use the pedestrian lane when crossing the street

dont beat the red light

dont hire fixers when getting a drivers license

etc.

. . . AND because we want to. i am a filipino. an ordinary juan(a). i love this country. i care for my people… given the situation, only fools as those idiots make of us would be able to sit around and just let this come to pass. call it naivete but i take the insult that they let us bear personally (after all, what’s happening affects me. it breaks my heart to see people crying hungry; to see stray animals by the roadside dying because its owners do not have anything better to offer–they cannot cannot even feed themselves, etc.): yes, personal enough to do more (about it). “more” simply because, crises or not, in my own humble way i believe i should serve–though not necessarily the kind that needs an election; nor an organization for that matter. and i am… trying to live up to my ideals in all that i do and volunteering gave more meaning to this life. seeing somehow i’ve made a good dent in someone else’s life feels quite good actually…somehow made me a bit more happy =)… no, in re-think, i don’t believe i walked my talk (i didn’t really do much talking back then). i’d rather liken it to: i let myself dream… and i sÜre gave it a mighty chase ;).

…but, of course, this is just me. to each his own bliss.