Paalala

Ito ay naisulat para sa mga taong higit pa kay Willie Revillame kung umasta. Sa mga taong kinauukulan, sana'y magsilbi itong paalala. Maari po lamang na itatak ninyo sa inyong mga lumobong ulo ang mga sumusunod na pahayag.

Una, ang pagiging bihasa sa wikang banyaga ay hindi sapat na dahilan upang inyong isipin na kayo ay nakalalamang sa iba. 

Ang paggamit ng ibang lenguahe ay karagdagang kasanayan lamang na maaaring makatulong sa iyong hanapbuhay o pang araw araw na gawain. Hindi ito sapat na basehan ng kagalingan o katalinuhan.

Pangalawa, ang ganitong pagiisip ay nagpapakita ng kamangmangan.

Kung sa iyong palagay ay dapat isamba ang marunong ng salitang banyaga at liitin ang mga hindi bihasa, ikaw ay nagkakamali sa pagpili ng idolo. Kagaya ng nasabi ko sa aking unang pahayag, kailanman ay hindi ito basehan ng kagalingan.

Pangatlo, ang pangmamaliit sa kapwa sa kadahilanang hindi sya bihasa sa salitang banyaga ay ugaling dapat kasuklaman.

Sabihin natin na ikaw ay mahilig manood ng mga palabas na banyaga kung saan ginagamit ang ibang lenguahe at sa iyong palagay ay bihasa ka na sa paggaya sa kanilang pananalita. Hindi ito sapat na dahilan upang isiping ikaw ay mas nakahihigit sa iba.

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Marahil ay hindi tuwid ang aking pagiisip at maikli ang aking pisi sa araw na ito. Gayon pa man, ito ang aking mensahe sa lahat ng maarte, mayabang, at mapangliit sa kapwa: Nawa'y alalahanin ninyo ang tinuro ng inyong mga magulang nung kayo ay musmos pa. O kung hindi naman, sana ay isaisip na ang karunungan sa salitang banyaga ay hindi dahilan upang magmalaki. Kung hindi pa rin, sana'y kunin nalang kayo ni Lord.

GLAM-ming up a bit too late.

It's a been about a month since AI8 wrapped up, but I just finished downloading a fantastic album compilation of the entire season; complete with live performances, studio recordings, group medleys, guest performances, and the finale show. All tracks are grouped into folders, categorized per week, the filenames are neat, the details filled in correctly and completely. It's so organized, it excited my inner OC self.

Anyway, I've been listening to the album for the past couple of days and based on the weekly live performances, I can definitely say that this season's contestants suck. Yea, they do. Okay, not all of the songs are bad, but most of them aren't worth a second listen. This bunch seems to have the least talent compared to all the past seasons' contestants.

There is, however, a handful from this pool that are just awesome. And one such contestant is the fabulous, fabulous Adam Lambert, also known to rickey.org readers as Glambert.

Runner up to boy-next-door Kris Allen, this season's openly gay glamrocker initially caught my attention with his version of the winner's current single, No Boundaries.

For those of you who chose to watch the news instead of American Idol and haven't heard the performances, here are the links to both live versions.

Adam's version:


and Kris' version:


You have two different artists singing the same song on national TV one after the other, there's bound to be comparison. Even though you know you shouldn't, you still do it. You can't help but compare them, just like parents can't help but have a favorite kid, even though they reassure the others and say they love them all equally.

Comparing Adam's version to Kris', I'd have to say that Adam rocked it harder. The song just suited him better, his style a good fit for the song. Not taking anything away from this year's champion, Kris' version isn't bad at all, in fact it's quite pleasant to the ears. It's just not very wow-worthy because Kris' voice has a certain niche, and this song definitely isn't part of it.

I know it's too late to throw a bitchfit, but if it were a month or so earlier,

I'd be rooting for the Glambert..

..and would probaby be holding up one of these.