My "Pinoy pride" on red alert

(I happened to come across the website antipinoy.com, and there's this "former Filipino" [kasi marunong sya mag-Tagalog] there who posted the comment below---the one that starts with the expletives. I felt compelled to answer back, and I stooped down to his level with my own barage of expletives (kids, parental guidance is advised). So far, he hasn't retaliated, so I'm posting it all here. I know it's Christmas and all, but I have to make up for the recent lack of activity on this blog. Sorry if this spoils the holidays for you. Merry Christmas, people!)

Javier Gorospe Reply:
December 13th, 2011 at 10:56 am

BOBO! TANGA-TANGANG INUTIL! Go ahead and be proud shouting to the world on your pride on being a filipino whereas that moron Manny ****-QUIAO is making money for himself whereas the Americans and other businessmen involved are making A LOT MORE than he is. Not to mention he is involved in politics. Would you want a man at the brink of brain damage and slight mental retardation to handle your country? Then you ****tards are gonna complain on how hard life is and blame it on the government and your officials whereas YOU YOURSELVES HAVE PUT THEM THERE. Also, you guys DON’T DO A ****ING THING ON YOUR PART and blame it all on them. HOW ****ING RETARDED IS THAT!?!?!

When MAN Y ****-QUIAO wins, all that you get is shallow, short-lived, insignificant ****ing recognition. When that ****tard ****-QUIAO and that moron DUH-NISIA (Tenk yu Looorrdd!!!) gets recognized internationally you’re all gonna be like “PROUD TO BE PINOY”. **** IT! Let us not forget that most of the greatest entertainers themselves such as Michael Jackson and Mike Tyson are from other countries. Yes they get appreciated, but their ENTIRE ****ING COUNTRY DOES NOT STOP WORKING JUST TO WATCH THEIR ****ING MATCH OR CONCERT TO THE POINT THAT PEOPLE WILL BECOME VERY UNPRODUCTIVE AND DOWNRIGHT RETARDED!

In the 1950′s the Philippines was a land of promise, it was the second wealthiest country in Asia next to Japan. You guys had the upper hand as opposed to that of Korea, Civil-war torn India and Pakistan, and other asian countries. BUT YOU ****TARDS WASTED THAT OPPORTUNITY. To cut my rant short, DON’T HOPE FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS TO HAPPEN TO YOUR COUNTRY WHILE SITING OUTSIDE YOUR HOUSES FOR HOURS GOSSIPING,GAMBLING, DOING NOTHING PRODUCTIVE. THEN BLAMING THE GOVERNMENT AND ASKING FOR CHANGES AND ****. NO WONDER THE SPANIARDS CONSIDERED YOU IDIOTS.

mok oliveros Reply:
December 14th, 2011 at 12:22 pm

1. “…whereas that moron Manny ****-QUIAO is making money for himself…”
So what if Manny makes a lot of money for himself? Are you jealous that we’re proud of him nonetheless? If he makes a lot of money, he works hard for it. He earned it all.

2. “…whereas the Americans and other businessmen involved are making A LOT MORE than he is.”
This just goes to show that they are smart. They know who to place their bets on. Unlike you. Andyan ka na’t lahat, napag-iwanan ka pa sa pagkita ng pera dahil sa delusion mong hindi ka na Pinoy at sa sentimyento mo laban sa aming mga Filipino (hindi na kita isasama sa amin ha? Kahit mag-tagalog ka pa rito, ikinakahiya ka namin dahil sa isa kang napakalaking ungas sa mga katangahang isinusulat mo rito. Kawawa naman ang ibang totoong critical thinkers dito. BINIBIGYAN MO SILA NG KAHIHIYAN DAHIL SA KABOBOHAN MO!). Ikaw ang napag-iwanan, ok?

3. “Not to mention he is involved in politics.”
Manny’s entry into politics is paved with good intentions (unlike your write-ups here, na wala namang ibang intensyon kundi ang iangat ang sarili mong bangko sa pamamagitan ng pagyurak at paglait sa pinanggalingan mong bansa. Unfortunately, you didn’t get any more “white” than the rest of us. Just as I am not superior to you or to anybody else here, YOU ARE NOT SUPERIOR TO ME OR TO THE REST OF US. Delusional ka lang na nag-iisip na porke nakatuntong ka sa Amerika e antaas-taas mo na. ISA KA LANG LANGAW NA TUMUNTONG SA KALABAW AT NGAYON AY NAG-IILUSYON NA MAS MATAAS KA PA SA KALABAW! UNGAS!)

4. “Would you want a man at the brink of brain damage and slight mental retardation to handle your country?”
Whoa! Neurologist ka ba at nakakasiguro ka that Manny is “at the brink of brain damage”? And even if you are, na-check up mo ba si Manny personally? Ilusyonado ka talagang ungas ka. Slight mental retardation? Naman…pati ba naman psychiatry, pinag-iilusyonan mo ring pasukin? Tsk. Tsk.

5. “Then you ****tards are gonna complain on how hard life is….”
Oo naman. There come times when we react that way, simply because hardships are a fact of life. Logical lang naman yun. We’re human, we sense things, we react. Ikaw ba hindi? Pero bakit ganun? Andyan ka na’t lahat, living the good life (kuno), tapos kung makadakdak ka dito e kala mo pasan mo ang daigdig para sa aming mga Pinoy? Hindi kaya ikaw ang may brain damage? Hindi kaya ikaw ang may “slight mental retardation”?

6. “…and blame it on the government and your officials whereas YOU YOURSELVES HAVE PUT THEM THERE.”
DEMOCRACY ata ang tawag dun. Punta ka ng France. The French also blame their government. They also blame the public officials that they elected into office. Or dyan na lang sa Amerika. Even the Americans are doing the same thing. DUH! Yes, we did put them there. And that’s via a democratic ELECTORAL SYSTEM kung saan the majority wins. I did not vote for Pnoy, at lalong hindi ko binoto si Manny (kasi nga taga-Metro Manila ako at mga taga-Sarangani lang ang pwedeng mag-elect sa kaniya—CAN YOU POSSIBLY GRASP THE CONCEPT?) Andaming risks na kinakaharap ang isang demokratikong bansa gaya ng Pilipinas AT AMERIKA. Pero hindi ka namin minolestiya to do something about our plight. Ok? So, don’t flatter yourself too much. We don’t need the likes of YOU to solve OUR problems here. Incidentally, DEMOCRACY and the electoral system are two things we inherited from YOUR “first-world country” (sa totoo lang, hindi ko masikmurang ipa-angkin sa iyo ang isang first-world country gaya ng Amerika. America is a first-world country, NO THANKS TO YOU—pakisaksak mo yan sa utak mo, please).

7. “Also, you guys DON’T DO A ****ING THING ON YOUR PART and blame it all on them [government]. HOW ****ING RETARDED IS THAT!?!?!
You will have to SUBSTANTIATE THIS CLAIM, you malicious pig! Kung may nakita kang isang Pinoy na salaula sa sarili niyang buhay, hindi ibig sabihin nun representative sya ng lahat ng Filipino sa Pilipinas. Ok? As for the degree of “its” ****ING RETARDATION, well, tama ka. RETARDED nga ang claim mo. Di ko lang alam up to what degree. You tell me. Seems you’re the obsessed expert on the subject (ya know: you’ve been there, done that…).

8. “When MANY ****-QUIAO wins, all that you get is shallow, short-lived, insignificant ****ing recognition.”
Well, recognition is still recognition. To us Filipinos, it’s invaluable—disregarding your valuation of it as “shallow, short-lived, [and] insignificant.” Pero, at least, kahit man lang yun, may napala kami kay Manny. E sa iyo? WHAT DID WE EVER GET FROM THE LIKES OF YOU? At kahit pa siguro may napala kami sa iyo, HINDING-HINDI IYON NAGBIBIGAY SA IYO NG KARAPATAN PARA ALIPUSTAIN MO KAMING MGA FILIPINO. Mahiya ka sa balat mo!

9. “When that ****tard ****-QUIAO and that moron DUH-NISIA (Tenk yu Looorrdd!!!) gets recognized internationally you’re all gonna be like ‘PROUD TO BE PINOY’…”
Of course, we’re proud to be Pinoys whenever Manny wins. We’re proud to be Pinoys whenever Charice gets recognized.
FIRSTLY, sino pa ba ang dapat na maging proud sa kanila kundi KAMI ring mga Pinoy?
SECONDLY, Manny, Charice, Leah Salonga, et al, share their triumphs and honor with us. SILA ANG NAG-SHARE NG PRIDE NA YUN SA AMIN—BAKIT BA MARUNONG KA PA SA KANILA? WHO ARE YOU TO TAKE THAT AWAY FROM US? AND WHO ARE YOU TO TAKE THAT AWAY FROM THEM? O baka naman kasi naiinggit ka lang, kasi nasapawan ka ni Manny na hindi na kinailangang halikan ang pwet ng mga Amerikano (gaya ng pagta-trying hard mong magpaka-Amerikano dyan) para lang ma-recognize?
THIRD. Kahit naman mga first-world na bansa, they take pride in the individual accomplishments of their countrymen. BOBO DIN BA SILA SA TUWING GINAGAWA NILA YUN? AND WOULD YOU TELL THAT TO THEIR FACE, IF YOU WERE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY? Mas grabe pa nga sila minsan e. Kasi minsan kahit totally hindi nila kababayan, inaangkin nila (The French claim Frederick Chopin, and Chopin was really Polish; the Germans take pride in Rembrandt Van Rindt, and Rembrandt was Dutch; etc.).
Granted, minsan OA na ang pagkaka-express naming mga Pinoy sa pride namin. E ano naman sa iyo ‘yun? KAHIYA-HIYA BA KAMI SA IYO, E HINDI KA NA NAMAN PINOY, HINDI BA? O baka naman kasi, deep down inside, sa tuwing tumitingin ka sa salamin, sa tuwing nakikipagkapwa ka dyan sa mga Amerikano, hindi mo maikaila sa sarili mo na Pinoy ka? Na kahit pagbali-baligtarin mo ang mundo mo, second-class citizen ka lang dyan, walang boses na umaalma sa pulitika, ekonomiya at lipunan nila, liban sa pag-aalipusta mo sa aming mga Filipino NA KINAKAYA-KAYA MO kasi nag-iilusyon kang mas mataas ang antas mo from the rest of us? Sapantaha ko, mga Pinoy lang ang kaya mong i-bully, ano? Pero pagdating sa mga Puti dyan, bahag naman ang buntot mo. IPOKRITO!

10. “Let us not forget that most of the greatest entertainers themselves such as Michael Jackson and Mike Tyson are from other countries.”
In this day and age, who can forget Michael Jackson and Mike Tyson? Pero in the deep recesses of my memory (particularly as regards my adulation of the former), ONLY MICHAEL JACKSON WAS THE ENTERTAINER.
Other countries? Nasaang bansa ka ba? Kung nasa Amerika ka, e di dapat “this country” ang term mo. Pero kung nasa Pilipinas ka din (and I’m sure isunusuka ka ng mga kapit-bahay mo), dapat naging specific ka na lang since pareho namang pinanganak at lumaki sa Amerika ang dalawa.
Pero semantics lang yun. Which is ironic. For someone who lays claim to intellectual superiority, semantics lang hindi mo pa ma-master? KAYA NASASABIHANG TANGA ANG MGA PINOY E. Kasalanan mo! KASALANAN NG MGA TULAD MO NA DAKDAK NG DAKDAK DITO NG MGA KABOBOHAN, GAGO! WOULD YOU PLEASE DO OUR COUNTRY A FAVOR? STOP BETRAYING YOUR STUPIDITY FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE (and then dumping the blame on us)!

11. “Yes they get appreciated, but their ENTIRE ****ING COUNTRY DOES NOT STOP WORKING JUST TO WATCH THEIR ****ING MATCH OR CONCERT TO THE POINT THAT PEOPLE WILL BECOME VERY UNPRODUCTIVE AND DOWNRIGHT RETARDED!”
Again, bigyan mo ng substance itong claim mo. Kung OA man kami sa pride namin, e mas OA ka pa pala sa mga obserbasyon mo para lang maliitin mo kami.
Unang-una, sa tuwing may laban si Manny, tumatapat nang Sunday dito sa Pinas ang schedule. Dito sa Pinas, karamihan sa amin, nagpapahinga tuwing Linggo. Di gaya mong ungas ka na kahit Linggo e nagpapakamatay sa pagtatrabaho, pero in the end, ayun, hirap pa rin sa buhay.
Pangalawa, sa tuwing may laban si Manny, mga kriminal lang ang tumitigil sa trabaho nila. In short, halos zero crime rate kami tuwing may laban si Manny, ungas! E mukhang mas gusto mo pa yata na “magtrabaho” ang mga kriminal sa tuwing may laban si Manny, e. Yun ba ang definition mo ng productivity? Retarded ka ngang gago ka!

12. “In the 1950′s the Philippines was a land of promise, it was the second wealthiest country in Asia next to Japan. You guys had the upper hand as opposed to that of Korea, Civil-war torn India and Pakistan, and other asian countries. BUT YOU ****TARDS WASTED THAT OPPORTUNITY.”
Back in the 1950s, I wasn’t even born yet. Pero sa tingin ko, ikaw buhay ka na nung mga panahon na yun. Or it’s either you’re reminiscing the past, or meron kang nakausap na matandang Pinoy dyan sa Tate na trying hard din sa pagpapaka-Amerikano at nilalait-lait nya ang Pilipinas.
If the former is true, this only means it was YOU AND YOUR GENERATION who are guilty of letting this country down! You could have done something about it. Pero ano’ng ginawa nyo? Kayo ang nagpabaya! Nag-migrate kayo dyan! Tapos ike-claim nyo na it only happens that you’ve gained an objective perspective of the state of the Philippines, thus giving you the right to put down this country and its people? YOU’RE THE ****TARD! F*** you!
Now, if the latter is true (as in may nakausap kang matandang Pinoy dyan at ine-echo mo lang ngayon ang mga sentimyento nya), well, geez, kawawa ka naman! Hindi mo ba kayang mag-isip para sa sarili mo at ang kaya mo lang gawin ay ang ulitin ang sentimyento ng ibang tao? Again, that makes you THE ****TARD! F*** you!

13. “To cut my rant short, DON’T HOPE FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS TO HAPPEN TO YOUR COUNTRY WHILE SITING OUTSIDE YOUR HOUSES FOR HOURS GOSSIPING,GAMBLING, DOING NOTHING PRODUCTIVE. THEN BLAMING THE GOVERNMENT AND ASKING FOR CHANGES AND ****.”
Alam mo, kung ito lang ang sinabi mo for your rant, I would have considered you intelligent. Because on this, I agree with you (which is not to say that I consider this factual; since hypothetical lang naman ito, I agree with you). Kaya lang, you let yourself down with your earlier comments. YOU’VE BOLDLY BETRAYED YOUR IGNORANCE IN THEM. Need I say more?

14. “NO WONDER THE SPANIARDS CONSIDERED YOU IDIOTS.”
Well, I wonder if my Spanish ancestors were among those who considered Filipinos idiots. They intermarried with the “natives,” and as far as I remember, they had always considered themselves Filipinos. I would like to think that I don’t judge people based on outward appearances. But reading your comments here, the SPANISH BLOOD IN ME IS COMPELLED TO CONSIDER YOU AN IDIOT. Read your comments again, please. IT IS NO WONDER.

Aburido

(excerpt from my journal entry dated November 28, 2011, a Monday)

Last night, naubusan ako ng kanin. Hindi nagpasaing si Tina. May kanin pa naman kasing natira. Kaya lang hiningi naman nila Sabel. Akala ko may itinira pa sila. Yun pala, wala na. Banas na banas ako. Nagdabog ako nang nagdabog sa kusina. Oatmeal lang ang kinain ko, tapos lumabas ako ng bahay. Dapat bibili ako ng Kowloon siopao and siomai. Kaya lang, sasakay pa ng jeep. So, nag-7-11 ako. Hotdog sandwich dapat kakainin ko. Kaso, nililinis nila yung steamer nila pagdating ko. Kaya ayun, Minute Burger ang bagsak ko.

Hindi din ako nag-enjoy. Ewan. Hindi na din ako gaano nasasarapan sa Minute Burger ngayon. Tapos, yung tindera, mukhang walang pakialam sa mundo. Humingi ako ng tissue. Wala na daw sila ng tissue. Hay. Muntik ko na masabi, “Sa kakatipid nyo sa tissue, naubusan pa kayo?” Hindi kasi sila automatic nagbibigay ng tissue sa mga customers nila. Tapos, nung sinabi pa niya na wala na silang tissue, ni hindi man lang siya humingi ng pasensya. “Pasensya na po, naubusan kami ng tissue.” Hindi ba itinuturo sa kanila yun?

Itong si Kuya Dennis, nagsisigarilyo na naman. Amoy ko dito sa kwarto yung usok nya. Ansakit sa ilong. Pag yumaman ako, ipagpapatayo ko ito ng tower e. Dun siya sa tuktok ng tower magsisigarilyo.

Bwiset na ballpen to. Hindi pantay ang sulat. Ito pang sipon ko, ayaw pang umalis. Ewan ko ba. Aburido ako ngayon. Kagabi pa. Pero sa tingin ko mawawala rin ito maya-maya lang. 12 pa ako kailangan sa nutrition club ko. Dami ko pa dapat gawin before ako pumunta dun. Hay. Chapter muna!

Three ideas

(excerpt from my journal entry dated November 2, 2011, a Wednesday)

I had wanted to write last night kasi there were some ideas that came to me, but then it was already past 10 p.m. so I decided against it kasi nga I’m getting up very early today. So what were those ideas? Hmm…let me collect my thoughts….

There’s this short story idea about vengeance, wherein…. [censored muna, hehe]. I’ll think about the details of this one some other time, but right now I have decided I’d like it light enough to make it to the young adult category of reading materials. In truth, I’d like all my fiction to be in that category because it’s more exciting that way. I mean, it’s more exciting reading young adult stories because, as one writer I read somewhere put it, there is something really going on in them (e.g.  J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter books). Not like with, say, James Joyce or Chekhov, where a lot of the story takes place in the mind. I think the best fiction combines great plot with great psychology (Shakespeare, for example)…but that’s something I have to think about some more on.

The other idea is concerning resilience in people. There is this law that was passed in Congress recently, wherein it is now against the law to effect corporal punishment and humiliation on children. My position regarding this has always been on moderation. Not too hard but not too lenient either. So last night, when Ian (my nephew, barely two years old) played with his drink and spilled (not unintentionally) it on the floor, I slapped his hands. And when he wouldn’t wear his slippers, I slapped his feet.  He didn’t mind much the slapping (I guess), but the next time I told him to put on his slippers, he readily obeyed.


And I thought children should be disciplined when they’re still in their most resilient period. I think this is when they’re still able to get over a situation (or a “lesson”) quite easily without them tending to harbor any ill thought about the disciplinary act. Much of Hollywood culture has produced lots of brats who are so overdramatic over the littlest things, the smallest act of discipline is magnified to something traumatic.  I abhor child abuse, but I don’t like them learning about life through the extremes of letting them be like those boys in “The Lord of the Flies.”

My arguments here are badly constructed. I don’t know what’s with me this morning. My mind is not so focused on this right now. There is this other idea I wanted to write about last night, but I forget what….Oh yes, rhyme and reason. That’s what I wanted to write about. Pero semantics lang naman. Rhyme alone, or reason alone, could make for convincing evidence, but not necessarily compelling. So it’s basically “convincing” versus “compelling.” How deep. Ahehe. Semantics nga lang, e. I’m down to my last line. What else to write about? Well, good morning, world! Good morning, universe! Good morning, God! Amen. Amen. Amen. Chapter!

What the f...ork?

(excerpt from my journal entry dated November 18, 2011, a Friday)

Nanaginip ako kagabi. Except now, I don't remember what it was. Basta nagising na lang ako na medyo down ang spirit ko. Hmm... Bakit kaya? Hindi ako nagising sa alarm ng cellphone ko. Basta nagising ako from that dream, and ayun, I feel negative now. I'm beginning to question life and its purpose again.

So now I'm writing about it, not to rationalize about it but merely to detach myself as a passive observer of the experience. I prayed before getting out of bed, told God about my dream and the way I feel about it...what else?

You know what? I'm actually beginning to feel light already. What the f...ork? Hahaha. Siguro it's just gas. I farted just now and, hehe, I belong! Haha. Isn't this crazy? One minute, you're down, the next, you're smiling. It's amazing!

Just now, I laughed out loud, and I am all alone in the kitchen writing this at around 5:30 a.m. Those of you who are reading this must now follow the flow of my thoughts and the emotional development that goes with it. It's either you're smiling now, or maybe you're thinking that I have a loose screw somewhere. Where is this writing going anyway? So nonsensical. Geez! Am I bipolar? Do I have chemical imbalance in my brain? Enough of that now. I feel light already, what does it matter?

Average vs. Special

(excerpts from my journal entries dated November 21 and 23, 2011, merged )

I’m writing crap now. I don’t know…perhaps it’s because I feel I’m doing this [journal writing] out of obligation. I guess I’m writing with a clear head. Empty. As opposed to a lucid head, which has seen the light. Get it?

Pag empty head, kung ano na lang ang pumasok sa isip ko, yun na lang din ang isinusulat ko. Kahit nga walang kwenta. Pag lucid head naman, ibig sabihin I have stumbled upon a topic which I get to expound on quite easily—as in nagpo-flow lang yung mga thoughts ko on paper. 


Just like right now, I guess. Nagpo-flow lang ang mga thoughts ko on a topic, i.e. empty head vs. lucid head. Which is funny, because a while ago, I was writing with an empty head, now I’m writing with a lucid head. I guess nakaka-unblock nga talaga ng creativity itong journal writing.

Now, I don’t know which is better. Or healthier: Having an empty head or a lucid head? “Healthier,” kasi pag lucid head, medyo may “perking up,” and your senses are more “in tune” or “revved up.” Although siyempre it’s seemingly healthier that way, may health benefits din naman pag empty head. Ibig sabihin, mas laid back ang utak mo. Relaxed lang. Hindi man “hyper,” hindi rin naman stressed.

Ganun kaya mag-isip kapag average thinker ka lang? As in kung ano lang ang dumating sa buhay mo, tsaka ka lang nagre-react? As in hindi ka compelled to “create” something for everyone else to react to? Walang vision or ambition sa hinaharap—basta makatawid lang sa pang-araw-araw?

May genius din kaya sa ganung klase ng thought processing? As in, “I’m an average thinker, pero I stand out among average thinkers”? Now, what could they be like? Hmmm… And how do their geniuses manifest? I mean, if you’re average, doesn’t it follow that you’re thinking just like the next average person?  That you’re thinking just like everybody else? And if you’re the status quo, just how do you stand out?

Well, syempre we’ll have to consider the other intelligences, sabi nga ni Howard Gardner. Like, a lot of people ridicule Manny Pacquaio’s language skills, but then there are also those who say he’s a genius in boxing. But then, my concern here is, may genius ba sa pag-iisip with average thinking? In other words, is there genius in average thinking?

Ano nga yung rule ni Napoleon sa “Animal Farm” ni George Orwell? “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal…”? So, ibig sabihin, meron pa din stand out? So, pag pinagsama-sama mo sa isang isla ang lahat ng average thinkers, someone or some group of people among them are bound to assume the role of geniuses?

Hmm… Destiny na naman ba ito? Like, since there’s a need for it, is it destiny that leads a chosen few to found religions? To found philosophies out of necessity? To create works of genius out of necessity?

Or baka naman wala talagang taong pinanganak na “average”? I mean, all are “average” in many ways, pero deep inside, each of us is special? Kelangan lang ng right coaxing or stimuli para lumabas yung drama, then para lumabas yung “uniqueness”—yung genius? That’s a nice thought. Thank you, God, for the nice thought.

Naalala ko yung sinabi ng isang Herbalife distributor: “Hindi mo kasalanan kung ipinanganak kang mahirap. Pero kung mamatay kang mahirap, kasalanan mo na yun.” He’s right.

Pero kung ipa-paraphrase mo iyong quote na yun, at papalitan mo ng “hindi special” yung word na “mahirap” (as in, “Hindi mo kasalanan kung ipinanganak kang hindi special…”), it works also, right?


In other words, not everyone is born special, but if this life passes by without you amounting to anything “special”…well, geez, I don’t know who to blame. Life is so much more complicated when it comes to discussions on our roles to fill up in this world. Are there individual plans for each of us? A Divine Plan for all? Go figure.

But when we die, would we have lived and fulfilled a life of special purpose? Or is it all just in vain, sabi nga ni Qoheleth? I’m not sure about so many things, except siguro lately I’m realizing it’s not so wise to pass judgments on people. Although, of course, I wonder up to what extent we can be “special” without passing judgments on anyone or anything. Maybe it’s in the manner we see things. Or maybe it’s in the manner we say things, I suppose.

If I were God (with infinite understanding), would I condemn anyone to hell? Well, siguro some I would “barbecue” a little. Like the Abu Sayaff. Ahehe. But then, I think I’d take them out of the fire eventually. Siguro pag medium rare na sila. Ahehe. Ewan. Life is so … weird. Chapter!