WHEE! WHEE! WHEE!
L-R: dancer Meg Sanchez, Yours truly, and restaurateur-actriz Nina PobladorScene I: Introduction to Manila
IT'S TIME TO PUT ON MAKEUP, IT'S TIME TO LIGHT THE LIGHTS...
And so it finally came to pass that the Intramuros "Talk to the Walls" tour as a cabaret occured last Thursday, December 1, 2005 at 12:00 noon for the Young President's Organization annual international conference. All went well. Frankly, I couldn't find a nicer bunch of presidents. Nobody threw tomatoes, nobody chewed gum nor chatted like a bunch of silly schoolgirls while the show went on. There was applause after every scene (some merely polite. some bordering on enthusiastic) and their comments ranged from; "Have you ever pissed anyone off by what you say?" (Hmmm. Obviously, he has never heard of Betty), to "Job well done, chap.", to "Nice pants." Oddest comment of the day: "Your commentary has given me a new found respect for the Philippines." (Why? Does this mean you had no respect for us before?) Either way, I think I'm a step closer from moving this thing I'm doing out of the realm of "tour guiding" to something much more in the vicinity of "art". It might not be a very big step though, but nevertheless, it's closer.
Scene II: Pre-Hispanic and Hispanic Periods in Philippine History.
Scene III: Chinese Influence on Philippine Culture into the American Colonial Period.
Scene IV: The Death of Manila in 1945.
posted by carlosceldran @ 10:04 AM
5 Comments:
very native indeed... nice...
As I continue to read and be hooked on your site the more I kept wondering how you do your presentation. Hope I watch could watch and be educated soon!
off topic but when are you posting january tour dates? an email to jenn dot charina at gmail dot com would also be great! thanks
hi, mr. celdran. i'd like to know your opinion on the following 'reader comment' that the daily tribune published today. i am torn between indignation and skepticism. it's obvious that this newspaper is a joke, however, i can't believe it's that desperate to bring down the country as to give this email the time of day.
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Misrule in RP
Tuesday, 12 06, 2005
Dear Editor:
As an American married to a Filipina, and whose daughter was born in the Philippines, and student of Philippine history, I have been following the recent events in the Philippines very closely. My wife and I are planning to visit her family in June of 2006 and the fair question is whether GMA will last that long as leader.
If I were a Filipino, I'd be worried about creeping martial law, with her in power and I'd be wondering why the military hasn't ended this madness. The end of GMA's stolen rule is near, and really, how difficult is it to oust her? It's not that difficult, so hurry up. There must be some brave soul among your opposition willing to set in motion a social upheaval to bring GMA down from her mad reign. Or maybe, the American tourists need to protest. And we can! She has ruined the country my daughter loves.
Filipinos could have avoided all these economic, political and social issues if they had opted to follow Puerto Rico as a US Commonwealth. Instead, there has been a total economic and social drain that continues to erode this nation's once proud legacy as a rising star in Asia. A star that imploded with the rise of Marcos, but even earlier, Manuel Quezon's misperception that Filipinos would be better off under self-rule. Had that not occurred, the Philippines would be a stable nation of 80 million richer US citizens, not 40 million in poverty, dying from medieval disease.
The turning point really was 1935, and even now, your leaders, GMA among them, plunder and lie and erode the Filipino pride.
Shame on Filipinos for allowing GMA to remain in power one extra day. I challenge the opposition to cart her out of her Palace, and replace her with its rightful occupant, Erap Estrada, held without trial as a political prisoner. If you do nothing, then my family simply can't take the risk in a country that 70 years ago made the colossal mistake of going on its own, when it clearly could not manage a nursery school!!!
Jay Bluebettle @aol. com
Obviously a man who has no idea about um...Anything. He has no idea about the context of our history and he even got his population statistics wrong. Ignore him (we are 80 million now not 40). And as if his threat to "not return" would matter to anyone! He can stay in the States, and he can keep his Pinay wife and Fil-Am spawn with him there too for all we care. The last thing the RP needs are more ignorant people. The idiocy of his wish to take out GMA is only matched by his idiocy of wishing to return Erap into power. Move on. It's a lovely day out there today. Get out and enjoy the Christmas spirit. And STOP reading the Tribune. It's a terrible newspaper with bad researchers and bad grammar. Only idiots like Jay read it. Now could you be a dove and email Jay my reply?
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