GoodTimes with Mo,Mojo and Grace Lee (On English Bulldogs, Tattooes and Angelina Jolie): October 14 show

Notes from Mo's Diary

October 14, 1 am

It's the first time since my arrival from Paris that I was able to sleep for three hours straight when I was awakened by a ruckus at the side of my bed.

I looked down and almost gagged. It was my English bulldog gnawing and gnashing a piece of glass that he must have chomped off from the top of my dining table, and hid to grind his teeth in.

Holy Mother of God! This dog has been acting really strangely ever since his balls were ****ped off by the vet, and when I called out his name so I could pry the glass from his teeth, he growled and almost bit me.

No wonder I've been able to sleep. My dog who snores like a 747 that's just about to land in the old Hong Kong Kai Tak airport (the airport with the most number of accidents) was awake and merrily chewing on an inanimate object that doesn't decompose in a million years. Glass!

I'm now awake and stare at the dog. I felt helpless. The computer at the side of the bed was blinking on and off, as if luring me to open it and perhaps find a solution in the billions of pages out in the world wide web.

I flip it open and type "English Bulldog". I click to the dogbreedinfo.com link provided and read what I can about the ever growing mysteries of this particular animal.

"Although the English Bulldogs appearance can be somewhat intimidating, it is among the gentlest of dogs. Just the same it will see off any intruder, and few would risk a close encounter with a dog brave enough to bait a bull. It is described as a very affectionate and dependable animal, gentle with children, but known for its courage and its excellent guarding abilities. Bullheaded and determined, this breed can be very persistent. They do not give up easily. Bulldogs are very much a people's dog seeking out human attention and loving every bit it can get!! A lot of human attention is required for the breed's happiness. Some English Bulldogs can be a bit dominating and need an owner who knows how to display strong leadership and understands alpha canine behavior."

Reading it depresses me more. Perhaps I wasn't an owner who displayed strong leadership skills. I need a 'dog whisperer'. Help!

My attention got waylaid by a calendar widget at my desktop. It was blinking on and off at the date today - October 14.

When I opened it, fireworks and Chinese cymbals seemed to burst from the computer. Sounds like this come out when it's an important day, and I've programmed it so I don't forget. Oh no! Today's the day when I need to go to the dentist!

A chomping, gnawing,obstreperous dog and a dental appointment all in one day. Sweet Jesus!

If only someone could set up a business where "Dental Assasins"could be hired. They could surreptitiously drug a person who has a "gum whacking appointment" so he could be brought to a dental chair catatonic and blissfully oblivious to pain and dental suffering. After a few hours, the patient wakes up without a tooth and no experience of pain. Sweet!

Just thinking of "dental assassins" and sweet slumber almost relaxed me. I was ready to sleep when I saw my bulldog hiding again behind the chair at my desk. Did he get another glass while I was lost in thought thinking of dental assassins? Fearing the worst, I stood up and without a sound crawled near him. When I moved the chair suddenly, my obedient dog now turned 'dog ninja' was so surprised he dropped the nail he was chewing on. Nails!!! Holy Golly Moses.

It was the first time I tied him up, but I had no choice. It was time to make him understand that I, Mo Twister, was his Master and Commander, and he better get used to it. He was whimpering and scratching the floor, but I ignored him and instead pretended to fiddle at my computer.

He scratched harder until he tugged the desk and boxes of my files which I've been pestered to read by the staff at Goodtimes mixed with some personal files tumbled down to the floor.Should I now just wrap my hands around the dog and choke this pet of mine? When will this mayhem end?

Pictures from another age and time were now scattered on the floor.

I laughed and temporarily forgot my almost impossible dog situation. Pictures of girls I 'pleasured myself to'made its appearance. I picked up a tattered Sheryl Cruz picture. Sweet memories! Britney Spears when she wasn't yet fugly, an old picture of Rosanna Roces at her hottest, Cristina Gonzales, Nanette Medved, Rica Paralejo. .

A set of pictures tumbled out from another box and pictures of Jericho,Diether, Sam Milby, and Ariel Rivera tumbled out. Even Ariel Rivera?

A note was attached to Ariel Rivera's picture:

"Mohan,
You'll never guess whose picture I've offed myself to when I'm alone. It's your good friend who's going to pitch hit when you're gone in the US for your brother's wedding in the next few weeks. He has been my crush ever since I've seen him a decade ago.

Sweet revenge :)

Mojo"

I asked my good buddy Ariel to be the guest DJ for me when I go to the States for my brother's wedding in the next few weeks. Was I a bad friend if I just decide not to tell him that Mojo's collection of 'offing pictures' included him? Perhaps Gelli will kick my ass, and feed me glasses and nails like this befuddled dog beside me.

Oh my. .

It's 2 am and I couldn't sleep anymore. With the dog and Mojo's box of revenge at my floor, it was next to impossible to have a couple of Zzzz's.

My dog meanwhile has calmed down and he seemed to be sleeping, and with my foot, I scratched his short,stubby ears.

I looked at my laptop and a picture of Angelina Jolie flashed by. When I clicked it, my bookmarked page from Askmen.com made a list of the top celebrities who sell the most magazines, and it isn't surprising Jolie made it to the top. 33 magazine covers this year!Her next cover was photographed by partner Brad Pitt for the November issue of W, and pictures of her breastfeeding the twins filled the magazine.

I look at Jolie's pictures. . my mind wandered at this tattooed, former wild child who seemed to settle at domesticity with Brad Pitt.

I've never liked women with tattooes. It's like the tattooes scream that they're open for business. Dirty,skanky business?

But Jolie seemed different now. Which leads me to this intriguing thought pattern. Why is it that the most successful couples seemed to be the people who've partied until they grown tired of the party scene and settle for staying at home, curling up in bed and watching movies with the beloved? Is this what love means?

And will I ever find that person? Hmmm...

My thoughts were interrupted once again by my dog's scratching on the floor and semi-growling like he was chewing on something again.

What is it?!!!! I reached down and got his collar. English Bulldog was chomping on my new tie, the royal blue tie I bought from Paris that I was supposed to wear for my new ANC show I MO on Sunday! Ye Gods!! Was it right to spank this dog now?

He whimpers as if to say sorry.

Jesus! What a night, or is it day? I look at the clock and it's 5 am. Time has flown by so fast reflecting on recalcitrant dogs,tattoos and Angelina Jolie.I looked towards my window and see the sunlight peeping from the mountains off Antipolo. The city is still quiet, with very few cars honking their horns or buzzing by.

Time to go to work. I look at my dog, and perhaps from exhaustion, was now fast asleep on top of my bed. He was not chewing on nails or glasses, but snoring like a train derailed by a 747. Peace at last.

But wait. I have to think of the ultimate revenge for Mojo.

Goodtimes!

(Postscipt: Some of the topics in this blog were discussed in the Goodtimes show today, specifically on tatooes, Angelina Jolie calming down at a certain age and Mo's need for a dog trainer since dog Rocco has been chewing on glass and nails the past days. Mo and Mojo also exchanged a list of past and present celebrity pictures they 'squeezed off' to. One in Mojo's list is Ariel Rivera who happens to be on Mo's list of co-hosts he will tap for help when he goes off to the US for his brother's wedding in the next few weeks.

I found that hilarious, and imagined a night where Rocco the dog is creating such a ruckus, upsetting boxes with Mo's celebrity 'squeeze-off pics' and Mojo's 'box of revenge' all thrown into the mix.

'Notes from Mo's Diary' is a work of fiction, and thus Mo's thoughts and reflections on this blog do not reflect the real Mo Twister's views, but comes from the imagination and point of view of this blogger. Photo of the English bulldog is not the real Rocco, but from www.puppydogweb.com. Goodtimes! )

Goodtimes with Mo,Mojo and Grace Lee: (Back in Manila) Oct 13 show

Notes from Mo's Diary:
Sunday, October 12, 5am.

What a vacation!

I arrived in hot,sweaty,muggy Manila yesterday and my whole body seemed to burst in flames. Perspiration in rivulets steamed from my pores, and I was drenched by the time I got home.

After the cold, biting weather in Paris, arriving in Manila is like entering a Finnish sauna, although this time, there's no exit door.

But hey, home sweet home! I missed my dog and his snore that sounds like a derailed train sidetracked by a 747, and I missed the view from my pad. The parents were all relieved that I was back safe and sound from wherever I came from, but Mom all but cried when she heard I brought her favorite Diorissimo perfume.

I couldn't sleep and was too restless to stay in bed, and just gave up sleeping.I ended up wandering around Eastwood. The rays of the sun hurt my eyes and only realized belatedly that it was almost 11am, Manila time. It was a Sunday, and people were milling about in weekend mode, but they'd stop and smile, others would wave, some came running when they saw me. It was heartwarming to see folks just happy that I was back. Many would start clicking with their cellphones, cameras at the ready to take a picture with me. It's funny how the same thing would happen in Paris. The chic Parisians often stopped and stared, and scratched their heads and wondered who this ugly, short guy is being besieged by fans. Was I the Mini-Me Filipino version, a celebrity circus freak? My heart melted when folks (here at home or in Paris)go out of their way to greet me.But when it was starting to feel like a deluge, I smile,wave and disappeared from the crowd.

Whew! Being a celebrity could be sometimes tiring. I quickly ducked towards a movie theatre and I bought a ticket for the film Body of Lies. At last! Time to relax!The dark, enveloping theatre was cold, and it was a relief to be alone, without any fans bugging me.

Two hours quickly flashed by, and while I was mesmerized by Di Caprio's acting, I wasn't so thrilled by this movie. It was not the greatest Ridley Scott film. I loved Gladiator! This movie felt more like a novel, which it really is, before movie options were cemented. A multi-layered novel, Body of Lies has a complex, twisting plots and it awakened in me an interest to read about Middle Eastern history, the roots of terrorism and . . .Mark Strong. Golly, Gee. This actor, who portrayed the suave, but ruthless head of Jordanian intelligence is such a great thespian, and almost ran away with the lead role from Di Caprio.

I sauntered out from the movie theatre and belatedly decided to dash to my car. I didn't want to eat at Eastwood and be besieged by fans again. Instead, I wanted to drive around the city and get my bearings again.

I walked towards my car, and stopped, looked and listened. I heard about Mojo's thirst for vengeance, and his first object of desire was to smear poop all over my car. I looked around, then suddenly dropped to my knees and looked under. No, no, everything's clear. Whew!! If Mojo so much as touches my car, things would get ugly and there's no way in hell pranks between us would stop.

I start the car, and to be honest, I don't know where I'll be going. It's a Sunday, and the streets are clear. I can drive in top speed, and nobody will give a hoot about the speed limit. I cruise from C5 and ended up going to Edsa, and hot darn, I almost crashed the car when I saw this ginormous ad of Piolo Pascual for Bench. Is that real, or was that photoshopped? My God, I'm not a homo, but his wang looks like a huge cat is alive and sleeping under the Bench underwear. The listeners of Magic will have a blast hearing about this one.

Horns started blaring from the back, and twenty of us must have stopped for a mini-second to stare at the ad.

Looking at Piolo Pascual's face reminded me of Paris. The streets were literally flooded with the best looking species of man and womanhood on Planet Earth, and everyone was just plain gorgeous wearing their most fashionable clothes in colors of black or grey. Why is it that wearing black or grey seems to be the unspoken sartorial rule when you're in a big, cosmopolitan city like Paris or New York? Well, Piolo could walk around in Paris in that black underwear and still be deemed fashionable in that city. Whereas I would be boxed to smithereens if I did the same prank.

My eyes felt droopy and it was a sign for me to head for home. I was grateful that the car felt like a magic carpet ride and in fifteen minutes, I was home, splattered on my bed, snoring like my dog.

October 13, 1am

I woke up with a start and I almost dashed to the shower for the Goodtimes show, but when I looked at the clock beside me, it was still one in the morning. The trip to Paris really screwed my sense of time.

I was suddenly hungry and ordered a pizza from my favorite pizza place Brooklyn. God, my body feels like it's ready to go out and start the day.

I left the computer open and it was blinking. I was about to put it off when I decided to just open my bookmarked pages.

Holy Cow! I almost died laughing when I opened my Spike bookmarked page and saw the top 15 hot girls gone fugly. Renee Zellwegger,Kirsten Dunst, Madonna, and No.1 is Melanie Griffith.

According to Spike.com:
"Glory Days: Griffith was the original party girl. In the late 1970s she was best known for playing the sexy nymphet in films such as Night Moves, Smile and The Drowning Pool. She had a career resurgence in the mid 1980s with roles in such films as Body Double and Working Girl, showing that she could perfectly mix sexiness and comedy.

What went wrong? Oh Lordy! These days Melanie Griffith looks like a witch. All her partying and drug taking is etched onto her face. Griffith looks rough. Like that old saying going around, "you can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig."

Is there hope? Melanie Griffith should ask her mom, actress Tippi Hedren, for advice on how to age gracefully. Then, she might have a chance."

Bitchy!!!

Hey, what if we do that same list here for our local gals. So many sexy gals have gone fugly in a few short years. I could name a lot of names in a minute. That would be interesting.

I scrawl along to other websites and laughed at a 105 year old woman who claims to be still a virgin, but my attention zigzagged and my mouth almost dropped open when I saw a picture of a young, and really young Kim Kardashian at 14. Holy Moly! Her face looks young, but the body belonged to a Playboy magazine cover. "Jail bait talaga!" Mojo almost screamed. Ok, ok. Horndogs who want to see the picture should search for it themselves. But boy, listeners tomorrow should hear about this.

A screen popped out from nowhere, and I realized it was my pop out flasher which searches for the best news on the Planet. It screamed a headline that Jamie Spears is pregnant again!!! Then a picture of Britney comes out, and I realize that her latest album Womanizer is out. I clicked on the YouTube site, and man the video is out. Is she hot or not? The body is back definitely, but boy, the video veers on skanky.

The doorbell rings and my pizza has arrived. That's well and good. My stomach's grumbling, and it's funny, but I'm starting to get sleepy too. . .

Oct 13, 4:50 am

Good Lord in heaven! My alarm has sounded and it sounds like a fire drill gone bad, when cars are wheezing by, and ambulances are crashing towards each other because of a major disaster.

I looked at the clock, and it's 5:15. Time to move it!

I don't know what alarm Mojo is using, no wonder he doesn't wake up, but I use one that sounds like two planes have collided and I'm the ambulance driver in charge of ferrying 300 hurt, injured passengers to the hospital.

I rush to the Magic building, and was impressed that Mojo and Grace and Miguel's car is in the parking lot already. A prank?

I was very paranoid, but when I entered the station, everybody was smiling and was in a great mood. Grace Lee looked spectacular and her twin tower knockers didn't seem to suffer from eating Korean and Japanese food for a week. Mojo looked mighty pleased that I was back, or was that a ruse? Golly, is Mojo wearing a mohawk? It looked hideous and two years too late from its heyday look. Even Angelina Jolie's son isn't wearing a mohawk anymore.

I put on the headphone, which was whacked in half when Mojo avenged and threw poop back at us for that poop prank.

I looked at my desk, and it seems the good people from Flapjacks are giving away 100 free breakfast meals to 100 listeners of Goodtimes. That's creative. But how can a hundred people win in 3 hours?

Grace Lee was looking at the prizes for the 100 listeners and said, "Why don't we say a password so that the listeners can just say that at the door, and they can come in Flapjacks and eat?"

"Anne Curtis's mole?" I joked.

"Great!" Grace Lee smiles.

"Boring. How about Piolo Pascual's wang is. . . have you seen the Edsa ad?" Mojo's eyes are a-glitter dreaming about Piolo's cat in the bag.

What a mo! I wanted to say something else when Mojo interrupted me.

"Hey, Chris Brown and girlfriend Rihanna will be here for a concert on Nov.16. I'll be bringing an umbrella so that she sings ..."

"No. . . .!" I cringed.

"Hey guys, we're all here early, let's start the show right now," Grace Lee beseechingly looked at us. "No more fights till after the show?"

And so at 6:15, a first for us I think, we go on air.

It felt so good to be back, and speak, and it seems all of us did not go up for air until an hour later talking about so many topics which I've researched last night.

So many things were happening and from nowhere,there was an urgent telephone call for me. I take the phone call inside the booth. It was the most hunted criminal on earth, Benny Laden aka Bin Laden, and it seemed he wanted me to interview him about his upcoming book of poetry.

I had no choice but to interview him on air. The commercials stopped, and Benny, with a multi-million prize tag on his head was happy to read some of his poetry on air.

" When I travel through your soulful eyes,
and fly you through my magic carpet. . .
our love grows more and more each day. .
like love that crashes through the hearts of the infidel. ."

What a raving lunatic. When I said he was crazy, Benny Laden calls me a 'product of a mother whore!"

I let him rant on and on until his third poem. I didn't know whether to retch and vomit or laugh. I hope he can be the chief occupant of Guantanamo before it's closed by President Barack Obama.

Sweet Jesus in Heaven!

We still have a few hours to go and I'm fired up and ready to rock and roll. Hey, guess what good news I've heard. Anne Curtis has broken up with Sam Milby. Good times!

!Postscript: Some of the topics in this blog were discussed in the Goodtimes show today, specifically the movie 'Body of Lies'; Piolo Pascual's risque's Bench ad; the top 15 hot celebrities gone fugly; Kim Kardashian pictures at 14 years old; the news of Jamie Lynn's 2nd pregnancy; Mojo's new mohawk hairdo; Flapjacks giving away 100 meals with the unique password and Benny Laden tormenting the airwaves with three of his poems.

I imagined Mo coming home from Paris and just wandering around on a typical Sunday, watching a movie and acclimatizing himself to Manila again by riding around in his car, getting used to the heat and heartbeat of Manila again. Jetlagged, he doesn't sleep until he goes off to work in the Goodtimes show early in the morning, meeting Mojo and Grace Lee again after his quick sojourn from Paris.

'Notes from Mo's Diary' is a work of fiction, and thus Mo's thoughts and reflections on this blog do not reflect the real Mo Twister's views, but comes from the imagination and point of view of this blogger. Goodtimes! )

GoodTimes with Mo,Mojo and Grace Lee (Another Night in Paris): October 9 show

Notes from Mo's Diary:

I am sitting at Le Fumoir, my favorite place to dine in Paris. It's near the place I call home the past days, and about a hundred meters away from the Louvre.

The weather has turned chilly, and the leaves in Paris have started to turn red and yellow, the air crispy and toasty. Despite this change to cool climes, people walk about dressed in their most fashionable attire, so much so that I've stayed outside just people watching for about three hours.

It's 11pm again, October 8, Paris time and I sneak in to find a quiet place to open my laptop and tune in to Goodtimes. It's 6am, Oct 9, Manila time and I try to listen in if Mojo's on board. The eternal optimist, I realize that it's impossible for Mojo to be awake at this early time.

"La bièr brune?" a lovely lady server with a pair of terrific knockers asks me if I wanted some beer, dark beer, which is what they serve here.

"Oui. Je voudrais un menu?" I was famished, but before I could order, she was gone, leaving me by myself again.

Two more days, and I'll be leaving for Manila. I originally wanted to go to Paris to watch the Coldplay "Viva la Vida" concert, but they were a month early. The band was here last September 9 and 10, and the concert was a huge hit.

I mentioned in the show that I was also going to Paris to watch the Paris Fashion Week. When I arrived, the only remaining couturier runway shows were for October 5, and Vuitton,Chanel, Miu Miu and Galiano for Dior were the only remaining designers scheduled that day. Even if you put a gun to my head, I wouldn't really go, but someone forced me to sit in front of Chanel's fashion show, and just for the experience, it was out of this world.

Models strode out of a full-scale replica of the famous boutique’s facade at 31 Rue de Cambon, some carrying Chanel shopping bags rendered as leather handbags.How fantastic is that? I was at the third row, and my eyes almost popped at how the fashion house spent so much money just to put out this fantastical show.

I check the laptop again, and it's 6:40 am, Manila time, and yes, I hear Mojo. Thank God!

His voice drones on, but my mind isn't on it. I hear him talking about the Melamine infused coffee he must have ingested in China, and his guest, the CEO of Qualibet says that mood swings, migraines and tummy aches are some of the symptoms of melamine poisoning. No wonder Mojo was so bitchy that time! He was drinking 5 cups of coffee in China that day!

" Je voudrais une bouteille du vin?" Good God! My date for the night has been staring at me for a minute and my mind is in Manila, thinking of Mojo and his melamine laced coffee.

"Une bouteille du vin?" A bottle of wine? Baby, it's time to close the laptop and party!

"La champagne?" Oooh? She wants to get me drunk on champagne!!!

"Le Plein, s’il vous plaît!" She didn't hear me, but what I said was fill in the tank.

Goodtimes! See you all in Manila on Monday!

(Postscript: 'Notes from Mo's Diary' is a work of fiction, and thus Mo's thoughts and reflections on this blog do not reflect the real Mo Twister's views, but comes from the imagination and point of view of this blogger.Pictures of Le Fumoir from http://satellite productions and Chanel from themomentblogs)

GoodTimes with Mo,Mojo and Grace Lee (One Night in Paris) : Oct 8 show

From Mo Twister's Diary:

It's 11pm, October 7 and I'm exhausted! I've been touring the Louvre Museum the whole day, and my feet are killing me. I was stuck at the Egyptian antiquities section, when I couldn't peel myself away from the bones of the last Egyptian Pharoahs to Cleopatra. Did you know that under the Greek Ptolemaic rulers, Egypt became part of the Persian and Macedonian empires, facilitating the spread of its distinctive culture throughout the Hellenistic world?

Oops, that must have been pretty boring huh, but I can't help myself. I just love looking at the ancient objects from Egypt.

It's 6:15 am, October 8,Manila time and I've logged in to the Magic 899 site, and I could hear some music, but no Mojo in sight. Is he awake already? Darn it! No Grace Lee to check on him. Mojo must be snoring this minute.

Oh, before I forget. This is the place I'm crashing in now. Cool huh? I found this place at this cool website www.vrbo.com.

It has an unbeatable location - it's 200 meters from the Louvre Museum, next to an historic passageway leading directly to the Palais Royal with its covered arcades and gardens. It's also close to "boulangerie" rue Moliere and local grocery shops on Rue de Richelieu.

6:40 am and I check on Mojo again. Music still playing. Where is that thickhead?

Speaking about thick planks, my humble abode has thick, white parquet floors. It's tiny, just 50 square meters Mediterranean style decoration with white parquet floors, but hear this, it has fireplaces in the sitting room and the bedroom. Sweet! The bedroom, sitting room and kitchen all face the roof level of the Palais Royal buildings which are lower on a side street with very little traffic.

6:59 am and I again check Mojo. He's still not there!! Golly, holy Molly! Yesterday, I've read blogs saying that Mojo was quite the Captain of the Ship,ably guiding the show with the Junior Jocks. Now, he's Mojo the Diva once more.

"Qu’elle heure est-il?" a gentle voice from the kitchen. Oops, that's a friend whom I've invited to look at the sights from my apartment. She looks at me, and asked what time it is. I'll keep her identity a secret, but there's hell to pay. .she looks pretty impatient already given the late hour, and me still fooling around in my laptop straining to hear the elusive voice of Mojo.

"Ou est le bistro?" I asked. If Mojo isn't there in 5 minutes, I'm going down to get a bite to eat.

7:10 am, Manila time and Mojo is finally on board. My God! If I was there, I'd wring his neck. I maximize the volume, and guess what I'd hear!

Rings and proposals and diamonds from My Diamonds? I'd spend five minutes on that topic and move on. Why did Mojo pick this topic? Because many of his friends are getting hitched? Still, it's such a boring topic.

"C’est là-bas," my companion is pointing out towards the window. "Le bistro."

I go over to the window and look at what my friend is pointing out. Yes, the bistro, with people spilling out, drinking coffee and just having a jolly time.

It's midnight, but hey, I'm in Paris and the night is young. Better to eat now and think about what I'd do to Mojo once I get back to Manila.

I hope my avid fan/listeners don't die of boredom while Mojo is steering the wheel at Goodtimes.

"Le gâteau garni de crème au beurre?" She's asking if I'd like a butter cream cake.

"Oui! Let's go." She smiles.

I look out again at the window, looking at the lights of Paris. It's beautiful. But I really miss Manila.Wish I was there right now.

Postscript: "Notes from Mo's Diary" is fictional and purely from the imagination of this blogger. Photo of the lovely apartment from www.vrbo.com. Photo of the Louvre museum from www.photos4travel.com

Goodtimes!!!

GoodTimes with Mo,Mojo and Grace Lee : October 7,2008 show

Goodtimes with Mojo
Friends have commented that ever since the Twister and Grace Lee are somewhere out yonder, Mojo Jojo has been quite a revelation. His voice today has been quite mesmerizing (is that a gay remark? :), very Tom Hanks (think of the Captain commanding the troops in 'Saving Private Ryan'). Well, he sounds very commanding because he has no choice - he is the leader of the booth comprised of Junior DJ's Lexie from the Ateneo and Dale (six foot behemoth from CSB who happens to be a volleyball varsity player.)

It's nice that the attention shifts to Mojo when Mo and Grace aren't here, because he really is a nice guy (well he still wakes up late) despite being branded a 'pathological liar', 'homo' or an 'a-hole' by the Mohan. Good work, Mojo!!

Mother of all Scams
An interesting discussion on scams originated early on when Mojo mentioned that he tried to buy a Blue Ray video game version,only to discover that of course a game as cheap as a pirated one couldn't possibly have Blue Ray capabilities.

Which led to a discussion about fake Philippine Adidas jackets proliferating in the multiply sites. Mojo got a call from an Adidas representative here that almost all these jackets sold are not the genuine article. (The Twister had mentioned last month that if you own this jacket, you should keep it under lock and key because it's not being sold anymore.)

Mojo asks callers to narrate their experiences on scams, and what do you know, someone calls about his fascinating tale as a 'would be' (he discontinued because of guilt) scam artist. Apparently, this guy is paid P60,000 a month, and his job was to 'pop up' when you're in YM or Skype as 'Liza' and lure you to go to a link where you see 'Liza'naked and dancing. 'Would be' scam artist said his usual targets are gullible Caucasian men willing to pay $5 per dance (?) until you're truly fooled into parting with a hefty sum until your pockets are empty.

B, another caller recounted receiving a text message telling him that he won a car. Apparently the car was in Cebu, and to facilitate its release, one had to fork in an initial P7,000. B knew that it was a scam, nevertheless he was just curious about how the scammers conducted their business, with the intention of providing this info to his NBI friend.

Another caller mentioned that they were paid P60,000 a month as a call center agent and all they did in that hellhole was to sell fake stocks.

Mojo asks - are we a nation of scammers? It seems many of our countrymen are either producers or consumers of fraudulent schemes. I believe that good people will overpower these evil dudes, and they'll fry in eternity trying to live off on their fake scams.

Helena Rising

A caller named Helena sounded so problematic - she was a 'Bo' but couldn't admit it to her family and family because they were too conservative.

Any advice from the Mojo?

Mojo advices that we usually underestimate our family, and that once one 'comes out' the initial shock shrivels and one's sexual orientation is accepted after a time.

If this is impossible, it's important to be independent and be self-supporting so that one can live life according to one's beliefs.

Spoken like a true 'homo'. as the Twister would say :)

Growth Spurts

There were many other topics, but talk at one time ventured about Mojo's observations that children of this generation are 'hobbits'. And studies have proven (according to Mojo) that the previous generation was taller. The lifestyle today is not conducive to producing giants because many people are sleep deprived. Mojo observed that when he walked around the malls at night, there were many parents with children awake at a late hour. According to Dr. Mojo, one needs uninterrupted sleep to spur growth because the growth hormone is only released after three hours of sleep.

Sleep and grow, should be your mantra if you want to be a giant beanpole.

Goodtimes!!!

Mojo, Mo Twister, Grace Lee and Andi9 photo above from ricardo buhay's flicker site.

Goodtimes with Mo : October 6, 2008 show

photo:www.thedigitalpinoy.com

Mojo's Ultimate Revenge

The Twister is currently in Paris while Grace Lee is in Korea, and Mojo Jojo is not in Iloilo, as was previously reported but is in town hosting the Goodtimes show with Miguel and guest DJ's Lexi from Ateneo and Dale from the College of St.Benilde.

And my, what a day! Two hours of the show was devoted to how Mojo could plot his ultimate revenge on the Mohan's poop prank.

Some suggestions from the DJ's on board and from the listeners:

1. from Mojo -smear feces all over Mo Twister's car while he is in Paris.

2. from Mojo again - coat human or dog poop in chocolate and offer it to Mo Twister, Grace and Andi 9 (co-conspirators in the dog-poop controversy).

3. from Mojo - cut Miguel's foreskin from circumcision, chop it up and offer it as part of a lugaw offering.

4. from a listener - put 2 drops of Visine in a glass of beer, and this acts as a diuretic (poop galore!!)

5. from another listener - send a super sexy girl to the Mohan, make him fall in love (or lust) with this creature, and later on reveal to him that the girl is really a he.

6. A listener reveals that foreskin by the ton is available (through charity medical messions). Miguel suggests to fry it all up and serve it as chicharon.

7. from another listener - inject patis in a bunch of grapes (Grace Lee and Mo Twister apparently eat grapes in the booth).

And on and on...

I guess this revenge will only end with the two friends Mo Twister and Mojo stabbing one another in live radio with horrified listeners egging them on to their deaths.

Gross!!

If you miss the Twister's interesting discussions and would like to chew on some topics you've missed the past month, click to this link www.goodtimes899.blogspot.com

Goodtimes!!!

Goodtimes with Mo : October 2, 2008 show

Grace Lee's Lie Detector Test

For her birthday, the scrappy Grace Lee fulfilled a promise to be strapped to a lie detector apparatus while the following questions were asked from her from the Twister. Guess where she failed :)

1. Mo : Did you have sexual intercourse with anyone for the past month.
Grace Lee: NO

2. Mo : Are you attracted to rich, powerful politicians?
Grace Lee: NO

3. Mo : Are you a high-maintenance bitch?
Grace Lee: Of course not.

4. Mo : Is it true that you will not quit the show in the foreseeable future?
Grace Lee: No

5. Mo: Did you ever lie and give another reason for your absence on the show?
Grace Lee: No

6. Mo : Does Mojo lie more than the average person?
Grace Lee: No

7. Mo : Do I lie more than the average person?
Grace Lee: No

8. A caller : Have you fantasized about Mo?
Grace Lee : No

9. Mo : Did you ever get an offer of money for sex?
Grace Lee: No

10.Mo: Have you experienced orgasm?
Grace Lee: Yes

11. Mo : Have you pleasured yourself? (Grace Lee corrected this question-Have you ever pleasured yourself ever?)
Grace Lee: No

12. Mo : Do you have other offers from other radio stations as an individual talent?
Grace Lee: No

13. Mo : Do you fantasize having sex with the same gender?
Grace Lee: No

14. Mo : Have you ever fantasized about Mojo?
Grace Lee: No

15. Mo : Fantasy with Chiz Escudero?
Grace Lee: No

16. Mo: Have you ever been intimate with a non-boyfriend?
Grace Lee: No

Results from the lie detector says that Ms. Grace Lee lied on questions 5,6,8 and 16. She fibbed about her reasons for being absent on one particular show; Yes, Mojo is a pathological liar; Yes, she has fantasized about MO and Yes,she has been intimate with someone else while she was on with her boyfriend. Pretty nice results, huh?

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Goodtimes!

Mo Twister & Grace Lee Play a Poop Prank on Mojo

'The Most Hilarious Moment on Radio' is a title I've used three times already in this blog, and it seems that I've used it so often because I found so many rib-tickling hysterically funny moments listening to this show.

I almost gagged with this one because they really caught Mojo and the listeners unaware, which really makes it so ridiculously funny. And Grace Lee was part of the prank.

So let me recount..

I almost felt bad for Mojo from the beginning, when I heard that the Twister was about to give a birthday/1 yr anniversary special gift to Grace Lee as a Goodtimes co-host.When Mo asked if he ever gave a gift to Mojo for Christmas for his birthday, Mojo said No, he never received a gift from the Mohan, despite many years working together. Ooooooowwwww :( Listeners must have felt bad for the Mojo Jojo.

Anyway, towards the end of the show, the Twister said his gift to Grace Lee was wrapped in a black plastic bag because he didn't have the time to get a box, the next best thing was to grab a black plastic garbage bag to put the gift inside. But first, Grace had to guess what the gift was inside, and if she wasn't able to guess, then Mo Twister would not give the gift to her. 'Then perhaps I get the gift!', Mojo shouts in joy.

Mo then slyly turns to Mojo Jojo and asks him/her, would you like to be the first then to guess what the gift inside is? Mojo is deliriously happy that he gets the first shot.

I was almost bored at the outcome. Was it a Louis Vuitton bag? Oops, and then I heard a "What is this?" from the Mojo Jojo. "Is this chips?" And then a "Mother F, is this what I think it is?" Is it poop? All hell broke loose then and the shit literally hit the fan.

There was a lot of screaming and cursing and running around. I think Mo said that it was his poop, which made Mojo run and scream out.

When he came back, he threw the gift poop towards the Mohan and Grace Lee so much so that the booth smelled like poopy whoopies.

In the end, it turned out to be dog poop. And it was a prank really intended for Mojo, with Grace Lee's compliance. Mojo Jojo seeks revenge in the coming days. Abangan!!!

(Postscript: The Twister admits that it's really his poop. Read his admission at the other great, great wordpress blog on Goodtimes ;)

Britney Spears Real Voice Revealed

A disgruntled audio technician in a Britney Spears live concert must have been mightily peeved at listening to Britney Spears' real voice that he taped the Brit-Brit while she was busy dancing and lip-synching in her own concert. Oh whoa! As the Twister says, she sounds like she was singing in her 'shower' voice. You'd really feel bad about this surfacing in the Internet, especially after news that former skanky BF Ghalib is selling a sex tape to the highest bidder. To hear Britney croaking, click to this Youtube link.

photo: www.teenhollywood.com

Philequity Fund Best Birthday Gift to Listeners

Towards the end of the show, Grace Lee unveiled her own birthday gift to the listeners by introducing Raymond Ricafort, a friend who advices Grace Lee in investment matters.

In one radio show the past week, the Twister had voiced a suggestion that instead of having crappy, useless subjects in school like PE,Art and Music (do you really have to take 12 units of PE in college?) why don't schools offer the really important subjects like how to create and keep money, and integrate it as part of their curriculum.

I guess this really resonated with a lot of people so much so that Grace's friend came on board towards the last fifteen minutes of the show to give some important money-making tips.

Ricarfort mentioned investing money in mutual funds, and when the Goodtimes crew asked for specific names, he mentioned PHILEQUITY funds, which have consistently averaged 24% earnings per year.

Philequity Management, Inc. (PEMI) is an investment management company established in 1993.It is also the manager and principal distributor of Philequity Fund, Inc. (PEFI), the Philippines’ best performing equity mutual fund. PEFI has been awarded by the Investment Company Association of the Philippines (ICAP) as the best performing equity mutual fund in the 10-year, 5-year and 3-year categories.

To check out this company, go to PEMI's website by clicking this link www.philequity.net

According to Pinoymoneytalk.com, Philequity has performed very well.Here is their list of the Year-to-Date (YTD) Performance of Philippine Mutual Funds (as of 2nd Quarter 2008)

Equity Funds (primarily invested in Peso equity securities)

1. United Fund - (10.21%)
2. First Metro Save and Learn Equity Fund - (17.91%)
3. ATR KimEng Equity Opportunity Fund - (22.87%)
4. Sun Life Prosperity Phil. Equity Fund - (25.48%)
5. Philequity PSE Index Fund - (25.79%)
6. Philequity Fund - (26.77%)
7. Philam Strategic Growth Fund - (26.92%)
8. Philippine Stock Index Fund - (32.06%)

Goodtimes with Mo : October 1, 2008 show

photo: allen cortez at flickr

Advanced Happy Birthday Greetings to Grace Lee!

October 4 will be Grace Lee's birthday, and since this day falls on a Saturday, Goodtimes will host a special birthday special for a very special lady tomorrow.

I've asked many people and the common comment among many friends is that this girl is one of the nicest, most sincere people to walk on Planet Earth. She can be a tad conservative, but she's very 'dalagang Pilipina', and that's a plus to a boy who'd want to bring home a very nice girl to Mama.

To dear Grace Lee, advance Happy Birthday!! Good luck tomorrow! I understand you'll be strapped with a lie detector test, and asked to answer questions from the Twister.
What a show!! Let's see if you'll survive the taunting. Good times!!

Click this link to read the complete blog of Goodtimes for the day - www.goodtimes899.blogspot.com

Have a great day!!

Manny Villar

Towards the third hour of the show, the VIP guest Manny Villar came on board. This billionaire cum Senate President started out in very humble beginnings.The second of nine children, Manny started selling seafood at the Divisoria Market at an early age.

Via Wikipedia, "While Manny Villar was a working student, he was also putting in long hours as a fish and shrimp trader: working where the action starts during the wee hours of the morning when the freshly caught seafood arrives at market grounds. As a working student, he was able to put himself through school by finishing his studies at the University of the Philippines where he earned his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees in Business Administration.

With an initial capital of P10,000 in 1975, Villar purchased two reconditioned trucks and started his sand-and-gravel business in Las Piñas.

He started a gravel and sand business and then went on to establish one of the largest development firms in the Southeast Asian region, the Camella & Palmera Homes."

The Twister had a lot of questions to the Senate President, but what I found interesting were his answers on corruption.

Mo asked what he'd do when 'intuitively' Villar knows he is working with corrupt people, would he confront it, what would Villar do? Mo said that if that was his same situation, he'd find it very hard to work in the same condition.

Manny Villar answered it best when he said that one should remain an optimist despite the harshest conditions. One should not dwell on what isn't but what are the givens in the situation you find yourself in. One should proceed from what is real, rather than what is not there, and make the best of a bad situation.

When Mojo asked if Villar is for gay marriage, Villar said that personally he believes that 'you can do whatever you want to do in your private life', but as a lawmaker, he will make laws that are for the good of many people, not just a few.

I've always been impressed with this dude, and the way he lifted himself from penurious circumstances. I'd vote him for President because Bayani might create a Philippine currency with pink notes in it. Eeeeeeh!!!!

The Snubbed Fan

A caller named Emil, who was quite unusually perky and jolly at 8:45 am, had a quite semi-tragic tale to tell the listeners:) He was snubbed by Mojo in perhaps one of his diva moments (perhaps he was in a hurry to smoke, pagpasensiyahan na ninyo!). Poor guy Emil had a picture of the Goodtimes crew (did I hear it right?), and wanted Mojo to autograph the pic. It turns out that Mojo turned his back on them and went out in a hurry to smoke.

There was a mini dog-cat fight that ensued when Mo Twister heard it. At first he defends Mojo for not truly being a deliberate snob, but then again, the Twister tells Emil that he was snubbed perhaps because he was not handsome enough or not a half-breed.

Mojo said that perhaps he misunderstood the situation and the fan was mumbling.

Anyway, poor Emil has learned his lesson, but despite it all, he still called the show and remained his happy, joyful self, even making a comment that he loved the radio show "Goodtimes". Now, who is the real star here? Emil, pa - burger ka naman. Burger! Burger!

Goodtimes with Mo : September 30, 2008 show

Janina San Miguel Resigns as Ms. World-Philippines

What an early morning shocker!

It was only around 6:30 am, when a caller named "Agatha" had some earth shaking news - the infamous Janina San Miguel, Ms. World Philippines consultant was resigning and not participating in the upcoming Ms.World contest because she is emotionally distraught and incapacitated because of her grandfather's death.

That was a shocker alright, which led to the following interesting discussion about the difference between a grandparent dying versus one's parents untimely demise.

Mo said that he won't be able to work for a few months while Mojo, Mo's "pathological liar co-host" will quit radio altogether upon the news of his/her parent's demise.

But a grandparent's death? Mo remembers not having a deep well of tears on his grandfather's death, so he couldn't relate to Ms. San Miguel's decision.

I think she's terrified she'll create another world-famous gaffe. She should have just swallowed her pride and answered the questions in the Ms. World Q&A portion in Tagalog.

She won't be able to master English even if she took an intensive crash course in six months. Who's she kidding? Poor girl. Her handlers didn't give her the correct advice. Tsk..tsk..tsk..

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Have a great day ahead!

Phil Younghusband as Guest Co-host

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Towards the second hour, heartthrob Phil Younghusband with the clipped British accent joined Mo Twister, Mojo and Grace Lee as a guest co-host.

He is half-Filipino, born as he is in Ashford, Middlesex, England, the son of Philip Younghusband, a chartered accountant and Susan Placer-Younghusband, a Filipina.He is considered an English-Filipino professional football player currently attached to Chelsea F.C. He plays as a striker and turned professional in March 2005, having been at Chelsea F.C. since the age of nine.

Via Wikipedia ,"Younghusband was the youth team's top scorer in the 2003–04 season and made his first reserve start in November 2004. In the 2004-05 he was the youth team's top scorer.[1] In the 2005–06 season, Younghusband made 21 appearances for the Chelsea reserve team, including 18 starts, and scored five goals. He also made one appearance as a substitute for the Chelsea youth team.

He played for the Philippines Under-23 national squad in the 2005 Southeast Asian Games. Younghusband scored two goals in the Philippines 4–2 loss to Malaysia. He is now part of the seniors Philippine national team.

Early in 2005, the Philippine Football Federation was alerted to Younghusband's eligibility by a mysterious gamer who allegedly found out about their lineage via playing Football Manager.[2] He and his older brother, James, were eventually called up to the South-East Asian nation's football squad, amidst much fanfare. Younghusband participated in the 2005 South-East Asian Games, which was held in the Philippines, scoring two goals at the tournament.

Younghusband participated in the ASEAN Football Championship and scored 6 goals in 4 appearances and ended up top scorer in the qualifiers.

In early 2007, he and his brother inked a management and representation deal with regional celebrity agent, PR Asia Worldwide.

On 30 August 2007, Younghusband signed a contract with Danish top-league club Esbjerg fB, going on loan with the Danes for the rest of the 2007–08 season. He however returned to Chelsea during the January transfer window.

Although he has yet to debut in the Chelsea F.C. First team, he has enjoyed playing time in the Reserves team, scoring 9 goals in 41 apps in the past two seasons, and appearing in 6 (5 starts) in the current season."

Phil Younghusband is now in his sixth week as one of the finalists in Celebrity Duets. Do vote for him, since he has improved considerably (according to Younghusband's own observations :)

Langhap Power

If it's a deadly fart in a booth, it's between 5 to 10; but if it's expired blood in an open room on a summer day, it's a 27.

Such is Mo's brilliant 'Langhap Power' segment, where callers recount the most odorous experiences they've had and the Twister will rank it from a low 0 to a high 100.

The 'mabahong p' ranked a 20. Surprisingly, it was Phil Younghusband who merited a high 50 plus when he remembered an incident where his dermatologist extracted a 50 year old pimple on a patient, and it smelled really bad.

Eowwww!!!

Adnan Ghalib selling sex tape of Britney?

BRITNEY Spears' paparazzo ex Adnan Ghalib is attempting to cash in on his relationship with the singer by selling off a sex tape allegedly featuring the star.

Mo mentioned that Adnana Ghalib, paparazzo lover of Britney Spears is now selling a sex tape to the highest bidder.

According to the Herald Sun, " the British snapper dated Spears on and off for several months during the last year, and claims to be in possession of raunchy video footage in which she wears nothing more than a pink wig.

The two-hour long tape was allegedly recorded while the couple was on vacation in Mexico, just days after Spears was hospitalised following a stand off with Los Angeles police when she refused to hand back her sons to ex-husband Kevin Federline after a scheduled visit.

And according to the UK's Heat magazine, Ghalib is now looking to make money from his time with Spears - but will only go into detail about the supposed sex tape for "the right price".

'There is such a tape, but I won't discuss prices for hypothetical enquiries. Unless there is a locked-in deal, I will go no further,' he said."

Mo Twister admonished all the girls out there to hold on to any sex related videos one has produced with a boyfriend, saying that all girls will never ever release footage of themselves in this manner. Grace Lee opines that in the first place 'they should not even have made a sex tape of themselves.'

Ghalib is truly a skank! Revenge must be his motive because Britney's mother recently published a tell-all book about Ghalib, and this must have enraged the paparazzo-Svengali.

Goodtimes with Mo : September 25, 2008 show

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Iza Calzado: Hottest Celebrity Ever

I thought for a time that the horndogs would vote for Ehra Madrigal or Anne Curtis, but surprisingly the voters in the 'Final Hottest Celebrity Showdown" chose Iza, and looked beyond looks and instead forcused on the total package.

This beautiful lady whom you can 'bring home to Mama' is kind, regal, statuesque, a good actress - in other words just plain 'super hot."

I agree. She deserves the award. For a former fattie (200 pounds), Iza Calzado's win is a sign of hope for the once doomed. Hey slobs, there's a rainbow beyond the doughnuts and pizza. With enough discipline, you can look like Iza who confessed to exercising even if she's tired from a shooting, afraid that the fat that lurked in her body would reappear again.

Take a bow, Iza!

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mo mojo fight

In the first hour of the September 25 show, a caller asked why Mo and Mojo have not fought for a time.

The name calling commenced then. "A-hole!," Mo to Mojo. "The trouble with you is that you're book smart, but now wise." Uhmmmmmm. "Plus, you're a pathological liar!"

Oh my. This repartee was quite amusing. I just hope their friendship survives such brutal verbal fencing. The Twister who constantly says he has few friends, call Mojo a friend, so perhaps this is the reason Mojo never picks up a deliberate fight with the Twister and usually turns the other cheek in his continuous verbal assaults.

Here's my petition for Mojo's canonization:)

Clay Aiken Confessional

The first time I saw Clay Aiken all those years ago, I knew he was gay. But why did it take him years to confess he is one?

Mo Twister as usual hit it in the head, he mentioned that he could not say 'mo' jokes to friends whose sexual affiliation he wasn't so sure of.

Why not just confess and get over with?

Grace Lee was shocked that Aiken said he's gay. She's so sweet but so cutely naive at times.

According to Aiken in his latest interview at People, following the Aug. 8 birth of his son Parker, singer Clay Aiken is following through on a promise he made to himself as a new dad: to publicly acknowledge that he's gay.

"It was the first decision I made as a father," Aiken, 29, tells the upcoming issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday. "I cannot raise a child to lie or to hide things. I wasn't raised that way, and I'm not going to raise a child to do that."

Post a Secret

www.postsecret.blogspot.com

Trust the Twister to ferret out a deep, deep dark secret - a blog and "an ongoing community art project where people can mail in their secrets anonymously on one side of a postcard." The blog looks very artistic, but I don't know how cathartic it really is because you just post a one-liner but can't really do a confessional.

Mo Twister did a more ingenious spin-off from this original idea by asking listeners to confess their secrets anonymously on air, and the results were one of the most entertaining moments in radio history.

Although the confessions were semi-tragic, I didn't know whether to laugh like a jack-ass by my lonesome self - the stories were stranger than fiction!

The first caller had five abortions ( I could hear Grace Lee and the Mojo choking on their Ogie dogie hotdogs if they were eating something); the next had a wife and a girlfriend on the side (but his voice sounded Nonoy Menggoy-ish hahahahahaha:); the next slept with a first cousin when he was ten years old and the cousin was 14 and the cous-affair is still ongoing despite both being married.

Grace Lee had her own confession - one of her acquaintances had a menage-a-deux with a 48 year old and a younger guy, and when she became pregnant, Grace's friend didn't know who the father was. The older guy was a happy 'bachelor' and wasn't interested in getting married. Younger guy married the girl but she didn't confess that she was pregnant with the other guy. When the baby came out,Grace's acquaintance thought the baby looked exactly like the 48 year old guy. Did she confess? No, until today Grace's friend continues the lie.

Now, which is the more evil deed? The girl who had 5 abortions or the girl who told a multi-generational lie?

According to the Twister, Grace's friend has the heavier sin because her lie will affect not only her, but will affect many other people's lives, while the abortionist will only hurt herself.

Do you agree?

Bello-fied

photo from www.philippinenews.com

You know you've arrived when your name becomes as generic as Colgate, Kodak and Frigidaire. "Bello-fied" means "lipo-ed". It can also mean 'beautified' because that's the business of Dr. Vicky Belo.

As an 18th anniversary present, this generous, beautiful and 'hey hottie' (as a listener called her) doctor is offering liposuction at 1990 prices, (P30,000), and a further discount of P15,000 is given per additional body area. What a fantastic offer!!!

Dr. Belo explained that she wanted to follow Mo's example by giving her own version of a Cherry QQ car. Sweet!!

We wish to send her tons of chocolates (we heard she loves chocolate!) and more blessings in the next decades!

Also, try this Belo treatment which Mo gushes over and over again named the Fraxel which apparently erases deep pocketed acne, and other high-tech offerings, the names of which escape me now. Good luck, fatties,uglies and future lovelies:)

Goodtimes with Mo : September 24, 2008 show

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Another TV season begins

Another new TV season has rolled in, and the Twister keeps busy downloading the latest from Limewire. His current favorite is Prisonbreak, which according to Mohan is the best of the series. Check it out!! He has also watched the three hour initial episode of Heroes.

Verdict: He got lost on Lost, so don't ask him about that :)

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Money Lessons

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Mo Twister started the September 24 Goodtimes show with a question.

Wouldn't it be great if we were all taught to make money, keep money and save money at an early age?

According to the Twister, schools should teach a basic course on one of the most important ingredient, the fuel that makes life run - MONEY!!!

If you count all the useless hours used for PE, Art and Music (which by the way can be taught or learned outside the school), you'll have a pretty pathetic idea on where you've spent the wasted years of your childhood. Enough!!!

Top Ten Outrageous Celebrity Demands

photo from www.people.com

According to Mo Twister, when Justin Timberlake breezes into your town for a concert, he "requires an entire hotel floor, private fitness studio, an extra-large stereo, along with Nintendo and PlayStation. The floor’s air conditioning filters must be changed on his arrival. Door handles must be disinfected every few hours."

Isn't that outrageous? That is not yet worst celebrity demand! According to www.huliq.com,here's their list of the top ten outrageous celebrity demands:

"These 10 take the cake and throw it against the wall when it comes to satisfying their needs.

10. Eminem requires a PlayStation for video games, ping-pong table, basketball hoop, giant flat-screen TV, personal masseur – and “whatever kind of fast-food exists on the continent.

9. Rock group Depeche Mode must have a dozen drumsticks from Kentucky Fried Chicken and 10 tuna sandwiches – five on white bread and five on brown, displayed on a bed of lettuce on a tray covered in Saran Wrap.

8. Christina Aguilera requires organic fruits and vegetables, soy milk and soy cheese, along with Flintstones chewable vitamins, Nesquik and Coca-Cola. No Pepsi. No diet.

7. Rod Stewart refuses to tolerate any light in the hotel room for his afternoon nap. He sends a special “darkening” team to the hotel in advance to seal all cracks. And, he asks for 13 soccer balls.

6. Geri Halliwell demands air-conditioning – even when performing for the troops in tents overseas – along with a fridge in her makeshift desert dressing room filled with soy milk and fruit juice. She needs a computer with full Internet access available at all times.

5. Justin Timberlake requires an entire hotel floor, private fitness studio, an extra-large stereo, along with Nintendo and PlayStation. The floor’s air conditioning filters must be changed on his arrival. Door handles must be disinfected every few hours.

4. Vice President Dick Cheney requires all televisions in his room to be tuned to Fox News; a pot of decaf coffee and four cans of ‘Diet Caffeine Free Sprite; copies of The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal every morning and that his staff be notified in advance of any hotel gifts left in the suite.

3. Mariah Carey demands that her hotel suite be fitted with gold faucets. A new toilet seat must be installed before her arrival. Her own bed linens are delivered in advance. Only her own videos may be played on the two DVD players she demands for her room. Both Carey and her dog bathe only in French mineral water.

2. Britney Spears requires a private phone line in her dressing room and threatens to sue the promoter if the number gets published or anyone calls her. She asks for General Foods International Coffee, Cap’n Crunch, Fruit Loops and Pop Tarts in he dressing room.

And the celebrity who makes the most outrageous demands:

1. Jennifer Lopez’s suite must be painted and furnished completely in white, with white lilies and white roses, her favorite flowers. White candles prominently placed, preferably with Paris perfume, “Diptyque.” Her sheets must be of Egyptian cotton with a thread count of at least 250. Room temperature set at exactly 25.5 degrees Celsius.”

Facebook More Popular Than Porn

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The Twister mentioned that in the olden days :) :) , one out of five people who surfed the Net visited a porn site. Today, the no.1 visited site among all web users is ... taran...FACEBOOK! Good grief!

According to an article by Bill Tancer in Time Magazine, "visits to porn sites have dropped from 16.9% of all site visits in the U.S. in October 2005 to 11.9% as of last week, a 33% decline. Currently, for web users over the age of 25, Adult Entertainment still ranks high in popularity, coming in second, after search engines.

Not so for 18- to 24-year-olds, for whom social networks rank first, followed by search engines, then web-based e-mail — with porn sites lagging behind in fourth. If you chart the rate of visits to social-networking sites against those to adult sites over the last two years, there appears to be a strong negative correlation (i.e., visits to social networks go up as visits to adult sites go down).

It's a leap to say there's a real correlation there, but if there is one, then I'd bet it has everything to do with Gen Y's changing habits: they're too busy chatting with friends to look at online skin. Imagine."

Iza Calzado wins GMA bracket

As a former fattie (over 200 pounds at 5'7"), Ina Calzado must have faced a lot of ribbing from friends and family from being overweight, and as a result became a more compassionate soul sensitive to slights and merciless teasing.

Mohan describes Ina Calzado as one of the nicest celebrities in showbiz, and I believe him after hearing her interviewed at Goodtimes towards the end of the show. Iza is the total package - the sort of person where time seems to freeze, and the cheeseburger you're eating remains uneaten if she walks right in front of you. This girl is just stunning!!

Iza was pitted against Rhian Ramos (the last woman standing amongst the beauties in GMA7), whose main disadvantage seems to be her age and personality. One caller said though that compared to Iza Calzado, Rhian seems slutty. (Tsk..tsk..)

In the end, a deluge of votes from the listeners voted for Iza, and the contest is closed.

The final showdown : Anne Curtis vs. Iza Calzado. This will be a very interesting showdown tomorrow morning!!

Highlight :Josh Groban at the Emmy Awards

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Speaking of the Emmy Awards yesterday, Mohan mentioned that Josh Groban's medley of past sitcom theme songs was the hightlight of a long, very boring evening. Watch Josh belt it out in this youtube clip.

Here are the list of shows where he got those songs featured in the Emmy medley:

The Simpsons
Friends
Happy Days
Golden Girls
Mister Roger's Neighborhood
The Andy Grifith Show
The Love Boat
Law & Order
The Addams Family
The Muppet Show
The X-Files
South Park
The Jeffersons
Baywatch
The Brady Bunch
COPS
Law & Order
The Fresh Prince of Bel Air
Saturday Night Live
The Late Show with David Letterman
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson
Two and a Half Men
Rawhide
Gilligan's Island
M*A*S*H
The Carol Burnett Show
Cheers
I Dream of Jeannie

Mo Dancing

A listener mentioned viewing a You Tube clip of the Twister dancing, and Mo said he was "horrible".

Here's the Mohan dancing. It's nice to see him as a human being for a change. When he's in radio heaven, he sounds like God and Moses and Jeremiah combined - all sure and infallible. Enjoy this YouTube clip!!!

Oprah and the Buffet Way

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One caller asked about the Emmy awards yesterday, and Mo Twister noticed that Oprah looked like she "attacked a buffet." Looking at this pictures, it looks like she had a great buffet holiday. It's sad because Oprah also looks like there's something wrong with her healthwise. She looks tired. Fat or thin, the Mohandas thinks that Oprah gets defenders from those who say she looks gorgeous any size. How fair is that? I read in a recent issue of Oprah that she was so stressed from a sexual abuse incident that happened in her school in South Africa that her thyroid glands went haywire, thus the weight gain. The poor dear.

Speaking of buffets, the Mohan said that buffets were "society killers" because one is almost obligated to stuff one's self with food in a buffet, even after the point of satiety.

Mo Twister does not succumb to this temporal temptation and usually eats just one plate with another for dessert. When prodded to get more because it's 'sayang,lugi ka", he ignores it because the Mohan knows he'll balloon when he doesn't watch what he is eating.

I thought a big dog-cat fight would erupt when Mo said to Mojo to "give up the buffet, fattie..". Mojo, perhaps dreaming of food and more delicious food just drooled and said, "Embrace the buffet."

Men and Women Dream Differently

As usual Mo the Twister is correct. He has keenly observed that men and women dream differently, with men having x-rated dreams with specific partners while women have fuzzy dreams of 'embracing' and 'kissing'. Perhaps it's because women are more emotional and tend to dream in the same way, while men are visual and dream in a more erotic way?

According to Dr Mark Blagrove, a reader in psychology at Swansea University who has studied 100,000 people's dream experiences as part of a nationwide survey, a typical married couple sleeping side by side would have completely different types of dream, often at the same time.

The research shows that women's dreams:
Are increasingly about work;
Have more emotion in them;
Are likely to last longer;
Are more often based on the home, and
Involve more characters, especially family members

Men's dreams:
Have more strangers;
More often involve cars, roads and violence;
Feature more sex with unknown partners, and
Are more often about work, concerning redundancy and financial security.

Mojo who is half Pinoy and half Pinay dream differently too. She/he dreams of Heart Evangelista (in an x-rated way?) Blush, blush!!!

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Goodtimes!!

september 23 show

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The Twilight Saga

The Twister and Grace Lee are now reading the Twilight saga by Stephanie Meyer, and reviews have been mixed about this book, ranging from 'sophomoric' to 'sappy' and 'unsophisticated'. The US School Library Journal recommends this book reading to Grade 9 students!

"Headstrong, sun-loving, 17-year-old Bella declines her mom's invitation to move to Florida, and instead reluctantly opts to move to her dad's cabin in the dreary, rainy town of Forks, WA. She becomes intrigued with Edward Cullen, a distant, stylish, and disarmingly handsome senior, who is also a vampire. When he reveals that his specific clan hunts wildlife instead of humans, Bella deduces that she is safe from his blood-sucking instincts and therefore free to fall hopelessly in love with him.

The feeling is mutual, and the resulting volatile romance smolders as they attempt to hide Edward's identity from her family and the rest of the school. Meyer adds an eerie new twist to the mismatched, star-crossed lovers theme: predator falls for prey, human falls for vampire. This tension strips away any pretense readers may have about the everyday teen romance novel, and kissing, touching, and talking take on an entirely new meaning when one small mistake could be life-threatening. Bella and Edward's struggle to make their relationship work becomes a struggle for survival, especially when vampires from an outside clan infiltrate the Cullen territory and head straight for her.

As a result, the novel's danger-factor skyrockets as the excitement of secret love and hushed affection morphs into a terrifying race to stay alive. Realistic, subtle, succinct, and easy to follow, Twilight will have readers dying to sink their teeth into it.–Hillias J. Martin, New York Public Library"

What romance! Grace Lee imagines Edward Cullen as this utterly divine being, and as a result will not watch the movie, due out in November 2008,because the actor who will portray Cullen (Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter) is not as perfect as the character portrayed in the book. No movie really justifies the movie based on it. Can you name one?

The Office

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Sorry Mohan. This is not the 2008 winner of the Best Comedy series. This is a file taken in 2006 when The Office won the Emmys for Best COmedy.

30 Rock with Alec Baldwin and Tina Fey dominated the winners for Comedy this season.

The Office with Steve Carrell didn't win anything, which is bad considering that this is Mo's favorite show.

House and Ugly Betty, some of the Twister's favorite shows, didn't win any awards too.

Atrocious Listener

I was quite dumbfounded by this lady listener (ironically named Grace) who took offense when Grace Lee mouths off these words -"we Filipinos", when it is clear that she had no drop of Filipino blood in her veins.

What a fool! Although legally, one becomes Filipino by blood, it doesn't necessarily mean you become Pinoy because you carry the DNA of your parents through your bloodstream. Grace Lee is 'Pusong Pinoy' - she thinks,feels,eats,talks like a Pinoy. Pinoy ka nga pero tinatakwil mo ang mga kababayan mo kapag nasa ibang bansa ka. Pwe!
Grace Lee recounted that when two menfolk from HongKong denigrated some Pinoys, she defended our countrywomen by approaching the two a**h**es, and saying that they they had no right insulting our women. Good for her! Grace Lee is my type of Pinay. Mahinhin, pero matapang. Maawain, matulungin, magalang sa mga magulang. Mapagkumbaba. Madasalin, napakabait. Idol!!!

Adidas Philippine Jacket

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The Twister mentioned that Adidas does not carry this jacket with a Philippine flag because of our laws about wearing the flag on any kind of clothing.No wonder people drool over this jacket. I don't care about our half-ass laws. The jacket with the Philippine flag is gorgeous, and this can be worn by every Filipino, and look so hot!!

Our laws should concentrate on penalizing crooks and not punishing wearing these cool, cool items.

marimar auditions

It's quite ribtickling how the Twister has a funny bone all over his body. Trust him to find the funniest videos ever. Here's an audition of different GMA7 stars for the title role of Marimar. Click on this link at you tube to watch it.Find out why Marian Rivera got the role as Marimar. A 59 second clip of Marian in a two piece bikini for her audition is seen below (also taken from youtube).

KC wins vs Angelica Panganiban

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During the last hour, the hottest celebrity showdown between ABSCBN hot beauties KC Concepcion and Angelica Panganiban went underway. I thought at first that Angelica Panganiban was going to win hands down until a caller said that KC is hotter because even if you dress her in the most ordinary clothes, she's still very beautiful (as you can see from the picture above, she was surrounded by indigent kids and she looks extraordinary!) Whereas, dress up Angelica in the same outfit and I don't think you'd even notice her unless she's posed half naked in the front cover of a magazine.

Mojo recalled driving and seeing a glimpse of a girl with a very nice smile and his companion in the car said it's KC. Remembering KC in that one accidental encounter after all these years is star power indeed!!

Gays after 30

As a keen observer of humnanity, the Twister really nailed an insight I've also had since time immemorial - why is it that the Mo's (homo's) after turning 30 years old seem such an unsightly sight?

Mo asked Mojo to be quite honest and answer this question - when was his heyday as a gay guy? And Mojo said that he remembered being young and gay, and tabs for drinks were paid by other gay dudes by the truckload. Now it's the other way around.

Mojo poignantly told the listeners to enjoy their youth, because (as a gay guy) an old crotchety homosexual is as attractive as a mouse squashed by the road at midnight (especially in Manila). Terribly unsightly!

Whereas, a man gets more attractive as he ages.

Weekend Reflection

It's funny how Goodtimes at Magic 899 has affected a lot of people for good or ill. In my case, the usual topic of discussion over at the dinner table is what the radio hosts talked about that day. It's interesting how the Twister especially throws a provocative topic, and the listeners run away and chew on that topic like hungry dogs. Usually, I find myself agreeing with Mo Twister, he has a sensible head on his shoulders and his opinions are worth their weight in gold.

A lot of people missed the Mohan's presence and the topic inevitably creeps up to a critique of the show.

Dislikes :
-"We hear the same music again and again, it's sickening."
-"We hear the same advertisements again and again, it's sickening."
-"Music is played sparingly (that's pure torture especially since it's the same music)"
-The hosts are notoriously tardy, making us listeners feel disrespected.

Likes:
-We don't hear birthday greetings, or dedications to family members (yehey!!!) or officemates,etc..
-The topics are very interesting (especially when Mo Twister is present)
-Mo Twister, Mojo and Grace Lee serves as a moral (immoral) compass to our inner lives.
-We start the day with a smile hearing the three of them.

Zzzzzz....

The Twister wasn't around today the second time in a row. He was still in Hong Kong interviewing John Legend.

Mojo and Grace Lee carried on with panache and zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz and holy moly . . did time fly by!

Sorry I fell asleep and didn't document what they talked about.

Sorry. Till next Monday then. Good Timea !!!!!