Dennis’ Fearless Forecast:

12 THINGS TO EXPECT IN 2009

12. Instant amnesia – an affliction principally identified with Pinoys – will set in once more: folks will forget the Pangandamans, Jocjoc, ZTE, the Euro Generals the way they forgot Garci, Neri, and Sulpicio Lines

11. Election fever will grip the nation: TV campaign spots, cleverly disguised as public service or advocacy ads, will substantially contribute to the overflowing coffers of the Kapuso and Kapamilya networks

10. Sex videos will mushroom like crazy, thanks to the coming of Flip HD – the Nano iPod-sized, light-as-a-feather, broadcast-quality videocam

9. Lawyers Pamatong, Pulido and Lozano will, once again, attempt to reclaim their 15 minutes of fame

8. More Pinoy bands will disband because of the lure of hefty salaries dangled by call centers

7. Jalosjos, Manero and Teehankee will seriously consider running for public office

6. Pinoy movies, indie and mainstream, will continue to be predominantly gay-themed

5. A Rivermaya reunion (to include Bamboo and Rico Blanco) will be the biggest grossing ‘live’ event of the year – if looming court cases are nipped in the bud

4. All the presidentiables will attempt to clone, replicate, or retool Obama’s election strategies – up to attempting to come up with a word or phrase that approximates the magic bullet ‘CHANGE’ which catapulted Barrack to victory

3. Filling up your car’s tank will be a dizzying seesaw ride – up, down, up, down

2. OFWs will continue to be our heroes and saviors – their remittances keeping the country’s economy afloat

1. GMA will still refuse to step down; she will continue to keep us guessing whether she’s interested in another term or not

Dennis shares…

12 Things
that the Valley Golf
mauling effectively proved

12. The pen is mightier than the biggest PR or crisis management budget (Tons of cash cannot buy minds with unwavering conviction – for further validation, go ask several Senatorial bets who spent a fortune in 2007… for nought)

11. The noisiest screw gets oiled first

10. Most of our politicians – from the most lowly to the most high – are guilty of hubris

Hubris denotes overconfident pride and arrogance; it is often
associated with a lack of humility, not always with the lack of
knowledge. An accusation of hubris often implies that suffering
or punishment will follow, similar to the occasional pairing of
hubris and nemesis in the Greek world. The proverb "pride goes
before a fall" is thought to sum up the modern definition of hubris.

9. Filipino government officials – even when caught red-handed doing ‘bad’ things – never resign… because, they serve “at the pleasure of the President”

8. It pays to have writing skills when you’re up against abusive, ill-educated powerful people

7. At least, for a while, we may hear less and less of this line: “baka hindi mo kilala me…”

6. Golfers should make a canister of mace and a baseball bat standard golf accessories

5. People who work in golf courses do not see or hear very well

4. Being seen playing golf with the First Son, after a barrage of negative press, is not a very smart move

3. Filipinos will never be docile again because of the internet

2. Technology can be put to good use – especially when exposing misdeeds and scandalous conduct

1. The Pangandamans are in deep shit