tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86411352009-11-21T14:41:51.794+08:00News and musings from the Gaerlan Family of Iligan City.Bambitnoreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641135.post-1110476045452342522005-03-11T01:32:00.000+08:002005-03-11T01:46:50.990+08:00

Just the blog, not the house. At least, not yet. You can find the new blog here:http://bambit.kusangpalo.comPasyal kayo dun ha?:)

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*ring*"Hello, my name is Victoria Gaerlan and I'm calling from Iligan City. I'd like to know if the 3 bedroom house you have advertised on the Bulletin Today is still available?""That was last Sunday.""Yes, the Bulletin Today last Sunday.""Yes, it's still available. Ilan ba kayong titira?""Four adults, one teen-ager, one baby.""I'm sorry, we don't like babies. They cry all the time and the house

Bambitnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641135.post-1110354734538075552005-03-09T15:39:00.000+08:002005-03-09T15:52:14.540+08:00

We have just acquired our own home in cyberspace, www.kusangpalo.com, with the services of Ploghost. It already has a graphical menu, and Samuel Bilibit has moved in. I, on the other hand, am procrastinating like a hydrophobic swimmer on a chilly day.Should give up my blogger setup and dive into Wordpress 1.5? Three setups of it exist on the server, Sam's, my testblog, and a conjugal blog that is

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As the family and I are caught in the middle of teething troubles, relocation pre-flight and pre-graduation anxiety, allow me to turn over this post to Mr. Jorge Q. Concepcion. Mr. Concepcion, as you may know, is the gallant Vice-President and General Manager of Red Ribbon Bakeshop. He has been monitoring our exchanges here and would like to add more information to the universal truth that we all

Bambitnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641135.post-1109771358060621832005-03-02T21:30:00.000+08:002005-03-04T14:51:29.063+08:00

This is the fourth of Tiramisu Meltdown* Ofel Clavo brought me late this afternoon. Ofel is an area manager for Red Ribbon Bakeshop. I haven't taken it out of the styrofoam box it came in, it's too fragile. I can't eat too much of it, that would be too much heaven. It's soooo yummy. wats0n, if you're reading this, you can lick the pic.Ofel's job is to go from one Philippine city to another

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Maia's got a cold. And a bad case of prickly heat. Her doctor prescribed antibiotics for the cold, and a steroid ointment for the rash. I don't know how this happened, she's in front of the electric fan all the time, with her hair up and she's always in spaghetti strap shirts. Her pedia says to bathe her at least twice a day, three times if possible. Maia would love that. She would stay in her

Bambitnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641135.post-1109699523140127452005-03-02T00:14:00.000+08:002005-03-02T02:36:06.643+08:00

I buy pirated CDs. I have 3 maybe 4 suking tindahans in downtown Iligan. They're at the back of Chow King, but I don't think Mr. Manzano will be going there himself anytime in future. Imbibe a bit of the Iliganon culture and you'll know why. The shops I'm a regular of allow me to return defective cd's even a week after I've bought them. Since I usually buy five or six at a time, they know they

Bambitnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641135.post-1109677173109132812005-03-01T19:25:00.000+08:002005-03-01T21:30:53.133+08:00

I miss those lace panties all little girls used to wear back when I was a kid. I don't miss them because I want to wear them now... I miss them because I want to get some for my little girl and they're nowhere to be found. Early last year my husband and I braved a thunderstorm in Divisoria just so we could go look for them. They weren't any there either. At least not in the places where we looked

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Cathy (or Catherine as her owners used to call her) was a mixed Japanese spitz and was the queen of the canines in this apartment building where we live. She ruled over all of them, as most of them were her offspring, or were acquired by their owners in her lifetime. Cathy was quite friendly, and barked only at strangers at the gate. She used to lay her battered green tennis ball at my feet,

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It was 1999 and I had just joined an IT services and consulting comany in Makati. It was inevitable that I would be drawn into football, the beautiful game, as my Scottish-born, British-passport-holding-boss was an avid fan. EPL, FA Cup, Champions League ... these were words that I heard as often as client visit, change request, documentation. I started scouring the net for information, just so I

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Dear Ms. Gaerlan,I am mortified to learn about your unfortunate experience in our Iligan store and can empathize with the contempt you felt as a result thereof. In fact, I marvel at the restraint with which you conducted yourself, given the gross disservice accorded you. I can only offer my profuse apology as there can be no excuse for what you had to go through.However, beyond mere contrition, I

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I have been a non-practicing Catholic for a long time. It started in the mid-80s, when I was in church with my eldest son who was then just a toddler. Everything was going fine until the celebrant/priest started talking about who to vote for in the upcoming elections. Being one who until now believes in the separation of church and state, I stood up and walked out of his sermon, toddler in tow.

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I have been scouring the Internet for the online version of the 5 December 2004 issue of the Philippine Star online. There is an article there of how Mayor Solitario Ali of the Islamic City of Marawi has imposed a dress code for the residents and visitors of his city. Either Philstar does not have an archive or I just missed it with all the ads they have on their page. Not even Google could give

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Reactions to my Seeing Red at Red Ribbon post helped me decide to go ahead with informing their Manila office about the horrible mistake Iligan/Cagayan de Oro branches committed on my daughter's birthday. Late this afternoon I decided to call the main office in Barrio Ugong to find out who I should talk to. I ended up talking to Mark Sevilla, Sales and Delivery Service Manager for Red Ribbon. I

Bambitnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641135.post-1109094209539246742005-02-23T01:43:00.000+08:002005-02-23T01:48:22.613+08:00

Para sa aking mga kamag-anak,kung sakali lang namang gusto nyong malamankung ano ang gayak ko kung mamamalengke,eto o.

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On 11 Feburary 2005 at 9 o'clock in the morning, I walked into the Red Ribbon Bakeshop Iligan City branch, with the intention of ordering a birthday cake for our daughter Maia's party two days hence. I stated my need to one of the attendants who promptly took the appropriate forms and asked me to sit down at one of the tables so she could get the appropriate information. Before saying anything

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Bad Bambit, holing up in her room when there are guests in the house. With the presence of grandparents, uncles & aunts and cousins galore there were enough people in the past week to entertain the birthday girl to her heart's content. Come to think of it, Iligan is their hometown, their territory. Sometimes I feel like I am the guest.The past week was frenetic with visits to other grandparents,

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The cocowayan, found only in the hills of Manticao, Misamis Oriental,bred to provide all materials needed for building shelter,as well as to provide the builders with their well-deserved drinkafter a tiring day of work.:)

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Seated: Lola Maring & Lolo Toming Gaerlan. Standing: Tita Inday,Tito Aleking, Ama, Ina with Maia, Kuya Maui, Tito BunsoThe family in IliganBanay sa Gaerlan

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My random 10 songs are:1. Peaceful - Kenny Rankin2. Angel - Sarah McLachlan3. Iris - Goo Goo Dolls4. I'll Be - Edwin McCain5. Any World that I'm Welcome To - Steely Dan6. Moonlight - Sting7. The Way You Look Tonight - Tony Bennett8. Someone to Watch Over Me - Sting9. What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life - Barbra Streisand10. Just a Love Song - Walter MurphyWhat is the total amount of music in

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Our Maia is turning a year old on Valentine's Day. She's everything a mom could ever hope for, and more ... sometimes a bit too much, in fact. She's still a bit shaky when she walks, and her teeth are sure taking their time to pop out from her gums, but she likes climbing the stairs with anyone who'd hold her hand. Her favourite past time is to disarrange her puzzle mat, take the letters out and

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Clean all bedrooms. Move Maui's stuff out of his room and into ours. Tell Maui to calm down, it's only for a week or two ... Change all bedsheets and pillowcases. Wait, we don't have enough pillowcases. We don't even have enough pillows. Gotta go out and buy some. Get groceries. For 10 people * x weeks. You don't know how it can be done but you need to get it done. Make sure all

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The keyboard shortcut ctrl+c has become notorious these days. Much has been said about the bopis incident, but since I was also a recipient of the crusading email, allow me to add my own two cent's. There are other keys on the keyboard, other than ctrl+c and ctrl+v. The other 99 or so keys are so that one can write, among other things: "shamelessly lifted from insert-sourcename-here" "this

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(Ayala Resort, Islamic City of Marawi) Nature is what we know (Emeralda Beach Resort, Misamis Oriental) But have no art to say, (Maria Cristina Falls, Lanao del Norte) So impotent our wisdom is (Timoga tributary) To Her simplicity. --Emily Dickinson

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Samuel Bilibit Diaries Let Samuel Bilibit take you on a road trip through Mindanaw... (with the corrected link, mali pala yung link na nalagay ko kagabi). Samuel, next time, pwede sama naman kami? :)

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