No classes were held that day. I was at the house doing nothing at all. For a while I got interested in some bug crawling 'round the corner. But I later got tired of it. Out of unutterable boredom, I gave in to my last resort. I turned on the television.
"...Wowowee sinong di mawiwili..."
OMG. I just watched Wowowee.
Watching the show, I was amazed at how people react to the stuttering host. They're, like, jumping and clapping like there's no tomorrow. Okay, maybe it's some form of entertainment for them people. Now our househelper is dancing to the tune of "Boom Tarat Tarat". God forbid.
A portion in the show, called "PasaLog" is now on. This is a game wherein the audience shakes a humongous die. Inside it are two smaller pieces of dice. Five faces of the dice have nothing written on it, except one, where a huge cash prize and a bonus prize is written. This time, the bonus prize is a sari-sari store. Now, the contestant in this round is an old woman.
True to the Wowowee tradition, Willie forces the old lady to tell her story. The lady, thus, narrated that she is now all alone; her children leaving her by herself while they're taking care of their families. She rode the jeep alone and will go home alone. She only went to the studio to win, if ever, a fair amount, to buy her her coffin.
The TFC were filled with a heightened sense of euphoria and emotion: they reached out to her and gave her dollars. And now for the bonus round: The giant die was passed along to the audience; they were fervently shaking it, and wishing the old granny well.
Then Willie retrieved the die. He opened one. Yes! She won the prize money! Imagine, what are the chances? Okay, the other die. Whoa! She won the sari-sari store! Wohoo! What a very lucky woman.
Wait, i think I saw something. I thought I saw some sort of adhesive connecting the small die to the giant die. And when Willy sort of bumped into the large cube, the smaller die didn't even budge. And imagine the chances that old granny got the two prizes: it's a 1/1000 stake. Do the permutation, and you'll know that that thing happening is rare. Either grams is a very very very lucky woman, or the game itself is rigged. I smell something fishy here.
This is not the first time I saw something "unusual" in the game. In their "Pera or Bayong" it's obvious that Willie is helping another old woman get through the next round, urging her to switch colors when she is in the wrong one. Eventually, granny #2 won.
I mean, the game's aim to entertain the masses and help unfortunate people is noble, but the method is outright ugly. Their rigging is blatant and obvious. Even a child like me can see through their game's behind-the-scenes. It's like playing in a carnival or a casino. You win some, you lose some. And it does not exactly rely on luck. Some buttons are being pushed here and there, really.
Prior to this issue I remembered the Wowowee stampede. A lot of people died in the hopes of winning a million pesos. It's all over the news. The media turned it into a large-scale drama, with the crying and repentant Willie Revillame claiming that he was the most affected in this tragedy. I thought that the show will be banned forever. But, here they are again, still going strong, with Willie in tow. And with a lot more tricks up his sleeve.
Wowowee is playing on the masses' ignorance, fooling them and misleading them in the false hopes of winning.
That's why I do not watch Wowowee.
it got me home 6:19 AM
THE (NOT SO) LITTLE PRINCE
RONALD ALLAN PRADO HABON
Binigyan ng spank of life ng doctor matapos ipanganak ng nanay. Nanunuod ng Big Brother. Nag-aaral kung saan nakatayo ang mamang me fresh confidence. Kumakaen ng glutathione. Possessed a sexy body. Syempre past tense kasi sexier na ngayon. Sexier than nude. Timang sino niloko mo. Nagpapanggap pilosopo na hindi. Will strip for a price. Depends. Me aso at isda. At piglet, as an afterthought sa kanyang nakababatang kapatid. Ayaw ng tinola dahil kinatay ang alagang chicken nung bata. Pogi daw sabi nung mga neurons sa brain niya. Hey hey you you I know that you like me. No it’s not a secret. Girls, please, isa-isa lang.
(Dengue-denguehan. Nyah, saka ko na lang aayusin to. Nahihilo ako.)
Nigga, pleez.
:D
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