She wanted so much to be a VJ and auditioned for MYX for
three consecutive years. During her 3rd audition in the summer of
2012, she was asked “what has changed since you auditioned last year?” Her
reply was: “Mahaba ang buhok ko” (my hair is longer).
Such profundity was consistently manifested in the interview
during which she feigned familiarity with the channel but failed miserably when
she appeared to not have known and have been caught by surprise that OPM mix
became PinoyMix way back in 2007. To think that she purportedly watches
regularly and even named her favorite shows.
When asked to deliver a sample spiel, her lines included “This
is me behind this camera and off this camera” and “I am fans with them”
(referring to the group Callalily).
You could read it in her eyes and body language, the
longing, the intense desire to become famous.
She tried to appear knowledgeable, eloquent and intelligent but failed miserably
on all three counts.
Yesterday, she finally had her axiomatic 15 minutes of fame …
and instantly gained notoriety by alarm and scandal.
That was quite a scene that she created in an LRT station
with thousands of people coming and going. She was giving a lady security guard a severe tongue-lashing
allegedly because she resented the manner by which her attention was called for
failing to have her bag go through a security check.
Unknown to her, the scene she created (showcasing what she
thought was her superior English language skills complete with ‘accent with an
attitude’), and the condescending treatment she was giving the lady guard,
attracted the attention of another passenger who took a video of the confrontation.
The video inevitably went viral on social media, with shares
and retweets fueled by negative reactions to Amalayer’s apparent lack of self-respect.
It is possible that she may have had a legitimate grievance.
If so, she could have gone to LRT management to complain. Indeed, there are
security officers who are so full of themselves, rubbing their bloated egos off
people they purportedly serve if only to emphasize that they are persons, or at
least agents, of persons in authority.
In the video footage that I saw, it was apparent that she
was bent on raising hell and calling attention to herself. She appeared to look
around as if asking for sympathy from people who were either surprised, curious
or shocked but had no wish to get involved in the fracas.
What was most telling was when she said she studied, ergo
educated, as if security guards themselves do not have an education.
The condescending attitude towards security guards is not
uncommon. The fact that they have a voice in Congress through a party list representative
did nothing to address their plight, primarily that of being overworked and
underpaid.
Their job is to ensure the safety of people and property.
But most of the time, they do not even have job security. More often than not,
they get automatic deductions for government-imposed contributions such as Social
Security, PhilHealth and Pag-IBIG but their contributions are not remitted by their agency.
It is such a crying shame that security guards will not be
able to send a legitimate voice in Congress, with Ang Galing Pinoy having been
disqualified by the Comelec because it failed to meet the requirements for
representing marginalized sectors in the House of Representatives.
Two perspectives, one sorry situation.
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