The Top Twenty Signs That You're Watching A Pinoy Movie

1. Sasayaw sa likod ng puno ng buko pag nasa beach yung scene. Alternate pa 'yung mga ulo nila.

2. 'Yung kontrabida yayakap sa bida, sabay taas ng kilay at ngingisi.

3. Uuwi ang bida na may dalang pancit sa kanyang nanay na si Anita Linda. Tatawagin nito ang mga bata para kumain, at kakamustahin ng bida ang pag-aaral habang kumakain ng pancit. Biglang may titigil na sasakyan sa harap ng bahay at pauulanan ng baril ang pamilya! Mamamatay si Anita Linda, at sisigaw ang bida ng "Inaaay!" at mangangakong ipaghihiganti ito. Moral lesson: Ang pansit nagdadala ng malas - nakakamatay.

4. Pag may magkaribal na babae, yung mabait deretcho ang buhok at may bangs. Yung salbahe, laging kulot.

5. Sa pinoy action movies, ang bida hindi nauubusan ng bala.

6. Sa pinoy action movies, kapag tumakbo ang bida, sa lupa lahat ang tama ng bala ng kalaban.

7. Kapag may angry mob na pupunta sa bahay-kubo ng manananggal, si Vangie Labalan ang laging lider.

8. Alam mong moment of truth na ng bida kapag sinabi na niya 'yung title ng pelikula.

9. Ang tawag ng kontrabida sa mga goons niya, "Mga bata."

10. 'Yung nakababatang kapatid ng bida habang naglalaro ng bola, mabibitawan at mapupunta sa gitna ng kalsada. Tapos may darating na sasakyan, tapos itutulak siya ng bida. 'Yung bida naman ang nasa gita ng kalsada. Biglang may sasakyang darating. Ang bida, ico-cross lang niya arms niya covering his face tapos sisigaw 'yung kapatid ng 'kuyaaa!' ... Next scene nasa ospital na sila. Simula na ng drama.

11. Kapag bakbakan, hindi nasasaktan ang bida, pero umaaray siya pag ginagamot na siya ng leading lady, at kasunod na ang love scene.

12. Kapag sinabi ng kontrabida ang masama niyang plano sa bida, ang sasabihin ng bida: "hayop ka!"

13.. Ang bidang babae, pag katulong ang role, siguradong magiging anak ng amo niya sa ending.

14. Ang nanay ng mayaman laging may pamaypay na pangmayaman, at ang nanay ng mahirap laging naka duster.

15. Ang hideout ng kontrabida, parating mansion na may chicks sa pool.

16. Ang mga bida sa drama, pag nakatanggap ng masamang balita, laging may pinto sa likod nila para puwede silang sumandal habang nagi-slide dahan-dahan pababa, tapos todo iyak with matching uhog.

17. Pag di nahuli ng mga goons ang bida, sasabihin ng boss sa kanila, "Mga inutil!"

18. Laging nakakapulot ng baril na may bala ang bida kapag kinakailangan niya.

19. Laging mas maganda ang yayang bida kesa sa kontrabidang anak ng amo niya.

20. Pag ang ending ng movie ay song and dance number sa beach o resort, ang huling frame, tatalon ang buong cast... sabay freeze.

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The way things are!

This blog used to be my daily journal but because I been so busy lately I could no longer post frequently. You can still visit me at Damsel Quest.

I been so strange this fast few days. Things bother me so much and I always asked why? Why connotes a lot of answers. Last day, when I went home I was caught with a long traffic in Ayala going home. With heavy rains falling over me and I forgot to bring my umbrella so I went home so wet. I thought I was in the arctic with snowflakes. (Why is Snow White?)

When I got home I saw an insect on the wall but no! spiders are not insects.( Why are Spiders not Insects? ) I don't know where it came from. Mistaken as spider woman? Such a non-sense thought.

That day we had some misunderstanding with my beau on few things. I thought my best was just enough but you cannot please anyone. It's just the way things are! We reflect in a different way, as men and women do. ( Differences about Men and Women )

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Pinoy Jokes

I feel so lonely today and just happen to check some old emails from my friend "mag relax ka muna". Here are some of the jokes. Feel free to read.

A. GINILING
Teacher: Banong, kung meron akong 1 piraso ng karne at hinati ko ito, ilang
piraso na?
Banong: 2 po mam!
Teacher: At kung hnati ko pa pareho?
Banong: 4 na piraso po!
Teacher: Hinati ko ulit.
Banong: 8 piraso po.
Teacher: Hinati ko pa.
Banong: 16 po mam.
Teacher: Hinati ko pa?
Banong: 32 piraso na po!
Teacher: Kung hinati ko ulit?
Banong: 64 po! (nakangiti)
Teacher: At hinati ko pa? 2 beses ko pang hinati?
Banong: Ay susmaryosep mam! GINILING na po! GINILING!!!

B.SA BAKERY
Pulubi: Palimos po ng cake.
Ale: Aba , sosyal ka ah! Namalimos ka lang, gusto mo pang cake.. eto pandesal!
Pulubi: Duh! Ate?! Bday ko kaya today?!?

C. Ten Miller
ANAK: Tay mag-ingat kayo sa DANKTRAK!.
TATAY: ano ung danktrak?
ANAK: Yunn pong trak na 10 ang gulong na karga buhangin?
TATAY: Tanga inde danktrak un...TEN MILLER!!!

D.Honeymoon...

BRIDE: Kinakabahan ako. Baka di ko makaya.. Parang natatakot ako.
GROOM- Kaya mo ito. Di ba dati may alaga kang ahas?
BRIDE- Oo nga, pero takot talaga ako sa UOD!!

E. Mali ka!
BOY: Wala akong kwentang anak para sa inyo! Lahat ng ginagawa ko puro mali ! Lagi nalang ako mali !!! Di 'nyo na ako mahal!
AMA: Nagkakamali ka anak?
BOY: Shet! Mali na naman ako!!!

F.Anak!
Nanay: Ang lakas mo kumain pero di ka mautusan. Ang kapal mo!
Anak: Kapag yung baboy natin malakas kumain, natutuwa ka. Sino ba talaga ang anak mo, ako o ung baboy? Umayos ka nay! Wag ganun!

G. BF and GF
BF : May ibibigay akong gift sa iyo, pero hulaan mo muna!
GF: Sige, clue naman...
BF: Kailangan ito ng leeg mo.
GF: Kwintas?
BF: Hindi... PANGHILOD! SMILE!!!

H.(Sa loob ng Mall)
GUY: LOVE, yan ang dati kong girlfriend.
Jowa: Ang pangit pangit naman!
GUY: Wala akong magagawa, yan talaga ang weakness ko ever since...

I. Hearing!
JUDGE: Ano ba talaga nangyari?
ERAP: ? (di nagsasalita)
JUDGE: Sumagot ka sa tanong.
ERAP: Naman eh!!! Kala ko ba hearing lang to??? Bakit may speaking?

J. Doc!
NARS: doc, bat tinanggihan nyo yung pasyente?
DR: alin, yung bakla?
NARS: opo. Baka sabihin namimili tayo, porke bading siya.
DR: ano naman raraspahin ko sa kanya?

K. Frog and Fairy
FROG: what does my future hold?
FAIRY: you'll meet someone who wants to know everything about you.
FROG: great! Will I meet her in a party?
FAIRY: no. in biology class

L.Things you don't want to hear during your own surgery:
-san yung gunting na bago? Bat may kalawang to?
-10ml? may nakasurvive na ba dyan? Sabi ko 5ml lang!
-doc, ubos na po pala yung anesthesia.
-kanina pa bukas yung tiyan, asan yung pantahi?
-sunog! Sunog! Labas lahat!

M. inspiring quote of the day:

"hindi ako tamad. Hindi ko lang alam kung saan ko ibubuhos kasipagan ko."

N. Sa phone
INA: anak, tawagan mo nga tatay mo sa celfon. Pauwiin mo dito.
[pagkatapos tawagan.]
ANAK: nay, babae po ang sumagot.
INA: lintik, sinasabi ko na nga ba, may tinatago yang tatay mo eh! Anong
sabi?
ANAK: 'you only have zero pesos in your account...' hindi ko na tinapos nay
mukhang matapobre.

O.Mr. and Mrs
MRS: hon, am I pretty or ugly?
MR: uhm.. both..
MRS: anong both? Pwedeng pretty and ugly?
MR: ang ibig ko sabihin, you're pretty ugly.

P. Si Pedro
TEACHER: okay class our lesson for today is science. What is science?
PEDRO: ako ma'am! Ako ma'am!
TEACHER: okay Pedro, what is science?
PEDRO: science is our lesson for today.

Q. Ang Pulubi
AMO: inday, paalisin mo nga yung pulubi sa labas ng bahay.
(nilabas ni Inday)
INDAY: off you go! Under no circumstance this house would relent to such
unabashed display of vagrant destitution!
PULUBI: oh! I'm so ashamed! Such a mansion of social climbing freaks!
(nakakuha na ng katapat si Inday!)
NOSEBLEED!!

R. Pulubi 2
BOB: nakakamagkano ka sa 1 araw?
PULUBI: nag-uumpisa kasi ako ng 8am. Ngayon 9am na. naka 80 na ko.
BOB: hindi din masama noh? Ano mabibili mo niyan?
PULUBI: pwede na tong isang espresso macchiato sa starbucks!

S. in a miss gay pageant:
HOST: how can we uplift our economy today even though we are under economic
crisis?
BAKLA: (namutla) mga bakla! Akala ko ba miss gay ito? Quizbee pala!

T. batang bading nagsasagot ng true or false na quiz.
1. Trulalu.
2. eklavu
3. eklavu.
4. trulalu
5. eklavu
6. trulalu
7. trulalu.
8. eklavu
9. trulalu
10. trulalu

U. MEKANIKO
MEKANIKO: sir, hindi ko po naayos preno ng kotse niyo.
CUSTOMER: ha?! Pano yan?
MEKANIKO: nilakasan ko na lang po ang inyong busina! Happy trip na lang po!

V. Text
GF: magaling! At sino tong baby na nagtext sayo?
BF: ah eh kumpare ko yun! Lalake yun! Baby lang palayaw.
GF: oh eto replyan mo. Hindi daw kayo tuloy at may mens daw ang tarantado!

W.Magsyota sa motel.
BF: alam mo love, ikaw ang first girl na dinala ko dito.
GF: sinungaling. Sabi nila lagi ka dito!
BF: oo, pero ikaw lang talaga ang girl!

X. student!
STUDENT: ma'am, pagagalitan niyo po ba ako sa bagay na hindi ko naman
ginawa?
TEACHER: natural hindi.
STUDENT: good, di ko po ginawa assignment ko!

Y. Pare and Madre
PARI: halika sa sulok
MADRE: bakit po?
PARI: sara mo pinto.
MADRE: wag po!
PARI: patayin mo ilaw!
MADRE: diyos ko po!
PARI: tamo rosary ko. Glow in the dark!

Z. anak at ina
ANAK: nay, ano po ba yung 10 commandments?
NANAY: yun yung sampung utos ng Diyos.
ANAK: mas makapangyarihan pa po pala kayo sa Diyos eh!
NANAY: bakit?
ANAK: ang dami niyong utos eh!

a.A boss confused about his Math asked his secretary:
If I give you P3M less 17%, how much would you take off?
SECRETARY: everything sir! Dress, bra, panty!

b.Sa kasalan
PARI: sana ang donation mo ay katumbas ng ganda ng pakakasalan mo.
GROOM: eto P5, father.
Tinignan ng pari ang bride.
PARI: eto P4 sukli mo iho.

c.Sabi nung friend ko, nakakalaki daw ng tiyan ang beer. Kasi noon minsan
nalasing siya, nabuntis siya!

d.nagbubungkal ng lupa si Erap para magtanim. Akala ng nakakita niloloko lang
siya dahil wala naman siyang tinatanim.
BANTAY: sir, wala naman kayong tinatanim ah.
ERAP: bobo! Seedless to!


e.thought to ponder:
hindi kaya ang dahilan ng pagbaha sa panahon ni Noah ay pinutol niya lahat
ng puno para gumawa ng napaka laking arko? ano sa tingin mo?

f.Imagine if all straight guys are talking in gay lingo.
STUDENT: bakit di mo chinuva yung girlalu? Malaki naman ang susey ng lola
mo ah.
HUNK: Winnie cordero nga dude sa susey, Melanie marquez naman sa
brainwaves. Wit na.
Jaworski while coaching: keber sa kalaban! Just focus! We cannot afford to
luz valdez ! Getlakin niyo yung last freethrow! Windangin yung mga julaban!
Ok! Go for the gold to the highest level mga chorva! Gow lang! gow lang ng
gow!

g.BOY: dad, tulong naman sa assignment ko. Find the least common denominator daw.
DAD: ha? aba'y elementary pa lang ako eh hinahanap na nila yan ah! Aba'y di pa ba nila nakikita?



Have fun!

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Search Engine Valentines Day Logo

"Love is in the air, its fragrance spills all over. You wish secretly to let the world know all you feelings without having said. You wish to paint the whole world with your mind brush where love is the only color."

Checking my Alibata entries in different search engines, we'll they do celebrates this special day of hearts.Through their logo design makes this day full of love.A nice Valentine background from Google, Yahoo and MSN.

At first....

"Love is probably one of the few things that does not have any set time or season" We always believe our first love is our last, and our last love is our first.

Then...

"Gifting a pair of love birds symbolized love itself, and more importantly also revealed the intention of the man to marry his lady love at a later date."

Until....Finally.

"I wanna grow old with you"

To all the lovers out their!!! Happy Valentines Day!!!!

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I'm Back again!

After all those busy moments, trying situation.I am back again to write in my "i daily journal". We'll if it is not for the PR update,I will not be able to know that I was not able to update this blog. I was so happy after all those days of PR0 now its PR2.Whew!promise I will write again! :)

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Mingle² - Online Dating

13 Signs You're Falling in Love

Hello! Here I am again...Love is in the air. I found this Love graphics from a friend. Find it interesting too! Just take a look which signs you belong.



Use this picture.

Are You Rock, Paper, or Scissors?

Howdy everyone! Happy weekend! Got nothing to do, so I try this Blogthings quiz.A sort of knowing your personality! This is fun! I am a rock? well, sounds true naman!!!Of all the plight I had encounter in my life yet still I am here alive and kickin! Here's the result....

You Are Rock

Powerful and overbearing, you intimidate people with your presence. People know they can't push you around, and they respect that. Deep down, you are calm, confident, and unmovable. You take everything pretty seriously, and you think deeply about all aspects of your life. You tend to feel smothered by paper people. You don't mind crushing the spirit of a scissors person. When you fight, you: Use all of your strength If someone makes you mad: You're likely to throw something at them

Are You Rock, Paper, or Scissors?

Try it yourself then!

Meet up with Blogie

I’m glad the meet up with Oliver Robillo of Mindanao Blogger was successful. Blogie told us about the 1st Mindanao Blogger Summit this coming October 27, 2007 at 4th Floor, NCCC Mall, Ma-a, Davao City. I am excited to visit again Davao and meet all bloggers.

Well its four months more to go, so I mark my calendar now for that event. Another Damsel Quest would that be! Laagan jud! Wanna go with me?

Fill in and Share!

Hello everyone! I want to share to you the post I made from my website " The Damsel Quest" about "Memories of you".

You too can share your unforgettable memories.Why not share your story?

Health By Birth Month

As I checked my email on my horoscope this evening, I feel worried about my health upon reading this article “You’re Health by Birth Month” since I coughed frequently, I told myself “whew! This is alarming!”

According to this studies. Recent medical findings by top notch medical schools around the country (including University of California at Los Angeles, Stanford University, Southwest Missouri State University, Stanley Medical Research Institute) found that certain illnesses and syndrome tend to pop up in specific birth months. Of course, researchers are quick to assure the public that the studies have nothing to do with astrology.

Besides genetics, science has long been alert that cigarettes, drugs and alcohol affect fetal improvement. But now it looks like certain illnesses, like allergies, the flu and even the common cold - which tend to be seasonal - can also have an outcome on the developing child's future health risks.

These numerical trends may not relate to you at all, but it's interesting that science is looking at these month-by-month trends. Ongoing studies will verify if these preliminary results are significant… so stay tuned.

Statistics show that people born in the following months are prone to the associated ailments listed below:

January
Schizophrenia, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and Alzheimer's disease

February
Schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, bipolar disorder (manic depression) and epilepsy

March
Schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, bipolar disorder (manic depression), narcolepsy, autism, Hodgkin's disease, multiple sclerosis (MS) and epilepsy

April
Bipolar disorder (manic depression), leukemia, dyslexia, learning disabilities, Parkinson's disease, Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS), multiple sclerosis (MS) and epilepsy

May
Dyslexia, learning disabilities, Parkinson's disease, Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS) and multiple sclerosis (MS)

June
Dyslexia, learning disabilities, Parkinson's disease, Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS), multiple sclerosis (MS), anorexia, diabetes and celiac disease

July
Dyslexia, learning disabilities, diabetes and celiac disease

August
Autism, diabetes, celiac disease and Crohn's disease

September
Asthma, and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

October
Asthma and eczema

November
Asthma, eczema and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)

December
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)

note: worried about yourhealth? consult your doctor.

Baby - God's opinion that life should go on

"When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies. And now when every new baby is born its first laugh becomes a fairy. So there ought to be" James Matthew Barrie

Hello Everyone! I want to share to you my collections of baby pictures I browsed on the net.It makes me smile whenever I glance them in those trying moments I am with. Their smiles are genuine.Babies are God's blessings to all parents.So love them tenderly and lovingly.

Davy Jones and Calypso ( Tia Dalma ) love story- A Closer Overview

The love story of Davy Jones (Bill Nighy) and Tia Dalma (Naomie Harris) - the embodied form of Calypso -goddess of the sea in the movie " Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" really fascinated me. In spite of Davy Jones cruel character, he has appeared to be extremely influenced by situations involving love and obsession. He fell deeply in love with Calypso (Tia Dalma).She persuaded him to be the captain of the Flying Dutchman -a ghost ship that can never go home and destined to sail the seven seas., thus ferry souls to the other world and with the curse of being able to visit Calypso once every ten years.

After his first ten years of servitude to the Flying Dutchman, he reached land only to find out that Calypso forsaken him. She betrayed him. In his grief, Davy Jones cut his own heart out and locked it in a chest vault. Having neglected his duty in ferrying souls to the other side, he became the cephalopod-like monster he is now. He then called together the Pirate Lords of the Brethren Court and together bound the goddess to a human form, Tia Dalma.

His passionate nature rarely shown, when he plays on the pipe organ while shedding a single tear over Calypso, meeting her aboard the Black Pearl in their moments of conversation, Calypso says she still has deep feelings for Jones, and explains regretfully why she failed to meet him on the appointed day, saying Jones would not have loved her if not for her uncontrollable and changeable nature. Jones says he no longer loves her. Calypso chastises him for failing to fulfill his duty of ferrying those who died at sea to the other world. It was because Jones ruined his purpose and his mind that he becomes a monster, eternally at sea.

Calypso is angry that Pirate Lords bound her into a human body and threatens to set free her anger upon them once she is released. She adds that after her release, she will fully give her love to Jones, and it appears they have reconciled their differences. When she touches Jones, he temporarily changes back into the man he once was. Before leaving, Jones thoughtfully remarks that his heart will always belong to her. Even to his death, when Will stabbed Jones heart, Jones stumbled against the side of the ship, mumbled his one true love's name on his last breath, and fell over the railing into the maelstrom below, implying that he may or may not be truly reunited with Calypso.

That was their story. What will happen next? Indeed not all stories may have happy ending.

Take My heart Back

"He loved her like there was no tomorrow."

I want to share to you the movie entitled "IF Only" about a musician girl named Samantha ( Jennifer Love Hewitt) who died in an accident shortly after they had a fight and they nearly broke up with her boyfriend Nicholls (Ian Wyndham),a grief-stricken British businessman who is living in changing the events that led up to her getting killed.

Here's their memorable conversation:

Ian Wyndham: I Love you.
Samantha Andrews: Ooh I Love you too.
Ian Wyndham: I wanna tell you why I love you.
Samantha Andrews: It's... It's raining, you know that right.

Ian Wyndham: I have to tell you this and you need to hear it. I loved you since I met you, but I wouldn't allow myself to truly feel it until today. I was always thinking ahead, making decisions soaked with fear... Today, because of you... what I learned from you; every choice I made was different and my life has completely changed... and I've learned that if you do that, then you're living your life fully... it doesn't matter if you have five minutes or fifty years. Samantha if not for today, if not for you I would never have known love at all... So thank you for being the person who taught me to love... and to be love.

Samantha Andrews: I don't know what to say.
Ian Wyndham: You don't have to say anything... I just wanted to tell you.
Ian Wyndham: Close your eyes. Happy graduation.
Samantha Andrews: Oh my God.

Ian Wyndham: Some of the charms are old and some are new. That's a musical note, a violin. This one is a flower, what is no sense of matter at all, except it was exquisite much like yourself. Let's see... the train that we took today. And... that's the Eiffel Tower that you've always wanted to see. And... this frying pan, cause you are the only person that I know that can actually do the flipping thing. And... this one's a heart... my heart... it's yours now.






Take my Heart Back

It'll be alright
You said
tomorrow
Don't you cry
Don't you shed a tear
When you wake up
I will still be here
When you wake up
We'll battle all your fears
And now I'll...

Take my heart back
Leave your pictures on the floor
Steal back my memories
I can't take it anymore
I've cried my eyes out
Oh,and now I face the years
The way you loved me
Vanished all the tears

Just a little more time was all we needed
Just a little time for me to see
Oh,the light that life can give you
Oh,how we get such a free
So now I'll...

Take my heart back
Leave your pictures on the floor
Steal back my memories
I can't take it anymore
I've cried my eyes out
Oh,and now I face the years
The way you loved me
Vanished all the tear

An Encounter

I lived away from home since I was working in the city. I stayed in a boarding house, just the simple one and ten minutes from my workplace. The place before was burned two years ago but now reconstructed. It was a two storey house, the boarders are situated in the upper storey made of wood and the owner stayed in the lower part made of concrete facade. It has seven rooms.

My room was located in the far right end just overlooking a terrace. My first stay was unusual. I sensed something strange. Usually at night, I could hear the tapping of shoes in the center aisle and the steps of footprints just near my door in the hallway and then vanished. Not only that, I could hear the scratching of the wall and even the roof.

I usually out from work at dawn around 3:00 o’clock. My beau was with me. As we were about to go upstairs, someone was following behind our back, a filthy old woman carrying a basket. We moved fast, she moved hastily with a sad looking face intruding our place and went upstairs to the bathroom.

One Saturday night, I stayed in the boarding house to wash away my clothes. It was about past twelve midnight when I was finished. I was alone in the comfort room, as I opened the door, only to find out that old woman again standing right behind the door. My heart beats faster; I felt shocked and moved directly to the terrace to hang my clothes. That old woman was not there anymore so I went to the kitchen to brush my teeth. I felt strange in my back as if someone was watching me. I heard someone is approaching, I could hear the footsteps in my back..my nerves were cracking. I could feel the coldness in my neck; I looked back but found nothing. I held a small mirror just to glance my teeth...only to see a strange face, ugly as it could be in the mirror behind my back. I shouted with all my might and left everything there without turning back. Running to my room and locked it immediately. I felt shocked and unable to sleep. That was my greatest nightmare of all, my encounter, unknowingly terrified. Was it a ghost? A witch? An intruder? This question lies in my memory and wanting for answer.





An Encounter
By: Cheryl Estorgio