andito na naman si boy siksik... sinisiksik na naman ang sarili sa mga bagay bagay na wal naman syang alam... personal lang... ngunit eto ay pawang obserbasyon lamang at lahat ay ayun sa kanyang nakita at narinig sa kaka siksik sa bus sa oberpass at sa kahit na anong lugar...
ang sulat kong ito ay hango sa mag kaibigan na si atat at si dilat... atat ang tawag sa kanya kasi d sya makapag hintay... dilat naman sya kasi na gising sa kaototohanan...
ganyan ang mga bagay bagay na nagyayari sa ting kapaligiaran.. sa ating sistema na parating ang mamamdali sa kung saan saan... madami naman ang nag bubulagbulagan, d tulad ni dilat at natutu na.. gusto na nyang makawala sa sistema ng dayaan... si atat naman ay guatong mapasok ang kawalan.. maki ayon sa sistema o kaya matutu na kung ano ano...
eto ang kwento ng atat at ng dilat... at umeksena si bulag...
Friday, August 5, 2011
Friday, July 8, 2011
kontrobersyal na naman....
D artista... di naman politiko.. ngunit kontrobersyal... d naman boldstar... d naman porno star.. ngunit kontrobersyal....
Andito na naman tayo para mag nilay nilay sa mga pangyayari sa kapaligiran... sa ngayong linggong eto d naman maulan ngunit basang basa ang mundo ng kaparian... Sila na naman ang sentro ng mga bangayang pampolitika... mga pari na may sinumpaang tungkulin para mag bigay ng kapayapaan sa mundo.. mga pari na may vow of poverty (english, dko ma translate kasi, pasensya tao lang alagad ng diyos d perpekto), ngunit sila ngayon ang naging sentro ng mga SUV na hiningi sa Philippine Charity Sweepstakes. Alagad talaga sila ng diyos, pinag darasal lang nag kakatotoo na, ngunit d sila lumuhod sa harap ng tuinay na dyos kundi nag sulat sa papel na parang humuhinge ng regalo kay Santa Cluas kahit di pasko, pero kaaarawan naman nya kasi at may rason pah... ganyan lang sila sa iisang iglap mga isang milyon na mahigit na SUV ang binigay sa kanya... d naman tayo nag kukutya.... Inggit lang.. hehehehehe!
sa pag papaptuloy ng ating kwentong kainggitan, pag usapan naman natin kung bakit d nagingialam anag simbahan sa pag rarally sa panahon ni glorya! syempre nakakita ang mga kaparian ng glorya kay Gloria.. madali mag dasal sa kanya, ang hiling ay madali na naiibigay kahit di pa hinihiling... ganyan sa bilis... zooom!
mabilis.... magaling... ganyan ang patakaran...
pero kung titingnan mo naman sa likod ng kwentong eto, pwede hindi pansarili ang pangagamitan ng SUV na to, malayo nga kaya kailangan nya mg Montero Sports 4X4, o kaya isang Strada na 4x4 din... dba d naman magara un. pang bundok lang... may panggagamitan din naman pala eh...
sa pagka bunyag ng kontrobersiya na to gusto daw ibalik na lang para matapos na ang mga isyu... matatapos pa kaya.. nabahiran na ng maduming palad ang mga kaparian... pero kailangan natin na mag isip isip... mag isip ng mag isip para malaman kung kailan din tayo mag kakakroon ng panginoon na walang hirap sa pag bibigay... na sa sulat lang nag kakatotoo ang iyong mga panalangin...
Peace!!!
Andito na naman tayo para mag nilay nilay sa mga pangyayari sa kapaligiran... sa ngayong linggong eto d naman maulan ngunit basang basa ang mundo ng kaparian... Sila na naman ang sentro ng mga bangayang pampolitika... mga pari na may sinumpaang tungkulin para mag bigay ng kapayapaan sa mundo.. mga pari na may vow of poverty (english, dko ma translate kasi, pasensya tao lang alagad ng diyos d perpekto), ngunit sila ngayon ang naging sentro ng mga SUV na hiningi sa Philippine Charity Sweepstakes. Alagad talaga sila ng diyos, pinag darasal lang nag kakatotoo na, ngunit d sila lumuhod sa harap ng tuinay na dyos kundi nag sulat sa papel na parang humuhinge ng regalo kay Santa Cluas kahit di pasko, pero kaaarawan naman nya kasi at may rason pah... ganyan lang sila sa iisang iglap mga isang milyon na mahigit na SUV ang binigay sa kanya... d naman tayo nag kukutya.... Inggit lang.. hehehehehe!
sa pag papaptuloy ng ating kwentong kainggitan, pag usapan naman natin kung bakit d nagingialam anag simbahan sa pag rarally sa panahon ni glorya! syempre nakakita ang mga kaparian ng glorya kay Gloria.. madali mag dasal sa kanya, ang hiling ay madali na naiibigay kahit di pa hinihiling... ganyan sa bilis... zooom!
mabilis.... magaling... ganyan ang patakaran...
pero kung titingnan mo naman sa likod ng kwentong eto, pwede hindi pansarili ang pangagamitan ng SUV na to, malayo nga kaya kailangan nya mg Montero Sports 4X4, o kaya isang Strada na 4x4 din... dba d naman magara un. pang bundok lang... may panggagamitan din naman pala eh...
sa pagka bunyag ng kontrobersiya na to gusto daw ibalik na lang para matapos na ang mga isyu... matatapos pa kaya.. nabahiran na ng maduming palad ang mga kaparian... pero kailangan natin na mag isip isip... mag isip ng mag isip para malaman kung kailan din tayo mag kakakroon ng panginoon na walang hirap sa pag bibigay... na sa sulat lang nag kakatotoo ang iyong mga panalangin...
Peace!!!
Monday, July 4, 2011
ang pakikipag sapalaran ni boy siksik...
andito na naman tayo... matagal nang panahon na di ko kayo na entertain.. (english un ah) matapos ang ilang araw na d ako naka sulat ngayon andito na naman ako makikipag usap sa sarili, kukutayain ang mga nakikita sa paligid.. pero puna lang d naman nakakasakit pang sports pah! Booom!
simulan natin sa pagka panalo ng AZKALS! yahoooo! nananlo ang Pilipinas! Congatulations! (english uli!) nanalo sila a iskor na 4-0, sawsaw balaw! ano naman kung nanalo! (nag kukunwari kuno na d ako apektado) OO Pilipino ang bandera na dinadala nila... Pilipino ang azkals.. marunong ba silang managalog? si caligdong lang ata ang narinig ko na nag tagalog ah?! d naman ata, meron din mga marunong katulag ng mag kapatid na batang-asawa na lalake! a (ang hirap i transalate ah!) Pilipino naman lahat sila, kalahati sa ina or ama at purong banyaga mag magsalita. nabigyan na natin ng explinasyon ang kupunan... pero paano nananalo ang azkals? eto ang scinetipikong explinasyon dyan. una andun si Angel Locsin na nag pakulo ng dugo ni Phil, atat na atat na mag iskor para iapkita kung gaano sya kagaling hanggang mag cramps ang katawan nya... naka iskor naman dalawa pa nga (salamat angel). pangalawa, gustong patunayan ng mga puro na kahit di sila hati na banyaga makakaiskor din sila.. tama nga, unang umiskor si chiffy, na syang nag umpisa ng iskor ng Pinas (salamat mga banyaga). at ang pang huli.. gusto nilang makaiskor lahat para magkaroon ng commercial sa telebisyon.. ung ang pang apat kasi wala sa commercial si Spanish- Pilipino na man lalaro... (Ganun?!) d naman ata pero ganun din un.. lahat sila gusto magkaroon ng commercial kaya halos naubos na ang depensya sa goal.. mabuti nga andun si Neil! Mabuhay!
Salamat sa mga nag Iskor! Sana iapag patuloy ninyo ang nag papabugso sa inyong damdamin na maka iskor para may mapanood naman kami sa Copa del Mundo! (tama kaya eto?)
eto si boy siksik!
Monday, June 20, 2011
bat ganun...?
i have been watching television lately.. wala kasing magawa ngayon.. maulan, may bagyo, baha... naisulat ko eto ngayon na kaarawan ni Jose Rizal, ngunit kahapon pa pala yon... napanood ko sa telebisyon na iniinterview ang mga kamag anak ng ating pambansang bayani... Di po ba nag sabi ang ating pambansang bayani na mahalin ang sariling wika? bat ganun.. sila ingles ng ingles hindi ko tuloy maintindihan bat ganun? Iyon na ba ang ibig sabihin na mahalin ang sariling wika dahil kung hindi mo mahalin ang iyong sariling wika mangangamoy ka kasama ng mga fish kill sa batangas... ganun ba talaga yon? Ganun na ba ang sukatan ng pagiging apo ng bayani, dapat magaling ka mag ingles? bat ganun?
Marami din ang nag tatanong kung ano magiging si pambansang bayani natin kung buhay pa sya ngayon.. isip isip? di po ba matanda na sya ngayon kung buhay pa sya? o di kaya bed riden na sya dahil sa katandaan? madami rin ang sumagot (tanga?) ganito ang gawin natin, kung nabuhay sya nagayon bayani kaya siya? tsik tsik! nag papapaka tanga na naman tayo... d katulad lang sya ng ordinaryo na tao... pano makakakagamit si pamabansang bayani ng facebook, twitter, o iba pang social network kung d naman sya nabuhay nagayon dahil kung nabuhay sya ngayon bayani kaya sya? o isa rin sya sa mga kumon na tao na sigaw ng sigaw sa kalsada na wala naman ginagawa.. hayaan na lang natin siya sa kanyang panahon, wag na natin ipag sisisksikan ang kanyang buhay sa kasalukuyan... mag isip isip naman tayo.. panahon natin ngayon, panahaon ng mga bagong bayani (sana?) panahon ng mga walang sillbing tao, panahon ng kurapsyon, panahon ng makalumang politica, panahon na kung saan mga bata parin ang iniisip na pag asa ng bayan (kaya ang dami ng mga anak anak)... panahon ng mga pa pogi sa lipunan (parati nananalo sa eleksyon, parati nasa telebisyon o di kaya artista)... sana nabuhay na lang tayo sa panahon...
ang simbolo ng pag asa ng bayan ay nasa mga bayani, isa buhay at isa puso na lang natin wag na tayong mg O.A., hayaan na lang natin sya sa panahon nya. ngayon ay panahon natin, panahon na tayo naman ang maging bayani.. sana man lang may natutunan tayo sa panahon nila. madami ang mga naiambak ng ating pambansang bayani sana payamanin na lang natin at matuto!
ganun ba talaga?
Marami din ang nag tatanong kung ano magiging si pambansang bayani natin kung buhay pa sya ngayon.. isip isip? di po ba matanda na sya ngayon kung buhay pa sya? o di kaya bed riden na sya dahil sa katandaan? madami rin ang sumagot (tanga?) ganito ang gawin natin, kung nabuhay sya nagayon bayani kaya siya? tsik tsik! nag papapaka tanga na naman tayo... d katulad lang sya ng ordinaryo na tao... pano makakakagamit si pamabansang bayani ng facebook, twitter, o iba pang social network kung d naman sya nabuhay nagayon dahil kung nabuhay sya ngayon bayani kaya sya? o isa rin sya sa mga kumon na tao na sigaw ng sigaw sa kalsada na wala naman ginagawa.. hayaan na lang natin siya sa kanyang panahon, wag na natin ipag sisisksikan ang kanyang buhay sa kasalukuyan... mag isip isip naman tayo.. panahon natin ngayon, panahaon ng mga bagong bayani (sana?) panahon ng mga walang sillbing tao, panahon ng kurapsyon, panahon ng makalumang politica, panahon na kung saan mga bata parin ang iniisip na pag asa ng bayan (kaya ang dami ng mga anak anak)... panahon ng mga pa pogi sa lipunan (parati nananalo sa eleksyon, parati nasa telebisyon o di kaya artista)... sana nabuhay na lang tayo sa panahon...
ang simbolo ng pag asa ng bayan ay nasa mga bayani, isa buhay at isa puso na lang natin wag na tayong mg O.A., hayaan na lang natin sya sa panahon nya. ngayon ay panahon natin, panahon na tayo naman ang maging bayani.. sana man lang may natutunan tayo sa panahon nila. madami ang mga naiambak ng ating pambansang bayani sana payamanin na lang natin at matuto!
ganun ba talaga?
Sunday, May 29, 2011
the Philippine National Flag!
The Philippine Flag has been the Witness of several battles that the Philippines has faced, but people don't even recognized its relevance to thier lives. Flag is the symbol of the maryrdaom of all the heroes in our land, they had shed blood just to see this flag wave up in the air.
The Philippine flag is a royal blue, red and white which this color means blue for peace, red for bravery and white for
purity. Our flag is also coposed of the three stars which symbolizes Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao, and a Sun with eight rays whci means the eaight provinces that fought the spaniards. this is how colorful anf meaningful our flag is, this is also sewn by Marcela Agoncillo and first waved in the air by President Emilio Aguinaldo.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
P-Noy needs more empathy
P-Noy needs more empathy
DEMAND AND SUPPLY By Boo Chanco
(The Philippine Star) Updated January 17, 2011
Business Section
http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=648746&publicationSubCategoryId=66
“You are starting to sound like you are sorry you supported Noynoy in the last election,” a long time friend ribbed me last week. I just smiled and he continued, “Well, if you aren’t sorry, you should be.”
No, I said. I still pretty much support P-Noy and pray that he succeeds in getting the country on track in the next five and a half years. I can’t say I am confident he will be able to do it but at my age, all I can really do is hope, pray and write.
I explained that when I decided to shift my support to P-Noy last May, I was well aware of the candidate’s vulnerabilities but decided we have to fight our battles one step at a time. First order of business is to vote for an honest President. I figured Mar Roxas can cover P-Noy’s deficiencies in running anything more complicated than a gun club. Who would have thought things would happen the way it did?
Now it seems that with P-Noy, we have to constantly remind him where the daang matuwid is. No, he hasn’t done anything yet to make us doubt we were wrong to think he is honest. But he constantly gets himself in trouble with self inflicted problems, no doubt due to lack of experience or lack of empathy or both. Sadly, he had been less of the Leader we thought he could be.
This week, media and the social networks were riled up about P-Noy’s third hand Porsche. Indeed, if Ate Glue showed lack of empathy to our suffering people by dining in Le Cirque in New York, the same can be said of P-Noy’s romance with a four and a half million peso Porsche or for that matter, Imelda’s 3,000 pairs of shoes. What was wrong for Ate Glue and Imelda is wrong for P-Noy for the same reason… it displays lack of empathy.
It hardly matters that he used his own money. Like Ate Glue’s feasting on caviar and fine wine supposedly courtesy of Congressmen Romualdez and Suarez, getting that Porsch is scandalous in a nation where half the population consider themselves poor and close to 20 percent actually go hungry. It shows the insensitivity of a cacique. It shows an inability of P-Noy to transcend his social class origins to feel the sufferings of a majority of his people.
I understand too where P-Noy is coming from when he bought the Porsche. He is obviously going through mid-life crisis. Being an old bachelor in his 50s with a thinning hair line (I can empathize with the thinning hairline bit) and a limited ability to keep relationships can be emotionally challenging. P-Noy is tao lamang and he obviously needs a testosterone fix real badly. A Porsche, rather than Prosac, is his preferred prescription for that problem.
But then again, P-Noy forgets he isn’t a normal anybody. He is President of the Republic. He presented himself to the people and promised to be the leader we can be proud of. He made a contract with the Filipino people that limits what he can do… something like the vow of chastity that priests take.
When he took that oath at the Luneta, he should have realized the Constitution he vowed to uphold called upon public officials to “lead modest lives.” Thus, he effectively agreed to push back satisfying his own wants if doing so delivers a mixed message that accentuates the great divide between our social elite, of which he is a part, and the masses. In the fishbowl world he now lives in, everything he does must inspire his people.
I also sort of recall a similar provision of the Civil Service Code which requires public officials and their families not to indulge in extravagant or ostentatious display of wealth in any form. There is also the Administrative Code that talks of “thoughtless extravagance in expenses for pleasure or display during a period of acute public want or emergency.” And because he has apparently violated the spirit and the provisions of Law requiring government officials and employees to live simply, he has also lost the moral authority to demand it from the bureaucracy.
The one word that P-Noy must learn and understand well is empathy. Without it, he cannot be the leader who will make a difference. Ate Glue is a fairly competent and even hardworking leader but the one other thing she lacked other than trustworthiness was empathy. She projected a coldness that alienated people. P-Noy, on the other hand, cannot be just the honest President who will not steal a centavo. He must be someone who empathizes with his people, even if he comes from a family of hacienderos.
Maybe what added to the gravity of the Porsche story was bad timing. The Porsche story came out in the same week that SWS released its latest report on the rise in the number of people calling themselves poor and admitting going hungry. It was also the same week when the P-Noy administration took a relatively tough line on increased toll rates, increased MRT-LRT fares, increased taxi rates and granted permission for bakers to increase the prices for bread.
The Porsche story was heaven sent for the likes of leftist propagandists. The Porsche story presented a visible image of a government leader who is not of the people and could therefore not be expected to understand their problems meeting the high cost living. Other than the fact that it might actually violate our laws, getting the Porsche goes against the image of egalitarianism that P-Noy himself proclaimed with his no wang wang message.
What we are left with is the image of a spoiled brat, not of a leader who would deliver his developing country from poverty. What he is facing after all, are problems that should keep a devoted leader busy working on affairs of the state up to way past midnight.
For many of us who voted for him, we knew he wasn’t the sharpest pencil in the box but he did present himself as someone who is a quick learner. We figured he should be enough to get the nation to at least go in the right direction. What we found more important was his potential to inspire the people. Unless the leader inspires, our people will not do their part in nation building but rather, continue to just look out for themselves.
Unfortunately, our Great Leader has proven himself less than inspiring so far.
Empathy. Wikipedia defines empathy as the capacity to recognize and, to some extent share, feelings (such as sadness or happiness) that are being experienced by another. In other words, empathy means being sensitive to the sufferings of other people. A certain amount of empathy is needed before a person is able to feel compassion. Empathy covers a range of feelings that includes demonstrating a concern for other people that creates a desire to help them.
An effective leader must show lots of empathy to the plight of his people. And that empathy is conveyed by giving the right messages… not just what he says but what he does. It isn’t easy being President. And now that he is President, P-Noy will have to start thinking and acting like he is indeed, our Great Leader.
We apparently have to keep reminding P-Noy that the tuwid na daan is not about a race track for his Porsche. It is about getting government to function like the fine tuned engine of a Porsche. I guess if that thought comes to mind when he is speeding around in his new toy, maybe the Porsche is the best thing that has ever happened to the Filipino people. Let me remind you however, it is suicidal to hold our breath.
Beemer
A middle aged man walks into a BMW dealership. He browses around, spots the Top-of-the-line Beemer and walks over to inspect it. As he feels the fine leather upholstery, he inadvertently breaks Wind.
He looks around nervously to see if anyone has noticed his little accident. As he turns around, he sees a salesman standing right behind him. The salesman greets him, “Good day, Sir. How may we help you today?”
Very uncomfortably, but hoping that the salesman may just not have been there at the time of his accident, he asks, “Sir, what is the price of this lovely vehicle?”
He answers, “Sir, if you farted just touching it, you are going to shit when I tell you the price.”
Boo Chanco’s e-mail address is bchanco@gmail.com.
DEMAND AND SUPPLY By Boo Chanco
(The Philippine Star) Updated January 17, 2011
Business Section
http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=648746&publicationSubCategoryId=66
“You are starting to sound like you are sorry you supported Noynoy in the last election,” a long time friend ribbed me last week. I just smiled and he continued, “Well, if you aren’t sorry, you should be.”
No, I said. I still pretty much support P-Noy and pray that he succeeds in getting the country on track in the next five and a half years. I can’t say I am confident he will be able to do it but at my age, all I can really do is hope, pray and write.
I explained that when I decided to shift my support to P-Noy last May, I was well aware of the candidate’s vulnerabilities but decided we have to fight our battles one step at a time. First order of business is to vote for an honest President. I figured Mar Roxas can cover P-Noy’s deficiencies in running anything more complicated than a gun club. Who would have thought things would happen the way it did?
Now it seems that with P-Noy, we have to constantly remind him where the daang matuwid is. No, he hasn’t done anything yet to make us doubt we were wrong to think he is honest. But he constantly gets himself in trouble with self inflicted problems, no doubt due to lack of experience or lack of empathy or both. Sadly, he had been less of the Leader we thought he could be.
This week, media and the social networks were riled up about P-Noy’s third hand Porsche. Indeed, if Ate Glue showed lack of empathy to our suffering people by dining in Le Cirque in New York, the same can be said of P-Noy’s romance with a four and a half million peso Porsche or for that matter, Imelda’s 3,000 pairs of shoes. What was wrong for Ate Glue and Imelda is wrong for P-Noy for the same reason… it displays lack of empathy.
It hardly matters that he used his own money. Like Ate Glue’s feasting on caviar and fine wine supposedly courtesy of Congressmen Romualdez and Suarez, getting that Porsch is scandalous in a nation where half the population consider themselves poor and close to 20 percent actually go hungry. It shows the insensitivity of a cacique. It shows an inability of P-Noy to transcend his social class origins to feel the sufferings of a majority of his people.
I understand too where P-Noy is coming from when he bought the Porsche. He is obviously going through mid-life crisis. Being an old bachelor in his 50s with a thinning hair line (I can empathize with the thinning hairline bit) and a limited ability to keep relationships can be emotionally challenging. P-Noy is tao lamang and he obviously needs a testosterone fix real badly. A Porsche, rather than Prosac, is his preferred prescription for that problem.
But then again, P-Noy forgets he isn’t a normal anybody. He is President of the Republic. He presented himself to the people and promised to be the leader we can be proud of. He made a contract with the Filipino people that limits what he can do… something like the vow of chastity that priests take.
When he took that oath at the Luneta, he should have realized the Constitution he vowed to uphold called upon public officials to “lead modest lives.” Thus, he effectively agreed to push back satisfying his own wants if doing so delivers a mixed message that accentuates the great divide between our social elite, of which he is a part, and the masses. In the fishbowl world he now lives in, everything he does must inspire his people.
I also sort of recall a similar provision of the Civil Service Code which requires public officials and their families not to indulge in extravagant or ostentatious display of wealth in any form. There is also the Administrative Code that talks of “thoughtless extravagance in expenses for pleasure or display during a period of acute public want or emergency.” And because he has apparently violated the spirit and the provisions of Law requiring government officials and employees to live simply, he has also lost the moral authority to demand it from the bureaucracy.
The one word that P-Noy must learn and understand well is empathy. Without it, he cannot be the leader who will make a difference. Ate Glue is a fairly competent and even hardworking leader but the one other thing she lacked other than trustworthiness was empathy. She projected a coldness that alienated people. P-Noy, on the other hand, cannot be just the honest President who will not steal a centavo. He must be someone who empathizes with his people, even if he comes from a family of hacienderos.
Maybe what added to the gravity of the Porsche story was bad timing. The Porsche story came out in the same week that SWS released its latest report on the rise in the number of people calling themselves poor and admitting going hungry. It was also the same week when the P-Noy administration took a relatively tough line on increased toll rates, increased MRT-LRT fares, increased taxi rates and granted permission for bakers to increase the prices for bread.
The Porsche story was heaven sent for the likes of leftist propagandists. The Porsche story presented a visible image of a government leader who is not of the people and could therefore not be expected to understand their problems meeting the high cost living. Other than the fact that it might actually violate our laws, getting the Porsche goes against the image of egalitarianism that P-Noy himself proclaimed with his no wang wang message.
What we are left with is the image of a spoiled brat, not of a leader who would deliver his developing country from poverty. What he is facing after all, are problems that should keep a devoted leader busy working on affairs of the state up to way past midnight.
For many of us who voted for him, we knew he wasn’t the sharpest pencil in the box but he did present himself as someone who is a quick learner. We figured he should be enough to get the nation to at least go in the right direction. What we found more important was his potential to inspire the people. Unless the leader inspires, our people will not do their part in nation building but rather, continue to just look out for themselves.
Unfortunately, our Great Leader has proven himself less than inspiring so far.
Empathy. Wikipedia defines empathy as the capacity to recognize and, to some extent share, feelings (such as sadness or happiness) that are being experienced by another. In other words, empathy means being sensitive to the sufferings of other people. A certain amount of empathy is needed before a person is able to feel compassion. Empathy covers a range of feelings that includes demonstrating a concern for other people that creates a desire to help them.
An effective leader must show lots of empathy to the plight of his people. And that empathy is conveyed by giving the right messages… not just what he says but what he does. It isn’t easy being President. And now that he is President, P-Noy will have to start thinking and acting like he is indeed, our Great Leader.
We apparently have to keep reminding P-Noy that the tuwid na daan is not about a race track for his Porsche. It is about getting government to function like the fine tuned engine of a Porsche. I guess if that thought comes to mind when he is speeding around in his new toy, maybe the Porsche is the best thing that has ever happened to the Filipino people. Let me remind you however, it is suicidal to hold our breath.
Beemer
A middle aged man walks into a BMW dealership. He browses around, spots the Top-of-the-line Beemer and walks over to inspect it. As he feels the fine leather upholstery, he inadvertently breaks Wind.
He looks around nervously to see if anyone has noticed his little accident. As he turns around, he sees a salesman standing right behind him. The salesman greets him, “Good day, Sir. How may we help you today?”
Very uncomfortably, but hoping that the salesman may just not have been there at the time of his accident, he asks, “Sir, what is the price of this lovely vehicle?”
He answers, “Sir, if you farted just touching it, you are going to shit when I tell you the price.”
Boo Chanco’s e-mail address is bchanco@gmail.com.
Le Porsche = Le Cirque
CTALK By Cito Beltran
(The Philippine Star), page 14
Updated January 14, 2011 12:00 AM
http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=647964&publicationSubCategoryId=64
The present Aquino administration is so generous.
In fact we can even say that this administration is generous to a fault, particularly their faults. Ever since they stepped into Malacañang, they have been so generous at giving the public every reason to criticize them.
Yesterday was no exception when radio and print media finally publicized or tackled the “issue” of President Noynoy Aquino allegedly driving around Metro Manila in a multi-million peso Porsche.
This of course is “old” news that has circulated among many businessmen and the privileged class. Perhaps, it is now NEWS, since the administration has nothing new in terms of real accomplishments and the public has lost interest in the last-latest girlfriend linked to P-Noy.
Perhaps no one would have noticed if P-Noy or someone pretending to be P-Noy were very discreet about cruising around Metro Manila. Unfortunately the style in which the convoy cruised certainly catches attention.
When I saw the now controversial “Presidential” cruise car, there were at least three huge SUVs running point with blinkers flashing and clearing the road for the President on wheels. I can only imagine that it was like playing Play Station Gran Turismo in real life.
Considering how the “walang wang-wang” declaration put a stop to politicos abusing power, any vehicle using blinkers immediately catch drivers’ attention. Now we watch out for blinkers and sirens because we now willingly give way to legitimate emergencies. But when three SUVs zoom by followed by a Porsche, everybody notices and now thanks to the media focus, everybody thinks or knows it’s P-Noy at the wheel.
It is ironic and alarming that the story of the Presidential Porsche has unraveled on the month when the NLEX and SLEX toll rates went up, when the government announced that they will be increasing the fare on the LRT and the MRT, and the same week that surveys revealed that more Filipinos went hungry in the first few months of the Aquino administration, more than in the time of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
In this season of discontent it was no surprise to hear that the President’s alleged Porsche cruising activity was no different from Gloria Macapagal Arroyo eating a thousand dollar dinner at Le Cirque in New York.
If it is indeed P-Noy who owns and drives the sleek Porsche, he should have consulted with several Porsche owners in Metro Manila concerning the driving etiquette for Porsches.
I am certain there are at least 200+ Porsches in Metro Manila but they don’t simply go out the driveway and flaunt their cars. Usually they leave early in the morning, on weekends and holidays and they try to get out of Metro Manila as fast as possible in order to avoid gawkers and not to attract unnecessary attention.
They drive outside the Metro in places such as the NLEX-SCTEX-Clark-subic and maybe even Baguio or back to Manila. Or they drive out south on the SLEX-STAR Toll-Tagaytay-Calatagan. These routes bring out top end performance enjoyment of the cars without soliciting envy, contempt or unwarranted social judgment.
The Porsche driver is always at point, unannounced and unassuming. They don’t have sweepers. Part of the fun is being able to use the driving skills required in order to fully appreciate the power and performance of a Porsche. They don’t have tinted cars because that would be denying legitimate ownership of a legitimate sports car legitimately acquired at a big cost or a big sacrifice.
Yes, privilege has its price and part of it is the obligation to be discreet and considerate.
I personally have no problems with President Noynoy driving around in a Porsche. I think it’s cool to have a bachelor President who drives himself in a high quality sports car around Metro Manila. But first things first.
As a fellow Filipino, I would tell President Noynoy – establish your relationship, your goodwill and above all demonstrate your love not your politics to the Filipino people and most certainly not your Porsche.
The Filipino people are very open-minded, appreciative people, but at a time when the slogan “Matuwid na daan” has been replaced by “Matarik na daan” (steep path) because of increasing and steep prices, it is no surprise that those who believed in you now take offense.
* * *
I was pleasantly surprised to hear from my friend Gilbert Teodoro who has just returned from a long deserved vacation with his family abroad.
Gilbert Teodoro has obviously been keeping tabs on local issues and commented on the plans of selling Camp Crame and Camp Aguinaldo. Being the former Secretary of Defense, Teodoro is familiar with the facts and figures of the Department of Defense and pointed out that the modernization of the AFP is a long term requirement, and that the money Secretary Purisima could make from selling the camps would probably be used up in one year or could buy only two to three fighter jets and all the logistical support for the three planes.
Being a country with 34,000 kilometers of shoreline, Teodoro stressed that we seriously need to beef up our capabilities to patrol and respond against smugglers, drug traffickers, and foreign illegal fishing boats.
Even more immediate is the serious need to upgrade the AFP’s ability for Disaster Response. We need aircraft that can transport aid, materials and personnel. We need emergency vehicles such as water borne craft and land vehicles so our Army and Navy can respond.
But like all else, we need a serious and informed plan. That’s the difference between people who live the life versus living the likes. I’m betting we will be hearing more from Gilbert Teodoro in the coming days.
(The Philippine Star), page 14
Updated January 14, 2011 12:00 AM
http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=647964&publicationSubCategoryId=64
The present Aquino administration is so generous.
In fact we can even say that this administration is generous to a fault, particularly their faults. Ever since they stepped into Malacañang, they have been so generous at giving the public every reason to criticize them.
Yesterday was no exception when radio and print media finally publicized or tackled the “issue” of President Noynoy Aquino allegedly driving around Metro Manila in a multi-million peso Porsche.
This of course is “old” news that has circulated among many businessmen and the privileged class. Perhaps, it is now NEWS, since the administration has nothing new in terms of real accomplishments and the public has lost interest in the last-latest girlfriend linked to P-Noy.
Perhaps no one would have noticed if P-Noy or someone pretending to be P-Noy were very discreet about cruising around Metro Manila. Unfortunately the style in which the convoy cruised certainly catches attention.
When I saw the now controversial “Presidential” cruise car, there were at least three huge SUVs running point with blinkers flashing and clearing the road for the President on wheels. I can only imagine that it was like playing Play Station Gran Turismo in real life.
Considering how the “walang wang-wang” declaration put a stop to politicos abusing power, any vehicle using blinkers immediately catch drivers’ attention. Now we watch out for blinkers and sirens because we now willingly give way to legitimate emergencies. But when three SUVs zoom by followed by a Porsche, everybody notices and now thanks to the media focus, everybody thinks or knows it’s P-Noy at the wheel.
It is ironic and alarming that the story of the Presidential Porsche has unraveled on the month when the NLEX and SLEX toll rates went up, when the government announced that they will be increasing the fare on the LRT and the MRT, and the same week that surveys revealed that more Filipinos went hungry in the first few months of the Aquino administration, more than in the time of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
In this season of discontent it was no surprise to hear that the President’s alleged Porsche cruising activity was no different from Gloria Macapagal Arroyo eating a thousand dollar dinner at Le Cirque in New York.
If it is indeed P-Noy who owns and drives the sleek Porsche, he should have consulted with several Porsche owners in Metro Manila concerning the driving etiquette for Porsches.
I am certain there are at least 200+ Porsches in Metro Manila but they don’t simply go out the driveway and flaunt their cars. Usually they leave early in the morning, on weekends and holidays and they try to get out of Metro Manila as fast as possible in order to avoid gawkers and not to attract unnecessary attention.
They drive outside the Metro in places such as the NLEX-SCTEX-Clark-subic and maybe even Baguio or back to Manila. Or they drive out south on the SLEX-STAR Toll-Tagaytay-Calatagan. These routes bring out top end performance enjoyment of the cars without soliciting envy, contempt or unwarranted social judgment.
The Porsche driver is always at point, unannounced and unassuming. They don’t have sweepers. Part of the fun is being able to use the driving skills required in order to fully appreciate the power and performance of a Porsche. They don’t have tinted cars because that would be denying legitimate ownership of a legitimate sports car legitimately acquired at a big cost or a big sacrifice.
Yes, privilege has its price and part of it is the obligation to be discreet and considerate.
I personally have no problems with President Noynoy driving around in a Porsche. I think it’s cool to have a bachelor President who drives himself in a high quality sports car around Metro Manila. But first things first.
As a fellow Filipino, I would tell President Noynoy – establish your relationship, your goodwill and above all demonstrate your love not your politics to the Filipino people and most certainly not your Porsche.
The Filipino people are very open-minded, appreciative people, but at a time when the slogan “Matuwid na daan” has been replaced by “Matarik na daan” (steep path) because of increasing and steep prices, it is no surprise that those who believed in you now take offense.
* * *
I was pleasantly surprised to hear from my friend Gilbert Teodoro who has just returned from a long deserved vacation with his family abroad.
Gilbert Teodoro has obviously been keeping tabs on local issues and commented on the plans of selling Camp Crame and Camp Aguinaldo. Being the former Secretary of Defense, Teodoro is familiar with the facts and figures of the Department of Defense and pointed out that the modernization of the AFP is a long term requirement, and that the money Secretary Purisima could make from selling the camps would probably be used up in one year or could buy only two to three fighter jets and all the logistical support for the three planes.
Being a country with 34,000 kilometers of shoreline, Teodoro stressed that we seriously need to beef up our capabilities to patrol and respond against smugglers, drug traffickers, and foreign illegal fishing boats.
Even more immediate is the serious need to upgrade the AFP’s ability for Disaster Response. We need aircraft that can transport aid, materials and personnel. We need emergency vehicles such as water borne craft and land vehicles so our Army and Navy can respond.
But like all else, we need a serious and informed plan. That’s the difference between people who live the life versus living the likes. I’m betting we will be hearing more from Gilbert Teodoro in the coming days.
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