as i have entitled this piece, i dont have great expectations of the soon-to-be inaugurated Philippine president and his administration, even if it is a fact that I VOTED FOR HIM. once upon a time, i considered myself an idealist, now im afraid im more of a pragmatist. actually, when writing about Philippine politics, im more cynical than anything else. there may still be some remnants of that idealism in me but i have to admit, it is slowly disappearing into thin air. years of disappointment with our so-called leaders slowly eroded that idealism and the last straw for me is the last administration's 9 years in power and it's efforts in making itself synonymous to impunity. to think that the word IMPUNITY was not even in my vocabulary until a certain Gloria Macapagal Arroyo came into power...salamat ha, nadagdagan ang alam kong english word ...pero sana di na lang :(
my expections are simple and it is coupled with a bit of advice, or plea to the new president, like let's say...
...if one day, you yourself in a moment of insanity, is tempted to do an unlawful act like lets say, rig an election, pleeeease, dont get caught. stop yourself with all your might from calling a comelec official named, let's say, Hello Garci. if you are caught, i beg you, dont address the public in nationwide television and say a tearful but badly acted..."I AM SORRY", without even explaining what youre sorry for and even defending your actions...Te, mag workshop ka muna, medyo masama pa ang acting! huhu..sniff,sniff, wala tuloy na ni wa la... (>_<)
...if one day one of your close relatives is identified as the owner of bank accounts whose balance total in the hundreds of millions and worse using an alias like, let's say, Mr Jose Pidal, pleeeease, dont protect that relative by saying the real Mr Pidal is his brother whose name is, let's say, Iggy Arroyo even if Iggy could not even sign the same way the real account owner, his brother can...kasi naman Iggy, dapat nagpraktis ka pa ng signature ni Mr Pidal bago ka sumalang sa congressional investigation, ayan tuloy, wala ding na ni wa la...(^><^)
...if one day, a close ally whom you gifted with a government position, let's say as a cabinet undersecretary of the Dept of Agriculture and whose name is, lets say, Jocjoc Bolante, was found to have funded a project using 700+ million of government funds to buy fertilizers and pesticides and distributing them to your allies in the House of Representathieves, whose districts does not even have agricultural land...pleeeease, dont try and coverup for him and send him abroad or worse say that you hardly know the man... bakit ang sweet nyo dati ni FG ha JokeJoke, eh di naman pala kayo close? ang sakit naman nun, hurt ka?...((*#*))
...if one day, you are invited to play golf in their country by a large foreign corporation, let's say named, ZTE, who wants to clinch a multi-billion peso government contract, pleeeease, try and decline that invitation or if you cant help yourself and you really want to go, ask the PSG to check the area for photogs and under no circumstances should you be photographed...Bakit kasi maggo golf lang, sa Shenzen pa, bakit di na lang sa WackWack, e di sana treat pa kayo ni Abalos ng BURJER doon, guaranteed pa naman ang sarap nun!...{(*~*)}
...if one day, photos of your golfing escapade abroad surfaces and witnesses are called in the senate, let's say one of them goes by the name of, Rodolfo "Jun" Lozada, pleeeease, dont send him abroad and dont kidnap the poor guy upon arrival at the airport when he comes back. also remind the people who fetched him not to drive him literally in circles outside of metro manila to scare him off so that he will toe the line. you might end up having somebody too scared, he'll just cry all over the senate nearly wetting his pants... si Neri oks na oks kasabwat, kahit kuryentehen mo pa sya literally, ang isasagot lang sa senate inquiry na magiimbestiga sa kanya, EXECUTIVE PRIVILEDGE! eh si Lozada, ang daling magpanic, di lang naihatid agad sa bahay nila nagiiyak na agad sa media at kumanta na ng long playing! ang saya tuloy sa senate :):):)
what about the time, at the height of the SARS pandemic, when a certain Mrs President upon arrival from a "working" visit abroad got herself confined in Asian Hospital supposedly for self-quarantine(wow very responsible), but was in reality admitted to the hospital for a reason that is not exactly noble but just pure and simple vanity like lets say...a leaking breast implant! hahaha, nagdeny pa nung una, aaminin din naman pala na nagpalagay ng implant ang lola mo, nagpabuking pa kasi, nalaman tuloy namin ang di naman namin gustong malaman, no! siguro mrs president, dahil noong 1970's pa pala nung ginawa ang procedure na yan, dapat pina pacheck din yan na parang kotse, kailangan ang tune-up paminsan minsan ((*.~))
i could go on and on about these issues, there's certainly no shortage of scandals involving this administration, BUT, id better stop there because im afraid i'll give myself a headache if i continue further. in a nutshell Mr PNOY(President Noy), what im saying is...DONT GET CAUGHT WITH YOUR HAND INSIDE THE COOKIE JAR, OR, IN FLAGRANTE DELICTO, EVER! and IF YOU'RE STUPID ENOUGH TO GET YOURSELF CAUGHT IN A TIGHT SPOT, CREDIT THE FILIPINO PEOPLE WITH A LITTLE BIT OF COMMON SENSE, just a little bit, AND DONT INSULT OUR INTELLIGENCE AND SAY, YOU'RE JUST TRANSFERRING THE COOKIES IN ANOTHER JAR. NAMAN! ...ninanakawan ka na, nagpapahuli pa, niloloko ka pa na akala mo aanga-anga ka...OK KA LANG?
one day, maybe soon, the purists among us may disagree with PNOY because he would need to make very tough decisions. Disappointment will be a word we may hear often as we will be made to swallow some bitter pills, concessions will be arrived at and people with dubious or questionable characters may be accommodated by the new goverment, all in an effort to move the country forward. let us not squander yet again our chance to right the wrong, to correct our mistakes, to fix what's broken, and to rise where we have fallen by closing our minds and make the mistake of not giving the man now at the helm of our government...the benefit of a doubt. People, pleeeease, lets' give him a chance...
