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What the fuck… I am officially fat.
This has been pretty obvious when I started looking at photos of me in it recently. I have grown another chin and it looks like I have lost my chin when I am viewed sideways. How fugly!
I should do something now. Otherwise I might end up in a box… soon.
It’s been a while again since my last post.
The last post was about my preferred candidate for President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte. I voted for him. He won by a landslide. He assumed office on June 30, 2016 and as of this moment, he is already more than a hundred days in office. A lot has happened then, good and bad. But in my opinion, and of many others, mostly good things. Awesome things.
Truth is, I am overwhelmed by what he has done for the country.
It is quite funny because as I recall, before the elections and before Duterte, I lost faith in ANY politician and always thought that politics is a primitive human activity that we should evolve away from. I always believed in the jokes and rants of good ole George Carlin, and agreed on his ideals of how politicians are just a bunch of assholes.
I still believe in it though. I still have no faith in politicians and politics. I honor the Zeitgeist movement and the Venus project as best future of humanity in this planet. These are dreams I hope will come true.
But the reality is the “now.”
I have to contribute to the “now” of society, especially for my home country. Having a family and looking forward to the near future, I chose to participate in the elections and vote for a man who I believe is an outsider from national politics, a strongman, a leader with political will and sincere determination to fix the country.
Duterte’s methods are a bit extreme for some, but I have known during the campaign season that he would make waves with his unusual style, good and bad. It’s a revolution. Many Filipinos are now waking up to reality and embracing nationalism. The people are growing up.
Some people hate him for what he says and for his method of ensuring peace and order. I find it fair and expected. Discipline was long overdue, and the usual methods will just not work. It has to be drastic and painful for some.
He has six years and I hope he finishes his term.
I expect more provocative statements, more noise and more troubles ahead. But it is how the philosophy of this new president on running the country should go. For Diogenes once said,
“Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?”
The die is cast. Let whatever happens, happen.