did you know that in the scientific and medical communities, the technical name for using one's finger to extract boogers is rhinotillexis, and doing so compulsively is termed rhinotillexomania. the act of eating the resulting harvest is called mucophagy.

interesting, isn't it?... i wonder what's the technical term for sticking the resulting harvest under a furniture?...

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zzjdpul said...
"HUWAG TULARAN, RUGBY AY IWASAN"
9:41 AM, September 14, 2006

khyle said...
scientific name: "EMILIANA PALERMO y PULGOSA" a.k.a. **strawberry**
6:52 PM, September 14, 2006

apple said...
"HAY! ang ganda ng pose, parang natutulog lang. nakakainggit sana ako din.Tandaan nyo yan mukhang yan, napagod yan kakaragby hayan nasobrahan 2log. "
6:56 PM, September 14, 2006

Anonymous said...
"YOU TOO CAN HELP CREATURES LIKE THIS. SUPPORT "KRUSADA KONTRA DROGA"!"
7:07 PM, September 19, 2006

saturnina said...
"ganyan talaga ang buhay, una unahan lang yan. kanina tumatawa pa yan, ngayon parang natutulog lang. iha go towards the light "
1:34 PM, October 01, 2006

Gines Samson said...
"Haay! It's so nakakapagod to shop noh! I really hope the may-ari does NOT make HULI me!"

12:31 PM, October 16, 2006

to married and unmarried friends, this may touch your lives (worth sharing)

on my wedding day, i carried my wife in my arms. the bridal car stopped infront of our one-room flat. my buddies insisted that i carry her out of the car in my arms. so i carried her into our home. she was then plump and shy. i was a strong and happy bridegroom.

this was the scene ten years ago.

the following days were as simple as a cup of pure water: we had a kid; i went into business and tried to make more money. when the assets were steadily increasing, the affection between us seemed to ebb. she was a civil servant. every morning we left home together and got home almost at the same time. our kid was studying in a boarding school.

our marriage life seemed to be enviably happy. but the calm life was more likely to be affected by unpredictable changes.

dew came into my life.

it was a sunny day. i stood on a spacious balcony. dew hugged me from behind. my heart once again was immersed in her stream of love. this was the apartment i bought for her.

dew said, you are the kind of man who best draws girls' eyeballs. her words suddenly reminded me of my wife. when we were just married, my wife said, men like you, once successful, will be very attractive to girls.

thinking of this, i became somewhat hesitant. i knew i had betrayed my wife. but i couldn't help doing so.

i moved dew's hands aside and said you go to select some furniture, o.k.? i've got something to do in the company. obviously she was unhappy, because i had promised to do it together with her. at the moment, the idea of divorce became clearer in my mind although it used to be something impossible to me.

however, i found it rather difficult to tell my wife about it. no matter how mildly i mentioned it to her, she would be deeply hurt.

honestly, she was a good wife. every evening she was busy preparing dinner. i was sitting in front of the tv. the dinner was ready soon. then we watched tv together. or, i was lounging before the computer, visualizing dew's body. this was the means of my entertainment.

one day i said to her in a slightly joking way, suppose we divorce, whatwill you do? she stared at me for a few seconds without a word. apparently she believed that divorce was something too far away from her. i couldn'timagine how she would react once she got to know i was serious.

when my wife went to my office, dew had just stepped out. almost all the staff looked at my wife with a sympathetic eye and tried to hide something while talking to her. she seemed to have got some hint. she gently smiled at my subordinates. but i read some hurt in her eyes.

once again, dew said to me, he ning, divorce her, o.k.? then we live together. i nodded. i knew i could not hesitate any more.

when my wife served the last dish, i held her hand. i've got something to tell you, i said. she sat down and ate quietly. again i observed the hurtin her eyes. suddenly i didn't know how to open my mouth. but i had to lether know what i was thinking. i want a divorce. i raised the serious topic calmly.

she didn't seem to be annoyed by my words, instead she asked me softly, why? i'm serious. i avoided her question. this so-called answer made her angry. she threw away the chopsticks and shouted at me, you are not a man!

that night, we didn't talk to each other. she was weeping. i knew she wanted to find out what had happened to our marriage. but i could hardly give her a satisfactory answer, because my heart had gone to dew.

with a deep sense of guilt, i drafted a divorce agreement which stated that she could own our house, our car, and 30% stake of my company. she glanced at it and then tore it into pieces. i felt a pain in my heart. the woman who had been living ten years with me would become a stranger one day. but i could not take back what i had said.

finally she cried loudly in front of me, which was what i had expected to see. to me her cry was actually a kind of release. the idea of divorce which had obsessed me for several weeks seemed to be firmer and clearer.

late that night, i came back home after entertaining my clients. i saw her writing something at the table. i fall asleep fast. when i woke up, i found she was still there. i turned over and was asleep again.

she brought up her divorce conditions: she didn't want anything from me, but i was supposed to give her one month s time before divorce, and in the month's time we must live as normal a life as possible. her reason was simple: our son would finish his summer vacation a month later and she didn't want him to see our marriage was broken.

she passed me the agreement she drafted, and then asked me, he ning, do you still remember how i entered our bridal room on the wedding day? this question suddenly brought back all those wonderful memories to me. i nodded and said, i remember. you carried me in your arms, she continued, so, i have a requirement, that is, you carry me out in your arms on the day when we divorce. from now to the end of this month, you must carry me out from the bedroom to the door every morning.

i accepted with a smile. i knew she missed those sweet days and wished to end her marriage romantically.

i told dew about my wife s divorce conditions. she laughed loudly and thought it was absurd. no matter what tricks she does, she has to face the result of divorce, she said scornfully. her words more or less made me feel uncomfortable.

my wife and i hadn't had any body contact since my divorce intention was explicitly expressed. we even treated each other as a stranger. so when i carried her out on the first day, we both appeared clumsy. our son clapped behind us, daddy is holding mummy in his arms. his words brought me a sense of pain. from the bedroom to the sitting room, then to the door, i walked over ten meters with her in my arms. she closed her eyes and said softly, let us start from today, don't tell our son. i nodded, feeling somewhat upset. i put her down outside the door. she went to wait for a bus, i drove to the office.

on the second day, both of us acted much more easily. she leaned on my chest. we were so close that i could smell the fragrance of her blouse. i realized that i hadn't looked at this intimate woman carefully for a longtime. i found she was not young any more. there were some fine wrinkles on her face.

on the third day, she whispered to me, the outside garden is being demolished. be careful when you pass there.

on the fourth day, when i lifted her up, i seemed to feel that we were still an intimate couple and i was holding my sweetheart in my arms. the visualization of dew became vague.

on the fifth and sixth day, she kept reminding me something, such as, where she put the ironed shirts, i should be careful while cooking, etc. i nodded. the sense of intimacy was even stronger. i didn't tell dew about this.

i felt it was easier to carry her. perhaps the everyday workout made me stronger. i said to her, it seems not difficult to carry you now. she was picking her dresses. i was waiting to carry her out. she tried quite a few but could not find a suitable one. then she sighed, all my dresses have grown bigger. i smiled. but i suddenly realized that it was because she was thinner that i could carry her more easily, not because i was stronger. i knew she had buried all the bitterness in her heart. again, i felt a sense of pain. subconsciously i reached out a hand to touch her head.

our son came in at the moment. dad, it's time to carry mum out. he said. to him, seeing his father carrying his mother out had been an essential part of his life. she gestured our son to come closer and hugged him tightly. i turned my face because i was afraid i would change my mind at the last minute. i held her in my arms, walking from the bedroom, through the sitting room, to the hallway. her hand surrounded my neck softly and naturally. i held her body tightly, as if we came back to our wedding day. but her much lighter weight made me sad.

on the last day, when i held her in my arms i could hardly move a step. our son had gone to school. she said, actually i hope you will hold me in your arms until we are old.

i held her tightly and said, both you and i didn't notice that our life lacked intimacy.

i jumped out of the car swiftly without locking the door. i was afraid any delay would make me change my decision. i walked upstairs. dew opened the door. i said to her, sorry, dew, i won't divorce. i'm serious.

she looked at me, astonished. the she touched my forehead. you got no fever. she said. i moved her hand off my head. sorry, dew, i said, i can only say sorry to you, i won't divorce. my marriage life was boring probably because she and i didn't value the details of life, not because we didn't love each other any more. now i understand that since i carried her into the home, she gave birth to our child, i am supposed to hold her until i am old. so i have to say sorry to you.

dew seemed to suddenly wake up. she gave me a loud slap and then slammed the door and burst into tears. i walked downstairs and drove to the office.

when i passed the floral shop on the way, i ordered a bouquet for my wife which was her favorite. the sales girl asked me what to write on the card. i smiled and wrote, i'll carry you out every morning until we are old.

just got this from a friend's blog. some lines are old, some are corny. but some definitely made me laugh.

• "guys, let's call it tonight!"
• "all of a suddenly..."
• "c'mon! let's get it on with it!"
• "when it rains, it's four."
• "thanks god!"
• "the nerves!" or "the nerd!"
• "the idea crossed at the back of my mind."
• "(name of person), eat your hat out!"
• "this is our rooster of clients..."
• "the more the manyer."
• "it's a no-win-win situation."
• "burn the bridge when you get there."
• "anulled and void."
• "mute and academic."
• "c'mon let's join us!"
• "if worse comes to shove."
• "are you joking my leg?"
• "it's not my problem anymore, it's your problem anymore."
• "what are friends are for?"
• "you can never can tell."
• "well well well. look do we have here!"
• "let's give them a big hand of applause."
• "been there, been that."
• "forget it about it."
• "give him the benefit of the daw."
• "it's a blessing in the sky."
• "right there and right then."
• "where'd you came from?"
• "take things first at a time."
• "you're barking at the wrong dog."
• "you want to have your cake and bake it too."
• "first and for all"
• "now and there."
• "i'm only human nature."
• "the sky's the langit."
• "that's what i'm talking about it."
• "one of these days is not like the other."
• "so far, so good, so far."
• "time is of the elements."
• "in the wink of an eye."
• "the feeling is actual."
• "for all intense and purposes."
• "i ran into some errands."
• "hi. i'm (state your name), what's yours?"
• "what is the world is coming to?"
• "what is the next that is?"
• "get the most of both worlds."
• "bahala na sila sa mga batman nila."
• "whatever you say so."
• "base-to-base casis."
• "my answers have been prayered."
• "please me alone!"
• "it's as brand as new."
• "so... what's a beautiful girl like you?...."
• "i can't take it anymore of this!"
• "are you sure ka na ba?"
• "can't you just cut me some slacks?"
• "i couldn't care a damn!"
• "what's your next class before this?"
• "nothing in this world is perfect except the word change."
• "can you repeat that for the second time around once more from the top?(ulitin natin hanggang mamatay tayo.)
• "my dad brought home a lot of hand-me-downs!" (translation: daming pasalubong ng tatay ko)
• "standard & chartered bank"
• "i'm very iterated! (translation: galit sya!)
• "i'm sorry, my boss just passed away." (translation: kakadaan lang ng boss nya.)
• "hello, my boss is out of town, would you like to wait?"
• "what happened after the erection of mayon volcano?"
• "don't touch me not!"
• "hello,.. for a while, please hang yourself..."
• "it's spilled milk under the bridge."
• "don't change anything! keep it at ease."
• "hello mcdo, magiinquire lang ako kung magkano ang kidney meal?"
• "out of fit ako these days e..."
• "bring down the house down!"