Honest anak.
Tatay: Did you eat all the cookies in the jar?
Anak: No, I didn’t touch one.
Tatay: Then, why is there only one left?
Anak: That’s the one I didn’t touch.
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Why couldn’t the piano get back to the house?
Answer: Because he lost his keys.
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In my school days, decades ago, notebooks had multiplication table in their backcover. Using the table was considered cheating in our arithmetic classes.
But my teacher still brought me to the principal’s office even when I was solving my multiplication problems on the floor.
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I remember, when I was in grade four….
Me: Nanay, I got 100 in school today.
Nanay: Very good anak. I’m most proud. How was that?
Me: I got 50 in spelling and 50 in Pilipino.
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Finance Secretary Diokno can’t make up his mind on the inflation numbers the country is in. He adds into the confusion and stokes anxiety in the business community.
Nothing to worry. It’s diok diok time. Smile. Be happy.
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Sen. Robin Padilla threatens to resign from his party if PDP-Laban fails to support his pet bill, the charter change.
I’m not surprised. He is master of transformation. He is Mr. change in person.
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Before he transformed to become a senator, Robin Padilla was a macho actor in the country’s big screen industry.
I was told of this story: Director talking to Robin, “In the next scene, you are to make love to her like an animal. Imagine, you’re a gorilla, a lion, a bear…”
Robin: “Yes! I’ll do the beast I can.”
And he became the country’s top lover boy.
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A good news, Malacanang says, Pres. BBM is almost there on his promise to bring down cost of rice to P20.00 a kilo. Almost after a year in office, the average cost of rice is now P42.00 a kilo, going down from P48.00.