For the first time; I can without hesitation declare that I
am proud of my country. I can’t remember a day I did not complain whenever I drive
out of the despicable conditions of what I see around me but today; I have only
awe-inspiring admiration of the changes I see.
I used to grumble of how driving through the Pantar Bridge that divides
Lanao del Sur and Lanao del Norte was like driving through two different
worlds; one side with well paved roads while the other side was puck marked
with manholes as if you are suddenly sucked into a wormhole-bridge to the moon.
If you have driven of late from the New CDO Laguindingan Airport to Marawi City
or vise versa; you would have noticed that life is better and on a sunny
afternoon…life could even be good.
Because of the food-left-over from the New Year’s Eve; we at
the spur of the moment decided to drive to Tagaytay City. Driving from
Maharlika Village via Alabang /Cavite to Tagaytay City gave me a feeling of
cruising through what the country could be its show-case of development: smooth,
tidy and wide expanse of highways, soaring skyscrapers, malls, new subdivisions
with beautiful expensive homes and of course, classy expensive cuisines;
testament to Filipinos’ obsession with food and the good life. Many Filipinos must
be real rich or who will buy condo units from the skyscrapers randomly
sprouting everywhere and build homes at the new subdivisions like pleasant critters
crawling towards the countryside not to mention malls and hypermarkets that
normally follows new population centers?
Regardless of what the Aquino haters think; I have no complain
and I for the first time feels proud of my country.
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