Friday, November 30

Thrilled by Trillanes

Not me.

Yesterday while waiting for the free lunch our office throws every end of the month, someone informed my officemate that Thrill-anes walked out of his hearing! It was nothing as far as I'm concerned, It's like one I'm used to just like most people are. We are so used to walkouts, rallies, shouting matches, and mud slinging for ours is a democratic country after all. Save for the question of how come he were able to walk out of that hearing and walk towards Ayala when there were guard who're supposed to maintain calm. As we were holed up in our office slaving away, URLs of abs-cbn, inquirer, and the philippine star were loading their updates. We're more excited with the free lunch after all.

After the free lunch, it hit us. The event was that serious after all, I thought he was just bored of his incarceration that he decided to stroll the business district. Silly me, Thrill-anes is man with a mission. So what's the mission you asked? Hmmm... he went to Manila Pen, there surrounded by Guingona the elder, and a bunch of Holy Priests, and of course the Magdalo die-hards. Gad, the good senator cannot deny that it was PREMEDITATED. Only minutes after his announcement, some group were already at the ayala triangle complete with banner and leaflets.

Funny that we thought we were discussing the merits of the event when another colleague pop the question, "Why is he fond of Hotels-- not just any Hotel but the upscale one?"
I was flabbergasted. Oo nga naman. And the same colleague asked why not motels?

It really was that serious that we were sent home early as other offices in makati were. Of course we're happy about that and even decided to go to Manila Pen to thank Thrill-anes personally. We did went that way but we were on the other side near Shangri-la and it really was a non event looking from that way. There were the usual uzis bu nothing spectacular - yet. Everyone just wants to go home.

While I too wanted to hitch a ride to Laguna, I cannot. The School haven't made an announcement yet, so I just decided to wait the announcement there. And what a good 30 minutes can make. Arriving at school, I met D then we decided to watch at the canteen when we passed at an office were people were already laughing at the screen.

Blow-by-Blow account, literally. Every action, every sound, those news anchors have to blurt as if the viewers cannot see, as if we cannot hear. This time, there were already SWAT in the area, there were tanks, gas masks, and high powered gun. So eto na, AKSYON na 'to! Donald Castro was commendable, he was a gadfly. Fear clearly is not in his blood at least as it appears on tv. He was not afraid to egged the officers to tell him the tactical details, HINDI SIYA MAKULIT, pramis HINDI.

I was praying for that SUSPENSION announcement. It never came.
And so, we heard from the latecomers that Thrill-anes will surrender soon. What they didn't tell us was that we later found out was that Manila Pen was tanked.

After class, we were informed of the curfew put by Malacanang. And somebody asked if Martial Law was declared. And I did't care. I just want to go home.

Horror. Incredible. That's how to describe the terminal! Suuuuper long LINE of passengers waiting for the bus to arrive. The line looped 5 times, imagine that! And it was raining, and we are looping in the puddle of mud for 4 hours, I was there, waiting for the bus. I called home to tell them that. And I'm fuming mad. My feet is throbbing. that is 3 nothches up from the regular pain of just wearing shoes for 12 hours. I was told that there was a HEAVY traffic in SLEX contributing to our misery that this traffic will also be a MISERY going to Laguna.

Siyet. Pucha. Leche. !@#$%^&*( ang sakit na ng paa ko. HUDAS!

There, in that tortuous line that i realized the desperation of this person Thrill-anes and his ilks. Them who have Messianic Complex, them who think they are not corrupt, never corrupt. OR SO THEY THOUGHT.

Siyet if they think that in one fell swoop they can change the ENTIRE NATION. Mga HANGAL pala SILA.
Corruption is ingrained in our culture. And yes that is the problem. Because the next generation of POLITICIANS won't let the previous POLITICIANS to bask in worldly glory of money and power. Platitude as it is, the only way to combat this culture of corruption is to start at home, while kids are young. In school where ideas are introduced and formed. NOT when they've already formed KALYO all over their body.

SO PLEASE, coup d` etat is very 1980's. SAWA na ko.

Funny thing, that this morning kaniya kaniya na namang tanggi ang mga NAGMAMALINIS na GRUPO... kaniya kaniya na namang TURUAN, kaniya kaniya na nman silang SISIHAN.

Thrill-anes surely is not thrilled by this turn of events. That in the end, learning that no one's behind him.