Asean Summit traffic dry run set today

It says here that a liquid version of Viagra will soon be marketed in India. Its trade name is "Mount & Do." Need I elaborate?

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A line in an announcement in a local daily (not TF) says: "Please bare with us." Sorry can't do it. He, he, he!

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The Asean Summit traffic dry run will be held today. It will also be a dry run for our ability to cope with the difficulty in moving from one place to another during the four-day Asean Summit (Dec. 11-14). This will be a mental/physical endurance test of sorts.

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The driver of the taxi I rode in Thursday said if he could not drive in the so-called ceremonial routes which cover most of the main destinations in the city he'd just stay home and play mahjong with neighbors who would also be staying put at home.

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He said some of his fellow cabbies are also thinking of staying home if they'd find it difficult to make a living during the Asean Summit. "Pero di sila moduwag mahjong. Adto kuno sila sa tigbakay," this driver said.

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Speaking of mahjong, here's a portion of a letter I received from a reader who signed his name but requested that it be withheld from publication:

"The cops have been going after people playing cards and charging them with gambling. But they don't go after mahjong players. Some say mahjong is not gambling but parlor game and yet thousands of pesos change hands during a major mahjong session. Have you heard of a mahjong session being raided by cops?"

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That's what I've also been told. That mahjong is a parlor game and not gambling. That's what I've also heard, that thousands of pesos change hands during a major mahjong session. No, I haven't heard of a mahjong session being raided by cops. So let's play mahjong instead of tong-its or tsikitsa?

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I just received this text messages: "Not true that all ceremonial routes will be closed all day long on Friday (today) for the dry run. Some routes will be closed only for two hours in the morning and two hours in the afternoon." The texter, however, did not specify the hours. Thanks anyway for whoever bothered to send the text message.