power shortage

i still have friends who got no power at home. it was not the best four days for Metro Manila. then Monday came and it suddenly was not the best five days for Ateneo.

but geronimo sy shares:

It’s time to launch another campaign to break free from our self-imposed bondage and establish a new identity to build a national consciousness. Watching the final game of the recent Ateneo versus UST championship fight last Monday, one felt as if Jose Rizal had been shot dead all over again when Atenean JC Intal missed the winning shot. Go Republic of Ateneo! It was us versus them, no turning back. We took leaves and cut classes in order to line up for four hours to get one ticket worth 25 pesos. Appointments were canceled to cheer ourselves hoarse and to exhaust ourselves for the bewildered Blue Eagle. Why this die-hard, do or die mentality as if there was no tomorrow. If only we translate a fraction of our commitment from our alma mater to our country and do the same rabid thing, RP will be leading the way to the third millennium even with the strongest super typhoons.

We love our school because we grew up in it. We don’t love our country because we grew up here. We wear white and blue to be united with the rest of the community. We hardly wear our national colors or display the flag anywhere lest we be associated with it. We relate to our school because that is where we found ourselves. We can’t relate to our country because we are still lost, terribly lost. We love our team because they give their best each time. Can we say the same for our government team? We are transported unto the basketball court as if we are making the play happen. In governance, participation is being the ball, dribbled till we flop or go out of bounds.

Maybe we go for our team because it’s a winning team. My apologies but in all the university games, I hardly see National University fans packing the tiny Rizal Stadium. (Note: National University, or NU, is a perennial cellar dweller.) That’s it! We don’t love our country because it’s not a winning one. Heck, we hate the country for being a loser 86 million times over 108-year games.

read the full article, Republic of Ateneo at abs-cbnnews.com
you'd also want to read patricia evangelista's opinion on palaparan, Deadly Silence at inq7.net and learn why our protectors aren't helping.

99% of Metro Manila still got no power.