Man, this has got to be the toughest topic to date. And it’s not because of all the implications of taking a stand. Truth be told, it’s because I have no stand. See, I do my duty as a citizen—you know, pay my taxes, go out and vote every three years—but I’ve always described myself as apolitical. It’s a bit ironic, especially since I was in student government practically my entire student life. But there you go.
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While the nation was glued to their TVs waiting for the verdict for Joseph Estrada, I was in the office in a state of oblivion. It was deadline day and crunch time, so no matter if the earth was shaking, I was determined to submit my article on time, as only an OC person would understand, and will brave the rallies if there were or the flooded streets of the metropolis.
As the guilty verdict echoed in the headlines on the net and eventually in mainstream media, I admit I felt a sense of relief knowing that our leaders were doing their very best to correct our decaying judicial system. However, the Erap saga was a telenovela, which I failed to follow due to lack of interest.
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As a tax-paying citizen of this country, I don’t require much from the government. All I want are roads that are fit to commute in, trains that are predictable, and utility services that are reliable. Those are my minimum requirements for a life devoid of whining and impotent rage. Are those needs of mine fulfilled? Everyone knows the answer to that.
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The day Erap was to be sentenced, I was at home pondering on a judgment issue of my own. I had started this blog, with the giddy excitement of anyone trying something for the first time, and also a bit of nervousness since I was charting unfamiliar territory. I come from a generation of students who never had computer classes up until college. And even then, we still did our presentations with Manila Papers and at most, overhead projectors. So this whole blog job, which I was doing with some old friends and new acquaintances, was something entirely new and foreign to me.
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