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Hotnot: De Lima’s dilemma. Ewan kung sino ang mga nagmagaling noong nagbuo sila ng investigating team ng hostage crisis pero bakit nga sinama si Justice Secretary De Lima. Like what I said in my previous post (see Hotnothot #38) they just put themselves and the hapless Secretary in an awkward position. Ayan nga, nangyari na. De Lima wasn’t happy about what Malacanang did to her investigation report. I’ve read the other day that she was even mulling about resigning from her post. Isa nga namang malaking pagyurak sa kanyang judgment ang ginawang pagkatay ng Malacanang sa report. Something that Malacanang shouldn’t have done. Parang nag-announce sya (De Lima) ng hatol sa kanyang korte then somebody among the crowd shouted ‘Overruled’. Didn’t anybody think of that?

Hothot: A Nobel prize winner in our midst. I think most of the Pinoys didn’t even know that a great scientist lives amongst us, particularly in Quezon City. It was a surprise to know that someone who won this year’s Nobel prize is actually married to a Filipina and is spending his retirement years in the Philippines. Nakita ko sya somewhere in Philstar but when I went back and searched for it, hindi ko makita. Hindi ko kasi maalala ang pangalan nya and what prize he won (sensya na po, past 40 na kasi.. hehehe). Help, anybody?

Hotnot: Our fan mentality. Akoy’naiinis sa mga nababasa ko last week dahil mukhang maraming nakatutok kay PNoy but not for the right reasons. Hindi sa kung anong ginagawa nyang tama or mali sa pagpapatakbo ng bansa. Kungdi ang private life nya most particularly his love life. Pordyos naman mga kabayan, don’t you have anything better else to do at pati pagdi-date ng Pangulo pakikialaman pa ninyo. The speculations about his split-up with Miss Shalani, the dates with other girls, all trivial but still hits the headlines. Meron pa kong nabasang isang congresswoman saying something to the effect na karapatan daw nating mga Pilipino na malaman ang private/love life ni Pangulo. Ganonnn??? Ikaw na lang kaya ang maging chismosa, congresswoman, at wag mo na kaming idamay. Kelan natin titigilan ang fan mentality na yan at pati sa naka-upo sa Malacanang dinadala natin? Keep it to Marian and Dingdong, or Kim and Gerald. Wag nang isama ang Pangulo. It cheapens the highest position in the land.

Hotnot: Ang nagmamatigas na Simbahan. Para sa akin, the Church’s stance against the RH Bill comes across as imperious. There’s a tone of arrogance on their stand and statements telling the government and those who support the RH Bill to just shut up. Parang sinasabi nilang wala tayong karapatan para mag-isip at pumili ng makakabuti sa atin. Maybe because of the fact that they are still living in the dark ages. Dahil kung ano yong pinaniniwalaan nila two thousand years ago, yon pa rin ang gusto nilang i-enforce today. They have to wake up and accept the fact that the world has changed so much since Methuselah. We now have problems pervading our society that didn’t exist back then. And we have to do something about it except from reciting prayers a million times.

Hothot: What sexy really is. I’m delighted to hear that Maria Ressa, one of our local broadcast media bigwigs, is included in this year’s list of Sexiest Women Alive by Esquire. She was chosen because of her piece about Al-Qaeda. But for me, what qualifies her more is the fact that she is the epitome of the saying ‘dynamite comes in small packages’. All her achievements so far are testament to the boundless and limitless possibilities determined only by one’s intelligence and personality and not by her size or her looks. I’m glad there still are people out there who see ‘sexy’ as something beyond the diamond-peeled skin, botoxed faces and silicon-implanted pouting lips. As Maria put it, she was an ‘unorthodox’ choice’. I’d say Esquire was spot on with their choice.