It's been a while...

...considering the big move back home, to a few weeks chilling out, to getting back in touch with old friends. (chilling out? In this summer heat? The Manila summer heat is close to hellish - the sunlight bounces off the completely-concreted landscape, frying everything in sight.)

Your humble blogger, in the meantime, has become a big political junkie. When I'm playing couch commando, the TV's tuned almost constantly to ANC. I'm thirsty for breaking news on every imaginable political development, as of late heating up as infernally as the summer sizzle that covers everything in this sorry metropolis.

My impromptu takes, while I don't have the energy to hyperlink crazily like I always do:

- Gloria Macapagal Arroyo will win, and good for her. Now she has to do something about her husband.

- I'm glad I voted for Akbayan. Watching Etta Rosales speaking off the cuff on ANC, I'm confident that this was one vote that hit home.

- FPJ and his party are living in a dream world. I've found it particularly cynical that his handlers value his "winnability" above his ability to do the job. They've hit on the winnability button for months, but sadly people are beginning to wake up. Better the mataray bitch you know, than the amiable giant who will resurrect the usual gang of idiots from the Erap presidency.