#throw-off

The statement "Patitian mo ang baso't plato!" means "Let the water drip from the glasses and plates!".  This is used in the context of something done after rinsing.  So the word patitian means to drip-dry.  This statement is very common at home, though used by the ever-faithful kasambahay.  This is not to be used in a context of Borat's or a man's chram!

Wawawiwah!  This megataxi went to the airport!  All I need is a passport, a flightticket and a luggage, and I'm ready to fly to Kazakhstan (with stopovers in Warsaw and Moscow), where I'll get myself wasted...NOT! This early evening, when I took a megataxi in an area near Coastal Mall, Parañaque/Pasay (intersection of Roxas Blvd, Coastal Rd and Seaside Drive), I rode at the backmost part so that I can escape easily if the thief is the driver themself. Common in Ninoy Aquino Road is a good deal of traffic jam.  When the road turned from the Seaside Drive to Ninoy Aquino Road, the megataxi went straight ahead to the ramp going to the NAIA Terminal 1. Since I was a bit drowsy, I was about to take a nap when I felt that the car was raising up to some steep ground.  As I woke up, I saw a rail on both sides of the road with a ramp going down. There I thought of 2 possibilities.  One is that the driver has a passenger going to a foreign land.  Another (and I hope that it would never happen to anyone of us) is that the driver will take us hostage and then put us to Siberia in a cargobox, all tied up. The NAIA entryguards inspected the glovebox of the driver, then inspected all of us.  Then I felt that something a bit fishy could happen in this area anytime.  As the driver was about to go to another exit of NAIA, which will lead to Sucat Road, then I saw 2 guards stopping the driver.  He got in trouble, needless to say. Is there any megataxi driver who will go to an airport with many passengers in this FX? With that, he went up to the departureramp of the airport, and...we went back to the intersection and had a U-turn.  Now back to the Ninoy Aquino road with its traffic jams. Now, guess whom the joke is on, now? Please leave comments if you read this.  Like to hear your answers.

As I saw this quote "Customer is always king!" many years ago, something at the back of my mind asked "What if this customer does not know what to do?" and "What if the customer is not a worthy one?" In this link http://wiffcases.multiply.com/journal/item/11/Hear_ye_graphicdesigners_Joke_for_us, the situation of the client is actually funny for clients, graphic designers, and prospective clients, but there are certain truths on jokes.  Certainly, the client is trying to attack the designer personally.  One comment that one of the readers wrote down is actually the right one to do. However, this thing can sometimes make the employees unhappy, less efficient and less effective.  That client in the joke, if he does the worst things you can imagine in this entry, is not the right one for us.  As long as the client and designer agree and have their reasons for their choice, it will be good.  It always pays to ask what the client specifically does not want in the design. Take a look at the following link: http://positivesharing.com/2008/03/top-5-reasons-why-the-customer-is-always-right-is-wrong/

Now, I'm just a fucking guest in my own PC. Ahh!  I wanna get a 3-System PC!  Just in case Windows (for drafting and 3D) fucks up! Need a Mac for the layouting graphics whilst Linux will be for some opensource OS.

At last...after more than 4 years, we all get to march...after all those hard work, some fun and a lot of trouble, we all made it. Not only do we have God and our kin who support us, but also we have ourselves and our classmates and workmates. The ceremony can be rather boring for not only the graduates, but also the parents and audiences, even they were anticipating too much and expecting a copy of the guide. Good thing they have their copy on the day itself. Going from the beginning of the day, the moment I went down the car, there were sellers of all those brooches and additional photo services. I wasn't able to notice this since I saw excited parents with their children, students clad in toga. With that, I let my guard down, which was a wrong choice... These brooch sellers were giving me 2 brooches, one for me and one for my mum. And then, there were photographers and a receipt. Good thing my mum told me not to get that service. So much for that bad judgment... One of the most noticeable aspects is the speech of Ms. Arce, Summa Cum Laude, also deaf. When she started moving her hands and giving some facial expressions, everybody paid attention. There was also an interpreter who spoke the speech. Though the text spoken might be a translation, the reader had a lot of emotion when reading it. After she gave her life as a deaf person struggling to adjust into the world of hearing people, she gave a speech which admonishes us, the hearing people, to give them a chance to prove themselves. After some of the pauses and her major points, even the hearing people are adapting the deaf clap in which one raises both arms and rotates their hands quickly, with either both palms or both backsides of the hand face each other. Her speech deserves an applause and it can make businessmen think of an idea on how they would hire deaf people. After the march, let's say to ourselves: "CONGRATULATIONS! WE'RE UNEMPLOYED!!!" :))