it’s been exactly one month since i last posted, and i won’t let september pass by without posting a single entry, so here i am, reminding everyone that i’m still around.  honestly speaking, i’ve been thinking and re-thinking of what to blog about the past couple of weeks, but i guess all bloggers including me experience episodes of creative vacuum so to speak.  i know, i mentioned posting about a list of who for me are the most beautiful and scorching hot women, but i’m thinking of pushing that back to a more appropriate time.  and even when that would be, i’m also not sure of.  now, there were also a lot of things that have happened which centered around current events that i have my own opinion on, and maybe this would be quite the proper time to express my sentiments on.

 

firstly, the outrage over fuel prices not low enough, or that oil companies have not rolled back the pump prices back to where it was back in april this year.  i don’t see why the transport sector is up in arms about this.  it’s basic business philosophy.  c’mon, every businessman in the world you ask would agree that once prices of any basic commodity goes up, even if market forces were the reason behind the rise and decline of it, prices would never, ever go back to where they were before it started to rise.  it’s an unwritten rule.  i mean, kudos goes to independent player unioil for having the guts to implement a three-peso rollback on their prices, but that’s their call.  and why is the big three being pressured to follow suit?  they don’t have to.  holding protest rallies in front of their offices won’t make them budge the slightest.  that’s the power of deregulation.  consumers have the power of choice.  all you transport groups who do nothing but complain can gas up only at unioil for all we care.  when oil companies roll back their prices, what does those transport groups do?  complain that the rollback is not good enough.  SHUT THE F**K UP AND TAKE IT!  better than having a rollback than nothing at all.  as for people like us, we do what we do best and which i think you should follow:  roll with it.

 

secondly, all this brouhaha over the reproductive health bill, and how the catholic church vehemently opposes it.  i being a catholic, support the bill.  i don’t see the church’s point of forcing–and i do mean forcing–everyone to follow suit.  the church’s role is to guide, teach and preach.  i respect their stand against the bill, but they should also show respect the same way to the people who are for it.  they shouldn’t condemn or excommunicate catholics for supporting freedom of choice.  first off, the bill doesn’t mean that there’ll be abortion outright, but it would provide families and couples different options on which family planning method is right for them.  i’m crying foul on allegations that priests or bishops saying that those who support the bill shouldn’t receive holy communion.  having been schooled in catholic institutions, i have also learned to realize that religion is personal.  meaning what matters is one’s own relationship with God.  the church as a whole (which includes priests, holy mass, etc.) are added instruments in enriching your personal relationship with God.  so what i’m saying is that i do hope the church respects the position of those who favor the bill because they respect the position of the church for opposing it.  this is not an issue where holy war needs to be declared.  let what’s the common good for the people prevail.  in the end, we all eventually pay for the sins we commit and reap the harvest of what we have done good, right?

 

that’s about it for now.  nothing new with my personal life, so there’s no surprise there.  i’ve been enjoying the rainy weather lately.  i wish that it would rain everyday, but that’s wishful thinking.  hopefully i’ll be blogging on a regular basis again.  i’d like to end with a funny, but quite truthful quote i received this past week:  “they say practice makes perfect, but nobody’s perfect, so why practice?”