Why I watch Corona Impeachment Trial–Reason 1

My work hours permit me to watch the on going impeachment trial scheduled every Monday to Thursday, 2 pm onwards. As the trial is coming to its conclusion, I’d like to share with everyone one reason why I watch this trial: It is Educational

Majority of those who watch this trial are non lawyers, which makes this televised proceedings quite interesting to those, such as me, who is quite curious as to what happens inside a court. Regardless of whether this is what happens in reality, or this may just be a special case of courtroom drama, one would still learn some things from this “show”.

Below are a few of the youtube videos that I found, that gives us a few bits and pieces of why there is still something we can get out of this trial.

1. What is the definition of a witness?

- A person who perceives (via 5 senses) and have to be personally be present at the scene of the crime

- Listen until 0:50 to get Senator Santiago’s explanation / definition.

Watch: 0:00–0:50

2. Impeachment is neither politcal and neither judicial in nature.

Impeachment is quasi politcal and quasi judicial. Quasi means – almost, but not exactly

Senator Santiago: “Thus rules of court do not apply totally to this proceedings, but lie to the discretions of this court.”

Watch: 0:20–1:07

3. The presenting lawyer of a witness must be bound by the admissions and statements of the witness presented by him/her.

Senate President Enrile: “That is the rule of trial. If you studied your trial technique very well, that’s the rule.”

Watch: 0:00–3:28

4. Excessive Entanglement

Lesson #1: Define excessive entanglement:

Excessive entanglement is a term of art in constitutional law that is applied in cases involving the separation of church and state

Lesson #2: If you’re not sure of what the meaning of a word or terms are, don’t use it! Keep it simple!

Watch: 01:55–03:14

5. Practice Diligence!!

Watch this video – it’s well summarized by the GMA News.

Negligence is not an excuse!

There are a lot more, if only I could find them amongst the thousands of youtube videos about the the impeachment trial.

You see, although one would say that this impeachment trial is a waste of taxpayer’s money, if we look at it from a different perspective, there’s still a lot we can get out of this trial. Good or bad, I cannot say. Good because we are learning about these judicial proceedings, bad because perhaps, now politicians know now how to be extra careful with their corrupt ways! Might be harded to catch them the next time around. And I guess now we know that it’s hard to be the enemy of no less than the president of the Philippines!

Reason #2 coming soon.

impeachment

Whenever I get the chance, and when the “show” is exciting, I watch the Corona Impeachment Trial on TV. Last night was delightful and fun to watch. Jinggoy showboating and getting angry with the very nervous PSBank manager about a document because the manager couldn’t answer the senator’s question. As it turns out, this is funny, no wonder the manager was so confused and couldn’t answer directly because Jinggoy was talking about a different document from what the manager was holding! Funny!! After mag showboat ng senador, nag backdown siya agad right after when they realized he was talking about a different document from what the manager was actually holding! hahaha

Unfortunately, my daily dose of entertainment ended early today as it was Valentine’s day as well as Enrile’s 88th birthday! Can you believe it? 88 and still sharp as hell.

Bones

One of the many reasons why I love watching Dr. Brennan in the tv show, Bones.

Dr. Brennan: Can you sign? Cause we'll need to communicate with her.

Lawyer: Yes, but as of yet she hasn't responded and who are you?

Caroline Julian: Dr. Brennan is the best forensic anthropologist in the country.

Dr. Brennan: World.

wedding and a tv show

Been very busy and tired the past week. I think it'll be like this in the next few weeks pa (or probably months). I told myself I will be anti social this past week so that I can catch up with work. I did catch up with work a bit, but still a long way to go.

My Cousin Ryan's Wedding

This week wouldn't have been complete if it were not for my cousin's wedding yesterday. As I didn't have time to get a new dress, a simply reused the old black dress I had in my closet. Same event, a wedding, but different crowd. I tried something different this time, I went to the parlor to get some nice eye makeup on. Leave it to the experts ika nga. Unfortunately... I didn't like the end result at all (or maybe I'm not used to it). I felt like it was too dark. See for yourself.

It was also the first time my nephew is part of the entourage. I still think he's too young to even listen to what he has to do. My brother had to "assist" him along the center aisle, and he even dropped what he was carrying. My sister and her husband couldn't make it, so it was only Grant who was there, thus, we were the babysitters.

Here are the newlyweds! I wish them all the best!

Pretty Little Liars

I now have a new tv show to watch. I'm still a fan of Grey's Anatomy and Bones. But this one now adds to the list of the tv shows I look forward to watching every week. It's a teeny bopper show, Desperate Housewives + Gossip Girl type. I finished up the first 12 episodes yesterday. Yes, I was a bum and a coach potato altogether.

The story revolves around a group of girls, who are being tormented by a mysterious person named 'A'. I think the reason why I like this show is that there's this mystery and intrigue aspect to it, and of course, there's this teeny bopper aspect to it, which I still love even though I've obviously outgrown that age. It's generally entertaining. Kinda reminds me of Gossip girl and Dawson's Creek too.

Glee!

I bummed around for the weekend and ended up watching Glee's season 1! I haven't finished it yet, a couple more episodes left. Funny thing is, I ended up scouring youtube for some pretty funny glee moments that I absolutely loved (took so much time from me!). Aside from the wonderful music, the comedy here is just fantastic. They have these one-two liners that are just out of this league!

Sue Sylvester:


That's how Sue sees it!
I will go to the animal shelter and get you a kitty cat. I will let you fall in love with that kitty cat. And then on some dark cold night, I will steal away into your home and punch you in the face.

Brittany, she's not given much screen time, but she's just hilarious!


You guys, it's like cool epilepsy!
Ms. Sylvester didn't tell me to do this.

tayong dalawa update

I just watched "Tayong Dalawa" earlier, and I have this strange feeling that the story will end up something like that of Pearl Harbor, where Ben Affleck's character was thought to have died during the war and so the best friend and the girlfriend ended up together, not knowing that Ben was actually still alive.

I think that's probably what's going to happen with Dave, JR and Audrey. Argh.... I hope I'm not. I prefer Dave and Audrey rather than Audrey and JR.

This is the only remaining teleserye I watch. I sure hope it doesn't disappoint me.

tayong dalawa

I am currently wathching "Tayong Dalawa" and they just finished the scene when JR and Audrey bumps to each other in the airport and they end up just staring at each other, some sort of love at first sight thing.

I mean, does that really happen? When you stop in your tracks cause you see this one person and you guys just stare at each other? Is that reality?

But, just to say, this show has chops. Story seems nice. At least we have another one of those drama soap operas instead of the fantasy shows.

Survivor micronesia reaction

Survivor Micronesia Fans vs. Favorites is becoming one of my favorite seasons of all time!!! They just about mastered all blindsided techniques one could ever imagine. The past three episodes were so great, I just can't wait to watch next week's episode!

Tattoos

Miama Ink and LA ink are two great shows being aired in cable channel Discovery Travel & Living. Both these shows show the "reality" life of guys who do a living by creating tattoos.

A lot of us have probably negative connotations when it comes to tattoos. I for one, do not want a tattoo for the reasons that's it's permanent, and I don't see any good reason why I'd want something drawn in any part of my body and call it art. But watching these shows, I gained so much respect for not just the tattoo artists, but also those that get the tattoos.

The nice thing about these shows is that it gives you a peak on how tattoo artists work. And man, are they really great artists. They're not just guys who have tattoos all over their bodies, they are guys who actually pursue what they want, and they're really good at it! I see Chris draw these huge drawings of dragons, portraits and they even do the shading and coloring themselves. You see talent in each and every one of the tattoo artists there.

But let's not forget another aspect of this show as well - the people who come in their shops and actually pay huge amount of money to get the tattoos. Turns out, much of these people who get body art have stories behind them. I remember one guy getting a tattoo of a portrait of his mother. He doesn't see her that much, and so he decided to get it permanently inked on his arms to show how much he loves her and admires her for raising him, even as a single mother. There's also this one gets an Arabic symbol of the word "warrior" on his arm to symbolize his Iraq war experience, and commemorate his friends who never made it back home. And of course, there are those people who get tattoos for the sake of getting one, or for the sake of artistic journey.

Nonetheless, these shows have given me a different perspective when it comes to the art of tattoo. It told me of talent, it gave me stories, and most important, it gave me a whole new respect for the people who make the tattoos, and for the people who get them as well.