I can't believe i've been here a week. A lot has been happenin but I'll give you the highlights or else this will be 60 pages...

1. GET YOUR HISTORY ON : Tuesday was dedicated to exploring Fort Santiago and Intramuros, the old Spanish Quarter of Manila. Chillin with my ninong was great b/c he's such an intelligent guy and dropped science about Pilipino History. Things to see : Rizal's cell, the actual Fort which was a Spanish stronghold against pirates, the Rizal's walk b4 he got executed, his gear ( he's a tiny guy, HOBBIT stylez ), the torture cells the Japanese used when they invaded and local artwork. It was dope as hell. Just seeing stuff like this in the flesh is so inspiring and you learn something new and get so much insight into your people's history.

2. SUNRISE on MANILA BAY : there's a boardwalk along Manila Bay with lots of little eateries where you can get some San Mig's for 25 P! that's 50 cent ( GO, GO, GO, SHORTY...its ya birthday )My Ninong really wanted me to see sunset on the Manila bay which was SOO DOPE. NO JOKE : the pollution in Manila changes the color of the sky when the sun sets, creating millions of colors. GO FIGURE. FUnny thing is that the little BBQ place that we were eating at was playing this never ending slow jam mix, with that Generic stevie B. 80's beat. COuld this be love, You're the Inspiration, Incomplete ( by Dru HIll ). My ninong says to me " ang pangit ng music." HAHAHAHA. DOn't hate the everlasting slow jam mix of random shit.

3. MAM, MAM ! : So in the Philippines, they're all about titles. SIR, MAM, MISS, BOSS, BOSSING...all about it. So the bomb in thing is what they call the TIANNGE, which is flea market, Los Angeles street Alley styles. When you pass by they just yell at your ass " MAM, we hab nice ones! " DVD's that are pirated are recent as a muther. I saw freakin Kill Bill, HOney, Love ACtually...etc. So we go to one by my kuya's house in B.F. Paranaque. I buy some purses for 130 P, like 3-4 bucks. DOPE!So they think i'm an AM-GIRL ( american girl) and think they can gip my ass...HA! you are sadly mistaken . Anyone that knows me knows very well that I'm a downtown, give that shit to me for 5 bucks less ( BEEYATCH ) type of girl. So they're tryin to sell shit for lots more, then i bust tagalog and play hardball. WHAT! GLENDALE FOO! DOn't try to pull my chain. SO all the vendors of these pirated DVD'S ( which are like 80 P = $1. 50 ) get a tip that there's gonna be a raid. So all the vendors are out like trout in seriously less than 5 minutes. I turn around and everyone's runnin with crates of DVD's. HILARIOUS. Fuckin Pilipinos. I saw burned compilation cd's with like " RNB LOVE JAM HITS " and one of the songs is " SO YESTERDAY" by Hilary DUFS. HILARY DUFF stupids. If you're gonna pirate, get it right!

NEW TERMS : This next section is meant to school us on the latest slang in the PI

1. NR : "no reaction ". Meaning someone that doesn't react, not emotional. Stoic. USAGE : " Instead of being upset about someone stealing his PB&J sanwich, GP was NR."
( NOTE : for those of you who know GP, he is epitome of NR. GP = NR )

2. FUBU : " F*%$@ BUDDIES " . Meaning friends with benefits.
NOTE : FUBU is a derivative of the American version, FTF.

3. MAM-SIR :" Mam and sir put together." Everyone is greeted once entering an establishment. A girl and boy walking together will be called such as a greeting that is short but accomplishes that greeting. USAGE : " Hello, good evening MAM- SIR "
(NOTE : once entering a restaurant, JHOTTE, RIANN, CAHLO, my cousin KAT and GREG are greeted as the following :
" GOOD evening SIR-MAM-SIR-MAM-SIR" instead of greeted individually. HOW ingenious. So efficient us Pinoys!)


p.s Everyone out there...make sure Iya keeps her paws off my babyboo. Hope you're ok babydog