I was on the way home from the supermarket (Yes, the country’s in a state of national emergency and all I’m concerned about is doing my grocery), when I heard this bit over the radio:
“…papasok sana ako sa isang fastfood outlet nang hinarang ako ng mga militanteng groupo. Hindi daw kasi ito makabayan.” (I was going to go inside the fastfood joint, but I was stopped by militant groups/protesters because it wasn’t patriotic).
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Oo na, ang daming mali ni Gloria pero mas nakakainis at nakakadismaya sila. :(
*sigh*
damn. did he bash jollibee?
*joke*
but this is really getting out of hand.
no guilt, sa pagsho-shopping mo, that is. tuloy ang buhay. whenever we stop doing our chores or whatever we do everyday, we let the communists-in-disguise terrorize us. naisip ko nga na ang channels 2 and 7 are the official videographers of the demonstrators, kasi lagi silang nakaantabay kahit na less than 10 ang nagra-rally somewhere while a family in antipolo has just been massacred