MUSIC: Let's Get Retarded - Black Eyed Peas
MOOD: Doing better now...
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Don't ask me why am I fretting, I may end up writing a novel!
Okay, okay, I'll try not to rant too much. So I bought a new PC, I specifically asked the dealer to install Adobe Reader so I can download and open Maroon 5's E-zine and the Australian Embassy Forms (my sister Dang's request). Then I found nothing, zilch, after it was delivered.
All right, I forgave that stupid Chinese whoever! I started downloading Adobe Reader from the net. After three gruelling hours, it was finished finally. But it ain't working... I dunno why. Says, "File corrupted!" What the hell was that for? Now, I'm back online downloading it again and hopefully this sucker will eventually open! Pete's sake, puhlease?!!!
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Meanwhile, it's my rest day today so I thought about writing. At last though unfortunate, the jeepney fare increased to Php7.50. I can still remember back in high school, jeepney fare was just Php3.00. Then it increased to Php4.00, I think; then to $5.50.
It is so hard living in the Philippines. Less jobs, more expenses, high cost of living (for me, cuz I know some people might disagree). I guess, it's a chain reaction. Oil prices go up, jeepney fare goes up, commodity prices go up. Though our salary is in stale mode. I know, if salary goes up, then unemployment increases. People will be laid off, business people will cut their budget for manpower. It's a sad world!
Then there's the news about our dear President's impeachment. How in the world can we make other countries respect us when we are lashing our very own people? Respect and trust have to happen within a community first before gaining the world. I hate to say that Filipinos think staging another People Power or impeaching a president is the only way out . C'mon. I think foreign countries are laughing now at the idea of People Power. It had lost its essence as compared to the first one back in Marcos' time. So, eveytime we don't feel the president, we'll go to EDSA and stage People Power? Is that a joke or what?
Filipinos need to think further. It's not the president, it's the system. Let's say Gloria is corrupt and she really cheated on the elections; then somebody will take over (Mr. Decastro? Ping Lacson? Susan Roces?) Do they think the Philippines will come out unscathe off the ground? No! Change doesn't mean change the president. Change means change the ways; change the system; change us. And that is hard. That is really hard.
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Enough about politics. I feel like I'm back writing for an editorial for Journalese. Arghhh... I miss it!
There's a concert to be held around the globe in an effort to make poverty a history. It's called Live 8.
it's for a good cause and it boasts of the world's greatest bands/singers (U2, Maroon 5, Joss Sotne, etc). You guys can check it out at Live 8 website.
it's for a good cause and it boasts of the world's greatest bands/singers (U2, Maroon 5, Joss Sotne, etc). You guys can check it out at Live 8 website.