Ms. Earth 2006, Cathy Untalan bravely ventured to represent ladies that night, up against the male poets of Los Chupacabras. She notes that sometimes gentlemen are only gentlemen when they have ulterior motives. Pero hindi naman daw extinct ang mga maginoo.
Viva Los Chupacabras! Easy, Joel, Carl, and Mikael. Gentlemen, all. With their own poetic takes on the question at hand.
Ang idol kong si Joel Toledo ang nagsabi na hindi naman ata gender thing ang pagiging gentleman. Kung ang ibig natin sabihin sa pagiging gentleman ay isang taong considerate, matulungin, mapagbigay sa ibang tao. Human being decorum talaga yon, na hindi lang dapat naka ipit sa mga kalalakihan.
Easy, lead vocals is steady and sure on his stance that being a gentleman should not just be a response to someone who is a 'lady.' Kailangang standard siya and you yourself should set your bar.
Sabi ni Marj, napaka interesting mapansin na parang mas madami talaga ang gentlemanly ang demeanor sa probinsya kesa dito sa urban areas. Ang flip side naman nung coin na iyon ay baka mas chauvinistic din sila? Hindi naman pangkalahatan yon kundi obserbasyon lang ng isang babae na may pagkakataong ma-expose sa rural at urban men.
Legendary film maker Kidlat Tahimik shares on air the decorum of young men of UP Diliman in the 60's. Ang mga formal gatherings noon ay talagang halos pang demo ng "proper ethics and chivalry." Pero kailangan daw nating itanong si Ms. Sylvia Mayuga (na dapat guest din ngayong gabi kaya lang nagka lituhan sa schedule ng sunduan, sorry Ma'am!) ...dahil date ni Kidlat si Sylvia sa isang frat ball nung college. Upsilonian si Kidlat. Gentleman pa daw ba ang mga Upsilonian ngayon?
Si Cathy talaga ay may set stance against men who are only gentlemen to pretty women. Gentlemanyak daw talaga ang iba. She emphasizes the cruel stereotype she has to face as a beauty queen. Yung misconception daw na ang mga byuti kween ay mahihina o hindi matapang. Si Cathy ay matalino, maligalig, at may dunong. Hindi naive sa mga bagay bagay pero may trust and innocence level pa rin ng mahinhing babae. Nakakatuwa siyang panoorin makipag-verbal-boksing kina Mikael.
Si Mikael ay isang grad student sa hindi ko alam kung saan, haha, malamang UP Diliman din. Ang theory naman niya, kung nag dedemand naman ang kababaihan ng equality and the likes, eh di dapat wag na din maging prinsesa ang mga babae na parang mababasag kung hindi pag buksan ng pinto. Magaganda ang mga punto ni Mikael, parang lahat ng sinabi nya pwedeng ipang-topic sa iba pang mga episodes. Yung archetypes. Yung breaking down of the fixed notions and etc. Ang saya nito!
Si Carl ang walang pakundangang gentleman. Lahat ng naibahagi ni Carl ay yung mga gusto, malamang, madinig ng lola't nanay ko kung meron man akong pakakasalan. Maginoo at gentleman-dapat-lahat-full-stop ang stance niya. Both for women and men daw. Ang galing nila, lahat teacher. 
Napadaan lang chamba ay si Cynthia Alexander. Wala daw siyang issue kung gentleman o hindi ang mga lalake, basta siya gentlelady at dapat pantay, mabait, at considerate ang pakikitungo ng bawa't isa sa bawa't isa. (parang mali mali ang Filipino ko no, Joel? Pwede bang mag episode summary sa Bisaya next time? Baka mas okey yon para sa kin...hehe)
Yung anak naman ni Kidlat Tahimik na si Kidlat de Guia, wala, nakisingit lang habang nag vivideo document ng episode. Hindi ko po ma alala ang sinabi nya kasi tawang tawa kami sa isang comment na ang gwapo daw niya sa radyo.
Pag dating sa behaviour, individuals talaga ang nagseset ng sarili na nyang standard. Bagamat may statistical norm o mga linya, malaya tayong makitungo sa kung ano mang paraang gustuhin natin. Pero ang isang napagkasunduan ng lahat, ay sana may kasamang ugaling mapagbigay at maalaga ang lahat ng Pilipino.
Pang byuti contest yung sagot na yon 'no. Pero kung si Cathy ang tanunging mo, ang sagot ng byuti kwin ay hindi general o safe. Ang sagot ng byuti kwin ay may tapang at talas. At, utang na loob, pagbuksan niyo pa rin ng pintuan ang mga nanay ninyo ha.
Wala na ako gaanong maalala, halos isang buwan na ang nakalipas mula sa episode na ito, kaya lang ngayon ko lang nakuha ang photos kaya ayun.
Patatawarin naman ako ng mga Chupacabras kasi ipa-plug ko ang soon-to-be-released album nila entitled "Release the Evil" ...sa mid September daw abangan, suportahan at tangkilikin. Bukod don, okey lang sa kanila ang pagkukulang ko sa pag update ng episode nila kasi gentleman sila lahat. (naks)
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Gentleman pa ba ang mga Pinoy? Mahinhin pa ba ang mga Pinay?
Malakas na yata si Maganda, at tama lang yon. Si Malakas naman, kamusta na?
A light discussion on gender differences. Listen to the poets of Los Chupacabras headed by the poet JOEL TOLEDO level it off with Ms. Earth 2006 beauty queens, CATHY UNTALAN and some the other queens of her court. AH HAH! And joining us tonight will be the legendary film-maker -- KIDLAT TAHIMIK. Sayang hindi kita ang bahag sa radyo. And the lovely writer MS. SYLVIA MAYUGA. (kwela 'to, si Ma'am!)
After discussing homelessness, (ANG BIGAT KASI NUUUUNN) magpahinga muna tayo at mag usapang ugali muna. Magaan, malakas, maganda. Whew.
Magtanong kayo ng KAHIT ANO! si Team Toledo at si Team Earth ang makakapanayam, kasama si Kidlat sa Team Earth. Dahil mas maganda pa pwet niya kesa sa mga byuti kwin naten.
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Malakas at Maganda
Philippine Folklore
Malakas and Maganda is about the origin of the native Filipinos.
When Bathala (God) was done creating the world, he was bored. He looked down over the earth and sent a bird into the world. The bird was flying around when it heard some sounds and tapping somewhere in the forest.The bird landed and found out that the sound is coming from a huge bamboo. He started pecking on it and pretty soon it split in the middle where a man came out of it. His name was Malakas, which means strong, and he told the bird, "My mate is in the other piece of wood." They got her out and her name was Maganda which means beautiful. The two got on the bird's back and flew away to find some place to live. They went flying around the world, and then finally, the bird saw a land and let the two giants set foot and live on it. When Malakas and Maganda stepped on the land their weight separated the land into islands (Philippines has 7,200 islands). Malakas and Maganda live on and produced millions of children, which came to be the Filipinos.
Topbilling our roster of guests is Home Guaranty Corporation's President, Mr. Gonzalo "Bong" Bongolan. He explains that the HGC is one of six agencies of the government that works to address the problem of housing. It is a government-owned and controlled corporation, that operates a credit program to promote home ownership. HGC is compelled by law 
Then, of course, we have Team Unity's deputy spokesperson Tonypet Albano guesting as a champion of Gawad Kalinga in his native Isabela. (A week late! haha) He says that 
Also representing Gawad Kalinga is Mike "G-Money" Mercado. He is a rap artist and he is part of the head committee to recruit in the North Manila chapter. He shared that GK is more than just building houses. It is really more about building the figurative community. With programs like education and community building in place, they don't merely build shells. There's a big stress on what they call "sweat equity" and the physical contributions of people in the actual site. One builds his neighbor's home, so in turn, the neighbor builds their home. According to Greg, this kind of arrangement really fosters the bayanihan spirit because he explains --- no one would really wish harm on another person especially when he helped build your home. (Nga naman.) Values formation is stressed again by Mercado. I think the premium of the goals of GK is really found within the poetic homes and villages they build for people. Yung mga hindi nakikita ng mata. Greg is the one who was most on fire last night. I was wrong in saying that it was because he's young, I think it's really because he has it in him to have true hope and a positive vision of the future. In any case, every old fogey in the studio wishes that he doesn't lose his idealism to the cynicism of so-called adulthood. Greg-- may your reality be nurturing of that positive outlook of yours. Don't let anyone put out that fire. I guess. But what do I know.... Haha. Ah since I'm here, lemme plug Greg's album coming out entitled GK 1MB: Isang Milyong Bayani, suportahan ninyo yon. It's a rap/hip-hop album promoting the values that Gawad Kalinga uphold. 
We may not have directly built a house tonight, but certainly the conversation that flew out onto our airwaves must've sparked some ideas in some of the listeners. If you feel the urge to help or contribute to any of these movements, go ahead and surf their websites. Donate, build, join, share. Whatever. Sabi nga ni Warren ng Habitat for Humanity, kaya pa 'to. Basta't tumulong tayo. Hindi lang GK, hindi lang government, hindi lang Habitat. Kasama dapat LAHAT.
Carol Bello relays her experience as a pollwatcher. She mourns the violence that still happens and encourages all private citizens to participate and be more engaged in political movements. She insists that many times we really deserve the government we elect. Therefore the 'bad system we inherit' is only such because we accept it or tolerate it. If you don't like the system, join it and change it. Galing ni Carol. Teka, baka dapat tumakbo din siya....
Rep. Abaya and Mayor Toby Tiangco both say go ahead, put the public official to the test. Ask them questions. It is your right to do so. Hold public officials to their promises. But participate and contribute as well. Deserve your voice in this arena. Deserve the privilege to demand from the people in office. 
Everyone settles in. We decided to talk about the surface of the iceberg topic called "Being Gay in the Philippines" wheeee. Let's go. What an all-star cast we had on this one. 
Prof. Danton Remoto, Chairperson of the Ladlad Partylist (and a recent Congressional candidate) starts off the hour. He says that these days are kinder to the coming-out of gays because of many factors. Literature in the academe has ushered in the more comfortable acceptance of what the general population describe as a 'different sexual orientation.' He, is partly responsible for the fight that the gay collective has put up against the bigots who are hateful of homosexuals. Prof. Ramon Bautista (of the UP Film Dep) better known for his Ramon Bautista show on MTV listens in intently, so does Sir Francis Brew. Both Francis and Ramon represent the straight male tribe.
The Rock Ed straight contingent are all ears. Jaime, Lourd, and Gang listen in rapt attention. Trying to absorb everything, maybe re-assessing if they are really straight. Hehehe
Ramon Bautista says that despite being straight all the way, he can appreciate who is good looking and who isn't among men. He mentions John Lloyd Cruz as his example but it doesn't mean he wants to date John Lloyd. (Incidentally, Ramon: I got a text msg from John Lloyd -also a Rock Ed volunteer--and he says ayaw ka din nya i-date. May girlfriend na daw siya. Hehe loko lang...) Bautista is a media practitioner and a UP Film professor, his field sees a lot of gay participation and he says he doesn't mind this at all.
Tingin ko ang mga homophobic ay talagang namamangha lang sa possibilities na na pe-present ng mga bading o lesbyana. I think what the bigots feel is true awe (maybe even envy and curiousity) and then because it's too much for their mediocre minds to handle it, the easiest manifestation is hate. Then again, I could be very wrong.
Rock Ed Radio decided not to touch on the stands of any creed or faith following on this one, that might take up too much time and perhaps should be explored at another forum altogether. We went over the time limit as it was.
Allen Ginsberg, a beat poet from the 50's was born on June 3 1926 and he served as the inspiration of last night's show. Even in the ultra-conservative 40's, he was already open and brazen about discussing homosexuality --he continuously attempted to force the world into dialogue about controversial subjects because he thought no change could be made in a polite silence.
