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Even Luzonians call it habal-habal

HAVE BAT WILL STRIKE - Juanito V. Jabat   - The Philippine Star

 I once saw this sign in a small but popular eatery: "Thank God it's Fried Day." It was a Friday and fried chicken was the main stuff.

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 I heard some people on TV talking about what a certain archbishop (in Luzon) called "marriage by proxy." Is that okay? If so how about "honeymoon by proxy"?

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 Habal-habal is now being used as the word for motorcycle-for-hire. Even in far-away Ilocos region it's habal-habal.

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 The word started in Cebu. Cebuanos know the meaning of habal-habal. Oh, if only the other Pinoys in non-Cebuano speaking areas know how the habal-habal transport came to be.

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 It says here that a Catholic group in India wants a Filipino priest to fill a missionary position. My friend Teddy H. laughed when I told him this. Polluted mind.

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 There is a bill in the Lower House filed by a party-list congressman that seeks to ban prayers and religious activities. It also prohibits religious signs and symbols in government offices. There is a government official with the crucifixion of Jesus tattooed on his chest. Is this covered by the ban?

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 When I was still young and well, I took in a movie once a week. I would go to the toilet to enjoy the pentel-penned graffiti on the wall. The most common scribbling was "Kilroy was here." I liked the one written crudely above a male urinal. It said: "The rise and fall of our population is in your hand."

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 A fellow mediaman met a Cebuano diplomat in the States who asked him: "Is my friend Nito Jabat still around and writing a column?" That was a polite way of saying: "Is my friend still living?"

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OVERHEARD. "Grabe ang baha sa amoa. Nagbaha sad nuon ang relief nga pagkaon. Unta mobaha ang pagkaon bisan wa'y baha nga tubig."

CEBUANO

CENTER

FRIED DAY

HABAL

LOWER HOUSE

NITO JABAT

TEDDY H

THANK GOD

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