i'm sorry

i watched tv today to hear what our beloved president has to say about the tape/cd that went around for a few weeks. well in her address to her filipino people, i could say that

1. she is a good actress
2. she has to read from an idiot board
3. and... oh yeah. she's sorry.

for a person like she is, it really is hard to say sorry and i admire that she actually had the decency to apologize for whatever she has done. i noticed the way she said sorry and i felt that she had a hell of a hard time uttering that word. in front of millions of people, she actually said it. now that that part is cleared, that she was the one in the tape.. what now? i mean, as hard as it may sound, no one actually is yet qualified to replace her. well if either me or ping lacson would replace her, that will be good for the country (i'm not serious when i said i'll replace her) but if you think about it, the transition of another president would again be a messy road to go to. i sensed in her statement that.. 'ok, i made a mistake, i admit it and iam sorry. now that iam here just help me run this country for at least 3 more years and i'm done.' i don't like our current president but i sure don't want to live in a country where we can't have a president that could rule until his/her term is over.

so i wanted to look at the bright side of things. she cheated because she badly wants to become the president and she wants to help the country. good, right. and so, she wanted to win so as not to inferere or disrupt her pending and unfinished projects in the government. we may have lost our trust on her but i want to see changes and i want to see how cheating her way to the prsidency is worth it.

then i want you to look at it this way... i know that many of us cheat in college to pass or maybe to maintain our high marks. as bad as it may be, it is justified by the reasoning of an individual of why he wanted to cheat. and that is to pass and make his parents proud. now if i ask you, is it right to cheat, what would you say now that you also make the same mistake each and everyday.

i don't want people to judge our president becuase we too make a fool out of others in our own little way. she had the guts to say sorry, although it wasn't that heartfelt or meaningful, she did say it. now that her guard has been lowered, i want the trials regarding her presidency to be done and over with as soon as possible and tackle the more important issues of the philippines with regards to our economy and the poverty level here. its useless to let this go for a month or so and once again end in a sour note.

ps(pahabol statement) if there is something that i have learned, it is that 'don't hate your enemies, it ruins your judgement'