper or boiled-but-clean underwear). In fact I cracked a few days ago and back having table salt in my diet (tsk-tsk). The good thing however is my weight it holding up (for now), and my salt level craving has probably gone down 25%.

'Jeopardy' champ Ken Jennings blasts show

2006-07-27T09:05:00.000+08:00

'Jeopardy' champ Ken Jennings blasts show
Yahoo News Service [Tue Jul 25, 7:10 PM ET]

NEW YORK - "Jeopardy!" ace Ken Jennings, who won $2.5 million during his 74-game winning streak, has a few unkind words to say about the show — and dapper host Alex Trebek.

"I know, I know, the old folks love him," Jennings writes in a recent posting, titled "Dear Jeopardy!" on his Web site.

"Nobody knows he died in that fiery truck crash a few years back and was immediately replaced with the Trebektron 4000 (I see your engineers still can't get the mustache right, by the way)."

Jennings also takes aim at the show's "effete, left-coast" categories and "same-old" format.

"You're like the Dorian Gray of syndication," he says. "You seem to think `change' means replacing a blue polyethylene backdrop with a slightly different shade of blue polyethylene backdrop every presidential election or so."

A call by The Associated Press to "Jeopardy!" spokesman Jeff Ritter was not immediately returned Tuesday.

Jennings, a software engineer from Salt Lake City, snagged 74 wins on "Jeopardy!" in 2004 before he was beaten by challenger Nancy Zerg.

Trebek, 66, has hosted the show since 1984. In a "correction" posted Monday on his Web site, Jennings offers an apology of sorts.

"We regret the insinuation that Mr. Alex Trebek is a robot, and has been since 2004. Mr. Trebek's robotic frame does still contain some organic parts, many harvested from patriotic Canadian schoolchildren, so this technically makes him a `cyborg,' not a `robot.'"
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This post is for Pam, who loves watching the show (and adores Trebektron 4000, yuck, hahaha)

Landis is the champ!

2006-07-25T09:04:00.000+08:00

Isn't it ironic that a year after a cancer survivor won the toughest stage race in the planet a record 7 times, that he would be suceeded by someone who badly needs a hip replacement?

American Floyd Landis, who a few years ago raced as an unwanting domestique for Lance Armstrong, is this year's Tour de France champion. Despite racing with a arthritic hip for the past two years, the Phonak rider was able to ressurect an already scandal-ridden tour with his Lazarus-like performance in the last three stages.

Read how Landis story went here.

I think I know what Lance and Floyd were thinking on the sadle before they won their mallot jaunes, despite overwhelming personal odds: "After what I've been going through, it can't get any worse than this!"

Who knows, maybe in a few more years we'll see a kidney donor or recepient win the Tour de France.

No Salt? Big deal!

2006-07-18T09:04:00.000+08:00

ORIGINALLY WRITTEN JUNE 6, 2006

I tried going on a no-salt diet.

First thought: "Salt? Big deal!"

Big deal until I tried cooking without salt. Everything tasted bland (paper bland). I tried putting paprika, turmeric, lemon, garlic powder, onion powder, anise, italian seasoning, curry powder, white pepper, black papper and the entire McCormik product line on fish, meat or poultry, but everything still tasted like paper. It came to a point that cooking became a big effort, and eating a chore.

I'm reminded of this bible passage c/o Armind:

"You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men." -- Matthew 5:13

My new toys, muggers and doing a good deed

2006-06-04T05:31:00.000+08:00

Shopping for toys
Off to Divisoria/168 Mall to see if I can find soccer uniforms we can use in our next tournament. However halfway through my Chowking longanisa meal I decided not to go to 168, instead head to Adidas Sportkamp where they are holding a warehouse sale.

Didn't find what I was looking for, but picked up some goodies anyway. I pegged myself to a P1,000 budget and below are the stuff the I got.

- Kinetic Wristband set (P250, sale price P150)
- Pursuit SL Sleevless Shirt (P795, sale price P397.50)
- F50 X-Lite Shin guards (P795, sale price P397.5o)

Net: P945 (saved P55)

The wristband set (last one in the basket) comes in 5 individual pieces (black, green, khaki, orange and mint green). Now I have a matching wristband for every soccer jersey in my cabinet, hehe.
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The good and the bad
On my way home, from my seat on the bus I saw a guy being mugged by four indigents along Roxas Blvd. in Baclaran. They were groping his pants (for his cellphone I'm sure) and took his wallet. Poor guy looked like a highschool kid on his way to a date. They returned his wallet when they were satisfied and walked away as people around seemed to ignore the whole incident.

God, I wish i had better X-Men powers, but my Gay-Dar wouldn't be any use in this situation. I could interfere, but would anyone help me? The only martial arts I know is "Sayonatsi" (short for "say-na-tsinelas-ko-takbo!"). There were also no cops around, whom I could have shown a camera photo of the suspects(that is, If I had the presence of mind to take one).

I felt bad about doing nothing. He could have been me 15 years ago. Would have you done something?

Later on along Coastal Road somebody called Lenon handed me a small note and it read:

If this was a ploy for me to shell out P12, it worked. After missing an opportunity to do a good deed, I just couldn't let a second one pass and got a pack of special macapuno(which looked dry and old). I gave it to Pam and it made made her forget I left her with the kids all day when I got home.

The P12 was well worth it (Thanks Lenon!).

Gay for a day

2006-05-31T08:54:00.000+08:00

[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...

2006-05-26T08:53:00.000+08:00

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.
***

NOTE: Galing nya ah, pwede syang maging politiko dito sa Pinas! Hehehe.

Goma Interviewed at BBC

2006-05-26T08:52:00.000+08:00

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

2006-05-25T08:50:00.000+08:00

Photo of Julia I took last Saturday.

Ain't she cool? :)

Bagay ba sakin ang kulot...

2006-05-24T08:50:00.000+08:00

... 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...

2006-05-23T08:46:00.000+08:00

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!

2006-05-23T08:45:00.000+08:00

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...

2006-05-09T08:42:00.000+08:00

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

2006-05-03T08:41:00.000+08:00

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!

2006-05-02T08:38:00.000+08:00

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!

Fooohhhhh!! (Hard Gay!)

2006-04-29T08:36:00.000+08:00

Who's the funniest guy (or gay) in Japan?

Hard Gay!

I have a new pastime at the office when things get slow, which only happens when our Frankenstein boss is not around intimidating everybody (he has this annoying habit of talking to people so close, you can actually smell AND see what he had for breakfast!). It's watching videos at YouTube and Google Video.

And while browsing around at lunchtime, I caught this clip of Hard Gay, a Japanese comedienne who dresses up in Village People/Freddy Mercury black leather cut-offs and studs, and has the physique of a pro-wrestler. He goes around the city doing random acts of kindness, but with his trademark gay style-- He loves to pelvic-thrust with arms raised, and shouts "Fooohhhhh!!" at the end of any phrase (Wait, I know someone who’s exactly like that…). His real name btw. is Masaki Sumitani, and he’s straight(not gay).

A picture of Hard Gay in action, taken from the show Bakuten. The purple text reads, "Welcome to the Hard Gay gas station!"

He’s absolutely sidesplitting, and has achieved cult status in Japan from what I read. The last clip I saw him in was his visit to Yahoo!’s Japan office. At the end he strapped himself with neon-light ropes, arms raised, and crane lifted to replace the “Y” in a huge outdoor neon sign of Yahoo! (And yes, whenever the sign lights up, he shouts “Yahoo!”).

Notes:
Links to Hard Gay videos at:
- YouTube
- Google video

The "new" kuwarta o kahon

2006-04-27T08:35:00.000+08:00

There's a new game on NBC, which hasn't been showed yet on cable, called "Deal or no Deal".

Hosted by comedianne Howie Mendel(Isn't he the guy who now hosts America's Funniest at Disney Channel?), here's how the game is played:

"The rules are simple. Choose a briefcase. Then as each round progresses, you must either stay with your original briefcase choice or make a 'deal' with the bank(a mysterious entity) to accept its cash offer in exchange for whatever dollar amount is in your chosen case. Once you decide to accept or decline the bank's offer, the decision is final. Contestants are encouraged to ask friends or family in the audience for advice; however, only the contestant's answer will be considered binding and final."

[Tuny coughs]

Rip-off!!

Maybe the producers, Endemol(also the makers of Big Brother) were avid fans of Kuya Pepe Pimentels's Kuwarta o Kahon, and saw how good the game was in the 80s. It also has shades of Eat Bulaga's Laban O Bawi, where you have the Sex Bomb Dancers holding the boxes, while at Deal you have 26 glamorous spokesmodels each holding a brief case.

Ang hirap mamili no? One of the Deal models btw. is Filipina, Jenilee. Maybe we can convince her to join the new Sex Bomb Dancers.

The difference I see in Kuwarta/Laban and Deal, which probably makes it more exciting, is you can actually see how much money you are loosing as the game progresses. Also, instead of winning a banig, bunot, or a bayong of kangkong (as in Kuwarta & Laban), the lowest you can loose here in $.01(a penny).

If you want to get a feel of the game, (or, ehem, nothing to do in the office)play the online version of the game. I won a penny in my last game (I'd imagine feeling like a total fool winning that over a million dollars on live TV).

Superman (So that's why..)

2006-04-20T08:32:00.000+08:00

I'm looking forward to Superman Returns, which stars newbie Brandon Routh as the Man of Steel, and Oscar winner Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor.

I don't know about Mr. Routh (he appeared in just one movie previous to Sup), but I think Spacey will make a heck of a Luthor, maybe even better than Gene Hackman. He's my second favorite actor to play a villain, next to Christopher Walken.

So this is why he's called Superman...

... He has big, strong hands!

Trivia: Luthor is one of several Superman characters with the initials "LL," including Lois Lane, Lana Lang, Lionel Luthor, Letitia Lerner, Lori Lemaris, and Linda Lee (aka Supergirl).

For Trade: One (1) Mr. Bean Key Chain

2006-04-18T08:29:00.000+08:00

HI. In my possession right now, standing on top of my desk, is a Mr. Bean Keychain.

I would like to make an offer to anyone out there willing to trade for this item. A Mr. Bean keychain may not sound much, but let me assure you that it is worth much, much more than it looks:

- Despite having been in my possesion for over a year now, it has NEVER been used and kept in my air tight office cabinet(for fear of depreciating its market value).

- I suspect that despite the appearance, the keychain is not of Mr. Bean, but of British actor...

...David Suchet,

...or (gasp) Sir Sean Connery.

- There are no trademark markings, which could only mean production of this item was discontinued before making the store shelves (thus it is a collector's item).

I will accept any item for as long as it is worth more than one (1) Mr. Bean Keychain (rubber sandals, a flashlight, a pepper and salt shaker, a pair of "unused" underwear, even seats to watch Wowowie).

Trades for this item is limited to areas that can be accessed via public transport from my location here in Las Pinas. I promise to personally visit you to make the trade (if you are in Cambulo, Banaue, it may take some time for me to get there).

So if you have anything to trade worth more than one (1) Mr. Bean Key Chain, send me your offer at tuny@pacific.net.ph.

P.S.
As in One Red Paper Clip, I'm going to make a continous chain of up-trades until I get a car, a house, a car and a house, or a week's all expense-paid vacation in Boracay.

Wanna Up-Trade?

2006-04-18T08:28:00.000+08:00

Have you seen One Red Paper Clip? This blog is run by Kyle Macdonald, who had this crazy idea: Could he use the Internet to barter a paper clip for something better, and trade that thing for something else — and so on and so on until he had a house?

Well as things went, he ended up making a series of trades (a pen, a door knob, a stove, a generator, a "one instant party", a snow mobile, etc.) up to a year's free-rent stay at a nice house in Phoenix.

That's quite an impressive trading run. Do you think he'll get his house?

Hmmm.... [Ka-ching!]

I rummaged through my office cabinet to see what I can barter. I found pencils, a marker, a stapler(not mine), a mirror(what is this doing here??), writing pads, and a bottle opener. I also found paperclips, not only red ones, but in different colors(maybe I can offer to trade a GREEN paper clip..nahhh).

As I was about to drop the idea, I see the item that could possibly lead me to my very own house, car, or an all-expense paid vacation to Boracay for me and Pam.

For my next post I will formally make a trade offer for this item.

Where can I buy a Cifrele in astral colors?

2006-04-12T08:23:00.001+08:00

If today was the 70's and I had a mustache, I'd be a model (correction, I'd be a star!).

I found this photo in Chuvaness' blog.

I would love to have a pair of Cifrele pants in "astral colors" and wear it at the office on fridays. Anybody know where I can buy one?

The best view of Mt. Everest...

2006-04-12T08:23:00.000+08:00

Is definitely from the top.

I received this photo of Mt. Everest from my office buddy and former PALMC president Danny M.. It was said to have been taken by Roddy Mackenzie, who climbed the mountain in 1989.

Mt. Everest stands 8.85 kilometers above sea level, roughly the maximum height reached by international airplane flights, or less than the 300 kilometers achieved by a space shuttle. Hundreds of people have tried and failed to climb the behemoth by foot, a feat first accomplished successfully in 1953. About 1000 people have now made it to the summit.

“There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games.” - Ernest Hemingway

Nice: Football, Brushstrokes et al & Griffin & Sabine

2006-04-11T08:22:00.000+08:00

Check out Football, Brushstrokes et al... by Rene Enriquez. His journal shows his world through his sketches.

His blog reminds me of Nick Bantock's wonderful book, Griffin & Sabine.

Good Luck to the Filipino Mt. Everest expeditions!

2006-04-11T08:21:00.000+08:00

I love to climb mountains, but have not been doing so in the last few years as I've been kept busy changing diapers by my three chikitings(and that's no easy feat at 1AM!).

That's why I envy the three expeditions going up Mt. Everest this year.

Sadly, a lot of criticisms have been popping up at the MFPI egroups (the network wars, how the Philippine Team was a barkadahay, and that one of the climbers is "not worthy" to summit the world's highest peak carrying the Philippine colors, due to his lack of experience(or popularity?).

To me, summiting a great mountain shreads you of all your physical attachments. At the summit, fatigued and in pain, you don't say "I did it for my country" or "I did it for my sponsors", but rather a simple "I did it" does the trick.

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Read more about the Philippine Everest expeditions at the sites below:
Mt. Everest News
The Official Philippine Everest Expedition Website
Romy Garduce's Blog Site

Wonder Baby

2006-04-06T15:51:00.000+08:00

We're proud parents of a very "special" baby.

This is Julia at 3 months, enjoying Michael Chrichton's Prey and Sydney Sheldon's If Tommorow Comes. She gave up on nursery rhymes at 2.

Below's Mommy and Julia sharing a light moment (I think there's something wrong in this picture).

I wanna move to Venezuela!!

2006-03-21T16:46:00.000+08:00

Have you heard of Spencer Tunick?

He's an artist who absolutely loves taking pictures of naked people. He loves it so much that he just convinced 1,500 Venezuelans to don their bday suits and pose in Caracas' main city square. The guy must have one of the best jobs in the world!

Makes me think: If I was there participating, sorrounded by all those beautiful naked Venezuelan bodies(To date the country has the most successful overall performance in the last decade in the world pageant circuit), what would I say if I suddenly get a hard-on?

- "Its cold...."
- "Sorry, I'm just happy to be here."
- "A-10-shun!"
- "Limbo-rock time!"
- "I'm selling Viagra, want some?"
- "Hello! I'm Tuny" (If i accidentally poke someone from behind)
- "It's really like that, stop looking!"
- "Sorry, I just woke up."

[How about you, what would you say?]

Click: Shopping sa Coastal Mall

2006-03-16T16:37:00.000+08:00

I hate shopping, lalo na kung sale, feeling ko mabubulag ako sa dami ng tao. During a shopping trip with my mom last year sa Uniwide Coastal Mall, I tried to entertain myself by taking photos using my Siemens M65.

Question: Meron ba talagang mga bumibili ng mga ito???????

A really hard cock. Obviously it was the year of the rooster.

Cow in a shoe. I'm not really sure what this is, or what it is for, but it looks like a porcelain cow with a shoe for a body. (Okay, mamang artist, medyo bawas-bawas ng jutes, kung ano-ano ang naiisip.)