Working in the night shift leads to a very erratic sleeping pattern. I manage to sleep though by wrapping a blanket around my double-deck bed and burying myself in 4 pillows. This cocoon method failed this afternoon because the insistent beeping of my cellphone woke me up. Text messages flooded my inbox: "Due to the political situation in Makati…” What?!I groggily put on the TV and was confronted with the non-stop coverage of another military coup in the Makati Central Business District. Sen. Trillanes had walked out of his trial at the Makati RTC around noon. He then proceeded with several of his co-defendants and some anti-Gloria civilians to the Manila Peninsula. Along the way, they were joined by men who changed into military fatigues and donned the red Magdalo armband. The group then overwhelmed the upscale hotel’s security and holed up in a 2^nd floor function room. He was cited for contempt of court and a warrant of arrest was issued for him and 14 of his companions. For the next seven hours, they were in a standoff with the military and local police. My first thought was, yehey, no more Christmas party! It’s supposed to be held next week at the Rigodon ballroom of … guess where? My next was pity for the employees working at the hotel and the guests caught in the middle of the chaos. My third, and more relevant thought was, if the coup plotters were expecting another EDSA revolution, that is pure wishful thinking. I’m sure they sent a lot of text messages asking for people power, and there are reports of crowds from the slum areas being paid to rally in Makati. No way. Not another EDSA on top of another coup. After the events of the past decade, the spirit of the EDSA People Power has died and gone to a happier place. I personally am sick and tired of promises unfulfilled and the endless parade of incompetent and/or corrupt leaders we have. I do not like President GMA. I was there in EDSA Dos as a young UP freshman. The reason I never attended another rally after that is because of what resulted from it. She is eternally spouting aphorisms about the economic progress under her regime, but hates being reminded of the blatant poverty, injustice, and corruption around us. I also have a nagging suspicion that she cheated in the last elections. But she has been sworn into her office, and trying to dislodge her now is just inviting political, social and economic chaos in our country again. After seeing how military juntas have treated their citizens in other countries, I’m not eager to experience the same thing firsthand. I have had enough of this crazy politics, where a politician’s personality and not his platform matters. The system would work if we let it, and not throw an immature and emotional coup every time we feel like it. Why can we not have respect for authority? After an hour of watching the news, I turned the TV off. The standoff wasn’t done yet, but I went back to sleep. I’m not apathetic. I can’t be even if I tried. Let her finish her term. 2010 is just a few years away. Then I can make a difference.  

Tulog na Hayaan na muna natin sila Mamaya Di ka na nila kaya pang saktan Kung matulog…matulog ka na   I got this from Carlomer’s blog. Google this “Rita (your name) likes to” and list the first 10 items that pop up.  So what do the various Ritas in google-dom like? 

1. Rita likes to read, travel, cook and spend time with her family.

2. Rita likes to use various newsgroups and found them all to be a lot of help to her.

3. Rita likes to make the most of life, and finds pleasure in simple things, like having her hair done and singing along to the latest pop tunes.

4. Rita likes to be a big geek.

5. At the office, Rita likes to be up front closer to the door.

6. Rita likes to wear more than one hat and loves writing many different types of romance.

7. Rita likes to use red and peppermint carnations together in her Christmas arrangements.

8. Rita likes to joke a fair bit, take everything Rita says with a large grain of salt.

9. …also applies to vacations, which Rita likes to fill with spas, room service, and shopping.

10. Rita likes to compete in marathons and 'iron man' triathelons, and they have a wall full of plaques and awards.

 The first few were okay, but the last half were way off the mark. In real life, what do I like to do? Just simple things really:   

1. Rita likes to eat and eat a lot.

2. Rita likes to sleep and can do so anywhere.

3. Rita likes to read books and is captivated by excellent stories, no matter what the genre.

4. Rita likes to talk.

5. Rita likes coffee and regards caffeine as essential to life.

6. Rita likes music, and she finds pleasure in both singing and listening to good singers.

7. Rita likes to have her quiet time but is now finding it difficult to fit in her schedule.

8. Rita likes the theater and thinks it has been too long since she last watched a stage play or acted in one.

9. Rita likes to look at the full moon and the stars.

10. Rita likes to blog.

 Now it’s your turn. =)

 

 

 

Wow. A permanent blogsite. Or what passes for permanent for someone who has a short attention span. Joni kindly gave me a crash course on the basics of "professional" blogging. RS feeds, backlinks, uploads, etc etc now fill my brain. If only they were edible...

So, why look up? In this crazy world, need you ask?