Shortest Freezing Moment

I shouldn’t have this entry here in my blogsite. I have another relatively substantial topic that I want to discuss. But since I think my blogsite has over-exposed the sensational singer, Alyssa Alano, I might as well follow the same pattern of showbiz-influenced blog entries. Hehehe… (Sobra na ang kasikatan niya. Itigil na ito. Malapit niya ng maitumba at maigupo si Nora Aunor. Hindi ito pwede. Magagalit si Kuya Germs. Hehehe..)

However, this time it’s different. From the sky-rocketing career of Alyssa Alano, I would like to gently shift the topic to a relatively new issue about Miriam Quiambao’s failed marriage. (Impluwensya ito ng pagka-toxic ng Persons and Family Relations kong subject. Hehehe... May hang-over pa ako sa Midterms namin about failed marriages..)

Pause for a while, remember these?

Miriam Quiambao---1999 Miss Universe Beauty Pageant

Parody of her famous "tapilok" incident.. Hehehe..

I must admit that I don’t really care about showbiz matters such as these, (Malamang. Sa sobrang busy sa law school with all the reading assignments at mga kaso ng iba’t-ibang tao, bakit pa ako maghahangad na makialam sa iba? Dagdag stress pa yun. Hehehe… ) but what struck me with this one are the powerful words that she gave during her interview with Bum. (Di ko rin siya kilala, pero I got the whole story from Ricky Lo’s column in The Philippine Star, June 20, 2006, Tuesday, p.C-4 entitled, “A Baby Wouldn’t Have Helped..”)

Just read between the lines:

Was money the cause of the break-up?
Miriam said no, but her interview with Bum was very revealing (“She didn’t say that things were off-the-record,” insisted Bum).

Here’s what Bum wrote:
She all the more realized that they were not compatible when Miriam, through the funding of Claudio, started a business selling jewelry to Italy. “That’s when I discovered more that we cannot go into a partnership. How can I live with him and talk to him eye to eye when in fact he’s financially dominant. Money can be an element for control. But I am not saying he controlled me. Wala akong sariling pera. I feel guilty when I spend his money. Money does not make you happy. I had access to all the money in the world but I was not happy.”

Did Claudio (who admitted he wasn’t the “marrying kind” early in their marriage) pay Miriam a fat sum for the break-up? Miriam said no.

After I read the statements made by Miriam,

I had a “freezing moment”.
I stopped for a while.

I tried to decipher what she wants to imply with those statements.
I don’t know. I’m not sure. Defrost.

Practically and honestly speaking, in this world where money is of great worth; where crimes and catastrophic relationships arise because of the lack of it; and where lost and broken souls are ever-increasing, I could hardly imagine such woman of great prestige and influence showered with glamour and extravagance would suddenly turn her back to a life where everyone desires and is envious of.

Truth hurts. Reality bites.
The book of Ecclesiastes is true. King Solomon is correct.
Point taken.
She’s right.