A few days to go and it’s almost elections. I’m still undecided on who should I vote. One thing I’m sure though is that I won’t vote for NoyNoy or Villar. Besides, whatever happens or whatever the outcome may be it would always be the same scenario that nobody will ever be contented with the results. If the other one wins, the opponents will say that the winner cheated. I heard from somewhere that here in the Philippines, no one wins the elections. And its true, because no one accepts their defeat.

Why will I not vote for Noynoy? Its because I feel he isn’t really genuine. I feel that he might have just wanted to run for office because of what happened or because that’s what his supporters told him to do. Although, according to his website that he’d provide health insurance for all Filipinos (I wonder if he has reviewed several health insurance leads already).

Why will I not vote for Manny? I’m just scared that he might be all “too” business-minded.

Why will I not vote for either of them? Because they’re the ones always saying something bad about each other. Of course they don’t admit it but it’s always their party against the other. And I hate the “drama”.

I’d go for Gordon or Gibo. But I’m 90% for Gordon So that’s one down and 25 more to go (1 vice president, 12 senators, 1 partylist, 1 house of representative, 1 mayor, 1 vice mayor & 8 sangguniang panlungsod).

God please help us on May 10. May we have a clean and honest elections

Two Saturdays ago my boyfriend was interviewed for a project of his friend’s friend. Since it was a Saturday, which is our day together I tagged along in meeting his friend and his friend’s friend I was with them during the interview and one of the questions was “What advice could you give to the graduating students?”

If I was asked my advice would be: “Experience is the best teacher.” I know it doesn’t sound like an advice but with my situation right now this is what/how I relate best with. It may sound so cliché, but I do believe that experience is the best teacher. Every time we wake up to a new morning also comes new experiences. And each experience(s) will make us a better person. We might not realize it but our everyday experiences made us to who we are and where we are right now. We’re growing up into the kind of person we want to be because of our everyday experiences.

Each experience(s), whether good or bad teaches us a lot of things. We learn from our bad experiences or past mistakes. Trials make us stronger, tougher and wiser. We realize that the easiest solutions may not always be the best. And this helps us to grow and if we are faced with another trial we would know how to handle them already. If we do the same mistakes again, then it just shows that we have not learned from those mistakes.

A person can know a lot of things, be obsessed in getting high grades, be a perfectionist but can’t pass the lessons in life or be a fool when it comes to dealing with his/her life. Life is not perfect; life is not about getting high grades. The best lessons are those not found in textbooks.

“In everything, therefore, treat people the same way you want them to treat you, for this is the Law and the Prophets.” – Matthew 7:12

“Do to others as you would have them do to you.” – Luke 6:31

My boyfriend and I had a discussion yesterday. He sent me a text message yesterday and it says that he’ll be doing a social experiment. The social experiment will be to stop being nice to others. When I read his text message, I replied saying that if he stops being nice to others then others will also stop being nice to him. That reply of mine triggered the discussion. Apparently for him my reply sounds selfish. And of course, I didn’t agree with him.

Anyways, it made me write this entry. I just had to write what I am feeling and thinking about the subject. For me I don’t think its being selfish, I think its just human nature that you expect the right treatment from others. You have been nice to them, so it’s just right that you expect the same treatment from them. My boyfriend kept on insisting that it sounds selfish since it’s like being nice only to a person that you expect will be nice to you as well. Well clearly were not on the same page… I didn’t say that a person will only select the person that he / she will be nice to. Of course that person will and should be nice to everyone else, and that’s when that person will expect that everyone else will be nice to him / her. I honestly don’t think / believe that there is a single person who is nice to someone and who doesn’t expect to be treated the same way. Personally, I expect that I’d be treated nicely since I always try to be nice. That’s why I always end up getting hurt or disappointed when I don’t get the right treatment I was expecting from the people that I have been nice to. So there, I really don’t think its being selfish. I’m just being true to myself

How about you, do you think it’s selfish to expect someone to be nice to you if you have been nice to that person?