A Pinoy Blog About Nothing

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." - George Santayana Count Your Blessings Dep't. (Or Thank Goodness 2004 is Over.) 1. The May Presidential Elections. FPJ didn't win. (And no more Francis Escudero...till 2008). PGMA gets six more years in office, something which the investors seem happy about, not to mention a certain Mr. Pidal and much to the consternation of a certain Ping. 2. ...

This being Rizal Day in the Philippines, I thought I'd share some nugget I found interesting while bouncing about and researching on one of my stories. No, I'm not about to suggest something as inane as Jose Rizal fathering Adolf Hitler. Kahit JR yung initials nila pareho, I doubt there would be enough evidence to even remotely pin anything on Rizal. It turns out that Dr. Rizal was ...

Since it's almost New Year and I'm cleaning up and tweaking some stuff, I just remembered that I once had Ms. Susan Roces on this site: That's version 2 (you're looking at v7) of clickmomukhamo.com, circa 2001. Before all this mess about her husband. I found that picture at the Museum Shop in Megamall. They had a bunch of old pictures there. Totally retro. I think that's where I ...

Totally inappropriate story about the tsunami in Asia. "Never mind if the disaster killed 114,000 68,000 60,000 26,000 people, do we have anyone...photogenic?" *** Historical perspective: Back in August 1976, an intensity 8 earthquake hit somewhere in the Celebes Sea causing more than 10,000 casualties in the coastal communities of Mindanao, particularly Pagadian City. No supermodels were hurt during that disaster. More known cases of tsunamis here.

Boycott the Metro Manila Film Fest? Sure, why not. (via Bikoy.net) Why waste time and money watching a movie in which the leads could've been done by any of the interchangeable "hot young stars" and plot holes you can drive an entire calesa into it? If your money is a vote, why settle? Just because they block out the last 2 weeks of December to showcase unoriginal concepts -- ...

I had a rant posted earlier about this: Online vanity plate bids generate P1.76M for LTO A total of 16 bidders participated in the online bid and the record bid went to plate number 111111 [six “ones”], which was sold for 88,000 pesos. The bid price for each vanity place was 50,000 pesos. but I accidentally nuked it and I couldn't remember the entire rant. And it was inspired. ...

It was pure dumb luck that he pulled shift tonight. He was never good at choosing straws. And yet he was thankful he's doing something here tonight instead of going to the party. He'll get his chance New Year's Eve. That's been the arrangement with the boys for as far as he can remember. For the past 15 years. Not that he's in any condition to drink the ...