And my husband is coming home!

Datapwat hindi ako nakakasiguro sa lahat ng aking mga sagot, susubukan kong bigyang liwanag ang ilan sa iyong mga katanungan…

Ang isa kong kaibigan ay mayroon lang mga ilang katanungan na matagal ng bumabagabag sa kanyang araw-araw na pamumuhay. Maaaring ang iba rito ay alam na rin ninyo ngunit walang tumpak na makapagbigay ng akmang kasagutan o pagpapaliwanag. Ito ay ang mga sumusunod:

1. Ang squidballs ba ay bayag ng pusit?
Ang squidballs ay hindi bayag ng pusit …baka bayag ni Tiya Pusit.

2. Pwede bang uminom ng softdrink kapag coffee break?
Pwedeng uminom ng softdrink kung coffebreak ngunit kailangan itong lagyan ng asukal at kopimeyt. Kopimeyt dapat at huwag gatas (milk in my cereal, kopimeyt in my pepsi. sounds good to me!)

3. Pwede bang gamitin ang a.m. radio pag gabi na?
Maari lamang gamitin ang a.m. radio kapag gabi kung ang iyong pakikinggan ay o.p.m.

4. Ang fire exit ba ay labasan ng apoy?
Ang fire exit ay ginagamit lamang bilang labasan ng apoy kapag may sunog. Ito ang kanilang daan upang sila’y makatakas o ang tinatawag na “fire escape”.

5. Ang uod ba pag namatay ay inuuod din?
Ang tao kapag namatay ay hindi tinatao. Malamang ang uod ay hindi rin inuuod. Kung ang tao ay inuuod kapag nalagutan ng hininga, siguro ang uod kapag namatay ay tinatao.

6. Totoo bang ang mga manok na pinatay sa Jollibee ay masasaya kaya sila tinawag na chicken joy?
Ang mga manok na pinatay sa Jollibee ay masaya kung kaya’t sila’y tinawag na chicken joy. Ngunit hindi kinakailangang sa jollibee patayin ang manok upang ito ay maging masaya… ang mga manok ay nagiging masaya kapag sila ay may kasama sa buhay. Kapag ito ay nag-iisa lamang, ito ay hindi chicken joy kundi …mcchicken singles. (Ang pinakamasayang manok sa lahat ay iyong 6 pcs. chicken mcnuggets o tinatawag na “ o-r-g-y” sa inggles)

7. Mayroon bang kahit isang langgam na mahilig sa maalat?
Alam na ba ninyo iyong patawa na “itlog maalat”? Nakagat ako minsan ng langgam……. kung nakagat ka na ng langgam sa itlog, ibig sabihin marami ring langgam mahilig sa maalat.

8. Kung ang 7-11 store ay bukas 24 hrs a day , 7 days a week, at 365 days a year. Bakit may lock pa ang pinto nila? Bakit? Bakit?
Dalawa ang dahilan. Una, may coffee break (tingnan ang katanungan bilang 2 hinggil sa maaaring inumin kapag coffe break) din naman ang mga nagtatrabaho sa 7-11. Pangalawa, mayroon tayong tinatawag na leap year.

9. Bakit di mataas ang highway?
Dahil kung mataas ang highway, walang paglalagyan ng skyway.

10. Ba’t alang lumilipad na sasakyan sa flyover?
Hindi lang natin nakikita ang mga nagliliparang sasakyan sapagkat hindi tayo tumutingala kapag tayo ay nasa flyover. Ang pagsalin ng dayuhang salita na flyover sa katutubong wika ay “fly”-lipad, “over”-sa ibabaw. Ibig sabihin nito na ang mga kotse ay hindi lumilipad sa flyover ngunit sa ibabaw ng flyover. Ngayon kung titingala ka naman kapag
ikaw ay nasa flyover ang tangi mong makikita ay ang kisame ng iyong sasakyan. Alam kong wala sa inyong mayroong sasakyan na Miata, Boxster, Kompressor, Z3, Z8 at kung ano-ano pang kotseng pang-mayaman kaya’t huwag na kayong magpumilit mamilosopo… ako lang ang may karapatan. Kung idadahilan niyo naman na mayroon kayong sunroof, hanapin ninyo ang inyong tinatawag na “sense of humor”. Namamatay ng maaga ang palaging seryoso.

Sana ay nasagot ang ilan sa inyong mga katanungan sa buhay. Kung mayroon pang ibang bagay na bumabagabag sa iyong isipan huwag kayong mag-atubiling ilapit sa mga kina-uukulan o kaya sarilinin nyo na lamang para di kayo pagtawanan.

At lagi rin sana nating tandaan ang dayuhang salawikain na “ask a dumb question and you’ll get a dumb answer.”

Maraming salamat at walang anuman

A blog that talks about anything under the sun, the moon, the stars – everything! That’s what my blog is about. This is because I talk just about anything here on earth as well as what’s outside it. And I know I am not the only blogger in this world who does.

Everything Under the Sun is a blog of a person whom I share many things in common. Like me, Beth is also a Filipina (but lives in the US), married to a husband who works out of the country (her husband is with the navy), likes looking at the sea or river and in her thirties. Well, there may be more than that! One thing I noticed though is that she goes to the gym and I’m not and that what makes us different. I hate exercise and the gym is the last place on earth I’d be seen.

Man: “Haven’t we met before?”
Woman: “Yes, I’m the receptionist at the V.D. Clinic.”

Man: “Haven’t I seen you someplace before?”
Woman: “Yeah, that’s why I don’t go there anymore.”

Man: “Is this seat empty?”
Woman: “Yes, and mine will be too if you sit down.”

Man: “So, wanna go back to my place?”
Woman: “Well, I don’t know. Will two people fit under a rock?”

Man: “Your place or mine?”
Woman: “Both. You go to yours and I’ll go to mine.”

Man: “I’d like to call you. What’s your number?”
Woman: “It’s in the phone book.”
Man: “But I don’t know your name.”
Woman: “That’s in the phone book too.”

Man: “So what do you do for a living?”
Woman: “I’m a female impersonator.”

Man: “What sign were you born under?”
Woman: “No Parking.”

Man: “Hey, baby, what’s your sign?”
Woman: “Do not enter.”

Man: “How do you like your eggs in the morning?”
Woman: “Unfertilized!”

Man: “Hey, come on, we’re both here at this bar for the same reason.”
Woman: “Yeah! Let’s pick up some chicks!”

Man: “I know how to please a woman.”
Woman: “Then please leave me alone.”

Man: “I want to give myself to you.”
Woman: “Sorry, I don’t accept cheap gifts.”

Man: “I can tell that you want me.”
Woman: “Ohhhh. You’re so right. I want you to leave.”

Man: “If I could see you naked, I’d die happy.”
Woman: “Yeah, but if I saw you naked, I’d probably die laughing.”

Man: “Hey cutie, how ’bout you and I hitting the hot spots?”
Woman: “Sorry, I don’t date outside my species.”

Man: “I’d go through anything for you.”
Woman: “Good! Let’s start with your bank account.”

Man: “I would go to the end of the world for you.”
Woman: “Yes, but would you stay there?

Have a happy Thursday, people! I’m going out today, not to be picked up, but to run errands.

Here’s a tag from Gen from her new blog (thanks!)

Rules:

1. Post this rules.
2. Answer the questions honestly.
3. Tag your friends and tell them by commenting their blog, you have a tag for them.

Questions:

1. How old is your blog/blogs?
2. When is your blogs birthday?
3. For one sentence, why you blog?
4. What kind of blog do you have?
5. Did you make your own blog layout?
6. What did you learn here in blogging world?

Here are my answers:

1. This blog is 2-1/2 months old (I have two older ones, more than a year old)

2. Feb02, 2008, a week before my 31st birthday

3. I blog because I love writing. It is my passion.

4. A personal blog that talks about anything under the sun, the moon, the stars - everything!

5. I am currently using a wordpress theme, then I just play around with the pages and the sidebar.

6. I learned more things about different people and their cultures, that I can share some of my ideas here with others and learn from them as well.

Now I’m passing this on to Rocks, Ambet and to others who are interested!

I had a very, very tiring day today, guys, I can barely write. I went shopping for some items we need:

1. a new bed sheet with matching pillow cases

2. 2 shirts for my husband (he’s coming home next week)

3. a pair of shorts for my husband again

4. new undies for me

5. some grocery items for the week

6. vitamins

7. circuit breaker my husband asked me to buy

Bye for now, people! Talk to you again tomorrow.

As I was checking out the topics in the forum of one of the communities I belong to, I came across Make Serious Money Online blog. One of the author’s posts caught my attention. It was about online scams. If you guys remember, last month, I have posted a couple of email scams which I got from my spam folder. One was from a ‘lottery organized for email users around the world’, while the other is from a certain bank in Hong Kong. I posted the full content of the letters so that more people will become aware (see them under the category ’scams and the city’). Unfortunately for me, though, the more I post those kinds of mails, the more enthusiastic the scammers become. A week after I posted the first letter, the email from this bank in Hong Kong arrived. I decided to post that second letter too, and then two days later, another one arrives. So I told myself, I’m not going to post another letter here so ‘they’ will stop. Well, after the fourth fifth sixth I don’t know how many anymore, they stopped. I’d still received one once I awhile though, but they get deleted as soon as I see them in my spam folder.

Again, my reminder – always be careful, online and offline

Your everyday decisions really can make a difference.
by Mary Atkins

1. In public toilets, is it better to use a paper towel or an electric hand dryer?

Go for the hot air. The energy needed to heat and blow air at your hands is far less than the energy needed to make and transport paper towels and haul waste away. One US study found that nine fully grown trees are cut down to supply an average fast food restaurant with paper towels over the year; the tossed towels then create over 450 kilograms of landfill waste. The hand dryer is also more hygienic. Doctors at the University of Ottawa claim the hot air gets into more crevices in the skin, killing off germs quicker.

2. Should I do the dirty dishes by hand or use a dishwasher?

This one’s not so crystal clear, since it all depends on how you hand wash and on the model of dishwasher. According to Tanya Ha, the author of Greeniology, old-style washing, suing one sink for washing and another for rinsing, consumes 15 – 20 liters of water. “However, the amount increases considerably if you rinse dishes under running tap water instead of using a filled sink or bucket.”

Research by the British government’s Market Transformation Programme last year found that dishwashers get items cleaner and use about 75 per cent less water. The key is having a modern model. Dishwashers built today use around 95 per cent less energy than those built 30 years ago, says Ha. Older models can use up to 90 liters of water a load; modern two-drawer dishwashers use as little as nine liters. To be even greener, stick to full loads and use the no-heat or air-dry option.

3. Should I do my laundry in a front-loader or top-loading washing machine?

Front-loaders win, hands down. Top-loaders have faster cycles but they use much more water, energy and detergent. When you are buying a new machine, look for the labels listing its energy and water ratings. Also choose a machine size that suits your household. Even if you’re not planning on buying a new machine, you can still make your current washer more eco-friendly. Clean the filter, use the minimum amount of detergent, stick to cold water and stick with full loads.

4. What should I eat for dinner tonight?

Out of everything you do, what you choose to eat has the biggest impact on the environment, says Rebecca Blackburn, author of Green is Good: Smart Ways to Live Well and Help the Planet. “Farming uses more resources than any other industry. It also produces one fifth of our greenhouse gas emissions.” In fact, one third of the average person’s carbon footprint is due to their intake of animal-based food, which is far more than the impact of driving a car or the energy used in our homes.

So should we turn vegetarian? Blackburn says you’ll be surprised at how much you can help the environment simply by reducing your red meat intake even slightly. In fact, eating three kilograms less red meat each year is equivalent to reducing household water use by half! Blackburn’s handy tip: go for Meatless Monday.

5. Is it correct that flickering fluoro lights on and off uses more energy?

Actually no. New data suggests frequent switching doesn’t shorten the life span of bulbs or waste energy. Compact fluorescent bulbs are basically energy-efficient versions of the strip lighting we used to put in bathrooms. Manufacturer Osram is now selling a bulb that claims can be switched 500,000 times – equivalent to 91 times per day over its 15-year life.

6. When it comes to grocery shopping, should I do a big shop each month or fortnight, or should I shop every few days?

Around the world, billions of dollars worth of food gets thrown out each year. The United Nations Food Programme reports that just five per cent of leftovers in the US alone can feed four million people in Africa. “It’s not just money that’s being wasted, it’s the resources that went into making the food,” says Blackburn. “Do an audit of the fridge before you go shopping and figure out what’s left behind, what went off and why you didn’t eat the food.” So by all means, do a big monthly shop of durables and non-perishables, but buy your fresh fruit and vegetables every couple of days so they don’t sit in the crisper unused.

7. Are the new hybrid cars that much better than small, fuel-efficient, conventional cars?

Hybrid cars are not the be-all and end-all. “Choose the smallest car that you can manage and choose the most fuel-efficient car in that range,” says Blackburn. “You can make a big difference without buying a hybrid,” she adds. “If money’s an issue, you’d be far better off spending the extra money on a rainwater tank, solar hot water, insulation and energy-efficient appliances.”

8. What’s best: curtains or venetian blinds?

When it comes to keeping your house insulated, curtains win hands down. Venetian blinds don’t reduce heat transfer at all; a close-fitting, lined, floor-length curtain with a pelmet will reduce heat loss in winter by one third. To keep the radiant heat out in summer, install outdoor shutters, awnings or miniature louvers. Window films provide some protection from the sun but are less effective than external blinds, and they also don’t protect against heat loss when it’s cold.

9. When it comes to baby, what’s best: disposable nappies or cloth nappies?

Let’s call this a draw. Several independent studies – taking into account all the environmental factors such as raw material and energy usage, emissions of air and water pollution, and even waste management – conclude that both have roughly the same environmental effect. But the dollar cost is another equation.

10. I’m thirsty. Bottled water or tap?

Millions of liters of bottled water consumed each year. Around the world, more than 100 million tons of plastic is produced every year, most of which ends up as landfill. When it comes to tap water, there are no transportation costs or carbon emissions. If the tap water in your home is safe to drink, buy your own water bottle.

11. Solar hot water and solar panels: what’s the difference?

A lot of people get confused about this. One is taking the sun’s energy and heating up hot water. The other is taking the sun’s energy and producing electricity.

If you can imagine going camping with a big black barrel filled with water sitting in the sun, when you had a shower from the barrel, the water would be warm, says Blackburn. That’s essentially the same as the process in a solar hot water system. Solar electricity is more complicated and it’s still quite expensive.

Blackburn says, “It’s not cost effective to install solar panels as a way to reduce your greenhouse gas emissions. For much less money, you can install energy-efficient appliances, lights and insulation and reduce your emissions by about half.”

12. Rechargeable versus disposable batteries?

Rechargeables. No question. They work out better on the hip pocket, too. “You buy them once for about $4, versus a normal alkaline battery for $1, but get to use them about 100 times.” And for those who think rechargeable batteries are too fiddly to use and take too long to charge: remember, you’re already using them in your mobile phone and laptop. “If you were using throwaway batteries in your mobile, it would cost more than your phone bill.”

13. Scraps. Should I compost them or throw them straight in the bin?

Up to 50 per cent of domestic waste is food scraps and garden waste that could be composted. Make it easy for yourself: keep a little plastic bin on the kitchen bench, or use a stainless steel cooking pot and line it with newspaper so it cleans more easily. You can compost the strangest things: vegetable oil, tea bags, coffee grounds, vacuum dust, eggshells, hair removed from a brush, shredded paper and cardboard, even dried flower arrangements.

If you live in an apartment, consider a Bokashi bin. It sits under your sink and the fermentation process doesn’t produce smells. When full, visit the communal garden o enrich a friend’s garden. Go to rdasia.com to learn how to make your own Bokashi bin.

source: Reader’s Digest Apr2008 isse, pg106

Agree or disagree?