Did you vote on May 14 2007?
Yes
No
I am a flying voter!
I am under 18 years old.
Yes, kahit alam ko na minsan may nandadaya. Its the least i can do to help. Help manalo ung karapat dapat (I hope and pray).
:D
NO.
Because I chose not to.
The moment you enter the cafeteria, a burst of colors meet you. Tons of signages: good health, great value, buy-one take-one, discounts, brand names, merchandising, discount coupons, big servings and other claims. There's also the occasional free-taste girl or the rarer mascot in tow.
The music ain't better than the fare: Reruns of old songs layered with a "new" twist.
You take a tray and line up, try to pick what you want for lunch, just to get by the afternoon. Attendants wait to serve you, with that generic smile pasted on their faces. The line is long and slow. You extend your neck to see what's holding everyone up. They don't know what to choose, because everything looks the same. Worse, some even looked like food served yesterday.
I would have wanted to go on but hey, the thread starter didn't ask "WHY".![]()
Well, you could always say why you voted or why you didn't vote. For me, I didn't go and vote. Why? I voted in the past and didn't see any improvement except during the Ramos administration. Lately, the corruption has gotten to a point where is can be deem institutionalized into the system of government we have here.
My solution? Clean the slate and start over.
I'm exactly the same. im now beginning to realize that Marcos' regime has done us more good rather than this so called "democratic" type of government.
so more is that a typical Juan's life has become a sort of a "cycle".
cycle 1: Election Period - candidtes running for position guggle around with different parties, "balimbingan", siraan at patayan. kahit magkakamaganak nagaaway dahil sa politica.
- after election, lossing candidates would cry "cheated".
cycle 2: Post Election - jacking for seats and kiss and makeup.
cycle3 : Bangayan Period - expect them to dig each others "stinks" while Juan are just over hearings, waiting for our dear senators to approve the budget for his son's eduaction.
cycle 4 : Pre-election - after 3 short years, here they go again. umpisa ng siraan at balimbingan, then proceed to Cylce 1 again.
these has been our lives for the past years/ decade. some of us see the Green Pasture out of our own struggles, and at the cost of other nations. while Juan is still sweating out inside his barong-barong, while his junior is vending chicharon on the streets.
so i dont see that "obligation" for our Motherland and to me, nobody's the "right" person, unless we change our political system.![]()
that's me anyway.