By manilenya - Last updated: Thursday, January 31, 2008

- bukod sa content ng blog/s mo, mas maganda kung maibabahagi rin kung paano nag-evolve ang pagbblog. Like, ano ang mga usually isinusulat dati kung ikukumpara ngayon. Ano ang mga dahilan sa pag-evolve.

Kasalukuyan akong sumasagot ng mga tanong para sa Media Ethics Class ng isang estudyanteng blagista tungkol sa blog ethics. Habang nirerebyu ko yung sagot ko sa pinakahuling tanong na nasagot ko (nasa ika apat pa lang ako ng labingpitong tanong) sabi ko pwedeng ipost ito. Kung baga laman blag din lang. Ganyan ang blagista diba?

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By manilenya - Last updated: Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Masaya ito. Kitang kita ng (balat ng madla) ng iilang readers ko yung kahinaan kong magpalit-palit ng isip. Ito yung sinasabi ng nanay ko na minana ko sa tatay ko. Sa ngayon ito ang gusto, bukas iba naman. Sa loob ng mahigit isang buwan, nagmistula akong naglaro ng pitik bulag na walang kalaro. Pero dahil sa hindi ko ganun maipaliwanag yung larong pitik-bulag na walang kalaro, mas madali sigurong sabihing nilaro-laro ko ang blag ko. Bukod pa doon naglaro-laro pa ako sa mga blag na ginawa ko pero pinagbubura ko rin naman. Ganoon naman yata talaga ang mga nababagot.

Sabi nga nila kapag bagot ka na sa buhay mo, bakit hindi ka gumawa ng mga bagay na hindi mo ginagawa dati kaya naman baligtarin mo. Katulad ng hmmnn….baligtarin mo mundo mo. Siguro naman nakukuha nyo na ito.

At dahil blogging ang mundo ko (patunay na wala akong social life o mas tamang ito ang social life ko ayon kay Isagani) binaligtad ko ang pagbablag ko. Hindi naman ako natalo. Isinisigaw ko na nag enjoy ako. Pero lahat ng laro syempre may katapusan. Tapos nang maglaro ang bobang pinay. Balik na ulit sa katotohanan.

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By manilenya - Last updated: Monday, January 28, 2008

At dahil nagkaka-halaga ng limang daang (kaneydiyen) dolyares - beinte mil kapag kinonbert mo sa peso, mas malaki pa kaysa sa buwanang padala ko sa pamilya ko sa pinas- ang aso, kailangan healthy water ang gagamiting inumin. At kailangan din gagamitan mo ng tinidor na syang ginagamit ng mga amo (kasama na ang alilang tulad ko) ang pagpeprepara ng pagkain nito, kasama ng paggamit ng iba pang gamit sa kusina.

Noong minsang maghuhugas ako ng pinggan, nakita ko ang lababo na may tira-tira pang pagkain ng aso na nanggaling sa pinagkakainan nito. Nakita ko rin yung foam na panghugas ng pinggan na mukhang ginamit pang pangkuskos sa lababo, hindi ko tuloy alam kung gagamitin ko ba o hindi sa mga hugasan ko. Parang gusto kong masuka tuloy. Pero wala akong choice tutal aso naman nila iyon at mga pinggan naman nila iyon.

Pero kung ako ang tatanungin? gusto kong tatakan ng marker yung mga ginamit nila para sa aso, pero syempre kung lahat gagamitin nila baka magtaka na sila at bakit lahat ng kubyertos nila e me tatak (hehehe parang mga kubyertos sa pinas)

At ang masama pa nito, baka minsang pagkain ko ang makuha kong kubyertos e me nakasulat na “para sa aso”.  Tsk tsk tsk! Ayaw ko.  Kaya di bale na lang.

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By manilenya - Last updated: Sunday, January 27, 2008

What inspire you to blog?  I was supposed to post “how to post after 4 days of hiatus” but then I don’t know how I will start my entry.

You’ve seen this topic a zillion time I know, but this time I definitely would tell you that it’s not about helping you to make a post, or to blog (if you want to blog, because I know all of  you are miles away from this very trivial tip that most of probloggers always offers in their entries.)

I just simply can’t post any entry (I am trying now though) and some friends will not agree 4 days of not posting a hiatus considering that I, drools in their blog comments (that would be Daddee Ambo’s and Kagandahang Reynz blogs) these past few days.

I encouraged myself to post my weekend snapshot entry today, it’s been a while since my last WS post but then some friends came by.  That left my WS entry on the shelf.

I even urged myself to post those awards some friends had given me, but I am sorry guys my hands are even so lazy to save the files and upload it.  That may yield you to think that I am not worth of those awards maybe.  Nevertheless I want to thank Diwatingbyaning, pusa, Ate Liza and Ate Gigi, Kuya Mon, sis che and chuvaness (my tukayo) for the awards and for the tags. 

I am sluggish to this day.  I’m not feeling well also. And to top it all, I am not enthusing to blog.  But I’m happy that I can make 350 English words in a single entry today.  I hope this will make me reach someday hehehehe!

By the way, I was busy (today) creating PANDAYAN, a blog community for those who writes poem, short stories and songs with a nationalist standpoint.  It’s not done yet though, I still have to transfer some entries from the previous site (a guestbook page actually).

And of course my blog where in you can see bobang pinay again, I am sure some friends miss her.

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By manilenya - Last updated: Wednesday, January 23, 2008

She was a former officemate of my “bespren” I left in Philippines. We were introduced through YM, no, not actually. They chat in YM, I and “bespren” of course talk in YM too. She gave the girl my number and her number to me, and that start everything.

To cut the story short, I and this girl became buddy. Yes, she befriended The Domestic Helper. I didn’t tell her about “my own remark” on our friendship (she’s an engineer.)

She was beside me while I was really upset with the processing of my application here in Canada. She kept on saying comforting words and even pronounced that I, one of those days will be leaving Singapore although I was having a problem in my medical exams. But after a while, she will lament about me of leaving her.

Her words happened. I left Singapore. I left her too.

I came to Canada unknowingly her will be going somewhere else too. I just found out from my sister that she will leave for UK last November.

The next thing that I remember, I begrudged her. After I saw her photos taken in UK? Who wouldn’t? And when I read her Friendster blog, there I saw a bewildered princess wandering alone at the heart of UK. She just had visit UK alone.

I really envy her that I mull over the idea of me travel around some (hehehe, okay let’s make it another) country too (when I get enough money - oh how I wish!) and of course, I want to travel by myself too. I want to lose my way as well to another place I am not familiar with. With a map in my one hand (I don’t know how to read map though) and my camera in my other hand, never mind which one will hold what.

Hmmnnn I am in reverie…….It’s almost 2 am, I better continue this mirage in my sleep.

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By manilenya - Last updated: Monday, January 21, 2008

This must be my lucky day (again). Nope, it wasn’t the black squirrel who loves to climb on the bird’s food behind the kitchen glass or those deers I always see beside the ponds and right in front of me while I am doing kitchen works.

Oh how I love my Monday!

First, somebody in Facebook just told me how nice and great I am (that’s because he thinks that I am harsh to myself- so piteous of me, arghh!)

Second, oh how I love Reynz too! He/She/It/Whatever made me laughed today in his/her/whatever comments of today’s entry.

Third, Ms. Leah’s comment and of course the rest of you guys who had left your comments in my previous entries. You really made my day today.

And fourth but not the least, I think I found my stalker. Yes! I saw his comment (just one but I guess he will do another comment, and another one, and another one again, and maybe one again until you finally agree that, yes he is going to be my stalker indeed.)

Well, of course I am not telling the truth. Who I am kidding here?

Okay! Okay! I just happened to see his comment in this previous post (I don’t want to put a link - I was supposed to make that a private post actually), and this comment really made me giggle. (Because I thought that he is from some review sites or some sort of advertiser. Hehehehe! Silly me!) Here come his comment:

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By manilenya - Last updated: Sunday, January 20, 2008

Nagmistula akong nabugbog ng mag-asawang sampal sa tanong ni Rino (nasaan na si Melai na iyon? = “Don’t mind what I am going to say, hwag mo na lang intindihin pero sa totoo lang I miss the old manilenya, the one I came to know sa pamamagitan ng kanyang pagsusulat na nakaka-aliw, nakakapag bukas ng isipan at kamalayan”)

Una, patawad..sorry pero nakokornihan ako sa mga pinagsusulat ko gamit ang “sariling lengwahe ko” nagpapakatotoo lang ako. Madalas nasa isip ko na baka pinagtatawanan na lang ako. Isang ugali na nakakabit na sa anit ng bao ng ulo ko. Walang pinagkaiba sa paranoia. Ibig sabihin lang noon may pagka makitid ang utak ko. Dahil sa wala akong tiwala sa kakayahan ko na magsalita at magsulat, nagkakaroon na tuloy ako ng kawalan ng tiwala sa mga taong nasa paligid ko. Kung tanggap ba nila ako o hindi.

Pero huwag kang mag-alala Preng Rino, kung gaano ako nakokornihan kapag nag tatagalog ako ganoon din ako nakokornihan kapag nag iingles ako. Ibig lang sabihin noon, hindi ko alam kung saan ako susulong. Hindi ko alam kung kakaliwa ako o kakanan. Hindi ko rin alam kung ano ba talaga ang gusto kong gawin sa blogosphere (palagay ko nagkakalat na lang ako.)

Pero ito ang alam ko. Dinedyeta yata ako sa internet kuneksyon ng amo ko……..punyemas!!! grrrrrrrrrrrr %$%^&&*(%$^%$#$@#$@@##$%#$^%%^*&

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By manilenya - Last updated: Sunday, January 13, 2008

I am blogging for more than two and half years now and, before that I was a certified chat addict in Internet Relay Chat (MiRC - I forgot what M is sorry and I have no intention of searching for it) for eight years.

I have joined some sites where in I have to create my own profile, it’s just a form that you need to answer, I’m sure you know it and after hitting the submit button, voila! Anybody can see my profile and to a more hallucinating gaga, I should say that anyone can stalk me after creeping around my profile page (as if somebody will waste their precious time for me.)

Now I don’t want to talk about stalker because, I hate to say this, I have no stalker and I want a stalker rrrrigghttt NOW!!!

But that’s not a real problem, my silliness can wait. My problem is I can’t make simple details of something about me. When I reach that part that I need to enter some even shorter details about myself, I cannot continue anymore. Whether it’s blank or you’ll see pinay chatter and now blogger. I cannot contain any descriptive words (good or bad) and put them into words to describe myself. It’s like I DON’T KNOW MY SELF!!! And I hate that. It’s two thousand and eight and this is my year (I’m a RAT), I should overcome that stupidity.

The bottom lines of this is, I want to ask you guys ( the two to five readers of this blog) to help me describe myself and my blog in 3.057.857 words because I am having a hard time whenever I have to sign up my blog to some networking site.

Please! Please! Please!

Thank you!

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By manilenya - Last updated: Saturday, January 12, 2008

As I commented in one of Ms. Toe’s entry about celebrities, specifically the young ones who got or, now involves with booze and drugs, I told her I am not to blame this kid’s parents. I will never do that because come on, they are in the age where they know what is right and what is wrong. And the way that they show themselves to the public, they had chosen the wrong path and I suggest that they just maybe disregard the guidance of their own parents.

Whose parents will let their children go astray? I can’t think of any one. Even the wicked people I know, they don’t want their children live a terrible life.

But Jesus! Take a look at these photos, how would you imagine a supposed to be an innocent and uncorrupted minds do this kind of things?

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By manilenya - Last updated: Thursday, January 10, 2008

While everybody here doing their routine brisk walking, I did my long sluggish walk in purpose after posting my lunatic moment. I know that I don’t have to push myself that Monday afternoon, which was my day off anyway.

It was 7 degrees and drizzly, the drizzle had cleared up the snow of the past days and that made my walk safe.

I left the house leaving all the negative thoughts I had in mind during that past few days and one of those is the pressure I’ve got in blogging and that is making money or not. Well, that sound so trivial but in any case you don’t know I am really in needing of money, who does not need it anyway?

The road was smoggy and there are sidewalks that flowed with water due from rainfalls, for that I told myself that water overflow happens anywhere.

Snow was still everywhere but the weather seemed fine; I remember I even removed my coat leaving my sweatshirt alone. No gloves and hat I walked farther. And it is nice to walk without anything in mind. Even my feet tread without knowing where to go, my mind will advise them where anyhow.

My carefree mood continued inside the Shoppers Drug Mart as I saw the The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella, I grabbed it from the shelf and bought it without dilly dallying. The story is so light, I know it will relieve me from any anxiety I was feeling for quite sometime now.

And after that day, I decided …….Nothing. I was in my blithe mood remember?

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By manilenya - Last updated: Monday, January 7, 2008

Una akong nakakita ng rali ay noong nasa unang taon ako ng high school. Paglabas ko ng eskwelahang pinapasukan ko ay mayroong hindi kalakihang grupo, may hawak hawak na flag ang mga nasa harapan at mga sumisigaw. Mga sigaw na hindi ko maintindihan. Yung nakalagay sa pulang flag nila ay isang malaking letrang I. Natatandaan ko yung I na iyon ay kasama sa mga listahan na ipinamigay sa amin noon na mga sign na tinatawag na satanista. Nito ko lang nalaman na red scare pala yung papel na ibinigay sa amin noon.

Pagakatapos ng tagpong iyon, saka ko napanood ang laksa-laksang tao sa Edsa. Mga taong nag-aklas laban sa kasalukuyang pamahalaan noon. Laban daw sa diktadurya. Nawala si Apo Makoy at pinalitan ng asawa ni Ninoy Aquino, yung nakasalaming binaril sa tarmac.

At naibalik na nga daw ang demokrasya.

Pero pagkalipas lang ng may isang buwan, nagkaroon ng putukan sa Mendiola. Nagkaroon ng ng isang madugong dispersal ang mga rali ng mga magsasaka at kinseng katawan ang nabuwal sa kalsada pagkatapos mailuklok sa poder ang taong magbabalik daw ng demokrasya.

Pagkatapos ng kulang 20 taon, naulit ang istorya. Nadagdagan ang drama sa kasaysayan ng pinas. At muling naging sikat sa katapangan at prinsipyo ang mga tinatawag na komon-tao sa pinas. Mga komon-tao na muling nagamit ng mga taong may maruming pulitika.

Ang entry na ito ay unang yugto para sa Campaign Supporting Good Governance ni Pedestrian Observer.

Please Join Bloggers Supporting Among Ed’s Good Governance Campaign! Among Ed needs your support! Show your support through your blog rejecting the moral degeneration of patronage and personality politics. I-klik lang po ang link sa itaas. Maraming Salamat!

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By manilenya - Last updated: Monday, January 7, 2008

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Now playing: Alamid - Your Love
via FoxyTunes
I am presently in my inconsistent state of discernment again. The whole day yesterday I have decided to bring together my manilenya’s blog and this one because I am really having a hard time doing both. I know the other one is suffering from traffic downfall.

First I made this blog because of the thing I am missing in blogosphere and that is earning money thru paid post, and of course Entrecard (I am enjoying it a lot.) Although I have a great traffic (before) and page rank - I think It’s great considering that I don’t really write well, never post about blogging tips and earning money- but still I want something more.

My manilenya blog can’t do it for me. I have told you that my other blog is always rejected in most of the review sites because it is a non-English blog. But now that I have this one, I am uncertain if I really want to do some paid post ( although I already made one.) Whenever I saw the assigned ads for me, geez! I feel like I want to hit my head with stone. Nah! I’m sorry friends (probloggers) but I still have reservations for paid post…and yet I want to bring in some money from blogging. So lunatic, eh?

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Now playing: Alamid - Your Love
via FoxyTunes

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By manilenya - Last updated: Sunday, January 6, 2008

I was there beside her. She drives and we were talking as her hand phone rang. Somebody on the line maybe asked her and then I heard her saying “I am sending my maid home.”

That seven words cut off my lethargy. I was in uncontrollable yawning before that. And the rest of the time I was sitting there inside her truck (we call it van); I was submerged into deep thought.

I am a Maid; all along I thought I am a Caregiver.

When I told that to my uncle, he knocked me dead with his reply. “Maid, caregiver, pareho lang yun e.” (“Maid, Caregiver, it’s the same eh.”)

Oh yeah! I forgot. My employer hired me to do her household chores and to nanny her three kids. That’s why I became a maid and a caregiver to her family.

I kept all the toys that cluttered around the living room, after a while my employer’s 5-year old daughter asked me why I need to keep all the toys because she still needs those. She called me Idiot.

I am used to call myself “Bobang Pinay” but I am not used to somebody calling me “Idiot” and that offended me.

Yes I can agree to be called a maid by her mom, but not “Idiot” by the 5-year old daughter. But since her mom gave me an iPod Nano last Christmas, I forgave the little biatch (her sister call her that)…Ooopppsss. The Bitch in me. My other ME.

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By manilenya - Last updated: Friday, January 4, 2008

After a long day of drudgery I feel like I am so tired, I rested though but I think of more subtle things that a lady always think of after the strenuous chores. Too bad, I wouldn’t be able to do it.

These am just imagining things actually. Oh I love myself! If only I can do these things…..RIGHT NOW!

1. Have a foot spa (the cold winter season makes my feet so dry.)
2. Videoke (maybe it will relieve my boredom.) But I don’t even have TV here in my room. Nah. I have TV but not working tsk tsk tsk.
3. Shopping some new clothes. But I am currently pinching pennies and it’s night time, and I have no credit card. I’m poor.
4. Have at least scented candles… I forgot to buy last weekends L . I always want to get a lot of big as in big scented candles and light all of them. They will surely take off all my unpleasant feelings.
5. Read a book. (I can do this that’s for sure, but I’m in front of my laptop lol!)
6. Have some coffee.
7. Sleep. That’s why I shouldn’t drink coffee, I want to sleep.

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By manilenya - Last updated: Friday, January 4, 2008

I remember the first time I received a flower (yeah, you heard me right…flower, as I am feeling girly tonight), it is from an ex I decided to dump because of some complicated reason, so please dare not to ask me about that.
He was there, outside our door with a hug pillow in his one hand and guess what? He’s holding a rose on his other hand.

Who would refuse a man holding a flower in front of you? Maybe not me, especially it was my first (and last) flower I ever received in my whole entire life. But since he never gave me flower again, it was time to dump him again hehehe!

Here I am, waiting for another flower (this time I want a bunch of them).

Sigh! I saw these pink flowers which l learned later called as sensational sentimental and it is an arrangement of fresh, pastel roses, Asiatic lilies, carnations and daisy poms. I love that! It is artistically designed in a beautiful pink frosted vase. So debutante but it still has an appeal to me since I still feel young hehehe!

Anyone! Anyone! Please buy me that flower. I love that flower because it also has a removable pewter picture frame on top. And I will put my pic there of course or maybe your pic (whoever you are who’s going to send me that flower), isn’t that sweet?

You can order the flower at http://www.1800flowers.com, don’t you worry, they providing customers around the world, so even if you’re in Asia or Europe name your place and they will be there. And what good in here is I can have the flower the same day you order it. Hehehe! I’m still insisting.

Okay, you can give it to your love ones if you don’t want to give me those flowers. No hurt feelings promise.

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