God, the problem is people think Philippine politics is one big pinata that everyone can take a whack at, even if they're blindfolded.

And the citizens, hopeful for manna from heaven, wait for someone to get lucky.

Alfredo Lim, who would paint the doors of suspected drug-dealers red in his former mayorship, is leading the pack of Senator candidates in the latest Pulse Asia survey. He is followed closely by actor Bong Revilla, whose father-actor is still completing his term. Fellow action star Lito Lapid is not far behind (Lapid who did not finish high school either (like FPJ), and donned leather chaps and rode a horse to his inauguration as governor). Jinggoy Estrada (son of ousted president, also former actor) and Robert Jaworski (a former professional basketball player) seem to have a lock on the midtable.

When supporters of one-time action stars -- Revilla, Lapid, Jinggoy and FPJ, that's three, two without a high school degree -- tell you that they're voting for their "idols" because they want new blood in government, well, heck, they're lying. Miriam (pulled out of retirement, who no one wants to hire; what a story!) is tied with Bong Revilla for second place, and Aquilino Pimentel is knotted up with Jinggoy. John Osmena, who is 104 years old, is showing well too.

On the upside, Mar Roxas and Orly Mercado seem to be doing well. On the deeper downside, Kit Tatad might make the round of 12.

Listen to one Bulletproof Vest reader, egging on another action star, his idol Robin Padilla:

hey IDOL..tatakbo ka pala sa eleksyon?bakit vice-mayor naman ang napili mo?dapat sayo president ng pilipinas..idol sana manalo ka sa eleksyon at lam naman namin na tlgang mananalo ka.. idol baka pwedeng bigyan mo ko ng tip sa panliligaw?hehehehe email mo nalang sakin kung pwede.

Translation: Hey, idol, are you running in this election? Why are you just running for vice-mayor? You know, you should run for president of the Philippines. Idol, I hope you win, and we all know that you are a winner. Idol, could you possibly give me tips on romance and bigging up on the shorties? Hehehe, just email me if you can.

I say, if this is how you are voting (Jinggoy Estrada, for pete's sake) then you deserve the government they'll give you.

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I'll bear these in mind:

3. Never use a verb other than ''said'' to carry dialogue.
7. Use regional dialect, patois, sparingly.

And this beautiful nugget:

8. Avoid detailed descriptions of characters.

Which Steinbeck covered. In Ernest Hemingway's ''Hills Like White Elephants'' what do the ''American and the girl with him'' look like? ''She had taken off her hat and put it on the table.'' That's the only reference to a physical description in the story, and yet we see the couple and know them by their tones of voice, with not one adverb in sight.

More here.

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In the Major Tsismax Department: these are said to be shots of Ylissa Ibuna Concepcion who is supposedly the half-sister of KC. Is she the daughter of Gabby and Grace Ibuna? If she is KC's half-sister, and she looks like she's at least 17, then Gabby fathered her right about the same time as he did KC.

Gabby, you *are* a stud.

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As difficult as it is to sit through the slow-drawl that is the hallmark of every Eastwood movie, there is potency is this (lack of) timing -- it allows the viewer to immerse himself into every horse ride, bridge, or in this case, every porch and door of Boston in this what I truly believe deserves the Oscar for Best Director. This movie, had it not been for Eastwood's metaphoricism, stark lighting, tense dialogue and nervous buildup would have been just another crime movie watching no better than a good episode of CSI.

Penn is utter despair and grief, and one can easily understand -- no, empathize with -- the rage that drives him out of his shell. Even his appearance, ruddy face, long cross tattoo running down his spine, and a ripped physique, is a contradiction of youth and wear and tear. Yet more frightening is Laura Linney's portrayal of the "Queen" that would validate Penn's violence as love and compassion. At the end of the movie, the sum of all the tragedies can be overwhelming: there, a sexually-abused boy turns into a disturbed, brooding, brutal but innocent (at least of the death of Katie) wrongfully fingered by his own wife and is disemboweld and entombed into the River. There, two young boys and a misfiring gun was to blame in the end. There, a father, who has seemingly turned a leaf, reverts to his violent old in the face of an unbearable tragedy.

None of these would have mattered -- or would have even surfaced -- had Eastwood not let it become so. You would find yourself sitting in the cafeteria with the detectives, going over every agonizing detail of Penn's recollection of the last moment he saw Katie. You are in the dark, cowering in the corner, when Tim Robbins tells his wife, now trembling in fear, about vampires, wolves, and the little boy who got into the back of the car. The last time I remember seeing this much raw nuclear evil shaking the very screen was in The Sixth Sense. (Heck, even the lighting reminded me of that movie). You are right there in the heart of Boston, as good as an acquaintance as these men and women were when they were children playing hockey on the streets. You can almost see the cigarette smoke stains in the kitchen ceiling.

And, as heavy on the heart as it was, the realization that the film's very thesis was made so explicit by Penn's character leaves you grateful that there is a director like Eastwood; a director who can shape fear, rage, grief, despair and vengeance like they were uncomplicated emotions, by making them as forceful, unpalatable and blunt as possible.

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was left almost speechless after listening to some phone in comments at DZBB (Thanks, Me-Anne!) from FPJ supporters defending their candidate's citizenship, lack of education, lack of government office experience and his sincerity in running for office. I've done my best to remember and translate here:

On Citizenship

Caller: You see, it doesn't matter whether FPJ is Filipino or not. His heart is with the Filipino people.
Host: Well, it's this way: it's in the Constitution that the President must be Filipino.
Caller: Oh, yeah? Well, who wrote that Constitution! It's the rich and greedy people who have been controlling this country for centuries.
Host: That's not true.
Caller: You know, they are attacking FPJ's citizenship because they are afraid of him. He is a very strong candidate.
Host: But that is not to say that he is or is not Filipino.
Caller: It matters only if he will not serve the Filipino people.

On Education and Experience

Caller: How can we judge FPJ's lack of education when if we look at our selves, we have not accomplished what he has.
Host: He has accomplished a lot for movies and film. This is the country we are talking about. That's very different.
Caller: It's not different for FPJ. He will apply the same courage and strength he has shown ever since he was a kid who decided he would work and help his family instead of going to school.
Host: But wouldn't you want someone who is at least a college graduate to lead the country?
Caller: You know, those "educated" people, I never understand them anyway. It's too serious. When they call on debates, it's all talk, and they never get anything done. They only show if one candidate is smarter than the other.
(Me: Exactly!)
Host: But isn't that what's good for the country?
Caller: The Bible says do not judge others. Let's not judge FPJ yet.

On Sincerity

Caller: No one asked FPJ to run. He asked the Filipino people if they wanted him to become president and we said yes. He is offering his help. He doesn't need money. He is a billionaire.
Host: But what of the rumors that Erap and his allies just talked him into running?
Caller: Those are just rumors. FPJ is honest about wanting to help the country. He has worked hard all his life, and has remained quiet and now is the time for a hero (bayani) to come out of the ashes and save our country. He is offering his help.

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ee, I'm the kind of guy who would give his sister oodles of minutes on her pre-paid cellphone as a birthday gift, for example. Globe now has a method where you can share as little as 2 pesos of your own load and transfer that to someone who, well, doesn't have 2 bits left to make a call.

Puhretty interesting, although this is obviously creating more traffic in the already crowded Globe network. When I get home, I can pick up my dad's phone and text myself a load! He'll never know where it went! Cool!

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o what if I don't have an iPod, but it means a lot if I don't drink Pepsi. And, yes, I was in a conversation about this promo that claims that 1 in 3 bottles will have 99 cents worth of iTunes.

Now, hear this: there is a way to "never lose" Pepsi's iTunes giveaway. There are compelling diagrams.

Hold the bottle at an angle, and...


... look for the winning cap. If you see "again" then you're holding a loser.

I'm thinking of walking to Wawa to give it a spin.

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e lost a great one today.

Veteran broadcast journalist Frankie “Kiko” Evangelista of ABS-CBN 2 died at the De Los Santos Hospital in Quezon City Wednesday.

He passed away around 1:30 p.m. after a long fight against cancer which was detected early this year after several check-ups.

Sources said a tumor in the brain was found and another in the kidney, a rare case which seldomly confronts doctors studying cancer.

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very so often, a Bulletproof Vest reader gives more than their two cents worth on the relevant issues troubling our struggling nation, be it the national debt or the corruption of our electoral system. Here is Jen Lee, who pipes in on (her comments are in this entry) yet another important matter:

This message is for Judy ann Santos. Pwede ba, iwasan mo ang mag pa 'cute kapag nasa harap ka nang camera dahil hindi sa yo bagay dahil unang una hindi ka cute. at pangalawa baboy ka. Huwag mong gayahin ang acting nang nasirang Julie Vega dahil wala ka sa kalingkingan 'non. mestisa at natural iyong umarte. meaning talagang may "k" iyon. eh ikaw tanyag ka sa takaw pansin sa mga kalalakihan palibhasa walang pumapatol sa'yo dahil sa pagmumukha mo. Gagawin mo ang lahat para patulan ka lang ng mga kalalakihan. ang cheap mo at pati ang babaerong si binoe na may asawang tao pinatulan mo.hay naku, pwede ba tigil tigilan mo na ang kaartehan mo dahil hindi bagay sa iyo at talagang nakakairita kang panoorin.

Terrific stuff.

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eing my homepage, I seldom miss any of these. Just in case you missed some, here they are.

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n the Tom, Dick and Rummy Department (that's Ridge, Cheney and Rumsfeld): Pictured above is the "Twin Cobra Fist", one of many martial arts defense techniques used by Sec. Donald Rumsfeld.

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onesto General brings the problem of power to the centerscreen: assuming a modest 5% annual increase in power demand, he says, after 2007, the Luzon Grid would have reached beyond (and eat into) the 20% of excess capacity (right now, it's operating at 40%, which we are all paying for). And, since no new plants have been commissioned (and plants take an average of 6 years to build), there is literally no light at the end of the tunnel; massive outtages to conserve power will hit Luzon.

At issue is the "regulatory risk", or the "PIATCO effect", which is having the PHP 3 billion rug pulled out from under you because the government sees it fit.

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t looks as though FPJ has lined up a who's who of economic advisors. And, these are not hacks folks. Should FPJ actually listen to these people, and not just have them as window-dressing, it's possible that FPJ could actually turn things around.

Bernardo Villegas, Raul Fabella, Ponce Intal, Romy Bernardo and Los Banos-bred Leo Gonzales among others. Again, if they do have the ear of FPJ, these academics (and not politicians) can tip the (im)balance of (lack of) education in Poe's favor.

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Spent time playing Mariokart: Double Dash with a ten and a five year-old on a Nintendo Game Cube. There's a lot of charm in this simple racing game, for one the tracks are really fun, and the best part is that you get to play "item guy" for any driver, making your job as simple as picking up various items (banana peels to turtle shells to "chompy", a large legless, armless jaw that's tethered to a chain) and deploying them to your delight. We played so much we unlocked new races and some new characters.

Of course, the great big kissing scene in Manila didn't miss my attention. But the revival of animation in the Philippines was a bit more interesting. I have been in many roundtables about the "animdustry" in the Philippines and on many occasions, it's really the lack of government support that's been to blame for the fall of a once rising industry. There's no lack of talent, and now given an even playing field, tax incentives (for example) can help restart the industry. Right now, I know of two Filipinos studying animation here in the U.S. I hope that when they graduate, their talents can be kept in the Philippines (where they really want to be anyway) and not drawn to work for competitors in other nations.

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Wow! Made it through a crazy week of interviews, two in Philly and one in DC. The first of the tripleheader had a whopping three hour exam on Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. I was really nervous about that (you want me to use calculations again? what do you mean by horizontal rule with a 2 pica offset?) but it really turned out well; and it validates me as a serious designer, and not some hack.

All three went pretty well, and I'm hoping something will come off them. I'm particularly happy with how they found my portfolio website -- I'm Bored Mom -- very memorable. They all remember me because of that, making the wacky off-the-wall style worth the bet. Some thought it might turn people off, that's fine if the people I want to connect with get it anyway.

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Good golly bejeepers, O'Reilly is now skeptical of Bush's War on Iraq.

The anchor of his own show on Fox News said he was sorry he gave the U.S. government the benefit of the doubt that former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's weapons program poised an imminent threat, the main reason cited for going to war.

"I was wrong. I am not pleased about it at all and I think all Americans should be concerned about this," O'Reilly said in an interview with ABC's "Good Morning America."

But his support for Bush is unflagging:

While critical of President Bush, O'Reilly said he did not think the president intentionally lied. Rather, O'Reilly blamed CIA Director George Tenet, who was appointed by former President Bill Clinton.

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Cmon!

Poe, who is loved by many poor Filipinos for portraying action hero roles avenging the downtrodden, mounted the stage through a cloud of white smoke wearing blue jeans and an open-necked white shirt.

Later on in a statement, Poe outlined his program:

Restore public trust and confidence in government by depoliticizing top level appointments in the executive branch, judiciary and military, by conducting an in-depth review of the proposals to shift from the presidential to the parliamentary form of government and from the unitary to the federal set up, and by ensuring total transparency in government transactions and requiring public disclosure through the media and Internet.

Provide the minimum basic needs of every Filipino by increasing funding for rural infrastructure, by reorganizing the police force, by establishing a one-time education fund to wipe out shortages in textbooks and classrooms and by expanding health insurance coverage to include 90 percent of the population by 2007.

Looks like he's going to federalize the country. For once, something that I like about him.

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If you look here, Manila is one of the handful or so cities that Craigslist.org might soon be in.

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Vic, hanging out at the De Venecia home (I guess you'd call that the Speaker of the House's House), walks into Imelda Marcos. There, he is given a young King Arthur moment: remove the sword from the stone, or be awed by its mystic and enchantment.

The smoke and mirrors work boy. I guess you were among polite company. Still, your blog lets you come clean.

Peace out.

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Speaking about FPJ's loooove children, his spokesperson said there are more. Didn't stop Erap, no, not in this Catholic country.

Filipino bishops said Poe should be given credit for admitting adultery, while stressing that morality is a key component of leadership.

He cheated on his wife, for Christ's sake. Doesn't character account for anything? Apparently not in this elections, as with education, experience and a platform.

God help us.

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There's an American Idol contestant, Camille Velasco. And, if your IP comes from RP, you might be re-directed by Google here.

From soc.culture.filipino.

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This is of course a blatant case of choosing who to believe: Manapat, who if correct, has the power to disqualify FPJ, and the testimonies of three disgruntled National Archives employees, and two Florophoto employees who said they microfilmed the documents.

There are several blatant mistakes in this investigation. For one, those Florophoto employees, at face, care not a world if those items are forgeries. They just film them. They stand as no reliable witness until the authenticity of those documents.

And, secondly, neither do those employees. It's whose word against the other. In the world of primetime scientific investigation, where are those experts now? Seeing pictures of congressmen holding to the light microfilm and appearing to be able to decipher it and make conclusions as to their authenticity is breathtakingly ridiculous.

This Senate -- run by Legarda (FPJ's running mate), Angara (the opposition leader), and Oreta (one of FPJ's campaign managers) -- is embarassing and despicable. They owe their constituents the ability to present an upstanding investigation with bulletproof scientific evidence, and not conclusions and heresay.

This from Belinda Olivares-Cunanan:

Last week, the media saw for themselves how current issues such as the peso's volatility and the widening budget deficit simply went over Poe's head. Queried on these issues, he replied after long hesitation, "I am at a loss for words." When a media person insisted on pursuing the subjects, he tossed the question back with ill-disguised impatience, "How would you handle it?"

One wonders how the more intelligent politicians like Senators Edgardo Angara and Aquilino Pimentel can continue to inflict Poe on the nation, solely because he has a strong following among the "masa" [masses]. The opposition has a lot to answer for our instability. First, it has threatened civil war or revolution if Poe is disqualified. One can surmise that they're saber-rattling because they can sense that proof that Poe is a natural-born citizen is rather weak and that the Supreme Court would disqualify Poe. Then sensing that the popularity of their candidate appears to have hit a plateau, the opposition is now raising the specter of cheating by the administration. All these are contributing to the instability.

Meanwhile, Jollibee serves Gloria rice.

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Man, this promises to be bigger than the Superbowl.

"The president wanted to directly discuss with the American people his thinking about the war on terror" and other subjects, said deputy White House press secretary Trent Duffy.

He must have been warned that Russert is not Diane Sawyer. Of course, there is the outside chance of a "massive intelligence failure".

Still, if it was Dr. Phil interviewing, it would have been exceptional:

1. Why can't you control your anger? Is this brought about by your eagerness to please your father? Stop thinking the world revolves around you. Is the urgency you feel as strong as you think? A false sense of urgency stems from self-importance.

2. Hate is such a bad thing to hold on to. We need to remove hate from our agenda.

3. We need to talk about your money issues. You started with a surplus. There is a limit on what you can spend, and you need to know that. There's something that's happened in your evolution that leads you to arrogantly believe that you run this world — and you don't.

4. Are you turning outside your relationship with the people to meet a need that should be met within the relationship?

5. If you're going to be stubborn and try it anyway, do the work so you can say, "I know exactly why this failed before and I'm confident that it's been fixed." If you can't say that honestly, then you're not ready for another term.

6. Are you the person who made the mistakes before? It's your responsibility to fix them. Otherwise, you're simply saying to your partner, "I want you, but not enough to earn my way back into your life." Prove that you're worth another try.

7. You may be slowly killing yourself every time you get angry. Any time you're aroused, the entire chemistry of your body changes, making you more susceptible to ulcers, multiple sclerosis, lupus, arthritis and other illnesses. Use that as motivation to calm down.

And, finally,

8. Why do angry people lash out? Because they don't have the words, concepts or abilities to express their frustration in an appropriate way. Consider alternative ways of venting your anger, such as taking a deep breath, aromatherapy or meditation.

Now that interview would have been more productive.

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I was reading Joyce's posting on Kuro5hin, and, barring the expletives, I do want to put in my reactions. After all, it is my blog.

You are all pretentious twats

Sure, I like to think I'm the authority on my own blog. I have original content, although only a small portion of all the content if you're counting words. But I get the most fun out of poking humor at myself and the stuff that surrounds me. That isn't at all pretentious.

And, although I am guilty of irritating jargon, my blog talks about me, along with other "crap" that interests me. I don't do the economy and certainly not software.

You are f*cking stupid

Maybe I am guilty of stupidity, but that only embarasses me. But I never faked knowledge, nor even aspired to be a "valuable free source of information". This blog is about entertainment!

Your blog is f*cking up Google

Yep, but not anymore. I used to be number 2 when you search "bulletproof vest".

But, what I find most offensive:

Every last one of you. You're all latte-sipping, iMac-using, suburban-living tertiary-industry-working WASPs who offer absolutely no new insights on anything whatsoever apart from maybe one specialist field if we're lucky.

No one likes a hater.

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About 60 years ago, two Americans made a film which, according to Nick Deocampo, was the "first attempt to launch a Philippine-made film for international release" and was (not too impudently) in hopes of turning the Philippines into "the Hollywood of the Orient".

It premiered in San Diego in December 10, 1937 and disappeared.

I'll let Deocampo takeover:

I sat spellbound for 65 minutes watching the young Fernando Poe display his masculine physique and the beauteous Rosa del Rosario glow in the well-photographed black-and-white film. Patterned in the genre of the south sea film made famous by Robert Flaherty's "Moana," the film capitalized on tales of exoticism. It showed the picturesque sea and the captivating landscape and with warring tribes and a kidnapped maiden to hook the audience's attention.

The discovery of "Zamboanga" brings only to four the feature-length films made in the Philippines that survived the catastrophic war. A few hundred others failed to make it. Its rarity gives the film its aura of significance. The film joins the distinguished line-up of pre-war films "Tunay na Ina" (1938), "Pakiusap" (1938) and "Giliw Ko" (1938). But none beats "Zamboanga's" production date of 1936. It is truly the mother of all studio-made films in the country!

Read it here.

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Been busy putting away the latest issue of Animo. Had a not-so good experience with the editorial powers-that-be. Anywho, the magazine is looking better, and it's finding it's readership.

Um, more interesting things: there's new Mama Sita's packaging, in case you're here in the U.S. It's much more crisp and has some of my ideas on it, like the phrase "heirloom recipes".

Also in our food basket are the amazingly low fat Kobe Crunch snacks which come in several flavors. I'm currently enjoying the Natural Sweet one but my favorite is the Chili Onion. They're dirt cheap too and apparently can only be found in Shop Wise. There's batches of Lucky Me instant mami. The one in the black and green packages are the best.

Locally, Costco has also provided some goodies to the basket. Tilapia fillets (all 5 pounds) and a big bag of kiwis, which all turn ripe at the same time. There are Slim-Fast snack bars and some low-carb whole-wheat bread. Trader Joe's coffee, salmon and some pork and chives dumplings from the local Hong Kong Food Mart. And a very large bottle of antacid to make sure it all goes down well.

Tonight, we make this, courtesy of the Sassy Lawyer.

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Hey Paul, hey Paul, hey Paul, let's have a ball.

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The smoke hasn't cleared up yet, because now Drudge is saying that CBS knew about the "wardrobe malfunction".

Meanwhile, it was a really good game.

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