Friday, July 30, 2004

Lord, forgive me. I could not help myself. :)
2. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo - I know very little about politics to actually bash this person. As such, I will focus more on her physical qualities. Haha. And you will have to bear with me on this one because it might just make you hate me for being a jerk. First, isn't she just tiny? She's like a little elf stuffed into a pastel suit. Or a wee little leprechaun. I'm pretty sure all the world's leaders are rolling around in their heads in amusement. Second, doesn't she just have the worst voice you could ever imagine any president of having. She squeaks. It's just irritating. It's just one of those things that you absolutely loathe without knowing why. It's like a stench, you can't really decipher or understand the chemical and electrical signals that pass from your nose to your brain but it just leaves you wretching in disgust. And why does she have to speak english all the time? Did she have an adviser tell her that her voice is actually a lot worse when she speaks Filipino? Finally, doesn't she just have the most excruciatingly annoying pout you have ever seen. Let's not forget her toothy smile. It's like you just wanna grab her face and rip it off her skull.
For lack of anything better to write, I'm going to write about some personalities (and bash them).

1. Boy Abunda - I just recently heard that he's regarded as the Philippine's top talk show host or something of that sort. He is purportedly frank, straight to the point and intelligent (emphasis on intelligent). I have had the opportunity to catch a few glimpses of the buzz. Certainly, with the pseudo-intellectual flair in the way he talks, the tailored suits and the snazzy guests, who wouldn't think, at first glance, that THe Buzz was in fact an intelligent show? But hold on, after closer perusal and an agonizing longer look at the show, you find that it's all but a complex hoax!! First and foremost, he's an old balding homosexual fer cryin' out loud!! Nah, just kidding. Hold on to your seats. I suppose it's not a surprise that people (well, at least the less educated and less reflective ones) perceive him and his show to be intellectual simply because he speaks pretty well. Not that well, but pretty well. He doesn't really say anything longer than a few words, mind you. Plus the fact that his vocabulary is downright unimpressive and the way he constructs his senteces. However, what's more important is the topics they go about and those little games they play. I couldn't bear watching one time when he started shouting (yes, shouting) out the most inane words you could imagine for a little game of word association, words such as heart, mind, pillow, etc., etc. What's even worse is he subsequently breaks down all the elements in their childish little game and proceed to basically proclaim the guest a hero or an artist or even a saint. It's foolish, I tell you. Foolish. Oh well, what can I say? It is a show, a fool's show.

Saturday, July 17, 2004

Conozco Tu Cara (Revised)

I know your face

I know it only too well in
wakeful sleeping dreams

I have seen it many times before
in the corners of my eyes

I have glimpsed it in the
blinding rays of the sun

It is the face that lies
immersed in brilliant lights

I know it as the face that
vanishes in the darkness

It is the face that basks
in the shadow's plight

It is the face that turns
away when I come looking

I know your face, perhaps
you also know mine


July 5, 2004

The dying man's dreams die with him
His life drains away like the ebbing of the tide
His voice fades to but an echo of a distant whisper
His breathe wanes like the midnight lights
The sparkling luster of his eyes turn to somber grey
And brilliant glow of his skin disappears
As the hood of the reaper hides him away
He is now just the cold embers of a doused flame
The failing twinkle of an ageing star