Watched the news on Channel 2 last night where they showed footage of an interview with Miriam at her son's wake. Much as I detest the woman's politics, and her, too, if I were to be honest, my heart broke for her. In the beginning of the interview, she was fighting valiantly to hold back the tears. As it progressed, however, she lamented the fact that he didn't tell her he had flunked constitutional law. She couldn't understand how he could have kept it from her, they being so close and all that. At this point, she wailed, "It's my fault! It's my fault!" God, my hair stood on end.
When I switched to Channel 7, there she was, being interviewed live by Vicky Morales. The transformation was eerie. Miriam was all smiles as she spoke about her loss, as though it were something so disconnected from her. Towards the end of the interview, Vicky said, "Ma'am, there are only 35 days to Christmas. I'm sure this is going to be a difficult Christmas for you." To which Miriam says in a singsong voice, "Oh, yes, we are certainly going to miss him very much," sabay ngiti. It was unnerving, to say the least. Maybe they gave her the same pills they gave Loi that made her smile and wave at the cameras on the way out of Malacanang. Must've been the kindest thing to do under the circumstances. How does one survive something like this? It is so sad.
Allow me, for a minute, to be dispassionate and clinical about it. Don't you think this was poetic justice? Constitutional law, of all things! It was Miriam's forte and she loved to run circles around us with it. As for the gun, do you recall how she brandished it when informed that she was about to be picked up for questioning in connection with the May 1 attack on Malacanang? Must've been excruciating for Jun Santiago, too, because it was his gun the son used. The macho thing was in play. The Inquirer quoted him as saying, "Lalaki naman yan, e. Tinuturuan ko talaga mamaril yan," or something to that effect. Be that as it may, AR's suicide was still a tragedy.
Did you guys see the 2-page ad of Bangon! in Thursday's Inquirer? There was a front page article about it in Thursday's edition of Today, too. And one in yesterday's Inquirer. What do you think of it?
When I switched to Channel 7, there she was, being interviewed live by Vicky Morales. The transformation was eerie. Miriam was all smiles as she spoke about her loss, as though it were something so disconnected from her. Towards the end of the interview, Vicky said, "Ma'am, there are only 35 days to Christmas. I'm sure this is going to be a difficult Christmas for you." To which Miriam says in a singsong voice, "Oh, yes, we are certainly going to miss him very much," sabay ngiti. It was unnerving, to say the least. Maybe they gave her the same pills they gave Loi that made her smile and wave at the cameras on the way out of Malacanang. Must've been the kindest thing to do under the circumstances. How does one survive something like this? It is so sad.
Allow me, for a minute, to be dispassionate and clinical about it. Don't you think this was poetic justice? Constitutional law, of all things! It was Miriam's forte and she loved to run circles around us with it. As for the gun, do you recall how she brandished it when informed that she was about to be picked up for questioning in connection with the May 1 attack on Malacanang? Must've been excruciating for Jun Santiago, too, because it was his gun the son used. The macho thing was in play. The Inquirer quoted him as saying, "Lalaki naman yan, e. Tinuturuan ko talaga mamaril yan," or something to that effect. Be that as it may, AR's suicide was still a tragedy.
Did you guys see the 2-page ad of Bangon! in Thursday's Inquirer? There was a front page article about it in Thursday's edition of Today, too. And one in yesterday's Inquirer. What do you think of it?
