Part 10

Out Of The Blue Part 10 by Patrick Duffey

After about a week in Tacloban, Leyte, I go back to Dolores, Samar where I find my beach house needs only minor touches. Saturday morning we buy plenty of food and drink for family and friends for the blessing of my house. The vice Mayor Capon of Dolores arrives and greets the guests as we await the Monsignor Hobson’s blessing. After a while he arrives fully dressed in his priesthood attire. We’re giving candles as he reads from the book. We walk the perimeter of my house as he doses holy water on it.

The nipa open cottage was built in one day so that the VIPs would have a place to sit out of the sun into place their food. There’s so much food we have no other choice but to use the cottage for an additional table. We have to move out in the sun with our tables and chairs, and yes~coconuts - and we move many times in corresponding to the shade of the Coconut trees. All are happy and full as we continue into the night time. There are military and police walking the area of land for security. I spend my first night watching the full moon arise from behind the islands as my bodyguards watch over me. Midnights swim in the warm waters with a friend and then sleep like I haven’t in so many years. I awakened time to witness the Sunrise peaking up at the edge of the ocean. There was a message sent to the Nanay last night in the way of a warning to my safety, I believe that this is what is just called drama. But because of this out when not be able to stay at night alone.

Due to the storms that have approached, the Santo Nino celebration has been canceled at the beach. I have made up the banners stretching across the streets for a “on the spot beauty contest” of course, band-aids are optional. Therefore I will go back to Leyte and take the ferry ship to Cebu to observe the Sinalog festival. Before leaving Dolores, I attended mass one more time and then watch some more news of the never-ending impeachment trials. With the last month and a half I have come to understand that Estrada has had nine mistress’s and stolen billions of pesos, lined the pockets of his trial senators, ect………… that's business I suppose.

He that ran on the ticket as the poor People’s choice has even dipped into their pockets and collapsed the economy along with their hopes and dreams. Still strong with the old-fashioned values, Filipinos are now more educated and smarter to what right and wrong in their world. Not too long ago the status quo was accepted to where the rich got richer in the poor just accepted it. Now it’s time for the People’s Power 2, #1 as was with Marco’s regime being ousted. I truly believe that these dates important to release the friction in way of freedom in speech and protest. And as much as I wish to witness a rally in EDSA where I saw him speak my companions requested that I did not. History is on its way!




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