Miss Grand International 2024 Tonight at 7 PM

There is only one crown left so Philippines will complete the Grand Slam titles. So far only Puerto Rico has achieved this rare feat. Will Christine Julianne Opiaza make it happen tonight?

One pageant observer who was very superstitious … said there is a possibility! She thought highly of CJ and thought of her as a a deadly typhoon.  With the way CJ unleash her fury in the MGI stage she came in wild and wet … and when she left she brought the crown with her. Such parallelism. And to think the current typhoon wrecking havoc in the Philippines in real time was CHRISTINE … and in a striking distance ….typhoon JULIANNE is slowly creeping in. 

Is she having a mirage? Let us wait … better still … let us watch the finals of Miss Grand International 2024 tonight at MGI TV in YouTube at 7 PM to night!

Wala Na Daw Peace & Order Sa Pilipinas

Mga kwento ng pag-asa, bumida sa touching performance nina Vice, Karylle...

 Starting the Magpasikat Week is one heck of a job ... for one thing the first group of performers has to set the tone for what their audience should expect for the rest of the week. And team VIce, Ryan and Karylle did not disappoint. Their theme is all about HOPE, a very relatable topic dahil lahat naman tayo ay umasa ... at namumuhunan sa salitang SANA ,(sana magbago ang mga anak ko ... sana maging responsable sila ... sana tularan nila ako maging isang good provider ... in the real essence of the word). 

  The vignettes of life that was depicted are true to life stories of the main protagonists. Karyll's family life is an open book. This is the first tiwme she had actively talked about it on TV ... especially her relationship with his father that was cut off because he passed away. Karylle's only hope was "sana nabigyan pa sila ng time to show their love for each other. 

 Her scenes singing an original song written for his Dad ... was almost palpable. Her angel scene was beautifully photographed ... had I not blinked I was almost seeing on screen the younger version of Zsa Zsa Padilla hanging in the skies.

Ryan Bang came from a broken family . And that is the reason why in his early formative years, he migrated to the Philippine. When he has a family dinner with his Pinay girlfriend ... Ryan notice how his mother laughed at the jokes of his father. She was responding to him positively ... and these fuels HOPE in Ryan na "SANA magkaroon ng part 2 ang kanilang samahan." 

 Ryan's family dance routine where the three were mounted in some kind of a rolling platforms ... that every time they move no matter how they reach out to each other ... the oscillating motion prevented them from holding hands and bond together as ONE family - a perfect dance symbolism for a family in squabbles. 

 Meme Vice has a different issue ... it is more about his relationship with Ion and his suspicion that somebody out there is making a concerted effort to bring him and his show down. In his words... ang mga intriga ay parang mga suntok at tadyak na sabaysabay pang dumating ...na parang pinagtulong-tulongan siya ... at pinagbugbug sarado is enough to make him feel defeated and disillusioned. His only HOPE ... "SANA malmpasan niya ito ... at huwag siyang sumuko. 

 His dance sequence where the dancers lifted him in the air ... sabay sumabog ang ang apoy sa paligid gave me a semblance that he was made a sacrificial lamb ... sabay sabay naglabasan ang mga voice over na "di maganda makita sa TV si Vice Ganda .... hindi magandang ehemplo ... bakla eh. Tapos dinagdagan pa ng sahog na "Wala kang matunan na mabuti diyan ... puro panlalait lang ... " Or maghiwalay din yan ... siyempre si Ion maghanap talaga yan ng babae. Perfect symbolism indeed. 

 Another dance symbolism that was perfectly accomplished was in the sequence where VG was ascending in a steep reclining platform and his detractors relentlessly chasing him ... pulling him from his legs para hindi makaakyat at tuluyang bumagsak. But Meme persevered ... and won his battle in the long run. 

 The inclusion of SB19 was so appropriate and I commend who ever thought of this is a genius. SB19 is a perfect example of young men who struggled and become victorious. They even changed the lyrics of their song Liham so the message will become ensynch with the theme. SO generous. 

 The highlight however was the inclusion of madlang people trying to win over their individual struggles. One of them were two kids who grew up away from their Mom who was working in Dubai for six years. The genius twist however ... is this group desire to bring this mother back to Philippines and gave these yearning kids a lachrymose and tearful family reunion. Congrats Viceryll.

Men Are Like …

Men are like … books.

In their bad chapters …you never get to find out what happened next.

Model: Emmanuel Legaspi Barba - Mr. Tourism intercontinental 2024
 

Women Are Like …

Women are like … a camera.

Capture the good times … and if things don’t work out … take another shot.

Model: Isabelle de Los Santos  - Miss Aura International 2024
 

VP Sara Duterte holds press conference

Simple Questions That Is Hard To Answer

Can you imagine … if somebody asked you these questions at wala ka man lang maisasagot? And can you imagine … na kung yong ina-akala mong madaling katanongan …. ay yon pa ang mahirap sagotin? 

And have you find yourself in a situation where you were asked to enumerate something … tapos nananatiling blanko ang papel …  dahil wala ka man lang maisip na isulat?

Something is really wrong with you … kung nag-aalangan ka at urong-sulong kang magsagot sa mga tanong na ito. Mga tanong na may kirot … sinasagot mo nga pero hulinghuli ka at nagsisinungaling ka lang.

Of course you can always pretend you have an answer … to save face … but deep in your heart you know there wasn’t available answer. You can always dole out answer for the sake of answering …pero alam mo sa sarili na ginawa mo lang yon dahil ayaw mong magpabuko. Here are some of them.

1. List 5 of your best friends - If you meet a lot of people… yet you don’t have a friend you can call your own … is bordering on being an aberration. Maybe you are one of those people who always think they don’t fit in your …oh so rigid yardstick. Or are you one of those meticulous freaks who are finicky with selecting friends and you allowed potential would be friends to slip through your fingers just because of some little petty details? Or maybe you are one of those nincompoop who has a rigid and a stringent requirements and criteria of friendship … where one fail miserably in your extremely severe and self-indulgent standard?

2. What have you achieved? If you don’t have answer to the question is quite an abnormality… but it happens to some people. A person who is always unsuccessful in anything they do … is a LOSER.  He is born with it (a la Maybelline) and everything he touches becomes a disaster.

3. What are your dreams and goals in life? If somebody answers none … his life is boring.  Can you imagine somebody living, breathing and he doesn’t have purpose in life?