AUTOMATION EXPERIENCE

AUTOMATION EXPERIENCE

Much have been written and discussed about the recent automated election. There were pros and cons, praises and complaints. At first even foreigners congratulated our country as we too, congratulated each other. We were all extremely happy to be able to take part in such a historical experience.

But just when we were about to peacefully rest on our laurels many problems suddenly sprouted like mushrooms. Complaints here and there appeared one after another. Then we all realized and were awakened to the fact that yes, we are in the Philippines. The paradise that we thought we already regained was lost again so suddenly.

I thought what happened was a modern miracle of technology. So many people prayed before the elections that God must have at last listened. Yes, indeed for a while God listened but just after the election we forgot to thank him.

Many claimed that the automated election was no different from the previous ones if not worse than them. We are back to purgatory and I think we all deserve the punishments brought about by the evils of El Niño. We are already being toasted alive and we probably deserve the punishment.

We take everything as a joke. From Erap’s decision not to “conceive” to Mar’s plan to file an annulment, we don’t run out of funny stories about funny incidents and laughable experiences.

They say ours is a young republic and is on its way to maturity thus we experience all the growing pains. But what if we are an incurable retardate? And I am only talking here about the past automated election.

Perhaps this is a learning experience, a very important lesson that taught us all Filipinos to change our attitude on many things. It is only when we learn to convert negative experiences into positive outlooks that we can really get out of the mess where we are now.

Like the fast results of the automated voting experience we can all practice automated positive conversion in our minds and in our hearts with all our strengths as guided by our souls to finally discover a new Philippines peopled by new Filipinos.

PAGBATING PANALANGIN

PAGBATING PANALANGIN
Natapos na ang eleks’yon, may natalo’t may nanalo;
Sa labanan ay talagang may ‘dejado” at “llamado”;
Nagtagumpay ang pinili at ibinoto ng tao:
Tinig ng tao’y tinig din ng Diyos na matalino.

Kaya’t tayo’s sama-samang bumabati sa nagtagumpay;
Magka-isa’t magtulungan sa paglilingkod sa bayan.
Sa ganito’y magagawang mapa-unlad ng lubusan,
At mabigyang bagong-anyo ang Pinas na ating mahal.

Ang progreso ay mabilis para lamang kisap-mata;
Kaya sa bagong pinuno, bansa ngayo’y umaasa.
Kung ang bansa’y mabibigo, magluluksa ang bala na;
Nguni’t kung magtulong-tulong ay malaki ang pag-asa.

Limutin na ang nagdaan at ibaon sa kahapon;
Harapin natin ng bukas na taglay ay puro hamon.
Malaki man ang gawain kung tayo’y magkakatulong,
Ang malaki’y lumiliit at madaling maiahon.

Kaming mga mamamayang nasa sektor na pribado,
Nakahandang maki-isa sa mga taong gobyerno,
Mungkahi nami’y pakinggan upang bansa’y mapanuto:
Magtulungan, magtuwangan at magbalikatan tayo.

Mga “concerned” mamamayan isali sa mga balak;
Magaan man o mabigat, pag-usapan ang pagbuhat.
‘Pag nangyari ang ganito ang lahat ay magsisikap;
Uunlad ang ating bansa, Pilipinas, babaligwas.

Sa ating Poong Maykapal tayo ngayon ay magdasal;
At hilingin na tanglawan silang mga bagong halal.
Sa pamumuno ng bansa, sila’y laging subaybayan,
Upang sa mga gawain sila’y hindi mangaligaw.

Panginoon tulungan din kaming mga nagsiboto,
Na matutong makiisa sa pag-unlad ng bayan ko;
Akayin sa wastong landas upang ganap na matamo
Ang pangarap ng lahat ng mabubuting Pilipino.

Salamat po Panginoon sa marami Mong biyaya;
Salamat po Panginoon sa tulong mo na sagana;
Salamat po Panginoon sa walang hanggan mong awa,
Kung wala ka Panginoon, wala kaming magagawa.