Pinoys love the “Hollow Block”
Posted on August 22, 2006 - Filed Under Punch Forum |
Edener Benitez Fabella
August 22, 2006
Whew! Punch Forum is smokin’ hotter than a habanero. Today I will try articulating on Filipinos affinity, passion and love affair with a product we call ‘Hollow Block’. However, before expending on the subject, allow me to digress into things so troubling you wish you were in a bottle waiting to be rubbed by someone to get out and help poor Filipinos.I know I am supposed to operate under a ‘SIB-WUS’ decorum code but heck, I am a man on a mission. Besides it’s not easy teaching an old dog specially a septuagenarian such as myself held together only by regular doses of metamuccil, pla-pla pis-pis oh what a relief it is and pads of Salompas. Siguradong masasabon na naman ako nito but it’s hard to give it a rest. I figure prospects here are looking better than on the bingo tables and lottery outlets in winning friends O di ba? I don’t mean to sound patronizing but Ms. Ric’s commentaries reflect deep rooted intelligence and she makes a lot of sense. One need only have the ability to read between lines, capture every subliminal messages without a tinge of sardonic linkages and you will come out fully appreciating her views.
Now then, there are some loose ends that no matter how hard you try, it just don’t add up. I recall vividly, in the early days of her assumption to power, GMA bragged to the Filipino people ’she is the best thing that ever happened to the country (what chutzpah)!’ Weeks later she was in Mindanao where she was presented a criminal named Manero (a person jailed for killing an Italian missionary reportedly eating part of his brains). By golly, she even shook hands with him (ugh). There of course were other instances but by this time medyo mataas nang lahat ang kilay nang mga Filipino. When she claimed she was put there by God and has in fact a direct line to God, something else beside eyebrows rising up and no (silly you) Levitra and Cialis were not the culprits. It is loss of confidence among many Filipinos. Perhaps the motto in Malacanang is - ‘In God I trust but more on cash!’
Where am I going on this? Well, simply this. It would do well for this administration to cut the braggadocios since it cannot even do things without the help of the international community.
How can you face the people and say things with a straight face, the country will be a first world class status in 20 years time and an enchanted kingdom with big bucks coming out of her ears she wants to transform the country into various super mega regions? Meron pa bang Filipino na naniniwala sa mga sinasabi nitong si Ate Glo?
First, the USA needed to infuse a million bucks to assist the country rid itself of graft and corruption. Second, IOM did most of the airlift of OFW’s fleeing Lebanon and a Greek shipping tycoon offering vessels to ferry some of our OFW’s. Third, an international organization is now looking into the unabated killings of people critical of her. Finally, in the Guimaras oil spill, our government admitted helplessness and now soliciting international expertise in cleaning up the mess. If this is the enchanted kingdom of Gloria Pidal, it sure sucks to high heavens. Bakit kahit man lang skimmers, booms, vacuum systems and dispersant equipment wala ang ating coast guard units? Our honorable polithievians are sporting state of the art SUV’s and flashy cars but cannot allocate funds for these equipment for use in emergencies such as this tragedy in Guimaras? Hoy mahiya naman kayo!
Yes, we Filipinos adore hollow blocks. We use it for erecting our homes (still do). There is now better use for this. In our type of democracy, it is easy to feel one hollow block tied up to your leg. Every time your pockets are picked by crooks in government, it’s like an anchor preventing you from slipping further down a grave. But if we let the same crooks from riding roughshod down everyone’s throat this ‘cha cha’ scam, there will be 2 hollow blocks instead of 1 tied to your legs and on your way to the vast ocean never to be seen or heard from again. In other words, wise up mga kababayans don’t let more tomfoolery and hang on to your wallets tight! Tignan ninyo pati ‘cedula’ gusto nilang pagkakitaan?
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