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Scary Scenarios (The Wowowee Brouhaha)

     Our minds will be roused; our values questioned. 

     Can someone as visible as Joey de Leon not speak his mind on the matter?  For sure Joey's been waiting for another debacle by Willie and the bigwigs of ABS, and he has found the perfect timing to provoke the other side than now.  Is that wrong?  The means of broadcasting the complaints on a television program may not be the right avenue, but I'd rather lean towards some people whose not afraid to speak their minds.  So Joey has my back, or rather, I'd go for the truth. 

     Willie Revillame has struck back with yet another tactic.  Is this how anyone responds to an inquiry by serving the pity effect and then washing the enemy's dirty linen in public?  If our justice system had not allowed the show to run and put whoever's responsible with the 70-plus lives lost almost a year and a half ago in the ULTRA stampede tragedy, then none of this would not have happened. 

     Willie Revillame vs. Joey De Leon. 

     Pro-Willie/Anti-Joey or Anti-Willie/Pro-Joey. 

     Wowowee vs.  Eat Bulaga.

     ABS-CBN vs. GMA-7. 

     Our viewing public split for personalities, more artistas will come to Willie's rescue, the audience is divided on which tv shows to watch, either you're maka-dos or maka-siyete.  More exposure-starved politicians will be seen, more media mileage from them and the media will lap them up as well.  A Senate inquiry comes in, then another fact-finding committee is created; more money and time is wasted.  In time, we will all go back to our tv sets and forget about it. It's only a ratings game after all.  But wait, how about people lobbying Willie for President?

     Do we Filipinos really deserve this travesty? 

A 'Heart' Life

     My current read is Carlos Castaneda's "The Teachings of Don Juan:  A Yaqui Way of Knowledge".  It's the anthropologist's (Castaneda) experiences with a Yaqui Indian shaman, Don Juan, in Sonora, Mexico.  Early on, I've been interested in things occult, but never really have the diligence to follow through.  I hope this book will help me further become more aware.  How wouldn't one be amazed in this book and learn that shamans have their own cognition and find terms such as dark sea of awareness as their belief/reality.  Just amazing! 

     I just know I'll finish this book when I read the introductory quote:

         "For me there is only the traveling on paths that have 

         heart, on any path that may have heart.  There I travel,

         and the only worthwhile challenge is to traverse its full

         length.

         And there I travel looking, looking, breathlessly."

                                                                    -- Don Juan

                                        

Attention: Calling All The Lighthouses of the World

    We call it "parola" in Filipino, lighthouses function especifically as beacons of light which serve as a military manuever and/or economic advance by fishermen. 

     My fascination about lighthouses started in movies where they often use it as romantic picturesque backdrops against a striking sunset.  The last time I saw one in film was a couple of years ago in the film "The Majestic" starring Jim Carrey.  The postcard-view lighthouse was shot at Point Cabrillo in Mendocino, California.  Pic is shown below:  

                                     

    

    

   

   

    One can only see a lighthouse on the coast or by the rivers, and so the obvious reason why I like lighthouse is that it's near the water.  And I'll always find my way back to water, in whatever state of life I am in. 

     Ligthouses afford a time for lovers for that romantic isolation; when alone, a wish fulfillment.

    Standing on a hill or in coastlines, a lighthouse is a constant reminder for a sign of strength. If one can reach that tower of light in their midst, then anything's possible.  Really. 

     That's me in that all-embrace moment.  I'll get to the perfect lighthouse myself.

  

    

At the Portland Head Light, Cape Elizabeth, Maine.  Enjoy!   

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