Got this through email:\n\n<<<\n^^Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:6)^^\n \nDon’t be anxious! Paul said there is nothing that should cause a child of God to worry. He was well aware of things that cause anxiety. H is nation was occupied by a foreign army and ruled by corrupt leaders. He was writing from prison, where he was being held as a result of false accusations. He was separated from those he loved; his motives had been questioned; and he had been misrepresented. Some were trying to undermine all that he had accomplished in starting churches. He suffered physically and faced imminent execution (2 Cor. 11:23-29). Yet Paul said there would never b e a crisis so troubling that God could not bring peace in the midst of it!\n \nGod will not necessarily take your problems away, but He will carry the load for you. He wants you to experience His peace, which is beyond human comprehension. You will never fully understand how God could give you peace in some of the situations you face, but you do not have to understand it in order to experience it. This peace is not just for those who “handle stress well”; it is for everyone! You may know that God wants you to experience peace but wonder how this is possible, given what you are presently facing. Yet, Scripture says to be anxious for nothing. God’s Word clearly indicates that there is nothing you can face that is too difficult, too troubling, or too fearful for God. No matter what your circumstances are, turn your anxiety over to God and let His perfect peace guard you heart.\n \n^^(From Experiencing God ~Day-By-Day by Henry T. Blackaby and Richard Blackaby)^^\n<<<\n----\nReading that, a thought crossed my mind:\n\nIf this is the case, then why are many religious people ''anxious'' about such films as ''Da Vinci Code'', the film being shoot about Jesus & his apostles being gay, same-sex marriages?\n\nYet, they seem to be so ''quiet'' about the Solar I oil spill, about the ~Israel-Hisbollah conflict, about the nuclear capabilities of neighboring countries.\n\nJust a thought...\n\n----\n<<haloscan comments>>\n\n

!Philippine Daily Inquirer Editorial - 22 August 2006\nThis was the [[editorial|http://opinion.inq7.net/inquireropinion/editorial/view_article.php?article_id=16500]] of the Philippine Daily Inquirer on 22 August 2006, published on page A10.\n<<<\nA COLUMN written last week by Inquirer columnist Isagani Cruz on homosexuals stirred a tempest among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) groups not only in this country but also in other parts of the world. Scores of e-mail letters and telephone calls were received at the Inquirer the day after the publication of the column and they have not stopped coming.\n\nCruz's column placed homosexuals in a negative light and it is only understandable that the members of the group should protest violently against it. But we believe that the controversy may yet result in something good for the homosexual community, in that it may focus attention on and lead to the alleviation of their plight.\n\nThe Conservative Right and the Religious Right have traditionally viewed homosexuals as immoral, perverse, sinful, queer and causing harm to themselves, to others and to society as a whole. But do homosexuals choose to be so? Are homosexuals born or bred?\n\nScientific studies the past 20-30 years do not support the claim that homosexuality is genetic. The studies covered such areas as the hypothalamus, genes, finger length, inner ear differences, eye-blinking and neuro-hormonal differentiation. The studies that purportedly provide "proof" that homosexuals are "born that way" are inconclusive at best and, as one scientist has said, "largely correlational in nature."\n\nProbably the best way to describe the situation is this paraphrase from Dr. Jeffrey Satinover, author of "Homosexuality and the Politics of Truth": Some people may be predisposed because of genetic, prenatal hormonal influences or other physical or brain differences to have personalities that make them vulnerable to environmental factors that can elicit homosexual desires.\n\nBut whether born or bred, the fact is that homosexuals are gaining acceptance in many parts of the world, including the United States and the Philippines. A national survey of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders made by the Kaiser Family Foundation in the US in 2000 found that a large majority believes that there is more acceptance today compared to a few years ago. Significant numbers, however, reported that they experienced prejudice and discrimination, including verbal abuse and physical violence, based on sexual orientation. A companion survey found generally high levels of acceptance of ~LGBTs in many professional roles.\n\nWe do not know if similar surveys have been done in the Philippines, but there seems to have been a change in the general public attitude toward homosexuals in the past 50 years. As a matter of fact, many homosexual professionals are held in high esteem in various sectors of society today.\n\nAnd yet the discrimination continues. The rich, the prominent and the influential may not be victims of discrimination, but the poor and the underprivileged are. Discrimination against homosexuals may be a cause of, and may accentuate, poverty. A study made in Sweden in 2005 showed that homosexuals all over the world are to a large extent subjected to violence, insecurity, isolation and exclusion from decision-making functions.\n\nThe study said that LGBT people suffer from repression in the form of cultural injustice (being rendered "invisible," being maligned, harassed, violated and disparaged in everyday life) and legal injustice (being denied rights and equal protection under the law). As a consequence, they also suffer economic injustice, such as being denied employment or being summarily dismissed from work and being denied family-based social welfare benefits.\n\nThe discrimination and the violation of human rights that LGBT people suffer often diminishes their self-esteem and makes them feel helpless, powerless and unable to do anything to improve their situation.\n\nLouise Arbour, UN high commissioner for human rights, in a recent speech, said, "Neither the existence of national laws nor the prevalence of custom can ever justify the abuse, attacks, torture and indeed killings that gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons are subjected to because of who they are or are perceived to be."\n\nLike women, who have suffered discrimination for ages, homosexuals are also human beings like the rest of us. Those who would discriminate against LGBT people and treat them less kindly should perhaps be reminded of the first sentence of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: "All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights."\n<<<\nThese are the columns that triggered this editorial:\n#The Attack of Isagani Cruz\n##[["Don We Now Our Gay Apparel"]]\n#Manuel L. Quezon III's Reaction\n##[["The Grand Inquisitor"]]\n#Isagani Cruz's Rebuttal\n##[["Neither Here Nor There"]]\n#Reply from Manuel L. Quezon III\n##[["Oblivious in Cloud Cuckoo-land"]]\nI am glad that the [[Philippine Daily Inquirer|http://www.inq7.net/index_network.htm]] has deemed fit to come out with this [[editorial|[[Editorial]]. It shows that this newspaper organization recognizes the right of all types of people to be afforded equal respect. While it is true that each one has a right to express their opinion, this expression should not defame nor degrade whoever is its target, something that Isagani Cruz appeared to do in his [[Don We Now Our Gay Apparel|"Don We Now Our Gay Apparel"]] column. To think he's already in his twilight years.\n\nHmmm.... I pity the homosexuals whose cases were heard by him!\n\n<<haloscan comments>>\n----\nSee related articles: <<tiddlerList tags:"Cruz versus Quezon" order:-created showself:"no">>\n

!The Column That Started It All\nPublished on [[page A10|http://opinion.inq7.net/inquireropinion/columns/view_article.php?article_id=14837]] of the 12 August 2006 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer.\n<<<\nBy Isagani Cruz\n\nHOMOSEXUALS before were mocked and derided, but now they are regarded with new-found respect and, in many cases, even treated as celebrities. Only recently, the more impressionable among our people wildly welcomed a group of entertainers whose main proud advertisement was that they were “queer.” It seems that the present society has developed a new sense of values that have rejected our religious people’s traditional ideas of propriety and morality on the pretext of being “modern” and “broad-minded.”\n\nThe observations I will here make against homosexuals in general do not include the members of their group who have conducted themselves decorously, with proper regard not only for their own persons but also for the gay population in general. A number of our local couturiers, to take but one example, are less than manly but they have behaved in a reserved and discreet manner unlike the vulgar members of the gay community who have degraded and scandalized it. I offer abject apologies to those blameless people I may unintentionally include in my not inclusive criticisms. They have my admiration and respect.\n\nThe change in the popular attitude toward homosexuals is not particular to the Philippines. It has become an international trend even in the so-called sophisticated regions with more liberal concepts than in our comparatively conservative society. Gay marriages have been legally recognized in a number of European countries and in some parts of the United States. Queer people -- that’s the sarcastic term for them -- have come out of the closet where before they carefully concealed their condition. The permissive belief now is that homosexuals belong to a separate third sex with equal rights as male and female persons instead of just an illicit in-between gender that is neither here nor there.\n\nWhen I was studying in the Legarda Elementary School in Manila during the last 1930s, the big student population had only one, just one, homosexual. His name was Jose but we all called him Josefa. He was a quiet and friendly boy whom everybody liked to josh but not offensively. In the whole district of Sampaloc where I lived, there was only one homosexual who roamed the streets peddling “kalamay” and “puto” and other treats for snacks. He provided diversion to his genial customers and did not mind their familiar amiable teasing. I think he actually enjoyed being a “binabae” [effeminate].\n\nThe change came, I think, when an association of homos dirtied the beautiful tradition of the Santa Cruz de Mayo by parading their kind as the “sagalas” instead of the comely young maidens who should have been chosen to grace the procession. Instead of being outraged by the blasphemy, the watchers were amused and, I suppose, indirectly encouraged the fairies to project themselves. It must have been then that they realized that they were what they were, whether they liked it or not, and that the time for hiding their condition was over.\n\nNow homosexuals are everywhere, coming at first in timorous and eventually alarming and audacious number. Beauty salons now are served mostly by gay attendants including effeminate bearded hairdressers to whom male barbers have lost many of their macho customers. Local shows have their share of “siyoke” [gay men], including actors like the one rejected by a beautiful wife in favor of a more masculine if less handsome partner. And, of course, there are lady-like directors who are probably the reason why every movie and TV drama must have the off-color “bading” [gay] or two to cheapen the proceedings.\n\nAnd the schools are now fertile ground for the gay invasion. Walking along the University belt one day, I passed by a group of boys chattering among themselves, with one of them exclaiming seriously, “Aalis na ako. Magpapasuso pa ako!” [“I’m leaving. I still have to breastfeed!”] That pansy would have been mauled in the school where my five sons (all machos) studied during the ’70s when all the students were certifiably masculine. Now many of its pupils are gay, and I don’t mean happy. I suppose they have been influenced by such shows as //Brokeback Mountain//, our own //Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros// (both of which won awards), //Queer Eye for the Straight Guy//, and that talk program of Ellen Degeneres, an admitted lesbian.\n\nIs our population getting to be predominantly pansy? Must we allow homosexuality to march unobstructed until we are converted into a nation of sexless persons without the virility of males and the grace of females but only an insipid mix of these diluted virtues? Let us be warned against the gay population, which is per se a compromise between the strong and the weak and therefore only somewhat and not the absolute of either of the two qualities. Be alert lest the Philippine flag be made of delicate lace and adorned with embroidered frills.\n<<<\nCareful, Mr. Cruz... You are inciting people to go gay-bashing!\n\n<<haloscan comments>>\n----\nSee related articles: <<tiddlerList tags:"Cruz versus Quezon" order:-created showself:"no">>\n

!A Final Word, Hopefully\nI received this email from one of the egroups I am a member of:\n<<<\nDate: Wed, 06 Sep 2006 14:51:38 -0000\nSubject: ISAGANI'S OBSTINACY\nBy [[John L. Silva|http://johnsilva.blogspot.com/]]\n\nDespite the subdued tone in Isagani Cruz's Sunday column ([["The Right To Criticize"]], PDI Sept 3, 2006), he is still his recalcitrant self spraying his bile of anti-gay and anti-women descriptions when he thinks he can get away with it.\n\nHe's in a snit over his employer, the Inquirer, publishing a pro-gay editorial and eight letters to the editors attacking him in bald contrast to the one letter for him. He should have asked the Letters Editor first for he would have been told there actually was only ONE letter of support as opposed to the hundreds that were critical of his mean spirited attack on the gay community.\n\nHe grouses about being the victim of name-calling. "Old fart," "asshole" and others he cynically describe as "typical endearments". (They're not.) My, my. Isagani conveniently forgets that he started the name calling in his first column with vituperative words that civilized people no longer use out of respect for gays, lesbians, bi-sexuals and transgenders. So, if we, the aggrieved party should sling shit back at him (he won't admit receiving thoughtful criticisms as well) he needn't get too uppity.\n\nDid you read that comment about how he takes accusations in good grace and that he does not "…scream and faint like a woman spurned?" Aside from being a sexist swipe at women isn't that comment so out of context? So Victorian? Women these days dump uncooperative boyfriends, find mates who'd treat them fairly, and take virile and abusive men to court. Fainting women, Isagani, went the way of smelling salts.\n\nSometimes you just have to wait patiently to see a snake bite its own tail. Isagani cites American Senator Joseph ~McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunt in the early 1950's. ~McCarthy, along with his sidekick, the right wing lawyer Roy Cohn, dragged many people before congressional investigations and accused them of being communists.\n\nIsagani forgot to add that ~McCarthy and Cohn went after homosexuals as well, hauling them into congressional investigations, accusing them of being a "lavender menace", "a pervert peril", and a "homosexual underground" abetting a "communist conspiracy". As a result, many homosexuals saw their careers ruined, were fired from their jobs, went underground or shunned.\n\nCompare these to Isagani's recent homophobic statements of gays : "association of homos", "gay invasion", people being "…converted into a nation of sexless persons". There is no mistaking the similarity of mindset.\n\n~McCarthy and Cohn's rabid anti-gay witch-hunt has been attributed to their having been closeted homosexuals. And closeted tormented homosexuals have a record of being extra vicious with their own, more open kind.\n\nOf course, this is where ~McCarthy and Cohn part company with Isagani. ~McCarthy after being exposed as queer married his secretary. Cohn would continue his closeted ways. While straight-as-an-arrow Cruz begat, in his own words, "five sons (all machos)" all having grown up at a time when "students were certifiably masculine". How terribly reassuring.\n\nThe ~McCarthy anti-communist and anti-gay witch-hunts so offended the American public's sense of fair play that the Senate censured him and he died in 1957 an alcoholic and despised man. In reaction, American gays began to organize and in ten years time would come out and start the gay liberation movement. The media began to review and revise the reporting, treatment and description of the gay community. Today, anyone attempting to write a column about the "pervert peril" or, in the Isagani style, an "association of homos" would be ridiculed and his story never see print.\n\nWith the advent of the civil rights and the women's movement, a new cultural norm developed that Americans adhere to no matter their personal sympathies. In the media, discriminatory and offensive articles are no longer acceptable not for "fear of a vindictive minority" as Isagani wrongly contends. Rather, decent Americans find such writings counter productive to the greater good of a fair-minded and all-inclusive society.\n\nThis bout with Isagani Cruz actually bodes well for Filipino gays. We were challenged and we fought back. The wave of indignant letters the Inquirer received, the calls for a boycott, the visit of a gay contingent with the Inquirer publisher, the television coverage and other militant actions indicate that gays have come out in full force and will no longer tolerate hate-mongering. It feels like 1957 all over again when Americans decided to be rid of ~McCarthy and his inquisition. Isagani Cruz should take a leaf from that page in history or else be ignominiously noted in some future historical footnote as the last columnist to insult Filipino women, gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgenders.\n\nGiven Isagani's obstinate outbursts, we ask the Inquirer to stand by its own code of ethics which clearly state that their writers not "ridicule, cast aspersions or degrade persons by reason of" among others, "sex and sexual preference". Isagani is piqued that his own newspaper has not sided with him. But he still persists in provocatively insulting women and gays in language that violates that code. Your next editorial on this matter needs to be less pabulum and more principled, a disavowal of hate-mongering journalism. Failing to do that lowers your paper's standards and you will become the object of opprobrium from media colleagues here and abroad.\n<<<\nWell said, John!\n\nI am just wondering what Isagani Cruz's intentions are by doing what he has done. Looks to me like he's trying to incite his //macho// readers to go out and bash all the gays they see on the streets. What has he got against homosexuals?\n\n<<haloscan comments>>\n----\nSee related articles: <<tiddlerList tags:"Cruz versus Quezon" order:-created showself:"no">>\n

!Isagani Cruz's Rebuttal\nPublished on [[page A10|http://opinion.inq7.net/inquireropinion/columns/view_article.php?article_id=16247]] of the 20 August 2006 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer.\n<<<\nBy Isagani Cruz\n\nIF I had known that Manuel Quezon III was gay, I would have desisted from writing that column last week on homosexuals out of respect for a fellow columnist. But now that he has retorted angrily and called me a bigot among other names, I have no choice but to reply.\n\nI started that column with the caution that it was not intended as an attack against homosexuals in general and did not include “those who have behaved in a reserved and discreet manner unlike the vulgar members of the gay community who have degraded and scandalized it. I offer abject apologies to those blameless people I may unintentionally include in my not inclusive criticisms. They have my admiration and respect.”\n\nAs Mr. Quezon himself does not consider himself among the exceptions, he would be what we lawyers call a “proper party,” or one who is directly injured. In fact, he appears to be severely wounded by my remarks and is hemorrhaging profusely. He, therefore, has a right to react to my “insults” in the waspish manner he saw fit.\n\nHe calls me a hate-monger for deriding the vulgar practices of his kind and says I have no right to say what is tasteless and intolerable. Who has—he? Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes said that freedom of speech includes not only the right to express the thought that agrees with us but also the thought that we abhor. Voltaire was grandiloquent: “I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”\n\nCriticism is normal in the free society and is available to everyone right or wrong. The ideas that may be expressed under this freedom are not confined only to those that are sympathetic or acceptable, for that would make the freedom more shadow than substance. To be really meaningful, it should permit the articulation of even the unorthodox view, though it is hostile to or scorned by others. One of the purposes of this freedom, in fact, is to invite dispute.\n\nIf I do not appreciate the paintings of Picasso, any one who disagrees with me may say so and explain his reasons. But he cannot attack me personally for criticizing his idol. Mr. Quezon compares me to the tyrants in the police states where unacceptable identity or thought is systematically exterminated. In the free society, ideas are countered with ideas, not pejorative names. For criticizing his kind, Mr. Quezon likens me to the Nazis and the Reds and brands me a hate-monger.\n\nHate is not per se objectionable as Mr. Quezon may imply. Jesus Christ hated sinners and angrily drove the merchants and money changers from the holy temple they were desecrating. Was he a hate-monger for doing so? When Winston Churchill called on his countrymen to resist the enemy with all their blood, sweat, toil and tears, was he a hate-monger in the despicable sense of the phrase? That is what Mr. Quezon would call me for criticizing his kind.\n\nI am a hate-monger against grafters, murderers, rapists and other criminals, but I only dislike the coarse homosexuals he defends, as is his right. Also disagreeable to me are straight persons who wear loud clothes, flunkies, hypocrites, humbugs and other unpleasant figures, male and female, in our imperfect society. I have the right to criticize them even as they have the right to reply in the common exercise of our freedom of expression.\n\nIt all depends on what and whom you hate. If I criticize homosexuals who disgrace their sex with their tasteless practices and appearance, any one among them can rise in defense and say why they should not be called obnoxious. But not in an obnoxious manner.\n\nMr. Quezon faults me for disagreeing with some practices of his kind that I find intolerable and insists that they have the fundamental right “to those we choose to love, to have relationships with and with whom we aspire to share a life marked by a measure of domestic bliss and emotional contentment.”\n\nWho’s interfering with your romances? As long as you are not violating the law, you are free with your liaisons, and I for one do not pry into your amorous affairs. Nor do I want to.\n\nThe important thing is that you have no right to demand that I agree with your pleasures or to forbid me from criticizing your “emotional contentment” if they offend the public interest. You cannot claim a preferred treatment because you are what you are even as you say you should be treated like the rest of the people despite what you are.\n\nFinally, rejecting my reservation that my criticisms are only for the distasteful among you, you piously declare: “I will not embrace him, not for that, much less shake his hand or offer him the opportunity for civilized disagreement.” That opportunity is not yours to give, Mr. Quezon, and as for not embracing me—thank God.\n<<<\nWhoever said that you should agree with the pleasures that homosexuals have, Mr. Cruz?\n\n<<haloscan comments>>\n----\nSee related articles: <<tiddlerList tags:"Cruz versus Quezon" order:-created showself:"no">>\n

!Manuel Quezon's Closing Statement\nPublished on [[page A15|http://opinion.inq7.net/inquireropinion/columns/view_article.php?article_id=16340]] of the 21 August 2006 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer.\n<<<\nBy Manuel L. Quezon III\n\nJUSTICE ISAGANI CRUZ SAYS IF HE HAD known what he now knows, he would not have written what he wrote, “out of respect for a fellow columnist.” Justice Cruz’s belated expression of consideration is an unrepentant insistence that his is only an expression of discontent.\n\nHis declaration went beyond a defense of sensibilities, and was a case of the law of unintended consequences in action. What the venerable Justice Cruz intended as a defense of good taste and morals has sparked a furious debate on whether he was tasteless and imprudent in what he asserted and in the words he chose, and on how his critics — including myself — have responded.\n\nJustice Cruz quotes Oliver Wendell Holmes and Voltaire, who were great men. But like all people, great or ordinary, they were flawed. Justice Holmes was a magnificent thinker in every respect save one: his belief in, and defense from the bench, of eugenics. Eugenics was a pseudoscience that sought the improvement of populations by what could only be called selective breeding, including the forced sterilization of individuals with genetic defects.\n\nIn 1927, Justice Holmes penned the American Supreme Court’s decision in the case of Buck vs. Bell. Carrie Buck had been committed to the Virginia State Colony for epileptics and the feebleminded. The superintendent wanted the teenage Buck sterilized (she had the mental age of a 9-year-old, he said), because Buck had a child out of wedlock (it later turned out she was raped by the nephew of her adoptive mother, who then committed her ward to the State of Virginia).\n\nOnly one justice dissented with Justice Holmes’ decision on the case. The most famous passage of the decision includes, “It is better for all the world, if instead of waiting to execute degenerate offspring for crime, or to let them starve for their imbecility, society can prevent those who are manifestly unfit from continuing their kind. The principle that sustains compulsory vaccination is broad enough to cover cutting the Fallopian tubes …. Three generations of imbeciles are enough.”\n\nAs for Voltaire, his colossal standing in the Age of Enlightenment cannot obscure his anti-Semitism. In his “Dictionnaire Philosophique,” he said the Jews were “the most abominable people in the world,” and that they were “an ignorant and barbarous people, who have long united the most sordid avarice with the most detestable superstition, and the most invincible hatred for every people by whom they are tolerated and enriched ... still, we ought not to burn them.’’ How kind.\n\nIn their day, Holmes might have been seen as the personification of rational and modern thinking relative to public health; and Voltaire was admired for his brilliant mind and eloquence in defense of reason and liberty. Today, we know better than to equate vaccinations with forced sterilizations or to condone anti-Semitism.\n\nAs for Christian principles, I think it neither desirable nor reasonable to demand that people renounce their interpretation of their faith, in order to accommodate my contrary opinion. That would be to demand apostasy, an unconscionable thing. But it is highly reasonable, I believe—and even imperative—to insist that in a secular society, a community’s faith shouldn’t result in making the harassment, even the persecution, of others, justifiable.\n\nBut our differences are far more fundamental. He says he only dislikes “coarse homosexuals,” and says we can agree to disagree as we might about, say, Picasso. He says he’s only expressing his views and that it is an exaggeration—and obnoxious—to object.\n\nJustice Cruz can take pride in the “macho,” which is his culture, though he ignores the harsh reality that macho men tend to find the solution for what they dislike in the use of their fists, or baseball bats, or guns: for what is machismo without violence? It thrives on the kind of enforcement of society’s norms he wistfully says would have been experienced decades ago by the kind of homosexuals he loathes.\n\nAnd the past, present and potential targets of such corrective measures, those who he says represent a clear and present danger to God and country, are supposed to meekly accept his endorsement of such methods? He says there’s a threat; he points to past solutions with nostalgia; what is the solution he proposes—or which might be proposed upon his inspiration?\n\nHence my strong objection to Justice Cruz’s insisting on a distinction between acceptable and unacceptable gays. There is the danger that in less discerning hands—including those wielding closed fists, those who are eager to strike a blow for normality on the faces of those who flout convention—the distinction he attempts cannot be maintained. And that even if it were, it would only ensure temporary safety for some, not all; when in their heart of hearts, all gay people are fundamentally the same because of their sexuality. And that is why his distinction is unacceptable: it divides, so that he may rule. That leaves no room for toleration or cohabitation, much less mutual respect.\n\nWe may celebrate and even honor people like Holmes, Voltaire, Churchill (who defended freedom in Europe but also fiercely opposed independence for India) or Justice Cruz, but there comes a point for all of us where our own prejudices get the better of us; and it is up to those who are potentially placed in harm’s way to object, as vigorously as possible, to prevent the law of unintended consequences from kicking in. Because taste is not an abstraction; its legitimate defense all too often legitimizes physical and mental suffering of the kind Justice Cruz will never have to experience or possibly comprehend.\n\nFurther affiant sayeth naught.\n<<<\nThis article is a much better discourse than Mr. Cruz's emotional rebuttal. Now, who's the better writer?\n\n<<haloscan comments>>\n----\nSee related articles: <<tiddlerList tags:"Cruz versus Quezon" order:-created showself:"no">>\n

!A Reader's Reaction\nOne of the [[letters to the editor|http://opinion.inq7.net/inq7viewpoints/letters/view_article.php?article_id=16427]] that was published in reply to Mr. Cruz's [[Don We Now Our Gay Apparel column|"Don We Now Our Gay Apparel"]].\n<<<\nWe would like to manifest our objection to the views espoused by retired Supreme Court Justice Isagani Cruz in his column “Don we now our gay apparel” which appeared in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, last August 12, 2006 (Saturday).\n\nHe seemed convinced that people are not created equal, and that some are entitled to rights while others are not.\n\nThe Constitution, which he has upheld time and again in his brilliant ponencias in the Supreme Court, is founded on the very ideals of equality that he has now disregarded with his statements.\n\nWe are perceived to be different, but it does not mean we have no rights. We are also sure that Justice Cruz is familiar with the struggles of our forefathers (and foremothers) in the early beginnings of a Republic that is composed of small, brown, uneducated people who wanted to govern themselves after years of colonization. They were seen not fit for freedom because they were of the wrong color. Our heroes won our freedom for all of us at a price… but surely not so that Filipinos could one day, blatantly discriminate against their fellow Filipinos.\n\nHomosexuals have been around for so long, and like other marginalized groups, they have been subjected to persecution. On the issue at hand, it worries us that a legal luminary of his caliber would condone mauling of gays. Yes, gays are mauled. We certainly hope that the irresponsible statements of Justice Cruz, a person of credibility and unquestioned brilliance, would not be taken as a license for macho men to use violent means to keep homosexuals in check. We are everywhere, and for a long time, we have been quiet and invisible. However, staying closeted and afraid is no longer an option when our fear makes us vulnerable to violence, to extortion, and even the callousness of others.\n\nLastly, his statement correlating the virility of males and the grace of females to strength and weakness shows a misplaced regard for women especially at a time when women constitute probably the strongest workers here and abroad. Our country's faltering economy is sustained by the sweat and sacrifice of women as factory workers, informal workers, and Overseas Filipino Workers. At our time of dire need, while there is grace in being female, there is no weakness. And yes, there is strength without the virility of maleness.\n\nJustice Isagani Cruz is more privileged than us in some ways, but in the end he is a co-equal human being to whom we, as homosexuals, are willing to extend the basic courtesy and respect that he has failed to extend to us.\n\nIt is not too late; we hope we can have persons like Justice Isagani Cruz beside us as we continue to strive for equality for all.\n\n^^(Rainbow Rights Project (R-Rights), Inc. is a group of lawyers and legal advocates which provides the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community with a legal resource center and academic think tank dedicated to sexual orientation law and public policy.)^^\n<<<\nWith that kind of attitude, I doubt if Mr. Cruz would be of any value to the LGBT community.\n\n<<haloscan comments>>\n----\nSee related articles: <<tiddlerList tags:"Cruz versus Quezon" order:-created showself:"no">>\n

I haven’t written anything in my blog for over three weeks now. I can’t point my finger on any real cause. It’d be too easy to blame the Philippine election fever. Or the intense summer heat that engulfed the country for the past months. Even my one or two-day travels to Manila over the past weeks. But that would miss the point, so I won’t. Let’s just say that I just didn’t have it in me to update my blog.\n\nUntil today.\n\nYou see, there’s this guy. [Groan…. I can hear some of you.] Or, shall I say, a boy who has become a guy now. He is 21 and I first got acquainted with him when he was 12. [My God, it’s been that long ago – nine years! My, my, time does fly too fast.] How did that happen? Hmm, it was through this contraption that every Filipino now considers a vital part of him/her. Yes, the cellphone.\n\nWe became text pals, thanks to the frantic promotions of the GSM networks that somehow made a lot of Filipinos addicted to the cellphone, spending hours and money to talk with someone they haven’t met and who may have been reinventing themselves over the network.\n\nHe was a fun text pal, despite his using his dad’s, or his sister’s, cellphone to text me. We used to chat through GSM well past his bedtime, giggling like two boys. [Can you imagine me giggling, at my age nine years ago? I can't too; the thought sends shivers through my body.]\n\nSomehow, the texting turned to phone calls. I just felt I needed to hear his voice, to hear his replies real-time. It was costly, as I had to call long-distance to talk with him for 15 minutes, half an hour, even an hour on rare occasions. It was all worth it (I think), as I enjoyed every second conversing with it. Gee, he liked Daniel Radcliffe’s eyes then! [My God, it just occurred to me that he is Harry Potter’s age, real-time! Wow, talk about transference.]\n\nAnd then along comes the denouement. He was to finish high school and was going to college in a city near his hometown, still far from where I was. At that time, he still didn’t have his own cellphone, so we thought we’d get in touch through email. Never happened though. He wasn’t much of an email writer; neither am I. And I guess we had much better things to do than read and write email.\n\nSimply put, we lost touch.\n\nUntil today.\n\nI don’t know what happened, but I suddenly had the urge to explore one of the many networking sites ([[Friendster|http://www.friendster.com/edgej]], [[MySpace|http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=2686493]], etc.). I’ve had an account there for as long as I could remember, but I’ve never really made use of it. But suddenly, I just felt like updating it. Now I am in a daze recalling what I did until I chanced across the profile of a guy who, while not using his real name, sounded just like my high school boy nine years ago. [Mind you, we never became boy friends way back then. It’s not in my character to get an under-aged boy for a boyfriend, even if it were only in name. I couldn’t ever imagine how it is to have a 12- or 13- or 14-, or 15- or even a 16-year-old boyfriend, for that matter.]\n\nAs I read his page further, particularly in the comments section, where your real-life friends usually shatter your self-reinvention, my suspicion was confirmed. He was my text pal nine years ago!\n\nThe photos he posted of himself showed the resemblance to the picture he gave me when he was still in high school. More importantly, the name his real-life friends called him by in their comments on his profile was the name I knew him by.\n\nMy heart must have skipped a dozen beats when I clicked that all-too-tempting “private message” link. Just a simple //Hello-This-is-me-Still-remember-me// message When that was over and done with, my nerves relaxed, ready to face the consequence.\n\nThen, the good news arrived. He sent a reply: //Yep-I-remember-you-How-are-you//. Simple. Carefree. Neutral. And, like the Filipinos that we are, we ended getting each other’s mobile numbers. A flurry of text messages took place after that.\n\nOne big question he asked me: //Do you have a boyfriend now?// To which I simply answered: //I’m a free spirit now.// [I was tempted to throw the same question back to him, but I dreaded one of his two possible answers; so I refrained from doing that. At my age, I still can’t take that? Hmm, I’m beginning to act like a schoolgirl. And I’m not even senile yet!]\n\nWhat has come over me? A guy I haven’t met, and I’m having this mushy feeling for him. A guy I’m not sure the sexual orientation of, and I’m entertaining a physical longing for him. His description of himself must really be true: He is a dickhead, and I'd be glad if he were my dickhead.\n\n<<haloscan comments>>

!Manuel Quezon III's Response\nPublished on [[page A15|http://opinion.inq7.net/inquireropinion/columns/view_article.php?article_id=15080]] of the 14 August 2006 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer.\n<<<\nBy Manuel L. Quezon III\n\nKURT VONNEGUT ONCE OBSERVED, “FOR SOME reason, the most vocal Christians among us never mention the Beatitudes. But, often with tears in their eyes, they demand that the Ten Commandments be posted in public buildings. And of course that’s Moses, not Jesus. I haven’t heard one of them demand that the Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes, be posted anywhere.” Vonnegut was pointing out the basic immorality of society’s self-proclaimed moral custodians. Hate the sin but love the sinner? But that opens to a possible debate on what is sin.\n\nHow much easier, more certain and eminently satisfying to decree, “Kill them all. God will know His own.” The result is the perversion of the finer instincts of religion into a false trinity—faith, hope and bigotry, setting aside charity which represents an inconvenient truth: Christ was friend to prostitutes and tax collectors, and He debated even with the devil. Must Christianity end with Christ?\n\nRetired Supreme Court Justice Isagani Cruz says that his vigorous and vicious condemnation of gays, lesbians and transgendered people is not supposed to incite hatred and intolerance—or to be precise, that he is not invoking a blanket condemnation of all gay people. He only objects to some, not all. For example, he has nothing but the most generous and respectful thoughts for those who conform to what he finds tasteful and tolerable behavior. And what is tasteful and tolerable as far as his wounded sensibilities are concerned? A minority meekly and absolutely surrendering to the tyranny of the majority, a sub-culture reduced to the subhuman, in which the individual is instructed to live out, every day, a total repudiation of the self. Cruz demands the elimination of a diverse and rich culture—one that is as much a mirror of society’s larger complexities as it is an alternative to some of the worst instincts and features of the broader culture for which he has stepped forward as spokesman—because the minority displeases and disgusts him.\n\nHe would have me, and everyone else like me be a slave, a fugitive, a hypocrite and, most of all, a coward. And I find that disgusting. I find it neither reasonable nor acceptable. I do not even find it understandable. Cruz does not understand us, does not want to, would be unwilling to. Yet he says he hates only some, not all, of us, and expects “some of us” to embrace and thank him?\n\nFor what? That he reserves his scorn only for hairdressers and fashion designers? That he respects me, the writer, but heaps abuse on someone else because that someone uses slang I don’t use, speaks louder than I do, wears what I don’t wear—and those superficial differences are the things that guarantee me (and those who behave otherwise) Cruz’s respect?\n\nI will not embrace him, not for that, much less shake his hand or offer him the opportunity for civilized disagreement. For he is blind to the civilization to which I belong, and to the fundamental identity I share with those he despises. Whether we have a little learning or not, whether we speak in the same manner or not, regardless of what we wear and what mannerisms we choose to exhibit, we are the same, for in the fundamental things—those we choose to love, to have relationships with and with whom we aspire to share a life marked by a measure of domestic bliss and emotional contentment—there is no difference. To permit Cruz to make such distinctions is to grant him and all those like him an intolerable—because it is fundamentally unjust—power to define myself and those like me.\n\nWhen he casts the law as an instrument for prosecution, persecution and discrimination, he must be fought. That he discredits polite behavior by portraying civilized discourse as a fancy disguise for his uncritical obedience and intolerant enforcement of uniformity; that he defames religion by turning it into an ideology of hate; that he makes a mockery of filial piety by insisting that tyrannical instincts should be cultivated among the elderly and enforced upon their direction—these should inspire not pity for his moral dementia; these must provoke anger. And condemnation.\n\nTo be different is to be held in suspicion. The nonconformist is a subversive. Subversion and rebellion make societies become more generous, more diverse, more compassionate—and an individual more free. For the inability—or unwillingness—to see rebellion as a virtue and not a flaw is what provokes the uncomprehending hostility that makes the anxious herd stifle dissent and stamp out anything different. But humanity is not a herd, and being human demands a vigilance against the kind of provocations that start stampedes.\n\nI will respect anyone’s convictions, but only to the extent you will respect mine. Goodwill inspires the same; tolerance results in cooperation. But I will not be told whom to love, whom to be friends with, what culture to represent, what mannerisms and interests to adopt and, much less, discard. I will not modify my behavior or limit my pleasures merely to please Cruz or bigots like him. The respect gays, lesbians and transgendered people experience is a brittle kind, but hard-won. Far more has to be won, in terms of actual legislation or in every sphere of our lives where discrimination virtually takes place every day.\n\nThe behavior Cruz finds so obnoxious is the price he and everyone else must pay for the pink triangles of the German concentration camps, the labor camps and prison cells of Soviet Russia and Communist China and Cuba, the merciless beatings and taunts endured by so many over so long a time. It is his punishment for representing a society whose instincts remain fundamentally murderous toward anyone different. If he weren’t such a hate-monger, he might realize it’s no punishment at all, and that society is all the better for the increased prominence of gays.\n<<<\nI take my hat off to you, Mr. Quezon. Thank you!\n\n<<haloscan comments>>\n----\nSee related articles: <<tiddlerList tags:"Cruz versus Quezon" order:-created showself:"no">>\n

!Isagani Cruz's Not Through Yet\nPublished on [[page A10|http://opinion.inq7.net/inquireropinion/columns/view_article.php?article_id=18695]] of the 3 September 2006 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer.\n<<<\nBy Isagani Cruz\n\nTHE right to criticize is inherent in every person and is recognized as included in the freedom of expression guaranteed by the Constitution. It is as powerful as the right to agree, perhaps more so because it keeps democracy alive and not a mere conformist regime of automatic assenters.\n\nWhen Sen. Joseph ~McCarthy began his communist witch-hunt that ruined many reputations in the United States during the ’50s, the US Senate reacted sharply, albeit rather belatedly, and formally censured him. His constituents in Wisconsin followed suit in their disgust and consigned him to a well-deserved disgrace.\n\nThe Watergate scandal would never have been exposed were it not for the courage of two reporters from the Washington Post who dared criticize the then majority Republican Party and their sitting President of the United States. If the press had simply kept docilely quiet, Nixon would have remained in office to commit further misdeeds.\n\nSusan B. Anthony complained against the treatment of women as second-class citizens and joined the campaign for their right to vote. She was convicted of voting illegally, fined $100 she refused to pay, and persisted in her right to criticize her detractors. In the end, women suffrage was granted by the 19th Amendment of the US Constitution.\n\nIt is not only in political matters that the right to criticize is important. It may also be exercised in civic, moral, financial and other issues affecting the public welfare.\n\nJohn Scopes was prosecuted in 1925 for teaching the theory of evolution in the Bible belt of the United States. He was derided and physically threatened for his right to question the worshipful story of Adam and Eve. Despite his brilliant defense by Clarence Darrow, he was convicted for his then unconventional beliefs that are now accepted throughout the world.\n\nSome views are generally held by the public but are not openly expressed because of fear of retaliation from their prickly subjects. Even supposedly free newspapers are intimidated and toe the line of discreet silence. Or they may even assist the angry “victims” and accommodate them with shrill publicity, to the prejudice of their well-intentioned critics.\n\nIn a healthy democracy, controversy is encouraged, not avoided. But the media, while they should not remain neutral, must not forget their responsibility of balanced reporting. They should not allow themselves to be daunted by the noisier side with its threats and vituperation. What they should understand but refuse to accept is that the other side may be the silent majority.\n\nIt is silent because it fears the wrath of the vindictive minority. The objections will be based supposedly on high principles of human rights, decency and equality before the law. But it is in reality a malignant opposition that refutes ideas with name-calling.\n\nI often dissented from my colleagues on the Supreme Court and one of them even described me as “coddling criminals.” I took his accusation in good grace because I knew it was made without malice or rancor. I did not scream and faint like a woman spurned.\n\nAs a columnist in this paper, I have written on many controversial subjects and expressed ideas not to court public agreement but to invite healthy debate. My feelings are familiar to many of my readers and, while sometimes provocative, are never evil-minded or discourteous.\n\nI have criticized the President of the Philippines and the Cabinet, the members of Congress, the Supreme Court, the Constitutional Commissions, the military, local officials, actors turned politicians, the entertainment industry, fashion shows, the conversion of farmlands into golf courses, and other matters relevant to the public welfare. My views have mostly been received agreeably, some resentfully but politely, others silently, but in every case respectfully.\n\nThat is why I felt challenged when I was attacked with feline ferocity for criticizing those homosexuals (and only them) who by their vulgarity were demeaning their class in general. Many of them contradicted me not with ideas but with venom. They called me an asshole, an old fart, a bigot, a hate-monger, a neo-Nazi and other typical endearments.\n\nFortunately, their more vicious letters did not see print in the Inquirer, which nonetheless published eight attacks against me compared to only one in my defense. Its editorial of Aug. 21 was also clearly in their favor.\n\nA letter from Germany, published in this paper’s website but not in the more accessible broadsheet, was from a reader who said he did not have anything against homosexuals. But he added that he could not accept the sight of persons of the same sex publicly kissing each other on the lips. That is the common sentiment of the silent majority in this country who are afraid to speak up as I did.\n<<<\nCriticize as much as you can, Mr. Cruz. But you have no right to condemn other people and incite others to bash those whose feelings and behaviors are contrary to theirs!\n\n<<haloscan comments>>\n----\nSee related articles: <<tiddlerList tags:"Cruz versus Quezon" order:-created showself:"no">>\n

[>img[Apple Chiu|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/smpic_apple.jpg]] Sang [[Someone to Watch Over Me|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/apple%20-%20someone%20to%20watch%20over%20me.mp3]] by Linda Ronstadt. (Watch the [[video|http://potpourri.tiddlyspot.com/#%5B%5BApple%20Chiu%20(5th%20Finals)%5D%5D]].)\n\n''Apple'''s voice really came through with a very smooth and effortless performance. Luke called her voice ''soothing''. Mamita loved Apple tonight. And Mr. C finally got what he was waiting for, as Apple sang an intimate song.\n\nTo vote, type ''APPLE'' and send to 2339 (mobile) or dial ''1-908-5 4365-01'' (PLDT).\n<<deliciousPlayTagger>>

[>img[Gian Magdangal|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/smpic_gian.jpg]]Sang [[Pare Ko|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/gian%20-%20pare%20ko.mp3]] by the Eraserheads. (Watch the [[video|http://potpourri.tiddlyspot.com/#%5B%5BGian%20Magdangal%20(4th%20Finals)%5D%5D]].)\n\nTonight, Mr. C gave Gian three pointers:\n# This is television, you should lessen //bigness//.\n# This is pop, you should soften up a bit.\n# This is onstage, you should lessen theatricability\nWency commented that Gian looked very comfortable but felt that the song didn't match Gian's voice. Mamita, on the other hand, felt ''OK'' with Gian's performance, saying that whatever song he sings fits him.\n\nI enjoyed his performance, and I like the way he got around the //not-for-television// word by saying "'langhiya" instead of the original cuss word in the song.\n\nTo vote, type ''GIAN'' and send to 2339 (mobile) or dial ''1-908-5 4365-01'' (PLDT).\n<<deliciousPlayTagger>>

| [img[Reymond Sajor|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/smpic_reymond.jpg]] |Reymond's //Be My Lady// was a slow piece, yet it was very effective, which prompted Hajji to say that Reymond has honed his talents. Mr. C and Mamita gave it a //very good// rating. I found Reymond's performance heartfelt and I felt that he was singing straight to me. Add to that his voice modulation, and he surely set the standard high for tonight.|\n| [[Be My Lady|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/reymond%20-%20be%20my%20lady.mp3]] |>|\n| To vote, type ''REYMOND'' and send to 2339 (mobile) or dial ''1-908-5 4365-01'' (PLDT) |>|\n<<deliciousPlayTagger>>

[>img[Apple Chiu|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/smpic_apple.jpg]] Sang [[Wag Na Wag Mong Sasabihin|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/Apple%20-%20Wag%20Na%20Wag%20Mong%20Sasabihin.mp3]] by Kitchie Nadal. (Watch the [[video|http://potpourri.tiddlyspot.com/#%5B%5BApple%20Chiu%20(4th%20Finals)%5D%5D]].)\n\nWency loved the way Apple made the song her own, particularly praising her //detached coolness// at the start of her performance. However, he noticed her sharps and flats. Mr. C complained that Apple has been in overdrive for the last three weeks and he would like to hear her sing something more intimate, more personal.\n\nMamita, on the other hand, said that tonight Apple fit the theme - from her looks to the song.\n\nI would have to agree with Mamita as I noticed that there was a makeover in her appearance tonight. But I heard some sharps in her rendition and felt that she has to learn more on how to sing while her body is in constant motion.\n\nTo vote, type ''APPLE'' and send to 2339 (mobile) or dial ''1-908-5 4365-02'' (PLDT).\n<<deliciousPlayTagger>>

[>img[Arms Cruz|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/smpic_arms.jpg]] Sang [[If I Believed|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/arms%20-%20if%20i%20believed.mp3]] by Patti Austin. (Watch the [[video|http://potpourri.tiddlyspot.com/#%5B%5BArms%20Cruz%20(5th%20Finals)%5D%5D]].)\n\nI liked the start of the rendition by ''Arms'' tonight. It was so believable. But towards the middle part of her performance, she lost me. I think it was because of the flats that Luke pointed out. Notwithstanding, Mamita praised Arms' improvement tonight, although Mr. C said that, while the performance wasn't her best, Arms is still good.\n\nSurprisingly, Arms didn't campaign tonight. She must have been reading the forums and the blogs.\n\nTo vote, type ''ARMS'' and send to 2339 (mobile) or dial ''1-908-5 4365-02'' (PLDT).\n<<deliciousPlayTagger>>

| [img[Jeli Mateo|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/smpic_jeli.jpg]] |Mamita rated Jeli's moving and dancing on stage as //ok// while Hajji noted that Jeli seemed to start at a lower key than the original song. Mr. C considered the performance nice and breezy. I just have an issue with Jeli's //flirty// interpretation of the song. I just didn't like it. And I even noticed that her diction at the start wasn't Filipino, despite her mouthing Filipino words. While the //bossa nova// arrangement was enjoyable, I didn't feel that Jeli's performance was.|\n| [[Isang Mundo, Isang Awit|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/jeli%20-%20isang%20mundo%2C%20isang%20awit.mp3]] |>|\n| To vote, type ''JELI'' and send to 2339 (mobile) or dial ''1-908-5 4365-02'' (PLDT) |>|\n<<deliciousPlayTagger>>

| [img[Gian Magdangal|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/smpic_gian.jpg]] |Hajji found it obvious that Gian sang from the heart. Mamita on the other hand, wished that Gian wouldn't be eliminated tomorrow and even quipped that, //if you are lonely now, I would give you another chance//. Mr. C admonished Gian by telling him not to look for any high point in the songs he sings because his voice is his high point. Like Mr. C, I was worried about the falsettos in Gian's performance, although that anxiety was unfounded, as he got through them alright. I would just like to mention that I found his facial expression not fit for the song he was singing. He had a teeny weeny bit of a smile while singing a pleading song, much like the expression of one country's president right after saying //I'm sorry// on national television; but I digress.|\n| [[Give Me A Chance|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/gian%20-%20give%20me%20a%20chance.mp3]] |>|\n| To vote, type ''GIAN'' and send to 2339 (mobile) or dial ''1-908-5 4365-03'' (PLDT) |>|\n<<deliciousPlayTagger>>

[>img[Ken Dingle|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/smpic_ken.jpg]]Sang [[Get Here (If You Can)|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/ken%20-%20get%20here.mp3]] by Oleta Adams. (Watch the [[video|http://potpourri.tiddlyspot.com/#%5B%5BKen%20Dingle%20(5th%20Finals)%5D%5D]].)\n\nIf Mamita was surprised with ''Ken'''s performance tonight, so was I. While there were still a couple of flats, at least Ken didn't break his voice. Luke probably articulated the reason why I don't like Ken - his range is that of a girl.\n\nAnd Mr. C taunted the //Ken haters//. Ouch!\n\nKen should have performed this way since the first final round performances and he wouldn't have been hated by many so much.\n\nTo vote, type ''KEN'' and send to 2339 (mobile) or dial ''1-908-5 4365-03'' (PLDT).\n<<deliciousPlayTagger>>

[>img[Miguel Mendoza|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/smpic_miguel.jpg]]Sang [[Harana|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/miguel%20-%20harana.mp3]] by Parokya ni Edgar. (Watch the [[video|http://potpourri.tiddlyspot.com/#%5B%5BMiguel%20Mendoza%20(4th%20Finals)%5D%5D]].)\n\nWency asked Miguel who did the arrangement of the song, commenting that the performance would have worked if it weren't arranged that way, though quick to point out that that wasn't Miguel's fault. Mamita however bluntly said that the arrangement didn't work, //not with that song, not with Miguel.// But why should she apologize for saying that?\n\nMr. C reminded Miguel that his flats and sharps are physiological in nature, taking a dig at Miguel's age. He also showed how he felt with Miguel's stint with Philippine Idol by saying\n<<<\nKahit di ka pumasok next week, you've done good enough. Finish your high school studies.\n<<<\nApparently, Miguel was thinking of Chito Miranda's advise to sing from the diaphragm, as I noted sharps all over the place when Miguel sang.\n\nTo vote, type ''MIGUEL'' and send to 2339 (mobile) or dial ''1-908-5 4365-03'' (PLDT).\n<<deliciousPlayTagger>>

[>img[Jan Nieto|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/smpic_jan.jpg]]Sang [[Tuloy Pa Rin|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/jan%20-tuloy%20pa%20rin.mp3]] by Neocolours. (Watch the [[video|http://potpourri.tiddlyspot.com/#%5B%5BJan%20Kurt%20Nieto%20(4th%20Finals)%5D%5D]].)\n\nJan got nothing but bad comments tonight. Mamita bluntly told him, "Jan, I don't like you tonight." Wency complained that Jan wasn't smiling often, causing Wency not to feel that Jan was enjoying what he was doing.\n\nMr. C drove home the last nail by saying that Jan's performance wasn't solid as he had his guard down tonight. Feeling that Jan would still be voted in, Mr. C advised him to continue proving that he has what it takes to be the Philippine Idol.\n\nI heard his sharps and flats and winced when he tried to put some high points in the song.\n\nTo vote, type ''JAN'' and send to 2339 (mobile) or dial ''1-908-5 4365-04'' (PLDT).\n<<deliciousPlayTagger>>

| [img[Pow Chavez|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/smpic_pow.jpg]] |Mamita said that Pow is getting better every week and took a swipe (again!) at Pow's sexual orientation by saying that she would fall in love with her if Pow were male. Hajji remarked that he was hearing Kuh Ledesma at the start of the performance but that, as the song progressed, he heard Pow. Mr. C commented on Pow's trouble with the high notes but rated her performance as //ok//. While I found Pow's emotionally-charged singing effective, I can't help but notice that her sexual orientation is getting to be well pronounced. Have you noticed how she was seated at the top of the stairs when she began singing? Not that it matters, but then...|\n| [[Till I Met You|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/pow%20-%20till%20i%20met%20you.mp3]] |>|\n| To vote, type ''POW'' and send to 2339 (mobile) or dial ''1-908-5 4365-04'' (PLDT) |>|\n<<deliciousPlayTagger>>

[>img[Pow Chavez|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/smpic_pow.jpg]]Sang [[For Once In My Life|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/pow%20-%20for%20once%20in%20my%20life.mp3]] by Spiral Staircase. (Watch the [[video|http://potpourri.tiddlyspot.com/#%5B%5BPow%20Chavez%20(5th%20Finals)%5D%5D]].)\n\nMamita must want ''Pow'' out of the competition. She had to repeat everything she said about Pow's performance last Saturday before saying that her performance tonight was a lot better. And she put Pow on the spot again, with the spiel on wanting to see her in something glamorous - in a beautiful gown with all the //bling-bling//.\n\nWhile both Luke and myself enjoyed Pow's performance, we could not help but notice the flats.\n\nMr. C blamed the choice of song, commenting that he felt like he was watching a noontime show in the 60s.\n\nPow, get serious please.\n\nTo vote, type ''POW'' and send to 2339 (mobile) or dial ''1-908-5 4365-04'' (PLDT).\n<<deliciousPlayTagger>>

[>img[Jan Nieto|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/smpic_jan.jpg]]Sang [[Kailangan Kita|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/jan%20-%20kailangan%20kita.mp3]] by Ogie Alcasid. (Watch the [[video|http://potpourri.tiddlyspot.com/#%5B%5BJan%20Nieto%20(5th%20Finals)%5D%5D]].)\n\nI heard flats in ''Jan'''s performance tonight and I got the impression that he was shouting. His voice even broke towards the end.\n\nLuke heard the flats, the tune problem, and the breathing difficulties. Mr. C found the performance wanting of energy. __But Mamita was //oblivious// of those things.__\n\nTo vote, type ''JAN'' and send to 2339 (mobile) or dial ''1-908-5 4365-05'' (PLDT).\n<<deliciousPlayTagger>>

[>img[Jeli Mateo|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/smpic_jeli.jpg]]Sang [[Paglisan|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/jeli%20-%20paglisan.mp3]] by Color It Red. (Watch the [[video|http://potpourri.tiddlyspot.com/#%5B%5BJeli%20Mateo%20(4th%20Finals)%5D%5D]].)\n\nAnother set of bad comments came from the judges. Wency complained about Jeli's timing with the accompaniment. Mamita heard Jeli singing a ballad, contrary to the night's theme. Mr. C again summed it all up when he said,\n<<<\nYou suffer from the rest of the girls in your vocal ability. Every week we see how weak you are.\n<<<\nWhile listening to Jeli, I asked myself whether the song was difficult to sing. I felt her movements strained and thought she couldn't reach the high notes.\n\nTo vote, type ''JELI'' and send to 2339 (mobile) or dial ''1-908-5 4365-05'' (PLDT).\n<<deliciousPlayTagger>>

| [img[Miguel Mendoza|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/smpic_miguel.jpg]] |Hajji cautioned Miguel on the latter's flats and advised that Miguel should control his [[vibrato|http://www.voiceteacher.com/vibrato.html]]. Mamita seconded Hajji's comment, saying that she noticed the flats and sharps in Miguel's rendition. At this point, Mr. C said what I consider as a statement on the voting results: //Di kami pinakikinggan ng voters. They'd still vote you in. Please work harder.// I agree with the three judges, though I just noticed the flats all over the place while Miguel was performing. And, I didn't like the way he looked while walking down the aisle; it was just unnatural.|\n| [[Swerte Swerte Lang|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/miguel%20-%20swerte%20swerte%20lang.mp3]] |>|\n| To vote, type ''MIGUEL'' and send to 2339 (mobile) or dial ''1-908-5 4365-05'' (PLDT) |>|\n<<deliciousPlayTagger>>

| [img[Mau Marcelo|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/smpic_mau.jpg]] |Hajji praised the quality of both Mau's and Dulce's voices while Mamita mentioned that only one person can sing //Ako Ang Nasawi, Ako Ang Nagwagi//, and that was Dulce. And Mamita even noted that Mau even got Dulce's kneeling during the song perfectly. Mr. C advised Mau to sing a song that will prevent her from being compared with the original singer. Hmmm, are they saying that Mau failed to make the song hers? No wonder Dulce was smiling and applauding Mau after the latter's performance. Is it me or is Mau really big? She looked //soooo big// in her gown.|\n| [[Ako Ang Nasawi, Ako Ang Nagwagi|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/mau%20-%20ako%20ang%20nasawi%2C%20ako%20ang%20nagwagi.mp3]] |>|\n| To vote, type ''MAU'' and send to 2339 (mobile) or dial ''1-908-5 4365-06'' (PLDT) |>|\n<<deliciousPlayTagger>>

[>img[Mau Marcelo|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/smpic_mau.jpg]] Sang [[So Slow|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/mau%20-%20so%20slow.mp3]] by Freestyle. (Watch the [[video|http://potpourri.tiddlyspot.com/#%5B%5BMau%20Marcelo%20(4th%20Finals)%5D%5D]].)\n\nWhile both Mamita and Wency praised Mau's performance tonight, Wency pointed out that her outfit was bad. I noticed that too. In fact, I could see that she had a shirt, white jeans and boots underneath that //overcoat//, and she could have been more pleasant to look at had she shed off that //thing//. Someone should really teach Mau how to dress. She reminds me of [[Jennifer Hudson|http://www.jenniferhudson.net/main.html]] in [[American Idol: Season 3|http://www.americanidol.com/archive/season3/]], who showed bad taste in clothes during the finals.\n\nMr. C gave Mau a pointer, apparently referring to Mau's reactions on national television every time she ends up in a precarious position in the contest:\n<<<\nIsa na lang ang kulang. We want a winner. Tama na ang iyak at whining. Give a good fight every time.\n<<<\nOh, did you know that this is the second week in a row that Mau is the sixth performer?\n\nTo vote, type ''MAU'' and send to 2339 (mobile) or dial ''1-908-5 4365-06'' (PLDT).\n<<deliciousPlayTagger>>

[>img[Mau Marcelo|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/smpic_mau.jpg]] Sang [[I Will Always Love You|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/Mau%20-%20I%20Will%20Always%20Love%20You.mp3]] by Whitney Houston. (Watch the [[video|http://potpourri.tiddlyspot.com/#%5B%5BMau%20Marcelo%20(5th%20Finals)%5D%5D]].)\n\nSinger number six for the third time in a row, ''Mau'' was almost perfect tonight. When she came onstage, I gasped! She looked too big, again! And I thought she had a surprise underneath her drape. Alas! There was nothing remarkable in her dress. Why she had to hide it at the start, I wonder.\n\nLuke gave Mau a standing ovation and told everyone that he wished Mau would be a guest in his next album.\n\nMau, Mau, Mau. Get a fashion consultant!\n\nTo vote, type ''MAU'' and send to 2339 (mobile) or dial ''1-908-5 4365-06'' (PLDT).\n<<deliciousPlayTagger>>

| [img[Jan Nieto|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/smpic_jan.jpg]] |Mamita said that tonight Jan sang //very well//. But Hajji noted that Jan got sidetracked from the meaning of the song because Jan was more focused on his singing technique. And Mr. C said that Jan was his Philippine Idol tonight! Uhmm, is Mr. C playing a game? While I liked Jan's spiel in his VTR, I heard some flats particularly in the high notes. And the arrangement was brilliant; it simply took away the solo parts of Tillie Moreno.|\n| [[Umagang Kay Ganda|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/jan%20-%20umagang%20kay%20ganda.mp3]] |>|\n| To vote, type ''JAN'' and send to 2339 (mobile) or dial ''1-908-5 4365-07'' (PLDT) |>|\n<<deliciousPlayTagger>>

[>img[Ken Dingle|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/smpic_ken.jpg]]Sang [[Ligaya|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/Ken%20-%20Ligaya.mp3]] by the Eraserheads. (Watch the [[video|http://potpourri.tiddlyspot.com/#%5B%5BKen%20Dingle%20(4th%20Finals)%5D%5D]].)\n\nI'm sure this was the performance that many Philippine Idol viewers were looking forward to tonight. And they sure were not disappointed.\n\nWency admonished Ken for making the mortal sin in singing - forgetting the lyrics.\n<<<\nIt's such a big mistake! Napakalaking ~NO-NO! I was very disappointed.\n<<<\nMamita was diplomatic, saying\n<<<\nYou had one week to learn ONE song. Dapat na-memorize mo ang ONE song na yan.\n<<<\nAt this point, my coverage of the performance night was disrupted with my cable tv provider's technical difficulties. The show was resumed in time for me to hear Mr. C saying\n<<<\n... bad to worse. Your journey with Philippine Idol should have ended sooner. You caused the ouster of Drae and Reymond.\n<<<\nNeed I say anything more? (I'm half tempted not to put the voting mechanics for Ken here, but, to be fair, I will. Just one request though. Please, @@color(red):enough is enough! Let's vote him ''OUT'' - __''don't''__ vote for him!@@)\n\nTo vote, type ''KEN'' and send to 2339 (mobile) or dial ''1-908-5 4365-07'' (PLDT).\n<<deliciousPlayTagger>>

[>img[Miguel Mendoza|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/smpic_miguel.jpg]]Sang [[Sandra|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/miguel%20-%20sandra.mp3]] by Barry Manilow. (Watch the [[video|http://potpourri.tiddlyspot.com/#%5B%5BMiguel%20Mendoza%20(5th%20Finals)%5D%5D]].)\n\nHmmm.... ''Miguel'' did a Migs Ayesa in [[Rockstar: INXS|http://origin.rockstar.msn.com/home]] when he played the piano during the opening part of his number. But the minute he stood up, he lost me.\n\nMamita and Mr. C were happy with Miguel's performance that Mr. C said he could do both high school and singing.\n\nTo vote, type ''MIGUEL'' and send to 2339 (mobile) or dial ''1-908-5 4365-07'' (PLDT).\n<<deliciousPlayTagger>>

| [img[Apple Chiu|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/smpic_apple.jpg]] |Mamita introduced the term //kulutation// when she told Apple that she wished Apple didn't sing with all those vocal wobbles. Hajji remarked that Apple had a very soulful rendition of Jaya's song, although he cautioned that it could be overkilled by vocal acrobatics. Mr. C simply told Apple that her performance last week was much better. I noticed that Apple had difficulty in sustaining some notes and I didn't like her performance.|\n| [[Sometimes You Just Know|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/apple%20-%20sometimes%20you%20just%20know.mp3]] |>|\n| To vote, type ''APPLE'' and send to 2339 (mobile) or dial ''1-908-5 4365-08'' (PLDT) |>|\n<<deliciousPlayTagger>>

[>img[Arms Cruz|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/smpic_arms.jpg]] Sang [[Makita Kang Muli|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/Arms_-_Makita_Kang_Muli.mp3]] by Sugarfree. (Watch the [[video|http://potpourri.tiddlyspot.com/#%5B%5BArms%20Cruz%20(4th%20Finals)%5D%5D]].)\n\nPraises were heaped on Arms tonight. Wency said\n<<<\nAll night I've been waiting for somebody to make my hairs stand up. You did!\n<<<\nMamita went back memory lane, stating that //we knew she was going a long way//. Mr. C was more blatant with his\n<<<\nBig girl, big heart, big voice. We have to ask people to vote for you. Tonight, you and Mau are my Philippine Idols.\n<<<\nWhy is it that everytime Arms performs, Ryan Agoncillo allows her to make a campaign speech right after? But, in fairness, I like what Arms said:\n<<<\nVote wisely. Matuto na tayo!\n<<<\nTo vote, type ''ARMS'' and send to 2339 (mobile) or dial ''1-908-5 4365-08'' (PLDT).\n<<deliciousPlayTagger>>

[>img[Jeli Mateo|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/smpic_jeli.jpg]]Sang [[You Don't Know Me|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/jeli%20-%20you%20dont%20know%20me.mp3]] by Ray Charles. (Watch the [[video|http://potpourri.tiddlyspot.com/#%5B%5BJeli%20Mateo%20(5th%20Finals)%5D%5D]].)\n\n''Jeli'' was in her element tonight. Mr. C found it the best performance that she has done. Luke pointed out that Jeli was a lot better than when she was rehearsing for tonight.\n\nWhile listening to Jeli, I imagined myself being in a music lounge, grooving to her song while drinking my beers. It was that relaxing.\n\nTo vote, type ''JELI'' and send to 2339 (mobile) or dial ''1-908-5 4365-08'' (PLDT).\n<<deliciousPlayTagger>>

| [img[Arms Cruz|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/smpic_arms.jpg]] |Hajji was impressed with Arms' //Anak//. And Mamita was all agog when she said, //Armarie's a joy to watch. She's a joy to listen to.// Mr. C was stunned at the arrangement, calling it //ornate//, and ended up being ambivalent about Arms' performance. I'm just wondering why Arms sings angrily. And what was that campaign speech at the end of the performance for? This isn't Pinoy Big Brother! It's ''Philippine Idol''!|\n| [[Anak|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/arms%20-%20anak.mp3]] |>|\n| To vote, type ''ARMS'' and send to 2339 (mobile) or dial ''1-908-5 4365-09'' (PLDT) |>|\n<<deliciousPlayTagger>>

[>img[Gian Magdangal|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/smpic_gian.jpg]]Sang [[Superstar|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/gian%20-%20superstar.mp3]] by Luther Vandcross. (Watch the [[video|http://potpourri.tiddlyspot.com/#%5B%5BGian%20Magdangal%20(5th%20Finals)%5D%5D]].)\n\nI really enjoyed ''Gian'''s performance tonight. The song did justice to his voice. One thing though. I didn't like how he looked like while going up the stage - he looked like an old man!\n\nThe three judges all heaped praises on Gian's performance, with Mr. C saying that it was a very classy performance, several notches above contest performances.\n\nTo vote, type ''GIAN'' and send to 2339 (mobile) or dial ''1-908-5 4365-09'' (PLDT).\n<<deliciousPlayTagger>>

[>img[Pow Chavez|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/smpic_pow.jpg]]Sang [[Forevermore|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/pow%20-%20forevermore.mp3]] by Side A. (Watch the [[video|http://potpourri.tiddlyspot.com/#%5B%5BPow%20Chavez%20(4th%20Finals)%5D%5D]].)\n\nWency found Pow's performance fantastic, having noted that she came out as the most confident among all the finalists. He further opined that Pow's aura was proclaiming //tonight's my night//.\n\nMamita however admonished Pow on her flats and sharps, saying that this is the first time that Mamita has heard these flats and sharps from Pow.\n\nMr. C asked Pow to start raising the bar. After all, [[Mr. C predicted that Pow would be the first Philippine Idol|http://showbizandstyle.inq7.net/entertainment/entertainment/view_article.php?article_id=20619]]. He didn't want to be proven wrong, so he asked Pow to help him make his prediction come true.\n\nDid you notice those portions of the song where Pow sang [[a capella|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_cappella]]? It was beautiful! I just wished she continued singing that way. There was a sudden shift of key, perhaps what Mamita was referring to as the //sharps and flats//, but Pow was still in tune. (I'm getting more convinced that Mamita has a bias against Pow; noticed how emphatic Mamita was in her comment on Pow's performance tonight? To think that Mamita always cushions her comments.)\n\nTo vote, type ''POW'' and send to 2339 (mobile) or dial ''1-908-5 4365-09'' (PLDT).\n<<deliciousPlayTagger>>

| [img[Ken Dingle|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/smpic_ken.jpg]] |Despite giving Ken a lot of credit for singing while going down the stairs, Hajji averred that he didn't find any joyfulness in Ken's rendition of a joyful and hopeful song such as //Magsimula Ka//. Mamita however commented that this is one of Ken's best performances. Then Mr. C told Ken three things: (1) that it's very difficult to top Leo Valdez; (2) that this is the second time in a row that Ken wasn't able to hit the last note; and (3) that Ken should give himself a chance to give the song to the viewers. Pretty heady stuff, Mr. C! I didn't like Ken's performance, as I found him stiff and unnatural. And he had difficulties with both low and high notes!|\n| [[Magsimula Ka|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/ken%20-%20magsimula%20ka.mp3]] |>|\n| To vote, type ''KEN'' and send to 2339 (mobile) or dial ''1-908-5 4365-10'' (PLDT) |>|\n<<deliciousPlayTagger>>

At last, the final round of Philippine Idol has began! What better way to start it with an all-OPM night. Yes, the finalists were all required to sing [[original Pilipino music|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_Pilipino_Music]] hits.\n<<<\nOriginal Pilipino Music (frequently abbreviated to OPM) originally referred only to Filipino pop songs, especially those in the ballad form; such as songs popularized by major and commercial Filipino pop artists like Ryan Cayabyab, Sharon Cuneta, Martin Nievera, Rey Valera, and APO Hiking Society. In the passage of time as well as the development of many diverse musical styles in the Philippines, however, the term //OPM// now refers to any type of music produced in the Philippines or composed by Filipinos, regardless of their location during the time when they composed it. The lyrics may be in any language.\n<<<\nSo let's see how they fared.\n<<<\nI have included here mp3s that were shared by [[Idol Fanatic|http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=idolfanatic]]. To listen, \n# Click on a finalist's name. This will open a small tiddler right below the finalist's name.\n# To prevent your browser from opening another window (or tab), simply click on the arrow before the name of the song to play the mp3 file. And if you have a [[del.icio.us|http://del.icio.us/]] account, you could even tag the mp3!\n# To stop listening to the song, just click on the same button (which should have turned into a blackened square).\n# You can then close the small tiddler by clicking on the finalist's name again.\n<<<\nHere go!\n\n<<slider chkSlider "Arms Cruz" "Arms Cruz" "Click here to know more about Arms' performance">>\n\n<<slider chkSlider "Jeli Mateo" "Jeli Mateo" "Click here to know more about Jeli's performance">>\n\n<<slider chkSlider "Reymond Sajor" "Reymond Sajor" "Click here to know more about Reymond's performance">>\n\n<<slider chkSlider "Apple Chiu" "Apple Chiu" "Click here to know more about Apple's performance">>\n\n<<slider chkSlider "Stef Lazaro" "Stef Lazaro" "Click here to know more about Stef's performance">>\n\n<<slider chkSlider "Ken Dingle" "Ken Dingle" "Click here to know more about Ken's performance">>\n\n<<slider chkSlider "Jan Nieto" "Jan Nieto" "Click here to know more about Jan's performance">>\n\n<<slider chkSlider "Mau Marcelo" "Mau Marcelo" "Click here to know more about Mau's performance">>\n\n<<slider chkSlider "Gian Magdangal" "Gian Magdangal" "Click here to know more about Gian's performance">>\n\n<<slider chkSlider "Drae Ybañez" "Drae Ybañez" "Click here to know more about Drae's performance">>\n\n<<slider chkSlider "Pow Chavez" "Pow Chavez" "Click here to know more about Pow's performance">>\n\n<<slider chkSlider "Miguel Mendoza" "Miguel Mendoza" "Click here to know more about Miguel's performance">>\n\nOk, there you are.\n\nI can't help but notice how Ryan Agoncillo interrupts the judges when they are commenting. Can't he, for at least one minute during the show, just keep his mouth shut?\n\nAnd the judges? They had better comments this time, although Mamita still commented on things other than the performance. Why force the issue on Pow? Can't Mamita just accept Pow for who she is?\n\nI would agree with Francis M when he said that the finalists performed almost equally and that the best ones would be those who have bigger audience impact and higher stage presence.\n\nAlso, I commiserate with Mr. C for, like him, I was looking for ''extraordinary'' performances. But then, this is just the first night of the final round performances.\n\nWho would I like to see next Saturday? I have four bets - ''Mau'', ''Gian'', ''Pow'', and ''Jan''. And who do I want to leave? Either ''Arms'', ''Ken'' or ''Drae''.\n\nBut that's me. Now, it's time to vote. Remember, the finalist with the lowest number of votes after 8:30 pm on Sunday, 1 October, will go home.\n\n__HOW TO VOTE__\n\n//Mobile//: Type <contestant name> and send to 2339.\n//Landline//: Dial 1-908-5 IDOL e.g. to vote for contestant number 1, just dial 1-908-5 4365-01.\n\n\n<<haloscan comments>>\n\n

[>img[Dagoy|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Avatars/dgdagoy.gif]]Iloilo City's central business district streets have been overlaid with asphalt. The area in front of the Freedom Grandstand has been painted yellow. The judging and viewing stages have been constructed (to the chagrin and inconvenience of the commuting public for the past five days).\n\nDinagyang 2007 is finally here! Let the show begin!!!\n\nSaturday's highlight is the //Kasadyahan// contest, which, as I said [[earlier|A Reason To Party]], is a historical cultural dance competition performed in five judging areas in the central business district of Iloilo City through a carousel-type order. According to the [[Iloilo Dinagyang Foundation Inc.|http://dinagyangfoundation.com/events/events.php?itemid=134]], the performance/dance entry must depict Filipino culture and tradition, specifically the culture of the Western Visayas region. In addition, such presentation should be distinct to a festival of a locality.\n\nThis year's //Kasadyahan// competing groups (with ~DivX clips of their performances at the Iloilo City Freedom Grandstand) are:\n# ''Tribu Pasidungog'' of [[San Miguel, Iloilo|http://elgu.ncc.gov.ph/ecommunity/sanmiguel-iloilo/]] {{embeddedblockquote{\nGiving honor to San Miguel\n[[Watch the performance|http://stage6.divx.com/content/show/1098358?user_id=267934]]}}}\n# ''Tribu Saad'' of [[Leganes, Iloilo|http://elgu.ncc.gov.ph/ecommunity/leganes-iloilo/]] {{embeddedblockquote{\nPromising undying devotion to San Vicente Ferrer\n[[Watch the performance|http://stage6.divx.com/content/show/1098419?user_id=267934]]}}}\n# ''Tribu Saludan'' of [[Tigbauan, Iloilo|http://elgu.ncc.gov.ph/ecommunity/tigbauan-iloilo/]] {{embeddedblockquote{\nShowcasing fishing practices in Tigbauan, Iloilo\n[[Watch the performance|http://stage6.divx.com/content/show/1098449?user_id=267934]]}}}\n# ''Tribu Mandurriaonon'' of [[Mandurriao|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandurriao,_Iloilo_City]] National High School {{embeddedblockquote{\nReenacting the barter of Panay\n[[Watch the performance|http://stage6.divx.com/content/show/1098096?user_id=267934]]}}}\n# ''Tribu Tinuom'' of [[Cabatuan, Iloilo|http://www.geocities.com/cabatuan_iloilo/]] {{embeddedblockquote{\nCelebrating Cabatuan's popular delicacy, [[tinuom|http://afbeercan.typepad.com/trifle_takes/2006/04/tinuom.html]].\n[[Watch the performance|http://stage6.divx.com/content/show/1098274?user_id=267934]]}}}\n# ''Tribu Kahilwayan'' of [[Sta. Barbara, Iloilo|http://www.geocities.com/santa_barbara_iloilo/]] {{embeddedblockquote{\nReenacting the "Cry of Santa Barbara"\n[[Watch the performance|http://stage6.divx.com/content/show/1098250?user_id=267934]]}}}\n# ''Tribu Pahinis de Laua-an'' of [[Lauaan, Antique|http://elgu.ncc.gov.ph/ecommunity/lauaan-antique/]] {{embeddedblockquote{\nShowcasing Laua-an's main product, muscovado sugar\n[[Watch the performance||http://stage6.divx.com/content/show/1098142?user_id=267934]]}}}\n# ''Tribu Bayluhay'' of [[San Joaquin, Iloilo|http://elgu.ncc.gov.ph/ecommunity/sanjoaquin-iloilo/]] {{embeddedblockquote{\nReenacting the barter of Panay\n[[Watch the performance|http://stage6.divx.com/content/show/1098195?user_id=267934]]}}}\n# ''Tribu Tultugan'' of [[Maasin, Iloilo|http://elgu.ncc.gov.ph/ecommunity/maasin-iloilo/]] {{embeddedblockquote{\nShowcasing the bamboo industry of Maasin, Iloilo\n[[Watch the performance|http://stage6.divx.com/content/show/1098311?user_id=267934]]}}}\nJust a comment on the competition: There were far too many non-competing groups in between competing groups. This stretched what could have been a less-than-four-hour activity into six hours!\n\nMany non-competing groups performed in front of the judging area that, at one point, the emcee had to request them to limit their performance times. Didn't the organizers of the Kasadyahan competition have any guidelines for non-competing groups? What's the point for having these non-competing groups in the activity, anyway?\n\nBy and large, //Kasadyahan// 2007 again showcased the culture and history of Western Visayas and, more importantly, the talents of the youngsters in the region who had to endure the morning and noon heat just to tell all and sundry how rich their culture is.\n\nWho will win? For me, it's a toss-up between ''Tribu Mandurriaonon'' and ''Tribu Kahilwayan''.\n\n<<haloscan comments>>\n\n^^NOTE: These movie clips were recorded from the live telecast of [[Cable Star (Iloilo)|http://www.geocities.com/radiotviloilo/csi.html]] over its community channel. Since these are mpeg files too large (>300MB each) for [[YouTube|http://www.youtube.com/index]], I converted them to ~DivX and uploaded them to [[Stage6|http://stage6.divx.com/]]. However, you'll need a [[DivX player|http://www.divx.com/divx/windows/]] to view these clips.^^

Even ~ABC5 is not sure of tonight's theme. Its own website has given at least two names for the theme - //Tunog Banda, Tunog Alternative// and //Pinoy Rock//. Ryan Agoncillo called it //Hits From Bands//. Well, I'll call it the ''21 October Performance Night''. That will be unmistakeable.\n\n[>img[Wency Cordero|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/wency1.jpg]] Tonight's third judge, [[as earlier mentioned|21 October Theme]], is Wency Cornejo, the former lead vocalist and primary songwriter of the Filipino rock band Afterimage in the '90s. He is best known as the singer of ''Habang May Buhay''. Wency has also won multiple categories at the [[Awit Awards|http://www.awitawards.com.ph/]] and other songwriting competitions. Asked of his expectations tonight, Wency confessed,\n<<<\nI never saw Philippine Idol yet!\n<<<\nJust shows how //far-reaching// this show is. Tsk, tsk!\n\nNow, the performances.\n\n<<slider chkSlider "01 - Gian" "Gian" "Click to read comments on Gian's performance">>\n\n<<slider chkSlider "02 - Apple" "Apple" "Click to read comments on Apple's performance">>\n\n<<slider chkSlider "03 - Miguel" "Miguel" "Click to read comments on Miguel's performance">>\n\n<<slider chkSlider "04 - Jan" "Jan" "Click to read comments on Jan's performance">>\n\n<<slider chkSlider "05 - Jeli" "Jeli" "Click to read comments on Jeli's performance">>\n\n<<slider chkSlider "06 - Mau Marcelo" "Mau" "Click to read comments on Mau's performance">>\n\n<<slider chkSlider "07 - Ken" "Ken" "Click to read comments on Ken's performance">>\n\n<<slider chkSlider "08 - Arms" "Arms" "Click to read comments on Arms' performance">>\n\n<<slider chkSlider "09 - Pow" "Pow" "Click to read comments on Pow's performance">>\n\nFor once, the judges did not disappoint. Even Mamita has been critical. Which is a good thing. Too bad that [[Reymond|Philippine "Nursery" Idol]] had to leave the competition right after [[Drae|And Then There Were Ten]] did before Mamita came to her senses.\n\nI'm losing my admiration of Ryan Agoncillo. He's fast becoming a gossip and a rumor-monger! Talk about ''hidden desires'' between finalists! Huh! And what was that //Mamita, naka-butch ka// comment after she showed us her shoes? Gee, keep that up, Ryan A, and we'll boot you out of Philippine Idol!\n\nRyan A should also be careful with his statements about whose opinions matter. Imagine him saying, "What matters more are the voters, not the judges." While that is true, it should be said in a way that will not deter the viewers from following the judges' advice, more like how Ryan Seacrest says it in American Idol (Ryan Agoncillo later said the same words with respect to Ken):\n<<<\nIf you agree or disagree with the judges...\n<<<\nRemember, you're part of the show. Don't be part of the problem.\n\nBefore I forget, Wow Magic Sing did it again with its //Meet the Singing Idols// commercial. I thought that was [[history|Philippine "Nursery" Idol]] already. Aren't there no other notable clips from the Philippine Idol auditions that could be put into a tasteful commercial?\n\nThis week there is only one thing that is important. And that's getting ''Ken'' out of Philippine Idol. Remember what Mr. C said,\n<<<\nYour journey with Philippine Idol should have ended sooner. You caused the ouster of Drae and Reymond.\n<<<\nStrong words, but true. And all that Ken could say about the comment was\n<<<\nI deserve it.\n<<<\n<<haloscan comments>>\n

!!Was //Tunog Banda, Tunog Alternative//\nThere is a [[thread in the ABC Forums|http://www.abc.com.ph/forums/viewthread.php?tid=1345]] that says that the 4^^th^^ performance night of the Philippine Idol final round will feature songs by the best of Filipino rock and acoustic songs. Here is the complete list of the songs touted to have been chosen by the nine remaining finalists:\n*== Akin Ka Na Lang - Itchyworms==\n* [[ |http://www.mediamax.com/edzz9/Hosted/Parokya%20ni%20Edgar%20-%20Harana.mp3]]Harana - Parokya ni Edgar ''(Miguel)''\n* [[ |http://www.mediamax.com/edzz9/Hosted/Kitchie%20Nadal%20-%20Wag%20Na%20Wag%20Mong%20Sasabihin.mp3]]Wag na Wag Mong Sasabihin - Kitchie Nadal ''(Apple)''\n* [[ |http://www.mediamax.com/edzz9/Hosted/Eraserheads%20-%20Ligaya.mp3]]Ligaya - Eraserheads ''(Ken)''\n* [[ |http://www.mediamax.com/edzz9/Hosted/Sugarfree%20-%20Makita%20Kang%20Muli.mp3]]Makita Kang Muli - Sugarfree ''(Arms)''\n* [[ |http://www.mediamax.com/edzz9/Hosted/Paglisan%20-%20Color%20It%20Red.mp3]]Paglisan - Color It Red ''(Jeli)''\n* [[ |http://www.mediamax.com/edzz9/Hosted/Eraserheads%20-%20Pare%20Ko.mp3]]Pare Ko - Eraserheads ''(Gian)''\n* [[ |http://www.mediamax.com/edzz9/Hosted/Freestyle%20-%20So%20Slow.mp3]]So Slow - Freestyle ''(Mau)''\n* [[ |http://www.mediamax.com/edzz9/Hosted/Neocolors%20-%20Tuloy%20Pa%20Rin.mp3]]Tuloy Pa Rin - Neocolors ''(Jan)''\n* [[ |http://www.mediamax.com/edzz9/Hosted/Side%20A%20Band%20-%20Forevermore.mp3]]Forevermore - Side A ''(Pow)''\n==Except for ''Mau'' (who is said to have chosen //So Slow//), the finalists and the songs have not yet been matched. I'll post them once I have the information.==\n\n[[Manila Bulletin Online|http://www.mb.com.ph/issues/2006/10/18/ENTR2006101877302.html]] ==has confirmed== earlier mentioned that the theme ==which== is //Tunog Banda, Tunog Alternative//. The [[official Philippine Idol site|http://www.philippineidol.com/features/features1006_7.html]] now simply calls it //Pinoy Rock//. (Learn more about this genre from [[Wikipedia|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinoy_rock]].)\n\n==I wonder who the third judge will be.==\n<<<\n==We won’t be surprised if a Pinoy Rock icon would be visiting the rehearsals studios before the end of this week just like Hajji had done the previous week.\n^^[[Source|http://www.philippineidol.com/features/features1006_7.html]]^^==\n<<<\n==Any guesses?==\n\nFrom [[Pinoy Exchange|http://www.pinoyexchange.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16896856&postcount=2837]], word is that tomorrow's third judge is [[Wency Cornejo|http://www.artistation.com/profile/wency.htm]], the former lead vocalist and primary songwriter of the Filipino rock band //Afterimage// in the '90s.\n<<deliciousPlayTagger>>\n<<haloscan comments>>

This weekend, two finalists will go. But not before we get to hear the finalists sing <<slider chkSlider "Rhythm and Blues" "R&B" "Click here to know more about R&B">> songs.\n\nLet's check their performances out:\n\n<<slider chkSlider "Mau" "01 - Mau - Crazy In Love" "Click here to know more about Mau's performance">>\n\n<<slider chkSlider "Ken" "02 - Ken - What's Going On" "Click here to know more about Ken's performance">>\n\n<<slider chkSlider "Apple" "03 - Apple - (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" "Click here to know more about Apple's performance">>\n\n<<slider chkSlider "Stef" "04 - Stef - Proud Mary" "Click here to know more about Stef's performance">>\n\n<<slider chkSlider "Jan" "05 - Jan - Could It Be I'm Fallin' In Love" "Click here to know more about Jan's performance">>\n\n<<slider chkSlider "Reymond" "06 - Reymond - I'd Rather" "Click here to know more about Reymond's performance">>\n\n<<slider chkSlider "Jeli" "07 - Jeli - Always Be My Baby" "Click here to know more about Jeli's performance">>\n\n<<slider chkSlider "Gian" "08 - Gian - I Feel Good" "Click here to know more about Gian's performance">>\n\n<<slider chkSlider "Miguel" "09 - Miguel - Let's Stay Together" "Click here to know more about Miguel's performance">>\n\n<<slider chkSlider "Pow" "10 - Pow - You Got It Bad" "Click here to know more about Pow's performance">>\n\n<<slider chkSlider "Arms" "11 - Arms - Respect" "Click here to know more about Arms' performance">>\n\n<<slider chkSlider "Drae" "12 - Drae - You're Still A Young Man" "Click here to know more about Drae's performance">>\n\nOk, there you are. This show separated the professionals from the wannabes.\n\nI'm glad Ryan Agoncillo behaved tonight. He should keep that up!\n\nFor once, I applauded Mamita's comment that she didn't like what Ryan Agoncillo did in last Sunday's [[results show|Sunday's Results Show]]! That really was totally unfair for the finalists and the viewers. I hope that doesn't happen again.\n\nThe judges' comments are beginning to be what they should be - very informative, truthful and constructive. But there were instances where Francis M regressed to the "I hope they vote you" syndrome. Lack of anything better to say, perhaps?\n\n[[Last week|1st Final Round Performances]], I rooted for four bets - Mau, Gian, Pow and Jan - and I wanted either Arms, Ken or Drae to leave the competition. After tonight's performances, my bottom three are ''Ken'', ''Jeli'' and ''Miguel''. But I'll be voting for only two - ''Pow'' and ''Apple''. Funny how my choices change week after week.\n\nThese are my choices. Now, it's time to vote. Remember, the two finalists with the lowest number of votes after 8:30 pm on Sunday, 8 October, will go home.\n\n|>| ! __HOW TO VOTE__ |\n|//Cellphone//| Type <contestant name> and send to 2339. |\n|//PLDT landline//| Dial 1-908-5 IDOL e.g. to vote for contestant number 1, just dial 1-908-5 4365-01. |\n\n<<haloscan comments>>\n\n

Last night I went to Megamall Cinema 3 to watch the last performance night there of Philippine Idol. The atmosphere was electric, with the fans of the four remaining Idol finalists all raring to show their support for their respective bets.\n\nThe performances were superb, with no one getting a flat, or sharp, or any such mishap during their performance.\n\n''Jan'' clearly was a very good performer with [[Beyond the Sea|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/Jan%20-%20Beyond%20The%20Sea.mp3]] and [[The Way You Look Tonight|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/Jan%20-%20The%20Way%20You%20Look%20Tonight.mp3]].\n\n''Miguel'' showed a lot of promise, with his perfect rendition of [[True|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/Miguel%20-%20True.mp3]] and [[I've Got You Under My Skin|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/Miguel%20-%20Ive%20Got%20You%20Under%20My%20Skin.mp3]]. One thing I noticed though.... He looked just a teeny-weeny effeminate when he was prancing across the stage. Not that it matters; but it showed... He must have felt a little overwhelmed with all the support he was getting from the green crowd at the cinema, plus the positive feedback from Francis M and Mamita, that he couldn't help but shed those tears. No, they didn't look like crocodile tears to me. The moment was really charged. And, Mr. C, why say all those things about Miguel? Didn't you [[predict|Mr. C's Fearless Forecast]] that he would be the first Philippine Idol? Or, was that all for show?\n\n''Mau'' looked a bit funny in that all-red get-up. But what the heck. She was electric! [[My Funny Valentine|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/Mau%20-%20My%20Funny%20Valentine.mp3]] felt a little funny to me, as Mau tried her very best (and succeeded) to make it __her__ song. But [[Waray-Waray|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/Mau%20-%20Waray%20Waray.mp3]] was the best! It fit her voice to a T! The standing ovation sure was well-deserved, prompting Mr. C to say that the audience already spoke its choice!\n\n''Gian'' was really cool the whole night. I was just a little bit disappointed with his [[They Can't Take That Away From Me|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/Gian%20-%20They%20Cant%20Take%20That%20Away%20From%20Me.mp3]]. Not that I don't appreciate //world-class// or //international// standards, but it was just bereft of heart. My seatmate (hello, Dadi-x!) muttered that Gian seemed to be eating his words. But the second song, [[The Very Thought of You|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/Gian%20-%20The%20Very%20Thought%20Of%20You.mp3]], was simply touching.\n\nTonight, the three finalists who will perform at Araneta Coliseum next week will be announced. I wish they'd be ''Gian'', ''Mau'' and ''Jan''. My friend Boiet, who took pictures of me with these three, told me that maybe it was a premonition that I wasn't able to locate Miguel after the show to have my picture taken with him. Hmmmm.....\n\n<<haloscan comments>><<deliciousPlayTagger>>\n

[>img[Sto. Niño|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Avatars/stonino31.jpg]] In a predominantly Catholic country such as the Philippines, wooden statues depicting saints are revered. One such image is that of the [[Sto. Niño|http://www.ngkhai.com/pointcebu/culture/stonino.htm]], a playful and innocent child believed to be Jesus Christ.\n\nIt is such a powerful deity that many Philippine festivals are being celebrated in January, purportedly to honor the Sto. Niño.\n!!!!Feast of the Black Nazarene\nThe ninth of January brings the sight of thousands of barefoot men joining the annual [[procession of the Black Nazarene|http://www.philippines.hvu.nl/culture4.htm]], a more-than-200-year-old statue of a black Sto. Niño. It is said that during the Spanish colonial period, missionaries brought this icon to Manila where, during the trip, there was a fire on board and the icon, the Nazarene, caught fire. Despite its charred condition, it has been kept, saved and honored at the Saint John the Baptist Church in Quiapo, Manila, since 1787. Walking barefoot during the procession is seen as a sign of humility and touching the statue is believed by many as miraculous. The belief is so strong that this procession is dubbed as the ''//largest//'' procession in the Philippines.\n!!!!Kalibo ~Ati-Atihan Festival\nA two-week long festival in Kalibo, the capital town of Aklan, in January culminates in what is considered as the ''//wildest//'' of Philippine fiestas.\n\nThe [[Ati-Atihan Festival|http://ati-atihan.net/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=33]] is marked by rhythmic, insistent, intoxicating drumbeats on the streets of Kalibo, which explode with the tumult of dancing people. Celebrants paint their faces with black soot and wear bright, outlandish costumes as they dance in revelry during the last three days of this festival. Costumes, including the headdress, are made of abaca fibers, shells, feathers, bamboo, plant leaves, cogon, sugar cane flowers, beads, trinkets and an assortment of pieces of glass, metals and plastics. The dancing to the rhythm of the drums makes this festival comparable with the carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.\n\nAfter the revelry, what could be better than to rush off to the island paradise of Boracay, which is less than two hours away by land transportation!\n!!!!Sinulog Festival\nAt the same time that the streets of Kalibo are exploding with dancing people, the people in Cebu City celebrate their [[Sinulog Festival|http://www.sinulog.ph/]], a dance ritual in honor of the miraculous image of the Santo Niño. The dance moves two steps forward and one step backward to the sound of drums.\n\nThrough the years since 1521, the dance was a small ritual danced by a few in front of the Santo Niño. I remember when I was a child, my mother used to take me to the Santo Niño Church where the image is consecrated and ask a candle vendor to dance the Sinulog and make offerings for my health and good fortune. There were even occasions where I was carried by the candle vendor while she was dancing!\n\nSince 1981, the Sinulog Festival has become a grand parade to depict its history as the dance which links the country's pagan past and Christian present. Dancers wearing costumes all dance to the Sinulog beat. As a result, this is the country's ''//biggest//'' spectacle.\n!!!!Iloilo Dinagyang\n[<img[Viva Señor Sto. Niño|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Avatars/image005.jpg]] As if the ~Ati-Atihan and Sinulog Festivals are not enough, Iloilo City celebrates its [[Dinagyang Festival|http://www.exploreiloilo.com/dinagyang07/about-the-dinagyang-festival/]] every fourth weekend of January to commemorate the christianization of its natives and to honor the Holy Child Jesus. It has two very colorful competition-oriented parades that depict its patron saint, Sto. Niño, as the object of dramatized offerings and prayers amidst the cracking of drums and shouts of “Viva Señor Santo Niño”. The thundering of “Hala Bira” by tribe members makes the celebration a lively one.\n\nA more lavish and choreographed version of Kalibo’s ~Ati-Atihan, the festival is recognized as the country’s ''//most popular//'', consistently attracting local and foreign tourists as well as devotees of the Sto. Niño. The parades consist of the //kasadyahan//, a historical dance competition showing how the natives were christianized, and the //ati-ati// competition of tribes with soot-painted warriors in dance patterns displaying varieties of movements holding their spears, shields, or the image of the Child Jesus in synchrony with the deafening beat of the drums.\n\nSo, if you thought the longest Christmas season in the world has ended, you're in for a surprise as there are still more reasons to party in January!\n\n<<haloscan comments>>

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I would like to apologize to my visitors who may have wanted to hear the mp3s of their favorite Philippine Idol finalists. My initial posting mixed up the links to the mp3 files.\n\nThese have now been corrected.\n\nGo to [[1st Final Round Performances|1st Final Round Performances]] to listen to the mp3s.\n

[>img[Ryan Agoncillo, Mr. C, Mamita and Francis M|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/philippineidolsearch.jpg]]After unceremoniously dismissing six semifinalists out of the running, the search for the first [[Philippine Idol|http://www.philippineidol.com/index.html]] moved on to the wildcard round.\n\nThe ten contenders for the last four final slots were announced through a video aired during the //I Love Philippine Idol// show last Monday, 11^^th^^ September. We then saw the other contestants say goodbye to\n*Erika Jill ''EJ'' Bautista\n*Abigail ''GAIL'' Blanco\n*Rina Lei ''YNAH'' Pangan\n*''ROBERT'' Bernadas\n*''FREDDIE'' Cabael\n*''CHRISTIAN'' Masaga\nTonight, the ten contenders for the last four final slots competed.\n\n+++^30em^[Click to read my notes on the wildcard round performances.]<<moveablePanel>>Notes on the Wildcard Round Performances\n----\n| [img[Stephanie Lazaro|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/final24_stephanie-sm.jpg]] |>| To vote, type ''STEF'' and send to 2339 (mobile) or dial ''1-908-5 4365-01'' (PLDT) |\n|~|>| Total Eclipse of the Heart |\n|>|>|Francis M: I just didn't like the parts where you were holding your head. It was too emotional for me.|\n|>|>|Mamita: Now I've seen Stef as I've seen her before in Australia. I like your choice of song. And if you make it to the finals, can you lose a little weight please.|\n|>|>|Mr. C: You raised the level of the competition right away.|\n|>|>|I say: A shaky start, with a lot of flats and missed notes.|\n|Stephanie ''STEF'' Lazaro|c\n\n| To vote, type ''GIAN'' and send to 2339 (mobile) or dial ''1-908-5 4365-02'' (PLDT) | [img[Gian Magdangal|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/final24_gian-sm.jpg]] |>|\n| Lately |~|>|\n|>|>|Francis M: Gian was born to do this.|\n|>|>|Mamita: Kaya niyang gawin ang lahat - sumayaw, kumanta.|\n|>|>|Mr. C: You are the best overall male performer in this competition. You have to be in the final 12.|\n|>|>|I say: What can you expect from Gian? This looked like a very safe performance, I daresay.|\n|''GIAN'' Magdangal|c\n\n| [img[Christina Otero|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/final24_christina-sm.jpg]] |>| To vote, type ''TING'' and send to 2339 (mobile) or dial ''1-908-5 4365-03'' (PLDT) |\n|~|>| Sana'y Maghintay Ang Walang Hanggan |\n|>|>|Francis M: I've always rooted for Ting. I was a bit sad with the choice of song. But she became the song while she was singing it.|\n|>|>|Mamita: Lahat ng taga-Davao marunong kumanta.|\n|>|>|Mr. C: Your interpretation of the song didn't work because it was a little choppy.|\n|>|>|I say: The performance wasn't smooth-flowing. (Mr. C used the term //choppy// and I agree.)|\n|Christina ''TING'' Otero|c\n\n| To vote, type ''ONYX'' and send to 2339 (mobile) or dial ''1-908-5 4365-04'' (PLDT) | [img[Onyx Culala|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/final24_onyx-sm.jpg]] |>|\n| Wildflower |~|>|\n|>|>|Francis M: Interesting.|\n|>|>|Mamita: Attorney, nagulat ako sayo. Parang he has improved from the first time we saw him. Fantastic! Very good.|\n|>|>|Mr. C: It was a big improvement from last week. But it might be too late.|\n|>|>|I say: This was a much better performance than the one he gave during the boys' 1^^st^^ performance night.|\n|''ONYX'' Culala|c\n\n| [img[Ira Marasigan|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/final24_ira-sm.jpg]] |>| To vote, type ''IRA'' and send to 2339 (mobile) or dial ''1-908-5 4365-05'' (PLDT) |\n|~|>| In My Life |\n|>|>|Francis M: Ira has the skill. You look different now.|\n|>|>|Mamita: Ira is always very classy and very talented. Ang kanta ay kulang.|\n|>|>|Mr. C: There's nothing wrong with very good education cause you have that. But when you're very well-educated and classy, you lose the warmth. I wish you were in the top 12.|\n|>|>|I say: I like her performance.|\n|''IRA'' Marasigan|c\n\n| To vote, type ''JOSEPH'' and send to 2339 (mobile) or dial ''1-908-5 4365-06'' (PLDT) | [img[Joseph Astor|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/final24_joseph-sm.jpg]] |>|\n| Maria, Maria |~|>|\n|>|>|Francis M: I like his performance today. The energy was good.|\n|>|>|Mamita: Magiging kilabot ka ng mga lalaki at babae. Napaka-macho mo. You sang very well.|\n|>|>|Mr. C: Nakita namin ang sincerity at earnestness mo to perform. Keep it up!|\n|>|>|I say: I could hardly understand some of the words that he was mouthing. I also felt he had difficulty hitting a high note somewhere in the chorus. But it looked like Joseph has shed off his shyness.|\n|''JOSEPH'' Astor|c\n\n| [img[Kenneth Dingle|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/final24_kenneth-sm.jpg]] |>| To vote, type ''KEN'' and send to 2339 (mobile) or dial ''1-908-5 4365-07'' (PLDT) |\n|~|>| A House Is Not A Home |\n|>|>|Francis M: I can feel some sincerity in your singing but there were some sharp notes at the end part. It was just too serious, too heavy.|\n|>|>|Mamita: He sang it from the soul and from the heart. Congratulations!|\n|>|>|Mr. C: Congratulations for keeping a good fight. It wasn't good at all.|\n|>|>|I say: What was he looking up for? I just don't like his voice.|\n|Kenneth ''KEN'' Dingle|c\n\n| To vote, type ''RAMIRR'' and send to 2339 (mobile) or dial ''1-908-5 4365-08'' (PLDT) | [img[Ramirr Grepo|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/final24_ramirr-sm.jpg]] |>|\n| I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing |~|>|\n|>|>|Francis M: Alam ng tao noon pa na si Ramirr ay manok ko. But I would like to see you perform a song in another genre. Last time you sang, buong-buo ang boses mo.|\n|>|>|Mamita: I know he sang this song for a beautiful girl here. Ramirr, you are still one of my favorites.|\n|>|>|Mr. C: Narinig na namin yung mataas mong nota.|\n|>|>|I say: This guy's obviously in love! And as usual, I like that last note!|\n|''RAMIRR'' Grepo|c\n\n| [img[Yasmin Medina|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/final24_yasmin-sm.jpg]] |>| To vote, type ''SUEY'' and send to 2339 (mobile) or dial ''1-908-5 4365-09'' (PLDT) |\n|~|>| Best of My Love |\n|>|>|Francis M: She was having fun. She was in her element. I would pay tickets to watch this lady. Beautiful!|\n|>|>|Mamita: Very good, Suey. I enjoyed it very much.|\n|>|>|Mr. C: You have that charm, you have that warmth. And it's very nice to watch.|\n|>|>|I say: Start pa lang, may wrong note na. Tsk, tsk.|\n|Yasmin ''SUEY'' Medina|c\n\n| To vote, type ''MAU'' and send to 2339 (mobile) or dial ''1-908-5 4365-10'' (PLDT) | [img[Maureen Marcelo|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/final24_maureen-sm.jpg]] |>|\n| Till My Heartaches End |~|>|\n|>|>|Francis M: Nananawagan ako sa mga executives ng Sony at BMG - bigyan na ng album to!|\n|>|>|Mamita: I have seen her become more elegant. Mau, you're perfect!|\n|>|>|Mr. C: World class!|\n|>|>|I say: This was the best performance for the night.|\n|Maureen ''MAU'' Marcelo|c\n\n^^When cursor is a "crossed-arrows" symbol, //click-hold & drag// to reposition, //shift-grab// an edge or a corner to resize, or //double click// to maximize/restore. To close, go to upper right corner and click on //close//.^^\n===\n\n\nSomeone must have told Mamita and Ryan Agoncillo to stop the flirting, cause it looked like it was kept at a minimum. That flirting has been an irritation to me for the past two weeks.\n\nI am also glad that the judges have started to verbalize the weak points in the performances of the contestants. But I really didn't get Mamita's comment on Ting's performance, because Mamita went defensive on her comment about Davao having few talents.\n \nCertain things I have noticed in the wildcard round:\n*Most of the performances were safe.\n*The boys were more emotional than the girls.\n**Onyx, Joseph, Suey and Mau shed tears in their ~VTRs.\n**Ken cried after the judges gave their comments.\nDefinitely, I'm voting for ''@@color(#cc3300):MAU@@''. For me, she gave the best performance during the wildcard show. To vote, type ''MAU'' and send to __2339__ (mobile) or dial ''1-908-5 4365-10'' (PLDT).\n\nAmong the boys, I'd go for ''GIAN'' and ''ONYX''. To vote for Gian, type ''GIAN'' and send to __2339__ (mobile) or dial ''1-908-5 4365-02'' (PLDT). For Onyx, type ''ONYX'' and send to __2339__ (mobile) or dial ''1-908-5 4365-04'' (PLDT).\n\nAnd to fill up the four slots, I'd pick ''IRA''. To vote, type ''IRA'' and send to __2339__ (mobile) or dial ''1-908-5 4365-05'' (PLDT).\n\n''Don't forget to vote after the show. Remember, voting will close at @@color(#cc3300):8:30 pm, Sunday, 17 September@@!''\n\n<<haloscan comments>>\n----\nSee other Philippine Idol notes:\n<<tiddlerList tags:"Philippine Idol" order:-created showself:"no">>\n\n\n

| !''Award'' | !''Kasadyahan'' | !''~Ati-Atihan'' |\n| //Special Awards// |>|>|\n|Best Costume | //na// | ''Aninipay'' |\n|Best Headdress | //na// | ''Molave'' |\n|Best in Discipline | //na// | ''~Atub-Atub'' |\n|Best in Street Dancing | ''Tinuom'' | ''Paghidaet'' |\n| //Minor Awards// |>|>|\n|Best in Costume | ''Mandurriaonon'' | ''Ilonganon'' |\n|Best in Music | ''Kahilwayan'' | ''Paghidaet'' |\n|Best in Choreography | ''Kahilwayan'' | ''Paghidaet'' |\n|Best Choreographer | ''Kahilwayan'' | ''Paghidaet'' |\n|Best in Performance | ''Kahilwayan'' | ''Ilonganon'' |\n| //Major Awards// |>|>|\n|4th Runner-up | ''Saad'' | ''~Atub-Atub'' |\n|3rd Runner-up | ''Mandurriaonon'' | ''Silak'' |\n|2nd Runner-up | ''Tultugan'' | ''Ang Taga Jaro'' |\n|1st Runner-up | ''Tinuom'' | ''Paghidaet'' |\n|Champion | ''Kahilwayan'' | ''Ilonganon'' |\nHmmm.... I wasn't that far off.\n\nRight there during the awarding ceremony, the [[Iloilo Dinagyang Foundation Inc.|http://dinagyangfoundation.com/]] was handed an invitation to the Aliwan Dance Festival on 26-28 April 2007 at the CCP Complex, where a grand prize of one million pesos will be up for grabs.\n\n<<haloscan comments>>

Well, this is it! The two finalists with the lowest text and landline votes will leave the competition tonight.\n\n| [img[Top 12|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/12Finalists.jpg]] |\n\nDid you vote? I did, several times. And I'll tell you a secret. I didn't just vote for two (as I said [[last night|2nd Final Round Performances]]), but for four finalists! I thought that ''Gian'' and ''Mau'' deserved some votes from me too. After all, Gian has consistently performed well over the past weeks. And Mau has been excellent too, except that last night I just wasn't impressed by her performance. I hope that helped, and that people were voting for talent rather than for any other consideration.\n\nAs the judges said, they are looking for these qualities in the Philippine Idol - versatility, originality, confidence, sex appeal and, as Mr. C explained, "Someone who can stand there and everybody will be in awe." I hope we all look for the same things too.\n\nRyan Agoncillo then proceeded to announce the bottom four, starting with ''Gian'' and ''Stef''. At this time, ''Jan'', ''Reymond'', ''Jeli'' and ''Arms'' were all declared safe.\n\n| [img[Gian Magdangal|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/smpic_gian.jpg]] | [img[Stephanie Lazaro|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/smpic_stef.jpg]] |\n\nAfter a tense moment, ''Gian'' was asked to return to the couch. [[Stef|Stef]] was in the bottom two.\n\n''Ken'', ''Apple'', ''Mau'' and ''Miguel'' were then declared safe, leaving ''Drae'' and ''Pow'' among the bottom four.\n\n| [img[Drae Ybañez|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/smpic_drae.jpg]] | [img[Pow Chavez|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/smpic_pow.jpg]] |\n\nI was shivering with tension until Ryan Agoncillo announced that [[Drae|Drae]] was to leave the competition and ''Pow'' was safe.\n\nWhew! I voted for both ''Gian'' and ''Pow'' these last two weekends. And Francis M and Mr. C have praised both finalists in the past two performance shows. They're safe but they're in the bottom four.\n\nI put ''Drae'' in the bottom bracket [[last week|1st Final Round Performances]]. He did better [[this week|2nd Final Round Performances]] but that wasn't enough to save him from elimination.\n\nYet, those who received bad reviews from the judges were safe.\n\nHmmm..... Is the Filipino underdog mentality at work here again?\n\n<<haloscan comments>>\n

Section 29 (1), Article VI, of the [[1987 Constitution of the Philippines|http://www.chanrobles.com/philsupremelaw2.html]] prescribes that\n<<<\nNo money shall be paid out of the Treasury except in pursuance of an appropriation made by law.\n<<<\n[>img[Philippines|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Avatars/Philippinemap.jpg]]It's now the start of another fiscal year for the Philippines. Yet, there is no general appropriations law that has been enacted to cover the expenses of the Philippine Government. This means that Government cannot use the money in the Treasury to pay the salaries of its employees, to cover its operating expenses, and to undertake projects. In short, Government stops operating in the absence of a general appropriations law.\n\nFortunately, Section 25 (7), Article VI, of the same Constitution states that\n<<<\nIf, by the end of any fiscal year, the Congress shall have failed to pass the general appropriations bill for the ensuing fiscal year, the general appropriations law for the preceding fiscal year shall be deemed re-enacted and shall remain in force and effect until the general appropriations bill is passed by the Congress.\n<<<\nVery convenient. But is this provision applicable for 2007?\n\nRemember, there was no general appropriations law in 2006, the //preceding// fiscal year. So, what general appropriations law is there to be reenacted in 2007? NONE.\n\nNo less than Senator Ralph Recto [[earlier said|http://services.inquirer.net/print/print.php?article_id=6992]]:\n<<<\nAssuming you have a reenacted budget for 2006, then the budget for 2007 will be the one reenacted in 2006, which was the P907.56-billion 2005 budget.\n<<<\nI think the Constitutional provision is very clear on the definition of a //reenacted// budget: it is the general appropriations law in the preceding fiscal year. There was ''no'' general appropriations law in 2006. And 2006 precedes 2007; not 2005! One doesn't have to be a lawyer to see that!\n\nYet, the Government is apparently continuing with its business. Government employees troop back to their offices tomorrow, 2 January 2007. The [[Department of Budget and Management|http://www.dbm.gov.ph/]] is poised to release funds for the January 2007 operation of Government. I think Government really should stop operating until there is a general appropriations law for 2007. This way, our lawmakers will see the folly of their ways.\n\nIt's worth noting that the Constitutional provision for a reenacted budget was not in the [[1935 Philippine Constitution|http://www.chanrobles.com/1935constitutionofthephilippines.htm]]. It became part of the supreme law of the land in the [[1973 Constitution|http://www.chanrobles.com/1973constitutionofthephilippines.htm]], where it is in Section 16 (6), Article VIII:\n<<<\nIf, by the end of the fiscal year, the National Assembly shall have failed to pass the general appropriations bill for the ensuing fiscal year, the general appropriations law for the preceding fiscal year shall be deemed re-enacted and shall remain in force and effect until the general appropriations bill is passed by the National Assembly.\n<<<\nIronically, the Philippines hasn't had any reenacted budget during the time that the [[1935 Constitution|http://www.chanrobles.com/1935constitutionofthephilippines.htm]] (which did not have any provision for a reenacted budget) and the [[1973 Constitution|http://www.chanrobles.com/1973constitutionofthephilippines.htm]] were in effect. It has only been recently operating on reenacted budgets. In 2001, 2004 and 2006, there were no general appropriations laws. In other years, Government expenses for the first quarter were usually based on reenacted budgets.\n\nAre we abusing the concept of a //reenacted budget//? Is the Philippine Government violating the Philippine Constitution?\n\nOh well, why am I not surprised?\n\n<<haloscan comments>>

|! APPLE CHIU, 22 (Cavite, interior designer) |>|\n| [img[Apple Chiu|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/smpic_apple.jpg]] | To vote, type ''APPLE'' and send to 2339 (mobile) or dial ''1-908-5 4365-03'' (PLDT) |\n|~| [[(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/Apple%20-%20Natural%20Woman.mp3]] |\n|~| [[Aretha Franklin's version|http://www.mediamax.com/edzz9/Hosted/Aretha%20Franklin%20-%20A%20Natural%20Woman%20%28You%20Make%20Me%20Feel%20Like%29%20%28The%20Big%20Chill%20Soundtrack%29.mp3]] |\n|>|//Francis M//: I had goosebumps! You made me feel like a fan!|\n|>|//Mamita//: This is the first time that I really appreciate your singing. Bagay na bagay sa iyo itong kantang ito.|\n|>|//Mr. C//: You are a serious contender for the title.|\n|>|//I say//: Her performance was really good!|\n<<deliciousPlayTagger>>

|! APPLE CHIU, 22 (Cavite, interior designer) |>|\n| [img[Apple Chiu|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/final24_cherry-sm.jpg]] | To vote, type ''APPLE'' and send to 2339 (mobile) or dial ''1-908-5 4365-04'' (PLDT) |\n|~| [[Ngayon|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/Apple%20Chiu%20-%20Ngayon.mp3]] (Basil Valdez) |\n|>|//Francis M//: Yung boses mo pwedeng ibenta, buong-buo. Ang pag-awit mo ay walang flaw. Lahat ng kalalakihan, pati mga lolo, mahuhumaling sayo.|\n|>|//Mamita//: Sa umpisa pa lang, akala ko'y you will not make it to the twelve. I'm very very happy that you're a part of the finals.|\n|>|//Mr. C//: Si Apple ay isa sa pinakabuo at malalim na boses. Maganda ang boses mo.|\n|>|//I say//: Wasn't that a very bad note at the first part of her song? But despite that, I feel she was able to connect to the audience.|\n<<deliciousPlayTagger>>

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|! ARMS CRUZ, 27 (Zamboanga, musician) |>|\n| [img[Arms Cruz|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/smpic_arms.jpg]] | To vote, type ''ARMS'' and send to 2339 (mobile) or dial ''1-908-5 4365-11'' (PLDT) |\n|~| [[Respect|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/Arms%20-%20Respect.mp3]] |\n|~| [[Aretha Franklin's version|http://www.mediamax.com/edzz9/Hosted/Aretha%20Franklin%20-%20Respect.mp3]] |\n|>|//Francis M//: Armarie has the vocal armory always. Good job!|\n|>|//Mamita//: Seems like you're losing weight. Bagay na bagay sa yo tong kanta. I like it!|\n|>|//Mr. C//: I like singers who give more than a 100% and you did that tonight. None of the singers here tonight sang the way you did.|\n|>|//I say//: Very good effort. Good thing there was no elimination [[last Sunday|Sunday's Results Show]].|\n<<deliciousPlayTagger>>

|! ARMS CRUZ, 27 (Zamboanga, musician) |>|\n| [img[Arms Cruz|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/final24_armarie-sm.jpg]] | To vote, type ''ARMS'' and send to 2339 (mobile) or dial ''1-908-5 4365-01'' (PLDT) |\n|~| [[Araw-Araw, Gabi-Gabi|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/Arms%20Cruz%20-%20Araw%20Araw%20Gabi%20Gabi.mp3]] (composed by Willy Cruz and sang by Didith Reyes) |\n|>|//Francis M//: I think napaka-professional ang pag-awit niya. Napakalinis. The choice of the song is too 'old school'.|\n|>|//Mamita//: I think Armarie can sing anything. But I think you could have chosen a better song.|\n|>|//Mr. C//: Arms, we're looking for the 2006 Philippine Idol. The style you're doing is a bit old.|\n|>|//I say//: Her voice is powerful, but somehow I wasn't moved by her performance. I just got a little distracted with the way she kept on looking at her feet while moving, first, down the stairs, and then later, down the steps leading to the middle of the stage. |\n<<deliciousPlayTagger>>

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There's this email that's making the rounds of inboxes of Ilonggos lately. I don't know if this is a new one or something that has long been circulating in cyberspace.\n\nJust the same, I find it hilarious (not to mention, accurate) that I feel I must share it with you.\n<<<\nYou know you're a true blue Ilonggo if...\n* Your one peso is //pisos//.\n* You take a bath using a //tabo// which you call //Caltex//.\n* Your bathroom has at least one //lugod// (some have one for every family member).\n* Your //nanay// used to make you drink Mirinda or Royal Tru Orange when you had a fever, which is supposed to make you feel better.\n* //Sinamak// is a staple in your dining table (the best Ilonggo invention if you ask me; was even banned from airplanes long before 911).\n* Your //toyo// is //patis// and your //patis// is //toyo//.\n* You use atsuete for your //adobo// and //pinamalhan// (pinaksiw).\n* Your daily meal will likely include //laswa//, //kbl// (kadyos, baboy, langka), //ginat-an nga tambo// with //tugabang// and okra, //ginat-an nga munggo//, //linutik//, //apan-apan//, etc.\n* November 1^^st^^ means eating //ibus//, //suman//, //suman-latik//, //kalamay-hati//, //bayi-bayi//, //valenciana// or other native delicacies with glutinous rice and coconut milk.\n* You call those you love //palangga//, //pangga//, //langga// or //ga//.\n* You call your siblings or cousins //Inday//, //Nonoy// or //Toto//... (the househelp may call you the same).\n* You call those who are older than you //Manang// or //Manong//.\n* You catch the attention of sales attendants by calling them //Day// or //To//.\n* Your childhood games include //tumba patis//, //taksi//, //panagu-ay//, //balay-balay//, ins, //tin-tin baka//, //sikyu//, etc.\n* You used to be (or still are) scared to go out at night lest you meet the //aswang//, //tik-tik//, //tayhu//, //kapre//, //kama-kama//, //morto//, etc.\n* You used to listen (or still listen) to //Sin-o Ang May Sala//, //Lain Siya Sa Iban//, and //Toyang Ermitanya//.\n* Your grandparents read Yuhum magazine (I actually read Hiligaynon!)\n* You call a person, thing, place and event //kwan// when you forget it (//si kwan, ang kwan, sa kwan//).\n* You used to sleep in an //aboy-aboy// made of //patadyong// when you were a baby (probably applies only to us below the poverty line).\n* You understand that the "Particulars Keep Out" sign means outsiders keep out (believe me, this sign may look and sound English but only us Ilonggos use it).\n* You use words such as //ahay// (expression of pity, grief, empathy), //yuga// (expression of disbelief, surprise), //ambot ah// (to say you don't know, expression of impatience).\n* You often start your sentence with //ti//.\n* You say goodbye by saying //halong//.\n<<<\nTe, Ilonggo ka guid man?\n\n<<haloscan comments>>

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[>img[Jasmin & Bea|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/PBB-2/Snapshot5.jpg]][[Maria Beatriz Saw|http://bb2.pinoybigbrother.com/tabid/550/xmmid/387/profile/3664/name/Beatriz/xmview/2/Default.aspx]] from Muntinlupa was saved from eviction from the Pinoy Big Brother house tonight. Instead, [[Ma. Jasmin Engracia|http://bb2.pinoybigbrother.com/tabid/550/xmmid/387/profile/3672/name/Jasmin/xmview/2/Default.aspx]] from Davao City was evicted.\n\nBut, as luck would have it, ''Bea'' answered the seventh and last call from Big Brother!\n\nRemember that a large red phone was brought inside the Big Brother house last Saturday after the nomination show and would remain there for the whole week. It would ring seven times randomly during the duration of its stay inside the house, and will not stop unless a housemate answers it. Each call will have a good or a bad consequence for the recipient of the call. Here's a rundown of what happened:\n* 1st call: ''Zeke'' had to stay under the sun and not take a bath for two days.\n* 2nd call: ''Mickey'' got a haircut, a facial and a bonus foot massage (from Nel, who was instructed by Big Brother to use his feet to massage Mickey!)\n* 3rd call: ''Bodie'' was granted his wish for "lots of pizza".\n* 4th call: ''Dionne'' got a 60-second shopping spree worth PHP 5,000 for which she was only able to spend PHP 2,844.50 for lack of time.\n* 5th call: ''Nel'' struck dirt when he became a pet dog for a day.\n* 6th call: ''Wendy'' got the power to change a nominee in Sunday's nominations.\n* 7th call: ''Bea'' receives an automatic nomination (right after being saved from eviction!)\n<html><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IuUgQIaAhnU"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IuUgQIaAhnU" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object></html>\nTsk, tsk. Tough luck, girl.\n\nSomeone in the [[Pinoy Big Brother forum|http://forums.abs-cbn.com/thread/2187701.aspx]] suggested that Bea could still be saved by Wendy come Sunday night, though if Wendy is nominated herself, Wendy would, by all probabilities, save herself. I guess Bea'll just have to live through another nerve-wracking eviction week (and her supporters have to keep voting for her to survive).\n\n<<haloscan comments>>\n\n^^Video shared by [[kaizz|http://www.youtube.com/user/kaizz]].^^

Before this post at the [[ABC 5 Forums|http://www.abc.com.ph/forums/viewthread.php?tid=614]] gets lost as the days pass by, I am putting it here for posterity. While this is hilarious (a satire, if my memory serves me right), it just shows how [[Philippine Idol|http://www.philippineidol.com/index.html]] fans view the contest now, after the three results nights: two for the semifinals, one for the wildcard round.\n<<<\n//Originally posted by [[nixx|http://www.abc.com.ph/forums/member.php?action=viewpro&member=nixx]]//\n\nSa sobrang taas ng "unbelievability" factor ng results ng wildcard winners kanina, puwede na nilang i-feature yung P.I. sa "Ripley's Believe It or Not."\n\nNow I know. P.I. is not about popularity, it's all about the moolah. If you're financially-endowed, well and good (paging //Jelli// and //Miguel//, please step forward). Kung hindi naman, if you have strong religious supporters, puwede na rin (calling //Drae// and //Apple//, to the stage please). If you don't have both, but have the backing of an entire province at your disposal, in ka pa rin (hi //Armarie//).\n\nNow, there are weird cases (presenting exhibit 1: //Steph//; presenting exhibit 2: //Ken//; and presenting exhibit 3: //Reymond//). These are paranormal, unexplainable cases. How they got in? Only heaven knows.\n\nNgayon pa lang malinaw na how the Top 12 competition will play out.\n\nThe talented and truly deserving will get the early boots (paging ''Mau'' and ''Paw'', please exit). We love them both, but they don't have the financial backing unlike some of the contestants.\n\nThen the judges' favorites will bid goodbye (adieu ''Gian'', ''Drae'').\n\nThe paranormal cases will follow suit (please step forward: ''Steph'', ''Reymond'', and ''Ken''). They won't be so lucky this time.\n\nThose with the moolah and huge financial backing will remain. Say hello to your Top 5:\n\n5. ''Jan''\n4. ''Jelli''\n3. ''Apple''\n2. ''Miguel''\n1. ''Armarie''\n\n''Armarie'' has the upper hand. Besides the moolah, she has Zamboanga to back her up.\n<<<\n\nHa ha ha! Very perceptive indeed. I may not totally agree with this but I'll keep it here, and will check it from time to time to see if any of these come to pass. You should too, you know. To //[[nixx|http://www.abc.com.ph/forums/member.php?action=viewpro&member=nixx]]//, I just hope you're not a fortune-teller.\n\n<<haloscan comments>>\n----\nSee other Philippine Idol notes:\n<<tiddlerList tags:"Philippine Idol" order:-created showself:"no">>\n\n

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[>img[CNN|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Avatars/cnn.gif]][[CNN.com|http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/02/10/philippines.nigeria/index.html?eref=edition_asia]] reports this breaking news item:\n<<<\nThe Philippine government strongly hinted Friday it would approve the payment of ransoms to win the freedom of 26 Filipino hostages missing or kidnapped in Nigeria.\n\n"Whatever it takes ... we will go along with it," Esteban Conejos, undersecretary for migrant workers' affairs, told reporters in Manila Friday. He stressed the negotiations were being handled by Nigeria, and "we have never had any reason not to trust the Nigerian government."\n\nCNN this past week aired video of 24 Filipino seamen who were abducted from the German-owned freighter Baco Liner II on January 20. The video showed dozens of militants, dressed in black and wearing black ski masks, dancing around the hostages and firing automatic weapons into the air. The story has been running prominently on Philippine media.\n\nConejos said he was in personal contact with the families of all 24 men, although they naturally would be alarmed by the CNN video. The families are deeply anxious, he said, but also "hopeful and prayerful."\n\nThe Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has claimed responsibility for the mass abduction. The militia is seeking more returns for impoverished villagers from the vast oil wealth of the Delta region. Increasingly, brazen rebel attacks have disrupted oil production to the tune of billions of dollars over the past year.\n\nSince late 2005, MEND militants have carried out numerous attacks on Nigeria's oil sector and abducted dozens of foreign workers. Nearly all of them have been released unharmed.\n\nIn addition to the 24 captured seamen, a Filipino engineer and the Filipino wife of an Iranian construction executive were abducted in separate incidents last week.\n\nJane Gregorio, the sister of the abducted woman, Josie Beth Foroozan, 37, told CNN Foroozan managed to alert her husband in a cell phone call before being cut off. The husband was later contacted on the same number by a man who claimed Foroozan had drowned after jumping from a boat in an escape attempt, Gregorio said. There has been no independent confirmation of that account.\n\nConejos said Philippine authorities believe Foroozan was kidnapped by a criminal group separate from the Delta rebels. Two citizens of Italy and citizens of Lebanon, the United States and France are also currently believed held by Niger Delta gangs.\n<<<\nHmmm.... This wouldn't be the first time that the Philippine Government has been willing to pay ransom, I suppose. And, if this happens, it won't be the last.\n\nTsk, tsk...\n\n(The 24 Filipino seamen were [[reported|http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view_article.php?article_id=49356]] to have been released //“on humanitarian grounds” without receiving any ransom, following the intervention of local elders and authorities//. Tell that to the Marines!)\n\n<<haloscan comments>>

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You can also change the format of the tiddler names linked to from each date, and the colours used.\n\n//{{{\nconfig.macros.calendar = {};\n\nconfig.macros.calendar.monthnames = ["Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec"];\nconfig.macros.calendar.daynames = ["M", "T", "W", "T", "F", "S", "S"];\n\nconfig.macros.calendar.weekendbg = "#c0c0c0";\nconfig.macros.calendar.monthbg = "#e0e0e0";\nconfig.macros.calendar.holidaybg = "#ffc0c0";\n\n//}}}\n// //''Code section:''\n// (you should not need to alter anything below here)//\n//{{{\nif(config.options.txtCalFirstDay == undefined)\n config.options.txtCalFirstDay = 0;\nif(config.options.txtCalStartOfWeekend == undefined)\n config.options.txtCalStartOfWeekend = 5;\nif(config.options.chkDisplayWeekNumbers == undefined)//wn**\n config.options.chkDisplayWeekNumbers = false;\nif(config.options.chkDisplayWeekNumbers)\n config.options.txtCalFirstDay = 0;\n\nconfig.macros.calendar.tiddlerformat = "0DD/0MM/YYYY"; // This used to be changeable - for now, it isn't// <<smiley :-(>> \n\nversion.extensions.calendar = { major: 0, minor: 6, revision: 0, date: new Date(2006, 1, 22)};\nconfig.macros.calendar.monthdays = [ 31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31];\n\nconfig.macros.calendar.holidays = [ ]; // Not sure this is required anymore - use reminders instead\n//}}}\n\n// //Is the given date a holiday?\n//{{{\nfunction calendarIsHoliday(date)\n{\n var longHoliday = date.formatString("0DD/0MM/YYYY");\n var shortHoliday = date.formatString("0DD/0MM");\n\n for(var i = 0; i < config.macros.calendar.holidays.length; i++) {\n if(config.macros.calendar.holidays[i] == longHoliday || config.macros.calendar.holidays[i] == shortHoliday) {\n return true;\n }\n }\n return false;\n}\n//}}}\n\n// //The main entry point - the macro handler.\n// //Decide what sort of calendar we are creating (month or year, and which month or year)\n// // Create the main calendar container and pass that to sub-ordinate functions to create the structure.\n// ELS 2005.10.30: added creation and use of "tbody" for IE compatibility and fixup for year >1900//\n// ELS 2005.10.30: fix year calculation for IE's getYear() function (which returns '2005' instead of '105')//\n// ELS 2006.05.29: add journalDateFmt handling//\n//{{{\nconfig.macros.calendar.handler = function(place,macroName,params)\n{\n var calendar = createTiddlyElement(place, "table", null, "calendar", null);\n var tbody = createTiddlyElement(calendar, "tbody", null, null, null);\n var today = new Date();\n var year = today.getYear();\n if (year<1900) year+=1900;\n \n // get format for journal link by reading from SideBarOptions (ELS 5/29/06 - based on suggestion by Martin Budden)\n var text = store.getTiddlerText("SideBarOptions");\n this.journalDateFmt = "DD-MMM-YYYY";\n var re = new RegExp("<<(?:newJournal)([^>]*)>>","mg"); var fm = re.exec(text);\n if (fm && fm[1]!=null) { var pa=fm[1].readMacroParams(); if (pa[0]) this.journalDateFmt = pa[0]; }\n\n if (params[0] == "thismonth")\n {\n cacheReminders(new Date(year, today.getMonth(), 1, 0, 0), 31);\n createCalendarOneMonth(tbody, year, today.getMonth());\n } \n else if (params[0] == "lastmonth") {\n var month = today.getMonth()-1; if (month==-1) { month=11; year--; }\n cacheReminders(new Date(year, month, 1, 0, 0), 31);\n createCalendarOneMonth(tbody, year, month);\n }\n else if (params[0] == "nextmonth") {\n var month = today.getMonth()+1; if (month>11) { month=0; year++; }\n cacheReminders(new Date(year, month, 1, 0, 0), 31);\n createCalendarOneMonth(tbody, year, month);\n }\n else {\n if (params[0]) year = params[0];\n if(params[1])\n {\n cacheReminders(new Date(year, params[1]-1, 1, 0, 0), 31);\n createCalendarOneMonth(tbody, year, params[1]-1);\n }\n else\n {\n cacheReminders(new Date(year, 0, 1, 0, 0), 366);\n createCalendarYear(tbody, year);\n }\n }\n window.reminderCacheForCalendar = null;\n}\n//}}}\n//{{{\n//This global variable is used to store reminders that have been cached\n//while the calendar is being rendered. It will be renulled after the calendar is fully rendered.\nwindow.reminderCacheForCalendar = null;\n//}}}\n//{{{\nfunction cacheReminders(date, leadtime)\n{\n if (window.findTiddlersWithReminders == null)\n return;\n window.reminderCacheForCalendar = {};\n var leadtimeHash = [];\n leadtimeHash [0] = 0;\n leadtimeHash [1] = leadtime;\n var t = findTiddlersWithReminders(date, leadtimeHash, null, 1);\n for(var i = 0; i < t.length; i++) {\n //just tag it in the cache, so that when we're drawing days, we can bold this one.\n window.reminderCacheForCalendar[t[i]["matchedDate"]] = "reminder:" + t[i]["params"]["title"]; \n }\n}\n//}}}\n//{{{\nfunction createCalendarOneMonth(calendar, year, mon)\n{\n var row = createTiddlyElement(calendar, "tr", null, null, null);\n createCalendarMonthHeader(calendar, row, config.macros.calendar.monthnames[mon] + " " + year, true, year, mon);\n row = createTiddlyElement(calendar, "tr", null, null, null);\n createCalendarDayHeader(row, 1);\n createCalendarDayRowsSingle(calendar, year, mon);\n}\n//}}}\n\n//{{{\nfunction createCalendarMonth(calendar, year, mon)\n{\n var row = createTiddlyElement(calendar, "tr", null, null, null);\n createCalendarMonthHeader(calendar, row, config.macros.calendar.monthnames[mon] + " " + year, false, year, mon);\n row = createTiddlyElement(calendar, "tr", null, null, null);\n createCalendarDayHeader(row, 1);\n createCalendarDayRowsSingle(calendar, year, mon);\n}\n//}}}\n\n//{{{\nfunction createCalendarYear(calendar, year)\n{\n var row;\n row = createTiddlyElement(calendar, "tr", null, null, null);\n var back = createTiddlyElement(row, "td", null, null, null);\n var backHandler = function() {\n removeChildren(calendar);\n createCalendarYear(calendar, year-1);\n };\n createTiddlyButton(back, "<", "Previous year", backHandler);\n back.align = "center";\n\n var yearHeader = createTiddlyElement(row, "td", null, "calendarYear", year);\n yearHeader.align = "center";\n //yearHeader.setAttribute("colSpan", 19);\n yearHeader.setAttribute("colSpan",config.options.chkDisplayWeekNumbers?22:19);//wn**\n\n var fwd = createTiddlyElement(row, "td", null, null, null);\n var fwdHandler = function() {\n removeChildren(calendar);\n createCalendarYear(calendar, year+1);\n };\n createTiddlyButton(fwd, ">", "Next year", fwdHandler);\n fwd.align = "center";\n\n createCalendarMonthRow(calendar, year, 0);\n createCalendarMonthRow(calendar, year, 3);\n createCalendarMonthRow(calendar, year, 6);\n createCalendarMonthRow(calendar, year, 9);\n}\n//}}}\n\n//{{{\nfunction createCalendarMonthRow(cal, year, mon)\n{\n var row = createTiddlyElement(cal, "tr", null, null, null);\n createCalendarMonthHeader(cal, row, config.macros.calendar.monthnames[mon], false, year, mon);\n createCalendarMonthHeader(cal, row, config.macros.calendar.monthnames[mon+1], false, year, mon);\n createCalendarMonthHeader(cal, row, config.macros.calendar.monthnames[mon+2], false, year, mon);\n row = createTiddlyElement(cal, "tr", null, null, null);\n createCalendarDayHeader(row, 3);\n createCalendarDayRows(cal, year, mon);\n}\n//}}}\n\n//{{{\nfunction createCalendarMonthHeader(cal, row, name, nav, year, mon)\n{\n var month;\n if(nav) {\n var back = createTiddlyElement(row, "td", null, null, null);\n back.align = "center";\n back.style.background = config.macros.calendar.monthbg;\n\n/*\n back.setAttribute("colSpan", 2);\n\n var backYearHandler = function() {\n var newyear = year-1;\n removeChildren(cal);\n cacheReminders(new Date(newyear, mon , 1, 0, 0), 31);\n createCalendarOneMonth(cal, newyear, mon);\n };\n createTiddlyButton(back, "<<", "Previous year", backYearHandler);\n*/\n var backMonHandler = function() {\n var newyear = year;\n var newmon = mon-1;\n if(newmon == -1) { newmon = 11; 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I found this really cool site - [[MyHeritage|http://www.myheritage.com/]] - founded by a team of people with a passion for genealogy and a strong grasp of Internet technology. Their vision is //to make it easier for people around the world to use the power of the Internet to discover their heritage and strengthen their bonds with family and friends.//\n\nThrough their website, people can start researching what made them the way they are, and then share their experiences with family members and friends.\n\nIt offers these services:\n# [[Family Pages|http://www.myheritage.com/FP/Company/family-pages.php]] - personalized web sites designed to help families stay in touch, celebrate birthdays, share photos, and explore and preserve their family history. Right now though, creation of a family page is //by invitation//.\n# [[Family Tree Builder|http://www.myheritage.com/FP/Company/family-tree-builder.php]] - a free genealogy software for Windows, which allows one to put together and organize a family tree. It's an 11.5MB download and is still on beta. A documentation for new users is provided as a separate PDF file.\n# [[MyHeritage Research|http://www.myheritage.com/FP/Company/myheritage-research-overview.php]] - a search engine covering 414 genealogy databases worldwide that allows you to use up to 10 spelling variants for a name. You can even save your search results on their site if you are member. That way, you can keep coming back to your search results whenever you want.\n# [[Face Recognition|http://www.myheritage.com/FP/Company/face-recognition.php]] - an advanced technology that allows you to find another person's photograph in their database that matches your photograph.\nPerhaps, the most fun thing to do right now is ''face recognition''. All you need to do is upload images of yourself and your family, preferably those with large, front-facing and straight faces. Then, the site runs a face recognition test that compares your images to those images already in its database. I take it that this would be a great way to find one's relatives, due to the genetic-based facial similarities that exist between relatives. You can even use this to form connections between people whom you never even knew were related.\n\nWhile people are still beginning to upload their pictures to the system, you can compare your picture with that of the world's top celebrities and post a collage of the results on your website.\n\nSo, I tried my own picture. And here are the results:\n<html><embed src="http://www.myheritagefiles.com/acollage/G/7_1/lur403_3038780d448354zo9ej403" width="202" height="454" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed></html>\nWhy don't you try it out?\n\n<<haloscan comments>>

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!Congratulations, ''Mau Marcelo'', the first Philippine Idol!\n[img[Mau Marcelo|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/picnew_mao.jpg]]\n[[Sweet Love|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/Mau%20Marcelo%20-%20Sweet%20Love.mp3]]\n[[Till My Heartaches End|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/Mau%20Marcelo%20-%20Til%20My%20Heartaches%20End.mp3]]\n[[Minsan Lang|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/Mau%20Marcelo%20-%20Minsan%20Lang.mp3]]\n[[Crazy in Love|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/Mau%20-%20Crazy%20in%20Love.mp3]]\n[[Ako Ang Nasawi, Ako Ang Nagwagi|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/mau%20-%20ako%20ang%20nasawi%2C%20ako%20ang%20nagwagi.mp3]]\n[[So Slow|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/mau%20-%20so%20slow.mp3]]\n[[I Will Always Love You|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/Mau%20-%20I%20Will%20Always%20Love%20You.mp3]]\n[[Shy Guy|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/mau%20-%20shy%20guy.mp3]]\n[[Mahal Naman Kita|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/Mau%20-%20Mahal%20Naman%20Kita.mp3]]\n[[Diamonds Are Forever|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/Mau%20-%20Diamonds%20Are%20Forever.mp3]]\n[[And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/Mau%20-%20And%20I%27m%20Telling%20You%20I%27m%20Not%20Going.mp3]]\n[[My Funny Valentine|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/Mau%20-%20My%20Funny%20Valentine.mp3]]\n[[Waray-Waray|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/Mau%20-%20Waray%20Waray.mp3]]\n[[Love Takes Time|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/Mau%20-%20Love%20Takes%20Time.mp3]]\n[[Balut|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/Mau%20-%20Balut.mp3]]\n[[On My Own|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/Mau%20-%20On%20My%20Own.mp3]]\n\n<<haloscan comments>><<deliciousPlayTagger>>

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<<newTiddler>>\n<<newJournal "DD MMM YYYY">>\n<<saveChanges>>\n<<importTiddlers link>>\n<<upload http://elj.tiddlyspot.com/store.cgi index.html . . elj>>\n<html><a href='http://elj.tiddlyspot.com/download' class='button'>download</a></html>\n<<slider chkSliderOptionsPanel OptionsPanel 'options »' 'Change TiddlyWiki advanced options'>>\n<<slider chkSliderContents [[TabContents]] 'contents »' 'contents'>>\n[[edit main menu|MainMenu]]\n<script label="set default tiddlers">\n // get list of current open tiddlers\n var tids=[];\n story.forEachTiddler(function(title,element){tids.push(String.encodeTiddlyLink(title))});\n tids=tids.join(" ");\n if (!confirm("DefaultTiddlers will be set to:\sn\sn%0\sn\snIs it OK to proceed?".format([tids]))) return;\n var t=store.getTiddler("DefaultTiddlers");\n store.saveTiddler(t.title,t.title,tids,config.options.txtUserName,new Date(),t.tags);\n story.refreshTiddler("DefaultTiddlers",null,true);\n displayMessage("DefaultTiddlers has been updated");\n</script>

/***\nCopyTiddlerPlugin\nAuthor: TimMorgan\nSource: http://ziddlywiki.org/#CopyTiddlerPlugin\n\nadds a "copy" option to duplicate a tiddler\n***/\n//{{{\nconfig.shadowTiddlers.EditTemplate = "<div class='toolbar' macro='toolbar +saveTiddler -cancelTiddler copyTiddler deleteTiddler'></div>\sn<div class='title' macro='view title'></div>\sn<div class='editor' macro='edit title'></div>\sn<div class='editor' macro='edit text'></div>\sn<div class='editor' macro='edit tags'></div><div class='editorFooter'><span macro='message views.editor.tagPrompt'></span><span macro='tagChooser'></span></div>";\n\nconfig.commands.copyTiddler = {\n text: 'copy',\n hideReadOnly: true,\n tooltip: 'Make a copy of this tiddler',\n handler: function(event,src,title) {\n story.displayTiddler(null,title,DEFAULT_VIEW_TEMPLATE);\n var tiddler = store.fetchTiddler(title);\n var newTitle = 'Copy of ' + title;\n var newTiddler = store.createTiddler(newTitle);\n newTiddler.text = tiddler.text;\n newTiddler.tags = tiddler.tags;\n story.displayTiddler(null,newTitle,DEFAULT_EDIT_TEMPLATE);\n story.focusTiddler(newTitle,"title");\n return false;\n }\n};\n//}}}

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'Twas ''dance'' night! More correctly, it was //Philippine Idol Club Night//! The seven remaining finalists sang dance music, with the judges looking for someone who can make people dance.\n\nGuest judge tonight said she's not a singer and she'd leave the voice judging to the professionals (meaning Mamita and Mr.C). She, however, would be looking for someone whose overall performance shows confidence, someone who can feel the song, own it, and reach out to everybody. She is a former cheerleader and currently one of the resident judges in ~ABC5's [[Shall We Dance|http://www.abc.com.ph/index.php?page/TV]] show - <<slider chkSlider "Regine Tolentino" "Regine Tolentino." "Click to know more about Regine Tolentino">>\n# [>img[Jan Nieto|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/smpic_jan.jpg]]''Jan Nieto'' - Ricky Martin's [[Livin' La Vida Loca|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/jan%20-%20living%20la%20vida%20loca.mp3]]. {{embeddedblockquote{\n\nAccording to Regine, Jan's performance was very powerful and sexy. Mamita praised Jan, getting to the point that she asked Jan to dance with her on stage! Mr. C, meanwhile, simply said, ''~Nakaka-LOCA!''.\n\nI felt that Jan exhibited some awkwardness in his movements. But probably because the song is simply an energetic song, this thing may have been purposely (and understandably) overlooked. By and large, it was a good performance.\n\n}}}\n# [>img[Pow Chavez|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/smpic_pow.jpg]]''Pow Chavez'' - Cheryl Lynn's [[Got To Be Real|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/pow%20-%20got%20to%20be%20real.mp3]]. {{embeddedblockquote{\n\nRegine commented that Pow had everyone partying with her during her performance. Mamita, as usual, went for Pow's get-up, saying that the "skirt" (referring to Pow's overshirt) was getting longer. But Mamita enjoyed Pow's performance. Mr. C advised Pow to start reinventing herself, considering that he has seen nothing new in Pow's performance.\n\nI liked Pow's looks tonight. At least, she's serious in making her appearance a bit better. While I'm with her in showing off her individuality, I think it is really high time that she seriously considered taking up Mamita's challenge. With Mr. C's suggestion, I think we would yet be able to see some change in Pow's appearance. I don't expect her to wear a skirt, but something close to that will do. So, how about it, Pow?\n\n}}}\n# [>img[Miguel Mendoza|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/smpic_miguel.jpg]]''Miguel Mendoza'' - The Pasadenas' [[Make It With You|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/miguel%20-%20make%20it%20with%20you.mp3]]. {{embeddedblockquote{\n\nRegine pointed out that Miguel was awkward in his movement and that, in at least two instances, he had some non-masculine moves. (I didn't notice that; did you?) Mamita said that Miguel would have been better off singing a ballad instead. (My God, you ask him to sing a dance music, for crying out loud, and you tell him he shouldn't do that!) Mr. C summed it all up by saying that Miguel's song choice didn't do much for him.\n\nThere were a number of flats in Miguel's performance, I must say. And what was that get-up? A tuxedo (or raincoat?) on top of jeans? I may not be a fashion guru, but it just didn't look right.\n\n}}}\n# [>img[Ken Dingle|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/smpic_ken.jpg]]''Ken Dingle'' - Stevie Wonder's [[Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/ken%20-%20signed%20sealed%20delivered.mp3]]. {{embeddedblockquote{\n\nRegine wanted to see a little bit more dancing from Ken. But, more importantly, she got distracted with Ken's get-up. I was too. It made him look... so gay. (Was he trying to do a Terence Stamp in [[The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert|http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109045/]]? If he was, then he should have sang //Go West// or //I Love the Nightlife//.) Mamita however was happy with Ken's performance tonight and Mr. C commented that Ken seems to have gathered tremendous confidence. (About bloody time!)\n\nI thought Ken was good in dancing. So why didn't he go all out with his dancing tonight? One other thing, at least he didn't sound feminine tonight. Good one, Ken!\n\n}}}\n# [>img[Mau Marcelo|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/smpic_mau.jpg]] ''Mau Marcelo'' - Diana King's [[Shy Guy|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/mau%20-%20shy%20guy.mp3]]. {{embeddedblockquote{\n\nRyan Agoncillo said that Mau is the Philippine Idol finalist whose fashion sense is always questioned. Ha ha ha! Good one, Ryan A! I hope Mau's "fashion designer" heard that one and would take that to heart.\n\nRegine borrowed Mr. C's earlier comment to Pow and gave it to Mau - for Mau to reinvent herself. This meant that Mau should //look like a diva//, which is what Mau is. To top it all, she said that Mau lacked confidence. Keep that in mind, Mau.\n\nMamita brought Regine's comment a little further, by saying that Mau should exert some serious efforts to trim her body down, especially since the song she sang was more appropriate for //somebody sexy, slim and tall//. And Mr. C advised Mau that if she wanted to become the Philippine Idol, she should take dancing or movement seriously. Think about that, Mau.\n\n}}}\n# [>img[Gian Magdangal|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/smpic_gian.jpg]]''Gian Magdangal'' - Robbie Williams' [[Rock DJ|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/gian%20-%20rock%20dj.mp3]]. {{embeddedblockquote{\n\nRegine said that Gian's //cool// and //sleek//, and went on to say that Gian's performance was the best tonight. Mamita however expected him to dance more. Mr. C said that Gian's performance was the counterpoint to everybody else's performance tonight, much as Gian tried to be //as cool and as small as possible// tonight.\n\nI liked the sexy moves that Gian made tonight. (Mmmm....) But I was dismayed because he didn't know how to take his jacket off! A little more practice perhaps, Gian? And when Mr. C said, //I don't know how the televiewers saw your performance//, I felt Mr. C was referring to me, for I found Gian's performance lacking in energy. But then again, that was a ''Robbie Williams'' song! And Robbie, a very sexy singer, is Gian's favorite singer. He said so himself.\n\n}}}\n# [>img[Apple Chiu|http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h106/iam1ru12/Philippine%20Idol/smpic_apple.jpg]]''Apple Chiu'' - Christina Aguilera's [[Lady Marmalade|http://www.mediamax.com/iam1ru12/Hosted/apple%20-%20lady%20marmalade.mp3]]. (Watch the [[video|http://potpourri.tiddlyspot.com/#%5B%5BApple%20Chiu%20(6th%20Finals)%5D%5D]].) {{embeddedblockquote{\n\nRegine was distracted with Apple's constant pulling up of her pants and so she kept watching the sexy back-up dancers instead. Mamita liked Apple's performance, but she advised her to allow her pants to fall if they wanted to. Good one, Mamita! Mr. C said that it was a strong performance, but he wanted Apple to surprise them next week.\n\nI just didn't know how that veil came into the picture. Did I miss anything here?\n}}}\nAt the end of the show, it appears that the judges' top performances tonight were those of ''Jan'', ''Gian'', and ''Apple'', although Mr. C wasn't bombed out by any of the performances. For me, I enjoyed all the performances, except that of ''Miguel'''s. But then again, that's just me.\n\n<<haloscan comments>><<deliciousPlayTagger>>

/***\n''Date Plugin for TiddlyWiki version 2.x''\n^^author: Eric Shulman - ELS Design Studios\nsource: http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#DatePlugin\nlicense: [[Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 License|http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/]]^^\n^^last update: <<date tiddler "DDD, MMM DDth, YYYY hh:0mm:0ss">>^^\n\nThere are quite a few calendar generators, reminders, to-do lists, 'dated tiddlers' journals, blog-makers and GTD-like schedule managers that have been built around TW. While they all have different purposes, and vary in format, interaction, and style, in one way or another each of these plugins displays and/or uses date-based information to make finding, accessing and managing relevant tiddlers easier. This plugin provides a general approach to embedding dates and date-based links/menus within tiddler content.\n\nThis plugin display formatted dates, for the specified year, month, day using number values or mathematical expressions such as (Y+1) or (D+30). Optionally, you can create a link from the formatted output to a 'dated tiddler' for quick blogging or create a popup menu that includes the dated tiddler link plus links to changes made on that date as well as links to any pending reminders for the coming 31 days (if the RemindersPlugin is installed). This plugin also provides a public API for easily incorporating formatted date output (with or without the links/popups) into other plugins, such as calendar generators, etc.\n!!!!!Usage\n<<<\nWhen installed, this plugin defines a macro: {{{<<date [mode] [date] [format] [linkformat]>>}}}. All of the macro parameters are optional and, in it's simplest form, {{{<<date>>}}}, it is equivalent to the ~TiddlyWiki core macro, {{{<<today>>}}}.\n\nHowever, where {{{<<today>>}}} simply inserts the current date/time in a predefined format (or custom format, using {{{<<today [format]>>}}}), the {{{<<date>>}}} macro's parameters take it much further than that:\n* [mode] is either ''display'', ''link'' or ''popup''. If omitted, it defaults to ''display''. This param let's you select between simply displaying a formatted date, or creating a link to a specific 'date titled' tiddler or a popup menu containing a dated tiddler link, plus links to changes and reminders.\n* [date] lets you enter ANY date (not just today) as ''year, month, and day values or simple mathematical expressions'' using pre-defined variables, Y, M, and D for the current year, month and day, repectively. You can display the modification date of the current tiddler by using the keyword: ''tiddler'' in place of the year, month and day parameters. Use ''tiddler://name-of-tiddler//'' to display the modification date of a specific tiddler. You can also use keywords ''today'' or ''filedate'' to refer to these //dynamically changing// date/time values. \n* [format] and [linkformat] uses standard ~TiddlyWiki date formatting syntax. The default is "YYYY.0MM.0DD"\n>^^''DDD'' - day of week in full (eg, "Monday"), ''DD'' - day of month, ''0DD'' - adds leading zero^^\n>^^''MMM'' - month in full (eg, "July"), ''MM'' - month number, ''0MM'' - adds leading zero^^\n>^^''YYYY'' - full year, ''YY'' - two digit year, ''hh'' - hours, ''mm'' - minutes, ''ss'' - seconds^^\n>^^//note: use of hh, mm or ss format codes is only supported with ''tiddler'', ''today'' or ''filedate'' values//^^\n* [linkformat] - specify an alternative date format so that the title of a 'dated tiddler' link can have a format that differs from the date's displayed format\n\nIn addition to the macro syntax, DatePlugin also provides a public javascript API so that other plugins that work with dates (such as calendar generators, etc.) can quickly incorporate date formatted links or popups into their output:\n\n''{{{showDate(place, date, mode, format, linkformat, autostyle, weekend)}}}'' \n\nNote that in addition to the parameters provided by the macro interface, the javascript API also supports two optional true/false parameters:\n* [autostyle] - when true, the font/background styles of formatted dates are automatically adjusted to show the date's status: 'today' is boxed, 'changes' are bold, 'reminders' are underlined, while weekends and holidays (as well as changes and reminders) can each have a different background color to make them more visibly distinct from each other.\n* [weekend] - true indicates a weekend, false indicates a weekday. When this parameter is omitted, the plugin uses internal defaults to automatically determine when a given date falls on a weekend.\n<<<\n!!!!!Examples\n<<<\nThe current date: <<date>>\nThe current time: <<date today "0hh:0mm:0ss">>\nToday's blog: <<date link today "DDD, MMM DDth, YYYY">>\nRecent blogs/changes/reminders: <<date popup Y M D-1 "yesterday">> <<date popup today "today">> <<date popup Y M D+1 "tomorrow">>\nThe first day of next month will be a <<date Y M+1 1 "DDD">>\nThis tiddler (DatePlugin) was last updated on: <<date tiddler "DDD, MMM DDth, YYYY">>\nThe SiteUrl was last updated on: <<date tiddler:SiteUrl "DDD, MMM DDth, YYYY">>\nThis document was last saved on <<date filedate "DDD, MMM DDth, YYYY at 0hh:0mm:0ss">>\n<<date 2006 07 24 "MMM DDth, YYYY">> will be a <<date 2006 07 24 "DDD">>\n<<<\n!!!!!Installation\n<<<\nimport (or copy/paste) the following tiddlers into your document:\n''DatePlugin'' (tagged with <<tag systemConfig>>)\n<<<\n!!!!!Revision History\n<<<\n''2006.05.09 [2.2.1]'' added "todaybg" handling to set background color of current date. Also, honor excludeLists tag when getting lists of tiddlers. Based on suggestions by Mark Hulme.\n''2006.05.05 [2.2.0]'' added "linkedbg" handling to set background color when a 'dated tiddler' exists. Based on a suggestion by Mark Hulme.\n''2006.03.08 [2.1.2]'' add 'override leadtime' flag param in call to findTiddlersWithReminders(), and add "Enter a title" default text to new reminder handler. Thanks to Jeremy Sheeley for these additional tweaks.\n''2006.03.06 [2.1.0]'' hasReminders() nows uses window.reminderCacheForCalendar[] when present. If calendar cache is not present, indexReminders() now uses findTiddlersWithReminders() with a 90-day look ahead to check for reminders. Also, switched default background colors for autostyled dates: reminders are now greenish ("c0ffee") and holidays are now reddish ("ffaace").\n''2006.02.14 [2.0.5]'' when readOnly is set (by TW core), omit "new reminders..." popup menu item and, if a "dated tiddler" does not already exist, display the date as simple text instead of a link.\n''2006.02.05 [2.0.4]'' added var to variables that were unintentionally global. Avoids FireFox 1.5.0.1 crash bug when referencing global variables\n''2006.01.18 [2.0.3]'' In 1.2.x the tiddler editor's text area control was given an element ID=("tiddlerBody"+title), so that it was easy to locate this field and programmatically modify its content. With the addition of configuration templates in 2.x, the textarea no longer has an ID assigned. To find this control we now look through all the child nodes of the tiddler editor to locate a "textarea" control where attribute("edit") equals "text", and then append the new reminder to the contents of that control.\n''2006.01.11 [2.0.2]'' correct 'weekend' override detection logic in showDate()\n''2006.01.10 [2.0.1]'' allow custom-defined weekend days (default defined in config.macros.date.weekend[] array)\nadded flag param to showDate() API to override internal weekend[] array\n''2005.12.27 [2.0.0]'' Update for TW2.0\nAdded parameter handling for 'linkformat'\n''2005.12.21 [1.2.2]'' FF's date.getYear() function returns 105 (for the current year, 2005). When calculating a date value from Y M and D expressions, the plugin adds 1900 to the returned year value get the current year number. But IE's date.getYear() already returns 2005. As a result, plugin calculated date values on IE were incorrect (e.g., 3905 instead of 2005). Adding +1900 is now conditional so the values will be correct on both browsers.\n''2005.11.07 [1.2.1]'' added support for "tiddler" dynamic date parameter\n''2005.11.06 [1.2.0]'' added support for "tiddler:title" dynamic date parameter\n''2005.11.03 [1.1.2]'' when a reminder doesn't have a specified title parameter, use the title of the tiddler that contains the reminder as "fallback" text in the popup menu. Based on a suggestion from BenjaminKudria.\n''2005.11.03 [1.1.1]'' Temporarily bypass hasReminders() logic to avoid excessive overhead from generating the indexReminders() cache. While reminders can still appear in the popup menu, they just won't be indicated by auto-styling the date number that is displayed. This single change saves approx. 60% overhead (5 second delay reduced to under 2 seconds).\n''2005.11.01 [1.1.0]'' corrected logic in hasModifieds() and hasReminders() so caching of indexed modifieds and reminders is done just once, as intended. This should hopefully speed up calendar generators and other plugins that render multiple dates...\n''2005.10.31 [1.0.1]'' documentation and code cleanup\n''2005.10.31 [1.0.0]'' initial public release\n''2005.10.30 [0.9.0]'' pre-release\n<<<\n!!!!!Credits\n<<<\nThis feature was developed by EricShulman from [[ELS Design Studios|http:/www.elsdesign.com]].\n<<<\n!!!!!Code\n***/\n//{{{\nversion.extensions.date = {major: 2, minor: 2, revision: 1, date: new Date(2006,5,9)};\n//}}}\n\n//{{{\nconfig.macros.date = {\n format: "YYYY.0MM.0DD", // default date display format\n linkformat: "YYYY.0MM.0DD", // 'dated tiddler' link format\n linkedbg: "#babb1e", // "babble"\n todaybg: "#ffab1e", // "fable"\n weekendbg: "#c0c0c0", // "cocoa"\n holidaybg: "#ffaace", // "face"\n modifiedsbg: "#bbeeff", // "beef"\n remindersbg: "#c0ffee", // "coffee"\n holidays: [ "01/01", "06/12", "12/09", "12/25" ], // NewYearsDay, IndependenceDay(RP), Edgar's Birthday (hooray!), ChristmasDay\n weekend: [ 1,0,0,0,0,0,1 ] // [ day index values: sun=0, mon=1, tue=2, wed=3, thu=4, fri=5, sat=6 ]\n};\n//}}}\n\n//{{{\nconfig.macros.date.handler = function(place,macroName,params)\n{\n // do we want to see a link, a popup, or just a formatted date?\n var mode="display";\n if (params[0]=="display") { mode=params[0]; params.shift(); }\n if (params[0]=="popup") { mode=params[0]; params.shift(); }\n if (params[0]=="link") { mode=params[0]; params.shift(); }\n // get the date\n var now = new Date();\n var date = now;\n if (!params[0] || params[0]=="today")\n { params.shift(); }\n else if (params[0]=="filedate")\n { date=new Date(document.lastModified); params.shift(); }\n else if (params[0]=="tiddler")\n { date=store.getTiddler(story.findContainingTiddler(place).id.substr(7)).modified; params.shift(); }\n else if (params[0].substr(0,8)=="tiddler:")\n { var t; if ((t=store.getTiddler(params[0].substr(8)))) date=t.modified; params.shift(); }\n else {\n var y = eval(params.shift().replace(/Y/ig,(now.getYear()<1900)?now.getYear()+1900:now.getYear()));\n var m = eval(params.shift().replace(/M/ig,now.getMonth()+1));\n var d = eval(params.shift().replace(/D/ig,now.getDate()+0));\n date = new Date(y,m-1,d);\n }\n // date format with optional custom override\n var format=this.format; if (params[0]) format=params.shift();\n var linkformat=this.linkformat; if (params[0]) linkformat=params.shift();\n showDate(place,date,mode,format,linkformat);\n}\n//}}}\n\n//{{{\nwindow.showDate=showDate;\nfunction showDate(place,date,mode,format,linkformat,autostyle,weekend)\n{\n if (!mode) mode="display";\n if (!format) format=config.macros.date.format;\n if (!linkformat) linkformat=config.macros.date.linkformat;\n if (!autostyle) autostyle=false;\n\n // format the date output\n var title = date.formatString(format);\n var linkto = date.formatString(linkformat);\n\n // just show the formatted output\n if (mode=="display") { place.appendChild(document.createTextNode(title)); return; }\n\n // link to a 'dated tiddler'\n var link = createTiddlyLink(place, linkto, false);\n link.appendChild(document.createTextNode(title));\n link.title = linkto;\n link.date = date;\n link.format = format;\n link.linkformat = linkformat;\n\n // if using a popup menu, replace click handler for dated tiddler link\n // with handler for popup and make link text non-italic (i.e., an 'existing link' look)\n if (mode=="popup") {\n link.onclick = onClickDatePopup;\n link.style.fontStyle="normal";\n }\n\n // format the popup link to show what kind of info it contains (for use with calendar generators)\n if (!autostyle) return;\n if (hasModifieds(date))\n { link.style.fontStyle="normal"; link.style.fontWeight="bold"; }\n if (hasReminders(date))\n { link.style.textDecoration="underline"; }\n if(isToday(date))\n { link.style.border="1px solid black"; }\n\n if( (weekend!=undefined?weekend:isWeekend(date)) && (config.macros.date.weekendbg!="") )\n { place.style.background = config.macros.date.weekendbg; }\n if(isHoliday(date)&&(config.macros.date.holidaybg!=""))\n { place.style.background = config.macros.date.holidaybg; }\n if (hasModifieds(date)&&(config.macros.date.modifiedsbg!=""))\n { place.style.background = config.macros.date.modifiedsbg; }\n if (store.tiddlerExists(linkto)&&(config.macros.date.linkedbg!=""))\n { place.style.background = config.macros.date.linkedbg; }\n if (hasReminders(date)&&(config.macros.date.remindersbg!=""))\n { place.style.background = config.macros.date.remindersbg; }\n if(isToday(date)&&(config.macros.date.todaybg!=""))\n { place.style.background = config.macros.date.todaybg; }\n}\n//}}}\n\n//{{{\nfunction isToday(date) // returns true if date is today\n { var now=new Date(); return ((now-date>=0) && (now-date<86400000)); }\n\nfunction isWeekend(date) // returns true if date is a weekend\n { return (config.macros.date.weekend[date.getDay()]); }\n\nfunction isHoliday(date) // returns true if date is a holiday\n{\n var longHoliday = date.formatString("0MM/0DD/YYYY");\n var shortHoliday = date.formatString("0MM/0DD");\n for(var i = 0; i < config.macros.date.holidays.length; i++) {\n var holiday=config.macros.date.holidays[i];\n if (holiday==longHoliday||holiday==shortHoliday) return true;\n }\n return false;\n}\n//}}}\n\n//{{{\n// Event handler for clicking on a day popup\nfunction onClickDatePopup(e)\n{\n if (!e) var e = window.event;\n var theTarget = resolveTarget(e);\n var popup = createTiddlerPopup(this);\n if(popup) {\n // always show dated tiddler link (or just date, if readOnly) at the top...\n if (!readOnly || store.tiddlerExists(this.date.formatString(this.linkformat)))\n createTiddlyLink(popup,this.date.formatString(this.linkformat),true);\n else\n createTiddlyText(popup,this.date.formatString(this.linkformat));\n addModifiedsToPopup(popup,this.date,this.format);\n addRemindersToPopup(popup,this.date,this.linkformat);\n }\n scrollToTiddlerPopup(popup,false);\n e.cancelBubble = true;\n if (e.stopPropagation) e.stopPropagation();\n return(false);\n}\n//}}}\n\n//{{{\nfunction indexModifieds() // build list of tiddlers, hash indexed by modification date\n{\n var modifieds= { };\n var tiddlers = store.getTiddlers("title","excludeLists");\n for (var t = 0; t < tiddlers.length; t++) {\n var date = tiddlers[t].modified.formatString("YYYY0MM0DD")\n if (!modifieds[date])\n modifieds[date]=new Array();\n modifieds[date].push(tiddlers[t].title);\n }\n return modifieds;\n}\nfunction hasModifieds(date) // returns true if date has modified tiddlers\n{\n if (!config.macros.date.modifieds) config.macros.date.modifieds = indexModifieds();\n return (config.macros.date.modifieds[date.formatString("YYYY0MM0DD")]!=undefined);\n}\n\nfunction addModifiedsToPopup(popup,when,format)\n{\n if (!config.macros.date.modifieds) config.macros.date.modifieds = indexModifieds();\n var indent=String.fromCharCode(160)+String.fromCharCode(160);\n var mods = config.macros.date.modifieds[when.formatString("YYYY0MM0DD")];\n if (mods) {\n mods.sort();\n var e=createTiddlyElement(popup,"div",null,null,"changes:")