Sunday, June 26

Of Falcons and H2O lilies

Especially coming from someone who, to be frank about it, got his job not so much by way of years of substantive policy work or solid political acumen, as by the sudden wave of sympathetic popularity that accrued to his person after the death of his beloved mother. 
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Who said BSA was not a keen strategist? He was the best, he knows which battles to fight and what wars to wage. Convincingly, he will lead the war vs. the water lilies of Cotabato. seriously.

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Thursday, June 23: I braved the stormy weather and ended up soaked. Answered a 30 minute fill-in-the-blank-parrot-me-quiz, then sat for 2 hours to confirm my unluck in a raffle. No doubt, i'm jinxed. All the roads were turned into parking lot, reported by KL. With nowhere to go and nothing to do, off we went to kfc; I had a kungpao meal. Finally, off to home despite the warnings of floodings in the metro.

There were no jeeps -- my preferred transpo, so I got into a bus, which is logical as it can ram into the flooded streets. No more traffic, I supposed there were some OA reporting. Lo and behold, the busy avenue was turned into a river where the buses became barges, and the taxis boat. Then I looked outside, people in suits, people in shorts, some rich, some poor soaked in an awful mixture of rainwater, rat urine, essences of garbage and gadknows-what-awful parasite infested flood-water. 

I sat on the bus and was surprised I have the virtue of patience. I rather sat there until my arse ache than brave the floods and risk myself to leptospirosis. 

Again, I looked outside. It wasn't bad at all. In fact, it was amusing to see how the movement of the trapped bus-barges created ripples, and made a wave effect lounging harshly on the skins of the unwary and brave city creatures.

@ 3 am. I was finally home. Changed my clothes and splashed 70% isopropyl alcohol on my feet. Slept and smiled at falcon for I knew he will still be there overcasting the sky with hopes of postponed friday fracas.