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Orange slices and the EVAT.
(From Philippine Daily Inquirer)
Byline: Ina Alleco R. Silverio
I HAD IT IN MY HEAD TO WRITE SOMETHING LIGHT AND funny. I wanted to write about how my friend Tonyo and I went to buy two inflatable orange slices which, when blown up, were five feet in diameter each, and where one could comfortably sit and lie down as if he or she were on a regular sofa. They cost us only P70 each.
Anyway, I wanted to write about how hilarious it was when we got to my house and tried to inflate one of the slices with a bicycle air pump. There we were giving our shoulders, necks and arms a brutal workout while it took forever for the air to get in, as the orange slice just lay flat on the floor, looking bored.
I wanted to write how, through all that unscheduled session of physical exercise, I fervently and desperately imagined myself sitting on the slice, holding in one hand a tall glass of, well, orange juice choked with ice cubes, and in the other, a book by Camus or Sartre (but most likely something by Stephen King) while Tchaikovsky played on the CD player.
Well, Im not going to write about any of those things. I am too angry.
Its official, the Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of the new EVAT law. What were those old men and women thinking?
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