Pauwi na kami ng Tacurong City nung hapon na iyon. Galing kami sa paglilibot ng mga paaralan sa Datu Paglas, Maguindanao para magbigay ng orientation tungkol sa aming mga programa.

Nang kami ay mapadaan sa hekta-hektaryang puno ng saging sa tabi ng daan na pagmamay-ari ng La Frutera, bigla kong naitanong sa kasama ko:

“Bakit ba sinasabing paborito ng unggoy ang saging samantalang kahit ni isang unggoy eh wala ka naming makikita dito? Di ba kadalasan, ang unggoy eh nakikita mo sa bundok, dun sa maraming mga punong kahoy? Tsaka kahit ano naman kinakain nila eh.”

Ang sagot ni Lyndon, “Baka dahil sa kwento ni Jose Rizal na ‘Ang Pagong at ang Matsing’”. Hmm, may punto siya.

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Shaquille O’Neal might currently be in China on a promotional tour for shoe company Li Ning but he found time to twitter his love for Michael Jackson who recently passed away. Apparently, he is a fan. And a BIG fan at that.

This is what Shaq tweeted.

The link points to a music video for “Beat It” Shaq and his team mate Damon Jones made when they were still playing for the Miami Heat. Yes, the video is old but Shaq dug it out from his vault to release it as his personal tribute to the “King of Pop”.

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The song “I’ll Be There” is one of the hits for Michael Jackson and his brothers when they were still together as The Jackson 5. It was the first single from their Third Album in 1970 and subsequently becoming the most successful single ever released by the group. “I’ll Be There” sold 4.2 million copies in the United States, and 6.1 million copies worldwide.

In 1992, Mariah Carey and Trey Lorenz covered the song during Mariah’s appearance on MTV Unplugged. The song became her sixth number 1 single in the US. Their duet was nominated for the 1993 Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals, losing to Boyz II Men’s “End of the Road”.

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When I logged-in to my twitter account today, I noticed that the hottest trending topics are for the keywords “Ron Artest” and “Lakers”. My suspicion was immediately confirmed when I found that Houston Rockets forward Ron Artest was sent to the newly-crowned NBA champion LA Lakers. As free-agents can not sign until July 9, Artest and the Lakers have come to a verbal agreement to the tune of a three-year, $18 million deal.

Do I smell a repeat?

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When Kobe Bryant was foiled last year by the Boston Celtics in his first attempt to get an NBA championship ring without Shaquille O’Neal, the Big Cactus apparently found pleasure in his inability by making a rap asking Kobe how his ass tastes. In his twitter today, Shaq has this to say (unedited):

Congratualtions kobe, u deserve it. You played great . Enjoy it my man enjoy it. And I know what yur sayin rt now “Shaq how my ass taste “

Haha, the big fella never fails to put a smile on my face.

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I have registered on twitter last August 20, 2008 out of curiosity. I have read that it’s one of the fastest growing social networking sites in the world so I registered. But unlike its counterparts like facebok where I can create my profile by writing my favorites or where I studied or even upload my pictures, twitter is so much different.

At my twitter home page, I’m being asked “What are you doing?” What the heck, does it really matter to you if I’m picking my nose right now? Hehehe… And I must write in 140 characters or less. Huh? I don’t understand how telling nobody that you are watching Twilight works. I just went with the flow and posted random comments and links to my blog posts. But I STILL don’t understand how it works as no one seems to really care. No one replies to my tweets.

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