And while I have the space to wrestle with these questions, millions of Filipinos are literally drowning in despair—carrying the daily weight of injustice, corruption, and broken systems. Their suffering is not abstract; it is the lived consequence of corruption that has stalled our nation’s progress.
For years, many of us have tried to do good in our own small ways. Yet on the bigger stage, what we see too often are selfish motives parading as leadership. Who do we turn to? Where do we run? Who do we trust?
Perhaps it’s no coincidence that I’m also doing character studies for a new teleserye. That may be why I rewatched Breaking Bad—a story of how an ordinary man can slowly, and dangerously, become the very evil he once resisted.
The other night, after taping for Family Feud, when everyone at home was asleep, I sneaked in a couple of episodes. I reached that part when Walter White begins his descent—when the struggling father transforms into what he once fought against.
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