Chess, where?

No need to grope in the dark to find out the real status of chess in the Philippines when it comes to popularity -- even at least in the online media.

Did you know the Top 10 most queried terms made by Filipinos in Yahoo! in 2008?

1. American Idol

2. Boracay

3. Charice Pempengco

4. Friendster

5. High School Musical 3

6. Jobs

7. Mall of Asia

8. Marian Rivera

9. MV Princess of the Stars

10. Olympics 2008

My wish is to see the terms "philippine chess," "pinoy chess," or simply "chess" in the list someday. And what about seeing the term "national chess federation of the philippines"? How I wish . . .

Did you know the Top 10 Celebrities most searched by Filipinos?

1. Angel Locsin

2. Angelina Jolie

3. Anne Curtis

4. Hayden

5. KC Concepcion

6. Marian Rivera

7. Piolo Pascual

8. Vanessa Hudgens

9. Wu Chun

10. Zac Efron

How about the name "Super GM Wesley So" in the future? Or anybody else related to chess? Even the name "Kasparov" would suffice.

Did you know the Top 10 Leisures most searched by Filipinos?

1. Chris Tiu

2. Grand Theft Auto

3. Lotto

4. Manny Pacquiao

5. Maria Sharapova

6. NBA

7. Olympics 2008

8. PBA

9. Rubik Cube

10. UAAP

Chess, where? I wish, I wish, I wish . . . someday there would be the term "chess."

This country needs a revolution -- in cultural sense.