Show me the guppies!

Ok, so here's the tank which has been placed right outside the main door to our house. It's separated into two tanks, one for males and one for females (and the winning *prettiest* male). I still have yet to choose which male to put in there, I have a few candidates and am auditioning all of them for healthiest movement, color, and tail type.Here's the side for the females. It has a water sprite plant for the ones who are already pregnant and would be giving birth. This plant will give some of the fry a chance not to get eaten by the adults before I harvest and place them in a separate, smaller fry tank.
Here's the side for the males. It has two plants, a driftwood and some corals. Most of the time, the males stay near the surface feeding or playing with the bubbles from the pump.
Like so.
The following are solo pictures. This one's a female. She doesn't have a gonopodium (penis) on her belly side.
Unlike these next four gentlefish... This one's a lyretail, I think. His tail is divided into two. Pretty heavy it looks like- he often swims not as straight as the other males.
Like this red-tailed one.
Or this pink male.
Or this one with snake-scales-like-patterns on his body.
We currently have fifteen fry in the small tank. Hopefully they grow up nice looking males and get some new virgin females too. Hopefully they live past their first month- it's like Project Runway with these fishes... One day you're in the tank alive, the next day, you're out dead. :)

Signs of the times

I think I was driving along Makati Avenue when I came upon this... So now they have trucks for transportation, huh. The better to haul dozens of them out there. (Sign says: Pretty, cheap too)Speaking of trucks, I've seen trucks carrying live pigs going to the slaughterhouse but I guess now even the insides are sold and go maybe to a factory that produce sausages or those innards some people grill and sell in the streets (i.e. blood, intestines).
A famous show in the 80's produced this dark-skinned comedienne but after a few years in the states, she's come back to endorse a skin-whitening product.
"From ebony to ivory" - quite apt. I wonder if that's really her in the black person image.
So the sign either warns headless children or mutants with tiny heads from stepping on the greenery.
Finally, amid the global crisis, people are now selling sweat(?!?). I don't think it'll turn around well.

Rong speeling, rong!

News channel. Magazine.
Website.
Online ad. Nothing really wrong with the spelling, just a "Huh?" for me.

Oh (NO!) Boy!

I am very interested to find out the sales figures for this product because whoever thought about selling Boy Abunda perfume is... good thing I'm not the violent type. Ok, let's think of good things about this product... It could actually smell nice. The packaging is black with some rainbow-colored tv-stripes. Um, what else? The bottle could be unbreakable. You could be blind and never see this billboard. Geez, sorry, but for me, this ad and product is a FAIL. Speaking of which...

Spot the 'Huwaat?!?!'

Ok, first up: there are some billboards of these that have the same mistake. Some of their posters in some malls have already been corrected...Was channel surfing one time and behold... it could also be a typo, but it's still amusing. Not saying my grammer and speeling are impeccable- everyone makes mistakes...
Even the top honcho of a top, multi-awarded IT-slash-BPO-slash-contact-services firm here in the Philippines makes mistakes... She's free to say it was her assistant who typed it wrong...
You too, feel free to send me more "sightings" so we can post them here.

Cebu in Pictures, Part 7

So I'm no longer in Cebu. But before I left, I was able to visit a very beautiful place called Plantation Bay. It was getting dark, and still the sights were awe-inspiring. The sky looked like a painting. This was a place to go and have your honeymoon or an anniversary celebration. Aww.It's a big place. The visitor is frist greeted by a large open-air lobby. And from there, everything opens up to hectares of water and cabanas.
Aside from the pools and the lagoons, there's the beach.
Footprints in the sand...
And to get around, you have these jeepney-like transportation to get on. Or you could rent bicycles if you wanted.
No, this one's not for public use... Just an amusing sticker, I thought.
It's not the ceiling at St. Peter's but the ambiance at the Italian restaurant, Palermo, was pretty good.
And their mint gelato was delicious!
Going home, we discovered a hitchhiker on the roof of the car.
Click on the title to go the website of Plantation Bay. I think overnight rates start at PHP7,000. Day trips are at PHP2,000. Pretty pricey...

Cebu in Pictures, Part 6

Time for an outing... About an hour from the city is...This would be truly amazing...
if it were true. Dolphins swimming up to a mountain resort? What do you think they are, salmon?!
The pool is inviting though...
And if you want to make a splash...
Don't slap the monkey!
You in for birds? A bird sanctuary building adorned with butterflies.
And once inside, less butterflies, more live birds like this one.And even a dead one.
Time to go home...
And straight to the mall.
Where Koreans roam. :)

Cebu in Pictures, Part 5

Food Trip
Here's the ceiling lighting at this quaint little deli and cafe where I was told you can buy almost everything you see in it.There are very old artwork, house furnishings, caps, beads, souvenir items, sardines, and food items.
And they serve hot home-cooked meals you don't have to wait too long for. Plus the staff are very friendly.
The table-top. I highly recommend eating here; you'll have a very pleasant experience.
Abaseria Deli & Café, Cebu
39B Cong. Noel St.,
Cebu City, Cebu
(032) 233-8339

On the other hand...

Inside Ayala Mall and alongside Spaghetti Factory is Mother's Fried Chicken. I took out some pork chops. I asked for gravy but I had to pay for it.
And when I got to the office to eat, the gravy wasn't any good. Nor was the chops. Bad lunch.
And for a snack, how about some panwiches. Pandesal with various filling.
Looks cute and yummy. Tastes ok.