True or False

Tama o Mali
September, 2008

Nung grade 1 ako, may subject ako yung CBA (Character Building Activities), na narename sa GMRC (Good Morals and Right Conduct) nung grade 2 na ako. Dati eh kapag may test madali lang, basta alam mo lang kung ano ang tama at mali eh ganun lang, kahit sa totoo naman eh balistad nun ang ginagawa mo. What matters eh 5 out of 5 ka na. Wala naman ako Values Education nung highschool at Theology nung college kaya siguro hanggang ngayon eh ang nagpapanggap na mabait pa rin ako. hahah

Ang mahirap (o madali, depende sa probability parin) sa Tama o Mali eh 50/50 ang chance mong tumama. So kung may 5 item test kayo, ndi ito basta basta 5 times 1 over 2. Hindi ka magkakaroon ng half chance lagi. Kung iko-compute mo eh 1 out 2 5 times multiplied by 5 ito. Or para mas madali eh 5 out of 2 raised to 5. So 5 out of 32, which is 15.625%. Sa 5 item test pa lang yan, pano kung mas marami pa?

Tapos nagkaron pa ng variations. Merong modified true or false. Yun bang kapag True write T, kapag false naman, write the word that made it false. Hindi ka na pwedeng basta bastang magtoss coin jan, kelangan mejo kabisote ka para alam mong may tama ka!

Meron pang isang variation, yung Morse type. Yung may statement one at statement two. Ang kaso nadoble na ang hulaan powers. Nung dati 1 out 2 chances lang, ngayong 1 out 4 na: true and true, true and false, false and true, and false and false.

Hindi naman sa hated ko ang true or false pero talagang nakakatorete ito. Minsan parang may tama na pero one word lang mamamali ka na. Basta alam mo ang basic theory eh mani na lang to. Eh pag morse type? Tinetechnican ko na lang. Kapag totally opposite yung theory behind jan, mejo lumalakas na ang loob ko na isang true at isang false. Huhulaan ko na lang kung alin ang tama, tapos ireverse na lang yung isa.

Eh kaso minsan napansin ko na parang parehas silang may tama. Sa dalawang magkasalungat na pananaw:

Statement I. Hindi laging may nag-iisang tama.
Statement II.  Minsan parehas silang may tama.

A. Both statements are True.
B. Both statements are False.
C. Only First statement is True.
D. Only Second statement is True.
E. All of the above.
F. None of the above.

Alin?

Libra?
Semptember, 2008


Isang hapong walang kagana-gana, nanonood ang kapatid ko ng TV, yung mga Koreanovela nya sa DVD. Pagdating ng alas tres o alas kwatro yata, biglang inilipat sa dos at manonood na daw ng paboritong Mexican soap. Wala syang kasawaan sa drama noh? Heniweys, eh hindi pa tapos yung palabas so inantay na lang nila matapos yung palabas. Ang title ng show daw eh Ligaw na Bulaklak starring Roxanne Guinoo. Hindi naman talaga ako fan nito (kasi partly kapuso ako?) saka nako-cornyhan ako sa mga tagalog dramas. Ang OA ng pagkakasulat ng kwento, may mga dramang sobrang sama sa pagkamatay ng mga kontrabida, nawala na ang sense of poetic justice. May nahulog sa building o sa helicopter, natapakan ng stampede, nasunog, nabigti, at kinain ng mga buhaya.

Heniweys uli, andun pala si Ara Mina sa show. After years ng kacornyhan nya sa Bubble Gang eh dito pala sya pupulutin. Mas nakakatawa naman talaga si Rufa Mae noh, at saka sila Yaya at Angelina. San na nga ba ako? Ahhh, kay Ara. May scene sa show na mejo natawa ako at slightly touched. May ganun? So pokpok yata si Ara sa serye (may pinagkaiba ba sa totoo?) tapos para matustusan nya ang pagdadrugs ng kanyang ka-live in (kids don't do this at home) eh sumali sya sa contest yata, beauty contest noh, I don't think capable sya sa quiz bee. So question and answer portion na: (Mejo foggy sa memory ko yung exact lines ha, hindi ako scriptwriter nito)


Host: The question is, sinong pipiliin mo: ang taong mahal mo o ang taong nagmamahal sayo?

Ara: That's a tough question.

Host: Yes, indeed. (Yah I know, kaya nga tinagalog ko na eh.)


Dito sa part na to nagpa-flashback si Ara dun sa jowa nyang adik adik. Tapos cut screen dun sa isang gelay sa table. I'm assuming eh mamasang ito o bugaloo ni Ara na nagbibigay ng pera sa kanya. So habang nagta-timespace warp si Ara eh dead air. Nakatingin pa rin si mamasang at naghihintay ng sagot. Pati kapatid ko eh sobrang bitin na, overtime na daw ang Ligaw na Bulaklak kasi. So nag cut to commercial ata. Ako rin nabitin.


Ara: I choose you Pikachu! I mean yung taong mahal ko, kasi in time matutunan din nyang mahalin ako.


Akswali sad yung moment na yun. Kasi madarama mo na hindi talaga si Ara mahal nung jowa nya. Napatanong na rin ako sa sarili ko, sino nga ba ang pipiliin ko? Sino ang mas matimbang? Eh kayo?

Sa isang banda ang taong nagmamahal sayo eh ang taong pag-aaralan mo pa lang mahalin. Ang tao namang minamahal mo na eh ang syang inaasahan mo pa lang suklian ang pagmamahal mo.

Kaya nagkakaroon ng mga triangle triangle na yan eh dahil sa mga ganito eh. One loves you, but you love another one. Bakit hindi na lang bilateral lahat. Give and take. Mahirap din makahanap ng perfect match. And when you do, keep him/her. Live your fairy tale.

Bakit puro love love ang hanap ng mga tao ngayon?! Ito ba ang sagot sa kahirapan, gutom at mga krisis sa mundo? Oo, love makes the world go round daw. Kung lahat nagmamahal at nagkakasundo ay walang conflict, walang gulo.

World peace y'all! That is all. I thank you. Bow!

Manga-hin mo Mukha Mo

Kamangha-Manga
September, 2008


Syempre kelangan din kami makiuso noh! Di ba, Beckyfren?

"Oh yes you did Shenfren!"

Parang baliw lang, kinakausap ko na sarili ko. bwahahah

Tagaytay Ghost Story

Driver's Seat September, 2008


This story happened a few months ago along the Tagaytay Road. There was a guy who got left behind by a pack of mountain bikers. The group was large and he didn't bring a cellphone. He crashed his bike somewhere between Picnic Grove and DBP. To make things worse, a storm came in. So he walked.

This guy was on the side of the road hitch hiking on a very dark night in the middle of a storm. The night passed slowly and no cars went by. The storm was so strong he could hardly see a few meters ahead of him.

Suddenly, just before the junction going to Manila, he saw a car slowly looming, ghostlike, out of the gloom. It slowly crept toward him and stopped. It was raining hard, wind blowing all around you, what would you do? Like you would, he got into the car and closed the door, then realized that there was nobody inside the car, even in the driver's seat.

The car slowly started moving again. The guy was terrified, too scared to think of jumping out and running. The guy saw that the car was slowly approaching a sharp curve. The guy started to pray, begging for his life; he was sure the ghost car would go off the road and he would plunge to his death, when just before the curve, a hand appeared through the window and turned the steering wheel, guiding the car safely around the bend.

Terrified, the guy watched the hand reappear every time they reached a curve. Finally, the guy gathered his wits and leaped from the car and ran to the nearest place where there were houses and a store.

Wet and in shock, he went into the store and with voice quavering, ordered two bottles of beer, and told the people about his horrible, supernatural experience. A silence enveloped everybody when they realized the guy was apparently sane and not drunk.


About half an hour later two guys walked into the same store.

One said to the other...











"Yan! Yan yung tarantadong sumakay habang nagtutulak tayo!"

SEB Taft Now!!!

LRT
September, 2008

Sa huling pakikipagsapalaran ng tambalang Shen En Becky ay huli silang namataang tinatahak ang kahabaan ng España gamit ang tricycle ni Gilbert, you know the motorcycle. I know right? Mula doon ay bumaba sila sa Tayuman Station at patungo sana ng Baclaran para magshopping shopping. Shala? They're like make sawa na to the Divisoria and Quiapo, you know!


Shen: Oh Beckyfren, are we like find to konduktor here like before and pay to him?

Becky: Don't be a stupid Shen, we are like buy ticket ok, like a airplane ticket.

Shen: But look oh, the people are like so dami na.

Becky: Don't worry, no problem. I can wait forever.

Shen: If your say its bitter too. I can wait...

Becky: Please shut now and go line to them.

Shen: I'm just sing ok! Don't mad to me ok!

Becky: Whatever!


At nagsipagpilahan na ang dalawa. Mejo mahaba ang pila, naalala pa nila nung time na bumibili sila ng NFA rice at namamasko ng relief goods sa baranggay hall. Maya maya, pinaglalalabas na ang mga school ID nitong bestfriends at ipinipresenta sa teller.


Teller: NEXT!

Shen: Two please ok!

Teller: Ishteyshyown?

Becky: Pardon. Please repeat after me?

Teller: ISTEYSHTOWN?

Shen: What is she say to you daw?

Teller: Saan kayu magbaba?

Becky: Oh why are you not say so already quickly. Please to Baclaran ok?

Teller: Pepten isa? Trinta.

Shen: Here's the ID ok.

Teller: Nu need por that.

Becky: Student discount ok?

Teller: No eschoodent descount!

Becky: What are we do?

Shen: Ok were not go eat later are you ok to that?

Becky: K fine, whatever!

Teller: Magbabayad ba kayo?

Shen: Yeiz, please wait and talk a while ok.

Becky: Here we are go!

Teller: NEXT!!!


Nakatapos na sa pagpila at papunta na sila sa platform nang biglang may narinig silang nagsisigawan. Parang telenovela lang. Asan si Ate Charo? Ayyy go lang baka biglang sumikat ng mga hitad.


Elvin: I LOVE YOU!!!

Serge: Pakkshett ka!

Elvin: Hmmmpppphhhh....

Serge: Joke lang! Wait!

Shen: Can you excuse to me ok!

Serge: Ano yun? Nagmamadali ako. Elvin wait!

Becky: Are you like jowaerz to each other?

Serge: Ha? Sino ba kayo?

Shen: Are you not know to us?

Serge: Should I?

Becky: What the nerd!

Shen: Beckyfren let us go now or I'm anger to him now!

Serge: Yeah right!

Becky: Hey see you ok. I'm hope you're good to your jowaerz ha!

Serge: Could you just shut up?

Shen: Gora na frenship, so kalurkey na this dod! Eeewww.


Matapos ang episode na yun, makiepal pa kasi sa business ng iba, eh sumakay na rin sila sa loob ng tren. Parang manghang mangha pa si Shen na bumubukas ang mga pinto mag-isa. Baka nga naman may tali daw na hinihila nung drayber. Mahaba rin ang byahe. At todo sight seeing ang bestpren sa mga guys, feeling may papatol lang.


Becky: You know fren, I remember that guy to the Tayuman ok.

Shen: Why are you crazzness to him?

Becky: No, not really. But he is a cutie aren't he?

Shen: Kerri lang, may fezz value naman, pass him na ok, but he's so make inis me.

Becky: Please forgive to him na!

Shen: It's like I remember to Banjo.

Becky: What is it? Is he make steal money to you again?

Shen: No, I think I'm still a in love to him. You know the guys there are like make flashback to me the sad times, the happy times we Banjo and me are like share together in electric dreams.

Becky: Oh I'm not forgive to you if your see to him again. What am I say to you? He's not a good. Look at! He's like drugs every now and then.

Shen: But he's still sweet as ever. I'm not look at the bad side, it's like this, if you're like to someone, your want to make pansin only the good. Maybe I'm change him to better if I'm with him ok.

Becky: Haller?! You are out of this mind!

Shen: Oh Beckyfren what am I do?

Becky: Not worry anymore, forget and forget. You'll find to others.

Shen: Sinetch naman ang lucky lulurki?

Becky: Hey are you see Gilbert's rellebo? You know, Jerry? He's a cute. I make intro to you in the videoke last week if I remember so right.

Shen: Oh him. Yeiz, he's a cutie too. Is he like to me? What is he says.

Becky: I think he's like notice to you also. Your good singer to him that time are you remember now?

Shen: I'm not make alala becouse I'm like singing to the back of my lungs like this. "AND I DON'T WANNA MISS A THING!!!"


Nagulat ang mga tao. Akala nila may kinatay na biik sa tren. Mejo nataranta. This is not a drill, I repeat, this is not a drill! BACLARAN STATION! BACLARAN STATION!!! Everybody out! Especially you two. Oo, kayo ngang dalawa jan!


Becky: We go down now.

Shen: I think the voice is like angry. Are we trouble now?

Becky: Oh Shenfren of course not, it's like we should go down now. Maybe the konduktor is like making us go faster.

Shen: Ah k. Let's go now. I'm want to go to church later. Are we go?

Becky: Oh sure frenship! Let us!


Umaasenso na ang frenship. Dati nakikiangkas lang sa tricycle. Ngayon eh pa-LRT LRT pa! Shala-shalahan. Sa pinagkalayu-layo man ng byahe basta't alam mo kung saang station ka bababa ay makakarating ka rin dun at sa pinagkahaba-haba man ng byahe, sa simbahan din ang tuloy. May sense ba?