In the news: D30, China confirm ‘status quo’ agreement on the West Philippine Sea.
The ‘status quo’ agreement was verbal, not formal agreement, said the report. “It was a gentleman’s agreement,” the report added.
The former President said the gentleman’s agreement covered the whole of West Philippine Sea and was “intended to avert war and was not meant to compromise the country’s territory or national sovereignty.”
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Imagine, you have a neighbor who parks his cars in your lot. Then the neighbor would not even allow you to visit your lot, prohibits you to harvest vegetables from your small garden in that lot.
Too frightened of the bully neighbor, you say, “Your cars are in my lot, you may continue to use my lot and we just look the other way.” That’s ‘status quo’.
SusMariaHusep, akala ko ba atapang a tao. ‘Nong nangyari?
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In a class in my hometown in Tolosa, Leyte, Teacher: “Use ‘status quo’ in a sentence.”
Mario: “Ako ma’am. Maaram ako ma’am. Ang status ko yana is poor to very poor. We even have to borrow money to buy food from our neighbor who harvested these from our farm.”
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Distance learning is back due to extreme heat from El Nino.
Distance learning is the new normal that ideas are being floated on athletic competition in schools via distance meets.
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Quiboloy is just hiding in Davao, says former President Duterte, now known as Mr. Status Quo.
Funny, VIP fugitive, former Congressman Arnie Teves got nabbed in a foreign country. But accused criminal Quiboloy can’t be found and arrested here inside our territory.
Now this Quiboloy can truly claim he is ‘Son of God’. Like Jesus, he disappeared. Law enforcers should just wait for his resurrection.
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A beautiful lady sat on the dentist’s chair to have tooth extraction. The assistant wheeled in the tray of instruments.
Seeing the needle, she said, “I would rather have a baby than have an extraction.”
Young handsome dentist exclaimed: “Better make up your mind, so I can adjust the chair as needed.”
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In another doctor’s clinic, patient: “Doc, I’m afraid I have early onset of amnesia. What do I do?”
Doctor: Let us check on that, then I will treat you. But I’m afraid you’ll have to pay in advance.”
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I went to our local Hall of Justice, looking for a lawyer to handle a libel case filed against me as our regular lawyer was from Quezon City.
I walked into one of the rooms and asked an old lady there: “Do you know a criminal lawyer in town?”
Old lady: “Yes, we think so, but we can’t prove it.”
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