the pseudo-website is back

so i decided to put this up again because i like mess-up.org and being hosted is such a waste if i keep ignoring the space mess-up.org gave me. so to people who have me linked, please edit my URL on your lists to gail.mess-up.org okay? thanks!

first, HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY to my fellow Filipinos! i can't be any prouder to be Filipino. really. we may not have a prosperous economy, life in the country may not be a breath of fresh air, or we may not be experiencing the promised "comfort" our past (and present) presidents promised us but we're still happy people (hey! we have statistics to prove that!).

i salute my kababayans abroad too, for sacrificing so much just to work and earn a living to feed their families. i don't care if foreigners make look down on Filipinos being domestic workers, health care workers, or ordinary company employees abroad. what they do for a living is dignified and without the Filipino workforce, their companies will crumble! i salute the manongs and manangs that i see everyday along with other vendors who work under the scorching heat of the sun too. there are so many more to mention... basta! hands down to ALL FILIPINOS!

my wish for the Philippines is to surpass all the misery that She is buried in right now-- corruption, crime, economic crisis, and the still unattained peace between Muslim Filipinos and Christian Filipinos.

this evening while my family and i went driving, we reached Roxas Boulevard and what luck! we were just in time for the fire works display. but i would have been happier if i knew within my heart that we were really "INDEPENDENT" already. but i believe otherwise.

i don't believe that we've been "independent" since we were declared free. we still have invisible chains attached to us. i long for that day when we can say that we are truely free. we may be called illusionists if we try to dream that for our country but i'm sure it's going to be worth the try.

mabuhay ka, Pilipinas!