Masyadong Magaling

SONAs are always tense situations. If you're an oppositionist and you applaud, you're an instant balimbing. If you're pro-administration, you've got to flaunt it. If you're a hardcore brown nose such as Yoda Venecia, you gotta give a shout-out

"From where I sit, I can tell you, the President is always as strong as she wants to be." This is the line that's supposed to save the insipid SONA she gave? I don't even know what the heck it means! Come on. Your speechwriters can do better than that. It was so blah that there's nothing much to debate about after that 60-minute spiel...I miss the Bangkang Papel and the Celebrity Roll Call SONAs of years past.

I only remembered to turn on the TV when the SONA was nearing its end. Too bad. I'd have given an annotation on congresswomen's attires. All I saw was Kabuki Arenas' unmistakable mask walking by PGMA's right on recession.


"Jolens!"

Save for JDV's shout-out at the end, I didn't even have reason to glance at the television screen while working on my PC. I thought it was a wrap when the "smattering of applause" turned a notch higher, but I was jolted out of my stupor when JDV suddenly shouted into the mike, "Masyadong magaling!!!" D'oh!