You can bank on

Buying real estate is tricky business. A broker myself, I understand their eagerness for a sale. However, a buyer cannot be careful enough. Otherwise, s/he could be fooled.

A mortgaged property is easily verified in the bank by the buyer. The seller also has the assurance and security of payment.

Medium

"Ghost" comic relief in Whoopi Goldberg reminds mediators that they at times have to be the same in cooling off some heated moments.

Scratching Back

"Ang Totoo" commentary of Mr. Teodoro on BBM is aptly called.  BBM stands to win his VP election protest with SC packed with DU30 appointees. Then, when BBM becomes VP, DU30 resigns and Pres. BBM gets him off all the lawsuits he will be faced with. Quid pro quo.

Squid tactic more so.

Squirrel and Deer

To squirrel away is not a good thing while deer sounds like dear. A squirrel hoards for the winter while a deer roams around in the snow looking for food, so observed in Our Daily Bread.

People in mediation are like either animal.

Gracious Exit

The French leave of Duterte from the Japanese Emperor's enthronement is his latest travel controversy. Beats his Frequent Flyer Miles to China.

Six Days Seven Nights

In a sequel to his adventure films, Harrison Ford is a pilot who gets stranded on an island with a New Yorker photographer. Exploring the area, they find the wreckage of another plane which they use to prop up their crashed one.

Mediation is something like that, learning from the mistakes of others.

Kingdom

It has only one king. So two contesting ones have to be given a kingdom or turf each.

Monkey Bars

In his Business Matters commentary over 98.7 FM, Francis Kong compares this gym equipment to life's letting go before moving on.

How like mediation.

Sidewalk

Cafes in Europe are so chic. Why have we bastardize them into vending areas?

Victor (ia &) Abdul

Never tire of discovering nuances in Victoria & Abdul.
The Crown Prince and courtiers tell on Abdul's using Queen Victoria to his advantage. Her retort: how is he any indifferent from all of you?

Projection is the defense mechanism of seeing one's fault in others.

The Vice President

She is second to the  Ptesident, just in case. Or President of Vice, in some case.

Mary Poppins

Its songs are music to sleep by. In one, the leeries or lamplighters encourage to be incandescent in times of fog and darkness.

Like mediators.

Magalong

Now Baguio City Mayor, this former military man has pointed to retiring AFP CS Albayalde as head of the so-called ninja cops into recycling- of confiscated illegal drugs.

Tag a long time, about time too!

Victoria & Abdul

On again seeing this film, reflected on Abdul glorifying an Indian traitor to British rule in a presentation before the royal court.  Of course, Queen Victoria's children were ecstatic till the Queen reconsidered his expulsion.

Like lawyers muddling the issue between two disputants.