Promoting Batangas (or Not!)

Look at this view...

Now look at this one...

This is perplexing at the very least... It is a proposal by the local government unit of the province of Batangas to promote the tourism industry of the province. I found it really funny at first... Yeah, it is tacky... but when you think about it it reeks of bad taste. The Hollywood style letters in high relief came as a proposal to highlight the province's efforts at hiking its tourism up a notch. Each letter would stand 14m high and the whole sign would measure 110m wide. and it would sit strategically on the side of the teeny tiny volcano.

To her credit, Governor Vilma Santos- Recto decried the proposal as having no support whether financial or otherwise as of yet. There is no budget for it and it (hopefully will remain) as a proposal. In any case, I've written some articles on how beautiful the sight of Taal Volcano really is. A visibly peeved Vice-Governor Mark Leviste lashed out at critics stating that they weren't stupid to actually put the sign up on the volcano as it would mean they have to take into consideration the weather conditions and the vegetation that could get destroyed during construction. For now, that's that!

In the meantime, speaking of Governor Vi... turn on to YouTube and you'll be pleasantly surprised that Filipinos (who are so hung up on the Christmas spirit) have posted snippets of Ate Vi  together with arch-rival Ate Guy pitting them against each other yet again in terms of their recorded Christmas carols. 

And since it's only a matter of 65 days to go before Christmas, listen to the songs... and if you want to... re-live or re-ignite their rivalry... Enjoy!!!!