what i learned from watching teevee while growing up
of course i have stopped watching teevee more than a decade now. local teevee shows offer nothing but silly news, unbelievable opinions from brilliant broadcasters, deafening screams from excitable and articulate hosts who speak fluent english better than the queen, vapid soaps, crazy noontime shows that make fun of gays, ugly people, housemaids and exploit children. what else? what do young people get out of it these days? expressions like "bigyan ng jacket," or "basa-basa din pag may time," or the worse one, "yes naman oo." gosh!! so now we have a whole generation of kids whose ambition in life is to become a movie star, singer, talk show host or fashion model. then run for congress and the senate afterwards, when their showbiz careers are over. with the advent of technology and cable teevee, people should be watching bbc (no cnn for me, please!), national geographics, bloomberg, cnbc, french movies, instead of local shows. but definitely not america...