Please accept my grovelling apologies for not responding to the tags I received in the last two weeks.

I am slowly ploughing through them now. I swear if I can only type while standing in a crowded train, I wouldn’t be so late in my blogging-addiction.

So first off my to-do list is Kathy’s ‘hate’ tag — Thanks sis!

1. Food you hate
–> Falafel. Being a foodie (read: matakaw) I tried this falafel sandwich back in 2001. I’ve seen a lot of people go for it & I thought I’d give it a bite. EGAD! It was the first time in my life I actually had to spit out my food. I wasn’t ready. People say it tastes great, perhaps the restaurant I went to was no good, but I don’t want to try falafel again.

UPDATE: Sorry forgot to describe what falafel tasted-like for me. Mapaklang-mapait-na-sobrang-tuyo (Acrid-Bitter-very-dry). Yummy…

2. Fruits that you hate
–> I can’t think of any. Even the fruits I didn’t like growing up like Apples & Mabolo, I like (and miss, in the case of mabolo) now.

3. Veggies that you hate
–> Brusells sprouts. Honestly after liking ampalaya, I thought they’re making such a big fuss over the tiny-cabbages. I tried it with my sunday roast (from a gastro-pub) and I don’t think I will be serving my family this stuff lest my son forces me to eat it up!

4. Celebrities or people that you hate
–> I’d like to say I don’t hate anyone as hate is such a strong word & it conjures ‘revulsion’ of a fellow man. But if we’re talking about leeches in politics & some power-tripping civil servants, then I can reserve that term of endearment for them.

5. Event/Incident/Situation that you hate
–> US immigration. The first time I arrived on an American airport I was really shocked at their officers’ abrasive manners. They might using their rough treatment of people to fend off potential wrong-doers but there’s really no need for the aggravation. I didn’t want to live there, I never wanted to live there & the only reason I was there was because a US-based company needed my services. To stand there & be glared at & nearly humiliated is intolerable. I thought that treatment was reserved for non-white like me, but white British officemates told me they got the same deal.

I think if the US customs are trying to catch people offguard they’re using the wrong strategy. Being polite & professional & perhaps even chatting casually to people may get them more information than their bullying tactic.

6. TV Shows or Movies that you hate
–> I don’t ‘hate’ any shows or films but I don’t like a number of them. Top of my list are reality shows especially the American one (some years ago) about marrying a millionaire. After the “wedding” the winning girl wanted to divorce. I wonder why?

7. Type of Music that you hate
–> I was going to put garage & trash metal BUT I remembered the proliferation of those OPM songs that insinuates sex & other lewd topic. What are they called again? Every time I see youngsters & really old women (as in grans) cavorting to those songs, I feel humiliated. And every time I see parents, mostly mothers, encouraging their young ones to act like a-go-go dancers, I get the urge to give them a whack on the head.

8. Household chore that you hate
–> It has to be ironing. I used to be okay with it, but since my series of RSI problems, it’s a no-go area for me now.

9. Things you hate about the world
–> War and greed, they’re one & the same aren’t they?

10. Things that you hate about yourself
– > Physically, I am very conscious of my double-chin and every time I mention it I can still hear the Batibot song “alagang-alaga ko si puti, bakang mataba, bakang maputi…”. I’m seriously damaged ain’t I?

I’m now supposed to tag people but I’d rather you pick it up if you feel up to it. Come on, tell us what makes you go “hmp!”

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