January 2010
4 posts
on choosing my president, snippet one
If you were part of a team whose leader is cheating the hell out of everyone, killing people along the way - directly and indirectly, would you not get out of that team at the very moment you knew what you were a part of?
If you do not get out and justify your inaction by saying that you will get more done by being on the side of the powerful, what exactly is it that you want to get done that...
If you can see your path laid out
in front of you step by step,
you know it’s...
– Joseph Campbell (via jimparedes)
Maligayang Bagong Taon
7:22 am, January 1, 2010, Pilipinas
There is no place I would rather be.
Last night, watching cities ignite their own skies with artificial stars and colors, I knew that I was in the only place where I would feel the new year dawning perfectly. In spite of the imperfections this country has shown me firsthand, I love the Philippines to its very core, in its entirety. It is my true and only...