And so fellow Pinoys, we now have a new president. President Noynoy was sworn in at noon today. Crowds cheered while ex-President GMA, who’s now a Congresswoman in Pampanga’s second district. I was out the whole day on errands with DW, BDW and my mom and so I was keeping myself updated via Twitter. Twitter is too awesome, I get the news with honest and usually funny commentaries minute by minute. Noynoy was trending for 9 hours I read too (the previous day, it was Kris who was trending because of her recent split with James Yap).

President Noynoy (I really don’t buy the PNoy tag, maybe it will grow on me but now wag muna haha) delivered his inaugural speech in Tagalog. The speech was grateful and delivered by a President humbled by the full show of support of his volunteers. It carried promises to a nation broken by a government that failed them. The President also asked for our help and for our vigilance.

Ngayon, sa araw na ito – dito magwawakas ang pamumunong manhid sa mga daing ng taumbayan. Hindi si Noynoy ang gumawa ng paraan, kayo ang dahilan kung bakit ngayon, magtatapos na ang pagtitiis ng sambayanan. Ito naman po ang umpisa ng kalbaryo ko, nguni’t kung marami tayong magpapasan ng krus ay kakayanin natin ito, gaano man kabigat.

The spirit of People Power was also mentioned. Of course. If there’s one shining and defining moment for us Pinoys, it’s that bloodless revolution in Edsa in 1986. We need to be truly proud again of being Filipinos and of the Philippines. Most importantly though, we need to be able to TRUST and BELIEVE in our own government again. Nakakapagod ang maging pessimistic diba?  Gusto ko maging optimistic naman — cautiously optimistic at least.

Kami ay narito para magsilbi at hindi para maghari. Ang mandato ninyo sa amin ay pagbabago – isang malinaw na utos para ayusin ang gobyerno at lipunan mula sa pamahalaang iilan lamang ang nakikinabang tungo sa isang pamahalaang kabutihan ng mamamayan ang pinangangalagaan.

I did not vote for Noynoy. I voted for Gibo but I have to say I woke up today feeling very optimistic and hopeful. Thank you Noynoy for bringing that back again.

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