Tagalog Romance Pocketbook: A POINT OF VIEW

Baduy nga ba ang pagbabasa ng tagalog pocketbooks?

My sisters have a big bag, as in malaking bag ng tagalog pocketbooks. Take note, they're 19, 22 and 24 years old. At hindi ko maintindihan kung bakit atat na atat silang bumili at magbasa no'n. Well, at last, naisipan kong magbasa ng isa. Just one. For the sake of maka-bonding my sisters. At nagulat ako dahil maganda 'yong story. PHR yata 'yon. Saludo ako sa writer. Tapos basa uli ako. My Valentines. Ok din. At nasabi ko sa sarili ko, hindi naman ganoon kabaduy ah. May sense naman.

The next days, basa uli ako. This time, nabadtrip ako! Ang korni! Masyadong exaggerated. Napakayaman ng mga bida. Sobrang ganda no'ng girl at sobrang gwapo no'ng guy. Yuck! Hindi na siya makatotohanan. Escapism?

Pardon me, but escapism is a brutal term. Hindi ito maganda.

What i'm trying to say here..?

Bugbugin n'yo ako kung gusto n'yo pero 'di ko mapigilang sabihing, that Tagalog Romance Pocketbooks ay basura... Wait... I'm not saying lahat. Hindi ko lang talaga mapigilan na manlumo sa well, kababawan ng mga stories. Mediocrity?

Isa pang nakakabadtrip is the happy ending blah blah.. Well, understandable naman na may tema ang bawat publications eh. Pero bakit hindi natin i-explore ang tunay na mundo? Bakit hindi tayo humugot ng tunay na emosyon? Nagiging stagnant tayo sa success story blah blah. Hindi naman natin dini-discourage ang mga readers kung sakaling hindi magkatuluyan ang mga bida sa huli. Minumulat lang sila sa posibilidad. Nagiging predictable ang mga stories dahil sa happy ending mediocrity eh.

Kung i-explore natin ang ibang anggulo, baka mabuhay pa ang industriya ng Tagalog Romance pocketbook...

Para sa akin, hindi kailanman naging baduy ang pagbabasa ng Tagalog Romance pocketbooks. Ang baduy, ang writer mismo. Stagnant. Baduy. Predictable. Baduy.

Teka, susulat pa ako ng kabaduyan. Hope may tatanggap na publication.

Goodnight.

The End of Something

Simula ngayong araw na'to wala na kami ni Nean. It's hard for me because i'm guilty of not loving her. I just care.

But, I know she'll understand. It's for her own freedom. I don't deserved her. She was the best girl I had been with. Pero minsan kailangan din maghiwalay. Hindi na ako masaya. Nahihirapan na rin siya alam ko.

We have to go seperate ways. The ghosts of my past are haunting me. I have to face them.

God, help her.

Survivor and PBB

Survivor Philippines at Pinoy Big Brother, walang pinagkaiba?

Naisip ko lang... All the contestants, magaganda't gwapo, macho at seksi. Bakit? Para ba pagkatapos nila sa show ay pwede silang mag artista? Para mapagkaperahan pa sila ng network?

Well, sa PBB ay talamak na talaga ang ganitong sistema. Kung maganda o gwapo ka, panalo ka. Artista ka kaagad pagkalabas mo...kahit wala kang katalent-talent.

But for a show like Survivor? Bakit puro pang commercial model ang mga contestants? At take note, mapera na ang mga 'yan. Ang lalampa pa! Pang-aircon lang talaga...

Mediocrity? Yes. Ganito ka-cheap ang showbiz. Kunsabagay, even life is not fair.

Robert Sucaldito - an imbecile on the paper

I just came up with Women's Journal July 2008 issue (it's a year older though) and was disappointed when I read JAS TALK. Just as always, he practiced bad journalism. Those were his opinions of course, but wasn't it too abusive for a PROFESSIONAL like (?) him?

He stated:

"John Lapus? Masakit sa tenga ang boses. And he's such a turn-off - no thanks to the fact that he's loud and obnoxious. Kung umasta feeling he's God's gift to local TV, please! Nagmamatali-matalinuhan, bopol naman. Mataray kuno pero duwag naman pag nakaharap namin. Iharap mo nga sa akin yan at baka makita niya ang mga estrellang matagal na niyang nami-miss."

The statements were just one of his uneducated journalisms. There were also about DJ Mo, Pia Guanio and Raymond Gutierrez. He even questioned GMA-7's being a PROFESSED CHRISTIAN STATION of hiring DJ Mo whom he stated as ill-bred.

Now, what was Sucaldito trying to prove. Didn't he tried to face the mirror once that he was a total moron? He was from Dumangas, Iloilo and i'm from Iloilo City.What a shame for the Ilonggos to produced such person (if he is a person).