הבן שלי, החיים שלי

Lies, lies and more lies.... I don't honestly know how I can go on living like this. It seriously feels like I'm being pushed to a certain point where I just want to break free and be able to live my life the way I want to. Without any shame or a trace of regret, I would like the whole world to know. I feel like screaming at the top of my lungs, ecstatic and filled with so much joy its overflowing.

I am happy. Happy because I'm alive and happy because I have more than just my family and friends to live for now. I have you. No matter what, I have you and I know although we haven't officially met yet, you are already the core of my being, the mere reason for my existence.

I love you for who you are and no matter who you become someday, I will still be here. I know it hasn't been a smooth ride for both of us but I'll rally us through. I'll make sure you're safe and well. You can count on that. Society may shun us, but that won't stop me. You are a gift regardless of what people may think or say, and for that reason, I will never give you up. However difficult life may get, always know that I am here. And that will never change even when I'm old and gray and too senile to even carry a conversation. Dementia may get the better of me, but know this, somewhere deep inside the confines of a complex mind lies a heart that will always have a place for you.

Of Martial Law and Politics

What the hell is happening? Why is Martial Law going to be declared in Maguindanao? Has the violence escalated to such an extent that the situation requires extreme measures? Don't get me wrong, I feel the same sentiment as most Pinoys over this unfortunate series of events but why does all of this smell fishy?

Why can't Congress intervene on this when they are constitutionally mandated to do so? It doesn't make sense at all. Speaker Nograles, can you please comment on this?

This move feels politically motivated. I can't help but feel that something is terribly amiss behind all of this. I get that public sentiment weighs heavily right now on the Administration but can't reason exist any longer? It is what separates man from beast.

Do we really have to resort to Martial Law on this? What about the grave abuse of power that more often than not potentially occurs along with the violation of human rights of every one in Maguindanao if and when that happens? It seems to me like this is an elaborate ploy used by Arroyo to test the waters for perhaps, as one fellow plurker put it, bigger and much bolder aspirations. Do we really have to go down this path? Will we as a people let history repeat itself? And do correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Marcos use public sentiment as a vehicle to further his plans of autocracy during his administration?

I ask you this, is public sentiment enough cause to sacrifice our own democracy and feed it to the dogs?