Jakie and the Beadstalk

Ilang taon na akong sumasakay ng tren ng LRT. Ilang tao ko na ring nakikita ang nakapaskel na ito sa mga pinto ng tren: "BAWAL SUMANDA SA PINTO NG TREN, BUKSAN ITO NG WALANG PAHINTULOT O PUMIGIL SA PAGSASARA AT PAGBUBUKAS NITO." Bilang mga Pinoy at Pinay, dapat alam natin kung kelan ginagamit ang "NG" at "NANG".  Naalala ko ang tinuro sa amin noon eh ang "NG" ay tumutukoy sa pagmamay-ari at ang "NANG" ay ginagamit patungkol sa kilos o minsan ay panahon.  Kaya dapat yata ang ginamit dito ay "nang walang pahintulot". O, mali ba ako? Eto pa:   "MAY KAUKULANG PARUSA SANGAYON SA BATAS." Ay grabe, halatang-halata na mali ito. Bakit pa ba pinaskel ito? Hindi ba nila napansin? O hindi ba ito natingnan bago nag-"mass production" nito? Paano natin matuturuan ang mga kabataan ng tamang paggamit ng ating wika, kung makikita naman sa mga pampublikong lugar ang maling-mali ...

The lonely hospital corridors (while waiting for word from the doc about Papa's operation)   When my Papa was hospitalized last May, a representative from the Philhealth went to his room and talked to me about the requirements to get Philhealth benefits. She further explained that Philhealth provides better benefits now and combined with the Senior Citizen's Discount since my Papa was a Senior Citizen, a patient should no longer worry too much  about the hospital bills.  To quote, she said, " mas okay na po ang benefits ng Philhealth ngayon. Minsan nga, halos wala nang binabayaran ang pasyente dahil may Philhealth na at may Senior pa. " Wow, this was good, I thought.   Papa was going to go under the knife that evening when the Philhealth representative visited us.  While money shouldn't be a problem, he was worried so much about how much it would cost so we told him that everything is go...

My kid's no.1  favorite when it comes to food is Gravy with Chickenjoy. Yep, gravy comes first before the Chickenjoy.  He can eat rice with only Jollibee's gravy as his ulam, but he can't eat chicken and rice without the gravy.  Sabaw-soup, ika nga . My take out.