Against All Odds

TRIUMPH

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Life is indeed too short to settle on that narrowed gate where struggle and pain is entangled in the life of those misconceived people like us.

Tumanda ako sa paligid ng maduming politika,

being judged and accused for the mistake I never did became my nature.

I was labeled as a son of a dictator and did grown up not given any chance to correct people's misconceptions.

Kumbaga natuto nalang ang pamilya ko na tanggapin ang lahat ng maling binabato sa amin ng mga tao.

Nawalan narin ako ng gana na itama ang maling akala ng iba.

All my life, I was trying to be better, takot na magkamali at madagdagan pa ang masamang tingin sakin ng ibang tao.

I am fully aware nung magsimula akong umupo sa pwesto ay alam konang maraming tao na naghihintay lang na magkamali ako.

Napuno ako ng pag iingat sa lahat ng kilos at desisyon ko.

I am even labeled once again as a weak leader for being accused as my wife's puppet, and being called under de saya.

Hinayaan ko nalang yun, cause I know that they can only bark at me but can't even stand at par with me for being a president of this country.

Ang pagtakbo ko as a president was a bold decision.

And I always have this strong hope that I could make it as long as I have sara with me as a running mate.

Being inlove with her was never part of my well calculated plan and also vice versa for her.

She is the most wonderful mistake I know I would do again if I have given a chance.

I laughed internally with my own thought.

Totoo naman din, kahit nag umpisa siya bilang isang pagkakamali, pipiliin ko parin siyang simulan ulit kahit mali.

Natigil lang ako sa pag iisip nung napatingin yung babaeng laman ng isip ko.

I was just staring at her this whole time and I know sa lakas ng pakiramdam niya ay ramdam niya yun kanina pa.

Nakakunot ang noo niya habang nakatingin sa'kin mula sa kinatatayuan niya, katabi si eme.

Marahil ay nagtataka na siya kung ano ba ang tumatakbo sa isip ko habang napapangiti pa na pinapanood siya.

Well, no one can blame me, she's my all time favorite sight.

I will never get tired of staring at her kahit pa apat na taon na kaming kasal.

We honestly had a rough time for choosing each other amidst all the chaos.

We decided to fought all the battles together.

Way back 2024, after I finally got back with my position,

things suddenly turned upside down.

Hinde naging madali para samin na maibalik ang lahat sa ayos.

Nagawa ng makakaliwang grupo na buwagin at isama sa hanay nila ang ilan sa mga kaalyado ko sa gobyerno.

It felt like I was running in a maze of dejavu.

Like what happened to my late father.

I was fighting against the family of my own ex wife.

Liza on the other hand never made it easy for me to get me back on track.