WHEN you say 'fierce journalist,' someone who would come on the heels of Maria Ressa on my list is the marvelous Karmina Constantino. She made staying at home in the pandemic a lot less boring and exciting even with her style of commentary. Who would forget her iconic lines when she went toe to toe with men twice her size, like: 'If you're gonna evolve backward, don't bring the country down with you.' and 'This journalist that you're talking to right now has never been nor ever will be paid by anyone to ask or not ask any questions.' She's a savage! And her grammar is always on fleek, too! In case you missed it, Karmina recently came out with her very own podcast, 'KC After Hours.' And I'll be quick to say that you should manage your expectations and not get too excited because if you're after the usual hard-hitting and sharp-tongued Karmina, she won't be there. However, who will be there is an equally interesting side of her that you probably haven't seen before. A more subdued, friendly, candid and unguarded Karmina, that is. And from whom, you may also pick up grammar tips here and there like how I did, watching one of her recent podcasts. Karmina was ever so mindful of her tenses, ensuring that her verbs were all aligned and were in the correct forms. She said: 'Did you ever think that it was gonna happen to you?' You see, a common mistake that I would hear some people commit is how they would use 'it's' loosely, thinking that it was also the contraction of 'it was' without realizing that 'it's' only stood for 'it is' or 'it has' and not 'it was.' Well, Ms. Constantino surely didn't miss that lesson at school, I see!
