Whirlwind

I just came from Singapore with a bunch of friends...but I will not be blogging about that here. I will, however, talk about how I was sitting in the foyer of the 'hotel' that we were staying in one morning and reading through the news. I know it's pathetic to be on vacation but greedily soaking up what was written on the Straits Times, leisurely looking at the news.

You have to understand, I left Thursday night, February 21, at the height of the best telenovela I've ever seen, otherwise known as the ZTE-NBN deal. It had been two busy months for me since the start of the year, and it looks like it's gonna be that way for the next few weeks or months (at least until I get a tagteam, or else by the end of this quarter, I'd be almost stoned with work, either because of stress or numbness). It doesn't also help that there is this political movement going on, and no matter how much I want to spend time watching the whole Senate hearings live, I can't do it because I'm busy working. I'm actually torn sometimes. We would turn on the TV or radio at work, and sometimes, I'd stop what I'm doing to view the drama unfolding on screen or hear it on the airwaves. To be fair, following this whole fiasco is also part of my work. We are actually excused from it and encouraged to join protests against corruption and evil leadership.

So there I was, on a Saturday morning. Browsing through the newspaper, checking out the news over here in the Philippines...and there's nothing there on the deal. Sigh. Such disappointment.

What was more pathetic was, when I got back here at 5:45 in the morning, I texted my friend and asked, "So what's the news?" almost fearful that a big thing happened and I didn't get to witness it firsthand!!!! I remember the unspoken words that coursed through thousands of Filipinos when the Impeachment Court decided not to open that controversial envelope...I was afraid that I missed a similar event while I was away. So after being assured that nothing really changed much when I left, I hibernated for a day, despite the fact it being the EDSA Anniversary ( I half expected something happening on that day too, but of course, nothing really did).

Well, that's a chismosa for you.

Anyway, for those of you who belong to the legal profession one way or the other, if your choice of expression is to join the walk of the lawyers/law students/paralegals on friday, please do so. A lot of people out there are waiting for the legal profession to take and make a stand. After all, it is this profession that got the country into this mess in the first place (which is I know, open to debate).