Philippines, Oh Philippines

Madness.

The uprising in Manila Penn caused a 12am to 5am curfew in Metro Manila. So much for Marco's despedida.

The Makati Malls were once again plunged ito darkness. Just like the G2 bombing day.

Philippines, oh my dearest Philippines.

“Tiisin na lang natin si Noli dahil sa tingin ko naman Noli cannot be worse than Gloria to begin with,” - Pimentel

I wonder what could Noli do that could be worse done what Gloria has done. Erap walked out of Malacanang at the height of the Jose Pidal scandal. Gloria merely apologized when she cheated the 2004 elections.

Filipinos are just holding their breath, what crap would Gloria do next? Martial Law? Would Filipinos fight again when she declares a Martial Law? Filipinos are tired. We fought in Edsa 2001, just to be betrayed. GMA freed Erap. I guess she owed him her position. But she feels like she doesn't owe the Filipinos anything.

It's Christmas season, and 2008 will be here soon. 2010 will be here soon. Or her resignation I hope.

G2

October 19, 2007

11:45 - 12:30 pm: Lunch at KFC Greenbelt 1

12:45 - 2:00 pm: Office office office

2:00pm onwards: non-stop sounds of ambulance/police car sirens. Istorbo sa trabaho. Checked abs-cbn news every 30 minutes. The first few versions mentioned LPG was the cause of the explosion. Number of casualties increased. News escalated. By Sunday, a bomb was said to have caused the explosion.

Glorietta that night:

Lights out. No gimikeras, no party people. Even though Glorietta was closed, SM Makati was open. Harhar. Amigas gimik was cancelled. Had to walk outside the wall on my way to MRT.

We all have our own "the-day-Glorietta-2-was-bombed" story. I'm glad I have my own story. And I'm alive to share it with you.