I sure hope music can save Manila too.

There's a rainbow always after the rain.

It's a commitment. And an assurance that the world can still make you smile.

24

With all the freedom, exciting adventures, and countless possibilities out there, being a twenty-something is the best.

Had a happy birthday, thank God for a charmed life.

I'm sitting in the little room
watching you pretend that you don't love me like you used to
I can see the lies inside your eyes, I cry
cause I can't forget all the things that we've been through

When the walls come crumbling down
Dust replaces the magic that we found

What if I told you that once I leave I let go
Would you believe that I am stronger than you know

You wished it away now I can't stay

Remember in the little room
the time we thought we had something special no one else had
Well I don't understand how something so good,
something so good can turn out so bad

I know it hurts you even though you can't show it
I had to knock you down or I would have never known it

You wished it away now I can't stay

I miss you
I hate the way you've made me hate you
You couldn't say "stay"
Why can't I move on?

Of friends and foes

There are things I do because I have to, and there are things I do because I want to.

Oftentimes I brush people off for a reason. It was never for good riddance's sake, contrary to popular belief. I brush people off because sooner or later, they'll end up getting more hurt and loved at the same time by me. I don't want that. I can't take that. I've done it too many times that experiencing it again, keeping someone I know I'll hurt eventually, is just too painful and exhausting.

Sab's mom once told me that the older I get, the easier and faster it would be for me to actually count my true friends.

I try to keep close those who can stand me and all my daily ramblings. The people with me now are the ones that were true since day 1. I may not see them often but i know there'll never be no brushing off with them. Ever.

To those who I can't keep now, see you in my dreams.

Just one more moment, one more happy goodnight.

I've only lost one real special person in my life and that's my grandpa when I was in Grade School. I cried then but of course, all kids can only understand as much.

Days come and go as expected but when things go slightly out of direction, your world suddenly stops. Mine stopped this noontime with a call from my brother. It was a simple, simple task.


Right now, I'm grieving, I'm barely believing. I am totally in denial.

Yoga's been the best, sweetest, and most loving dog. She's always been asking for attention and I denied that a lot of times. I am cruel and insensitive, unappreciative and undeserving of her love. I am sorry.

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH. GOODBYE, BABY. YOU'VE BEEN BEAUTIFUL IN EVERYBODY'S EYES.


Nobody knows it, but you've got a secret smile and you use it only for me.

Before the Worst

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It's been a while since the two of us talked
About a week since the day that you walked
Knowing things would never be the same
With your empty heart and mine full of pain
So explain to me, how it came to this
Take it back to the night we kissed
It was Dublin City on a Friday night
You were vodkas and coke, I was Guinness all night

We were sitting with our backs against the world
Saying things that we thought but never heard
Who would have thought it would end up like this?
Where everything we talked about is gone
And the only chance we have of moving on

Is trying to take it back
Before it all went wrong

Before the worst, before we mend
Before our hearts decide
It's time to love again
Before too late, before too long
Let's try to take it back
Before it all went wrong

There was a time that we'd stay up all night
Best friends talking till the daylight
Took the joys alongside the pain
With not much to loose, but so much to gain
Are you hearing me? Cause I don't wanna miss,
Set you a drift on memory bliss
It was Grafton Street on a rainy night
I was down on one knee and you were mine for life

We we're thinking we would never be apart
With your name tattooed across my heart
Who would have thought it would end up like this?
Where everything we talked about is gone
And the only chance we have of moving on

Is trying to take it back
Before it all went wrong

Before the worst, before we mend
Before our hearts decide
It's time to love again
Before too late, before too long
Let's try to take it back
Before it all went wrong

If the clouds don't clear
Then we'll rise above it, we'll rise above it
Heavens gate is so near
Come walk with me through
Just like we use to, just like we use to

Let's take it back
Before it all went wrong

Before the worst, before we mend
Before our hearts decide
It's time to love again
Before too late, before too long
Let's try to take it back
Before it all went wrong

10 messages to 10 people.

1. Ayusin mo na kasi! Di ko kayang saluhin ka forever.

2. I love you and I miss you often. I still think about you in the morning.

3. Feeling mo angas ka? Hanapin mo muna identity mo, please.

4. Grabe na makasakit a. Ako pa ang nagmukang swapang, e hindi naman nakakaintindi.

5. Ang damot mo naman.

6. Thank you for being with me the other day. Reinforced my belief that I still have loving friends.

7. I think you're cute. Dreamt about you once, but that's about it. HMMM.

8. Please don't waste your time trying to get me, you won't like me if you get to know me.

9. Don't worry, everything's gonna be just fine. Please, don't let other people hurt you that way. You don't need another person to be happy. I'm here, now and always.

10. Congratulations, sweetie. I know you'll do well soon. Make everyone proud.

Reboot

There are countless important days in my life but I wanna claim FEBRUARY 17, 2009 as the date that will turn my life around once again. Finally, I'm back to Marketing. Finally, I've regained my self and showed them that I'm worthy.

Here's my 2009 goals re-set:

1. To organize successful parties and get-togethers for MarkProf as the Chairman of the Events Committee for 2009.
2. To convince my parents to finally get me that well-deserved car.
3. OR to save enough money to buy it myself.
4. To launch a product successfully by the end of the year.
5. To SAVE.
6. To actualize the business that me and Earl are planning by middle of the year.
7. To have at least 3-5 long vacations this year.
8. To get my Ateneo body back [which I hope I'll get from all the future OTs].
9. To get another tattoo to celebrate my lucky year, 2009.
10. To discover a new talent/hobby.

Tumatakbo

Tumatakbo ang oras naiiwan na ako ng panahon.
Tila bawat araw pare-pareho, parang kahapon.

I don't wanna feel like I'm getting old, but am I? I'm only 23. Everyday's getting a little more boring than the one before it. Everything's a little predictable. Since I stopped my everyday drinking habit, I just work [or not work and bum instead] on weekdays and drink on weenends. That's basically it. A movie once in awhile and a shopping spree every week's the highlight of my work week. Boring. BORING.

I wanna have a vacation and go somewhere interesting, somewhere with a deep history and a great view. I wanna spend nights talking endlessly to different people about their dreams, their fears, their passions, and all the crazy shit that happened to them. I wanna discover new talents and see if I can still pursue them. I wanna go clubbing every weekend again and feel like I can still keep up with those college kids who think they rule the world.

I don't wanna go to magic899.fm and look at the latest songs just so my Ipod's updated again. I don't wanna look at my accounts everyday anymore. I just want to experience life the way I did before, the way little things feel so warm on the inside.


BTW, I'm finally up for transfer to Marketing. My dream finally coming true.

I miss

Coming Clean

Oftentimes I stare blankly at the ceiling of my room and wonder why I became who I was now. I always end up more puzzled and more hurt than when I started.
I think I’m tired of playing games. I’m finally done.

To all the people that I’ve hurt before, to those who I’m hurting now, I am genuinely sorry. My heart aches for every heart break that I’ve caused and whatever happened then, whatever’s happening now, I believe all of it were my fault, my own stupid doings.

I’ve been blessed to have that weird gift of choosing the loyal, innately good ones and that makes everything even worse. You’re all right, maybe I don’t deserve the best of you. Maybe I don’t deserve any goodness any more. But that’s for God to decide. Whatever his decision is though, I’m willing to accept it.

Karma’s a rich bitch. I don’t know when my payback’s gonna come but I have to be ready. I dread the day that it’ll hit me but I guess that’s what I could expect from being the bad, bad person that I’ve been.

To the people that I’ve hurt, I hope you know that even if I’ve hurt you in any way, I’ve loved you deeply and you’ll always stay in my heart. Every memory is kept, every effort, gift, love gave are valued. I hope that even after all my short comings, my love that I have given is never doubted.

1 Corinthians 13
Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends.

Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. When I was a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

If you could see past my mistakes, past all the hurt, then you’ll see my heart, my love.

Deja Vu

Can't believe I'm back on board again.

Haven't told Splash yet that I want to leave though. I can't believe I still have this same feeling of anticipation that I had before I started working. I wanted to be pressured, to be busy and all that jazz. Turns out, I'm the complete opposite. I'm very pampered. I get paid really high for doing nothing. I get a 16k allowance that I actually cannot monitor because I spend too much money on clothes, food, beer, and other miscellaneous stuff that I don't really need. The company pays for almost everything I need - lunch, transpo, cellphone bill, visibility plan, etc. HOWEVER, they haven't given me that one thing that I need yet: relevance to the company.

Therefore, I'm on a search again for that next company. Didn't expect it to be that fast, though. I sent an email blast the other night about me showing my interest to work for other companies and the day after that, I got calls already. I just had an interview and exam with Unilab. Plus, I met with a head hunter from Ward Howell at Starbucks the other day. Funny, cool guy. Haha Feels like I have an agent now.

Hope everything turns out better this time around. Golly, how I hope so.

My favorite QCS (Quezon City Spots).

1. Cubao X



Okay, I think this is a lot of people's favorite but I love it too much that I just have to mention it first on my list. A lot of magazines, blogs, journal entries, and columns have already described this place and must I say, they all captured the real essence of this captivating, magical place right at the heart of one of the deadliest streets in Manila. It's so fascinating how one small turn inside the Expo can bring you to a world full of culture, history, art, passion, and love.

It's true, THE X really does marks the spot.


2. Katipunan



Yes, that whooole stretch. I've had most of my life's favorite moments there, may it be up north near UP or down south at the new Meatshop 2. Food's great, crowd's great, culture's great. Here's a list of my favorite places in Katip: Flaming Wings, Perspolis, Starbucks, Cantina, Bo's, Chickenboy (even if it's at Xavierville), Banapple, Cafe Xocolat, AZTA Urban Salon, Eagle Star Condo, Prince David Condo, Petron Gas Station, and My Cool Mint Spa

It feels like home there. Now that I'm working, I still see to it that I go to Katipunan, whether alone (Then again, Katipunan is like New York. You always see or bump into and eventually drink with someone you know) or with my friends, once in awhile to have that feel of youthfulness and carelessness.

At Katipunan, everybody's a young rebel.


3. Tomato Kick, Maginhawa



Steady kung steady. The place is small but it's quite great enough to have that quiet, steady inuman with friends. Tomato Kick also features acoustic artists in its humble abode from time to time that’s why aside from painters and designers, the resto attracts musicians too. Oh and the food there's one of my favvoooorrriiitttees! My all time loves from the place? Chicken Alfredo and Pesto Pizza.

4. 77 Cafe, Kamuning



Lola's inuman spot. This bar/resto is not your typical drinking place. On weekdays, yuppies go here to unwind after a long day's work. It's homey feel can automatically make you feel at ease and relaxed, ready for a night (and maybe morning) of drinks with friends.

5. Quattro, Timog



Ahh, the old school macho mug. Haven't been there in awhile but it's always nostalgic everytime I'm there. Food's not awesome, the place is not as comfy, but for some reason, I like it there.

6. UP Diliman



This University has more to offer other than its top education. It is current Philippine culture personified. It's a venue where actual freedom actual exists, I think. I've been to two universities and trust me, UP people are way different from others in a good kind of way.

The people are smart and cultured. Their lifestyles are diverse and it would be heaven if I could experience all of it. It's like your typical high school chic flick setting. There's the musicians, the skaterboarders, the nerds, the athletes, the artists, the dancers, the cooks, the philantrophists, the activists, the religious; name it, they have it. The only difference though is that, unlike in chic flick movies, UP people actually get along pretty well.

The closest that I got to this University was through my EXs and when I had to cross-enroll for a subject. I didn't push through with it though. Sayang naman.

7. Mr. Kebab, West Ave



Nothing beats the original Persian love. Even after their most recent expansion, people still line up for the place. It's not even airconditioned! Goes to show how good tasting, old school food can be successful even without all the glamour.


8. EDSA Shangri-La Hotel



It's still my favorite hotel in Manila, or even in the country, I believe. It has great service and it's rooms are one of my favorites. Plus it's beside a very lovely mall that me and my family loves to go to. But of course that is subject to change because I haven't tried Discovery Shores and Amanpulo yet.

9. Seven Corners, Crowne Plaza



We usually spend occasions here. It's sinful, actually. You go on a hunger strike for months then the minute you're in Seven Corners, it's gluttony once again.

10. Greenhills Shopping Center



I recently had my phone fixed there. Sabi na e, Greenhills will save me once again. I think of Greenhills as my go-to place, my hero every so often. Why? Because I end up buying clothes and accessories there after touring and looking for clothes in all the malls in the metro. Because it's where I have my techie stuff fixed. Because it's usually where we meet our South based friends. Because it's where we usually watch movies. Because it's where choose to eat whenever we plan to shop, tricking whoever that the only reason why we're there is because of the food.

11. Route 196, Katipunan Extension.



Love the pizza. Love the interiors. Love the bands. Hassle lang there's entrance fee. Haha! I usually drink a lot that's why entrance fees to me are downers :(

12. Xaymaca, Timog



For that reggae, fun, sabog vibe, Xaymaca is home. People's all sabog (for sure) and crazy, AHLAVET! This is the place where people dance to the music because they actually feel the music, unlike in bars where people dance to be sexy and attract other people. Here, even the left-footed people dance their nights away. Nobody's judged, nobody's sued for dancing in a weird way. Everybody's just out and about having fun.

13. Tomas Morato

Like Katipunan, I love the whoooole stretch. I just hate the bars along Tomas but other than that, I love the place. I love it too much that I think I've been in almost all the restos and coffee shops there.

Tis the season to be jolly!

Every year is different, fun, and unpredictable. I love birthdays. It gives you enough reason to party, be conceited, be selfish, buy something new, and demand from other people. THEREFORE, here’s my wish list for my 23rd birthday.


1. FILMS. One year supply, please, especially 120s ‘cause they’re so expensive. Although. . . considering that I’m gonna spend more time with Vivitar and FE as of the moment, Holga could wait.


2. GRAY BENCH PANTS. I’ve been eyeing that for 6 or more months already. It’s kinda pathetic, actually. It’s the one I need to buy but everytime I attempt to buy it, I see something useless and unneeded and buy that other thing instead. And to think the Bench pants is not even expensive!


3. HAIR EXTENSIONS. Yes, I want them badly, I think. And again, I’m bored with my hair. It just recently went back to Burgundy but the excitement didn’t last that long. My hair’s in that awkward “Magpapahaba ka ba or maiksi lang yan tapos humaba kaya tikwas” stage now and I hate hate hate it. I want a super super short ala Rihanna one although I know that if I get that type of cut, my face will be popping out like a monay. Therefore, I want suuper long locks instead and I want it asap. Don’t know if I have the real guts to actualize it though.


4. JACKET. I always want one, whether it’s my birthday or not. I saw a neon yellow/green motorcycle-ish jacket and I’m obsessed. I think I’m buying myself this one for my birthday. Oh and I want a Mara one.


5. My baby, COULTURA IMELDA. I hope this business venture of mine will go a long way. The molds are done already. Time for shoe making! I hope one of the samples are in before I celebrate my birthday so that I could use it and show it to everybody on my birthday!


6. SHOWROOM. I know I should start small but I want a showroom for the shoes. It should be an artsy fartsy, culture-related type of showroom. Might talk to F*art or something.


7. LAPTOP BAG. I NEED a new one. I’m currently using my big royal blue bag for my office laptop and it tears up my heart everytime I use it for the laptop.


8. MULTI-COLORED HIGH CUT NIKEs. Only because I think they're cool. Haha I have a white one already and I refuse to color them myself.

Seven things I hate about you

1. You make me feel the worst.

2. You make me laugh, you make me cry.

3. You don't socialize.

4. You're insecure.

5. Whatever I do isn't enough for you.

6. You blame or sue me for things I don't do. My family does that. I thought you knew me well enough?

7. You make me love you.

To be the Witch of Portobello

Okay, breathe.

I am totally loving my job! After I cried my heart out and took all the time in the world to think about things, the head of the Sales Dept said that I'll be handling consecutively all the accounts of the National Accounts Group, the most elite of the Sales groups, PLUS I get to do my own Marketing and Brand Activation activities without anyone stopping or limiting my ideas. I'm not out of Marketing after all! Plus I get to get all the perks that Splash Sales people get. Life's good, God's great.

First stop: SM Account. I haven't been sleeping well these past nights. I want to start with a blast. Sir Rico wants me to do Marketing programs per account that have never been done before. E ANO PA KAYA PWEDE?


I'm not giving up, though. I get too scared, sometimes, but it's at such moments that I discover a wisdom that is beyond me, and I go forward. Now it's my choices that would create my destiny.



SPEAKING OF choices, I recently chose not to fill my life with work and whatever it is that's been bugging my life. Paulo Coelho said: Relax and feel good. That is sometimes all we can hope for from this life. So I'm starting to reconnect with myself again, with my roots. I've been reading again and it feels soooo good. I feel enlightened everytime I end one and totally excited by the time I'm about to start a new one. I'm into arts again - photography, drawings, music, the works. I'm about to travel to Bacolod with my loves and I'm very excited about that. I'm going back to Cubao Ex again soon. I love it there. I feel like a different person there, and it's really liberating.

That's what everybody needs, I think. Liberation. Liberation from every rule that's been laid out by society.


When we dare to see things differently, life opens up to our eyes

Luck Schmuck

Unlucky people are generally more tense than lucky people, and this anxiety disrupts their ability to notice the unexpected. Therefore, they miss opportunities because they are too focused on looking for something else. They go to parties trying to find a perfect partner and so miss opportunities to make good friends.

Lucky people are more relaxed and open, seeing what's there rather than just what they are looking for. They generate good fortune via four principles. They are skilled at creating and noticing chance opportunities, make lucky decisions by listening to their intuition, create self-fulfilling prophesies via positive expectations, and adopt a resilient attitude that transforms bad luck into good.

So what happened to me? Why am I in Sales?!

I recently learned that instead of being assigned to Marketing, I was assigned to Sales. I hate it. Like any other unlucky person, I was too focused to see the unexpected. And boy was it shocking.

I felt like my world just stopped. Everything that I've worked for the last three years of my life seemed to have vanished in that 30-min conversation with Ms. Vanessa. I've long been waiting to go to Marketing, to handle a brand and claim it as my own. It's the reason why I joined MarkProf. It's the reason why I studied Marketing in the first place. And now, everything's just messed up. So messed up in fact that I'm considering the idea of resigning.

I'm getting a car, high comission every month, unexpected salary raise (aside from the raise that is planned soon, too), 250 liters of gas per month, a new laptop, a company card, unlimited free time, the works. The downside? Nothing there seems tempting to me. I don't care about the money, me and my family have that. I don't care about the car, I hate driving. I'd rather ride with Kuya Willy forever. I don't care about a laptop, my personal laptop is way better than what they're giving me, I think. I don't care about the free time, I want to be pressured, to be challenged. I don't care about the company card either. All I want is the experience. That certain feeling that I've long been wanting to feel since I started this career path to Marketing.

All I'm banking on now is the idea of becoming a better person through this Sales experience. Everybody's been saying that this would be the best move for me if I want to become a really really good Marketing professional someday. That I'll be making better decisions when I go into Sales first. God, I hope they're right.

Now, as my tat implies, I have to make a choice and see if it really does contribute to my destiny. Am I really for Marketing? Let's see. I hope I am (coz my heart's still with it) but let's see. I won't block my heart anymore, though. I'll venture into the world of Trade Marketing and see if I'll grow there. Who knows, I may be lucky this time around.

Every Filipino has a 24/7 humor

The Philippines.

The only place on earth where...
1. Every street has a basketball court.
2. Even lawyers and engineers are unemployed.
3. Physicians study to become nurses for employment abroad.
4. Students pay more money than they will earn after.
5. School is considered the second home and the mall considered the third.
6. Call-center employees earn more money than teachers and nurses.
7. Everyone has his personal ghost story and superstition.
8. Mountains like Makiling and Banahaw, are considered holy places.
9. Everything can be forged.
10. All animals are edible.
11. Starbucks is still more expensive than gas.
12. Driving 4 kms can take as much as four hours.
13. Flyovers bring you from the freeway to the side streets.
14. Crossing the street involves running for your dear life.
15. The PC at home is mainly used for games and Friendster or Myspace.
16. Where colonial mentality is dishonestly denied!
17. Where 4 a.m. is not even considered bedtime yet.
18. People can pay to defy the law.
19. Everything and everyone is spoofed.
20. Where even the poverty-stricken get to wear branded clothes and come home to an empty fridge.
21. The honking of car horns is a way of life.
22. Being called a bum is never ever offensive. In fact, said with pride.
23. Floodwaters take up more than 90 percent of the streets during the rainy season.
24. Where everyone has a relative abroad who keeps them alive.
25. Where wearing your national colors make you baduy.
26. Where even the poorest of the poor have the latest cell phones stolen or snatched or pick pocketed from those who can afford.
27. Where insurance does not work.
28. Where water can only be classified as tap and dirty.
29. Where bottled water is sosyal.
30. Where the government makes the people pray for miracles. Harharhar!
31. Where University of the Philippines where all the weird people go.
32. Ateneo University is where all the nerds go.
33. La Salle University is where all the Chinese go.
34. College of Saint Benilde is where all the stupid Chinese go
35. University of Asia and the Pacific is where all the irrelevantly rich people go and Cebu Doctors’ University aka Cebu Dollars University, where the wannabe-rich go.
36. Fast food is a diet meal.
37. Traffic signs are merely suggestions, not regulations.
38. Where being mugged is normal and happens to everyone.
39. Rodents are normal house pets.
40. The definition of traffic is the 'non-movement' of vehicles.
41. Where the fighter planes of the 1940s are used for military engagements.
42. The new fighter planes are displayed in museums. Lol!!!
43. Where cigarettes and alcohol are a necessity, and where the lottery is a commodity.
44. Where soap operas tell the realities of life and where the news provides the drama.
45. Where actors make the rules and where politicians provide the entertainment.
46. People can get away with stealing trillions of pesos but not a thousand.
47. Where being an hour late is still considered punctual. Harharhar!!! Grabe!!!
48. Where the squatters complain (even if they do not pay their tax) than those employed and have their tax automatically deducted from their salaries.
49. And where everyone wants to go to another country even to war-stricken ones.


FILIPINO SIGNS OF WIT:
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.



Smart travelers can decipher what may look like baffling signs to unaccustomed foreigners by simply sounding out the 'Taglish' - the Philippine version of English words spelled and pronounced with a heavy Filipino such as:
15. At a restaurant menu in Cebu. The sign read and spelled, “We hab sopdrink in can an in batol?”
16. Then, a sewing accessories shop spelled Bids and Pises.



There are also many signs with either badly chosen or misspelled words but they are usually so entertaining that it would be a mistake to 'correct' them like.......
17. In a restaurant in Baguio City - Wanted: Boy Waitress Lol!!!!
18. On a highway in Pampanga - We Make Modern Antique Furniture
19. On the window of a photography shop in Cabanatuan - We Shoot You While You Wait
20. And on the glass front of a cafe in Panay Avenue in Manila - Wanted: Waiter, Cashier, Washier



Some of the notices can even give a wrong impression such as:
21. A shoe store in Pangasinan - We Sell Imported Robber Shoes
22. A rental property sign in Jaro reads - House for Rent, Fully Furnaced


Occasionally, one could come across signs that are truly unique - if not altogether odd.
23. City in southern Philippines - Adults: 1 peso; Child: 50 centavos; Cadavers: fare subject to negotiation
24. European tourists may also be intrigued to discover two competing shops selling hopia (a Chinese pastry) called Holland Hopia and Poland Hopia - which are owned and operated by two local Chinese entrepreneurs, Mr. Ho and Mr. Po respectively believe it or not.



Some folks also 'creatively' redesign English to be more efficient. The creative confusion between language and culture leads to more than just simple unintentional errors in syntax, but in the adoption of new words?
25. Says reader Robert Goodfellow who came across a sign..... House Fersallarend (house for sale or rent). Why use five words when two will do?
26. According to a Manila businessman, there is so much wit in the Philippines because? We are a country where a good sense of humor is needed to survive? We have a 24-hour comedy show here called the government and a huge reserve of comedians made up mostly of politicians and bad actors.
27. A restaurant in Quezon City with the name - “Cooking Ng Ina Nyo!”
28. Because business was good, another restaurant on the next block opened with the name “Cooking Ng Ina Nyo Rin!”
29. A certain Susan opened a flower shop south of metro manila… and the name of the shop is "Susan’s Roses”
30. A bakery named Bread Pitt