folly-tics 101

HAPPY APRIL FOOLS' DAY

Lord, what fools these mortals be. -Puck

us, mortals. we tend to do the craziest things. it's all cool because i've had my share of such- from feeding sundot kulangot to dwellers of baguio's burnham park to playing modified pictionary at enzo's beautiful ranch. i realize that making a fool out of myself is a good part of what i do, from musical theater to standing up for the mushy and real. and that making a fool out of one's self requires a good amount of many things. be it for sanggunian, for bluerep, for people who don't give a fuck.

because

at the end of the day, what starts as something primarly for one's self becomes something that uniquely contributes to a community and to a nation and to a world in dire need of good contributions.

establishing the latter is the challenge. of one community and of one nation and of one world, the organizers from osa and the jesuits in mirador and everyone else who sought to share to me their insight are all directly and indirectly ask me to establish this need. this need of having one community and of one nation and of one world.

i like how one circulating e-mail responded to another e-mail which mentioned that he doesn't give a fuck on who sits in our malacañang. the response was neat: please do give a fuck 'cause it's always best to know who is fucking you.

keeping the message and the solutions as neat as that is the challenge. i look back at the events that happened last week and the people i have encountered and i suddenly miss the feeling of their being around because as much as i am one of the most hopeful people in the world, the challenge always slaps you in the face telling you that whatever you do will not work. the challenge is scary and intimidating.

but i hope against hope. no matter how foolish it would be. because hoping against hope is human nature. and so is making fools out of ourselves.

lisnin to Jack Johnson's Banana Pancakes
sortof readin RockEd Philippines: Rocking society through education. and notes from the past few weeks for next few weeks
feelin kinda set. NO MORE EXCUSES, PHILIPPINES.