Circus

March 1, 2007

Fake plastered smiles.

Remix of Lito Camus novelty songs.

Ill conceived advertisements.

Empty promises.

Unifinished road constructions.

Trapos coming to life.

It only means one thing. It must be election time again. The circus is back in town. But oh wait, they actually never left it’s just that they’re introducing new acts and stunts. New clowns, acrobats, trained animals and etc. I tried to keep my political views to myself and even ignore it’s existence in the first place. But Pichay Itanim sa Senado! is too hard to resist and not comment on. When I first saw the TV ad, I almost fell off my seat laughing. You’ve got to be kidding me. But when I saw on the news that he spent some 33 Million Pesoses and topped the list for spending in advertisement , that’s when I was sure that he really was kidding me. Plus not to mention the fact taht maybe he spent a few more pesos to his fave.Have some sort of surgery done to his eyes coz it really looks deep set.Maybe he had a Northern Virginia eyelid surgery? We'll never know but it's not impossible since candidates seems to do anything to win even if it involves altering their faces or spending a lot.

Strangely enough but all this election hullabaloo reminded me of our classroom election while we were in Second Grade. My classmate, Edwin, a bully nominated me for Sergeant at Arms just to make fun of me. He even campaigned for it inside our classroom. I actually won and I remember crying and dying of embarrassment. But I quickly recovered and nominated him for Prince Charming but unfortunately he didn’t win. My revenge wasn’t fully realized but I caused him to panic for a few minutes and that was enough plus the fact that he didn’t bother me again. That classroom scene was a microcosm of what is actually happening in our electoral process today. Aside from being totally laughable, it is full of selfish motives, vengeance, and nuisance candidates. But there are also candidates who are exceptions to the rule albeit hard to find so vote wisely <insert fake smile>