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Line Of Foresight

July 20th, 2006 by epoyz

pleasant surprise: i was going home from our weekly basketball in quezon city, and as i was approaching the SLEX proper around the magallanes area, i noticed a traffic jam ahead. it’s already backed up right at the skyway entry, so i was presented with a choice: take the skyway and shell out the extra clams (ehrng?), or try my luck and hope that the jam starts on the flyover construction over at nichols.. well, i got burned before, because they were doing some pretty serious engineering shit there and the last time they rerouted the hell out of all the motorists (para nila kaming pinadaan sa ibang dimension bago kami nakalabas uli sa service road..) and i ended up getting stuck in traffic for two damn hours. so if they think i’m falling for that again.. no way, tito pepe..

so i took the skyway. sige na nga, kuripot mo talaga, i was telling myself. and then: behold! as i was approaching the toll booth, this man with a towel was waving everybody through. what the f—? there must be a catch, i thought. traffic din sa skyway? may strike ba? anong misteryo ito? nababalot ng hiwaga ang biyahe ko… e wala nang libre ngayon a? surely this whole thing’s a big jest..

arte ko no?

well, yun nga, nakalabas na ko’t lahat sa sucat, wala namang tollway patrol na humabol sa kin para singilin ako. yay. sometimes you luck out with your decision, sometimes you crap out. nakabawi na din ako dun sa two hours. plus this time i saved time AND money. bihira na yun ngayon. sweet redemption.

kelan naman kaya sila babawi?

"..We’re on the road
    We move from place to place…"

o, ha? anong kanta yun, sige nga?

ok, since we’re on the road nga, and being alone in the car for long stretches just listening to tunes and thinking…well,  i got to thinking (huh?)…dati kasi i wanted to be a teacher. kahit di professor, teacher lang. i was thinking of teaching architecture in UP (giving back, yo..), and i’d be schooling kids during their formative years in college. tingin ko mahalaga yun, e. dami ko kasing teachers nun, they didn’t have the faintest idea of what they were doing to us, leaving us to our own devices and shit. e tamad pa naman kami. thesis na nga saka ko lang nalaman kung ano ginagawa ko, e.

well that was then, i found out that i have to put in a lot of work and study all this shit and do continued professional education to be qualified to *zzzzzzzz…..*.. hell, just writing about it makes me drowsy. pero yun na nga, during those long drives i found that i still want to contribute to shaping kids’ minds. so i thought of a way to make an impact without doing too much (conscious) thinking. ha? ano daw?

then it struck me: i just need to enforce one big ideal, become committed to one "lesson plan", and that will be it. it will change this country for the better, and will ultimately cure most of what’s plaguing our society. this subject, this branch of study, this discipline of disciplines… well, let’s just say that if i was department of education secretary, i would push for this to be at the forefront of the curriculum. this field of study would be all-encompassing, we just need to be good at this and everything else will fall into place. everything, man, everything!!

arte ko talaga, no? high pa kasi sa adrenaline, kaka-basketball ko lang, e. sori.

folks, i’m talking about falling in line.

i’m serious. falling in line is the ultimate shit we can teach the kids. you just need to look around, absorb the vibe of everything that’s going around you, and you will inevitably agree with me. falling in line, dude. learning again how to fall in line may unite us to get ourselves out of this freakin’ shithole.

kaya nga tayo under martial law ngayon, e (saka kaya rin tayo nagoyo ng martial law nung araw..), we stopped being considerate about the other person. wala nang role model ang mga bata. lahat tayo gusto makauna, lahat gusto makalusot, lahat gusto makaisa.

like what this guy is saying in this article. well, i always thought that lately lang naging kupal and/or tanga ang mga filipino drivers, something about the apathy that we plunged ourselves into and how we accept and condone this kind of behavior. but according to him this shit’s been going on for ages. a long time ago i also blogged about something related to discipline. and mr. de quiros, now at the end of his wits, the veins in his temple threatening to explode and spray us all with his motherland-loving blood, touches on this in his column installment. why do we allow these things? why do we live this way? ganito na lang ba talaga tayo?

i’d really like to answer no. that’s why i’m pushing for this falling in line thing. one of the greatest things that UP gave me doesn’t have anything to do with my degree. it’s there that i learned that falling in line properly can work magic for the good of everybody. if you want to see an example of THE PEOPLE governing themselves, this would be it. walang sikat, walang artista, walang propesor, walang politiko, walang maganda.. pag may pila, may pila. fair lahat. nobody ever falls into feeling that his shit is more important. if you get stuck in a line, you have to wait it out. kahit palpak ng registrar o ng barker ng jeep, you follow the damn line. ewan ko lang ngayon, ha? but back in the day, people meekly follow the sacred line, and with it, the other rules. walang sisingit, walang lulusot, walang gagawa ng sariling linya. pag may makulit, sinisita agad. there. people governing themselves, watching out for the next guy. walang lamangan, pare-pareho tayo lahat.

imagine that.

people standing up to the road usurper, not accepting the fucker’s attempt to get ahead and mess everybody else’s trip. citizens telling a person who’s attempting to make palusot: "..sir, mawalang-galang na po, pero dun po ang umpisa ng pila, t*angi#a naman, e…". folks refusing bribes or "lagay" because even an ordinary citizen can squeal and call the attention of others.. politicians actually working hard because the constituents do care… filipinos guarding the vote, parang people power nung araw… public officials blowing the whistle on cheats and thieves because the people are watching… haaay…

why do you think it’s become easy to kill activists/journalists/militant group leaders off in this government? 1) not a lot of people care, and 2) konti lang sila. ping! ping! and their number gets smaller everyday.

ok, i digress, but i think by now i’m getting warm with you… if we teach the kids the discipline to fall in line and wait their turn, and enforce this shit until they’re in college… baka magkapag-asa tayo na wag magbigay ng lisensya sa mga tanga ang mga taga-LTO. in the long run people might actually be required to pass a driving test before getting on the road. cars zipping in and out of lanes may become history. our academies may start producing  honest policemen and self-sacrificing soldiers. our elementary school english teachers may actually become qualified to teach the subject. who knows, this may really start a ripple of good things, parang pay it forward.

you may say i’m a dreamer. sasabihin nyo, kasi maliliit sweldo ng teachers, pulis, sundalo, public officials at kung sinu-sino pa kaya sila nagagamit ng sistema at ng gobyerno, kaya sila nagtitinda ng longganisa at rtw at nakukumbinsi na mang-harass o mang-kidnap o magnakaw ng balota.. well, they do shit because they feel like shit and they’re treated like shit. pag nakapila ka, at nasusunod ang pila, di ba kahit natatagalan ka, there is a sense of self-worth within you for being part of a system? ganun din sila, ganun din tayo lahat. kahit gaano kaliit ang sweldo mo, at gaano kasimple ang trabaho mo, if you’re in line with a movie star or a basketball superstar at an atm (gaya nun, nakapila kami nina bembol roco at jayjay helterbrand sa atm..), you feel that everybody is in equal footing within the system. you take pride in who you are, what you belong to, inevitably in what you do and what you contribute. when you see a celebrity or a public official getting ahead of you, it becomes a reminder of how different your world is to theirs. pag di nila iginagalang yung pagiging teacher mo, yung pagiging pulis mo, yung paglilingkod mo sa tao at sa (tang)inang-bayan, at mas mahalaga sa ibang tao sina jinggoy at richard gomez, there goes your self-worth and there goes the country.

nowadays, everything is measured in money and what shit you can get away with. that’s word. that’s what’s wrong with everything: those who have money try to step all over everybody, those who don’t have it try to step on everybody to get some, and those who have a lot crap on everybody else to get more. the good ones among us are just trying to get by and ensure our kids’ future, so much so that we become too busy to care about the next person. and since everybody’s busy trying to get some, the government is playing us with ease.

haay.. alas tres na. tama na nga itong panaginip at makatulog na..

..Education Secretary Epoy del Rosario Dayunyor… nope. di bagay. baka barilin pa ko sa Bagumbayan.

"I love you more than I should
So much more than is good for me
More than is good

Oh the timing is cruel
Oh I need and don’t want to need
More than I should

I am falling, say my name
And I’ll lie in the sound
What is love, but whatever
My heart needs around

Oh my sheet is so thin
So I say I can’t sleep because
It’s so very cold

Oh but I know what I need
And if you were just near to me
Would you go…

I am falling, say my name
And I’ll lie in the sound
What is love, but whatever
My heart needs around

I am falling, say my name
And I’ll lie in the sound
What is love, but whatever
My heart needs around

And it needs you too much now.."

           - "Lie In The Sound", Trespassers William from Different Stars

dahil patulog na tayo, one more song…

"I keep a close watch on this heart of mine,
I keep my eyes wide open all the time,
I keep the ends out for the ties that bind,
Because you’re mine, I walk the line.

I find it very, very easy to be true,
I find myself alone when each day is through,
Yes, I’ll admit that I’m a fool for you,
Because you’re mine, I walk the line.

You’ve got a way to keep me on your side,
You give me cause for love that I can’t hide,
For you I know I’d even try to turn the tide,
Because you’re mine I walk the line.

As sure as night is dark and day is light,
I keep you on my mind both day and night,
And happiness proves that I’m right,
Because you’re mine I walk the line.

I keep a close watch on this heart of mine,
I keep my eyes wide open all the time,
I keep the ends out for the ties that bind,
Because you’re mine, I walk the line..

           - "I Walk The Line", Johnny Cash from The Legend Of Johnny Cash /Chris Daughtry giving respect on American Idol 5

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