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Personal Presidential Priorities

Dennis Ponce Tagamolila had the option to meet Mar Roxas today or get together with a friend who needed a good talk. my friend won - FACEBOOK STATUS then someone posted a note whether it means that i am not voting for mar. the question is not whether i am voting for a vice president. the question is a choice between meeting a super-duper-popular candidate to exchange pleasantries or to meet a friend who needed the company and a sympathetic ear. i seriously doubt it if mar will even remember me, but i know that i will make a difference in a friend's life today. instead of saying who i am favoring this election, i definitely know WHO NOT TO VOTE FOR. The choice has come down to two teams. erap is not part of my list .

Publicity Gimik

i'm mad. i haven't gotten the text message about villar who is actually the real boy toy of gloria. that and another text message that claimed dolphy was bribed to support manny. not that i'm mad because i didn't get to read the message, it's more like pissed that whatever political machinery is at work perceive me as not worth spending two pesos worth of text. remember the erap jokes? the ones that was eventually revealed to be the brainchild of a group from ateneo who arguably got erap elected by virtue of the "stupid" erap jokes? with the rabid desire of filipinos for anything funny, the messages got sent, resent ad infinitum. erap is still banking on that in every forum he goes to. except that he hasn't realized people are laughing AT him not, WITH him. in any case, the unusual spitefulness of the "manny text messages" can either be the brainchild of jamby jambelina or a slick political strategy of manny's team to get his name i...