Signs

Signs, signs, everywhere signs!  Let's look at some signs.

First up this lovely gem.

I did a double take when I first saw this sign. Sewer wanted? What? Like pipes for the toilet? Oh! They mean seamstress wanted. Apparently that word is not in the vocabulary of whoever wrote this sign. 

Just one!

This sign was hanging from the window of a bar during a fiesta. All the fun is in not knowing what it means. That is clearly a Nazi swastika and not a Buddhist swastika. What about the 'gator? What does he represent? Sunog Baga means fire lungs which only adds to the mystery. There were people wearing t-shirts with this design so there is a group but I will never know just what they are representing. Motorcycle gang perhaps? 

This ironic sign is hanging inside an elementary school classroom. Amazingly enough even after years of schooling Filipinos will still be ignorant about basic history such as the real history of independence. June 12th, 1898 is not it.

Someone is offering lessons in dance, music, modelling, and singing. Whoever they are must be a real all round artist. How would dance and modelling classes be properly taught outside of a studio and at the student's home?  It's too bad this sign got torn down after the election. Likely caught up in the tearing down of campaign posters by which it was surrounded.

Everyone knows Filipinos love to appropriate American pop culture iconpgraphy. Here we have a moving homage to the Godfather. The Godfather is a man obviously. Jefe means boss and is a masculine noun. So why is the definite article "La" instead of "El"? If the Jefe is a woman the word would be rendered Jefa and preceded with La.  Maybe the bad grammar is part of the charm? Something to ponder as you eat your food porn.

This sign is high up on the ceiling. Why would it be placed there? Who looks at the ceiling when they are at the mall? More importantly how necessary is this sign? Do I need to be thanked for not smoking in the mall? Does anyone smoke in the mall? Have you ever seen anyone light a cigarette inside the mall? Of course you haven't because people don't do that.

I was going to write a review of this restaurant but I never got around to it. Suffice it to say coffee and baby back ribs do not pair well together. There was also nothing special about the ribs or the coffee. Note the incorrect spelling of backribs.