God Didn’t Make Instant Coffee
Over breakfast the other day, my wife was so pissed off on the reported “disappearance” of ZTE broadband controversy witness, Rodolfo Lozada, Jr., upon his arrival at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).
She was so disappointed at the way the “wheel of justice” is turning in our country. She said the bad guys seemed to get away with their “evil” schemes while the good guys continue to suffer.
My wife was complaining at what she termed as “circuitous” process of bringing law breakers to justice. She could not understand why the Supreme Court had to stop the Senate from arresting Secretary Romulo Nery when the Senate merely wanted the NEDA Secretary to appear before the Blue Ribbon Committee and tell everything he knows about the NBN-ZTE deal. I had to explain to my wife that that’s how justice is administered; it’s a slow process of listening to all sides and painstakingly “sifting” every data to come up with convincing evidence.
I was of course enjoying my usual cup of sinara na kape (brewed “barako” coffee) as I listened to her. Then, as the aroma of coffee filled my nostrils, I said,
“You know, Vyks (that’s short for “Vicky”), God did not make instant coffee. He gave us instead a coffee tree to plant, a fruit to harvest, to dry, to roast, to grind. A water to boil, to evaporate, to condense, to drop on roasted coffee, to extract the best tasting beverage from coffee. All these hustle, to perk our every morning that God gave us.”
I almost lost my lunch that day when my wife told me to start pounding the palay and make some rice!
In the early Friday morning of February 8, however, we woke up to the angelic confessions of a man who refused to be drowned by the dark. Jun Lozada came out, miraculuously unscathed, with a firm resolve to be with the light! He went on with his confessions to the Senate and bared his soul. Not even Miriam Defensor could becloud the issue with her “credibility testing one, two, three. . ”. Jun Lozada, like the Jedi that he is, spit it all out as though “The Force” was really with him. He came out “with the courage of the truth”, and came out truly triumphant.
At the breakfast table, my wife quipped again, “That was one quick “brewed coffee”, huh? It all happened in less than 24 hours, from Jun Lozada’s abduction in the airport to his Senate appearance”, then she asked, “Do you think there is a Jun Lozada in Bulan who would finally bring light to the Bulan Bus Terminal scam?”
“Nothing is impossible with God,” I retorted.
March 27, 2008 at 3:31 am
Nonong G:
Nadudumduman ko tabi san high school palang ako 1981-86, kapag nagra-rally an mga kabataan o estudiante sa plaza miranda o mendiola sa manila laban sa conjugal dictatorship ni Marcos mao ni Imelda……….dahil sa makagigirabo na corruption sa gobierno san pilipinas……may mga banner or placard an mga ralyista na may nakasurat na sugad sine…”MARCOS AMA KA NG BAYAN… IMELDA INA KA NG BAYAN…. HILING NG BAYAN ANG MAULILA…”
Sa imud-imod ko deri pa man cguro kagrabe an mga alegasyun san graft and corruption sa local na gobierno san bulan……kay wara pa man sin mga kabataan o estudiante na namag-rally sa plaza rizal san bulan, nan mabitbit sin placard o banner na kumukundena sa korapsyun…….
Sa imud imod ko tabi bihira pa man an maisog-isog na mga kabataan o estudiante niyan sa bulan…kadaghanan puro pa man mga matalawon….. pero pwede man maging maisog kun may maglegi sa kanira…pareho baga san sulog na manok na matalawon, kapag gusto mo ipurok sa natad san balay, an hihimuon mo lang lelegion mo an hita san manok taud-taod sun maisog na, nan maato sa kalaban na manok…..
March 27, 2008 at 2:00 pm
bagan mao kunta, kaya lang an mga kabataan didto bagan mga naglalapisayon na, mga haradukon na niyan wara man sin aram na nangyayari kay dianison na an paraiso disco mag alingaling baga. yugyugan lang tapos bahala na an future! an KB head sin o baya atty benjie? kay puro na ugaring talawon an kabataan niyan-wara sin pakiaram sa bungto. sayang man kay an salampati na puti sige man an ralayog, puro man wara aram.
sugua daw tabi yun maghablot sin Banners.
March 28, 2008 at 7:10 am
To Moning:
Parang deri pa cguro nareresolbar san committee kung sino an SK o KB Chairman, dahil an aram ko si Anika Guelas (pro-decastro) pero may protesta an kalaban na si Fruto (anti-decasro) dahil sa lumagpas cguro sa age requirement si guelas, pero an balita ko inhuhuron ni meyora an lolo ni fruto na iwithhdraw na an petition laban kan guelas…. until now, deri ko aram an latest update san petition for disqualification…
hamak mo sun maski mga issue na manunungod sa kabataan in pakikiaraman san meyor…..
April 10, 2008 at 3:29 am
…Nonong G. says, and I quote: x-x-x-x,“You know, Vyks (that’s short for “Vicky”), God did not make instant coffee. He gave us instead a coffee tree to plant, a fruit to harvest, to dry, to roast, to grind. A water to boil, to evaporate, to condense, to drop on roasted coffee, to extract the best tasting beverage from coffee. All these hustle, to perk our every morning that God gave us.” x-x-x-x.
Kumbinsido tabi ako, that GOD did not make an instant coffee, it was the “TAO” who made an instant coffee (read to drink anytime, 3 in 1), but what makes an instant coffee more aromatic and sweet-smelling anyway?
consider this: nagkakaladkad na tubi sa takure, ibubuhos sa tasa, butangan sin instant coffee (nescafe o great taste), nan diyo na coffee mate, pwes buhusan sin repinado na asukar, pwede mo na tabi inumon an kape….. pero an hapot ko niyan nano tabi an nagpapasiram san lasa san instant na kape?………. An simbag, an Kutsara or Kutsarita…… kapag kinugay mo na an kape san Kutsara duon mo lang tabi mararamihan an siram o aroma san tunay na instant coffee…… joke lang ine ha…
Kaya sige tabi supurtahan nato an paghanap san katotohahan, ipadagos nato an pagkugay san mga ma-anomalia na mga proyekto sa bulan para lumuwas an tunay na katotohanan, kaipuhan kugayon nato ine sin ungod o butingkayon para magruluwas katotohanan, mabuhay ka nonong g…….
April 10, 2008 at 10:36 pm
To Nonong and Vyks,
I attended once a seminar and it came to a point for all of us to answer the question: “When you wake up in the morning, what is the very first thing that you do?”
You can already imagine the answers:toilette, thank god, kiss wife, etc. It bursted into laughter when I said-”I switch on my (full-automatic) coffee machine-and enjoy my espresso!”. Well,I still believe that your sinara na kape is of supreme taste because it’s “hand-made”, so to speak.But what makes your kape not only delicious but strong? I think it’s when all these elements you and attybenji mentioned combine together in harmonic proportion then you will end up with a tasty and strong kape, or a weak kape when some elements are missing or should rather prefer to be on their own… like amomg the opposition.