Not Yet Sikat

Enrico Pangan does a cover of Eraserheads’ Kailan and puts Japanese subtitles! Can someone please ask him to sing it in Japanese instead?

“Each girl had to solemnly declare her intentions to the restroom nazi at the doorway. “Magpapalit lang po ako ng napkin,” one said humbly–an activity which was apparently supposed to be done in the confines of the “bawas” toilets since that was where she was wordlessly told to go.
Those who misdeclared their deeds were publicly humiliated. “Anong gagawin mo, magbabawas ka ba?” the attendant asked, suspiciously eyeing the tissue a man had bought along with his yellow ticket.
“Oo,” the man admitted meekly.
“Aba, dose yun, dose! Dapat green yung ticket mo!” She turned to address the people who were in queue lest they make the same deadly mistake. “Pag iihi, sais. Pag dudumi, dose!” (photo by harry07)

Mameng writes about her encounter with The Restroom Nazi at Mines View Park, Baguio.

Inquirer reports: “The son of Agrarian Reform Secretary Nasser Pangandaman and several persons beat up a 14-year-old boy and his father at a golf course in Antipolo on Friday, the victims complained Saturday.”

Read Bambee Dela Paz’ (the daughter and sister of the victims) own account of the story on her blog:

My mom and my older brother come. I tell her Bino’s right ear is bleeding. They both look like they could kill. My dad holds my brother off, I hold off my mom. When I finally got my mom under control, my older brother gets away and I hold him off. Two of the mayor’s bodyguards pull out guns. I embraced my brother from the back, just holding him back, crying. The receptionists came to us, crying, hugging me, my dad, and my mom, whispering to us to just leave. “Maam, umalis na po kayo, may mga baril sila…Maam…umalis na po kayo please…”

Pinoys all over are outraged:

Manuel L Quezon III says we have a clash of civilizations: “…between the entitlement and warlord culture of the provinces, which compels obedience by force, and which doesn’t hesitate to use that force to compel submission by anyone who isn’t part of the ruling clan’s pecking order of enforcers; and the national capital culture which expects self-control of officialdom, which doesn’t think twice about standing up to official bullying; which, even if beaten to a pulp thinks it’s possible to rally support from like-minded people who actually believe in justice and notions of equality -because there are more decent people than the bad.”

Komikero Comics Journalsays that these bastards have to pay: “Don’t anyone even attempt to say, “That’s how it is in the Philippines”, “That’s just part of life.” or anything similar. Because if you do, you’re doing nothing but support atrocities like this by your fucking apathy.”

Bro Arian, FSC reminds us where power comes from: “People in power shouldn’t get the idea that the power they enjoy gives them the right to do whatever they want. They should remember that whatever power they enjoy comes from us.”

Carlos Conde calls Mayor Pangandaman a warlord:

Pangandaman Jr., evidently with his father’s blessing, acted like the warlord that he apparently is. The golf-course incident shows us what he is capable of doing with the little power he has. I now wonder what sort of atrocity he has been committing on the people of Masiu, a backward community in Lanao del Sur known for the violence and the cheating that goes on there during elections. I covered that place during the 1998 elections and I swore to myself I will never go back. I’m sure a lot of things have changed since then but, going by the behavior of its present mayor, I’m fairly certain it remains the backward, violent and feudal town that it was. Because only a town like that can produce a mayor like this.

Noemi has an extensive list of bloggers who have written about this outrage.

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2. Search for “pinoy chismis”

3. Click on the “I’m feeling lucky” button.

I wasn’t aware that hollywood star Mark Wahlberg is a Manny Pacquiao fan!

I’m not sure who to credit for this photo but there are more on this online forum.

Fobbdeep has an interview with Philippe Nover who is a Filipino American registered nurse and a contestant from the 8th season of The Ultimate Fighter, a mixed martial arts (MMA) competition.

“Once I got on the show, I knew I really wanted to rep the Philippines. I think we have warrior blood throughout our history, even in our recent history. We have a war-like mentality in our culture. I really wanted to rep it because there really aren’t too many Pilipinos other than Brandon Vera. No other Pilipinos really got onto the show.

I knew Pilipinos stick together, so I tried to get a nice fan base. We’re real loyal to each other, so I put some subliminal messages out there when I was on the show. My mouthpiece is Pilipino flag colors. I made a sign that says, “Sipag at tiyaga” on the wall of my room. On my hat it says, “Mahal kita, Lola”. And the balut scene, that was a big explosion. I heard that balut went up in price since I did that (laughs). I’m just so glad to be Pilipino and have it in my blood, that warrior mentality.

I wanted to show that Pilipinos could get into the mainstream in more types of sports, not just boxing. I know Manny Pacquiao really set us into boxing, but hopefully I can set us into the mixed martial arts world and make everyone proud.“

Read the full interview here…

Anton has a glowing review of “Dayo”, an animated film showing in the Manila Film Festival.

“One of the things I didn’t like about previous Filipino animated movies was that their storyline was corny. Dayo was able to bring to life our animist world with the Nuno sa Punso, Manananggal, Kapre, Tikbalang, Sirena and Syokoy. The Alikupong concept was brilliant. I wanted to shout, “Finally, Filipinos have made our first digitally animated movie! Yes!!!“”

I’d definitely watch this over the “Tanging Ina” series. Continue reading Anton’s full review…

Perez Hilton says that ABS-CBN’s latest teleserye is Takipsilim, a clone of Twilight! “Actors Rayver Cruz and Shaina Magdayao will be portraying Edward and Isabella, respectively, in the ABS-CBN production which will treat the vampire love story as “drama, romance, and fantasy.”

Bryanboy thinks this is disgusting: “Here we go again. One of the networks produced Lipgloss earlier this year (or should I say LIPGROSS), which is pretty much a Gossip Girl rip-off and now, Takipsilim? A reader of mine (who is just as revolted as I am) from Chile pointed out that it’s worse because they’re doing it for television.“

Simplymanila doesn’t care about the critics: “I’m a twilight fan, and I won’t care if anybody tries to translate it in Filipino, in the same manner that I wouldn’t care if they translate it to Mandarin or French. I don’t think it will make the original Twilight a lesser piece of work. That’s no biggie. Stephenie Meyer will probably even increase her number of Filipino fans through this. Besides, there should be nothing to be ashamed of. In the civilized world, it is simple really: If anyone doesn’t like it, then don’t watch it.”

However Jepoy says this is a hoax and the whole thing was just concocted by a fan. (via iamsupercow)

Update 1: It’s not a hoax! According to ABS-CBN News:

“Initial reports said ABS-CBN paid $1 million with co-producer Ignite Media for the rights to the Twilight series.” …

Taping for the series will start February of next year. Some parts of the series will be shot abroad and the other locations include Tagaytay, Bukidnon and Baguio. The series will be directed by Cathy Garcia-Molina.

Update 2: ABS-CBN News retracts the story (thanks commenter meoquanee!):

“The duty editor who uploaded the story failed to check with ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corp. whether the story was correct and accurate.

ABS-CBN Corp. Communications head Bong Osorio has since denied that the company will do a local remake of the movie, Twilight. “

Jillsabs gives pointers on what not to give for Christmas:

“…Unless you want the recipient to feel like a sasquatch in dire need of de-follicling (FYI nose hair clippers will never ever be a good present), hold the home waxing kit.”

Read her full list here.

US Ambassador Kristie Kenny goes on Wowowee and dances the boom-tarat-tarat! (via 21knots)