The Struggling Blogger

You see a girl walking from one street, and from an intersecting street… as they crossed path, the wind suddenly blew so strong causing their hair to get all messed up (while other parts of the screen remained fixed - skirts, loose papers, sign boards, etc.).

The lone girl used only her hands to comb her hair, and it’s as if nothing happened. The two girls were surprised with what they saw — they followed the girl (stalked her actually), trying to find out what could be her secret. Seeing her entering a hair saloon made them think she was ‘maintained’ there, only to find her putting on a uniform cause she actually work there.
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Shampoo’s are to women while beer are to men? I’m talking about how nonsensical TV commercials can be. Yes, you guessed it right. This is another take on today’s advertisements being flashed on our television as we watch.

I am actually gathering materials for my second installment of Commercial Muna, but this particular one made me think and decide, it can be posted by itself. It doesn’t need any accompanying subjects as it’s a topic on its own.

I’m talking about the latest commercial of a beer, you know the one where a giant bottle of the said beer ‘falls upon the man’ who doesn’t know how ‘real men’ act. Really now, how should real men act?
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(Taking a break from daily events, I dig up on my old works and found this one which was written way back 2004. A factual view on TV commercials, I’m planning to have an updated version, but I can’t find the time yet. I hope you still remember them. My apologies to those who may not be able to relate to this, as these are mostly commercials from the Philippines. Thanks)

It’s been ten years since you last saw your high school classmates! Ten LONG years! And tonight you’ll finally get to see them again. Because tonight is your reunion! You’re very excited to see your classmates again after so many years. You went to the reunion, full of expectations. As you enter the place of the party, you saw your former classmates, and as you approached them, even before the hi’s and hello’s, even before the beso-beso and kumustahan, the first thing that they asked you is, “San ka nagparebond? “ What?!!! Honestly, is that the way to greet someone whom you haven’t seen for quite a long time? I think a simple “hi” would suffice.
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We see a mother giving her son a dozen donuts in a box, and told him to share it with his playmates. The boy then counted all his friends who are busy looking for a place to hide as they were playing hide-and-seek with the boy being the it. As they show his playmates one by one, hearing the boy’s voice on the background… coincidentally, there were twelve of them, including the boy!

Quickly he called all his playmates from hiding and announced that he has donuts to share. When they approached him, the camera showed all eleven donuts gone and just one remaining which was divided into 12 pieces. It seems the boy have consumed all eleven pieces and have left just one piece to share with his friends. Cute… or is it? I say it is an obvious display of greed and selfishness.
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