Ewwwwwwwwww!

If the news featured in Lenard's post is to be believed, anime enthusiasts should brace themselves for the impending apocalypse.

Because this guy...



will play this guy...



Not pictured: Ditch's agonizing shriek of incredulity - The Horror! The Horror!

Manila 2024?

One of Lenard's blog post features some videos posted online anticipating Manila hosting the 2024 Olympics. While dreaming is a nice endeavor (plus its free and hardly laborious) let me share some of my thoughts while pondering the "Manila Olympics 2024 scenario"...


1. HOLY SH*T! Really!? Hindi pa nga natin maayos-ayos ang bulok na sistema ng gobyerno dito aasa pa tayong maghost ng Olympics? Kung sa bahay pa, linisin muna natin ang bakuran, looban, bubong, basement, pader, kisame, lahat na ng sulok ng bahay bago tayo magpapasok ng mga bisita...Or did we not forget the 'funny' stories during the SEA Games?

2. Speaking of SEA Games...the dream of Olympics hosting will get a huge boost if Monico Puentevella gets elected as President of the Philippines! Kaya simulan na ang kampanya! wahahahahahaha!

3. Huwag na...mahal ang square meter ng tarpaulin pantakip ng "eyesores" around Manila...

4. The Olympics: an international sporting event notorious for scandals, dubious officiating, and with a ruling committee seen as resistant to complaints. The Philippines: where elections defy the rules of mathematics, statistics (even common sense), scandals are commonplace, where everything (it seems) could be bought, and with a governing body serving only the interests of a few...combine them together and you get...?

5. Malaki na naman ang kickback sa construction nito...hala simulan na ang paghuhukay for the Crocodile's Lair! wahahahahaha!

6. If this indeed pushes through, some of the insane scenarios I proposed in my recent blog MIGHT come true. Psychic na ba ako? hahaha

Cyber-Sugilanon

Sugilanon means to reason or a debate, root word sugid (to speak, to tell or sometimes to brag) [ditch's lame attempt to become an Ilonggo dictionary hehe]

I often take time to visit my friends' blogs on cyberspace (refer to links at the left). But it is with lenard's blog that I found some bits and pieces to react to.

His post on the constitution and its provisions regarding foreign ownership of capital has sparked an interesting discussion between us in the comments section of his blog. We often have diverse views on the subjects but so far the exchanges have been civil and informative. Walang away, sugilanon lang ah...

Wanna join in the discussion? here's the link:

http://holding-on-still.blogspot.com

Response to Dmax's 'Strike' Post

Here in Manila it would seem that the strike had mixed results. It is indeed true that oftentimes the ones who bear the brunt of the transport strike are the long-suffering commuters who have nothing to do with the increasing prices of oil and gasoline and other petroleum products.

Sila na gani ang ginabudlayan, madugang pa ang transport strike. hassle...

But before I continue, let us look into the logic of the 'strike' as a weapon of the 'working masses.' The strike was originally conceived in the factories and workhouses as a 'show of force' on the part of the usually disenfranchised and abused workers. The strike is a means to introduce a situation wherein the capitalists shall be forced to bargain with the workers over a certain issue that both sides are arguing over. Indeed, workers have a right to strike and it is also true that the strike has disruptive effects. But this disruption, in my view, is the only means for the workers to air their grievances and get the attention of their employers. A bit Machiavellian, but nevertheless effective.

Applying this concept on the transport sector introduces a host of problems which Dmax has already pointed out in his blog post. The oil executives and the government officials could care less if the drivers would go on strike for eternity. It is the commuters who bear the consequence of this action -- unfortunately for the drivers and transport groups, the ordinary commuter does not hold an influence among the oil companies. The oil companies would blame the invisible and ethereal forces of economics as a reason for the increasing prices, not only of oil and petroleum products, but also other basic commodities. What to do now? declare a strike against economics? against OPEC?

Our nation's transport sector should find new avenues to approach this problem of increasing oil prices. It is clear that suspending operations for several days is not an answer to the greater economic problems besetting our country -- the oil price increase is just symptomatic of this. The fact that here in Quezon City there were some jeepneys still plying their routes despite pleas, even threats directed against them shows that we are all victims of economics -- kailangang bumiyahe dahil walang makakain ang pamilya ng kawawang driver...

The government should not rejoice over the fact that transport strikes have lost their potency. In fact, they should be worried since if our society cannot weather the storms of these turbulent times, the long-suffering Filipino will find ways to make their frustrations, and collective anger known. The 'strike' is one such legal means...I shudder to think of the alternative...

NO, You Sick Motherf*cker! Don't Throw that Puppy off the Cliff! NOOOOOOOOOO!

Go to Lenard's blog. Read. Watch the Vid. Cry out in indignation. 'nuff said.