Bloghopping

My daily ration of current events used to come only from online newspapers, radio and television newscasts. Being far from where the action is, I had to content myself with simply “knowing” how things are shaping up (or crashing down) in my beloved Philippines. Expressing reactions may not have been difficult- I can talk to myself, can’t I? But the few times I did, I worried. What if I suddenly find myself answering myself? Baka sa National Institute for Mental Health na ako magising.

Mabuti na lang nauso ang blogging.

Ngayon, I can afford to skip these online newspapers, even the broadcasts.

I usually begin my cyberday with a visit to Ellenville. I am always sure that I’d get the latest, the hottest and the most controversial news items of the day. May bonus pa. I can read through realtime reactions of other politically inclined Pinoys all over the globe. Yung bonus, may bonus pa rin- I can chip my own reactions in, both to the news and to the others’ reactions.

Sa Ellenville, one gets to “meet” different people. Doon, pakiramdam ko, lahat kami ay magkakaklase. Some of them are really interesting, some of them are (ano nga ba’ng antonym ng Interesting? Ah, ‘yun nga!), well, boring. Most of them are Filipinos, some of them were. Most of them say Aling Gloria has to go, while some of them think Aling Gloria needs to go (pareho lang ba ‘yun?). Some of them intentionally inject humor to lighten discussions up (sina Pareng Cocoy, Ka Magno, TT, at ang nagbabalik-loob na si Artsee) when the going gets tough. Some of them are simply funny with those matter-of-fact reactions to hints of sarcasm (never really “getting the drift” that the sarcasm is directed at them). All of them are bound by a common cause- concern for the Philippines.

Next stopover on my itinerary is Quezonville. Here, I consider myself a student. All the other bloggers are my professors. Mabigat ang balitaktakan, but one really learns a ton just following the discourses. Some of the characters are also occasional Ellenville habitues like Anna (who is an SME when it comes to military stuff), Dean Jorge Bocobo, John Marzan, Schumey, and CVJ to name a few. Dito, medyo balanse ang katig, kung baga sa bangka. Ellenville “graduate” Benign0 occasionally drops by Quezonville, too.

Now, with these two anchors, and all the other anchors they link through, who would need the early morning papers, online or otherwise?