KENNETH PORIO | the blog

(This is my first Filipino post. Please contact any Filipino-proficient friends for translation. :-) ) Gusto mong malaman ang mga sari-saring mga sawikan o idiom sa Ingles? Nandito ang mga ilan sa mga ito: 1. anak-pawis - mahirap o dukha 2. bahag ang buntot - matindi ang takot 3. balat-kalabaw - walang hiya 4. balat-sibuyas - madaling masaktan, iyakin 5.basa ang papel - masamang papeles 6. basang sisiw - kaawa-awa 7. basg ang pula - inutil 8. buhay ang loob - matapang 9. bukas ang palad- maawain, matulungin 10. bukas ang aklat ng buhay - walang ililihim May marami pang sawikain sa susunod na yugto ng post na ito. :-)

Nene Tamayo's a girl. Keanna Reeves is a girl. Kim Chiu is a girl. Did girls really rule in Pinoy Big Brother ? Would it be a possibility that the champion of the Pinoy Dream Academy would be a girl? It's now a fact that boys are totally pasaway. Blame Franzen Fajardo and Jason Gainza on Season 1. Franzern got evicted by force. But for Jason, bumait kaya kabilang siya sa Big Four. (He became good that's why he's on the Big Four) On the Celebrity Edition, I don't know but Zanjoe Marudo usually sleeps on the duyan (hammock). Is that a violation or not? Oh, never mind! In the Teen Edition, Big Bro had to have the sick headache because of the jampacked violation the boys usually do. Why did Gerald Anderson, with the "most number oif violations committed", have not been evicted by force or in any matter? I think that he had sincerely accepted the fact the the violations and punishments are meant to be constructive. Bam Romana, the forced evictee? Huh! Blame hi...

A Stellar Life has its fresh new look ! Now it has its new supplement: T he Stellar Diaries , a compilation of daily experiences and how it is viewed. Also, you will see looks you have never seen before like the new BIG TEXT and the whole new BLUE / BLEU / AZUL / LAN Colour Scheme*. So, look out for the new developments of the Stellar Blogs soon. ( *BLUE / BLEU / AZUL / LAN Colour Scheme soon on Sept. 2006)

Hi! This is a summary of what I experienced on August 17, 2006 (the date of posting this message), The Davao Historical Quiz Bee. I experienced the most number of praises because of this. It is because I won as the champion of this prestigious contest. During the contest, I answered many tricky questions, but I answered most of them correctly. Nothing had gone wrong during the contest except the slow tallying of scores. The questions were about Davao City and its provinces, but during the Difficult round of this contest, the topics jumped to current issues. Many coaches of the contestants complained about that. Anyways, there were many schools that joined this contest, 49 all in all. This contributed to the shortage of materials and slowing of the score tallying. During the announcement of the winners, there were 2 people who tied the 3rd place, one from Lawana National High School, and one from Daniel R. Aguinaldo National High School. The prize was split into two. They only recieved ...