Speckles n Spectrum

There are a lot of points here that need to be tackled so bear with me while I slowly point it out one by one. If I may appear biased in my view of points, the bias is with my fellow Bicolanos. I'm a Bicolana and a proud one but this Kaogma thing is nothing to be proud of as a native. Did you know that there are a lot of problems in Camarines Sur specifically about most locals having no NAWASA or proper source of water? Did you also know that we suffer in provincial rate that's the main reason why I'm in Pasig right now rather than in my hometown because they can't even provide a decent salary for workers there. There's flooding as well and a lot more. What I'm trying to point out is that a festival so extravagant like spending 75 million pesos in a week's festivity is so frakkin' not practical for such a province that the rest of the population is in grave poverty. When you can simply allocate such big of a fund for facilities, infrastructures, flood control, services, wages, and what not versus spending it in a week's KAOGMA Festival. So I guess you know where my bias is coming from, right? 

Joy Barcoma agreed that "Advocacy is not a shield" though contradicting it with purity politics. Pointing that the blame should be solely claimed by the politicians that invited them adding more so dodging  accountability for accepting the invite. So technically if you were invited to a festival with a 75 million budget you are getting a part of the millions as a talent fee. And accepting that literally means you are agreeing to be the brand ambassador for that specific politician. In lay man's terms you are literally endorsing that event packaged with the personality that invited you. So saying that you don't have an accountability towards what's happening is a freaking contradiction. Your accountability starts with your judgement and given that you are saying to yourself that  you are a beauty queen with morals and advocacies regarding corruption aren't you signing up to be a face of the start of a budget deficit of a province so poor that can't even provide proper water sources? Isn't that corruption or you're going to give a damn label again to that just to justify your crooked ideal? 

This isn't a misplaced blame because you are technically part of the problem. It's even more alarming that you claim yourself as a beauty queen that's fighting against corruption, an advocate and an influencer. Haven't you thought out that having followers that look up to you and having these kinds of decisions have a critical impact towards the good of the community. You said that you want to talk about and be part of disrupting the system from within then this very moment is that crucial part of proving your advocacy that's why I agree with Jeriel. This is the very moment you can prove and walk the talk and yet you are begging for your bread and butter? WTF is that? So it kind of says something like we're just going to kind of minimize your values, morals, and advocacies for the meantime and prioritize the money. Is that how it is? Tell me. Can we just flip the coin when it inconveniences us personally? I understand that you should prioritize yourself first but this is a different ballgame. It's like you're saying we should forget about corruption for the meantime if you were the one who's going to receive the TF for the certain corruption. Am I right?

You're technically saying that it's not important for you where's the source of money, any money is okay, clean or dirty just so long it funds your lifestyle? Isn't that how it is? Can you truly sleep soundly getting a million (I'm just assuming) from the 75 million funds for hosting that stupid festival while the rest of the Bicolanos suffer for years from budget deficit just all for your one week stint? Is that how a beauty queen thinks? I'll be blunt, you are selfish, a fame whore, a two-faced professional gold digger with no regards towards the welfare of other people. Your advocacies don't define you, it's the decisions that you make in crucial moments like this that unveils your reality. 

If I may put it... "INTEGRITY means doing the right thing when no one is looking" and it's a shame that you are doing the wrong thing when everyone's eyes are on you. The audacity. You might be just another potential trapo in the making. 

Let me answer your question or have you ever thought about this? You know why people are clamoring and obliging the artists or the invitees rather than the politicians? Because they know that they can't do anything anymore about the government there so they are asking you to decline and prove your advocacy as a last resort for this mess and that's why they are holding you accountable. People have been doing a lot of things already to make these politicians accountable but that's a different story. So if you want to help, don't be part of the problem, be part of the solution. If you want to disrupt the system, listen to the people, boycott the festival. It's not rocket science to know that it's too unnecessary and impractical to waste that kind of money in one week. We can have a festival for a week but not with that big of a budget. Where is the justice in spending millions in a week when everyone else will go home back to their miserable realities except you? Are you getting my point or do you need more elaborate explanations on this? Hit me up, I'm willing to have a lengthy discourse on this one. Cheers.