The Eternity He Wished For
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, Lance Armstrong has done it again.
Seven Tour de France titles in as many years.
No, that's not impressive, it is such a mundane thing.
A Cancer survivor first, Lance Armstrong became an inpiration to other sufferers. But to me, he was also an inspiration. No, I don't have cancer, but I know who has. She's very close to me, so close, that I feel her presence everytime I breathe, I walk, I lie down to sleep. The Philippines now is suffering from cancer, the social cancer. A war of attrition, a civil cold war, whatever it maybe called, we will never win. Contrasts in views leads to misunderstanding and annoyance, then it becomes irritation, and finally, anger.
In the famous words of many a person, "Can't we all just get along?"
I feel that we can, I believe that we can, but most don't believe. They ask for equality and the end of class struggles, but yet they refer to themselves as the down-trodden, talk about ending it. Because they think like that, THEY are the ones making the partitions, they are the ones who divide the people, they are the ones who show bitterness and closed-minded thinking.
Elitists are the same. Their hearts are closed to the grimy-looking, uncouth masses. Why? Because they are afraid of them, not because of anything the poor can do to overthrow them, but because they think they are uncivilized and dumb. Their features are awful, teeth skewed to the left and right, eyes that bear hunger, messy hair, an aura that scares the more "refined" people of the Philippines. Trust me, in my heart, I am part Elitist.
It has spread to the whole archipelago, the Pearl of the Orient has lost its luster. This cancer, no scientist can come up with a cure, for everything is rejected.
I wish Lance Armstrong were here. I'm inspired by his story, and I'm not a cancer patient.
I'm feeling it now, that hate-the-world feeling that I always get when everything just falls apart. No, I can't stop it, but I am currently striving to overcome it.
"Cancer was the best thing that happened to me."
How many people can say this? How many have said it? It is a fact, though, that we only improve ourselves through dilemmas, for it tests us. If we get through it, we will be much better versions of ourselves. Truly.
Now, the State of the Nation will be Addressed by the President, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. I sure hope that she will face problems with maturity and logic. And I hope that the Filipino people can accept reality, be it Ballot theft or not.
Question to the Filipino people: You live in this country, under its laws, laws made by those who revolutionized our country, the same people you follow today. But why is it that you think Impeachment is tainted and untrustworthy, prefering to take matters into your own hands, saying that you are the ones who have the right to remove anyone, disregarding the Constitutional process that Impeachment brings forth. If you have no faith in this Constitution, why are you still here, when you are not respecting your own rights?
Seven Tour de France titles in as many years.
No, that's not impressive, it is such a mundane thing.
A Cancer survivor first, Lance Armstrong became an inpiration to other sufferers. But to me, he was also an inspiration. No, I don't have cancer, but I know who has. She's very close to me, so close, that I feel her presence everytime I breathe, I walk, I lie down to sleep. The Philippines now is suffering from cancer, the social cancer. A war of attrition, a civil cold war, whatever it maybe called, we will never win. Contrasts in views leads to misunderstanding and annoyance, then it becomes irritation, and finally, anger.
In the famous words of many a person, "Can't we all just get along?"
I feel that we can, I believe that we can, but most don't believe. They ask for equality and the end of class struggles, but yet they refer to themselves as the down-trodden, talk about ending it. Because they think like that, THEY are the ones making the partitions, they are the ones who divide the people, they are the ones who show bitterness and closed-minded thinking.
Elitists are the same. Their hearts are closed to the grimy-looking, uncouth masses. Why? Because they are afraid of them, not because of anything the poor can do to overthrow them, but because they think they are uncivilized and dumb. Their features are awful, teeth skewed to the left and right, eyes that bear hunger, messy hair, an aura that scares the more "refined" people of the Philippines. Trust me, in my heart, I am part Elitist.
It has spread to the whole archipelago, the Pearl of the Orient has lost its luster. This cancer, no scientist can come up with a cure, for everything is rejected.
I wish Lance Armstrong were here. I'm inspired by his story, and I'm not a cancer patient.
I'm feeling it now, that hate-the-world feeling that I always get when everything just falls apart. No, I can't stop it, but I am currently striving to overcome it.
"Cancer was the best thing that happened to me."
How many people can say this? How many have said it? It is a fact, though, that we only improve ourselves through dilemmas, for it tests us. If we get through it, we will be much better versions of ourselves. Truly.
Now, the State of the Nation will be Addressed by the President, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. I sure hope that she will face problems with maturity and logic. And I hope that the Filipino people can accept reality, be it Ballot theft or not.
Question to the Filipino people: You live in this country, under its laws, laws made by those who revolutionized our country, the same people you follow today. But why is it that you think Impeachment is tainted and untrustworthy, prefering to take matters into your own hands, saying that you are the ones who have the right to remove anyone, disregarding the Constitutional process that Impeachment brings forth. If you have no faith in this Constitution, why are you still here, when you are not respecting your own rights?
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