This is my 1,920th blog post, WordPress says. I can’t believe I’ve reached this far after more than seven years of blogging. My four other blogs are not included in this count. If I will include them I will reach more than 2,000.
We attended Sunday mass early today. Left the house at 6am to catch up with the 6:30 am mass. The priest’s homily was good. It was an enlightening one and it made me feel a little nostalgic. It’s good when it is an application of the gospel, more than repeating it to the congregation. I think we understand it better that way.
Yesterday we celebrated the 31st anniversary of the People Power Revolution. We were there thirty-one years ago. My son then was only about a year old. I remember the four days of the military and the people meeting together for one purpose, to oust a dictator and to regain our democracy. Fast forward today, unluckily we have another dictator in the making. It’s been seven months since the new administration took over but I couldn’t see the light of the day except for more than 7,000 killed in the process. Even our peso which was so strong a year ago is going, down, down, down. The Philippines is no longer the tiger economy of Asia. Our economy is slowly eroding. It’s sad that we have to be in this again after so many years of enjoying a robust economy. This administration is vindictive. Last Friday, they jailed its number one enemy in the person of Senator Leila de Lima. She was put to jail based on the testimonies of high-profile jail inmates while the latter were granted state witness status against Sen. de Lima . They are in jail but are given to privilege of having these amenities like air con, televisions, cellphones and the like.So sad really. Baliktad na ang mundo.
I dare not mention names here, perhaps you all know what is happening in our country.
What an amazing number of blog posts! You still sound fresh, despite that huge number.
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Thank you Anne 🙂
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My heart goes out to you and the Filipino people.
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Thanks Ren.
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Sorry to hear once again that the dream has turned bad in your country, Arlene. These things do tend to go in cycles, so you have to hope that this new regime will fall in time.
2,000 posts is an achievement indeed. I have managed over 1,200 or so, but sometimes struggle to think of things to write about. Well done.
Best wishes as always, Pete.
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Thank you so much Pete. Yes, I must admit it is really getting worse.Those 1,200 posts are achievements too. Sometimes we do get writers’ block and that happens a lot too.
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Congratulations on 2000 posts! Amazing! I, too, am sorry about the situation in your country. Hugs to you. xx
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Hi Sally, thank you. I think it is more than 2k because I have five blogs in all.
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Five?! How ever do you find the time? xx
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I do update them occasionally. I have one for my grandson, a garden blog, a photography blog and another one I put up a year ago.
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Crazy and unfair
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Yes, it is crazy 🙂
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I have thought of you often as I have read the newspaper about your country(which I have done since I have followed your blog.) We have a very crude man as our president. I do not understand the appeal of bullies. Much love to you.
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Although our family is not personally affected, the whole country suffers. Thank you so much for the thought.
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I think I connect with fighting for something many years ago(in my case civil rights) and feeling that things are back the way they were. But going to Mass today was encouraging and reminded me to look to God, not our President, for direction.
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God will always be first and always. We look at life the way we see it being played before our eyes.
Yes I believe they have elected someone not fit to lead our country.
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Arlene, I did not know your country was having struggles. It seems countries all over the world are in turmoil…a sign of the times. My hopes are your problems and ours will be both be resolved. God bless.
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Thank you so much. I do appreciate your comments. I do think it is really a sign of the times.
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Congratulations on almost 2000 posts. Wow. That’s amazing, Arlene. On the other topic, I’m so sorry to hear that the politics in the Philippines is creating such stress. We are facing challenges here in the US as well, but I believe our democracy will survive it. The really sad thing about these upheavals is all the people who are hurt along the way. My best to you. ❤
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Hi Diana, thanks!
It’s true, a lot of them are getting hurt. Some are also politician from the other side.
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