The birds of Busay Heights

My friend and media colleague Rene Alquizola has a new hobby — bird watching. Rene belongs to a society of bird watchers. They are what you call birds of a feather.

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Rene has a house in Busay Heights from where one can have a bird's-eye view of the city and Mactan island. Rene's house is for him and his family. It's not for the birds.

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I also love bird watching. But in my place there are no birds to watch. Except the fighting cocks, which are also birds, raised by sabongeros.

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There was a time when we had so many flies around our house. This led me to jokingly suggest that the fly should be declared our national bird.

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That innocent suggestion-cum-joke drew immediate reaction from a reader who phoned me and called me "buang." She said: "The fly as our national bird? You're crazy. Buang."

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That reaction proves to you and me that some people have the brain of a fly. They can't tell a joke from a no-joke. You know, I stopped joking for a while. But I did not try to be serious lest I land in the hospital where serious people are. Hehe.

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I just got a text message from a reader who informed me that the drugstore notorious for not giving customers the complete change ("sukli") is still doing it despite complaints from customers aired in The Ear of this newspaper. The reader said she bought something from this drugstore worth P68.80. Her money was Pl00 and was supposed to get a change of P31.20 but the change she got was only P3l. This was in the drugstore's Mandaue branch.

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The same short-changing is also being done in the other branches of this botica. The reader said she had experienced the same incomplete change in the Consolacion branch. And another customer was also short-changed in the store's UC branch. Oh, well, in this moment of economic meltdown, a businessman has to be tricky no matter who gets hurt.

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Have you observed that many showbiz personalities, mainly girls, have become very religious? They call on God when they're surprised. They call on God when they see a sex video. They even call on God when a morsel of pizza drops on their lap. In these instances, they exclaim:"Oh, my God! Oh, my God!."

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I have some friends who are seeking seats in Congress. Good luck! I want to pass on to them what a Congress reporter said: "Some people run for a seat in the House. And when they get there they never sit in their seats!"

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E-mail from a resident of Talisay City who requested anonymity: "Erap is reported to be running again for President. Naunsa man tawon ni si Erap. Nagtuo gyud siya nga ngilngig siya. Nagtuo siya nga modaug nasad siya. Kamatuhu-tuhuon baya niya. Let him run and let's show him the power of the intelligent voters."

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