Temperatures Rising
Yesterday was another scorching day with the mercury registering at 38 degrees Celsius. On days like this, I just want to lie down and do nothing. The heat is draining the life out of me, I feel. And when the mind is not occupied naturally, it wanders...
Could this be the reason why the Pinoy psyche is so attached to the mundane and the mediocre? We have absolutely nothing to do but lie around and engage in our national predilection for - Chismis!
Thankfully, the country has been elevated to the status of industrialized nation. However, the powers that be in Philippine politics are not spared of local connections to the world of Showbiz. Those that rule the Senate are borne out of dynasties both in politics and the entertainment industry. Our current president apparent has a sister that's touted as the queen of all media, thanks to her tactlessness, multi-million endorsements and penchant for drama. The rest of us, common tao just send the rest of our summer days fanning ourselves talking of the latest loveteam that just broke up or the current cougar who's shacked up with the young wannabe, or the actor who's been outed as he was seen leaving a hotel room of another actor.
We bask in Chismis!!! Sometimes, it even goes beyond the boundaries of our archipelago. We like hearing that Oprah and David Foster are Charice's ninong and ninang. We like hearing that David Archuleta seen at a gay club in NY was only there to hear Charice perform. And we like to hear that Perez Hilton is raving about Charice's version of a song to the chagrin of Bieber fans the world over. Not that we can actually do anything about it, we just have nothing deeper to talk about.
Why talk about the economy, or society, or politics?... It's just too draining to have a lengthy discussion that eventually escalates into a word war... On the other hand we delight in the fact that DJ Mo Twister had a screaming match with a Kapuso exec. We are relieved when Willie Revillame sucks up his larger than life ego and apologizes to ABS CBN bigwigs. We are disappointed when we hear that Kris Aquino won't leave the country after her brother is proclaimed President...
After a while there's just too much to digest... so let's all simmer down while we make paypay with our abanicos... relax with a glass of halo-halo from the kanto...and make ligo by making buhos with the tabo to cool ourselves from this infernal weather that europeans so love basking in...
Anggg inneeetttt!!! Smile! You're in the Philippines!!!!
