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Blog photo of Medy Poblador in TV Patrol

When I got home late last night, my sister-in-law told me that my blog was mentioned in TV Patrol. It was in relation to this photo of Medy Poblador, presidential-legislative liaison officer.

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Earlier, before 7 p.m, I got a text from Leah Navarro, one of the convenors of the Black and White Movement, saying, “Oh my God, ANC just used my photo of Medy Poblador.”

Much earlier, Lynda Jumilla of ABS-CBN called me saying that someone had told her that my blog has a photo of Medy Poblador. I told her, yes, the photo came from Leah Navarro. It was taken last year when the House of Representatives was deliberating on the impeachment complaint filed by a number of civil society groups, including Black and White.

In my earlier post, I did not identify Leah as the source of the photo (I just said ‘sent by a friend’) because I had not asked her permission. Now, she said I can say it was from her.

Lynda’s story is about the resumption of the “Hello Garci” hearings in the Senate. In the hearing last Sept. 7, former intelligence agent T/Sgt Vidal Doble said he met Poblador at the residence of then AFP Chief of Staff Efren Abu where he was brought by Bishop Socrates Villegas from San Carlos seminary.

Poblador offered to help him with the needs of his family.

Poblador was also mentioned by Bishop Villegas as the one who requested him to take Doble out of the San Carlos seminary.

Poblador has been invited to attend the Senate hearing on the Hello Garci tapes on Monday at 10 a.m. Will she attend?

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90 Comments

  1. cocoy cocoy

    Ayan ka na naman Ellen inirecycle mo uli,iyang larawan ni Poblador.You have no idea my wife almost kicked me out because I don’t want to sleep with her in the same bed dahil nagkaroon ako ng phobia na baka mabuntis pa uli si kumander at magiging kamukha ni Medy na iyan.Ayaw kung malahian ng hindi maganda(asus,assupt pa)ang angkan namin paka ibibitin pa ng patiwarik ng mga anak ko ang magiging bunsong kapatid nila.

  2. men0k men0k

    In the Senate hearing of “Hello Garci”, Bong Revilla asked Doble how does Medy look and if he can recognize Medy once he sees her.

    Pictures like this is important so that Doble and other people can know how she looks like.

    I hope more pictures like this will crop up.

  3. cocoy cocoy

    Mga buntis,beware! you need your spousal advice para wala kayong sisihan na hindi ninyo anak ang isinilang at na-switch sa hospital.

  4. Mrivera Mrivera

    ‘yan! sumikat tuloy ang mukhang quarter moon na si medy lee jencia.

  5. Sampot Sampot

    I’ve watched it.

    But the problem with Mainstream Media is that they’re afraid to show the bloggers’ comments so the public at large would know how infuriated we really are just by looking at her…

    … FACE.

  6. Sampot Sampot

    … that’s been dominated by her CHIN.

    .

  7. Tilamsik Tilamsik

    Congratulations to Ms. Leah Navaro, more power to Black & White. Mabuhay po kayo Ka Dinky Soliman. Tuloy ang laban..!!!

  8. men0k men0k

    Ellen,

    I think you mistyped Medy’s surname in the title on this entry. Or, is it intentional because she does nothing but to patrol the dogs and see if there is someone going haywire? And if she finds one, she’ll just take her purse and take out “Dog food” out of it and give it to pacify the erring DOG…

  9. Elvira Sahara Elvira Sahara

    Hi,hi,hi! I only have pity for this “dog-feeder” ba? Iyan ang hirap ng pagiging pangit. Pangit ka na nga, mas lalo ka pang pinapapangit ng masama mong ginagawa! Ay, naku, walang kuwentang buhay !yan, Medy! Magbago ka na nga at ng gumanda ka naman sa paningin ng mga kapareho mong pangit, ehe, Pinay!
    Mabuhay ka pa rin, Ellen!

  10. Elvira Sahara Elvira Sahara

    Ellen,
    Pag medyo mainit-init na ang isyu diyan, pakisabi lang at ng maipadala ko na ang pamaypay mong pasalubong ko from Spain!
    As of now, mukhang kaya pa naman ng air-conditioner mo diyan!

    Don’t worry so much on MEDY’S Face! She’s lucky…she’ll be known as “THE FACE THAT LAUNCHED “HELLO GARCI’S” WITNESSES!”

  11. bagwis bagwis

    Napanuod ko nga kagabi ito sa balita. Malamang di na naman lumabas ito para humarap sa Senado. Parang si Mendoza saradong sarado ang bibig hehe. Mga nagpabagsak kay Erap dahil sa “corruption” daw. Mga mas malalala pa.

  12. Mrivera Mrivera

    ellen,

    wala ba’ng mas malinaw na kuha itong si medy lee jencia? kasi, matay ko mang tingnan ay parang si michael jackson kapag ganyang medyo blurred ang picture, eh.

    mamaya mo niyan ay mag-file ng TRO si michael jackson, eh.

  13. Mrivera Mrivera

    parang kamukha din ni diomedes maturan nu’ng bata pa siya’t nabubuhay!

  14. Mrivera Mrivera

    regarding this gloria arroyo’s gag order barring her dogs to appear in any house hearings when summoned, can she not be cited for obstruction of justice?

    tutal lantaran na ang ginagawa niyang pambabastos sa lahat ng departamento ng gobyerno lalo na sa senado, puwede rin naman o mas nararapat, diba?

    pero, kaya kayang banggain ni villar ang reynang aso?

  15. TonGuE-tWisTeD TonGuE-tWisTeD

    I was hacked! I read that loop, it wasn’t me who made those comments.

    Grabe na talaga ang mga hackers.

  16. TonGuE-tWisTeD TonGuE-tWisTeD

    Heheheh!

  17. MenOk, thanks for calling my attention. I have corrected it.

  18. Leah said Medy is better-looking in person. She said the lighting was bad in the photo and she was just using a cellphone for that shot.

  19. I think Leah is being kind. Ang pangit ay pangit no matter how they fix the face unless of course, nagparetoke na rin kay Bello! Better-looking compared to another pangit siguro! 😛

  20. Taga de cebu Taga de cebu

    Meey Poblador was no stranger to Malacañang. While working in the protocol office during the term of President Corazon Aquino, she eloped with her boss, Ambassador Miguel Perez Rubio.(is that the mestizo in front of Medy in the picture)?

  21. Taga de cebu Taga de cebu

    “parang kamukha din ni diomedes maturan nu’ng bata pa siya’t nabubuhay!Mrivera”

    Medy Poblador’s favorite song(as sang by diomedes maturan):

    He wore the rose tattoo,
    To prove his love was true . . .
    But hearts can lie, so why deny,
    That roses fade and love can die . . .

    She’ll wait her whole life through,
    Like fools an’ dreamer’s do . . .
    She’ll go on caring for one who’s wearing,
    The rose . . . the rose tattoo . . .

    She’ll wait her whole life through,
    Like fools an’ dreamer’s do . . .
    She’ll go on caring for one who’s wearing,
    The rose . . . the rose tattoo . . .

  22. rose rose

    ..Mrivera: Kahawig nga ni Diomedes..Pero kakanta kaya si Medy pagtatawagin siya sa tanghalan ng Senate? Abangan ko ang “Tawag ng Tanghalan” sa Senate..starring ..No! No not Brenda Starr..Medy lee jencia.. baka maluma si Michael Jackson..Puede rin siyang tumula at gayahin niya si Babalu..

  23. rose rose

    “she is better looking in person.” gwapo?

  24. pechanco pechanco

    # Ellen Says:

    September 15th, 2007 at 8:08 pm

    Leah said Medy is better-looking in person. She said the lighting was bad in the photo and she was just using a cellphone for that shot.

    *You might have heard it wrong, Ellen. What she told you’s that if the lighting was better, her “baba” might not be that long. Sabi miya hindi naman ganyan kahaba ang baba niya.

  25. pechanco pechanco

    Bad News: Raul Gonzalez has a successful kidney transplant. That means we would hear him talk shit again for another year.
    My psychic friend said he’s going to die in 2008.

  26. Diego K. Guerrero Diego K. Guerrero

    What’s next, brain transplant?

  27. pechanco pechanco

    Nope. It’s Miriam Santiago scheduled for brain transplant. May kasabihan nga na mahirap mamatay ang masamang damo. But, he won’t live to see the country’s next leader. What a liar ano?
    Before, he kept denying that he had problem with his kidney. Ulcer lang daw. Ngayon nabulgar dahil talagang kailangan ng transplant. I heard it was from his driver’s kidney. Tinutukan daw ng baril habang tina-transplant.

  28. ocayvalle ocayvalle

    pag sinabi ng mga alipores ni GMA na succesful ang kidney transplant kay (si)raul gonzalez,kabaligtaran iyan! di bat puro kasinungalingan ang bida ng mga iyan,iyong kay dir wyccoco ng nbi ang sabi nila ay nag progreso ng dumalaw si GMA, di bat ayon di natigok din,si FG panay na daw ang golf at nag treadmill at walking daw,pero ang kanilang ginagawa tinatago ang balita,kung ngayon ay nakakalusot ang mga kasamaan nila sa taong bayan,darating din ang araw at mahuhusgahan sila ng poong maykapal!!

  29. Chabeli Chabeli

    Want to know who also needs a brain transplant ? A certain Doktora, or better known as Mrs. Assperon. Judge for yourself in this article in the web of the Inquirer:

    newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view_article.php?article_id=88801

    Here’s an excerpt of this ridiculous woman:

    Red alert turns into night of music
    By Nikko Dizon

    MANILA — Last Wednesday, while on red alert at Camp Aguinaldo for any eventuality following the conviction of deposed President Joseph Estrada for plunder, some 300 soldiers were entertained by their comrades who performed songs from their new album.

    “Let’s turn this red alert into a music alert tonight,” Dr. Lorna Esperon, wife of the Armed Forces chief of staff, told the soldiers in Filipino before the start of the mini-concert, where modest packed dinners and six lechon (roasted pigs) were served.

    Esperon, called “Doktora” or “Ma’am Doktora” in the military circle, rallied the soldiers and said the album’s ambitious goal was to “go for gold.”

    “If only we could sing to our enemies in Mindanao instead of fighting them with guns,” she added wistfully.

  30. rose rose

    Ocayvalle: Si FiG panay ang golf seguro ngayon with Abalos, who I understand is the Pres. of Wack Wacks golf assn. They have to discuss what to do now…sa gabi pa seguro naglalaro para hindi makita. Believe din ako sa tatlong taga Iloilo ito..FiG (who said he saw the light),raulo, at si brenda(who was willing to jump off the plane)..ang haba ng buhay..maraming masamang damo at buang buang..
    ..on the relationship of Ver and Marcos..hindi ba magkamaganak..but how about GMA and Esperon? pagmamahal ng baboy sa kaning baboy?..sino ang baboy and sino ang kaning baboy sa dalawa..parehong naglamutak at garapal ang laklak..

  31. pechanco pechanco

    Correct you are, Rose. Marcos and Ver were related. The two were cousins. Ver started as the personal driver-bodyguard of Marcos and then promoted to the highest position in the military as Chief of Staff. Diyan inggit si Ramos dahil hanggang Vice Chief lang siya. His frustrations could have led him to conspire with Enrile and the rest of the disgruntled military officers. Si Mike Arroyo ay magaling na magaling. He was with GMA in her last foreign trip and is scheduled to go with her again. Dapat mag-alala tayo sa pagtahimik ni Taba (slim na daw ngayon). His silence indicates he’s up to something bad.

  32. Rose: Kahawig nga ni Diomedes..Pero kakanta kaya si Medy pagtatawagin siya sa tanghalan ng Senate? Abangan ko ang “Tawag ng Tanghalan” sa Senate

    *****

    Nagising ako dito a. I remember this guy, Diomedes Maturan, the Perry Como of the Philippines. Mahaba rin ang baba. Pero mukhang di hamak pa rin may itsura si Maturan kesa dito sa kakutsaba ng mga Pidal!

  33. pechanco pechanco

    Diomedes Maturan is dead. Yes, I like his singing style. I remember him to be mild manner, quiet and gentleman. Kahawig nga siya ni Medy. If you look at the photo, the two men between her (one was Gabby Claudio) wanted to hide her face but both accidentally moved a little away at the height of the impeachment trial. Magaling at mabilis lang ang photographer na kumuha ng photo. Siguro sinisisi ngayon ni Medy ang dalawang lalaki.

  34. Chabeli Chabeli

    If I understood correctly, based on historical data, a non-relative kidney donor gives the patient an average of one year to live because of the high possibility of rejection.

  35. pechanco pechanco

    That’s why my psychic friend told me he has one year to live. No person could replace Gonzalez’s kidney that was full of lies. Bulok na at walang maipalit kahit ano diyan.

  36. parasabayan parasabayan

    Sana huwag matigok si siraulo. I want him to be around when the tiyanak in on the “hot seat”, Sandigan Bayan(or whatever). I want him to see the tiyanak squirm! But if he goes, I would say that that is divine intervention!

    Ang tanong, ilang milyones kaya ang ibinayad ni siraulo sa driver niya for the kidney?

    Never mind if the pix looks ugly. The fact that Leah got her picture in the scene of the crime, that is damning enough! What is she doing in the House when she is not even a tongresswoman? Yun pala nagpapamudmod ng “bribe” sa mga tongessmen.

  37. TurningPoint TurningPoint

    Kapag ang isang tao ay pangit, pinaka pangit na pandak, pina kapangit ang ugali, pinaka garapal sa dilang garapal at pinaka-sukdulang ang pagiging sinungaling, ang gusto niyang nakapaligid sa kanya ay yong mas pangit pa sa kanya sa lahat ng bagay para siya ang bida.

    Yan ang kwento ni Lola Basyang.

  38. TurningPoint TurningPoint

    Si Diomedes Maturan, sumikat sa ganda ng boses at ang kanyang mga awitin ay ang mga sikat na kanta ni ni Perry Como dahil halos magkahawig sila ng boses.

    Itong si Gloria at anong pangalan niyan, Medy? Sumikat sila dahil pera como ang usapan.

  39. Taga de cebu Taga de cebu

    Who’s the NBN mystery man?”

    “My impression is that Chairman Abalos brought this person in to bully me, [that] hopefully I would withdraw my application,” he told the network.

    “My impression is that he was just there to muscle his way [in] and hopefully get to me so that I would back out,” De Venecia said.

    He said he found the man’s presence at the meeting to be improper but he was not sure whether what the man did “is incriminating because I don’t know whether he performed an illegal act.”

    “He was there for one meeting.”

    Asked if the man was a government official, De Venecia said he “can’t say” until he appeared at the Senate.

    He said he did not know if the man himself had received any kickbacks.

    “Probably,” De Venecia said, when asked by ANC if he thought he would be courting “big trouble” should he mention the person’s name.”

    Any guess???

  40. pechanco pechanco

    It’s Mike Arroyo.

  41. Rumours have it that the mystery man is Biboy Macapagal…

  42. Pechanco: Siguro sinisisi ngayon ni Medy ang dalawang lalaki.

    *****

    Kasi lumabas na mas may hitsura sila kesa kay Medy Perencia kahit na sa totoo lang pangit din sila!!! Pintasero at pintasera! 😛

  43. Got that from Schumey’s blog…

  44. Taga de cebu Taga de cebu

    DM’s second family so different from the the first!

  45. parasabayan parasabayan

    Is this tiyanak’s brother who is her financial advicer?

  46. Re: TDC’s DM’s second family so different from the the first!

    Probably has got to do with Eva’s genes.

  47. maarte maarte

    Here’s Ninez Olivares’ comment which is very true:

    “Predictably, the so-called elites, along with the Catholic bishops and, of course, the leftists, hailed the Erap guilty verdict, praised the Sandiganbayan court for proving to one and all that “no one is above the law” when it convicted the ousted president.

    They then issued statements to the effect that the Erap conviction sends a strong warning to all those in government not to engage in corruption and other criminal acts because the rule of law is being observed.

    What dreamy idiots they can be, if they think that a guilty verdict on Estrada handed by a politicized judiciary can scare off these corrupt officials under the Gloria regime.”

  48. bagwis bagwis

    Hello can you give me link to Schumey’s blog. Thanks

  49. Sampot Sampot

    M’Ellen,

    I intend to copy this picture [and maybe more] for my site is it ok po ba?

    Thanks in advance.

  50. chi chi

    Pinasikat na ng husto ng Ellenville Si Medy Prensya Storted face. Ngayon, pwede na rin siyang mag-artista ka love team ni Mikey d’Horsey!

  51. Sampot, all the time. What’s your site. Why don’t you link it here?

  52. Sampot Sampot

    M’Ellen,

    Thank you po. Yes, i will link it here soon.

    It seems that this face could really launch a thousand sites!

    I’m truly, madly, deeply inspired to build one for her [them].

  53. E-mail ni MRivera:

    Ako ay nananawagan sa sino mang may ginintuang kalooban tungkol sa pagkawala ng aking dating paboritong alagang aso. Siya ay napakatalino at maraming alam ng gawing tricks at kalimitan ay nahuhulog ako sa kanyang mga panlalansi, kaya nga ang panawagang ito.

    Please lang, kung makita ninyo ang alaga kong ito, HUWAG N’YO ng ibalik sa akin!

    Katayin n’yo na lang at ibaon sa lupa. Talamak na ang rabies sa katawan ng inang asong ito!

    Maraming salamat po!

    PS.
    Lakip nito ang kanyang larawan upang inyong maiwasan.

    from-mrivera.jpg

  54. Taga de cebu Taga de cebu

    Desr ELLEN:

    ” The truth is I am cute and short but I am above gossip!”
    – Gridiron Night, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, April 20, 2001

  55. ” but I am above gossip!”

    Oh that we know – we know that so well; all thick-skinned people are always above gossip or hardly evern emotionally affected by gossip.

  56. Taga de cebu Taga de cebu

    ELLEN!!!

    “I wouldn’t mind if you were nice to me once in a blue moon.”
    – Gridiron Night, NPC
    GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO,President pf The Philippines

    April 20, 2001

  57. Taga de cebu Taga de cebu

    Dear AdeBRUX:

    “My example is integrity!”

    GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO,President of The Philippines-

    Interview with Asiaweek.January 24, 2001

  58. TDC,

    “My example is integrity!” – GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO

    Hahahahahahah! That’s the funniest joke that Gloria ever said in a long, long time! Hahahahahaha!

  59. Taga de cebu Taga de cebu

    To my countrymen:

    “The days of PLUNDER are over!”
    Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
    President of the Philippines

    – Press Conference,March 20, 2001

  60. Taga de cebu Taga de cebu

    To AdeBrux:

    “Like Caesar’s wife, we must be above suspicion and we must see to it that morality, transparency and commitment will be supreme, always and everywhere.”

    Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
    President of the Philippines

    – Press Conference
    March 20, 2001

  61. pechanco pechanco

    Looking at her above photo, she seems trying to make a gesture saying she was that small when she entered school as if to brag she’s now taller. Ellen, puwede ba tanggalin mo na ang litrato niya. Nahihirapan akong sumulat kapag nakikita ko ang mukha niya. Thanks.

  62. Taga de cebu Taga de cebu

    Dear PECHANCO!

    ” The truth is I am cute and short but I am above gossip.”
    – Gridiron Night
    April 20, 2001

  63. TDC,

    Wonderful listing you’ve got there of the Glorious quotes of Gloria…

  64. Taga de cebu Taga de cebu

    AdeBrux:

    Secret de deux, secret de Dieu; secret de trois, secret de tous.

  65. Taga de cebu Taga de cebu

    AdeBrux:Avoir un chat dans la gorge.To have a frog in the throat…

  66. TDC, where do you get all those GMA quotes? So appropriate.

  67. TDC,

    “secret de trois, secret de tous”… D’accord…

  68. cocoy cocoy

    TDC Con Anna;

    El secreto de dos, el secreto de Dios; el secreto de tres, el secreto de todo!
    El secreto a robar no podria ser escondido para siempre.si hay un fuego, hay el humo,Paisano!

  69. Taga de cebu Taga de cebu

    COCOY:mismo!

    Gloria:lo que siembres cosecharás
    quien siembra vientos recoge tempestades

  70. Taga de cebu Taga de cebu

    “where do you get all those GMA quotes? So appropriate.ellen”

    Ellen:I do so to stress that I’m totally against blatant lies.

  71. Taga de cebu Taga de cebu

    What do Macoy/Erap/Ate Glo have in common:

    * They were/are so arrogant – they think they are so smart that no one will catch their blatant lies.
    * They were/are stupid – they left big holes in the story that most people would be able to fly a commercial plane through it.
    * They were/are liars without a sense of ethics and would do anything to get ahead.

  72. maarte maarte

    Tanga de Cebu, Why did you leave out Cory and Ramos? Aren’t they also arrogant and liars?

  73. Taga de cebu Taga de cebu

    Mr.MA at PA C’est l’exception qui confirme la règle.arte:

  74. Taga de cebu Taga de cebu

    Mr.PAatMAC’est l’exception qui confirme la règle.

  75. Taga de cebu Taga de cebu

    “Lil Dick” Gordon was at his most arrogant self in the”interrogation” of Doble in the Senate. Parang pang subic lang talaga,”barking orders” like a feudal lord. tsk.tsk.tsk…

  76. cocoy cocoy

    TDC:

    It seems to me that your Top Dead Center piston is firing and about to deliver trust power to the crankshaft.
    Your exception to the rule is a good proportion. Mi Senior comprende! In English you stated that what sowings you will harvest who sows winds collects storms. Also, Chabakano has a saying that goes like this;

    “El sembrador cosechara la fruta de la semilla que el planto. Como padre, como hija!” Walanghiya rin,ano?

  77. Taga de cebu Taga de cebu

    Cocoy:Bien mal acquis ne profite jamais.

  78. Taga de cebu Taga de cebu

    Gloria’s lapdogs in the Senate:”Lil dick” gordon,Lolo Johnny and Lady Miriam were real bullies today.But the more they bullied Doble,the more credible Doble appeared to me!

    Lolo Johnny and Lady Miram are always on the wrong side of history.L’occasion fait le larron.

  79. TDC,

    I posted this in Uniffors http://www.uniffors.com/?p=1040#comments re the Dickhead in the Senate:

    ” think Ateneans should be mighty proud of Manuel Buencamino – he’s got his head screwed in the right place while Dick Gordon’s is screwed in the wrong place, hence the “dickhead” tag is very appropriate.

    (Oh yeah, don’t ask me how I know – one doesn’t have to check his dick to see it (his head), one only has to hear him speak inanities eg, referring to de Castro, “Magaling yan kasi naging kaklase ko yan!”)”

  80. cocoy cocoy

    TDC;
    We are poorly taken advantage by this present corrupt regime because we are weak to fight. Mi Paisano! Cuando nuestra sorpresa de personas e lucha para su derecho? Nadie pelea para ellos, pero ellos necesitan hacer la batalla para si mismo. Not only eating panutsa, Amigo!Sa salitang bisaya,”kaialan magigising ang ating mga kababaihan este kababayan para ipagtangol ang kanilang karapatan? Walang iba na makikipaglaban sa kanila,kundi sila mismo ang makikipaglaban”Dugay na Manong si Dodong ay supot pa rin!

    Does our youth really has the future, or are the major events unfolding before our very eyes just replays of things that we have seen before? Marcos exiled, Cory weeping the death of Ninoy in Malacanang, FVR only smoke cigar, They convict Erap, Gloria is busy looting the treasures of Juan Dela Cruz. Maybe also, if you become a president my Tomadachi you’ll turn the country upside down and put our youth high on coccaine, do you? I remember JFK as he quoted “Don’t ask what your country can do for you, but ask what can you do for your country”Harvey Oswald assassinated him, because Oswald was lazy and he only want his country to do for him.

    Only twice in Edsa history have there been simultaneous disturbances across the land in response to a calling of church. Both times the name “SIN” was involved, Kitam Kumpare no haan ka basit mata! The struggle between Erap and Gloriang kurap was not just a duel between two individuals. It was a reflection of the existing class balance between the weak and powerful, it need the revolution to isolate the conditions of backwardness. Erap loyalist did not represent themselves on the street, Sabi nga ni Manuel Uy -Ang nagwawagi ay hindi umaayaw,at ang umaayaw ay hindi nagwawagi–The change was there, political bureaucracy of punggok was about to collapse, no action and no massive demonstration, maybe, Erap masses were tired out by long years of injustice that was gradually falling into a state of apathy and indifference. It is this class balance of Pinoy that decided the outcome, not the individual personality of the participants.-Surrender ako,Amigo,at kailangan ang konting pukpuk-(not japayuki)kundi batok!

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