Monthly Archives: March 2015

Human Interest

OVER OR UNDER: FINALLY, AN END TO THE BATHROOM TISSUE DEBATE

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imageSAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles) – It is a never-ending debate that has resulted in family feuds, lost friendships and even violent confrontatons. Is it ‘over’ or ‘under?’

We are, of course referring to the great debate whether bathroom tissue should dangle from the holder forward or backward, whether the loose end of the tissue should be in front or in the back.

In order to put an end to this debate, The Adobo Chronicles surveyed our viewers and followers to give us their opinion on the correct way to dangle bathroom tissue. We received millions of responses and our tabulation seems to be almost equal.

Until we received this one response from our viewer in Baguio City, Philippines. It is neither here nor there. All the responses we got were correct, depending on particular circumstances.

OVER: If your bathroom tissue has a printed or floral design.

UNDER: If you have a house cat.

DEBATE RESOLVED! image

Government, International, Law Enforcement, Music, Travel

PHILIPPINES’ BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION IMPOSES MARIJUANA BOND ON VISITING ONE DIRECTION BAND

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One Direction Band (Photo: band's Instagram page)
One Direction Band (Photo: band’s Instagram page)

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – The Philippines’ Bureau of Immigration is requiring two members of the English-Irish band One Direction to post cash bonds of 200,000 pesos ($5,000 ) each, to be forfeited if they are caught using or promoting illegal drugs while in Manila for their concert this weekend.

Immigration spokeswoman Elaine Tan said Thursday that Immigration Commissioner Siegfred Mison required Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson to post the bond through their concert producer for their special work permits. The five-member band performs on March 21 and 22 at the Mall of Asia.

The Anti-Drugs Advocate group has called on the bureau to strictly scrutinize the band members’ permits following a video that circulated on the Internet of Malik and Tomlinson purportedly smoking marijuana.

When reached by The Adobo Chronicles for comment at London’s Heathrow Airport just before their flight to Manila, Malik and Tomlinson said “$5,000 is nothing compared to what we’re getting paid for our concert appearance, so it’s no big deal. It’s just a chunk of change.”

Tomlinson also assured their Filipino fans that they will not violate any ant-marijuana laws while in the Philippines. “We will not be smoking MJ before, during or after our concert. We will just bring enough supply of brownies to snack on. That way we will not get in trouble with the law for smoking MJ.”

The ‘brownies’ Tomlinson was referring to are the marijuana brownies — chocolate-flavored cookies infused with marijuana that are sold at Cannabis stores in the U.S. and Europe. There are no existing laws in the Philippines banning the eating of marijuana.

 

Film and TV, Human Interest

KRIS AQUINO TO MISS PHILIPPINES-UNIVERSE PIA WURTZBACH: ‘I PROMISE TO BE A GOOD SISTER-IN-LAW’

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Wurtzbach, left, with TV show hosts Boy Abunda and Kris Aquino
Wurtzbach with TV show hosts Boy Abunda and Kris Aquino

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) –  Filipinos love their beauty queens, second only to their champion boxers.

Philippines President NoyNoy Aquino seems to have found the perfect strategy to recover from his sagging popularity and regain the love of  his countrymen: by dating a beauty queen.

While  Aquino has not confirmed the rumored romance with newly-crowned Miss Philippines- Universe Pia Wurtzbach, his sister, TV host Kris opened her big mouth yet again on live television and asked the beauty queen if she was dating her brother, the president.

A week before the Miss Philippines coronation night last Sunday, rumors surfaced that Wurtzbach and Aquino were spotted having dinner together at a Quezon City restaurant.

During a live interview on Aquino & Abunda Tonight, Wurtzbach admitted to Kris that she and Aquino have communication and described him as “very fun to talk to.” (Was that a ‘no, we’re not dating?’)

Kris then asked Wurtzbach to ” make her brother happy  because he needs it,”  and promised to be a good sister-in-law to Pia.

President Aquino goes on record as the only bachelor sitting president of the Philippines, but his sister might just spoil that record by  trying to ‘pimp’ her brother.

President Aquino has made headlines time and again for his love life, which often unfold to be short-lived romances with local celebrities.