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Twilight

Late into the next movie installment, I have just decided to read the book by Stephenie Myers two days ago. The trouble is I am having nightmares the past few nights. Is it because the Cullens are actually on my case leaving Forks, to kill their next prey in a humid, unbearably sunny tropical island. Anyway, if I hadn't seen the movie, I think I would be bored to death by the book. If it were not a vampire story set in fog forsaken place near the north pole, it would be a novel straight out of the mils and boons collection.

My take, see the movie. The book sucks blood.

Katrina and Hayden Brouhaha

It was good copy. A sexy star with a illicit video circulating in the internet. Filmed secretly by a celebrity doctor whose claim to fame is being a boytoy of the owner of thecountry's leading plastic surgery clinic. After viewing the video clip, I could not hardly make-out the face of the woman straddling on top of the doctor with so much video noise, she could actually deny that she is the one on the video.

As of this writing, the issue seemed to have simmered down after a senate investigation, an NBI investigation and a PDEA investigation. I suppose if people didn't actually stop other agencies will follow suit and the issue will drag on and on like the telenovellas we Pinoys love.

So what's my take on this? It could have been a private matter between all the women the doctor taped during their sexual tryst. It could have been settled among matured grown ups without dragging the precious money taxpayers pay to the Senators and others agencies, when who knows what the end of this will be. We could have dealt with other issues like the still lost Italian ICRC worker, or the computerization of the next polls, the other issues of graft and corruption pending is all their venues. But we choose such matters which in my view are petty enough to be discussed in a showbiz talk show.

I pity Katrina because as of now I think she is loosing steam and her acting is not convincing enough to gain the sympathy of most. I pity Hayden because in the end it's still his fault that he took all those footages. I pity Bong Revilla because he does not know how to transfer videos and pictures from a dig cam to the computer and he is a senator. I pity the Filipinos that includes me because once again we got hooked into crazy, useless, mundane issue that actually will not change our lives for the better.

It's Kris Allen

This is the only American Idol season when I didn't care who would win. Either way I would still be happy. I love Adam Lambert. I could still see his performances in my mind long after the show. His first take on Mad World blew me off. And the Track of my Tears performance was so classic. This he again brought to fore in yesterdays A Change is Gonna Come. I love his performances, but the blogs are right, a lot of poeple may not be in to these things like screaming and rock and roll. Adam is a visual delight.

Kris on the other hand is more listenable. I could never recall any of his performances except for Heartless which was last week. But I do like his songs when I listen to my ipod. I guess it boils down to how still conservative America is. No matter how far we are into the twenty-first century, it's still the conservative straight guy next door who wins.

Saranggola ni Pepe

I could not make sense of the lyrics. I thought I understood it when I was young. But looking back, it doesn't mean anything. My friend told me it was supposed to be a protest song against the Marcoses. I wonder.

Highly Recommended National Museum Tour John Silva

The thing that I liked about it was when it was all over, I really felt proud I am a Filipino.