Showing posts with label elections. Show all posts
Showing posts with label elections. Show all posts

Monday, May 17, 2010

same old bananas

in light of the same ol' same ol' who won our senatorial race... (okay... photo not too accurate...)


i'd like to juxtapose our situation with the most recent installation at silverlens.


yes, they seem like statesmen perhaps from the lower house?


complete with barongs and masks...


and in the middle of it all are bananas...


and their "holy" leader... hmmmm.......


well, as the artist aptly called it...


same ol', same ol'.

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

ever the optimist.

this is the high school where i casted my vote.

(notice the building looming above???)


lines were long, and it was very hot (as everyone had said).


the line in the classroom before the actual classroom where we vote...


but i was more than happy to endure -- with cold water and this book in tow...


between the long wait, the nerves (of filling up the lone ballot correctly), and the thrill of voting for a president for the first time, it was quite an emotional experience for me,

especially as i got my indelible ink on my finger (gross photo below).


needless to say i'm BEYOND thrilled that our elections went relatively smoothly, and we actually have RESULTS so early on!!!

kudos to dick who really pushed for automated elections.


and even if pretty much none of my candidates will make it...

and the last names on the roster board are as old and cliche and tiresome as can be,

i'm as hopeful as ever.

Monday, December 14, 2009

forward march!

hey sis :)

we've been quiet and i shall blame it on the christmas rush.

but anyway, managed to steal some shots of the new burgos circle at the fort... (although just using my phone)...


what a new, perty area. it's where our fave cafe juanita is, and it's really such a beautiful addition to the city.


little pockets of development like this one really makes me happy, and affirms my belief that we are, slowly but surely, moving forward as a country.

which is why i agree with carlos whose FB status was:

Haynako. Negastar Jim Paredes thinks we're doomed. He's really a good guy for sure but why is he SUCH a turn off lately? I wonder if I'm alone in thinking this.



carlos is not alone. i'm with him.

jim wrote this nega article about our country.

after reading it, i (although outside of my character) responded to carlos by saying:
carlos, i think the reason why we don't get this article is because people like you (!) and me (?) are already doing (in our own ways) what he "calls" us to do in the last paragraph -- dreaming, acting, engaging, inspiring. "being a passive player in gma's dream" is a silly thought, and perhaps almost equal to bickering and whining about the country.

sometimes, i feel like it's OUTLOOK that divides our political landscape.

one side looks at our country with despair, and believes that the logical way to go is to vote the cleanest albeit not-the-sharpest-tool-in-the-toolbox.




another side looks at it with crazy optimism -- and recognizes that we, despite all the crap, are moving forward, hence choosing the smartest believing that we need not kill too many fires but instead plant seeds.

watjatink of my theory?

Thursday, November 6, 2008

yes we can!

yes!  this deserves two posts...

i love it that america is finally color-blind (well, sort of  -- less than half of white american voters voted for obama... but then again, the white americans don't define america).

i love it how love will know no gender (gay marriage).

i love it how so many feel so hopeful, optimistic and inspired despite the times.

i love it that america, for the next 4 years, will not label any country as 'evil', and won't ever see war as a key primary solution to terrorism or anything else.

i love it that the ultra-conservative, church-is-state-thinking, divisive right was told, even just for a while, that the majority's thoughts are not with theirs.

haaaaaaay.  i am so happy.

lemme end this with one of my favorite campaign vids -- this showed early on how poetic the PRESIDENT is.




thank you, america!!!

Monday, November 3, 2008

to the one we love to hate...

in a few days, the longest running electoral campaign will come to a close.

if all goes as wished, the palin jokes will come to an end.

i'm guessing, here's the last of the bunch.  here's a prank call by 2 radio dj's from montreal posing as nicolas sarkozy in a silly accent and even sillier questions.  i love it!!!

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

we heart joe biden

watch this right-winged republican newscaster get creamed!  ha!