happy canada d-eh!

today is canada day… it is Canada’s national day, a federal statutory holiday, celebrating the anniversary of the July 1, 1867 enactment of the British North America Act of 1867, which united Canada as a single country of four provinces. Canada Day observances take place throughout Canada as well as internationally.
daw equivalent sang independence day [...]

roundtrip pasalubong

i just got my pasalubong from pinas:

adobong takway – cooked with bagoong by my nanay.  the container was not tightly sealed, that the sauce leak… mark’s shirts smell like ginamos…
bucayo – homemade by lola ciriaca… best bucayo in town…
a pair of tsinelas – its just been  two months when i dont have one, so my [...]

springtime in paris

pagkatapos simba, nagkadto kami sa rotary park sang paris… ang ginakadtuan ko pirme mag-walk ako.  may annual event ang banwa… springtime in paris… its the town’s way of celebrating the spring… kung sang winter, puro puti ang makita sa palibot, subong naman iya, puro green… different shades of green actually…

nangita na ko gani damang eh. [...]

ari pa ko di

huo, ari pa ko di… gakalipat lang mag update.  i have lots of time but i am lazy to write.  blog traffic is slow so probably that me made stop writing for a while.  plus i cant think of any good topics to write.  any updates about my sosyal, este social life?
nagkadto kami sa missassauga [...]

lakathon under canadian’s sun

the world is changing fast. and so is the weather.  crazy weather kuno. kag-ina lang sang aga, ga ulan pero pag abot sang udto, gulpi lang nag init.  pero indi ang init pareho sa pinas ha. ga umpisa pa lang ang spring so medyo tugnaw pa gamay. perfect temperature to go outside. ang iban, naga [...]

canucks expressions

there are three expressions that stick to my mind whenever i talk to canadians from ontario:
1. ‘honest to God’
i dont know if its really a common expression, i used to always hear grammie saying that… like one time, i overheard her talking to somebody:
honest to God, kwan is really a born caring person…
then bossing also [...]

i’m going to be a flop

siling sang brother ni bossing, isahan pa ka bulan kag maging FLOP na ko kuno.  wtf is FLOP?
FLOP = FLIP + WOP
FLIP = f*cking little people o funny looking little people… slang nga tawag sa mga pinoy
WOP = with out papers… slang nga tawag sa mga italian… kay sang una kuno, italians came in boats [...]

honesty is the best policy

nawigit ko ang akon nga sunglasses paglagaw namon sang ayam sa park kahapon.   na-realize ko na lang sang papuli na kami, so nagliko ko nagbalik sa park sa pihak nga entrance… ika duha na nga adlaw nga medyo nag extend ang ‘walkathon’… sang nagligad pa gid nga adlaw, gintry ko ang isa ka street, hoping nga [...]