Phelps' Pipe

Superman doesn't exist.

Of course, I'd like to focus more on blogging about what's happening in our country. But there are just particular news that will captivate people's interest. Just like this one.....

Ever seen and heard the legendary 8-gold olympic 2008 medalist Michael Phelps marijuana scandal?

Barely 6 months after he was hailed as one of the best, if not the best Olympian ever to plunge into the Olympic Swimming Pool, a picture showing Michael Phelps inhaling from a marijuana pipe has circulated in the Internet.

6 months ago, we hear and read all sorts of praise and glory for this young man who beat olympic records at the recent Olympics 2008 held in China. Phelps was somehow dubbed as 'Superman', and a lot of people are asking, 'Are you human?'


A Handful of Sports, thus states,

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"Happen to see this Michael Phelps guy in the pool lately? Well, apparently he's all sorts of phenomenal or something. Eight medals? Yeah, it's official. He's the best swimming product in the world, and out of Baltimore, ever.


The fact that Phelps defied expectations – in all seriousness, who expected the guy to win all eight medals? - and actually did in Beijing what many were prognosticating that he wouldn't do is something extraordinary.


There is no doubt that Michael Phelps has had one of the best individual performances in an Olympics ever. There may never be – I doubt that – another one like it.


Really. There may never be another one like it.
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About 6 months later, however, tides of events change for Phelps as the controversial photo has circulated the web.

As a result, US Swimming authorities this February has issued a 3-month suspension for him, including his financial supports.

the news states:

“This is not a situation where any anti-doping rule was violated, but we decided to send a strong message to Michael because he disappointed so many people, particularly the hundreds of thousands of USA Swimming member kids who look up to him as a role model and a hero,” the Colorado-based federation said in a statement.

Phelps has acknowledged “regrettable” behavior and “bad judgment.” He didn’t dispute the authenticity of the photo, reportedly taken at a house party while Phelps was visiting Columbia, S.C., in November during an extended break from training.

We can never tell, really. There are no perfect individuals after all.

Superman doesn't exist.

Struggling

Pitong buwan.

Hindi ako sanay sa ganitong sitwasyon. Mula sa pagkabata, sa halos lahat ng pinasukan kong larangan, lagi na'y nakasunod ang katagang -excellence-.

I have been doing this venture hoping to conquer something new. But seems, as it is, to no avail.

Pitong buwan.

May mga pagkakataong gusto ko nang tumigil. Tanggapin ang katotohanang hindi naman talaga lahat nang bagay sa mundo ay kaya mong pagtagumpayan.

Ngunit... hindi nga ba?

Bakit hindi?

At muling lumikha ng takatak ang mga daliri kong nakapatong sa keyboard.

Sulat pa! Sulat pa!

'La Pong Gas (LPG Shortage)

Department of Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes is firm on his statement that there is no LPG Shortage in the country today but instead, he blamed hoarders and illegal refillers on why consumers are having difficulty buying.

Naubusan din kami nang LPG last Friday and it was only after four days nung nakabili kami (at a much higher price).

The first time we asked on a late night, the retailer said 'Wala pong gas ngayon, hindi kami pwedeng magbenta. Kung gusto po ninyo, bumalik kayo bukas ng mga 6:30 ng umaga, pwede nang bumili'.

And so my companion asked, 'Brod, siguro magtataas kayo ng presyo kaya ayaw ninyong ibenta. Ok lang naman sa amin kung bibilhin namin dun sa presyo na itataas ninyo bukas'.

'Hindi po talaga pwede, bukas na lang po kayo bumalik'.

Sabi nga ni Angie Reyes, walang shortage.

Sabi naman ng mga retailers, kung walang shortage, eh bakit kami, walang mabili?

Sabi ni Boy, nagkakaubusan kasi maraming taxi na nai-convert from Diesel/Gas to LPG.

Sabi nung opinionated na kapitbahay, Red Tape ng gobyerno yan, Red Tape, maniwala ka!

Naalala ko tuloy dati, Rice Shortage naman ang problema ng mga tao. Then, hindi rin naging malinaw kung ano ba talaga? May shortage ba? O may tinabunan lang na kontrobersiya? After a while, nag-stabilize din ang problema sa bigas. Natahimik na rin ang alegasyon ng corruption.

Noon, Rice.
Ngayon, LPG.
Kung sasabay pa sa shortage ng mga lalake dahil nagpapa-convert na para maging babae, paano na?

Pinoy Pasaway Series #3

Dude, Where's My Car?

Stolen’ car of tipsy cager recovered
By Julie M. Aurelio
Philippine Daily Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines – A basketball player for Talk N’ Text was red in the face after he reported the loss of his car to the Quezon City police just before dawn Sunday.

The 26-year-old cager, Abraham Santos, who admitted that he had a few drinks, eventually learned that his silver sports car was parked just a few blocks away.

“He probably forgot that someone had borrowed his car. When he looked outside for it, he thought someone had stolen it,” said Insp. Angelo Nicolas of the Quezon City Police District.

Nicolas, head of the QCPD’s anticar theft unit, said his men checked the area of Tomas Morato Extension early morning Sunday to verify if the vehicle was indeed missing.

But to the surprise of the policemen, the “stolen” car was found just a few blocks away with all its accessories and parts intact.

Santos reported the “carjacking” incident to the police at around 5:46 a.m. Sunday.

But what Santos appeared to have forgotten was that he allowed a friend of his, a certain “Tito Caloy,” to borrow his car. Caloy then parked the vehicle four blocks away in front of a coffee shop.

Monday morning, Santos was allowed to bring home his silver Mitsubishi GSR after he presented the papers for the vehicle to anticar theft operatives.



Dapat kasi, kung iinom ka, samahan mo na ng Enervon Prime, buzzet!!!!

Drug Test

Random Drug Testing for Secondary and Tertiary studes will formally start today. Sabi sa news, computer-generated ang gagawing pagpili sa mga estudyanteng masa-sampol-an.

In my view, dapat siguro eh hindi lang sa schools mag-conduct ng random drug testings. Pwede rin siguro sa mga private and government offices, pati sa Senado at sa Kongreso, at kahit sa entertainment industry.

Isipin mo na lang kung may mga mahuhuling sikat na artista na gumagamit pala ng droga.

Bongga divah?!

Meron akong mga suspects.....



Noong hindi pa naglilipat-bakod si Angel sa dos at nasa siyete pa siya, sikat na sikat yung palabas niyang Darna.

Tingnan natin, tuwing episode ng Darna, lagi siyang nag-babato.

Si Ding? Aba, wala nang pag-uusapan.

Siya yung pusher. Kasi siya yung laging nagsu-supply ng bato kay Darna.

Laging sinasabi ni Darna, 'Ding! Ang bato!

Pagkasubo niya ng bato, ayun, nakakalipad na sa kalawakan.







Isa pa 'tong si Aga.

Iba naman ang tinitira-Cough Syrup.

'Di niyo ba napapansin, lately eh pumayat si Aga?

Ang epekto naman ng cough syrup, nakakakita siya ng kung anu-ano. Andiyan yung nakikita niya yung mga kaloob-looban ng mga tao, nagiging see-thru kumbaga.

Ang pinakamalupit doon, pati bata, gustong ipahamak sa gorilla.

Ay, etong si John Lloyd, walang duda.

Eh, drug dependent ito!

Imagine, konting sakit nang ulo, lunok agad ng gamot. Actually, kahit nga walang sakit ng ulo eh, magbibyahe lang, magbabato na agad ng tabletas sa bibig, sabay sasaludo.

Parang, baka nga mauntog lang ito o 'di kaya kagatin ng langgam sa bumbunan eh biglang dudukot ng tabletas sabay lunok- 'TOK' tsaka sasaludo,

Ingat!

Unsanitary Way

Epekto na ba ito ng recession?
Or can you state this as an Unsanitary Way of Firing an Employee?

Isang empleyado sa Australia ang tinanggal sa trabaho dahil mas gusto niyang gumamit ng tubig kaysa sa tissue pagkatapos um-ebs.

Ang masaklap, Pinoy ang biktima.

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source:>> here
Townsville toilet row – man sacked over bathroom habits
LENDL RYAN
January 24th, 2009

A TOWNSVILLE man has been sacked for `un-Australian' toilet habits.

Amador Bernabe, 43, uses water to clean himself instead of toilet paper.

Mr Bernabe, a machine operator on a working visa from the Philippines, said it was his culture.

But on Thursday he got the shock of his life when his foreman followed him into the toilet questioning his toilet hygiene.

Mr Bernabe said his employer Townsville Engineering Industries (TEI) sacked him yesterday for not going to the toilet the Australian way.

The move has angered union bosses and politicians on the Australia Day weekend.

"I went to go to the toilet and I took a bottle of water when my foreman saw me and he said `you can't bring the water in there'," Mr Bernabe said.

"I asked why and he said it wasn't good but I said it's our way and he followed me into the toilet.

"I said it's my personal hygiene. I didn't break any law, I didn't break any rules of the company, why can't I do this, and he said he would report me to the manager.

"The next morning when I came in I went to punch my time card and he told me the manager wanted to talk to me in his office.

"He asked me what had happened and I explained to him and he said if I didn't follow the Australian way I would be immediately terminated and I said `sir, then you better terminate me'."

Australian Manufacturing Worker's Union state organiser Rick Finch said the incident was shocking.

"I think it is atrocious, an invasion of a person's rights and cultural beliefs," he said.

"The paradox of the toilet and a person's actions is something that no boss can even think about interfering with and the thought that bosses think they have the control to get involved in the toiletry is a gross invasion of an employee's privacy.

Mr Bernabe, a father of four, had been with the company since April 2008 and said he had no problems until yesterday.
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Hit: My NBI Experience

'Nag-hit ka!'

'Po?'

'Yung pangalan mo, may hit. Ibig sabihin, may kapangalan ka.'

Such was what transcribed when I went to the Quezon City Hall to apply for an NBI Clearance.

I am in desperate and urgent need for an NBI clearance due to my pending application for passport so I proceeded to the QC Hall to apply for one. As expected, I have encountered long lines on the following procedures:

• getting an application form
• having my fingerprints printed on the application form (where you are REQUIRED to pay Php 5.00 for the wet tissue-panglinis daw ng kamay after the fingerprint)
• picture-taking
• data verification

It was almost 5:00pm and I was still on the Data Verification line. As was in the DFA, there are also "fixers" who are coming to you to propose a "fast" way to get your clearance. 'Wala nang pila, 450 Php lang.'

But since the NBI has said that Clearances will be released on the day you applied for, people are patiently going thru the long line process. By 'on the day' means that you do not have HIT on your name.

I would never understand and care more for that HIT word when after going thru that long line process, the woman assisting on the Data Verification window informed me that 'Nag-HIT ka!'

The woman said that I have a namesake that's why they will not release the clearance within the day. Instead, she told me to return 10 days after and that's when they will release my clearance. (I would later on find out from the NBI website that those with 'HIT' remarks can claim their clerance 48 hours after- 2 days after, that is.)

Going home (and even today), I am contemplating on how in the world will I ever have a namesake considering that I have two names, the second of which, is spelled 'uniquely', the common of which normally uses C but my name uses K. And besides, if ever I have my namesake, can they not easily check the Middle Name?

The second thing is, if ever I have my namesake, why spend 10 days to verify if you do not have any criminal records? Does it matter to NBI when we have our namesake? Does having a namesake suggest that we might have committed any crime at all?

I'll give my fair sentiment- While I do respect that the NBI is keen to trying to issue NBI clearance, I do believe that there should be a lot of changes in the System. For many, taking those long queue of lines following the procedures is a hassle. Much more when you find out that you can't have your clearance issued within the day just because you have you namesake.

Ten days, for me must be very long enough. In this age when computer networks and internet are widely used by various offices, it is surprising that we can't keep up and provide the people with a fast service.

Ten days after, my NBI clearance is finally released. With no criminal record. But with another extra cost: An additional 5php to pay for another wet tissue because again, I still have to have my fingerprint posted in my clerance.

5 php, to some, may be insignificant. To some, that would mean additional deduction to their budget.

Kaya nga kumukuha nang NBI clearance para makapagtrabaho eh. Eh hindi pa nakakapagtrabaho, gumagastos na ng 'hindi naman talaga kailangan'.