flipstress
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Bahala Na, etc.
Sorry--Bahala Na Gang was new to me, too, but it did come up when I googled the phrase before even posting about it. I was aware of the OXO and Sige-Sige gangs while growing up but it's weird how I never heard of BNG.
Did you see the other entry that came up with a comics site of the same name? It gives another use of the phrase which I have actually heard from people making a decision (or not making one) about a problem or endeavor: "Bahala na" is a Filipino phrase which is sometimes translated as "Leave it to God". While this usually comes across as a fatalist or passive attitude, it is also a motto for daring or impetuous acts. It is in that latter spirit that I forge ahead with this website. Bahala na!
Maybe you can use Doris Day's "Que Sera, Sera" instead on your boat? -- no gangs listed on the first page of Google results
but then the pessimist in me researched and found bahala na to be the name of a drug running filipino gang. hmmm. perhaps a name best not painted astern.
Sorry--Bahala Na Gang was new to me, too, but it did come up when I googled the phrase before even posting about it. I was aware of the OXO and Sige-Sige gangs while growing up but it's weird how I never heard of BNG.
Did you see the other entry that came up with a comics site of the same name? It gives another use of the phrase which I have actually heard from people making a decision (or not making one) about a problem or endeavor: "Bahala na" is a Filipino phrase which is sometimes translated as "Leave it to God". While this usually comes across as a fatalist or passive attitude, it is also a motto for daring or impetuous acts. It is in that latter spirit that I forge ahead with this website. Bahala na!
Maybe you can use Doris Day's "Que Sera, Sera" instead on your boat? -- no gangs listed on the first page of Google results