Napilitan nang magparamdam si astig....!

---WON'T BE LONG NOW....!

A response to Mel's request today, heto't nagparamdam na tuloy ako he-he....! Hello Mel....! Nothing had changed naman in my system, i still have that old blogomotor still running on top gears all the time....!


I'm just too mentally engrossed lang since that day one of my sudden disapearance here in the blogosphere.... Anyways, i'm already preparing to return to this lovely community now and hopefully the flow will never again falter....


I would like to take this oppurtunity too to thank everybody who are continuously supporting my humble blog all this time and looking after it while i was away.... Thanks a lot guys, i really do appreciates all your support....! There isn't any space in this post large enough to hold all the words and gratitudes that i wanted to type for yous all naks drama ni astig bulok ha-ha....! Thanks....!


I still read all your messages daily from my workplace-computer though.... But i was too busy performing some tasks here and there that i didn't find enough time to respond to all those.... But i still managed to take a sneak-peek most of the time....! Maybe i still do have that old sneaking skills that i've learned from school days after all ha-ha....!


Please bear with me a little bit more this time, i won't take long now.... Baka nga bukas lang ay balik na ulit ako rito ha-ha....! Take care all....! Thanks to Redlan for the tag pala, i will do that as soon as i return....!

Last drop.... BUSY....

Sorry everyone.... If there were some tags never answered, entries undone, empty promises, i apologise for all that.... I just ran out of time to finish all those things.... I have to be away for a while.... I hope.... Please keep visiting my blog.... There's something really important that i have to deal with for the time being.... Be good all....!

What is your mobile phone personality....?

Your mobile phone reveals what kind of a person you are.... Since this is an electronic era and mobile phones or cell phones as you commonly call it in pinas has been a very important part of our daily lives nowadays....

This is my present mobile phone.... Very simple lang s'ya.... Binili ko pa yan sa pinas last year, mura lang yan he-he....!

Therefore, mobile phone truly reflects the personality of it's owner slash pindot-master equally as our signatures, perfumes, music, hairstyles, clothings, jewelleries, nail polish, patay na kuko, and also na rin ang blogs....etc.

I've realised this when i was re-charging my mobile phones both the old ones and the new one, i've noticed that they seems to have the same personality or was it only my taste of pick in colours and styles that did the likeness in them....?

Perhaps it was really myself reflected to my choice of mobile phones that i've discovered....! I guess my mobile phone is indeed myself in a small scale version lang ha-ha....!


Hey, why don't we make a game out of this idea....! How about i will generate a TAG for everyone to pass-on....! All you have to do is to give five (5) unique features of your mobile phone that best describes you most....!

For example : In 5 words, can you roughly describe what kind of a mobile phone personality are you....? I-pass nyo rin to sa mga chosen friends nyo pagkatapos, wag nyo lang kalimutang i-post din tung mechanics para alam din nila ang gagawin.... And then, i-inform nyo rin sila na na-TAG nyo na sila dito para alam din nila syempre di ba....

1) Nokia 3220 - Affordable, friendly, reliable, and pocket-size hearted na tulad ko ha-ha....! Gets nyo....! Sachet size, tag-along buddy....! Bestfriend (to a good friend) na parang chewing gum sa puwet kung kumapit ha-ha....! Hoy, bastos yang iniisip nyo ha, hindi yan....!

2) Jet black / Gray - Quiet but focused.... Eager to learn.... Walang kurap na personality, in short tulala ha-ha....! But full of surprises naman....!

3) Light and simple - Walang pakialam, mind your own business and there's not a single drop of enviosness in the blood-stream.... My motto : "If it doesn't bite, it's harmless" ha-ha....! Mangawit ka man sa kaka-show-off dyan sa bagong retainer mo tsong, hindi mo ko natinag nyan....! Parang ganun ha-ha....!

4) Bright lights / wide-screen - Very cheeky at times, funny, talking radio, walking news paper, legendary mailbox, and sometimes or maybe most of the time shock-absorber pa he-he....! Absorbent tissue na rin he-he....! Kung ano-ano na nga naa-absorb ko dyan e....!

5) Heavy duty - Strong willed (tama ba spelling?), ibig sabihin matigas ang ulo ha-ha....! Low maintainance but hardy, determined, jack of all trades....! Kalikotero.... I just made-up that word he-he....!

Now i will hand-over this question to my blog-friends.... I would like to tag : Darlene, Luisa, Tintin, Maud, Vicki, Ghee, Tina, Andianka, Bry, Zj, Dyan, Maj, Redlan, Rus, Katharine, and last but not the least Bam....!Thanks a lot in advance guys....! Take your time, this one is no rush okay....? Ha-ha....!

Finders keepers....

I did something bad last week.... But since i've heard it from the radio today i thought to myself, " what the heck ", maybe it was just one of those junks that had probably missed the truck anyway....!

My aunty rang me up kasi a week ago telling me that she had found a mobile phone at the train station and she didn't know what to do with it....! That time i was so busy doing something on my pc that i got irritated easily so i've told her to just keep it ha-ha....! Finders keepers ika nga....!

Actually, i should've adviced her to find-out what was the owner's mobile number by calling your mobile through that mobile so she can get her mobile number....! My gooness....! Nalito na naman si ako dun a....!

Anyways in short, ay ayun na nga at na arbor na ni aunty ang newly found treasure nya....! It was my fault, kaya nag-sour graping na lang since hindi ko na rin mababawi yun at tuluyan nya nang inampon at pinabinyagan pa yata nya sa sarili nyang family name ang mobile na yun....! At siguradong ninong na rin si pepoy dun whaaaa....!

Kaya naisip ko na lang tuloy na baka blessing in disguise na rin yun kasi paano kaya kung ang owner pala ng mobile phone na yun ay si Darth Vader o di kaya ay si Godzilla....! E di lalo pa pala akong masisisi dun, kaya sa kanya na lang yun ha-ha....!

By the way, there's a new campaign here about recycling the old mobile phones....! I think it was like, for every old mobile phones delivered to an official receiving station, they will give a certain amount of money to a charitable institution.... Astg ano....?

So i reckon, it was just one of those junks that had missed the bin-truck....! That was some relief there he-he....! Whew....! From now on, never again will i give some instantaneous advice to anyone out of annoyance or being irritated....! It's a risky business doing that you know....! I could've got hanged by the tongue pala kung nagkataong junk din yung may-ari nun....! Hoo well, that's it from me again....! Until next blog, goodnight all....!

Stormy Sydney....

Freak weather hits sydney this week.... We never had stormy weather as freaky as this one in 30 years, according to the weather bureau....


I had a hard time going to work myself since friday.... Grabe talaga ang ulan....! Some of the roads to work were really too foggy in the morning and with trees falling on powerlines everywhere, some stretch of roads didn't even have any lights on at all....! Visibility was so dangerously poor....!


At work i sat close to the windows and i could see outside that rain pours like Niagara Falls i reckon, for the whole week non-stop....! Like a scene from that movie, " Hard Rain "....! It was a bit scary though....! 10:00AM mid-day appears like 7:00PM at night....!


Radio says, there were floodings elsewhere, and some people are already missing after their vehicles were being washed-away by the flood....!


In Central Australia few months ago, farmers were complaining about the harshness of the drought that they've been battling for a long time.... Frequently, the rain here doesn't even fall on the area where it is badly needed....! There was even a story of a girl who haven't seen the rain until she was 4 years old....!


Imaginin nyo na lang kung paano nagtatampisaw sa putik ang batang yun on her first ever experience seeing water falling down from the sky....! Grabe ano....?


Since friday, i've lost two umbrellas already from the strong wind.... I still have one last one, so let's just wait and see on tuesday kung tatagal ba ang isang to o hindi ha-ha....!


By the way, i said tuesday 'coz tomorrow is " Queen's Birthday " and it's a public holiday here.... If my memory serves me right, it's also a public holiday there in pinas tomorrow isn't it....? Independence day is it....? Then on june 24 ay fiesta ni San Juan, talaga namang ingit ako sa inyo dyan....!


Ano nga ba naman ang magagawa ko e nadito ako....! Okay na lang, enjoy nyo na lang mga fiestas nyo dyan....! Kakaingit kayong talaga ha-ha....!

Homemade Wine 101

NEXT ENTRY:
HOMEMADE WINE....
My desperate attempt to make homemade bottles of wine....! It's curiosity driven, but a very exciting experience....! I know how to do it, that's why i want to share it with you....! But not now yet, busy pa kasi sa work.... We'll get there somehow, probably in the weekend he-he....! Keep visiting....! =D

HAWAYAAH....! Good weekend all....! Hindi naman siguro masyadong nainip ang lahat sa naudlot na entry na to he-he....! Masyado lang kasi akong kinapos sa oras nitong mga nakaraang mga araw bunga ng very bad and stormy condition dito sa sydney ngayon.... I will also post that topic on my next entry....

Yep, this entry is about wine making at home.... This is not one of those BOOTLEGGED adventures (piracy) na talagang kasuklam-suklam ha-ha....! This one is just a simple " try-to-prove-case " na napilitan lang akong gawin....

Meron lang kasing nag-challenge sa'kin na ka-workmate ko tungkol dito.... I was not really going to do it since i was also busy finishing another painting for ages now.... Anyways, out of curiosity siguro ay napilitan na ako, kaya eto pinagbuti na lang ang paggawa dun he-he....!

Sa pinas is a bit not so wise idea ito kasi wala naman tayong sapat na source ng grapes at talagang table varieties lang ang ini-import natin.... Another thing is the not so affordable na presyo, lalo na sa mga imported goods tulad lang ng mga fruits halimbawa....!

If only we have a suitable area to start a vineyard dyan, okay sana....! I wish someday i can go back home and be a fruit farmer, then i will try growing this vines ha-ha....! Nananaginip....!

Back to my topic proper, i bought about 6 kilograms of the black MUSCAT variety kasi ito raw ang traditional red wine variety na commonly used by most of the wineries.... Of course any varieties naman will do....!

No wonder red wines leave such hard to remove stains, this thing is a stain-machine so you must keep it away from your clothes at all time....! Anyways, on with our wine making.... Muscat is a very juicy variety, a kilogram can squeeze-out about half a liter of juice....

Here's how to make wine at home....

STEP 1: You'll be needing at least 3 kilos of grapes to make one standard long bottle.... Crush them with your hands in a big plastic bowl, Palanggana or even use a food processor or a blender but make sure not to mince it too much....

STEP 2: Once crushed or minced including pulps, stems, seeds, and all, pour them into a big plastic container or tupperware and cover for 2 day to soften a bit.... Fermentation process starts straight after the crushing.... Commercial wineries sometimes add bacterias to speed-up the fermentation process, but the Romans didn't do that with the grapes crushed using only their feet in the first place, so why should we bother....?! Perhaps there was enough bacterias from their feet already that's why their wines are fantastic ha-ha....! But just incase you want to try adding it, those bacterias are available in every bottles of commercial wines.... It's a form of yeast that breaks down the fruit into a good consistency....

STEP 3: In the third day, pour the mashed grapes and all in a piece of cloth to strain it and squeeze that as hard as you can into a big container again.... Better if you can really squeeze the pulps dry to get those extra juices inside the skin.... It also adds a bit of deeper color and flavor to your wine....

STEP 4: Next, pour the collected juices minus the pulps, stems and seeds back to the container and cover that for another 40 days.... It will still taste fruity after that, but already good for drinking.... You can then fill it into bottles, cover with corks and dip the the head in a melted wax to seal it more tighter.... It will be ready for drinking in 6-9 months or so....

Dont get me wrong, hindi ako lasenggo ha....? 2 bottles of beer lang ay solve na ako he-he....!

So there you go....! Very simple lang di ba, no rocket science needed at all and very straight forward ang procedures nya.... One day, i will be the first vine-grower ( keep on dreaming peng....! ) and wine maker sa pinas ha-ha....! The hardest part lang talaga is growing your own vines, everything else is so simple....

That's it....! Tulog na muna ako at mukhang nalasing ako dun sa wine making natin ha-ha....! I have a big container of wine fermenting in the cup board for 4 days now.... In 40 days, i will take then to work for the taste test ha-ha....! Sana pumasa....! Good weekend....! BBQ all....!

DEJA VU....

So much for the magpie issue na....! The magpie saga ends here now....! I'm already avoiding the other side of the road though she's still keeping a vicious look in my direction at times, but not attempting to proceed anymore which is good....!

I wanna touch a topic about books and comic-books triggered by Tina's entry in her blog.... I call it " Deja vu " because when i was reading that entry, i had this funny flash back memory of how i was before as a kid....!

When i was about 8 or 9 years old, i always jump accross bamboo fence at my grandmother's place just to avoid being caught wandering outside.... My plan was to cross to that house just next door once belongs to my mother's uncle....

He owned a little comics-store in one part of his living room that was turned into benches and shelves that time....! It was great having a comics-store owner for a relative then ha-ha....!

I've enjoyed going there alot to read, specially it was for free ha-ha....! I've never missed any issues of Marvel super heroes, Spiderman, Batman and Robin, Green lantern....etc. Also Books like, Casper, Richie Rich, Archie, and even the book version of Looney Tunes, Charlie Brown at madami pang iba na hindi ko na halos maalala ang mga titles....!

Those are all original volumes ng mga comics and books na talagang worth collecting....! I then found-out that at the end of the year, every christmas ay basta na lang nya pinaglalagay sa shredder ang mga ito para gawing parang yung mga grass sa " Belen " every christmas season....! Sayang ano....?!

In short, ay hiningi ko na nga ang mga old comics and books na umabot sa isang carton box talaga ang dami at kandahirap kami halos na buhatin yun ng mga kapatid ko ha-ha....!

It was a fiesta of comics that day....! We even agreed to devide those amongst ourselves at kanya-kanya nang basa at hiraman....! Hindi ko lang talaga maalala kung anong nangyari sa mga yun at bigla na lang na nawala....! Obviously, napabayaan o napunit na ang mga yun....

Nakakapanghinayang lang.... Hindi ko pa talaga kasi alam nun ang value nya in the future.... No one of us brothers really thought of keeping and collecting those items before that will be of great value pala nowadays if we only did manage to take care of all those....!

Imagine having in your collection the complete editions of Marvel super hero and other comics or comic-books....! Astig di ba....? Anyways, don't cry over spilled milk na lang daw....! It's never too late naman to start collecting all-over again, yun nga lang ay maghihintay na naman ako ng 20 - 50 years or so before na maging rare-collections na naman ang mga ito ha-ha....!

I'd say, the passion of collecting itself lang is an amazing experience na.... Whatever it may be na gusto mong i-collect ay hindi mahalaga, importante ay happy ka sa collecting hobby mo di ba....?

By the way, i'm starting to collect coins nowadays ha-ha....! It's alot more fun because some new and old issues are really hard to get by which made it more exciting once you find another one....! Exit na ulit ako....! Until next entry all....!