You know that I love reading the NEWS every day of my life. No matter how serious the tone is, funny, weird, obnoxious, hard to believe news, true stories, fiction, non-fiction whatever it is inside the newspaper or magazines I have to read them. I don't know why but the love for reading was installed in my system. I am becoming robotic to this kind of normalcy. Or let me have this thinking as it is because my parents are also wide reader. We used to have newspapers every morning delivered at our doorstep. The usual Manila Standard, Manila Bulletin or Daily Inquirer. The newspapers we keep reading from when we were very young up to the time we're old enough to choose which one we'd rather read. Our high school offered news in the form of Current Events. While during the University years I preferred glamour magazines such as MOD, Woman's magazine. No. Don't assume I am very sophisticated glamorous person. I am not. I 'm not even "sosyal." Ano ka sinusuerte? I'm the hip to be squared gal. I love wearing nike shirts and bell bottom pants called Jag, Apple Picker, or denims or corduroy that were sewn almost perfectly by a neighbor who happened to be so good in tailoring business. Most of my blouses when I want to be a girl or look more feminine I have to ask my mother or aunt to sew some clothes to add to my ward robe collection. Hanep parang tunay. I love clothes! I love to wear something new every day or should not be repeating to wear the same kind of clothes in one month. That kind of trend. As you know textiles in the Philippines is not that costly but for somebody to sew it or tailored made for you then it's better to buy from your favorite department stores.
So back to the black and white and can be read all over > The news. Canadians showed their allegiance to Great Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla Parker Bowles as they had their tour around the country. Many reporters were cold to report that they seemed not getting enough publicity or the reception is not as warmth as when Prince Charles and Princess Diana were here for a royal visit. The death of Monarchy as they asked each other. Uhm, I don't have a clue. Do you want it to die and have royalties of moviestars instead? Whom these people want to honor anyway? Or we have to honor the many hockey stars because they are worth millions... they earned millions and they are richer than the Prime Ministers and Presidents of the State. Maybe that's the good idea. Good that the Queen is still alive. Is she? Or we can wake up Princess Di from her peaceful sleep. What do you think?
Then Mrs. Hillary Clinton had her FIRST visit to the Philippines. Good for her. I was thinking that somehow she has close ties with former First Lady Imelda Marcos and Ms. Susan Roces. I'd like to offer them boquet of roces for their enigma.
Then the news about Mount Mayon. The famous perfect cone is back to spew out its fury. Gheez, don't we have enough of Mt. Pinatubo? The calamity of Mount Pinatubo still lingers in my skin and memory. It was about past 2PM when all of a sudden there was a total eclipse of the sun. The cloud outside darkened as if it's already midnight. Then blanket of fine grayish ashes started to drop on the ground and rooftop of every houses in Metro Manila. It was suffocating. Can you just imagine that the ashes were carried by wind to our place in Manila when Mount Pinatubo is located in upper part of Luzon? Close to the Subic bay. That is very shocking. Hmm...after a year dried lava or lahar is still visible. All the houses and rice paddies are covered with grayish ashes. It was flattened in that part of the land. I never thought that mountain is a volcano. It didn't have any info in the book that it was a volcano. Or maybe it is a volcano but it is an extinct one. How come it explodes? Oh well.
Now here comes news about Mayon. The most perfect cone is about to erupt? Are you kidding me? How to stop a volcano from spewing its mighty fury is to freeze it. How to do it? Would it help? It was once told that long time ago the Earth is volcanic in nature. That's why at the time of Moses iceberg was invented. Oopss! That's a myth.
Believe it or not NEWS are news only when it's being read and spread. It wont be a news when it just stays in the corner. I don't wanna lose my religion. That's all folks!
