aminin mo na!

NUNG BATA KA:

*kumakain ka ba ng aratilis?

*nagpipitpit ng gumamela para gawing soapy bubbles na hihipanmo sa binilog na tanggkay ng walis tingting?

*pinipilit ka ba matulog ng nanay mo pag hapon atdi ka papayagan maglaro pag di ka natulog?

*marunong ka magpatintero, saksak puso,langit-lupa, teleber-teleber, luksong tinik?

*malupit ka pag meron kang atari, family computeror s-nes?

*alam mo ang silbi ng up, up, down, down, left,right, left, right, a, b, a, b, start?

*may mga damit ka na U.S.E.D., Boy London, Cross Colors, Esprit, Blowing Bubbles at pag nakakakita ka ng Bench na damit eh naalala mo si Richard Gomez?

*addict ka sa rainbow brite, carebears, my little pony,thundercats, bioman, voltes v, mazinger z, daimos, he-man at marami pang cartoons na hindi pa translated sa tagalog?

*nanonood ka ng shaider kasi nabobosohan mo siannie at type na type mo ang puting panty nya?*marunong ka mag wordstar at nakahawak ka natalaga ng 5.25 na floppy disk?

*inaabangan mo lagi ang batibot at akala momagkakatuluyan si kuya bodgie at ate sienna...nung high school ka inaabangan mo lagi beverlyhills 90210?

*gumagamit ka ng AQUANET para pataasin ang bangs mo?

*meron kang blouse na may padding kung babae ka at meron kang sapatos na mighty kid kung lalake ka?

*nangongolekta ka ng paper stationaries at mahiligka magpapirma sa slumbook mo para lang malaman mo kung sino ang crush ng type mo?

*kilala mo si manang bola at ang sitsiritsitgirls? e si luning-ning at luging-ging?

*alam mo ibig sabihin ng time space warp at di mo makakalimutan ang time space warp chant?*idol mo si McGyver at nanonood kang perfectstrangers?

*eto malupet... six digits lang ba ang phonenumber nyo dati?

*nakakatawag ka pa sa pay phone ng 3 bentesingko lang ang dala?

*cute pa si aiza seguerra sa eat bulaga at alam moang song na "eh kasi bata"?

*inabutan mo ba na ang Magnolia Chocolait eh nasa glass bottle pa na ginagawang lalagyan ng tubig ng nanay mo sa ref?

*meron kang pencil case na maraming compartments na pinagyayabang mo sa mga kaklase mo?

*noon mo pa hinahanap kung saan ang Goya Fun Factory?

*alam mo lyrics ng "tinapang bangus" at"alagang-alaga namin si puti"?

*alam mo ang kantang "gloria labandera".. lumusong sya sa tubig ang paa ay nabasa at ang "1, 2, 3, asawa ni marie"... hehehehehe?

*sosyal ka pag may play-doh ka at Lego... atnag-iipon ka ng G.I. Joe action figures at iba paang mukha ni barbie noon?

*inabutan mo pa yung singkong korteng bulaklak atyung diyes na square?

*lumaki kang bobo dahil ang akala mo nangangagattalaga ang alimango sa kantang tong-tong-tong...diba naninipit yun?

*alam mo yung kwento ng pari na binigyan ng perayung batang umakyat ng puno para bumili ngpanty... and shempre, alam mo rin ba kung anobinigay nya sa nanay nung umakyat ng puno?

*meron kang kabisadong kanta ni andrew e na alam mo hanggang ngayon.. aminin?

*laging lampin ang sinasapin sa likod mo pagpinapawisan ka?

*bumibili ka ng tarzan, texas at bazooka bubblegum... tira-tira, at yung kending bilog nasinawsaw sa asukal?

*takot ka dumating ang year 2000 dahil sabi nlamagugunaw daw ang mundo?

KUNG ALAM MO LAHAT DITO LAGPAS KA NA NG 25 YEARS OLD... KAPAG HALOS LAHAT ALAM MO, NASA 23-25 KA...WAG KA NA MAG DENY.. TUMAWA KA NA LANG... DIBA .75 CENTAVOS PA LANG PAMASAHE SA JEEP NUN AT MASMASARAP ANG MELLOW YELLOW KESA MOUNTAIN DEW?

**taken from an email sent to me by my best bud mitch monegas

let us assume you dont know me...

ito ang mga bagay na di mo alam kinalokohan ko minsan....

LARONG KALYE
- agawan base
- patintero
- langit lupa
- take one
- chinese garter
- tagu-taguan
- monkey- monkey
- roller blades (haha di na yata ako marunong!)
- shato (ikaw lam mo yun?)
- taguan (sa likod ng puno- dati takip pa ako nun!; sa likod ng gate, sa gilid ng kotse, AT sa likod ng taya!)

LARO SA LOOB
- jack stones
- dampa
- scrabble
- boggle
- lego
- taguan (sa cabinet, sa likod ng pinto, sa ilalim ng kama at fave! sa cr!)
- guluhin ang gamit ng mga pinsan!
- dress up... (ateh, why are you wearing mommy's shoes?? sound familiar?)

PE CLASSES
- the best parin and SWIMMING
- soccer (indoor- malupet school namin eh!)
- track (gold ako nung intrams!hehe dati yun!)
- arnis de mano- (sayang isang quarter lang nag-last)

FAVE KO NUNG C.A.T
- kiss the Philippines (sa mud!)
- rapel (free, wall and australian)
- traverse
- guess the taste (naka blind fold)

HATE KO NUNG C.A.T
- champoradong may medyas
- pass the santol from officers to cadets
- smogasbord food sa dahon ng saging... esp pag di luto ung ibang rice at pag may halong cornbeef na nahaluan na ng bicol express.. ewwww.

MGA PALABAS NOON NA DI KO MAKAKALIMUTAN
- wonder years
- sailormoon
- doogie houser m.d (cute nya kse..)
- maskman
- bioman
- shaider
- ultraman
- teenage mutant ninja turtles
- xmen
- ghostfighter
- fushigi yuugi (MIYAKA!!!)

KULANG NA LANG TUMIGIL ANG MUNDO NUNG MA-ADIK AKO SA
- xmen
- baby-sitters club series
- gordon's gin kings ng PBA
- Fushigi Yuugi
- Monica Brava
- Full House
-HARRY POTTER (hmm.. hanggang ngyn poh!)
- meteor garden. (HAHAHAHAH!!! nan yi wanji chu chi jian ni....)
- SEA GAMES 2005

MGA KAHIT KAILAN DI KO NAGUSTUHAN
- spaghetti na matamis
- my chronic sinusitis
- maghugas ng pinggan pag may occassion

MGA KULANG SA BUHAY KO SABI NILA
- relationship (hah? ano yun? paki define!)

GALIT AKO SA
- pusa- (i hate the smell!)
- sa mga late
- (pag) pinipilit ako kausapin kahit nakitang tulog na ako. lalo pag di naman importante. hirap magdrift to sleep hah?
- kay ERAP- until now...
- faulty audio editing equipment

MOST PRIZED POSSESSION
- my education
- my voice
- my guitar

crying my filipino heart out

i feel like crying now that the SEA Games is over.

once more i will be swept under the rug of my monotonous everyday routine of work-home- work-mall- home.

for 9 whole days the philippines and the lives of us who live here took a standstill as we watched our national athletes win gold after gold and battle after battle. we cheered them to victory if not at the stands of the different venues of the games then at home in front of our televsion screens.

we took in sharp breaths when an athlete fell off her routine in gymnastics. we exhaled with rage when our boxer was seemingly denied the points he so deserved. we fanned ourselves while watching our players send attacks over teh net to the opponents side.

we felt for them.

we were hypnotised.

yes, even politics was at a lull.

i feel proud of what our athletes have achieved in the recently concluded biennial meet. i also feel a sense of identity with the whole opening and closing ceremonies of the tournament. those programs proved that we DO have an identity no matter how much we, who love to debate, keep questioning it.

in fact i am that very sense of pride drove me to compile all the sports pages of the daily newspapaer as a souvenir for when the meet was over- win or lose.

it drove me to research about the athletes with a passion that i last felt back during high school when i too was caught up in the PBA's gordon's gin fever in 1998 and never again felt for sports.

it drove me to post the lyrics of biyahe tayo and posible on this blog as well as post messages on the bulletin board on friendster.

it made me sing the national anthem under my breath as i walked to work early in the morning.

i tried to get my friends to be as enthuisiastic about the SEA Games as i was. unfortunately not all of them were inetersted to check out what i was talking about. they only started to care after the philippines was hailed the over champion.

i now realize, perhaps some deep longing in me was touched throughout that week. a longing to be like our athletes- to also give honor to this great nation despite teh turbulence we experience everyday. i too wanted that chance to prove that the Filipino is worth going the extra mile for, no matter how cynical we are as a people. an opportunity to say to the world- Ito kami! magaling, walang kinatatakutan.

after the parade of honor and the victory party the news about the games and the south east asian region's new found heroes will die down and in a few days it will seem as if nothing happened.

i want to shout out at time to stop so we can all bask in teh glory that is the republic of the philippines, the grandeur that is our athletes and that wonder that is the united Filipino spirit.

but life surely has to move on for all of us. we're all talking about Garci and the wiretaps again, arent we? soon enough we'd be expecting television networks to show images of the meager christmas meal or noche buena that our poverty-stricken kababayans have. but we would blink and celebrate the holidays just the same and welcome the new year and eventually go back to our mundane existence.

i will simply have to enjoy looking at shiela mae perez showing off her 3 gold medals for diving, which at the moment has overruled hogwarts as my desktop theme. i will simply have to continue singing the Posible theme under my breath. i will have to keep opening my mobile phone to see toni rivero's smile, a picture of her i took with the camera phone from the screen of the tv. i will simply have to enjoy it while the hype is in me and until i too move on..

i just wonder, when will it happen again that we can have a lull such as the week of the sea games? when will we again unite? when will we again feel identity an pride in being a Filipino?

siguro masasabi ko na lang- sana malapit na yun. at sana tumagal...

Toni Rivero, my champion

THE PHILIPPINES HAS WON THE OVER ALL CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE SOUTH EAST ASIAN GAMES!


OOH YEAH!!

MABUHAY ANG PINOY!

the taekwando jin on top is mary antoinette rivero of the Philippines who beat Indonesia's Voppy Trismawanty, ending the third set with a 5-1 win and bagging a gold for the philippines. lupet!

now, for those who do not know her here are a few articles that might help you out....

A Habit of Kicking

Posted:11:16 AM (Manila Time) Jul. 18, 2004

AT 16, any girl would be preoccupied with boy bands, crushes, makeup and clothes. For Antoinette "Toni" Rivero, however, there is little time to spend on such matters. Instead of applying foundation on her face, she is applying a wicked kick on her opponent's mug. Sweet sixteen has never been more formidable.

As the youngest member of the three-man Philippine tae kwon do team to the Athens Olympics, Toni is determined to do something yet to be done. "My goal is to win the gold medal," says Toni.

The quest for that gold medal remains unfulfilled since the country joined the Olympics in 1924. Yet if there's any Pinoy can end the drought, Toni might be the one best equipped to do so.

Like many prodigies, Toni's exposure to sports came early. At 4, Toni tagged along with her brothers Mark and JR to their tae kwon do classes at Virra Mall. She first had to be satisfied watching from the sidelines, as she was too young to participate. "She would just sit there and watch intently for two hours," says Toni's mom Marilou.

There was a pair of 7-year-old boys who enrolled in the class. Since they needed another person of relatively the same size to spar against, the instructor asked Toni to spar against the two newcomers. Toni whipped both of them.

Shocked, yet encouraged by Toni's performance, the instructors invited the girl to regular training even if she was not yet 5, the minimum age requirement.As an 11-year-old, she was beating up 18-year old males.

During the 1st Asian Juniors Tae kwon do Championship, she earned a bronze medal. The next year, she won the silver.

In 2001, Toni made history as the youngest member of the national team at only 13.She bagged the gold in the US Open Last year, Toni displayed tremendous courage as she claimed her biggest victory yet. Taking an early lead in gold medal match in featherweight division of the SEA Games in Vietnam, Toni suddenly felt her right leg cramp up. She could have panicked, but kept her composure and played smart. Playing through pain, Toni survived and went home with the gold.

Like so many athletes, Toni's success came with a price. Juggling school and sports proved tough, and her grades suffered at St. Paul's College Pasig. Her parents decided to pull her out of St. Paul's and enroll her in a home-study program in order not to disrupt her training. "You can always go back to school. The chance to play in the Olympics happens every so often and you're not sure if you'll have another opportunity," remarks Marilou.

Selected by the Philippine Tae kwon do Association for a possible slot in Athens, Toni was in Thailand for the Asian Olympic Qualifier. Toni qualified for the Olympics as she made it to the gold medal match. Though a swollen hand forced her to withdraw, Toni had exceeded expectations and achieved one of her goals.

"I couldn't describe how happy I was," Toni recalls. Part of the reason for Toni's achievements has been her supportive family. Marilou wakes up Toni and JR, who's also a national team member, at 5 a.m. during weekdays then drives them from their house in Pasig to the Rizal Memorial Coliseum in Manila to make the 6 a.m. training session. Mother then brings her kids back to the house and cooks lunch for them. She then drives them back to Rizal for sparing sessions that last until late in the evening. Marilou and her pilot husband Manuel will be in Athens to lend her support to Toni.

Since she spends most of her time at the gym or at home, Toni admitted that she sometimes misses doing the usual things that teenagers do such as go to the movies or the mall with friends, but she understands that she has a mission to accomplish.

With the Olympics weeks away, Toni's training sessions have gone from twice to thrice a day. She's been quartered along with the two other Olympic-bound tae kwon do jins at an undisclosed location. "I thought that everything was happening so fast, but my mom said everything happens for a reason," disclosed Toni.

Toni and the rest of the country might soon find out that reason next month in Athens

and so that what happened at the olympics? read on please....

HURTING TONI RIVERO COMES OUT WINNER DESPITE LOSS
ATHENS

August 30, 2004 (STAR) By Lito A. Tacujan

She fought through the pain and breaks and against a hostile crowd and came so close to winning the country’s first Olympic gold medal but she failed despite a courageous stand.
But Marie Antoinette Rivero left the luxurious blue mat of the Faliro Hall Saturday evening more a victor, particularly to a bunch of Filipino supporters who cheered her on in four rugged matches in the women’s under 67 kg.

The 16-year-old Rivero came within two wins of breaking the country’s 80-year gold medal drought in the Games but she dropped a 2-3 decision to Greece’s Elizavet Mystakidou in the semifinals before a roaring Greek crowd.

"She wanted to do more for the country, she was so close. She’s very young but showed a big fighting heart," said Robert Aventajado, president of the Philippine Taekwondo Association.
Had Rivero not lost to the Greek ,she would have won a silver outright and fought for the gold. She later bowed to Korean Hwang Kyung Sun, 2-6, in the repechage and failed to salvage a bronze.

The other Filipino jin — Donald Geisler III — also missed a crack at the bronze in the men’s under 80kg, dislocating his left ankle and two tendons in the repechage against Tunisia’s Hichem Hamdouni and had to be carried out of the hall on a stretcher.

Geisler, a repeat Olympian, earlier absorbed a verdict by superiority to Turkey’s Bahri Tanrikulu, who later took the silver. But he came out full of fight against Hamdouni, holding his own in a 7-all tie before banging his ankle to the charging Tunisian’s knee.

He crumpled to the mat and doubled up in pain. He struggled to his feet and tried to fight on after getting treatment from Korean coach Kim Tae Hyun but the referee stopped the fight. He was later brought to the Athletes’ Village polyclinic, went through X-ray, CT-Scan and Sonogram.

He now walks on crutches with his injured ankle fitted with a protective boot.
Rivero, the youngest in the RP team first triumphed by superiority over Argentina’s Vanina Beron Sanchez and took a decisive 10-4 win over the Netherlands Charmie Sobers for the semifinals that sent the nation back home all abuzz about a possible Olympic medal.

But Rivero suffered a bruised left thigh in the first encounter, injured her left hand against the Dutch bet and sustained yet another hand injury versus Mystakidou in the semis that had the crowd roaring "Hellas, Hellas‚" (the Greek word for Greece).

"It hurts. I know I could have won, but the breaks went against me. Lahat ng tama niya sa akin sa likod ng hips binilang samantalang ang mga hits ko walang count," she said.

Mystakidou loomed as the Greeks’ lone hope for a gold following the shock loss of sports icon Michailis Mouroutsos, the Sydney Games titlist, in the under 58 kg and evidently put the pressures on the judges as they came in droves for her duel against Rivero.

"Ako ang binawian, gutom sila sa panalo. I know I can beat her," she said.

Mystakidou, who was not impressive in her first two matches, raced to a two-to-nothing lead in the first two rounds with a side kick and turning back kick. Rivero, carrying the fight throughout, rallied in the third round as she nailed two offensive kicks but the former world No. 3 scored on a counter kick and won at 3-2 with one penalty point.

"The Greek showed her a lot of respect. It was low scoring contest and she was calculating and more cautious against Toni than against the Chinese in the final," said Aventajado.
By the time Rivero fought the Korean, she was hurting all over and bucking rush of fatigue. Mystakidou eventually took the silver, losing to world champion Wei Lou in the final while Hwang won the bronze.

The young Pinay jin then left the hall and broke down in tears.

"When she was fighting she looked to me taller and stronger. On the way home to the village I realized she was just a girl," Aventajado said.

Her heartbreaking loss had given her firm resolve to take a shot at the next Olympics. "I’m more determined now to work harder to earn a slot for Beijing."

Overall, the taekwondo jins made an impact on the RP campaign despite failing to medal in their respective events, Aventajado added, noting that Tshomlee Go made a remarkable stand against Spanish former champion Juan Ramos in the under 58 kg while Geisler had lost only on superiority over Tanrikulu before injuring his ankle in the bout versus Hamdouni.
Hamdouni went on to drop his next match to Yossef Karami who won the bronze while American Steven Lopez retained his title in the event.

"I’m proud of these young men and woman representing our country. I’m happy with their performance for it shows we have the materials but not the breaks," he said.
Philippine Olympic Committee president Celso Dayrit and PSC chair Eric Buhain also praised Rivero’s stirring performance.

"She fought bravely, she gave her best and there’s nothing we could ask for," said Buhain.
With the setback of the taekwondo jins, Team RP closes yet another fruitless campaign for an Olympic medal, the loss more galling with the successes chalked up by its neighbors Thailand, Indonesia and Chinese-Taipei.

The Thais enjoyed a great Olympics with three golds so far. They have won two in women’s weighlifting and one in boxing with another pug still in contention in the final day, the Taiwanese copped two golds in taekwondo while Indonesia won a gold in men’s badminton through Hidayat Taufik.

AND NOW SHE HAS PROVEN HERSELF WITH ANOTHER GOLD IN THE NEWLY CONCLUDED SEA GAMES. .. GALING! MAYBE NEXT TIME IT WOULD BE A GOLD IN THE OLYPICS NA TALAGA..... WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE NOW WONT WE?

posible by rivermaya

Posible kayang labanan
Ang agos ng paghamon
Mabuwal at madapa man
Sabay tayong aahon

Posible kayang mabura
Alinlangan sa sarili
Ang tapang sa loob makikita
Taglay mo ang dugong bayani

Sulong
Laban
Huwag uurong
Pakinggan sa iyong puso
Ang sigaw na dating bulong

Posible!

Posible kayang matikman
Ang isang gintong minimithi
Sa kagat ng bawat laban
Magtatagumpay kang muli

Sulong
Laban
Pilipino!
Pakinggan sa iyong puso
Ang sigaw na dating bulong

Posible!

Biyahe tayo!

Ikaw ba'y nalulungkot
Naiinip, nababagot?
Ikaw ba'y napapagod
Araw gabi'y puro kayod?

Buhay mo ba'y walang saysay
Walang sigla, walang kulay?
Bawa't araw ba'y pareho
Parang walang pagbabago?

Tara na, biyahe tayo
Kasama ang pamilya
Barkada at buong grupo
Para mag-enjoy nang todo.

Halika, biyahe tayo,
Nang ating makita
Ang ganda ng Pilipinas
Ang galing ng Pilipino.

Napasyal ka na ba
Sa Intramuros at Luneta
Palawan, Vigan at Batanes
Subic, Baguio at Rice Terraces?

Namasdan mo na ba
Ang mga vinta ng Zamboanga
Bulkang Taal, Bulkang Mayon
Beach ng Boracay at La Union?

Tara na, biyahe tayo
Mula Basco hanggang Jolo
Nang makilala ng husto
Ang ating kapwa-Pilipino.

Halika, biyahe tayo,
Nang ating makita
Ang ganda ng Pilipinas
Ang galing ng Pilipino.

From city to city,
Seven thousand and a hundred plus islas
Sa mahal kong Pilipinas
Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao ating puntahan.
Huwag maging dayuhan sa sariling bayan!

Nasubukan mo na bang
Mag-rapids sa Pagsanjan
Mag-diving sa Anilao
Mag-surfing sa Siargao?

Natikman mo na ba
Ang sisig ng Pampanga
Duriang Davao, Bangus Dagupan
Bicol Express at Lechong Balayan?

Tara na, biyahe tayo,
Nang makatulong kahit pano
Sa pag-unlad ng kabuhayan
Ng ating mga kababayan.

Halika, biyahe tayo,
Nang ating makita
Ang ganda ng Pilipinas
Ang galing ng Pilipino.

Nakisaya ka na ba
Sa Pahiyas at Masskara
Moriones at Ati-Atihan
Sinulog at Kadayawan?

Namiesta ka na ba
Sa Peñafrancia sa Naga
Umakyat sa Antipolo
Nagsayaw sa Obando?

Tara na, biyahe tayo
Upang ating matamo
Ligaya at pagkakaibigan
Kaunlaran, kapayapaan.

Halika, biyahe tayo,
Nang ating makita
Ang ganda ng Pilipinas
Ang galing ng Pilipino.

Tara na, biyahe tayo
Upang ating matamo
Ligaya at pagkakaibigan
Kaunlaran, kapayapaan.

Halika, biyahe tayo
Nang ating makita
Ang ganda ng Pilipinas
Ang galing ng Pilipino.


Halika, biyahe tayo...