the storm, the sona and a lot of sharing
it was an overly long weekend for me, courtesy of typhoon glenda. classes were suspended yesterday and the other day, and i still don’t have classes today, since it is wednesday. wednesdays are free days for majority of UP Diliman students. And i am one of those. the 5-day vacation was boring at some point. A while ago, i was freakin bored alone at home that i invited my cousin living near our house to soak ourselves in the rain. she agreed and we had a pretty crazy time. we are both grown-ups, you know, and passers-by got freaked out to see us na naliligo sa ulan. funny.
anyway, i would just like to comment about the SONA last monday. the heavens seemed to favor PGMA, for the rain drenched the protesters and their intensity. but i have to give it to the others who still came and protested sa commonwealth. i saw some coming from the university ave. well, the SONA was more of a Philippine geography refreshers’ course than a SONA for me. it was helluvah dragging speech i almost fell asleep, especially in that part when gloria began talking bout the superregions thing. in addition, the rounds of applause made the speech longer. at the end of almost every sentence PGMA said, her allies in the hall clapped. i dunno if they even understand what the hell the president was saying.
i also found some of her comments totally ironic, especially the part when she condemned political killings, and at some point, greeted general palparan, who is said to be responsible for all those (according to the news). anyway, i do not wish to talk and i am not that interested about politics (o, i sound like gloria) and those killings. all i can say is that i enjoyed seeing the general sheepishly smile and seem to get very shy because of the attention drawn to him. haha. i never expected him to be that shy, especially when the news say he’s kinda tough. nakakatuwa lang. ironic, indeed.
GMA also said she’s not going to talk about politics, but heck, she called almost all her allies in the hall. He greeted congressmen, military men, local government officials and even manny pacquiao and the mt everest dudes. i dunno. i see it as an indirect way of talking bout politics. tonigz calls it a ‘roll call of cronies’. i dunno if i would consider them all as cronies. but i still like the way he called it. sharing lang.
anyway, enough of the SONA. i just felt interested in it since im a journ major. but id rather talk about the musical ‘the sound of music’ that i watched yesterday, on one of those bored moments i had than the oh-so-long speech the president gave. contrary to the speech, the musical was not nakakaantok. the shots were breath-taking, especially those on top of the mountains, and the song numbers were fantastic. the eldest von trapp child also looked like kristin kreuk, and i really felt captivated whenever the cam focuses on her. alam ko antigo na yung film and i am so darn late to watch it, but it was a fun time watching it anyway.
to wrap this blog entry up, ilang mga sharing:
- i so like hale and craig david. i practically listened to their music during the long vacation i had. i am addicted to hale’s ‘blue sky’, maybe because i want a glimpse of a blue sky after all the rain and stuff.
- i’ve been busy with some org MPRT stuff, but im having fun. hope the org week turns out fine amidst the postponement yet again.
- i just can’t have enough of the new close-up commercial. the one that seems like a cellphone ad. very creative.
- ive been eating a lot of sweets lately. ill not be surprised if i gained a lot of weight just within the 5-day vacation span. i promise to shape up next week. swear.
- mother and the rest of the gang said i look like a korean now. i dunno if i will be happy about that. but con says im ‘blooming’. nakakaflatter lang. haha. tnx con.
o sya. nagkakalokohan na tayo. til next time. adios.
July 26th, 2006 at 4:05 am