What Can You Buy With 1 Million Pesos?

As we all know, our beloved(?) President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and a few of her entourage went to the United States to visit US President Barrack Obama. Before going back to the Philippines where a lot of Filipinos were mourning the death of Ex-President Corazon Aquino, there she was, splurging like there's no tomorrow -- spending $20,000 US Dollars on just 1 dinner. Converted, this is roughly amounting to 1 million pesos.

Theoretical breakdown of the bill -- Arroyo's Dinner at Le Cirque
source: quezon.ph

I would like to start something called, "What can you buy with 1 million pesos?"


Let me contribute some of my ideas:
> According to ABS-CBN news last night, this can buy cup noodles and feed approximately 150,000 people.

> With 1 million pesos, you can let 10 in-need scholars study college and later on, let them work for the government to improve our country.

> With 1 million pesos, you can create a simple soup kitchen where people could line up everyday to ask for a little food. (Then eventually, people would donate to the soup kitchen so this could operate for a longer period of time.)

See the potential of that amount? Now imagine, a President of a 3rd world country, spending one million pesos on one dinner at Le Cirque. How selfish could she be?

Share your ideas! What can you buy with 1 million pesos?

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3 of PGMA's Scandal Revealed

GMA's SONA this 2009 last July 27 was full of @$-kissers. We clearly know that PGMA is a fail (not in all aspects) in general. This is the first SONA I heard that the period in the sentence is converted to applauses.


How PGMA's SONA sounded like
After every sentence she said, they were clapping! It went like... "In the last four years tourism almost doubled. It is now a $5 billion industry…" *clap*clap*clap*clap* Then another statement... *clap*clap*clap*clap* and another... *clap*clap*clap*clap* yet another... *clap*clap*clap*clap*

Hey! All you've said wasn't your work! Don't take all the credit! You could have at least given them credit for letting you say something good during your term! FYI, Sec. Ace Durano did and is still doing great handling tourism in the Philippines! He made the Philippines a truly Awesome place to go via his campaigns!! Kudos to you Sir Ace!


Gas Price Increase after SONA
Immediately after PGMA's SONA, gas prices increased by 2 pesos! Pinaglololoko tayo eh! After telling half truths and lies in her SONA, there you go.. Pahirap nanaman -- 2 pesos gas price increase! Thank you Arroyo for being sensitive! Pinalagpas mo naman sana ng one week man lang!

National Artist Scandal
When PGMA announced 2009's choice of National Artists, 2 of the valid and eligible nominees were dropped from the list. Meanwhile, Carlo J Caparas and Jose Pitoy Moreno was added.

Is Malacañang playing God again? For the benefit of the others who had no idea, Malacañang bypassed rules of the selection process for National Artists! Talk about taking advantage of your powers!

Here is the petition against Carlo J Caparass to be named as National Artist for Visual Arts and Film.

We know that Carlo J Caparas did not (maybe) ask for it. The main issue here is:
1. He was "assigned" and not voted by the President of the Philippines thus, not going through the process
2. He did not decline

If he understood how other national artists were selected, he should have retracted the title. No! Ang yabang pa ng mga sagot niya! To tell you the truth, I haven't watched any of his shows. I just knew him when this scandal started. I guess he should be thankful enough for that because he was made known to more people after the scandal. and you know what? if you have just rejected that, maybe, more people will appreciate and patronize what your doing rather than taking the easy road there.

You are a major fail and hope your conscience is clear after accepting the title assignment rather than the rigorous voting process.

Le Cirque Restaurant, NY

$20000 US Dollar Dinner by Arroyo
Looks like the Philippines is loaded after all our trillions and gazillions of loans we have! Imagine, a dinner at New York's posh Le Cirque restaurant worth nearly 1 million pesos!

If you think being a President of the Philippines won't make you rich, think again! It will exponentially increase your value! Check out the graph below from gmanews.tv:



Wow! Being a Philippine President puts you in a God-like position (Note: Benefits won't follow afterlife) with tons of fringe benefits! Fellow tax-payers, this is where our taxes go. Funding her luxurious entourage with free extravagant dinners!

I eat out a lot but never even in my wild dreams will I spend that amount for one dinner! If she really has the heart to serve, she would have thought first that 1 million pesos can put how many children through college and help further improve the Philippines after they graduate.

If that congressman(another savior of Arroyo) really treated her(which I doubt), she could have suggested the same. Either way, she is also a Major Fail!

Carlo J Caparas and PGMA has several thing in common after all!
1. They are both fails!
2. They were both NOT VOTED
3. They want the easy way in!

On a brighter side
Come 2010, she will hopefully step down from her throne. A few more months.. a few more.. let us all be optimistic.

a little humor that's spreading around the net. This was really published in a well-known Philippine newspaper though. :)


...while this was broadcasted LIVE during Cory's transfer from La Salle Greenhills to Manila Cathedral.

So, to everyone, please VOTE WISELY this election. Don't mind political ads (well, most of us don't anyway) and their promises. Check their background. Best of all, start the change from within you and contribute in your own little way on how you can make the Philippines a better place to live in!

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Cheftonio

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