Eating dolphins, being bitten by snakes and turtles who live in latrines

Am grateful that the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee's hearing on the NBN scam today was much tamer than yesterday's. Otherwise wala na naman akong nagawang trabaho.
What made my day today is how Sen. Miriam Santiago is now eating crow for her 'the Chinese created corruption for the rest of the world' remark. Now she's saying that she didn't mean to be insulting. Holy crap, there really must be some truth to the allegations that she's literally, clinically, insane.
I wasn't able to finish my blog yesterday because, well, I had work; pero I did feel compelled to express my INDIGNATION and OUTRAGE that Romulo Neri shut his trap to protect PGMA. Hell, is he in love with GMA so he went to such lengths to protect her?! Wala na akong ibang maisip na dahilan. Everyone says he's an incorruptible, credible guy; so what else could've prompted him to shut up, invoke EO 464 and essentially protect his superior and her husband?
Love, I've been told, makes fools of us all. Has it made Neri a traitor to the Filipino people and the truth?  Binata siya, hiwalay naman daw si Gloria  kay Mike, parehong may bigote si Neri at si Nani Perez, so...Maybe he's hoping that in her time of need, GMA will turn to him and they'll fall in love and live happily ever after.
(on hindsight, nakakangilabot ang ideya na in-love si Neri kay GMA. Ewe.)
There's this text going around that goes: Ano ang nagpasikat kay Erap? Wristband. Ano ang nagpayaman kay Abalos? Broadband.  Ano ang magpapabagsak kay GMA? Husband.
You have to laugh.
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The lunchtime conversation centered around animals. Started off with discussions about pets (I've had dogs, cats, a rabbit, turtles and hamsters), but soon after a colleague told a story about how he was bitten by a snake and survived. Then he said he had eaten snake. and turtles -- the ones that lived in forests near streams, but never the ones that live near houses sa probinsya, because these turtles liked to dig under latrines and, well, I'll leave that to your imagination. Then, soon enough, somebody else said that she'd tasted dolphin (outraged shrieks despite explanations that the dolphin had quite literally committed suicide by deliberately banging itself against sharp rocks and then beaching itself); and another said that sting ray flesh tasted like kalabaw.
Buti na lang tapos na ang lunch by the time the discussion veered towards the various animal-based delicacies in other cultures.
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I have just learned that Jim Henson based the Swedish Chef on a real Swedish Chef in the 80s who fell apart on a daytime tv talkshow in the 80s. The poor guy got so nervous he blubbered, unable to speak either in English or Swedish. Mr. Henson reportedly called the guy, paid him 80$ for permission to base a muppet on his character. Hence the unintelligible but extremely funny Swedish Chef  ("Yorn desh born, der ritt de gitt der gue, Orn desh, dee born desh, de umn børk! børk! børk!") was born.

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Okay, Buddhist Monks are being shot at, their peaceful gatherings attacked. The most gentle, peaceful people taking to the streets. That takes the cake. Gad, Burma, move and expel the dictator! Over 700,000 protestors willing to risk their lives to finally kick out the junta.

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Kadiri na talaga si Abalos. Sobrang kapal ng mukha. He says that he's actually basking in the attention that he's getting over the NBN controversy. Gad, if the man had even an ounce of delicadeza, he'd have resigned long before this entire mess blew up. But no, he sticks to his post like a wad of bubble gum mixed with shit sticks to the bottom of one's sneakers.