Salamat, Green Team Cebu

My wife and I just arrived from the thanksgiving and farewell get-together of Green Team Cebu. Though we had fun, it was also a very emotional affair as it will be the last time that the group will be together as GT Cebu. The group was created with the sole purpose of helping Gibo Teodoro to be the next president of our country, and to disband right after the elections. Since February 2010, when the Cebu Chapter was formed, the group had a great time planning and using a lot of new strategies and activities for campaigning. Everyone of us volunteered to join the group and we even used our own personal resources in the different activities all for the love of our country.

The Cebu chapter became the model chapter because of the new and innovative strategies we introduced and brought campaigning to a whole new different level, that the opposite camps even said a lot of bad things about us, like we were "paid" and "too organized to be voluntary." Ha! not even a single centavo with the face of Lapu2x did we receive from the Party. We did everything we could because we love our country, and we believe (we still do) that Gibo is the most qualified presidentiable by far. And we were organized simply because we put our heads together and planned everything out before doing them. We've had a lot of activities already copied by the rival camps, but as they say, nothing beats the real thing.

As our chairman said today, Friendship will remain, but it will not be fair to use this group, Green Team Cebu, in any other activities. We wish to preserve the good image of the organization including the memories and experiences we had the entire campaign period.

I met a lot of really cool people in GT Cebu, and I've learned a lot from them. Yes, the friendship and the camaraderie will definitely remain, as will the memories of an amazing couple of months. It's a great honor to have been among such intelligent and passionate individuals who fought this good fight with me.

As GT Cebu ends, the watch for our country begins.

Sulong Greenies! Sulong Pilipinas! :)

We Missed the Flight

Gibo Concedes

This is the press conference called by Gilbert Teodoro, Jr. to admit his defeat in the Presidential race. This is the same press conference where a lot of us cried listening to our candidate, and how honest and real he was.

What a great President he could have been.. *sigh*

Thank you, Sir Gibo

In my previous blog entry, I talked about how sad I was with the election results in our town. Now, I am even more depressed that the most qualified candidate for President has conceded because of his poor standings in the total number of votes so far collected. I am in tears because we're losing our best chance of improving our country. I have carefully weighed everything a few months ago before choosing which Presidential candidate I will vote for, and I chose Gilbert Teodoro, Jr. because he simply outshone all the other candidates in terms of credentials and experience. As I've mentioned in my previous entry, the educated and the informed are still outnumbered in our country, and that's very disheartening.

Gibo Teodoro have always emphasized positive campaigning and just for that, he was admired by a lot of people, even by his opponents like Former President Joseph Estrada. He always emphasized professionalism and the idea of competence. He's a big loss to our country because of what he could have done. Come to think of it, Gibo didn't lose in the recent elections, we did. It's our loss. Yes, I am proud that I voted for him and I am not ashamed to admit that I cried when he conceded to his cousin. Sayang.

Thank you, Sir Gibo, for the inspiration and for giving us hope. One of my life's highlights was meeting you face to face, and I will always be proud to have fought for and with you. My little daughter already knows you, and will grow up remembering you and what you stood for. I will continue to do what I can do in my own little way to improve and hopefully help others improve too. You changed our lives more than you know, and we will be forever grateful.


I have served my country the best I could. I don't think anyone can ask more of me. I did not fight for a political position for myself but for an idea. What can we do right for the country? Winning or losing is secondary. We fight for an idea - an idea of competence. Basic education reform, college graduate opportunities for every family, food security, genuine sustainable agrarian reform, localized peace processes, strong foreign relations, and several others.

- Gilbert Teodoro

Gibo 2010

I had a rare free time on my hands last night so I decided to make this, to show my support to the man who's the best fit to become the 15th President of the Republic of the Philippines.

Ballers

Day 6 of the 30 Day Challenge - Whatever Tickles Your Fancy


With 76 days before our National Elections, I have carefully weighed all the candidates for President and after all the researches that I've made, I've decided to support Gilbert "Gibo" Teodoro. I also learned that my whole family and a lot of people that I know are supporting him as well. For me, he's the most capable and most competent to lead the country.

Yesterday, Gibo came to Cebu and I was there to support him. I am proud to be a member of The Green Team, and I'm wearing my Gibo Ballers to show my support.

No, that's not my arm. I'm not that hairy. :p