Sightings

WAS about to have dinner at the Shang Palace in Makati Shangri-La Hotel last night, and as Ms. RP and I were looking for a good table, I espied a function room with its door open. As I passed, Kris Aquino looked up. She appeared very sad, distressed, and obviously in pain. My heart immediately went out to her...the poor girl. She had just had a miscarriage and was dealing with the illness of her mother, former President Cory Aquino. Let's all pray for them please.

In one another table at the far corner of the restaurant was former First Lady Loi Ejercito and her amigas. I think they all have the same cosmetic surgeon.

In yet another function room with its door ajar, were Ambassadors Fred Yao (of Zest-O Corp.) and Donald Dee (chairman emeritus of PCCI) along with Asian Spirit owners Tony Ang (founder of CATS Motors), Toti Turalba (Active Group Inc.), and Lakas party/Ramos power broker Noel Oñate. There were two tables in that room, and all the men were dressed in business suits, while the women were spiffy in their nice cocktail dresses. Were they perhaps meeting about Yao's takeover of Asian Spirit? Could smell the tension in the air. Hmmm...

MS. RP and I eventually found a good table, but to our utter disappointment, there was no dimsum available. Diners can only order those delicious treats at lunchtime. Drat! I almost wished we had eaten at Inagiku instead.

Cory Aquino, a slut?

HERE'S the video clip from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart which some quarters are trying to get you incensed about the way you got pissed with the Desperate Housewives item on Philippine medical schools. I say to all of these people who apparently have nothing better to do: GET A LIFE! Lahat nalang ba papatulan nyo? This is a comedy show for pete's sake! (Then again, we do know which politician in this country is the real slut don't we?)

And pls. lang, to those people waving around the yellow banners calling Cory Aquino a saint, maybe you should go to Hacienda Luisita and talk to the families of those farmers who were shot to death last year. Then she had to praise ex-Comelec chairman Ben Abalos at the height of the ZTE scandal?! Shet naman. It's already bad enough she gave birth to Kris Aquino. Okay, actually I feel sorry for Tita Cory because of Kris...I'm sure she has suffered enough humiliation for the kalokohan of her daughter.

Btw, this episode was shown on Sept. 18 ha. Ngayon lang kayo umangal? Sos, obvious ba gusto n'yo lang mag-ride sa Housewives na gulo. Oy, Sen. Noynoy, try to pick some other issue naman para sumikat ka. Boo to you for using your poor mother to get your 10 seconds on TV!

While this isn't the best from Samantha Bee, it is still funny. Check out the surprise ending. Gads, I sure hope the greasy guy beside Mystery isn't Pinoy.



My comments on The Daily Show may also be found in the previous blog entry on the apology made by ABC regarding its Housewives' line.