So it is just a few hours to go and we all bid goodbye to 2013. This year has been a roller coaster ride, with a few of major ups and downs. Anyhow, it was another productive year, with learned lessons to keep in mind.

Here is a little review of my year 2013:

-Made two top 4s in the World Magic Cup Qualifiers for PH.

-Top 8 in a few Magic Game Day tournaments.

-Played my first Limited Grand Prix in Hong Kong.

-Built a lot of Gunpla kits, trying to shift to the Master Grade line but can’t get enough of the High Grades.

-finally found a Gunpla group that is consistently fun and at the same time got me to learn lot of things in the Gunpla hobby.

-was about to join a Zaku build challenge but came up short because of:

-Gf broke up with me (so far this was the major blunder of the year)

-learned a lot of SEO stuff from one of my recent clients but worked for only a few months. I am hoping for more clients to stay longer next year.

To conclude, I’m going to say good bye to 2013 and say hello and welcome 2014.

So I wish you guys a Happy & Purphoros err Prosperous New Year.

The recent release of Department of Tourism’s new slogan has become an online sensation and turned to be more of a meme. The slogan that says “It’s More Fun in the Philippines” has created various reactions on the Filipino web community, some opposing it while some enjoyed it and created various pic edits depicting the tourism slogan.

Joining the trend, Neutral Grounds Ph has created a contest on its Facebook page telling its fans to submit photos and pictures as to why “Magic, It’s more fun in the Philippines!” I joined the contest and here are the two photos I’ve submitted so far.

More of the pics on the contest’s album can be found here.

“Might as well go with the hype.” As of this posting, the Miss Universe 2011 is currently being held at Sao Paulo, Brazil. My country’s contingent, Ms. Philippines Shamcey Supsup prepared very well for the event and has been a crowd favorite on the online voting. Currently, she’s on the top 5 and I am hoping very much that she’ll win the title. The rest of the top 5 are Angola, Brazil, China, and Ukraine.

Anyhow, here is a quick video of the contestant’s preparation for the Miss Universe 2011 Bikini portion. It must be real hard to maintain that sexy body figure.

Update The final top 5 are the following:
Miss Universe 2011 – Angola, 1st – Ukraine, 2nd- Brazil, 3rd – Philippines 4th – China.

Here’s a teaser of Manny Pacquiao’s latest movie entitled “Wapakman”. I’m guessing Pacman will be a superhero in this somewhat comedy type of film.

I just love how the beauty queen was punched and the excessive drooling of the characters. Lol!

– You point with your lips.
– You eat using hands and you have it down to a technique.
– Your other piece of luggage is a balikbayan box.
– You nod upwards to greet someone.
– You put your foot up on your chair and rest your elbow on your knee while eating.
– You think that half-hatched duck eggs are a delicacy.
– You have to kiss your relative on the cheek as soon as you enter the room.
– You’re standing next eight big boxes at the airport.
– You collect items from hotels or restaurants “for souvenir.”
– You smile for no reason.
– You flirt by having a foolish grin in your face while raising your eyebrows repeatedly.
– You go to a department store and try to bargain the prices.
– You use an umbrella for shade on hot summer days.
– You scratch your head when you don’t know the answer.
– You never eat the last morsel of food on the table.
– You like bowling.
– You know how to play pusoy and mah-jong.
– You find dried up morsels of rice stuck on your shirt.
– You prefer to sit in the shade instead of basking in the sun.
– You add an unwarranted “H” to your name, i.e. “Jhun,” Bhoy,” “Rhon.”
– You put hands together in front of you as if to make a path and say “excuse, excuse” when you pass in between people or in front of the TV.
– Your middle name is your mothers maiden name.
– You like everything imported or “state-side.”
– You check the labels on clothes to see where it was made before buying.
– You hang your clothes out to dry.
– You are perfectly comfortable in a squatting position with your elbows resting on your knees.
– You consistently arrive 30 minutes late for all events.
– You always offer food to all your visitors.
– You say “comfort room” instead of “bathroom.”
– You say “for take out” instead of “to go”
– You say “open” or “close” the light.
– You ask for a “pentel-pen” or a “ball-pen” instead of just “pen.”
– You asked for “Colgate” instead of “toothpaste.”
– You refer to the refrigerator as the “ref” or “pridyider.”
– You say “kodakan” instead of take a picture.
– You order a McDonald’s instead of “hamburger” (pronounced ham-boor-jer)
– You say “Ha” instead of “What.”
– You say “Hoy” get someone attention.
– You answer when someone yells “Hoy.”
– You turn around when someone says “Psst”
– You say “Cutex” instead of “nail polish.”
– You say “he” when you mean “she” and vice versa.
– You say “array” instead of “ouch.”
– Your sneeze sounds like “ahh-ching” instead of “ahh-choo.”
– You prefer to make acronyms for phrases such as “OA: for over acting or “TNT” for, well, you know.
– You say “air con” instead of “a/c” or air conditioner.
– You say “brown-out” instead of “black-out.”
– You use a “walis ting-ting” or “walis tambo” as opposed to a conventional broom.
– You use a “Weapons of Moroland” shield hanging in the living room wall.
– You have a portrait of “The Last Supper” hanging in your dining room.
– You own a karaoke system.
– You own a piano that no one ever plays.
– You have a tabo in the bathroom.
– Your house has too many burloloys.
– You have two to three pairs of tsinelas at your doorstep.
– Your house has an ornate wrought iron gate in front of it.
– You have a rose garden.
– You have a shrine of the “Santo Niño” in your living room.
– You have a “barrel man” (you pull up the barrel and you see something that looks familiar. Schwing…)
– You cover the living room furniture with bedsheets.
– Your lamp shades still have the plastic cover on them.
– You have plastic runners to cover the carpets in your house.
– You refer to your VCR as a “beytamax.”
– You have a rice dispenser.
– You own a turbo boiler.
– You own one of those fiber optic flower lamps.
– You own a lamp with oil that drips down the strings.
– You have a giant wooden fork and spoon hanging somewhere in the dining room.
– You have a giant wooden tinikling dancer on the wall.
– You have capiz shells chandeliers, lamps, or placemats.
– You have a Mercedes Benz and you call it “chedeng.”
– You own a huge van conversion.
– Your car chirps like a bird or plays a tune when it is in reverse.
– Your car horn can make 2 or 3 different sounds.
– Your car has curb feelers or curb detectors.
– Your car has too many “burloloys” like a Jeepneys back in P.I.
– You hang a rosary on your car’s rear view mirror.
– You have an air freshener in your car.
– You have aunts and uncles named “Baby,” “Girlie,” or “Boy.”
– You were raised to believe that every Filipino is a aunt, uncle or cousin.
– Your Dad was in the Navy.
– Your mom or sister or wife is a nurse.
– You have a family member or relative that works in the Post Office.
– Your parents call each other “Mommy” and “Daddy” or “ma” and “pa.”
– You have family member that has a nickname that repeats itself, i.e.”Deng-Deng,” Ling-Ling” or “Bing-Bing”
– You put hot dogs in your spaghetti.
– You consider dilis the Filipino equivalent to French fries.
– You think that eating chocolate rice pudding and dried fish is a great morning meal.
– You order thing like tapsilog, tocsilog, or longsilog at restaurants.
– You instinctively grab a toothpick after each meal.
– You order a “soft drink” instead of a “soda.”
– You dip bread in your morning coffee.
– You refer to seasonings and all other forms of monosodium glutamate as “Ajinomoto.”
– Your cupboards are full of Spam, Vienna Sausage, Ligo, and Corned Beef, which you refer to as Karne Norte.
– Goldilocks means more to you than just a character in a fairy tale.
– You appreciate a fresh pot of rice.
– You bring your “baon” most of the time to work.
– Your “baon” is usually something over rice.
– Your neighbors complain about the smell of tuyo on Sunday mornings.
– You eat rice for breakfast.
– You use your fingers to measure the water when cooking rice.

Very true. lol. I’m proud to be one.

Since this year’s Holy Week will be starting this Sunday, I guess this post will be appropriate. Just see the pic below.

The Last Supper: Tambay Edition

Damn, I just love this site.

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