It's Good Election'07 is Over!

It was a good day indeed having out of the election precincts with my wife before lunchtime. That was Monday, May 14, 2007 at 10:30 in the morning.

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As early at 6:30 in the morning I was already out of my bed to face the new day after having done my morning rituals. My first priority for that day was to cast my ballot. My wife and I planned this task in that evening while in bed before we went to sleep. When I went out of my room that morning my wife was still lying half awake (not naked please). I presumed she was not interested to vote this time not only because she knew nothing about the candidates with good credentials but also because of the hassles in looking for the precinct where we are assigned. Besides, the hot air outside at 28C and the sweating crowd of voters were so discouraging that one has to have a good patience in maneuvering oneself moving around that crowded place looking for one's precinct. We had been experiencing this kind of a situation during the previous elections that my wife is again sighed off because of her heart ailment (an angioplasty patient 3 yrs. ago).

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I am so thankful of our caring housemaid, Maricel who always wakes up earlier than I. I saw the table now all ready for breakfast that morning. It was already almost seven when I looked at the wall clock. I went back to my room to wake my wife up but then she was already out of bed and did her morning ritual too inside the master's T&B. I took turn changing my clothes, a sports T-shirt, a pair of short pants, and a pair of cheap rubber shoes. When I was almost finish grooming myself my wife came out of the bathroom. "Matrapik ngayon at mahirap magparking, dadalhin ba natin ang sasakyan?", she asked. Oh my God, I was at least assured that my wife would now go with me to the polling precinct to cast her vote also. At least her vote could now be counted!

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We took our breakfast together while watching the Poll Watch programs in local TV Networks. It was already 7:30 AM. Election hot spots were thoroughly covered in the news. Nothing violent was covered and it meant quite a relief compared with the past elections. Situations in several polling precincts were also flashed in their programs. Wow, voting had already started in most of the precincts covered. However there were precincts still closed because election paraphernalia were still nowhere in the area. But TV viewers could see voters already piling in line for the seasonal exercise (once in every four sumners?). What an exercise! The coverage that impressed me most was how GMA voted in Lubao, San Fernando, Pampanga. I just couldn't imagine what time GMA woke up in Malacanang that morning that she could be in her polling precinct on the dot, 8:00AM! Or was she sleepless that night thinking about how her candidates could brace well strong enough to win in the election? Or did she had the thought of grabbing her cell phone later and say, "Hello Ben!"

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What's more interesting in the news was when I saw GMA falling in line with the other voters waiting for her turn. At least she portrays a good example of a learner from the teachings of her own daughter Loli who once reprimanded a retirable custom official at NAIA for giving a favor to a foreigner who wanted to avoid the queue. It's good for GMA to practice modestly our Filipino culture as well as obey the Philippine laws. Otherwise, she will be out without a retirement pay also.

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(to be continued soon)