MAY 10, 2010

This is the most anticipated date of the candidates for the election. I'm a first-time voter. Over the months they've been campaigning, I was also criticizing their campaign ads on how they annoyingly ruin my couch potato moments. You can hear their jingles everywhere in this town. And banners are hanging from one post to another.  And now, the streets are peaceful. The posters were slowly ripped off by the rain and wind (that's good). And I just woke up early this morning, and they handed me this: 

Vote buying, my friends. As a first-time voter, I experienced this; the very least thing I expected. So, that's how desperate our candidates are. My vote was PRICED! If I weren't broke today, I would've given it to someone else. OK, OK... I'm being plastic. I'm really broke and I need money to buy sanitary napkin. That's it. And since I left the house with an empty stomach, I bought few snacks in the sari-sari store. (Geez! While I was typing this sentence, I am feeling guilty because I was using the dirty money *sad*). Then, I reviewed the list of my candidates, getting ready to head off to my precinct in a school nearby. 

Well, I was greeted by the wet road. And as I was approaching the school, two guys gave me flyers. It was kinda annoying because it was such a waste of paper. And what do they expect of me to do with those? Me, will throw them all to the bin? Anyway, moving on. So I reached the school gate packed with voters searching for their names on their precincts. Me, so ignorant, don't really know what to do. So I just sat down, waiting for my cousin's cue. Then so much blahblahblah's happened. When my cousin told me to line up, I asked help from the personnel so I will know where's the end of the line. So there, I lined up and people were pushing other people who were already in line. Then there's this annoying manong who cut the line. I was really pissed off. Because when the line was half way towards the door, si manong sumingit, at marami nang sumunod!!! The last time I glanced at him, he was like 5-7 persons away from me. And when he cut the line, he was already 2 persons ahead of me. 

"'Yang naka-stripe! "Yan 'yung manong na sumingit sa pila. Nainis ako sa kanya kaya piniktyuran ko nalang sya. Bad trip, eh!"

After waiting for my turn, I signed my biometric info and got my ballot. Shaded the "bilog na may hugis itlog" beside the candidates' names. Submitted my ballot to the PCOS machine who ate my vote (hehe, just kiddin'), and a man put indelible ink on my forefinger. 

vain voter

And there I am, boasting that purple finger.

And oh, *tummy grumbles*, i forgot to eat my lunch.

ciao