Dear Frank,
How are you? I hope you are on your way out of our country.
We arrived here in Manila last Saturday morning. I tried my best to sleep in the car but the AM news just give me nightmares even if I’m still awake. We did stop to buy some gasoline but we didn’t eat in a fastfood because we are saving up our money. I used to enjoy stopovers when I was a young kid because I was allowed to get some cold drinks and junk food in the convenience store but not anymore. The price of gasoline is getting higher and higher every week. The Ces Drilon kidnapping story makes me feel bad at some point but I don’t want to elaborate anymore. Rice shortage is still a big problem. A lot of people are losing jobs because some companies needs to cut down the number of employees. There are too much depressing events in the lives of the Filipinos but I don’t really blame Arroyo.
Dagupan, my lovable hometown suffered from Cosme’s visit last month. Two of my friends lost their homes. I know some students who didn’t enroll for this coming semester because the money that is supposed to be used for their tuition fee were spent to pay for the renovation of their homes or to buy the necessary supplies. It took DECORP two long weeks before they got the electricity back. Classes were suspended and the schools decided to start regular classes TODAY.
But heck, classes are suspended AGAIN and it’s all your fault!