Since my much-anticipated trip to Malaga had to be delayed to June 30, I went to mi ultimo destino ... Cebu. O si, Cebu, even if it has become more abarrotado than Manila, is still a favorite destination, at least para yo.
Yesterday, I had lunch at the Casino Espanol (en Cebu) and was very surprised (pero seguro no muy) to see that there were more "chinos" than there were "espanoles" in the club. Not that I have anything against this, as I have many, many Chinese friends and acquaintances; pero es solo que lo encuentro extrano that a spanish club be filled with chinos. Yo no se lo que es mejor: seeing all these chinos or bumping into the annoying Maribel (A) or the bird-brained Carmen (C). Hahaha!
I asked the waiter (and I promised not to name him):
Yo: Dong, vamos ya! Ngano man ni nga fuerteng daghanang insik diri karon? (Come here lad, Why is it that there are too many Chinese people here?)
Dong: Ambot ngano na' Ma'am! Nagka daghan ra man na sila diri. (I do not know Ma'am! They just became plentier and plentier here.)
Yo: Unsa may chismis lagi? Makahibaw gyud ka. (So what is the scoop? Surely you ould know.)
Dong: Ay di man ko maminaw anang istorya-an sa mga guest. Mo-silbi ra man ko. (Oh, I do not listen to guests' conversation. I just serve them.)
Dong: Aw tingali Ma'am na-lanag na sila og kina-on og machang. Tingali og Paella na pod moy ilang gusto! (Oh maybe they got tired of eating "machang". Maybe they want "paella" this time!)
Hahaha! Very well said!
Food was good. It was better. I forgot to ask if the luchado Gema Pido was still a "consultant". You see, when I was in Cebu a few months back, I saw her at the Marco Polo (where I stayed). She pretended not to see me so I, in turn, returned the favor. Later that evening, I bumped into Hans Hauri and asked about Gema. Lo and behold, it turns out that Gema was also a "consultant" in their hotel! Entonces?! I have to give it to the bichesa Gema ... she knows food and knows them well.
Back to the Casino talk, I had my usual canalones and natilla. I cannot help but remember Carmelino's wonder at how I can consider such fare as "comfort food". Oh well, to each her own, di ba Carmelino?
Notwithstanding the changes in the club (some of which I do not really find appealing), I will still go back. After all, why even be a member if one will not patronize, si? Maybe when I get back from my Spanish hiatus, I will find that it has been renamed ...
Ca-chino Espanol de Cebu.
Monday, May 30, 2011
Monday, May 23, 2011
Operare sequitur esse
Finalmente, PCSO Chairperson Margie Juico spoke out regarding the numerous issues surrounding the agency she heads.
As I have mentioned in a previous post, I am no fan of this woman. But to give credit where credit is due ... it will have to be said: she did not stoop down to Manoling Morato's level. In this battle royale, Morato makes an animal out of himself for being the more catty, the more barbaro and the more moronic personality.
Pero Dios mio! In true maricon fashion, Manoling Morato lashes out without abandon! Manoling, as always, is guilty of assumptio non probata.
Maybe he thinks that just because he fancies himself as a "crusader", he has a right to behave in a certain manner. Truth be told, his "crusader" fantasy is as equally magnanimous as his fantasy that he is a mujer!
Margie Juico, in my own opinion, delivered her answers very well: concise and direct to the point. Donde esta su verguenza Manoling? Women are supposed to be more talkative than men, si? And yet you have, by far, been more guilty of oral diarrhea. Some things never change, do they? Manoling will be Manoling, never mind if he looks estupido.
What Manoling Morato is, is a brat (or a bratinella, as the case may be). Like all spoiled brats, he continues to do what he thinks he should do and
then consoles himself with the fact that everything he does, everything he says and everything he perceives is morally correct, utterly justified and totally acceptable. This "crusader" image that Manoling has so wanted to craft for himself is nothing but tonterias. Algunas cosas nuncan cambian talaga. From his stint with the MTRCB up until now, Manoling has done more ruido than obra.
Operare sequitur esse (your work defines who you are) Manoling. At your age and stage, you should realize that what you will be leaving behind is a legacy of animosity. After all, what else have you done? What else can you do?
Running an agency such as the PCSO is no easy task. Juico has said her piece and so, basta ya. Juico must learn from Morato's mistakes: 1) too much talk equates to less productivity; 2) too much talk equates to less productivity; and 3) too much talk equates to less productivity. Por favor, there are more significant matters than those that come from Morato himself. Morato seeks and thirsts for attention ... to give the maricon too much is to again give in to his tantrums. No se puede Margie!
Juico was so right in her "Unlike father, unlike son" quote. Tomas (y Consuelo) must be turning in their graves.
As I have mentioned in a previous post, I am no fan of this woman. But to give credit where credit is due ... it will have to be said: she did not stoop down to Manoling Morato's level. In this battle royale, Morato makes an animal out of himself for being the more catty, the more barbaro and the more moronic personality.
Pero Dios mio! In true maricon fashion, Manoling Morato lashes out without abandon! Manoling, as always, is guilty of assumptio non probata. Maybe he thinks that just because he fancies himself as a "crusader", he has a right to behave in a certain manner. Truth be told, his "crusader" fantasy is as equally magnanimous as his fantasy that he is a mujer!
Margie Juico, in my own opinion, delivered her answers very well: concise and direct to the point. Donde esta su verguenza Manoling? Women are supposed to be more talkative than men, si? And yet you have, by far, been more guilty of oral diarrhea. Some things never change, do they? Manoling will be Manoling, never mind if he looks estupido.
What Manoling Morato is, is a brat (or a bratinella, as the case may be). Like all spoiled brats, he continues to do what he thinks he should do and
then consoles himself with the fact that everything he does, everything he says and everything he perceives is morally correct, utterly justified and totally acceptable. This "crusader" image that Manoling has so wanted to craft for himself is nothing but tonterias. Algunas cosas nuncan cambian talaga. From his stint with the MTRCB up until now, Manoling has done more ruido than obra.Operare sequitur esse (your work defines who you are) Manoling. At your age and stage, you should realize that what you will be leaving behind is a legacy of animosity. After all, what else have you done? What else can you do?
Running an agency such as the PCSO is no easy task. Juico has said her piece and so, basta ya. Juico must learn from Morato's mistakes: 1) too much talk equates to less productivity; 2) too much talk equates to less productivity; and 3) too much talk equates to less productivity. Por favor, there are more significant matters than those that come from Morato himself. Morato seeks and thirsts for attention ... to give the maricon too much is to again give in to his tantrums. No se puede Margie!
Juico was so right in her "Unlike father, unlike son" quote. Tomas (y Consuelo) must be turning in their graves.
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Mongrel
May 28, 2011 is my most-awaited day this year.
Porque? Because that is the day I fly off to Malaga, Spain again=)
My friends and relatives and rela-thieves have told me that I look odd. So maybe I really look odd, si? Thanks to my genes.
You see, my father is as Filipino as Filipino could get ... from Cavinti, Laguna.
Mi madre, on the other hand, is as Spanish as Spanish could be ... from Ea, Spain.
Desafortunademente, I seem to have inherited the worst of both worlds ...
My height, my skin color, my nariz de chonggo and my adore para el alcohol from mi padre. My hips, temper, glotoneria and my name all came from my mother.
I am not complaining though.
Pero podria haber sido mas feliz!
Porque? Because that is the day I fly off to Malaga, Spain again=)
My friends and relatives and rela-thieves have told me that I look odd. So maybe I really look odd, si? Thanks to my genes.
You see, my father is as Filipino as Filipino could get ... from Cavinti, Laguna.
Mi madre, on the other hand, is as Spanish as Spanish could be ... from Ea, Spain.
Desafortunademente, I seem to have inherited the worst of both worlds ...
My height, my skin color, my nariz de chonggo and my adore para el alcohol from mi padre. My hips, temper, glotoneria and my name all came from my mother.
I am not complaining though.
Pero podria haber sido mas feliz!
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Lo que otra vez, Manoling? Que?
I saw a video stream of Manoling Morato lambasting ... guess who? O si! Margie Juico.
Que es otra vez esta vez?! Manoling, as usual, has a LOT to say.
The transfer? Que ba, Manoling ... the Quezon Institute building which the PCSO occupied is crumbling. Is that hard to understand? While Manoling's "sentimentality" is understandable, I think mi amigas will agree that safety precedes sentiment. Or should I say: safety SHOULD precede sentiment.
The terminations? Oi Manoling, any business (like the PCSO is, to a large extent) can only run if proper people are put in place. If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem ... por eso, dispense with personnel who are not part of the solution cualquiera y todos!
Y otros asuntos? Manoling Morato, as I mentioned above, always has a lot to say. It has to be a lot so he will make noise. Y el ruido es necesitado ... for what ... attention? defense? imagery?
In the matter of Manoling Morato versus Margarita Juico, amigos y amigas, we should not take sides. We should only be for what is productive and what is true. Yo no soy es admirador de Margarita Juico but the lady has a job to do.
If we cannot be of help, all this bickering and mud-slinging, ciertamente, will not be of help either.
Entonces, que es esto otra vez, Manoling?
Que es otra vez esta vez?! Manoling, as usual, has a LOT to say.
The transfer? Que ba, Manoling ... the Quezon Institute building which the PCSO occupied is crumbling. Is that hard to understand? While Manoling's "sentimentality" is understandable, I think mi amigas will agree that safety precedes sentiment. Or should I say: safety SHOULD precede sentiment.
The terminations? Oi Manoling, any business (like the PCSO is, to a large extent) can only run if proper people are put in place. If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem ... por eso, dispense with personnel who are not part of the solution cualquiera y todos!
Y otros asuntos? Manoling Morato, as I mentioned above, always has a lot to say. It has to be a lot so he will make noise. Y el ruido es necesitado ... for what ... attention? defense? imagery?
In the matter of Manoling Morato versus Margarita Juico, amigos y amigas, we should not take sides. We should only be for what is productive and what is true. Yo no soy es admirador de Margarita Juico but the lady has a job to do.
If we cannot be of help, all this bickering and mud-slinging, ciertamente, will not be of help either.
Entonces, que es esto otra vez, Manoling?
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