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The LANCE September 2005 Issue
from: http://thelance.letran.edu/sep2005/o2_sep2005.htm
Flush after use
Imelda Romualdez-Marcos loves wearing chandeliers. Not just any chandeliers, but chandeliers that could be worth as much as P504 million. All these are now for celebrity auction.
A Burmese ruby as small as lanzones was worth P17.5 million during its acquisition. It was not designed as a pendant nor bracelet ornament; it was just a piece of ruby surrounded by diamonds. Perhaps she used it as panghilod. I wonder how she asked Mr. Marcos to buy her that insignificant piece. She must have said, “Ferdie, since I am your one and only baby, I want you to get me a bib.” The former President retorted, “Meldie, it’s late. Go to sleep and we’ll buy it tomorrow.”
The next day, a maid delivers Imelda’s breakfast in bed. Instead of a platter with tapsilog, the lady finds a big blue velvet box. She opens it and a blinding light coming from it fills Malacañang Palace. The maid cries in horror, “I’m going blind Madame! I’m blinded by light!” Imelda purrs, “My precioussss…” Ladies and gentlemen, the story of Imelda’s diamond choker.
According to reports, Imelda Marcos is going blind. If this is true, too bad she won’t see if her jewels look good on somebody else’s. It is tragic.
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My co-editors say that I’m not that “maasim” in my past three columns which is, in fact, true.
Exactly my point, The Column is not about whining. It’s all about laughter and inspirations, cotton candies, angels, and picnics in Luneta. Mostly, it’s about seeing a speck of light at the end of a dark tunnel. Besides, I don’t want negativity here and faultfinding was never my forte.
Even if I wish to say that the tarpaulins draped by some orgs and block sections at the campus gate looked unprofessional, silly, and funny altogether because of their inapt group pictures, I still won’t. I just don’t get any pleasure out of complaining.
Wait, did I just complain? Oh darn, it must be peer pressure.
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Dear Letranites, after the success of my “Let us save the trees” crusade that resulted to the La Mesa Watershed Eco-tourism Park, I’m now shifting to another advocacy drive, which I think is apt and timely. It’s the “Let us flush the toilet after use” campaign.
As for the initial pitch, I suggest the discipline be started on campus.
Admit it or not, most of us do not know how to swill out, even if the toilet water is as yellow, light and bubbly as Cali Shandy. We must not wait for our Mendoza Del Mundo Janitorial Services friends to do the toilet flushing for us anymore. You see, they also have a lot of things to attend to aside from cleaning our comfort rooms, like mopping the school building floors and emptying our trash bins. By simply pushing down a flush handle, we are already making a difference. We are making their work a bit lighter.
Flushing the toilet may be a small deed for most of us, but I personally believe it is a form of great social responsibility. If every Letranite would learn to flush the toilet after use, the world will be a better place to live in, not to mention sweet-smelling.