2008, Not Just Another Year
Jan 1, 2008 Daily Blurbs
Year 2007 went by so fast, but it wasn’t fast enough that nothing really happened. Here’s a list of things that happened to me in the year 2007.
January
- I met Ryan’s childhood friends for the first time.
- Booboo came to my life.
- I taught less privileged how to read.
February
- I spent our first Valentine’s day quietly at home with Ryan.
March
- Our dog died…
- Shared with everyone how I lost weight.
April
- Another one of our dogs died…
- I was sunburnt at Puerto Galera for the second time.
May
- I exercised my voting rights for the first time, and served as a poll watcher for our community.
June
- I added another reason why Ryan is just the best boyfriend ever.
July
- My first time to celebrate with Ryan on his birthday.
August
- Me and Ryan’s 1st Anniversary.
September
- Well, I don’t remember anything big that happened to me in September…
October
- Once again, I participated in the local elections as a poll watcher.
November
- I became an intern for Adrien Multimedia.
December
- Kept up with our yearly tradition of secret santa within my family.
- We experienced a family tragedy. Our property were engulfed by fire, and my cousin suffered from second degree burns.
- God reminded me that there are more people with really big hearts our there to help anyone in need.
2007 was spent with a mixture of happiness, excitement and tragedy. But through it all, I managed to survive it. I am looking forward to another year, but, I am not making any New Year’s resolution, I have never really kept up with it. What I can do is to continue to make efforts to make myself a better person.
Now, here’s 2008. Another year to face and conquer more battles for self-improvement; another year to experience things that I’ve never tried or haven’t done in a long time; another year to love and be loved by the persons close to my heart; and to be remembered for the good things that I can share with everyone.
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Php100 For Your Vote?
Oct 30, 2007 Philippine Elections
Yesterday, the Philippine Local Election was held. I was one of the poll watchers for a very good candidate, Gilberto L. Igtiben. We were confident that our candidate for the Barangay Captain will win. But money does buy votes. I am worried for my community because the one who won is a member of a family of politicians who’s been known to practice corruption.
I remember moving in this community in 1994, but only in the last 3 years have I felt safer to walk alone in our community. You can even see that the streets are cleaner and are being maintained well. Before, I felt a great resentment towards my parents for making us move here. I left a lot of friends and a better school. I am afraid that the things that I resented the most, would go back.
Barangay Captain Gilberto Igtiben did a great job during his time. He was able to send out of school youths to school; built local infrastructures; provided free medicine; gave business opportunities to housewives; and he even gave me a chance to use my skills in digital graphics.
A measly Php100 for for your vote? How long can anyone spend this money? One day? Two days? HALF-A-DAY?! Why didn’t they think of the 3 years that they would have to deal with this newly elected official? That scum-of-a-b!@$%! They even harassed some of the election officers. My mother knows 2 election officers personally, and they were threatened to ride another vehicle with the ballot box and be taken to another place and get the ballots switched. That wasn’t the first time that happened. Politics is really dirty.
According to the local news, some local officials made this election a trial for the next national elections. A lot of communities were tagged to have had “Failure of Elections”. In Sulu, no election officers came because days before, running candidates tried to kill each other using machetes.
I can feel the sadness in the air. A lot of real voters are disappointed with the results. We were able bag positions for barangay members. Like Ace Servillon, who bagged the first position. All our candidates for Sangguniang Kabataan won. Still, it won’t be the same.
My mother will be not be working for the barangay anymore. It will be hard for everyone who loves Sir Igtiben to work for another official. Sir Igtiben have lots of plans, plans that will not be realized now. A lot of projects were lined up. I wonder what will happen now. I am depressed.
Maybe in three years, he won’t run for Barangay Captain anymore, maybe he will be the next Mayor of our community. I hope so.
It’s Dirty
May 26, 2007 Daily Blurbs, Philippine Elections, Stuff
I’ve always categorized politics as dirty, that’s why I usually steer clear of the subject. It’s always a big debate among opposing opinions, specially here in the Philippines. I mentioned in my previous post that the candidate I voted for the mayoral position was not winning, well he was declared winner, according to our local news. Hurrah!
Along with that, the candidate who lost is sour graping, big time. Their party is now accusing the other of cheating. I know a lot of first hand information regarding that issue. At one point, a man punched my mom’s friend, a mother, at the back during the canvassing of votes because that woman saw the chairman reading their candidate’s name, when it’s actually the other candidate’s name. I can only hope for the best. I am actually glad that most of the senators that I voted for are getting ahead, according to the last unofficial results flashed on TV.
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