MISS JAPAN LEADS THE BETTING ODDS IN LAS VEGAS TO WIN THE MISS UNIVERSE TITLE

Miss Japan Universe Ariana Miyamoto

LAS VEGAS, Nevada (The Adobo Chronicles) – The Miss Universe Pageant is not just a competition to select the most beautiful woman in the universe.  It is also the most sought-after venue for gamblers to bet on their choice of winner  for the pageant in the hopes of reaping multiple returns for their ‘investment.’

Miss Japan, Ariana Miyamoto, has been making headlines for being the first bi-racial contestant to win the crown in her country and securing the opportunity to represent Japan in the prestigious Miss Universe pageant.

Despite the mixed reaction about her winning the title from within and outside Japan, Miyamoto is leading the odds to be the next Miss Universe among the bettors and gamblers in Las Vegas.

The betting odds are making many countries really nervous about their candidates  — including countries that are considered to be perennial frontrunners in the annual contest, like Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela and the Philippines.

Many other countries who have yet to choose their representative to the next Miss Universe Pageant are seriously considering sending a candidate who is bi-racial in order to be more competitive.

After all, the standard of  beauty is subjective. And mixed.

 

 

DESPERATE TO KEEP UP WITH COMPETITION FROM JOLLIBEE, MCDONALD’S GIVES AWAY FREE MCMUFFINS IN THE PHILIPPINES

imageMANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) –  The towering McDonald’s marquee (see photo)  says it all: it is the world’s No. 1 fast food chain except in the Philippines where it can’t beat the “fat, stupid happy bee.”

That stupid bee, of course, is Jollibee, a Filipino-owned fast food chain that has tremendously cut into McDonald’s customer base in the Philippines.

Apparently, Filipinos prefer hamburger steak with rice over the quarter pounder, and chicken joy over chicken McNuggets. Not to mention the sweet spaghetti and Jollibee’s breakfast platters of garlic fried rice with cured pork, sweet sausage or milkfish belly.

Desperate about the stiff competition, McDonald’s has leased several expressway tollbooths north and south of the capital not only to pay for drivers’ toll fees, but also hand them free McMuffins. Capture

Upon learning of the new McDonald’s marketing strategy, many Filipinos who usually take public transportation to and from work or school, are now opting to drive their own cars, or borrow their cousin’s or neighbor’s cars, just to get in on the free McDonald’s breakfast.

The only downside to  the McDonald’s promo: you have to bring your own coffee.

FORGET DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME, WISCONSIN REPUBLICANS PROPOSE WEEKEND SAVING TIME!

Grothman (Photo: HuffPost)
Grothman (Photo: HuffPost)

MADISON, Wisconsin (The Adobo Chronicles) – Forget about Daylight Saving Time. The debate about whether Americans should wake up one hour early or one hour later was so yesterday! If the Republicans have their way, they’d rather implement ‘Weekend Saving Time.’ Or WST.

Say what?

It means your entire weekend will disappear.

Wisconsin state Sen. Glenn Grothman (R) wants to roll back one of the state’s progressive labor laws, arguing that workers should be allowed to work without a day off if they so choose.

“Right now in Wisconsin, you’re not supposed to work seven days in a row, which is a little ridiculous because all sorts of people want to work seven days a week,” he told The Huffington Post in an interview.

Wisconsin is one of the few states in the nation where businesses “must provide employees with at least one period consisting of 24 consecutive hours of rest in each calendar week.” This doesn’t mean that workers get to take off once every seven days; an employee could work for up to 12 consecutive days “if the days of rest fall on the first and last days of the 2 week period.”

Grothman said he finds this law “a little goofy,” and he argued that rolling it back is a matter of “freedom.”

He’s proposing legislation that “would allow an employee to voluntarily choose to work without one day of rest in seven,” according to an email sent by his office to other state lawmakers on Friday. State Rep. Mark Born (R) is leading the legislation in the state Assembly.

Newly-declared presidential candidate Senator Ted Cruz (R, Texas) actually likes the idea. Very much.

So there you have it, be prepared to roll back your weekend. Or roll it forward? Nah. How about give it up forever?