PGMA tested the LRT-MRT closing loop. All roads lead to SM.

Exhibitions. German and Philippine architectural genius – Designing the Future by Werner Sobek and Towards a Global Architecture of Excellence by Felino Palafox Jr. – exhibited by Goethe-Institut Philippines and De La Salle- College of Saint Benilde at the Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (mcad), Pablo Ocampo St. (Vito Cruz LRT station), 25 Feb-26 March. A video conference between Sobek and Palafox on green architecture, lightweight structures, earthquake safety measures, sustainability, etc. is calendared in March at Goethe-Institut.

Dechoir. v. int. French. The failure of a king or a noble who falls from honor, drops in esteem by not living up to his provenance. Antonym: noblesse obligé. Amboy’s English Dictionary translation: Dishwasher.

A black propaganda circulates in internet of an opulent but garishly decorated mansion in USA purportedly owned by presidential candidate Manny Villar. Wally Reyes checked this out and discovered the hoax. The photos circulated two years ago as a mansion belonging to Zimbabwe strongman Robert Mugabe.

That should put paid to mendacious muckraking. Unless you want to believe that it is really a Villar mansion, which was earlier circulated to give black propaganda to Mugabe?

On the other front, persistent internet circular roils the Hacienda Luisita massacre and by implication another presidential candidate, Noynoy Aquino.

Guess who are doing this to each other? If nrs. 1 and 2 don’t stop hitting below the belt and abide by the Queensbury rules, we may have to look at 3, 4, and 5 to observe presidential protocol Security. Marines hit the jackpot – one of 6 Abu Sayyaf members they killed was Albader Parad, the notorious leader with reward on his head ($1M reward from USA and R7 from RP).

Sen. Richard Gordon... pleading last year for the lives of hostages... had promised Parad he would help his children get an education if he died. To the Ateneo?

Dick would be one presidential candidate to keep his promise.

If today were the moment when Dick shed a tear for both the hostages and the ASG which turned to kidnapping because of poverty, he would easily be double-digit on surveys.

If today were the height of Ondoy onslaught and Dick was caught in camera directing Red Cross relief operations, he might bounce to top 5.

Noynoy thinks that marriage is out for now. Talk about male chauvinism.

Gibo ready to debate with other presidential bets. But after topping all the charts, maybe only one of them is up to it.

Modern Foreign Fairy Tales. 5 Snow Whites and 1 Dwarf: Nepal President Ram Baran Yadav dispensed with a centuries-old tradition of being farewelled on his foreign trip by 5 virgin girls representing the Hindu goddesses Durga, Sarshwati, Laxmi, Radha and Annapurna to bring success.

Khagendra Thapa Magar, only 22” tall (56 cms.), left Nepal for London to claim the Guinness World Record as the shortest man.

Report did not say if the girls showering garlands on his departure were the 5 Snow Whites dispensed by the Nepal President. Feedback: jaz@mb.com.ph