Barrio Siete

An open letter to Jollibee

Mel — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:00:38 +0000

This is an open letter to my all-time favourite food chain. Because I believe that eating should always be a worthwhile experience. Oo, big deal sa akin ito. Dear Jollibee, First of all, thank you for making my pamangkins happy. They love you so much especially Zoe who insists on celebrating her birthday with you every year. I wrote because of a very important decision you made that made me unhappy. I love chicken. I love your Chickenjoy. Super. But ever since Jollibee Chicken Barbecue came out in the market, it has been my favourite ...

The power of being informed

reynz — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:00:07 +0000

By: Ellen Tordesillas Last Monday, VERA Files unveiled its Vote 2010 page within its website www.verafiles.org. (Click on the Vote 2010 logo on the upper left side of this page and it will bring you to the page.) Vote 2010 is a partnership among VERA Files, civil society organizations, the community media, individuals and institutions monitoring the May 10, 2010 elections. Readers will find stories related to the forthcoming May elections that is being held at the time of deep distrust of the administration that is overseeing the nationwide, untested automated polls. Readers will also ...

The blogger’s prayer

reynz — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:00:49 +0000

There’s one blogger who libelously and slanderously blogged that I was a paedophile and would soon be blogged by drug addicts and AIDS stricken foreign germs. Well, I just found out today that this blogger who originally blogged that I was a paedophile improved his blogging abilities tremendously by deleting all of his slanderous articles against me. His problem is that we have captures, copies and screenshots, just in case I become friends with the next Supreme Court Justice. So, to all these reyna haters, I came up with a prayer ...

Kung bakit hindi ko iboboto ang idol kong si Lito Lapid

reynz — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:00:55 +0000

By: Francis Isaac Noong bata pa ako, hangang-hanga talaga ako sa aktor na si Lito Lapid. Sa katunayan, palagian kong inaabangan ang kanyang mga pelikula na madalas ipalabas tuwing Lunes ng gabi sa IBC 13. At dahil wala pa kaming TV noong mga panahong iyon, madalas akong makisuyo sa pinsan kong medyo may-kaya o dili kaya’y makipanood sa aming kapitbahay. Ito ang dahilan kung bakit sa murang edad pa lamang, agad nang tumatak sa aking utak ang pangalang Leon Guerrrero na humahati ng bala gamit ang punyal na itinatapat sa dulo ng ...

“I’ll not stop till I’m number one” sabi ni Gibo Teodoro.

reynz — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:00:49 +0000

“I’ll not stop till I’m number one” sabi ni Gibo Teodoro. Although tumataas ang kilay ko minsan on some national issues that concerns Gibo Teodoro, overall, I truly have nothing bad to say against Gibo. Quite honestly, nabokya ako sa Barrio about my leanings for Gibo hehehe! But as far as I am concerned, it’s truly understandable on my part if I admire Gibo, given how I value education. And with that, I do have a lot of respect for Gibo’s educational credentials. Pero, hanggang dun lang. Sorry, it’s still Noynoy ...

Random political cheezmaks

reynz — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:00:38 +0000

Patindi nang patindi ang political cheezmaks given na dalwang buwan na lang bago mag-santacruzan. According to the cheezmaks grapevine, Noynoy’s strength is his “purity” so that’s where they are trying to hit him. Eto ang mga cheezmaks na binandilyo sa Barrio. Husgahan kung tama ang mga to: ONE – malaki ang cheezmaks na meron daw CD na ikinakalat ngayon na ang title is “waland bahid walang duda BUDHI” (credits to liberdad for the correction). These CD’s daw are being distributed sa lahat nang local government units in the country, kasali na ...

Akbayan: A vote for Lito Lapid is a vote for GMA

reynz — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:00:53 +0000

Matatandaang napurnada ang proyektong: “Litratong katabi si Obama” kaya mainit pa ang ulo ni Leon Guerrero. Charing hahaha! Kaya naman, nang sinabi nang partidong Akbayan na huwag iboto si Lito Lapid dahil a vote for Lito Lapid is a vote for GMA, pwes, nag-wala ang Leon Guerrero! The Akbayan Party-list released on Friday a call not to vote for Lito Lapid dahil they believe that GMA forced him to run for re-election. “It was only after GMA was able to convince him not to run against another GMA ally Lilia Pineda for ...

Random political texting

reynz — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:00:50 +0000

If Noynoy has Kris, I’ve got Pacquiao, Villar says Nauna nang sinabi ni Kris na once Noynoy wins, mag-a-abroad na lang daw sya at pipiliin nyang maging Overseas Filipino Worker. Bongga ang political campaign ni Noynoy Aquino sa Zamboanga. Pinili daw nila to start in Zamboanga given na merong spiritual konek ang city na to sa family nila and this was where Noynoy Aquino decided to run as President. Dinumog si Kris Aquino sa Zamboanga Airport pa lang while husband James was already in the city bago sa sila dumating kaya ...

Ready ka na ba?

Mel — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:00:45 +0000

Dalawang buwan na lang. May napili ka na bang kandidato? If yes, good for you. Pero sure ka na ba? If wala pa, pwes piliin mo ang manok ko. Si Atcheng Jamby. Charing! Hahaha! Mag-isip ka friend kung sino ba ang karapat-dapat na maging pangulo natin. Be informed, and most of all, choose Jamby. Hahaha! Anyway, ito na ang kauna-unahang automated elections sa Pilipinas. Mabuhay! Pero teka, ang tanong, matutuloy nga ba ang naturang automated elections? Dahil kung ibabase ko sa aking mga nakalap na impormasyon sa tv, radio, tsismisan sa kanto at ...

Soliloquy of a Trying-Hard Blogger

Cora Dolorosa — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:00:14 +0000

BLOG is defined as “usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries” . wikipedia People have different reasons why they blog for the same reason that people have different realities. But I am not interested about other reasons why they BLOG. I will speak for myself and I suppose some if not majority of trying-hard bloggers share the same reasons with ...