Summarizing the state of an entire nation is no easy task but presidents do it anyway. When you think about it as well, SONA day is where you will be able to see just where different members of our nation stand. From the youth sector to every other politician, someone has got something to say.
This is magnified by social media. Even if you didn’t want to care, you had to as comments and memes flooded your timelines. News channels did their best to cover every angle possible, trying to predict how this day is reflective of the next few months. As the President addressed different issues such as the war on drugs, climate change, and the situation in Marawi, human rights, and the TRO on birth control, among many other issues, we also were able to address the various things we care about in our lives.
So here’s where #SONA2017 found us.
When it’s a Monday and the first thing you do at work is make a mental note to pick up some bleach at the grocery.
When some of us didn’t have to report to class or the office, but still knew there’s still lots of work to be done.
The feeling when you really didn’t know what to expect from Pres. Duterte’s speech. So you just expected the worst.
When you’re glad that classes got suspended but still care about education.
When you wanted to make a drinking game out of the SONA but thought 4 p.m. is too early for alcohol, so you resorted to a different game.
When all you wanted was to livestream the speech, but was reminded of yet another problem you wish the president would help solve.
When even during a major political event, you realize you watch too much Netflix.
When the irony got a little too thick as Pres. Duterte delivered his speech.
The moment Pres. Duterte mentioned the drug war again.
When your eyebrows went so high up your forehead as he stopped reading from the teleprompter.
When you didn’t quite get what the president was talking about so you gave up a little bit.
Your face when he started talking about Sen. Leila De Lima and challenging human rights advocates.
When you gave up counting how many times he said a curse word.
And when he was getting too angry over just about everything.
So you’re just going to give up completely.
Hey, at least you’re not the only one.
When Pres. Duterte went back on-script but you got so tired from asking yourself if you heard what you actually did.
But when he talked about the lifting the #TRO on the contraceptives.
When you realized it’s already two hours and it’s still not done.
And so by this time, we became a little concerned for the interpreter.
But when he finally reached the end of his speech.
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