Yesterday I catched up on TV viewing after a long lull of not even watching anything. I was shocked to find out what happened to Benazir Bhutto in
She was a charismatic leader and she could have reigned as prime minister again for the second time around in Pakistan had she not felt she needed to go and stand up on that SUV’s sunroof to wave to the crowd. Maybe she wanted to show the people, yes I am here and I am with you, but just like that a murderer attacked and shot her point blank, a couple of feet standing at the back of the car. She got hit once in the back and once in the head when the murderer blew himself up and injured 30 or so more people around her. I filled up on the news and commentaries for a couple of hours until I dozed off.
I am sad that another hero has fallen. Why do they have to die in order to effect a change? Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Ninoy Aquino and now, Benazir Bhutto. I hope
Maybe it’s one of the reasons why I have stopped watching TV. Lately watching the news on TV is too much of a reality check, it’s like watching a series of unfortunate events happen blow by blow in real time. I remembered I turned on the tv and Glorietta was bombed, there was a blast in Batasan, a weird weird mockery that is Philippine politics shattered the Manila Penn, and now this. Looking back at the year that passed is certainly heartbreaking. Not just for me personally because of the numerous heartaches this year, but for the other tragedies that some other people in the world felt. What a year that was, and honestly, there’s a little bit of me feeling relieved that it’s about to end in a couple of days.
Here's to another year, another new beginning.
was this the same soc sci class where we had to cut out and share a current event item? i am seriously so behind-- i watch the news for the weather!
ReplyDeletedon't you feel that every year just becomes a little worse than the previous one? thank goodness for new beginnings.
the past year was toxic. makes you want to move "somewhere only we know" i dont like reading the papers and watching the news because i just end up getting angry.ive lost faith in any project in the philippines. i think of them as just opportunities pra mkakuha ng bribe or cut sa profit. high blood high blood!
ReplyDeleteyeah..i remember the Ms. Gerochi discussions were quite mind-openers then..remember when she told us we can get any nickname we wanted? you were sushie di ba? i forgot mine if i ever had one (old age..old age..)
ReplyDeletehigh blood nga..hehe..happy new year dude..and to DEM..may the next year bring good news for all of us..
ReplyDeletebasta alam ko si maita is "gringo's wife" i think i was athena. might not be in mam gerochi's class but in some other :D
ReplyDeleteK, remember gwendolyn and marvin???
ibang class si gwendolyn-- english yon. i was josephine in that class. sushie for gerochi's class. and k, i don't think you were one of the people who changed their names.
ReplyDeletegringo's wife, hahahah. how can you still remember that mau? ive completely forgotten that or why i chose that nick. did i think gringo was cute?
ReplyDeletemau, yes..of course how can i forget gwendolyn and marvin??hehehe..
ReplyDeletepeng, awww sayang ala akong nickname..sana Obi-wan..hehehe
maita was gringo's wife and "the prime minister" di ba?
right! yes maita, you thought gringo was hot! (eewww)
ReplyDeletebut are you guys sure it's mam gerochi? i thought it was the other soc sci teacher's class, the one whose last name starts with B? i know for sure that she also allowed nicknames, im not sure about mam gerochi though. (old and forgetful!)