And my answer to the mind- boggling question...
It's been a long time since I've posted something in this beloved blog of mine. I've been very busy at school that I forgot to update my blog. Just to inform everyone of how I've been, here's a summary:
I'm now LEGAL. In other words, I'm already 18 and nearing my 19th birthday, LOL. I got in to be part of the Top 12 in The Search for the Ideal Thomasian Nursing Personality. It was such a privilege being part of it. :) I gained a lot of new friends and acquaintances. It has also enriched me in ways I can barely enumerate.
Lovelife? I'm still SINGLE, LOL. Love can really wait you know. Haha. Studies? H-A-R-D. I almost singko-ed my Pharmacology. It's one hell subject. Hahaha.
And because I'm already 18, I want to make a MARK on your minds on how to decide for our next president.
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Lately, we've been seeing a lot of TV commercials, print ads, and other paraphernalia that are meant to persuade us into voting these people we know as
politicians But what does being politician really mean? To enlighten us all, I consulted our dear Merriam-Webster Dictionary who so kindly gave me these answers:
1 : a person experienced in the art or science of government; especially : one actively engaged in conducting the business of a government
2 : a person engaged in party politics as a profession b : a person primarily interested in political office for selfish or other narrow usually short-sighted reasons
funny how every single
politician fit in to both categories right?
However, we are still forced to believe that these politicians are the ones who will
change the somehow dirty battle field of politics into a more friendly game of
good governance. I admit, as a new voter, I am really pressured by the current status of the country and the continuous rampaging of TV ads and debates that endlessly try to convince voters like me to vote one or the other.
So who am I really going to vote for the elections?I'd like to vote for someone who I believe IS meant to change. Not some mediocre person hiding behind his wealth or his parents' image.
I'd like to vote for someone who has PROVED his worth not someone who only speaks but has no capacity of executing his promises.
I'd like to vote for someone who's credentials speak for itself.
I know you might be guessing who my candidate really is... But let me tell you first what I think about our current president, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Our dear president is someone I admire. She has every single quality of a real president. Someone that Erap wasn't capable of portraying. Someone her rival, FPJ can only dream of becoming. She has the cunningness that is demanded for a President. You see, a president has to face thousands of issues, intrigues, deceptions and whatever things they do. A
bobo(forgive me for the term) or an
uneducated man cannot make the mechanisms of our country work. She, on the other hand, was wise enough to tap every single mechanism that is present in our country.
Is she really bad? MAYBE. We cannot say. We are only forced to believe what the media is feeding us. We are not the ones behind the desk, sitting in her chair. We are not the ones forced to make decisions that will benefit the country. We are not the ones who are compromising the country's welfare when we decide. Is she corrupt? Was there a president who was not corrupt? MAYBE. But there's always a small chance that they are. We were just too busy not noticing it.
Ok, enough of Gloria. I just want to point out that whoever will be the next president, I am sure, people will still hate him for being a President. Such is the nature of the Philippine politics.
Going back, I am voting for Gibo Teodoro. Why? Because he is a Summa Cum Laude. Because he studied abroad. These two aspects of his so-called brilliance is what makes me believe that he is more than capable of handling the affairs of the President, the good and evil aspects of it. Besides, he is not using any propaganda to endorse himself to the public. Unlike the other contenders, one using the children and telling the public that only the poor understands the poor, the other saying that his parents' loved the people so much that he wanted to show the people that his family really do love serving the people. WHAT THE HELL? What does being poor and being
maka-tao do when you're up there in the position? Does that help you think wisely for the betterment of the people? THINK. Intelligence is still needed when you are making decisions for our country.
That's all.
