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"The town of Calauag is serenely nestled between a mountain and a sea and so strategically located 

and accessible to land and sea transportation. Passing by along the hilly portion of the Maharlika Highway, one could take a glimpse of the whole town with the picturesque view of Calauag-Lamon Bay

in the background and further on, the vastness of Pacific Ocean. "

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DARNA !

 

Let’s call the roll: Rosa del Rosario, Liza Moreno, Eva Montes, Gina Pareño, Vilma Santos, Rio Locsin, Anjanette Abayari, Nanette Medved, and Angel Locsin.

Not to mention Regine Velasquez (spoof) in the Bong Revilla topbiller Captain Barbell and Sharon Cuneta (also a spoof) in the Herbert Bautista starrer Captain Barbell, and even Dolphy in the gay-spoof version. Yes, they have all played...Darna!!!

 

And here comes Marian Rivera in the latest reincarnation of the Mars Ravelo komiks super-heroine, also by GMA which produced the Angel Locsin starrer, which is set to soar (in the ratings, yes!) starting sometime in August. Full story

 

Happy Birthday, AMERICA! The Price of Freedom

Feature video: Michael Jackson's final rehearsal

 

 

 Greetings from Calauag Association of Canada 

(Above photo and more, thanks to Jean Dichoza)

(Next activity:Annual Picnic on September 5, 2009) 

 

                                             View Album  Play slideshow
of SPS Batch 73 Class Reunion
( Shared by Cristy Dichoza)

 

Pictorials on what's going on in our hometown (more) 

(Thanks to Freddie Boy Perez)

                              

                              

 

 

 

 

  

Article of the Day

Waffles


Waffles are light batter cakes cooked between two gridded hot plates that give the food its distinctive, pocketed pattern. The modern waffle has its origins in the wafers—thin, crisp cakes made from a mixture of barley and oats and baked between wafer-irons—that were popular in the Middle Ages. Today, a number of waffle varieties are enjoyed throughout the world, including Belgian, Liège, American, and Hong Kong-style waffles. When is International Waffle Day celebrated? More...

 

 

This day in history

West Point Opens (1802)


West Point, New York, was the site of a military post established by George Washington in 1778. In 1802, Thomas Jefferson signed legislation establishing the United States Military Academy there. Initially, civil engineering was the foundation of the Academy's curriculum, which broadened after the Civil War. After World War I, Douglas MacArthur pushed for major changes in the physical fitness and athletic programs. What collegiate tradition began at West Point? More...

 

 

Today's birthday

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804)

Hawthorne was one of the great masters of American fiction. His novels and tales are penetrating explorations of moral and spiritual conflicts, and his masterpiece, The Scarlet Letter, is often considered the first American psychological novel. Hawthorne also helped to establish the American short story as a significant art form with his haunting tales of human loneliness, frustration, hypocrisy, eccentricity, and frailty. What future US president did Hawthorne befriend in college? More...

 FUNNY QUOTE: Health food makes me sick. Calvin Trilin

 

BADANG: Continue the going na rin pala ang polls automation, meaning to say tuloy ang eleksyon sa 2010. 

 

TWINKLE: The warning that "there will be chaos in this country" if there’s no election in 2010” is definitely true, and the eruption of that honest-to-goodness social volcano that people have been warning about could get accelerated. Time is running out, especially with more and more people now getting desperate and hungry, and there’s no telling what they could do since they have nothing more to lose.

 

BADANG: Aguyod na naman ang mga kakandidato. Sa isang banda, daming mahihingian ng pangtoma at natulup basta promise lang na iboboto sila kahit hindi.

 

Weird Meaning: HUNGRY - For not able to eat 3 times a day including in-between snaks and midnite snacks.

 

BADANG: Dapat nga siguro, utay-utay ang implementasyon ng election automation. Ano sa palagay mo? 

 

TWINKLE: The practicality of going step by step in automation will mean making the scope of work less herculean and less precipitate so as to avoid massive errors. It will also mean less expense for there will be fewer machines to contend with, no need for very sophisticated technical expertise and vast resources to run them.

 

BADANG: May tama ka sa sinabi mo. Balswals ang mamahaling computer dahil di pa pwede sa mga linang na walang kuryente.

 

Weird Meaning: TECHNICAL- Something that is not practical nor traditional but can bring the procedure down. 


                                     

 

 

HUWAG MALIBOK
JOEkS LaAng
Toughest Time Of My Life!

I had the toughest time of my life.

First, I got angina pectoris and then arteriosclerosis.

Just as I was recovering from these, I got tuberculosis, double pneumonia and phthisis.

Then they gave me hypodermics.

Appendicitis was followed by tonsillectomy. These gave way to aphasia and hypertrophic cirrhosis.

I completely lost my memory for a while. I know I had diabetes and acute ingestion, besides gastritis, rheumatism, lumbago and neuritis.

I don't know how I pulled through it. It was the hardest spelling test I've ever had!  
                        
 
 LUMAGAYSA MAGULO

Many many years ago when I was twenty three,
I got married to a widow who was pretty as could be.
This widow had a grown-up daughter
Who had hair of red.
My father fell in love with her,
And soon the two were wed.

This made my dad my son-in-law
And changed my very life.
My daughter was my mother,
For she was my father’s wife.
To complicate the matters worse,
Although it brought me joy.
I soon became the father
Of a bouncing baby boy.

My little baby then became
A brother-in-law to dad.
And so became my uncle,
Though it made me very sad.
For if he was my uncle,
Then that also made him brother
To the widow’s grown-up daughter
Who, of course, was my step-mother.

Father’s wife then had a son,
Who kept them on the run.
And he became my grandson,
For he was my daughter’s son.
My wife is now my mother’s mother
And it makes me blue.
Because, although she is my wife,
She’s my grandma too.

If my wife is my grandmother,
Then I am her grandchild.
And every time I think of it,
It simply drives me wild.
For now I have become
The strangest case you ever saw.
As the husband of my grandmother,
I am my own grandpa!!

I love this Doctor 
(Shared by Gani Avila)


Q: Doctor, I've heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life. Is this true?
A: Your heart is only good for so many  beats, and that's it... don't waste them on exercise. Everything wears out  eventually.  Speeding up your heart will not make you live longer; that's like saying you can extend the life of your car by driving it faster. Want to live longer?  Take a nap. 

Q: Should I cut down on meat and eat more fruits and vegetables?
A: You must grasp logistical efficiencies. What does a cow eat?   Hay and corn. And what are these?  Vegetables. So a steak is nothing more than an efficient mechanism of  delivering vegetables to your  system. Need grain? Eat chicken.   Beef is also a good source of field grass (green leafy vegetable). And a pork chop can give you 100% of your recommended daily allowance of  vegetable products.

Q: Should  I reduce my alcohol intake? 
A:  No, not at all.  Wine is made from  fruit. Brandy is distilled wine, that means they take the water out of the fruity bit so you get even more of the goodness that way. Beer is also made out of grain. Bottoms up!

Q: How can I calculate my body/fat   ratio?
A: Well, if you have a body and you have fat, your ratio is one to one. If you have two bodies, your ratio is two to  one, etc.

Q: What are some of the advantages of participating in a regular exercise  program?
A: Can't  think of a single one, sorry.  My philosophy is: No Pain...Good!


Q:  Aren't  fried  foods bad for you? 
A:  YOU'RE NOT LISTENING!!! .....  Foods are fried these days in  vegetable oil. In fact, they're permeated in it. How could getting more vegetables be bad for you? 

Q:  Will sit-ups help prevent me from getting a little soft  around  themiddle?
A: Definitely not! When you exercise a muscle, it gets bigger. You should only be doing sit-ups if you want a bigger stomach. 

Q:  Is chocolate bad for me? 
A:  Are you crazy? HELLO Cocoa  beans ! Another vegetable!!! It's the best feel-good food around!

Q:  Is swimming good for your figure? 
A:  If swimming is good for your figure, explain whales to me.

Q:  Is getting in-shape important for my lifestyle? 
A:  Hey! 'Round' is a shape! 

Well, I hope this has cleared up any misconceptions you may have had about food and diets.

And  remember:
'Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving  safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Chardonnay in one hand - chocolate in the other - body thoroughly used up,  totally worn out and screaming 'WOO  HOO, What a  Ride' 
    
AND.....

For  those of you who watch what you eat, here's the final word on nutrition and health. It's a relief to know the  truth after all those conflicting nutritional studies. 

1. The Japanese eat very little fat
and suffer fewer heart attacks than  Americans.

2. The Mexicans eat a lot of fat
and suffer fewer heart attacks than  Americans.

3. The Chinese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.

4. The Italians drink a lot of red wine
and suffer fewer heart attacks than  Americans. 

5. The Germans drink a lot of beers and eat lots of sausages and fats and suffer fewer heart attacks than   Americans.

CONCLUSION

Eat and drink what you like.
Speaking English is apparently what kills you
.    
 

Unscrupulous Businessman

An unscrupulous businessman was feeling very ill and went to the doctor. The doctor examined him and backed away, saying, "I'm sorry to tell you this, but you have an advanced case of highly infectious rabies. You must have had it for some time. It will almost certainly be fatal."

"Could you give me a pen and paper?" said the businessman.

"Do you want to write your will?"

"No, I want to make a list of all the people I want to bite."

 

The Computer is Down

I work in a busy office, and when a computer goes down it causes quite an inconvenience. Recently one of our computers not only crashed, it made a noise that sounded like a heart monitor. "This computer has flat-lined," a co-worker called out with mock horror.

"Does anyone here know how to do mouse-to-mouse?"

KUNG feeling mo, maliwanag ang bawa’t sulok ng paligid mo… huwag kang magtaka. Natural lang ‘yan. Dahil umaga na!
***
INAY: Anak, masakit ba ang libreng tuli mo?
TOTOY: Hindi po. Hu! Hu! Hu! Hu!
INAY: Eh bakit umiiyak ka pa?
TOTOY: Kasi po… Hu! Hu! Hu! Hu! Nilagyan pa nila ng tattoo ang patutoy ko… A priority project of Congressman G.A. Golpe! Hu! Hu! Hu! 
***
JUN: Oy! Ano ‘yan? Pinya? Pahingi naman!
MARK: Pahingi? Nasaan ka noong nagtatanim ako? Noong oras na nag-aani ako? Noong naghihirap ako? Nasaan ka?!
JUN: Nakakulong ako noon, eh.. Nakapatay ako ng maramot!
MARK: Ahh… ehh… ganu’n ba? Kumuha ka na! May papaya pa ru’n! Gusto mo? 
***
BINATA: Pangit ba ‘ko?
DALAGA: Walang ginawang pangit ang Diyos… pero ewan ko lang kung may Diyos ka. Baka anti-Christ ka?
***
Sa mall…
LOLA: Huwag kang bibitiw sa palda ko, baka ka mawala.
APO: Opo.
(Makalipas ang dalawang oras…)
LOLA: Guard, may nakita ka bang bata na may dalang palda?
***
Isipin mo, kung lahat ng mag-ama ay gumagamit ng salitang bading…
AMA: Junanak, ikeme mo sa mudra mo, later na akiz juwe, overtime akiz sa work chenes chenelyn!
ANAK: Trulalo ba ‘yan, fudra?! Hahada ka lang yata to the highest label!
AMA: Echuserang froglette! Wiz na tayo andalucia! Need ko OT para may jolawance chorva ka!
ANAK: Wishing naman me jinge ng jolawance sa ‘yo, ah?!
AMA: Kapal ng fez mo! Wiz na nga akiz panglafang kakagetlak mo ng andalucia ko, ‘no?!
ANAK: Keribelles! Okay, fine, kyeme ko na kay mudra!
AMA: Keri! Go! 
***
Nagtsikahan ang magkaibigan…
GLENDA: Our family spent the whole summer in Europe! It was great and fun! Nagpunta kami sa London, Paris, Madrid, Barcelona, Lisbon, Berlin, Munich, Vienna, Venice, Milan, Rome, Sofia, Copenhagen, Budapest, Bucharest… and Brussels, of course! Eh ikaw? Saan ka nag-spend ng summer vacation?
ANNA: Dito lang sa Pilipinas.
GLENDA: Talaga? Eeeww?! Where in the Philippines?
ANNA: Sa kama ng boyfriend mo. It was great!!! 
***
LOLA: Palimos po…
MIRIAM: Uhm, Lola… bakit po dalawa ang lata ninyo?
LOLA: Ineng, umaa­senso rin naman tayo. Awa ng Diyos, eto… nakapagbukas ako ng isa pang branch! 
***
Patalastas…
BATA: Twelve lang ang napili sa try-out! Pan-13 ako! Praktis ako nang praktis. Ehhh… may uniform na ‘ko! ‘Nay, bakit?
NANAY: Anak… you’re such a loser!
***
“Allow yourself to have time to be lazy and unproductive. Rest isn’t a luxury but a necessity.” -- JUAN TAMAD 
***
Tuwing nakikita kitang malungkot, gusto kitang batukan, sapakin nang bonggang-bongga at sabihang, ‘Nagdadrama ka na naman?!’
Kaso, hindi ko magawa.
Kasi, alam ko… gaganti ka!
***
BINATA: Don’t be shy. You can ask me out.
DALAGA: Okey. Go out! 
***
Sabi ng teacher ko, kailangan ko uling mag-aral ng alphabet…
Kasi, everytime I recite it… I always miss ‘U’! 
***
Sabi niya, guwapo siya… napansin ko nga…
Mula ulo… mukhang paa. 

HUWAG MALIBOK     JOEKS LaAng   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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