REMEMBERING 2013 - Part Six

Hello, and welcome to the sixth part of my year-ender called Remembering 2013. I'll be randomly listing stuff that came throughout 2013. From good things, bad things, best things, worst things, whatever you name it, that year-ender list is on me. It's on my head so let's get cracking!

The Pork Barrel scandal

The name Janet Lim-Napoles will be remembered forever as the idiot responsible for the controversial Pork Barrel scandal. She once established a fake NGO under the JLN Group of Companies in order to suck billions of government funds. This rogue businesswoman, who was detained at the Fort Santo Domingo for the alleged illegal detention of whistleblower Benhur Luy, her assistant, supposedly connived with other members of the Congress to defraud the public using the pork barrel. Just before the year ends, there are key reminders to remember:

1) Lawmakers will abolish the PDAF, saying it's unconstitutional.

2) Senators Juan Ponce Enrile, Jinggoy Estrada and Ramon Revilla Jr. were charged with plunder

3) The Million People March at the Luneta Park to protest against the PDAF

4) JLN surrendered to the government

5) The Disbursement Acceleration Program

Phineas and Ferb's Musical Cliptastic Countdown Hosted By Kelly Osbourne

When the summer of 2013 began, Phineas & Ferb fans took part of the special Musical Cliptastic Countdown where they will vote for the best P&F song and late June 2013, the special episode was televised, revealing the top 10 Phineas and Ferb songs.

The winner as voted by you, me, and all the other Phineas and Ferb fans...the greatest Phineas and Ferb song (at this moment in time) is EVERYTHING'S BETTER WITH PERRY!

All the hugs!

BUBBLE GANG 18th ANNIVERSARY

Bubble Gang 18

Bubble Gang, the longest-running gag show that is became a benchmark for every Filipinos worldwide that every Friday night is Bubble Gang night, is now on its 18th anniversary! Yes, it's the show's 18th year and not to worry...while the show's got more matured, the laughs don't get matured because it's always stay the same and should be.

The Chevy Cruze kickflip on Top Gear Korea

There was an episode from Top Gear Korea Season 5 where presenter Kim Jin-Pyo attempts to do a kickflip in a Chevrolet Cruze in front of a live audience! It took several hours to get this one right but for the folks at Top Gear Korea, it was worth the struggle because one fatal mistake will cost them all.

 

Here comes the epic moment to remember...

 

Dark days of Australian car manufacturing

FPV GT

Ford and General Motors' Australian operations are in deep impact because of the current economic climate in the Land Down Under and this is going to be one of the darkest days in Australian automotive history. First off, it's Ford Australia, where in the year 2016, Australian car manufacturing will end as well as their Australian-born Fords such as the Falcon and the Territory. If that wasn't enough, Ford will kill off their high-performance FPV line.

2014 Holden VF Commodore

Not only Ford will have its Australian production cease but Holden said that they will cease their Australian production by the year 2017 as well as production of the Commodore. Holden recently launched the latest VF Commodore earlier this year as well as its HSV counterpart, along with the latest HSV Gen-F GTS, which is powered by the same engine from the Camaro ZL1, making it the most powerful production car in Australia.

BBC axed The Hour

The Hour

After two seasons, the newsroom drama, The Hour, is officially cancelled by the BBC. This show was well known to be the British take of Mad Men but it's different. The Hour is a newsroom drama starring Dominic West and Ben Whishaw. It's set in the 1950's depicting fictional BBC journalists at the old Lime Grove studios in London.

The bad side of Miley Cyrus

Miley Cyrus used to be a kids favorite ever since she showed up in the TV comedy Hannah Montana, but now, Miley's changed. The Miley Cyrus as we know it is gone and she's now as bewildering as...well, former teen stars. She once do the "twerking" at the music awards, and the most infamous of all...the song WRECKING BALL. Particularly, it was the music video of her song WRECKING BALL that got us noticed because in the music video, Miley Cyrus is nude. Ouch...

This year is proven to be the worst for Miley Cyrus but in a Braniac kind of way because we all love the Wrecking Ball gig. We all make jokes about it and we all enjoy this song so much, it makes us want to come in...like a WRECKING BALL.

Teen Beach Movie

Raura shippers aren't pleased by this but this Disney Channel Original Movie really brings the fun in our summer vacation ever since this DCOM showed up on Disney Channel since July 2013. It stars Austin and Ally's Ross Lynch as Cody and the newcomer Aussie teen Maia Mitchell as Mackenzie. In the movie, Cody and Mackenzie got wiped out to some sort of a beach musical regarding bikers vs. surfers. 

The friendly elevator lady from SM Olongapo

There was a viral video regarding an elevator lady from SM Olongapo happily entertaining the visitors. Her name is Cheridel Alejandro and this elevator lady from the viral video inspired many viewers and drawn positive comments since its upload. Hopefully, this elevator lady will serve as a very good example to us.

The kuya from the McDonalds Philippines commercial

Now here's this person you are familiar of. It's that "kuya" from the McDonalds Philippines commercial. We weren't sure who is that kid but as revealed from an episode of Kapuso Mo Jessica Soho, this kid from the commercial is named Paolo Pingol, a 21-year-old male who was born with a Down Syndrome, a syndrome where a person has too much chromosomes. 

Despite his sickness, Paolo's still got it in the commercial because his attitude was...just right, perhaps no wonder the shooting for the commercial ended with no hassles.  Paolo's currently in Kinder 2, although he has a little difficulty with his handwriting and reading. He even has a tutor teaching him how to do some household chores.

Wow. Do I really look like that guy from the McDonald's commercial?

Tom Clancy's passing

It's a sad farewell to one of the most respectable names in the entertainment world as Tom Clancy, the master behind military and espionage thrillers that has most readers and gamers fond of, died in the age of 66. Clancy is well known for his spy novels, the Jack Ryan stories from Patriot Games to The Sum of All Fears, and video games we know such as Splinter Cell, Rainbow Six, Ghost Recon, and others. The recent Tom Clancy game released so far was Splinter Cell Blacklist while his 17th novel, Command Authority, is out now. There's going to be tons of Tom Clancy-related stuff coming next year such as a movie titled Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, and a new game titled The Division.

 “Boy Whitney” Manlangit is PGT4 Winner

“Boy Whitney” Manlangit, who was noticeable for singing  a Whitney Houston song in YouTube hailed as Pilipinas Got Talent Season 4's Grand Winner, eclipsing the likes of dancer Frankendal Fabroa, D’ Intensity Breakers, Zilent Overload, and drift team Lateral Drift Productions with just 30% of the vote.

Having won the 2 Million Peso grand prize, Roel  “Boy Whitney” Manlangit is joining the ranks of other PGT winners from the past seasons like Jovit Baldovino of Season 1, Marcelino Pomoy of Season 2 and the Maasinhon Trio of Season 3.

THERE'S MORE TO COME IN THE FINAL PART OF MY YEAR-ENDER TOMORROW! UNTIL THEN, HAPPY 2014!