DUTERTE: "My God is Perfect"

You need not be a rocket scientist to see what is in the heart of the president when it comes to his beliefs. Early in his presidency, he declared that his ascension to Malacanang was a miracle from God. The church assumed he was referring to the Christian God, but did they ask him? I, too, believe that it is his destiny to be where he is right now, but I find it scary that he is so confrontational at this stage in his presidency. It gives me goosebumps to imagine that he is embarking on another mission, a belief that God put him in Malacanang for a different reason.

…and my country also rises

If cursing can kill, many would drop dead. We curse to release our frustrations in the street. People notice the traffic but hardly know what causes it. Yeah, they see the works but hardly the bigger picture. For the daily commuters, annoying digs, gigantic trucks ferrying construction materials, and huge cement mixers are a daily nuisance in their lives. They’ve got no choice but to embrace the pain with determined resolve. Hardly do they notice structures inching to the clouds and roads leveling up 2^nd, 3^rd, and 4^th in a mesh-work

of urban sky-ways. Looking upward at these sky-high buildings gives you a sore neck, so why bother when you have a train to catch or a hurdle to overcome for a jeepney ride?

If you are an OFW or an occasional visitor to Metro Manila, you are overwhelmed by the transformation. The traffic is nothing new. It is everywhere else in the world, although traffic is not created equal…it is a traffic jam just the same. I am ever so fascinated by the cropping of marvelous structures everywhere I turn. When I saw the video of ASEANA City on YouTube, I thought of it as someone’s figment of imagination. 

ASEANA CITY

Amazingly, buildings are engineered not one building at a time but simultaneously. Money is so abundant these days that colossal structures mushroom at the same time as if they are playing to the same tune. One moment, I walk through or drive by an empty lot, and a year or two later, a massive structure towers over it. It boggles the mind how buildings are constructed so quickly; it's like the rise of my country happened overnight.

Bonifacio Global City

ROCKWELL

MAKATI CITY

ORTIGAS CENTER

McKinley Hill

ALABANG

MANILA

NAIA 3 / RESORT WORLD

MOA

OKADA

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