All for the boys: The Presidentiables

Manny Villar: Tondo Boy
(Photo: pcij.org)

Gibo Teodoro: Lover Boy
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Noynoy Aquino: Mama's Boy
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Erap Estrada: Kanto Boy
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Dick Gordon: Am(erican)Boy
(Photo: senate.gov.ph)

Eddie Villanueva: Altar Boy
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Jamby Madrigal: If I Were A Boy
(Photo: arkibongbayan.org)

My year started with a big bang on the head

Even before the new year came in, I was already wasted in some corner of my relatives' house wondering where in hell was I. Since I rarely come home to this kind of celebrations, they welcomed me with booze. And lots of them booze.

Ernest Hemingway said in his A Moveable Feast- "You have no respect for anything. You drink yourselves to death." Exactly.

But in a case like ours, drinking to death was a good start. And in my case it did not stop until many days after.

And while full of alcohol, I got emotional and started calling back what happened to my life before and after the new year, some of which I could only recall are listed here-

• I was nearly evicted from my apartment many times last year because I could not pay rent. But friends pool in some cash so I could pay. Will double time for payments this new year.
  
• I evaded my creditors, usually friends, because I know they would understand. And I know it would not take long. Likewise, those who owed me money did the same to me.
  
• I did not give gifts because I was so poor but people still lavishly poured some, to my dismay and shame.
  
• I did not give anything to my family. They understood. My presence was gift enought. I hugged them all.
  
• I fucked someone and they fucked my life, but still a good learning experience was at hand. I should remember never to fuck up with someone else's life.

But still the year that was was a good one for me notwithstanding the calamities. The coming year deserved another big bang. Indeed!

Cheers!

Another Exploits of Bayani Fernando

In a move to be noticed as a presidential wannabe for the next elections, Bayani Fernando (yes, that publicity whore who is pimping himself even in some remote areas in the Philippines) is telling people in Quirino province (that's way way out of MMDA reach) that 80% of Philippine laws are useless. "Eight of 10 laws created by legislative bodies, from the Senate to the barangay level, are useless because these are not being implemented at all", the Yahoo!/Philstar news told us.

Well- I agree with Fernando this time. He said in that news report that "every Filipino should subscribe to a strict adherence to law and order as a way of establishing a just and orderly society." So profound and yet I don't know if the Filipino people would understand what is strict adherence to law. He runs the MMDA and surely Fernando would be having a really hard time brainwashing Pinoys.

His insistence that "the incorporation of these two values (order and discipline) in the pursuit of any profession is the only way that we can transform Filipinos to become productive and responsible citizens of the country" is a good challenge. He should start with MMDA now.

I hope Fernando was not only babbling or else his early electioneering would become as what he called "failed engineering."

I would not vote for him. Still.

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