Today, I mark my ninth year as a Manila Bulletin columnist. MBOpinions READ:
Since I started writing columns on Jan. 4, 2014, I may have already written about 500 columns. Exactly how many pieces I’ve written and got published, I don’t know. What I’m sure about is that I’m grateful for this opportunity and for the readers of this column.
The truth is, I owe my stubborn progressive bent less to my activist background. Contrary to popular myth, activists don’t simply choose to be radical. It is always the situation that compels radical thought and action. The persistent activist tone of this column is simply my response to people, events and places that I see and take a look at. Sociology also helps, as well as my brief stint as reporter, and my work in digital strategy.
This new year, I hope to be able to travel again to enjoy the country, meet new people and experience new things to write about. I miss going around. As we all know, travel has been a casualty of the pandemic, with lockdowns messing with everyone’s travel plans. While it also doesn’t help that fuel prices and inflation are going up, there might be invitations coming my way, which I may always be inclined to accept if only to temporarily flee from the sordid Metro Manila situation.
I don’t wish to make promises that I cannot keep, but I plan to write more about history. It is an area where we could find a lot more about our identity and of course the root causes of the many problems that we face. Let’s see if we could have a special series of columns focused on history.
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