Tito Guingona's fucking senile. The day before he was at an anti-US prayer rally and today he was warmly welcoming Doobya to Manila. Did he spit on him while shaking his hand? I guess he forgot. Condy Rice didn't want Doobya to come to Manila saying that it was too dangerous but he insisted. What a macho guy! I had hoped that this would be impetus for him to bring along Rumsfeld and all the US Marines based in Oceanside. No such luck. For now it will have to be Yankee go home and take us with you! I am now waiting for his address to the congress. He should just all give them visas to the US, good riddance. Watch Satur, Etta, et al be first in line. That's why they chose blue for the color of their ribbons, it matches the carpet. 'Di mapapansin ni Doobya masyado.

Yes, Bluenun and Porpolhaze, you do know the story of these poor young girls. It was a celebrated case. The father is my first cousin. It was a double whammy for the entire family because their kids were all victimized by this incident -- collateral damage. The sister is now living in Maryland with the family of another cousin of mine and is doing quite well, coping with her disability. As for the other daughter, she is now as near "normal" as can be. She was never doing any kind of drugs, though it was a lethal combination of weak family values and a lack of parental supervision. A terrible, terrible tragedy.

I had a bug week before last. I lost my voice and had a terrible cough. I thought I had gotten rid of it and went ahead and played golf. It rained. Sure enough, it came back with a vengeance. I don't think I can make it to LB on the 27th nor the 30th. It will just have to be dinner at Vivere. Looks like we will have to schedule it for November. Sorry.

Thanks Bluenun for the greening of my blog. Congrats on your new gown. Go get 'em girl!