Oops. Sorry. I’ve been ignoring this blog. It’s hard maintaining two blogs but I still haven’t figured out how best to merge them. Anyways, do you remember Reynaldo Lapuz? I’m sure you do, he’s the Fil-Am guy who became famous [infamous?] after his American Idol audition where he sang his own song, We’re Brothers Forever.
His fans produced different versions of his song which isn’t surprising because it’s really catchy [and as I stated here, sounds much better than the Olympic theme song hehe].
Anyways, here’s an Ibaloi’s version of Renaldo’s song courtesy of igoysiak, a kailiyan currently based in Illinois.
Those of you who are looking for eye glasses, particularly stylish ones, might want to check out zennioptical.com. They have tons, well not tons but you know what I mean, of glasses you can chose from to suit your needs. Here’s something that might interest some of you. Maybe this is something that the likes of Paris Hilton would wear?
It’s a bit of a challenge to find news stories written about our Isneg brothers and sisters as well as stories on the Cordillera boundary towns so I’m thrilled when I came across this story by Floy Quintos.
Floy writes about the Panagwawagi Festival in Dumalneg, a town located between the Cordilleras and the Ilocos. Read it here.
But here’s an excerpt:
For Cordillera heritage, one must go to Baguio, or Sagada or Banaue. But Ilocos Norte?
Why not? We must remember the northern tip of the Gran Cordillera mountain range rises from the foothills of Ilocos Norte.
The mountainous jungle fastness bordering Ilocos and Cagayan Valley are home to the Apayao, just as the eastern ranges of Ilocos Sur and Abra are home to the Tingguian. Where does the Ilocos’ culture end and Cordillera’s begin? Or do they gradually meld together, here in these mist-covered foothills?
It’s good to discover the diversity of the peoples of the Cordilleras, no?
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You can do the same if you’re visiting other places like Algeria, or Iceland, or Bonaire. Where is that Bonaire? It’s an island in the Carribean, my friend. It’s a famous scuba diving destination according to our reliable source, a.k.a., wikipedia.
Mike Enriquez, GMA-7’s talking head and news reader, reports on illegal quarrying in Tuba, Benguet. This is the first part of the report. You can watch the second part here. It’s good of course that a television program is doing these kind of stories. The more illegal activities are brought to light, the lesser the probability that people will undertake them.
Having said that, I must say that its really frustrating to watch Imbestigador. Why? Because it only goes after the small fish. Puro naman pipitsugin ang iniimbistiga ng programang ito. Its reports are mostly about barangay captains who are corrupt, or army soldiers who did something wrong, or some principal out there who was misbehaving.
I don’t think Imbestigador has ever made an investigative report on corruption and illegal activities that are of national significance. I remember watching an Imbestigador episode during the time when Gloria admitted that she manipulated the elections in Mindanao. Mike Enriquez, with his booming voice, did a very short segment on the scandal but then he based his report on the investigative work of PCIJ.
I was like, “What a shame. GMA-7, the biggest network in the country with all the resources at its disposal, is depending its report on presidential cheating on the work of a small, underfunded, struggling but gallant media organization?”
Then and there, I stopped watching Imbestigador. And I lost respect for its talking head. Pipitsugin lang pala ang kaya nilang imbistigahan.
Those of you who’ve got the talent in producing 30-second commercials might want to join this Dockers contest.
The contest started last April 29 and ends on May 29, 2008. This means you’ve got enough time — around four weeks, my friend — to come up with a concept and get it on film.
Once you’ve got it done and had it approved by the gatekeepers, your commercial will be shown online at the NBC website — yes I’m referring to that NBC — and rated by the viewing public.
In case you win, your opus will be submitted for consideration to NBC as a commercial to be aired in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Pretty cool, eh?
Of the commercials that are being aired now, I must say that my favorite would be the one that tells us about the historical terms used for our pair of pants. Did you know for instance that, at one time in the distant past, they were once called pluderhosen? Yeah, pluderhosen. So this “pluderhosen” commercial is my fav so far but you just might come up with a much better one.
You should take note though that there’s no prize money involved. But, if you win, you can boast to your friends that your commercial was aired in The Tonight Show. Not every talented person can make that claim. More importantly, winning a competitive contest like this will look good in your resume.
So, if you’re based in the U.S., of legal age (18 years old plus), and with creative talent raring to find an outlet, you should join this Dockers contest and get a chance to have your commercial aired at Jay Leno’s show.
Here’s a pretty cool scooter race in Banaue. When was the last time you did something as fun as this? Maybe we should all join the race next year, no? What do you think? Thanks, to Art Tibaldo for alerting us on this video.
