Voyeuristic pursuits

The Celebrity Edition of Pinoy Big Brother kicked off last Sunday and the national past time of watching people eat, sleep, poop, bum and bitch around has started again. It's my first time to watch the program with 24/7 coverage cause I missed the other seasons being based in another country. I only got glimpses of what the fuss was all about in Youtube or in the ABS-CBN website. The present group is comprised of a couple of beauty queens, has-beens, models, starlets and anyone willing enough to sacrifice their privacy for stardom. Actually from watching the previous seasons, the strategy should be keep a low profile until the very end that no one notices you are there till you are one of the final four.Or sleep with "Kuya".Is that right Wendy?Actually the fascination is overwhelming that even my mom is updated to the current developments of her favorite housemates. I could only conclude that the show's appeal may be atrributed to this: our being innately "chismoso/chismosa". We love to gossip so much that Philippine television has set aside its weekend schedule dedicated primarily to this- The BUZZ or Showbiz Central? We have this overwhelming need to pry into people's private lives that we channel this by patronizing a TV show conceived for this very purpose: voyeurism. Happy peeping to everyone!