Thursday November 29, 2007 is another eventful day. It was raining since last night until early today. I’m sure streets were flooded thanks to twins Mina and Lando We left the house a bit late; I have a hard time waking up th
e kids. I was tuning on my am radio from left to right hoping that any DepEd officials will declare classes’ suspension on grade levels. Traffic is building up already just outside our village, direction heading to airport was hardly moving, flooded portions of road fronting the Casino. I ask my driver to turn right and will take the skyway instead to avoid flooded street near the NAIA airport.
It was almost half past seven in the morning when we arrive at Makati, my youngest daughter was crying already, worried that she won’t be able to go to her classroom since the gate maybe were already closed. She only stopped when she saw cars still lined up at Ponce Street, inside San Lorenzo, dropping off girls at Assumption College. After I saw my youngest daughter run to catch up with their daily "morning talks" and my second girl was on her way to her classroom, we left Sanlo and was on our way to Don Bosco church just outside of Sanlo to attend Mass. After the Mass, me and my Mom usually goes to Landmark to get our breakfast. Wait for my two little girls dismissal time, pick them up and go home. It was like the same ordinary day, not until my hubby called up. He told me that Tony Trillanes and Danny Lim were up to their antics again and holed up at Manila Pen (These guys have good taste when it comes to their choice of venue, last time was at Oakwood for Tony). I thought it would be the usual blah blah and not much will going to happen. My Mom a fan of Tony (fan for the lack of better word as "uzisera" she voted for him during the last national election) asked me since we were few hundreds of meters away from Manila Pen, if we could go atleast to Ramon Cojuanco Building and see if people were starting to gather. Since that was still early and was raining that time, not much people were there to lend support to Tony and Danny.
Me and my Mom were back at Landmark Dept. Store when the news broke out. AC’s text brigades were quick, informing parents of the dangers which were just more than a kilometer from our girls place. We learned that Police and Military are filling up near Makati Avenue preparing to confront the Magdalo Boys. As to how they will assault the Senator, no details but few speculations were ripe that they might use the "Septic Tank" of Manila Pen to flush out rebel soldier holed up at the hotel. Police report found out that it was very effective during the last G-2 blast.
Classes were suspended and I need to go back and get my girls. I have to make an urgent call to my driver to fetch us here in Landmark, I don’t want to go back and walk thru Glorietta. They still have this “septic tank” I would have thought so. (the true reason why I am skipping Glorietta is that my hubby was still keeping my x'mas shopping budget) It was almost 2:00 pm when I got hold of my two girls; the only gate that was open at Sanlo was the one at Savio, their Pasong Tamo exit. We have to deal with that and took a longer route, past 3:00pm and we were back in our place.
Right after cooking our dinner, I was able to see the drama in Makati as it unfolds. I have a better view in our living room than when I was out standing near the Ramon Cojuanco Building, wonders of live communications.
Tony Trillanes amuses me, since he had the guts to stand as to what he speaks of. No elected Senator with 200 million (pork barrel) annual budgets attached to his office for three years and a very promising political career will do as such. For what, just to bring change to his country and stand to what he believes in, I doubt if any Senator would do as such. Even Lito lapid, would have not thought of this concept in any of his movies. Much more of Bong Revilla, who was busy counting his children if it is almost half of what he's father have.
Tony Trillanes may be wrong or maybe right, but he proves to be the kind of man he was. With not much to gain but everything to loose, it took a lot of courage to do as such. Gregg Ohnasaan (opps, sorry, I have misspelled it, should be Honasan) never did that and was always missing (nasaan?) after any failed attempted coup.
It pains me to watch on TV, valiant uniformed men planning and assaulting the likes of Danny Lim and Tony Trillanes and with complete disregards for the safety of other people so that Gloria and his gangs could continue to plunder the wealth of our Country (my second daughter once asked me if she was really an “Assumptionista” and why was she always short in temper. Sister Maitel taught them the contrary).
Tonight Gloria will sleep with smile on her lips thinking that Filipino people can easily be bully, just run one APC and nobody will show even their sympathetic support to any valid cause.
I was in deep thought when Manang Sansa told me that dinner was ready.
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