Another honor for Cebu

A reader says there was a "slight error" in an item in The Ear column last week. So sorry. But didn't they say to Ear is human?

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It says here that the young Japanese, grandsons of the world War II Jap generation, are bringing Japan to greater heights today. Japan is now The Land of the Rising Sons.

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They say some left-leaning congressman are passing part of their pork barrel to communist organizations. Anomalous this kind of passing the buck.

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The Sandiganbayan has ruled that four big companies of Dr. Lucio Tan, seized by the government, be returned to him. A follow-up to this story said: "Tan Welcomes Sandigan Ruling." An observer said: "Ang-ang, iyang supakon?"

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"Our people may be poor but they are an industrious lot," says a radio commentator. Reminds me of what my favorite humor writer Bob Philips once said. "The poor have to work so hard making a living, they have no time to get rich."

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That's what I am. I work so hard to make a living, I haven't found the time to get rich!

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Bob Philips also once said: "The easiest way to remain poor is to pretend to be rich." Some Pinoy politicians do it the other way around. They remain rich by pretending they are poor.

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Seriously now, there's another Cebuano who has brought honor not only to himself and Cebu but to the nation as well. He is Christopher Go, a young amateur astronomer. Christopher has been reported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the US as having discovered a new Red Spot on the Planet Jupiter.

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Christopher's discovery has made a NASA scientist exclaim "Wow!" knowing as he did that this discovery can contribute immensely to NASA'S never-ending study of space. I join the NASA people in paying tribute to fellow Cebuano Christopher Go! And in exclaiming "Wow!"