And I’m afraid that no one ever will. Sometimes I hate my friends ‘cause they’re all pretty and cool. I’m just shy, ugly, and boring. I feel like my friends are drifting away from me. I’m afraid there’s gonna be a day when I’m all alone.
Efren Peñaflorida - CNN Hero of the Year
CNN’s Hero of the Year is a Filipino.
Efren Peñaflorida, who started a “pushcart classroom” in the Philippines to bring education to poor children as an alternative to gang membership, has been named the 2009 CNN Hero of the Year.
(to the tune of Party in the USA)
I hopped off the boat at Manila Bay
With my bayong and tsinelas
Welcome to the boulevard called Roxas
Whoa! Bakit amoy Payatas?
Jumped in the jeep
Barya lang sa umaga
Look to my right
Nakita ko ang Luneta
I am getting so hungry
All the food seem so dirty
My tummy’s turnin’ and I’m feelin’ kinda getting sick
Sobrang pressure and I’m nervous
That’s when the kondoktor turned on the radio
And the Jessa song was on (3x)
CHORUS:
So I put my hands up
Humingi ng limos
Pera ko kasi naubos
Katok sa windshield like Yeah!
Pa-awa effect like Yeah!
So I put my hands up
May holdap
And no I’m not ok
Yeah! It’s the life sa Manila Bay
Yeah! It’s a party sa Manila Bay
Get to the club in my tricycle
Everybody’s not lookin’ at me now
Like who’s that jologs with cheap step-in
She’s gotta be from Mindanao
So hard with dabarkads not around me
It’s definitely not Abu Sayaf party
Cause all I see are mayamans
They don’t drink sago’t gulaman
My tummy’s turnin’ and I’m feelin’ kinda getting sick
Sobrang pressure and I’m nervous
That’s when the tambay dropped my favorite tune
And the Narda song was on (3x)
CHORUS:
So I put my hands up
Humingi ng limos
Pera ko kasi naubos
Katok sa windshield like Yeah!
Pa-awa effect like Yeah!
So I put my hands up
May holdap
And no I’m not ok
Yeah! It’s the life sa Manila Bay
Yeah! It’s a party sa Manila Bay
Feel like hoppin’ on the boat (on the boat)
Back to my barrio tonight
Something stops me everytime
The rugby smells so good and I feel alright
CHORUS:
So I put my hands up
Humingi ng limos
Pera ko kasi naubos
Katok sa windshield like Yeah!
Pa-awa effect like Yeah!
So I put my hands up
May holdap
And no I’m not ok
Yeah! It’s the life sa Manila Bay
Yeah! It’s a party sa Manila Bay
UPD College of Fine Arts Wall
Harana - “Love And Music” (A Filipino Courtship) Circa 1900s
Saud Beach - Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte
Look what I found, Ra! Pedicaaaaab na Yellowcab :D