So it begins, the same old tune

The beginning of a new and the end of the old, for the Republic of the Philippines. As the new leadership of the country takes the helm of the presidency, one is now free to hope for the better or is it? one should also be more realistic as not to expect anything from it, contrasting though it may seems this what compel most if not myself alone. Roughly many years past since I last heard such words of great hope, yet here we are a country overwhelmingly burden by its own leaders. Amazingly the nation was patient enough to bare such a burden. Probably because we've been through worst or it could have been worst or maybe because there was no alternative and that the opposite bares the same stink as those who are in power. Confused and utterly bewildered the nation move on.

PNoy short for President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III is the 15th elected President of the Republic. Of all the strangest thing in Philippines politics this surely hit the amazing coincidental list. For one it takes a certain demise of a family member, Aquino that is, to be elected to the high post as President. That is not something intended of course, it just happened. It was the gruesome death of his father that catapulted his mother Cory Aquino as the 11th President of the Philippine Republic. And oddly enough is was the death of his Iconic mother last year that rocketed Noy now PNoy to be 15th President of the Philippines. And as though fate takes a funny twist both mother and son inherited a very unpopular government and a country economically stagnated, socially impoverish and not to mention a nation overwhelmed by corrupt leadership and government employees. Both administrations is seen as a new hope and a new beginning, though its also best to note that during Pres. Cory Aquino 6 year term of office the country was in turmoil from Communist rebs, Muslim separatist and small terror groups from the previous dictatorship, coup attempts, mega natural disasters, mind numbing record breaking accidents and before she steps down from office she left behind for her predecessor a parting gift know as the black-out year when the entire country was subject to massive black-outs. Despite all these she held her ground and weather it all in faith and kept democracy alive. Simply put her term was never a walk in the park and she failed on her goal to rid the country of corruption and weakened the countries defensive stature. As for Pnoy his been in office barely a week and its to early to say anything.  I do hope it won't be the same as his mother time in office, that would be too nostalgically weird and disturbing.



It has been days since the inauguration of the newly elected leader of the republic and he has a lot of bones to pick with the previous administration so to speak judging by his inaugural speech.  As to any changes made on the first few days, there were many obviously, as to the effects of these changes to population  at hand only time can tell. Certainly there were some notable few, one of which is the illegal use of sirens. Though one might think that this is the least of all problems, yet one should start some where I'd say, why not start with this simple common abuse of usage. In the Philippines its a common practice for high headed dirty arrogant politicians and family, business personalities, rich kid who think the world revolve on them alone and at times even ordinary citizen to use sirens to ease their transportation headaches at the expense of others. I myself have seen this abuse that undermine traffic discipline. At the inauguration day the president opted not to use sirens though by law he is allowed for obvious security reasons. Talk about setting and example anyway, he was 40 minutes late at the turn over ceremony for the new AFP chief of staff and I doubt that to be his last. Radio commentators have been riding the tide either for or against the new administration, so far majority of which echoed positive sentiments, as to how long that would last no one knows.

As I listen to the inauguration speech, one thing came to mine and that is the "same old tune" as before. Then again its always a wait and see scenario.