No Cha-Cha -- Lakas Agrees

Finally, Lakas-NUCD conceded. It's impossible to have charter change at the moment.

Pero bakit nga ba kailangang magmadali na baguhin ang saligang batas? Let us count the ways:

1. Mabilis bumaba ang presyo ng gasolina. Baka makasabay si Gloria.
2. Dumadami ang populasyon dahil marami pa rin ang sumasalungat sa Reproductive Health. Baka dahil sa pagdami ng populasyon mahigitan ang mga botante ng administrasyon. Talo na sila sa susunod na eleksiyon.
3. Malapit ng maayos ang economic crisis ng mundo. Mawawala na ang "chaos". At dahil mawawala na ang chaos, mawawala na rin ang mga opportunities ng mga nasa gobyerno at malapit sa gobyerno ni Arroyo. Di ba may kasabihan, "In chaos there is opportunity"? Remember the rice crisis -- sino-sino nga ba ang nanginabang? Tanungin natin si Sec. Yap at ang biyenan nito.
4. Malapit na ang eleksiyon. Nawawala pa rin si Garci. Wala pa nga atang kaso.
5. Wala na rin ang ZTE at mahina na rin ang kita dahil sa ibinunyag ng World Bank na kapalpakan sa DPWH. Wala ng perang pumapasok.... waaaaahhhhhh!!!!!
   

Two New Years

It's been a while since my last post. Lumipas na ang Christmas, dumating na ang New Year at eto, new year na naman... Chinese New Year!

It's funny to note having two new years in one year. Parang yung standards ng graft and corrupt practices act ng gobyerno. Sabi ng World Bank, me tatlong Philippine-based construction companies na involved sa rigging ng bidding and these were all blacklisted. Sabi naman ng DPWH, at ng mga Tongressman na tiyak sumasahod sa mga blacklisted construction companies na ito, wala at hindi totoo ang sinasabi ng World Bank. Katunayan, dagdag ng DPWH, mas mahigpit nga ang bidding laws dito sa Pilipinas and based on the DPWH standards, malinis ang mga construction firms na blacklisted ng international financial institution.

Sino ngayon ang baliw... este mali: Ang World Bank o ang DPWH?

Going back sa new year, puwede namang sabihing pareho tama both ang international new year (based sa Gregorian Calendar) at ang Chinese New Year (based on a Lunar Calendar). Analogously, puwede ring sabihing tama ang World Bank at ganun din ang DPWH. Ang kaibahan nga lang, mas mahigpit ang DPWH kasi, sabi ng isang ispiritu santong prayle sa loob ng departamento, money down muna. No money, no honey... este, no contract. Tama ba?

A violent man as an ambassador of peace?

Let's admit it: Boxer Manny Pacquiao brings glory to the Filipinos. Unintentionally. Pacquio wants to be a US citizen and nobody can deny it. But bringing unintentional glory to the place where he was born does not automatically qualify him to be an ambassador of peace.

Yes, ambassador of peace. Inquirer.Net, quoting Lorelei Fajardo, noted:

Pacquiao will be officially named "ambassador of peace" when he pays a courtesy call to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in Malacañang on Wednesday.

Wala na bang maisip ang palasyo para maki-ride on lang sa kasikatan ni Pacquiao? On what logic did they base the idea of calling a man who punches another an ambassador of peace? A person who was so willing to be named a military sergeant an ambassador of peace?

Kung sabagay, it's like the "I am sorry" story. No, not GMA's "I am sorry". It's the story of two sons the youngest of whom was boxed by his kuya. The youngest then made sumbong sa nanay nila na sinuntok siya ng kuya niya. The nanay asked the kuya to make sorry kay bunso. And the kuya did. Noting that it's just normal to punch a person as long as there is an apology, the youngest boxed his brother with all his might and after doing so, said "I am sorry". Then he boxed his elder brother again and again saying "sorry" after every punch. Ayos di ba? But try hitting GMA and say sorry after doing so and see where you'll be next.