Make a suggestion, do.

Anyone who watches the news or picks up a newspaper must know about the current political situation in the Philippines. Our "glorious leader" is being pressured by practically everyone to resign: politicians, labor parties, NGOs; heck, even schools, religious Catholic splinter sects and the Church have much publicized their yea or nay to PGMA remaining in office.

I pass by LSGH, a private school, on my way to work, and they have this large billboard fronting the campus -- usually posted with messages like: "Graduate School of Business Now Accepting Enrollment for SY 2005-06" or "Congratulations to Juan dela Cruz 5th Grade for Winning Second Place in Phils Jr Karatedo Championship" or even "May Our Holidays Be Filled With Joy and Peace - Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to All" during the Yuletide season. For the past few days, the message on the board has been "Restore Faith in Democracy - Make the Supreme Sacrifice", a wake up call no doubt meant for the President.

However, I noticed today that this mesage had been moved up to make room for new announcements, so that the first four lines of the board now read: "Restore Faith in Democracy - Make the Supreme Sacrifice - Enrollment in Chinese Language Classes Starts ______ 2005". Taken out of context (and with thirteen years of mandatory Chinese lessons under my belt), this has got to be one of the strangest (and funniest!) supreme sacrifices I've ever heard suggested.

Not much weirdness in Divisoria today -- Sometimes I pass the time people-watching outside my store, trying to find a pair of pants with the oddest color and/or design. Today's was a tossup between burnt orange and pea green. >shudder.<