overheard recently

one dude to his ofcmate: "bai... mura ikaw ra gyud karong lunes. mo sick leave gyud ko. di man unta ko paalsahon ug bug-at sa ako doctor, nya naka-alsa man nuon ko'g bug-at ganina... pagpangihi nako..."

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an old man to another old man: "mayra gyud pinoy ang napakaslan sa ako anak. unsaon na lang inig-gakos nako sa akong apo nga anak ug amerkano, mosamot ug kabati ako nawng!"

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kid 1: "1 million + 1 million, kahibaw ka pila? ha?! ha?!"
kid 2: "kahibaw kuno ka? di man gani ka kahibaw moihap kutob 100"

overheard at the mall

girl holding her celfone, to one of her girl companions, in that whiney kris aquino tone:

"jen, do you know how to pangita the signal?"

HOOOLY CRAP. what is happening to the world? and what kind of mutant language was THAT? how should we call it? bislish? or engsaya? call me whatever it is you want to call me, but the day everybody in cebu speaks like kris aquino is the day i pack my bags and leave for the mountains.

madness, i tell you...

now why didn't my mom teach ME that?

overheard while strolling at the mall:

father, to his two little sons: "dali palitan ta mo ug donut. pila kabuok inyo gusto?" (hey, i'll buy you guys some donuts. how many do you want?)

older boy: "ay, isa lang... para di modako ako tiyan..." (just one, so my tummy won't grow large...)

smaller boy, nodding while jumping up and down: "bitaw... bitaw... bitaw..." (yup... yup... yup...)

hmmm... health conscious kids... THAT'S something new... now why didn't my mom teach ME that?

some lenten irony

maundy thursday. the radio at our next door neighbor's house was on full volume at 7 o'clock in the morning. normally, this makes me cranky, especially if they start blasting the whole neighborhood with those overplayed tunes by westlife, or worse, michael learns to rock. i was still kinda' groggy, and the station they were tuned to was playing some old music, so i was pretty nonchalant about it. the season being lent, the station then tried to be pious by broadcasting some "words of wisdom". a deep, breathy voice then came out and said, "you shouldn't praise yourself too much, but your praise should come from the lips of others", or something to that effect. then it went, "this message is brought to you by xyz fm, your number one! all hits! super station!". right.