AbNoynoy’s New Ride

The media went gaga over the president’s new ride. You won’t be able to understand the media hype over AbNoynoy’s new toy if you’re in the western world or first world countries. Porsches and Bentley’s here in the Kingdom of the Sands are just ordinary. I don’t own one but they’re pretty common to cause a commotion. Of course, if you’re driving a Porsche or a Bently, you’ll get envious stares from onlookers but it’ll never cause commotion. It’s a lot different if you’re in a third world country (like the Philippines) and if you’re the president at the same time.

My take on this issue is that everyone is entitled to buy whatever material things he wants as long as the money he spends is from his own pocket. Yes, even if the person buying happens to be the president of the country. The only thing that isn’t right here is that the president may come across as insensitive since most of his constituents are poor. So I guess, I agree with Senator Maceda that buying the Porsche is wrong timing.

Lozano’s death: Politically Motivated

When I was watching TV last Sunday, the media only reported that Emerson, the son of Oliver Lozano, a Marcos Loyalist was kidnapped. Yesterday, it was confirmed that the Emerson was kidnapped and then burned to death. His body was then dumped near the mega dike in Pampanga. It was reported that Emerson and his driver were supposed to meet a car buyer but failed to go home.

There are other reports about similar incidents happening especially to car salesmen. But I don’t buy the police theories about the so called modus operandi of the syndicate. I think that Emerson’s death is politically motivated. He’s the son of Oliver Lozano for goodness sake! We all know that Oliver Lozano’s a Makoy loyalist. The person in power today, the person who seats in Malacañang is of course a well known anti Makoy. If you put two and two together you’ll know what I mean.

Who says that the current administration is not capable of liquidation job? Who know? Makoy killed his enemies. Tita Cory’s Administration started out promising until the Mendiola Massacre. President GMA administration ended with the Maguindanao Massacre as a highlight. In fact almost all of the administrations were accused of human rights violations. So it’s very likely that the current administration will also fall to the same predicament as its predecessors. If I’m not wrong, human rights violations are only used by the reds when accusing the military. If they torture or kill our gentlemen from the AFP, it doesn’t constitute a human rights violation at all.

I’m not sure if President AbNoynoy and his speechwriters are aware of this but the president always comes across as arrogant and vindictive. If he’s always like this and would remain this way, he’s capable to do thing that could harm his critics.

My so called …

I told myself that I really had to post something on my blog for the New Year. I think for the first time in my life, I run out of idea. If I were a writer, I mean a serious writer that is, this episode is called ‘running out of creative juices.’ It’s funny really because I consider myself as smart alec, never runs out of idea, opinion and of course, sarcasm.


While I was still in confinement, my friend D forwarded my 2011 fortune reading to me. According to the fortune, the year 2011 will be bad for the Snake people. I tried my best to ignore it since my New Year started with a big bang. I was discharged on 2 January and it’s a good sign right? My friend however sent a disclaimer that says that the effectivity date of that fortune will start on Chinese New Year. So shanawa! LOL.

My boss told me that my Performance Evaluation will only be for 8 months since I was out of the office for almost two months (50 days) from 14 November 2010 – 2 January 2011. I just gave him a smile because I know that he’s only kidding. I realized that I am not in the position to complain. I was out on an extended sick leave and believe me, I really thought that they’re gonna let me go. Yet they never did. They paid my salaries upfront without delays and I was able to get my job back. So what more can I ask? I think demanding for a promotion or a hefty increase is being too greedy. I’ll just be thankful if they decide to give me an increase but I would never demand. The days I spent at the hospital were grueling. I know that I had to get well but I can’t put aside the thought that I may lose my job. At some point, I asked my boss if I still have the job to go back to after my discharge and he assured me that I still have it. Fellow Pinoys in our office were spreading rumors that I’ll be sent home. I wonder how they reacted when I reported to the office last 4 January? It turned out that my fears were unfounded, I still got a 96.7% in my Performance Evaluation.

I really hate the awkward moments when you’re reporting for the first time either from an annual vacation or extended sick leave. The first thing that your colleague would do is to ask you how you were and the standard niceties. Of all those who greeted me, I was so touched by one of my colleague Moeenudden who went out of his way to hug me. I really felt the fatherly warmth and sincerity. I tried to stop the tears from falling. I failed but easily regained my composure.

If there’s Moeenudden and the others who radiate warmth, there are people who were not too happy to see me and they have hard time concealing it. Naeem came to my office just to ask me how I was doing but his expression betrayed him. He was pissed off I guess that I reported back to work. I’ve heard from Andrew before that it’s not just Filipinos but the Pakistani’s were also spreading insinuations and speculations about my illness.

I know, I know, I kept talking about myself lately. I apologize but I guess I won’t stop or else there’s nothing to write about in my blog.

Happy New Year!!!

Hello guys! I was discharged from the hospital on 2 January 2010.  Thank you very much for all the love and prayers.  God bless us all!