…I spent my Holy Friday climbing Mt. Maculot in my parents’ hometown of Cuenca, Batangas. By 3 pm I though I had already died. Exhaustion can play mean tricks on you.
And I wrote about it for the Philippine Daily Inquirer when I was still a their lifestyle correspondent.
Yeah, I was a lifestyle writer. Parang anlayu sa business.
Why would Luis Manzano run for office? Did his Dad, Edu Manzano, pour all his political frustrations onto his eldest son and told him that he has to be the flag-bearer of the family? Oh, I almost forgot—our governor in Batangas is his mom!
Luis denies running for public office–for now
By Walden Martinez Belen | Yahoo! Southeast Asia Newsroom – 22 hours ago
Is Luis Manzano throwing his hat in the political ring the way his parents, Batangas governor Vilma Santos and former Makati vice-mayor Edu Manzano have?
“Hindi pa ngayon, hindi pa napapanahon. Kailangan paghandaan ko ito ng mabuti. Besides, ang dami ko pa trabaho at projects na dapat asikasuhin,” Luis said at the press conference for his latest movie, “Moron 5 and the Crying Lady.”
Luis added that he will be well-prepared, if he finally decides to run for public office.
“Talagang handang-handa na ako,” he said referring to what he will do first before heeding the clamor of public service.
Luis recalled what his mother did before she became chief executive of Lipa City.
“She studied Public Administration at the University of the Philippines and that prepared her for the job she was about to do,” Luis says.
Luis leads five dim-witted male lead characters composed of Marvin Agustin, Billy Crawford, DJ Durano, and Martin Escudero in the film “Moron 5 and the Crying Lady.” The “Crying Lady” is portrayed by comedian-TV host John “Sweet” Lapus.
“Lima kami na magkakaibigan na hindi matalino, at si John Lapus (bilang Becky) ang matalino kaya kami napakulong niya. We want to clear our name. Magdi-disguise kami para mainfiltrate ang mansion niya so we can so our own investigation.” They want to find out why Becky has accused them of killing her father.
Luis said he will disguise himself as an elderly driver. “Magaaply ako na driver, si Billy naman ay magkukunwang manghuhula, si Marvin ay isang Bombay, na nagpa-five/six, at si DJ naman ay isang magtataho.”
Luis has done comedy in the past so doing “Moron 5 and the Crying Lady” was a breeze. “This movie may belong to the comedy genre but there are also family aspects in it plus drama, kaya maganda and worth watching,” Luis concluded.
“Moron 5 and the Crying Lady,” a collaboration between Viva Films and MVP Productions, is helmed by box-office director Wenn V. Deramas. It is written by Meldel Rosario in collaboration with Deramas and opens on Black Saturday (April 7) in theaters nationwide.
According to Random Walker a.k.a Noel Reyes, Interaksyon.com‘s stock market columnist, we should have bought stocks last week and sell this week. The Holy Week Effect.
RANDOM WALKER: The Holy Week effect?
Holy Week comes but once a year, marking a major religious festival in this predominantly Roman Catholic country. It also marks one of the longest religious holiday weekends in the country’s calendar, with the non-working holiday kicking off on Maundy Thursday and ending on Black Saturday in which most retail businesses cut their working hours and with a large proportion of the urban population going to the beach and mountain resorts. It is a dead period for the stock market, in other words.
The trading lull actually starts on Monday, as stock traders anticipate the long holiday weekend ahead and, for the most part, stay clear of the market. Amid this slow, lethargic market trading turnout, the overriding thought that goes through the minds of traders can be easily read: “This market isn’t going anywhere; I’ll just come back after the Holy Week.”
That only seems logical, for sure, as far as the individual trader is concerned. For the market as a whole, however, this general way of thinking would be illogical. It would be illogical since the long Holy Week holidays come once a year and, if the market were truly efficient, there would be no such Holy Week effect.
Read more here.
i had been blogging on and off for almost 8 years now but under a pseudonym. those blogs had a total of 10 readers. it didn’t matter. i was not after the hits. all i wanted was an outlet where i can voice my opinions and express myself clearly. i started a blog as a coping mechanism since being in government—with all the ugliness of bureaucracy and politics—can drive anyone with my temperament insane.
and blogging kept me from being bored.
but when i started to work for a newspaper, my blogging became sporadic. when i became an assistant business editor, i didn’t have enough energy left to even blog about things, opinions, etc.
when i joined Interaksyon, i barely updated my blog since—i don’t know. i felt like i don’t have anything to say at all. besides i had Facebook where i can pour my angst and irritate my friends who get to read my reklamo sa buhay.
I also had my twins. They keep me from having a straight 8-hour sleep since April 11, 2011. Until now.
So why suddenly come out and blog under my real name with my complete identity in full view of the world?
Let’s just say this is an experiment.