Dry spell

A brain transplant to restore memory is coming soon, says this news story in PhilSTAR. This is good news for people who have lent money to someone who have forgotten to pay.

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A laundrywoman was seen on tv washing clothes and complaining about the BIR's move to order her to issue a receipt for the payment she had received. Which puts her on the same level as the soap manufacturer earning millions.

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One industry that's earning millions but the government cannot tax is the prostitution industry. This is one industry that has been operating tax free since time immemorial.

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I bought a dozen ballpens. It was like buying a dozen illiterates. The ballpens can't write, the ink in them having dried up.

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I'm not alone complaining. I suggest the trade department should go hammer and tongs after stores selling and making money out of ballpens that are already fit for the trash cans.

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Every first Saturday of May the world celebrates Free Comic Book Day. On this day comic book shops give away comic books for free. That should include the shops in the Philippines. We are part of the world, aren't we?

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A comic book is for fun. Yes, once upon a time when Popeye, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, etc., ruled their world. They were for laughs, contributing to the making of our world a happy place to live in.

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Today, there's no more comic in the comic books. The komiks in Tagalog sold on the sidewalks of Metro Manila have become like the teleserye-- more tears, hate and sex than laughs.

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It says here that the dry spell -- meaning the hot season -- will last until 2015. Bad news except for those in the halo-halo business.

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Pagasa Mactan chief Alfredo Quiblat Jr. said Pagasa is foreseeing the onset of El Niño in June and it might last up to the first quarter of 2015.

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OVERHEARD. Some neighbors were heard talking about the dry spell. One said: "Grabeng inita ning buwan sa Mayo, sah?" Replied another neighbor: "Ayaw baya ninyo pasanginli si Sr. Sto. Niño niining pagpanugba kanato sa El Niño." Another comment: "Kinsa man tawoy naghingan ining grabeng inita nga si El Niño oy."