incessant rambling

the last time i crossed myself was in church yesterday. today, i hurriedly made the sign of the cross when i read the headline of SuperBalita. susmarya -joseph! explain to me then how the Sun Star Headline titled "Foreign student files rape case vs. compatriot" got transliterated, translated, transfigured into it's SuperBalita counterpart: "Koreana gi-finger sa laing Koreana, mikiha". click on read.more for screen shots of the website - i did not make this up, i swear! Sun Star Headline SuperBalita Headline transliteration - Conversion of names or text not written in the roman alphabet to roman-alphabet form; A systematic way to convert characters in one alphabet or phonetic sounds into another alphabet. translation - a written / spoken communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written / spoken communication in a first language.

my friends in Sri Lanka would be the first to tell me that their predominantly buddhist country is also one of the most sexually repressed as well. it can sometime get so strong that it ends up with the literal slip of the tongue, or in this case - a printing faux pas. NEWSPAPER HEADLINES i've heard of the barter system, but didn't realize pubic hair is a currency in some part of the world. here in the philippines, don't expect to get your change from the taxi driver, even if he gives you a... this is just hilarious! Thanks S for the clippings, keep them coming (pun intended).