It’s been a year since I sailed away to a different island after five long years of serving the Maasin City Council yet I still can’t help but miss the job and the people you work for and work with. I guess it’s what happens when you love something so much, you even sacrifice your college degree just to devote your time on it. (Although some may argue that I’m just not good with time management.)
Amidst the hectic schedule and the fast paced lifestyle I now have, there are still times when I stop and wonder what happened to my friends in the SK who have now been estranged since I decided to turn off my phone and purge my phone book in the hopes of managing the pain from longing for the happy moments of the past. (Yep, I’m weird and this is my own way of coping with endings.) I still get affected when I hear rumors against my former colleagues in the city council and would even go the distance of trying to defend them with even no solid ground. And, when I saw Ma’am Effie’s picture in the Souther Leyte Times website featuring the story about the city council winning a regional award, a rush of pride and sheer joy fills up my spirit (pardon the drama).
At this very moment, precisely 12 months before the elections (if the Cha-Cha train gets derailed), The political machineries of both the Mercado’s and the Lerias’ are already in full operation and perhaps, even on overdrive. The rumor mill will operate in hyper speed and buried issues will haunt candidates and potential candidates alike and people will still enjoy it. (You still aren’t tired of that story about the governor’s affair with someone from city hall, right? BAD NEWS, IT’S NOT TRUE. DEAL WITH IT!)
A note to first time voters (i.e the youth and the gullible), always remember that amidst all the “would be” funfair and drama, at the end of the day, all that is important, or all that SHOULD be important is a candidate’s platform and track record (which may include personal attributes). It’s not about who threw more shit to who’s face cause it’s not a shitting game, it’s about how Southern Leyte and all it’s municipalities and city would be run on the next couple of years and beyond. The earlier we realize what elections really are about, the more mature we’re gonna be when the time comes.
For those who’s not yet registered, rush to the nearest COMELEC office now. I know some of you might already be frustrated with Philippine politics after years of studying it on THE “four walls” so all you want to do now is to get the 500 hundred peso bribes from both parties and just get on with your lives. But hey, don’t yah ever start givin’ up your hopes for change just yet (am I starting to sound like O’Bama?), cause there are still millions of us who still believe that we can still rise up from this hell hole (the artist who sang Bagong Simula, the people who joined the Ako Mismo campaign, the entrepinoys behind the Yabang Pinoy, and a lot more) . Think about your social responsibility, your own integrity or, if you’re into religion, (like most people from Southern Leyte are) think about your god wants you to do.
By the way, be careful about your youth groups, a lot of youth related activities crop up during these times specially designed to gain you votes. Even church initiated ones tends to be biased on one party over the other. If only I can tell you in details what Mayor Maloney Samaco gone through during the last election without getting sued… but you know, right? (winks ^_~)
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