Last year, there was a big mistake that the Chinese populace made. They failed to choose Ping An as their last year’s winner of “The Voice China”. They settled for a singer with mediocre vocal skills with above average panache. It was like China settled for a grape juice when an expensive wine is very much available.
Watch and listen to China’s best singer and experience goosebumps surplus from Ping An.
Ganyan din boses ko aktwali.
It must already be in the hundreds if I have tallied and counted the number of times I uttered the words “grabe”, “shocking” and “galing” while watching the episodes of the great HBO tv series Game of Thrones. These do not include the occasions when I sighed, gasped and screamed while watching it.
The series is so biting and disturbing in a great sense of these words. It will definitely bring sharp chills on your spines. All the elements of backstabbing, manipulation, double-dealing, erotica, greed and brutality are present. The show never holds back!
Unlike a usual TV series where the lead stars are expected to remain alive and be the main and principal characters throughout the whole show, in Game of Thrones characters are dynamic and evolving. It is unexpected that right in the middle of the story, the lead character (who you thought was the lead character) would just suddenly meet a brutal death. Or the character you’re starting to like would unexpectedly become a horrendous iron-handed protagonist. And amazingly, these characters would literally go down and dirty!
For those who have not watched it, I must say that you are missing a hell of a lot. I swear to the old gods and the new that Game of Thrones is hauntingly entertaining. This show definitely ranks right up there as masterworks of ingenuity and wild imagination.
Pugot kung pugot! Patay kung patay!
Turning on my old bulky TV after rising from my bed each morning is one proof that I am a creature of habit. I do my usual morning rituals to get ready for work with the hosts of all the local TV networks’ morning shows.
But yesterday morning, I got stuck watching TV when Kris Aquino host of “Kris TV” guest-ed a chef who cooked Arroz Caldo. With Kris’ usual sosyal antics and the chef’s preparation of a somewhat high-end variety of Arroz Caldo – imagine a congee topped with crispy tofu, toasted long-jawed anchovies, slices of hard-boiled egg, crispy garlic, sesame seed oil and squeezed with lemon – I was drooling on my way to my office.
When my office mate asked if I already had breakfast, the words I uttered was “I want lugaw”. I ordered take-out delivery from the nearby Café Adriatico in Malate, and this is what I had…
i was half way through with this lugaw, but i had to take a photo for it was sooo good. btw, mine had quail eggs, freshly chopped leeks, caramelized onions, toasted garlic, calamansi with big chunks of chicken meat, YUMMY!
I may forever wonder how Kris TV’s ornate Arroz Caldo could have tasted but one thing is for sure Café Adriatico’s Arroz Caldo is so good I could cry.
Para syang manok na may lugaw, di na lugaw na may manok!
photo of the now “classic” 2010 ms. universe pageant reaction on youtube
YouTube again is now flooded with clips that demonstrates Filipinos euphoric reaction while watching the Ms. Universe pageant. Common in all these jubilant and ecstatic emotional bursts is especially evident when Ms. Philippines is announced as part of the cut of top 16, top 10 or top 5.
This serves to confirm that beauty pageants no matter what it brings to the country’s economic or cultural growth is a big deal in this part of the globe. In the Philippines, Ms. Universe pageant can be equated as the Superbowl of America, the Mardi Gras of Brazil, the crowning of a monarch in Great Britain or the TV appearance of Kim Jong-un in North Korea.
People around the world would again wonder how come it takes some time before it is uploaded on YouTube. The answer is simple, the Philippines has to slowest internet web loading in the planet.
These usually funny video clips loaded on YouTube is now a staple in the Philippines since the country’s representatives for the past 3 years has landed on the top 5 of the pageant.
janine tugonon & olivia culpo
But for this year’s version of video clips some were not the usual rapturous reaction but nevertheless remains hilarious. This is especially true when on the final spot of the competition, the Filipina beauty whom everybody expected to win because of a grand performance during the night and supposedly sealing the crown on her head with a very intelligent answer was not announced the winner.
For me this year’s epic funny video comes from these two hopeful yet surprised earthlings (uploaded by Alma Gloriana) who evidently are not living in the Philippines (the Philippines have yet to have a winter season). Look at how this two drop their jaws on a very simultaneous manner. It’s an epic of a clip!
“Uhhhg!” Hahaha! Napa-NGA-NGA si Ate’t Kuya!
janine tugonon
Odd as it may seem, but I could equate Janine Tugonon, this year’s Philippine representative to the Ms. Universe pageant, to a Hot & Sour Soup.
At first sip of this Asian soup, you wouldn’t like it. The hot and sour taste would swiftly burst into your mouth which could result to some contortions on your face. But when you would have your second and succeeding sips you will start to realize that this soup is actually very tasty and delicious. Your taste buds would simply crave for more.
Just like Janine Tugonon. She would simply grow in you.
Here in the Philippines, at the early stages when Tugonon won the right to represent the Philippines in this year’s most coveted beauty pageant, a lot speculated that it is not going to be a 3-consecutive-year feat for the country (in 2010 Venus Raj placed 4th runner up while last year Shamcey Supsup placed 3rd runner up).
But after watching the preliminaries of Ms. Universe 2012, you would start to realize that the Tugonon-bashers in the past could actually be very wrong. One YouTube commenter even wrote that there’s a bit of Raj, Supsup and Quiambao (1999 1st runner up) in her.
If you want to see what I mean, watch this goosebumping video and let Ms. Philippines grow in you…
Wow! The crowd’s gone crazy when it’s her turn! I hope she won’t bring home the bacon for I wish that she bring home the crown. Hahaha! Good luck Ms. Philippines!
May laban ang bruha!
For the recent colorful Halloween, people have thought and donned of various characters to imitate, copy or replicate. But I guess only Ellen can think of having a costume/character like this for this year’s Halloween.
Therefore, this year’s best Halloween costume goes to Ellen…
Kabog ang lahat! Super dyinyus!
Its official! At 75, Nengkoy (my mother) is now a netizen. She is now an official Facebook member. Miggy, one of her grandsons signed her up while me, my sister Joy and elder brother Wreigh patiently taught her how things are done in Facebook. I can’t believe how fast Nengkoy gets the heck out of Facebook. She was actually chatting with my niece Erika who’s based in Japan in minutes after she was signed up!
nengkoy’s present profile picture
Being so used to snail mail, she was so surprised how fast a message can be sent and received by the recipient who’s at the other end of this planet. We were laughing when she remarked, “Ang bilis naman dumating sa Japan!”
While teaching her how things are done on Facebook, we were watching the X Factor Philippines 2012. I was a bit disappointed with the judges and the contestants considering that the show is already on its last stretch. I don’t want to sound like a sore thumb but I do not feel the X factor vibe from the contestants and I find the judges too corny, retardedly emotive and enormously cheesy. I wanted to throw my expensive slippers on the TV screen.
The show is so unlike the 2012 British version. Their version doesn’t look for the best singing voice, the most gorgeous looking neither the financially-challenged contestant who gains mercy from the viewing public to win. They are looking for the elusive X factor! The judges are naturally cool and their show has more soul and essence. They were looking for somebody like the 16-year-old, Ella Henderson. She does not possess a pretty face, a drop dead gorgeous body neither a spotless singing voice. But when she sings you know you she exudes the brilliant X factor.
Watch how Ella moved the judges and wowed the crowd…
I’m pretty sure, Nengkoy will post Youtube videos like this in her Facebook account in the future.
Congrachuleysions kay Nengkoy at Ella. Pareho kayong may eks paktor.
While the whole world is still trying to figure out how to swallow the bitter reality that Manny Pacquiao lose a fight yesterday to Timothy Bradley, have you ever seen your dad, brother or best friend how they looked like while watching the controversial fight?
Every time there is a key boxing event, I am always reminded of my late father. In my childhood days during these major events no one in the household could watch anything on TV. Switching the channel would be like chasing bad luck and adversity. Thus you would have to settle with other forms of entertainment. But for me my dad is my source of entertainment during these TV boxing episodes.
He is not the commonly overt cheerer type. He is neither a clapper nor a shouter. When he watches a fight, he would slightly sway his body from left to right front and back as if he would parry, dodge or deflect an opponent’s punch. These movements are so faint and subtle you wouldn’t notice it unless you would stare, watch and observe.
That is why every time my father would watch a boxing match I would cunningly observe him. When his posture and movements would go too obvious, I would laugh out loud. He would then gently ask me why I am laughing and I would just say nothing and pretend as if I am also watching the match aired on TV. When he would shift his center of attention back to the fight on TV I would again watch him and laugh out loud once more when his swaying movements would yet again gone too apparent.
Bradley, Pacquiao, Maywheather, Donaire and other pound for pound kings may popularly break through the history of boxing and will eventually retire but Tatay Joe’s eccentric yet barely obvious moves will always remain as the most entertaining to watch during a boxing match. I of course will forever cherish those treasured moments.
So the next time your dad, husband or brother would watch a boxing match on TV try watching them instead and be entertained!
Ayan, ang siguradong panalo.
Let me be a thinking well-mannered adult this time around. This is because Phillip Phillips who won the American Idol 2012 title seems to be a nice and humble gentleman. Aside from his good looks, these characters I guess made America love him.
Let me be civil and let me give peace a chance. I will not be bitter and I would not even dare attack anybody. But I would have been gladder if Jessica Sanchez won American Idol season 11. But somebody got to lose because only one person can win that show. Jessica not winning the title will for sure is gonna be just fine and okay. She has been phenomenal. She’s amazing and for sure she’s gonna do crazy good things.
Let me say thank you to Jessica for letting me stick and watch the whole season of American Idol this year. But let me also express my special gratitude to Jessica for bringing in some good and awesome news for the past weeks in the Philippines which is actually pretty hard to come by. The Philippines has never been so affected by American Idol until now. It was so strange that an American contest feels so at home and so local here in the Philippines.
Salamat bru!
If you are a contestant in a singing competition and you are to follow a stratospheric vocal delivery of a contender dubbed by the judges as the greatest live performance in the history of any singing contest, what would you do?
If you are the next contestant to perform in a singing competition and you heard for sure the rendition of your opponent who just sang which was truly amazing and one of the judges announced that he wanted to go home already like announcing to the whole world that the contest is already finished, what would you do?
If you are the person who will sing next in a singing competition and you heard the judges giving the most superlative accolades that a judge could say about a contestant and this contestant was the person who just sang before you, what would you do?
If you are the contestant who was told by the stage director that you should just stand don’t walk around the stage nor go near the live audience and do nothing but sing and you knew that the competitor before you received the most number of standing ovations bestowed by the judges during the elimination process of the contest, what would you do?
Could you still sing with all these chock-full of pressures at hand? This is what Jessica Sanchez was faced with during the top 4 elimination round of American Idol Season 11. If I am in the shoes of Jessica Sanchez at that very moment, I for sure would just be compelled to step back, shut my mouth, pack my bags, go home and never sing a single song ever in my life.
Before Jessica Sanchez sang, I wondered what song was she gonna sing to topple down the performance of Joshua Ledet to prove to the judges and the viewing public that they were wrong. I even thought to myself that I would totally understand with full compassion if the host Ryan Seacrest will announce that Jessica Sanchez has decided not to sing and just backed out from the contest.
But that is not what Jessica Sanchez did. She actually sang one of the most difficult songs on the planet and simply gave her all! After seeing and hearing Jessica Sanchez sang her second song entitled And I Am Telling You, I hated her. I hated her because I wanted to smack her down, rip her throat open and put her vocal chords into my body and use them!
Jessica Sanchez seemed not shaken by the pressure for she was fabulous and was flawless. I don’t know where she came from! It’s absolutely insane! She is so great! I don’t even think she’s from planet earth!
What she just did and overcame was simply a mark and testimony of a true IDOL!
Galing mo neng!
Nengkoy 