Wam's World

Hey, I'm on TV! Don't Look!

So while trying to get a ride home (just got off the MRT QC station) I noticed a cameraman and a reporter for NBN 4 standing by the corner of EDSA and Quezon Avenue. Part of me was hoping that they were there to cover the traffic violations being committed by the commuter buses that picked up passengers at the corner "no loading/ unloading" area (w/c, strangely enough, wasn't happening today, probably because said drivers noticed a cameraman and reporter standing on the corner). When she approached me (eep!) I found out that they getting "man on the street" opinions on the recent bribery allegations of Congressman/ fatcat Mark Jimenez to Secretary of Justice Hernando Perez. With my allocated 20 seconds I said Congressman's Jimenez's timing for his "bombshell" was suspicious as the man was scheduled for extradition to the US (on charges of making illegal campaign contributions to the Clinton administration); and since he said that he had the information for quite some time now, why wait so long before revealing it? In hindsight I should've mentioned an article I read earlier today on the Hong Kong bank where Jimenez said Secretary Perez deposited the bribe money denied that Perez was a client of theirs, and no such deposit was made. Slipped my mind, though.

Later that evening NBN 4's 2-hour news broadcast Tele Dyaryo (as a goverment-owned station it had plenty of airtime to fill and kill) showed my piece and my face, scarred nose and all. Ugh. My voice my still deep, and my head big. Good thing everyone (save Annie and I who watched it in the office) else was either having dinner or watching Who's Line Is It, Anyway?