OF VACATIONS AND LISTENING TO KIDS' TAKE ON POLITCAL ADS
was given permission to take a 3-week off for my wedding-cum-vacation-from-the-rest-of-the-world-care-ko-sa-inyo hiatus. but before that, i would be running myself to the ground for a month and a half with hectic coverages until evenings. and weekends. i guess i really deserve those 3 weeks though i still don't know what i will do with that amount of time without anything to do.
other half and i are not going to palawan or anything exotic like that. we decided to grab cebu pacific's P1 promo and booked our flight to HK. only when i talked to my sister about how much our airfare cost did i learn that what we got were the regular rates. she told me she was able to book 4 roundtrip tickets to bangkok in august for only P15,000. our HK trip was P17,+++ for 2 roundtrip tickets in June. they must have run out of seats for the promo.
*sigh* i guess the nearer the departure date, the more expensive the ticket gets.
anyway, i'm wracking my brain trying to keep the wedding expenses down so that Other Half and i would have enough pocket money for our HK trip. ang problema the guest list keeps on expanding, expanding, expanding...beyond my control. for reasons past brides have known/discovered. 
i'm currently suffering from LBM due to stress and just thinking about the wedding preparation would make my stomach bleed.
dapat talaga sa huwes na nga lang eh. walang eche bureche. anyway, i'm not one of those girls who grew up wishing for a picture-perfect wedding with all the trimmings and puke-inducing cheesy-ness.
i'm still wishing for that beach wedding na 20 people lang ang andun and barefoot ako and wearing a simple long linen white dress.
if i only had my way...
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KIDS KNOW BEST: POLITICAL TV ADS
- "Political advertisements waste my time when I’m watching the television. When I see some advertisements, I get bored. I like advertisements that show the things that they have accomplished because it shows the things that they have done that helps the country. I don’t like advertisements that show people cheering for them or shouting their names. I just don’t like it."– Leonard
- "There are lots of political ads like Legarda, Mike Defensor, Kiko Pangilinan, and Alan Peter Cayetano. I like the political ads that have popular songs. I don’t like Defensor, Chiz Escudero,Lacson’s and Joker Arroyo’s political ad. I don’t like Chiz Escudero’s ad because I don’t understand it and Mike Defensor’s ad." - Katia
- "Political ads never really work. The Filipino people already know who they will vote for. The politicians just waste their time and money on putting their faces all over the Philippines. They can just use the money to start projects that we can benefit from. The ads on TV never say how they will help make the country better. They should think about what they say and keep their promises." - Bianca
- "Para sa akin pangit ang kay Mike Defensor. Wala kasi siyang ginagawa na importante sa advertisement niya. Binabayaran lang ni Mike yung mga tao. Dahil sa mga advertisement ay di na ako halos manood ng local na channels kasi halos lahat ay corny at walang silbe. Pero di ako na kokornihan sa advertisement ni Angara, Manny Villar at kay Kiko. Pero ginaya ni Kiko ang
kanta ng Parokya ni Edgar." - Bryan B.
hahahaha. panalo talaga 'tong mga batang 'to. read here for more wise comments from 9-11 year-old kids. lifted those quotes from gmanews.tv's "TV ads of senate bets irk, impress kids 9-11".
