ANACBANUA (The Child of the Sun)

ANACBANUA (The Child of the Sun)

ANACBANUA will have its Philippine premiere during the 11th Cinemanila International Film Festival at The Fort this coming October 2009.

This film is made by Christopher Gozum of Sine Caboloan. He hails Bayambang, Pangasinan.

To view the trailer click:

http://www.jonigutierrez.com/vids/vid12.htm

Please watch BANANA SLIP D’ Repeat

Watch BANANA SLIP D’ Repeat, a musical comedy show on October 16, 2009, 10:30 pm at the Jefz’ Cafe, Solanie Hotel, Leon Guinto St.,Malate, Manila.

After a successful premiere presentation last August 29, the show returns with some new segments and twist. This hilarious show which is a takeoff from the TV program “Banana Split” is promised to be entertaining, spunky and witty. Enjoy the no-nonsense pranks, wacky dance and music of this comic ensemble composed of Reggie, Jasper, TJ, Tabby Taah, Shue Ledesma Jasmine Pringles and Banana Hunk Dancers. Joining them is Onse as “Ate Vi”, a grand winner of L.O.L, DZMM’s Comedy Search. The show is written and directed by Lean O. Jurado.

Anticipate a riotous comedy antics and never been disclosed stories as they unveil and spoof these unknown tales of our most loved characters like Boy Asar, Kris Mas, Regine Vendetta, Eva Pastillas, Betsy La Fez and Lady Gago. Expected to be a new dance craze called “Banana Slip Dance” will also be introduced by Georgitta Bitchychacha together with her Banana Hunk dancers.

For inquiries, you may contact ETC EVENTS at 4890277 or 09193802099.

My Favorite Gay Films Of All-Time (Local and Foreign)

1. The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (grabe… nakakaaliw!)



2. The Crying Game (nakakalokang ending)



3. Before Night Falls (film biopic at its best)



4. Y Tu Mama Tambien - (tackles the intricacies and fluidity of gender and sexuality)



5. Macho Dancer (the best pinoy gay movie)



6. Shelter (naka-relate ako dito)



7. Latter Days (kinilig ako sa pagkikita nilang muli)



8. La Mala Educacion /Bad Education – galing ng pagkakalahad ng story



9. Happy Together – hataw na cinematography



10. Masahista (The Masseur) - impressive debut ni Direk Dante



My Honorable Mention:

1. Boy Culture
2. Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros
3. Brokeback Mountain
4. The Talented Mr. Ripley
5. Pusang Gala

Bakit Si Noynoy Aquino Ang Iboboto Kong Presidente?

1. Kaisa-isang anak na lalaki ng dalawang national heroes (Cory at Ninoy). Kapag may ginawa siyang kalokohan, “lagot siya sa nanay niya”. Takot lang niyang multuhin ng dalawa kapag may ginawa siyang mali.

2. Wala pang eskandalong kinasangkutan. Meron ba? Remind me if ever.

3. Pinag-isipan niya ang pagtakbo bilang Presidente. Humingi muna ng spiritual chenelin sa spiritual leaders. Meaning, maka-Diyos at hindi atat sa puwesto, inalam muna ang posisyon at kakayahan niyang magpatakbo ng bansa. Hindi padalus-dalos sa desisyon.

4. Kuwalipikado magpatakbo ng isang nasyon dahil three-term Congressman noon at Senador naman ngayon.

5. Kapatid niya ang paborito kong si Kris Aquino. Pag nanalo siya, may possibility na sumunod si Kris sa yapak niya. Nakakaaliw sigurong makita si Kris sa Senado kasama sina Josh at Baby James.

6. Wala siyang karisma. ‘Yung charismatic na presidente natin noon e impeachment ang inabot.

7. Hindi siya kasing-talino ng ibang politicians. ‘Yung pinaka-matalino nating presidente e naging diktador.

8. Hilaw pa siya maging Presidente. E sino ba ang hinog? Si Cory nga, plain housewife lang bago naging Presidente, di veh?

9. Hindi siya ganoon ka-popular sa mga surveys. Yung number one sa survey na si MV, businessman. Pag nanalo, business interests ang aasikasuhin. Yung number two naman na si EE, convicted plunderer.

10. Lastly, naaliw ako sa resume niya sa Senado. Ito basahin mo:

HIS RESUME IN SENATE

GOVERNMENT SERVICE

Senator Senate of the Philippines
14th Congress of the Republic of the Philippines

Member House of Representatives
(1998-2001; 2001-2004; 2004-2007)

Deputy Speaker House of Representatives
13th Congress of the Philippines
(November 8, 2004-February 21, 2006)

Vice Chairman Liberal Party of the Philippines
(March 17, 2006 to present)

Secretary General Liberal Party of the Philippines
(2004 to March 16, 2006)

Vice-Pres. for Luzon Liberal Party of the Philippines
(2002-2004)

Secretary General Liberal Party of the Philippines
(1999-2002)

Chairman of the Board Central Luzon Congressional Caucus

HOUSE COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP

13th Congress

Banks & Financial Intermediaries
Energy
Export Promotion
Public Order & Safety
12th Congress

Civil
Political & Human Rights
Good Government
Public Order & Security
Inter-Parliamentary Relations & Diplomacy
11th Congress

Civil
Political & Human Rights (Vice-Chairman)
Public Order & Security
Transportation & Communications
Agriculture
Banks & Financial Intermediaries
Peoples’ Participation
Suffrage and Electoral Reforms
Appropriations
Natural Resources
Trade & Industry

SELECTED HOUSE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

House Bill No. 4251 – granting annual productivity incentives to all workers in the private sector
House Bill No. 4397 – strengthening the regulatory power of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to effectively enforce consumer laws
House Bill No. 4252 – increasing the penalties for non-compliance of the prescribed increases and adjustments in the wage rates of workers
House Bill No. 3616 – extending the reglementary period for the educational qualification for PNP members
House Bill No. 1842 – providing for the codification of criminal laws
House Resolution No. 65 – inquiry in aid of legislation into the policies and processes of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) in granting rate increases to electric utilities
House Resolution No. 788 – creating a select Congressional Oversight Committee on intelligence funds to check and study the use of intelligence funds by government agencies to ensure that funds allocated therefor are utilized for the purpose they are intended

LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVE

Made the procurement of the petroleum, oil and lubricant (POL) requirements of the Armed Forces of the Philippines transparent by requiring public bidding.

EDUCATION

AB Economics Ateneo de Manila University
(1977-1981)

Secondary Education Ateneo de Manila University
(1973-1977)

Primary Education Ateneo de Manila University
(1965-1973)

Kaya... Iboboto ko si Noynoy for President!

Please WATCH... "BANANA SLIP" on Aug. 29, '09!

The musical comedy show billed as “BANANA SLIP” promises to be a wacky and an exciting one as it features Parliament best comedians, banana hunk dancers and John Lapus in a special segment.

The show is written and directed by Lean Jurado, and it premieres on August 29, Saturday, 10;30 pm at the Parliament bar, HK SUN PLAZA, Macapagal Ave., Pasay City.

Ticket price is 280 with one free drink and a souvenir item.

BANANA SLIP is presented by ETC Events Inc. in cooperation with Parliament, the infinity entertainment bar.

For inquiries, please contact 4890277/ 09193802099/ 09158547258.

HUGOT @ Robinson's Indie Sine on June 18 to 24

Hugot, showing on June 18 to 24 at Robinson’s Galleria Indie Sine

The three-part movie Hugot stars sexy-actress and award-winner Ana Capri. She acts opposite newcomers Jerome Ebreo, Christopher Canizares, Cris Castillo, and Alvin Espinosa.

Written and directed by Jonison Fontanos, Hugot will have its first public run on June 18 to 24 at the Robinson’s Galleria Indie Sine Cinema 8 owing to its successful premiere in UP Film Institute last April 23, 2008.

Ana Capri, who sports short hair in this digital film, has been named Best Actress twice in the Cinemanila International Film Festival. Her first award was for Pila-Balde (1999); the second, for Ala Verde, Ala Pobre (2005). She also received the Best Actress award during the 2007 Golden Screen Awards, also for Ala Verde, Ala Pobre, a film by Briccio Santos.

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VxMKBnatzQ

HUGOT Movie Review

“Hugot is commendable for its witty dialogues, its attempt to appropriate postmodern treatments of fragmentation and metafiction, and its close simulation of urban social reality…

It can be viewed beyond the sex element and the title’s phallic overtone, for the blogger’s voice-over at the onset of the story rings truth: “Lahat ng kuwento, may paghuhugutan.”

Whether one becomes a victim or one becomes an exploiter of power, one has a story to tell, drawn from the richness of experience, no matter how dehumanizing the experience may be…”

Cesario B Minor, blogger
http://littlegapanese.blogspot.com/2008/04/drawing-social-realist-experience-in.html

Movie Review: HUGOT

drawing the social realist experience in hugot

by Cesario B. Minor Jr.

The era of independent films has spawned a queer variety, of which there is a surge being produced across the globe, the Philippines included, to capture the many-nuanced gay experience. Hugot is no exception, but its social relevance—presented via a handful of postmodern tricks—goes far beyond the preoccupations of a few on titillating and providing escape for the audience.

Capitalizing on mostly neophyte production and acting teams, Hugot is a trilogy interrelated by a storyteller who practices the contemporary rage that’s weblogging. The first of these stories-within-a-story is about a lad, clad only in brief less to homoeroticize than to exhibit the closest thing to his true self, who is assailed not only by a recurrent dream of a clothesline aflame but also by a man in his same state of undress. It is suggested that the man is his conscience, and the very reason for the lad’s inability to finish his eulogy for his mother is the criminal act he had done against her, for which he is accosted by his conscience and dream.

The Freudian plot shifts to the gritty reality of urban Manila, where the remaining two stories about two activist nursing students and a cellular phone snatcher get entwined. In both plots, the audience stands witness to the brutalizing effects of poverty: the commodification and objectification of humans as well as the emergence of the baser nature of man.

One segment shows the mobile phone snatcher, fresh from plying his illegal trade, being slapped by his mother because he is not around when his younger sibling meets an accident. Apparently, he takes on the responsibility for the brother’s hospitalization. Since he is poor, he has fewer alternatives: to accept the meager contributions of his sympathetic gigolo friends and gay clients, and to prostitute himself. When a greater opportunity presents itself with the appearance of his newly-crowned and P8, 000 richer Miss Gay client, he chooses to go past prostitution and steals the gay’s cash prize, leaving the battered beauty queen for dead.On the other side of the urban jungle, the other segment unreels with one of the activists, exhausted from a rally, falling unconscious while crossing the footbridge. A cruiser of a passerby offers to help the other activist by having the classmate brought to the former’s house until the patient recuperates. As the night wears on, the owner of the house convinces the nursing students to stay and join a drinking spree with the former’s fag hag. A little game ensues wherein the classmates get to answer questions ranging from student activism to sexual activities.

In the intertwined stories, the characters engage in an orgy of deals which had compromised their humanity in their pursuit for survival. The boy snatcher doubles as a sex object of his clients and the gay policeman for a little sum of money and for immunity from crime-bust, respectively. When his first objective falls short, he drops what little humanity he has and robs the beauconera (gay parlance for a veteran Miss Gay contestant) the amount required to save his brother. While his end is noble since anybody is willing to do the extreme for one’s family, his means begs for the question of just how extreme one can get: does this include trading one’s dignity, of which the snatcher gigolo has little remaining, to begin with? The course of the story affirms this, a proof of how poverty can make people turn on each other without any more regard for human compassion.

The nursing students, on the other hand, are drawn inexorably in the danger of the seemingly innocuous Socratic game. Parodying television shows that bait contestants with money in exchange of being publicly ridiculed for their bad command of English or hilarious sing-and-dance, the game show episode presents the activists stripping to their barest if their responses to questions fail to merit them the hundred-peso pot money. When the ultimate query of homosexual availability warrants the answer of "depende kung kaya ng bading ang presyo" (depends if the gay can afford the price), the owner of the house schemes by having the nursing classmates perform sex together. Joining them is the housemaid who, egged on by the fag hag, is forced to use her body if only to gain access to the ongoing spectacle. She, too, is made to disrobe by her master and, being powerless against the commands of stripping along with the activists, is seen wearing a face of defeat as she takes off her last satin-laced underwear. The following morning, the nursing student attending to the matricidal lad in the first episode is seen counting the payment for his previous night’s sexually-charged showing, implying that his personal principles had gone negotiable.

Notwithstanding the greenhorn that the production and acting teams are (manifested in designating the disorienting dream segment as the introductory episode, and in raw scenes wherein pixelated shots hurt the eyes, voices mimic the musical quality of tin cans and ham is seen in another way besides acting), Hugot is commendable for its witty dialogues, its attempt to appropriate postmodern treatments of fragmentation and metafiction, and its close simulation of urban social reality, all within the shoestring budget of P250,000. In a drinking session scene in which yet another commodified human, the female prostitute, advises the good-looking snatcher to fly to Japan "para maghosto" (to work as a male guest relations officer), she gets lambasted for something she herself cannot become rich from. A verbal retaliation follows, with the call girl dubbing all the boys as "pahada" (blowjob trippers) with the casualness of low-class people who have persevered much in life.

Like its anagrammatic fellow film Tuhog, Hugot can be viewed beyond the sex element and the title’s phallic overtone, for the blogger’s voice-over at the onset of the story rings truth: "Lahat ng kuwento, may paghuhugutan." Whether one becomes a victim or one becomes an exploiter of power, one has a story to tell, drawn from the richness of experience, no matter how dehumanizing the experience may be.

Hugot, starring Ana Capri and written and directed by Jonison Fontanos, will have its scheduled commercial run soon owing to its successful premiere back-to-back with cinematographer Joni Gutierrez’ anagnoristic short films Cyberdaddy and Gutom in UP Film Institute last April 23, 2008.

HUGOT Starring Ms. Ana Capri on April 23, 2008!

Watch "HUGOT"
A Digital Queer Film
Starring Ms. Ana Capri

Grand Premiere Showing

@ the U.P Film Center, Diliman, Q.C
7 pm
April 23, 2008 (Wednesday)



Produced by Wilbert Ting Tolentino
Written and Directed by Jonison Fontanos

Introducing:
Jerome Ebreo
Christopher Canizares
Cris Castillo
and Alvin Espinosa

Trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VxMKBnatzQ

For Tickets, call or text

0918-4697443, 0918-4697391

HUGOT Synopsis

Episode 1: "Raymond"

When Raymond’s youngest sibling, an out-of-school youth, fell victim to a hit-and-run, the obligation to collect money for the hospitalization was left to Raymond. One night, Raymond and his best friend Nolan scoured the entire city to find a victim. They are cell phone snatchers.

The transsexual Dorina, fresh from her victory as Miss Gay and P8, 000 richer, would be their prey. However, not only robbery would be committed as the partners in crime would accidentally kill the veteran gay beauty contestant.
What destiny awaits the two friends? Raymond’s critical sibling? Will justice be meted out for the slain gay?

Who is the true victim?

Episode 2: "Anton"

Anton’s nightly dreams are evocative: the rice field clothesline where burning garments are hanging, the ash of which gets into his eyes.

What do his dreams mean? How are these related to his present anguish and solitude? Will these inspire Anton into finishing his poem-in-progress, the poem for the beloved who left him or whom he left?

Episode 3: "Bimbo"

While youth activists Edward and Bimbo are heading home from a rally, the latter falls to the ground unconscious due to hunger and exhaustion. A middle-aged man helps Edward haul Bimbo’s body. Because the stranger’s apartment is nearby, he offers his place for the two to rest in before going home.

When he comes to, Bimbo learns from his friend Edward that they are in an unfamiliar place—the house of Leandro, the stranger.

Leandro prepares food for the young men as Melody, Leandro’s best friend, a funny liberated woman, visits the latter’s pad.

They both convinces the boys to spend the night through. The friends agree. They cannot decline the drink offered by Leandro. They become tipsy and their conversation meanders from politics, activism, gay rights and…sex.

Who is Leandro and what motive does he harbor over the teenagers?

I'M YOUR NUMBER ONE FAN

“I’m your number one fan…”

‘Yun ang first dialogue ni Anne Wilkes sa nobelang Misery ni Stephen King. May movie version din ‘yun na pinagbidahan ni Kathy Bates and because of that movie, naiuwi niya ang kanyang kaisa-isang Oscar Award. Best Actress lang naman ang lola mo. Kuwento ito ng isang retired nurse (Anne Wilkes) na na-obsessed sa writer ng paborito niyang romance novels. Naaksidente ang nobelista (Paul Sheldon) at si nurse ang nagligtas sa kanya. Inuwi ng nurse sa kanyang isolated house ang naaksidenteng idolo at doon niya ito binigyan ng lunas. Ang kaso, ‘brenda’ ang nurse na itekwang na may side-line na pumatay ng mga batang pasyente sa dati nitong pinapasukang ospital. Ang pagtakas ng bedridden na writer sa kamay ng baliwag transit na nurse. ‘Yan ang Misery.

Kung tatanungin mo ako ngayon kung ano ang pinaka-paborito kong libro, walang kagatul-gatol kong sasabihin na ‘Misery’. At ang pinaka-paborito kong movie, aside from ‘Sixth Sense’? Misery! E ang pinaka-paborito kong aktres, aside from Reese Witherspoon? Kathy Bates! Dahil katulad ni Jonathan Brandis (ang heartthrob ng aking henerasyones), idolo ko rin si Stephen King, ang sumulat ng nobela kung saan ibinase ang pelikulang ito.

Noong nasa high school pa lang ako, everytime aarkila ako ng VHS sa video shop, lagi kong nakikita ‘yung pangalan ni Stephen King sa cover ng mga horror VHS tapes. Stephen King’s Tommyknockers. Stephen King’s Sleepwalkers. Based on a book by Stephen King at kung anu-ano pang cheneling bargain. E mahilig ako sa horror movies. Kaya super arkila na rin ako ng mga pelikula ni Mang Stephen para masubukan.

Ok naman ‘yung mga movies niya. Suwak sa panlasa ng lola mo, horror na may lalim. Eventually, sa kapapanood ng mga movies na ibinase sa kanyang mga novels, nag-try akong magbasa ng libro niya. At ang una ko ngang nabili sa Booksale e ‘yung Misery. Luma na rin ‘yung copy. Amoy anay na nga ‘yung mga pages e. Siyempre pa, na-impress ako sa kanyang pagsusulat. Ang galing! Grabe. Mas maganda ‘yung mga books niya kesa sa mga pelikula niya. ‘Yung pagkaka-sunud-sunod ng mga pangyayari sa nobela niya, suwabe. Para ka na ring nanood ng pelikula, nai-imagine mo na siya. Ewan ko ba pero na-adik ako sa pagbili at pagbabasa ng mga nobela niya. Lahat, as in LAHAT ng libro niya na nabasa ko e nagustuhan ko.

Hanggang sa nangolekta na nga ako ng mga books niya. Dalawang yarda ang haba sa cabinet. Take note, may dalawang hardbound mula sa mga kamag-anak ko sa abroad! Libo ang presyo nun’ sa National Bookstore ‘neng! Pati nga biography book niya na The Art of Darkness e pinatulan ko rin para lang malaman ko ang buhay niya at nang makilala ko siya ng maigi. Nangolekta rin ako ng mga pictures, newspaper at magazine clippings niya. Dinudugo na nga ang tenga ng mga kakilala ko sa pakikinig sa akin tungkol sa mga nobela at buhay ng lolo mo. Kahit sino na lang na makausap ko, lagi kong inuungkat kung mahilig sila sa diction or film. Kung oo ang sagot, horror ba? Kung oo pa rin ang sagot, presto! Magkakasundo kami. Siyempre ibi-bida ko ang mga nabasa kong nobela ni Stephen King. Babanggitin ko ‘yung mga dialogues ng mga characters niya sa libro (Yup! Kabisado ko siya noon.), i-isa-isahin ko ‘yung mga paborito kong part ng novels niya, ‘yung mga magagandang eksena ng movies na based sa books niya, ‘yung achievements niya sa pagsusulat at kung ano ‘yung reaction ko ‘nung nabasa ko ‘yung shower scene sa The Shining niya, with gestures na exagerrated.

Basta si Stephen King ang bida sa buhay ko noon. Period. May mga instances nga, napa-familiarize na ‘yung iba kong friends sa pangaan niya, na kapag may balita sa kanya sa magazine, TV or newspaper, binabalita nila sa akin pag nagkita kami. ‘Yung iba naman tatawagan pa ako sa landline para lang sabihin na narinig nila or nakita ‘yung pangalan ni Stephen King sa kung saan man. Na tipong pati sila e natutuwa na rin kay SK.

May isang beses nga na na-brainwash ko na ‘yung isa kong high school friend na maton para panoorin sa sinehan ‘yung ‘Dolores Claiborne’. SM Megamall Cinema One pinalabas ‘yun, artfilm kasi. Imagine, lima lang yata kaming nanood! Pero kiber ko, sa isip-isip ko, kami lang ang nakaka-appreciate ng quality films. At lahat ng nang-dedma sa pelikulang ito e walang art sa katawan. Ang ending, siyempre nagustuhan ko ‘yung pelikula at ang kasama ko, speechless hanggang uwian. Di mo alam kung nagsisisi ba siya sa ginastos niyang 100 pesos para sa isang ‘artfilm’ or baduy na baduy siya sa pinanood niya. One thing ang sigurado, disappointed siya sa pelikula. Hindi rin tumagal ang aming friendship dahil napag-alaman naming magkaiba ang aming mundo. Siya, basketball at ako… kay Stephen King. Hahaha.

At eto ang nakakaloka sa lahat, ‘nung makita ko ‘yung address ni Stephen King sa Glitter Magazine, sinulatan ko siya at sinabi kong ako ang number one fan niya sa Pilipinas. Enumerated sa 2 pages, back-to-back yellow pad kung bakit ko siya idolo. Ilang buwan din akong naghintay bago ako nakatanggap ng letter mula sa kanyang secretary na nagngangalang Julianne Something. Naloka siyempre ako at nanginginig pa habang paulit-ulit kong binabasa ‘yung ‘Thank you’ sa sulat niya. Hindi man galing kay Stephen King, at least galing sa sekretarya niya! Pinaka-iingat-ingatan ko ‘yung letter na ‘yun kasama ng sandosena kong books na sinulat niya. Kaya nga umiyak pati langit ‘nung kasama silang nasunog ng bahay namin noong 1999.

After that, unti-unting nawala ‘yung ‘momentum’ ko bilang obsessed fan ni Stephen King. Tinamad na akong mangolekta ng mga books niya. Hanggang eventually e talagang wala na akong narinig pa sa mga bago niyang obra. Naiba ang focus ko. Pati librong binabasa ko, naiba rin. From horror e napunta ako sa Mystery. Nag-Erle Stanley Gardner ako (Perry Mason mysteries), Jonathan Kellerman, etc.

Pero para sa akin, sa ganda ng istorya at style sa pagsusulat ng kuwentong katatakutan, wala pa ring tatalo sa literary boogeyman ng mundo, si Stephen King. Siya pa rin ang pinaka-idolo kong nobelista.

At ako lang naman ang kanyang number one fan. :D

JOLLIBEE OR MCDO?

Isang inuman session sa bahay with gay friends (not so long ago) napag-usapan namin si Jollibee at Mcdonalds. Lately kasi, di maawat ang kasikatan ni Jollibee. Kalat na kalat sa internet ang scandal niya. Sa Youtube nga e most viewed siya (eventually, the clip no longer exists).

Meron akong friend na nagwo-work as party host ng Mcdo na super chika ng kanyang job experience. Kinuwento niya yung mga eksena ng makukuit na chikiting na nagce-celebrate ng b-day sa kanila, ‘yung mga papabol daddy figurines ng mga ito at ang mga parlor games na pinalalaro nila sa mga nagsidalo, etcetera… Etseyterah.

“Jollibee or Mcdo?”, may nagbukas ng isyu.

Sagot ako: “Jollibee!”.

Then, mega-elaborate siyempre ako na kaya Jollibee ang pinili ko, bukod sa ito ang nauna dito sa Pinas e ito na ang kinalakihan kong food chain. Simula pagkabata ko, sa Jollibee na talaga kami tini-treat ng mommy ko. Naalala ko pa nga noon na super excited ako everytime may magbe-birthday na kababata ko sa Jollibee kasi makikita ko na ulit yung mga mascots nila. And to add, talaga rin namang I enjoy what they serve. Sarap kaya ng Chicken Joy nila!

May nag-second, third at fourth the motion pa kay Ninang Jollibee. ‘Yung iba, (mga nagwo-work sa Mcdo), siyempre pa e nag-Mcdo naman. Meron ding nag-Goldilocks (yung friendship kong nag-wo-work dun noon). At meron pang nag-Brothers Burger (isa ring friendship na working din dati dun). Well, masisisi mo ba sila na ‘Kapwa Ko, Mahal Ko’ ang drama nila, ‘di ba?
Talk about loyalty.

Ang mga Jollibeenians, ayaw paawat siyempre sa pagsisiwalat ng history ng Jollibee. From ice cream parlor sa Cubao nga naman e isa na itong malaking food chain sa bansa ngayon at number 1 pa! E ayaw din paawat ng mga Mcdonaldians. international company nga naman daw sila at kung ‘di man daw sila ang number one food chain dito sa Pinas, sa buong mundo naman daw e number one sila. Huwawww…

Hanggang sa magbida ang isa kong friend na maka-Jollibee, “Maka-masa ang Jollibee kaya sila suwak sa panlasa ng Pinoy. Imagine, pati goto, meron sila!”

What a point, exclamation point!

Kunsabagay, napa-isip nga kami lahat sa sinabi niyang ‘yun. Imagine, ginagawa talaga ng Jollibee ang lahat para mapagbigyan nila ang expectations ng tao na pati goto (congee) ay meron sila.

E di ba ganun din naman ang Mcdo? Ang alam ko, sa Mcdo Philippines lang merong spaghetti kasi sa ibang bansa, puro hamburgers. Well, correct me if I’m wrong. May nakapagsabi lang naman sa akin. And also, halos lahat ng commercials ng Mcdo e kagat-na-kagat ng masa. Remember the ‘Kanlungan’ song by Noel Cabangon na ginawa nilang commercial jingle? Di ba, winner ‘yun? Pati ‘yung ‘Karen po…’ na TV ad, tumatak din sa akin ‘yun.

Hindi kaya sa sobrang pagpapaka-masa ng Jollibee at Mcdo e magulat na lang tayo na may tokwa’t baboy na sa menu nila? Alam naman nating lahat na ‘di matawaran ang kanilang kumpetisyon to the extent na pag may Jollibee sa kanto na ‘yan, ‘di puwedeng walang Mcdo na tatapat diyan. Kamukat-mukat mo, may nagtatayo na ng building sa tabi nila. At vice-versa. Mcdo-Jollibee. Jollibee-Mcdo. Bihira yata ang nakita kong nag-solong Jollibee or solong Mcdo.

Imagine-in mo na lang kaya na sa sobrang adhikain nila na abutin ang masa (dahil sa competition sa market), e maglabas nga sila ng Amazing Tokwa’t Baboy or Jollie-Tokwa’t Ba-bee? Aba, kapag nangyari ‘yun, hindi malabong ang onion rings e maging special calamares, ang Chicken Joy e may kasamang one-day-old chick o ang breakfast meal nila e may free kwek-kwek.

At paano kung may birthday party sa kanila? Baka may magbenta ng cotton candy o pot-pot sa loob? Or ‘yung may palabunutan ng sisiw at itik? Di ba, yun ang klik sa mga pang-masang bagets?

Tapos mapapanood mo na lang sa TV ang commercial ng latest product nila: Si Aga, Sharon at Sarah Geronimo hinahabol ang Jollibee caravan na nagbebenta ng Jolly Binatog!

Pag nangyari siguro ‘yun, wala nang kukuha ng franchise ng Jollibee at Mcdo.