Mommy Pehpot, Author at Mommy Pehpot

LP: Bridge

This my entry for LP’s tulay. This is not the usual bridge (water below type). This is your what to take, to C5 or to Ortigas Avenue, part. The past few themes for LP was very challenging to me, like last week’s building. I am a stay at home mom and it is very rare that I see (or had a chance to take a snap) the outside world. My bestfriend is my PC.LOL Anyway, this one is taken on a very rare occasion, hubby and I had a date! Going home from watching Wolverine, we were greeted by a lot of people on the road, like a rally or so. Traffic was a bit heavy considering it was past eleven. That’s a good thing because I was able to take a snap of this bridge intersection.

Eto po ang lahok ko para sa LP ngayong linggo. Hindi ito ang karaniwang tulay na kung saan ay nagdudgtong sa dalawang lupa na nahahati ng isang uri ng tubig. Ito po ay parte ng isang kalasda na nakataas na kung saan ay kailangan mo magdesisyon kung papunta ka ba ng C5 o didiretsuhin mo lang ang Ortigas Avenue. Sa salita ng mga anak ko, ito ang parte kung saan, kami ay papunta ba ng Tagaytay o sa kanilang Lola. Sa totoo lang nahirapan talaga ako sa temang ito, katulad din ng tema noong nakaraang linggo. Ako po kase ay mabuting ~~taong bahay~~ maybahay at madalang na makasagap ng sariwang hangin. Ito po ay kuha isang gabing nagkaroon ng milagro, uy nag date kami! Papauwi mula sa panonood ng Wolverine, nasalubong namin ang napakaraming tao sa kalsada na animo may rally.Ang daloy ng trapiko ay naging mas mabagal at ito ay nakabuti sa akin dahil nagkaroon ako ng pagkakataon na makuhanan ang tulay na ito.

It’s Local Call

I found this from Beth and I just can’t help but repost it. It is very Pinoy in every essence. Love it.

A man in Topeka, Kansas decided to write a book about churches around the world. He started by flying to San Francisco and started working east from there. Going to a very large church, he began taking photographs and making notes.

He spotted a golden telephone on the vestibule wall and was intrigued with a sign, which read ‘Calls: $10,000 a minute’ Seeking out the pastor he asked about the phone and the sign. The pastor answered that this golden phone is, in fact, a direct line to heaven and if he pays the price he can talk directly to GOD.

The man thanked the pastor and continued on his way. As he continued to visit churches in Paris, France; Cairo, Egypt; Hong Kong in China, and around the World, he found more phones, with the same sign, and the same answer from each pastor.

Finally, he arrived in Philippines, upon entering a church ln Manila, Philippines, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church, behold – he saw the usual golden telephone. But THIS time, the sign read ‘Calls: 35 cents.’

Fascinated, he asked to talk to the Priest, ‘Father Ricardo Baumberger, I have been in cities all across the world and in each church I have found this golden telephone and have been told it is a direct line to Heaven and that I could talk to GOD, but in the other churches the cost was $10,000 a minute. Your sign reads only 35 cents a call. Why?’

The priest, smiling benignly, replied, ‘Son, you’re in the Philippines now ……. You’re in God’s Country, It’s a local call.’

Ano ha? papalag ka? LOL