Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Tulfo, Lady Gaga, Jessica Sanchez and PBB Teens: Why My Motor Boat is Running These Days


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?!

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