Not Me

CHAPTER NINETEEN

"Mga limang kilometro na lang, lasang baka na 'yang lugaw mo." He brought me back to reality with something na hindi ko na naman naiintindihan.

"Ang dami niyo namang mga kasabihan. Hindi na ako makasunod." Reklamo ko rito. "Ano namang ibig sabihin niyan?"

"Sa sobrang lalim ng iniisip mo, nakarating ka na sa New Zealand." Paliwanag nito. I've never heard of that so I looked at him funny.

"May ganon? Feel ko imbento na lang 'yan!" I uttered.

"Imbento nga." He confirmed laughing. "Speaking of lugaw, nabalitaan mo na ba?"

"Na?" I asked but I felt like I already know what his answer is pagkasabi pa lang niya ng lugaw.

"Tatakbo daw si Lani lugaw for presidency pagkatapos kumalat ng rumours na tatakbo rin daw si gov." He answered.

Agad ko siyang tinignan nang masama dahil sa sinabi niyang 'yon.

"That's bad. Vice President pa rin natin 'yang tinatawag mong lugaw. Isa pa, she's really not that bad para tawaging lugaw. In fact, nakakaawa nga kasi wala naman siyang maling ginagawa pero biktima ng fake news and spliced videos." I defended our Vice President. Nakakaawa na kasing puro paninira na lang ang nababasa ko sa comment section just because they believed in fake news and edited videos na nakasira ng reputation niya.

He was stunned. Again, mukhang hindi na naman niya inasahan ang lumabas sa bibig ko.

"Umamin ka nga. Garcia ka ba talaga?" Hindi makapaniwalang tanong nito.

"Mukha ba akong ampon?" I answered sarcastically dahil sa tanong niya. "Alam mo, I've never heard of anything negative against VP. May karapatan naman siyang tumakbo." I went back on defending our Vice President.

"Kahit against sa tatay mo?" He asked.

"Actually, hindi naman against sa tatay ko. It is, and should always be, for the country - not against other candidates. Politics naman, it's a broad spectrum. As long as they're offering something authentic, I don't see any problem with that at all." I answered. Hindi naman laging dapat, kalaban na ang turing ko sa kanila. After all, we all want a better Philippines for the people.

"Wow. Wala na akong masabi sa 'yo. Parang lagi kang tama. And to think na natalo niya na dati si Gov, ah?" He reminded me.

Honestly, VP has a higher chance of winning again this time dahil ang dami niya nang napatunayan. No wonder, my father did not challenge her when she ran for reelection for the Vice Presidency and she won. Ang kaibahan lang ngayon, she's being targeted on social media platforms. Sabi pa nga ng mga tao, that was our trolls working for us. The last time I checked, wala namang hired trolls ang tatay ko to work for him.

Nonetheless, our Vice President doesn't deserve all the hate. She's just too precious to be living with hate from people who she puts her heart into.

"I'd rather have my father lose to a servant leader twice than to traditional politicians na meron sa bansa natin. At least, alam kong nasa magandang kamay 'yung bansa."