After tonight, maybe I have to congratulate myself for posting my first ever rant. I'm not trying to use tomorrow's elections in lieu of my 3-month absence here in blogger. It's just that this whole system or tradition happening every election is getting on my nerves. Especially now that I'm at my legal age to vote, I've somehow, witnessed all this madness.
I never thought that what my teacher had warned us before is going to happen to me. I mean like, SERIOUSLY? I have never been in a situation where my family contradicts my moral values. I can't deny the fact that money can buy you anything. AND, who doesn't need money?! However, let us remember that money is still renewable. The moment you lose it, you can still be able to earn it some time.
Just this night, I landed on a situation where I wasn't able to say no because my family has already decided for us. They even criticized me for not seeing a candidate and get a "sample balot". What's worse, the very undesirable value of Filipinos comes in, the "utang na loob". Oh please, don't tell me to rely on these politicians for my future work and benefits. It only proves to me how much I wanted to work outside the country.
Grabbing the opportunity doesn't make you wise. It doesn't even make you a little less nasty than them. I understand how people get to be practical nowadays. It makes me sad because there's a thin chance of changing the system. I'm not trying to be a martyr nor a hypocrite. I'm not trying to post something about politics just to sound that I'm not politically ignorant. It's just that I can't bear to see this happening in our society. I can't even do something about it because everyone is just in. No one will try to listen.
I guess, that's just for now.
