Chinchilla Melon Festival....

The small Queensland town of Chinchilla is in the grip of melon mayhem as it plays host to about 10,000 visitors for it's famous Melon Festival. About 25 per cent of Australia's melons come from the Chinchilla region.

Akin na lang yung isa na malaki sayang takam....! This is something i wanted to do, mukhang enjoy na enjoy sila ano?

Gumulong-gulong ka ba naman sa tonitoneladang pakwan kaya mo pa kaya kontrolin excitement mo nyan....! Among all the things i wanted to do before the day i die ay isa ito ha ha....! (ang gumulong sa pakwan?) Hindi.... ang kumain ng sang toneladang pakwan ha ha....!

Locals say the event, which began in 1994, helps lift their spirits in times of drought and flood. It also promotes the melon industry and encourages tourism.

Ang init....!

My goodness, i am sweating a bucket a minute....! This week is probably Sydney's hottest on record as western suburbs swelter in seven days of 35-40 degrees heat, and the city endures six days of temperatures above 30 degrees.

Ang iniiiit....! Don't ask me how i'm coping up with it because i can't, i don't even have the energy to reach that tv remote in front of me right now, nanghihina mga kamay ko parang wala na akong super powers ngayon.... Pakiramdam ko para akong litson na iikot-ikot sa apoy at patak ng patak ang mantika....

May 2 gallons na super ice cold coca cola na yata naubos ko at tatlong beses na yata ako naligo in just a matter of 4 hours kasi pagkalabas na pagkalabas ko pa lang sa banyo ay tumutulo na naman ulet ang pawis ko ang init talaga dito GRABEEEE....!

Happy Australia Day....!

Today we are celebrating Australia Day.... It's a public holiday which means i don't have to go to work today.... Some gathers in their backyards and public parks for that traditional Australian barbecue day, some went for a dip at the beach, and others have attended a life changing ceremony that spells the fulfilment of their dreams to be the newest citizens of this lucky country....

Ganitong ganito rin ako nung bago pa lang ako dito habang nakatayo at naghihintay na ma-receive ko rin ang inaasam-asam na certificate of citizenship ko nun.... Isa lang talaga ang hindi ko pa rin maintindihan hanggang ngayon.... Para kasing may kulang pa rin hanggang ngayon.... Hindi ko pa rin nararamdaman yung tinatawag na sense of belonging....

And though how hard i've tried, deep in my heart hindi ko pa rin matatawag ang bansang ito na home.... Ewan ko ba pero ang tulog ko dito ay parang hindi kasing himbing ng tulog ko kapag na sa pilipinas ako.... Talagang in total peace of mind ako dun.... Pusong mamon este pusong pinoy pala....

Cell Phones cause blindness....?

As the cellphone technology is continuously evolving from the humble 1kg block type motorola phones to the more complicated but fantastic walastik ones like iphone halimbawa, and becoming more and more popular and their use is still increasing as we blog, so too are the cellphone-related accidents.

These accidents ranges from minor to catastrophic, to disastrous and have led to the implimentations of various laws that limit or prohibits the use of cell phones in different situations and different cases. Cell phones kasi halimbawa na lang, can easily draw a driver's attention away from the traffic around him. Tuloy nawawalan sila ng konsentrasyon resulting to tambling, balintong gulong ang kotse, in short, aksidente....

At hindi lang traffic accidents, meron naman dyan na nagkaligaw-ligaw, tuloy sa riles ng tren napunta ang kotse at muntikmuntikan pa'ng mabangga ng rumaragasang tren dahil sunod sya ng sunod sa GPS mula sa cellphone nya.... Common sense lang naman kasi ang kailangan nating pairalin dyan ano ka ba naman.... Pagsinabi ba ng GPS mo na lumiko ka sa kanan at nakita mong bangin pala yun liliko ka pa rin ba dun....?

May tinatawag din tayo na cellphone etiquette, like not talking while driving wihtout a handsfree kit, remembering to mute the ringtone sa loob ng sinehan, and wag sigaw ng sigaw na parang baliw, keep your voice down when in public places, kawawa naman yung sa kabilang line at mga katabi mo sa upuan na sa loob ng eroplano ka pa naman....

May mga nagsasalita sa loob ng toilet, pabulongbulong ka pa dyan naririnig ka naman sa labas with echo pa in the bakgrawnd, sino kausap mo dyan best pren mo downunder doon....? May turo ng turo na kala mo naman nakikita nung sa kabilang line ang mga pinagtuturo nyang dereksyon.... May mga kala mo na-engkanto't tulala at paiba-iba ang emotion sa mukha yun pala pilit lang mini-memorise ang number nung bagong ka-textmate nyang titser....

May mga nauuntog, nadudulas, nahuhulog, lilitaw-lulubog, nasusugatan, napipilayan, nasusunog, at sinunog, etc, kaya tuloy naman aking naging konklusyon ay nakakabulag nga pala itong cellphone ano, say nyo wat do yo tink....? Kung ayaw nyo naman mag tink i-text nyo na lang pwede he he....

Dito sa downunder may 26 million cellphones pala that's more than one phone to one person grabe.... Kayo meron din ba kayo cellphone related moments or accidents na nakakatawa,nakakainis o nakakabaliw to remember, share nyo naman sa amin para masaya tayong lahat.... =)

Crocodile Meat....

Nakakita na ba kayo o nakatikim ng karneng buwaya....? Ako nakatikim na at ang sarap pala....! For the very first time in my life at dito pa yan mismo sa downunder.... Actually crocodile has become a very popular meat both in Australia and overseas and is part of a developing cuisine that is uniquely Australian.

I think this picture was from a chinese market somewhere in china coz i can see a Yen sign on the price tag.... Crocodile or " hand bags " in slang australian term maybe because their skin is a good material leather for not only hand bags but also for belts, wallets, and other things, may underwear din kaya na gawa sa crocodile skin....? Croc's meat is a succulent white meat with a delicious and unique flavour. With a wider range of products and cuts, crocodile is now available to suit all culinary needs woldwide....

Crocodile meat is low in fat and high in protein and is best cooked in the same manner as lean pork, chicken, or even fish dishes.... It can be prepared into a variety of dishes using wet and dry cooking methods and is ideal in marinade or sauce.... Ako naman on the other hand just wanted to see it searing on my bbq grill.... Sarap....!

....or maybe this is just one of those many reasons why they've called crocodiles, the " hand bag " lol....fair enough.... =D

The Jiterbug Phone....

Will you swap your normal cell phone for one that's so simple even a senior citizen can use it? It's called the Jiterbug Phone, created by Marty Cooper creator of the very first portable cellular 800 MHz, and a massive 2.5 lb phone.

On April 3, 1973, standing on Sixth Avenue in New York City near the New York Hilton hotel, Cooper made a phone call from a Motorola prototype Dyna-Tac handheld cellular phone before going to a press conference upstairs in the hotel.

The phone connected Cooper with the base station on across the street from the hotel and into the AT&T land-line telephone system.

Cooper said that the mobile/cellular phones nowadays are so complicated that the instruction manual is often thicker, and heavier than the phone itself....

The Jiterbug have a should i say back to the basics of the past features, and would you believe it even have a dial tone....! How cool is that for a mobile phone....! A Retromodern Phone.... =)

New Year's Eve! 2011 Midnight Fireworks @ Darling Harbour Sydney, Austra...

Happy New Year to all....! =D

New Year's Resolutions....

Now that we have finished thinking about christmas, probably it's about time to think about new year's resolution naman or shall i say new year's resolution(s) dahil madami di ba.... This is the right time to look back and think about all those bad habbits and spoils that we have given to ourselves for the whole 2010.... Nakakabuti ba ang mga to o nakakasama, ano sa palagay nyo?

But not all spoils are bad naman syempre, yung iba ay part lang ng paraan natin para mai-motivate ang mga sarili natin just to keep us going sa kung ano-ano man na mga raket na kailangan nating i-motivate like career halimbawa, relationships, education, or daily life itself.... In moderations naman all these spoils are still cosidered healthy according to my opinion lang yan ha....

Most of those that we are suppose to quit " REALLY BADLY " like smoking and drinking or worse drug addiction have a long term effects in our system, and our family, and other people around us kaya mas maaga mas makakabuti.... Kaya kung isang pares lang na medyas paulit-ulit mo sinusuot for the whole week for the intire year, this is the right time to cosider buying another pair.... Pwede naman siguro instalment basis ang pagbayad sa bombay nyan tsong.... Kung ayaw mo maniwala sa kin, subukan mo idikit listahan mo ng mga new year resolutions sa refrigerator mamaya at garantisado kinabukasan may ilang dagdag na dyan.... MADYIK....! Happy New Year everyone....! =D

Wanted....

An unidentified man was breaking into peoples houses last night. The man was described by children that was woken up by his loud jolly laughter as, wearing a big red suit trimmed with white wool around his neck and down to his belly, then around his waist.

On the top of his suit, there's a belt in the loop holes. His belt is black and the buckle is gold. His pants are also red, with white wool around the ankles. He wears black boots, gloves, and a red cap that is a floppy cone, topped off with a white wool pompom. His hair is all grey also his long beard and mustache....

A homeless man added that the said man appears to be angry when he've mistaken him for the Grinch, a fictional character that looks like an untrimmed christmas tree on stilt.... Authorities have adviced everyone to stay calm and not to worry because the unidentified man was said to be harmless but eats a lot of cookies and drinks a lot of hot chocolates....

Authorities further adviced everyone that if you happen to have a close brush with this man, don't panic, just pretend that you're a reindeer and you will get a pat on the head and a handful of yummy sugar cubes in your mouth.... =)

Seafood marathon downunder....

I was planning to buy some prawns for the noche buena tonight but the queue was so horribly long.... So i've ended up making teriyaki chicken instead....

Shopping centres are in the middle of a marathon trading session, with stores staying open overnight and until 5.30pm today.

Shoppers at the fish markets will buy a staggering 83kg/min of prawns, 93kg/min of fish and almost 1000 oysters/min during today's traditional rush.

Ganyan po kasi ka-popular ang seafood dito sa Downunder specially during christmas season.... And as for my teriyaki chicken naman, it's absolutely delicious.... Better than any fish or prawns.... I think i've made the right decision going to the butcher rather than the seafood market today.... I'll just have that elusive prawns for the new year's eve.... Merry Christmas all....=D

Tomorrow....

Our company's christmas party will be at Ice Cube at Darling Harbour tomorrow.... It's right next to IMAX Studio so pwede din pala kami manood ng palabas pagkatapos....

I'm excited to try all the menus on offer but i'm just a little worried about my stomach because i'm always having problem with my digestion.... I'd better prepare a few handful of Antacid tablets tonight, buti na yung maagap tayo at baka magkalat pa ako dun bukas.... =)

Bilby....

Australia is a land of strange flora and fauna, yan ang unang napansin ko pagka-apak pa lang na pagka-apak ng mga paa ko dito.... Madami stuff toys nakasabit sa Duty Free he he.... And some of those are endangered like this cute and cuddly looking Bilby for example....

Hindi po bilbil iba naman yun hindi cute yun.... Bill-bee.... yun tamang pagbigkas nun....

Lam mo halatang nanood ka na naman ng documentary programs kanina Peng....

Para syang cross between Rabbit, Rat, and a Kangaroo ano nakakatuwa.... The bilby is a marsupial mammal which belongs to the bandicoot family and is about the size of a rabbit.

They have large ears, a silky light bluish-grey and white coat, and a long, black and white crested tail. Bilbies have a long pointed snout and a well-developed sense of smell to help them find food like makdo halimbawa....

Like all marsupials, the female bilbies have a pouch in which they carry their babies. Like the Australian koala, bilbies get most of their water from the food they eat.

The bilby populations are now isolated and scattered which means they are susceptible to ecological changes and are vulnerable to natural disasters such as disease and fire.

The bilbies in Queensland are now the most threatened and genetically distinct population in Australia, with only 600-700 specimens left in the wild.

Luckily salamat sa human interventions ang cute na Bilby po ay makikita pa ng mga future generations natin.... Example lang na civilized na tayo nung time ng mga Dinosaurs with all the moral and intellectual advancements etc., ano kayang klaseng mga interventions naman pwede nating gawin just to save them from extinction, hindi kaya tayo ang na-extinct at ginawang tsibog ng mga yun....?

Ano naman kaya kung sakali ang naging roles nila dito sa present time natin ngayon....? Hmmmm.... esep esep.... Alam mo Peng ala ka imagination talaga! Hindi ka ba nakapanood ng Flintstone....? Yan lang po.... =D

Opera House....

Last saturday i went to Circular Quay in Sydney and i took this photo of the Sydney Opera House's roof in close-up, it's actually made of hundreds and hundreds of thousands,or can even easily be millions of small white and cream coloured tiles....! Can you believe that....?! Amazing isn't it....?!

Bush Tucker....

If you happen to find yourself lost amongst the towering gigantic eucalyptus trees and some strange looking wildlife, and dry red soil on the ground, you know that you're in an australian bushland....


Probably the very first thing that will come to your now slowly dehydrating brain is how are you going to survive out there, and what the hell will you eat....? So perhaps if we try to survive the aboriginis way, probably a handful of these yummy-juicy grub will sustain you with your much needed nurishments enough for you to live another day....


These days, we have 'discovered' Bush Tucker. Indigenous Australians have been eating bush tucker for 60,000 years but for a long time we steered clear of the mushrooms, fruits, vegetables, animals, birds, reptiles, insects, flowers, herbs and spices that are native to this country.


It didn't look nice. In fact it looked awful. It takes a fair amount of courage to munch on a lizard, and how about a large family sized moth? (You've heard about those grubs of course).


But there's also wonderful fruits, tubers, greens, seeds and nuts. Bush Tucker isn't just witchetty grubs, although Witjuti as they are commonly called by aboriginis are incredibly high in protein and free for the eating....


Bush tucker is becoming widespread, thanks to a spate of recent health studies showing that native Australian meats, especially emu and kangaroo, are lower in fat and higher in iron than other conventional meats. The fruits are also known to be healthier, with the Kakadu plum thought to be the world's highest source of Vitamin C.


Most of what European settlers believed to be inedible is now considered very much the norm on the menus of top restaurants around the country.

Mt. Uluro....

Ayers Rock, also known as Mt. Uluro gradually changes colours as the sun rises and sets.... A kangaroo crossing sign in the foreground....

Blue Mountains....

The Three Sisters at Katoomba, Blue Mountains, New South Wales....

Sydney Australia....

The famous Sydney Opera House on the foreground and the Harbour Bridge in the background....

Merry Christmas all....

Merry Christmas all.... Pasensya na po sa katahimikan dito.... I was just going through some very tough times lately and until this moment, i'm still in the hot pursuit of my elusive usual energetic self that i really wanted back very badly.... Hopefully i'll be able to catch-up with it before things turns up more and more uglier next time....

Salamat din pala sa mga amazing friends na continuously at walang sawa pa ring dumadalaw sa'kin dito.... You know who yous are and i also wanted yous all to know that i really, really do APPRECIATE all your efforts, and all the messages and everything that yous all did ng walang kasawasawa.... Grabe kayo, wala talaga akong masabi....! I wish that someday i can also give back the same favors to yous guys.... =)

At kahit na hindi ko nasasagot ang mga messages nyo ay napapangiti pa rin syempre ako sa mga kakalugan at kakengkoyan nyo everytime na nababasa ko ang mga iniwanan nyo dito.... Though christmas songs and colours makes me lonely at this stage, i hope everyone's still happy and having a great time this christmas and take good care of yourselves.... God bless.... =)

Hello, happy birthday to you....!

Best plens sila ni tatay, kaibigan din sya ni nanay, kaibigan ni ate, at pati na rin ni kuya at kaibigan ko rin sya at ninyong lahat....! Mobile phone, Cellphone, Cell, Cellular, ano man ang nakasanayang tawag natin dito sa mahabang panahong nakasama natin sya sa mga araw-araw na mga paghahasik natin ng lagim at kung ano-ano pa nating mga raket sa buhay dyan, ang mobile phone po ay naging isang matapat na kaibigan nating lahat....

Sa ating mga pagpapalipad hangin, panliligaw, pambubola, pag-ibig, mga murahan at asaran, at pati na rin sa pag-organisa ng mga riots, protests, demonstrations, rallies, and strikes.... Hindi pa kasama ang kasalan, binyagan at kumpisal dyan kasi wala pa yata akong narinig na mga ganun na ginawa gamit ang mobile communication hanggang ngayon he-he....! Anyways, ang mobile o cellular po ang nagbigay ng hitech na demensyon sa lahat ng sa mga nasambit ko na yan at hindi lang yan, madami pang iba na pwede nating gawin gamit ang teknolohiyang ito.... Hindi na po ako magpapaliguyligoy pa, (lalim nun a) this month of october kasi is something special in the mobile phone world....

Mobile phones turned 25 years old this year....! Naalala ko pa nun na ang pinaka-una kong mobile phone unit pala was a Nokia 5110, tapos nasundan pa ng dalawang Motorola Startac na gustong-gusto ko dahil maliit lang sya at magaan, and so on and so forth, and until now na digitalized na halos lahat ang mga handsets ay nandito pa rin po ang mga yun dini-display ko pa rin sa aparador ko kasi nanghihinayang akong itapon.... I think worth keeping naman talaga ang mga yun at eto pa nga tayo ngayon na pinag-uusapan ang tungkol sa evolution nitong mobile phones di ba....?

And the first ever mobile phone to be launched pala was the enormously looking Motorola DynaTAC 8000X na kasing laki halos ng hollow block, at siguradong patay ang kuko mo kapag nabagsakan ka nito tsong....! It was in 1983, the year the first ever handheld mobile phone was out on the market, the name of this mobile phone was called the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X nga, kulit nyo naman e....! The price of one unit back then was a staggering $3,995, US yan ha.... Buti na lang pala at may tinatawag tayong competitions sa retail industry ano, kaya naging affordable na ang mga units ngayon sa kahit anong level ng society natin.... Kaya kahit naglalako ng buko ay pateks-teks na lang ngayon he-he....!

The Motorola DynaTAC 8000X first received its approval from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission and become the world’s first commercial handheld mobile phone (Cell Phone to the Americans). March 6th 1983 was the date it was made available for purchase, and the demand for these handsets were so immense.... The Motorola DynaTAC 8000X featured specs that included Total Area Coverage’ let you talk for 30 minutes, 10 hours to recharge, eight hours of standby time, LED display, memory to store thirty “dialing locations and a cool size of 13 x 1.75 x 3.5 inches.... So to you kaibigang mobile phone, happy 25th Birthday....! O sino raw ba ang interesadong umorder dyan, may natitira pa daw silang sampong units nyang hollow blocks he-he....! =D

5 ton of TLC....

This is a blogsite-espionage ha-ha....! Wala dapat akong oras na mag-blogging ngayong araw na to kaya lang may ikinompose pala akong pang entry dito last week kaya ipu-post ko na, nadaan na rin lang ako dito.... Last time naalala nyong nag-post ako about the artist elephant....? Well, here's another one about the elephant ulit, antalino pala ng animal na to ano daming alam gawin.... Marunong kayang magluto champurado to....? Napulot ko lang ulit sa Utube, nakakatuwa medyo bizarre kaya gusto kong i-share sa lahat.... Sana magustuhan nyo.... =D


Hoy mamang kano, dun nyo na lang kaya dalhin sa iraq yang tapang nyo at baka napilitan lang kayong magyabang dahil madaming chicks....! Buhay nyo na nakatihaya este nakataya dyan ano....! Dyan nyo pa naisipang magpakamatay sa marami kayong audience, daming makakapanood ng pagluwa ng mga mata at paglawit ng dila nyo dyan mamaya....!


Panoorin nyo to.... Would you trust this gentle giant to give you the most ultimate walastik massage experience you've ever tried in your entire life with those massive tree trunk-like legs....? Ito na yata ang tinatawag nilang bone shattering massage, e talaga namang shattered nga lahat ng kasukasuan at himahimaymay ng mga buto mo sa bigat ba naman nito ano....! Ewan ko lang sa inyo basta ako ayoko pang magkadurogdurog ang mga buto at matigokok ng wala sa panahon he-he....! Pano kung matapilok sya at ma-out of balance tapos buong limang toneladang bigat nya ang babagsak at dadagan dito sa very sensitive (makunat kamo) kung katawan nakuw....! Sakit nun ha....! Sa pangalan pa lang na elephant ay tunog mabigat na, ang madaganan pa kaya, pisa lahat ng mga alaga kong bulate dyan sigurado ha-ha....! =D