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Archive for November 2005

Abu Garci

Nov 27th, 2005 | By Sam | Category: Philippines for Dummies

No, he’s not Abu Sayyaf’s Khadaffy Janjalani in disguise, he’s Garci!
After a long period of hiding Garci is now back with a load of stories to tell and a new image to match.
Garci allowed himself to be interviewed by ABS-CBN Reporter Henry Omaga Diaz somewhere in Mindanao. The mode of the interview was [...]



Nom de dieu de putain de bordel de merde de saloperie de connard d’enculé de ta mère. - Merovingian

Nov 27th, 2005 | By Sam | Category: Other Stories

Took this “What Matrix Persona Are You?” quiz and this is what I got:
You are The Merovingian, from “TheMatrix.” Wit and danger, with a Frenchtwist. You are adamant about the slightlymaterialistic things- power, wealth, posession.Dominating, aren’t we?
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Gloria Macapagal-Arrovo

Nov 24th, 2005 | By Sam | Category: Philippines for Dummies

It’s a SNAFU all over again!
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) had misspelled the name of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in the one hundred peso bill. Instead of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, the bills have Gloria Macapagal-”Arrovo” printed on it. The BSP had admitted to the mistake and apologizes to Mrs. Arroyo.

These bills are already in [...]



Some secrets we keep. Some are kept from us.

Nov 14th, 2005 | By Sam | Category: Philippines for Dummies

I’m no big fan of sci-fi movies but there’s this sci-fi TV series by Steven Spielberg entitled TAKEN which I followed with much interest. Unlike big and complicated sci-fi movies, TAKEN is able to present in a simple plot the phenomenon about alien abductions.

Since June this year, former COMELEC Commissioner Virgilio “Garci” Garcillano disappeared [...]



We used to build civilizations. Now we build shopping malls.

Nov 13th, 2005 | By Sam | Category: Philippines for Dummies

Hindi ako mahilig mamasyal sa mga Mall. Napapagawi lang ako dito kung mamimili o manunuod kami ng sine ng Mrs ko, o minsa’y may ka-meeting sa mga coffee shops o restaurants sa loob nito. Naging isang makabagong paraan na nang pagliliwaliw ng pamilyang Pilipino ang pagpunta sa mall.
Kasabay sa paglaganap ng mga mall ay unti-unti [...]



In the absence of orders, go find something and kill it. - Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

Nov 12th, 2005 | By Sam | Category: Philippines for Dummies

No this is not a scene from an action movie. This is a shot taken from the UNTV video during a supposed “shootout” between the PNP-Traffic Management Group’s Task Force Limbas and an alleged carjacking-carnapping syndicate.
The video captured how the cops (all in civilian clothes with no distinguishing marks or badges) pumped more [...]



Gaffes, blunders and other lapses

Nov 7th, 2005 | By Sam | Category: Philippines for Dummies

Last Saturday, GMA gleefully announced in television the capture of one of Abu Sayyaf’s most notorious leader, Radilon Sahiron. Less than a day after her announcement, the PNP retracted by saying they got the wrong guy.
The Palace has once again made a slip.
One after another, a string of gaffes had plagued GMA’s government.As [...]