Probably because of Araw ng Kagitingan (lit. Day of Valor), a holiday commemorating the fall of Bataan, there’s talk again of whether Marcos is a hero or not and whether he should be buried at the Libingan Ng Mga Bayani (lit. Cemetery of Heroes). It reminds me of the time my grade school teacher talked about Emilio Aguinaldo, a Philippine president who is not buried at the Libingan. My teacher said, he was a president but he was not a hero.
In the endless history of human interaction and/or conflict, you will sometimes hear the statement “Don’t be judgmental”. Ignoring the obvious irony of their being judgmental when they tell you not to be judgemental, what exactly is wrong with being judgemental? When you compliment, nobody’s going to call you judgmental. But when you criticize, constructive or otherwise, you will be called judgmental. But the reality is, in every situation you judge people as they interact with you and others, situations as they happen, and things as you see them. It is just how you go about life. It is how you go about getting the good things and avoiding the bad things. Perhaps what is really meant is “Don’t be wrongly judgmental” as in “Don’t judge a book by its cover” But that’s an entirely different thing.
James had bought a new dead lock and we scheduled part 2 of Home DIY today. Before going to James’ place, I dropped by Big Bert’s for a car wash where I bumped into Tyrone, a former colleague and we were able to chat and catch up a bit.
After the car wash, I proceeded to James’ place to install the dead bolt. Making the holes on the door was a snap with my trusty drill and we ended up with pretty neat holes.
Unfortunately, I lacked the chisel for the faceplate so we couldn’t complete the installation.Good thing the resident handy man dropped by to install the air conditioner and it turned out that he had a chisel. After he was done with the air conditioner, he completed the dead bolt installation.
Afterwards, we had lunch and coffee with Alex. We also invited Drawde who lives in the area but it turned out that he was out of town. Too bad since I haven’t seen him in quite a while.
It’s Lent again. People are fasting and/or abstaining from meat and poultry as a form of penance. Instead, those who are not fasting are eating seafoods. Fastfood joints are offering fish this, shrimp that and restaurants are seeing a boom in seafood orders. Now isn’t there something wrong here? Not only is seafood healthier, it’s also better tasting! Where’s the penance in that? Is it paying the higher price of seafood? But seriously, it really shouldn’t be about what you don’t eat.