REVIEW: 3 Idiots: A Close Look at the Real Meaning of Learning

Aal Izz Well!

Chase excellence and success will follow, pants down. 

I think I have told you about the Asian movie fad that I am currently trapped in. After downloading several Thai movies recommended by my Facebook friends, I came across a Hindi movie released in 2009. At first, I didn't really give much thought about it since I am not really a fan of Bollywood (what with all the dance number and stuff [no offense meant]) but a closer look at  the positive reviews that most people have given it, I have decided to see for myself and check whether it really deserves the praise it's been getting. 

The movie is entitled 3 Idiots. It was directed by Rajkumar Hirani and was produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra starred Aamir Khan, R. Madhavan  and Sharman Joshi. The screenplay was a collaboration of  the director, the producer and Abhijat Joshi ; it was "loosely-based" on the novel Five Point Someone by Chetan Baghat.

According to Wikipedia, it was the highest grossing film in its opening weekend in India and also has the highest opening day collection for a Bollywood film. The film was  a critical success, winning several awards  including two Best Pictures, two Best Directions and two Best Screenplays. 

Now, what is the movie about and why all the rave?

*Spoiler Alert* I give crappy summaries so please refer to other websites for better synopsis of the movie. :)

The movie was basically about the friendship of three engineering students who came from different walks of life. One was forced to be an engineer (Farhan), the other one sought engineering as a way to get out of poverty (Raju) and the third was there because of his love for learning (Rancho). The movie revolves around their past experiences and the former two's pursuit of Rancho, their long-lost friend that they haven't seen since graduation.

It starts with the scene on an airplane. Farhan (played by Madhavan) received a call from a former classmate, the Silencer [also known as Chatur], saying that Rancho is going to meet them. Exalted by the news, he fakes a heart attack to abort the flight and rushes to the Imperial College of Engineering, picking up Raju along the way. Disappointment welcomes them when they find out that the invitation was an utter lie and Rancho is nowhere in sight; the only person present is Chatur, who proudly boasted about his achievements in life. Angered by the misleading invitation, they set forth on a journey with Chatur to find Rancho and see what happened to him. 

The entire movie was framed in recurring flashbacks (from Farhan's point of view) and the present day (ten years after Chatur swore that he will be more successful than Rancho)

Farhan recounted the first time he met Rancho. It was during an initiation done by senior students to freshmen students in the Imperial College of Engineering. Rancho arrives during the initiation and refuses to bow down to the senior guys. Angered at the insolence, one of the senior students retaliated and threatened to pee on his [Rancho's] door every single day. Rancho fights back with an impromptu invention; using a live wire and spoon, hr electrocutes the senior student. Since then, the three [Rancho, Farhan and Raju] became inseparable as they shared the same room in the dormitory. 

Farhan then introduced Professor Viru Shahastrabuddhe [or Virus, as most students call him]--- a mean and competitive teacher who also served as the Dean of the college. He warns the freshmen how difficult life is in ICE and mentions about an astronaut's pen that his former professor gave him. He said inventors have spent millions of dollars inventing that pen and he will give that pen to a very remarkable student, if he ever found any [ unfortunately, for the past 30 years, he hasn't found THE one]. Rancho pops in a question asking Virus why the astronauts couldn't just used a pencil in outer space because it could have saved them millions of dollars. Virus was surprised at the impertinent question and was apparently unable to answer the question. 

As time in the college went by, the animosity between Virus and Rancho grew, the former labeling Rancho and his friends [ Raju and Farhan] idiots. Virus hated Rancho for his carefree attitude and strongly advised the Raju and Farhan to stay away from the latter's  company. Rancho, with his happy-go-lucky attitude, impressed on the importance of understanding instead of just doing mindless memorization. He believes that the professor in ICE are constantly pressuring the students to get high grades regardless of whether they understand the subjects or not. 

(I will mention the next part although the entire story can do without it because this is my most favorite scene/  I believe this is the strongest, most effective and touching part of the film)

One student named Joy Lobo was like Rancho, eager to learn, good in his subjects; his only problem was that it's taking him a long time to finish his final project :  making a toy plane fly. He asks Virus about the date of the convocation because the whole village from where he came from are too excited about it since he will be the first engineer in their community. The wrathful devil gives his phone to Joy, asks him to call up his father and   brutally tells Joy's father that he will not graduate on time. This breaks Joy's heart and Rancho sees the encounter. He tried to help Joy by fixing the plane. He succeeds in doing so. His plan was to fly the plane over Joy's window and see his reaction from the video camera attached to the plane. It turned out that the joke was on them because as they flew the plane, they saw Joy's lifeless body dangling on the ceiling, a noose around his neck. They run to his room and saw Joy's suicide letter on the wall with two words. "I QUIT." (I cried during this part. T_T) At the funeral, Rancho approaches Virus and tells him that according to the reports it was suicide. He adds that Virus is lucky because even Joy's family thinks its suicide, nobody knew that Joy's death was not suicide but murder...murder from the pressure that Virus exerted on Joy. 

After the incident, Virus writes a letter to Raju's and Farhan's family. As a result, Raju stays away from Rancho and Farhan. They soon reconciliate when Rancho barely saves Raju's father from death with the help of Pia, Virus's daughter, whom they met at a wedding party.

An unfortunate incident happened when Raju was expelled from the school after he was caught peeing on Virus's front door. Virus' gave him two options: save himself and testify against Rancho or get expelled from the school. Unable to choose, Raju jumps out of the window and nearly dies. He spent months in coma but with the help of Rancho and Farhan, he got better. Virus took back the expulsion because of Raju's accident. 

Rancho convinces the two to follow their dreams. Farhan, who was forced to be an Engineering student by his family, wanted to be a wildlife photographer. Rancho helped him by posting a letter that Farhan once wrote but was never able to send to a professional photographer in Brazil. He also convinced Farhan to confess to his father what his true ambition is. Raju on the other hand, who kept fearing about the future, got the job he wanted just because he followed Rancho's advice to not be scared and just face the future without qualms of hesitations. 

Rancho and Virus make amends when Rancho helps Virus' daughter to give birth. Virus apologizes to Rancho and gives him the astronaut pen, saying how remarkable he is as a student.

Back to the present, the three found out that Rancho's name was not really Rancho. He was actually a gardener's son who was sent to school using the name  of a wealthy Indian man's son to get a degree for him (the son). The real Rancho told Raju and Farhan that Rancho, whose real name is Chote, was living in a remote place in India as a school teacher. Chatur laughts at Rancho/Chote's fate, ridiculing his ideals before that the existing system was not good for being successful. They stop Pia's wedding along the way, convinces her to not marry the groom (whom she doesn't love) and drives to where Chote is. 

They finally see Chote and it was revealed that he was the scientist that Chatur was revering about, thus proving that Chhote was right all along that by doing what you love, you'll become successful in life. Chote was reconciled with Pia (they get married) and his two long lost buddies while Chatur cried and apologized for insulting Chote. :) 

(I'm sorry for the crappy summary) :p

What I liked about this movie: 

I didn't really like the movie, no. I LOVED IT. There are a lot of parts that you will adore, from the well-written script to the life-lessons that its trying to get across to the audience. I can make a list but it can never justify how I loved this movie, so below is the best that I can do. 

a. The Quotable Quotes. One of the things I look for in a good movie are the well-written dialogues of the characters and in this movie, you just have an abundance of them. (Click here for a separate entry.) One particular tagline of the movie was written at the start of this post "Chase excellence and success will follow". It is an eye-opening line that should be the mantra of every person. We have been to consumed with chasing money and fame, buying beautiful houses and cars and having all of the material things in this world that we forget to just appreciate the beauty of life and the simple things that make us human. The movie impresses on that and you will have to be a shallow piece of ass if you don't get the message. :(

b. The Lessons. One recurring thing in the movie is the pressure exerted by the people around us: our family, our fears of the future, our professors, society itself. It shows the real impact of this outside pressure to the human soul. We have given too much importance on the norms that we have set that we come to the point of "reification", making these standards bigger than us. It shows a different perspective on suicide. It is not a cowardly thing. It's basically murder. Quoting Rancho, scientists have discovered a lot of devices to measure a lot of things but they have never invented a device to measure the mental pressure that we feel, doing so will prove that the suicide is not suicide but simply murder...murder committed by the people who expect too much from us, so much more than we are capable to give. 

c. The Characters. Although the characters represent different archetypes of the human being, they are too realistic and relatable that you can't help seeing yourself  in them. Although they are quite exaggerated versions of these human archetypes, they still embody someone or something that we have met somewhere along the path of life. And can I just say that the actors are really very effective? :)) 

d. The Soundtrack. Okay, I am not really a fan of the dancing and booty-shaking but the songs in this movie are quite ear-gasmic. Actually, while I was watching it, I couldn't help thinking "Ohmygod, I need to get a copy of that song!"every time a new song is being played. The songs added the flavor and emotions to the movie. Three of my favorites are Give Me Some Sunshine, Jaane Nahi Denge Tuhje and Behti Saha Tha Woh. And of course, who would forget the epic Aal iz Well. See the music video below. 

e. The Recurring Theme of Friendship. I am very big on friendship.  I only have a few trusted friends, I can count them with my fingers. I love how they depicted the genuine relationship between the three characters, helping each other out in times of need, searching the lengths of the Earth just to find that buddy you've lost a long time ago... it sounds cheesy I know, but sue me, I'm cheesy like that. 

What I didn't like about this movie. 

The dance numbers. Of course, dance numbers are one of the identifying factors of Bollywood films and I can't really take that away from them. But the dance numbers in this movie are....weird, for some reason. I am not a big fan of booty shaking and huge production numbers because I think they are totally irrelevant and funny and absolutely cheesy. Don't hate on me, that's just my two cents. :p

THE VERDICT.

I would give this movie 9.4 chocolates. It would have gotten a perfect score but of course,  I have to shave off some points for the dance numbers. :) It's a perfect movie if you want something that will make you feel good or if you are in the middle of your soul-searching or an identity crisis. I strongly recommend it for students who are about to start college because it teaches so much about the values that we should have during the four magical years of our lives. It is a movie for everybody. It is cheesy but it gets the message across and that's what every movie should aim for. 

So next time everything works out badly in your life, just put a hand over your heart and say "Aal iz well". 

Now everybody say it with me, Aal Iz Well. :) 

Here's the trailer of the movie, for everyone who is curious about it. 

You can also watch the movie in Youtube. Here's the link. 

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Bucket List for Travelling 2011-2012

I came across this entry while I was browsing IvanAboutTown's blog. Since I am planning to start my travelling this year, what better idea than to start with the places near where I am, right? So before this year ends (or probably not), I need to visit the following places and explore the wonders that they have to offer.

Please click here for the original entry.


1. Beach hop in San Antonio,  Zambales

• Target Date: October 2011
• Anawanging Cove
• Camara Island
• Capones Island
• Nagsasa Cove
• Pundaquit
• This is probably  the most difficult to do for this year. Most likely, March 2012

2. Taal Volcano Trek

• Target Date: July 2011

3. Mt. Pinatubo Trek

• Target Date: September 2011

4. Corregidor Island Day Trip

• This trip will cost about 2k with the Sun Cruises Trip
• Target Date: August 2011

5. Roadtrip around Mount Banahaw

• done during my college days for my Philippine Institutions (PI) 100 fieldtrip. 
• should go back again. :)

6. Shooting the rapids in Pagsanjan

• Target Date: October 2011

7.Pampanga Culinary Adventure

• Target Date: November 2011

8. Road Trip around Laguna de Bay. 

• Target Date: October 2011

9. Intro Dive into Batangas

• or to make it realistic, let's convert the diving into swimming. I'm scared of diving, kk. 
• Target Date: January 2012

10. Plant trees at the Ipo Watershed. 

• Have fun and help Mother Nature. Is that fun or what? 
• Target Date: June 2011

Ay nako, andami kong gustong gawin. :)

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Bluefin's Blues

*I came across this document again while cleaning my laptop. This is a paper I made for my Biology 11 class back in 2008. It took me almost three months to finish this shit because my professor is as OC as OC can be. :|


Posting it here so I can erase the file and free up some space in my almost-full local disk. 

Figure 1 Bluefin tunas are voraciouseaters and they hunt in packs.
 They are accustomed to high-speed chases andwill eat almost anything that is around.
Takenfrom http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/ enlarge//bluefin-tuna image.html

Haveyou ever wondered how it feels to eat a thousand-dollar fish? The bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) is a highly popularfood among connoisseurs and can cost up to $45,000. There is a wide demand forthis prized fish because it is a good quality ingredient for sushi and sashimi.Despite the extremely high price of this delicacy, many people are still willingto buy this food item. The sad thing that comes with this is that thisthousand-dollar fish is slowly facing extinction due to the uncontrollableharvesting of this species in different parts of the world.

A fish like no other

    The bluefin tuna is one of the mostinteresting fishes in existence. With a size that can reach up to 6.5 ft (2m)and a weight that’s up to 550 lbs. (250 kg), it is considered as one of thelargest world fishes (Collette 2009). Itsmetallic blue color on the top and the shimmering silver-white on the bottomserve as a camouflage and protection from enemies. It can live up to 25-30years and the most intriguing part of it is that nobody but another tuna candistinguish a male from a female one (Ellis2008).

     Thebluefin is from the family of bony fishes, Scombridae.  The term ‘bluefin’ actuallyrefers to three regional divisions of the specie: the Atlantic or Northern bluefin(Thunnus thynnus), Southern bluefin (Thunnus maccoyii) and the Pacificbluefin(Thunnus thynnus orientalis) (Collette 2009).

    The bluefin’s torpedo-shaped, streamlinedbody is built for speed and the retractable pectoral fins and body-flushed eyesare adaptations to reduce the struggle while swimming. These explain why the bluefinis an extremely efficient swimmer and can attain a speed of 22.6 m s^-1(81.4km h^-1) allowing it to migrate across oceans (Bone, Blaxter and Marshall 1995).

    Unlike most of the fishes, the bluefin iswarm-blooded and can maintain a temperature of up to 27 degrees Celsius (81degrees Fahrenheit), close to that of a mammal(Ellis 2008). Changes in temperature is aided by the bluefin’s ‘rete mirabile’, a unique adaptation ofits circulatory system that reduces the cooling effects of the surroundingwater by preserving 95% of internal heat produced by metabolism. Thisadaptation also account for the bluefin’s speed in swimming because its warmmuscles allow it to swim faster.

   The bluefin is both epipelagic and oceanic.These fishes are found on the euphotic zone, the zone 100 m down from thesurface, but migrate to colder waters in the productive seasons. (Bone, et al.,1995) Like other epipelagicfishes, the bluefin must literally swim for its life. Its stiff body isnegatively buoyant and will sink if it stops swimming.  (Ellis 2008)The bluefin isdistributed throughout the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Depending on the year,bluefin populations are concentrated in Japan and the Philippines.

          As a carnivore, the bluefin eatswhatever it can catch which is almost everything. Bluefins hunt in packs likewolves and are designed for high-speed chases using their vision. The usualdiets for this fish are Atlantic herrings, sand lance, bluefish and squids.Italso feeds on crustaceans, zooplankton and eels (Ellis2008).

From dog food to delicacy

   Fishingfor bluefins date back thousands of years ago even before time of Aristotle. Inthe Mediterranean, bluefin tunas were trapped and burned whole in spits. In theearly 1900’s, before tuna was served as an epicurean dish, people called it  ‘horse mackerel’ and considered its stronglyflavoured red meat suitable only for the palates of cats and dogs. In the 1950’sthe tuna was regarded as nuisance because of the damage it causes to fishinggears (Ellis 2008).

   Because of its astounding strength, big gamefishers from New Jersey and Nova Scotia regarded the bluefin as a worthyopponent. Although edible, the bluefin was classified only as a target forhunting and not as a food (Ellis 2008).  

   The extreme popularity of the bluefin tuna asa valued food came only with the introduction of sushi and sashimi in the worldcuisine.  Japanese, who rely mostly onthe sea for their food, used to smoke and pickle their fishes and otherseafoods to prevent spoiling. But with the advent of refrigerators, theJapanese’s eating habit changed and the craze for raw food started (Ellis 2008).

    Tuna, which was previously regarded as dogfood became maguro, a Japanesedelicacy as expensive as truffles and caviar. Toro, the best quality maguroobtained from the fatty belly of the adult bluefin, is highly demanded inthe market. This high demand resulted to an increase in the tuna price in theJapanese market. In 2001, a single tuna weighing 444 lbs. (201 kg) was sold for$173,000 (¥20.2 million), making it a world record as the highest priced fishin a market (Ellis 2008).

    In the Tsukuji market, hundreds of bluefinsare lined up and auctioned almost every day. (Grescoe,2008). This love forsushi and sashimi extended to every part of the world including the UnitedStates of America. Tuna became expensive with a single slice costing $350 (Ellis 2008).

    The high price of tunas in the marketattracted fishing fleets from all over the world. Tuna fishing intensified.Fishers discovered that bluefins in the Atlantic are larger and more bountifulcompared to the Pacific bluefins. The rush to provide tuna to the Japanesetable drove buyers and importers to the American ports such as Gloucester andBarnstable in Massachusetts (Ellis 2008).

    In 1969, a regulatory board, the International Commission for theConservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), was established and quotas for tunafishing was enforced. Large catches were allowed in the eastern Atlantic whilefishing in the western Atlantic was limited. This was based on their beliefthat there were two populations of Atlantic bluefins. This belief was refinedwith the discovery that the foraging grounds for these two populationsoverlapped and that migration of fishes occurred. The ICCAT failed to stopoverfishing in the eastern Atlantic which resulted to a collapse of the bluefinstock throughout the ocean (Ellis 2008).

    In the Mediterranean, the situation wasworse. Fishers capture half grown tuna, hold them in tuna ranches and floatingfish pens where they are fed and fattened until they are big enough to bekilled and shipped to Japan. Mediterranean countries take advantage ofloopholes in the tuna fishing law and established tuna ranches which guaranteedthe decimation of the bluefins’ population (Ellis2008).

    Despite calls from conservationistorganizations such as the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the ICCAT can’t stop the overharvestingof bluefins in the Mediterranean because of the high income that the status quois bringing. Moreover, the rampant illegal fishing of Japanese fleets thatignores the quotas and rules set by authorities along with the Japanese marketsoverly eager consumption of tuna, regardless of its way of capture, makes iteven harder to protect the dwindling population of the bluefins (Ellis 2008).

What’s in a slice of tuna?

   Bluefinis low in sodium. It is a great source of vitamins A, B6 and B12, selenium andphosphorus. It is the darkest and fattiest of the tuna specie. This high fatcontent makes it a prized ingredient of sushi and sashimi. A higher fat contentalso makes it a higher quality product. Cooking is not advised because a strongodor and taste is released when the bluefin is cooked (Osher 2007).

    In a single serving (100g), a bluefincontains 4.9 g of fat, 1.257 g of saturated fatty acids, 38 mg of cholesterol,36.5 mcg of selenium, 39 mg of sodium and 23.33 g of protein. Bluefin isregarded as a healthy food choice especially for those with heart problemsbecause of its low level of cholesterol (Osher2007).

 Capturingthe Bluefin

     Theoldest way of catching bluefin tunas is the tuna trap. Traps are placed instrategic locations where bluefins are known to travel. The fish enters thetrap and follows a chute towards a wider “holding area” where it will be unableto escape. Only few fishers in the Atlantic use this trap at present.

    More popular and efficient ways of catchingthe bluefin such as purse seine, harpoon and rod and reel/hand line replacedthe tuna trap. The purse seine vessels capture tuna by encircling the school oftuna with a net and then closing or “pursing” the net to hinder the fishes’ escape.The vast majority of fishers who use this method is found in theMediterranean.  Harpoon boats also huntbluefin throughout the Gulf of Maine. Both the harpoon and purse seine methodare referred to as fair weather fishery because it requires a calm sea to beeffective. “Show days” are days when fishes are visible close to the surface.Bluefin tunas can be observed busting the surface often either catching forprey or sunning in the warm water ( Lutcavage, 2008).

     The largest and most popular method interms of the number of participants is the rod and reel fishery. Trolling andchunking are the most widely used. Trolling includes anchoring and sendingeither live or cut bait for the tunas (Lutcavage, 2008).

    The bluefin tuna is also a famous game fishespecially in America. It is caught by a hook and line. According to somereports, bluefin do not readily take bait. They will only do so when it they arein mixed schools that include albacore or yellowfin. Scientists speculate thatthe intense feeding activity of the other species may stimulate the bluefintuna into a wild feeding frenzy (Lutcavage, 2008).

    The methods of catching bluefin tuna do notbring serious damage to the physical habitat of the fish. But the excessivecatching of the bluefin tuna has a huge implication in the status of itspopulation. Most fishing fleets, as mentioned earlier, catch young tuna andfatten them in tuna ranches until they are ready for harvest. This lessenschances of reproduction and breeding among the bluefins and may result todepletion of the specie (Ellis 2008). Moreover,depletion of the bluefin stock causes an imbalance in the ecosystem of itsnatural habitat. The Atlantic bluefin tuna is towards the top of the food chainand preys on other aquatic organisms. With the depletion of the stock, thebluefin’s prey is slowly increasing in number and the whole food chain isdisturbed.

Breeding in captivity

    Because of the alarming depletion of thebluefin stock, international organizations and other concerned parties takestep to conserve the endangered fish.

    In South Australia, the CleanseasAquaculture Growout, a company owned by the Stehr Group, is attempting to breedthe bluefin in captivity. The Australian government granted Cleanseas 4.1million Australian dollars to assist in the commercialization of the southernbluefin breeding (Ellis 2008).

    In October 2006, Cleanseas airlifted a broodstock of bluefin tunas and transferred them to a computer regulated threemillion litre tank designed to imitate the spawning conditions of the fishes.Through the computer, the temperature can be controlled as well as the lightingof the tank. This brood stock was not successful in producing offspring butCleanseas continues on improving their method of breeding in captivity (Ellis 2008).

    In 2005, a research team at the SpanishInstitute in Puerto de Mazarrón, Spain successfully recovered sperm and egg fromcaptive broodstock of the Atlantic Bluefin tuna and performed in vitrofertilization. They were able to produce larvae(Ellis 2008).

    The ICCAT also tries to enforcelaws that are aimed at preserving the bluefin’s population that is nearing  extinction. But this efforts are matched bytremendous amount of illegal fleets from fishermen across the globe.

What’s next for the bluefin?

   Ellis(2008)argues in his article, Bluefin Tuna inPeril, that the only way for the bluefin population to survive is eitherthrough bred captivity or a change in human nature. Rampant overfishing willresult in disadvantages for the our race in the future. The worst scenario willbe the extinction of the bluefin population. Parfit(1995) said in his article, Diminishing Returns, the trouble we haveis that there are many fishermen and not enough fish.

          The alarming depletion ofbluefin population has serious implications to our environment. Not only doesit spell danger for the bluefin specie but it also affect the balance of thewhole ecosystem. The overharvesting of the tuna population should be stopped  before it finally destroys the natural orderof our planet. We are all interconnected and in this cycle of life, a simpleaction may have serious repercussions to the rest of us.

References:

Bone,Quentin, N.B. Marshall and J.H.S. Blaxter. 1995. Biologyof Fishes. 2 ed. London, Chapman& Hall.

Ellis,Richard, 2008. The Bluefin in Peril. Scientific American 298: 59-65

Grescoe,Taras. 2008. Bottomfeeder. How to Eat Ethically in a World of Vanishing Seafood. NewYork, Bloomsbury.

Parfit,Michael. (1995) DiminishingReturns. Exploiting the Ocean’s Bounty. NationalGeographic 188:2-37

Collette,Bruce B. (2009). Thunnus Thynnus (NorthernBluefin Tuna). http://www.fishbase.org(accessed March 22, 2009).

Osher,Marian.  (2007). EnvironmentalDefense Fund. http://www.edf.org(accessed January 27, 2009)

Lutcavage,Molly. (2008). Large Pelagics Research Lab. http://www.tunalab.unh.edu(accessed December 27, 2008)

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AMAZING RACE PHILIPPINES: Is It For Real?

I am a big fan of the Amazing Race. I forgot to count how many seasons I've watched and followed ever since the show began. I love Phil Keoghan. I love the tasks that the contestants are made to do. I love the drama. I love the adrenaline rush and I sometimes dream of joining that reality show myself.

Now, thanks to the great Manny Pangilinan, my dream of trying out for the Amazing Race is almost at my reach. I recently heard from a friend that the newbie local channel TV5 has acquired the franchise of the popular reality show as a part of its expansion plan.

Ang gwapo lang ni Phil, yes?

Now, I can't contain myself. Grabe lang. Nag-uumapaw ako sa excitement. 


If that shit gets real, I will camp out outside TV5's premises until they allow me to become part of that show. Of course it will not be as great as the original-- hello, who can top Phil Keoghan, right?--- but I think it's a nice opportunity for me to travel the whole Philippines for free. Papayat pa ako sa kakatakbo at sa stress. 




I'll be on tenterhooks waiting for the official announcement. Gah, that would be a dream come true if ever I get accepted. Who cares about the task, I'll eat a worm if I had to. I don't care if I win the prize or not, the chance of travelling a paradise like the Philippines  and for free is more than enough, right?

Super excited. :)







My plan to go places is now starting.

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