I got schooled by the barber.

So I was in the beauty salon getting my hair cut on Black Friday. Natalie suggested that I could pull off a short haircut.

Me: Hm... I don't know. I'm not thin enough to have short hair.
Natalie: What are you talking about?
Me: Only really thin girls can look good with short hair.
Barber: What! Do you think you're fat? You're not fat!

*later on, after my haircut is done, it's Charlene's turn. I turned and looked at her getting her hair cut until I noticed that there was a digital camera in her hands*

Me: What's that?
Charlene: Oh, I'm looking at pictures of [the Barber's] dinner table [on Thanksgiving]. They have a lot of food.
Barber: *speaks in sarcastic tone* You better not show her that! She might gain weight!

Sen Dai

On my hangout with Kirs, Mark and Dianne, we decided to eat at a Sushi place. Here were some of the menu items:

"Orgasmic"
"Sexy Tem"
"Booty Call"

Mark: "You should get the fried Booty Call."
Me: "= X"

....
As I finished my sushi rolls...

Me: "I'm saving my booty call for last."

Disturbed

I was at Target today, shopping on Black Friday and I walk through the kids section to cut to the registers.  I pass by a cart with a little girl (who seemed to be no older than 4 years old) and I hear her sing in tune: "Dum, dum, dee, dum, dum..."  She missed the last "dum" but man... 4 year-olds humming Rhiana's "Distrubia" is quite disturbing for meeeee!

ABC.

I was speaking nonsense with Charlene until my older sister Natalie told us to stop talking. Then I said...

Me: *talking to Natalie* This is an A and B conversation, so C you later.
*thinks for a bit*
Or is it "This is a conversation between A and B, so C you later"? Uhh...
Natalie: *perplexed look* What are you talking about?
Me: *joking around* Or maybe it was "This is a conversation between one and two"...
Natalie: *talks in a sarcastic and annoyed voice* So THREE you later...

She Said "Adobs"

I forgot that this thing existed for a while. Will is dominating, yo! But dude, reading this at 5:35AM on Black Friday literally made me LOL which led to the pillow thrown at the back of my head by my older sister (since we share a room).

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I was eating lunch one Sunday afternoon with my family and my sister walked in late.

Sister: "What's the ulam?" (What's the dish?)
Me: "Sinigang and Adobo."
Brother: "But Ate Ronneza just finished the Adobo."
Sister: "Aww.."
Mom: "Ay, sayang! (What a waste!) You didn't get to try my Adobs!"

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I was baking cupcakes to give to my relatives for Thanksgiving on Wednesday evening. My brother was helping by mixing the batter as I washed some dishes. I look over to check on him:

Me: "Whoa, slow down. It'll get messy if you do it too fast."
Brother: "That's what she said!" *giggles*
Sister (in the living room; in the middle of singing Kareoke): HAHAHAHAHA!

BTW, my brother just turned 13 last month. O_o

Sheepheads.

So at the Liwanag Thanksgiving dinner at Sam Woo's yesterday night, a couple of people (including myself) were staring at a sign at the threshold of the restaurant. The sign said (specifically), "Live Sheephead!" We were all pretty disgusted at the thought of an actual sheep's head being sold at the restaurant, but as we were all grimacing at the thought, Mark Sescon came up to our group and said,

"Sheephead is a type of fish, guys."

And then we all stared at him as he walked away.

Filipino-isms (?)

So, for Thanksgiving today, my parents decided to eat at Hometown Buffet; our relatives went to Vegas for the Thanksgiving weekend, and we didn't want to cook anything. Anyways, during our lunch at the Buffet, I had a conversation with my mom and it went something like this:



Me: Mom, were you ever a tomboy when you were younger?
Mom: A tomboy? Oh, I wasn't a tomboy -- none of the people in our family were tomboys. I know people who are tomboys, though -- my cousin was like that.
Me: Wait, mom, do you know what a tomboy is?
Mom: What is a tomboy?
Me: It's when a girl acts like a boy.
Mom: Oh, we don't act like that in our family. It's like how my cousins act.
Me: How do they act?
Mom: The girl has a girlfriend. [something along those lines...]
Me: Wait... Mom, being a tomboy doesn't mean being gay or lesbian.
Mom: That's how it is in the Philippines! Ask!
Me: Mom, in America, being a tomboy is when a girl acts like a guy.
Mom: What?
Natalie: Dad, what's a tomboy?
Dad: *just came back from getting food* It's a girl who acts like a boy.






Note, my dad is very much more immersed in Westernized culture than my mom is.

I just thought it was pretty hilarious; I wish I brought a tape-recorder.