Only in the Philippines kaya?

This morning, a couple of Sky Cable servicemen arrived to hook up the extension to Mom's TV. It's an old JVC, so the television itself has long outlived its original remote control and one Sony universal RC. Anyway, just as she asked the cable guy if they happened to have one on them, a street hawker called out "REMOTE CONTROL DIYAN!" Talk about being at the right place, at the right time.

It was unbelievable.
Hysterical.
Uncanny.

Surely this could only happen in the Philippines?


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Here's a short list of interesting items you can purchase while stuck in traffic:

1. Fishing rods
2. Cowboy hats (available in black and red)
3. Remote controls

Lemme know if you see anything else. :-)

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Tonight's A.I. was so ho-hum. Lots of bad song choices, lots of shouting. Even Katharine McPhee was pretty disappointing. She did a Christina Aguilera song... considering a poll on her fan Web site reports that most of her fans are over 35, I'm sure many others were let down. I think her charm is that she's young but beyond her years--she can easily pull off jazz numbers, standards, and classic soul (her rendition of "Think" is one of my favorites)--so I don't think that contemporary is her niche. Oh well. Next week's show should be better. Nowhere to go but up.