“Marami mang sugapa rin sa aming mga taga media, di naman kasing sugapa n’yo. At di naman kami sineswelduhan ng taumbayan. Wala naman kaming problemang sumakay sa PAL at kailangan pang bumili ng P1.2 billion jet. Anong sabi n’yo, kailangan ng amo n’yo sa pabyahe-byahe? E sino naman ang may sabing magbabyahe s’ya? Ngayon pang paalis na s’ya—malinaw na ayaw n’yang umalis. Bakit hindi na lang s’ya bumili ng Matchbox na eroplano? Kasya naman s’ya ro’n.”
- Conrado De Quiros, May Araw Din Kayo
Okay, that made me laugh. The entire article is in what De Quiros calls “pang kalye” Filipino, but its the first article I’ve encountered in, well, months that didn’t attempt to hide behind a facade of objectivity.
Hello, any cronies of Gloria Arroyo that may stumble accross this. Tell her she makes me ashamed to be a Filipino. How dare she call herself one.