Be the new PBB housemate

Wake uppers:
• Feliz compleaños to our birthday celebrators: Fr. Jose Sumampong, Feb. 20; Rep. Edgar Chatto, Feb. 21; and Fiel Angelie Gabin and Dr. Jojo Maniwan, Feb. 24.

• Could it be true that some provincial board members have the sticker “Official Use Only” removed from their official vehicles? An unimpeachable Very Reliable Source (VRS) relayed this “scoop” when she saw the vehicles no longer have with the official sticker. “They want to have the government vehicles as their own,” VRS said.

• Could it be true that a Boholana nurse from Tagbilaran City is in “hot water” after she allegedly left an old woman with broken arms for four days in New Zealand in 2007? The incident was published last week and the talk of the town there. The old woman died in 2008 and she was terminated from the company after “the Human Rights Review Tribunal investigated and found she failed to maintain proper standards of care and professionalism.”

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It’s confirmed: The ABS-CBN’s reality-based show Pinoy Big Brother (PBB) for its third season and Teen Edition 3 will have its audition on Bohol on April 17 (the venue is to be known— yet) according to ABS-CBN Production Development and Control Head and one of PBB’s business unit heads Linggit Tan in a text message she relayed to Bared.

Most auditions for TV reality shows are held in big cities like Cebu, Iloilo and Davao; however ABS-CBN decided to include Bohol in their list.

“We want to go to places where we have not had auditions before to give more people a chance to join,” said Linggit on Thursday.

Linggit and I met years ago when she was a producer of ABS-CBN’s defunct show MTB Ang Saya Saya. She was in Bohol for the live telecast of MTV Ang Saya Saya at Bohol Beach Club (one of the show’s hosts AiAi de las Alas was “harassed” — and Bohol that time was at peaked of its promotion as a tourist destination).

Back to our story, the PBB Season 3 audition is “highly” requested by the ABS-CBN Regional Network Group to hold a special audition in Bohol, according to Maru Benitez, the PBB production manager in a phone interview.

The qualifications are: “you must be Filipino or have at least some Filipino blood
in you, and must meet the age requirement.”

For PBB Season 3, from 19 to 35 years old and for PBB Teen Edition Season 3, from 14 to 17 years of age. So bring your NSO Authenticated Birth Certificates with you. Be sure to bring in also a biodata and your best pictures! You could also try to bring in your videos and other stuff that could catch the attention of the judges.

Remember the key is to stand out! It wouldn’t hurt if you also bring your Body of Work Portfolio for those who are already in the business but is yet to carve a name in the business. This is a good idea rather than wait for the Private Go-See, if you are already a model or an aspiring actor/actress. The judges will be impressed that you went through the rigors of a public audition. For all aspiring housemates, if you don’t meet the qualifications, you could at least try and see if they can relax the rules for you. Who knows, your good looks or great body (or even better, both!) could save you from the hassles of the age requirements.

The venue is to be determined sooner though there are sources from Cebu that it will be held at the Island City Mall.

“Interested participants should watch ABS-CBN for further announcement,” Benitez added.

After the two (2) seasons of Pinoy Big Brother, the mysterious voice of "Kuya" will be heard again soon. Who will the next Boholano to enter Bahay ni Kuya? Who is ready to face Big Brother’s challenges—No TV. No radio. No newspapers. No telephones.

Totally no communication with the outside world?

Abangan!

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Kris Aquino’s recent trip on Bohol

Here’s an article about actress and Queen of Talk Kris Aquino who shares what happened on her birthday trip to Bohol:

“It’s really beautiful kasi sobrang beautiful ng Bohol. We went to Panglao. We stayed in Eskaya and ang beautiful kasi we did everything. Lahat ng Lubok river, ‘yung magla-lunch ka tapos kakantahan ka? Tapos siyempre ‘yung dalawnag anak ko ayaw magpatalo. Nakisayaw sa kanila. Kasi hanggang Boom Tarat pa lang sila. Wala silang Giling-Giling. Pero meron talaga silang medley of songs so join sila. Naki-dance doon and then after the Loboc river we went to the tarsier.”

Natuwa rin daw ng todo si Baby James sa mga Tarsier at na-amaze naman si Kris sa man-made forest doon. “He wanted to grab it (tarsier) and bring it with us. I said, ‘No, you cannot touch.’ Tapos we went to Chocolate Hills. Pero going to Chocolate Hills mas na-impress ako doon sa man-made forest. Kasi parang ‘di ba feeling mo maraming area doon ang nakalbo na iniwan ng mga illegal loggers? Doon talaga million ‘yung trees. Talagang mapi-feel mo na pwede palang mangyari ito sa Philippines, na pwede nating alagaan ang kalikasan. Amazing! And then after that ‘yung Chocolate Hills punung-puno rin ng puno. So, talagang masasabi mo ang ganda-ganda at iba ‘yung hangin. It was just so fresh and everywhere you look ni isang wrapper wala ka’ng makikita. Sana ganu’n din dito. Kasi ganu’n ka-conscious, e. Ganu’n ka-consicous ang mga tao about keeping the place clean and they are so proud of it. And then after the tarsier I went to Baclayon church, Fiest of the Assumption church, Immaculate Concepcion church and then the Cathedral. Lahat napuntahan namin. ‘Yung mga church from the 1600,1700, napuntahan namin. Ang galing!”

Parang ang daming napuntahan nina Kris kaya’t tinanong naming kung gaano nga ba kalaki ang Bohol. “Small lang. Hindi ganu’n kalaki. Pero parang malaki rin naman kasi it takes two hours to get to the othe area. And ang ganda-ganda ng mga ano daan. Kasi prinayoritize raw ng national government. Walang lubak at all! Then after that we went, so, that was day one. Tapos nu’ng day two si Claudine (Barretto) sabi niya you have to wake up. So, sabi ko okey. Kasi she went there nu’ng Christmas break. Tapos siya ‘yung nagsabi talaga, siya ‘yung kumausap sa mga owner para bigyan kami ng discount. Dahil na-friend na niya. She really insisted, sabi niya, ‘You really have to go. Wake up.’ So, 5AM of my birthday, gumising kami. Nag-boating kami to go watch the dolpbhins. Forty-five minutes ka sasakay nu’ng pump boat. Tapos hanggang sa sine-serve ka ng coffee and pastries. Tapos dadating ka doon mga ano siguro, mga more than a dozen dolphins or swimming beside you. Jumpyty-jump silang ganu’n. But they’re not like Flipper na silver? Black (sila). Iba ‘yung color. Sabi ko, ‘Ay, ba’t black?’ Kasi raw in captivity parang they breed. So, ito raw ‘yung in the wild talaga. Tapoos talagang parang nakikisayaw-sayaw sila sa ‘yo.

Ang galling. And from there we went to the honey be farm nu’ng afternoon naman ‘yun. Ang galing! First time ko. I’ve never been kasi to Sonia’s garden, e. It’s more like daw, naka-try ako ng salad na bonggavilla? As in flowers, huh.
You’re eating the flowers. Very fresh. Medyo cologne. Hahaha! ‘Di ba may ganu’ng feeling? Super fresh siya. And then we also went to doon sa isa sa mga simbahan.

Kasi raw si Bea Zobel, ‘yung daughter, is so active in revitalizing it. So, ang galing! ‘Di ba kapag ang mga madre nagluluto ‘di ba parang masarap. So, ‘yung mga madre raw ang nagbi-bake. Parang sa Good Shephered (Baguio), Bohol chapter. May bread carrot muffins, banana muffins, salabat.”

Ano ang ginawa nila ni James nu’ng Valentine’s day? “Iba-ibang church. Super tour ng tour ng church. Tapos we went to the Honeybee farm. We went to that café. Tapos nu’ng gabi, I don’t know if they jjust arranged it for me. I’m not sure, ha. Kasi biglang ‘yung Lubok children’s choir, they sang. Mga one hour ‘yung performance nila. It was so nice. Tapos they had almost 20 minutes na fireworks. Sabi ko, ‘Ahhh!’ Na-amaze kami talaga. Ang ganda-ganda! ‘Yung kids pala eight years old nagi-start. Tapos ‘pag 13 out ka na. New batch naman. Ang galing.” Nabigay na ni Kris ang Valentine and at the same time birhtday gift niya kay James na isang mamahaling Swiss watch. Nakatipid daw si Kris sa pagbili ng regalo niya kay James dahil binigyan siya ng discount. “Me naman, wala pa ‘yung gift niya sa akin. Hindi pa dumadating. Naka-order pa. I asked for a new laptop kaya lang ‘yung bagong version will be out first week of March. Na-delay,” tapos ni Kris.