Hi there! It’s another week, and they have martial law in a province down south. So, the Supreme Court has come out with a decision which has something to do with campaigning, premature campaigning to be exact. I don’t have any idea as to the exact content of that decision. From what I have heard especially from political kibitzers, it’s that premature campaigning is now a thing of the past. I guess your reaction – whether that the decision is nice or otherwise - is will depend upon where you sit in the political spectrum. Anyway, my take on the issue? With premature campaigning out of the way, let’s entertain ourselves with immature campaigning. (Oops, just wanna make you smile this week).
Familiar faces, familiar names, and yes familiar taglines which make candidates related to each other. And how is that? Read: anak san kablas, amay or iroy san kablas, bugto san kablas, para sa kablas, pagtapud san kablas, tikang sa kablas, paglaum san kablas. I guess the same taglines can apply for the national candidates, just translate these to Filipino.
And talking about campaigns. If I may borrow a line from the 80’s song, some guys certainly have all the luck. Have you noticed what these political ADs contain aside from selling the candidates? Yup, theses (Ads) also say that these are paid for by friends of this and that candidates. Whew! How could they (the candidates) end up having all those super generous friends? Why can’t we all be lucky enough to have friends like them?
And guest candidates? Yup, some independents or candidates for senator are reportedly guests of this and that political party of this and that candidate for president. Just curious, who do you think these guests candidates will vote for as president.
And, 40 lawyers for the Ampatuan in detention? That’s an entire law firm, maybe more! And yes, why forty? Suddenly I’m reminded of the story of Alibaba, you know that story which you and I heard one time or more during our childhood.
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Wedding bells: Oliver Obligado (of Tacloban City) and Anjanette Donato (of Sabang, Calbayog) will get married tomorrow. Their wedding mass will be held at the Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral with Fr. Iluminado Paulino as mass presider.
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Parokya ni Edgar will be performing at the Calbayog City Sports Center on December 21, 2009. For tickets you may call (055) 209-1646.
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Let me leave you with something to think and smile about this week. It’s something I got via email (as always):
- 'Stewardesses' is the longest word typed with only the left hand; and 'lollipop' is the longest word typed with your right hand. (Bet you tried this out mentally, didn't you?)
- No word in the English language rhymes with month, silver, or purple
- 'Dreamt' is the only English word that ends in the letters 'mt'
- Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
- The sentence: 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog' uses every letter of the alphabet. (Now, you know you're going to try this out for accuracy, right?)
- The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes). (Yep, I knew you were going to 'do' this one.)
- There are only four words in the English language which end in 'dous': tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. (You're not possibly doubting this, are you?)
- There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: 'abstemious' and 'facetious.' (Yes, admit it, you are going to say, a e i o u)
- Typewriter is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard. (All you typists are going to test this out)
- A cat has 32 muscles in each ear
- A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. (Some days that's about what my memory span is.)
- A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second
- A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
- A snail can sleep for three years. (I know some people that could do this too!)(to be continued)
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Have a nice week everyone! Ciao!
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