huhh? what the heck just happened at the Manila Pen?

after sleeping off the effects of staying up for more than 30 hours to finish a rush job, i woke up around 2:40am and munched my way through a late dinner/early breakfast meal. too full to go back to sleep, i began to surf for news, to check if anything interesting occurred while i was asleep.

when i checked the headlines, my ears perked up (usually i just scan through the first few lines, then proceed to the Entertainment section).

[shhh… i, umm, swiped this photo from the Philippine Star.] 

another political/military standoff in a Makati hotel? surely not? whatever else you want to call it, it sure grabbed my attention.

after reading the details about trillanes‘ and gen. lim’s (and the rest of their fun-loving retinue) latest caper, i broke up laughing. i know that sounds callous and cynical, but i guess laughter is one way of surviving in our chaotic ’situation.’

i mean, can you believe it? the whole thing came and went while i was asleep, and i still haven’t learned enough to form an opinion. *sigh* only in the philippines.

as political incidents go, it’s almost like a squeak out of nowhere. i don’t know. maybe i’ve seen and heard too many of these things to be affected by these antics anymore. sorry, but no matter how sanctimonious or concerned as many of these so-called leaders claim they are for us poor, trodden souls, if the best alternative they can come up with is more of the same b.s. — please, spare me. i’ll do just as well (and my precious vote) on my own.

despite all their self-righteous wailings, i have a feeling that trillanes, guingona & co. were doomed to fail (again!) for the following reasons:

• they don’t have popular support for this action (when have they ever?)

• it was too cold and rainy yesterday (people have the tendency to curl up and hibernate in their holes, not go out and stir trouble, when it’s cold)

• no specific rabble-rousing trigger (just background political noises) to galvanize public opinion

• your own opinion….