Life in Autumn

You say there is a big difference between freedom and conflict of interest, between half truths and propaganda, between self censorship and outright bowdlerization of our judgment. What else could we expect from a giant that not only feeds on public opinion, but more so, on the clout of the powers that be?

Even in decent times, poor writers have nothing else but the richness of words and the brimming angst in this world. And yet you insist to besmirch these only wealth we could ever have.

The stakes may be high but we will never cower. Even if you leave us to wage our war in silent dissent.

“I’ve been making a list of the things they don’t teach you at school. They don’t teach you how to love somebody. They don’t teach you how to be famous. They don’t teach you how to be rich or how to be poor. They don’t teach you how to walk away from someone you don’t love any longer. They don’t teach you how to know what’s going on in someone else’s mind. They don’t teach you what to say to someone who’s dying. They don’t teach you anything worth knowing.”

1. Sana magresign na si Gloria para makapagbakasyon na ako.
2. Sana magresign na si Gloria para gumaan na ang buhay newsrum.
3. Sana magresign na si Gloria para tumigil na ang sakit ng ulo ko. Mahal na ang Ponstan 500.
4. Sana magresign na si Gloria para matigil na ang mga corny jokes sa text.
5. Sana magresign na si Gloria para sa ikabubuti ng puso ko at ni Jem.
6. Sana magresign na si Gloria para makapagpahinga na rin ang tropang newsdesk.
7. Sana magresign na si Gloria para bumalik na sa normal ang buhay nating lahat.
8. Sana mapatalsik na si Gloria.
9. Sana isama na niya si Noli, Raul Gonzales (that chauvinist), Bunye (that pathological liar!) at Mike Defensor.
10. Sana magresign na si Gloria para makapag-blog na ‘ko nang matino.

Sometimes it’s nice to have some things constant as these guys amid the turmoil. I miss those ‘wasted’ times. I really do.

Ang daming himalang nangyari sa teambuilding namin sa Clark, Pampanga nitong nakaraang weekend. May nagkabukingan, may nagplastikan at nagka-inlaban. Sa mga nakakakilala sa mga kasama kong gumawa nitong aming ‘masterpiece,’ alam niyo na kung bakit.