Have a Haircut or Shoot Your Face

Posted on December 31, 2015 by heavenliner

photo not mine…

Call it silly, call it insane. But it has been my personal belief and tradition to have a haircut on the last day of the year. I don’t know, but it brings me luck.

Like the Chinese, I believe that having a haircut on the first week of the New Year also cuts off your good luck that you’re supposed to receive throughout the year. That is also why I have a haircut on the last day of the year. But since I am thankfully not Chinese, I observe this belief every December 31.

While having my haircut, the TV set is turned on inside the salon. News about the statistics of stray bullets hitting innocent kids all over the Philippines is rising according to the news flash.

The tradition of igniting firecrackers to welcome the New Year is supposed to be for fun and supposed to drive away the evil spirits according to some baseless belief.

photo not mine…

But a pretty good amount of moronic people would rather fire their guns indiscriminately so as to create a loud sound without knowing the deadly consequence it may result to innocent people who would be hit by the stray bullet. This thoughtless act is what is silly and what is insane!

While having my haircut, I then thought of the idea that these dim-witted people should instead aim their guns to their very own faces. This would definitely reduce the number of evil spirits of this planet.

Have a safe and lucky New Year’s Eve celebration everyone!

Itutuk mo sa mukha mo para mabawasan na ang ibil ispirit. Hahaha!

Christmas 2015 at Nengkoy’s Place

Posted on December 26, 2015 by heavenliner

Spending Christmas Eve at Nengkoy’s place has always been festive, cheery and hilarious. My general feeling every Christmas Eve at Nengkoy’s is like that of sailing into the supermoon with my family or it’s the feeling of being the biggest doll among all dolls in the babushka doll. Everyone’s positive energy resonates which gives light to what a happy Christmas should be.

Celebrating the holidays has made my family even closer together. And I will never exchange for anything the time I would get to spend Christmas Eve at Nengkoy’s place.

Hilaryus!

Thanks Pia For Such An Awe Inspiring Gift

Posted on December 25, 2015 by heavenliner

thanks pia!

Christmas 2015 in my country, the Philippines, is merrier than the usual Christmases in the past. Aside from festive, there is an overwhelming feelings of pride. This is because, five days prior to the actual Christmas Day, me and my fellow Filipinos received a very special and awe inspiring gift. It is the gift of being so proud to be a Filipino.

Thanks to the beautiful, witty and very regal Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach, the Philippine candidate who won the 64^th Miss Universe pageant! Her winning the coveted crown which the whole country has been wishing, praying and craving for in more than 4 decades has made all Filipinos feel so proud, happy and jubilant.

It’s so awesome to be Pinoy this Christmas. Thank you Pia for this awesome feeling!

Panalo tayo ngayong Pasko!

Merry Christmas 2015

Posted on December 24, 2015 by heavenliner

The Holiday Season is the chance to remember what matters most. And for the many families around the world, the Holidays are the joyous time, a time to reunite.

But for families who are apart because their loved ones need to attend to work and serve other people (nurses, hotel staff, restaurant crews, police force, security guards, etc.), this time of the year is especially hard. Christmas time also serves as a reminder that affected families too of these hardworking people have to sacrifice. To all the men and women who needs to work and be on duty on this joyous time, thank you.

Please know that you have my highest respect and gratitude for sacrificing and be away from your families this Holiday Season. To you and your families, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. May we all experience metric tons of peace and happiness this Christmas!

Maligayang Pasko!

Miss Universe Without Miss Philippines Would Be Like…

Posted on December 20, 2015 by heavenliner

Can you just imagine if there would be no Miss Universe pageant in the world? That world I guess must be simply turning quietly around the sun trying to live a normal planet life.

deserving

miss philippines

But can you just imagine if there would be no Miss Philippines candidate in the Miss Universe pageant? That would be like watching the Super Bowl without the Halftime Show. Or it would be like watching a Floyd Mayweather boxing match. Or perhaps, it would be like watching hit sitcom Friends without Rachel Green (Jennifer Aniston) in it.

Though Philippines has never won this pageant in the past 43 years, Miss Universe pageant remains to be the pageant of all pageants in this spot of the planet. I no longer remember who the past winners were, but I certainly remember these funny reactions by my fellow Pinoys out from viewing their beloved pageant.

No other mega-popular sports event or reality-based contest TV viewers , I guess, have had reactions like these!

Come December 20, all Filipinos around the world will again be glued unto their TV sets with rapidly beating heartbeats hoping that their country’s candidate be finally crowned as the most beautiful woman in the universe.

Geym Na!

Celebrating the Heart of Filipino Christmas

Posted on December 16, 2015 by heavenliner

Yearly, without hardship and difficulty, I can easily capture and feel the spirit of Christmas. But not this year. I guess I can attribute this to the still very hot weather due to the ongoing El Niño phenomenon, my having no time to do any Christmas shopping as well as the need to do and attend to the tons and loads of work in my office.

screen-grabbed from the video! cool foreigners indeed!

Thanks to Philippine Airlines because after seeing this heartwarming video, I can somewhat feel what seem to be a elusive Christmas spirit.

The short happy video captures the magical energy and some unique elements of a Filipino Christmas which foreigners seem to marvel and be surprised about. Seeing this video made me realize that no one in the world celebrates Christmas like the way Filipinos (like me) do.

Tumitibok-tibok, sumisinok-sinok! Tenks PAL!

Halloween in Osaka: I got to be The Riddler!

Posted on November 7, 2015 by heavenliner

Thanks to Halloween and the tradition of dressing up to be someone else on this day. It is because it is one day in a year when the young ones and young at hearts got to exercise their wonderful sense of magical imagination.

I have always been the “I don’t care about Halloween” type of a person. But my Halloween this year is totally different! I spent this year’s Halloween in Osaka, Japan. And I had a blast!

i got to be The Riddler

It was the night I got to be someone I was not. I got to be The Riddler! It was the night that no soul stopped me from looking weird and acting strangely. It was one night that I just took all my cares away. And the best part of it is that I got to party with some of my monster pamangkins (nieces & nephews)!

What is so awesome about the Halloween in Osaka is that herds of people wear costumes for the occasion. The array of costumes are just unbelievable! And they would walk the streets of Osaka in a very cheery mood creating an awesome street-party-like atmosphere!

aylavet!

super fun!

amazing!

one with the osaka halloween

Me and my pamangkins, in our respective costumes, walked and went to the Triangle Park known as Sankaku Koen where people in their amazing costumes converge to see and be seen. A lot of people say that walking the streets of Osaka in costume during Halloween will be incomplete if you won’t pass by Sankaku Koen.

One extra ordinary thing about this Halloween tradition in this park is that there seem to be no planning, no advertisement, no organization nor program being followed. But everyone just turns up to this park in their costume so as to amaze and be amazed!

nemesis galore…

bongga!

the queen of hearts and the joker

the riddler and the stormtrooper

party! party! we owned the dancefloor at balabushka!

After witnessing the colorful, amazing and unbelievable costumes in Sankaku Koen, me and my pamangkins went to Balabushka – a dance club – where we all danced our Halloween cares away!

Kakaibang gemba! Kakamangha!

Royce Potatochip Chocolate: The Ultimate Snack for a Cheat Day

Posted on August 23, 2015 by heavenliner

Now that I am back to going to the gym after more than 6 months of hiatus, I am also back to having a cheat day. And for the initial salvo in this very important moment of calming my cravings, I will eat a snack that contains all of the elements that a fitness trainer forbids. It is a snack that will ultimately resolve my one week old wicked cravings! Carbs, salt, sugar, fat!

I will devour the outrageously delicious Royce’ Potatochip Chocolate. This unique and incredible snack is a combination of salty potato chip and rich chocolate.

japanese snacks never fail to amaze me…

What I like most about this snack is that the potato chip is not fully coated with chocolate. The uncoated side of the chip results to the brackish flavor of this snack. Perhaps, if the whole chip is choco-coated, the unique saltiness would not be achieved. Thus, for every chip that you munch you would experience the fleeting sense of saltiness but would eventually mix up to the precise sweetness of the rich Royce’ chocolate. This amazing sensation to the palate makes it a truly unique snack.

wicked ration for the next cheat day!

The only problem that I have with this snack is that it can extremely be addictive. It will take a lot of will power not to consume everything in one sitting or to save some so as to munch in the future cheat days.

Sobrang makasalanan ang chibog na ‘to! Pero grabe sa sarap!

Happy Birthday to the Rain Singer

Posted on August 17, 2015 by heavenliner

Only God and I knows why I am very happy today!!! My general happy feeling can be described by my chosen song of the day. And I would like to greet a very Happy Birthday to the woman who sang this lovely song.

A shower of kisses to you and see in February here in Manila!

Maligayang bati sa bruha kong aydol! ‘Di lang ikaw ang hapi ngayon, AKO din…

Ate Gaying Looks Richer Today (Just Today)

Posted on July 7, 2015 by heavenliner

my dear sister on a fine powdery snow…

Me and my elder sister Gaying believes that there is a direct and positive correlation between the way a person looks and the number of flyers that person receives every time he or she is in a mall. We believe the more affluent-looking or rich-looking you are, the more flyers will be handed to you by Flyer Ladies and Flysheet Dudes inside a mall.

That is why when I and my elder sister Gaying would be together inside a mall for some shopping, we have some sort of a small competition. We would tally how many flyers would be handed over to each of us. The person who receives the most number of flyers at the end of shopping wins.

Scoring would actually depend on the type of flyer given to us. If the flyer would be about a luxury car, a posh condo unit or a high-born club membership that would mean high points. But if the flyer is about a missing pet, a launching of a new soy sauce brand or would be about a dishwashing liquid that would definitely trigger hilarious pang-aapi (verbal oppression) and riotous heckling towards the person who received it.

me and ate gaying love osaka!

And since it’s my Ate Gaying’s birthday today and though we did not go shopping today, let me concede and declare that today even without any flyer (just for today though) that she looks richer and more high-heeled than I am.

Sige dahil bertday mo, mas mukha kang mayaman ngayong araw kesa sa kin. Happy Birthday Ate!

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