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JULY is finally over and August is here. I’m now in a phase where I’m counting the days, weeks, months, and even every meeting and project, so that when a day or activity is over, I heave a deep sigh of relief and move forward to the next. And when this particular year is over, yehey!

Cagayan de Oro’s incumbent mayor, who also loves the word ‘‘yehey,” may not be able to relate with my yehey. His position is political in nature, while this, hmmm, whatever situation I’m in now is merely something that was heaped on me when I had ran out of excuses not to accept the situation. I didn’t wish for this, didn’t campaign for this, I would have gladly handed this over to someone else. But no one else was willing to accept the situation, not even those who were already groomed to accept the situation, so, here I am now, counting the days, weeks and months, with my younger sis offering to talk with them, whoever they are, whenever I feel like breaking some people’s necks.

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But I’m not allowed to be angry. All I’m allowed to do is to be patient. To grin and bear it. To be at peace with the world. To be full of joy. To go, Yehey! Thus, I have to learn to count from 1,000 to 1, or make that higher, from 1 million to 1, or until I don’t feel like breaking anyone’s neck, whichever comes first.

There’s this one particular person who reportedly threw a chair at one of his staff. That person learned that the staff was breaking a lot of rules, and has had it. I haven’t thrown a chair yet although it would be nice if I could do that one of these days.

But haven’t you noticed? It’s when you’re counting the days when you notice they’re getting longer. A single day now seems to last for 48 hours, so that you’re asking, August pa lang?! I wonder if Mr. Frozen feels the same way, since he’s now counting the days till he’s finally president of Pinas.

But there are Pinoys who now believe that only a miracle could make Mr. Frozen win. And all along I thought only a miracle could make him lose! Where have I been lately? Siberia?

He can’t even convince anyone to be his vice presidential candidate. Wait, there’s one who doesn’t need to be convinced: Amay Bisaya. Well, that’s for now anyway. Time has a way of making people see the brighter side of a frozen administration––wow, snow!––you’ll never know where the blizzard will blow in the next round of surveys. If only Mr. Frozen didn’t allegedly abuse his powers and his family wasn’t occupying those many thrones in government, his presidential future would have been absolutely sure na.

Politicians should have a little delicadeza left in them when it comes to stealing, er, allegedly stealing from the national treasury. Konting hiya naman dyan!

Pinoys are generally forgiving. Look where the Marcoses are now. They’re still occupying many thrones in the government, everything is seemingly forgiven. Kung si Sharon Cuneta pa, “Forgive and forget, forgive and forget/At sana’y huwag tayong muling magkagalit/Kapag ang tampuhan nabayaang mabukasan/Ay lalo lang lumalabo ang magkabalikan.” Relate na relate pa more?

But there seems to be a secret behind the longevity. The secret is to steal to the max only once you’re the country’s president. When you’re not yet president, konting hiya naman. Don’t steal too much. Be contented with the appetizers. Because once you’re at the top, only an angry mob of madlang pehpohl could topple you down from the throne, since your minions are now busy copying your example as they’re happily stealing, too. Patience is indeed a virtue.

While you’re not yet occupying the highest throne in the land, make pa-cute first––a little stealing here, there, and everywhere. Don’t be too greedy. So you can convince the incumbent president to endorse you as his successor. I’m not saying Mar Roxas made pa-cute before becoming PNoy’s anointed. That’s a different story, way better than the one Mr. Frozen is surviving through now. There are no graft and corruption allegations against Roxas, unless there’s one but I was hibernating in Siberia when that news came out.

That’s the one sure thing about PNoy. No graft and corruption allegations against him, too. Which is a once-in-a-blue-moon occurrence for Pinoy politicians who are usually suspected of stealing. It’s the kind of blue moon that you don’t even see on cloudy days like the one on July 31.

And the secret to ensuring Roxas’ victory is to make him shine. All the other presidential wannabes aside from Roxas and Mr. Frozen should wait for their turn to shine in 2022. For now, there should be the one and only Roxas for the administration and Mr. Frozen for the opposition. There should be no other. Not even Amay Bisaya if he decides to run for president instead of vice president.

As for the future First Lady, well… What to do? Hmmm. Grin and bear… her? The presidential hubby may not mind the future opinions against him since he’s already in Malacanang and only another People Power could kick him outta there, but it’s the wife who most probably will throw chairs at those who will dare and have the nerve to criticize her and her hubby. Hear her roar! And her perceived enemies could be shaking now, afraid of that future. Brrr. And all along we thought no one can ever be more frozen than Mr. Frozen.

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