TODAY, I woke up to my 5:30 alarm.
I have nine minutes to walk to my new sunrise spot.
Four minutes max, if I run it.
At the spot, an elderly woman chatted me up.
Said she saw me yesterday as I went to take a photo of the sunrise, but she didn’t call me.
She made an effort to say hi to me today?
***
She showed me a basket of leafy vegetables.
Pointed it out, “I have vegetables here. Just making do with veggies.”
I know they were vegetables!
They didn’t look like fish or crabs to me.
So, I just said, “Vegetables are good and nutritious.”
Actually, the word I used was ‘healthy’ because who understands ‘nutritious’ at this age?
***
I felt a sense of despair and hopelessness in her tone as she lamented about life, the cost of meat, and so on.
She complimented me on how good I look, and how better situated in life.
How I am set as a multi-millionaire.
Of course, I was flattered.
But she was wearing a BBM-Sara t-shirt, so in my mind, I was already five kilometers away.
“Bye, Auntie, I have to finish my run.”
***
When I arrived at my friend’s house, he was cooking some alogbate (Ceylon spinach), and was angry because his house cleaning boy stole one of the SPAM pork hams that I gave him yesterday.
I told him he should forgive the boy because his family were all Kakampinks. Haha.
The boy is a kleptomaniac.
He also has moderate autism.
And I hate thinking about how to help him, and his family.
Why should I?
I mean, shouldn’t be this be the job of the government?
***
I’ll say it again.
The loss of my candidates in the last elections was very liberating.
Today, when people approach me for financial assistance, I just point them to the DSWD office.
I am not the social welfare!
I blame the stupids for their stupidity.
In my mind, I sing “Unity, our unity!”
When they try to convince me that they are Kakampinks, I tell them to go to Angat-Buhay Foundation.
I did not promise to improve their lives, but maybe Angat-Buhay did!
***
When my candidates lost the May elections, I began to admit that I cannot save the world.
I cannot even save the f*cking Philippines.
No one can!
But I can save my backyard.
I can take care of my property.
I can employ people.
Give people some livelihood.
And I because I do not give a f*ck anymore, I can f*ck everybody.
This is what the 31 million did to me.
***
No, I do not blame them for what I’ve become.
I have decided this will be me if and when my candidates lose.
I have decided on this life path and direction as early as January 2022.
I’m just standing by my words and my New Year’s resolutions.
And that’s the thing you have to admire about me: I keep my promises!
I keep my words holy and sacred.
***
When Queen Elizabeth II died on September 8, I have declared to a few friends that I am going to be a male queen.
A man-Queen.
I proclaimed myself so, and I will thus keep my word.
I will rule my Hacienda Dom Pedro like a kingdom.
I will be a good Queen so that everybody will kneel before me willingly and nicely. Haha!
In fact, I will let my loyal subjects, and courteous guests, to beg me let them kneel before me. Haha.
***
I still support young people who want to help and serve my Philippines.
I think that it is the duty of every Filipino to serve his country.
Not counting all the patriotism and country service that I have rendered as a Boy Scout, I have done nothing but service to country since I was 20.
I’m 53 now.
No more active service for me.
I’ll probably continue to serve by writing emancipating Filipino literature of the 21st century.
But that’s it.
***
I feel no heart to serve the poor anymore.
I will serve only those who are willing to be helped by my kind of help.
You want dole outs, go to your government.
You want just employment, come to me.
But you will have to work for every penny.
***
Life is not fair.
So are elections in this country.
You deserve the leaders that you choose.
So try to be happy with your life condition.
Because I am happy with mine.
And I will always survive because I have talent, skills, and smarts.
The rest of you, start planting camote!/PN
