"if broken hearts were commercials, we'll all be on TV."-- one obscure comedian
it's valentine's day and i am talking of broken hearts.
when you swim with sharks everyday for a living, it can be surprising how you are still able to feel something aside from cold and numbness.
over cups of coffee and tea, some friends and i had been doing a lot of analyzing lately. making sense of the mess that has been rocking this republic. trying to convince ourselves that we made the right decision to stay in the country.
this morning, a friend texted me: "happy valentine's. are you going to the rally tomorow?"
i replied: "not going. i'm swamped. got a gazillion things to do."
friend: "be careful. you might already be on the dark side."
me: "haha. the admin is flawed, the opposition is as flawed. all sides are gray. always, there is more than meets the eye."
i wonder how many people will go tomorrow.
yes, i am upset, disgusted, angry at how things turned out in this administration.
but just like in love, after your first few failed relationships, you become cautious. you become skeptical. sometimes, a bit too cautious, you stop taking risks. at its worse, you become numb. cold. deadened.
when i look at the opposition-- which includes those we kicked out seven years ago in edsa dos, and think that these guys will be replacing the current administration-- i can't help but hold back a bit.
they look nice now as oppostion--you know, raging against the excesses of the arroyos, calling for transparency yaddi yaddi. how they will handle power is anyone's guess.
in relationships, i've been told that you would only know what a person is truly like when you get into a relationship with him/her. but other than that, it's difficult to know the real deal.
question would be: are you willing to take risk? is there still room for error?
arrgh... tacky melodrama. let's just play pictionary shall we?
some of the posters/ stickers that you'll see tomorrow
God have mercy on this country.
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