Did You Know?

Did you know that "DID YOU KNOW" questions have an avalanche of queries the last time we checked Google?

Whatever we do, we always have that unquenchable thirst for trivia, and some random neat fun facts are hallucinatory and mind-blowing. They make us more curious than ever.

Did You Know? Questions and Answers come in handy. Are these nuggets of factoid just fun to share with friends and on social media?

Question: Why was the skeleton flower called a skeleton flower?

Answer: Diphylleia grayi also called the skeleton flower, is a species of perennial plant in the family Berberidaceae. It is native to northern and central Japan.

Skeleton flower plants are a marvel of nature. What makes these plants so special is their delicate white petals that turn translucent when wet, revealing their intricate structure. It is like a ghostly transformation when these flowers suddenly show their skeleton. Hence the name.

All-Star Resbaker sa TNT Kakasuhan?

 

TNT All-Star Resbaker Marco Adobas is in the eye of the storm at the moment after he posted some sort of accusation on his social media account claiming that Tawag Ng Tanghalan is a cooking show.

"Grabeng cooking show mga boss. Akala ko pagalingan ng kanta ang laban. Pasarapan pala ng luto."

Ang pagkatalo ni Ayegee Paredes na kateam mate ni Marco A. sa kanilang grupo ay isang posibleng mitsa why Marco poured out his frustrations in social media.

Because of these accusations, Marco A. has violated some of the terms he signed in the waiver before the contest, and it cost him his disqualification to continue being part of the show.

He is also facing some lawsuit ... however the latest we hear after he apologizes face to face with management ... nauwi na lang sa areglo ang nangyari.

Slip Of The Keyboard

 An occasional slip of the tongue or a slip of the pen is normal and is quickly forgiven by the person listening or reading... that is ... if they even notice it. Even when they do, most people most of the time will recognize a slip of the tongue or pen for what it is and realize that what you meant to say or write ... is not what you did say or write.

The answer is VISITA IGLESIA and not Trip To Jerusalem (which is a parlor game/indoor game for both kids and adults alike. Nagugulohan lang siya siguro ... or nagmamadali.  Strange hindi naman tayo minamadali sa pagrespond or pagbigay ng sagot. Di ba? We have all the time in our hands ... kung nagkamali ... e di mali? But was it a slip of the tongue ... or a slip of the keyboard?

Going back to the topic ... Visita Iglesia is a traditional custom where churchgoers visit multiple churches on Maundy Thursday or Good Friday in Holy Week.

The Spanish friars and missionaries introduced this practice sa mga Pinoy, and it has become a Holy Week tradition. The ever-religious Pinoy should visit at least 7 churches to complete the ritual  . The church hopping activity corresponds to the Seven Last Words (Siete Palabras) of Jesus ... or His Seven Holy Words.

CCTO. 

Ideas of Reference

Tanong ni Dingdong Dantes sa Family Feud segment "A G uess To Win Promo": "Sa Pilipinas ... ang suspek na inaaresto ay sinasakay sa A. Police Car  B. Eroplano.

The post drew flak from covert Fans of Digong (nagpapretend na apolitical ... pero Dedeez pala,)

"Naku may pinaparinggan na naman" sabi ng fan ... who interpreted it as an allusion to the way Duterte was arrested at NAIA.

Ako may tanong din sa mga taong salo ng salo ng mga issue na hindi naman sila ang pinagusapan? Katulad ng sitwasyon sa itaas ano ang tawag natin doon?

A. Ideas of reference

B. Referential thinking

C. False interpretation of causal incidents

D. A delusion where a person believes that a TV or a radio is speaking about him.

E. All of the above

Imagine pati game show questions pinagdiskitahan ninyo na kayo ang target? Matindi naman ang tingin ninyo sa sarili ... na napakaimportante ninyo!

Kidding aside ... ang sagot sa tanong ay All Of The Above. Ideas of reference are a psychological phenomenon where individuals perceive normal, unrelated events or occurrences (in this case, a game show question) as significant and directly related to themselves. In Tagalog feeling nila sila ang pinaparinggan.

Laro lang ito mga tol. Pero kung ang reaksyon mo ay over the top at something beyond ordinary ... aba eh may "ideas of reference" ka na. Isang paligo na lang "paranoid ka na?

OK granted na ang arrest ni Digong ang pinapatungkolan ng sabihin ni Dingdong ang eroplano ... what is that to you at halos maglupasay ka na diyan sa galit or kaiiyak? It was simply a harmless game question.

Anything na hindi naman ikaw involved pero and reaction mo is something out of extraordinary, Red Flag yan ... Aba masamang simtoma na yan.

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Sabi ni Senator Leila de Lima:

"Pwede nila ikulong ang aking KATAWAN.

Pero hindi nila kailanman maikulong ang KATOTOHANAN."

Odd Names?

In the past Quadcom hearing on Confidential Funds, names like Mary Grace Piattos, Renan Piatos, Jay Kamote, and Miggy Mango were unearthed, leading the congressmen to doubt the veracity of the beneficiaries' names (they sound like aliases), making them look fictitious, bogus, and fabricated.

Extra efforts were made to verify the names and birth certificates. (They were like a bunch of fools looking for a needle in a haystack.) One congressman said no such names matched any birth, marriage, or death records mula sa Philippine Statistics Authority.

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I am asking: "Were the people behind OVP so stressed out ... that when it was time for a liquidation ... they, instead of helping the beleaguered office ... had their ineptitude and clumsiness take the centerstage ... it invited national scrutiny and a close-up look. Can even elementary students read between the lines?

One Kibitzer commented there is no such family name as Piattos despite Senator de la Rosa's and OVP exec white-washing na may mga Piattos sa Davao. Di ba ang mga young guns sa Congress were offering 1M para lumabas lang sa lungga niya si MP ... pero walang kumakagat.

At the time they were making the dubious receipts ... were they munching Piattos as a snack, and it did not dawn on them that their inept and incompetent behaviors (na basta na lang magsulat diyan ng mga pangalan na parang naglalaro lang) would come to haunt them in the future?

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More odd names are sprouting like mushrooms, and one group that stood out was the Dodong Gang, which includes Dodong Bunal, Dodong Alcala, Dodong Darong, Dodong Bina, and Dodong Barok. Ano ba yan? Pati ang movie legend na si Barok ay umeekstra at pumipila na as beneficiary sa confidential funds?

Una may chichirya, may root crop at mga prutas. With these revelations, more kinky and kookie names are expected to come out in the open, and this will be added as additional evidence that fictitious names were used to cover up the extravagant spending of the OVP.

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As of press time, more irregular and non-existent names indeed have risen from their grave ... and some of the names that caught the prosecutors' attention were the Team Amoy Asim group, including Amoy Liu, Fernan Amuy, Joug de Asim.

This will really cast doubt on how Duterte's offices disburse their confidential fund. According to reports, these names were submitted by OVP to the Commission On Audit. "If something smells off from the list how much more the transactions themselves," asked one congressman.

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Other supposed beneficiaries of the DepEd’s confidential funds who were found to be nonexistent include Andong Mio (nickname or alias ba yan?), Erwin Q. Ewan (Ewan ko sa inyo), Ellaine Aray (Araguy!!!!); Mutya Palanca (baka Diwata yan), Panglaw Quizon (Kung Tanglaw existent yan), Zeta (sixth letter of the Greek alphabet, Mike Delta (aka Mike Alpha - ang daming Greek beneficiary ha?) and Jael Zumba (siya yong dance instructor)

Being non-existent ... the absence of documented information for their names galvanizes the belief that their names were made up, and using them to justify the OVP confidential fund spending raises more doubts and eyebrows about the lawfulness of the disbursements.

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Congressman Ortega stressed that the increasing number of bizarre names seemed to indicate a deliberate scheme to fabricate recipients and misuse public funds.

 “This isn’t just simple negligence. The names on the liquidation are fake. Where’s their accountability?"

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Inday Sara supporters countered na baka mga alias lang ang ginamit.

For crying out loud ... kailan ba katanggap-tanggap ang mga alias at nicknames to get a big sum of money?

Kung sa banko hinahanapan ka ng 2 or tatlong ID, swerte nila at napakaluwag ng disbursing officer ng OVP at nagbigay ng ora-orada kay Dodong,  Andong, kay Mrs. Aray, kay Mr. Ewan. kay Mr. Zumba, kay Mr. Asim lalo na kay Mary Grace Piattos  na wala man lang pagdududa.

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Inday Sara could not shrug the issue or swept it under the rug by saying: "Wala akong hand diyan ... wala akong kinalaman diyan."

Wala kang kinalaman ... pero ikaw ang pumirma ng liquidation report? Ikaw pa rin ang mananagot diyan kasi ikaw ang pumirma. That is basing according to the tenets of accountability.

And there is also "Respondeat Superior" - a Latin phrase meaning " Let the head of the office answer". It is a legal doctrine holding the VP liable or principally legally responsible for the wrongful actions of her employees if such acts occurs within the scope of their employment.

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