Christening Of Latrell - Sept 21st! Part 2

inc: Honey's 18th Birthday.

Welcome to the second instalment of photos from Latrell's christening and Honeys 18th birthday.

This selection of photos is from the camera of James Chuang, the other of our two photographers on the day. There is a brief glimpse at the actual ceremony this time as photos gradually trickle through to me.
Hopefully the important ceremony will be covered in more detail next week as we gradually get through all the shots.

A proud moment!
With the ceremony over, one attempts to hide from all the cameras.
Soon enough I am noticed and told to make way to the stage for the awaiting horde of paparazzi all wanting to record my old derelict self on film for decades. Actually, it was probably all digital stuff, so film is likely not the word.
L-R: Gina, Anabelle, Latrell, Me, Ron.

A rather surprised looking Colonel during the ceremony with Grandpa
looking on from behind.

Of course any event that involves the attendence of hornbags will likely
draw out the famous
BURWOOD PERVERT!

Here he is with the unidentified mystery hornbag again!

And soon after his attention was drawn to the ever beautiful Honey
who is seen arriving here for her party.

Even his wife is not safe from his specialised pervert camera.
She is seen here between Siti (left) their former house guest and Analiza (right) who is whatever the rumours are saying today!

Yep here he is again, the woman certainly need no introduction now!

CAKE FIGHT TIME!

I think it is Beryl getting a face full of cake from Colonel in this shot, with me behind getting another scoop which soon found its way to Colonel's, ahhmm, friend in the white at far left :-)

Nobody is a winner in any war.
The scars, so vividly shown here, will last forever.
Or at least a couple of weeks till he has his next shower.

Join us again soon for part 3!

Whats a barkada!

OK, given two of you Aussie's have asked:

The following is ripped off this WEBSITE!

In Filipino, the word "barkada" means a group of friends.
I've heard it described as a group of close-knit friends or simply a peer group.
The best definition I can come up with is that to a Filipino, one's
barkada is another form of family.
This may sound frightening to foreigners, since surely one group of relatives is enough! While it must be admitted that our loyalties do beget
corruption and nepotism, the upside is strong networks.
The barkada has the best of both worlds, people who know you and love you anyway, but who will allow you to take them for granted... to a certain extent.
This motley crew is my barkada.

Hope this explains all!

Christening Of Latrell - Sept 21st! Part 1

inc: Honey's 18th Birthday.

As many of you will be no doubt aware, last weekend was the christening of little Latrell, the son of my dear friends Ron and Gina.
Not only was it a great event, but, thanks to Ron and Gina I was given the immense honour of being one of Latrell's godparents.
A weeks worth of feverish work went in and ensured all went well on the day, everyone had a great time and, as only could happen in a function of the 'G-Spot Karaoke Barkada', a food fight helped all (well many anyway) to enjoy the day even more.
Thanks/Salamat again to Ron and Gina for allowing to be a big part of this special moment in your lives. I couldn't be more proud.

Opportunity was also taken to celebrate the 18th birthday (despite her only looking still 14) of my newest friend Honey.
Onya Honey, your a terrific person and it was wonderful to be there for it.

Now sit back and check out all the shots from the event as taken by The Colonel and James Chuang. Currently I mostly have photos of the party, however during the next week I shall have the actual ceremony, cake fight and other memorable moments.

AHHHH PARADISE :-)

Friends old and new during the after-party.
L-R
Gina: The beautiful mum of Latrell and the best sense of humour
I have ever found in a Pinay, not to mention the one that comes out with a new surprise every time we meet :-).
Honey: Its rare to find a new close friend nowdays, but Honey certainly is that.
The newest person in my group of mates is one of the sweetest you will ever meet. I suppose its why her parents called her Honey!!! :-)
Maria: My oldest Pinay mate (time-not age) and my little sister who is always there when I am down.

No idea who this person is but lets face it WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW
MAGANDA!

Just in case one photograph of Mrs Unidentified wasn't enough.
A bonus extra for you all.

One of the Philippines finest Pinays (Honey) is sampling one of the Philippines
finest alcohol products. Glad she left me a little :-)

I am beginning to understand why the Tanduay went so quick now :-)

The maganda birthday girl sings with her ol buggar brother/mate.

BE WARNED: Outsiders are often not prepared for what can happen when hanging around the G-Spot Karaoke barkada!
Analiza found out the hard way.
Christenings, their all the same aren't they, Church service, photographs,
speeches, eating, drinking, karaoke, CAKE FIGHTS!!
Hmmmm nah, I think the later one is certainly unique to us.
Hope she got all the cake out of her hair, clothes, nostrils and any other more private locations that it may or may not have ended up :-)

MOVING ON!

** COMING NEXT **

No sooner was the 40th party over than little Latrell was having his christening. Stay tuned to this website for photographic coverage coming shortly and, likely, in another four parts.

I should point out, for those who lack much of a sense of humour,
this is indeed a joke.

BRAD'S 'BECOMING AN OLD BUGGAR' 40TH BIRTHDAY PT4

** THE SPECIAL TONGUE EDITION **

I am not really sure why tongues feature so often at 'G-Spot Karaoke Barkada' gatherings, but lets just thank the lord they do.
Come on guys, admit it, you would have to be somewhat, ahmmm different, not to be taken by the sight of a tongue trying to lurch itself free of a Pinay speech box. Its a sight that would melt even the hardest of men (and by hard I mean tough - as opposed to, well, you know). :-)
Anyway please join me in celebrating the TONGUE in this final instalment of my 40th Birthday!

Gina shows us her prized cardboard cut out of a, ahhhmmmm, couple of marshmallows.

Hayley becomes the meat in the dribbly foamer sandwich!

Nothing like a dual tongue session.
My best mate Gina (right) gives a parallel tongue display for the camera
with the newest hornbag on the block, Analiza.

My wifes Ana and Gina are overcome with excitment during
the occasion and tongues go wild.
My wife, Gina's, husband Ron looks on.

Ohhhhhhhhhhhh yeah!!!!!

Even the parents become overwhelmed with the arousing displays going on!

KAMI Updates!

KAMI BAND - SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER

Photo from the Kami Website!

For all our fellow KAMI fans out there. Here be the coming dates for their concerts.

SEPTEMBER

Friday, 12 September - Rooty Hill R.S.L Club
Saturday, 13 September - Matraville R.S.L Club
Friday, 19 September - Yarrabay Sailing Club
Friday 26 September - Canterbury Leagues Club

OCTOBER

Friday, 03 October - Rooty Hill R.S.L Club
Saturday, 04 October - Campbelltown R.S.L Club
Saturday, 11 October - Matraville R.S.L Club
Friday, 17 October - East Leagues Club
Saturday, 25 October - Halekulani Bowling Club
Friday, 31 October - Canterbury Leagues Club

New KAMI Album

NOTE: Just in case you were wondering.
Nope we have no financial interest in the group :-)
Our barkada are just huge fans of the Kamis, a group that is quite simply an awesome piece of entertainment and the nicest people you could hope to meet.

And Now For Something Completely Different!

With apologies to Monty Python.

Yes I realise I promised part 4 of my 40th and the special tongue edition. I haven't forgotten and expect to do this on Wednesday.

This posting relates to a couple of friends I have never met and who live overseas.

Ever since I can remember I have had pen pals, some like my good friends Anthony Buckley (Leeds UK) and Diane Klepper (USA) have been with me for over 15 years now. Its amazing to look back over what we have all gone through during this time.

A couple of years ago I was on the prowl for a penpal who, like me, was into photography. The idea was that we could write to each other and swap photos.
If memory serves correct, and it often doesn't in this advanced age of 40, Ria was introduced to me through a friend of hers who saw I was looking for someone with a photography interest.
The rest is history, we have corresponded while she went through many moves of house and during this time we have swapped many letters, photos and even gifts.

Last week I received a letter off her with a selection of photos within. All were taken in New Mexico and Organ Mountains and Dripping Sands. I was so taken with the photography that I thought I would share them here.
Ria has taken some stunning and interesting images.

Beautiful work my friend.




I first met Jeffrey on the internet when he joined my 'Philippine Railways SIG'
While we have not been penfriends as such, we have kept regular contact on the internet and I hope to eventually meet up with him.
Last week, following my report on my 40th birthday, Jeffrey alerted my to some interesting fact.

Both love railways.
Both love the Philippines.
Both went on to marry Filipinas.
Both born in September 1968, indeed his 40th was but 6 days before mine.

Below is a photo of Jeffrey and his maganda asawa Dahlin who we hope to meet up with one day soon.

Happy 40th Birthday Jeffrey!!!

HISTORY IN THE MAKING - LATRELL

Well last night, while in the process of consuming some of the endless party leftovers, we were treated to a very historic moment in time.
After I made a few comments about how soon it will be before my godson Latrell finally starts to walk, he actually went it alone for himself.
First he stood up for a short while with no help, then another attempt to get him to stand was met with a good metre and a half walk over to his mummy Gina.

What an awesome moment to see and capture on photo.

Of course a major event like this needs to be celebrated and what better way to do it than with a bucket load of chocolate :-)

BRAD'S 'BECOMING AN OLD BUGGAR' 40TH BIRTHDAY PT3

PART 3

More filth and depravity from Brad's big 40th event!

What a cute couple!
Despite her stealing Nathan's affections away from me, I am very happy for them.
Yes I hope she makes you as happy as I did Nathan!!!!!!!! Thats right!!!!!!
Seriously though - Hayley makes a great addition to our sordid little group of friends, it was great to finally meet her.

Ahhhhhh yes, the mystical Tanduay Gold.
My mate Bill Sullivan gave me this rare delight for my present and here we see James Chuang modelling it in front of my sugarcane garden.

Was getting a tad concerned as to Steve's intentions for my microphone and whether or not he would respect it in the morning :-)

The Colonel family as in attendence. His beautiful wife and their lovely daughter, who, obviously got her daddys big smile.

A bit of bad timing here.
We were waiting to have our picture taken when I locate a stray bit of chocolate behind my beautiful sister Maria's ear. Not wanting a good morsal to go to waste, I quickly tried to rectify the situation, but then BANG, the photo was taken.
In the pink is one of the millions of Anna's that seem to accumulate at these gatherings. Must have been a special on that name,
or variations of it, in the Philippines.

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!
My mate Gina is seen here with Annie Wing.
Those of you that have a football interest and live in Sydney would no
doubt know of her son Craig.
Me - Give me my V8s anyday. :-)

Heres our Honey again.
Its rare that someone so genuinely nice and kind joins in with
our barkada, however Honey is certainly both.

Ahhhhhhh my very cuddly fourth wife Bing.
Seen here during an intimate moment while EVERYONE was watching :-)

Yum - My second wife Anabelle savours the delights from the chocolate fountain.
Strawberries - Marshmallows and other goodies were eagerly devoured by all.

Now while looking at that last photo you may well have noticed the tongue probing its way forth towards the soon to be devoured helpless strawberry.
PART 4 of this series on my 40th will cover tongues, tongues of all shapes and varieties.
Join us on Tuesday (next week) when we do our 40th birthday special edition devoted to that most wonderful of devices
THE TONGUE!

BRAD'S 'BECOMING AN OLD BUGGAR' 40TH BIRTHDAY (More Soon)

PART 3 ~ COMING SOON ~

Sorry guys, work, party cleanup, husband duties and, believe it or not, another gathering tonight and tomorrow night, prevent me from finishing off the last two parts of this report today.

Plan is to complete this on Thursday and Friday.

So come back in a few days for a further perverted look into my 40th birthday and meet even more new people, just like my new mate

HONEY.

Have known Honey off and on for the last year or so, but it is just now that she is becoming more of a regular feature at our gatherings. Gradually as the initial shyness we all go through begins to wear off, we are also becoming good friends.

Oh yeah, just in case your wondering, she really is as lovely as she looks.
Though now she will also probably hit for saying that :-)

BRAD'S 'BECOMING AN OLD BUGGAR' 40TH BIRTHDAY PT2

PART 2

Welcome to part 2 of my 40th birthday bash. ENJOY!

Yeah I know that having best mates who are all woman is often an indication of being a , well, shall we say, ahem, well its not considered

the thing to do for blokes.
But alas I don't really give a right royal toss.
I am as straight as the Colonel, and lets face it, no greater straightness can be achieved than Colonel. A blokes bloke, a mans man, a
liquor shop owners wet dream. :D
Alas I am not ashamed to say that these three people, the three that
aren't me, WERE the closest mates I have ever had. I am lucky
enough to have met every one of them.
From left to right is my sister Maria, Me, my second wife
Anabelle and my third wife Gina.
Alas the Anabelle part has since gone thanks to the less than honourable actions of a, shall we say, boyfriend (a term I choose to use very lightly).

Kitchen Hornbags - My first wife Ana, my little sister Maria and the cute Siti.
The steamy windows behind is a result of all the cuddling action!


I think this is the first time she has appeared on the site.
This is my beautiful cousin Riza who moved out here not so long ago, perhaps a couple of years, perhaps more. Who knows, I can't really remember what happened yesterday :-)
I got on well with Riza since the first time I met her in Cavite back in 1999. Sadly despite being here I really don't get as much time to talk to her as I would like to.
Hopefully we can rectify this some day Riza.
When you moving down to Sydney???? :-)
XXXOOO

My only former school mate that was at the party.
Mr James Pappas, despite looking somewhat pissed here, stayed well away from any alcoholic beverages in order to keep up a good appearance for his fiancee.
Hope we all behaved well James and didn't accidently
reveal the truth about us all.
MMWMWHWHWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA


Steve Miller observes 'BEST PRACTISE OH&S' practice and is seen here wearing a hi-vis safety vest in order to avoid any unexpected crashes into
out of control hornbags!

WOW
No bleeding idea who she is but
DROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLL
Enough reason for more than one male party attendee to go running
for the tissue box.


My mate James Chuang, another person I don't get to catch
up with nearly enough.
So glad he was able to make my 40th.
Thanks mate.


Didn't take him long to meet some of the beauty that frequents the G-SPOT karaoke bar.



:-)

I will probably get a good slap for adding this one!
Gina proudly shows off her recent award, as voted by me, which was given to her during the party.
No doubt I shall be expecting a good shit-stirring in retaliation shortly! :-)

BRAD'S 'BECOMING AN OLD BUGGAR' 40TH BIRTHDAY PT1

PART 1

Howdee,
Well it has been a BIG weekend, hmmm actually, no, it has been a BIG weekend here at the base of the 'G-SPOT Karaoke Barkada'.
Friday night, planned as a preparation night, turned into a practice run for the days ahead.
What followed was two days with about 9 hours sleep, plenty of food, many laughs, smutty photos galore and of course the interesting scandals that always follow parties I have.

Just a typical weekend for us Filos, even us honorary ones :-)

Once upon a time (in a life far far away) parties were all about the presents. Now days the company of some of my closest friends, all at once, is the most awesome part of all. The presents were just the sweetener, although admittedly, they were a BLOODY good sweetener :-)
Amongst these sweeteners were One very rare bottle of Tanduay GOLD, two bottles of Bundy rum, one large bottle of Bundy Rum, Jamaican Rum, a 4.5L monolith Philippine rum and a bottle of Black Douglas. Anyone beginning to see a pattern here :-)
These will last me an absolute lifetime I should imagine.
I won't go on to list all the non-alcoholic presents as I shall no doubt miss somebody and cause great offense in the process.
Suffice to say, I am grateful to all. There are some awesome gifts there, while the pera donations are going to great use in building the DVD collection and towards my next Philippine trip.

Anyway enough of the bollocks - you wanna see photos don't you?

The night before the big party and Grandma gives us some impromptu poles dancing displays. Many saw this as setting the tone for the rest of the weekend, most were indeed not disappointed.

These two people, Arthur and Vicky were one of the few people (the other being my mother) who were at my 1st birthday party 39 years ago.
Incidentally that party, like my 21st, was held in the same place, indeed the exact same garage that is now the G-Spot.

Steve Miller models the latest in railfan party fashion early on in the party.
My beloved little sister Maria looks on from behind.