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About batjay

I am an overseas filipino worker. Now, I am part of that "babalik ka rin crowd" you see around christmas time, arriving at the NAIA in droves from all over, gold chain around their necks, in jeans and maong jacket, ray-ban shades, goatee, and baseball cap, pababa pa lang ang eroplano kinukuha na ang hand-carry luggage at nagpapalakpakan na't handang halikan ang lupa pagka-landing!

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dito ngayon sa singapore, mas malaking issue ang tungkol sa SARS kaysa sa Iraq War. marami nang nagkasakit na tao. ang total ata as of yesterday ay mahigit 80 nang may SARS, mahigit 700 ang naka-quarrantne dahil may possibilidad na pwede silang magkasakit. ang quarrantine na ito ay nasa kanilang batas. kailangan ay nasa bahay ka lang ng 10 days. pag lumabas ka eh, pwede kang multahan ng hanggang 15,000 dollars.

ang lahat din ng mga school ay sarado for 10 days starting last monday. lahat ng mga estudyante ay binigyan ng mga protective mask at sinabihang mag pa check-up pag may signs ng flu.

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More on “shit happens” and “the shit has hit the fan”

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dito ngayon sa singapore, mas malaking issue ang tungkol sa SARS kaysa sa Iraq War. marami nang nagkasakit na tao. ang total ata as of yesterday ay mahigit 80 nang may SARS, mahigit 700 ang naka-quarrantne dahil may possibilidad na pwede silang magkasakit. ang quarrantine na ito ay nasa kanilang batas. kailangan ay nasa bahay ka lang ng 10 days. pag lumabas ka eh, pwede kang multahan ng hanggang 15,000 dollars.

ang lahat din ng mga school ay sarado for 10 days starting last monday. lahat ng mga estudyante ay binigyan ng mga protective mask at sinabihang mag pa check-up pag may signs ng flu.

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HOY BUKNOY!

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hoy buknoy, paano mo sasabihin sa tagalog ito?

1. shit happens
2. the shit has hit the fan

itanong kaya natin kay president dubya?

speaking about dubya…Bush (daw) is frustrated with media questioning on war plans. alam mo, sayang talaga. sana di na sila nakipag-guerra. wala talagang pupuntahan itong kabaliwan na ito. sabi nga ni brando sa apocalypse now eh – “The horror! The horror!”. total madness man.

sayang, mababait pa naman ang mga kano. ok rin naman ang education, science at kultura nila. foreign policy? wala. walang finesse, walang coalition building. puro cowboy style na puro yabang.

ang pangit na pwedeng mangyari:
the americans win all the battles
the americans win the war
but they lose the respect of the world.

PAG EBAK SA SINGAPORE

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(this is not a scientific study)

tutal lunch time naman at may guerra sa iraq, pag-usapan natin ang toilet habits ng mga taga singapore. base ito sa aking mga personal na obserbasyon at malamang ay walang scientific basis.

napansin ko rito sa building namin, around 70-80 percent of the time, may gumagamit ng trono sa CR. pumapasok ako sa toilet ng twice sa umaga at twice sa hapon. so sa makatwid, 3 out of 4 times na pumasok ako sa banyo ay may taong ume-ebs. sa aking obserbasyon sa pilipinas ay hindi ganito ka-limit mangubeta ang mga pinoy. napansin ko rin na wala sa timing ang kanilang pag-ebs. isang kaopisina ko ay between 7-9 ng umaga. ang isa naman ay between 8-10. ang alam ko sa mga pinoy eh toilet trained tayo. ibig sabihin, pagkagising sa umaga ay automatic na bombs away agad pag pasok sa banyo. sa akin, for example: pag gising ko… basa dyaryo 10 minutes, kape, yosi at di na magtatagal ay morning ceremony sa banyo sabay ligo. automatic man. like clockwork. dito sa singapore, may pagka-random at wala sa tamang oras – i.e. sa umaga pagkagising.

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The Stones could only get better (The Stones Rock Singapore)

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By ONG SOH CHIN, DEPUTY EDITOR, From the Straits Times

IF MONDAY night was the first date, Wednesday night was full-on consummation. For it was on Wednesday that the Rolling Stones pulled out the stops and really hit their stride. They seemed more relaxed, too – in person and in their playing. The 7,000-strong crowd was a little different from Monday’s. Not only was it more evenly mixed in terms of race, age and gender – Monday’s was almost predominantly white, middle-aged and male – it also seemed more responsive.

Perhaps it had something to do with the set, which boasted a few improved variations. Instead of lesser-known numbers like Sweet Virginia and Can’t You Hear Me Knocking, which were played on Monday, the Stones offered up the more familiar Angie and Midnight Rambler. The latter, with its bluesy insouciance and its teasing loping rhythms, built up to an awe-inspiring crescendo of a jam which topped Monday night’s Can’t You Hear Me Knocking. Angie, an obvious crowd pleaser and arguably the one song that was sorely missed on Monday night, drew roars of approval, even if Mick Jagger skirted around the high notes.

The band also served up Let It Bleed, All Down The Line, Live With Me, Thru And Thru and Happy. These came in place of Monday’s Rocks Off, You Can’t Always Get What You Want, Bitch, Slipping Away and Before They Make Me Run. Also missing on Wednesday were the inflatable dolls, as well as the fireworks which ended the show.

But the Rolling Stones left the stage victorious, proving that even without the props, they are still the greatest show on earth.

IT'S A GAS, GAS, GAS

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isa lang masasabi ko sa concert ng stones dito sa singapore kagabi… jumpin jack flash, it’s a gas,gas,gas!

galing pa rin nila in spite of their “old age”. old age? lemme see:

Michael Philip Jagger, Lead vocalist, born: July 26th, 1943, AGE: 59
Keith Richards, Lead Guitar, born : December 18th, 1943, AGE: 59
Charles Robert Watts, Drummer, born: June 2nd, 1941, AGE: 61
Ron Wood, Lead Guitar, born: June 1st, 1947, AGE: 56

jurassic rock, yeah baby!!!

CHERRY BLOSSOMS

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galing sa ka-opisina ko sa japan branch namin. nagka-kilalnan kami nung bisita ko sa kanila nung february. medyo simple lang ang english at may mga mali ng kaunti. admirable na rin, considering na hapon talaga ang salita ng mga hapon (hehehe). english speaking japanese are the exception to the rule. ang sulat ay tungkol sa cherry blossoms sa tokyo na ngayon ay bumubuka na…

Jay san,

The cherry blossoms in Japan are worth seeing! We Japanese love cherry blossoms very much, because they bloom rapidly with small & modest blossoms but in a gorgeous sight as a whole and we love them also because they fall and scatter ‘with good grace’ in a short period. And it is always a ‘spring assignment’ for Japanese to get the chance to see cherry blossoms in full bloom! We also enjoy seeing cherry blossoms at night time!

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PEACE MAN, PEACE LOVE

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hinto nyo na yung guerra. please naman, pareng george. peace man na tayo… alala ko tuloy yung tula ng mga kalaro ko sa novaliches (baduy na baduy ako rito):

i gotta peace love,
peace man.
judo, karate
samurai, cavite
atras, abante
haaaai!

tulain mo ito ng kumekembot at nang maaliwa ka naman kahit papano. nakakatawa, ang mga naalala ko sa aking pagkabata ay puro katarantaduhan at kabaduyan. asan na ba ako, nawala tuloy ako. ah, ok: itigil nyo na yung guerra. please naman, boss george.

Red House closes its doors for good

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The Singapore Straits Times Newspaper (it’s online version, that is) has linked our Tahanan Homepage in an article about the closure of one of its oldest bakeries – the Red House. Our link was called – A Filipino tourist’s impression of Katong Bakery (di naman talaga kami tourist dito eh – HOY, mga OFW kami!!! hehehe).

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