Wednesday, November 09, 2005

Shameless Promotion

The continued airing of Orange and Lemons hit song,"Pinoy Ako," on ABS-CBN's hit reality show, Pinoy Big Brother, despite the controversy that it has caused is starting to get on my nerves. I mean, for a song purportedly promoting pride in Filipinos (i.e., Manny "PacMan" Pacquiao, Efren "Bata" Reyes) showcasing their achievements before the whole world, the controversy that it is currently mired in smacks of hypocrisy. Yeah, you can add the band's song to the humiliating incidents involving Aragoncillo and Aquino for filching sensitive documents from Dick Cheney's office and from the FBI and passing the information to Filipino politicians for a fee, of course.
For those who have no idea what I am ranting about, I am referring to the well-publicized controversy revolving around an allegation that some parts of the song were allegedly copied from an obscure song of a little-known British band(I think it was The Chandeliers, the band or the song). In short, it was allegedly plagiarized, period.
I believe that ABS-CBN should stop using it as the soundtrack of their show for purely ethical reasons, delicadeza for us Filipinos. If you want to listen to the song itself, I've posted a link below:
http://www.tristancafe.com/music/flash/pinoyako.html.

Published poem in www.you.inq7.net

My day is complete!!!! Finally, one of three poems that I have submitted to the Philippine Daily Inquirer's Online Website, www.you.inq7.net was published days after I sent it via e-mail.
I want to copy it and post it here, but due to copyright laws, I'll just post its link and here it is: http://you.inq7.net/express/11092005/exp1-1.htm. It was posted under the EXPRESSIONS column of the www. you.inq7.net website but methinks that it will be removed soon.
Alright!!!! Whew!! Whoopee!!!! You will never know the euphoria that I am feeling right now!!! I am on cloud nine, baby!!! Even if I don't get paid, the thought of seeing my byline on the web in compensation enough!! It was an early poem that I wrote, so I was not hoping that it would be accepted because it was a little mushy, corny to be exact!!!! So, now I am wondering if I can submit other well, corny, poems!!!!
Yeah!! Baby!! Yeah!!!!

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