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we're not the lucky ones .. :)




Eat Bulaga ! It is the longest running noon time show here in the Philippines. One of the highlights of the show is the “Juan for All, All for Juan” game. It signifies unity among the Filipinos. The hosts will go to a certain barangay everyday, they will pick a winner from the entry box which contains registration forms from the residents. The lucky winner will be given some foods, products and appliances courtesy of the sponsors, and of course a big amount of money. After that, they had also like “bring me” sort of game, they will lay out numbers from 1-150, and all who wished to join the game should bring 10 plastic bottles and a specific thing that the host will ask them. The hosts will pick up a random number, the chosen number will then receive prizes. After each month, the hosts will choose 3 barangays who will win a prize as the most organized, cleanest, and well-disciplined community. The plastic bottles collected from the residents of the barangay were use to be recycle in exchange of chairs to be donated in some schools.

 Last March 07, 2012, our barangay was lucky to be visited by the said show and have played the “All for Juan, Juan for All”. Everyone was excited prior to that day when the staffs of that show gave registration forms for all the residents. Everyone is wishing and hoping that they would be the winner, plus they’re all excited to see the celebrity hosts in person.

 Apparently, were not the lucky ones. Even in the “bring me” sort of game, my sister did not win either. It’s quite shameful because there are lots of greedy people who’ll do everything just to win in that game. Nevertheless, because the staffs noticed that some of the lines are not organized and the people lined up there are not well-behaved which I think came from other barangays, I’m happy to say that the said line was disqualified and didn’t received any amount of consolation prize. Anyway, Ate Nita, who is the godmother of my niece wins that day. ^_^

 In this kind of game show, we can see how hopeful are the people to win. Of course, who would not want to have an instant big amount of money?

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