B Republic

I am disappointed.

I am disappointed coz Ateneo lost.

I am disappointed coz Ateneo lost to La Salle.

I am disappointed coz Ateneo lost to La Salle by a wide margin.

I am disappointed coz Ateneo lost to La Salle by a wide margin when I watched the ballgame live.

I am disappointed coz Ateneo lost to La Salle by a wide margin when I watched the ballgame live and I had to move heaven and earth just to get those precious tickets.

It doesn't need any of the glamorous advertisements just to promote the game. If your blood bleeds either blue or green, you should know it. You should know it is about to happen just like you were a member of the secret society.

Even before tickets get released, you let your secret connections go to work to snatch for you that one precious ticket.

Those tickets become so valuable as gameday nears that if they were traded as stocks in the PSE, they would be enough to lift our pathetic markets into record territories. Surpass the Dow 10,000 even.

As I walk up the stairs leading to the Upper Box sections of the coliseum, the all too familiar drumbeats greet me. Music to my ears.

The mammoth crowd inside the Araneta roars as the basketball game starts. The fans practically fill it up to the rafters. A sea of blue and green equally divided in the middle. For about two hours, it's all about basketball and cheering your hearts out for your team. Nothing else exists.

And what was it that was our main concern just two days ago?

Oh yeah, a president on the brink of ouster from her office.

We are a B Republic.

Banana Republic or Basketball Republic.

Your choice.