Moon the Wolf

Louie

Just when I thought I was cool because I will be covering the first automated polls in the country, I was told by my editor last week that I would be given a new assignment as some people were leaving the company. Moving should not be a big deal anymore since I have changed assignments quite a number of times this year. In January, I moved to covering the Department of National Defense and  local government units from NEDA, and then moved to the House of Representatives in April. In May, I was covering only local government units, and then back to the Department of National Defense. In September, I was transferred to Intramuros to cover the Department of Tourism, Department of Labor and Employment, Department of Public Works and Highways, Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines, Department of Health, Department of Foreign Affairs, Department of Education, Commission on Higher Education and the Commission on Elections.

Moving is really a big deal to me this time because the new assignment is not part of the political cluster anymore. I am tasked to cover private banks, appreciation and/or depreciation of the peso and auction of treasury bills and treasury bonds. Totally different from what I have been covering. Ok. I had economics subjects in UP but when I was still studying, I only had basics about banks and did not really think I would be needing it in the future. Even when I was already working, I never thought that I would be covering banks one day.

My first day was yesterday and I guess I could say I survived. My stories were late though. I have so much to learn.  I told myself before that I would be thinking about the direction I would like to take after the elections. But now that I am not covering that anymore, I may have to think about it now. I am going to try to do what I can do and we'll see.

pauerish

My back's aching again. I'm off from PT for almost 3 weeks now (since I'm mostly on the afternoon shift) and haven't done any back hygiene as well. The pain ranges from bearable to moderately severe and tramadol's only helping a bit. Lyrica's good but I think I need a dose adjustment. Funny, being a nurse should've help me cope with the disorder but it seems that my attitude have proven that health care professionals are the worst patients you could have (prove me wrong then otherwise!).

pauerish

Election time is just around the corner. In a few months time, we'll be electing new public officials--people who are to protect our rights and advocate for the good of everyone. Unfortunately, I have to say that Philippine politics is somehow smudged with dirt. Many of the candidates have started airing their "public ads" and have been promoting themselves for the longest time now. The political ads make me very nauseated. They keep on promising the Filipinos a brighter future but history has proven that they do not fulfill these promises more often than not. Should they be like the Japanese, many of them would have committed harakiri after being suspected of dishonesty as a public official.

Campaigning has started early. Some of them who have the billions to spend on ads include Mar Roxas, Juan Ponce Enrile, Chiz Escudero and Manny Villar. Yuck! They all sound pathetically desperate to win the elections. Do they really mean what they say on tv or are they just doing these thing half-heartedly with the main intention of earning big amounts of money when they already have the power. Oh, I forgot to mention Erap Estrada who, after being granted pardon is now also in the race for the presidency. How greedy, pathetic and ungrateful he is. I don't know what will happen to us if he wins again. I bet foreign investors will run away from us having elected an "ex-convict" for president. Filipinos, you have to think, think and think again before we cast that vote next year.

My family re-registered at the Comelec last month. We had to do such because we failed to vote during the last elections. I'm still pondering on whether or not to use that one vote I'm entitled to next election because I'm doubtful if it would make a difference. Nakakapagod at nakakasawa nang makitang nangungurakot ang mga opisyal ng gobyerno. Again, the question of whether one vote would make sense lies in everyone of us. Maybe if majority of us would use our common sense during the elections, we would be able to elect a sensible leader that would re-create a new Philippine Republic.

Dreaming of more books in the future...

pauerish

After having a short photo shoot at Rizal Park, we headed to Harbor Square to have dinner. It has been a long time since we had Nanay come along with us so we have to make the night special. We had dinner at Dencio's even if mom did not have the likings for the resto. We had sari-saring sinugba (grilled pork, tuna and squid), chopseuy (mixed vegetables), kare-kare (beef and tripe in peanut sauce) and lumpia (spring rolls). Patrick had 2 rounds of rice as always while Nanay had Dad's half of rice plus another one of her own. We had a hearty meal and good photos as well. Dad and I went to Starbucks to have coffee afterwards while Mom, Pat and Nanay strolled along the bay and took more photographs.

I'm planning to buy a new Starbuck's tumbler after the payday. I broke mine a couple of months ago and I'm currently using the smaller personalized tumbler. I need a bigger one to satisfy my coffee cravings.