I prolly have no business saying this, but I'll say it anyway.

I don't know you that well; and neither do you know me well.

I'm not here to judge; just to express an opinion, which I hope won't be taken badly.

I respect the decision you joined; rather, I respected. Because whatever respect I had left for you has long vanished.

Yes. Maybe you think it makes you look cool; maybe it makes you feel you "belong". Whatever the reason is, I prolly won't know. And frankly, I don't want to know. Because in my opinion, they are a respected group. I don't look up to them, but I do know they have standards, and I respect these standards they place on members. Standards, in my opinion, you just don't seem to reach. No matter how hard you try, no matter how much you project this image or act this way, you can't fool us. We've been blocmates for more than a semester; do you think a name attached next to yours would also give you the same elevated status? I think not. Especially with the attitude you've shown us lately. For what it's worth, I think you dirty an otherwise respected organization. I may have no business saying this, but as an outsider looking in, this is what it looks like to me - an arrogant arse whose only schtick is to make himself look and feel good. Not them; you and you.

I just can't seem to comprehend the amount of air that's gone into your head and your fcking ego suddenly boomed. I don't even know how that much air had gone in because I thought your head was already full of it. In all honesty, even before this, I've already found you to be too presko. Mahangin, actually. But I've been civil, yes? Even if this was the case, I decided to give you the benefit of the doubt; maybe you were just that way even before you met us.

You seem to tune out everything for some reason. It's either that, or you just don't care. I prefer the first option. Because the second one just pisses me off. Paano ba naman kasi, wag nang ibalandra ang hindi dapat ibalandra. Nakakabastos, in a way.

And think before you speak. Halatang nagpapabibbo ka lang eh. No one even gets half of what you're saying.


I should just stop.

And may I say, in the light of the upcoming UP Manila elections, I have a few things to say about how the elections work in the university.

For one, I expected that the elections would be clean, would be smooth, essentially, I thought it would be nothing like how Philippine elections were held. Unfortunately, I was wrong. It's like this tiny national election where there are scandals, black propaganda, etc.

I'm not saying I'm disappointed; I just wasn't expecting it.

And second, someone, or should I say a party, fell short of my expectations. They really did. I was rooting for them, but once I saw their roster for the USC, I was, oh my. I still looked forward to their RTRs, because I thought I wasn't giving them a chance. But earlier, when they did, I thought, it's looking kind of weak; for me anyway.

I was disappointed in an answer they gave, by the way. The question that was asked was about the vote straight issue. Why vote straight? Is it not a violation of democracy? From what I understood, the reason why they wanted to vote straight was because their projects were interconnected, and one would not work if the other was missing. It was not undemocratic in the sense that they were not robbing the students of the right to choose.

I had wanted to ask, why would the projects not work if the other was missing? Are the projects that fragile that a missing piece would cause the whole endeavour to break down? Could you not fit a member of another party to your plans? Because I thought the projects were supposed to be geared towards the students, and should be dependent on them, not on the person in position.

Yes, one party would be more unified, but can't it be the same when another party-member is in the council? I was honestly disappointed.

And for another thing, I find that images matter a lot in elections. It's a sad reality, but that's just the way things are. No matter how good or intelligent you are, if you look like you haven't combed in days, no one will take you seriously. People would like to think that, oh we're UP, we look past that stuff. I beg to differ.

I prolly have no business saying this, but I'll say it anyway.

I don't know you that well; and neither do you know me well.

I'm not here to judge; just to express an opinion, which I hope won't be taken badly.

I respect the decision you joined; rather, I respected. Because whatever respect I had left for you has long vanished.

Yes. Maybe you think it makes you look cool; maybe it makes you feel you "belong". Whatever the reason is, I prolly won't know. And frankly, I don't want to know. Because in my opinion, they are a respected group. I don't look up to them, but I do know they have standards, and I respect these standards they place on members. Standards, in my opinion, you just don't seem to reach. No matter how hard you try, no matter how much you project this image or act this way, you can't fool us. We've been blocmates for more than a semester; do you think a name attached next to yours would also give you the same elevated status? I think not. Especially with the attitude you've shown us lately. For what it's worth, I think you dirty an otherwise respected organization. I may have no business saying this, but as an outsider looking in, this is what it looks like to me - an arrogant arse whose only schtick is to make himself look and feel good. Not them; you and you.

I just can't seem to comprehend the amount of air that's gone into your head and your fcking ego suddenly boomed. I don't even know how that much air had gone in because I thought your head was already full of it. In all honesty, even before this, I've already found you to be too presko. Mahangin, actually. But I've been civil, yes? Even if this was the case, I decided to give you the benefit of the doubt; maybe you were just that way even before you met us.

You seem to tune out everything for some reason. It's either that, or you just don't care. I prefer the first option. Because the second one just pisses me off. Paano ba naman kasi, wag nang ibalandra ang hindi dapat ibalandra. Nakakabastos, in a way.

And think before you speak. Halatang nagpapabibbo ka lang eh. No one even gets half of what you're saying.


I should just stop.

And may I say, in the light of the upcoming UP Manila elections, I have a few things to say about how the elections work in the university.

For one, I expected that the elections would be clean, would be smooth, essentially, I thought it would be nothing like how Philippine elections were held. Unfortunately, I was wrong. It's like this tiny national election where there are scandals, black propaganda, etc.

I'm not saying I'm disappointed; I just wasn't expecting it.

And second, someone, or should I say a party, fell short of my expectations. They really did. I was rooting for them, but once I saw their roster for the USC, I was, oh my. I still looked forward to their RTRs, because I thought I wasn't giving them a chance. But earlier, when they did, I thought, it's looking kind of weak; for me anyway.

I was disappointed in an answer they gave, by the way. The question that was asked was about the vote straight issue. Why vote straight? Is it not a violation of democracy? From what I understood, the reason why they wanted to vote straight was because their projects were interconnected, and one would not work if the other was missing. It was not undemocratic in the sense that they were not robbing the students of the right to choose.

I had wanted to ask, why would the projects not work if the other was missing? Are the projects that fragile that a missing piece would cause the whole endeavour to break down? Could you not fit a member of another party to your plans? Because I thought the projects were supposed to be geared towards the students, and should be dependent on them, not on the person in position.

Yes, one party would be more unified, but can't it be the same when another party-member is in the council? I was honestly disappointed.

And for another thing, I find that images matter a lot in elections. It's a sad reality, but that's just the way things are. No matter how good or intelligent you are, if you look like you haven't combed in days, no one will take you seriously. People would like to think that, oh we're UP, we look past that stuff. I beg to differ.