So summer vacation once again.

So I'm into writing once again.

So what?

It's been a while since I let my creative juices come out of my mind.

Yeah, I promise to continue what I like doing best. It's been a while also that I have been keeping things to myself only. There's no one to listen or to mind about it, especially if you are with people who do not think beyond their perceived thinking capabilities (if there are any...harhar).

Humility aside, it was like a bomb waiting to be released inside whenever you have a good point on something but of course, because of the narrow minds of which you are talking and living with, there's no other choice but to dismantle that bomb and accept the reality that there's nothing you can do about them. Period.

Anyway, now that I have the opportunity (or time) to do and say what I want, I would certainly like to grab this one. I know there's no assurance that someone would care to read or at least look at this webpage, but honestly, I don't care. As long as I am doing what I want, I won't give a damn if anyone would know what I am thinking. However, to all those who would care enough to read, sincere gratitude from me.

To start off, let me talk about the upcoming, much-awaited, star-studded, the most dramatic, the most suspense, and the most hilarious event of the year: 2007 election.

Nah, I don't like to think about the candidates, either for senator or local official. Here's another view of election: the voters.

According to the survey (SWS I think), the majority of the voters today are from ages 18-24, the youth. Whoever they would choose to vote, would surely win. No kidding.

But here's the catch...the youth, which is the largest part of the voters, is the "silent majority".

How many youth today from ages 18-24 are not registered to vote? Survey said it is in millions, but I think I don't need to know the exact numbers to prove it right. My brother, 19, has not yet registered. Many of my classmates in college, already 18 or 19, have not yet registered. People in the boarding house I am in, only one have been registered to vote. Many others I know about that are legitimate to vote are not yet registered.

This may be an old fact but certainly, not all knows or even aware about this. Why? They choose not be part of it and to take part on it.

The blame?

Youth said it is because of the government. With all those intrigues, corruption, anomalies and everything, youth said they have lost their trust and respect to the government. Whoever you vote, whether it is righteous, the strong crocodile will always win. Change for the good is impossible. So why bother to vote?

But I say, youth themselves (or ourselves) are the one to blame. The right to think alone does not depend whether your country is run by corrupt people. You think that your single vote will not count, and it will make a big impact if you are not alone in this philosophy. The power to vote for the person who you think will be good is a right and a privilege; one must not let go of it.

One person I know literally mocked me about this one. Of course, I was close to bursting. But I thought that it is no use to argue or to persuade about something to a narrow-minded person. (Hope she would not get to read this one!)

Why the need to vote? As I said earlier, voting is a right. With that right, it comes hand in hand with responsibility. For me, being a Filipino, it is also a responsibility to vote. Maybe I'm too nationalistic here, but this is what I believed in. Let me set this clear: I won't persuade someone to believe in the same thing I believed in. It is there choice and power to be aware or to idiotize their selves.

In 5 months I will be 18. Too bad I can't register yet. Anyhow, when my time comes, I would willingly oblige to my responsibility. Good news: we have the power to choose who we want to govern us. But as Uncle Ben of Spiderman said, "Great power comes great responsibility."

To end this one, I would like to share what I had seen in some posters during the past elections. This one made me think even though I was too young back then.

"Walang karapatang magreklamo ang hindi bumoto".