One Year, One Wish

Full Circle is now a year old!

It hasn’t grown fully over the year, though, having been dormant for the most part (6 to 8 months). But hey, it managed to revive itself, just as when it was in its last gasp of cyberlife. What can I say? You choose to hibernate longer than you would be active, you’ll be consigned to zombie-like existence if not total oblivion and eventual death.

So here I am again, pounding my worn-out yet recently cleaned laptop keys (thanks to my friend for providing me a cotton ball taken from his mom’s dresser and an effective cleaning solution from his work – it pays to have a resourceful person in your phone book you see) as I watch the newscaster announce the unstoppable Filipino invasion not only of the US but the world as well.

Two new faces join the famed hall of Pinoys making it big in Hollywood – a certain de Tagle in Hannah Montana and a certain Copon in a Scorpion King prequel. Filipino pride – proudly declared Copon. Ahh, there it is again – the favorite battle cry rousing the diaspora.

Pinoy pride – right slogan for the wrong reasons. But I will save that for a different piece – because today is my blog’s birthday. And like all other birthdays, I will make a wish.

Hate it or love it — I wish that Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo gets ousted and, along with her mindless and murderer minions, made to pay dearly for their crimes against the people.

And if she doesn’t get ousted before the term of her usurped office expires? It’s okay. I can live with that, taking comfort in the firm belief that the long arm of justice as seen to it by the people, will eventually get her. I won’t leave it to God – it is a sorry excuse for us in not exercising our sovereignty as a people and charting our fututre. I would leave it to the Filipino people to serve justice and finally reclaim itself before the world.

This is the type of dignity and pride we all sorely need as a people. And this is my wish. Not the escapist fanfare of glamour and glitter ignorantly peddled by a lot of our confused countrymen.