Nonsensical IM Conversations Entry #2

Entry #2 - What Color Is Your Bra?

*Diane and I talking about her planned Puerto Rico vacaciones.

diane717:
i think we're going to calebro island
aaron's planning the weekend
official_choob:
I don't think I'd recommend that you go to "Caja de Muertos" also known as Coffin Island
diane717:
grabe i need a vacation.
official_choob:
yes you should really take this vacation
but i cant seem to find a calebro island on the internets
although i do see a culebra island
diane717:
oh thats it
hahaha
thats how aaron pronounces it kase e.. caleebruh
bobo
official_choob:
it's also known as isla chiquita (small island)
diane717:
ooh
official_choob:
or more interestingly ultima virgen (the last virgin)
hehehe
diane717:
hahaha
official_choob:
culebra is apparently pronunced as koo-lai-brah
as in anong koo-lai-brah mo?
diane717:
HAHAHAHA

END.

Greenhouse Gases Are All The Rage These Days

My mom was giving one of her friends a tour of our "summer villa" in Tagaytay, when they got to this yet to be finished area of the house. Mom wants this particular spot to kind of look like a greenhouse. So she says to her friend, "etong part na to gusto ko magkaroon ng greenhouse effect (I want this part to have a greenhouse effect)". I laughed, and they both looked at me, a bit puzzled as to what was so funny. So I had to explain to them that the greenhouse effect refers to how greenhouse gases heat up the earth, and that what she simply meant to say was that she wanted this part of the house to look like a greenhouse. Ofcourse explaining why something is funny really takes all the funny out of it, but I thought I'd take the opportunity to educate my mom on one of today's most pressing environmental issues. Then she says to me, "bakit? nagkaintindihan naman kame ha." I replied, "well yeah, but smart people would have laughed". "Tarantado ka ha," she said.

D 2007 PiLiFin VLaG aWarDz

Hola, people! How is everyone? Do hope you're all fine and dandy.

I was at the 2007 Philippine Blog Awards last Saturday (thanks to Pouty for going with me), because my other blog which I don't think many of you know about, was a finalist in the Technology category. Yey! But I did not win. Boo! Although feel free to check it out - PinoyMacLovers.com. It's a happy blog about Macs for the happy people who love them. Happy, happy! Joy, joy! Anyway, enough shameless self-promotion.

So the event was fun. I met and saw a couple of people behind some of the blogs I read. It's always nice to be face-to-face with an actual FACE instead of an avatar being displayed from a glaring monitor.

photo courtesy of Karla from RockersWorld.com
That's me talking with my new-found friends, the Baltazars. Such a nice couple. Like I'd imagine them being 80 and still talking and making jokes together. Lori Baltazar is the woman behind the highly succesful blog Dessert Comes First. Check it out. It's a great blog that's all about FOOD! And it's so popular that she gets invited to eat at all these different restaurants. And Krispy Kreme sends her doughnuts, too. That in itself is great motivation to write a food blog! We had such a nice time during the awards show. A little too nice actually, because I think we ended up annoying this old man who sat behind us. Sorry old man who sat behind us!

photo courtesy of Lori
Here's another pic of me and Lori. Do you like my shirt? I think it's so nice and shiny.

photo courtesy of Karla from RockersWorld.com
And here we are with some of the other finalists in the different categories.

So there you have it. The 2007 PBA. I felt like this was my formal induction into the geeky world of blogging. I even wore a tie and all (shiny too, like my shirt). Yey!