Yipee! Premier post. I’m doing this in the vain hopes of getting a host then I can ask someone to help me make a better layout. Not that this one isn’t good, but people will want something better.
Filipinos are fond of this saying, “pwede na”. But we can do with something better, right? Anyway, for this post, we will have a Pinoy Culture alphabet. Hehe. Sounds like fun.
A-America, andyan na ako.
B-Basketball…(admittedly, I’m a bit obsessed over the UAAP Basketball games. GO USTe!)
Boy Bawang (cornick snack with Barbecue and Chili Cheese flavours.)
C-Cha-Cha..not the dance, but the charter change.
Crab Mentality (you make it big, I pull you down so I’ll be big)
D-Drug Smuggling. Drug Lords.
E-Emergency Powers
F-Food!
G-Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (no guts, no Gloria!)
H-Huweteng (illegal gambling–will it be legalised? hope not. Also used as an expletive, like “anak ng huweteng”)
I-”I’m sorry”
J-Jai-Alai (illegal gambling…so they say…)
K-Kolehiyalas (bright young pretty girls)
L-LRT used to be the big thing. It’s still usable, but no longer as good.
M-MRT–”mas mura, mas malinis”
N-”No to Cha-Cha”
O-Opposition. Enough said.
P-Politics. Is. A. Game.
Q-Queso De Bola (is slightly bitter and don’t we know it?)
R-Ranch owners and hacienda owners
S-Star for All Seasons, The Diamond Star, Superstar, Megastar…
T-TraPo (Traditional Politicians)
U-U Turn.
V-Violations are not always violations if you were merely caught by the traffic enforcer. (not applicable in Makati)
W-Watershed (What will happen to the La Mesa Dam?)
X-X Rated Films
Y-Y Speak.
Z-Zero Utang? In our dreams.
