President Nonoy's speech though not much of a spectacle was well delivered actually.
The two hour seemingly extemporaneous discourse in Tagalog with minor cough and gesture intermissions did sink to the Filipino audience much more profoundly than any "tomato english" speaking Mayor addressing his constituents.
On the by side, as an ordinary individual ,here are
7 things a common Filipino citizen must learn from President Noynoy Aquino 2013 SONA (State of the Nation Address):
01 Politicians must be requested to speak our national language when addressing the public.
A wordly crafted english speech even how fluently stressed is not as endearing as compared to our native language. Nothing voices our Filipino sentiments much more than on our own tongue, moreso if delivered to the Pilipino masses. The Japanese knows well what i mean.
02 The SONA is a report of the nations state ; mainly a report .
For this particular SONA, it's the three years and three weeks of Pinoy's presidency. Personally if i may give a SONA, it's my style as to how i would deal with my statistics and accomplishments, or as far as transparency is concerned, my shortcomings. I may have shortlisted some other things as to my audience expectations but I still reserve the right on how to say it and what to include , though saying, i did my best to cover everything. I cannot speak for every individual interest of the entire Philippine's population. The SONA is always the presidents office view of its performance, and is sometimes not congruent to some sectors, or critics, or detractors, or just some blabbing whiners.
03 Surprisingly, to many, the SONA, does not have a fashion dress code .
The event organizers may suggest that, and actually dressed some gullible congress figures feeding on their whims, fancies and extravagance, but really it is not required. It's an awesome show of elegance though, to be backless or to be see throughed in coutured gait exuding a sophiticated representative allure well suited to the Metro Manila Film Festival .
04 Even how nice to the ear the SONA is, it is just a national inspiration.
The real life lies here with us. We still work for ourselves to prosper. So when the Catholic Bishops led by Cubao Bishop Ongtioco and Sorsogon Bishop Baster say that the "poor remain poor ' under Pinoy's presidency, we can accept it as true but we cannot put the full burden to the government as to how we cannot remain wallowing on our hand to mouth living.
05 Make use of the SONA hype to your advantage.
That's the most we can do. The attention seeker politician make the most of it .The fashion designers made quite a fortune of it. TV media took advantage of covering it . Writers and psuedo bloggers like myself make it as a hot item. Restaurants may have well monetized on their free views . You might as well watch it and digest in any point of view it can be reinforcing to you..maybe a reality check, a benchmark, or at least make it a bore free topic on barber shops , beauty parlor , or on a coffee rendevouz, giving yourself the priviledge of critiquing your president as he keep on saying you are his boss.
06 Have the priviledge to watch drama and fanrafe on TV especially on the protesters' video.
Every SONA they are the icing if not the spice of the event. Always there, regardless who's the president . It's their lifestyle or maybe it's how they earn their living. Decades past and their stance is always the same..burning effigies, noise barrage ,dance drama, tickling police maximum tolerance, and repetitive shrills. At first i feel pity on them seeing them banished by firetrucks and teargas but later i got the idea that it's really what they want - to get hurt to be effective on the CHR, and make themselves pathetically believable so they can be covered by the sensationalized media.
07 Lastly the SONA will not affect you directly, really.
The president will always be president. The congresspersons and the senators will always remain on their cushioned seats and comfortably conditioned offices with staff paid by you, as taxpayer. It's your reality. And they get to spend their "pork" on whatever that motivates them. We cannot change that system. So it's better for us to focus on ourselves and think of ways for our survival. We may have a Platonic view of the govenrment or have the most vicious definition of a corrupt governance but the reality remains, it is in our hands that lie the answers to our existense. No one can help us but ourselves. Given the present status of the Philippines' politics we must only trust ourselves. Nothing can change our lives, but us , not our leaders , not even the SONA, not even our dear president.
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