Beautiful men

A baby with two heads was born in Iloilo, says GMA-7. This is one instance when two heads are no better than one.

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Pagasa weathermen are leaving the Philippines one by one for greener pastures, where the green bucks are greenest.

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Burgers and hotdogs made of crocodile meat, anyone? The crocodiles from the swamps are the crocs referred to. Not the crooks er, crocs on dry land.

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Twenty-five bidders took part in the smuggled rice auction which fetched P211.7 million. “This amount went to the government coffers,” said a radio announcer. Of course. Asan man diay?

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A bill for air commuters has been filed in Congress. I don't know what this bill is all about. One bill I want to hear filed is one which requires airline companies to print in larger and decipherable text the terms and conditions on the back of the ticket.

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“Pinoy men are spending much time and money to beautify themselves”, says a cosmetics products sales rep. He said not only gays these days are using mudpacks and other facial rub-ons but also guys known for their masculinity.

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I know of a former newshen who has turned fulltime manicurista where she's now earning more cleaning fingernails than writing news. She says she has more men customers than women. “They range from PUJ drivers to business executives and government officials,” she said.

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I once read an article in a Hong Kong newspaper about the South Koreans spending lots of money not only on beauty products but also and more so on having surgical facial uplift including noselifts, lips repairs, etc. In the same article, I read that the courts have asked the lawmakers to do something about the facial changes of some men especially those with legal cases.

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This problem of the courts in South Korea has not yet reached our land but it won't be long now. Little by little more and more Pinoys are getting themselves trapped in Pinay's body.

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OVERHEARD. A Cebu resident was heard telling a neighbor in Labangon that her sister's family in Manila had been relocated to Bulacan (or was it Cavite) for being squatters. She said: “Nangita siya moabang sa gipapuy-an nila nga housing unit kay mobalik sila sa Manila diin iyang bana kargador sa pantalan.” Said her neighbor: “Oy, di na mahimo...” Reply: “Ayaw la'g saba. Paabtikay ra man ning kinabuhia.”