The Affair of the Kho

Bloghopping for worthy Belo-Kho blog treatments, I stumbled upon living the expectations, and found it short of, well, my expectations -- grammar-wise, that is.

Here is his take on the scandal of the season:


"One of beautiful faces that catches my attention is Dr.Hayden Kho 27 years old,plastic surgeon and ramp model, is on the center of controversy due to his breakup with Dra.Vicky Belo a famous cosmetic surgeon here in the Philippines, its being rumoured that he had an affair with sexy star Katrina Halili that cause their break up.Hayden was first spotted at Celebrity Duets from a local tv channel.He begun his showbiz career after that.He graduated at Sto.Tomas University and became a licensed physician in the year 2007.What shocked me is the news that he allegedly committed suicide?Oh no Hayden, its so unexpected of you if that is true! "


It is called breathless blogging. Periods must be expensive in his part of the world. I also assume that his space bar needed some fixing. So, I decided to just put some full stops here and there, fix some syntax problems, force some spaces between words, and give the entry a full make-over ala Belo.

Here it is:

"A beautiful face that catches my attention is that of Dr. Hayden Kho. A 27-year old plastic surgeon and ramp model, he is now the center of controversy due to his breakup with his girlfriend Dr.Vicky Belo, a famous cosmetic surgeon here in the Philippines. It's being rumored that he had an affair with sexy star Katrina Halili; and this was the cause of the breakup.

Hayden was first spotted in Celebrity Duets, a local TV show. He began his showbiz career after that. He graduated at Sto.Tomas University and became a licensed physician in 2007.

What shocked me was the news that he allegedly attempted to commit suicide! Oh no Hayden, it's so unexpected of you if that is true! " (Of course dear it is not true. If that were true, then you would have written an obituary right now.)


Note:

1. To say that a person allegedly committed suicide assumes that this person is dead. The allegation refers to the cause and manner of death. Marky Cielo allegedly committed suicide. Dr. Kho is still alive (as far as I know); so any allegation should refer to his attempt to commit suicide.

2. I decided to plant the word girlfriend to define who Dr. Belo was to Dr. Kho's life. Otherwise, his readers might assume that the breakup was a professional cutting of ties.

3. Don't use a question mark after the sentence that began with "What shocked me is.." because it is a declarative sentence, not an inquiry.