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Sobering Up: The Morning After Chronicles

written by Gail Sotelo May 11, 2016

This has been one emotional election.

I think there’s no better way to start this entry than with this simple, admittedly “safe” (or impartial) statement, because it is what it is: Poignant, unfiltered, unadulterated, and true.

Election season in this country, after all, has always been tinged with a lot of passion.

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Watching the tally with tea and polvoron for a bit of a patriotic twist

 

That being said, as I crashed on the couch after braving the scorching heat and crowds to wait two hours to exercise my freedom to vote, I thought… Why am I so adamant about my right of suffrage?

Then I looked at my blog and realized: it’s THIS.

Think about it: I am free to be an opinionated (not necessarily always correct) female wino in a country that is beginning to enjoy the freedom to travel and learn about wines. I am not treated less with the work that I do versus a man, because our country has one of the best gender equality records in the workforce. The constitution allows me to pursue a career in alcohol, as long as I stay within legal bounds.

I slept during the night of the elections admittedly with a huge apprehension about its outcome… One of my friends put it well: “I am very thankful that I am still able to exercise suffrage… I can only hope that my children and their children will not have that right taken from them.”

That’s it, really… Once the dust has settled, I hope to keep the rights I’m enjoying right now as a Filipina wine professional.

Additionally, I understand that no change in leadership will change the fact that true progress requires unity, cooperation, and selflessness… Selflessness includes queuing properly, not drinking to excess (which will potentially harm the drinker and the people around him), ceasing the practice of giving importers a hard time if there’s no grease money… It will absolutely need to begin with each one of us.

So as we sober up after all the heated arguments, bickering, passionate (and occasionally crass) political discussions, I hope we move on and up together as one united nation.

 

I promise to be back with a less sober topic in the next entry. 😉 Cheers!

 

Sobering Up: The Morning After Chronicles was last modified: June 30th, 2017 by Gail Sotelo

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5 comments

Monching Weller May 11, 2016 at 2:08 pm

Ah yes, TWG Tea…I missed drinking that. 🙂

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Gail Sotelo May 19, 2016 at 2:28 am

<3

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Iriz Chan May 18, 2016 at 11:36 am

Haha, sa wakas, natapos na rin ang eleksyon. Maraming nasirang pagkakaibigan dahil jan. Anyway, I love your creativity and well expressed posts. 🙂

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Gail Sotelo May 19, 2016 at 2:29 am

I agree!

Thanks for your feedback… It makes all the work worth it. 😉

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Iriz Chan May 19, 2016 at 3:20 am

🙂

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