Class Outing 2: Getting there
We spent the whole weekend at Pangasinan courtesy of our classmate, Toff and his parents Mr. and Mrs. de Venecia, who hosted us in their Dagupan estate.
November 28, 2003, Friday. We only had Math exams for school. After taking the test, some of my classmates and I spent time at Raf’s house before returning to school that afternoon to meet with our other classmates before leaving for Pangasinan. There were about thirty of us in class and we all boarded a small 25-seating capacity coaster courtesy of the House of Representatives. It was really crowded, but that was okay.
There was an accident along the way. Just took some snapshots.
That’s a beautiful picture of the clouds and the sunlight.
[...] I’m not against a systematic overhaul of our political system. But if these congressmen will be the same parliamentarians in the new order–then, there is no new order. This, aside from other less discussed issues within the proposed amendments, is what makes me oppose Charter Change, as proposed by the House of Representatives. – During high school, whenever Speaker Jose de Venecia would be present at class gatherings, he would be made to talk, and when you make him talk, all he talks about are the virtues of a parliamentary form of government. When we had a class outing at their Pangasinan estate, he talked to us over merienda and, yes, he talked about the parliamentary form of government, aside from propping up the candidacy of President Gloria Arroyo. This was three years ago. And even when I browse through newspaper archives at the main library (for amusement, I’m weird like that), it appears that Mr. de Venecia has been at it for more than a decade. [...]