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!

+++bote+++

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

I need coffee!

Bote, Bote Paano Ka Ginawa

bata, bata
paano ka ginawa?

tanong mo sa nanay at tatay kong
parehong walang magawa

bata, bata
galit ka ba?

sino naman ang matutuwa
sa buhay na isang kahig, isang tuka

bata, bata
saan ka tutungo?

ewan ko
tsaka
ano bang paki mo
matutulungan mo ba ako?

BOTE & MIND

Health buffs will tell you that one has to take at least two (2) types of supplements a day. The reason being that we are not guaranteed to get all the vitamins and minerals our body needs by relying solely on the food that we consume.

Considering my lifestyle, the foods I crave and take, I guess I need to take heed and invest on ‘em supplements.

I used to take a multivitamins and a vitamin-c daily. Those I get from GnC, ‘coz I was once told by a health fanatic to refrain from taking the synthetic types for the reason that slips my mind, and too lazy to google why it should not be synthetic. All I know is that synthetic is synonymous to artificial. Anyways, those were in the times that I live an active lifestyle; I go to the gym at least 2 times a week, minimum of one (1) hour each session, I do swim in between and play basketball on Saturdays. See, with all those activities, if I just rely on food alone, I’ll be doing injustice to my body coz I don’t have anything to supplement my food intake. So, off I go to GnC and bought those non-synthetic supplements, mind not if they are damn expensive.

It has been two years though since I’ve been inside a gym. Rarely do I swim, either. I still play basketball on Saturdays but that ain’t enough to convince me that I still have an active lifestyle. Those non-synthetic supplements, I don’t have a need of, I told myself. So, I took them off my budget; don’t want any drugs in my system anyway.

However, yesterday the bulb unexpectedly pops: you may not be living that active lifestyle anymore but does that mean that you’ve no need of those freakin’ supplements? You still need them! Re-take them.

I still take vitamin-c, although not religiously, but I don’t doubt a bit that I can again condition my brain on not forgetting taking them on a daily basis. I don’t take a multivitamins anymore. I don’t plan to purchase them, this month and the month after, coz my budget simply won’t permit me. I need an alternative. Bulb pops again: Oh, why not take an ANTI-OXIDANT instead? Isn’t this a supplement too?
Here what’s I thought of solving this ‘coz like I said I don’t have the budget to get them in tablet form nor in capsule form. Starting today I’ll take a vitamin-c, the tablet of course, I don’t want those that needs peeling, biting or squeezing; those are chores you know! For my anti-oxidant, I’ll take two (2) cups(styro) of brewed coffee--this I need not buy coz it’s free in the office, plus for variety I'll take two cups more only this time the instant coffee—that coffee in a sachet. Four (4) cups(styro) should be able to do the trick and give me enough dosage for the Anti-oxidant my body needs for the day.

And, since my budget is really bitchy, I need not buy milks, I might as well make a cup of coffee tonight before I hit the bed and I’ll have an extra dose of Anti-oxidant, isn’t it? Damn, I still have that boy scout in me! Surely, with this new routine, two types of supplements a day is considered solved, right? RIGHT! You need not complicate your routine to live healthy, heh.

If only Ms. De Leon gets to read this, she’ll be proud!

BOTEous Filler: Remove Your Hands

I heard this sooooo many times yesterday at our "supposedly" Team Building's Wall Climbing (or is it Rock climbing?) activity.

When a climber reaches the top, he is supposed to shout "falling" so as to alert the one supporting (don't ask me, i don't know the right term and am too lazy to google) him/her and that he/she has to wait for the acknowledgement, which is "fall on", before he releases his/her grip on a stone and lowered to the ground. There were cases when climbers won't release their grip, probably out of fear, or whatever. This is when I heard one of the climber's teammate shouted a very encouraging instruction: "let go of your arms", another teammate shouted: " release your hands", and another: remove your hands". Yes, I heard those numerous times. Yay!

If I were that climber I would have shouted back: I REFUSE TO DO THAT!!!

Lucky for them I'm one ice-cold bote who climbed effortlessly and descended perfectly, that I never had that much need for instruction. Yebah!

Oh I forgot, am now a rock climbing, or wall climbing whatever that is, ex-virgin! Woohoo!

BOTE BEGINS

A story that has never been told.

Scene : 2nd year, first sem
Manny : uy pre, di ba sa San Andres ka?
Zap : Oo, kilala kita. Naglalaro ka dun, di ba?
Manny : Manny nga pala.
Zap : Reden, pero Zap na lang. Zapico kasi apelyido ko, hehehe.
Manny : Syangapala, nakaklase ko nung 2nd sem
Ako : B____ Bautista, pre.
Zap : Di, Bote ang tawag sa’yo?

Thusly, I developed an identity that can, and will, never be a secret.