WHEN I was 150 to 180 pounds, getting dressed was faster with a wardrobe whose colors were mainly black and navy. But not easier. Shopping for clothes, wearing jeans, and trying to look slim were as difficult as squeezing through the eye of a needle.
Now that I’m, ahem, slim—puera buyag—I prefer light colors, and I can wear anything I like. But choosing clothes has become as difficult as avoiding carbs—there are simply too many possibilities, I’m thinking of going back to black and navy again as my only colors. Uh. What a dark world that will be.
Choosing clothes is much like choosing the party-list group to vote for.
There are 156 party-list groups to select from for their 63 seats in Congress, and they’re not exactly representing the marginalized sector. I mean, former Sarangani Vice Gov. Jinkee Pacquiao is the second nominee of the Maharlikang Pilipino sa Bagong Lipunan (MPBL) party-list. Former Sen. Leila de Lima is the first nominee of the Mamamayang Liberal party-list. Tsk tsk. Please define marginalized.
Just in case you’re still shocked after learning that Jinkee Pacquiao was a vice governor, please allow me to lift your jaw off the floor. You’re welcome.
The Pinoy can understand De Lima’s plight. After all, she was detained for six years due to what her fans might have seen as throw-the-kitchen-sink allegations. Did that make her marginalized?
And throw-the-kitchen-sink can also be a political candidate’s strategy in defeating his opponents as he takes a deep dive into the latter’s complicated lives.
Even ordinary mortals go into deep dive as they throw the kitchen sink in making chismis about their favorite grapevine topic. It’s this preoccupation with other people’s lives that makes them forget they have their own lives to live. Thus, they don’t notice anymore that they’re already sick. The constant pain then escalates to constant irritation and anger, making them behave like a volcano that’s about to erupt.
They will then believe that the only way they can make their lives better is by comparing themselves with others, hoping other people’s lives are much worse.
Gossipers are better off running for public office. At least their talent in spreading lies and rumors can be used against their political rivals. But without such lofty goals, what a waste of time and effort.
Talk of altering narratives, the 1986 People Power is not a factor anymore in the Election 2025 results. And how do I know that? Hmmm. Feb. 25, the Edsa People Power anniversary, has morphed from a non-working holiday into a special working holiday. I gotta feeling some current Malacanang people don’t want to be reminded of the time they were kicked out of Malacanang and flown to Hawaii in February 1986.
2022 was their major Malacanang comeback. Their subtle way of making the Pinoy forget about the Edsa People Power is somehow expected. Kind of alam na this.
It’s the promise of reducing the price of rice to P20 per kilogram that the Pinoy never believed in and therefore never expected it to happen. Wait, you did? You were hoping? And you’re still hoping? Oh. Wawa naman.
