What’s wrong with being single?

SUPSUP. Let’s just be proud and thankful for what she has achieved.

“GMA 7’S ‘Amaya’ reminds us of how rich our language is,” says Enzo Ojos: “It’s time for Filipinos to be particular about the right use of our language. It feels good to watch a TV series where characters speak in the native tongue, closest to its purest form. It gives young viewers a sense of how colorful our language is.

“We have produced good movies and teleseryes, but I am disappointed when I hear actors use the pronoun ’yung in lieu of the article ang. Bea Alonzo and Anne Curtis are among the popular actors who make such mistakes – which is sad, because young viewers look up to them as role models.”

Other notes:

Karla Barrera, housewife: “I wonder why local TV hosts, especially of noontime shows, can’t seem to accept the fact that some people are single. When they ask a contestant, ‘Are you married?,’ and they get a negative reply, they badger the person as to why she or he is single. Why can’t they just accept it? These hosts give their guests the unsolicited ‘advice’ that they should get married to be happy! Aren’t they aware that it may just be a matter of choice? What’s wrong with being single?”

Media hype

Igol Legaspi, photographer: “Media hype sometimes results in mass ‘hysteria’ –which was what happened when Shamcey Supsup didn’t bag the crown at this year’s Miss Universe pageant. Weeks before the finals, the media had been ‘conditioning’ the public that our bet would ‘undoubtedly’ be proclaimed the winner.

“Funny, because those claims were merely based on online surveys, which showed Ms Supsup consistently leading. I felt bad when Shamcey didn’t win the crown – but, that’s how things go. We should just be proud and thankful for what she has achieved!”

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