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Thursday, April 26, 2007

Philippine TV Ratings April 24, 2007

TV RATINGS - 4/24/2007

From PEX

Research by Jun Jun aska26ph2001@...
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Posted by kpamilya4lyf

AGB OVERNIGHT RATINGS(mega manila)April 24, 2007 TUESDAY

13.2 SIS
07.9 homeboy

11.7 MY STRANGE FAMILY
17.7 pgknb

20.2 EAT BULAGA
23.5 wowowee

19.9 DAISY SIETE
12.4 inocente de ti

15.3 MULI
13.5 PRINCESS CHARMING
10.7 kapamilya cinema

11.4 LOVE TRULY
09.4 pangako sa 'yo

16.4 MANGASERIES
11.3 hiram na mukha

26.4 24 ORAS
21.5 tv patrol world

34.6 ASIAN TREASURES
34.6 SUPER TWINS
35.0 LUPIN
25.9 JU MONG
19.2 BAHAY MO BA TO

21.8 maria flor de lun
21.8 rounin
24.7 walang kapalit
24.0 maging sino ka man
25.6 pinoy big brother
10.5 bandila

Piercings ... from YOUNGBLOOD of INQUIRER.net

YOUNGBLOOD
Piercings
By Jonnah Jill R. Piad
Inquirer
Last updated 01:45am (Mla time) 04/26/2007

MANILA, Philippines -- I love piercings -- anything except a nose ring.

I'm often asked about my ear piercings. I got 11 right now: six on my right ear, five on my left. I have been called "astig," "punk," "cool," "weird," "hard core," "gothic," etc. because of my piercings. Well, I really don't give a damn. This is me, so love me or hate me.

To others, they may look like ordinary piercings. But to me, they're not just ornaments, they're a part of who I am. They speak so much about what I've gone through in life. Without them, a part of who and what I am today will be taken away.

I only got three piercings when I was in college: the usual one on each ear, plus another in the uppermost part of my right ear, which really hurt, by the way. It got infected, so I had to remove my earring after awhile.

My love for piercings began after I finished college. A few months after graduation, I had my hair dyed light brown. It was a drastic change since I had always been known for my long, straight, silky, black hair. After that, I got two more piercings just above the usual place where earrings are placed.

Then came job hunting. When I trained as a customer service representative for an American call center company, I was chosen as one of the batch leaders. That meant responsibility on my part, in addition to lots of things to memorize, quizzes, etc.

I was also enrolled in a driving school at the same time. My schedule required me to head straight for my driving lessons after the training sessions. It was so hard to concentrate on driving when I had so many things to do when I got home (I also happen to be the treasurer in our house, so I handle money matters, jeez!). Training and driving lessons added up to hell.

To release the tension, I decided to go to a mall and have myself pierced. I got two more ear piercings and it seemed to me that the physical pain eased the pressure off my mind. It sure did hurt a bit but it was worth it. (That's my own opinion, so don't give me a violent reaction, silly!)

From then on, piercings have become my outlet for anger, pressure, angst, etc. They mark the twists and turns my life has taken. Without any of my earrings on, I feel indifferent. It's as if something is missing.

Let me share a story about my ex-bf and me. He's four years younger. In 2003, he was still a university student while I was already working. We fought a lot about his drinking. I mean, I didn't mind his going out with his beer buddies, but I wanted him to give his studies a greater priority than anything or anyone else.

One day, I got tired of his childish acts, and the rebel in me wanted to spite him. So off I went to a mall to have the uppermost part of both of my ears pierced. Boy, did it hurt! I had to sleep with a ponytail so that no stray hair would touch the sides of my ears. It was torture! For about a week or two, I couldn't sleep on my side.

I also had a Chinese character henna-tattooed on my left hand. In short, I did all the things he didn't approve of. I knew then that things were not going to work out between us.

True enough, we broke up after a few months. And I found myself being pierced again. I could endure any physical pain but the emotional pain was killing me. I didn't mind being pierced over and over again to take away my attention from the pain that was piercing my heart.

My ears have been pierced probably 15 more times. Does that make me a masochist? I don't care! To each his own.

Me and my piercings -- that is me. Welcome to my world!

P.S. I can't pierce myself. It scares the hell out of me.

Jonnah Jill R. Piad, 28, is an ESL teacher in a university, and would love to have a tongue and/or a navel ring, too.

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

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Philippine TV Ratings April 21-23, 2007

April 21, 2007

TV RATINGS - 4/21/2007

From PEX

Research by Jun Jun aska26ph2001@...
http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/ABS-CBNKapamilyaPEXers2
Posted by STAR PATROL

MEGA MANILA TV RATINGS
Saturday, April 21 2007

Pilipinas, Game knb? 14.2%
Takeshi's Castle 15.0%

Wowowee 22.4%
Eat Bulaga 23.3%

Nagmamahal, Kapamilya (The Normini Wajab Story 2) 12.6%
Let's Go! 9.0%
Star Magic Presents: Abt Ur Luv 9.4%
Startalk 13.3%

Little Big Superstar 9.1%
Wish Ko Lang 12.7%

TV Patrol Sabado14.1%
Bitoy's Funniest Videos 16.3%

Komiks Presents: Da Adventures of Pedro Penduko 17.6%
Fantastic Man 23.6%

John En Shirley 17.7%
Pinoy Pop Superstar 21.0%

XXX 22.4%
Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho 30.9%

Pinoy Big Brother Season 2: The Great Big Brother Swap 24.8%
Imbestigador 25.9%

Aalog-alog 13.0%
HP: Ibang Level na! 17.9%

April 22, 2007
TV RATINGS - 4/22/2007

From PEX

Research by Jun Jun aska26ph2001@...
http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/ABS-CBNKapamilyaPEXers2
Posted by STAR PATROL

MEGA MANILA TV RATINGS
Sunday, April 22 2007

Something About 1% 7.9%
Takeshi's Castle 13.1%

ASAP '07 13.2%
SOP 13.6%

Your Song Now Playing: Cool-off 10.6%
Love Spell Presents: Barbi-Cute (Finale) 11.4%
Magic Kamison 10.1%

The Buzz 11.1%
S Files 10.5%

TV PatrolLinggo 13.0%
Mga Kwento ni Lola Basyang 17.3%

Goin' Bulilit Corregidor Special 18.4%
Philippine Agenda 18.7%

Rated K 19.4%
Mel & Joey 19.1%

Sharon 14.6%
All-Star K! 17.7%

Pinoy Big Brother Season 2: The Great Big Brother Swap 2 21.2%
Daddy Di Do Du 14.7%

Sunday's Best 8.0%
Sunday Night Box Office 13.7%

April 23, 2007
TV RATINGS - 4/23/2007

From PEX

Research by Jun Jun aska26ph2001@...
http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/ABS-CBNKapamilyaPEXers2
Posted by STAR PATROL

Primetime TV Ratings
Monday - April 23, 2007

Mangaserye Presents: Hana Yori Dango 16.7
Sineserye Presents: Hiram na Mukha 12.4

24 Oras 26.7
TV Patrol World 22.8

Asian Treasures 34.1
Maria Flordeluna 22.6

Super Twins! 30.1
Rounin 20.8

Lupin 32.5
Walang Kapalit 25.7

Jumong 25.1
Maging Sino Ka Man 24.7

Pinoy Big Brother Season 2 21.4
Who's Your Daddy Now? 16.7
Bandila 7.6

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Philippine TV Ratings April 20, 2007

SiS 13.7 vs. Homeboy 10.7;

My Strange Family 15.9 vs.
Game Ka Na Ba 18.1;

Eat Bulaga 20.6 vs. Wowowee
21.4;

Daisy Siete 17.6 vs.
Inocente De Ti 15.4;

Muli 14 at Princess
Charming 16 vs. Kapamilya Cinema 9.1;

Gokusen 19.2 vs. Sineserye
13.5;

24 Oras 25.8 vs. TV Patrol
World 21.1;

Asian Treasures 32.1 vs.
Maria Flordeluna 20.8 at Rounin 24.3;

Lupin 29.5 vs. Maging Sino
Ka Man 28.1;

Jumong 24.2 vs. Maalala Mo
Kaya 23.5;

Bubble Gang 16.6 vs. Pinoy
Big Brother 18 at Bandila 8.6.

The missing piece ... from YOUNGBLOOD of INQUIRER.net

YOUNG BLOOD
The missing piece
By Bendita Bendita
Inquirer
Last updated 01:28am (Mla time) 04/24/2007

This article is for me and the likes of me. No, I'm not one of those poor suckers who are eager to stand out in a crowd. Neither am I KSP ("kulang sa pansin" -- in need of attention). Let's just say I'm someone who has no use for conformity. I don't like feminine clothes, and I hate make-up (and it is not just because I'm allergic to it). Unlike most other students, I usually study three or two hours before my exams. And not surprisingly, I end up with a grade of either 2.75 or 3 (where the highest is 1) -- but who cares, anyway?

In high school, I used to cheat for the heck of it. Mind you, I knew that most of my classmates' answers were wrong, but I still copied them just for the thrill of getting caught.

When I get bored in my History class, I take a stroll around the campus or eat some food. A few minutes later, I would return to the classroom and act as if I had done nothing out of the ordinary.

My friends think I am the ultimate pain in the ass. But then I experience something close to Nirvana when I act like a rebel. It's a high that only the rule-breakers and the renegades are able to feel. And few people have the courage to utilize their freedom and express their individuality. People always tend to hold back their thoughts and control their actions, fearing that a highly critical society might swallow them alive.

At some point in our lives, we all try very hard to fit in. Maybe because it has dawned upon us that suppressing our uniqueness is much more comfortable than being alone. The need to belong is so strong that we are willing to do anything to experience the comfort it brings. I guess that goes also for teenage life.

I suffered a lot for that exact reason before. Until one day, I woke up and realized with startling clarity that I shouldn't really give a damn about other people's opinion, that what truly matters is how I value myself or if I value myself at all.

Since I was a kid, I have always been insecure. I am thin and dark, with hair like that of a corn, unlike my cousins. The depressing part about going out with them is that others tend to compare us, and it's usually me who gets the short end of it.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not jealous or bitter. I know for a fact that they love me and I love them. However, the insults and derogatory comments of other people have done great damage to my fragile ego. I grew up thinking that I was a born loser and that I could never make it big.

The fear of failure was tattooed in my mind early on so that joining competitions became a no-no for me. I hated being rejected so much that I tried desperately to avoid opportunities for rejection. My motto then was: There's no harm in trying, but there's trauma in failing. I was the embodiment of pessimism.

However, my favorite teacher showed me that if there is no action, there will also be no progress in my life. Either I wade in and risk everything to play the game or I don't play at all. And if I don't play, I can never win. She gave me back confidence in myself.

But even though my outlook on life was changing, I still felt alone in the world. There were days when I would find myself sitting on the seashore in Miag-ao, wondering, as the cool breeze of the sea caressed my face, what was the missing piece in my life. It's frustrating to know in your subconscious mind that you can never be truly happy unless you find the reason behind the emptiness in your soul and the hunger in your spirit. It's hard, really hard, to be aware that there's something wrong and not be able to know what it is. It's like groping in total darkness without a candle in hand.

The sudden attacks of loneliness almost devastated me, but I kept praying to God for support.

College life has taught me many lessons. I have matured immensely in a matter of months. I have met people who are like me in some ways: There's RC, who feels insecure because she is rather, what's the word, ah, healthy. Rej is absolutely beautiful but thinks she's just a shadow of her sister and mother. Kim believes she has way too many imperfections. Azin wants to be someone he can never be. And Sarah is in love with the wrong guy.

When I look into their eyes, I see a part of myself in them. It's as if there's a magical rope that binds us together. It could be our vulnerability, our strength or anything, but all I know is that I have a deep connection with these people. It makes me wonder if they too are searching for the same kind of fulfillment I'm talking about. Did God allow our paths to cross because He wants us to influence each other's lives?

There was a time when I thought that I needed someone to love, and that was the time when he came along. He was the only guy who was not intimidated by my personality. He saw beyond the rock star clothes and the "maldita" [naughty girl] image. Our love was tangible enough to cut with a knife. There were no commitments made, no spoken promises about living happily ever after, just our overwhelming emotions shared in mutual silence.

We were never a couple officially because we both believed that to make it formal would just ruin the whole thing. We rather liked the idea of keeping our perfect relationship burning in our soul.

Then we decided to go our separate ways and live our lives to the fullest. But even if we are not together physically, our souls remain entwined. He left an important part of him in me and I in him.

Well, this is the point where my article ends. My mind is running out of things to tell and all I can think of now is listening to Big Mountain's "Caribbean Blue." People may not understand why I'm like this. All I can tell them is that they need not trouble themselves because I don't know why, too.

Deep down inside, I think my parents are disappointed with me since I did not grow up the way they expected me to. But I know they'll love and support me all the way. I may act as if I'm happy-go-lucky, but I also have set big goals for myself and achieving them is something that I take quite seriously.

In the meantime I want to enjoy my youth. These are the years of my life that will mold me into a responsible adult. I need to make mistakes and bruise my knees from time to time. Learning is best done the hard way.

(By the way, be careful with your knees. You don't want to have so many scars on them.)

April Grace Bendita, 16, is a BA Broad Communication freshman at the University of the Philippines, Visayas, in Miag-ao, Iloilo.

Monday, April 23, 2007

TV RATINGS - ABS CBN Nation Wide Leadership

TV RATINGS - ABS CBN Nation Wide Leadership

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Studies confirm ABS-CBN's nationwide leadership
Manila Bulletin

The March 4 to 31, 2007 nationwide TV ratings data from AGB-NMR
National Urban TV Audience

Measurement (NUTAM) declared that ABS-CBN is the leading TV station
nationwide. Registering

an overall share of 47% vs. competition's 35%, ABS-CBN is very
comfortably ahead of GMA-7

by 12 rating points.

The NUTAM confirmed that seventeen (17) programs in the top twenty
(20) ranking of programs

being watched in the country are from ABS-CBN, demonstrating the
network's superiority in

various program categories. The evening primetime is dominated by
"Sana Maulit Muli"

(36.1%), "Maging Sino Ka Man" (33.87%) and "Flordeluna." (29.7), while
the early evening

newscast is led by "TV Patrol World" (31.7%). The leader in the true
story/drama anthology

genre is "Maalaala Mo Kaya" (25.3%), while the evening reality class
is ruled by "Pinoy Big

Brother Season 2" (24 %) and the late night news is controlled by
"Bandila" (8.1%)

Other category leaders are: "Komiks" (29.9%), fantasy series; "John En
Shirley" (26.9%) and

"Goin' Bulilit"(25.6%), Comedy; "Sharon" (23.1%), talk show; "XXX
Exklusibong,"

"Explosibong Expose" (28.8%) and "Rated K Handa Na Ba Kayo?" (28.2%),
current affairs. For

weekday daytime, "Wowowee" (27.3%) leads the noontime/game/variety;
"Home Boy" (14%), talk.

The weekend daytime has Love Spell (18.2%) leading in the fantasy
series, "ASAP 07" (20.3%)

in musical variety and "The Buzz" (17.4%) in show business talk.

On the other hand, the Neilsen Media Research Nationwide Media
Landscape Study in November

2006, confirmed ABS-CBN's national leadership with 91% nationwide
regularly watching

ABS-CBN. In terms of preference, the study corroborates that the
station is the favorite

station nationwide at 62%. As a primary source of information ABS-CBN
is the most sought

after nationally (77%), and its News and Current Affairs group as the
most trusted (66%) as

well.

The Nielsen TV Diary (March 2007) and PSRC's Day After Recall (4th
quarter, 2006) also

supported ABS-CBN's national leadership claim as the studies disclosed
that ABS-CBN leads

the way in channel shares across all 13 non-metered regional TV areas
nationwide. The

various nationwide studies showed that ABS-CBN has indeed corned
audience viewership in the

country.

"The marked leadership has prompted ABS-CBN to increase advertising
rates by 15%," ABS-CBN

CFO Mike Navarette said. `The 5 to 7% figure quoted in an earlier
interview of me actually

referred to an estimate of the 2007 impact of the price adjustment to
the company's total

revenues, inclusive of non-airtime revenues," Navarette explained, and
quickly extended

apology on behalf of the network for the mistaken information
published in media.