It’s interesting to note how opinions of the Filipino people on issues concerning the nation vary and how they would choose to express it. Like what I’ve always said, the manner by which a person express his anger and other emotions speak very much about his character.
Yesterday around lunch time, Senator Antonio Trillanes, who is on trial for their shortlived mutiny in Oakwood Hotel in 2003, and Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim, who was the negotiator during the height of the Oakwood Mutiny and who is also facing court martial proceedings in connection with the uprising that happened February 24 last year, walked out from a hearing at Makati Regional Trial Court. Then, they marched out of the streets of Makati, with 50 other men, including armed men in military uniform wearing the Magdalo insignia, Former Vice President Teofisto Guingona Jr, a staunch critic of President Arroyo, and Argee Guevarra, lawyer for the Laban ng Masa group. Novaliches Bishop Antonio Tobias, Infanta Bishop Emeritus Julio Labayen as well as Fr. Robert Reyes were also there. And the destination? The Manila Peninsula Hotel, where all the drama will unfold.
At that time, I’ve just turned off the TV because I got bored watching the Republican/Youtube Debate on CNN and decided to finally turn my attention on my review notes when I received a Twitter SMS Update:
Okay, I know that’s a web twit. But you get the idea…
That’s a twit from Arbet.
I immediately went back to the TV to turn it on to ANC. And, of course, I’ve got to get online too to catch up with the updates. From then on, I spend the whole afternoon switching from reading and typing twits and IM messages online to watching TV to reading my review notes (not necessarily in that particular order, but usually reviewing the notes came in last, haha).
And as expected, most bloggers began the deluge of twits:
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