Wonder Boy

The call for GMA to step down has snowballed over the past few days. Parties from both the left and right have proposed their own solutions to the crisis our nation is facing. And amidst all of these political fanfare, some Filipinos are just wondering when will all this madness stop.

Watching the news as the tense situation unfolds, many groups take their causes to the streets. Students marching down the streets of Manila. Workers holding their assembly at the business capital of the Philippines. A prayer rally by one of the religious leaders who lost in the past presidential elections. And motorcades circling Metro Manila to encourage the people to go out to the streets.

One news segment on the ongoing motorcade caught my attention. As the rallyists distribute pamphlets and practically litter the streets with anti-GMA materials, those inside the vehicles shout "Gloria Resign!".

The news reporter interviews people from one of the vehicles. What do they want to happen? How do they propose to resolve this crisis?

A kid inside one of the vehicle angrily shouts his opinion.

"GMA should resign! She is not the one who won the elections! FPJ won the presidency! She just stole it from him! Blah, blah, blah!", the boy emotionally shouts with a cracking voice. The sound of a pre-adolescent whose hormones must be overflowing and whose emotions run high in the midst of this political chaos. His blabber doesn't make much sense. In fact, there is an irritating tone in his voice which one could point to arrogance.

I begin to wonder. Are kids these days really this immersed in our country's political situation? Hey, this may be a good sign after all. We used to accuse the youth of being apolitical about things affecting their future. But right now, we have this young kid, taking it to the streets, joining the motorcade, shouting his lungs out, caring about what the future this country would bring to him. You can even feel the emotions and hear the hurt he is feeling inside with everything that has happened to our nation.

Hmmmm...

Wait.

That boy in the motorcade looks familiar. That kid shouting invectives about GMA. I think I've seen him before. Yup, that kid is a familiar fixture during the FPJ campaign during the last elections. That kid who is so involved in this political rally.

That kid is not a kid after all!

It's none other than...

...Niño Muhlach.

Nyahahahahaha!

After all these years, the Wonder Boy of Philippine cinema still manages to make me laugh.