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political soap operas, back to back

sa blogworld talbog siyempre ang malu-fernandez bruhaha sa erap-guilty verdict and its aftermath, a work in progress being covered closely by all media.

tapos heto pa ang zte-fg scandal, mabuhay si jarius at si joey, what a story. ito na kaya ang waterloo ni abalos, na hindi ko maintindihan kung bakit ubod ng lakas sa powers-that-be for such a long time na, mula pa nuong 1986 nang i-appoint siyang o.i.c. ng mandaluyong ni then minister of local governments now senator nene pimentel (mwahaha), later he became governor of the mmda, tapos chairman ng comelec — important high-profile posts, bakit siya love na love ng ating mga presidente? could he be some kindof edgar j. hoover figure, with secret files/tapes/cds/dvds on the ruling class? o meron siyang gayuma? puwede ring magaling lang talaga siyang mambola, the quintessential fixer?

interestingly enough, hindi natatalbugan ng zte-fg scandal ang erap-guilty drama. nakakalamang lang ng konti these days ang zte-fg dahil sa senatehearings. otherwise pareho silang winner, political soap operas back-to-back, one as controversial and shady as the other.

feeling liberated

i’ve written for all kinds of media — print, television, stage, film — and i find that the happiest kind of writing, i mean, the kind of writing i like best is this, writing for cyberspace, to be read by many or just family and friends, it doesn’t matter, what matters is that i’m free to say anything about anything, and it’s posted out there for cybereternity, what a great way of passing on mind stuff to my kids, and i can write it in any style and length i please, puwedeng no caps, use the same word twice, thrice in the same sentence, the same paragraph, and take as long as i like before bothering with a period, even smile or frown, scream or swear, in english or tagalog, taglish or gayspeak, and no censor, editor, director or producer to mess it up. sarap!

before i forget

as in, before the serious onset of senior moments… and because my geek son out in holland offers me the space on a cyberplate kumbaga, salamat, joel … and so that people will stop asking why i’m not blogging yet … and because saturn has just moved into my sunsign virgo so it’s the perfect time for new beginnings (whatever your zodiac sign, actually)… here i go bato bato sa langit …