May

9

Butil Butil

Filed Under My $0.02, NotJustNuclear, Pseudomestic

Just because we’re here in the US, doesn’t mean we’re not affected.

We recently bought bigas. Hubby and I had to do a double take because it cost us $22 for a 25 pound bag, whereas about 2-3 weeks ago, we got the same kind of bigas for $14. What the heck happened?

No day like today to go on that low-carb diet, no?

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Do the math and you’ll see that each kilo of bigas here is about Php78, as compared to Php40/kilo in Pinas. Now who’s got the best deal?

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Pero duda namin ni hubby, yung may ari ng tindahan, marami siyang stock ng bigas na nabili niya at the old price, and he’s just taking advantage of the “rice shortage” para kumita ng extra.

Batukan ko kaya?

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Nah, benefit of the doubt. :)

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While at the Filipino store, the manongs in line behind us were also talking about the exorbitant prices of commodities in the Philippines. They came to the conclusion that it was cheaper, still, to live in pinas than here.

Pero I doubt kung totoong uuwi sila, haha. Charing!

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Speaking of Charing, I kinda mentioned in my previous post that Charice Pempengco will be appearing on Oprah on May 8th. Sorry, mali pala. Charice is going to appear on Monday (the 12th).

Kaya pala, I was glued to the TV last Thursday and I was really wondering when Charice will suddenly materialize behind Cher. Do you believe in life after love?

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Hindi pinatulan ni Howie ang balut sa Deal or No Deal (Pinas edition), ano? Napanood niyo? Cute.

Pero hindi rin niya pinatulan yung pagkembot ni Kris pag nagtatanong kung Deal or No Deal. Feeling ko mas pipiliin ni Howie yung balut over the kembot. :P

Di kaya naka-relate si Howie sa penoy?

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And I also mentioned in my previous post that Louross was kicked out of the show the other week (I edited that one already). Mali din pala. I kinda forgot that no one was elimated pala last week because one of the chefs quit, hehe. Sorry.

At least I admit my mistakes. I guess, it’s the effect of the low-carb diet. :D

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We sent our passports last week via courier to the Philippine Embassy in Washington DC. Aside from the passport fee of $50 each for me and for hubby, they also told us to include $8 in the money order for return shipping expenses. Hubby even clarified if he was supposed to send 8$ or $16 for both of our passports and the lady at the Embassy said, $8 lang, iho, sama-sama na yun.

This afternoon, the Embassy called and said we should’ve sent $16 for both passports! Hello.

And then, as a remedy, they told hubby to fax them an authorization letter so that they could charge hubby’s credit card for $8. Ok fine. I didn’t know that that was SOP sa Embassy. Anyway…

I’m just telling you guys that, we are only authorizing the Embassy to charge $8 off our credit card. Ayan, para malinaw. Kayo ang saksi.

If someone suddenly decided on a shopping spree at Louis Vuitton at my hubby’s credit card’s expense, at least you guys know that it wasn’t me!

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It was my sister’s birthday last May 1 and my brother’s birthday on the 7th. Belated happy birthday sa inyong dalawa! Love you, guys! *muah*


Goofing around with my brother and sister at Dads. Tapos na kasi mag-buffet kaya baliw na. Di ako masyadong umabot sa picture, hehe.


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18 Responses to “Butil Butil”

  1. Weng on May 9th, 2008 7:09 pm

    - mee, naaliw ako sa entry mo. hahaha. sinisita ako ni dondi kasi si louross nasa hell’s kitchen pa. dalawang magkasunod na recorded episodes sa dvr ang pinanood namin tapos hinihintay niyang pauwiin si louross! hahaha! nagtaka rin ako nung ang preview for the thursday episode of oprah e sila cher (di ko naman din napanood). what’s going on here? ikaw pa naman ang source ko palagi. hahaha! :D

    - tulad nga ng sabi ko, love ko si howie. hahaha!

    - ang bigas dito the last time na nagpunta kami sa asian store, 19.99. tapos me limit na 5 sacks per customer. hello, wala naman kaming balak magimbak. pero, hindi kaya tinatago lang ng mga olympians ng china ang bigas? harharhar.

    - belated happy birthday sa mga kapatid mo!

    - happy mother’s day na rin! mmwah!

    - have a great weekend!

    ang haba, pasensya na. :)

    Weng’s last blog post..Richly-Blessed April Weekend 2

    hi weng, thanks sa mahabang comment, i loved it! :D kulang ang research ko, purol na yata utak ko kakahataw dun sa kabila, haha! :D hayaan mo, next time i will verify and double check my sources para naman bumalik ang pagka-reliable ko tungkol sa chismisan. :D teka, mas mura ng one cent ang bigas niyo kesa kina abby! daya, haha!

    uy, seryoso, i think yung cyclone sa myanmar malaki din ang effect sa rice shortage. :( di ba burma ang pinaka-malaking rice exporter sa asia or something like that? :( ~m

  2. abby on May 9th, 2008 8:37 pm

    kaya pala napakamot ako ng ulo nung nabasa ko na naalis na si louross sa entry mo. kasi alam ko umiyak sya nun pero walang natanggal. okay im rubbing it in, sorry! :P

    kainis yang bigas crisis na yan talaga. kami from $12 naging $20. OA diba!

    si kris, parang display lang sa deal or no deal. walang nagawa yung pagiging ma-papel nya, o ha! :D

    abby’s last blog post..Ten Plagues

    hi abby, hindi ko nga alam kung bakit nasabi kong na-kick out na siya. sabi sa iyo, kulang sa carbs ang utak ko. uy bakit mas mura ang bigas sa inyo? baka NFA yan ha? :D and si kris, nakuuu naasar talaga ako pag naririnig ko siyang nagsasalita, nagpapaka-slang e di naman siya ubra kay howie. :D ~m

  3. annamanila on May 9th, 2008 8:55 pm

    The “collage” of entries gave me a nice update about my favorite partygirl.

    The rice shortage must really be a global phenomenon because when we called for bids for rice imports, the bidding failed for lack of takers.

    I hope the next picture of the partygirl would be uncut, unabridged, unexpurgated. hahaha

    annamanila’s last blog post..The Doctora-Not-Quite

    hi annamanila! my sister was taking the picture, e since both of them were a head taller than me they kinda took for granted na i would be included in the frame. obviously, i didn’t. :P next time, i’ll hold the camera para i’ll be the one who’s uncut, unabridged, and unexpurgated, hehe. ~m

  4. tin on May 9th, 2008 10:46 pm

    naku mama mee, totoo yan about the bigas. dito din! waaah.

    anyhoo, happy mom’s day! tsup! :)

    tin’s last blog post..LP 6: Mahal Na Ina (My Beloved Mom)

    hi tin, pati diyan sa inyo may rice shortage din? grabe global na nga. :( anyway, happy mother’s day din sa iyo!! *muah* ~m

  5. Iris on May 9th, 2008 11:06 pm

    hay nako sinabi mo pa. ang mahal na ng bigas! buti nalang we still have some left from the one i got as a benefit from my previous employer. and did you know canned goods’ prices went up na rin? mia’s milk is now over P1k. dati around 900p lang. hay buhay talaga.

    ano, uwi na? hehe.

    hi ris, i heard nga from the manongs na tumaas lahat sa pinas! kawawa naman ang mga tao who’re below the poverty line. paano na sila makaka-survive? :( and yung gatas P1k na? grabe dati si ninna around P700 lang yan. balik breastfeeding ka na lang kaya? hehe! uwi ako, mas mura pa rin pedicure diyan! :D ~m

  6. Pinky on May 10th, 2008 6:39 am

    Loved the way you “threaded” your stories, Mee ;)

    Kahit kami dito sa disyerto, yung dating SR14 (USD3.70) na 5 kg jasmine rice e biglang naging SR22 (USD5.87) two weeks later! Kung walang totoong rice shortage, looks like a some people are definitely getting rich at our expense - waahhh! :(

    What’s more, pati yung monthly grocery expenses namin went up by 30%! Grabe na ito, kapatid!

    Hay naku, medyo ipikit muna natin ang ating mga mata sa mga sad stories na ito…after all, it’s our day tomorrow, right? Happy Mom’s Day, Meeya! Mwah! :D

    Pinky’s last blog post..LP #6: Mahal na Ina

    hi pinky, huwag naman sana that people are taking advantage of this. hindi naman makatao yun. :( and yes, kami rin our grocery budget has shot up these past weeks. kailangan nang rumaket, sis! :D ~m

  7. Leap of Faith! on May 10th, 2008 7:38 am

    Naku, Meeya, it looks like Pinky was able to share with you our recent experience on the rice shortage. Grabe, everytime I fetch the children from school I always here the BBC news saying that so many people are suffering globally from the rising food prices. Nakakaawa. I’m sure so many of our people are also affected by this.

    Buti na lang at the shows you mentioned are not being aired here on time so hindi ako masyadong affected.

    Hey, buti at naayos niyo na rin yung passports niyo. FYI, I heard that there are many people in Manila who are having problems obtaining a visa with the US Embassy since the new MRP have sub-standard features daw. Wala lang, I just wanted to let you know.

    Happy Mother’s day!

    Leap of Faith!’s last blog post..Six Quirky Things About Me

    hi keith, thanks for the greeting! :) about the passports, really? or baka excuse lang ng US embassy yan to turn down more people. hindi naman kasalanan ng applicants yan. :( we still got the old green ones so low-tech pa rin kami, haha! hopefully, when the newer batch of passports come out, mas ok na ang quality. ~m

  8. kengkay on May 10th, 2008 9:55 am

    uh-uh, mali yang postage nyo, kahit na two passports yan, dapat cost for one postage lang yan. dito sa alemanya, parating dalawa ang ina-apply kong possports, kasi the kids have pinoy passports din.. pero postage for one lang ang bayad. hmmmm.. baka pambili ng bigas, hehehe. dito rin, actually two years ago pa tumataas ang sako ng bigas. it went from 11 euro per sack na naging 25 euro, magkano kaya ngayon? hmm. baka mag patatas at tinapay na lang ako, hahaha

    nga pala, happy mother’s day!

    kengkay’s last blog post..mother’s day problem

    hi kengkay, alam mo ba na-send nila yung passports namin nang hindi pa namin napapadala sa kanila yung $8 na kulang, hahaha! anyway, ni-mail pa rin ni hubby yung pera at baka nga pambili ng bigas yun, regalo na lang namin sa kanila. :D bhmd din sa iyo sis! ~m

  9. zel on May 10th, 2008 11:03 am

    ate thanks for the belated:) love you too!hehe..

    and besides im here to greet you a happy mother’s day… eeeewww mothers day na greeting sau.. hahahaha:) yaan mo iggreet na lang kta sa nanay naten with matching kiss pa hehehe..:) umuwi kna ksi dito.. pra ksama ka sa celebration.. d nga lang ako mkksama sa kainan kc sa RT ako mag mmothers day hehehe.. dapat may magandang greeting c ninna sau ah..

    kahit mahal ang bigas msarap parin kumain:) anyways, mahaba na.. happy mothers day na lang ulit.:) mwaaa!!

    thank you sel! buti nga mother’s day pa lang hindi pa happy grandmother’s day, hahaha! *muah* ~m

  10. K on May 10th, 2008 2:26 pm

    Happy Mother’s Day, Meeya.

    K’s last blog post..M is for Mother

    hi K, thanks! ~m

  11. gem on May 10th, 2008 3:01 pm

    happy mother’s day, meeya. dito, di ko feel ang rice shortage. kasi ba naman, ako lang a rice-eater dito. hindi pa regular. once or twice a month lang. nabubuhay kami sa tinapay at patatas.

    hi gem, hehe buti pa kayo. kami kasi nahihilo pag hindi nagra-rice, haha! pero ngayon baka mabawasan na ang pagkain ng kanin, nagtitipid na, haha! ~m

  12. star on May 10th, 2008 4:11 pm

    komedi ka talaga mee! ahaha!
    happy mother’s day dear! your mom and ninna are so proud of you, as we and the rest of your friends and family are. *mwah*

    star’s last blog post..Momma

    hi star, ay na-touch naman ako! thank you! :) that really means a lot to me. *muah* ~m

  13. JO on May 10th, 2008 4:17 pm

    Happy Mother’s day Meeya!

    JO’s last blog post..Photographic Images of Me

    hi jo, salamat! and same to you! ~m

  14. liezl on May 10th, 2008 8:24 pm

    Happy Mother’s Day, Mamah!

    hi mamah, thanks! *muah* ~m

  15. something purple on May 10th, 2008 11:51 pm

    dito nga USD23.00 ang bigas! kaya either corn, tinapay or mashed potatoes muna or brown rice kasi yun mura mama mee!

    happy mum’s day!
    dagdag mo sa listahan mo: http://em.wifespeaks.com/189026.html

    something purple’s last blog post..honoring ‘HER’ (a mother’s day entry #2)

    hi em, oops, lagpas na ang mother’s day. pwede bang next year ko na gawin? hahaha! thanks! ~m (edit: done na with the tag em! *muah*)

  16. monaco on May 11th, 2008 12:03 pm

    Yan din ang suspetsa ko dito, nag-hoard lnag ng bigas ang mga suppliers pala lalong tumaas ang presyo. Dami nga nahuhuli na Chinese hoarders eh, tapos ang siste pa, they’re remilling cheap NFA rice to make it look more expensive and selling it at a higher cost! tamaan sana ng kidalat mga yan, sa pwet!

    hi monaco, naku grabe talaga!! mga walang kaluluwa. mabibilaukan yang mga yan bago tamaan ng kidlat sa pwet! ~m

  17. Linnor on May 12th, 2008 7:46 am

    “Tapos na kasi mag-buffet kaya baliw na. Di ako masyadong umabot sa picture, hehe.”

    Ay grabe… cute mo talaga. Natawa ako dun sa pic nyong tatlo dahil sa sinabi mo. :D

    Linnor’s last blog post..Mahal na Ina

    hi linnor, haha! that’s actually the most “normal” looking of all the pictures i have of us. :D ~m

  18. dphatgirl on May 15th, 2008 1:48 am

    mura ng charge sa inyo for passport renewal ah? it’s around $120 daw dito eh. heniweys, super bhmd! na-antig ako dun sa card na ginawa ni ninna. stuff like that removes any trace of regret in packing your bags and leaving your comfort zone.

    dphatgirl’s last blog post..Women With Testicular Fortitude

    hi ate k, amen to that! she makes my life talaga worth living. :) siguro kaya mas mahal diyan sa inyo kasi they have to import the stocks pa from DC hehehe. dito $50 nga lang pero may kickback naman yata yung mga consul sa shipping. :P ~m

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