For some reason people find it funny or ridiculous when one says that they aspire to be a celebrity. there is an ick factor to it-- or it seems so duybads to be in philippine showbiz. there is also an ick factor when you say the word "duybads". that word should really leave my vocabulary.

anyway.

Even if people say you're gross for wanting to be rubbing shoulders with the beautiful and nice-smelling celebrities of philippine showbiz, deep inside i bet my sweet little ass that they wouldn't mind being in that position. Personally, i only have only one reason for even thinking about showbiz-- and that, ladies and gentlemen, is not about having an opportunity to run my fingers down derek ramsey's beautiful abs, nor is it about getting boob job tips from the lovely ladies with boob jobs (did you really think i was gonna name names?). No, my only reason would be, well, i want to be heard.

them celebrities get media mileage no matter what they do. they are watched, written about, featured, loved, hated, whatever! the point is, people are always waiting for what they'll do or say next, and that is such a great thing-- having that much influence. used and cultivated in the right way, that kind of attention can change lives.

maybe getting education for the underprivileged would be more supported if some high profile celebrity actually pushed this advocacy. maybe if they put up foundations or LIBRARIES or even just put up a simple event asking for used books and other school materials it would be so overwhelmingly successful.

like hello let us take CHRIS TIU for example-- can you imagine if he put up a huge ass event for, let's say, the children of our fallen soldiers in mindanao. imagine if chris tiu went to people, asking for sponsors and support, HOLY CRAP YOU'VE GOT A MILLION DOLLAR EVENT RIGHT THERE! them media planners won't even wait for him to ask for it, they'll say YES YES YES at the mere sight of him.

(although i personally don't see what all the fuss is about. but that's another entry)

anyway i'm not saying that our dear artistas can save the world (or can they? i think ruffa guttierez can save the world. but that's just me), i just wish instead of hyping up movies that are of questionable taste or the launching of a make up brand that pretends to make you look 50 times younger, i wish more of these influential people would hype up art, or indepent film, or our music industry, or rally against poverty, the lack of education, the number of child prostitutes that shows no sign of dropping.

i mean, did you even know that puerto galera is one  of the largest sources of child prostitution in this country? did you know that a lot of these prostitution groups are run by FOREIGNERS? how can we allow PEOPLE WHO DON'T EVENT COME FROM HERE DESTROY OUR CHILDREN LIKE THAT?

i bet you didn't know that.

so whenever people joke about how i want to be an artista, or how it's ridiculous that one should aspire to be just as big as sharon cuneta (career wise, i mean), that's all i really want to do. i want to stand for something, and actually be taken seriously. i don't want to have such a hard time getting sponsors for worthy causes. i want to be able to get the media interested in things other than scantily clad women.
And if given even the slightest opportunity to be that person, whether it be in showbiz, politics (okay maybe not politics), business, radio-- i would most definitely take it. judge me, laugh at me, bring me down. my dreams will always be bigger than your narrow minds.

some of the biggest, most destructive, or most powerful things that took place in history started with only one person desiring it to happen. what better place to start than with one person with the power to be heard by thousands more?