I saw “West Side Story” a long time ago when I was a child and the only thing I remember about the “Romeo and Juliet” adaptation is the scene where the protagonist was running through Spanish Harlem calling out the name “Maria” and only one girls (and the right one) looked out her window. Unbelievable. It’s like going to a Ninoy Aquino rally in the 80’s and calling out “Hey you, in the yellow t-shirt” and only one person responded.
It was the same feeling I got when Joey de Venecia did not name a specific date when his meetings with Benjamin Abalos and the latter’s cohorts occurred in Wack Wack Golf Club. Here you are, at a seminal moment in your life, and you don’t remember the exact date? All you could say was that it was sometime in mid-March of this year? Could it be the ides of March? That would have been too much of a coincidence, even if you don’t believe in coincidence, just chance events. But when Mike Arroyo, through his representative, issued a statement to the effect that he did not intimidate Joey de Venecia, but merely warned him of the possible conflict of interest or outright illegality of entering into a contract with the government, things became clear to me. Had Joey de Venecia mentioned a specific date, it would have been so easy for those allegedly involved to deny their presence within the golf club facilities. However, without being too specific, Joey de Venecia forced the parties involved to acknowledge that there was indeed a meeting. Each party then had to spin his version of the event. COMELEC Chairman Benjamin Abalos described the meeting as a chance encounter.
Things are getting more and more curious. Abalos seems to have so many chance encounters, and all of which seems to put him in a bad light. Remember that allegedly chance encounter with the Zubiris at a hotel where he was supposedly looking for some broth to alleviate his spate of dizziness? Either he is one of the most unfortunate persons who happens to be at the wrong place at the wrong time or, going by the principle of Occam’s razor which states that the most obvious explanation is probably the right one, he’s just the corrupt bastard he appears to be.
The senate hearings also gave us a glimpse of Abalos’ proclivity for showing his sexual prowess. He was said to have been provided with female companions during his stay in China. He was said to have been provided with two girls, one for the day and another for the night. I guess we can not surmise that his favorite “sabaw” is cream of someyoungchick. It could be worse—but not by much—he could prefer cream of someyoungguy.
It was the same feeling I got when Joey de Venecia did not name a specific date when his meetings with Benjamin Abalos and the latter’s cohorts occurred in Wack Wack Golf Club. Here you are, at a seminal moment in your life, and you don’t remember the exact date? All you could say was that it was sometime in mid-March of this year? Could it be the ides of March? That would have been too much of a coincidence, even if you don’t believe in coincidence, just chance events. But when Mike Arroyo, through his representative, issued a statement to the effect that he did not intimidate Joey de Venecia, but merely warned him of the possible conflict of interest or outright illegality of entering into a contract with the government, things became clear to me. Had Joey de Venecia mentioned a specific date, it would have been so easy for those allegedly involved to deny their presence within the golf club facilities. However, without being too specific, Joey de Venecia forced the parties involved to acknowledge that there was indeed a meeting. Each party then had to spin his version of the event. COMELEC Chairman Benjamin Abalos described the meeting as a chance encounter.
Things are getting more and more curious. Abalos seems to have so many chance encounters, and all of which seems to put him in a bad light. Remember that allegedly chance encounter with the Zubiris at a hotel where he was supposedly looking for some broth to alleviate his spate of dizziness? Either he is one of the most unfortunate persons who happens to be at the wrong place at the wrong time or, going by the principle of Occam’s razor which states that the most obvious explanation is probably the right one, he’s just the corrupt bastard he appears to be.
The senate hearings also gave us a glimpse of Abalos’ proclivity for showing his sexual prowess. He was said to have been provided with female companions during his stay in China. He was said to have been provided with two girls, one for the day and another for the night. I guess we can not surmise that his favorite “sabaw” is cream of someyoungchick. It could be worse—but not by much—he could prefer cream of someyoungguy.
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