The Bill That Makes Me Want To Plank

Much to my dismay, I came across the issue of the Anti- Planking Act of 2011 this afternoon via Twitter. I made a bit of reading in the filer's website, that of Representative Winnie Castelo from Quezon City, Philippines. The proposed bill is actually:



AN  ACT PRESCRIBING A UNIVERSAL CODE OF STUDENT CONDUCT WHEREBY PLANKING BY A STUDENT OR GROUP OF STUDENTS DURING STREET RALLIES OR SIMILAR PROTEST ACTIONS AS A FORM OF REDRESS OF GRIEVANCE BE STRICTLY PROHIBITED AND APPLYING APPROPRIATE SANCTIONS THEREOF.  

--- 20th of September 2011

Fine. I understand the safety risks and issues that rallyists must take heed of.


I am also not an advocate nor a practitioner of that weird act called planking and then doing it anywhere I want to--- unless I'd be able to lose a lot of calories by planking the Pilates- way.


But let me just say that filing this bill and further implementation with the use of Pinoy tax money is not even rational. Why so? I feel that there are far more relevant issues other than planking, owling, koalaing, or batmanning that should be prioritized when passing a bill. 


But if I were to melt myself on the hullabaloo of this mediocrity, why then is Mr. Castelo after the students alone? Taking the recent transport strike incident aside, how sure is he that older rallyists are not capable of planking? It won't be safe for, 'say my fifty-ish year old folks to plank around as well during their protests! If he is to talk about maturity, this bill should not marginalize groups of people, and to make the world a better place, the bill shouldn't even be proposed at all. Moreover, it should be renamed as the ANTI- IMBECILE BILL OF 2011 which will be applicable to those who repress self- expression of others and for those who express themselves in a planking manner during rallies.


For strike plankers, come on! Why planking? Justify how relevant this is when promoting your cause. With the mindset of some of our politicians, do you expect them to have the luxury of time or even the gift of analytical thinking to give some sense of what you mean as your beautiful faces are flat on the ground?


Safety is a measure that should be done at all times and at all costs. I totally have nothing against it. Now, planking is not as deadly as the abuse of human rights and the deprivation of basic needs.


If this is how shallow and stupid some of our leaders' ideas could get, aside from their corruption capabilities, then I present you three hilarious bills that the dumb ones could perhaps propose to waste the public's time among all other resources. Otherwise, these may give you a good giggle if you have been a victim:


1) Anti- EMO Facebook Status Updates: Negativity and bad vibes have a domino- effect!


2) Anti- DOTA: Guys have lesser time to spend with their partners by playing this game. Relationships are at stake. I couldn't relate to this though, because I might end up playing it. IMBA!

3) Anti- Big Bow Headbands: Ladies, I should be honest in telling you that this kind of style does not make you cute at all.


The politicians are a direct reflection of the decisions of the people who voted for them. There's still time, however, to avoid supporting these kinds of crap. Finally, I think that our country does not deserve corrupt idiots in power. It's really pathetic and embarrassing for our children.

Oh yeah. It's planking time! 

Sweet Disposition by The Temper Trap

My 2011 epic win song.

"so stay there
cause i’ll be comin over
and while our blood's still young
it’s so young
it runs
and we won’t stop til it’s over
won’t stop to surrender"

Mindgraine

Bago ang lahat, gusto ko lang po liwanagin na hindi ako isang dalubhasa ng wika o nagtapos sa sining ng pakikipag- usap. Yan ay dahil sa isa po akong Psychology. 

Joke. Sorry, Marian Rivera, for the mockery. Hehe.

Anyway, sobrang trip ko lang talaga magsalita (meaning chumika), magbasa (ng kapalaran), magsulat (sa listahan kasi makakalimutin ako), at tumawa. Nakakaintindi ako sa karaniwang gawi ng pakikipag- talastasan. Kung ano man ang natutunan ko sa paggamit ng English at Filipino, sinusubukan kong gamitin yan ng maayos at sa paraang kaya ko... (ayos!)

Hindi dahil naka- graduate na ako sa pag- aaral ay hindi na ako sumisilip sa dictionary at thesaurus. Wala rin naman akong mga quota- quota gaya ng matuto ng at least one new word per day. Basta lang, gagamit ako ng mga libro na yan o di kaya'y titingin sa internet kapag yung tipong patungo na ako sa redundancy, pag gusto ko ng bago sa pandinig, at kung kapit na ako sa patalim sa panghuhula ng kahulugan ng ilang elyen na salita. Mahilig din ako sa pagkuha ng etymology. Ang nakaka- praning lang naman isipin ay yung kung bakit nag- self study ako ng Bekimon. So far, achieve naman kahit paano; aiming for black becky belt na.

Ngayon, ang hindi ko lang gusto ay yung kung gumagamit ang iba ng wika tapos hindi naman pala nila kayang panindigan gamitin iyon, hanggang sa hindi na sila naiintindihan ng kanilang kausap. Ang TagLish ay tanggap na sa panahon ngayon. Depende yan sa intensyon at sitwasyon. Pero PAALALA: Huwag maging ubod ng ARTE kung magta- Taglish. May iba rin na mahilig sa mga expressions at words na narinig lamang nila sa kung kanino man ngunit hindi naman pala nila alam kung tama ba yung pagkakagamit nila o hindi. Kumbaga, bo- malabs.

Mga Sample: 

a) Hindi ko naman pwedeng sabihin sa tatay ko na mahal ko siya sa ganitong paraan diba: "Huy, pudak! Lovelya kitetch!" Malamang ma-award ako nun at banatan ako sa vernacular niyang Panggalatok. Siyempre, hindi siya makaka- relate sa ginamit kong wika, kaya dapat hindi yun ang sinambit ko. Kailangan kasi ay level lang.

b) Kapag nag- English pero trying hard masyado, naku, walking deadz ka na. Oo, nakukuha ko'ng minsan kailangan magpa- impress, basta dapat yung sa paraang hindi kumplikado. Paano kung job interview yan, at sa sobrang pagpapasikat eh pinaikot ka na pala ng interviewer? Tapos ako pa pala yung HR na nag- iinterview o, haha! Nabiktima ka tuloy ng Competency Based Targeted Selection tactics! Bottomline, masasagot mo pa ba ng tama ang mga tanong kung pati sa sarili mong English ay naguguluhan ka rin?

Naalala ko tuloy yung isa kong chicks na kaibigan, pati na rin yung mga moments namin na nagkukulitan habang nag- uusap (over a bucket). May isa na gusto nang magpahulas ay sasabihin ito: "Hey, let's call it tonight!" (para sa let's call it a night!). O di kaya: "Huwaw, it's a blessing in the sky!" (it's a blessing in disguise!). Tawanan trip lang talaga eh. Mga sounds like.

Heto pa yung ibang sounds like na alam ko:

1) Ats if! = AS if!

2) The nerd = The NERVE

3) Connect me if I'm wrong. = CORRECT me if I'm wrong.

4) Nitty gritty =  Gritty nitty (binaligtad eh, haha!)

5) I'm sick of tired! = I'm sick AND tired

6) I hope you don't mine. =  I hope you don't MIND.

7) Please don't make fond of me =  Please don't make FUN of me.
8) No offensement = No offense MEANT.

Basta, ganon lang. Mag- isip muna ng mabuti bago magsalita. Pakinggan ang sarili kapag nakikipag- usap. Huwag padalos- dalos kung hindi ka sigurado. Pag- aralan ang mga kahulugan at panuto ng sawikaan ng mahusay (lalo na yung subject- verb agreement!). Magbasa. Mag- rehearse! Kailangang komportable ka sa iyong wika. Tandaan na ang paggamit mo nito ay isa sa pinaka- mabisa at pinaka- maaasahang paraan upang makilala ka. Importanteng 'di magkaroon ng mindgraine ang kausap mo, unless...sinasadya mo talaga. O, ayan. Admittedly, mahilig ako manadya. Sana lang ay huwag mahipan ng hangin ang dila ko. 

TVC ng Andok's: Perfect B's!

At dahil sa nakakalokang ad na ito, bigla naman ako'ng nagutom at natakam sa lasa ng Dokito Frito, pati na rin yung mga tindang prinitong manok sa kanto sa may amin na heaven sa lutong. Kaso baka may mangyaring mga pisikal na pagbabago rin sa akin eh. Ay! Oo nga pala, weird ako kaya nakalimutan ko'ng kathang isip lang yan. Like, wow ha. Anatomy 101 at kailangang may ganung paalala pa sa umpisa ng ad na ito? Duh. Intelehente naman siguro yung target audience. Ano ba.


Hayayay. Tama na nga itong mga walang awang cravings pati na rin ang pagpuna sa umpisang bahagi ng TVC. Di bale, sa susunod na taon na lang pagbalik ko sa Pilipinas ako kakain ng madami niyan, sabay aaliwin ko ng walang patid ang aking sarili sa naturang patalastas hanggang sa maumay ako sa manok at sa boobs ni kuya.

Medyo magkakahalong emosyon ang naramdaman ko sa panonood nito. Nakakaawa na nakakaaliw lang eh. Kaya para sa mga kagaya kong naghahanap ng masarap na crispy prayd tsiken, tara na at magprito! Bon appetit!

Sup, Shamcey? Sa'yo Na Ang Korona!

So I was late for around 10ish minutes in the office today. I came in nervous not because of how I'd manage to enter the area with all the "why the hell are you late" speculations, but because...

MISS UNIVERSE nga pala this morning!

Well, apparently, hindi naman kasi talaga ako fan ng beauty pageants. Back when I was younger, I hated how these were sensationalized kasi nga medyo may pagka- radikal at kinda feminist pa'ko noon (hay, college). Plus ayoko ng idea na there's a lineup of women strutting their booties on the stage and then later on being questioned on how they'd manage to heal the world, help others, save the whales, etc... Tapos ayun magiging artista na, sisikat ng bongga sa Pinas and then mag-aappear na sa mga TV sitcoms, commercials, at sasayaw ng mga dance number sa variety shows.

Ngunit --- dahil some kind of becky pala ako, dahil nandito ako sa Singapore na nangungulila sa Pilipinas, dahil LAHAT ng ikaka- proud ko as a Pinay gets me giddy and affected, at dahil ayoko talagang mawala yung cultural sense ko (whoa. cultural sense, yo!), I, for some reason, felt the Miss Universe jitters! As in kinilabutan ako nung nakasama si Shamcey sa Top 5! To cut the story short, I was so active in Twitter and Facebook catching up on what was happening in the pageant. 

But more importantly, my interest was on how fellow kababayans reacted to every segment of the pageant. Here were some of what I've seen in Twitter:

1) "Tama na muna ang usapang kongresista, este, buwaya! Araw ito ni SHAMCEY SUPSUP!" @HecklerForever

2)  "Shamcey Supsup (@supsup_shamcey) makes it to the top 5 of #MissUniverse2011" @gmanews

3) "OMG Si Leila Lopez pala si Ms. angola. grabe di ko sha namukaan. ibang iba itsura nya sa Eh kasi Bata. #LALopez" @superstarmarian

4)  "ms.universe vs senate hearing.... sorry, senate hearing wins for me but good luck shamcey!" @luckymanzano

5)  "I think its a bad idea to drop by the salon and have my haircut. Baka ma chapter pag natalo si Supsup +.+" @kingdjlogan

6)  "RT Ms. Lea Salonga tells Ms. Angola. "Ms. Angola ka lang. Miss Saigon ako. *rotfl*" @kingdelrosario

7)  "Q: Will you change your religious beliefs for the man you love? A: No, but if our religious leaders keep being douchebags, I totally would." @mistervader

8)  "After Venus Raj, now Ms. Angola... Ayan mga pinay, tigilan na ang whitening creams, let's be proud of our skin. Di porke maputi, maganda na." @MissMyleneDizon


9) "@MsLeaSalonga Hey, thanks for representing us so elegantly out there. Mabuhay ang Pilipinas. #MissUniverse" @gangbadoy

So there you go! These were a few of the tweets I saw earlier nung kasagsagan pa ng Miss U mania. Yes, we didn't win the Miss Universe title, but hey, Shamcey Supsup placed third! Congratulations and mabuhay! She did great. Ang intense ng feeling kaninang umaga ha! Million- watt smile talaga not just Shamcey but everybody so let's not be bitter that she didn't win the big crown.

Oh, and Lea Salonga being one of the judges made me feel even prouder. It has been indeed a shining shimmering splendid whole new (universe) world today.

Now if I were to answer the ultimate question which Shamcey has answered well:

"Would you change your religious beliefs to marry the person that you love?"

My Answer: 

"No, I most definitely wouldn't. My faith is something personal which must not place a great deal on how I feel towards my life partner. My own perspectives deserve to be respected, in the same manner that I'd respect his principles on the concepts of religion and pure love. Changing my beliefs will not be to conform neither to compromise on someone else's, but rather to be based on the progressions of my faith to God. After all, there's only one Supreme Being regardless of how He's called."

With that, sorry Shamcey, akin pala ang korona! Nyahaha!!! :) I. Thank. You! Dati kaya akong Little Miss Philippines. Chos! :P 

Formal Introduction

This is my new blog. Again.


I've had so many attempts in writing blogs which contained a variety of content way back. I won't dwell into recalling what those were about because they're pretty much into a hardcore extraction and catharsis of emotions that I've felt towards objects, places, issues, art, and people- and that'd be a lot to tackle. Those were oftentimes unnecessary blurbs of my younger days, and there was a stoppage of my writing stint because I had to deal with trivialities that prevented me to find time to write.


There were several changes and activities that happened since I wrote last, and I believe I need to have this side of me to resurface. I microblog regularly though, yet being always the one to reckon the factor of time, it would be just to express what I desire sharing without the hassle of being limited to a number of characters. What's more, viewers find some of my posts and status updates on Twitter, Tumblr, and Facebook to be sort of hanging. I could be so abstract and unpredictable, yah? So there.


In this new site, I also intend to not just use English as a medium. This may mean total rocking and rolling combo of just the sincerest ideas that have entered my mind expressed in the common tongue of my generation. Don't get discombobulated, though. 


This appears to be another one of those classic first entries. I hope it stays alive in the months to come. 

O ayan, duguan na ang ilong mo, noh? Kaya nga ininsert ko yung picture ko'ng bumabaril para ma-distract ka saglit. Itigil na muna ang pagka-pormal. Basta, in short, parang social networking wall slash trip page ko lang 'to pero mas mahaba, mas kwela, mas weird, mas happy, mas malaman, at wala nga lang tao. Hindi ko nilagyan at wala rin akong balak lagyan 'to ng mga pa- cute na stars, glitters, at kung anu- ano pang kumikinang at kumukutikutitap kasi dapat, meynteyn lang. Simple. Diretsahan. Totoo. Tayo na't mag- have fun!

Rakenrol!!!