Ang Pangalan nya’y Zsazsa.
He started out using his superpowers to make the unfortunate few look better than they have any right to be. She knocked out giant frogs, zombies and alien feminazis along the way. It’s great to see the iconic superhero of the modern Pinoy moving on to bigger and brighter things.
Carol Kings
“Kay sigla ng gabi,
ang lahat ay kay saya.
Nagluto ang Ate
ng manok na tinola.
Sa bahay ng Kuya
ay mayroong litsunan pa.
Ang bawat tahanan,
may handang iba’t iba.”
The carolers at our neighborhood are usually little children rattling flattened bottle caps on a string of wire. Their pre-pubescent voices feel like barbed wire digging into flesh. The tone of the song is forgotten, replaced by a memorized sing-song monotone pitched at a volume that is meant to annoy, not to entertain. In our street, you pay carolers to shut up.
