Videoke Time!

Filipinos really love karaoke, it is a form of interactive entertainment in which one sings along with recorded music using a microphone. Now there is the videoke microphones. These microphones have built in chips that contains the songs and lyrics. All you have to do is connect it to a television and viola, you can sing your favourite songs while drinking beer. The most known brand of these microphones were manufactured or distributed by Entertech, They call their product Magic Sing-along microphone and it cost around 300 USD with 2000 built in songs. Plus add another 75 to 100 bucks for the additional chips.

I do not sing well but I like to sing. So when I came back to the Philippines last July, I bought one for only 200 USD and it included a free chip. It is a really very good bargain. Today we had a chance to use it. My brother and sister in law are here for the holidays and after the trip to downtown Toronto we relaxed and sang. Thanks to the beer we had our singing sounded like professionals. I am not saying it improved our singing but I guess that’s what it does to your hearing when you are drunk. Ha ha ha.

Local Calls - A Nice Joke About The Philippines For a Change

The title of this joke is "Local Calls". This is I guesss one of a few nice jokes about the Philippines. It made me laugh so I decided to put it in my blog. I got it from a circulated e-mail and the author is unknown.

Here it goes...

A man in Kansas decided to write a book about churches around the world. He started by flying to San Francisco , going to a very large church, he began taking photographs and making notes.He spotted a golden telephone on the vestibule wall and was intrigued with a sign, which read "Calls: $100 a minute". Seeking out the pastor he asked about the phone and the sign. The pastor answered that this golden phone is, in fact, a direct line to heaven and if he pays the price he can talk directly to GOD. The man thanked the pastor and continued on his way. As he continued to visit churches in Paris , Vienna , Hong Kong , and other cities, he found more phones with the same sign and the same answer from each pastor. Finally, he arrived in Philippines . Upon entering a church in Manila , the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church, he saw the usual golden telephone.. But THIS time, the sign read "Calls: P10.00" Fascinated, he asked to talk to the priest, "Father, I have been in cities around world and in each church I have found this golden telephone and have been told it is a direct line to Heaven. But in the other churches the cost was $100 a minute. Your sign reads only P10 a call. Why?" I love this part..... The priest, smiling benignly, replied, "Son, you’re in the Philippines now. You’re in God’s country.. It’s a local call."

To God be the glory!