my first 7-minute plus english conversation tae!

November 5th, 2007 by albaguio

It’s almost 3 am and I’m still awake
tae! Been waiting for that paken john
of the agency that am supposed to talk
(via mah celphone tawag to US tae
akoang load ani!). The first call was
a bit of sh!t, I think it was too
early to call because the one who
answered my call sounds like a foreign
(murag Mexican) security guard o
janitor ba. Ambrrut! It made me think
for awhile that I’m stupid coz of the
things that I’ve been talking about,
he only replied me with this one: “I’m
sorry but I didn’t understand you”
bullsh!t kaayo! I was only asking if I
am calling the right number and that
the person I am looking is right
there! Suddenly mah self steam (aww
ESTEEM diay)goes very low. For awhile
nahadlok ko mutawag pag usab. May
nalang gani I am very determined, so I
called for the second time hoping that
john will finally answer my call. So
when someone answered the phone I said
(ini-slang jud na murag sa Hollywood
na salida na akoang natan-awan) “hi
I’m Al Baguio and I’m calling from the
Philippines. Uhmm I called a while ago
and I am hoping if I could talk to
john, is he there already?”
TANTARA NAN!!! Haaaaay salamat!
Ningtuba g og tarung. ALAS! Masabtan
diay ako English spokening dollar!
Hahaha! Tutyo gihapon kay wa pa daw
siya ning abot. So siyempre I have to
ask some questions regarding my
application. So kato… ana siya si Rick
daw siya. so we conversed murag 7
minutes ata (kay nakuhaan og mga 58
pesos kapin ako load waaaa!). Nya ana
siya na ang makatubag lang daw sa ako
mga queries kay si john. So I told him
that "I will call back then this
afternoon", meaning kadlawon diri.
kataw anan kaayo kay gina stressed
jud nako that I am calling here in the
Philippines and it’s already like 1 am
in here. Kulang nalang ingnun nako na
lisud magbalik balik og call kay mahal
ang bayad. Hehehe And so at around 2
am, with self confidence that I can
make a 7-minute nose-bleed baidanay na
English conversation diay (sus! Unsaon
nalang akoang IELTS ani?!), I called
the agency from Indiana for the 3rd
time. Again it was Rick who answered
the phone; he told me that john should
have been at their office pero wala pa
jud daw siya ning abot.
PAKENSHIEYE EET! I am very sleepy and
tired and I have work to do tomorrow

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gotta try my luck for the last time
right now. If he’s not around wala na
koy mahimo ana. Maybe I will just have
to ask mama to contact them and do the
talking in my behalf. Hahahaha am sooo
tired and phaked up. Awww before I
forget, at my last call, it was almost
a perfect straight English
conversat ion. Nadaut lang kay when I’m
about to end the call I
said “Okay “SIGE” I will call you back
again at around 4 pm, that would be 4
am PH time(pakunsiyensiya) ” … NADAUT
SA WORD NA “SIGE” tae! Perfect na
unta! Naulaw ko kadali. oh what the
h3ck! wa koy labot! Good day!

paken dream!

March 21st, 2007 by albaguio

I am really bothered by my recent
dream… deym it!

In my dream I was in an inet cafe
playing Dot A with people I dunno,
then suddenly something explodes and I
felt body weakness… slowly I felt
blood’s gushing down the floor. I
tried to look for blood but I can’t
see it, I just felt it! Deym am dying!
Feeling like your blood drains down
your body. I tell you, I felt my heart
beating slowly. Thank God I woke up
alive! Thought it was for real!

Is this just a product of my morbid
inner thoughts? Or just a warning sign
from above that I have to stop playing
Dot A irresponsibly? Or I was just too
deym guilty of forgetting our(my
lalabs) dinner date because I was
tempted to play Dot A upto 2 am?
Whatever that dream means it sure gave
me a glimpse of what it feels like
dying slowly. Lub dub, lub dub….
lub…. dub…. lubbbbb……. dub. —
——————.
waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!! SIMBAKO
PALAYO!

KABATAAN GUMISING KA!

August 25th, 2005 by albaguio

Gumising ka, o, kabataan
Maglingkod ka sa bayan.
Panahon nang imulat
Ang pikit mong isipan.
At makiisa ka sa masa
Upang ipagtagumpay
Ang lunggati ng ating bayan
Makamtan ang kalayaan.
Huwag kang tumigil, o kabataan
Ang demokrasya ay ipaglaban
Huwag mong naising ika’y mabuhay
Kung ang kalayaa’y pangarap lamang.
At sa paglaban gawing sandigan
Lakas ng masa sa himagsakan
Iyong asahang sa kinabukasan.
Ang laya ay ating makakamtan.

Blogs

PAANO MAHALIN ANG KATULAD MO

August 2nd, 2005 by albaguio

PAANO MAHALIN ANG KATULAD MO 1996 ——————————————————————————– Words & Music GARY GRANADA Lean, A Filipino Musical, 1998

Di ko maikakaila ang pag-aalala

Na sa tuwi-tuwina’y dala-dala

Nangangamba, nangangamba

Na baka mapahamak ka

Dapat sarilinin ko na lang

Kayrami-rami mong pasan-pasan

Baka lalo ka pang mabibigatan

Itatago ko ang aking kaba

At ikukubli ang pangangamba

Ngunit sa dilim Ay napapansin mo ang takot ko

Ang dinadaing ko’y para sa iyo

Ang unti-unting matutunan ko

Paano mahalin Paano mahalin ang katulad mo

Di ko maikakaila ang pag-aalala

Ngunit di ba mas mahalaga

Ang dinggin ka, intindihin ka

Samahan ka sa bawat pasya

Paano ba ako makakagaang

Paano ba ako makakatuwang

Paano kung ako ay nasasaktan

Itatago ko ang aking kaba

At ikukubli ang pangangamba

Ngunit sa dilim Ay napapansin mo ang takot ko

Ang dinadaing ko’y para sa iyo

Paano ba ako makakagaang

Ang unti-unting matutunan ko

Paano ba ako makakatuwang

Paano mahalin

Paano mahalin ang katulad mo

(Interlude)

Paano mahalin Paano mahalin ang katulad mo…

Side_view trip trip lang. hehehe… I love this song.

Sana ni Levy Abad Jr.

July 18th, 2005 by albaguio

Isipan ma’y napapagod din
Sa pag-iisip ng mga kataga
Na magsasalarawan ng tunay
Na nadarama ng puso ko.

Ngunit ng ika’y dumating
Ang aking isipa’y biglang sumigla
Ang mga titik at himig
Ay tila di mapigilang agos ng batis.

Sana sa tuwina kapiling kita
Sa paglikha ng mga awit ng paglaya
Sana’y laging kasama kita
Sa pagsasalarawan ng buhay;
Sana sa tuwina kapiling kita
Sa paglikha ng mga awit ng paglaya
Sana’y laging kasama kita
Bigyan nating kulay ang buhay.

Dahil mithiin ay iisa
Ang katuparan nasa ating pagpapasiya
Ang ibig ko lamang ay narito ka
Katuwang at kasama sa pagkilos.

Dama ko ang lumbay at saya
Sa saliw ng aking gitarang dala.
Hatid ay pag-ibig sa bayan
Na di kailanman mapapantayan.