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Thursday, May 1, 2025

History Repeat Iyself


This is just a meme review.

Historic recurrence is the repetition of similar events in history. Just like the image above, the people choose to release Barabas, a prominent figure in the biblical story of Jesus's crucifixion. He was a notorious criminal, and robber, and an insurrectionist who was released by Pontius Pilate instead of Jesus.

It is obvious the owner of the image wants it to compare with one prominent politician's personal odyssey, where even with a truckload of glaring evidence and proofs, people would rather turn their backs and ignore the obvious.

History repeats itself when past and present specific events bear the same striking similarity. There is that noticeable resemblance, and the similarity is so strong that it catches the eye and can easily be observed.

Notice how the incident that happened Anno Domini and the last administration's political saga share the same nuances and characteristics.  

The parallelism is significant and stands out rather than being merely subtle or minor.

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Malinis si Kuya Ipe



As a child, my parents used to tell me, "Anak kapag ikaw ay ready nang bomoto pag ikaw ay malaki na ... pipiliin mo yong kandidatong malinis ang kanyang record ... walang bahid ... spotless and unblemished ,,, squeaky clean baga."

Tinandaan ko iyon. Iyon ang aking unang leksyon na natunan tungkol sa pagpili ng tamang kandidato.  At willing akong dalhin ito hanggang pagtanda kp bilang "core values" (a fundamental belief that will help me guide my actions, decisions and over-all behavior.)

Fast-forward tayo sa 2025 ...  mayroon tayong kandidatong pwedeng ihelera kay Mr. Clean ... si Kuya Philip Salvador. Mukhang obligado akong iboto siya kasi yong isang napakagandang barong na nasa aking cabinet ngayon ay galing sa kanya. 

Binigay niya ito sa kanyang kaibigan sa showbiz at dahil hindi naman ugali ng BFF niya ng magbihis to his teeth ... pinamana na niya sa akin.  Indirectly ... that's the string that attach me to Kuya Ipe ...  isang barong na parang handcuff na nakagapos sa kamay ko.  Ang tawag diyan ay utang na loob.

The other day, inilabas ang advocacy awareness campaign ni Kuya Ipe at kung ano mang leksyon ipinunla ang aking magulang ... just by looking at the image above ... malinis as in malinis talaga ang kanyang record. Para itong airport ... desolate... nakatiwangwang ... at nakabukaka at walang kalaman-laman. 

Kung yong ibang kandidato ay bumubulaga ang kanilang educational attainment at mga accomplishments si Kuya Ipe naman ay tipid o nahihiya kaya? Pwede niyang  ipagmalaki naman ang kanyang Best actor trophies sa Famas in Kapit Sa Patalim ... pero mukhang hindi swak.  

Pwede rin naman niyang isama ang Jaguar at Bona sa kanyang resume at yong pagiging alaga siya ni Lino Brocka pero nag-atubili siya. Even Ipe acknowledged that ... ano naman ang relevance nga mga acting trophies niya ... eh ang inaaply-an niya ngayon ay pagiging senador. Kaya pinili na lang niyang gawing blanko ito.

Kung wala ka man lang makitang nakasulat sa isang resume' ... tanda na ba yon ng kanyang pagiging clean living ay malinis na track record? O wala lang talahgnag maisulat dahil sa totoo lang ... wala naman talaga. Aba tinalo pa niya si Vico Sotto sa pagiging goody-goody (someone who behaves excessively well to please others ... oftentimes misinterpreted as overly insincere at ang kanyang pinapakita ay parang rehearsed or "put-on lang. 

Malaking leksyon ang nagiging number one senator  ni Robin Padilla sa madlang people. He tried hard to belong ... pero the more he does it to please others ... the more BOO-BOO he makes (the boo-boos turning into one big ka-BOBO-han.

Sabi ni Willie Revillame: "“Sabi nga nila wala nga daw akong alam. Tama naman sila lahat eh, wala akong alam na mang-api ng kapwa ko. Wala akong alam na mang-isa ng bawat Pilipino. Wala akong alam na magnakaw,” ani Revillame.

“Ang alam ko lang ay makagawa ng kabutihan sa mga nangangailangan nating kababayan," Pero sapat na ba ang argumento niya para siya ay iboto?

Tanong ni Coco Martin kay Lito Lapid sa kanyang campaign ad: "Sabi nila wala kang ginawa noong ikay nakaupo sa Senado ... anong pinanindigan mo? Sabi nila artista ka lang ... ano ba ang magagawa ng isang action star? Ang sabi nila hindi ka raw nakapagtapos ng iyong pagaaral ... paano mo kami matulungan? ..."

Marami ng mga artista sa senado ... at kung isaisahin mo sila ... more often than not you end up asking yourself  kung ano nga ba ang mga nagawa nilang noteworthy at hindi sila matibag-tibag sa kanilang pwesto?

Magiging sentimental pa ba ako at hindi ko maiwaksi kung sino ang nagbigay nga barong ko ... or tahasang ipikit ko na ang mata ko at sundin ko ang mga kuntil-butil na karunongan na bigay sa akin ng mga parents ko?

Isang malaking katanongan ito ngayong malapit na ang election (judgement day).


Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Pageant Result: Mister Pilipinas Worldwide 2025



The winners of Mister Pilipinas Worldwide 2025 from left to right:  Mico Toledo - Cebu City - Man of the Year Philippines 2025. Kitt Cortez - Mr. Eco International Philippines 2025- San Juan, Kenneth Cabungcal - Dumaguete City - Mr. Supranational Philippines 2025, Kirk Bondad- Baguio City - Mister International Philippines 2025,Jether Palomo - Taguig City - Mr. Global Philippines 2025, Raven Lansangan - Pampanga - Manhunt International Philippines 2025 and Kenneth Marcelino - Laguna -Mr. Cosmopolitan Philippines 2025, The pageant was held at Newport Theater last April 28, 2025.

Monday, April 28, 2025

Was It An Empty Or Real Threat?



This is no fake news.  Inday Sara wants to shove an apple at Congressman Joel Chua's throat and wants him dead.

The report came from Inquirer.net, and this is the gist of what it said: During a campaign sortie for mayoral candidate Isko Moreno in Manila ... she was heard telling the audience and rival Apple Nieto, (who is eyeing the same congressional seat as Joel Chua) to ram an apple down Joel Chua's esophagus ... until he dies.

"Ibibigay ko itong apple na ito kay Apple Nieto. Ma’am, saksak mo ito sa bibig ni [Rep. Joel] Chua hanggang sa kanyang lalamunan hanggang siya ay mamatay,” Duterte said in her speech.

Palakpakan daw ang mga nanood. Yong iba ay nagtatawanan pa. Saan ka ba makakita na may isang taong papatayin ... at nakuha pa natin ang mag-high five?

Cong Joel Chua is the nemesis of VP Sara, and obviously, her vile rhetoric stems from Chua's being one of her impeachment trial prosecutors. That's how vindictive and juvenile the VP was ... and based on her demeanor, she meant business by totally eliminating anybody (na humahara-hara sa daan niya) ... whatever it takes. Walang pagbibiro doon ... uto-uto na ang taong maniwala that the VP was just being humorous and flippant..

Of course well well-meaning friends and DDS defenders would dismiss that as "hindi na kayo nasanay kay Inday ... kayo naman ... huwag maging balat sibuyas." This is the same strategy na ginagawa ni Panelo noong nagdaang regimen (nagbibiro lang si Sir) every time the President becomes abusive and threatening,

Kung nagyabang noon at sinabi  ni PRRD na magjetski siya at labanan niya ang mga Tsekwa (bakit tahimik lang si Sal ay hindi sinabi na nagbibiro lang ang pajet-ski-jetski niya) .... dahil ba sa ang mga one-liners na ito minahal si Digong  ng mga tao (whether magawa man niya o hindi ang  promisa ... is beside the point? 

Ang importante siya lang ang presidente na makapagsalita ng  ganoon.  Campaign promise or not ... magawa man niya or hindi ... okey lang.  Ganoon na tayo kababaw?

This time, however, kay Inday hindi na ito cute. Nasanay na ang mga tao sa mga bombastic na mga salita ni PRRD na wala naman katuturan at walang pinatungohan ... pagkatapos itutuloy pa rin kay Inday? Belib na belib sa sarili ha? Nagiisa lang ang Tatay mo ... and who ever copy his antics is nothing but a second rate trying hard copycat. At yon na nga ang nangyari ... hindi na ito binibili.

I don't know Joel Chua ... and I am not here to defend him. All I am asking: "Where has all our decency gone? Is the country going to the dogs, and that includes the candidates wanting to apply for the highest position in the land? Is this a new vogue with our leaders - lacking moral standards, no civility, where acting rogue or a thug rocks ... and reigns supreme?

Are we back to the Neanderthal age, where people are ill-mannered, brutish, and coarse?

To all those people clapping (until their palms turn brick red) dapat ba tayong matuwa at ipagbunyi ang ganitong kalakaran? Tayo rin ang reklamo ng reklamo sa kung sino ang mga leaders na inilagay sa gobyerno ... di ba tayo rin ang dapat sisihin dahil tayo rin ang nagluklok sa kanila sa pwesto? 

Merong mga iresponsableng namumuno sa gobyerno ... totoo yon ... dahil marami ding iresponsableng boyante ang Pilipinas. Namimihasa ang mga nasa gobyerno dahil pinalkpakan natin sila pagkayapos nila mag-nakaw or makapatay kaya.  Tanongin mo ang sarili .... kung isa ka sa mga ganoon?

Aba 2025 na ... magbago ka na. 

Sunday, April 27, 2025

Political Ironies


 If you are a senator and have gone far and beyond helping a friend by making lies ... inventing fake news ... or spreading intrigues ... did it occur to him/her that voters are watching them eagle-eyed like gold fish in the aquarium?

Was being truthful and voracious the foundation of their pronouncements ... and is credibility still important to them?

Did it occur to them that repeated lying can be a poison ... and the next time they open their mouth, no one believes them anymore?

Weeks ago, the good senator was in a TV interview with Karen Davila ... and he was all over the place, telling the audience na maraming Piattos sa Davao.

He was a man on a mission ... was he trying to convince the host and the viewers ... or was he trying to convince himself?

And now in his latest inquiry about the confidential funds of Leni... was he trying to spread suspicion ... or is he generating skepticism? Only he can answer that.

The voters, however, were asking: How can he stomached feeding those doubts when fact-checkers have openly admitted that Vice President Leni Robredo was not given any intelligence or confidential funds in her term ... and that was an open book.

You see ... putak siya ng putak ... siya lang pala ang hindi nakaalam ng sitwasyon ni Leni sa panungkulan ng amo niya.

Or nagtangatangahan siya to cast doubts and instigate questions para mabudol ulit ang mga tao ... that yes may mga tao nga bearing the name Piattos vis a vis pronouncements that the said names does nor exists.

Mabuti na lang nandiyan si Senator Riza H., refreshing his fast-declining memory.

Saturday, April 26, 2025

Ano Ba Ang Tipo Mong Senador?


 I agree with the message ... gusto ko pang idagdag sa list ang mga senador who values friendship ... pero pag mali na ang ginagawa ng kaibigan ... "walang iwanan" ... pero dapat paalalahanan ang may sala.

Sabi nga ni Madame Imee pag mali ay mali. Ang tama ay tama.

Hindi naman yata TAMA yong MALI na nga ang ginagawa ng kaibigan kakampihan mo pa ... or magbingingihan ka na lang.


Ayaw namin yong magiging SENADOR SILA PARA SA MGA KAIBIGAN NILA.

Nakalimutan ba nila na SENADOR DIN SILA NG PULIPINAS? Alin nga ba ang matimbang? Friendship ... ang mga pansarili mong interes ... or loyalty to the country?

Friday, April 25, 2025

Definition


Oh guys may bagong definition ang Boracay Summer Fun
-ayon sa isang matabil na babaeng hindi sinama ng boyfriend sa Boracay noong nagbisita ang mga candidates ng Miss Universe Philippines. (Naiiwan palagi sa bahay?)

Ayon sa kanya ang pagbakasyon daw sa Boracay ay 1% swimming ... 1% picture taking at 98% voyeurism. Bakit daw ... eh maraming nakabilad na hubad na katawan sa mala-asukal na buhangin ... sa beach man o mga hotels?

Ano ba ang connect? Ayan halatang 100% nagseselos. Mga tol ... pagpasensiyahan at pagbigyan na natin!

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