save me...

we had a little emergency in the kitchen. flour bugs emergency that required a throwing away all flour/dry snacks/any dry cooking material to the nearby condo dumpster where my parents live and i used to live.

to my surprise while i was out throwing all the stuff, guess what i found. the least likely place to get me a new pet. a parakeet. still alive in her cage under a cardboard box. inside the dumpster and it's 25 degrees Fahrenheit outside without the wind chill. i heard wings flapping inside the box and as i moved it, the sound became more apparent and after moving the box away, a birdcage half way covered with towel was what i saw with a bird inside it.

i dont even know what to say. i've heard worse news than an abandon parakeet in a dumpster. i've heard babies abandoned in a dumpster. so, im not gonna be a peta spokesman on how cruel we human can be.

well, i hesitated at first. should i take her home? or just leave her there. i saw the main window was opened, but i guess the bird was just too cold or afraid or confused or whatever to even attempt to go outside the cage.

i just don't have the heart to leave her there, knowing that she would eventually be trapped inside her cage and died slowly of the coldness or got crushed by the dumpster truck the next morning. so, i took her home. don't know what to do with her yet. but, i think ophelia will be just fine from now on. yes, i named her ophelia which means 'help'. well, i think shes a female, by the beige to brownish color of her beak.




my gf doesn't know about her yet. we'll see whats her reactions gonna be.

the coolest thing about this was when i was driving home with her in my warm van, i started whistling and she answered right away, as if to say 'thank you for saving me..'
maybe its just my imagination.

7lbs in 7 days...

yes thats my new diet motto or prgram or wahtever. pretty good huh? except thats how much i gain instead of lose. this could be a new documentary (just like supersize me), the get in my belly program. youll get a round belly sooner than you think.



but seriously, i dont think its really that bad. well of course the shirt helps camouflage the true color i mean shape. then again, for as long as i can remember i have never had a slim abs. id like to say its genetic. i have a more mesomorphic to endomorphic body type or in english is simply fat.

according to william sheldon's somatotype theory, there are 3 types of body:

• ectomorphic, the typical body of a basketball player. slim, long limbs, and restore very little fat.
• mesomorphic, heavyweight boxers come to my mind with this body type. more stocky, muscular, and better body proportion.
• third and certainly not least is endomorphic, just one word sumowrestler. ok its two, but they can absolutely fit double size.

so to prove my assumption that i cant never have a six pack killer abs because of my heavy body type, i have a long lost picture that my cousin gave to my girlfriend so the world can see how beautiful that zebra's ass is.


oh, btw check out the belly. not much different there after over 2 decades. and i dont drink either.

im on a binge...

its called martabak manis. sweet thick crepes/pancakes like snack. its a bundle of artery clogging sweetness wrapped in an advanced level of cholesterol-producing dough. mon chere.. you are not living your life right if you havent tested one of these baby... devil's food got nothing on it.



as you can see, im working on my second batch right now. i emptied the first one in a couple of days. and as if right now, only 2 pieces left on the second batch. i think the whole thing won't last longer than this weekend. yes.. get in ma' belly!!! all 14 lbs. of them. and dont be surprise if my next blog will be 2 months from now about my multiple bypass heart surgery :)



thanks to my wonderful and equally sweet gf (and her parents) who made all this possible thru her generosity and efforts. ur the best.

mejor, rapido, barato

i finally had the chance to fix my old-raggedy minivan. so, what was worng with it? actually the i first noticed the problem some few months back when every time i started to drive slow I can hear a sound metal clinking from the back of van. I thought it was just some metal that got dragged under the it. but i couldn't seem to find any metal or loose parts that could possibly make that noise.

until just a week ago i heard to noise getting louder. and finally i decided to take the hubcaps out and voila i found out my source of annoying sound. 3 broken screws/studs inside the hubcaps hence clanking noise against metal rim.


so all this time i was just driving with only 2 screws attached to the studs. i reckon that God must have heard all my prayers all along. i cant imagine if this puppy stray away while i was driving.


well, its alright now. see the 3 clean studs?

but, i wont take all the credit. i got a lot of help from my old mexican friend daniel. the hardest part was to take the drum out of the whole brake structure. well, its easy actually if you know that there is a little poking hole behind the it that you can poke around with a screw driver to release the hand brake handle.

anyways, george lopez is right. these people do everything better, faster, and cheaper.

french toast

must be my lucky day today. double egg yolk for my french toast.

i developed a taste for french toast since my journey to the jailhouse rock (im saving that story for another time and blog). im thinking im gonna find me the perfect ultimate french toast recipe. i really think its all about the bread and my journey is to find that inimitable bread. such a big word for a french toast.

bumper stickers that crack me up

Lawyers have feelings too (allegedly).
WWJD (Who Wants Jelly Donuts?)
Just say NO to negativity.
Squirrels - nature's speed bumps.
Dyslexics Untie!
I'm still a hot babe, but now it it comes in flashes.
If God is within, I hope he likes enchiladas!
Don't believe everything you think.
Fishermen don't die, they just smell that way
Help your local Search & Rescue. Get lost!
The control key on the keyboard does not work.
Forget world peace; visualize using your turn signal.
Jesus loves you! Everybody else thinks you're a jerk.
People like you are the reason people like me need medication.
Every time you open your mouth, some idiot starts talking.
Use the best: Linux for servers, Mac for graphics, Windows for Solitaire.
I plan to live forever. So far, so good!
Knowledge is power, and power corrupts. So study hard and be evil.
The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on the list.
I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability.
To err is human, to blame it on somebody else shows management potential.
Practice safe lunch: Use a condiment.
I have a degree in Liberal Arts - do you want fries with that?
I'm always late. My ancestors arrived on the Juneflower.
NyQuil - The stuffy, sneezy, why-the-hell-is-the-room-spinning medicine.
Quoting one is plagiarism. Quoting many is research.
Therapy is expensive. Popping bubble wrap is cheap. You choose.
Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?
If you are what you eat, I'm fast, cheap and easy.
Warning: Dates on calendar are closer than they appear.
I'm not crazy, I've just been in a very bad mood for 30 years.
Stress is when you wake up screaming and you realize you weren't asleep.
I'm trying to imagine you with a personality.
Nice perfume. Must you marinate in it?
How do I set a laser printer to stun?
If you want breakfast in bed, sleep in the kitchen.
I'm not tense, just terribly, terribly alert.
Love may be blind, but marriage is a real eye opener.
My mother is a travel agent for guilt trips.
I used to be schizophrenic, but we're OK now.
I'm going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes.
A day without sunshine is like night.
First things first, but not necessarily in that order.
If going to church makes you a Christian, does going into a garage make you a car?
Some people are only alive because it is illegal to shoot them.
You're just jealous because the voices only talk to ME.
So you're a feminist. Isn't that cute?
I need someone real bad. Are you real bad?
Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.
The more you complain the longer God makes you live.
I R S: We've got what it takes to take what you've got.
Hard work has a future payoff. Laziness pays off now.
Out of my mind - back in five minutes.
Without ME, it's just AWESO.
As long as there are tests, there will be prayer in public schools.
Your kid may be an Honor Student, but YOU'RE still an idiot.
I took an IQ test and the results were negative.
Where there's a will, I want to be in it.
Consciousness: That annoying time between naps.
Ever stop to think, and forget to start again?
I don't have a license to kill. I have a learner's permit.
Keep honking while I reload.
If you can read this, I can hit my brakes and sue you.
Sure you can trust the government! Just ask a native American!
Alcohol and calculus don't mix. Never drink and derive.
Stop repeat offenders. Don't re-elect them!
If at first you don't succeed, call it version 1.0!
All I ask is the chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Karaoke bars combine two of the nation's greatest evils: people who shouldn't drink with people who shouldn't sing.
I drive far too fast to worry about cholesterol!
I doubt, therefore I might be.
There are 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

venus trap plant

i have been so lazy to post..
but today, i witnessed something really cool! super cool!

we bought a venus fly trap plant at walmart. just because...



well, we kind of thought that sometimes we see bugs flying around the house and that this pet-plant maybe a good natural solution for that.

so today i saw a fly hovering in the house. then i trapped the fly with a plastic bag (a thing that i learned long time ago when i used to play around the dumpster :).
next thing i put the plant inside the plastic bag with the fly inside. less than 5 minutes making noise in the bag, i saw the fly started walking on top of the plant and before i realized it, with my own two eyes i saw one of the trap close. whoa!



yes, that dark shadow is the fly inside the trap. that was the coolest thing ever. who would ever thought this nasty wild carnivorous cruel plant would end up as a decorating plant in many houses. unbelievable.



as you can see, the wing is still visible.
fascinating. it was a very big fruit fly but it's going to experience a slow death and provides a good nutrition for the plant.