Ten Strange Things I May Never Understand

Mo Twister And Beautiful Women

Bunny Paras. Janette McBride. Rhian Ramos. You have to hand it to Mo Twister. Despite being an imp, he has his way with women not of his league. He is no George Clooney. Actually, Mo is vertically challenged, plain looking and most often acts like a douche bag. Yet he possesses an unexplainable charm with lovely women. Sometimes, God is unfair.

The Football Craze

It baffles me how a boring sport could be number one in the world. With a game involving athletes taking forever to score, I am always unable to endure watching soccer. What’s more baffling is how a not-so-exciting sport could incite more riots than any other athletic competition. No wonder, it took much media hype and a bunch of good looking Fil-foreign players before Filipinos learned to embrace football.

The Two Cellphone Syndrome

From the high school student to the young professional, it makes me wonder why some ordinary people have the need to be subscribed to two networks as if they were big shot business tycoons who could not afford to miss an important call. For a regular person like me, I find it a hassle: the financial toll, the time one takes to check on two phones and the bulk of carrying both. I am practically clueless as to why these common people could not afford to just pick one network/phone that is best suited for their taste.

The Singing And Dancing Movie Star

Aside from being thespians, celebrities in our country need to be singers and dancers as well. Despite lacking talent in those departments, an artista is mandated to do such when promoting an upcoming tv or movie project. Instead of just doing a short promotional sit down interview like in Hollywood, our movie stars shame themselves by doing something they are not good at. For reasons beyond my comprehension, our local stars who are strictly actors cannot seem to concentrate on what they do best, ACTING.

Spitting In Public

As if their lungs are infused with lots of phlegm that they need to immediately evacuate, most Filipinos have the nasty habit of spitting anywhere in public. Despite being an eyesore and a health hazard, it is despicable how these people nonchalantly discharge their spit in plain view of others. Whatever the reason is for this shameless habit, it is about time that a law should be implemented against spitting. The penalty to which is forcing the violator to suck his spit right back into his damn throat.

People Becoming Ecstatic During New Year’s Eve

Celebrating a wedding or after passing the board exam is understandable. But my mind could not quite comprehend why people become so festive during new year’s eve as if it is a life changing event. They waste tons of money on fireworks. They throw lavish parties. Most notably, they become manic when the clock strikes 12 (Yehey! Happy New Year!). The fact is, new year is just a passing of time. No amount of merrymaking could make your life better. It would still suck like last year unless you work harder or win the lottery.

Aging Actors Being Paired With Young Stars

Perhaps we live in a chauvinistic society, our movies and teleserye always depict an aged male lead star with a young actress as his love interest. Whether he is Vic Sotto, Aga Muhlach, Robin Padilla or Bong Revilla, female stars who are half their ages (some even younger than their real life children) are mandatorily picked as their on screen partners. It’s like Brad Pitt pairing up with Miley Cyrus. Ironically when a local actress turns 30, she has no choice but to play mother roles to stars who are just ten years younger than she is. Our local entertainment industry is truly strange.

People Calling Themselves Kapuso And Kapamilya

I find it eerie how the tv channels in our country have turned into a religion spearheaded by the two leading tv networks. As if they are members of tribes going into a battle against each other, ABS CBN and GMA 7 have even instilled upon their own warring avid viewers to call themselves Kapamilya and Kapuso respectively. Subsequently, other tv channels followed. With a nation that is already divided, I could not understand why this shit exists.

The Lust For Expensive Bags

For someone to buy a half a million peso hand bag, it is highly unreasonable. Unlike a car or a home theater system which is practically more useful, bags are just bags. They serve no purpose other than to place your things. There are other ways of showing off an opulent lifestyle. I cannot find any logical reason why on a mere hand bag.

Foreigners Going After Ugly Filipinas

Short, nasally challenged and dark skinned. Most likely, foreigners strolling in our malls would have a Filipino companion with these physical attributes. Maybe they have a peculiar definition of beauty, foreigners, Caucasians in particular, always go for chimay looking Pinays. Despite the fact that our country is blessed with many beautiful women, foreigners tend to have a different taste. With this observation, it makes me wonder if they find the likes of Sam Pinto ugly.