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Trillanes = Coup d’état
What the fuck is going on around here? Christian in his Twitter this afternoon said that he saw a possible coup d’état as he was going home. True enough, there were no other news on TV when I arrived at the dorm from the court. I have no single idea of what it’s all about and why it happened blah, blah, blah. Before, when I was younger (shoot, I’m not yet that old, okay?), I never remembered anything like this happening in the country. I don’t know. Maybe I was just way too passive. Well, actually, I still am up to now. It never comes to me to bother too much when it comes to national issues. But why is it that it doesn’t seem so right now?
When I was having dinner I asked my Political Science student dormmate Zeny on what the commotion was all about. She comments that it would’ve been better if the military exchanged shots immediately with the group-that-I-don’t-know-but-for-certain-is-the-government-side. Prior to that, I received a txt message from a former dormmate who idolizes — and crushes — the legendary (ugh) Trillanes.
“We have enough will-power and fighting spirit to bring this government down. Gloria o Pagbabago?” -Sen. Trillanes- *idol tlg!*
Just what the heck? I absolutely hated the last sentence. For me, she sounded as if Trillanes is a god or something. *sharpshooter aims — BANG!* I don’t know how this will have its end. Media people have been handcuffed and kept in a bus, tear gas being used to halt things, nah, I think Zeny’s idea is right after all. In the end, this may be all a mere Pakitang Tao.
Fighting Insecurities
Nyah! I spent many hours in front of the computer today trying to win Allied 2 of Yuri’s Revenge. Haha. I’m actually having quite a hard time with it but thankfully, I guess I’m doing fine. =P So why did I post that picture over there? *points* Well, it’s because our cat has a kitten right now. And I find it really cute when I saw the kitten being carried by her mother by being bitten at the back of its neck. I think I happened to see this kind of thing in Discovery Channel before. That was a tiger though.
I went to PNB today to get a new passbook and get it named to me. There were some confusion why it was labeled “ATM” in their computer system when a number of passbooks has already been used in the past. I exited at the back of the bank since it was already past 3 when the ‘transaction’ was finished. My HS classmate Aiza’s house is the immediate building you’ll see upon exiting there. Then I saw his younger brother - a child of her father in a different woman. As what I’ve heard from my classmates, he really has the looks and all. I was starstruck with his spiky hair and everything. WTF? I hate to admit it but I am a big insecure in a lot of things. O_o Florida cosmetic surgery, here I come! Lol. We ate at Auntie Nora’s BBQ House before going here at NFA. Their Durian shake is the bomb!
Wait, what’s this? Joseph Ejercito “Erap” Estrada is free - as in LIBERTY? Whow, I am so lost when it comes to national news. There was this ZTE Broadband Deal, Glorietta 2 Bombing, and now, this! I have no idea how it came to this after he was considered guilty of.. Plunder?
The Amazing Race Asia 2
On your mark, jet set, go! »»|
Four continents. Over 50,000 kilometers. 20 feisty contenders. With two Pinoy teams in the running, ‘The Amazing Race Asia 2′ promises to be a no-holds-barred scramble to the finish line. We reveal the racers, and the controversial tandem that will get everyone talking
LOST IN TRANSIT Paolo R. Reyes
THERE WE WERE, 35,000 feet above the air, aboard a bumpy flight bound for Singapore, when the throaty cockpit voice of Captain Culan-culan came crackling through the speakers: “Passengers … please fasten your seatbelts … we are about to make our final descent.”
As we returned our seats to the upright position, while dolled-up attendants wheeled away Duty Free carts containing tins of tobacco (or “tow-bay-ko,” as the P.A. system so eloquently announced) and handsome boxes of hard liquor, it was easy to imagine how the very novelty of travel - the unfamiliar scent of foreign soil, the labyrinth of alien streets, the indecipherable accents of strangers - can be easily lost on those preoccupied with way more important things.
Like a fiercely competitive race around the world. Or earning a ticket to early retirement-ville by way of a brag-worthy cash prize.
Be it for $100,000 (or P5 million, more or less) or simply for the glory of being crowned as the winners of “The Amazing Race Asia,” no amount of anxiety-abating downers will ever dampen the adrenaline of those taking part in the riveting, Emmy Award-winning reality TV series.
Last week, during a star-spangled bash at the Indochine Forbidden City in Clark Quay, action-adventure channel AXN finally unveiled the spanking new lineup of teams that will be slugging it out in the “The Amazing Race Asia 2.”
With a television-friendly roster that includes a hearing-impaired Singaporean gym-junkie, estranged siblings from Japan, desperate housewives (and ex-dancers) from Malaysia, hot young starlets from Hong Kong, and two Pinoy teams (including the brawny pair of Marc Nelson and Rovilson Fernandez), the second season promises to be an intense, no-holds-barred scramble to the finish line.
Along the way, of course, expect your weekly dose of bratty tantrums, testosterone-induced clashes, and some serious flirting between the contestants.
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Teri Hatcher Against the Philippines
I was falling in line for dinner when TV Patrol started. The first news on their list was about this actress named Teri Hatcher which stars in the U.S. TV show “Desperate Housewives”. I never really knew her before or even watched a single episode of the show, and I never thought I would know her this way.
(Scene: Susan Mayer talking to her doctor - 09/30/07)
Doctor: I know for a lot of women the word menopause has negative connotations. They hear, uhm, aging, brittle bones, uh, loss of sexual desire..
Susan Mayer: Okay before we go any further, can I check those diplomas ’cause I would just like to make sure that they’re not from some med school in the Philippines.
Now how ’bout that. I don’t know what was up with the scriptwriter for that episode to use the name of our country (or any other country for that matter) that way. It’s such an insult to the Filipinos. The Filipino community in the U.S. had to react, of course. Who wouldn’t? An insult of their beloved nation has just been thrown on national television! The world may have not known about what we’re truly capable of doing of yet, but we know ourselves that we can do better like any other country out there. We have the number of good exports to other countries. We could even be considered as the country with the greatest export workers. And think about being “hospitable”. This is just ridiculous - another plain issue of racism. The scriptwriter should have used “Antarctica” instead. That’d have no conflict at all. A public apology from ABC is being demanded, and I believe it should be done.
