Registration for New Voters
Yesterday, my mother and her 3 legal aged sons (I'm included in the 3 of course) registered for the upcoming 2004 Philippine general elections. The comelec is changing their system into a high tech one so everybody of legal age should validate their registration and a chance for people who haven't registered to register and practice their right to vote as they say. When we arrived at the comelec office I can not believe that there are still so many people not able to register for this event has already been running for about 2 months already. We fall in over 3 three lines before we actually have our pictures taken and finger printed. It's a good thing that they got a new computer that is of high quality or I would have really cursed the government for not using the taxes wisely. The funny thing that happend here is that one of the comelec person incharge of the finger printing activity is gay. He somehow saw that my brother is about to have his birthday and kept on telling him happy birthday and somehow I think that my brother is his type. =)

Once upon a Time in Mexico
After the registration, we proceeded to watch a movie and Once upon a Time in Mexico was what my mother wanted so we bought some popcorn and watched. I do not want to have spoilers here so let's just say the movie is good. It is good in a sense that there are a lot of action and gross acts. I do not recommend this movie to people who are squimish about blood but I recommend this movie to people who wanted to watch a good action movie.

LA BOCCA DELLA VERITA
There's this vendo machine fortune teller that I tried out while shopping with my mom after the movie. This is the machine where you put a 5 peso coin in it and place your hand inside a mouth like structure on the machine. If you don't know this machine then you better start visiting your local mall for every mall that I have been to has this machine. This was the only time that I have tried this and just did what the instruction told me to do. Here are the things that are printed on the paper after I have put my hand inside the mouth.

mv - ms 950 mv - ls 300
mt - ld 040 mm - td 131
x - y 217

THE MOUTH OF TRUTH tells you that:

A trifle consoles us because a trifle distresses us . . . . be patient!!
You are sometimes tiresome. over insistend and demanding.
You find it difficult to lead a healthy well ordered existence.
There is no rule to which there is no exception, nor any truth so general that it does not present some defective aspect. . . trust yourself!
Happiness is found inside yourself . . . look to your heart for the answer.
One of those rare brillant marriages which often happens to the really fortunate seems to lie in store.

Life - 7 stars
Love - 9 stars
Luck - 4 stars
Health - 7 stars
Sex - 3 stars

Reminiscing....
Another forwarded email.......

"Ito ang mga huling taon ng dekada '80 at ang mga unang taon ng
dekada '90. Ito ang panahong uso pa ang makiuso. Kung ginagaya mo ang
style ng mga artista, hindi ka tatawaging jologs. Ito ang panahong
tapos na ang martial law, pero malayo pa ang new millennium. Hindi pa
high-tech pero di naman old fashioned. Saktong-sakto lang!

Ito ang panahon natin. Pero pano mo malalaman kung kabilang ka sa
henerasyong ito? Narito ang listahan na makapagpapatunay if you're
one of us. R U?

1. Paborito mong panoorin ang Shaider, Bio-man, Maskman,
Mask Rider Black, Machine Man at kung ano-anong TV sitcom ng
Japan na isinalin sa Tagalog. Break muna sa mga laro kapag alas
Singko na ng hapon tuwing Sabado dahil panahon na para sa
superhero marathon.

2. Alam mo ang jingle ng Nano-Nano. (isang kending lasang
champoy)

3. Nanood ka ng Takeshi's Castle at naniwala kang si Anjo Yllana
talaga si Takeshi at si Smokey Manaloto ang kanyang
alalay. (Pinagiisipan mo - pano sila lumalaban sa final challenge na
parang nakasakay sila sa isang bumpcar at nagbabarilan
sila gamit ang water gun gayong sa Japan ginagawa yun eh taga
Pilipinas sila?)

4. Alam mo ang pa-contest ng Kool 106 na uulit-ulitin mong
Bigkasin ang "Kool 106, Kool 106" hanggang maubusan ka ng
hininga.

5. Naglaro ka ng Shake-Shake Shampoo, Monkey-Monkey-Annabelle,
prikidam 123, Langit-Lupa-Impyerno, Syato, Luksong-Tinik,
Luksong-Baka, 10-20 at kung ano-ano pang larong nakakapagod.

6. Pumunta ang mga taga-MILO sa skul niyo at namigay sila ng
samples na nakalagay sa plastic cup na kasing laki nung sa
maliit na ice cream. (at nagtaka ka, bakit hindi ganito ang lasa ng
MILO kapag tinitimpla ko sa bahay namin?)

7. May malaking away ang mga METAL (mga punks na naka itim) at mga
HIPHOP (mga taong naka maluwang na puruntong na kahit
Makita na ang dalawang bundok.) Nag-aabangan sa mall na may dalang
baseball bat at kung anu-ano pang mga sandata. Sikat ang
kasabihang "PUNKS NOT DEAD!" pero kung gusto mong mag play safe,
Pwede mong tawagin ang sarili mong HIPTAL.

8. Alam mo ang universal uwian song na "Uwian na!" na kinakanta sa
tono na parang doon sa kinakasal.

9. Nagpauto ka sa Batibot pero hindi sa ATBP.

10. Nakipag-away ka para makapaglaro ng brick game. (hi-tech na yun
noon)

11. Ang "text" noon ay mga 1"x1.5" na karton na may mga drawing ng
pelikulang pinoy. (at may dialog pa!)

12. Dalawa lang ang todong sumikat na wresler, si Hulk Hogan at si
Ultimate Warrior. Naniwala ka rin na namatay si Ultimate Warrior nang
buhatin niya si Andre d' Giant dahil pumutok ang mga
Ugat niya sa muscle.

13. Nagsayaw ka ng running man at kung anu-anong dance steps na
nakapagpamukha sa'yong tanga sa saliw na kantang Ice Ice
Baby, Wiggle It, Pray at Can't Touch This.

14. Hindi ka gaanong mahilig sa That's Entertainment at pinapanood
mo lang ito tuwing Sabado kung saan nagpapagandahan ng
production numbers ang Monday hanggang Friday group. (at badtrip ka
Sa Wednesday group dahil pinakabaduy lagi ang performance
nila!)

15. Napaligaya ka ng maraming pinoy bands tulad ng Yano, Rivermaya,
Grin Department, Tropical Depression, The Teeth, The
Youth, After Image, Orient Pearl, The Dawn, Alamid, Wolfgang, at ang
sikat na sikat na Eraserheads. (at aminin mong nakinig
ka ng Siakol!)

16. Kilala mo ang Smokey Mountain, (first and second generation)

17. Hindi pa uso noon ang sapatos na may gulong. Noon, astig ka
kapag umiilaw ang swelas ng sapatos mo tuwing ia-apak mo
ito. Tinawag rin itong "Mighty Kid"

18. Kung lalaki ka, sikat na sikat sa'yo ang mga larong text,
jolens, dampa (mga unang anyo ng pustahan), saranggola at ang
dakilang manika niyo ay si GI-JOE with alipores.

19. Kung babae ka naman, ang mga laro mo with you're girlfriends ay
luto-lutuan, bahay-bahayan, doktor-doktoran, at kung
anu-ano pang pagkukunwari . ang dakilang manika mo ay si Barbie.
(Sikat ka kung meron kang bahay, kotse at kabaong ni
Barbie.)

20. Naniwala kang original ang isang cap kapag may walong tahi sa
visor nito.

21. Swerte ka kapag panghapon ka dahil masusubaybayan mo ang mga
kapanapanabik na kaganapan sa mga paborito mong cartoon
shows tuwing umaga tulad ng Cedie, Sarah, at Dog of Flanders a.k.a.
Nelo. (Hindi ka ba nagtataka na sa lahat ng mga bida sa
cartoons na ito, si Nelo lang ang di yumaman at namatay pa ng maaga)

22. Alam mo ang ibig sabihin ng "TIME FIRST!"

Bakit kaya ganon? Kahit sang lupalop ka ng Pilipinas naroon, eh
nakaka-relate ka sa mga pinagsasasabi ko. Siguro'y dahil wala pang
cable at kakaunti lang ang pagpipiliang channels kaya parepareho tayo
ng pinapanood. Maaaring wala pang playstation kaya kung anu-ano na
lang ang naiimbentong laro na pwedeng gawin sa kalsada o sa isang
bakanteng lote. Pero kung ano man ang dahilan sa pagkaparepareho
natin ng karanasan, masaya na rin akong naging bata ako sa panahong
ito. Masarap alalahanin at balik-balikan. Di ba?"