To all my beloved blog friends.

I wanted to let you know that I am going on blog HIATUS for a month or so. I am buried in webdesign work right now and so I really need to take a step back from blogging and get my priorities straight.

This is what I have on my PRIORITY list at the moment.
(THESE ARE THEMES FOR MY CLIENTS)

1. 1 Personal Theme for Rachel - (accomplished)
2. 1 Business Theme for KG - (accomplished)
3. 1 Business Theme for Rheumatology Clinic - (on progress)
4. 1 Personal Theme for Ria

Stay put lang kayo habang ako ay maghahanapbuhay muna. Until the day I get back and annoy you again. With my award winning oh-so-boring na nonsense pa, and full of grammatical error updates/posts or how blogosphere may ever call it. Ciaoooo! :luvu:

My Photoshop knowledge is limited to creating page layouts and some photo retouching or correction. This evening, I decided to do something different. I tried to create a collage using an old photo of mine and some brushes. The result is not that really bad, pwede na rin itong pagtiyagaan.

Click image to enlarge.

Hey Monsieur, the pissoire is just around the corner.

This was taken last July in Brussels. Ahhmn, I know I was not supposed to take picture for some obvious reason, yet the temptation was strong…

P.S
*Whisper
Don’t let the sign confuse you, I manipulated it of course. :D

Please click the link below this line to view original image.

Piss Mannequin Alive

I am calling the attention of some Pinays in FR (grubierF) para sa inyo ito.

Bago ko simulan ang panawagan at paalalang ito, gusto kong malaman ninyo na ito ay hindi ko gawa-gawa lamang at bukod sa lahat lalong hindi ko kagustuhang isulat ang magiging laman nito. Kong hindi dahil sa pakiusap ng isang dalagitang anak ng tega FR na nagpadala sa akin ng mensahe sa Friendster account ko, hindi mabubuo ang entry na ito.

Sumakit ang ulo ko kagabi sa kakaisip kong nararapat bang gawin itong balak kong gawin o hindi. Dahil ang magiging labas kasi, ay para akong nanghihimasok sa buhay ng may buhay. Nang mabasa ko ang sulat ng dalagita, ang reaction ko kaagad ay: “hmn, pakialam ko sa inyo”. Sinagot ko nga siya pero hindi talaga dibdiban dahil ayaw ko ngang makialam. Sabi ko sa kanya: Nun ja, lass mir bitte Zeit. Ich werde mal sehen was ich tun kann. “Please give me time. I will see what I can do”. Ayaw kong makialam pero hindi ko rin matiis at hindi kaya ng aking budhi na i-turn down siya. Oo nga, kong ang unang impresyon ang pagbabasihan, parang nagsusumbong lang ang naturang bata. But when I analyzed the content of her message, I clearly see that she is crying for help.

Nagmakaawa ito sa akin na kausapin ko raw ang kanyang inang “medyo” (subtly expressed) naligaw sa landas. Si nanay niyang nalulong sa barkada, mahjong, disco at kahahanap ng ibang fafa. Kaya daw silang magkapatid ay tuluyan ng napabayaan. Silang magkapatid din ang malubhang nagdurusa sa pangongotya ng kanilang mga classmates at mga batang kapitbahay. Dahil sa mga milagrong pinaggagawa ng kanilang ina. Inang halos hindi na umuuwi ng bahay at makikita nalang daw nila sa city na may kasamang Adam na sobrang bata sa kanya. Si Adam daw ay isa ding banyaga dito sa Alemanya, walang trabaho at wala pang papel kaya si nanay ang sumusuporta.

Oh mein Gott kind, was soll nur mit dir machen huh? Habt bitte keine Angst, ich werde dein Name nicht verraten. Auf keinen fall!

Well, posting this issue here might not be the right solution. Siguro iisipin niyo na gusto kong ipahiya ang tao. Nope I don’t want to disgrace her or them, no need, dahil ginawa na niya/nila ito mismo sa sarili niya/nila. Gusto ko lang ipaabot sa madla para mabasa din ito ng ibang ina na nawala rin sa landas. (more…)

Credit to StickerGiant

I am so pissed off at the moment, really!!! Please don’t bother to ask me why because you wont understand if I’ll tell you. But here’s a few words though.

Why is it that I always put other peoples feeling first, before my own? Why can’t I just tell them what I want to tell them? WHY OH WHY IS IT SO DAMN HARD, COMPLEX AND HEART-WRENCHING AT TIMES BEING A STEPMOTHER????

Sorry for the outburst but there are certain attitude of these people that really irks me for some reason.

Oh Lord, please give me the strength and courage to cope with all these heavy burdens…

Ladies and gent (singular form dahil iisang lalaki lang ang bumibisita dito). I would like to introduce to you BeSeen Hosting’s newest hostee AUEE. She is a former Blogger member and now decided to establish her very own website KWENTONG WALANG KWENTA.

Here is an excerpt from her first Wordpress powered site entry:

It’s been difficult to keep the secret. I’ve been wanting to post about the big leap for days but I managed to still my fingers. Hubby has been encouraging me to buy my domain name. He shared my excitement. In fact, eversince I registered KWK.com he checked its progress constantly.

Well now, it’s up and running and all my blogspot posts & comments are here. There’s work to be done to clean up and re-shuffle a few things. I need to add my widgets, create my blogroll, etc. etc.

If not for my beautiful and gracious hostess’ help, this move would have been such a headache. Beng was kind enough to accommodate my requests and even made me my tailor-made banner! Thanks madam!

To read more, please visit kwentongwalangkwenta.com

Watching the sun goes down from our balcony. Isn’t it lovely?

And here is a matching poem for the image. (more…)

Today is October 3 and it is a national holiday here in Germany. We (dahil german shepherd dog na rin ako) are celebrating “The Day of German Unity”. Anong ginagawa namin sa araw na ito? Wala! Pero malamang na ang mga high ranking officials at invited guests nila ay may party doon sa Berlin. Ang mga maliliit na tao na nakatulad ko o namin ay nasa bahay lang. Ay! Yong iba ay umaalis pala pero kami ay nandito lang sa bahay, nakapajama pa nga ako hanggang tanghali. Nakapajamang nakatunganga sa makulimlim na langit (at may hawak na isang tasang kape), nag-iisip ng wala. I was in the state of mental blankness ng bigla akong sinundot ni mister sabay sabing “magbihis ka na meme (tulog) queen, we go shopping”. Hah? Shopping where? Sarado lahat ngayon ah. Hubby: “But not in Netherland”. Oh yes, how can I forget that…malapit lang pala kami sa border. Then I said: “Oy magaling na lalaki, baka nakalimutan mo na ang naging experience natin last time as we went to the outlet store in Roermond. It took us three hours to drive there dahil halos lahat ng German ay naisipan ding pumunta doon.” Hubby: “Nah! Hindi siguro ganun katraffic papuntang Venlo.” Okay, Venlo is just 3 Kilometers away from our place so we took the risk. Haaay nakuuu, pa exit palang kami papuntang Autobahn nakita ko na ang haba ng pila ng mga sasakyan. Since nasa exit lane na kami, wala ng chance pang umikot…so ayon sige tuloy maneho.

Oh my holly goat! Nakaidlip nalang ako, nakanguya na ng tatlong chewing gum (napanis na kasi ang laway ko eh) hindi pa rin kami nangalahati sa tatlong kilometro. We left home around half past one and we arrived in Venlo at quarter to three. Naalala ko tuloy ang traffic sa Maynila na bumper to bumper, ganun din kanina sa Autobahn. Sa loob ng Mall kong wala lang kaming dalang shopping cart, siguro ang labas ay nguso to nguso dahil sa dami ng tao. Halo-halo pati ang amoy na hindi ko ma identify. It was not “Axe”, hindi rin “Charlie” at lalong hindi :devious “Jo Malone” (ngehehe, remember Malu Fermandez?). Majority ng mga shoppers ay german siyempre noh. Noon at ngayon ay walang pagbabago. Tuwing may darating na holiday, kahit isang araw lang yan…ang mga ito ay nag i-stockpiling. Para bang takot na maubusan at magutuman. Para bagang last chance na nilang mamili bago lulubog ang mundo. Basta’t yan ang impression ko sa kanila. Sa loob ng 24 years na pagtira ko dito ganun pa rin sila.

Napilitan lang kaming umalis dahil naubusan kami ng kape para sa coffee maker na ito. Bumili kami ng sako-sako na para sulit ang biyahe at saka mura lang kasi. Price comparison: one kilo Lavazza or Segafredo caffee, in Germany it cost 18.00 Euro, in Netherland we only pay half of the price. O di ba at cheaper sila? Pero sa susunod kong maubusan na naman kami ng kape (at nataon na holiday), mas pipiliin ko pang magsangag ng mais (pwede na kahit pang popcorn) at yon ang ilalaga ko kaysa makisunod doon sa crowd ng mga alimango.