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Ex Ex Vee Eye Aye

This is a bum, out for his morning run. You can't see it, but he wears sweatpants that are ripped to shreds. I see him on my route every morning.
This morning, it looks like's he's acquired a couple of ears of corn.

Yes, that there is part of my route. Notice the lack of houses to throw newspapers to. In fact, both sides of the road is covered in swamp.

This Ain't No Phoenix Saga, Bitch

It's my birthday! This is my birthday post.

Birthdays are treated differently in the Philippines. The way it is approached there makes me glad I live here. Let me tell you why.

Here, in the U.S., birthday celebrants are treated by their friends and families to free dinners, usually consisting of steak, or some kinda meat-like non-meat product if you're vegan.

That is not the case back in the third world nation that I grew up in. Filipinos are so socially inept, they make you wish you were never born.

On any given birthday, all of your friends and family will become very very excited. They are not excited for you. They're excited for themselves.
That's because they are expectant of a blowout.

A blowout is the word described that would indicate the spending of all of one's money on some lavish dinner/party/cult gathering. Now, I am not opposed to the spending of any kind of money for any kind of party.

What I am opposed to is the spending of MY money on MY birthday fuckin party. Yes, in the Philippines, the brthday celebrant is expected to be the one to pay for all of his friends/family if they were to go out to dinner.

THAT is the Filipino Birthday Blowout.

Mabuhay!

(that means "be alive", but I think in this context it translates better as "Live long, and prosper.")

So, in keeping with Filipino tradition, I am to take out all my friends and family for a few rounds of beer. Let me know if any of you are interested. I'll be sure to tell you to go fuck yourselves.

Posted by sagien at May 18, 2005 06:34 AM