'Tren'.

(From Philippine Daily Inquirer)

Byline: Ma. Ceres P. Doyo

LAST week, amidst the post-election noise and proclamation ado, my two-part special feature on death along the riles came out on the front page. I thought the warning train whistle was all but drowned out but on the day we started the feature, Inquirer TV took up the same issue on its first one-hour weekly show. And it did something more: it asked viewers to text in their views on who they thought was at fault ("sino ang may sala") for the endless tragedies on the tracks. The best view won the texter a 21-inch TV.

The winner was Ramil Jimenez of Bulacan who SMSed: "Pnganib man ay di alntana, buhay riles sa knilay gloria, madurog dto y krngalan pa khit ang gobyerno y iwas pusoy sa kainutilan nila!" Straight out of Huseng Batute country.

InqTV producer John Nery said they received hundreds of responses. For both the txt addicts and the txtually-challenged, here are a few more. Have fun deciphering them. "Mga politikong mpgsmntala bgmt mapiligro mgtayo ng bhy s tbi ng riles pngttangol pa nla ang mga e2, pra boto lng nla ay mkuha."

"i2 pagdting ng eleksyon ay prng cla rin ang komokonsinte s mga tao n manrihn s riles ng tren."

"Tao matigas ang ulo at pamahalaan walang pakialam basta may sueldo sila."