Choice Cuts

 (Some Pinoy programs on TV barely make a glitch on our radar screen, but there were lines uttered that invaded our collective consciousness so much so that we find ourselves echoing its most famous lines in our everyday conversations. Some lines manage to put a smile on our faces making us happy and contented.

Whether intentional or accidental the classic lines resonate with us because we can relate to the scene and see our lives being lived out onscreen.)

(In an interview with hashtag Nikko Natividad...)

Nikko: Yong sayaw namin ... prinaktis namin ng umaga yon. Kunyari papasok kami ng 8 AM ... tapos sasayawin na namin sa It's Showtime at 11:30 AM.

Ganoon palagi, kaya hindi kami magkasabay-sabay. Kasi unang-una hindi naman kami talaga mga dancers. Pangalawa kulang kami sa oras ng praktis.

Luis Manzano: Yon pala yon. Akala ko dati sa Hashtags ... "kada hashtags ... ibaiba ang choreographer."

Natawa ako doon ... Luis.

Coincidence Ba ... O May Pinatatamaan

Eksena sa It's Showtime sa Rampanalo  at pinag-usapan ang paglalagay ng piso ng isang contestant sa sapatos para pampasuerte.

Anne" Para saan ba ang piso na yan at bakit?

Vice: Pampa-suerte

Jong: Parang anting anting

Anne: (nangungulit) Pero bakit piso ?

Vice: E di gawin mong 150 ... kung mayaman ka!

Anne: Gusto ko lang malaman kung bakit.

Vice: Hindi namin alam kung bakit ... hindi rin namin alam kung saan gagamitin ... ah basta confidential!

An Internet Message

Regarding confidential funds ... a friend shared his feelings if he is in the psychological shoes of a politician who has millions of money in front of him.

"What?  Are you just going to stare at the money? Using a familiar line: USE it ... or you will LOSE it. Take advantage of the situation while it is there."

I am not speaking from a moral high ground ... but when I opened the internet today this is where the cursor is pointing: Whoever loves money never has money enough ... whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with his income."  (Ecclesiastes 5:10) 

Political Shorts

My All Time Favorite Movie: The Clash Of The TITANS

Netizens New Favorite Controversy: The Clash Of CLANS.

Political Shorts

I am apolitical.  I have no interest or involvement in politics.  Isa lang akong miron na nagmamasid sa isang tabi. I let the diehard fanatics fight their own wars.  Kung meron silang reklamo sa gobyerno at bumabara ito sa lalamunan nila ... let them cough it out ... at baka naman lumuwag ang kanilang paghinga. Ako naman ay patuloy lang na nagmamasid at nagmamatyag. Kung may nagbabangayan na ... makinig tayo and get entertained.

Sa kanilang debate sa mga issues ... ninanamnam ko ang mga punto.  Kung sino ang naka-kombinsi sa akin. sa akin na lang yon. I don't have to be a diehard or rabid fan of this and that politician. I don't have to be a staunch defender of somebody ... I have a lot of more important things to do than spending my precious time debating with issues ... na wala naman akong mahita in return except frayed nerves and a temper that can hijack one's peaceful life.

Political Shorts

Katulad ng issue ng confidential funds ng Vice President, marami ng mga conflicting at maanghang na sagutan ang narinig natin lalo na between the Vice President and Senator Riza Hontiveros and Rep. France Castro. Kung sino ang tama sa kanila ... kayo na ang humusga.

The Vice President was quoted to say, "I have no respect for them." Dahil kontra Sila sa confidential funds?

And the Senator responded: " We do not need and demand the VP to respect us.  All we want is her accountability and where they spent the money."

Ang mga sagutang ganyan ang gumagawa ng balita ... at entertaining ito para sa iba.

Political Shorts

The debate that fan the embers of controversy and rocked the House and the Senate zeroed in on the investigation of confidential funds of the OVP and Department of Education. This did not stop the Vice President from issuing some sweeping statement that will forever be etched and become another classic political meme that will reverberate for a long time in the esteemed walls of YouTube and other social media platforms.

"Ang kumokontra sa intelligence and confidential funds ay kumukontra sa kapayapaan ... and kumukontra sa kapayapaan ... ay kalaban ng bayan."

The soundbyte created a lot of sneers and jeers and one netizen was quick to respond: "ANG PAGLUSTAY AT PAGNAKAW SA CONFIDENTIAL FUND ... AY KALABAN SA KAPAYAPAAN AT KALABAN NG BAYAN. "

Another netizen responded: "Kung sino ang nagging defensive at ayaw ng accountability at walang mapakita o maipaliwanag na maayos kung saan ginastos ang pera ay siya ang may malalim na dahilan para lustayin na lang ng ganon ganon lang ang kaban ng bayan. Sila ang tunay na kalaban ng bayan."

I was expecting that exchange ... at sa aking pagmamasid at pagiging miron ... yong mga sagotan ng mga protagonists ay ka-abang-abang. The more sharp and pungent the responses are ... the better... that separates the men from the boys ... and women from little girls.