We watched Slumdog Millionaire weeks before. This lunar new year holidays, I bummed myself out and found myself watching an episode of Wowowee. Then it hit me how similar the hosts of shows that give away money behave. Almost all episodes show the host making fun of contestant's poor fortune and commoner looks to provide humorous content to their shows. I just hope these so called contestants do still have dreams other than being chosen as "lucky" contestants in these gameshows. In these time of mass lay-offs, I hope Juan dela Cruz would find a way to find a job or start their own enterprise. This is what is needed for our country to rise. Not putting our hopes in winning a gameshow. As Dely Atay-Atayan famously exclaimed, "John, Magsumikap ka..."