Enriching one's self thru lotto

Reptile expert of the National Geographic Brady Barr says the Phl is a special place for crocodiles. That is crocodiles the reptile, yes?

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There is another special place for another species of crocodiles. It's where crocs wearing Barong Tagalog hang out.

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Daido Angel, my Cebuano friend in Manila, says there’s a newspaper columnist over there who wants us Cebuanos to use “po” in our language.

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Daido says he’s going to use “po” but not until the Tagalogs could find a word for husband.

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There was a long queue of bettors in a lotto outlet in Labangon last Friday when the grand jackpot hit the 100-M plus. This I learned from a neighbor who bought some tickets in behalf of his boss, a government official, who didn't want to be seen lining up along with some marginal bettors.

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The wife of a government employee says her husband is aregular lotto bettor but only when the jackpot balloons to at least a million bucks. “This is his way of trying to enrich himself,” she said.

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The amount of election expenditures declared by some candidates in their SOCE are unbelievable. But you're free to take it or leave it. Someone was heard saying: “Ang sa magpa-ilad lang.”

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Pagasa is advising the public to monitor the rainfall advisories. And maybe the weather in general. That's how unpredictable the weather has become. Now Erap's “weather-weather lang” is no longer a joke.

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Instant meals for disasters are being developed by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). The DOST people are coming up with a no-cook nutritious food bar to be distributed in evacuation in times of disasters. High time they thought of this.

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I remember Terry Bolo, a former UV Green Lancer who later became a top officer in the US Army. Terry visited me one day in my office at The FREEMAN and gifted me with a pack of meal which the US soldiers eat even when they get lost in the jungle. The pack contained a no-cook meal and even hot water for coffee. This came to my mind when I read the news about the DOST's no-cook pack for disaster victims.

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OVERHEARD. Some teachers, after reading the news that the Philippines rates high among countries hit by population explosion, said the RH Law might help in reducing the explosion. Commented one teacher: “Sagdi na lang nang population explotion oy, mao may gusto sa uban.” She refused to elaborate.