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Monday, May 9

Another dirty finger

This must be one of the most intense campaigns for the national elections post-EDSA. (Yun pa lang naman ang mga election experience ko.)

It took me an hour to vote, I thought that was pretty long, but then I saw that in 2010, I actually lined up for 3 and a half hours! How could I have forgotten that? (And what's funny is, when I checked the comments, it seems that 3 hours was the standard wait time!)

This time, the PCOS machine worked and I got to check my vote through the official receipt.

Whatever happens, life goes on for all of us. I hope we leave all the hate and divisiveness of the campaign behind, look forward with hope and keep vigilant.

Let us all work harder for a better Philippines for all Filipinos.

Monday, May 10

bumoto ka ba?

3 and a half hours and 170 voters before me...
that's how long it took me to cast my vote in the national elections today.

and although i filled in all the bilog na hugis itlog for my chosen candidates, the PCOS machine in our precinct cluster wasn't working! we just dropped our ballots in what one neighbor described as a box that looked like a garbage can. so much for partial automation... i hope that at least the count is actually automated.

here's hoping for change... the kind that starts within each and every Filipino.