IDOL?

It's normal to idolize someone.  Question is are we idolizing the right people?  

My idol is Tupac Amaru Shakur. He's a rapper/gangster who died because of gang accident. I idolized him because among all the rappers I have heard, he's the realist of them all. I followed the way he walk, he talk and how he played the game. In time I was addicted to vices because of this and flunked school many time.

My point is this, If people idolize the right person, our country wouldn't be like this today. Yes, in fact if people watched many great politicians before them they would get many pointers and ways to make our country prosper. I am sure that greediness and corruption will lessen if not eradicated. In my observation, filipino people are very gullible. If someone who has the power, who is charismatic, who is heard by the masses then problem solved. Politics right?

Manny Paquiao for president anyone?

WOMEN OPPRESSION

Women are exploited and face oppression every day. In the workplace women are forced into low paying, insecure and unskilled jobs. Women's problems do not stop at the workplace.
When we come home they have to face another shift of housework with little help from their husbands or boyfriends.
If this is not enough, women have to deal with violence. Thousands of women a year are raped, beaten or emotionally abused.


Conservatives argue that women's oppression is natural. They say that women are biologically inferior to men. For example, right- winger's say that women are less intelligent than men are or less capable of doing certain tasks. There is no evidence that women are inferior to men.


The root of women's oppression lies in the division of society into classes.
Women's oppression is in the direct interest of capitalism and the State. By giving women the worst work, with no job security and low wages, the bosses create a super- cheap workforce, which they can hire and fire at will.


Some people say that women must accept their inferior position in society because it is part of their culture. This is very problematic. Women play an important part in their culture. Women have the right to strive for liberation within in their own cultures. Women have the right to shape and change the cultures to which they belong.
If something in a culture oppresses women, we oppose it- just like we oppose anything that oppresses women.

Thus, I believe that for behind every succesful man is a woman. Woman plays a vital role in the society. Its a give and take relationship. Im not a sexist or anything, but society's norm is the make is the superior sex. In today's times there are a lot of succesful woman. So I believe that man and women should be treated equal in terms of job, labor force and place in the society.

THE POWER OF POLITICS

I see Politics everywhere.

It's in the news, school, friends, and even at your favorite local bar.

As a political scientist student, I see, breathe, and talk politics. In the news there is our local government. Our government filled with vested interests, a raging desire to be always on top, wealth and power is in their mind.

Now, before you get mad at me for saying this, this is based on facts. Angelo Reyes, GMA anyone?

This is human mentality, politics is in ourselves. In our everyday life we are politicians. Why? Just like them. Who doesn't want power, wealth and name in the society. Everyday we see persons outdoing each other, boasting their power over others. Money, cars, clothes and cribs that they have. If you have more of these than the other one then you control power over him. If you are more popular than the other, then you have control over him.

Wealth then than means you have power over others, you have resources to manipulate the masses in order for you to become popular. Now if you're popular enough then you gain power over the masses. Power then that means you can do everything you want and gain the respect of the others.

Now who said Politics is only for our local Government.Before we complain about their corrupt wealth, how they mismanage the peace and order of our country. Let's see ourselves first and ask, Is their a difference between me Angelo Reyes?

DISEMPOWERING

My Father is a strict man. A very, very strict man.

My old man, he's a retired AFP colonel. He grew up in the military. One of the few elites colonels in the army,
as I have heard. He knew many politicians back then. He was relentless, he strived for perfection and excellence. He's also a Doctor of Economics, many medals, etc. the rest I dont know nothing about.

Being a father, he always exercise his power over me. He wants to me to be like him. A good role model for the country. What he wants, I should get. He has a high standard for everything, and me, being the only boy in the family must accomplish what he has done.  He doesn't even approve of going out at night, drinking, etc.. What a bummer a military man must be boring.

Whenever I have the chance, I resist him. At times I even hate my old man for being grouchy and too much strict. Of course he is my dad, it's only reasonable for him to control me and control me. But, Everything has it's limitations. You can't tell me what to do. You can't tell me how I dress, how I talk, how I walk, how I groove and most importantly how to play my Game.

Yes, he can tell me what to do because after all he is my father, but this question arises. Does Father know's best? Experience wise maybe, but Im not him. I play my own game, my own destiny. Too much of something is very lethal, that's why I became a rebel, a rebel without a cause. Because he controlled me too much, I needed time to deconstruct and find myself again.

Yup, being a rebel is not bad. Its just letting yourself free again. Did it do anything good for me? If I look at it a different angle, I must say yes. I have found myself again, gained freedom, lived my life, and most importantly I proved that I can handle myself good. I am not him, I may never even reach his accomplishments. But so what, Im good with what I have, Im already contented. But who knows, one day I might even overpower his accomplishments. But for now, I'll just smile back and lay down for a while.

My father controls and disempowers me. For a freeminded rebel like me who doesn't give a damn about the norm of the society, that's tough. But, it only proves that he's also a good father who loves me unconditionally.
He may be naive, but a very lovable naive person.