15/04/2025
A Wake-Up Call in My 30s
As a Filipino in my early 30s, I’m starting to feel that “matanda na ako” vibe — not just physically, but mentally and emotionally. For most of my life, I honestly didn’t care much about politics. I used to think, “Wala namang mangyayari kahit makialam pa ako.” But lately, I find myself questioning everything.
I’ve been tuning in to the news more often, reading articles, and trying to understand the current political landscape in the Philippines — and it’s honestly nerve-racking and deeply disappointing.
I’m not here to rant, but how can we not feel frustrated when almost every government agency seems incompetent?
The food industry is plagued with soaring prices.
Our agriculture system continues to fail the very people who feed us.
Oil prices drop by a few cents just to spike by a peso the following week — it’s an exhausting cycle.
Internet service is still poor and overpriced.
Electric companies and cooperatives keep raising rates with seemingly no regulation.
And don’t even get me started on privatized services that have become nightmares — SLEX being a prime example.
Let’s be real: there’s no such thing as a perfect leader. All we can do is choose the lesser evil, the lesser sins, the ones with lesser plans for corruption. But leadership — even the flawed kind — should still yield visible progress.
You’ll know if something is working. You’ll feel it. If things are getting better, it shows. But when problems pile up, and nothing improves — when it only gets worse — then we all know: something’s terribly wrong.
I may not have all the answers, but this is how I see things — and I have every right to say it.
