BOOK REVIEW: Louie Cano’s “Pamhinta X”

Minsan lang ako magbasa ng aklat… Tamuhh! Wala akong paxenxia sa mga librong di naman ako maka-relate. Dyusko… Sayang naman ang precious seconds ko (naks…bigatin) kung gugulin ko sa mga aklat na sobrang talinghaga na kahit si Rizal ay mapapanganga at masasabing ‘WTF!!!!!!’

 

Di ko type ung mga Danielle Steel O  John Grisham NOVELS kasi sobrang antukin ako.   Madali akong ma-bored.  Sa totoo lang!  Parang bibliya sa kapal at yung mga letra eh kasing liit ng langam. Tinitingan ko pa lang ay parang pang bedtime stories ang dating.  Yung mga book cover siguro ni Ms. Steel ay pagtritripan kong pagbalbalan pero nungka mo akong mapagbabasa kahit acknowledgment ng moher. Siguro kung mala komiks yung mga akda nya at paniguradong fast-forward ako sa kangkangan episode / scene.  Sarap kaya ng mga muscled men… SLURPEEEE!  Di ko rin type yung mga straight love stories dahil wala naman akong mapapala.  Though nagsimula ako kina Gilda Olvidado at Helen Meriz nang ako ay bata-bata pa. (Yup, di na kailangan pang itago ang edad dahil kailanman ay di ko ito kinahiya).

 

Kaya mega search ang alindog ko sa mga aklat na pang bading, jokla, bakla, transvestite o third sex.  Iniiwasan ko yung mga temang ‘cliche’ – mga tipong bading tigok kay AIDA or minolestiya nang fairy.  Kuwidaw ako sa mga ganyang aklat na kay bigat dalhin sa balunbalunan.  Wala akong balak magtimpi sa mga ganitong babasahin.  Napakaikli ng buhay… gusto ko naman ng akdang kakapulutan ko ng lakas ng loob sa tuwing imumulat ko ang aking mga matang naka false eye lashes pa!!!!

 

At ito na nga… dumaan na sa aking mga palad ang akda ni LOUIE CANO’s ‘PAMHINTA X’

 

 

Overall, natuwa at super hats off ako kay Manay Louie.  Akala ko kung sinong ‘Mr. High and Mighty’ noong una at magpapakabanal banalan para ituwid ang aming pagkakamali.  DOON AKO NAGKAMALI!

 

Minsan hesitant kasi akong magbasa ng Filipino writers lalo na kung English ang material.  Ewan ko ba…its just me pero parang naaangasan kasi ako.  Hindi ako magaling mag-ingles kaya wag mo nang naisin na basahin ang ibang post ko kung miyembro ka ng ‘grammar police’.  Blog ko ito kaya magdusa ka…dumugo man ang ilong mo – wiz me pekibels!  Alam ko na si Manay Louie, mas marami ang akda nya ay nakalimbag sa ingles.  Naiintindihan ko naman yun dahil mas malaki ang market lalo na kung English ang material.  Kaya GOW ka lang Manay…. wag mong intindihin ang marakulyo ko.  Maganda yung ginawa mong effort na magsulat rin sa tagalog dahil mas maraming baklang pinoy ang nakaka-relate dito.  Ang sa ganang akin kasi, kung talaga maganda ang akda or aklat lalo na at naging best seller…. feeling ko ipipilit i-translate yan sa ibang dialect lalo na kung feeling ng mga publisher na kikita rin ito sa bansa nila.  Tulad na lang ng Mo Yan’s Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out and Jiang Rong’s Wolf Totem.

 

OO nga pala…bilang ganti sa nagbigay sa akin ng aklat na ito na super kunsintidora – Ate Karen, naway ang mga fairy god mothers ko up above ay i-bless ka sa iyong kagandahang loob.

 

Going back kay Manay Louie – nakakawala ng antok ang aklat ng moher.  Napahagikhik, natawa at na-arouse ang aking imahinasyon sa kanyang witty and sensible opinions and wentong pang porno.  Natapos ko nga ito sa dalawang upuan (yes…mga bakla… matagal akong magbasa dahil trip kong inuulit ulit ang mga chapters lalo na kung sobrang LOVE ko).  HIGHLY RECOMMENDED ko sa lahat ng mga bloggers – straight man o bading.  I cant wait for another title na ipinanganak ni Manay Louie.  Super add ko nga siya agad sa FB eh hehehehe.  Sana gawa ka rin ng screen play.  Kahit na hindi tungkol sa bading.  Yung mala ‘Here Comes The Bride’  ang dating.

 

Basta mga bakla…. Bilhin nyo ang mga gawa ni Manay Louie Cano.  Gow na sa mall at alam kong may conversion na ang lahat at mas malaki ang andalou natin dahil Mid-year na noh lalo na yung mga kipay na nag-work sa call center.  Huwag Maging BARAT… huwag MANGHIRAM.   Bumili ka BEKI!!!!!!

book review: Gay Blades by Ben Tyler

verdict:  i love it!!! no need to elaborate for the synopsis.  just buy the freakin’ book and enjoy.

BOOK REVIEW: Debi Gliori’s bedtime story ‘Pure Dead Batty’

What can I say about this book…?

A resounding HO-HUMMMM….

 

About the ending, well I didn’t even finish it. I’m including this book from my Christmas giveaway or better yet, ill give it to someone else as a birthday gift. I bet they could use it if they can’t sleep at night… hehehehe

MY GAME PLAN 2: workout, salt and white party dilemma

 

For months I have been slaving myself to go to the gym just to get that few inches around my waist and as well tone my upper body. 

Well… my body is almost the same and not cover boy material yet but I do think I’m making progress. The picture above is the most recent picture I got taken after hours from the gym. Yup… I’m almost there.  I know its blurry but its the best picture i could share.  im still PRO anonimity hehehehehehehehe. 

I hope just in time to tone it up for the white party which is according to the nightingales, it would be at least at the last week of June. It’s not yet time to thank Gunnar Paterson since I’m not yet at par with other boys in this blog. I do still have other tricks on hand, other than starving myself to death, including one that I have read off from Cosmo.

According to the widely read women’s magazine, three days before I need to slide into those jeans, cut back on salt. Salt is loaded with sodium, which makes the body retain water. By avoiding salty and processed foods – like canned soups, frozen meals and junk foods – I would be able to slip on those clothes that i’m about to wear.

Is this really true…anyone who can help me?  I’m desperate…help.

MY GAME PLAN: Gunnar Peterson’s ‘THE WORKOUT’

 

I just picked out a book by Gunnar Peterson aptly entitled THE WORKOUT.  The cover shows that it was previously published as G-Force.

 

Actually, this is my first book that focuses to working thy booty. I’m not fond of exercise books especially if it doesn’t have any pictures in it.  That’s why I prefer Men’s Health Magazines who provides hunky pictures while doing the exercises.  Though most of the times, I just have to drool over and admire their aesthetics (hahahahaha).  If we could count on staring and drooling as part of an exercise, I would have had a perfect abs by now!!!! Thank GOD, this book has one and they have clothes!!!!!!  I’m not saying that the models used in the books are aesthetically challenge; The models don’t invoke lust and sex all in one package.

 

Most exercise books that I have been able to take a peek do not provide images or pictures.  It’s hard to imagine what they would like me to do especially if they used ‘far-out words’ that I cant hardly understand.  Come on, my vocabulary is limited to hands, knees, ankles etc but if you will ask me ‘where are my hamstrings?’ I would need a map just to locate it.  They even have this models that provides the area on our body that was given emphasize with if you perform a certain exercise.

 

And some books that have pictures are expensive so Id rather buy other books that would help me escape reality ergo David Beckham’s photo portfolio.  Don’t you think he is sooo hot!!!

 

Gunnar Peterson and Myatt Murphy have presented their ideas in a far more fun, flimsy but highly informative manner.  I felt I’m just talking to my muscled friends who were giving advices on how I could achieve ‘Adonis-like’ bodies.  It does not give you the notion that my family doctor guides me but rather gave the comfy feeling that you could almost spill out your disgust and frustration.  Who knows you so well and he knows what you felt.  Who will absolutely guide you step by step and explain why you have to do such exercise and explain its benefits.

 

Though that the book may have fall flat on its third wheel that talks about ‘nutrition’, the author has a ‘disclaimer’ that he is not a nutritionist so you could refer to other materials for your daily intake.  Though it gave you the overview, the book still lacks information since I think its suggestions are limited to broccoli and cereal.  Anyway, the Internet can guide us through it. 

 

I for one am one of the people who have tried to sculpt thy body but later on gave up due to frustration. I would often asked myself, why do I have to torture myself and I can’t even achieve my desired goal?  Why did these dimwits have that fabulous abs???  Why o why?

 

Anyway, i’m giving this book a chance and I even attached my HORRIBLE pictures on this post remind me of this monstrosity.  Below includes my sizes and I would start using the primary program which is indicated on the book.  At least I will be forced to improve myself since I have written it down in my blog.  Readers, you could bug me as a form of reminder and if I don’t improve even a bit… I swear ill be burning my body hugging shirt!!!! 

 

The book said that the beginners level should be used in three weeks and i’m choosing three times a week as soon as I found that ideal gym that has the basic materials I needed.  I bought myself some jumping rope to help me for my cardio and i’m threading this Sunday to find the gym that I would nest.  I’m not yet enrolling myself to a proper gym not unless I used all the suggestions of Peterson and my readers would be the judges to that.

The book also suggested setting a goal. Well I would like to thread the WHITE PRIDE with a fabulous body and wear this white body-hugging shirt. I used this last year and it was horrible!!!!!

 

VERDICT: buy the book.  I bet you will find it helpful and funny at times.  Even if you wont try to do anything, the book is worth the read ( at least to inspire you lifting those fingers while chewing your fave popcorn)

 

****I don’t know if the recommended exercise is useful.  Ill ttell you if something happened

 

Arrgghhh… good luck to me

BOOK REVIEW: 101 Things to do before you turn 40 by Kristin McCracken

The number 40.  One of the most terrifying numbers in the ‘how-old-are-you?’ that was often asked when meeting another person for the first time.  I bet, we all wanted to be young and fabulous but I guess not everyone could be Benjamin Button.

 

Anyway, as we try to defy gravity with creams that may hold those wrinkles a far more subtle, one book dared to defy the odds and celebrates life.  Kristin McCracken’s ‘101 Things to do before you turn 40’ provide the pleasure of living a life to the fullest.

 

This book never left my hands and finished the book in just an hour feeling light and grateful.  It provides 101 tips on how you could enjoy every second that any ordinary single nor married gal may have never thought of.  After finishing the book, you may consider some of these tips and pushes you to do it before time runs out.  I love some tips which includes having sex with the best man, bungee jumping, playing ‘doctor, doctor I am sick’ in bed (hehehehe), embarking a journey on a far off place all by my own, kissing ‘frogs’, date a musician / artist, jury service, buy a piece of ‘real’ art, teach in a deserted county, new techniques in bed, confront homophobes and racist and other things that the writer has provided in fun and flimsy way.

 

At the end of the day, it makes me think that life is too short, make the best out of it and stop sulking because you just reached a certain age that you felt no one would ever like you.  Stop the drama and start living life.  I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU GO AND FIND THIS BOOK!!!

BOOK REVIEW: Pushing Up Daisies by Rosemary Harris

 

 

 

It’s a suspense, sprinkled with romance ala Nancy Drew all rolled into one as Paula Holliday, a media exec who trades off her fancy job for garden clogs as she embarks a gardening business.  Her first big time project is a local landmark call Halcyon Gardens which brings her to a discovery of a mummified  body that led to a series of events which brings out the ‘best and worst’ amongst its town folks. 

 

The said discovery reveals a web of stories hidden within a little towns  well kept secret that was unravelled by a gardeners utter curiosity to the truth.  It touched several issues including homosexuality, greed, deception, gardening, old medicine, lies, family bonds and murder all tangled with one another

 

My friend who finished the book for just one day and a half gave TWO THUMBS UP.  She said that the author has conveyed the material light and easy to digest for its readers.  Amen to that! 

 

But for me, a non-gardener who does not have any idea about planting nor gardening or even the slightest idea on what a ‘common weed’ may find some chapters a bit long and dragging.  I for one were lost on several chapters that I just schemed each lines just to get through it.  But it doesn’t mean that the book is a total loss.  The last chapters of the book provides a faster phase as it reveals the ‘secrets’ and the people entangled with the dead body found in the garden.  My favorite part may have been the romantic friction between the gardener and the hot mexican hunk who falls by the name of Felix.  Raaaarrrrr!!!

guide to financial independence – Pinoy style

 

 

I just recently finished ‘Wealth Within Your Reach’ (Pera Mo, Palaguin Mo!) by Francisco J. Colayco.  Its the local version of Kiyosakis ‘Rich Man, Poor Dad’ series.

 

For the past few months, the book is a best seller on all local bookstores and i just know why.

 

The book simply explains how we can attain financial independence if we would discipline ourselves in spending our hard earned money.  How we look through the future and learn the basic, ‘Pinoy’ style of saving money.  Mr. Colayco has superbly trigger how Filipinos spend rigorously for things we dont really need and invest on things that doesnt earn value.

 

Colayco also gave importance on the power of planning ahead and watching your finances like a hawk.  Plus, the examples are easily understandable, bit humorous but oddly real and specify investment local opportunities.

 

Good work Mr. Colayco! Its the first time ive ever read any local financial book so far that aspires me for my own financial freedom.  I just bought the second book of ‘Wealth Within…’ together with the workbook so i may be able to plan as well my future.