PinoyBlog ni Boyet

The week started with the breaking news about a young thirty-something guy from a well known financial institution absconding with his client’s money.  Now he’s nowhere to be found. Then here comes a SWAT comedy of errors.  I think they should start writing a “How Not To Handle a Hostage Situation”. Isa lang ang masasabi [...]

I take pride in being Filipino.  I honor my country by doing my duties and responsibilities as a Filipino. On the eve of the May 2010 elections, I finalized my list for president, vice president, senators, a congressman, mayor, vice mayor and city council members. May 10th, E-day.  Early Monday morning, I received a text [...]

Traditions are our windows to the wisdom of ages past, is their way of communicating important values and teachings to the succeeding generations. Sometime we take traditions for granted, not knowing the experience and thinking process that brought about such act, commemoration, ritual or whatever. We oftentimes just breeze through the motions to get it [...]

I fondly remember the colorful Sarao jeepneys of my younger days. It would have banners, mudguards, sun visors and what-have-you with all the funny Filipinisms like “God knows Hudas not pay”, “Katas ng Saudi”, “Good Driver, Sweet Lover”, other fun stuff. Of course who would forget “<—Safe Side | Suicide—>”! I now grudgingly remember my [...]

If you are at Mckinley Hill and going up to Lawton Parkway, you can no longer turn Left heading to Sales Interchange/SLEX.  Instead, vehicles turn right and make a U-turn anywhere between Upper Mckinley Road and 5thAvenue; ergo traffic gets screwed up and it can get backed up on Lawton Avenue until the Army Gymnasium. [...]