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i woke up this from a brief afternoon nap with a terrible headache. my head felt heavy and it was throbbing. must be from sleep deprivation. i have been having a hard time sleeping lately. was it migraine? don’t know what migraine is. all i know is that when my head hurts it’s a headache! it usually goes away after taking biogesic (hey, i’ll be expecting royalties. he he), my trusty, do-it-all pill. it relieves my minor aches and pains, colds, fever and flu. it's even my secret trick to prevent hangover. believe me, it’s true. no matter how much alcohol you’ve had, just take two tablets before going to bed and you’ll wake up refreshed, as if nothing happened the night before. i haven’t had a hangover in more than fifteen years since doing this trick! (now, i’m really expecting royalties!)
this got me thinking. won’t it be wonderful if there was a pill for everything? and i’m not talking of headaches, toothaches, colds or other ailments, there are already pills for that! won’t it be great if we can just take a tablet and it will cure, or at least ease, the discomfort, feeling or behavior that we want to get rid of? i’m talking of the likes of heartache, shyness, anger, impatience, grief, frustration, pride, etc. won’t it be great to have a pill to get rid of sadness?
now taking this a bit further, i wish there is a potion that all government officials must take upon assuming office that will prevent them from lying! won’t that be great! or an injection that will keep them honest? that will be a dream come true for us filipinos endlessly suffering from the curse of dishonorable public officials. i’ll bet that if that was true our country will be one of the biggest consumers of the said drug, specially after election time. and drug companies will import shiploads marked “extra-strength, specially made for philippine government officials only”! ha ha ha. sikat na naman ang pinoy kapag nagkataon! (filipinos will again be famous if that happens!)
or better yet, i wish there is a gadget that, when attached to the body, will send mild but painful electric shock to one’s nether regions when a person lies! i’m sure malacañang, the senate and congress will be filled with men and women perennially talking in high notes, and campaign sorties will turn into singing contests. if this happens, we’ll be known as the first operatic government in the world! ha ha ha!
OMG, i have to stop this, i can’t get rid of images of lacson, jinggoy and de venecia singing nessun dorma in my head, a la pavarotti!
hey, wait a minute, maybe it wasn’t paracetamol that i took earlier. i’m having hallucinations! at least my headache’s gone.
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