Privatizing

The government plans to privatize the already private bus system in EDSA. How about paying attention to supportive infrastructure?

Loners' Traits

1. Independent

2. Confident

3. Reflective

4. Intuitive

5. Creative

6. Empathetic

7. Self- sufficient

8. Resourceful 

9. Observant

10. Curious

11. Focused

12. Self-aware

Like Albert Einstein, 

JK Rowling,

Steve Jobs, 

Mark Zuckerberg 

Lamentillo

DICT USec's surname reflects the sad state of those registering their SIM cards.

Migration

While already in the US, migrants continue being bussed by politicians using them as pawns!

Karl Marx

"He didn't foresee how difficult it would be to spell 'bourgeoisie.'" (Inglis- inglisan)

Maybe that's why there was Groucho?

Cycle

Investor PH loaning P40 billion!

Gifts

The present move to buy produce directly from farmers was part of Leni's platform.

Building 1 million houses for the people was Pacman's idea.

Peace

Dutch apology for 250 years of enslaving others

The Pope returning pieces of the Parthenon.

Fifth

"Why is Tirso Cruz III called Pip?" Ted Failon

Gatcha

The Senator from Valenzuela now moves for teaching of the Arabic language and Muslim values!

Boracay Sinkholes

What they are causing sounds like this official's name- Gelito!

Bow

After their repertoire in an EWTN Christmas Concert, female soloists would put a hand on their chest, just like Pinays do. But with the conductor doing likewise, it meant more like gratitude from the heart.

2nd Chance

Ex- Bucor Deputy Security Officer Ricardo Zulueta used to be an inmate under his ex- boss Bantag, according to ONEPH's Ed Lingao, per Enzo Recto. 

Director

"A person with a big ego problem." Kokowaah, German film on Cinema World

My Brothers

CinemaWorld featured 3 Irish boys who kidded each other, "I am wee Todd did, Sofa King wee Todd did." LOL

After 40 years

"Wandering in the desert, Moses led us to the only land in the area without oil!" (Love and Mazel Tov on Cinema world)

100, 000 Nurses

 Needed by PH!

Medical Marijuana

Another priority bill at Congress!

Ted Failon

"We have a Chief of Stuff in Customs."

Amores

Jose Rizal basketball player-fiend of Benilde has found love in the VP (not Violent Person) and Zamboanga Valientes.

Meralco

Do you recall that one of the reasons MVP's TV5 got out of the merger with ABS- CBN was the government threat of future investigation on Meralco? It seems to be happening nonetheless.

Child Marriage

The Implementing Rules and Regulations banning it is passed by the House.

Premature priority

PDEA

Could stand for PH Drug Environmental Agency as they are also in recycling.

Fiddler on the Roof 2

"Our forefathers were always moving at a moment's notice- that's why we always wear a hat!"

Fiddler On The Roof

"They are so happy, they don't know how miserable they are," referring to eldest daughter married to a tailor.

MIFfed

MIF can come from SSS/ GSIS contributions of the 31 M who voted for its proponents.

Only with Filipinos

Our weakness in Math covers not only counting in school but also at the boxing ring and beauty contest.

Scammer by any name

This one had an apt name- Bankman- Fried!

Casino Filipino

Twas the venue of the Pacquiao- Hussein fight, big gamble!

Where the Funds Are

Raiders of the lost tax are now targeting the premiums paid by SSS and GSIS members, in addition to government piggy banks DBP and Landbank.

Off- tangent

People with so much time to waste are going to conduct lifestyle check on Badjaos in MM. They are becoming Goodjaos!

NAIA

3rd most stressful airport in the world was first for Ninoy Aquino himself!

Greek Chorus

Why is it that when officials are interviewed on TV, they are often surrounded by a motley group of staff? And it usually ends in a tragedy too.

Imported Fish

Do they also smell like PX?

13 years ago

We lost 32 journalists in Maguindanao. 

Mistaken Identity

Just as the accused had a different name in the subpoena, so did the victim when he used to broadcast.

Xi- Gloria

APEC could stand for A President-Ex Congress woman now.

Lotilla the Hun

DOE Sec pushes for foreigners' full ownership of renewable energy projects!

Ballooning

That describes almost everybody's weight post- pandemic as well as the current world population of 8 billion.

Justin Brownlee

Basketball player for naturalization will soon become a brownie!

Banta and Balisong

That's the deadly pair of General Bantag and his Atty. Balisong.

Do We

Sounds like the name of the Boulevard provoked a naughty exchange between Ted Failon and his show's resident Pastor Jeff Eliscupidez.

Profesionalism

As DepEd pushes for it, we hope that it does not include boxing.

Surge

After storm surge, Comelec votes surge, TNVS fare surge, jeeps requesting it too.

Together

Ex- DoTr Sec Tugade son now heads LTO. Junior inherits office under father's ex-department.

Scarfless

This could be the next film of Iranian actress Taraneh Alidoosti.

Accused or Hostage-Taker

BUCOR ex- Dir. Gen. Bantag wants DOJ Sec. Remulla to resign before he yields to subpoena.

Man in White

PH President stood out on the left side of the Asean Class Pic 2022. Not the right way to shine

SM Manila

Did we hear right that a Manila engineer blamed SM Manila for the state of disrepair of the nearby underpass as its ir/responsibility?

If It Curses Like DU30

BuCor ex- chief Bantag came out a-blazing to defend himself in Lapid case by blaming Remulla instead. He sounded like a younger Du30. 

Look Who's Talking

Typhoon Yolanda was commemorated. What about Martial Law?

Myanmar was described as "going in circles." Like political dynasty!

John Amores

Violent sore loser Jose Rizal University basketball player is not true to his name and school patron.

Mehmet Oz

He is no whiz. He vows to unite the people if voted for US Senate but he is a surgeon cutting up people.

Principals

With so many involved in the Lapid & Villamor cases, BUCOR has become the School of Hard Knuckles!

What Reputation

DEPED warns teachers and staff from speaking against the Department and ruining its image. It is tarnished enough all these years, topped by its Secretary at present (or not)!

Branding

Aside from BBM sugar, he has lent his "lucky number to the inflation rate, not once, but twice, i.e. 7.7!"

Deepening Department

Sequel to the expensive but slow laptops- they were being sold in Cebu at bargain price of P10k. Those still with the teachers are being recalled for not being needed anymore with face-to-face classes.

De Lima co-detainees

With the plot thickening on PDLs/ persons of interest involved in the Lapid case, De Lima getting to look more like an angel everyday!

Shear line

Sounds like dressmaking term moving to climate.

Brittney Griner

US WBA player detained in Russia for cannabis oil she brought, seems to be in for much longer time. Grimer days ahead!

End of Mask

Meantime in PH, masks are voluntary even indoors. Anyway, Covid subvariant XBB is all over the place.

El on musk

"Freeing the bird" Twitter has made the richest man the most powerful too, with links to Trump, China and Brazil.

Middlemen

They are becoming muddlemen in Percy Lapid Fire's murder case, as his brother Roy observes.

Murder He Wrote 40

Percy Lapid was forcibly made to sign off on the way to his broadcast venue 

BBM sugar

This is wrong in many ways. Hopefully, it is not addictive, too.

Jerk Reactions

Not of the knee but the brain, the way senators solve problems of PH films, already of questionable priority, by banning foreign productions.

Fare Matrix

It's becoming to look like Ma-tricks because to get the form entitling drivers to charge fare increase, they first have to shell out P 550.

This Unity

It is not happening at DepEd, where private achools are allowed to go on Blended Learning while public schools are mandated to go Face-to- Face. 

Yogi

In charge of Customs does not inspire the public's confidence.

Tokneneng

This street food's name could be a contraction of two tragic events that happened recently- (ka)tokhang of cops on houses of journalists while Typhoon Neneng spread nature's destruction on the rest of the population.

Confiscation

Meat was again pulled out from a market stall by intermittently zealous government agents. Like drugs, are they recycled too?

Drug- trafficking

Son of DOJ Sec might want to handle MMDA mess during rush hour.

Mabuhay kayo

The cop's parting shot to tv anchors before leaving their show sounds ominous, after the Percy Lapid killing.

Priorities

First bills signed into law were for:

SIM Card Registration

Postponement of Barangay/SK Elections

Passport

Lifetime validity for seniors is being pushed. Xi Jinping would be pleased.

What's in a Bill

The title of a recent bill passed was "Unified System of Separation."

Tags

"Percy Lapid was a communist; Leila de Lima, a jailbreaker."

Mahal na Pangulo nila

Mahal na bilihin nating lahat. 

Firearms

They are being requested by the Bureau of Fire Protection. Sen. Koko asked, don't they need fire trucks more. Next, they might ask for fireworks! 

By Your Fruits

The much-touted Finance Team received the lowest satisfaction rating of "-11" regarding its handling of inflation in the latest survey of the First 100 days 

100 Days

How many more, Lord?

All we hear are his Accomplice Men!

Save the President

With longstanding jet lag from UK, Marcos Jr. has supporters urging protection for their leader. Now who will protect us from him?!

10-10

Wonder how Shopee is doing this sale day post- Toni G?

Double Jeopardy

Former Senator de Lima was taken hostage by co- inmates at the Philippine National Police Custodial Center! Citizens-outside- the-Camp Alert!

Kalihim

Department Secretaries are taking their title literally, asking for their confidential funds.

Little President

The last one had big plans for his next post of Chief of Staff. Not gonna happen

"Social Weather" Friend

SWS survey just released the last approval rating of VP Leni as 7% in May 2022, from 9% in April of the same year. Only she and Senate Pres. Tito (without his numbers)  were the subject, it seems. What gives? Or whatever for?

Innova-tive

Going to Abra for Teachers' Day, the VP/ DepEd Sec and the First Lady presided over a raffle topped by that of a car. How many laptops could they have exchanged it for?

Sha Nacino

"What makes you different:

1. Is your magic,

2. Makes you creative,

3. Makes you unlock possibilities,

Instead of trying to fit in, stand out. Dare to be different."

Formula One (1)

Perhaps Somebody discovered the way to a winning streak in PH during the Grand Prix in SG? Serendipity

Odds

Lotto winning numbers divisible by 9- 9, 18, 27, 36, 45, 54! Let's play Lottong Macao?

Amazons

Due to Shopee's choice of Toni G as endorser taken negatively by subscribers, Amazon is offering free shipping to PH of orders from them.

Power

 Esquire voted "defeated" presidential candidate Leni among Most Powerful in PH!

Deus Ex Machina

DeSantis did the illegal immigrants a big favor. By jetting them to Martha's Vineyard earlier, he took them out of Ian's harmful way.

Fun

The Department of Tourism wants to change PH tagline to more than just having fun. Tell that to your President!

Gossip

"It is a bad thing.  In the beginning it may seem enjoyable and fun but in the end it fills our hearts with bitterness and poisons us too!"

Star Wars Always

"Obi-Wan Kenobi lost his master, lover, order, and republic. Never turned to the dark side." 

Stephanie Augustyn

"You are not responsible for the programming you received in childhood. As an adult you are responsible for fixing it."

Benjamin Franklin

"Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do."

Plato

"He who does not desire power is fit to hold it."

NGCP

Getting to mean National Greed Corporation PH, it is a toss-up between Big Boy Sy and Coyuito vs Aboitiz (A boy tease).

Truth

"If it hurts, it's at fault." (French film)

Sira Marcos Mall

Apt name if government gets into the mall business as seen in Indonesia recently. Que mal!

Evolution of Dance

In the wedding scene of "Fiddler on the Roof," the dance of the Russian Jews resembles that of the Greeks and the more recent breakdance of the youth in America!

Free K- Pop Concert

The catch? You have to fly to South Korea!

Antedating

Those supposedly doing this to documents on DepEd's purchase of overpriced laptops must have doctoral degrees! 

Psych Joke

"Ego and SuperEgo walked into a bar. Bartender said, "I'm gonna need to see some Id."

Confucius

"The man who chases two rabbits catches neither."

Intel Funds

With government officials asking for more, hopefully it comes with real intelligence!

Triggers

"They are your responsibility. It is not the world's obligation to tiptoe around you."

The Code

"The pain in my ass, my associates."

After you, ABS

IBC was granted 0 budget for 2022- 23.

Robin Hood

He was hoodwinked by "supporters" in government when he called a meeting for his constitutional reform agenda.

SRA

Used to mean Science Research Associates to us in psych testing. This Chicago company got into publication of pre-school reading materials we found out on a visit decades ago.

Sugar Regulation Commission now in the news in/famously, not too sweetly 

Wait, there's more. Special Risk Allowance for Covid healthcare workers also at risk of not being granted.

Existentialism

Two fathers had different views. 

Nietzsche based it on power. Kierkegaard, on love.

DBM

They are also in high- yield investments to the tune of P3B! BongBong Ba?

Teachers

During this month honoring them, perhaps they can cleanse their ranks of those who have diversified into sexual harassment and drug-pushing!

Kettle and pot

Such is the case of DBM saying it will cleanse its PS "odd junk" agency.

G Diaries

What a neat idea!  Aside from soup kitchens, Alagang Kapamilya sends out shower vans to calamity survivors.

Meghan Markle

For an actress, she has poor timing, it is said. When Prince Philip was ill, they threw a bombshell interview with Oprah. Now, with the Queen ailing, she even perjures herself saying a South African theater star likened her to Mandela! Add delusions of grandeur to the mix.

LDR

Pag-Ibig has joined in, with its version of Virtual Pag-Ibig for members only.

John Lennon

"An error becomes a mistake when you fail to correct it."

Mahal na Pangulo

Nagmahal din ang gas, bigas, asukal, sibuyas, asin, pasahe, atbp.

Proverbs 12:25

"Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop but a good word maketh it glad."

Presidential Alalay

Sandro M has taken over the post of Bongo. Poor Ilocos Norte never learns

MMDA

It now wants to cover the entire country under its No-Contact Apprehension. Hello, P2k fines for provinces, most of which are long stretches of highways!

Leila vs Lienila

Celebrating Senator Leila de Lima's 63rd birthday on her 5th year in detention, supporters vow it is a matter of time before government gets out of the hole in which it dug itself.

Wastage

Loren looking into food wastage among the private sector. 

1. Best to check on lack of food among prisoners.

2. How about wastage in government spending?

Hood winked

Robinhood now wants cable cars in Metro Manila. Not tingham Forest?

The Long Arms of Lao

The tentacles of Pharmally stretch far and wide. Latest victims are coincidentally the departments run by the Pres and his Vice.

Bad yet

Without a Secretary of Health yet, they managed to submit a P5B budget for the year! Of course, the departments of the Pres

and his Vice got the most funding!

Department of Smuggling

That was the former Department of Agriculture.

OWWAw

Generally nothing against showbiz people in government service, but Arnell Ignacio renews our distrust of them. As newly appointed OWWA administraitor, he states that he would like a new building for his agency!

Outsourcing

The government wants to get into it, too, for  motorcycle clubs to train its riders before issuance of their driver's license!

Trump's Women

Ivana gone. Mar-(a)la go. Melania missing.

Prayer

"It is not a 'spare tire' you pull out when in trouble. It is the 'steering wheel' that directs you to the right path throughout life." (I just want to praise You, Jesus)

Sr. Anna Tommasi

She organized CCC Trust in Malawi to provide skills training for young offenders to earn a living after finishing their sentence. Period. (Global Sisters Report)

Holiness

"It is simply happiness that is filled with a yes."

Sr. Margaret Cessna, Global Sisters Report

Cpuld be a movie

A young woman took a picture on her mobile phone of the body of a young man on the street where she was passing.  Arriving home, she would learn that it was her brother without his clothes which she could have identified earlier!

Yogi Felimon Ruiz

"Take me seriously on getting rid of corruption in Customs." Not with that name, boss er bear!

Apprehensions re NCA

 i.e., No- Contact Apprehension

Flavor of the Oddministration

Out de Lima. In Walden Bello.

Another BROA ha

Bayanihan to Recover As One, i. e. the computers over-priced and under-utilized by teachers.

Rebound

From affection, another noun it describes now is infection!

361 Children

Latest count of their dead during the Russian invasion of Ukraine since February 2022, and there are already about one a day for a year!

Look Who's Talking

Russia urges "maximum restraint" to Israeli- Palestine forces in conflict.

Pray tell

How will the LTO verify that buyers of vehicles have garages for them? Another in(s)ane bill added to renaming NAIA, anti-ghosting, term extension for themselves...

Time out

This oddministration does not want to be bothered by time. They are removing the timer from the traffic lights.  Some 100 bills have also lapsed into law under their watch.

Farm-to-market

 It has become "farm-to-pocket" road. (Ted Failon)

Deodorants

During the campaign, he was Mum.

Now, he uses his Veto power.

Tax Evader turned Hound

Marcos Jr. doesn't see the plank on his eye but runs after the mite on the poor teachers' election fees. At least they have honor-aria!

What a Difference an N makes

Anne Curtis read 'puma(n)gitna' to the ire of Vice Ganda.

Cloud Kitchen

"Mama Lou gave the example of Max delivering for Shakey's, Pancake and Dentures (instead of Dencio's)." David Sison

TJ Burdick

"Device comes from the Latin dividere, meaning desire or intention... leading to the idiom 'to leave someone to their own devices.'" (Catholic Express)

Love their job

"On Greece's Santorini island, 13 cloistered nuns pray for the world." (Giovanna Dell Orto in Global Sisters Trport)

Disaster

Legarda pushes for a Department covering it. Could encompass the entire government!

Wants and Needs

LTFRB wants more buses on EDSA.

Buses consortium needs LTFRB to pay first for their previously  contracted routes.  

Diane Bailey

"In my mind, he didn't owe anything. I owed the money.  If they take food off your tray, they've to throw it away." (After grandson denied food on his 9th birthday because of a $9 lunch debt)

Barack Obama

"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time.  We are the ones we have been waiting for.  We are the change that we seek."

Sauna

It is getting hotter in the seat of power. Activists have beat the Fakesident to the punch by issuing advanced State of Labor Address, State of the Peasants Address, and State of Human Rights Address. Lacking is the State of Health Address, not of LBM but the country's.

DOF Hat

To themselves, for classifying Rolex as "semi-essential" in getting it out of taxable goods, for them!

Another Take

"Sa gobyernong tamad, angat presyo lahat."

This Unity

Not true to its name, this Team excludes Peace Talks on the national level, among others 

Out-siders

Trouble with these incoming zealots with agendas hidden or not and "wants" at once, they do not consult those affected nor see the total picture. Another case in point is the opening of classes in August which will make teachers lose their 60-day (unpaid summer) leave.

Raphael Pangalangan

"BBM inherited the Dutertian mantle and mess," just like the Marcosian kind too. ("Just Thinking")

Are You Being Served

"Wearing two hats? No problem for the two-faced!"

Hotpot

Now not only a dish but also China in 40 C (CNN Beijing)

Gym Rats

They are not only those addicted to working-out. Lately, they have also come to mean sticky fingers who prey on lockers while the owners sweat it out.

DJ Chacha

"Yung P20 presyo baka matuloy di ng bigas, pero ng itlog!" 

Mal Dives

Embattled Sri-Lankan President Rajapaksa "ngayon that he" flew out on military jet to calmer waters of Maldives.

Look Who's Filing

Cong. Polong Duterte files a bill raising legal age to drink liquor from 18 to 21, and limiting PWDs' use of the same.

Boy Caught Games

In the film "Boycott,"  blacks in the South refused to ride the bus for several months due to segregation. The Ku Klux Klan then burned the house of a black man and the firefighters refused to respond to the alarm. In the end, the blacks won and buses got desegragated but at the cost Martin Luther King's life.

"Have fun!"

This was spoken in "Little House on the Prairie." Somebody goofed in writing the script!

Worldwide Shooting Rampage

First, the US held the record. Japan barreled in unexpectedly, felling a former PM at that! A journalist has also been shot in the wake of Israeli- Palestinian conflict. A South African  bar in Soweto was another scene of a recent carnage. Of course, nobody beats Putin making Ukraine his own killing fields! Duterte has stopped, PH prays.

The Neighborhood

"Guilty wife, happy life," says Calvin who was able to get his massage chair over his wife's plan to go to Italy from their tax refund. 

FM Jr...

"wants low prices, steady supply of food."

So do we all!!!

GK Chesterton

 "Joy is the spark of eternity."

Daniel Patrick Moynihan

"You are entitled to your own opinion but you are not entitled to your own facts."

Simple

The Inaugural Dinner catered by Via Mare's Glenda Barretto was capped by the giving of a red souvenir box containing  a gold medallion with the image of guess who?! No wonder they had to simply hide the event from the public. (As posted by Antonio Montalvan)

Big Difference

Atty. Leni: Nagbenta ng painting para sa pondo ng Angat Buhay NGO

Imelda; Nagnakaw ng pondo para bumili ng painting.

(MIGO #OnePinkFight)

New Day

We have a new leader- of our advocacy!  

,More Qualified

We have a red-tagger at the DOJ, a security agency contractor at COA, the original ambush-me plotter among other things, as Presidential Legal Adviser and a suspended lawyer-now vlogget at Presidential Communications. Topped by a Grab-"credit" rider, sorry to the real ones.

B(I)RRRR

The new Taxperson Lilia Guillermo enjoins BBM to be a role model and pay up. Wonder how long she will stay!?

The Mind of Putin

 In a CNN feature, it is said he used to chase rats as a child. He has become one now.

Health Secretary

Who is s/he at this time of covid and monkeypox?

Bigotry

"An unusually large tree" Dr. Donald De Marco

Sturm, Ruger & Co.

Gun company examines impact on human rights of selling guns. Thank God, Daddy must be advocating the same in heaven now.

(Knee) Jerk Reactions

Don't have jobs? Go abroad.

Rising fuel cost? Get a free ride.

Odd-ministration responses are lazy

solutions. Why get into long-term 

manufacturing to provide jobs or look for

other sources of fuel?

St. Therese of Lisieux

"Prayer is a surge of the heart, a simple look to heaven, a cry of recognition and love, embracing trial and joy."

Davao Event

At least they were not hounded by trolls.

National Artists

Like one of their final afterthoughts, they announced several awardees for National Artists. Ricky Lee learned about it from Radyo Patrol. After her long wait, Nora Aunor decided to boycott the ceremony. 

ARTA

Anti-Red Tape Authority itself got a belated 6-months suspension well into the next odd-ministration.

Biden's Inflation

Biden faults the war in Ukraine among the causes of steep inflation in the US. But some have pointed out that it had started even during Trump's watch.

Fun Fact

Among the deluge of info released on the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, it was mentioned that "she was born in the Mayfair area of London, where now stands a Chinese restaurant!" (7 Facts You Did Not Know about Queen Elizabeth II)

Steven Cua

The head of the Supermarkets' Association is not your usual Scroogey character. He is amiable, even compassionate. 

In an interview, he suggested the smallest can of corned beef as substitute to instant noodle as common fare.  He also confided that the number of shoplifters have not so much increased. But he noticed more beggars, whom he said we should help.

To Mask or Not

Cebu Mayor and mother of incoming Tourism Secretary says you can forego masking outdoors.

Germane

PCOO keeps on saying the term in regard to accreditation to the Palace Press Corps. To be sure, Webster defines it as "relevant, fitting, closely akin, having the same parents." Then, a qualification was set for vloggers to have 20k followers to get in. Inane?

Minor Matter

As of now, Koko and Risa form the Minority in the Senate. True to form, Alan Peter says he will join the Majority IF given the Blue Ribbon Committee chairmanship.  By that demand, he shows that he doesn't deserve it!

If the Belt Fits

Speaking on behalf of the Minority, Senator Koko Pimentel asked government to tighten its belt for a change- or even big bills?

Rasputina

It is good for the college dropout to have a professor in the Palace- Clarita Carlos.

Low Less Nest

Like the tax evader president, a driver is avoiding consequence of running over a security guard.

Presidential Sister in the Senate suggests adding ethanol to lower the price of gasoline.

After the government belatedly raises fare by P1.00, commuters group even offered P2.00 instead, and looking for other sources of fuel like nearby Brunei.

Coincidences?

 Right after elections:

1. Jun Lozada is sent to Bilibid Penitentiary.

2. Mel Tiangco loses SC appeal.

3. Enrique Razon gets Malampaya.

4. BIR Pagulayan demoted just before retirement for running after Megaworld.

5. Vlogger heads PCOO.

Justin Barclay

"Truth does not mind being questioned.

A lie does not like being challenged."

Proverbs

"Better to be a poor person who lives innocently than to be one who talks dishonesty and is a fool."

Both at Fault- Divorce

In their defamation case, the court awarded compensation to both parties Johnny Depp and Amber Heard- loud and clear.

Popular Cliche

"Most (gunshot) wounds are self-inflicted"- "by poor judgment and bad choices "

Confucius

"By three ways we may learn Wisdom.

First, by Reflection, which is noblest.

Second, by Imitation, which is easiest.

Third, by Experience, which is the bitterest."

Power of Positivity

"Character is how you treat those who can do nothing for you."

William of Gloucester

Queen Elizabeth's second cousin, a pilot fell in love with a Hungarian divorcee Zsuzsi Starkloff, a flight attendant- model. His life was more tragic though because he died at 30 during an air race. They say Prince Charles named William after him.

Cicero

 "The evil was not in bread and circuses, per se, but in the willingness of the people to sell their rights as free men for full bellies and the excitement of games which would serve to distract them from the other human hungers which bread and circuses can never appease."

Follow

 "Not the majority but the right way." CTTO

Where to weigh a pie?

"Somewhere over the rainbow, weigh a pie." CTTO

"Wit" film by Mike Nichols

"I have Stage 4 Metastatic Ovarian Cancer. There is no Stage 5." (Professor character played by Emma Thompson on HBO Signature)

Anxiety & Freedom Today

"I don't trust words anymore. I only trust actions. People can pretend to do a lot without being serious about it." 

Sen. Risa Hontiveros

"I am not alone" in the opposition

Allan Watts

"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it."

Michael Tan

"I thought back to how neglected UP's varsity teams had been, with a sharp line drawn between favored needs and neglected jocks. We actually had faculty members who refused to take in varsity ayers in their classes.

It wasn't luck, it wasn't destiny.  It was tenacity, boldness, and courage- hallmarks of a UP education that gets us into trouble all the time, but which moves the nation forward.  We must develop these traits even more in the years ahead, in and out of basketball courts, in and out of UP."

To Kill a Mockingbird

Atticus: "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view."

Winston Churchill

"Never let a good crisis go to waste."

Nuelle Duterte

"Without consequences, no one learns how to change their bad behaviors. 

Lying is bad behavior. So are cheating, stealing, killing, and engaging in corruption.

This ought to be basic, but in an upside down world, it has to be said explicitly over and over again."

Loida Cruz

"Presence.

Nothing but love. Healing." (Bahay Dalangin Zendo)

First They Came

"First, they demanded my respect, and I gave it to them because I thought it was just good manners.

Then, they demanded discipline, and I gave it to them because everyone else was doing the same thing.

Then, they demanded my obedience, and I followed just as I followed my parents.

Finally, they demanded my silence, and I kept quiet because I didn't want the consequences.

Before I knew it, I had nothing else left. They had already taken everything from me."

(Inspired by Martin Niemoller)

Jack of all Trades

"He is a Master of None, but often times better than a Master of One." CTTO

Gandhi

"If there is an idiot in power, it means those who elected him are well represented."

Life

"It does not cause suffering but our expectation that life should be the way we want." CTTO

George Bernard Shaw

"Beware of false knowledge. It is more dangerous than ignorance."

CS Lewis

"One of the most cowardly things ordinary people is to shut their eyes to facts."

A String of Hope

"You can only build upon truth. Anything built on lies will eventually crumble and fall."

A Blessed and Beautiful Weekend

"As you go about your day today...Remember God has a plan for you. Everything happens for a reason. What is meant to be will always find a way. Things will fall into its own rightful place in its own time and at its own pace. Be patient. Be ready and allow what is aligned for you to just happen. You deserve it."

Sophocles

"Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud."

Archbishop Chaput

"Evil preaches tolerance till it is dominant then it tries to silence good."

Apolinario Mabini

"Marami ang gustong makialam para sa pagmamahal daw sa bayan nguni't kung aaralin mo ang kilos nila pansariling interes lamang ang kanilang iniisip."

Yvonne Jereza

"I will never regret supporting someone who has moral principles, clean track record, outstanding credentials, values and competency."

Ex

"Sometimes God sends one back into your life to see if you're still stupid." CTTO

Kakie Pangilinan

"I may never understand how things came to be but I will never forget the very distinct brand of love this election bred in each and every single one of our hearts."

Sara Duterte sa DepEd

"Dapat ang unang gawin ni Sara bilang Education Secretary- patapusin niya ng pagaaral si BBM" at mag-refresher course rin siya ng GMRC!

Jose Rizal

"Kaydali ninyong malinlang ng matatamis na pangako na hindi manlang pinag-aralan ang magiging bunga." Crisostomo Ibarra

Relationships

"Like seat belts, if they don't click, we never feel safe." Simon Sinek

Lost and Found

VP Leni may appear to have lost the election but a Picasso waa found hanging on the Marcos sala.

Turkish Proverb

"The forest was shrinking but the trees kept voting for the axe for the axe was clever and convinced the trees that because his handle was made of wood he was one of them."

Stages of Grief

1. Shock- paralysis

2. Denial- avoidance

3. Anger- frustration

4. Bargain- way out

5. Depression- inevitability

6. Testing- solution

7. Acceptance-way forward

Mahatma Gandhi

"When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible but in the end, they always fall. Think of it- always "

Comelec

Slow in replacing faulty Vote Counting Machines but fast in transmitting election results.

Lao Tzu

"The good leader is s/he who the people revere."

Latin American proverb

"The people united shall never be defeated."

Simon Reeve

"Smell of duty, smell of money- shady people, sunny places" describing Monaco in Extreme Treks at BBC Earth

Runi

"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field.. I'll meet you there."

Erin Chatters

"Travelling through life with curiosity rather than judgement is how one finds the magic in each moment."

Jane Fonda

"Lily's been pushing me around for decades so I'm really glad she's going to put her hands in cement."

Balance

"When all else in the environment is intimidating us, stay centered and balance the human heart with the heavenly heart." CTTO

Erin Chatters

"Travelling through life with curiosity rather than judgement is how one finds the magic in each moment."

Barack Obama

"In recent years, we've seen how quickly disinformation spreads, especially on social media. This has created real challenges for our democracy."

Eduardo A. Barrenechea II

"Yeah, I judge people based on their political choices, because it's always a reflection of your morals. That when you were presented with facts yet you chose to look away and vote for someone who is inherently evil and selfish is just... unacceptable."

Luie Guia

"A candidate whose ego is larger than his ability to be calm, composed and prudent, is dangerous when he wins." Even if he doesn't, we add.

Some Things Wrong

Voters who found themselves delisted did not vote during the last 2 elections- national and barangay. But wasn't the latter postponed?

Helen Hayes

"The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy."

Tina Turner

"I'm pleased with my life, with the journey."

Katharine Hepburn

"If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun."

Lucille Ball

"Love yourself first and everything else falls into line."

Heart-to-Heart

"When all else in the environment is intimidating us, stay centered and balance the human heart with the heavenly heart." CTTO

Good Friday Reflection

"Silence is the seed of all power. It promotes clarity which facilitates accurate decision-making." CTTO

Plato

"The unexamined life is not worth living."

Comedian Leaders

With impressive leadership being shown by former comedian Pres. Zelensky of Ukraine, perhaps we should have considered Dolphy instead.

Jurassic Update

BBC reports that paleontologists have discovered the remains of a dinosaur killed by a comet.

Irony in Ukraine

A Jewish man who survived the holocaust of Hitler was felled by the bombs of Putin.

A photojouralist who saved a cat and a dog could not save himself.

A Frenchman decided to stay in Ukraine and organized donations of strollers and other needs of children under the Solidarity Project.

Feeding Kermit

A resident frog has been sleeping soundly under our saplings. Once, thinking it was dead, I tipped its planter bed over a dug up hole to bury it only to jump out just in time to prove he's alive!

To keep from making a salad bar out of the saplings, it is treated to vegetable refuse on a stony plate by the garden.

Tumbling down

CNN's Going Green featured Indonesia's move to lessen the use of plastic by substituting seaweed for it. After drinking, they  can actually eat their tumbler!

Our Purpose & Mission

"I would like my life to be a statement of love and compassion. And where it isn't, that's where my work lies."

Wise advice

"Always remember to fall asleep with a dream and  wake up with a purpose."

Jose Rizal

"The glory of saving a country cannot be given to one who has contributed to its ruin."

Schwarzenegger

He sent a message to Russia negating its war.

In Trouble

Russian rouble's current situation.

Madeleine Albright

"There is a special place in hell for women who do not help each other."

Holocaust Survivor

A man survived Hitler but was no match for Putin.

Picasso

"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."

Crime B

Russia demands the surrender of Ukraine's port Maruopol, City of Mary!

Crime A

Russia annexes Crimea.

Positive

For Coward 19- Marcos Jr.'s reason for not attending the Comelec Presidential Debate

Bucket List

This movie popularized wish listing before one kicks the bucket. The most beautiful girl to be kissed turned out to be the estranged granddaughter by our rakish protagonist.

Breadcrumbers

They're not only Hansel and Gretel now. The term can also refer to "narcissist manipulators who string along others, keep their hopes up through acts of interest and disappoint them with false expectation, empty promises and abandonment. (Preston C. Ni)

Sharing the Blame

Putin now hires mercenaries to do his fighting in Ukraine.

Teresa of Avila

"To have courage for whatever comes in life- everything lies in that." Of course, she could say that because she knew "God alone suffices."

Inventing Anna

Shondaland's latest series follows Anna Delvey's exploitative life in New York. One of her victims was advised, "Anger makes you a character in someone else's life. You have to get out of there and be your own protagonist."

The Spirit of Paglaum

"The beautiful thing about hope is that it is always born out of adversity."

Extreme Treks

BBC Earth's Ryan Pyle takes us up Morocco's highest peak, Toubkal. On the way, he breaks bread with the menfolk, over a carpet made by the women from used clothes. For a feast, they roast a goat in a pit. Always, they greet each other with "Inshallah," if God wills.

Closed Values

DU30 closed ABS-CBN, now in the pocket of ally billionaire Money Villar. But not E-sabong, no- no!

Gathering

During the Bulacan rally of Marcos Jr., rallyists in red or green went on stage to appeal that pickpockets return at least their OFW ID in the stolen wallet. One partylist candidate opined that it was a veritable General Assembly of thieves! 

Mother Nature

We owe it all to Her. She makes her presence felt when least expected. Roughed up by Jr's henchmen in a Bacolod rally, Leni supporter got her revenge when fliers she carried were flown by the wind right smack to Jr's face!

Imperfect Crime

Marcos Jr.'s camp loaded people in dump trucks but in pink shirts to appear for VP Leni. Their showing "V" hand signals gave them away. Leni goes by an "L."

Remember

"While a cluttered memory has a hard time deleting old information and becomes too dependent on accumulated knowledge, the enriched memory can lead to creativity, especially in wise decision-making." A. Pawlowski

Promising

"When a politician says he will end poverty, he is referring to his own." Paolo.Coelho

3rd Degreed

Temperature is better than Marcos Jr. It has a degree!

Show

Darryl Yap faults VP Leni for talking off her heels after the 3-hour debate as show(wo)manship. At least, she showed up!

Showbiz Kids

While they earned more than their paper-route contemporaries, they had more problems too.

With almost everything marked, they had difficulty setting their own non-showbiz schedules like studying.

They missed out on the other regular activities of childhood like summer camp.

Some were open to abuse by adults including their parents.

With overflowing money, easily came drugs and other emotional problems.

When they were no longer cute, they felt discarded, like senior citizens at 16.

HBO Signature

No Trespassing

Russian troops are getting the same round-around treatment from Ukraine as the US got from Vietnam. Directions on roads were reversed in non-violent resistance!

Just Mercy

Justice Initiative's Bryan Stevenson secured the release of a long list of mostly black prisoners in what they dubbed Part II of "To Kill a Mockingbird."

HBO

Dafne

"Male birds have to be handsome to attract mates. Female birds have to make the choice."

CinemaWorld

Greta's Wedding

"The heart is a strong muscle. It can take a lot."

CinemaWorld Stockholm

Sin of the Crime

Marcos Jr.'s planned rally at the EBJavier Freedom Park, Antique was like a criminal's son returning to the scene of his mother's crime.

Audrey

HBO Signature documentary on her life which she summed thus: "I was raised not to make a spectacle of myself but earned a living doing just that."

Andres Bautista

The former PCGG and then Comelec Chair imparted nuggets of wisdom during a talk today over his alma mater's radio station.

Like the Jews, we must never forget our own Holocaust that is Martial Law. It has been overturned by another pandemic, that of disinformation.

The soul is to the body, as elections is to democracy.

TIME 100

"Innovators take being told that it cannot be done as an invitation."

The Gilded Age

After Downton Abbey, Fellowes narrates about New York social life. A white young woman, down on her luck upon her father's death, befriends a budding writer black young woman who becomes the secretary of the former's aunt she now lives with. It turns out the writer's family has some wealth and does not welcome her friend's surprise visit to their home! Tables turned.

Follow What We Say

Comelec has turned to painting over murals of the opposition,  while lighting up their building with the colors of the administration.

Cycle of Life

"US woman becomes third known person cured of HIV." It came from the successful transplant of stem cell from an umbilical cord. (CNN)

Another Innocent Man

Prince Andrew denies any sexual wrongdoing. However, he reportedly settled with the woman for millions of dollars.

Happy Valentine

"To all those who are taken, almost taken, taken for granted, waiting to be taken, assumed to be taken, and not taken seriously."

What "a" Difference

"There is huge difference between voting for a woman with conviction, and voting for a man with a conviction."

Passing the Baton

Today, PNoy's birthday, also marks the start of the presidential campaign of his successor, VP Leni!

MASH

Col. Potter's son-in-law visited the camp in Korea. While there, his hotel in Tokyo called Col. Potter that his daughter left some clothes. Confronting his son-in-law, he said, "No matter how you keep it a secret, there's always One Person Who knows."

Fishing

The honest-to-goodness kind was described by one priest, from experience.

There are different nets for different kinds of fish.

Nets are prepared by washing before use.

When you go back to the deep, you learn from previous failures and mistakes.

Erratum

Rated K issued a statement that Marcos Jr. requested the exact day and time of the KBP event for his date with Rated K, shoot!

Korina

We are not sure if she intentionally planned filming Marcos Jr. cook on her show while he was supposed to be at the KBP Presidential Forum, to make him appear bad or just to spite KBP herself. They are two of a kind.

De Gaulle

This could be the nickname of one presidential candidate of the hour tomorrow.

On Both Fronts

While Marcos Jr. fought disqualification cases in the Comelec, Duterte Sr. was handed a guilty charge on several cases by the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee.

Cristy Fermin

She likes to talk about others but open about her life too. When invited to be a judge in contests, she revels the audience by saying at least then, she is not the accused.

Ass-assination

Now Marcos Jr. discovers in Tiktok an attempt on his life. His trolls assassinate his rivals' character daily!

Coach

Marcos Jr., take heed.  Dutch Royalty travels by coach, the Golden Coach which is temporarily not being used "following criticism of colonial times."

Friends

Joey started working at their hangout Central Perk when he was between acting jobs. He pointed out that it usually happened the other way around.

What God Sees

"When others saw Sarah as a barren woman, God saw the mother of all nations.

When others saw David as a poor shepherd, God saw a mighty king.

Others may not see you, but trust me, God sees  you."

Elizabeth Johnston

Ànti-Marcos

"You can't leave those who created the problem, in- charge of the solution!"

Tolits

DU30 is becoming a "Tol, ito ang latest" guess-who entertainer. In a case of projection, he promises to name the most corrupt top candidate. Beating him?

Peace Offering

In a scene from "How The West Was Won," a military officer emptied his gun of its bullets and left them in front of an Indian chief, who in turn broke his arrow and gave half to the officer.

Seinfeld ll

"People are always sitting down to talk, discuss and think about it...

Better to lie down, sleep on it, and let the brain do its work at rest."

Prayer

"When God answers your prayer, He is increasing your Faith.

When God delays, He is increasing your Patience.

When God does not answer, He has something Better for you.

So when you Pray, have Faith, be Patient and Trust God."

Ehinmen Okaka

Leni's Accidental Campaigners

The mango "thief," the unvaxxed PAO Chief, Sec. Lorenzana and Walden Bello vs Sira's motion are turning to be turning the tide in VP Leni's favor by making the other side appear as they are- unjust and thoughtless.

Cover-up

When an airline orders a passenger to do so, it means to dress appropriately for the flight, not sweep something under the carpet.

Edifice Complex

DU30 now asks why the statue of Lapu-lapu is smaller than that of Magellan? 

Pinoys likewise ask why China holds more weight in his odd-ministration than PH.

Exemplary

"For 3 decades, a paralytic man in Camiguin extracts copra while lying in bed to earn a living." GMA News

He puts to shame criminals whose excuse is joblessness.

Unfollow the Leader

"British veterans wrote to the Queen to strip Prince Andrew of his ranks and military titles.

'Were this any other senior military officer, it's inconceivable that he'd still be in post,' the anti- monarchy pressure group Republic said." Web Desk

Honesty Between Warriors

 In his column on UK's King's Library, Ambeth Ocampo wrote of a supposed agreement that Germany would not bomb Oxford and Cambridge, provided Britain would also spare the university towns of Heidelberg and Tubingen.

Mystery Rider

Is this the most creative that DU30's odd-ministration can get to check vaxxed commuters on public transport? Jeepney drivers sure could use them as conductors to check on passengers seated behind them? So very crucial at this time?

Surveillance

 1. Joanna Lumley's Trans-Siberian Travel on BBC Earth featured cctv on a Russian cemetery plot of an oligarch fearful of vandals till the end.

2. Dutch athletes are advised to leave their gadgets at home before going to the Beijing Winter Olympics. They will be provided with another for use during the games to prevent permanent infiltration on their own gadgets.

Facilitators

That's how Bishop Ambo refers to the Archangels, given the respective roles they were given.

Gabriel is for Understanding.

Raphael, for Healing.

Michael, for Self-Emptying.

Capital Punishment

Atty. Chel Diokno states his aversion to it as non- negotiable. First, it is against his faith; second, it has not deterred crime; and third, its effect is irreversible in cases of mistaken judgment.

In a homily, Bishop Ambo David cited Jesus Christ and John the Baptist as victims of the third instance.

Give It All You've Got

Prince William got a curt reply to his question why Afghan refugees living in UK hotels temporarily are not yet in permanent shelters. Why not house them in your palaces?

Curb Your Enthusiasm

New sitcom on Paramount cable features golden couples. The male lead Larry David was in line to vote and he asked the guy after him for  whom he was voting. Since they were for opponents, they figured they would cancel each other out and decided to just go home. The winner won by one vote.

The Great Evader

Marcos Jr. has avoided attending to his studies, paying his taxes, holding a job, and appearing when told to account for these.

EJ Obiena

After all the hullabaloo over the liquidation of Olympic expenses on his trainer, EJ agrees to mediation in reverse of the process toward conflict resolution.

Identity

On the First Anniversary of the Capitol Insurrection, CNN interviewed US lawmakers who removed their pins to avoid being targets of the mob. But how do those with color hide their skin, one asked.

The Last Shall Be First

Robredo is last in the alphabetical order of  presidential candidates.

In other words

In telling voters not to vote for Pangilinan, DU30 was endorsing his daughter with whom he is supposed to be not in good terms.

Who does?

Kris Aquino asked who wants to talk about one's break- up, anyway?

You do, retorted movie reporter Cristy Fermin.

D-motivation

Government blames media's underreporting for the delay in delivering relief goods. 

One official turned back from visiting a disaster area after a flat tire and hunger pangs.

At another time, a landlocked town was described as coastal, prompting a reporter to ask what map was he using.

(Rappler News)

Business Opportunity

With its usual stop gap solution of canvass for temporary shelter, could DU30 be giving favored Pharm allies another idea to rake it in?

William Shatner

Interviewed by CNN countdowners Anderson and Andy re his recent taste of a space flight, William Shatner admits his first (dreaded) thought was human error. Settling in, he saw the earth he just left as life, while the darkness he faced as death. Back on earth, he vows to work toward its rejuvenation.