Passenger Tales

I was watching Singing Bee the other night. There was this contestant who was very proud to announce he was a teacher at the beginning of the show. There was a portion where there were only two of them left and they had to break the tie. The first to step on the floor after Buboy (Cesar Montano), the host, announced the year the song came out, would have the opportunity to either play or pass. The teacher was the first to step on the floor and he triumphantly announced, “I’m passed.” The audience were laughing and Buboy quipped,”Buti na lang di mo dinagdagan ng away.” (Good thing you did not add away.) I don’t think the contestant understood why the people were laughing. He was so high on his fast action. Well, let’s just hope that the subjects he teach are Math and Filipino. Incidentally, he flubbed on all the songs in the final countdown so he was not able to take home even P20,000. Poor man.