Where were you when Ondoy came?

Just this recent week, Ondoy landed in the Philippines. Along came floods in the metropolitan areas of Manila that swept away everything with it; including the kitchen sink. And I was surprised just this moment since I saw a picture of Hon. Mikey Arroyo circulating in a community site.

Hon. Arroyo is crouching on the floor. Apparently inside a liquor store. What bothered me greatly is the description of the picture. He was inside a liquor bar (apparently check out the merchandise) during the peak of Ondoy's wrath at the Metro.

Then came another issue after the picture circulated the web; the regulation of the community site where the picture was circulated. Honestly, I don't give a sh*t to what Mikey does in his private life. Nor to what brand of champagne he drinks.

So what if he is looking at the merchandise? Maybe he needs to have some sort of posh drink while he looks at the people frantically screaming around him.

So what if he's in a liquor store? Maybe he needs something to warm himself up for the cold weather when some families in Rizal are freezing cold in their rooftops.

So what if he wasn't helping? He has one thing that we don;t have ladies and gentlemen and that is SEAT OF POWER and the right to do whatever he pleases.

Plus he has lots and lots of cash.

So why are people disturbed about this? Because Mickey himself is also disturbed. He is disturbed that his private life is now being transparent. Remeber, politics in the Philippines is not about transparency, it is how to get things done. The picture depicts his actions in a very comprehensibly wrong time. If he was photographed during December people won't give a care. But this is Ondoy we are talking about. Ondoy.

When 6 months of rainfall fell in a day.

When state of emergency was in over 20 provinces.

Then I asked myself, where are those budding politicians? Are they also inside a wine house that time? Are they relaxing in a spa? Or sleeping soundly in their posh, first-class villages free of mud and waist-high water?

We cannot blame the politicians about the weather, but sadly they are the ones who should help the people in the immediate time possible. if I were Mickey, I'd give free Monet that time to save myself from scandals. And I would not sue or find a way to cover up (by limiting or guarding community sites, remember, they have rights too)what was seen in the photograph. I'd stand up, smile at the camera and say "Dadalhin ko to sa Pampanga mamaya para mainitan ang mga tao dun."/KP

*thank you Rep. Palatino sa ginawa mo sa kanya.