art is kool

The Church was indignant, and rightly so - to them, the exhibit was blasphemous worthy of condemnation which could only be tempered by burning the artist at stake. There were religious zealots echoing the stand of the church.

But seriously, in this land were CCT gets 20B in government fund couldn't care more. Even if the church informs them, they would not care. Art. Blasphemy. Sacrilege. These are all greek to them. In fact, it didn't made such an impact like when the public got wind of the "com-pajero" bishops.

But why did CCP budge? They should have been shielded with all these indignation. Art.not art. It was in a gallery, where people may or may not go. Was it ministerial for them to display the work? Was there a prior restraint, in effect, should there be a censors group to check if the material to be displayed would shock the sensibilities of the good members of the society?

If it was tasteless, then don't go.

If it was sacrilege, shouldn't the bishops pray over the artist to exorcise him of the demon that guided the former's idle hands?

The bottomline is - the artist did not coerce anybody to go and salivate over his artwork. So there's your freedom of expression- if you don't like sacrilege - don't go.

UPDATE: interesting that no less the Pnoy himself has argued that CCP is government owned, hence funded with government money; thus, it cannot offend the religious feelings of the 80%+ Catholics.  Also funny is how they make an analogy at how Muslims would react if it were Allah's or Mohamed's image. 

LESSON: We cannot appreciate the beautiful if we don't know what's ugly. We cannot fully appreciate what's godly if we don't know what's stygian. It's more admirable if the so-pure-very-celebate priests and nuns and the very-gad-loving-never-been-chismosas of the church would make that exhibit as their example of what not to do, and explain why. 

Tree-zone

President of the Republic - check
Leader of the secessionist group - check
-Alter Egos-
Department of Budget and Management - check
Department of Finance - check
Department of Foreign Affairs - n/a; but was allegedly informed

Everything for you

Yep. I wanna work in Malacanang - with Sec. Carandang's communication branch of the straight path  wang-wang free office. Now. I might still be one of the recipients of MacBook laptops. Wow. Unbelievable. The government is so sosyal. I covet you Mac. I am willing to work in the wang-wangless enviro just for you.

Read here.

Freewill

Dear Freewill,

You are supposedly independent of the movement in the outerspace, but why are you in align with them? 

I am dumbfounded.

Disappointed,

Halimaw

They are here!

Gloomy, dark, and melancholic

murderous clap of thunder

torrential monsoon flood

Indeed, the dementors are here

Of Falcons and H2O lilies

Especially coming from someone who, to be frank about it, got his job not so much by way of years of substantive policy work or solid political acumen, as by the sudden wave of sympathetic popularity that accrued to his person after the death of his beloved mother. 

PDI, June 25

x - x - x

Who said BSA was not a keen strategist? He was the best, he knows which battles to fight and what wars to wage. Convincingly, he will lead the war vs. the water lilies of Cotabato. seriously.

x - x - x

Thursday, June 23: I braved the stormy weather and ended up soaked. Answered a 30 minute fill-in-the-blank-parrot-me-quiz, then sat for 2 hours to confirm my unluck in a raffle. No doubt, i'm jinxed. All the roads were turned into parking lot, reported by KL. With nowhere to go and nothing to do, off we went to kfc; I had a kungpao meal. Finally, off to home despite the warnings of floodings in the metro.

There were no jeeps -- my preferred transpo, so I got into a bus, which is logical as it can ram into the flooded streets. No more traffic, I supposed there were some OA reporting. Lo and behold, the busy avenue was turned into a river where the buses became barges, and the taxis boat. Then I looked outside, people in suits, people in shorts, some rich, some poor soaked in an awful mixture of rainwater, rat urine, essences of garbage and gadknows-what-awful parasite infested flood-water. 

I sat on the bus and was surprised I have the virtue of patience. I rather sat there until my arse ache than brave the floods and risk myself to leptospirosis. 

Again, I looked outside. It wasn't bad at all. In fact, it was amusing to see how the movement of the trapped bus-barges created ripples, and made a wave effect lounging harshly on the skins of the unwary and brave city creatures.

@ 3 am. I was finally home. Changed my clothes and splashed 70% isopropyl alcohol on my feet. Slept and smiled at falcon for I knew he will still be there overcasting the sky with hopes of postponed friday fracas.

Mabuhay ka Rizal @ 150

Navy dispatches war relic as China deploys 14 boats 

by Bloomberg
THE Navy is sending its biggest warship, a World War II vessel, to a disputed part of the South China Sea after China said it was deploying one of its new coastal patrol vessels in the waters.

Dear Mr. Carandang

Sabi mo, “The fairness is in the eye of the beholder, but we are going to make decisions, we are going to do the process based on what we feel is going to be for the good of the public.”

Talaga sir/ma'am? Since when?

Kaya po pala, napaka fair nang pagtanggal niyo sa dating PAGASA chief na si Dr.Prisco Nilo. Kayo na po ang standard ng fairness-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder drama!

Contra-vida

Kanikanina lang nung pauwi na ako at habang nakasakay sa bus, nakasalang sa dibidi player ang pelikula ni Eddie Garcia. Nakaka-aliw lang isipin na noong mga panahong iyon (90s) eh hitik ang pelikulang Pilipino sa mga nagbabagang aksiyon, suntukan, at pasabog.

Naalala ko ang mga kontrabidang sina Rez Cortes at Paquito Diaz. Tama, sila ang mga hari ng mga kontrabida, balbas at bigote pa lang asbag na.

Ngayon, puro love story ang mainstream na palabas na mga pelikulang pinoy, ni walang mga ST films. Kaya wala ng kontrabidang astig. Ang meron, artistang laging malas dahil namamatay. Or artistang laging iniiwan ng kasintahan. Sa aking sapantaha, si Selina na ata pinaka-masamang karakter ang umuukilkil sa henerasyong ito. At saka si Crabbe, Goyle, at Draco. Hahaha...

Joke Time

Q: Why didn't Lebron go to college?
A: Because he didn't want to show up for the finals.
* * *
Q: Why did Lebron James only gave me 75 cents when asked for a dollar? 
A: Because he doesn't have a 4th quarter.


+ Funny jokes circulating the cyberworld

West Philippine Sea

I hope Mr.Lacierda of the tri-mouthpiece of the Malacanang Palace was just reading a script or something prepared by the notorious Mai Mislang. WTF, naming South China Sea as West Philippine Sea?! They should have at least offered a neutral name to that sea knowing that other ASEAN countries are claiming ownership, too. Sadly, they talk and make these press releases which are supposed to make them look tough. Fantastically, they have successfully made it, tough brainless maniacs.

Enough of the posturing. Please messrs, think and deliberate before opening your pandora's mouth.

The Tale of the Lazy Pile of Papers

Written by: Mr. Jojo Robles, Manila Standard Today (June 09,2011)

Somewhere in Malacañang Palace, there is an entire room filled with appointment papers awaiting the signature of President Noynoy Aquino. But no significant headway has been made in reducing the volume of the papers lining the walls and the floor of the room in recent months.

Contrary to popular belief, many of the papers appointing people to various vacated government positions that need to be filled up by the new administration have long been vetted and cleared by other offices, particularly that of Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. While Ochoa himself has been known to indulge in the occasional night out for a drink (or many), he’s not really to blame for the delays; the holdup really takes place in Aquino’s own office.

At one point, we’ve been told, the President agreed to set aside a specific time of day to sign the various appointment papers, just so they don’t lie there unmoved until the end of Aquino’s term. But on the very first day that he started signing them, he quickly got irritated and refused to affix any more of his signatures, claiming he had more important things to do.

Since then, the papers have returned to their original untouched condition. And no one knows when Aquino will get around to signing – or even seeing – them again.

halimaw na lazy

Kill them fishes

The LGUs and fishcage operators should read Professor Diokno's succinct take on the recent fishkill in hundreds of fishcages in Batangas and Pangasinan. He wrote: "It reminds us of the classic dilemma called the ‘tragedy of the commons’ first described in an article written by Garret Hardin in Science (1968) titled: 'The Tragedy of Commons.' The dilemma arises from the situation in which many individuals, acting independently and rationally guided only by their own self interest, will ultimately deplete a common-pool resource, even when it’s clear that it is not in any individual’s own long-term interest for this to happen."

complete article here.

Arundhati Roy's small god

 "We're not children all wanting to come first in class and win prizes. It's the pleasure of doing it. I don't know whether it will be a good book, but I'm curious about how and what I will write after these journeys."

~ Arundhati Roy  on question of 

pressure  in writing  a second novel

Erik M. Lehnsherr v. C.F. Xavier

Vamos Rafa!

microscopic

From: http://www.cocoponics.co/

Aren't they cute? Not when you contacted them, and eventually die from kidney failure. These little red sausage-like small chains are a new strain of E coli isolated in Germany which has caused the death of scores of people.

crazy big thing

Sorry Nam to spoil your moment.

I hope this is not true Mr. Zobel; Manila Standard Today columnist Mr. Jojo Robles wrote that a curious letter from Mr. JAZA was directly addressed to Pnoy zooming past NTC.

Call it powerplay, I say whatever...

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x  x  x

And it’s not only the friends and cronies who are seeking repayment for services rendered. If one published report is true, then the deep-pocketed donors to the Aquino campaign now also want their share of the spoils.

A newspaper has reported that Ayala Corp. head honcho Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala recently wrote President Noynoy Aquino a letter recently seeking concessions for his family’s Globe Telecoms. If genuine, the letter, co-signed by Globe president Ernest Cu, shows how some business interests close to this administration are now seeking payback.

As the report noted, Ayala and Globe should have coursed their request to the National Telecommunications Commission, the government agency that gives out the 3G bandwidth that the company seeks. Why the request was sent directly to Aquino was not explained.

The disclosure of Ayala’s letter is the latest wrinkle in the long-running controversy surrounding the buy-in of tycoon Manuel V. Pangilinan’s PLDT of a majority stake in the Gokongwei family’s Digitel. Globe, after initially expressing approval for the purchase, is now protesting the deal, on the grounds that it puts the Ayala telco at a disadvantage.

Globe has claimed that the PLDT-Digitel merger would kill competition in the telco industry, raise prices and lead to poor service for subscribers. It asked the government for numerous concessions, including the transfer of 22 megahertz of the valuable 3G spectrum from PLDT to Globe to create a “level playing field.”

Not surprisingly, PLDT has a different view. The Pangilinan group has accused the Ayala telco of “regulatory blackmail” because Globe is raising false charges to extract special privileges from government.

***

The Globe-PLDT controversy is really a technical matter which is best left to regulators and even the courts to unravel. But the letter of Ayala and Cu to Aquino gives credence to Pangilinan’s contention that the Makati-based family —a long-time Aquino supporter—is using its muscle with Malacañang to get concessions in business.

The Globe letter is unusual since 3G frequencies are not assigned to anyone (not even by the President) but bid out by NTC. But here was Ayala seeking the assignment of “additional 3G frequencies-particularly the currently unassigned blocks referred to as 3G UMTS Channels 10, 11, and 12 that total 15 megahertz (MHz) for its use in service to the consuming public.”

“We earnestly hope for your favorable consideration for this request. . . You can always count on our support as engaged and committed long term investors and service providers,” the letter supposedly said, in closing.

The Ayalas and Globe will have to explain why they went over the heads of the officials of NTC and directly asked Aquino himself to intervene in a business dispute. Or they will lay themselves open to the charge that they are merely out for payback, just like all of Aquino’s favored friends and political supporters.

Complete article here.
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crazy little thing

:)

Malaswaaaahh

Nakakatuwa tlaga itong si Mommy D. 

Dahil Halimaw ako

Sweet naman ni Bimbi, 

lab na lab niya ang kuya niya... bwahahaha

chedeng

bagyong nagbabadiya
ulap na madilim
hanging tumatangay
sa lupaing puno ng rimarim

oo nga at ika'y lilipas
ngunit mag-i-iwan naman ng bakas
ng pighati sa mga pulubing
bahay ay nayupi

ng luha sa mga magsasakang
pinagkaitan ng ani
at sa sinepod na dahon
tinumbang pulumpon

chedeng- "bagyong alembong ng kiring kalangitan"

sinner

There's a paradox nagging inside my head brought about by the Catholic prelates penchant for intruding to a clearly secular affair. And I hope that if they do meddle with these secular undertakings of the government, they should have at least prepare a logical and viable arguments. Stop these non-sequiturs and sweeping generalizations. We're not ischoopids.

Back with the paradox. What if in the middle of the homily, the priest asked who among the crowd watches porn - or even had the audacity to ask a particular kind of porn, say under-age porn bordering on pedophilia (which many of the scandalous priestly activities have already been exposed)? Should we raised our hands and exposed to everyone that we are a lusty sannofabitches? Or should we refrain and pretend not to hear the question?

Did we sin when we refused to raise our hands and acknowledge to everyone that we enjoy watching porn? Or was it a valid self-defense, defense from the prejudicial eyes of the church-whores?

Ulan

Pawiin ang tigang na lupa

Diligin ang dahong uhaw

halina't magtampisaw

10 a.m.

At exactly 10 a.m., I looked outside to see if the sun's ray is blocked by a giant meteor, and to my dismay - it is still there searing the surrounding at 36 Celsius. Still hoping, I looked at the nearest mountain, a sleeping volcano, to see if it's about to spew its pyroclastic death arsenal- but no. Also, there is no sign of the the invading alien mother ship either. 

The earth is not moving, neither is the sky crying.

The birds are still chirping, dogs barking, motorcycles and jeepneys outside are still racing. So goes my earthly life.

Priest's pretense

I'm not a bad guy! I work hard, and I love my kids. So why should I spend half my Sunday hearing about how I'm going to Hell? 

~ Homer Simpson on religion

por que?

The world is supposed to end on Sunday @ 10 am, and most Filipinos show nonchalance albeit indifference. Why?

Maybe because our lives are hell already and have suffered on a daily basis that if put together, these sufferings, is just equivalent to a major catastrophe. 

x x x

On a related topic, we've had a funny conversation on what possible scenarios could occur and trigger the demise of earthlings;  I've convinced her of Alien Invasion.

I h(ea | u)rt you

'Cause if one day you wake up and find that you're missing me

And your heart starts to wonder where on this earth I could be

Thinking maybe you'll come back here to the place that we'd meet

And you'd see me waiting for you on the corner of the street

...

I heart you Cecile

wolf or sheep

The game of lotto is a game of chance duly authorized by the national government through an Act of Congress.  RA 1169, as amended by BP Blg. 42, is the law which grants a franchise to the PCSO and allows it to operate the lotteries.

x x x

LOTTO IS NEITHER A PROGRAM NOR A PROJECT OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT, but of a charitable institution, PCSO.

 ~Justice Quisimbing, G.R. No. 129093

Gambling is gambling. That it is ran by a charitable institution is non-sequitur.

minority report +

Officially, I am now a member of the minority.

Bleached

I should have taken advantage of my luck. But no, I squandered the nanoseconds in exchange of entertainment. I've rather have puffy eyes watching Ichigo than have the little veins around my cornea explode from exhaustion reading those dialectical treatises.

from: vahneris of DeviantArt

Snapping tertel

Back in grade school, I had a classmate who asked my teacher what the word "*****" (sorry I can't remember what the word was) meant? She looked at him, glared, and SNAPPED. She asked, "Am I an encylopedia to you?"

Just last week, I'm with colleagues and we were prattling about our daily nonsensical lives. It was how chattering was supposed to looked like, or feel like -- animated discussion, laughing, teasing, intermittent silence, but the general conviviality of it all is captivating. Until, one snapped. Her emotion  peaked, voiced trembling -- she was literally piqued. It was about how long term relationships ending up sourly that has burst her fragile defense. We were shocked, but forgiving. She defended her self, and we told her we do understood her situation, no need to rectify her snapping snippets.

So there, we snapped. 

We snapped when we let our guards down, or even when it's on full alert. We snapped when we hear THAT phrase, or name, or sound. So yes, snapping  I guess, is somewhat an irrational reaction, or is it a reflex? 

That is why I don't ask. It's not that I know things already, or that I am not interested-- It's because of the fear that I experienced when that elementary teacher snapped at my classmate.

owohowo-owo-ho

Yikes, pagkatapos ni Bagyong Bebang, bagyong Bee-bear naman :(

Pop star Justin Bieber arrives at the NAIA Centennial
Terminal yesterday. Bieber is in the country
for a one-night concert
at the SM Mall of Asia. RUDY SANTOS

berth day sect.

new day, same clothes
old habits, same quirks
celebrate the inanities
revel in mediocrity
suffer in silence
smile despite the loneliness

really, nobody cares

~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ |

Sa araw na ito, merong bagyo
dala'y sigalot
sa mundong puno ng poot
baha sa kalsada
itim na burak ng imbornal
lumulutang na piraso ng nakaraan
inagos sa kawalan

pero babalik,
magbabara.

I am no batugan - noy2

pacquiao: hmm... ano kayang nginingisingisi ni mr.president?

unBathe

Yesterday, I woke up at 3 am-- should have been 2.a.m. I had to finish that ppt.

I finished the damn thing at 9:45 am, and had to present it at 11:30 am. The normal travel time from and to the GroundZero is approximately 1 hour. So, I brushed my teeth, sprayed Axe all over my body, applied hair cream and off I went.

Inside the bus, no one noticed that I haven't bathed except for the fly that keeps zooming in and out of my temporary territory.

Edcel's eruditions

"perjured page of conjured good news"
- Rep. Edcel Lagman on the planned website of Pnoy to boost his ratings.

some lives happily ever after

*defragmented

shackled heart

fettered love

minion of hate

jaded jester

but the fire won't die
the rays escaping the vacuum

PNoy’s 7 Lost Words

REPOST FROM NEWSBREAK: PNoy’s 7 Lost Words

Posted By @I_AMHOLO 

From: pacificvice.blogspot.com 

A priest may have recently baptized him a “bad Catholic” with a “conscience that is not well-formed,” but PNoy observed the Holy Week just the same. On Holy Wednesday, he gave his Lenten message, saying that in accordance with Jesus Christ’s teachings, his administration is sacrificing to bring about meaningful reforms. He reportedly went with his sisters for Visita Iglesia on Holy Thursday.

On Good Friday, he lamented his own seven lost words, words he can only utter in the company of his solitude, a rim of cigarettes and his PSP.

1. Father, mother, forgive me for I don’t know what I am doing.

Like my hair, my net satisfaction rating is falling.

But we have gained much ground, which is why it disheartens me sometimes that the good news fails to reach our people. It’s the fault of media if not Gloria. Kapamilya news chief Ging Reyes said it best in a recent interview , “Like Kris, the Palace thinks the station is evil, while the others…can’t help but be the usual fault finders.” Moments like this make me wish Krissy were a respectable journalist.

It’s time to scold Sec. Ricky Carandang and Sec. Sonny Coloma. I realized they are not as aggressive as UP students in screaming out what my administration is doing. At the Diliman Republic commencement exercises , I’ve met the UP Student Regent, who speaks louder than my Atenean deputy spokesperson Abigail Valte. The student leader was more effective in projecting what my achievements were: Nothing.

Father, mother, in hindsight, I realized that I should have tried running a student government before running for President.

2. I assure you, today you will be with me in paradise.

This has been my pick-up line. It was also my campaign promise.

I’ve said it to Korina, Shalani, Liz Uy, the stockbroker and the newscaster. Shalani ended up with a trouble-maker. Korina was saved by my trouble-shooter.

But thanks God, my people are accustomed to suffering. That’s why more people actually flock to churches in the country on Good Friday than Easter Sunday, according to a historical survey conducted by my oldest critic, Bishop Cruz. For the first time, I agree with him. No wonder my people follow my “tuwid na daan” as though it were Stations of the Cross.

3. Woman, here is your RH Bill

This was the most applauded part of my speech in UP, haven of activists and atheists.

Even if Willie says I don’t have the right to talk about responsible parenthood because I don’t have a child, even if others suggest that I should be excommunicated, even if the Baguio priest asks me to leave the church premises, I have to decide, I need to follow my conscience and I have to do what is right.

4. My God, My God, why have you forsaken me at 40?

Prince William and Kate Middleton are only in their late 20s. The French fries lovers in that McDo commercial were toddlers.  I am 51. I am President. I have a Porsche. Why can’t I avail of the sacrament of matrimony? You don’t want me to end up like Marlene Aguilar. Do you?

Please tell your bishop to shut up. State affairs and my affairs are none of his business. I promote responsible parenthood. Let him practice responsible priesthood.

I have not contributed to population explosion. I have the moral ascendancy to stop it.

5. I am thirsty, I’m tigang.

Temperature rose to 39 degrees over the Holy Week. Fires are all over the metropolis. And I am loveless. God forbid, if I don’t find a date this summer, I shall declare a water crisis.

6. Mercy, it is finished!

Who would not be furious if the person tasked to defend the rights of ordinary citizens would rather protect plundered loot? We do not need to elaborate—you know who I mean. Our collective weary, angry sigh is a simple “OMG” – Oh, Mercy, Go!

I’m sorry Mercy, but you are not Mary Magdalene. Your dalliance with Joc-Joc, Garcia and Gloria was utterly despicable. Magtika ka. Repent and resign. Your impeachment trial in the Senate is near.

7. Binay, into your hands I entrust Marcos’s spirit.

Mr. Vice President, I entrusted you the souls of drug mules. Now I entrust you the dictator’s. Dahil sabi nga kahit ano pa ang desisyon ko sasabihin na may bias ako o di kaya nama’y wala akong balls.”

Will it be in recognition of his being a soldier during World War II? Should it be because he was former commander-in-chief? Should it be because he was a former president? I don’t know. I don’t have Imee’s photographic memory.

Though I have consulted Josh and Bimby. They don’t remember either. Kids nowadays have forgotten about Martial Law and Edsa 1. They’re busy with Twitter, Facebook, Youtube and DotA . IKR (I know right)?

Mr. Vice President, wherever you bury him, just make sure to spare Fatima “The Miracle Child” from Ferdinand Marcos’s cornea.

Death & Resurrection

Lola died today @ 8:00 pm, she's 87. She refused to die quietly as she timed it on the eve of commemorating Christ's resurrection. Earlier today, Amy the terrier dog given by a friend, died .

My lola is a "matandang dalaga", she's the last living fossil of our clan from the father's side. Describing her means tarnishing her honor- her memories. No, she's not evil nor whore. She's not just lovable. I guess, that contributes to her single-blessedness.

Having said that, I have come to realise how sad and lonely to grow old. Alone. The physical challenges, the thought of life ebbing away. The thought of 87 life long years - questions of fulfillment, happines, worthiness.

I firmly believe that it's not how long I will live, but how I lived my life. I don't want to reach my octo years full of regret. I rather die now and end my miserable life than live 80 long years of misery.

Then I thought of my mother. She loves taking care of the family's elderly, and she stresses that growing old is difficult and she fears that we, her kids, will abandon them eventually. In short, she wants us to care for them dearly when they are already old and fragile. I commend my mother for doing so. Looking at my lola, alone and feeble, is heart wrenching. I cannot imagine that a number of elderlies are in shelter because their kids won't care for them. I guess I'll be an abominable dragon if after having set a good example, and of the unconditional love, we will be cold-hearted to put our parents in shelter.

Not that I judge them, children putting their parents in shelters. It's just that my mother categorically request us not to do it, and she sets an example how to care for the elderly.

RIP, lola.

Aawitan Kita

No, this is not directed particularly at anyone. "Aawitan Kita" is a kundiman made famous by Armida Siguion-Reyna. Yes, Tita Mids to the entertainment industry. She's one of the feisty ladies we have in this country -- she were not even cowered by Manoling Morato (another feisty lady-boy. LOL).

Just recently, I've discovered the joy of reading "The Daily Tribune." This paper is like "The Quibbler" of the wizarding world: they take and report stories differently from the major dailies. Different because they are adversarial to the administration. So it's like after reading the "fairy tale" stories from PDI and Philstar, DT knocks me back to reality.

Feisty Armida writes her own column in DT called "No holds barred." I like her style: direct and relevant. Most of the times she talk about the entertainment industry- its history, its happy days - but not about personalities in a chismosa kind of way: which is admirable and debunks my bias towards the people in her industry whom I thought would be mostly composed of superficial beings blinded by their own ego. It's been a while that she's writing a fair and balance commentary regarding the Revillame Saga. Today is especially funny as she commented on Cristy Fermin's supposed support statement for Papi.

Today she writes:

Divert.
A growing number believe Cristy Fermin’s televised “…dalawang lalaking personalidad lang ang parang pinapayagan ng publiko na maging ‘matulis.’ Si Rico J. Puno lang at saka si Willie. Pag sila ang nag deliver para bang malaking karangalan mo pag mabastos ka,” is a ploy, to take the heat of Revillame.
Try repeating the last sentence over and over again. “…malaking karangalan mo pag mabastos ka.” “…malaking karangalan mo pag mabastos ka.” “…malaking karangalan mo pag mabastos ka.” You get so angry at Fermin, you are distracted from what’s on hand.

UP Naming Mahal

photo from  crazycrazz.blogspot.com

Wow! John Gabriel Pelias, Summa Cum Laude @ 19. His is an inspiring story of triumph. Talent trumps poverty.

HIS THESIS:  “Linked Circles and Qubits: The Hopf Fibration in Topology, Geometry and Quantum Mechanics” -- nose-bleed di ba? LOL.

LOOKING  AT THE BRIGHTER SIDE OF LIFE : “I’d study the math subjects for the coming year! So I guess it’s better that I don’t have much money so I can study ahead.”

PART OF HIS PHILOSOPHY : “Whatever achievements I had are based on hard work and my passion for math. In math, there is always one answer. False cannot be true and true cannot be false.”

Here's the complete story.

Banchetto + ic's

After sweating 2 hours of unwanted calories, off we went to Banchetto. We've been planning to go there since the second quarter of last year, but it's got to be Rebecca Black's Friday last Friday for the star aligned in favor of its happening. 

The long street was filled with food booths- and a horde of hungry hippos. Hungry hippos - that we didn't expect. The throng of hippos were so hungry we thought we are in the middle of the Sarengeti plain amidst the seasonal migration of African wildlife. It was jungle out there, seriously. There was so much food to choose from that I was afraid I'll end up with a berjer. LOL. Luckily, I didn't- I got myself a lengua and creamy baby potatoes.

So we learned our lesson; must avoid the rush of call center agent's breaktime, prolly at 2 am. Also, buy the food we want as we see it because checking all the food on display and going back is laborious and the hunger pangs would have been diminished by then in exchange of UMAY factor. 

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IC's

Elbi is love. I've already develop an animus revertendi with this college town. Going back brings all the good college memories: Math 17, Palma Bridge, The Lib, BioSci, The Bridge... oh happiness.

So yesterday, I met 2 of my college barkada and we went to IC's, comfort of "the familiar". There, we realized we haven't seen each other for 4 years. What a long 4 years it has been?! One is getting married in July (another barkada will tie the knot on May). 

And so we updated each other on what's going on with our pitiful lives. Surprisingly, K was also sent to SanFo for a training. Funny exchanges, I really missed that place. D, on the other hand, is now working in Makati. Oh the lives of a developer/programmer. One thing we agreed, we are over payed. LOL. 

4 rounds of 2 Strong Ice, 1 SanMig Light

Spicy Tofu

Kropek

HighLand Legume .. hahaha

1 Coffee Mocha

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Suing Lea Salonga

1) To Willie, good riddance (even if for two weeks only).

2) Good Luck with your plans to sue "the" Lea Salonga, et al. , for what? For speaking their minds re Jan-jan incident? You mister, are a really funny guy; but this time the joke is on you.

Here's the transcript of Willie's abominable remonstrance (thanks to http://dementedlittleboy.blogspot.com/2011/04/transcript-of-willie-revillames-speech.html)

Transcript of Willie Revillame's Speech on Willing Willie, April 8
Sa April 23 po , magsisix months na po ang programa natin-- anim na buwan na po tayo.  Noon hong March 12, nagkaroon po ng problema which is nagreact po ang lahat… after one week. Yun pong bata na si Janjan na sumayaw daw po nang malisyoso at hinusgahan na po ako ng mga sangay ng gobyerno. Sinabi nila na inabuso ko yung bata, chinild abuse ko yung bata, inexploit ko yung bata dahil daw pinasayaw ko raw ng pinasayaw. Dahil umiiyak na raw ho yung bata, pinilit ko pang sumayaw.

Alam niyo ho, una sa lahat, pagnagkakaroon ho kami ng auditions hindi ko ho nakakausap lahat ng mga contestants sa Wil Time Big Time. Dito ko lang ho namimit yan. So kaya if you will noticeyung eksena na yon, tinanong ko siya kung anong kakantahin mo.  Sabi niya, "Hindi po ako kakanta, sasayaw po ako."  Eto pong bata na ito ay anim na taon lamang eh. Ang kanyahong father binati pa niya na may parlor. So hindi po namin alam ang buhay ng ating mga kababayan. Sana ho magcecelebrate kami ng anim na buwan sa 23…tayo…tayong lahat.

 Kanina ho, for the past days, marami ho akong pinagdaanan eh. Nung nasa ABS pa ako, nagkaroon ng stampede 71 dead people. Sa morgue ho, magisa lang ho akong lumalapit, wala ho akong mga kasama na boss ng ABS. Ako lang po yun.  Wala ho akong kasama. Ako po ang humingi ng tawad sa pamilya. Ako rin po ang humingi ng tawad sa mga bangkay- 71 dead people. Sa mga nanay ako po ang humingi ng tawad. Pitumpu't isang bangkay ho, lumuluhod ako. Hanggang minumura ako ng ibang pamilya. Lahat ng mura ho inabot ko. Pero after ng mura yinayakap ako. "Kung hindi ka lang mahal ng magulang ko, papatayin kita Willie. Pinuntahan ka ng nanay ko kasi birthday ng nanay ko. Pinuntahan ka ng nanay ko-- kagabi nagpamanicure pa siya kasi nanay ko labandera lang, Willie. Para daw pag hinawakan mo daw siya, maganda yung kamay niya. "

Marami hong istorya na totoong naexperience ko. Noong ho nakaburol ang lahat ng mga yan, ako lang ho ang pumupunta magisa, sarili kong pera. Hindi ko na ho ito dapat sabihin pa pero ito po ang pinaka-grabeng grabeng kampanya na tanggalin ho ako sa industriya. Ako po ang humihingi ng tawad sa pamilya. Ako po ang humaharap. Alam po ng Panginoong Diyos iyan. Sa sarili kong pera, inaabutan ko nang palihim yang lahat na mga yan. Bumalik ho ang programa at minahal niyong lahat. Naniniwala po ako na yung mga pitumpu't isang mga yon, mga nanay at lolo na namatay, pinagdadasal ako lagi. Nilalapit po ako sa Diyos na sana eh lagi akong nandito. Kaya ho naniniwala ako na narito pa rin ako.

Nagkaroon  po kami ng problema, yung Wilyonaryo, dayaan, hanggang nagkaaway kami ni Joey De Leon dahil nangdadaya daw ako yung ganon gmga salita. Nagkaayos na po kami, nagkaayos na po kami ni Joey. Malaki na ho ang respeto ko sa tao na yan, kay Vic Sotto at sa Eat Bulaga. Nagkaroon ng problema, ako nanaman ang hinarap ng ABSCBN non. "Ikaw na ang makipagusap sa tao".  Na hindi ko ho kasalanan iyon. Kasi ho kaya ko sinasabi lahat ito kasi ho matagal akong nanahimik. Tumahimik po ako sa sarili ko na lang tinitiis kasi hindi ko na ho pinoproblema yang mga yan. Ako na lang tirahin, tahimik na lang po ako.

After ng Wilyonaryo, nagkaroon po ng insidente: Ang well-loved president, the late Tita Cory Aquino. Ang lahat po nang sasabihin ko ay totoo lamang.Hindi po ako magsisinungaling sa inyo at alam ng mga tao yan. Nong ako po ay pumasok, may tumawag sa akin na si Tita Cory ho ay wala na. So nagisip ho agad ako at tinawagan ho ako ng aming direktor na nirerespeto ko at minamahal ko Mr. Johnny Manahan. Sabi niya, "Willie wala na ang ating well-loved president na si Tita Cory. Ano ang nasa isip mo?" Bigla po akong tumawag sa EP at pinakuha ko lahat ng video niya saTVPatrol ang sabi ko kakanta ako ng "Munting Hiling". Pakuha ka ng kandila at magdasal tayo. Magbigay tayo ng respeto. Yan po ang araw na namatay si Tita Cory. Kumanta ako ng munting hiling, kung makikita nyo ang tape na yan, very solemn ho yun at nagbigay kami ng respeto. And Ms. Kris Aquino texted me, sabi "Willie, mahal ka ng nanay ko kasi pagnanood siya". Kahit nung nasa ospital pa si Tita Corytinetext ako ni Kris, kasi daw kinikiss daw ako sa TV dahil favorite ng mga anak niya yung kanta ko pati si Tita Cory.

After ho nun gpangyayari na yun, kinabukasan, dapat ho eh magtatape kami.  Taping na lang po iyon eh. Sinabi ko ho sa management na ibigay na lang natin to sa mga Aquinos. Kasi, bakit pa tayo magshoshow: sasayaw ako ng giling-giling, magsasaya kami pero nagluluksa ang samabyanan. Noong una ho nagtaping kami. Nung nagtataping kami, kasi ho ng araw na yun tape. Para ho maintindihan nyong lahat kasi grabe na akong tirahin sa dyaryo, sa Inquirer, sa internet, sa twitter. Para gusto nila mamatay na ako sa mundo-- para mawala na ako sa mundong ito.Ganon ho ang ginagawa sa akin ngayon. So after ho nun, live yun at I'm sure nanonood ang ABS CBN at totoo to. Wag na wag kayong magsisinungaling, kahit saan tayo umabot haharapin ko ito. After po nun, sinabi ko po to, sa tape: Okay, nung nakatape po kami, inilabas po. Walang nakakaalam nito eh, sasabihin ko na po lahat to. Sobra na po ang kampanya laban sa akin. Lumabas ho kami sa screen sumasayaw ng giling giling yung kabong ni Tita Cory. Tumawag ako agad sa isa sa mga boss, kay Ms. Linggit Tan. "Ano ba naman kayo, nagsasasaya tayo. Nagluluksa ang sambayanan. Papasukan nyo kami ng ganyan. Nakakahiya sa mga Aquino.." Tinaggal nila yon. Tinanggal ho iyon, so nagreact sila sa sinabi ko. Pinasukan kami, nagsasaya kami, sumasayaw kami ng giling giling meron hong kabaong ng mahal nating presidente? Ang bastos bastos naman. At ako ho ang tumawag sa management. "wag niyo namang gawin iyan sa amin. Nakakhiya sa mga Aquino. Nagsasaya kami habang ang buong bayan nagluluksa. Parang wala kaming respeto."

Ano hong nangyari? Ang nangyari eto, alam ng Diyos to. Tutal ginaganyan nyo ako sassabihin ko nang lahat. Tumahimik ako para walang problema. Kasuhan ninyo ako, haharap ako. Isa ho sa management, ang sabi ko "Ibigay na natin to sa mga Aquino," Anong sabi sa akin? "Kailangan nating kumita-- commercial." Alam mo kung sino ka at haharapin kita. Sobra na ang ginagawa niyo sa akin. Sinabi po yan.

Pagkatapos non at humarap na naman ako live. During the Willie of Fortune may sumasayaw ho na babae na Nobody Nobody. Inilabas nanamn ho ang kabaong ni Tita Cory. Kung marerecall nyo yun, dun ulit ako nagalit. Kasi nilabas nanaman po eh,  tumawag na po ako sa managemen. Anong ginawa ng mga walang-hiyang sumisira sa akin? Pinakita po iyon sa YouTube na galit na galit daw ako. Binabastos ko daw ang presidente. Alam niyo ba ang puno't dulo nun? Yun ho ang totoo non. Bago pa man mangyari yan, tumawag ako sa management, kinausap ko sila, "Wag naman nating palabas yan, magbigay tayo ng respeto." Ano nanamang ginawa sa akin? Winasak nyo nanaman ako sa Twitter, sa YouTube. Hindi nyo pinanood yung kabuuan a thindi niyo po alam. Isang tao lang po ang nanindigan sa akin. Direktor ko po iyon sa Wowowee. Mr Johnny Manaha. Mr. M. Palakpakan natin ho ang tao na iyon. Dahil alam na alam niya ang katotohanan at andon po siya. Sa pamilya Aquino, sa presidente, ito po ang katotohanan.

Pagkatapos ho niyan, Wilyonaryo, Stampede, eto na naman. Babalik na ho ako sa Wowowee July 31. Kinausap na ako ni Ms. Charo Santos. Nagmiting na po ako sa mga staff ko. Pinintahan ako ni Ms. Linggit Tan sa bahay ko sa tagaytay. Meron ho kaming pinadalang sulat na piandala ko kay Jobert dahil isang bubong lang kami, tinitira ako sa isang bubong. Tapos na yan, nangyari na yan. So ang pakiusap ko naman sa management. Siguro naman ho kumikita ang programa ng Wowowee. Anong ginawa nila? Wala silang ginawa. Noong sumulat ho ang abogado ko sa kanilang lahat diyan, sa laht diyan, kay Ms. Cory Vidanes, kay Sir Gabby, kay Mam Charo, nagreact pa sila.Anong balak nila sa aking gawin? Istop yung show. At bigyan na lang ako ng once a week show. Pero babalik na sana ako. Pero isang araw tinawagan na lang ako ni Linggit Tan. Tinawagan ako, nagmeeting kami sa isang hotel, sa Imperial, sa isang kwarto, nandoon si Direk Bobot, Si Jay ang aking Business Unit Head. Ang sabi ho nila"Hindi ka na makakabalik, once a week ka na lang." Nilalagay pa ako sa Studio 23. Nilalagay ako sa isang programang parang totally out na ako. Bakit ho? Eh nangako sila na babalik na ako. Yan ang totoo nyan. Kaya nagdesisyon na ako na hindi na ako babalik. Eto lahat ng ito ay totoo.

Tapos ito, nangyari na naman ito. Sino ba ang gumagawa nito sa paninira ko? Meron ho kaming kaso pa eh. Hindi kami makuhanan ng TRO. Pilit nilang kunin, kinuhuha, para po itong programa ko ay mapahinto, ang programa natin mapahinto. Limang buwan na ho mahigit hindi nila makuhanan ng TRO. Eto po ngayon, nakakita ng butas. Hindi ko sila pinagbibintangan. Sinong gagawa nito? Kung sino man to, mahabag kayo. Kung ako okay lang eh. Mabubuhay naman ako. Kuntento na ako sa kung anong meron ako ngayon. Hindi na ako naghahanagad. Pero yung mga taong naghahangad, yung taong humihingi ng pagasa, yung mga pumipila sa labas, yung mga nanay, yung mga special children, mga special child na nandito araw-awa- kayo ang gumawa niyan. Kung sususpindihen nyo ang show, hindi naman ako natatakot na eh, lagi nyo naman akong ginaganyan eh. Ilang beses nyo akong tinganggal sa ABS, pero  pag kailangan ng ratings, tatawagan ka ibabalik ka di ba?

Wag niyo na akong lagyan ng music.

So yan ang pangyayyaring yan. Ngayon nakipagusap ako sa TV5 management. Ilang araw na po akong nagiisip. Ang sabi ko po sa kanila, itong mga tao na toayaw na akong tigilan. Hanggang ilibing na po ako ng buhay. Tinira po ako sa twitter, yung kay Janjan. Ang pinakita po, yung pinutol, inisplice na video ang pinakita. Pinuersa ko daw na sumayaw, pinaiyak ko daw, chinild abuse ko yung bata. Panoorin nyo ang buon segment ng Wiltime Bigtime kung papaano. Ni hindi ko nga alam yung nagsasayaw na bata.  Pinaglaruan ko daw. Wala ho ni isa dito sa studio na nakaisip na may malisya dun sa bata. Nakadamit yung bata. Nakayos yung bata. Sumasayaw na ho ng ganon. Four yrs old pa lang si Janjan sinasayaw na yun sa kanyang eskuwelahan sa mga pakontes yun na po ang sayaw ng bata. Ngayon anong ginawa ng DSWD, kinasuhan na po ako, inakusahan na agad ako na child abuser ako. Anon hong ginawa ng CHR, Commission on Human Rights, yun ho hinusgahan na ako. Inexploit  ko yung bata, Chinild Abuse ko. Lahat ho dito inakusahan ako. Sa diyaryo dinodrawingan ako ng monster. Kung mababasa nyo ho yan, hindi ko na binabasa, sinasabihan na lang ako.  Lahat ho ganun ang ginawa sa akin. Lahat ho yang mga tao na yan.

Eto ho yung mga mayayaman. Hindi naman ako naapektuhan eh dahil ang puso ko wala sa kanila, nasa mga mahihirap.

Gusto ko lang ulit ipaliwanang sa inyo na yung P&G, naglabas ng statement na napakasakit sa amin. Sila ho ay nagpull-out na. Yung Inasal nagpull-out na rin. Dahil may statement sila na…tulad ng Proctor &Gamble…napakasakit ho ng ginawa nila sa amin. Medyo masyadong personal. Na ayaw nilang maglagay sa isang programang ganon. Na yong behavior ay hindi maganda. Wala ho kaming kasalanan, wla ho akong kasalanan. Humingi na ako ng paumanhin sa inyo kung may na offend. Pero hindi ako humihingi ng tawad kasi ho wala akong ginawang masama sa bata na iyon. Hindi ko minolestiya ang batang iyon.

Gusto ko namang magpasalamat ho sa Unilever. Sila ho ay nagpaalam sa akin kagabi. Mineet ko po sila kagabi. Sobra po. Yung Surf, Rexona, Vaseline, Pepsodent. Alam niyo ho ang purpose nila magbigay ng saya. Gustong ibalik nila pag binili yung produkto. Naglabas sila ng statement. Ang sabi nila, "Willie aalis kami sa programa mo. Pero aalis kami sa lahat ng channel. In fairness sayo, para hindi ka unfair." Palakpakan natin ang Unilever.

Wala pa pong husga eh, wala pa pong kaso. Ginawa nyo na akong criminal. Kayo nga ho ang lumabas ng gate. Mamigay nga kayo ng pera diyan sa mga matatanda. Bumaba   nga kayo diyan sa labas ng kanto. Bigyan nyo yung mga naghihirap diyan. Yun dapat ang ginagawa niyo. Hindi yung pinupuntirya nyo ako. Yun dapat ang ginagawa niyo. Di ba?

Maraming mga artistang nakisawsaw. Magisip mun akayo bago kayo makisawsaw. Ang sakit niyo. Yan si Jim Paredes ng APO tinira ako sa twitter. Yan si Aiza Seguerra tinira ako sa Twitter. Si Agot Isidro, Leah Salonga, Mylene Dizon, Bianca Gonzales ng SNN. Susuportahan niyo ba ang mga tao na yan? Anong ginawa niyo sa samabayanang  Pilipino? Sino pa? Si Tuesday na kasama ko dito na hindi ko maintindihan tiga dito ka tinira mo ako. K Brosas. Lea Navarro. Kapwa tayo artista. Nagbigay ba kayo ng tulong? Nagbigay ba kayo sa Bantay Bata ng P1Milyon? Wag kayong manghusga ng kapwa nyo artista. Dapat magsama sama tayo. Tulungan niyo kami. Wag kayong manghuhusga. Tandaan niyo, ang masang Pilipino ang sumusuporta sa inyo. Yang mga tao na yan, winasak ang pagkatao ko sa Twitter.

Jim Paredes ng Apo. Lea Salonga. Aiza Seguerra, magpakalalake ka. Tandaan mo yan. Batang bata ka pa, nagtratrabaho ka na. Hindi ba exploitation yan. Magisip ka. Tingnan niyo muna ang sarili niyo bago kayo manghusga. Agot Isidro, wala ka namang anak eh bakit mo ako gaganyanin? Alamin mo muna. Bianca Gonzales. Akala niyo kung sino kayo. May natulungan ba kayong mahihirap?

Kaya  ko lang ho sinasabi ito, nagtitimpi lang ako. Ayaw ko tong sabihin. Ayoko hong banggitin ang pangalan nila pero yan ho ang ginagaw sa akin sa Twitter. Ang wasakin ako.

Tinawagan ho ang Technomarine sa Switzerland. Tinawagan sa America ang Unilever. Tinawagan lahat, inemail. Boboycott daw sila sa mga produkto pag ako daw ho ay sinamahan nila. Boboycottin niyo? Eto nga mga taong ito binabalik lang ng mga sponsors. Sino ba ang consumers? Sino ba ang namimili? Kayo ho ang bida dito, hindi ho ang mga sponsors. Dahil kung hindi kayo bibili sa mga sponsors, kung hindi kayo bibili ng mga produktong ito, wala. Hindi kikita itong mga to. Sinasabi ko sa inyong lahat yan.

Ako po, hindi po ako tumutulong nang nasa harapan niyo lang. Pero hindi ko na kailangang sabihin ito. Pasensiya na ho kayo hindi ako emosyonal hindi ako nagagalit. Pero sana bago kayo tuminin sa kapwa niyo, tumingin muna kayo sa salamin. Ano ang nagawa ko sa bansa ko? Ano ang nagawa ko sa bayan natin?

Bakit? Dahil sinoportahan ko si Senator Villar ganito ang tingin niyo sa akin? Nakita ko yung tao maganda ang puso. Nakita ko yung tao tumutulong sa mahihirap. I'll stick with him. Orange ang kulay ko kaya pinagiinitan niyo ako? Haharap ako sa inyo. Patawag ako ng Kongreso, patawag ako ng Senado at kung sino pa. Haharap ako dahil wala ho akong ginawang masama sa batang iyon.

Gusto ho nilang mahinto ang programa. Halos 200 tao ho ang nandito. Galing halos ABS yang mga yan sumama sa akin. Kung masama po akong tao, walang sasama sa aking mga tao at dancers. Yung iba po diyan 25 years, 18 years na sa kanila.

Ngayon po, nakipagusap po ako sa presidente ng  TV5, Atty Rey Espinosa. Nagusap kami na hanggang ngayon na lang po ako sa Willing Willie. Magpapahinga na muna po ako, hindi po ako magpapaalam. Starting po today ang live namin , bukas ho nakatape na po kami. Lalabas ho yon mapapanood niyo. Starting ho ng Monday hanggang Holy Week, pagiisipan ko ho kung ako po ay babalik pa sa industriyang ito. Bigyan niyo lang po muna ako ngpagkakataon sa sarili ko. Masyado ho akong binintangan ng binintangan ng wala ho akong ginawang masama sa akin. Sa mga tao hong gumawa niyan sa aki, ang isipin niyo yung mga matanda na nasa labas, mga bata, mga mahihirap sa labas. Wag ako. Instrumento lang ako ng mga tao. Wag niyo akong kainggitan dahil hindi ako lumalabas ng ibang lugar. Lagi lang ako nandito sa studio na to sa bahay ko o nakikipagpaligsahan sa inyo. Kung kayo ang magaling, magaling kayo. Basta ang puso ko, nandito sa mga mahihirap.

Humihingi lang rin ako ng paumanhin kay Boss MVP nadamay kayo dito. Atty Rey Espinosa, Sir Bobby, at sa lahat. Pasensiya na muna kayo at wala muna ang Willing Willie. Hindi ho kami nasuspinde. Wala hong suspensiyon ang MTRCB. Wag ho kayong magalit sa MTRCB. Nagpalit ho sila ng tatlong board. Bakit?  Lahat ho ng mga yon involved sa ABSCBN. Yung isang abogado, asawa nasa ABS. Yung isa, asawa sa ABS. Si Ms. Lea Navarro, biruin niyo hinusgahan na ako sa tweet tapos isa siya sa mga board. Hinusga ka na sa akin eh tapos  member ka ng board. Alam niyo ho dapata suspended ang show.Suspended last night for 20 days 30 days. May tumawag sa akin from MTRCB. Hindi sila buo doon. Meron din pong galit sa desisyon nila. Dapat ho suspendido kami, pero anong nangyari? Pinutol. Kasi pinakita namin yung mga babae na sumasayawa sa Going Bulilit na naka-bra lang. Pinakita namin yung apat na lalake na naka lampin na sumasayaw din sa Showtime tulad ng kay Janjan.  Bakit kami lang? Kung sususpindihin niyo kami, suspindihin niyo lahat yan. Hindi ba tama yon/

Iba ang tinititigan niyo sa tinititigan niyo. Maging fair po kayo. Tandaan niyo hindi ako titigil sa adhikain na ito.

Maaring ito ay eye-opener sa atin. Dapat ho tulungan natin ang mga bata sa kalye. DSWD, kunin nyo lahat yan. Bigyan nyo ng magandang buhay. Human Rights, Chairman, tinitira nyo ako hinuhusgahan niyo ako , ang daming namamatay na OFWs. Yun ang tulungan natin. Oh alam nyo ba? Nagbigay ako ng kalahating milyon umuwi lang dito yung OFW sa Lebanon. Nagbigay po ako. Binanggit ko bayan? Sasabihin ko lang sa inyo, gumawa ako ng paraan. Nagbigay ako ng isang milyon kay Mam Charo. Sa 71 dreams, 500. Hindi ko lang alam kung sa Bantay Bata o sa isa pa. Binigay ko ho yan. Binabanggit ko ba sa inyo yan? DI ba? Meron bang may gumagawa niyan? Kung may gumagawaniyan, mabuti. Sama-sama tayo, wag nyo akong gitgitin. Hindi ako masamang tao. Ang hangad ko lang ay magpasaya at tumulong sa mahihirap.

Basta nangangako ako. Kahit ho wala kaming commercial. Basta pag balik ko. Nakausap ko po ang presidente ng TV5 kahit ho isakripisyo ko na ang sweldo ko. Yun po ang bibigay kong papremyo. Itutuloy po namin at kasama ko ang TV5. Lahat ng perang makukuha namin, kahit inabandona kami ng mga commercial, kahit iniwan nila kami, kahit wlang isang commercial. Tutuloy namin to. Ang aming purpose ay magbigay ng saya at ng pagasa. Hihingi ako ng tulong sa aming presidente, hihingi ako ng tulong kay Manny Pangilinan. Kahit malugi daw kami.

Maraming salamat sa inyo. Mawawala ho kami ng dalwang linggo o kung ano man. At kung babalik man kami, may panibagong pagasa ulit. At bibigyan namin ng proteksyon ang mga bata at pamilya na tulad ni Janjan. Kami na ang gagawa niyan.

Marami pong salamat at pasensiya na ho kayo. Kahit idemanda ako ng ABS, haharap ako dahil hawak ko lahat ang katotohanan. May mga lalabas pong witnesses pag sinabi ko. Tandaan niyo po, yung mga sponsors po na iniwan ako, wag po kayong magalit sa kanila. Meron silang mga boss sa abroad.

Tsaka yung mga tumitira sa akin sa twitter., kung idedemanda ka ng TV5, idedemanda rin kita. Magdedemandahan tayo. Idedemanda ko lahat ng tumira sa akin sa Twitter, lahat ng personal. Tandaan nyo yan.

Salamat ho sa inyo. Basta tandaan niyo. Itong programang ito matitigil muna. After Holy Week, magaanounce ho kami kung tuloy pa ang Willing Willie o hindi na. Sa mga nangangarap at humhingi, ipagdasal niyo po ako. Si janjan po, inaaruga ko ang pamilya niya.  Dahil ang kailang po nila ay mga tao na kakalinga sa kanila. Wala pong kumakalinga sa kanila. Lahat po ng taong lumalapit sa kanila minumura sila. Dahil daw ang tatay ay bading, lalong binababa. Pero ako, anong ginagawa ko, tinatawagan ko ang pamilya kinakamusta ko. Yan ho ang gawin niyo DSWD, marami pa pong bata ang katulad ni Janjan.

Maraming salamat po. Magandang gabi sa inyo. Mahal na mahal ko kayo, at sana ipagdasal niyo na makabalik pa ang programang ito. 

Boba ba si Virgie?

shooting buddy ni Pnoy

Siya si Virginia Torres, ang kasalukuyang namumuno sa LTO. Bago niya pamunuan ang nasabing kagawaran, siya ang nakatataas ng tagapamahala ng nasabing kagawaran sa probinsiya ng Tarlac. Walang mga nauulat na katangi-tanging galing si Virgie maliban sa kasama siya ng Pangulong NoyNoy sa pag eensayo ng "target shooting."

Ang uri ni Virgie ay maiihalintulad kay Usec Puno na nailuklok sa mataas na katungkulan bagamat salat sa karunungan o "expertise" sa kanilang nasabing puwesto. Pareho rin ang dalawa na nasasangkot sa mga hindi magandang balita. At hindi naman sila masasangkot sa ganoong klase ng balita kung sila ay mga "competent" na opisyales.

Naisulat ko ang tungkol dito sapagkat nabasa ko sa balita ang plano ng nasabing si Virgie na ibalik sa prosesong papel ang "automation" na naipatupad ng ng kanyanyang kagawaran. Sa kung ano mang kadahilanan, iyan ang kadudaduda. Sinong tao na nakalilirip ng maunlad at progresibong hinaharap ang mag aambisyong bumalik sa makaluma at mabagal na proseso ng mga aplikasyon. Sa  ngayon panahon ng mabibilis na pakikipagtalastasan at malawakang pag papatupad ng mga aplikasyon, tila gusto ng nasabing pinuno na bumalik sa panohon ni mahoma. Ako ay isang propesyonal sa larangan ng IT. Kaya hindi ko lubos maisip kung anong klase o kung paano mag proseso etong si Virgie ng mga bagay-bagay. Nakasusuklam na ang isang gaya niya ang nagpapatakbo sa isang ahensiya na nangangailangan ng masigabong pagtugon sa mga hamon ng pangangailangan ng mga Pilipino at kung paano mabilis at maayos na mapagsisilbihan sila ng gobyerno.

Kung mayroong hindi kanaisnais sa kasalukuyang "service provider" o sa mismong "system flow" ang solusyon ay hindi pagbalik sa makaluma at mabagal na pagproseso ng mga papeles. Ang solusyon ay i-isolate ang system error, at planuhin mas maging "efficient" ang programa.

Ngunit hindi naman eto ang nauulat na problema. Kung meron lang koneksiyon ang maanomalyang transaksiyon niya noong kasalukuyang nasa Tarlac pa siya at sa plano niyang pagbalik sa prosesong-papel, magiging matagumpay ang kaniyang plano. Kawawa na naman ang mga Pilipino. At higit sa lahat, tayo lang yata sa kasaysayan ang paatras ang mga ipinapatupad na pagbabago. Kaya hindi ito masasabing pagbabago kundi pagbalik sa makaluma at "inefficient" na sistema.

Kaya napaisip tuloy ako, Boba ba si Virgie?

STD Queen to the rescue!

Who would have thought that she will grow up to be "The" tactless-full-of-herself-pompous-the-world-is-about-me person? Hence, STD or Sabi-Taklesa-Daw Queen.

And oh boy, the news of Pnoy's falling approval rating from different polling organizations must be really hitting them badly that STD queen is all over the place to rescue her brother's image -- to charm the masses, I guess. 

To you, STD Queen, goodluck! I hope you succeed in your endeavors, but just a caveat though, there's no medicine for ineptitude. Your brother has no skills whatsoever- not people skill, not technical skills.

Summer Sadist

My summer officially began last Saturday-- 3 days after We drank ourselves to oblivion. And now I only got a week to enjoy my summer.Yes, I'm a sadist. A week is enough to recuperate from the enslaving maelstrom that is LS.

Today, I woke up @ 3 am, and with nothing to speed read on, I started to upgrade the OS of my phone (it's now v.4.2.1) and organized my mp3s I've downloaded over the months. I also cleaned the desktop which is cluttered by the panoply of news/opinion articles interesting enough because of their 1) relevance, 2) excellent literary value, 3) controversial insight, etc.

Tomorrow, I will brave P.Faura, and will cross my fingers, and will pray hard that they'll hire me.

Summer is here, and it's cruel.

Yey! It's Fridaaay!!!

Eto ang lyrics, palong palo.. paaak!

Yesterday was Thursday, Thursday

Today i-is Friday, Friday (Partyin’)

We-we-we so excited

We so excited

We gonna have a ball today

Tomorrow is Saturday

And Sunday comes after...wards

I don’t want this weekend to end

Muled

Yesterday, while this archipelagic country was all agog over the execution of 3 Pinoy-OFW-turned-drug-mules, I was working my neurons so hard I felt the dendrites falling numb and won't respond to the synapse-axon interactions. The parietal region was throbbing, the occipital completely numb. Regardless of these psychosomatic bodily invasion, I continued stuffing my gray matter with what probably are useless info. Poor neurons, they were enslaved to the hilt, and yet only 30% of what they have become numbed for were utilized.

But hey, these neurons were rewarded with tonic concoctions of Tanduay Ice and Alfonso. WOW. I missed alcohol.

And back to the drug mules; I wish our laws were as harsh as the Chinese made laws- and be enforced as efficiently as possible. Only then would the criminals and would-be criminals be jolted out of their senses to think as many times as possible before committing crimes.

I am for the reimposition of death penalty for committing heinous crimes.

Serene

I have never imagined I will be in this state of calm. A gentle smile on my balding head, and an environment filled with eternal sunshine of happiness. All thanks to the pills and tablets all 500mg my RN brother and self-medicating mother have prescribed so that a full blown flu would be averted. Well the cocktail of pills and tablets did just that - and now a serene surrounding.

Jolting Japan

Dear Lord: We all pray for the safety of everyone in Japan, and we pray that those who survive will find peace in their hearts and have the courage to continue living their lives to the fullest. We, implore you to protect our country from so much delirious devastation.

The Day after tomorrow.

PH's ceremonial president

Something that might have been an implied constitutional provision...

Ceremonial President BS Aquino III effortlessly doing his job

PH's de facto President

The Philippines' de facto president...
And I cannot find the Constitutional provision that provides for such, damn!

Fire Prevention Month

I just finished watching the latest episode of Glee, and I have a nagging suspicion that CBCP would be having a field day pontificating on this episode. This is the very antithesis of their antiquated teaching. CBCP is to Glee's Guidance Counsellor - wishing for celibacy, shunning the graphic details, and enshrouding the meaning of sex in hazy explanation replete with nonsensical and illogical remonstrations.

On the other hand, what We, the 90 Million Filipinos need more of, is Miss Holly Holiday. Someone who is in touch with reality, who knows what the problem is and how to address them head on without engaging in phony fallacies. 

The problem is real and clear. The adults and the young adults of the strong and verile 90 Million Filipinos need to be informed!

***

Too, there's a fire in the Supreme Court. As the SC's spokesperson, Atty Midas Marquez shouldn't have issued statements that would further muddle issues. As the SC's spokesperson, he is expected by the public to give information that will clarify issues and not the otherway around. He has become an instrument of divisiveness. This I first noticed when he spoke about the Vizconde case months ago. The court have acquitted Webb, et al. and yet the Supreme Court mouthpiece blab that it does not mean that the acquitted parties were not guilty, the evidence wasn't just that strong. What the f*ck is wrong with him!!! If the accused are presumed innocent, what more if they are convicted??? So, I let it pass.

I believed Midas when he said the other day that there are forces out to smudge the Court's reputation, and now He's part of it. Yesterday, he was in different TV Stations giving interviews not to clean the court's image but to court more suspicions with the sitting justices no less. He is the Court's mouth piece for cheescake's sake. If he disagrees with any of them, he should have kept it to himself. And if what he believes is the true sequence of events, then by all means tell them to the Justices not on the media outfit who must be having a good time with all these free information.

I cannot help thinking that BS Aquino, the jester of a president's ineptitude is inffectious. The Executive department is inept, so is the Congress who's really like the middle child - always hungry for attention, and now the Judiciary.

And yes, March is Fire Prevention Month.

     

  

wakawaka Susan Africa

Moral Highground

The new book of Pope Benedict is out next week. It will be an interesting read because he will expound on the Jews, Jesus, and other mortal jargons. But more so, the Pope will be explaining why the Jews, collectively, are not to be blamed for the death of Jesus. While Anti-Semitism is foreign in this arc of the globe, I find the Pope's explanation to be relevant only because the same can be observed of the ruling Roman Catholic Church heirarchy. Case in point is the ongoing debate on the RH Bill. The CPCP has released a circular condemning the said Bill for reasons only medieval  society would appreciate. Medieval because they seem to peddle ideas already debunked by science, medieval because they threat their parishioners with excommunication. The least they can do is to proffer the public convincing reasons to join their cause. I was cringing 3 Sundays ago when the Catholic Church launch its massive misinformation- what with condoms have tiny holes in it that it would not effectively prevent pregnancy; or that AIDS are transmitted thru mosquito bites. I was booing the priest from my sit, and thankfully wasn't mugged by my seatmates.

While CBCP enjoys freedom of speech, and indeed, they have moral duty to protect life, CBCP cannot expect their flock to obey what they demand. We are not robots or automatons programmed to bid your antiquated reasonings. 

These people are the modern day temple aristocracies. They are high on their chairs not knowing the real situation outside their palaces, or convents. Would these church aristocracies go to depressed communities and personally teach the unlettered mothers how to count days for ovulation; Could they imposed on the boorish fathers when to have sex with their wives? I kid not, but they are all too high and mighty for these menial tasks. They are too busy with other worldly things. But alas, the Pope has spoken. Church aristocracies have never left us, it is part of the vicious cycle. The church aristocracies now are the ones crucifying this country to poverty by allowing the multiplication of bastards, street urchins, and the like. Not to mention that they themselves father children despite their vows of celibacy. If this is not hypocrisy, then let's invent a new word for this.

Aptly, the aristocratic barangay officials of Ayala Alabang echoes the CBCP's ludicrous callousness by issuing  an edict of a wholesale ban on the sale of condoms.

In today's democracy, these officials are supposed to be representatives elected by their constituents. These officials cannot act on their whimsical idea of morality. And they cannot act secretly, because anomalous activities like these are a tweet away, exposing their vapid intellects to the world in minutes if not seconds. So there, the libertarian and the more sober residents of the gated community have blasted their own officials for not consulting with them. There must be really something about being at the helm that corrupts even the lowly barangay officials. What more if they have the color of moral guardians that is the CBCP?

Going back to the Pope and his book, this is what the Guardian.co.uk has to say:

"The pope has written a detailed and personal repudiation of the idea that the Jews were collectively responsible for the death of Jesus.

In a book to be published next week, he concludes that those responsible for the crucifixion were the "Temple aristocracy" and supporters of the rebel Barabbas."

I am a Catholic and I have a free will. 

Coke = Happiness

Yesterday, I got a message from one of my college barkadas; she, too, is getting married this year. She's based is SG already, so I was surprised she texted. lo and behold - she's tying the knot! I felt a warm happy feeling engulfing my whole body. I'm happy because I know she's genuinely happy. Congratulations SDC!

Then I realised that I have now entered into another era where everybody is about to get married. Funny because the era of having children predates the era of wedding.

And then I asked myself, when is my turn? Maybe my happiness is in this truck...