I have never been humiliated in my life before, never encountered trouble. But everything has changed since yesterday evening. Just because of a damned domain name. I’m not going to explain why on earth I have chosen it. I understand when some people doesn’t like the idea of having a “kapareho”. At natatakot dahil baka masira ang image ng kanilang proyekto. Well, if that concerned person doesn’t find it right and is not amused. Approaching the other side directly would have been the proper way to solve the problem, isn’t it?. But why blog it? Akala ko ba ang mga matatalinong tao ay marunong mag weigh ng sitwasyon. And knows how to handle it in diplomatic way. See what happen now? People are harassing me. Sending me emails, calling me names na kahit aso mismo ay hindi ito masisikmura. Gaano ba talaga kabigat ang crime na nagawa ko? Hoy gumising kayo, internet lang ito. Medyo bumaba naman kayo ng kunti diyan sa tinayuan niyong pedestal.

I assure you guys that it is never my intention to imitate/copy your writing style neither your personality. We are two individuals. My site is not the content of my life, as infact it has no importance to me. I’m blogging and I built a portal for another reasons and not because I wanted to become famous. My domain name is identical to the popular and original one but this doesn’t mean gusto kong litohin ang mga tao. Or I want to fuel my site stats. Or gusto kong makisakay sa pagka superstar ng isa. Or dahil inggit ako. My God, napakababaw naman ng isipan niyo. Before you judge me alamin niyo muna ang buong pangyayari. Bago kayo manglait at mangutya ng tao, humarap muna kayo sa salamin. Hindi ba’t mas nakakahiya para sa inyong mga intellect ang umasta ng ganyan? I’m talking about the commenters here na kong magsalita akala mo wala ng kamatayan. If you elite people are really that special and educated like you claim yourself to be, come on and face me. Malaki lang naman ang buka ng mga bibig niyo dahil hindi niyo kaharap ang tao.

Oh by the way, I found something for you to read. If you don’t believe me, well…go and surf like I did. And would you mind stop harassing me? Dahil kong bastos kayo, mas bastos ako!
Go there where you all belong and leave me alone. Sa mga nagpadala ng message sa akin, I have your IPs and it is not hard for me to locate you. Just don’t think dahil mangmang ako sa paningin niyo ay hindi ko alam kong ano ang dapat kong gawin. Go ahead and try me!!!

Domain Name Rights

There are no proprietary rights in a domain name. The registrant does not “own” their domain name. Instead, they have a licence to use the domain name for a specified period of time and subject to the licence terms and conditions.

Because a domain name is not a property asset, registrants cannot purport to sell their domain name to another person. There are limited circumstances under which a registrant may transfer their domain name licence.

No one has an automatic right to a domain name. Just because you have a company or business name, or a Registered Trademark, does not automatically give you a better right than anyone else in the corresponding domain name. The DNS is entirely separate from the company/business name or trade mark registration systems. Having a domain name in one domain (eg. “yourcompany.com.au”) does not give you the right to stop others from holding the same or similar domain name in another domain (eg. “yourcompany.com”, “yourcompany.net.au”, “yourcompany.co.uk”, etc).

Blog n. - Short for weblog or web log. A Web site that contains dated entries in chronological order starting with the most recent.

Blog v. - To write entries, add material, or maintain a weblog.

Here’s what I have read from defineblog.com which I find very interesting and amusing dahil maraming natatamaan dito:

Be Yourself

1. Sometimes people want to over glorify themselves within their blogs; they force a level of intelligence that is not miscarry.

* Korek at true na true. Before I started blogging, I used to bloghop a lot to gather some ideas. Instead of finding ideas…I started feeling like giving up what I intend to do. Dahil nakita ko kong gaano ka galing at katalino itong mga bloggers. Hehehe, they write with all their glory. Siyempre as a noob I was so impressed.

2. Often times people find themselves having this feeling by using large and rarely used words will make their readers think that they are very knowledgeable on the topic and highly intelligent.

*Bingo! Pero hindi ako yon ha? Ok, I felt like giving up - hindi lang dahil I have a very poor writing skills but I have problem with my english as well. I’m not making excuses but living 21 years in Germany is not without a trace. Araw-araw na ginawa ng Diyos, german language ang salita. Kaya no wonder na kapag ako ay nag-iisip german na rin ang gamit ko. When I pray, siyempre german din…lalong-lalo na kong magmura 8-). The result: I lost my confidence to speak nor to write english dahil bali-baligtad na ito. Dati I think english and translate it in german. Now it’s the opposite. I remember as my site was selected as “Blog Of The Week” there was a comment about my choice of words “simple and clear”. It was a positive comment and I’m thankful for this recognition.

3. And hell, they probably do think that, but at the same time you are alienating your audience. If it is not a word you use on a daily basis when interacting with people don’t use it on your blog.

*I didn’t find ideas not even a hint. But I started blogging. Blogging blindly. Blogging without pretentions and blogging for my own interest. Applying the words I use on daily basis. If my writing style is not good enough for others, well…wala akong magagawa. What matters most to me is yong nailabas ko ang aking dinaramdam or nadarama.

The world’s largest passenger plane, the Airbus A380, has taken off on its long-awaited maiden flight.

A truly enormous plane, an even bigger hangar to build it in, talk of a revolution in air travel, extravagant promises of airborne casinos, bars and shops.

The A380 took off from its production site in Toulouse with a crew of six and about 20 tonnes of test equipment.

Airbus, which is owned by European firm EADS and the UK’s BAE Systems, sees the A380 as the future of air travel.

Luxury

Airlines will have to convince passengers they want to fly with as many as 500, and potentially 800, people around them: This is a plane that will have four aisles.

Perhaps to avoid criticism that its plane is designed to be ‘cattle-class’, Airbus has carefully marketed the A380 as a luxurious way to travel, its promo videos oozing spacious inflight shopping, showers, bars, and libraries.

The full size mock-up of the plane in Toulouse, France, even has an onboard waterfall. There is space for all this, but it is a brave airline that doesn’t fill that space with more seats.

Source: BBC NEWS

It is indeed a milestone in aviation history. Pero affordable din kaya para sa mga normal na pasaherong katulad ko ang presyo ng pamasahe nito? I doubt.

In my earlier entry…I have mentioned I went to Freiburg (dati naming residensiya) to attend the first holy communion of my friend’s daughter. I did not mention anything before about the gathering dahil wala akong nakitang bagay na dapat isulat. But yesterday, my best friend Jojo called me and we chatted about everything and lastly about the communion party (na naging controversial pala).

Two weeks na ang nakalipas pero talk of the town pa rin pala ang mga pangyayaring naganap doon. Actually, the first holy communion is a family event. But our friend Benita wanted to celebrate it grand kaya around 250 guest and invited niya. The gathering was held in a local gymnasium. There was a Filipino band and along with that, she also invited numbers of Filipinas to perform some dances (kasama na si yours truly doon and cousin). Ayaw ko sanang sumayaw dahil ubod ng sikip ang aking costume and besides almost five years na akong hindi naka pag perform. Anyways, dahil sa sobrang kulit nitong Benita I ended up saying yes. I immediately call my cousin who live in Bern (Switzerland) and asked her if she can meet me in Freiburg para dumalo sa party at sabay sayaw na rin. She was one of our dance group member kaya mas madaling magpractice dahil pareho naming alam ang figures ng sayaw na balak kong ipalabas.

Sunday at 1:30 P.M kaming dumating sa Turnhalle, bitbit ang portable cassette recorder ni Jojo para sa aming dance rehearsal. My gush! It took us three hours bago namin na perfect ang sayaw na La Jota Mocandeña at Estudiyantina. Tamang-tama namang nagsidatingan ang mga guest ng kami ay natapos. Jojo came at around 4:00 P.M and I handed her the cassettes for our dance dahil siya ang appointed na MC. She showed me the program list and we were supposively the last to perform. Biglang tumaas ang kilay ko kaya kami na ang pinauna niya and she told me she was not the one responsible kundi yong isang TH na belly dancer.

At 5:00 P.M we were behind the stage. Ready and waiting for our turn my cousin and I were watching others busy preparing for their show. Muntik pa akong makakita ng away dahil may isang bruha doon na naingayan kay Gillian. She said in an ill manner: “Oh kaninong anak ba yan?” Somebody behind answered: “Kay Beng.” She turned to me sabay sabing: “Beng why don’t you find someone to take care of him, that boy is distructing me.” I answered here in sarcastic way naman: “He won’t be here if I found one and by all means you’re only changing your clothes and not memorizing a piece of poem so why the hell is he distructing you?” Ha! I made her shut her mouth.

To make the story short, kami nga ay sumayaw na…at ang mga tao naman ay tuwang-tuwa at nagsipalakpakan. Sumunod ang sayaw ng mabilbil na tiyan…uppps belly dance po pala. I am not exaggerating ha but there were 10 or 11 belly dances performed, iba pa yong Tahitian and Hawaiian dance at ang pinaka peak sa show ay yong isang babaeng para ng nag striptease. Ahem, according to Jojo marami daw mga German guests ang nag comment ng negative tungkol doon sa mga belly and almost naked dancers. Which I understood dahil sumobra din naman kasi ang pagka decadent ng mga babaeng ito. Higit sa lahat, they don’t seem to realize na yon ay isang family gathering. Maraming German elderly ang nandoon na hindi exposed sa mundo kaya conservative. They should know it for they are not new here in Germany.

Well sabagay, there are people who has no decency at all at hindi marunong mag-isip. What count and what is important to them ay yong ma expose at mapansin sila no matter how.

Ako’y magtatalon sa tuwa sa araw na aalis na itong matandang makulit at pakialamira. Sino ba naman ang hindi mabubuwesit eh kagigising ko pa lang ang daming ng satsat at reklamo. I know it’s inappropriate to say that and disrespektful as well but she deserve it. Lahat na lang pinapakialaman, isa na diyan ang pagsasalita ko. She said I should speak slowly so she can understand me. Ngeeek, samantalang siya nga itong hindi ko maintindihan dahil pure dialect ang salita niya. I told her it’s my nature and besides all people understand me (siya lang ang hindi).

Lahat na lang pinupuna akala mo siya na yong pinaka perpektong tao sa balat ng lupa. Ewan ko ha, nakadalawang mother-in-law na ako but both of them are the same. Parehong astig kong umasta and very disputatious. They always have right at laging ako ang mali. Kaya tuloy I’m starting to wonder if talagang ganun ako ka walang selbeng tao.

My husband told me to be patient with her dahil nga matanda na. Ha ha…of course I am but unfortunately it’s getting strained due to her constant interference. I only hope I’m not going to loose my temper dahil kong mangyayari yon…naku lagot siya.

A friend of mine has invited me to attend the first communion of her daughter last Sunday. She called me two weeks before the said event. Due to my excitement I accepted her invitation without having a second thought. I forgot malayo na pala kami sa Freiburg :S. I regret I said yes to her right after our conversation on the phone. I imagined myself driving (au) alone with Gillian all the way to their place which is 640 kilometers away from where we live now. Iniisip ko pa lang napagod na ako. Well, balak ko na sana siyang tawagan para sabihin sa kanya na hindi ako makakarating. But before I could do so, the television flashed an advertisement about the “Deutsche Bahn Fruehlingsangebot” German Rail is again offering €29.00 Ticket for a one way ride all over Germany. Wow that was the clue. Save by the bell! Mura na, komportable pa para sa aming dalawa ni Gillian kong mag train. I booked online para makakasiguro na may bakante pa. Limited offer lang kasi eh, kaya I immediately grab the chance.

Para sulit ang biyahe, umalis kami papuntang Freiburg noong Sabado. It’s my second time riding a train kaya ako medyo aanga-anga pa. Dahil sa aking katangahan kami ay naiwan ng train. Luckily hindi yon ang main connection. (heartbeat) Nervous and troubled I took Gillian and our luggage and hurriedly went to the counter to ask for the next schedule going to Cologne. Namputsa, I have to buy a new ticket (regular price) incase we can’t catch our ICE train in the main station (Cologne-Freiburg). Thanks to goodness, may naka scheduled na ICE heading Cologne which will depart in 15 minutes. Dahil sa haba ng pila doon sa ticket counter I decided to board na lang without having a valid ticket dahil sa takot na maiwan ulit. There’s a conductor onboard anyway, so inisip ko doon na lang ako kukuha. While on board, I was waiting and waiting and waiting na darating ang tikitiro. Aba, nakarating na lang kami ng Cologne ay hindi pa rin ito sumipot. I have another train to catch kaya bumaba na lang kami na hindi pa nakapagbayad ng aming pamasahe.

Standing outside, doon ko pa napuna na ang compartment na aming inupuan ay first class pala. Naku fo…kakahiya, shocking :^). Hindi na nga nagbayad…nakaupo pa sa first class, shame on me!

Well, well…another embarassing experience ko na naman yon. It’s diyahe pero wala na akong magagawa.

Minsan, inaasam-asam ko na magkaroon ng panahon para sa aking sarili lamang. Kahit isa o dalawang araw man lang para magawa ko lahat ang dapat kong gawin na walang disturbo. Kasalukuyan kasing laging may mga asungot dito sa bahay. Kaalis lang ng mga anak ng aking asawa, darating naman ang aking biyanan next week and she will be staying for two weeks. May dagdag na naman akong taong alagaan dito. Hindi sa ayaw ko sa kanila kaya lang nakakapagod din dahil kailangan kong laging nakaharap sa kanila to entertain them. It’s so tiring! Laging ganito ang papel ko kapag nandito ang pamilya ng asawa ko, tega alaga, tega luto, tega ligpit ng kanilang kalat at tega entertain pa. Para akong isang one man band na ako na ang tumutugtug ako din ang sumasayaw. The rest are just spectators of the show.

Itong asawa ko pa kunyari ang umaangal na bakit daw sila pumupunta dito palagi. Aba! Ako nga ang dapat magsalita ng ganyan dahil akin lahat ang trabaho. Wala siyang narinig or maririnig sa akin na ganun dahil alam ko na kapag sinabi ko ito ay away ang magiging labas.

Ang papel na maging isang ulirang step mother at mabait na daughter-in-law ay nakakapagod. It’s tiring dahil ako ang kanilang nagiging ulirang alila.