Never Change

Yesterday there was a forum of presidential candidates in Cebu:

"Estrada used up 1 minute and 30 seconds greeting the organizers and the sponsors. By the time he got around to answering the question, 'Why should Cebuanos vote for you,' he had only 9 seconds left."

In 1998, dumbstruck by pre-election surveys, I thought: Go ahead guys, vote for him and see what happens, then maybe you'll finally learn something.

Never change, Philippines. Never change...

More New Shoes

I got new shoes today. And now I'm showing them off to you.


Made of genuine basset hound.

Hurrah!

Gibo Campaign Follows Obama's Lead

Looks like someone in the Gibo Teodoro campaign has been finding inspiration in Barack Obama's 2008 presidential run.

I saw this Teodoro ad on TV a few days ago (see it on YouTube) and recognized the font as the Obama campaign's signature Gotham:


It's also the font used on the splash page of his official website, so it seems they at least have someone looking out for brand consistency.

And on Facebook, the primary picture on Teodoro's page echos the iconic Obama "Hope" poster by Shepard Fairey:


Actually it's more of a pale shadow of the Hope poster. They need to get some real graphic artist to fix that thing up.