Bote's New Room

I moved to a new place. It's only a few blocks away from where I previously stay. The place is neat, it's an old but newly renovated HDB . I'm staying here with an uncle who, per him and I found it to be true, is working permanently on night shift, 7 times a week. I only get to see him every Saturdays and Sunday as I'm not working on weekends. He's living alone, probably the reason why am here; he needs someone to take care of the house when he's out for work at night. Clever Uncle!

Take a peak in my room. It's pretty neat, and I mean that literally! If you're wondering why? 'Coz I'm positive that in a months time, neat will not be the word I'll use to describe it.

I'm occupying the master's bedroom. I have my own comfort room, with hot showers--quite specific with that one: I'm old, I need it.
I also have a very spacious cabinet and was provided a table to work on, plus it has an A/C.
I'm not allowed to cook, which is absolutely not a problem with me. Uncle doesn't cook anyway and I'm lazy. No problemo!

I don't plan on trashing the place, in case somebody thinks I intend to that, but it will definitely look so much different after a month. Oh, I also got a bike inside my room now. So, it's gotten a bit crowded. Edwinsan asked if I want to take it with me for a while (for me that will be for a month, now that I found out that biking is fun, hehe). I don't want to place the bike in the kitchen 'coz I don't want uncle to make an issue off it. Not that I'm certain that he'll make an issue out of it, but in cases like this, taking the safe side is always best.

Since I can't cook, I buy everything. Last night, I felt a need for coffee--that's 12 MN. I went down to the hawker station and ordered for coffee-no sugar-with condense milk-take away. They don't have a styro-cup, just the plastic plus straw. I don't have a choice because that time they are the only place open, I bought it, of course--better than no coffee at all. Sipping a hot coffee through a straw, cool! Apparently, Singaporeans are used to it.
No complains though, it still tastes like coffee.

Now, I need to get in touch with my feminine side so I can keep the place neat. Problem, will it get in touch with me?

That's all for now, folks. See my room in a month.

Man's Best Friend

I'm re-posting the entirety of the news I read yesterday, which I planned to blog last night but could find time because I just moved to new place yesterday, here--with the link of course in case you would want to verify its authenticity.

Man 'marries' dog to beat curse
An Indian man has "married" a female dog, hoping the move will help atone for stoning two other dogs to death.
P Selvakumar, 33, said he had been cursed since the killings, suffering paralysis and a loss of hearing.
The wedding took place at a Hindu temple in Tamil Nadu state. The "bride" wore an orange sari with a flower garland and was fed a bun to celebrate.
Superstitious people in rural India sometimes organise weddings to animals in the hope of warding off curses.

'Tried every cure'
Crowds cheered the newly-weds at the end of the ceremony in Sivaganga district, about 50km (30 miles) east of the city of Madurai.
The "bride", who is called Selvi, was led to the temple in Manamudurai wearing a sari before vows were exchanged in a traditional Hindu ceremony.
A relative of the groom who attended the wedding said he hoped Mr Selvakumar would now be cured.
"Fifteen years back Selvakumar was physically fit. But, once he attacked a pair of dogs and thereafter Kumar could not move his limbs freely," the relative, Ramu, told the BBC.
"He tried every cure for his ailment but could not be rid of his disability.
"On the advice of an astrologer and others, he decided to marry a bitch to get cured. Then we arranged Selvakumar's marriage with a bitch."

Things that crossed my mind after reading that piece:

1. Talk about marrying your best friend.
2. Was it consumated? Will the guy get tired of doing it always in dog-style? Will the dude be able to coax the bride to learn a new style?
3. This is a reality TV material, why no takers?
4. Were they cheered or were they jeered? Really
5. No, Sir! Curse won't cured 'till you have kids!
6. I can be an astrologer, I give better advice!

Weird, huh! But, entertaining, right? hehehe

Bote Gallery

This black beauty here tastes good with Cranberry juice. It's a concoction introduced to me by JayTabs.

They are not a pair! It's just that in a party/gathering, there should be something prepared for the ladies because you'll never know. It doesn't hurt to be always prepared, eh.

Deepavali is not our thing. Nevertheless, we welcomed it with Gil here, who's with sexy, green Islander.They are one cool pair! Too bad we're only allowed to bring in a liter. I would have bought a pair more.

Uh, the Vitamin C is not part of the mix. I never tried it and I don't plan on trying it, like ever!

A bit of bad news, Gil there will be my last for this year. I need to go on a two months abstinence in preparation for something next year. So, bye for now Gil, Jack, Johnny, JC. Whatever happens, we'll party again next year.

For now, I'll have to make do with Red, Tiger or Migs.

Rich Filipinos Hit BOTE More Often Than Others (rev. 1)

Rich Filipinos hit bottle more often than others. For a moment there, I thought we’re out-drinking the world.

“We discovered that overall consumption levels of alcohol among affluent Filipinos have risen steadily in the country by 4 percent since last year,” it said.
“Rising alcohol consumption levels would both indicate that more affluent Filipinos have higher levels of disposable income and more social time on their hands to indulge themselves over drinks,” Synovate’s Carole Sarthou said.
The firm said a higher percentage of affluent Filipinos consumed alcohol (37 percent) than in other countries such as Thailand (34 percent), Sing-apore (32 percent), Malaysia (28 percent) and Indonesia (8 percent).

This is unfair! Why do a research just for the rich? Why not do it for the whole population? We would have trashed our neighbors.

Question: when they say alcohol consumption by nation, are they very specific on the race of the consumers in that country? Take for example Singapore, most Filipinos in Singapore are occasional drinkers, with occasional I mean on every occasion that they meet they drink. How many times have you been to a Pinoy party/gathering where alcohol is absent? Rarely. And, how many times have you been to a Singaporean gathering where alcoholic beverages are offered? Rarely. In bars, it is mostly foreigners who really drinks that much--notably Japanese.

I’m not surprised with Indonesia as it is a Muslim country. Perhaps of the 8 percent, 3% are foreigners. Besides, San Miguel beer there doesn’t exactly taste like the San Miguel beer in the Philippines.

I’m surprised with Malaysia, 28%? Dang! It is still a Muslim dominated country, is it?

Can’t say any for Thailand, I haven’t been there yet. But, I plan to visit Thailand soon, go Bangkok!

Anyways kidding aside, I still doubt the veracity of any research data, if there really is one. How credible it is? How stringent is their conduct of the survey? In this case, I wonder how they distinguished an affluent alcohol consumer from a not so affluent alcohol consumer. If they set some criteria, how do they verify that the subject of their survey is really their target?

In my whole existence, I still have to meet someone from a research firm who subjects me to one of their studies. It's probably the reason why I doubt all surveys.

Hey guys, conduct a poll one more time, this time for the whole alcohol consumers of a country—the villages and the Philipine kantos included, and me. Perhaps, I can start giving you the benefit of the doubt, eh!

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Also in the news: Angelina Jolie shy about nudity in Beowulf. Ahahahahaha!!!!

I need coffee!

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