Philippine Elections 2016

I don't usually get involved with politics. I'm interested and like to join discussions (mostly to expand my knowledge of current events) but when things start getting heated, atras na ako.

These days, I've seen a few former schoolmates post statements regarding the VP candidates.

Schoolmate 1 posted that she was angry because

"A strong solid 14.9M people who voted for Duterte WILL NEVER vote an LP for VP. That is as good as not wanting Duterte for President at all. So where did Leni's numbers came from? If you will eliminate cheating employed on this result her true standing will either be behind Chiz Escudero (who happens to be more popular and known than her) or ahead of him by a small margin. Similar to Mar and Grace numbers. Sobrang obvious! Saan mo hinugot ang numero mo Leni?"

I left a comment that said plenty of people I know voted for candidates from different parties, myself included. Why would people who voted for Duterte not vote Robredo ?

The response was "It's okay if you're a Robredo supporter, my spouse likes her too."

It wasn't really an answer but I didn't pursue it. I had the feeling that we'd end up nowhere.

Next day, I saw another post from another schoolmate. This time,it was a shared post saying,
"Mga Duterte supporters, ibinoto nyo ba si Leni ? Dalawang tao lang ang pwedeng iboto ng Duterte supporters, si Marcos lang or si Cayetano. Saan nanggaling ang boto ni Leni?"

At this point, I still haven't learned my lesson so I left a message asking "why does it not make sense for Duterte supporters to vote for Leni ? bakit raw ? "

And her reply was "Ang point may be... Majority ng mga duterte followers would be voting for marcoa and cayetano its like 40 40 10 10 ang labanan which is 40 kay caye 40 kay bong 10 10 would be for the rest."

"Ano ulit? San galing yan ?" ,I asked

"Yung 40-40-10-10 yan.", schoolmate 2 emphasized, as if ako yung malabong kausap.

Medyo nakakapikon.

Para sigurado at baka naman ako lang talaga ang mahirap makaintindi, nag google ako ng "40 40 10 10", wala namang lumabas na relevant hits.

....

*blink*

Obviously, hindi nila alam ang pinagsasabi nila, post lang nang post, share nang share at reklamo nang reklamo, pero hindi naman kaya i back up.

Parang nagulat pa nga si Schoolmate 2 nung nagtanong ako. Haha!

and then there is Sandro Marcos who claimed that there is dayaan kasi raw bakit iba nang total # of votes for President compared to the total # of votes ng VP. Then later, aamin rin siya that he was one of those people whose vote for president got invalidated because he made a mistake with the form.

Minsan, think first before you post para hindi mapahiya o magmukhang tanga.

Mothers' Day Nightmares

Had the most awful nightmares last night.

Swe-cha couldn't sleep on his own due to his cold and moved to sleep beside me on the big bed. He kept tossing and turning and essentially  kept me awake most of the night.

Despite waking up several times during the night, I'd go right back to a similar-themed nightmare as soon as I fell asleep - someone keeps kidnapping Swe-cha!

Nakaka-stress.

The first few nightmares, we were able to recover him.

We have not been able to find him yet when I woke up from my last one this morning. At one point, I remember feeling very depressed, I just wanted to die and I planned to do that if we didn't get him back. I remember thinking, I didn't want to live if I didn't have him.

Please keep him safe, Lord.

Roomba meets the Croods

Swe-cha: "Off you go, little robot!"

It's nice to see that Roomba is making new friends by giving them a ride.

Out with the old...

Today is the day we say goodbye to an old and faithful friend.

For 13 and a half years, you've brought us places and kept us safe.

Thank you, Impreza, for the good service.

Six Flags Great Adventure

Given that Swe-cha enjoyed the theme park rides when we went to Sea World & Universal Studios last December, we decided to splurge and go for a season's pass to Six Flags Great Adventure this year.

It also seemed like a good deal because with the following price matrix, we figured that if we went twice, we'd already be ahead with the Season Pass. What cinched the deal was the additional free Season parking pass that we were able to get. Sobrang sulit na to get the season pass because we'd already be saving ourselves $50 (cost of 2 days' parking) by our 2nd trip.

	Daily tickets (gate price)	$69.99
	Daily tickets at discounted price from SixFlags website	$44.99
	Daily tickets from Working Advantage	$41.99
	Parking (gate price)	$25
	Parking (pre-paid online)	$23.75
	Season Parking	$65
	Season Pass	$81.99

We went for the first time this morning. The weather was great, temps were in the mid 60s so it was just the perfect day (for us) to be walking under the sun. The only fly in the ointment was that the allergy index must have very high today because we were all sneezing and suffering itchy eyes and runny noses before we even got there. Hubby and I we a bit luckier because I had an emergency stash of Claritin (allergy meds) in my bag. I didn't have any for kids (note to self, bring some!). It didn't take long for Swe-cha to become slightly sungit because he was very uncomfortable.

When we looked at the time when we were leaving, we were surprised that we had stayed there 3 hours - it was exactly what I had predicted that morning when hubby asked me how long we planned on staying. I had told him "3 hours, maybe. we'll just play it by ear"

Rides taken:
- Carousel
- Skyway (cable car)
- Air Safari
- Road Runner Railway
- Taz's Tornado
- Bugs Bunny Camp Carousel
- Runaway Mine Train
- Blackbeard's Lost Treasure Train (soon to be renamed the Harley Quinn Crazy Train)

I think there are one or two more rides that we did which aren't on the website,

Looking forward to our next trip, we plan on getting on Skull Mountain, The Dark Knight and the Safari ride.

Insurance costs

So we're trying to decide what to do with our older car - it's the very first car I purchased, a 2003 Subaru Impreza Outback Sport Wagon. At 136,000 miles, it works great as we do maintain it religiously.  Being that it's well-maintained, we also have a hard time letting it go.

Yun nga lang, the value of the car is down to maybe $2k-$3k (if we're really lucky) and it costs us $1k in insurance every year. Parang hindi na sulit. No wonder, I see a lot of cases on court tv involving uninsured motorists. Used cars are so cheap, you could get one for several hundred bucks, but insurance costs so much so they just opt to drive uninsured.

Ano kaya ?

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edit* nasa $5k+ pa pala yung value. Merong hindi nag research nang maayos, wag na natin pag usapan kung sino. Grrrr.

Frosted glass doors

We have these sliding pocket doors that separate the foyer and the den / family room.

They have clear glass panes and sometimes, it drives me nuts when I imagine how people standing just outside our front door can peer inside and see all the way through our house.

I've been looking at different window-frosting solutions and found a roll of window film from DC Fix which you can use to cover glass panes and make them appear frosted - there's different designs available. Each roll cost me around $7, a roll covers up to 12 panes and each door as 15 panes - to save you a bit of calculation, I bought 3 rolls to cover both doors.

Now, when I hang out in the den and want the place to feel open, I just slide the doors open and when I want a bit more privacy, I close the doors.