Here are a few stories that grabbed the headlines the past few days. And here I go dipping my fingers on them once again.
Pacquiao wins by a TKO
So Manny won again. Ok, I was wrong and so are the three others who voted in my on-line poll here in Dantespeaks (thanks to the four people who voted – arrgghhh! Hahaha). But do you know why dela Hoya lost? He got distracted by that girl who sang the star-spangled banner. What the heck is she wearing? Was she told that it was a boxing match, not a stag party? And, she’s lucky she’s not singing the Philippine national anthem. Otherwise she’ll be violating the Philippine constitution. Not only with her attire but her murdering a patriotic song. I can’t imagine hearing Lupang Hinirang RnB version!
Honda pulls out of Formula 1 Racing
Honda blames it on the crisis. Other F1 teams are also mulling the same idea according to news reports. Thank h
eavens they’ve finally come to their senses. In fact, I’d say you don’t need a crisis like this to stop this snooty, elitist F1 racing. It’s one of the very first things these politicians should stop whenever they are talking about depletion of the fossil fuel, carbon emission, global warming, renewable energy and all that stuff. And while we’re at it, let’s include all other races like Moto GP, Powerboat races and anything that guzzles up precious gasoline for useless purposes. Stop the wasting and think about leaving the future generations with something. Race camels instead. Or go to the Philippines and try racing padyaks along the train rails.
The OJ Simpson sentencing
I saw it live on BBC. And I almost smashed the tv with the remote control when OJ started putting on a show – pleading his case with cracking voice and teary eyes and all – all for the benefit of the judge and everyone watching the telecast. But his acting sucks. If he was able to pull a fast one on the jury that tried him some 13 years ago, this time, his charm, luck or whatever ran out. With a sentence of up to 33 years, he will be ready for a retirement home if he ever gets out of jail. As Judge Glass put it, he’s both ignorant and arrogant. A dangerous combination that finally put him where he deserves to be.
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to the Oscars
I do hope and pray that Judy Ann wins her battle to bring Ploning to the Oscars. She deserves it. Seeing her exert such effort to raise funds for Ploning’s campaign, I sincerely hope she makes it. It will be another source of pride for Pinoys aside from the already pompous Pacman. We should have made it to Oscars a long time ago with the Brocka and Bernal films. Though I think people behind those films didn’t have the drive and the dream that Juday is showing now. Good luck Ploning.
500,000 jobs lost in US in November alone
Reports say that in the past 11 months, 10 million lost their jobs in the US. Really alarming. I pray that our fellow Pinoys in that side of the world are not hit badly by this crisis. And, without sounding insensitive, I was glad I chose the barren deserts of Saudi Arabia over the fabled land of milk and honey. I’m lactose intolerant.
Poop for coffee, anyone?
Al-Jazeera f
eatured a report by their Manila correspondent Marga Ortigas about coffee beans that are as expensive as gold. These are coffee beans picked from the droppings of civets (say sivuts... and in tagalog, alamid) in the mountains of Malarayat. According to Marga’s report, civets eat only the sweetest coffee beans although it looks like their digestive system cannot grind the beans itself. The beans were gathered from their poop and, whatever chemical process it goes through inside the civet’s intestines, becomes a much-sought coffee sold around the world. A 50-gram bottle costs as much as 300$ making the poop-gatherer rich! Well, if only the snooty socialites who drink this coffee saw where it came from. Haha!
Pacquiao wins by a TKO
So Manny won again. Ok, I was wrong and so are the three others who voted in my on-line poll here in Dantespeaks (thanks to the four people who voted – arrgghhh! Hahaha). But do you know why dela Hoya lost? He got distracted by that girl who sang the star-spangled banner. What the heck is she wearing? Was she told that it was a boxing match, not a stag party? And, she’s lucky she’s not singing the Philippine national anthem. Otherwise she’ll be violating the Philippine constitution. Not only with her attire but her murdering a patriotic song. I can’t imagine hearing Lupang Hinirang RnB version!
Honda pulls out of Formula 1 Racing
Honda blames it on the crisis. Other F1 teams are also mulling the same idea according to news reports. Thank h
eavens they’ve finally come to their senses. In fact, I’d say you don’t need a crisis like this to stop this snooty, elitist F1 racing. It’s one of the very first things these politicians should stop whenever they are talking about depletion of the fossil fuel, carbon emission, global warming, renewable energy and all that stuff. And while we’re at it, let’s include all other races like Moto GP, Powerboat races and anything that guzzles up precious gasoline for useless purposes. Stop the wasting and think about leaving the future generations with something. Race camels instead. Or go to the Philippines and try racing padyaks along the train rails.The OJ Simpson sentencing
I saw it live on BBC. And I almost smashed the tv with the remote control when OJ started putting on a show – pleading his case with cracking voice and teary eyes and all – all for the benefit of the judge and everyone watching the telecast. But his acting sucks. If he was able to pull a fast one on the jury that tried him some 13 years ago, this time, his charm, luck or whatever ran out. With a sentence of up to 33 years, he will be ready for a retirement home if he ever gets out of jail. As Judge Glass put it, he’s both ignorant and arrogant. A dangerous combination that finally put him where he deserves to be.
Ploning
.jpg)
to the OscarsI do hope and pray that Judy Ann wins her battle to bring Ploning to the Oscars. She deserves it. Seeing her exert such effort to raise funds for Ploning’s campaign, I sincerely hope she makes it. It will be another source of pride for Pinoys aside from the already pompous Pacman. We should have made it to Oscars a long time ago with the Brocka and Bernal films. Though I think people behind those films didn’t have the drive and the dream that Juday is showing now. Good luck Ploning.
500,000 jobs lost in US in November alone
Reports say that in the past 11 months, 10 million lost their jobs in the US. Really alarming. I pray that our fellow Pinoys in that side of the world are not hit badly by this crisis. And, without sounding insensitive, I was glad I chose the barren deserts of Saudi Arabia over the fabled land of milk and honey. I’m lactose intolerant.
Poop for coffee, anyone?
Al-Jazeera f
eatured a report by their Manila correspondent Marga Ortigas about coffee beans that are as expensive as gold. These are coffee beans picked from the droppings of civets (say sivuts... and in tagalog, alamid) in the mountains of Malarayat. According to Marga’s report, civets eat only the sweetest coffee beans although it looks like their digestive system cannot grind the beans itself. The beans were gathered from their poop and, whatever chemical process it goes through inside the civet’s intestines, becomes a much-sought coffee sold around the world. A 50-gram bottle costs as much as 300$ making the poop-gatherer rich! Well, if only the snooty socialites who drink this coffee saw where it came from. Haha!
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