Even if it doesn’t matter to you, I wanted to share my views
on different issues. It may not be worth reading for some but for me, it is…
- Tulfo vs. Santiago
Airport Incident
People in my social network knew exactly my opinion about
this one. So to summarize the reasons why I keep on posting rants on my FB and
Twitter page about how I despised everything the Santiagos has to say regarding
this issue, here’s my side:
I am not a fan of the Tulfo’s neither like them IN ANY WAY
but disregarding the video being shown in almost all TV networks, social media
sites and different streaming tool, HITTING
A 60 YEAR OLD MAN IS NOT RIGHT! The Santiagos stated that Tulfo took the
first punch and hit Claudine. Really?! Raymart?! REALLY?! Do you really expect
me to believe you that a grown-public figure-mentally stable-man will hit a
woman just because she talked loudly in front of him? Think about it.
The Santiagos were convincing the public that Claudine was
badly hurt because of the incident that took place in NAIA 3 terminal by
attending press cons and interviews limping. Now, if you really want to pull
that crap off… try to be at least more attentive to details. Do you really
think improvising (as what artists really do when they’re acting) will work
this time? People are not that dumb, you know?! So really think about it.
Now with the involvement of the video, Mon has physical
evidence and witnesses so what made you think that you can convince me that
everything you said were all true? And what’s with the Child Abuse law suit? Do
you think your children obtained that “trauma” from Mon’s actions or is it
because your children saw their parents hit an OLD MAN without hesitation and
verbally abused a ground stewardess? REALLY?! Think about it.
And what happen to the old Ako ay Pilipino, Matapang na Tao?! When did we all become pussies?!
What makes you think one on three is acceptable? Where’s “man’s ego” when you
needed it? Haven’t we all agreed since Lapu-Lapu’s time that “kuyog” is an act
of pussyness? Even our LGBT community is not fond of doing that. Shame on you
Raymart and the other-unknown-guy who apparently loves attention so much.
I am not pro-violence but I don’t like pussies too. If people
consider physical retribution as an answer to all their personal issues, then
we should at least write a code of ethics on fist fighting. So our next
generation will not follow this act of pussyness from the Santiagos.
And for the Tulfo brothers, I know you are bad-asses and you
all have that mafia blood and
overflowing testosterone in your bodies but you didn’t have to scare those pussies
away. It’s not worth it and even if it does, you should at least not brag about
it on air. Ayan tuloy na censor kayo ng
MTRCB. But seriously, deep down, I am curiously waiting for this to happen…
everyone does. They’re just afraid to say it out loud.
It narrows down to one horrible conclusion. For both sides: YOU ARE ALL PUBLIC FIGURES. WHETHER YOU
LIKE IT OR NOT, YOU HAVE TO SPEAK, ACT AND LIVE ON THE SHADOWS OF YOUR FAME.
YOU ARE EXPECTED TO ACT RESPONSIBLY AT ALL TIMES. THAT’S THE STINKY TRUTH
BEHIND YOUR GLAMOROUS LIFE. I am not a celebrity but I am not dumb enough
not to know that. You should know better.
- Lady Gaga vs.
Religious Groups
Ok, I will try to carefully choose my words in writing this
piece because I don’t wanna rot in hell just because I sounded like I am
defending a human being who was categorized by religious orders as a devil
worshipper.
“I am not a creature of your government, MANILA!”—an excerpt from
Lady Gaga’s Monster Ball Concert last night in MOA Arena Grounds….
I am not a fan of Lady Gaga. I only knew some of her songs
and mostly because it was featured on Glee (my favorite TV show). But I know
her iconic and out of the box fashion and her vow of individuality. Again, I am
not a fan but I admire her way of thinking. I respect her as an artist and as
an individual. I didn’t watch any of her concerts and up to this day, I haven’t
listened to her song “Judas” (which is apparently the song in questioned).
Though, out of curiosity, I read the lyrics and carefully scrutinized every
word in the song.
“Jesus is my virtue, Judas is the demon I cling to”—Ok, this
particular part is quite questionable. However, the song does not start and end
there. The song is obviously about falling in love with a wrong man. It was
done in metaphorical context so it doesn’t mean that she wanted to praise the
devil. The problem with us-- is we base our actions on our initial emotions.
Once we felt insulted or offended, we initially act without thinking. I know,
because I sometimes do that. I am also guilty of doing stupid things out of initial
reaction.
I respect everyone’s opinion. If you feel insulted and
offended by her songs because your Christian values were violated then don’t
patronize her. Don’t support her. Don’t watch her shows. Don’t listen to her
songs. No one is forcing you to do so but don’t force other people who
appreciates Lady Gaga’s craft into hating her. You have your choice; they are
allowed to have it too. Everyone is entitled to be who they want themselves to
be and believe to whatever they want to believe. Tapos na ang panahon ng mga Prayle sa Pilipinas, hindi na mangmang ang
mga Pilipino.
Every day we are striving for the pursuit of happiness and
democracy, so why are we making this a national issue? Religion and belief is a
choice. It saddened me that we have so many important national issues (e.g.
poverty, drugs, crime, economic crisis etc.) in line and here they are
protesting for issues not worth protesting.
- Jessica Sanchez; The
Next American Filipina Idol
I cried when Joshua Ledet was eliminated last week from the
American Idol race. He was my favorite among the bunch. Don’t get me wrong, as
much as I constantly twitting how I am infatuated with Colton and Philip,
talent-wise—I am hands down Joshua. But because we have our very own
Filipina-Mexican talent in the contest, that’s a different story. Jessica
Sanchez, is by far the most talented contestant ever joined in American Idol. She
is genuinely and immensely full of awesomeness that will make you damned not to
love her. Joshua might half an inch better than Jessica, (again, talent-wise)
but our own half Filipina-made have this unquestionable charm, x-factor and
over-all package that Joshua hasn’t. And that reasons, should I dare say,
enough to make Jessica the first Filipina-American Idol.
- ABS-CBN PBB Teen
Edition; The Horrible Face of Philippine Youth
Promise this is not as shallow as you think it is. The
surface is superficial but the underlying issues are seriously alarming. I’ve
been quite relaxed these days which gives me the luxury to watch shows just
because I don’t have anything else to do. And one show that really threw me off
my back was the newest edition of ABS-CBN Pinoy Big Brother Teens.
It started when I read something from Twitter. It was juicy enough
to persuade me to watch the reality show. Lo and behold, upon switching the
channel, I was hooked. Not because I was entertained but I was like looking at
the future leaders of tomorrow behaving like Neanderthals. I feel like I was
time travelling from the era where values and self-respect is not properly
established.
It scares me that if they behave like that in a house full
of video cameras what kind of behavior we can expect from them if the cameras
went off; That idea alone made me reminisce my hay days. I was wild and born
free—so I thought I was. I thought I lived my youthful years on the edge of
boundaries but after watching episode per episode, I sort of feel a lot better.
I can never pull that off…
I am sorry for lack of detailed information but I can’t find
any proper words to describe what kind of actions you can witness from these
kids. Yes, kids that just literally just got out of beginner’s bra, kids that
barely have chest hairs, kids that are supposed to be enjoying Funny Comics
instead of Cosmopolitan and FHM magazines… YES! These kids are now talking
about marrying their first boyfriend, these kids are fighting over the
affection of one man and not considering that they are behaving like sluts on
national TV, these kids kissing and hugging AGAIN on national TV. And to make
this matter worst, this reality show is shown everyday on PRIMETIME! *barf
You should watch this, so you can feel my disgust.
Bottom line: MTRCB should you first attend to this rather
than the Tulfo Brothers’s issue?!
