Edener Benitez Fabella
3 Oct 2007

 

 

Do you remember the musical film (1956) The King and I where Yul Brynner did ‘It’s a Puzzlement?’

It’s been a puzzlement to me why others would link adorable senator Miriam Defensor Santiago to a delectable fermented soybean we ordinary folks know better as “Toyo“.

As if that wasn’t intriguing enough, in comes other groups none of whom psychologist or stress management specialist cavalierly referring to her tantrums simply as -”Tinotoyo” na naman si Brenda!

Aren’t we Filipinos a different breed when it comes to lavishing our celebrities with praises the same way we get rid of excess intestinal stuff?

Nakakatuwa tayo kung minsan di po ba? But wait. What about the reputation being impugn to a wonderful product which Martin Yan, Ming Tsay and a host of others can’t live without insofar as their cooking classes is concerned?

What do you think a bottle of ‘Toyo‘ will say if given the opportunity to articulate differences between something made of perfected class as oppose to one that is unpredictably lacking in taste? Di nga naman fair sa ‘Toyo‘ agree?

Maybe it is more suitable if critics would just retain old standards when referring to her “unsanitoriable’ behavior which are; ‘Me sumpong na naman or me baltik na naman si Miriam?’ Di ba pinoy na pinoy ang dating?

The advantage to this is, we get to pound our pork chops and chopsueys with loads of toyo and not be bothered with the thought someone out there could be thinking of us being a piece of the Miriam puzzlement!

Isidro Ramos
3 Oct 2007

 

 

Reading your column, “Playing with fire”, Mr. Duque it sounds like you had a change of heart for Benjie Lim.

You wrote, “The reverses that our former Mayor Benjie Lim has encountered such as the Awai landfill fiasco are known everywhere here. To our simple view, we blame Benjie’s poor staff work. He was not given full details about the projects, deals, agreements he was entering into”.

FYI, Mr. Lim ran and was elected for public office with his eyes and ears wide open. He just surrounded himself with unqualified staff (Political favors). He is a big boy so he doesn’t need other people to make excuses for him.

As they say, “An excuse is a cousin to a lie”.

Eddie
2 Oct 2007

 

 

Gusto ko lang itanong kung may iba sa inyo na nakakaalam ng perang nakadeposito sa PNB na ibinayad ng gobyerno ng Iraq sa ating mga “OFW’s” sa panahon ng “Kuwait Invasion”.

Narinig ko ang 2 empleyado ng PNB sa ibang bansa na lumalago (in millions of dollars) ang pera na para sa mga beneficiaries ng mga OFW’s.

This was a year before 911. Sabi pa ng employee na ito na ang pera ay in US currency, at ang gobyerno lang daw natin ang may “access” sa perang ito.

Ilan kaming nakarinig sa istoryang ito na nagtanong kung bakit hindi ibinibigay ng gobyerno natin ang perang ito sa mga taong dapat makinabang.

Ang sagot nila, karamihan daw ay di nila alam na nagbayad ang gobyerno ng Iraq sa gobyerno ng Pinas. At baka daw karamihan sa mga OFW’s ay patay na.

Nagtataka lang ako kung nasaan ang perang yun. May nakakaalam ba? Hirap lang kasi ang magtanong ng mga ganito, baka matepok lang tayo.

Inquiring minds want to know. Yun lang po!

 

Jopet Gomez
2 Oct 2007

 

 

Hey Nap! Please email me at jopet319gomez@yahoo.co.ph