I don’t know anything!!!
Ladies and gents, I am not-so-proud to announce that my knowledge of mah home-country’s “current events” had dropped to the level of “pathetic”.
Reason No. 1. We have not subscribed to any of the Filipino channels due to the fact that I, myself, had thought that it’s would be a waste (I don’t like watching TV AT ALL). I would probably (again, I would have to stress), PROBABLY watch the news, but that’s it;
Reason No. 2. I don’t read Filipino magazines & newspapers (online or printed). I simply had no interest to just start reading (I confess I’d rather read other things); and
Reason No. 3. I dun have any close Filipino acquaintances (neighbors or friends), except for Mr. Systems Analyst, with whom I get most of my “what’s happenin” info from. And most of the time, I get really embarrassed for being such an ignorant idiot coz the conversation usually starts with “Have you heard about…?” and of course, me answering, “Wozzat?” or “No.” and him giving me the which-hell-hole-have-you-been-in look.
However, I know I should be AWARE (Yes, you should, you bad, bad, girl!) and it is such a shame that I am more informed about what’s happening in my hubby’s motherland than mine. I mean, come on, finding out about what had been (and still is?) a huge Philippines high society (do we have any, really?)scandal by stumbling on the whistle-blower’s blog itself, BY ACCIDENT, is the limit. It’s been going on since MARCH fer Gawd’s sake! I dunno, some might call me shallow, but I find it more interesting than most of the countless government scandals I’ve read/heard for the past oh, I dunno, 26 years of my life (Personally, I think these graft and corruption scandals too depressing and also REDUNDANT that I dun wanna hear about ‘em anymore…Besides, who elected ‘em buggers anyway?). Anyway, back to what is now called Gucci Gang scandal, sure, a lawt of em’ uber rich kids go haywire, but hey, these OUR own rich kids (well fine, some say that they’re nothing compared to their other relatives), from OUR own elite families. One of ‘em reminded me of those British nobles who wasted their lives and used their noble blood to swindle people in the 19th century or something. And I like Brian Gorell…and so weirdo-me finished reading ALL HIS POSTS in just one day! I do feel for him and I think it’s great that HE’S DOING SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT HE ACTUALLY BELIEVE IN. Am tellin ya’ll who’ve not read the thing: READ HIS BLOG! So there!
Hmm…wot else? I’ll get back to you (whoever you are) if there is anything else to share. For now, AM GONNA GO READ SOME ONLINE VERSION OF A DECENT FILIPINO NEWSPAPER. Pray that I make this a habit.
