tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-356453702024-03-14T00:20:17.675+08:00Job VacancyAn idle mind is the Devil's workshop.Job A. Pagsibiganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951798380459969154noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35645370.post-48348413083922492342012-09-21T12:21:00.000+08:002012-09-21T14:33:26.003+08:00Kung May Facebook Nung Martial Law<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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NAIIYAK ako pag naiisip ko na 40 years ago, may mga tao who were just as nice, as intelligent, as caring or just as plain funny as our friends here in FB---pero wala na sila ngayon...<br />
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All because they disappeared, were tortured or murdered during MARTIAL LAW!<br />
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On the 40th Anniversary of ML, if any of your FB friends will just disappear, his/her FB account shut down & all our FB postings/comments about him/her be subject to government scrutiny -- think how that was a common story albeit less high-tech during the Marcos dictatorship.<br />
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We will NEVER HAVE BACK the lives of those men & women whose dreams were snuffed-off early by the most corrupt family in Philippine history. But please naman, NEVER HAVE BACK the same people who plucked out this entire generation of promising youths na kung mga nabuhay sana ay ka-FB pa natin ngayon (at baka nagse-SHARE or nagla-LIKE lang right now sa posting na `to.)<br />
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NEVER AGAIN -- to the Marcoses!Job A. Pagsibiganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951798380459969154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35645370.post-86677948795618921732012-01-26T10:57:00.000+08:002012-01-26T10:57:50.937+08:00Gods & Monsters<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SU-cOXb8zZE/TyDAnNcIOkI/AAAAAAAAAas/RgdA-OUxM7s/s1600/medusa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SU-cOXb8zZE/TyDAnNcIOkI/AAAAAAAAAas/RgdA-OUxM7s/s320/medusa.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<span class="hasCaption">Sa tatlong tao na matagal kong minahal at inidolo... ngayong gabi, hindi ko lang kayo itinatakwil, ipinapangako ko -- LALAGPASAN ko pa kayo! Ngayon alam ko nang ang sasama pala ng ugali nyo. Hindi kayo karapat-dapat sa aking paghanga (at lalong hindi pala kayo ganun kagaling)!</span>Job A. Pagsibiganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951798380459969154noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35645370.post-35209854501856711882012-01-17T14:10:00.007+08:002012-01-17T16:55:18.713+08:00"Copywriting" for DOT - Episode 2Filipinos are in the top 15 happiest people on earth and rank 9th as the most patriotic citizens of their country (we even outdid Japan & landed as the only Asian finalist.) Ergo, the "It's More Fun in the Philippines" campaign indeed appeals to a majority of our countrymen because it combines these two world rankings into one formulaic slogan: being FUN and being PRO-Philippines.<p> </p><p>That said, I am just beginning to discover how the words FUN and PHILIPPINES can go together in many positive associations. Or, at least some associations can be tweaked as to become FUNNY, another very Filipino trait -- making light of issues other nations may even find tragic :)</p><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nlnX0VxQc8Y/TxUVFfKV9RI/AAAAAAAAAWw/gF6-cHgMiX0/s1600/01%2Bboxing.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 243px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nlnX0VxQc8Y/TxUVFfKV9RI/AAAAAAAAAWw/gF6-cHgMiX0/s320/01%2Bboxing.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698484087515641106" border="0" /></a><p><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PsqMYfSPdXA/TxUVFeIrWPI/AAAAAAAAAW4/HL5D7IYUY2I/s1600/02%2Bgolden%2Bdragons.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 208px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PsqMYfSPdXA/TxUVFeIrWPI/AAAAAAAAAW4/HL5D7IYUY2I/s320/02%2Bgolden%2Bdragons.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698484087240218866" border="0" /></a></p><p><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C3EiEEA8yGo/TxUVFgCzLUI/AAAAAAAAAXI/ZDgrU7f-Rhg/s1600/03%2Bazkals.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 243px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-V08TWK1iemo/TxUYkShLQVI/AAAAAAAAAaA/GTkPdUMKvL4/s320/18%2Bbourne.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698487915232575826" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-r0t6b9BkBqE/TxUYkCsif7I/AAAAAAAAAZ0/7q3E8F-nXTY/s1600/19%2Bvolcanoes.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-r0t6b9BkBqE/TxUYkCsif7I/AAAAAAAAAZ0/7q3E8F-nXTY/s320/19%2Bvolcanoes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698487910985269170" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-m-2k_DjEReo/TxUYjwaIZjI/AAAAAAAAAZo/T4elfGd27lI/s1600/20%2Bhorror.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 168px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-m-2k_DjEReo/TxUYjwaIZjI/AAAAAAAAAZo/T4elfGd27lI/s320/20%2Bhorror.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698487906076223026" border="0" /></a>Job A. Pagsibiganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951798380459969154noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35645370.post-12206636999096670372012-01-15T22:21:00.012+08:002012-01-16T00:08:39.196+08:00It's More FUN in the PhilippinesAs my friends well know by now, I have suddenly been afflicted by this it's-more-fun fever spread by the new DOT campaign.<br /><br />Indeed I had FUN surfing the net for pictures contributed by fellow enthusiasts until I thought of coming-up with a few myself. Here are some of the pics I have randomly downloaded from the internet bearing the captions I have added (I claim no ownership to any of the photos unless otherwise stated.)<br /><br />I'll include these newly captioned photographs in my next youtube video project but until then, I'm posting here a preview. Clearly, here is a new photo-editing & copywriting hobby any Filipino can have FUN with.<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-N7S88HVAuOQ/TxL0-VpZ_GI/AAAAAAAAAUs/5P3GQaDAjiM/s1600/ladygaga.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 316px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-N7S88HVAuOQ/TxL0-VpZ_GI/AAAAAAAAAUs/5P3GQaDAjiM/s320/ladygaga.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697885830376979554" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-M0hpPXoOhCY/TxL3HNhjJzI/AAAAAAAAAWY/45grTIJnwno/s1600/church%2B%2526%2Bstate.jpg"></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-M0hpPXoOhCY/TxL3HNhjJzI/AAAAAAAAAWY/45grTIJnwno/s1600/church%2B%2526%2Bstate.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-M0hpPXoOhCY/TxL3HNhjJzI/AAAAAAAAAWY/45grTIJnwno/s320/church%2B%2526%2Bstate.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697888181838620466" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Jab4dRIe9qI/TxL3G46aG6I/AAAAAAAAAWM/VG1QER4Funw/s1600/pot%2Bholder.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 243px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Jab4dRIe9qI/TxL3G46aG6I/AAAAAAAAAWM/VG1QER4Funw/s320/pot%2Bholder.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697888176305740706" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-533PGhP8RvU/TxL3GpIZMEI/AAAAAAAAAWA/Rvn3KziIUmw/s1600/big%2Bbird.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 243px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-533PGhP8RvU/TxL3GpIZMEI/AAAAAAAAAWA/Rvn3KziIUmw/s320/big%2Bbird.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697888172069433410" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QKo9TMHHpMY/TxL1X4EYNZI/AAAAAAAAAVo/QrsZ8mVUWNA/s1600/cupsize.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 243px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QKo9TMHHpMY/TxL1X4EYNZI/AAAAAAAAAVo/QrsZ8mVUWNA/s320/cupsize.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697886269113644434" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pknhh52ETvE/TxL1YLLugAI/AAAAAAAAAV0/ImmU2OHEtcE/s1600/big%2Bappetite.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pknhh52ETvE/TxL1YLLugAI/AAAAAAAAAV0/ImmU2OHEtcE/s320/big%2Bappetite.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697886274244739074" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-htAbKgcmR9w/TxL0-8BvBcI/AAAAAAAAAVQ/Uuwhz8RCud8/s1600/prayer%2Bmeetings.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 243px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-htAbKgcmR9w/TxL0-8BvBcI/AAAAAAAAAVQ/Uuwhz8RCud8/s320/prayer%2Bmeetings.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697885840679568834" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mIcw3Gnoz9g/TxL0-uW5nOI/AAAAAAAAAVE/_Fi9P6UStLg/s1600/pole%2Bdancing.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 243px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mIcw3Gnoz9g/TxL0-uW5nOI/AAAAAAAAAVE/_Fi9P6UStLg/s320/pole%2Bdancing.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697885837010246882" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xG6TlkMtnbo/TxL0-aOaN3I/AAAAAAAAAU0/9OhwvWyZIO8/s1600/hotchic.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 243px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xG6TlkMtnbo/TxL0-aOaN3I/AAAAAAAAAU0/9OhwvWyZIO8/s320/hotchic.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697885831605925746" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-N7S88HVAuOQ/TxL0-VpZ_GI/AAAAAAAAAUs/5P3GQaDAjiM/s1600/ladygaga.jpg"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GPHuijz35-s/TxL0_V13LTI/AAAAAAAAAVg/Fg2_22UzsZo/s1600/headlights.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 246px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GPHuijz35-s/TxL0_V13LTI/AAAAAAAAAVg/Fg2_22UzsZo/s320/headlights.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697885847609093426" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7RR_F6ER14w/TxL3Hk7HPcI/AAAAAAAAAWg/x6gjhm9jvhY/s1600/lacoste.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 207px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7RR_F6ER14w/TxL3Hk7HPcI/AAAAAAAAAWg/x6gjhm9jvhY/s320/lacoste.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697888188119858626" border="0" /></a>Job A. Pagsibiganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951798380459969154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35645370.post-50785600275864271692011-04-28T09:17:00.044+08:002011-05-16T18:56:56.496+08:00PNP's Zero Criminality Drive<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pJbsL3wEfUg/TbjMjY4GTyI/AAAAAAAAASU/vNd21QreM0k/s1600/Philippine_National_Police-Logo.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 241px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pJbsL3wEfUg/TbjMjY4GTyI/AAAAAAAAASU/vNd21QreM0k/s320/Philippine_National_Police-Logo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600451044980444962" border="0" /></a><br />Strictly pleasant stories during meals should be a golden rule in every household.<br /><br />And the story that is now causing my hyperacidity...<br /><br />My wife told me over breakfast how a co-worker, Faye (not her real name), was able to bring to the police a pickpocket who stole Faye's cellphone.<br /><br />What's upsetting with a success story about good winning versus evil? Upsetting is the failed story of how good winning <span style="font-style: italic;">almost</span> versus evil.<br /><br />Waiting for a train in a crowded MRT station, there was this woman pressing herself against Faye, her position blocking Faye from boarding the trains. Same woman wouldn't move even after several trains have already passed. When she finally did, Faye discovered her bag open & her iPhone already stolen.<br /><br />Faye frantically went about the MRT station searching for the woman.<br /><br />And she found her!<br /><br />The woman resisted and escaped but not before Faye was able to catch-up on the woman's accomplice. Faye grabbed the accomplice and recovered from him the stolen iPhone and succeeded in bringing the scumbag to the nearest police station.<br /><br />Sounded quick and easy? Almost.<br /><br />That's until Faye had to transfer from one police station to another. Why? Because the police had only the same thing to tell Faye each time.<br /><br />The cops would keep lecturing Faye how much trouble it would be to file charges. The expenses... the hearings... That a pickpocket only has to post a P6,000 bail (an iPhone is over 40k) & be free again--free for him and his cohorts to do anything to Faye too. And take note of this outrageous piece of information the cops were insisting on her: that should she press charges, PNP would have to confiscate her iPhone because it's evidence!<br /><br />Came the last police station.<br /><br />Emboldened by the authorities' apathy, the crook has by now been speaking over the phone to his fellow gang members; he was ready to turn the tables. He was now demanding that Faye drop all charges or he can't assure her what he and his gang might later do to her. He was telling Faye that they settle the matter outside the police station--the gangsters want to bring Faye to their lair in Plaza Miranda where they could all arrive at a settlement! To this, all that the blotter officer had to say to the pickpocket was: "Ilang beses ka nang dinala dito. Kayo nang bahala mag-ayos n'yan." (You've been brought here several times. You thresh this out between you.)<br /><br />Whoa!<br /><br />In the end, Faye quits if only just to finally go home at 2:00 in the morning-- still with her cellphone and her harrowing tale that is the kind of story that one has survived if only to warn others.<br /><br />And that's how PNP can say that it's been successful in reducing "reported" crimes.Job A. Pagsibiganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951798380459969154noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35645370.post-27275617802289027562011-04-22T22:55:00.025+08:002011-04-23T11:58:58.696+08:00Shoot & Tell<span lang="EN-US">Ngayong long weekend, napansin ko na madami-dami na rin pala akong kuha sa cellphone na baka interesting i-share sa iba.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Vehicular Accidents</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UNU9uZ9bbmo/TbGobKgfKYI/AAAAAAAAAQE/1qngsNXCyFE/s1600/01%2Binfammable.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 325px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UNU9uZ9bbmo/TbGobKgfKYI/AAAAAAAAAQE/1qngsNXCyFE/s400/01%2Binfammable.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598440996428786050" border="0" /></a></span><span lang="EN-US"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JQRdwQvbXhc/TbGobGtvFsI/AAAAAAAAAP8/pW75tGJTjCs/s1600/02%2Bsusi.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 400px; height: 325px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Yeu8WkOXGxw/TbGmu9lMbGI/AAAAAAAAAPM/modotXiwnPU/s400/03%2Bbawaw.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598439137532996706" border="0" /></a><br /></span><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zp24EsBJajQ/TbHAvgQdEQI/AAAAAAAAAR4/HFsDKc5PptM/s1600/04%2Bcostumer.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 326px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zp24EsBJajQ/TbHAvgQdEQI/AAAAAAAAAR4/HFsDKc5PptM/s400/04%2Bcostumer.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598467734143570178" border="0" /></a><br /><span lang="EN-US"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-e6ow1kbik5k/TbGjt1rcj5I/AAAAAAAAAO8/aWyOMHyLbuA/s1600/05%2Bbothsides.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 325px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-e6ow1kbik5k/TbGjt1rcj5I/AAAAAAAAAO8/aWyOMHyLbuA/s400/05%2Bbothsides.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598435819696983954" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fiDlIBd7UyY/TbGjtlVNPVI/AAAAAAAAAO0/vkcXZWiT3mY/s1600/06%2Bprize.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 325px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fiDlIBd7UyY/TbGjtlVNPVI/AAAAAAAAAO0/vkcXZWiT3mY/s400/06%2Bprize.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598435815308737874" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Kaya mo pa?</span></span></span><br /></div><span lang="EN-US"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-woKk3NEVnrI/TbGjtgX33jI/AAAAAAAAAOs/lncPA9cokJ0/s1600/01%2Bgiveaways.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 325px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-woKk3NEVnrI/TbGjtgX33jI/AAAAAAAAAOs/lncPA9cokJ0/s400/01%2Bgiveaways.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598435813977742898" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jHe72VlBEt0/TbGjta6ndnI/AAAAAAAAAOk/nvwAw7j583Q/s1600/02%2Bpldt.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 325px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jHe72VlBEt0/TbGjta6ndnI/AAAAAAAAAOk/nvwAw7j583Q/s400/02%2Bpldt.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598435812512855666" border="0" /></a></span><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_YVLnaFlYgA/TbHAv0wTHtI/AAAAAAAAASA/RB4E18JVkIY/s1600/03%2Bfrancis%2Bm.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 326px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_YVLnaFlYgA/TbHAv0wTHtI/AAAAAAAAASA/RB4E18JVkIY/s400/03%2Bfrancis%2Bm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598467739645845202" border="0" /></a><span lang="EN-US"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aqJm2Bm3A6E/TbGi-3o_LHI/AAAAAAAAAOU/031q9iUOhsw/s1600/04%2Bkambingan.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 325px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aqJm2Bm3A6E/TbGi-3o_LHI/AAAAAAAAAOU/031q9iUOhsw/s400/04%2Bkambingan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598435012769688690" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4x_4nr3g70M/TbGi-wZri7I/AAAAAAAAAOM/_nfLqJWvyCI/s1600/05%2Bjollibee.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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Pagsibiganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951798380459969154noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35645370.post-89978843890316006522011-04-20T14:28:00.017+08:002011-04-20T18:16:40.845+08:00Batch `91<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-e0TzsUtKows/Ta6b3_g37FI/AAAAAAAAAIU/gFsXTmjZJNo/s1600/1991b.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 217px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-e0TzsUtKows/Ta6b3_g37FI/AAAAAAAAAIU/gFsXTmjZJNo/s320/1991b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597582773112532050" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span lang="EN-US">My high school batch is having a reunion this June.<span style=""> </span>How it has suddenly been 20 years makes me think how such a fleeting window of years could already fit a lifetime.<span style=""> </span>(That just covers the period within which AJ Perez—may he RIP—got born and died!)</span><xml><w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" defunhidewhenused="true" 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with a few things…</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:12pt;" lang="EN-US" >1. Boy, I really am such a good-looking guy (SFX: thunder.)</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Hold your horses!<span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>When you’re in high school, you just wake-up one morning and notice: hey, I’m suddenly surrounded by so many beautiful women (read: hormones.)<span style=""> </span>That’s when the torment begins.<span style=""> </span>Each day, you meticulously prepare for school trying to look your handsomest if only to keep-up with the same league as your crushes.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Fast forward … <span style=""> </span>After 20 years, your crushes are all bloated and sagging in their unguarded FB pictures (and cursing those who have a penchant for tagging.)<span style=""> </span>If I were to add how I look now and how I looked two decades ago; then divide that by 20 years, I’d say I’d come-out with a better yearly average than most of these women (and the guys they dated back then, <i style="">haha!</i>)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Moral of the story: you don’t have to be drop-dead gorgeous as early as your high school years.<span style=""> </span>The challenge is how to keep and even improve on whatever you had when you were a teenager.<span style=""> </span>For this reason, kudos to all my classmates who are still looking so great and got even more ravishing after all these years.<span style=""> </span>Come to think of it, Belo & Calayan weren’t around yet 20 years ago.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:12pt;" lang="EN-US" >2. Now you can tell your classmates like it is.</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">In high school, you have bitches, sluts, bullies, wimps, geeks, morons and whatever else you have in <i style="">High School Musicale</i> minus the token black & Indian students (I don’t remember us having jocks & prom queens—that’s another school.)<span style=""> </span>However they were, you could never tell it straight to their faces.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Today… reading all the exchanges posted on FB and listening to the conversations during those few pre-reunion get-togethers—I’d say my batchmates and I are more honest & less apologetic when describing how it was like back in high school.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">“You were such a slut but everyone had a crush on you.<span style=""> </span>What cup size are you wearing?” I hear two former rivals telling each other during one party.<span style=""> </span>Rivals because they both vied for Miss Something back in high school then later for the same boy.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I am actually imagining myself attending the reunion and going up to a bunch of bullies and A-students to tell them how much of a loser they made me feel sitting next to them in the cafeteria.<span style=""> </span>But that was 20 years ago and we can all put that behind us now.<span style=""> </span>What is important today is who has more money and a big shot job— me.<span style=""> </span>Pooff… <span style=""> </span>end of dream sequence. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Actually, I’m still the awkward kid I was in 1991.<span style=""> </span>I’m only hoping that the rest of my batchmates have become less uptight and will be the first to break the ice when I meet them all again.<span style=""> </span>After 20 years, I am still thrilled at the prospect of finally shaking hands with a few of them (or at least with those I still fancy to look as breath-taking given I haven’t found yet their latest pics on FB.)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:12pt;" lang="EN-US" >3. There are those you’ve completely lost, yet there are new names you have to remember.</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I think there were 50 of us in class (it was a public school!)<span style=""> </span>After graduation, my classmate sitting in front of me the past four years, died in a vehicular accident.<span style=""> </span>The one sitting behind me died of a malignant cyst.<span style=""> </span>If I were superstitious, I’d fear I will be the next to die (probably in the hands of angry classmates who are now reading this blog.)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Sadder still is asking about favorite teachers who have likewise reached the end of the road.<span style=""> </span>A favorite teacher of mine would have been so proud of me winning in a literary contest he used to rip-off.<span style=""> </span>Another teacher, I heard, grew terribly lonely as she suffered from Alzheimer’s in the last years of her life.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">But life goes on and come reunion, I will have to, inversely, remember new names for different reasons.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">There are those who got an entirely new life after high school and their new nicknames or pet names just have to speak of their newfound success.<span style=""> </span>I can’t mention them here but, most commonly, the rural way of contracting names to sound like the ones we used to call tropical storms just won’t hold anymore.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Then of course our lady folks who have gone the way of matrimony, I would have a hard time finding in the alphabetical list because of their married names (ladies, please retain your maiden name next to your husband’s because it’s sooo hard to add a stalker-sounding name in Facebook.)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">And lastly, there are just those classmates who insist on you remembering the names of all the children they’ve raised in those 20 years and the spouse/s they’ve lived with and who they would even bring to the reunion, insisting that you be fond of their family members as you have been to each other (can I tell you that your husband was the drug addict we caught stealing our motorcycle—I bet he missed that part when he proposed marriage, huh?)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:12pt;" lang="EN-US" >Epilogue</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I can’t even remember exactly what date the reunion will be.<span style=""> </span>Is this an indication of a subconscious attempt to miss it for the reasons I stated above?</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Oh well, I miss my batchmates.<span style=""> </span>And after twenty years, here comes something I haven’t done yet—to reconnect with so many old faces at the same time at the same place, knowing this could perhaps never happen again (see “Coming to Terms #3”) because I’ve earned the ire of so many people (see “Coming to Terms #2”) or because I will just never be the same person I was back in high school (see “Coming to Terms #1.”)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Regardless how fuming mad some of my batchmates are now, let me just tell you that I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!<span style=""> </span>You guys gave me my most exhilarating “first” experiences—regardless how you are also responsible for some of the most embarrassing moments of my life (and not all of them even have do to with sex!)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I miss you guys.<span style=""> </span>Looking forward to see you all.<span style=""> </span>Congratulations, BATCH 1991!</span></p> 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Pagsibiganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951798380459969154noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35645370.post-25341934952498907932011-04-18T14:53:00.013+08:002011-05-16T19:07:14.468+08:007 Last... Triviaaah<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WIJdh_gRH04/TdED_G_OqNI/AAAAAAAAASc/KT4mxI8gDO0/s1600/easter_egg_dyeing.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 209px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WIJdh_gRH04/TdED_G_OqNI/AAAAAAAAASc/KT4mxI8gDO0/s320/easter_egg_dyeing.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607267393795434706" border="0" /></a><br />Tignan ko nga kung hanggang saan ko mapapaabot ito<span style="font-weight: bold;">.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">1.</span> Ang Lent pala ay galing sa salitang “length.” As in… kesyo mahaba raw ang mga araw pag panahon ng Cuaresma (5AM palang kanina, maliwanag na— at hindi joke yung tungkol sa salitang length.)<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />2.</span> Cuaresma ang Spanish para sa 40. Forty days kasi mula Ash Wednesday hanggang Easter Sunday (wag lang bibilangin yung 6 Sundays in between.)<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />3.</span> Yung pinakamalaking street party sa Brazil na tinatawag na Mardi Gras (uy… nanood ng “Rio”) ay ginagawa sa Martes (Mardi) bago ang Ash Wednesday. Kumbaga, huling araw na daw kasi yun ng pagpapakasaya bago ang Cuaresma.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />4.</span> Ang pagtatago o pagtatalukbong ng mga krus at rebulto sa mga simbahan kapag semana santa ay tinatawag na Passiontide o ang kwento sa verse (John 8:46-59) na isa sa mga readings pag ganitong panahon. Ito yung kwento kung pano kinailangang itago ni Jesus ang sarili nya kasi babatuhin na sya ng mga tao.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />5.</span> For the record, ayaw ng mga bishops sa mga nagpepenitensya, lalo na yung mga nagpapapako. Officially kasi, ipinagbabawal yan sa mga Catholics. Ano kaya ang masasabi ng DOT? Carry lang daw :)<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />6.</span> Yung easter egg ay resulta ng pagbabawal noong araw hindi lang ng karne kundi pati ng gatas, keso at itlog habang Cuaresma. So pagdating ng Easter Sunday, pwede na ulit— kaya kanya-kanyang gimik pano i-welcome back ang tukneneng at kwek-kwek. (Wag atribida. Kaya itlog kasi siguro mahirap magpa-game ng easter milk at easter cheese.)<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />7.</span> Ang 7 Last Words ay hindi mababasa ng kumpleto at sunod-sunod sa Bible. Yung first word, parehong meron sa Matthew at Mark. Tapos, tigatlo na sa Luke at sa John. 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Pagsibiganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951798380459969154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35645370.post-78060609964447526112011-04-17T22:43:00.019+08:002011-04-20T17:48:52.179+08:00Bola... Bola<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n8fkSNkMAGU/Tar8_8-pldI/AAAAAAAAAHM/mfD_vXZ0V7Y/s1600/fishball.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 235px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n8fkSNkMAGU/Tar8_8-pldI/AAAAAAAAAHM/mfD_vXZ0V7Y/s320/fishball.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596563662592120274" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Free trade</span> will not work in the Philippines.<xml><w:worddocument><w:trackmoves><w:trackformatting><w:punctuationkerning><w:validateagainstschemas><w:donotpromoteqf><w:compatibility><w:breakwrappedtables><w:snaptogridincell><w:wraptextwithpunct><w:useasianbreakrules><w:dontgrowautofit><w:splitpgbreakandparamark><w:dontvertaligncellwithsp><w:dontbreakconstrainedforcedtables><w:dontvertalignintxbx><w:word11kerningpairs><m:mathpr><m:mathfont val="Cambria Math"><m:brkbin val="before"><m:brkbinsub val=""><m:smallfrac 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class="MsoNormal">So much for the proponents of GATT and the WTO. The one solid proof that open market will fail amongst Filipino consumers is the fact that until now, my favorite fishball brand is yet to be made available to consumers in Metro Manila.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Yes, for all of you who think you are fishball connoisseurs, I have bad news for you. The best fishball stalls are not in UP Diliman. They are in Bulacan. And the fact that you don’t know what on Earth I’m talking about is the same glaring proof that this fishball conspiracy to hide from you the truth is so well-organized, you don’t even know what you’re missing.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">First off.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Ever heard of the brand “Popular Bola-Bola”? This is the brand I keep asking every fishball vendor I strike a conversation with in the Metropolis and yet not one of these street hawkers has admitted ever hearing about the name.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">You see, this fishball brand lives up to its name. It’s “popular” because it remains a fishball which for all intents and purposes should remain in the shape of a ball, not the flat disk that those in UP or anywhere else in NCR become soonest you rescue them from the fire.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Next, they remain firm; actually, a bit tough—the right amount of toughness that struggles in your mouth as to remain there long enough for you to savor it more. The fishballs here in Manila disintegrate into crumbs after they dry and turn to starchy flakes soonest they turn cold.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Lastly, “Popular” tastes how it should—like fish. Surprised? Years of conditioning have actually made you think that fishballs should taste no better than how hotdogs should not taste like dogs. Fishballs are supposedly made of fish, okay?</p> <p class="MsoNormal">For someone like me who has known one brand as the only fishball brand during his entire youth, I could not help but speculate on two things.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">One… the fishball retailers I spoke to are too afraid to confirm the existence of a much superior competitor (could even be that they have been silenced by the manufacturers of the inferior brands they are retailing.) Or two… this organized cartel of fishball producers in Metro Manila have, since time immemorial, kept the denizens of the Metropolis in the dark as for each of you to think that the P0.50 price tag with which each of these bite-sized pleasures got stuck for years is to be blamed why fishball quality in NCR has no way to go but to get worse.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">So the next time you travel to Bulacan, try to spot any of the local fishball vendors. Get off the car and if you’re lucky, the Manong could have just poured a fresh batch of “Popular Bola-Bola” into the frying pan. Experiment with the balls; try them just when they’ve started swelling or anywhere between that point and until they’ve turned crispy and brown.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">If eating fishball has become the photo-op of choice for the rich and the famous whenever they need to show that they’re one with the masses, these same powerful class of consumers should do free trade and open market a favor by making them work for the fishball industry.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">To these elite patrons of the lowly fishball, I am calling on you to write to your congressmen to legislate laws that will pave the way for “Popular Bola-Bola” and for similar superior brands available to all Filipino fishball lovers.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">If you can do this, such that those who read this blog will finally discover the same joy I’ve been having from eating "Popular Bola-Bola," I assure you that, then and only then, will the Philippines be ready for GATT.</p> </w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:lsdexception></w:latentstyles></xml></m:defjc></m:rmargin></m:lmargin></m:dispdef></m:smallfrac></m:brkbinsub></m:brkbin></m:mathfont></m:mathpr></w:word11kerningpairs></w:dontvertalignintxbx></w:dontbreakconstrainedforcedtables></w:dontvertaligncellwithsp></w:splitpgbreakandparamark></w:dontgrowautofit></w:useasianbreakrules></w:wraptextwithpunct></w:snaptogridincell></w:breakwrappedtables></w:compatibility></w:donotpromoteqf></w:validateagainstschemas></w:punctuationkerning></w:trackformatting></w:trackmoves></w:worddocument></xml>Job A. Pagsibiganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951798380459969154noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35645370.post-84710042342430862272011-04-17T02:14:00.013+08:002011-04-20T17:50:19.513+08:00Oral Exam<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5YQJiNtiLAU/Tan-RzgdYDI/AAAAAAAAAHE/KirYrdaDi_Q/s1600/oral%2Bb.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5YQJiNtiLAU/Tan-RzgdYDI/AAAAAAAAAHE/KirYrdaDi_Q/s320/oral%2Bb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596283593822134322" border="0" /></a><br />You guys noticed that in the last few years, Oral-B has suddenly fallen-off the radar of upscale dental commodities?<br /><br />You can get now its toothbrushes for just less than P60. Chances are, the package in which they come by even has three instead of just one hard-bristled toothbrush.<br /><br />I was examining one of these bargains the other day in the supermarket and I asked myself, "Are these fakes? Have all their factories already transferred to China?"<br /><br />I recall my college days when bringing these toothbrushes to the common dormitory shower-room was a status symbol. My roommate even went ballistic when he found-out one day that his <span style="font-style: italic;">angled-like-a-dental-instrument</span> Oral-B was stolen (must be really some status symbol for one to be sick enough to use another man's toiletries.)<br /><br />Then there was that TV commercial of a dentist brushing with Oral-B while his back is turned against the viewer "for ethical reasons" (to this day, I don't know if it has to do with professionalism, <span style="font-style: italic;">i.e.</span>, a dentist shouldn't be endorsing a brand or just plain good manners about not getting televised while foaming in the mouth.)<br /><br />Well today, that commercial and all other advertisements about Oral-B are gone. In FMCG marketing language, I think that's equivalent to an exit-phase in a product's life-cycle.<br /><br />Well, whether the Oral-B's in today's grocery stores are fake or that this brand has indeed reached the end of the road, what I cannot forgive is that I can't find any one of them that is genuinely soft-bristled. Even if it says in the package that it is, the bristles are as hard as the steel broom our maid uses to scrub the oil leaks off our garage.<br /><br />And lastly, for all the years of research that went into ergonomic designs, how come most toothbrushes these days (not just Oral-B) have rubber handles that collect molds after a few weeks? Is this the new proof of authenticity? To gather molds similar to how these parasites prove those foul-smelling blue cheese are indeed German?<br /><br />I know.<br /><br />You'll say I write just about anything--even about ubiquitous oral care products. But hey, if you put these things inside your mouth a minimum of three times a day, reading a blog about them for the first time in your life shouldn't be so much a waste of your time. Admit it, you'll think about this posting when you buy your next toothbrush. That thought actually puts a smile on my face. My smile and the care that goes with keeping it pearly white sure make my dentist so proud of me :)Job A. Pagsibiganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951798380459969154noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35645370.post-67943581460716531482011-04-16T22:18:00.003+08:002011-04-20T17:47:14.544+08:00To Blog Again<div style="text-align: right;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-joMTavlj1fg/TamwNvmA0VI/AAAAAAAAAG8/1W1KyZXKF8s/s1600/love%2Bagain.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-joMTavlj1fg/TamwNvmA0VI/AAAAAAAAAG8/1W1KyZXKF8s/s320/love%2Bagain.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596197762145243474" border="0" /></a>Tonight, after 5 years, I am going to blog again.<br /><br />That said... I suddenly experienced a mental block.<br /><br />Maybe I'll have to let the moment pass for now and just search for a picture of that Sharon Cuneta movie with a somewhat similar-sounding title as the first sentence of this entry. (I think that caused the mental block.)<br /><br />By the time you're reading this, I may have already uploaded it or what has become of that picture after I've taken-out on it my irritation now that I caught myself singing its tiresome theme song.<br /><br />There.</div>Job A. Pagsibiganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951798380459969154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35645370.post-1164444399248986962006-11-25T16:44:00.004+08:002011-04-20T18:01:06.063+08:00Greta Ma-Garbo<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9t-fqtOk2FQ/Tah4x3StX6I/AAAAAAAAABI/oZDAqnlZC6w/s1600/gretchen%2Bbotox.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 278px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9t-fqtOk2FQ/Tah4x3StX6I/AAAAAAAAABI/oZDAqnlZC6w/s320/gretchen%2Bbotox.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595855335059185570" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Gretchen Barreto is having a word-war with another actress over Miss Barreto’s bringing an entourage of bodyguards and <em>yayas</em> wherever she goes. The other actress admittedly called the mistress of Tony Boy a prima donna, obviously distressed over the inconvenience of at least five bodyguards and a battery of <em>alalays</em> who are at Gretchen’s beck and call during the shoot of a movie where the two actresses are co-starring.<br /><br />Realizing I haven’t got the slightest clue what the world had turned to the last 48-hours, this is the “important” banner story I got when I turned-on the TV hoping to hear the latest, most earth-shaking and deeply life-changing news the whole of humanity currently had to offer. Trying to beat deadlines and facing no one but my PC the last two days, this is the world I shut-out and was now returning to: one filthy rich <em>kabit</em> fighting for her right to choose how to spend the <em>sustento</em> her billionaire live-in partner spends on her.<br /><br />Miss Barreto sighs how anyone could complain about the number of aides she brings when she herself couldn’t say for sure how many of them she has.<br /><br />How tasteful and so socially-relevant of her. This is fast-becoming the most important pre-occupation of social-climbers: how to show-off and how to unabashedly comment on their showing-off like they don’t care.<br /><br />Bitter, bitter, bitter me! I am again at bashing the <em>haves</em> with my <em>have-nots</em> angst. But please read on. (Gosh you should really see how Gretchen feigns subtlety like she was born to aristocracy and so boredly used to it!)<br /><br />My wife, Gem, had been witness to how quite a commotion Gretchen’s party causes wherever she chooses to impose her grandiose presence. In one pictorial of Piolo Pascual where Gem was the brand manager, the ex-ST queen whose friend Boy Abunda fondly calls Greta, turned upside-down the studio of photographer Xander Angeles with so many burly strangers (feeling Kevin Costner) on the look-out for any suspicious-looking members of the pictorial staff. Picture the uniformed maids (with one even holding a microwave oven for Greta’s designer diet meal) invariably giggling <em>“Ang pogi talaga ni Piolo!”</em> and you can imagine what imposition Miss Barreto is pretending to be clueless about as obviously suggested by her keeping such entourage to this day.<br /><br />Of course, the bodyguards & <em>yayas</em>, are all but a minor indication of what the likes of Gretchen Barreto have achieved or fights to achieve in a society that used to shun kabits and queridas. I can hear Greta protesting: “Oh, but I have long ceased to be a <em>kabit</em> ; the original Mrs. Cojuangco—may she rest in peace—has long died of a broken heart.”<br /><br />There is a nice ring to the pet name Greta. It sounds so <em>kontrabida.</em> Not the Greta Garbo that Gretchen may fancy herself to be but the witches that eat children in fairytales. Such witches can never completely see the sin of sleeping with a married man, contributing to the demise of the original wife and flaunting long after she died the victory of their forbidden love against the repudiation of the holier-than-Thou moralists.<br /><br />I have nothing personal against Miss Barreto. In fact, the many anecdotes about her rich-and-famous exploits amuse me no end; a favorite of mine was the RCBC incident. Be them exaggerated or not, the fact that they are easy to be believed reflects the reputation Gretchen has and pretends not to worry about. What I am anxious now is how paid publicists & bootlickers have learned to benefit from her and her kind.<br /><br />So why should I care? It’s not MY money she’s spending. Yeah, and it’s neither hers—it’s the Cojuancos’. What a way to exact vengeance at the ruling class! At least Gretchen is helping distribute wealth away from the landed high society. By keeping her battalion of <em>chuwariwaps</em>, she is creating jobs and inadvertently boosting the Philippine economy.Job A. Pagsibiganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951798380459969154noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35645370.post-1161850872849224622006-10-26T16:20:00.003+08:002011-04-20T18:04:44.180+08:00How Did You Know? III write this rather belatedly to assure my wife what I meant by soulmate in my very first posting in this blogsite.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxN8Aa065raGoe5wmIZEN0arPYwjnKQMOM5rnuEESBHImrGONhuV7kpvWaG8Jl09GN5H_AwBt-rUsE' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />Though my beautiful and ever understanding spouse swears she has searched the net for the meaning of the word and all she kept finding was the romantic meaning of “soulmate,” let me assure her and you guys that by soulmate, I simply meant that invisible thread which Hindus of ancient times believed to connect individuals. You know, like two souls were created from the same material.<br /><br />From the first time I heard it, I have always felt the word meant more like brothers and sisters or twins, having developed from the same egg or womb. In this romance-obsessed age of loveteams & telenovelas, I can’t blame people assigning more marketable meanings to it. I read somewhere that, as much as it can encompass space (like you live in Manila & the other in Bostwana), soulmate bonds may encompass time & gender. That means your mate could be from another era (like you have always felt this special connection to Cleopatra?) or somebody of the same sex (caveat: this doesn’t explain same-sex attraction; that’s another story.)<br /><br />So there. Besides, I expounded on the topic based on how my “soulmate” felt towards me. And I was pretty sure she didn’t mean it romantically too because at the same time she was telling me that’s how it felt, she was also bragging about his fiance and future husband (congratulations to them if it pushed through.)<br /><br />So the next time you find your mate, exert effort to stay connected—unlike what I did. Oh well, you guys haven’t written any lead yet how I could find her. So much for yanking at that invisible thread.Job A. Pagsibiganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951798380459969154noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35645370.post-1160923305291775122006-10-15T22:41:00.005+08:002011-04-20T17:58:09.668+08:00INDIEMAND<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lNp2Uaacni4/Tah6E-k10QI/AAAAAAAAABQ/3v8XiCd_ArI/s1600/fake%2Bamerican.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 247px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lNp2Uaacni4/Tah6E-k10QI/AAAAAAAAABQ/3v8XiCd_ArI/s320/fake%2Bamerican.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595856762943426818" border="0" /></a><br />Independent digital films are very much celebrated these days for having been produced at very low costs.<br /><br />After watching a few indie short films last night, I have come to the conclusion that to stay within budget, the first that their producers have to rid themselves off is the camera tripod.<br /><br />After watching 16 shorts in one sitting, I found myself sitting some more outside the cinema waiting to regain my balance as I got really dizzy watching too many hand-held shots.<br /><br />But it’s a dizzying kind of joy living in this age when one actually bears witness to how this new way of filmmaking is stealing the thunder from mainstream cinema. I’ll be beaming with pride telling my children someday how their dad actually made it to the days when Mother Lily & friends used to oligopolize the business and then later, witnessed how indie filmmakers soon gave them a run for their money. More joy still that many of my friends are actors, writers and producers of indie films. Oh, and I got to act in one of them too! (Wait for the day when MTRCB lets the ax fall this time entirely because of bad acting.)<br /><br />I must admit that some of the shorts I saw that night were not many of the finest this cinema movement can offer. Oops… hold your horses! Before you ban me from future screenings, let me reaffirm that I am an advocate of the indie phenomenon. But I must acknowledge that the relative ease of shooting in digital video has open the floodgates for those who are still on denial that they’re just not meant for this kind of art. But if practice makes perfect, I must at least say that the less finer shorts that night were “praktis lang po.” Since much of the support group (emotionally & financially) of indie-makers are naturally their close friends and relatives, I blame these groups when they don’t honestly give constructive feedbacks to people in the production. Please don’t patronize them; if it sucks, give it to them as it is and then support them to do more but better films next time.<br /><br />I am sincerely calling on more and more people to get into indie film-making as did many who excelled in photography when consumerism & technology permitted more snap-shooters who eventually became masters in the craft. And to people like my friend who said she avoids indie films because she too gets dizzy from the hand-held shots, just try to bear with it some more (you’re the same girl who enjoys roller-coasters, ahah!)<br /><br />Yeah, there are really some lousy shots (add to that: plots, scripts, acting, etc.) which the cinematographer &/or director would simply pass-off as a matter of taste and self-expression but it is in supporting all these indies, be them good or bad, can the ultimately best come out of the rest. Let’s watch as many of them as we can, better still if we can dabble at least once in the actual production. Hey, we are actually democratizing cinema here, don’t let it just pass you by 24 frames per second.Job A. Pagsibiganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951798380459969154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35645370.post-1160216355129187272006-10-07T17:55:00.002+08:002011-04-20T18:05:46.545+08:00How Did You Know?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vjDuCGB-7j4/TaiEYF6AvTI/AAAAAAAAABY/WSMcekIzxLM/s1600/t-shirt-soulmate-gameboy-biru1.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vjDuCGB-7j4/TaiEYF6AvTI/AAAAAAAAABY/WSMcekIzxLM/s320/t-shirt-soulmate-gameboy-biru1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595868086445063474" border="0" /></a><br />I found my soulmate--no, she found me. But then I was too lazy, I must have turned her off (or turned her away?)<br /><br />By writing this, I'm hoping she'd found out how regretful I am. If you know where she is, can you tell her how I'm dying to be in touch with her again?<br /><br />There was this girl (can we call her Chiqui?) Chiqui wrote me the sweetest letters. She said she is sure as hell she has found her soulmate--me. Nobody has ever told me that. It was the sweetest thing. I have been writing in my mind my similarly sweetest reply. `Been writing it for weeks, for months... until it's been five years. Now, I still haven't sent her any reply. And she hasn't written me anything anymore since then. She must be thinking how some lazy snob I must be.<br /><br />As I write this, I'm listening to her song.<br /><br />Five years ago, I didn't know how a big shot singer she was. Good thing I didn't or I would have freaked-out reading the letters she sent.<br /><br />I miss her. `Hope she's doing progress with her ambition to become a writer.Job A. Pagsibiganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951798380459969154noreply@blogger.com2