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Blue Moon is about an elderly man named Manuel Pineda (played by respected actor/director Eddie Garcia) looking for Corazon, his long-lost love, after he’s told that he only has a few months to live.

Accompanying him in his search are his son, Rod (Christopher de Leon), and grandson, Kyle (Dennis Trillo). Jennylyn Mercado and Pauleen Luna portray the two Corazons who where both loved by Manuel.

“Blue Moon has something for everyone,” says director Joel Lamangan. “I’m sure the audience will enjoy the film. This movie is a very positive and emotionally uplifting family drama kaya hindi nila dapat palampasin,” he adds.

Also in Blue Moon are Polo Ravales, Pinky Amador, Tin Arnaldo, Jim Pebanco, Alan Paule, RJRosales, Tintin Bersola-Babao and Boots Anson-Roa.

source: Taliba article by Leo M. Bukas
some translation modified the article

Pinagsamang Arthur Solinap at Suzette Doctolero? LOL

Kidding aside, this struggling artist and call centre agent describes himself this way:

Also known as NURIKANE, this young professional and rockstar wannabe does nothing during weeknights but to get bored and irate selling credit protection programmes on the phone. But loves to draw, write, and create anything out of the blue to make him sane and empowered. He loves to crave chocolate cakes, pizza, pasta, hotdogs, omelets, and sushi. Coffee, Sarsi, hot milk-chocolate, Gatorade and Jack Daniel’s are his favourite drinks. [source]

I am an Igorot. That means I’m mountain grown and more importantly, mountain born.

The use of the term Igorot can be as trivial as calling oneself Ilocano (from the lowlands) or Tagalog (riverside dwellers) when applicable. But what is wrong with calling myself Igorot? Why shouldn’t I?

History tells us that the Spaniards and Americans tried to subjugate the Igorots. If you can’t beat them, destroy their name, seemed to be the strongest weapon the colonizers used. So the Spaniards attached connotations like ugly, unkempt, barbaric, etc. to the word Igorot. Then the Americans devised a way where instead of calling them Igorots, they promoted the use of more localised (and more divisive) terms such as Kalinga, Ifugao and the like. So add the two (igorot=bad, kalinga=better name) and they win. Upon inspection, however, Kalinga and Apayao, are derrogatory terms compared to the neutral Igorot.

From Wikipedia:

It is said that in the Ibanag and Gaddang languages, Kalinga comes from the common noun “kalinga� which means “enemy�, “fighter�, or “headhunter�. The inhabitants of Cagayan and Isabela considered the Kalinga as enemies since they conducted headhunting attacks on Ibanag and Gaddang territories. As such, the name is considered a misnomer since it has no geographic or ethnic basis. Yet the term has become the official ethnic name accepted even by the natives themselves.

Kankanaey is a language but it can also mean a linguistic grouping, i.e., the people who use the language (Western Mountain Province and Northern Benguet, i.e., the old Lepanto province during the Spainish period). That means that the Kankanaey are composed several tribes if you insist on using that term. (tribe: an indigenous society bound together by family ties. That means Kankanaey is, and never was, a singular tribe).

Ibanag, just like Tagalog, means riverside dwellers, too.

Ifugao means from the hills/mountains. By denotation, Ifugao and Igorot mean the same thing. By usage, an Ifugao is one who came from Ifugao province. The term Igorot encompasses a larger area of residence.

Nowadays, there is nothing wrong with being called Igorot or Kalinga or Ilocano (a redundant term; i = ano) or Tagalog or Bisaya. So let us be who we are.

Happy Holidays to one and all!

Cold weather brings hot celebrity news:

Cristine Reyes and Katrina Halili in GMAAC calendar

Gwen Garci, Andrew Wolff and Ethel Booba triangle

Wala lang, baka di ninyo nabisita ang StarStruck blog.

Marky Cielo
picture taken from the official StarStuck site
image copyright &copy GMA Kapuso Network 2005

Marky Cielo
Iwa Moto, Gian Carlos, Vivo Ouano
Magdaleno Pena

I didn’t blog immediately after the shows this evening because I was just awestruck by the intensity of the colors of the Etheria costumes and sets. And then that was followed by a reminder from Jewel in the Palace — to taste each subtle change in what we eat, to experience the totally of life though our taste buds.

I never really tought that preparing food is a matter of life and death. And even if one loses (her) capacity to taste, a cook must still draw the hidden flavors shrimp salad and bean sprouts and tofu (which is also made out of beans) by knowing that even minute details add up to the overall quality of what ends up on the table.

Have you noticed how deep the greens and reds and blues and browns on your screen as you watched Etheria tonight? How did they do that? Special film/filter? Quality of the transmission? Choice of costume and set materials? When the four sisters appeared at last (and it was just a drill) the battle scene (but they were really fighting!) was in direct competition with the flurry of colors. I liked that Amihan was no longer in gray. Sky blue is her color. Danaya and Alena wore crowns. I miss the autumn leaves. And the hoods, you can feel the texture of the fur (faux, hopefully).

By the way, I liked the play of shadows in Avria’s palace and the brightness in Andora’s (or her father’s) hera. Juvila’s rocky front yard adds danger to the surroundings of this strongest warrior. Sorry, I missed the part when Odessa was shown yesterday.

PLDT eyes Internet-based broadcast media venture

HONG KONG-AFTER FAILING TO acquire a satellite-based pay TV company, Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. is now planning to venture into an Internet-based broadcast media, known as IPTV (Internet Protocol Television).

PLDT chair Manuel V. Pangilinan confirmed that talks with Philippine Multi-Media System Inc., operator of Dream Satellite TV, had bogged down.

This, he said, was the reason behind the shelving of the plan to go into direct-to-home TV (DTH) business with American content provider Echostar.

IPTV uses Internet or broadband connection to broadcast programs and content, while DTH uses either satellite or cable to give subscribers access to popular programs.

The country’s largest telecom company is now looking at a business model similar to what Li Ka-shing’s son, Richard Li, had done to Hong Kong-based telephone firm PCCW, Pangilinan noted.

PCCW, formerly Hong Kong Telecom, ventured into IPTV a few years ago.

According to Pangilinan, PCCW’s IPTV now has more than half-a-million subscribers.

PCCW owns a Hong Kong fiber-optic network and provides Internet services. It is now the city’s dominant carrier operating 3.5 million phone lines.

IPTV will allow PLDT to broadcast content through high-speed Internet or broadband and the same time give subscribers access to the web and cheap calls through the Internet, called Voice over IP.

“As talks with Dream and Bayantel are not proceeding, we have to reassess our approach on the video business,” he said. “The question is, does it make sense to go into DTH right now when IPTV is proving to be more versatile and less expensive?”

PLDT, he said, would evaluate whether it would be wiser to adopt a new technology like IPTV as what PCCW had done or stick with the existing system.

For now, PLDT said it would let the dust settle on its failed acquisition plan.

“What is clear is that we are seeing a resurgence of the fixed-line business with all these new fixed-line based technologies,” said the chair of PLDT.

Eventually, he said PLDT would use its strong wireless telephone network to provide similar services to the rural areas. IPTV has limitations in expanding in remote areas, which are more accessible to satellite signals.

IPTV can fulfill the longstanding plan of Pangilinan to go into broadcast media, which he said, was essential in his long-term vision for PLDT to become a fully-integrated telecom company.

inQ7 article by Clarissa S. Batino