Tita Cory

The present health condition of our former president Mrs. Corazon Aquino was all over the news. I first saw it last night and the night before that. Family and friends of the former president were interviewed regarding her condition. I felt bad for her because after her husband dying and becoming the country's first woman president this is her reward... cancer? She's been through enough and it's just sad that she has to get sick after all that. Don't get me wrong I am not a Cory fanatic but I am a human being capable of these emotions.

So anyway, I was feeling all sad and sympathetic to Mrs. Aquino and her family and friends but my emotions have gone from sad to disgust when her friends from the government were telling the reporters in their interviews that they will be praying for her because the country needs her. No offense, but why do we need her? She is not the president anymore. She is a retired government official and that's it. Why does her friends have to include politics in their sentiments for the former president? Can't they give us a break and just give their heartfelt support for her without implying anything else.

Focus... Mrs. Aquino is sick... Go and give your prayers and support to your friend and not to what is written on the headlines.

Ramiele Malubay

American Idol is once again back in the tube. Well actually, auditions started a couple of weeks ago but I was too busy with school (sick and tired of hearing school? LOL!) that I was not even able to watch the Hollywood auditions. So anyway, yesterday and the day before, I was able to watch the re-runs of last week's performances in Star World and QTV (proud Kapuso! LOL!). I was particularly psyched to see Ramiele Malubay's performance because to be honest I was hoping that she'd be Pinoy. At first I didn't know that she was a Fil-Am coz I didn't hear Ryan Seacrest introduce her. Going back, I had goosebumps when she started singing! Galing grabe! The judges gave really positive remarks on her perfomance including Simon. Her being included in the AI finalists couldn't come in a better time as I am really hating our country right now (ows! ngayon lang daw! LOL!) because of all the politics!!! ZTE, JDV, GMA etc, etc. *Sigh* Alas, Ramiele's performance last week gave a bit of a shiny glow on our country. Good luck to her and hope that AI loves her back!

Here's the video of her interview and last week's performance:

Dear Mr. Postman

Yesterday I went home to our house in LP and was happy to receive Emillie's Christmas/Vday card (LOL!). As I opened it, I was shocked to see that the card was almost cut in half! The part where the card folds was cut so when I opened the card, I thought it was one of those that you open vertically. I can only assume that a sharp paper cutter was used to pry open the card as it was a clean cut. The staff of the post office probably thought that there's money in the envelope because it was thicker due to the attached photos. Naman! Just because the envelope came from the US doesn't mean that it has DOLLARS!!! Enube! That's why wire transfers and door-to-door delivery were invented.





Mind you, this is not the first time that a "mailing" incident has happened to me. I think it was two years ago when I received a birthday or Christmas (can't remember anymore!) card from my brother and sis-in-law that has a couple of photos of my nephew in it. So basically, the envelope was pretty thick and heavy. When it got to our house the envelope was torn and it had tape all over it with a note saying: "Received in this condition". Yeah right! The edge of the envelope looked like it went through a paper shredder! Parang na-rape yung envelope eh! Wag na kasi umasa na may pera sa loob! We're not stupid, ok?!

*Sigh* It really is annoying and frustrating when this happens. I for one love to receive snail mail from family and friends and it really sucks to receive it when you know that someone else has gone through it. Grrr!!!