I’M an avid fan of Jollibee. He’s so cute, and he can dance! Dancing I guess is the most essential talent required for anyone donning that costume before he can entertain the madlang pehpohl.
Whenever I see a video of his, sending it to family and friends has become my hard habit to break. Even that video where he’s learning how to play lato-lato.
There was that year when I always wanted a Jollibee mascot for the parties I hosted. A friend, who was then my co-organizer for a particular party, reacted with a resounding, Jollibee??? And I replied, Yes! For our volunteers. Who were college students. Perhaps too old for a Jollibee party but I want to believe they had fun.
Nowadays, a fun party for me is the kind that has beef and pork dishes, not necessarily lechon, plus diet soda, and lots of dancing. At a recent party, there was more laughter than dancing, though, with much thanks to the instant DI a.k.a. dance instructor, and to Eckhart Tolle’s “The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment” which I’ve finally finished reading. I think the book has had some effect on me, especially on how I’m learning to savor the present moment.
But if you’re an avid Indiana Jones fan, you may have to go back to the past while reviewing its first four installments before watching “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.” Time-travel movies could be confusing, but with free popcorn to munch on, I still had fun.
That ever-familiar Indiana Jones theme song is as familiar as that of “Star Wars” because of, hmmm, two words: George Lucas.
The theme song brought tears to my eyes as other non-movie memories crept back. How could I not? “Raiders of the Lost Ark” was released in 1981, “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” in 1984, “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” in 1989, and “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” in 2008.
In 1981, a Marcos exile in Hawaii was unthinkable. By 1984, anti-Marcos rallies became the norm after Ninoy Aquino’s assassination in August 1983. In 1989, the Marcoses were still in Hawaii after the 1986 People Power kicked them out of Malcanang. In 2008, BBM was a congressman again after serving as the same from 1992 to 1995.
It’s 2023, and BBM is now the president.
There’s this book written by Erick San Juan. Its title: “Marcos Legacy Revisited: Raiders of the Lost Gold.” I don’t have a copy. With no plans of buying or borrowing it, I can only make a wild guess that it’s about the Marcos Gold.
People Power heroes Fidel Ramos, Tita Cory, and PNoy became presidents, too, but they were not able to solve the mystery behind the mastermind of Ninoy’s assassination. That would have been easy, considering the powers each of them had as president. So, how could the remaining yellows and pinks find the Marcos Gold? If only they have Archimedes’ Dial to bring them back to the past, huh?
Politics is so stressful. That’s why I’d rather watch Jollibee videos.
