Would you?

Would you marry a Buddhist if you were a Christian? 

I'm quite not sure why I got interested about this all of a sudden. (Weh, di mo talaga alam?) Okay, fine. It's my kahibangan level: 100 that made me ask this.

Besides having crush who happens to be a Buddhist, I have read a book entitled Jesus and Buddha: The Parallel Sayings (Marcus Borg) about Jesus, Buddhist and their parallel sayings (obvious ba masyado sa title? :D) It was really cool how they are really similar.

These made me think, that yes, maybe I would consider marrying a Buddhist. But I'm not sure though if I will let him be converted or I will. In the book mentioned earlier, the author said that if Jesus and Buddha meet, one would not convince the other to be converted because, they know they almost have similar teachings only stated in a different manner. So... if you were a Christian, would you marry Buddhist? Or if you are a Buddhist, would marry a Christian?

If someday, I get to be in love with a Buddhist, and he proposes a marriage, out of faith or love, what should we do? :)

Much love,

Shasta ê

Itabi mo sa gitna

NOON.

Ako: Kuya, tabi lang.

Driver: Sa tabi na lang?

Ako: Opo.

NGAYON.

Ako: Kuya, tabi lang.

Driver: Sa tabi na lang?

Ako: Hindi, itabi mo sa gitna ng kalye para kita kits tayo sa langit!

Natawa ako nung may nakita akong page sa Facebook na SIMULA NG SUMIKAT SI VICE GANDA, WALA NG MAKAUSAP NG MATINO. Tamaaa!

Pero may punto din naman kasi ang mga pambabara ni Vice Ganda. Nakakatanga, pero nakakaaliw naman. Tulad neto.

Ay, brownout?

Hindi, sunset!

Kamusta kayo ng boyfriend mo ngayon?

Yung bf ko ngayon?

Hindi, yung bf mo nung kahapon?

Ipanik ko na po diyan sa taas?

Ipanik mo pababa.

Yung mga ganito, minsan parang nakaka-low IQ talaga. Aminin niyo, masyang mambara ng ganito pero kapag paulit-ulit much, tae! Maghanap ka ng tubero. Barahan pala hanap mo eh.

TIP. Para bumenta at hindi mairita ang babarahin mo, i-lugar at timing-an mo, okay?

Vice Ganda nasa restaurant.

VG: Waiter (sumenyas ng number two sa daliri)

Waiter: Dalawa po?

VG: Hindi, tatlumpo! Kulang kasi yung dalawang daliri ko para sa tatlumpo eh!

VG: Waiter (sumenyas para makuha ang bill)

Waiter: Bill po?

VG: Hindi, pa-picture ako. Pa-picute ako para mabayaran ko mga kinain ko!

When reminiscing is the only thing left to do

Every 6^th day of January, a horrible experience would pop-out into my head as if I had trauma and all I do is pray. On that day, the closest person to my heart, who lived not only for God, but for me, passed away at 9pm. Mama died of sepsis, a liver dysfunction. In the morning, she hugged me as tight as she can and she never hugged me that way before. It was at night when I realized that it was a hunch.

Every 6^th day of January, after the year she died, all that is left is for me to remember how we laughed together when we joke, to remember how she spanked me for me to be disciplined, to remember how she would make plans for me to be close with my crush (kilig much moments!) and generally, remember how she raised me up and considered me her life.

When reminiscing is the only thing that is left to do, my heart cries out loud while I pray abut still thank the Lord for all the good and even-the-not-so-good things to remember about my beloved mother, Luisa C. Logan. May you rest in peace, Ma. I love you so much.

PurePeck

I love my perfectly imperfect features.

I love my shiny and wide forehead.

I love my tantalizing big eyes.

I love my huge wide nose.

I love my perfectly crooked teeth, these two buckteeth as well.

Although I have been trying to get rid of these flabby arms, I still love them.

I love my not-so-white underarm. Yung tipong kailangan ng 100 sessions bago pumuti eh.

I love my hips 'cause they don't lie. Kahit gusto kong ipatabas!

I love my charcoal black knees.

I love my feet's callous.

Someday, I might want to get rid of some of these, honestly. If God will let me, good. If He won't, it is because He knows I really don't need to.


Oh, manliligaw ka pa? :D

Dear Thai Producers

I have come up with child-friendly romantic comic stories you might want to produce as a film. Plus, twists!

If interested, please e-mail me at hsml24@gmail.com and put in MOVIES as subject

Hope you consider. Thank you!

Kids, don't try this at home

Even nerds get to be naughty some times.

It was in my last year in highschool when our school implemented this science and regular section thingy. It was both a blessing and a curse to get to be in that section, swear!

We had this teacher who had an expression ('no?) and ever since we noticed it, we started tallying the number of times she'd mention it - this hobby of ours lasted for almost half of the school year. The next thing I remember, we got reprimanded by her about this, but she was pretty sure it is not in our class. If only she knew. HAHAHA. Or did she? Oops.

Next! *ting* I got so bored in this other subject I made some knock knock jokes out of our topic that day and wrote it down on a piece of paper and had it passed around. Until some started passing theirs. Awesooome! The last piece of paper I held in my hand was from another joker-classmate, on it was written:

Tanong : SINO SA ATIN ANG NAKIKINIG KAY MS. DE----

Sagot : EH DI WALA!

I wanted to laugh so hard that I went to the comfort room.

These are just the silliest epic moments a science section can make. Priceless! Please, do not try this... Or do, just be sure you don't get caught and still, listen and study study study hard.

I know I am being a not-good-model to the youth, but hey, there's nothing wrong with a little bit of naughtiness at school, right? Please do agree? :D

NahILOKANO?

Na-ILOKANO? I lived in the province for almost 5 years and I am a true-blue Ilokano! But really, what have I improved aside from eating? The dialect.

When Mama and I lived in Manila, we never conversed in Ilokano. But when she gets mad, really mad, she starts to speak in Ilokano as if she were an ilokano-online-tutorial-session. I love you, Ma. Rest in peace. I will admit, I only understood half of it. Well, okay. Just a quarter but most of the time, I didn’t understand anything at all. But hey,who knew I would speak like a pro? No one, but I do. And since I am so much like a pro, or feeling like a pro, let me teach you some easy and common Ilokano words and phrases.

Ilokano – Tagalog – English

napintas - maganda - beautiful
napudaw - maputi - white/fair-skinned
nagngisit - maitim - dark (or Shasta, kidding!)
nagpuskol - makapal -thick
nagngina - mahal (presyo) - expensive (cost)
naglaka - mura (presyo) - cheap (cost)
mangan - kumain - to eat
Mangan ta. - Kumain tayo. - Let's eat.
ma-il-iliw-ak kanyam - ako'y nangungulila sa'yo - i miss you
ay-ayaten ka - mahal kita - i love you
Napintas ni Shasta. - maganda si Shasta. - Shasta is beautiful.

Okay, maybe you realize speaking English is easier, but learning Ilokano or other dialects or languages is fun and quite interesting. Want to learn more words? Just comment and I’ll help you out.

PS. This is not to break my reliability but honestly, some of my close friends call me trying-hard when I speak the dialect and kinda hurts. Oh no, it really does hurt, a lot!