Bitag by Tulfo Brothers

I have new idols,the Tulfo Brothers.

And before you raise your eyebrows whil screaming “Innocent until proven guilty”,these evil in human forms were caught in the act.

Ladies and gentlemen, Bebe Gandanghari

Yummy papa

So the Philippines is going gaga over Rustom Padilla’s tranformation into Bebe Gandanghari. I wonder why she went to the US for her transformation. It’s uber-expensive, the rigmaroles, and the time only to become like this?

The New Rustom Padilla

 Thailand is just 3 hours away. There, it’s cheaper, faster and the result,see for yourself…

Bebe Gandanghari  of the Philippines versus Nong Noang of Thailand.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Who is sexier?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Who is more curvaceous?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Who is more beautiful?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lastly, who is your winner?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am the WINNER!

Next opponent,please!

In your dreams, Bebe! You shouldn’t have gone to New York but to Thailand,the “Land of Smiles.”

Still, I can’t wait to hang out with you at the beach.Let us not squander  our time fighting. Our government are good at it.

So, friends?

I would like to thank the websites where these pics were taken.Manilagayguy and Misterhubs. Bebe’s pics are so rare!

Push that Bloody Chun-li Movie

I’ve seen 3 movies these past 2 weeks so I thought that giving them a short bird-s eye review (for the lack of a better term) would be fine and probably helpful for others who are contemplating in watching one of these movies.

Push

The poster says “A New Evolution of Hero” yet it fails to bring any thing new to the mutant/superhuman department. Every element of a superhero film is present: some mutants, a secret government organization who wants to control these freaks of nature, and a mishap. Upon leaving the cinema, I was scratching my head and asking myself “Where is the evolution there?” It is probably the world’s most boring film and it is an ACTION MOVIE. It definitely dethroned Lurmahn’s “Eyes Wide Shut”. Simply put-Totally forgettable.

Verdict: Do not even buy a pirated copy of this movie.

My Bloody Valentine 3D

This is a remake of the 1981 movie of the same title which I happened to see as well. The original had some creepy scenes such as the dead body in a fridge, the human heart being cooked with sausage, and the bar owner’s death scene. In the 2009 remake, I entered the theater with an assumption that this remake will suck because in the mind of a self-respecting horror movie fan, there are only few remakes who manage to exceed their originals. Obviously, I was wrong because My Bloody Valentine 3D is actually scary and entertaining. The death scenes are gory and just fantastic!!! Kerr Smith and the veteran actors (oldies) did a good job in the acting department. As with every slasher-film, there are stupid scenes but not enough to annoy you. Finally, thanks to the gratious director who cleverly used the 3D technology which sealed the deal.

Verdict: Horror fans will surely like it.

 

Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-li

I followed the development of this film for almost a year. I entered forums, movie review sites and even Youtube and the consensus is: It will suck. The list of reasons was long which includes not casting a Chinese actress and the hilarious movie poster (see the first one below). Chun-li is one of the most popular female characters in the world of video game and she is from China and hence a Chinese. I know a lot about her and other Street Fighter characters as well. Mind you, I’ve been collecting stuff about this video game since I was 12 years old. My Street Fighter cards are all neatly placed in an album but that is not the topic of this blog. I couldn’t remember how many time I scratched my head every time an unfamiliar subplot surfaced. All done under the name of Hollywood and hence perfectly understandable. After accepting those annoying cock-and-bull versions, I found the fight scenes enjoyable. The moves are breath-taking and well-executed. Kudos to Kristine Kreuk for an impressive performance. This might be a bad Street Fighter movie but definitely qualifies as a good action movie.

Verdict: This is a good Street Fighte…err  ACTION movie.

Which is the best poster?

 

 

Serbis

I am a movie buff and hence a regular visitor of Rottentomatoes.com. For those who are unaware of this site, RT is one of the few trusted movie review sites. I personally think that it is the best. It features just every thing that you want to know about movies. I surf RT before or after checking out a movie. Well, if I am being penurious or in doubt of the movie’s quality, I check out RT. If I watched a certain movie and liked it, I would usually read the views of RTs’ critics. And guess what popped out of my computer screen this week?

A rating of 92 for Serbis

Serbis is graded 92%!!!

Only 1 out of 13 critics gave it a rotten tomato!

It is difficult to get a 70% in RT and Serbis got 92%

Does that mean it’s on par with The Dark Knight, Kill Bill, Gran Torino, Hotel Rwanda, and the recently shown Taken and Slumdog Millionaire. One reviewer even quoted Serbis as “The Filipinos answer to Slumdog Millionaire.”

Serbis making it to the most prestigious Cannes Film Festival is something to brag about. Jaclyn Jose and Gina Pareno winning top awards in film festivals all over the world is highly commendable. Being graded 92% is just awesomeness to the highest level.

Congratulations to Brillante Mendoza, Gina Pareno, Jaclyn Jose, Coco Martin, Julio Diaz, Kristofer King, Mercedez Cabral and the rest of the casts of Serbis. More power to our Indie Film industry and the Robinson’s Place Indie Cinema as well.

Serbis is truly and proudly Philippine-made.

Who has the biggest bananas among South East Asian Nations?

This might be silly but it’s true…Filipinos have the longest and biggest bananas among South East Asian nations. Vietnam comes second. Thais have bananas that look so cute, you wouldn’t want to put it in your mouth.
Some people including me might find this shocking. Some might think it’s funny. I experienced it myself. Upon seeing it, I couldn’t believe it. It was just scary big. I wanted to touch it to check if it was real but the man was grumpy and unwelcoming.

Malaysia

Thailand

Indonesia

Vietnam

And our very own…

Philippine FUCKlitics

Corruption, graft, traditional politicians, mud-slinging, back-stabbing and I can go on for ages but shall I?

So how fukc up is politics in the Philippines?

 

Firstly, our politics is fukc up because among all the 13 presidents that the Philippines has seen, there is only ONE who didn’t win due to CIA machinations, it was Elpidio Quirino. You do not need me to expound this, do you?

 

Secondly, economic plunder (embezzlement of public funds), ambush interviews (surprise interviews), coddling criminals (treating leniently), or mulcting (extorting money from) motorists are just some new English terms which originated from the Philippines.

 

Thirdly, when I was still in college, I saw Kiko Pangilinan fukced up the Filipinos. The senators had to vote and the result was 10-10. Then he said,

 

“Your honour, …..Senator (…….) is out but he will vote for YES so that makes it 10-11.”

Kiko Pangilinan, a senator who was supposed to analyze the bill. Scrutinize it whether if it was passed, would do good to the people abandoned the Filipinos. During that moment, he was not a senator who was supposed to work for the masses. He was working for his boss.

Finally, our politics is fukc up because of Eduardo Ermita’s answer during an interview:

Interviewed at the Senate, Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said that by numbers alone, the political allies of Malacañang could easily beat the proponents of the impeachment complaint.

“It happens that the allies of Malacanang have the number. They are living up to the alliance (and) that is the essence of having a political alliance,” Ermita told reporters as he welcomed the House decision.

                                                             Amita Legaspi, GMANews.TV

 

And Ermita said this during an interview. Don’t you just admire his audacity?

 

 

Back to Pangilinan’s statement, please notice that he had some subtlety then. After some years, Ermita is now here saying the aforementioned statement. A statement which is more blatant and more shameless than Pangilinan’s. The thought that in 2009 or 2010, being dirty will be a common characteristic of a Filipino politician creeps me out. By that time, any Filipino politician can say “How much will I get if I pass this law?”

 

After seeing that incident involving Pangilinan, I stopped watching any sessions involving any politicians. Unless I am depress, thus wanting to see monkeys in suits and tie.

 

I hate my job because it requires me to be aware of current events!!!

 

 

Raymond Manalo

I stumbled on this article at 8:30 a.m. today. This story is scary enough to be a horror novel. And why the heck is this posted under OPINION?

 

Read on and be horrified. If these unscrupulous people can do this to a Bulakeno, I can’t grasp the more unimaginable events happening in far-flung areas of the Philippines.

 

Rebel without a clue
Rage

By Patricia Evangelista
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:06:00 11/23/2008

THIS is the story of one Raymond Manalo, farmer, who disappeared on Feb. 14, 2006 with his older brother from their farm in San Ildefonso, Bulacan. Manalo was neither activist nor rebel when he disappeared. He escaped more than two years later. He says there are many, many more like him.

* * *

They put you in a cage four feet by one foot small, the height of an average man. There are hollow blocks to the side and iron grills in front. You sit with three other men, crouched in a line. There is no other way to fit.

Your brother is in the same cell. The door opens, more of them come in. More of them like you—beaten, bruised, helpless. They are put inside the next cell. This time there are two men and a married couple. The woman has burns all over her body. She was raped, they tell you. She was raped and beaten until she soiled herself. They say she has gone mad. They take her away.

This is where you shit, where you piss, where you wash if you still care. You do not feel the wind; you do not see the sun. Your food comes rarely, and what comes is rotten, leftover pig feed. Three men arrive, from Nueva Ecija. They are tortured. One of them has both arms broken. Bleeding.

Sometimes, when the soldiers are drinking, they take you out of your cage and play with you. The game varies, but it is usually the same. Two by fours, chains, an open gardening hose shoved down your nose. You crawl back to your cage, on your hands and knees. You wake up to screaming, to the sound of grown men begging, and you wonder which one it is this time. Sometimes, one of your cellmates will disappear. Sometimes, they don’t come back.

Then they take you away, and there is a doctor, pills, antibiotics, a bed. They tell you they are taking you home to see your parents. You meet the man they call The Butcher, and he tells you to tell your parents not to join the rallies, to stay away from human rights groups, that they would ruin your life and your brother’s. He tells you, this small man in shorts, that if you can only prove you’re on his side now, he would let you and your brother live. He gives you a box of vitamins, and tells you that they are expensive: P35 per pill.

They put a chain around your waist. The military surround your farm. Your mother opens the front door crying, and hugs you. You tell them what you were told to say. You hand them the money Palparan told you to give. Then you are told you must go.

Always, you keep thinking of escape. You make yourself useful, to make them trust you. You cook. You wash cars. You clean. You shop. No task is too menial. And one day, while you sweep the floor, you see a young woman, chained to the foot of a bed. Her name is Sherlyn Cadapan, she tells you, Sports Science, University of the Philippines Diliman, the same Sherlyn who disappeared from Hagonoy, Bulacan on June 26, 2006. She says she has been raped.

Later, you meet Karen Empeño, also from UP, and Manuel Merino, the farmer who rushed to save the two girls when they were abducted. Karen and Sherlyn are in charge of washing the soldiers’ clothes, you and Manuel and your brother Reynaldo wash the car and carry water and cook.

The five of you are taken from camp to camp. You see the soldiers stealing from villagers. You see them bringing in blindfolded captives. You see them digging graves. You see them burning bodies, pouring gasoline as the fire rose. You see them shoot old men sitting on carabaos and see them push bodies into ravines. And in April 2007, you hear a woman begging, and when you are ordered to fix dinner, you see Sherlyn, lying naked on a chair that had fallen on the floor, both wrists and one tied leg propped up.

You see them hit her with wooden planks, see her electrocuted, beaten, half-drowned. You see them amuse themselves with her body, poke sticks into her vagina, shove a water hose into her nose and mouth. And you see the soldiers wives’ watch. You hear the soldiers forcing Sherlyn to admit who it was with plans to “write a letter.” You hear her admit, after intense torture, that it was Karen’s idea. And you see Karen, dragged out of her cell, tied at the wrists and ankles, stripped of her clothing, then beaten, water-tortured, and burned with cigarettes and raped with pieces of wood. And it is you who are ordered to wash their clothes the next day, and who finds blood in their panties.

And you are there, on the night they take away Manuel Merino, when you hear an old man moaning, a gunshot and the red light of a sudden fire.

* * *

The day Raymond Manalo and his brother Reynaldo escaped was the day he promised himself they would pay, all of them who tortured Karen and Sherlyn, who killed so many, who tortured him and his brother until they begged and pleaded. They were pigs, he says, those men were pigs. If he escaped, they told him, and if they couldn’t find him, they would massacre his family. And if they do not answer to the courts here, they will answer to God.

They can still kill him, he says. But even if they do, it is too late. He’s told his story.

 

Licensure Examination for Teachers, 2008

The long wait is over. Actually, the waiting is not that long. The usual release date of LET passers is in September. PRC has released the 2008 result just this month. I wonder what took the officials so long. Is your alma mater included in the list of Top Performing School? Or worse, your name is not in the list.

A total of 17,816 elementary teachers out of 58,471 examinees and 18,801 secondary teachers out of 53,195 examinees have successfully passed the Licensure Examination for Teachers given by the Board of Professional Teachers in September this year, which was conducted in 24 testing centers all over the Philippines.

The Topnotchers

Elementary level

Rank	Name	School	Rating
1	Elisse Adrianne Hilario Regala	Philippine Normal University-Manila	91.8
2	Rudolf Tamangen Vecaldo	Cagayan State University-Tuguegarao	91.6
3	Melisande Cabacungan Juan	University of the Philippines-Diliman	91
4	John Wilbert Raymundo Aretaño	Polytechnic State College Of Antique	90.4
5	Sheilamarie Cabugon Cachero	Mariano Marcos State University-Laoag-Coll. of Education	90.2
	Iris Culanculan Duhaylongsod	University of the Philippines-Diliman	90.2
6	Roderick De La Cruz Marbella	Philippine Normal University-Lopez	90
7	Dorothy Joann Lei Osog Labrador	Ateneo De Zamboanga	89.8
	Estefanie Salcedo Vargas	Ateneo De Naga	89.8
8	Richelle Alday Steigerwald	University of the Philippines-Diliman	89.4
9	Princes Raymunda Guzman Gatan	National Teacher’s College	89.2
10	Catherine Gimang Capilla	Negros Oriental State University (Cvpc)-Dumaguete	89

Secondary level

Rank	Name	School	Rating
1	Ma. Cleofe Nicolas Tabangin	University of the Philippines-Los Baños	92.2
2	Romina Ann Soon Yap	Ateneo De Manila University-Q.C.	91.8
3	Angela Dimalanta Carreon	University of the Philippines-Diliman	91.6
4	Maria Elena Fermin Ferrer	University of Santo Tomas	91.2
5	Johnny Abellera Esmilla Jr.	University of San Agustin	91
	Lucille Virtudazo Gandionco	University of San Carlos	91
6	Tony Dane Bugarin Quetulio	Ateneo De Manila University-Q.C.	90.4
	Maria Nenita Silang Se	Philippine Normal University-Manila	90.4
7	Ariel Dangcalan Co	University of Santo Tomas	90.2
8	Ryan Oliver Dañganan Bautista	University of the Philippines-Manila	90
	Carl Jestoni Bariquit Dakay	University of San Carlos	90
	Elexor Torres Damasco	University of The Cordilleras (Baguio Coll. Fndtn.)	90
	Audie Dacumos Laudencia	Philippine Normal University-Manila	90
	Felizardo Nicodemus Pulumbarit Jr.	University of the Philippines-Diliman	90
9	Oliver Vallejo Aromin	Mindanao State University-Marawi City	89.8
	Miren Amale Mendezona Jopson	Ateneo De Manila University-Q.C.	89.8
	Rochell Casia Miguel	Philippine Normal University-Manila	89.8
10	Pamela Cristina Parciso Crisostomo-Tumang	University of the Philippines-Manila	89.6
	Israel Cruz Cruz	University of Santo Tomas	89.6
	Von Ryan Gasmeña Pangwi	University of Baguio	89.6

  

The list of Top performing schools (with at least 50.00% passing percentage) in the September 2008 L.E.T. Exam Results released by PRC.

Top Performing Schools in the September 2008 L.E.T. Exam Results are the following:

Elementary level
Category A: With 10-99 examinees

 

Elementary level
Category A: With 10-99 examinees

Rank	School	Number Of Examinees	Total No.Passed	% passed
1	Assumption College – Makati	11	11	100.00%
	Saint Theresa’s College – Cebu	14	14	100.00%
	University of Rizal System – Antipolo	13	13	100.00%
	University of Santo Tomas	41	41	100.00%
	University of The Philippines – Diliman	73	73	100.00%
2	Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of Technology	65	63	97.00%
3	Saint Louis University	54	52	96.00%
	University Of Saint La Salle	28	27	96.00%

 

Category B: With 100 – 299 examinees

Rank	School	Number Of Examinees	Total No.Passed	% passed
1	Xavier University	126	118	94.00%
2	West Visayas State University – La Paz	213	184	86.00%
3	University of Southeastern Philippines – Tagum	123	102	83.00%

Category C: With 300 – 499 examinees

Rank	School	Number Of Examinees	Total No.Passed	% passed
1	Philippine Normal University – Manila	302	267	88.00%
2	Cebu Normal University (Cebu State College)	312	238	76.00%
3	Benguet State University – La Trinidad	301	193	64.00%

Secondary Level

Category A: With 10-99 examinees

Rank	School	Number Of Examinees	Total No.Passed	% passed
1	Ateneo De Manila University – Q.C.	42	42	100.00%
	Miriam College (Maryknoll College Foundation, Inc.)	26	26	100.00%
	University of Asia & The Pacific – Pasig	12	12	100.00%
	University of the Philippines – Baguio City	37	37	100.00%
	University of the Philippines – Manila	21	21	100.00%
	University of the Philippines – Visayas – Tacloban City	11	11	100.00%
2	University of the Philippines – Visayas – Iloilo City	40	39	98.00%
3	Assumption College – Makati	26	25	96.00%
	University of the Philippines – Los Baños	78	75	96.00%

Category B: With 100 – 299 examinees

Rank	School	Number Of Examinees	Total No.Passed	% passed
1	University of the Philippines – Diliman	209	206	99.00%
2	University of Santo Tomas	288	264	92.00%
3	Saint Louis University	208	183	88.00%

Category C: With 300 – 499 examinees

Rank	School	Number Of Examinees	Total No.Passed	% passed
1	West Visayas State University – La Paz	360	242	67.00%
2	Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute Of Technology	330	216	65.00%
3	Bicol University – Legazpi	332	200	60.00%

Category D: With 500 or more examinees

Rank	School	Number Of Examinees	Total No.Passed	% passed
1	Philippines Normal University – Manila	664	587	88.00%
2	Cebu Normal University (Cebu State College)	518	338	65.00%
3	Polytechnic University of the Philippines – Main – Sta. Mesa	577	344	60.00%

Data taken from www.philippinetopschools.com

For the complete list of board passers from A-Z, click this link www.mapiles.com

 

Medical Mission for our fellow Aetas and Abelling

On November 15-16, 2008, the UP Outdoor Recreation Group (UP ORG) will be conducting medical, dental and feeding mission in Tarlac Eco-camp, Lubigan, San Jose, Tarlac. The recipients of this two-day mission are the Aeta of Baag and the Abelling tribe of San Pedro.

 

Please support this mission and help our indigenous brothers and sisters by donating one kind in the food items and one in the medicine items:

 

FOOD LIST:

1) 10 kgs RICE

2) 20 cans of CORNEDBEEF;

3) 20 cans of TUNA;

4) 30 cans of SARDINES;

5) 50 pcs INSTANT NOODLES;

6) 50 pcs PANCIT CANTON; and

7) 15 packs of individually wrapped BISCUITS/ CUPCAKE/BREAD

 

MEDICINE LIST:

 

(For COLDS, COUGH, and FLU)

1) 100 pcs Ambroxol Tab;

2) 100 pcs Bromhexine HCL Tab;

3) 100 pcs CARBOCISTEINE Cap;

4) 100 pcs GUAIFENESIN Cap;

5) 100 pcs PARACETAMOL+ PHENYLEPRINE+CHLORPHENIRAMINE (coldzep);

6) 100 pcs AMOXICILLIN Cap;

7) 100 pcs LAGUNDI Tap;

 

(for hyperacidity/ulcer)

100 pcs ANTACID Tab;

9) 100 pcs RANITIDINE Tab;

10)100 pcs OMEPRAZOLE;

 

(for amoebiasis)

11) 100 pcs METRONIDAZOLE Tab;

 

(bulate/pampurga)

12)100 pcs MEBENDAZOLE Tab;

 

(for diarrhea)

13)100 pcs HYDRITE Tab;

 

(laxative/for constipation)

14)100 pcs BISACODYL Tab;

 

(for ASTHMA)

15) 100 pcs SALBUTAMOL Tab;

16) 100 pcs SALBUTAMOL+GUAIFENESIN Cap;

 

(for UTI)

17)100 pcs CIPROFLOXACIN;

 

(allergies)

18)100 pcs CHLORPHERAMINE Tab;

 

(other antibiotics)

19)100 pcs AMPICILLIN Cap;

20)100 pcs CEFALEXIN Cap;

 

(vitamins)

21) 100 pcs FEROUS SULFATE;

22) 100 pcs MULTIVITAMINS+MINERAL Tab;

 

(pain reliever)

23) 100 pcs MEFENAMIC Cap;

24) 100 pcs PARACETAMOL Tab;

 

You can also donate other medicines which you think are needed for this type of mission. Please drop your donations at Sefali Restaurant in Krus na Ligas, UP Diliman, Quezon City on November 5, 6, 7, 10, and 11 from 8pm to 10:30pm. For further inquiries, pls dont hesitate to contact 0919-8291139 / 0915-6455088 or you may reply to this post.

SALAMAT PO!

Oldies but goodies

These are my super vintage Converse shoes. They are more or less 7 years old. My brother handed them to me after a year. I am the youngest in the family hence the hand-me down tradition is on my shoulders.  If my memory serves me right, they’ve been serving me for 6 years now.

7 years old

 

When will I be washed?

 

My friends and officemates get mortified whenever they see me on these shoes. However, I have met a few foreigners who actually find my Chuck Taylor cool. I am still not planning to wash them. I have this fascination with old, rusty things and History. Once, my sister wanted to wash these antiquated footwear, but I hid them.  

The answer is “No, you will not be washed.”

Instead, I bought a new pair!

Orange anyone?

 

So, how old are yours?