As cold as cool

WHEN someone resigns from his job, and all you hear are yehey, hep hep hooray and cheers, does that mean people like him? Mr. Frozen has finally resigned from the Cabinet. No, Malacanang didn’t have a spring cleaning for that Cabinet, although for a while there, it felt like there was. Well, it’s about time. With all the allegations that have been thrown at him and his seemingly nonchalant reaction–keber!–towards them, he could have been fired a long time ago, unless there’s no such thing in the Cabinet especially for someone who happens to be the country’s vice. Er, Vice President, that is.

Still, he has his ever loyal fans who are staying by his side and will stay there forever and ever like his good friend here in Cagayan de Oro. And that’s an admirable trait for someone to remain loyal–at least the loyal fan’s loyal fans are assured that he is and will always be there for them. Confused na you? OK, let’s calculate. Mr. Frozen has a loyal fan here in CDO, and that loyal fan also has his own loyal fans. That’s what you call the Law of Attraction–all this loyalty spreading around like Tinker Bell’s pixie dust.

Loyalty, however, should have its limits. Once someone has hurt so many people who may include the loyal fans, then it’s time for the loyal fan to reconsider his loyalty. Former President Erap Estrada supposedly said once upon a time that “Birds of the same feather are of the same bird.” So, is there a possibility that one of these days, Mr. Frozen’s loyal fans will also be warding off allegations and reacting with a keber? Hmmm. That will be the day.

That will be the day when the true colors of his loyal fan here in CDO will finally be revealed. Wait, his true color has always been revealed for the world, er, at least for CDO to see, if you were observant enough and saw the color of the curtains, flyovers and public markets. No need for more revelations. A friend recently asked me if I’m for yellow, violet or orange. If you’re a Cagayanon, you know what those political colors are. Well, I love all ube desserts, the sweetest of mangos, I drink the pure extract of 28 pieces of calamansi every morning. And I love mango float. There’s a hint there somewhere. Wink wink.

I don’t know if Mr. Frozen’s fellow Cabinet members heaved a deep sigh of relief after he tendered his irrevocable resignation–Whew, no more awkward moments. But if you were in their shoes, surely there were times when you had to tiptoe around, afraid to step on the snowflakes that fell inside that Cabinet each time he was around, thereby giving a whole new meaning to breaking the ice since there were people who probably wanted the ice to remain as frozen as possible, for it kept the Cabinet cold, er, cool during the driest and most humid of summers.

Cold and cool are I guess not the same? There’s cold as ice and cool as the summer breeze. If you have a cold, that means you’re sick. If you’re cool, that means you’re in. When you don’t like an idea, you’re feeling cold towards it. When you’re cool, everyone likes your ideas. To his enemies, Mr. Frozen is cold. To his loyal fans, he’s cool. When his enemies learned that Sen. Grace Poe is winning in the surveys, they probably said, That’s cool! While his fans said, It’s cold out here, where are our fellow fans now that we need them the most?

What if Poe wins as president in 2016, what will Mr. Frozen and his fans say? He has been campaigning for the presidency since he became Vice President, Malacanang has been his ultimate goal. Sayang naman ang A for effort.For now, no one wants to be his vice presidentiable in 2016. For they all want to run for president, too? Hmmm. At least Anne Curtis knows her limitations, that’s why she called her first album and concert as “Annebisyosa.” There are times, though, when no matter how aware you are of your limitations, duty calls, and you have no choice but to respond to that call. I don’t know if that’s the same thought that’s brewing in the mind of Mr. Frozen. But if ever he becomes president, there will be two groups of Pinoys: the first group celebrating with, Cool!, and the other on the verge of depression while sighing, It’s so cccccold, brrrrr.