Achieving Happiness

At the risk of sounding bitter and pissed off, I am annoyed and pissed off. The recent Social Weather Stations Survey (SWS) points out a massive dive in the ratings of the bloc of progressive party-lists led by Bayan Muna, Anakpawis and Gabriela Women’s Party. Instead of the three party-lists securing three seats each, the survey projects that only Bayan Muna will get three seats while the latter two will have to make sure to fight to keep one seat each.

One seat each?!

Anyways, I’m angry because I know it’s a statistical improbability and impossibility for Anakpawis to keep only one seat. Mayabang na kung mayabang, pero nasa amin ang dalawang pinakamalaking mass organizations na KMU at KMP, gayun na rin ang COURAGE, PAMALAKAYA, PISTON, KADAMAY at Amihan. Our electoral campaign machinery has never worked better (well, ok, so it’s only the second time, but heck, we’ve done well because the first time we ran, we secured two seats).

I am offended on behalf of the thousands of full-time political activists now working ’round the clock distributing flyers and leaflets, putting up posters, going house-to-house AND taking the risk of being shot and killed by elements of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) who cannot and will not get it into their human rights violating, thick skulls that our party-list is not a front for the Communist Party of the Philippines or the New People’s Army. Grrrr.

Anyways, I will not let this ruin my entire day. I’m getting wrinkles already because of sun exposure and my cheap sunscreen doesn’t seem to be working enough (SPF 15 lang kasi. Dapat daw 35? High-strength, industrial grade sunscreen ang kailangan in countries like the Philippines where there’s practically no ozone layer left!).

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Am looking forward to another penguin cartoon movie. After Happy Feet which featured my all-time favorite Emperors, there’s Surf’s Up where Adelie penguins take center stage.

The Adelies in Happy Feet (Ramon, in particular, voiced by Robin Williams) were so funny, and so clumsier looking than their taller, bigger cousins the Emperors. They waddle more. In Surf’s Up, they’re supposed to be surfing dudes and I can’t wait to see that.

O ayan, I’ve managed to calm myself down somewhat. Hmmph.

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