THE one good thing about the Philippines right now is not BBM, he’s definitely not good for the country, it’s Alex Eala.
Her name has become a global commodity, thanks to the Pinoy diaspora, always ready to gather and support her, anywhere she goes.
She has become so magnetically powerful, her name is plastered everywhere and always attracts mass attention.
She has become a worldwide phenomenon that tennis tournaments have to change venues, change schedules, even change the foods offered during the game, just to accommodate her and make sure she is in the right place at the right time, to the silent dismay of those seeded above her.
Who can resist it when ticket sales speak loudly for her. Where she plays, either as mere exhibition or as main event, the crowd of supporters follow her and this naturally causes a spike in ticket price and ticket sales.
Accordingly, the only female player in tennis history that gets that much rapid and mass support.
Bahala og mahal, mopalit lang gyod gihapon sa ticket ang mga Pinoy fans just to be “in” and be able to get the bragging rights that he or she was there when Alex Eala played. Never mind if she wins or not, as long as one witnesses the play, perpek na.
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Her rise to prominence and fame was so fast that her agent has already predicted that by 2027, she would already become the 2nd highest paid tennis player in the world.
Sanamagan.
“Right now, all she needs to do is just to keep breathing,” her agent was quoted as saying.
Meaning, her meteoric rise will continue, and of course, the millions too will keep coming, in dollars na ha, dili pesos.
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One demented senator invited her in his TV program, tried to control the narratives and tried to assert full control of the proceedings, trying to do his usual modus to hit the guest and make the guest apologize to him because he is sooooo right, so smart and he only has her best interest and the interest of the people in mind.
He started with his beautiful trimmings of praising her for gaining so much worldwide popularity at a very young age not only for herself but to the people all over the nation as well, then started criticizing his choices and decisions that could have contributed to the loses on some games and a drop in her ratings.
Then the deranged politiko, feeling so full and so sure of himself, started sermonizing and telling her the total impact of what she did to the tennis community in the country, especially those who are still neophytes in the sport. Mora lagi og mao ag psychotic.
Good thing that Alex kept her poise and composure (and maturity, I should add) and narrated her belief in tennis as a sport, not as a spectacle, yes, not a political spectacle, and relayed the long hardship and brutal sacrifices that she invested in tennis to reach the level that she is in now.
And without raising her voice or bulging her eye sockets like mad, she exclaimed calmly and very clearly – asa ra man tong criticisms sa dihang nag-train pa ko, sa dihang nag-sakripisyo pa ko, nganong kalit man lang migawas ang mga criticisms karon unya wala pa sa una?
Perteng hilawa sa katawa sa tonto, who tried hard, but failed, to regain his composure.
Maayo lang mobirada ang hinampak karon nga sikat na si Alex pero tak-om pas tuway sa dihang wala pa siya mosikat.
Mirisi, mi-boomerang lagi ang iyang attempt nga mosakay sa kasikat ni Alex.
Baga lagi og fez ning panuway.
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Asa na kaha tong gi-mention in Ping Lacson og Mayor Magalong sa una nga 67 ka mga cong-traktors nga naapil sa mga nanga-dato nga mga kurakot sa gipanghambog ni BBM sa 2024 SONA nga 5,500 ka mga flood control projects all over the country?
Matod pa ni Ping, duna siyay lista sa mga 67 ka mga tambaloslos nga mga contractors, nga kasagaran nga kongresista ug mga politiko ra sad.
Unsa kahay gibuhat niya sa maong lista, gibalot sa kalimot?
Pa-tarong-tarong pa kunohay og announce sa 67 nga mga nalista nga morag tinuod gyod unya karon, nahilom na man lagi, bisan kon naka-lingkod siya as chair sa Blue Ribbon committee.
Unya tungod kay gikasohan na man sa Ombudsman si kanhi Speaker Martin Romualdez, gusto ni Ping nga modayeg na ang mga tawo ni BBM kay tininuod lagi kuno ang iyang kampanya batok sa pangurakot.
Susmariosep.
Gikasohan tuod, gidakop tuod pero tuas ospital si Romualdez gi-preso, pero si senador Marcoleta ug kanhi senador Mike Defensor tua gi-priso sa presohan gyod, dili sa ospital.
Patas diay na Ping?
Angay diay modayeg ang mga tawo ana?
